Jamaica. rapidity. isthmus ’o

with the cntiladcd

sweep any

belon but

This

Ottawa. It the terrlto al property and the poo then let it remain as a of Minnesota and Montana bra which they will ‘do. if it is not speedily 0 Above all things. do not let it be annexed to ‘ to weaken that Province b ‘n finder. and to multiply / fold. Fancy a noun

to the spirit

intelligence. '1‘

ward island

of flu Hon so of which diminish t

of: coal. a earl of the British islands. form the first division; and the Ashburton ireaty. winch nearly severed them from tinctly marked. grenade. defines its outliiucs land proportions. The“ "roman stow govern t eruse res and do it well. and tai a f I

banada has no more right to,ct‘.iitrol or Interfere with prefix" “a fourth dictation she has to control. the Windward islands or

, . Tim” 01' them can be held while Great Brim hers ‘50 "I. Newfoundland and Prince lid- sru surrounded by it. and the narrow f foglrtten tnlles which connects Nova Scotia mainland can be easily fbrtified. and can be h gunboats on either side. But what is more. these Prov noes c... I... “Whitey on the own. While fanscerng Members OOIumons are inquiring into the cttusos , be number of her sailors and increase the difficulty of manning her fleet. is it not strange that ill! great nursery for seamen. which our Maritime Pro. Vfuces present. should be entire ittppent writers should desire to teach 60,000 ha faring poo

. s be establis dcvelcpnantwhieh would be at ones evolved. Les WNW“ 5‘ Nada“ '0 '3' 1"" Pflfinflv rushed over here to forestall public opinion. it is time

that all parties were nedeeeivcd. The case of the Man- itimo Provinces has never been presented to the Parlia- ment end people of England. nor has this question ever u been discussed except from the Canadian stand

K) 3‘ «than a

boadition. will perceive that it naturally Altself’lllinn he Maritime Provinces surrounded by ity. and glad sear three of them insular. with

nearly half t 0 car. and who are '. . 106191le of protecting thorn by eithesyland or sea? “mm W. 0"

Refers-tug to the Statistics of Trade end Commerce. it will be found that Neva Soetia ample 1 10.637 Mariners M"; v,” and‘Fishemon; Newfoundland. 80.5 it. and Prince Ed- ‘ ward island. 2.113. Nova Sootia alone owns 400.000 tons of Shipping.

Here are Colonies wicfin seven days‘ steaming of these shprcc. floating the flag of England over a noble mercantile martne. and training 60.000 seamen and fish- ermen to defend it. and yet the House of Commons is to be asked to allow seine gentlemen in Ottawa to draw these people away them the ocean. which. for their own and the general security of the Empire. they are roquir. ed to protect. that their hearts the ' be broken end their lives wasted .on interminable fl-onttera incapable of de- t'encc. Parliament. it is hoped. will think tales about this proposition. and of the scheme fbr launching prime of the lllood ntto a sea of troubles for the glori- fication of the Canadians.

Canada forms the second division of llritish America. in order ofsequcnce us we ascend from the Atlantic. It is a line country. with great natural resources. and ma develops-to Dome-such nation as Poland or [longer . llesemsd In by my tumors at the North. and by e

owerful Nation on the South. shut out from deep sea navigation for nearly half the year. with two nationalities ‘0 pagmulG. _and no coal. who will predict for her a very brilliant destiny.“ least. for many years to come? T best site can do II to be quiet. unobtrusive. thrifty. pro- voking no centres. and not making herseli'disagreeablc gammhborl. or increasing the hasarda which her “once Involves. by pity premature aspirations to be- come a nation. for which status at present she is totally unwpfldd. . tween Canada and the Rocky Mountains. and 3 divided from her by a belt of com aratively sterile coun- try. ltes amsgnrficent region. w ich is a standing re- PM]; to the British Government. and a blot upon our civiliastton. The Republicans have shown their appre- cigfiOu of the value of this territory by providing, in General Bankf‘ litli. that it shall be organized at once imo two Territories. and recently into two States of the Union. \Vb‘sle the Government of the United States has, within the past half century. formed out of their one noble Sta‘ta after another. which have "unartcs of hurope. the Government of England. hav- ing a West. of great extent and fertility. have done uo~ thing national or statesmarrilike with it. but have allowed it to be locked up as a hectic ground. for the exclusive benefit of n l‘ or Company. w o. monopoliaing the con- .umptron of Indian tribes reduced to a state of subjec- tion akin to slaver . have maintained to this hour. in the face of the free 1 cas and advancing civilization of Eu~ to and America. it job so gigantic that men stand . at, when they contrast the un eoplcd wilderness wiich these persOns have got to sh sates, opulous cities and waving cornfields. on the other si e of the line. ‘

Two or three years_ago. when attention was steme called to the condition of this country. there was ts movement among the dry bones about Fenchurch street. , and we heard of roads to be opened. tele raphs to be 4 built, and colonization to be promoted. it done? The stock was watered. and some £1

added to the nominal capital of the Company. by which gone persons made and others probably lost a large um. of money; some tele raph wire was sent out which ructs inthc wilderness.“ there the matter ended—the few wtrvefptnts within the Company. who already ace the advancing wave of public ittdi nation which is to their monopol . and esire to people tau), being controllcdlby t .1. nothing but krll wdd animals and muke enormous profit. out of poor in

TheCanadian remedy for all this is characteristic of fig country. Some of her ublic men say this territory

to us because our athers hunted in itiongsince. is plea would but confirm the lndian's title who hunted in it long before. or the Hudson’s Bay Corn-

.ny'a title. who have been hunting in it ever since. ea ta untenable. and though often challenged by a. ompany. the Cpnadians have shrunk front attempt- ing to make it good In any Court of Justice or before the Judicial committee of the Privy Council. Failing to establish a title. the Canadians at one time proposed to buy the Compan out. with the consent and under the guarantee of the ritrsh Government. and to annex the country to Canada. Fortunately. this policy also . . {.“d I... "o good,n..ou...mu a” elude." N no years of personal bitterness and malignant vituperation. .omy', and. that the parties could not agree about the (mounted to clasp hands. it was with the understandiu

rim, 3.. far. the country has been mod for '5...- m that the Lower Provinces. which had nothing to do wi better purposes than to be transferred from one descrip- "Ni? di‘l’me'v den of thraldom to another. Mm“ by . dings", authority,“ do" not .uch mg. has overtaken those who formed that coalition. llr. tee whether thc coat of government is in undo. or in Brown was wedged out of the Cabinet last winter. and now. it appears. that ‘Mr. Celt has been compelled to resign b a new manifestation'of the religious rivalry and national antagonisme which are the peculiar ele- menta of discord in that unquiet region.

The coalition ooce formed. no time was lost to carry- 3 out the polrcylupon which i‘tl was based. C v re sentto Char ottetown. an t c uiet onfer nce . . g:lng on there was broken up. A ncfioae. on a n.3,... defended ;_ end that they will not lightly value the ' scale. was initiated under the auspices of the Governor pledged faith of England to loyal and devoted com-

; ‘ * tunes and Prussia, wrthonly ei its so ie to the Is re . ‘ ‘ ' - mm. "d . a.“ of ‘25 p" half" Jim?“ m puflhz. General at Quebec. After three weeks of light labor mnnrttes, who have done no wrong . oor.tn the face

another country as large as Russia. and than you eaethe mam oi soon and ridicule wit fieproposltlon would be received.

- Hem-what ought to he done with this noble country? What. if we remember ri s. Lord Lytton do withlt long does. it a cold be organise and art-without dcla are 10,000

twosome-d ' . teen or theta our li- ' , t if I'slcd b the p... subtle sum wt or: ‘° "°""‘ " “‘ m ’ ' 15.... .‘fl “Nonspecific to

What has

dices.

ry is not to be treated as nation- Le it contains as British subjects. ntsng

Governor. being

A a a ewe -

pnbilities with marvellous .n kind of good H. “mm.

Great Britain to

control of an inland

as -

yeti. court of Newfoundland.

'c

ther Country.

of Hampshire or of Sussex.

ngiand ever done with it?

great West ecotno the

importance.

cision of this t uestton?

longsince. ow with the noble

up 'h“ u" be followed by no good result.

so who are determined to

i

disorder.

acity.

If it is to be ruled and. reconciliation.

around. till the people to and take it from us. niaed. undo. in another thousand miles of , r perplexities an hundred to Europe as large as England

"mm the Imperial Government had no

“PM” '0 of a am in

'9 eommittoda ave indie

. A Governor Colonial Office and not

s “d WOW" tion. and prrhapo tori as a proteoema to the led by the action oftb'e

mit of the Conference. The ..r’

settlement be at once :whenever it . to cal a ileprcaeetative Ae- gevcce themselves. titers will be triers life. ire- .infesadleto dis country in a dean’s Bay Cit-puny hatching

andneverin relationtothegre

I There were in this oouat there were first. the

. ‘ . F. 4 u _ dr- 3W

.....‘ ,r . I _. ire. - <

. . _ ‘esota and Montana. secure of a large participa-'tions.

into (our great centres of political power stud l’ildlllillg‘ldon Ill their growing trade. will rejoice in their prosper-Isomnfiqn. “d "gyg dupoud, like Moon" French . j y establish with them the same‘ sound com-ll‘upld. “to pilotes ofl and then bid us good bye."

. unchsugcubie mcrcral intercourse which now makes bhasaohusems and

boundaries. with open harbors. rich fisheries. abundance Nova Scotia. Maine and New Brunswick. almost one;

population. and within it week‘s though nowhere. perhaps. are love of country. andloy-

ally to the institutions the pppulatlons prefer. more dis- tit not star to reflect that if Canada were in error. the

The Provinces on the Pacific side of the Rocky Moun- ' reat natural division of British l‘hcy are oil of resources. and with a heal-

. ‘ . th climate. coali ab d . ' I .‘ 5 l I JWU‘VNVIHM have developed commercial tin’e timber, and an fer't‘ile‘ftfiol. Third mm“ “Lb “m. u

enterprise and maritime ca rosper with

. remain llri~ us so long as Eoglan can keep the sea. They have no natural connection with Canada. or the Rocky Moun- talnayere a mistake; but the “ vaultt L‘tsl‘tlln pea ile.about Ottawa easily over eaps a couple of thousant miles of wilderness or a rtnge of mountains. and would ditrugartl the natural outlines of Creation sterile her with an audacity which in Europe wo as a wilful temptation of Providence. h‘ortunutel their power is nothual to their ambition ’rcvtncea. like all the others, will . . . . . - themselves within the orbits assigned to them by ritish "°l°"'“"°"' ""1 a I“ "mucuon' “"0 be.“ Md by Interests and imperial regulations. until the period ar- ly overlooked. and ill“ tires for a general break up. when the British Provinces ‘ rdy low and the American States on the Pacific will perhaps

' to turn their backs upon 1m land and fix unite and form one great English community. reserving therrtboug tsupon Ottawa; and choulddel erately pro- friendly reletions. it. is to be hoped with t e nations pose to disgust them by breaking down their institutions from which they sprung. ' and subjectng them to the arbitra opulatton. frozen

’ ‘hcy wil

ambition " of

um M announced hour it is doubtful whcthcra Canadian can be found who

and the e left to

Turnm again to the Maritime Provinces on the At- . . we discern the nearest and most avail-

Ibl” fill“ “Ill lime islands have. whenever (and natty the tune be very remote) they are forced into a great _ l‘ruucc knoWs the valuo of the North At- lantic as a framing school for seamen. and for three hun- dred years she has cultivated it with a ersistent and en- lightened uatiouai policy. Even after er hold upon the continent. was covered by the full of‘Louisbur and Que. j. mu stipulated for the occu aucy of St. ierro nnd touclon. and for certain rigtts of fishery upon the ‘ I Pay a liberal expenditure In counties. and a rigid system of enrollment. she has uow_burlt up on two barren islands a canttle community. Without raising t e legal question of cxclusrve occupancy she 'muintntns. by the frequent visits of her men-of-war. and by the passive resistance 03 "limbo". something like an ascendancy on what is allegl ‘i‘ the French shorc." while the Bank‘s swarm with her fishing craft whose bultows stretch for many hund- rcda cf‘ tnllcs. liy these means France cmplovs every summer 10.000 men on the Banks and chorus of New- , foundland: this is the naval reocrvo which makes her ) formidable upon the ocean. Looking to the apparent decline in the number and efficiency of seamen in these islands which some Members of Parliament have re- cently painted out. she would indeed be formidable had not our noble Provinces in the North Atlantic. with- out bonnties or encouragement of any kind. develop- “ ed maritime capabilities that excite "our special won— der." and out of all proportion to any interest. strange to say. winch the subject has ever excited in the Mo- , in the event of a war with France. either Nova Scene with her 20,000. or Newfoundland , . with her 38.000 hardy seamen. would. if furnished with bows 9"“:th by “1° cwmmmi ""1 Y“! if a“ tin-boats. sweep these 10.000 Frenchmen oli‘ the ocean people of England do not stamp the policy with in- In a single summer. and then come home to coasts of England till the war was ovor. are asked to break down the institutions which have fos- tered this naval reserve. and animated it with a spirit of loyalty and devotion not to be aur acted on the coasts . hm"... the colonim and our freight: before we can send a vessel to

feel. this is a. question of vttal imperial policy; and Enllfllds “1d morn“ “‘0 00“ 0f “Vin! 1° 9‘" 5"" when Her Majesty's blimsters are asked to transfer the ermeu. gallautly making their way. by hardihood government of these 60.000 mariners from England to “d thrift, against the unfair competition produced Canada—from the seaboard where it may be guarded to Ottawa where it cannot—from the open harbors that our iron-clads can enter at all seasons of the year. to an Icy region hundreds of miles above ttdo water. inacces- . sable by our navy in summer. and in winter sealed by '9 “0‘ “ m‘mmomnr' ‘ {me ".der‘ or ‘ "mad frpst. the question should be answered by the Cabinet thinking '0"? 0i “it play. i“ “we” or fl" ""9" wrtha firmness commensurate with its magnitude and kingdoms. who will not interfere to protect the

NIPCI‘OUI mer-

And yet we

But is there any necesqity for a hasty and unwise de-

Nchre whatever. ly treated in t is country it would have settled itself What are the facts? in 1862 tt Conference was held at Quebec to discuss various topics of interco— lcnial interest. and at that Conference. representatives from the Governments of Nova Scotiu and New Bruns- wick being present with the wbole Canadian Cabinet. it was decided unanimously. in presence of the rest diffi- culties which beset the question of Colonial any discussion of the subject was premature and could

if judicious-

wo 000 In 1864 n Conference wtts held at Charlottetown to ' ' consider the smaller and much less complicated question of a Legislativo Union of the Maritime Provinces only. if ermittcd to continue and close their deliberations. wit out intrusion. that Conference would probably haVe simplified the commercial and financial art-an ements of these Provinces. though it is not at all pro able that a” they would have consented to give up the independent overnments and legislatures under which they had so on liVed and prospered in harmony ttnd good neigh- bo ood. In an evil ltour certain Canadian gentlemen appeared upon the scene. and from that time to the pre- sent. all British America has been thrown into admired

It appears that the antagonism of races. of dual leads ersbrps and. double major-mes. already described. had tioua; but there are probably others suffering from about this tune produced a deadlock of unexnmpled ten- Dissolutrons and reconstructions had been tried. and still the House wits ncariy divided. and the rival politicians were at their with end. Neither would give wa . or yield anything for the good of the country. but at last they bethougbt them that the Maritime Provinces might be usedwahs make wleighjsptio rclietlve their embar- rassments. on em an i ate cos osccd thcre was on h. credit of their asacriflce. and when Mr. Gait and Mr. Brown. after ‘

"r. .0 t... "mam .0 pimp“. an... investment. their Bonds are purchased by their own But we are avenged. Bwift retribution people, and will speedin disappear from the English

. and “ exhaustive festivities." what is called “the Que- "" ’f bee Scheme" of Confederation was reduced. Solar. rig to do with the matter. but. in acceptin this new scheme of Confedovao tion. growin out of not nng but the , , _ . memos, no was. It but h...“ min“; by countries protect from rash innovation the Institu- opened in. Legislatures or pee e of any of the others. they tions which the people value. . with the best intentions.

political necessities ‘V'

aront unani-

bl‘ r 1-: l d k * r I Pfiii‘mm' P“ " mm o "8 Ta}, :23". $3.". guzqzt soon answered. Every one of them rejected it with the plausible a unanimity and decision not to be misunderstood. nisters. who la Prince Edward Island. both branches of the

vsrawsent. and statements of some of the Canadian

.1», tummy. '55.. . on“ down to the House and declare it “ impracticable :" largst influence its decision. the good faith of the and in New Brunswick tbs sleetors, animated by the

Crown. and the dignity and security of the Empire.

two or three ithclassec .0 We w special. cloaial school of had all‘tho Provinces been treated with the justice to lined the British nth—who w .‘ richer, . stronger. a r.

owner-given away. 11"“ - , India to Bessis- it‘ the West

-"'"c..m"’!‘m“°f 31233.2“? Elf. .. m. would a. dicgrsoed and a anured, if the

prepared to receive t ism

use! pee lewho ownomberof'aoreccrtberaokor

“ditto. commercial

“ u...‘ a 4.. L. L..,n~lfll- . “II- I I.

' hen certain persons in the Manufacturing towns had been disgusted with the hi duties which Canada had int csed on British produe _ as. They were angry. and