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GOWAN^ """' ''"'' h "l DELIVEKED IN THE GEOKGE STREET ORANGE HALL, a7o:E=Lonsrrro, On the Evening of the 19th ult., and addressed to the Young Britons Lodge, No. 12, Cadets of Orangeism. 'VS. _ the British truops frum the Province, ga70 the secret enemtus of Biltieh connection —those who ardetjtiy panted for, but who •iKieil not openly avow, their tJrf.lre for "an- iicxatlon"— a pretext foe cKrryi&gont thoir B dttlona de V>om the hordes of American Bjmpatfaiaers *ft','6d 'patriot*," who croopf^'l ov^r and in- vrt "d our country *r t evf r(»l pninig ; rn tfce btirlots of the E»«'tBiH T iws atvlpx, in Lower (.'Atada: at the Wiacmt', :>n^r I'resoott ; at Navy Island, near Nla^Ka; and on (he Wee- tern Fiontier of Upper (Janadr, The trn« spirit of loyalty whs rhf>n put npon its metitl —the British oonnezatloDlstd and the Tan. kOH eympathlsers wore fairly confront-d— the loyaliBtB and th ^ trai«!ore, were brought foca to face, and in tViat honr of trial, when Toany faint heartfl wre ftpp»'b)d, we have reason to feel proud of the nobi'^ stand taken by the membeTB of the Loyal O^ang* Infltl- tuHon. Not one •; Hn wns fonnrt to flinch— every "True Blue" flocfeed to the post of duty— no second coue.1 of warning was no»»d- ed— every Orange heart waa found to be r atone in the rampart eieot«d aronisd, " The nag that, braved a ihonsand years, Tne battle and ihe btetze." kindred I'jiU'itsflew to arms, (nd Inn frbort psriod, the whole /jo5»« of dom«Mt>c " Auaex- iitioalBtb" and foreign '• pttftlotfl" from Bt. Dams to Ht. Buatbcha, in i1ansd» E«st, sua from the Windmill to Winduor, in Uanada Wti?t, wore glad to floe before the indignant loy"»lty of an iniinlted people, i*Da to seek safety in the neighboring repuoilc Nor ehoald we bo alow to aoknowie-lge fho loyalty displayed by other clasBet] widely otf- fering from ns npoii the occasion vcferrei to. Mnny ot onr Boman Catholic fonow-eubJAclB nobly stepped forward in 1837 nnd '8, to avow their loyalty, and ntemthe advaootng tide of tretson. The frllowing reeolntJon, pe^eed unanlmonsly by the Grand Oraoge Lodge of Bcltish America, et its aanual naeting held at Brockvlile, on Taeadity, the 6tb of Jane, 1832, will bectB to organlBe the "Brltlah Amerlain Leagno"; and •ho •'«nnex««on" pnrty, still true to the MoretyesnIoKB of their heuts, souKht to torn the ajjitMJon of the honr to promote trtltoion* dealKua. The British LoyallotB were not however, to be doped by the de- Mgnaof these langetona men; and while olamourlng RgMnsi wh»t they oonoolyeil lo be error ai d iDjastloe, were not alow to mali. talu their lojulty nntarnlehocJ. A]inX&TI0m3T8 RIHIW THIIB ASITATIOM. The termination of the great rebellion In tte once «'Unlted,'' but now eetranged and dUjolnttd ' States" of the Amerlcsn republic and the Immense nnmbere of soldiers and army followers, thrown out of eervloe la oon- sequenoe ot inch terrtlnstiou appears to af. fJid a fresh opportunity to the dlsafifeoted. to "•how their hand" and by seductive bland, ishments on the one side, and thedreidof being overwhelmed by numbers on tbe other, ' to appeal to tbe cupidity of so no, and to the fsard of others, o aid them .n their long cherished designs agaloat the repose and pro- gress of our country. Ba It our duty then, my dear youLg frlenda, to administer an an- tidote to their poison ; to porlfy the blood throughout the whole system ; or if need he, to excoriate and cut off from the constitution of aoolety at large, those blotches and pests. •hat suok OB like leeches, and having satil ■ted their present thirst for gain, would now deprive UB of nutriment, that wo might be compelled to seek future prosperity and vigor If not actual life and existence at the hands of those very people to whom they would "annex" us I Or in other words, having »p. PMled to the arbitrament of the sword and wiled ; having sppealed to lacerated feelings, goaded by an actual or supposed wrong and again failed— they now appeal to a hostile torlff, trustlog that an Inflated tradj may ef. wot what an unsheathed sword, and an ex. cited temper failed to accomplish. Let us then for a few momenta examine thegrocn on which we stand, and oast a glance, be i ever ao aUght, upon the field before na. Few aBlnula would desert a sweet pastorage upon wWohfor years they had repoaed and fed In aafety, to roam ovei- strange fields, clothed wltn a more acid herbage ; and no animal but Ti. 'S °°® ''*'°'** ''° 80, did he foreaae W|e dangera of a pound, as a conseqaence of his temerity in oroealng the fence of the en- oIOBore. IUHlBllIT LOYALTY. It is principle that blnda British American mbjeota to the Brltlah lalea— this la alwaya Buperior to other consider itlona. For a time few, self-interest or other nnworthy motives may stifle the voice of principle and Inhertm, attachment, just as acme worldly motive, the fearofoffenalng an nnreaaonable ordlasat- Ufled guardian ; or acme other ontalde con- aldeiatlon may stifle the voice of affection and prevent for a time the ooaaummatlon of and the first favorable opportunity is em- braced to knit kindred hearts together, as with indivldnalB, BO la It with peoplea and Datlona. If there la no heartfelt attachment, toere can be uo permaaent union, and opportunitlea will not be wanting, to dissever bonda which necessity, not choior. bad knit together. Tbia la exactly the oase with British Ameriot. Her people are at- tichfld to British ln«tltutlo&B, to Brltigh laws &' d caatoma, to tbe Btltlsh Sovereign, and to , >tae British nation ; they feel as the members I or oue great f»mlJy~.they take ten honeat pride IQ rehtatsiog the gloriea of their fathers ' — "jnd that great pnlttdlnm of constitatlonal frtetlom which tney have Inherited from honored slrea, they desire tj enjoy themaelvea fcnl to hand down to poateilty unimpaired. Fiscal exclnslvenees may damp their energies •nd close extensive marts of commerce [ »((tlnfli the produotiond of their labor and of j tbelr Boll-.the lawleaa hordes of a " loafing " I aolofery may Invade their borders, lay waato . their fairest fields, and mvish their wealthiest ; onins ! but although all these dire calamltlea I msy, »a In the caae of lovers', atifla for a ! tiiBB, the voice of loyalty ; In the end, prin. ciple will prevail ; some favorite opportnnity will proaefit Itsslt ; the royal ensign of Britain w'lll again float In the breeze, and the voice of aged psrouta from the "Sea-girt lalea" will, Iv. that auspicious moment, awell the choraa of their colonial cffaprlng, In chanting, " God aave the Queen 1' BITTIB FBDITa CF DIHOOBATIO OOTBBIUIHT, tlon prevails ; "lovo laughs "atlockamlths"'' Nor will the recent developments of Demo- cratlo government, conducted in the name and under the guise of Bepnblicsn foims, tend to lore BritooB from their allegiance to the empire. Whatever may h»ve been the theory, has not the very existence of a Bepoblican administration been ieuored for th^ last foor or five years ? What is the baals upon which Be- pnblicsn government rests ? Clearly upon the i will of the governed. Is conscription upon conscription the will of the governed ? le the I repeal of the right of habeas corput Bepubllcan ! government 7 la the absolute submtseion of millions upon millions of men, to the tole of a power they abhor, Bepubllcan government? Is the appointment of Military Qoveinots, Judgea and Provost Marshall, to role over " States ' celled «' Free and Independent," Republican government? Are Ministers, P/lests and Bishops exUed and banished, be. cause they would not preach and pray Id obe- dience to milltHry command, Bepoblican government ? Are prisons filled with incar- cerated men, and even women, for sopposed political otldQces, without bail, without trial, and, In numeiona Instances, even without a k£iov7n cb»r89, Bepoulican government ? If these, aca euch like, are the fruits which flontish so abundantly la th? gnrdena of our Bepubllcan uelghbors, all I can say is, that few Oanadlana will be inclined to *' long" for the taste of them I Thoy will prefep to '■ rest aacjoj iuolr owu vine and their own fig tree, none daring to malto tttem a'rald." •I T fM AHUIOAN PBOIPIBITT. In the North Ameiloan « 8tat«8" there ia, If not leBB of real, at least more of artificial prosperity, than In any other conntry In the world. A traveller paoBlng through thera, Is at onoe stinck with the seeming gr tness, the glowing prosperity, and the bnat'u snd tnrmoU of bnslness, which at every tnm pre- sent themselves. Dollars are spoken of by the thoneands, and counted with as mnoh nnoonoem as pins are with ns I The lofti- est bnlldiugs ; the moat splendid equipages ; the most costly dresses ; the most expensive parties ; are the gods, everywere worshipped by Americans. No volnptaousnes), and no extravagance, deter th^m— they seeuc to de- light and wallow In the most inxnrlons re- velry. It lathe same In thek business transac- tions as in their social hdblts— all Is show and glitter. A mitn, perhaps without sixpence that he can call his own, » calculates" he will build a mill, or a factory, or a store. Forth- with his <■ head-work" Is called into requlsi- tlon. He *< guesses" that everything must be on a glgantlo scale— four stories high ; Iron oolona(^ep ; arched windows ; plate glass ; fluted columns ; and all the et ceteras of a palace, follow with lightning speed I The traveller is struck, not only with the enter- prise of the man, but with the prosperity of the plftoe also. Scarcely has his vision of great, ness ceased, when lo ! the palace gates are closed, and the " sovereign" occupant has " abequatnlatod I" So mnoh for <• sovereign" No. 1. In due course, the gates are again opened, and the palace Is again filled with a fresh stock. Trade is brisk ; half a doaen clerks, their breasts glowing with jewellery, their fingers glittering with rings, and their whole exterior gaily ornamented from head to foot, are behind the counters— sales are made by thousands per diem, and the close of the year witnesses the close of the palace ; a "smash" has come, and the "sovereign" occu- pant No, 2, follows In the wake of No, 1. I need not repeat the histories of Nos. 3, or 4, or 5, or 6, which follow. They would be but brief epitomes of American prosperity, and only every-day hlstoiies of the repeti- tions of the glitter and greatness, by which travellers are deceived. This Is the kind of prosperity, alas too prevalent with our uisigh- bors ; It la this surface grandeur and great- ness, by which too many are deceived ; and it is this everyday glitter, which our "annex- ationist" friends would desire to see over- shadowing oar country ! OOMPABATIVa FBOOBIJS— POPniiATlOll. If the statistics of British America, and of the United States of America, are oompctred, not only as regards population and territory, bat al30 in point of material prosperity— in agrioolturb, in horticulture, in manufacture?, in mineral discoveries. In the fine arts, in railroads, in c&nale, in the products of the forest and of the ocean, and In many other partionlars, which ladioftte the indnntrUi progress and wealth of a people,— it will be found that within the last quarter of a oen- tafy, British America h»a ont«*irlpp >>1 h^r rival '■ Htatea" in a very large and m-int uratt. fying detrres. At thecumiu3ao«imr)i)t •( the war of 18i2-'14, the AmArtcan popniniton wo over eight millions, while the popnlstlon of Upper and Lower Canada was ecsro>^ly tbrAn huudred thousand, or as twenty-ieven ta one At the present dtta, the a>:attatlo«l tHblm* show the population of British Amerlos an't the United Stttes to be in the vroportloo of twe ve to one. Barely this gre^t luoreaan ought not only to be gratlfylDg t9 the heart of every "true man" In these depandpnclea of the Empire; ought not only to nerve his spirit with fresh energy and vigor, bne ought, moreover, to silence the bambar Indian «joru. ttnt what In th« change now ? While AmerlCMi agrloultore hM made but little Im- provKineut upon wh»5 It tben wm, the Oana- (ilan agtlraUarlBt has shut nhuact, not only to catch up with his AiUBclcan competitor— to livai his best onltlvatsd tores— but aotoBliy to *qu»l, If not Burpafw him, In many aTitioles tho prcductlone of the soil. Let any Impar- tial jacige visit the annual agricultural lairs of our nearest nelgbbor, f;h« greet " Empire State" of New York, and compare (be native prOQUotions there on exhibition, with those exhibited at our own provincial fairs, and then pronounce, If he can do bo, In whatpar- Moular article of wheat, or bsrlwy, or oats, or other grain, we are behind In »he raoo of com- petition ; or iu whst paitlcnlar roots : potatoes, turnips, osrrotd, buet, oabbagt, gourde, tomatotH, or olhHr oereaJs or vege- tables, we lag behind ? Nur would it be fair p»rbaps, to ooiflae our comparison to the " Bmpiie State " alone. If IJ should be ex- teuded, so as to Include tho whole of the " New England " Stat cs, It would bo f jund that while tbej had scarcely advanced. If In- deed they have not retrogtatSed, we fcava gone onadvanolDg In a more rayld ratio thsn any other ooantiy, the hlatoiy of which h*9, ■B yet, ctme down to ue. HOLTICDLTUBI Of the compatfttlve growth of hortlonUnre, luoed Boarcoly ept»k, and tcr the simple reason, that some five and twenty years ago wuen horticulture «n the " United >' States was much advanced. In British America It was almost unknown ; at ail events un- known, and oertalnl/ unpracticed, by the Kreat bulk of the people. But how stand matters now 7 Pass through onr oouBtry— lookinto our farmer's flower gardens— and the haswer Is beftre you I Stop In our cities and towns ; visit our markets, acd feast year eyes and your soent.upon tiie baanty and fragranoa of the bouquets, which afc every turn arrest your attention, and you will be at no loss for I* reply. Take a short drive by the reeloencea of our market gardeners, and the odoriferous perfume will readily supply an answer. Or if. too Indolent tovlek amid the scenes of rural \\{f>, only step into the " green houses " or '• conservatories" of numbers of our citizens, tiie Morrisons, theGzowsklB.theMacphersonB, tae Harrisons the KlllalyB, tho Boultons the k-oclee, the .Oayleye, the Wilsons, tho Jsrvis, •ind almoBt hundreds of others, and will not tie hortiouUural and floral advancement of fur oountry at onoe speak for its progress ? MANCFAOTimig. The growth of the manufacturing industry rifthfl country Is almost. If not altogether, without a parallel. Bnt a quarter cf a oen- tury ago how to manufacture a scythe or a iloUe, cr even a spade or a flhovel, waa Di'aroelv known a imnaf <>»<..» ...i.4^iJ ^ Implement was Imported from Fngland, or wu mtnufantured by, and reoolvedfrom, our Ublghbors Bonth of tnnlioe 46, But now how staiid these matters? We enter luto a free competition, not only with our American neighbors, with a!! their advan*»ges of age, expetienoo and rapltal, but ev«n with Kng- laud Look at our iitf>ve, or onr plow ; our gpsde, or our ahoval ; onr fork, or our rake ; onr scythe, or ouv sickle ; our axe, or our aUze ; our nail, or our screw ; factory or foundry la every city ; and In nu- meroDs Instanocs, la bur towns, and even little villages. Look, too, at our mammoth dlstliJerles and brewerlee ; at our iron rolling- mills; at our cotton ant tobacco factories; at our sugar and our oil refineries. Hear the whiz of the trio-hammer. Smell the odor of the tan- bark. View the shavings from ;b<> latho of the turner ; and the " thousand and one" nuto atid screws, chUels and aujeurs, bits anA ; or grain, orl!;athcr; or cotton, or tobacco; or cugar, or oil; Bloue, that we have advanced. Wo should -leo tske Into account our mannfar- ture, (aye and even growth too,) of fl»x. (And here, by way of parenthesis, I must be permitted to say, that our whole country can never feel too grat ful for the enterprise and perseverance manlfeatsd by our Upper Can- ada emigrant agant, Mr. Donaldson, in the introdcictlon, growth, and mannf»cture of this article.) Iu very truth, our country hoe been marching onward and upward, in the manufacture of almost every article, made from wood, or from iron ; from flax, or from cotton ; from the rough grains grown on the suifsco of ihe sarth ; and from the crude oils pumped from Its lowest depths. Should wa continue bnt for a few years more, with the ■ame rapid strides, we shuU behold not only our cities and large towns stocked with factories, but every lUtie creek and rivulet In the country covered with hlv^s, swarm- Ing with population, industry and manufao- tures. HINSBALS, Now a few vords lo reference to our mineral wealth, Whrtt>hal! I say upon this Bobjact ? 'Tls ttno, ^rsat mineral wealth has been added to onr z1^lgbilo^8. They have gained tho gold fialde OallforuU, and the auriferous "dlggingH" of Oro«on and Nevada. They have also the wat mines cf Pennsyl- vania end Ohio ; rtnn the Iron beds aonth of Superior ; with lotaa ctheio of leas note and richness. But wt*t are they, when com- pared with the vdae and extent of the mineral wealth of British America? Only compare thoSr '- gold fl,ilris" of California with those ol BrltlHW Oolnmbl* Plao<» their •tirlferous " dlKglo^e" 1h Oregon and Nevada beside our aurSfaious lands Iu the N itth west and North-east; on the 8«ikatobfiw«n i*ud «n «oya Bootia. Just for a moment contemplate the extent, tbe rlobness, and the readlnees of ■J t 1 i ^Miy n approach to onr ooa'. deposlta In Nova SoctU on the Atlantic; and lu Vancouver, on the Faotflo, with their coal beda !n Ohio acd - jnneylvanla. And, again, if we bnt balance their Iron Md copper ores on the fco:th wide ot Lake Superior with onr own on the north rtde of the same Inland ses, what boooaoa of their b058ted mlnetel wealth In that Rro-tt mineral region of their country ? Nor do I Bay anythln.qr of our Iron, or copper, or stold or lead, or Bllver deposits at Marmora, at Bt' Manrloe, the B.uco Mines on Lake Furon! thoBo on the Ohandlere, at Gaape, In the Lastern Townshlpt., and eevaral othrr parte. Of a truth, 16 may bo said tnat greo^, and extensive, and valuable as have been our mineral dlBooverlee. thov aroBHyot but In their infancy, and that from the Indications already developed, It msy be fairly Inferred that British Amtnloa, aa well in extent aa in rJchmsaand variety, docB not on y at present equal, bat in « very fow yeare will excel, not only the United Htatea of America but also the whole renalnlng nor- tlon of the American continent. Indeed so extenHvo and valuabio uro -iho depoalta of gold, silver, copper, Iron, lead, coal, gypsum. pottera-olay, oil, plwetcr, HlwM.eand%Qd other "rich boweia" of tha -iarth to bafonad in almost every psrt of the northeia portion aJ.. •^O'^^nent, from the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceana, that the troaaure may ba prononnced as at onco InexfcQUsilbiG and In- valuable. hflni^ ^'° *"'* downfall of his neighbors, ?h ,*'Ooi<*,,^085" nothing better to promot^ thatendthaBthoabrog-tlonof the ?eolpro. ^„i^if "**^- P"^ ""' P*'*' • temporary Incon- would bo folt by a few. The Inconvenience however, would be bnt temporary, and the loss BKall, while on the other hand! thl gain would bo exloaolve and permanent! voBBsra. From the mineral wL-alth of iho country one la at once led to Jhe ext«jnt asj vaiua of Ita foresfa. Oa thla eubjeos notbjxjg uaed be Bald, fof however Bsngulae may be tho tom- persment of aome ot our nnnixatloa fyiendp none of them aia so rabid, not o.,e, I Imagine* will ha.o *He tem^rlty'to deny toBruffi America t... palm of Popedwlty, go far at loBstae regards the prodnctloaa oi tho foiost in a vej-y fow years cot only tho JBrvect D".r-" tlon of tha Now Bagha:, tftarcv, sa'^wcll as the great " empire" State of New York, bnt "Great Weaf," will be whollr dependent upon BrltlBh America for their tlrol^r snpplf Only contemplate for a momsnt wi,at a dtaln Isfceroawsltlag them! ,*nd agaip, what a mine of weslth la here In atoro for m I Uoon thla point I need not enlar««-.iti8^nffio«.ont- ly obvloufl to *iL PISHBRIGS Fccm tiiopudact.icf tha farest I b'hflj pauB on to th'j pro.j«c:«of the ooanu. I say nothing of tho txiont ox valnoof on? fiihaiie' in the gitat lakes asid ilyeitt cf the n-rth Bat who can eetlta-iie the vaiae, cr thu im-' port&ucH of our ccean figherlea ? Should our iTankee nHlf^hbors bo Insanti enough -o de- oUno a renewal of tha iBolproclty treaty but a few ycarf,' expcrlvnce ia iho tiade cf the.se twoattlole8(wotidai:d fiah) alono will f,nij. vincrt ihem of ihefr toUy. If a man wasso ardent a lovor of hie own couiitry as t j ilo«Ire ita prosperity and greatneso to ba raised OAWAM AND BAILBOADa. Norlolt only In BBrJcnlture and population. no«^/I^7."^^.°'"°^»°*''™«• *° °>'a«»l de. ?hf fl!'m^ ^?u^^^ productions cf the forest, the field, or the ocean that we caa favorably compare with our nelghbnra. If JZmZ attention for a momoat to the groat outleta and laifctscf a country, what may jaatly be S'« *^\^"'°« "'="1 wterlea ofinatU! those through which the life-blood of Indue-' ^L •' I?,"* '"^^"'^ «°PPJF Jiealth and vigor, ?,.Hf T"n^!"'^''"''°'«« ^ «" branches of trade. lallcdetocur canala and railroads. In theso nave we lacki^d energy, or lagged behlna our neighbors in the «fe ? Let tho oEt, tho extent, and the Importance of tfco works on the 8t Law- roace the WeJIand, the Bldeau, tho Richelieu, the Ottawa, tho Trent, and other Canadian fr™'^?"^''!'' T -^^^ **°'^ ''oo steads galloping from Blver-dn-Loup to Sarnla ; from HamU- ton to Wlo-isor ; from Montreal to Portland • from Toronto to Oolllngwood j from Buffalo to G^erlch; from Brookvlll^ to Almonte" from Prescott to Otta,.a ; fcom Port Hope ?o LInd€F»y; .ro^ st. Mary's to Sarnia: from LoHdon to 8t Thomas; from Cobourg to Pearoorongh; from Gait to Guelph: from t ot!!^'''''^^'^^. ^''"''"i fro>a Montreal to Cfcatflsugnay ; from i^rnro to Eallfax : Tnt;.^"f " to Windaor; from Shedlao to St John's; from WcodetooK to St. Andrews' answer Surely If these evidences of our entorprlto In canallng and rallroadlnff will not answer for na, thou no hngu.ge^lcan utter will aiiBwor In fact. Inatead of^agg"; behind our evor-boastlng, never-tlrlng. cT^c- a-heacf" neighbors, we have probably gone too far m headlDg tho « gc-a-heada I" Or la other words, though oommenrlng later, with IcBa moE, leas ruoaey, and lejs Battled terrl- tary, we havoifilrly outBf::Ipped them In the FINB ARTS. Now tt fewworcJa regarding ttie fine aiy. .ittva wo aeglectod tholr cultivation ? Let *ny onsyloit thair chlofseata, at Montreal «. Toronto, aJ Qaabeo, ai London, at Ottawa at Kln^fi'on er atKamiIton,and he can rsadllv '!Th^^ 0^' » *beflo citloa arc too dlatanj i';!,^l'^,'"'^>'''*f««"e cr our annuel Provln- CM FaU,, and ho csa readiiy eatifify his cnrhjuity In this behalf. ^ " BDCOATIOM. Thuxv* le p.rkipa cno other psitioniRr, ,,,, ., - ics'Ctiiy tixcuKe njv- «S ' r"'** * ""^i^""* •' refeieace, however ol^ht; beiau^o n fu oae, mora than any other, upon which net only the fotnre pro- graMuid proipaity of thli oooatrjr mnit rent, but one moreover which mast ensnre Its greatnesi, It* freedom and Us glory to OQTBelvea and to poiterity. I allnda to the ednoatlon of the people. What new oonntry, aye, or even old one, has made the same rapid BtrldeB In the education of Its people that we have done 7 To Bay nothing ot onr private academies of learning, onr mechanics' In- Btltntes, onr gvmnaslnmB, only look at onr common schoolB, onr model gohools, onr grammar sohcols, onr normal schools, onr ooUeges, onr nnlversltlea, and then name to me, if yon can, the conntry In which ednoa- tlon Is more thorough, or more thoroughly diffused 7 And here I may he permitted to pay a passing tribute to the exertions of our chief snperinteDdent of education, Dr. Byer- son, In some things I have differed from him, but •< taking him for all in all," I am free to give it as the boneat convloMon of my judgment that his being placed at the head of onr edncatlonal department has been a blessing to Canada. We have been visited by educationists from all parts of the United States, noith and south. We have also had learned professors from the best European schools— all have freely ad- mitted the excellence of our system— none have condemned it— many h*ve borrowed from it. Perhaps I may be told, that little of it is original— tltat it Is but the borrowed brains of othw masters, dressed up in Cana- dian costume. Granted I What then 7 Is it the lees valuable on that account 7 Is It because it; has been tested by experience, and proved to be good, that it is not to be valued 1 flay, let ns rather estimate it the more high- ly, because "it has been tried and not found wanting." If borrowed it is, no other country possesses a system equal to it. It is tha best portions of other systems, copied from other countries, carefully culled and epitomised by a master mind, and ekilfnlly bound np in one unifbtm link, Irom the lowest ulaes primary school, to the highest claas Univer- sity. The very fact of the numbers of youth, bsnt from the neighboring States, both Korth t^d Soutb, to receive their education in onr colonial seminaries, is the best possible proof of the estimation in which our educational establishments are held. While the educa- tion of the people thus continues, we may, by the Divine permission, expect our oonntry to progress, and our ptople to continue pros- perous, free and Ixappy^fnlly appreciating the value of the liberties they enjoy, and able and willing, loyally to defend them against all assaoltB, whether plotted by domestic traitor, or aimed uj foreign foe. OOHPABATIVI DEBT, I had Intended, did time permit, to have said a few words, In illastratlon of the com- parative state of the debt of this country and of the 'lUnlted States." But I find I must defer this till some future occasion. All I shall do at present is, to make a paeslng alln- SZOu lO SIIO UanCSMa SGSw OZ SUO ** UuiSou states ;" saying nothing of its State debts, its I municipal debts ; or Ita other obligations, Mr. Stevens, who Is a leading member of the House of Bepresontatlvoa ; a supporter of the Bepnblloan party at present In powe* ; and having therefore, no Interest, or feeling, to augment Its amount, thus states it : *' W«r debt, (when funded and pendons capitalized,) over four uUllonB of dollars. The Interest, at six oer cent only, two hun- dred and forty millions of dollars. Ordinary expenses of the government, one hundred and tvonty -iailliona of dollars. Extraordinary expenses of the army and navy, one hundred and ten millions of dollars. Total amonnt to be annually raised by taxation, fonr hundred and seventy millions." The srine authority says, (vide his speech at Lancaster, Panusyl- vanla, September, 1866,) "Our preaent heavy taxes win, la ordinary years, prodaco but little more than half of four bundrod and seventy millions. Gan our people bear double their present taxation 7 He who unneoeB> sarily causes it, will be accursed from generation to generation. Wo pit; the poor SagllBbman, whose national debt and bnr- thensome t&=ation, wo have heard deplored from onr childhood. The debt of Great Britain is jnst about as much as curs (fonr billions.) But in effect. It is but half as large, as it bears but three per cent Interest. The cur- rent year (1865,) the Chancellor of tho Exchequer tells ua, the interest was $131,- 806,990. Ours, when all shall be funded, TfUl bo nearly double " Such are Mr. Stevens' own words. And upon them I will only make this remark, that some persons marry for wealth, others for love, some for beauty, and somo for wit; but I have yet to learn the name of the man, or the nation, that em< braced a bride, merely on account of her poverty, her extravag mce anj her debt I OOMPABATIYI OBOWTH IN DUMBIBB. If the last official census, and tho decade next preceding it, ba taken Into account, it will be seen that this Western Province has maintained a ratio of increase, as nearly ac possible; one-half greater than the United States. By the cenAus taken in Jane, 18S0, the whole population of the United States was 23,191,876, and by tho census of June, 1860, 31,445,080, being a fraction over 35 per cent increase in ten years, By the census taken in Tanuary, 1852, the population oi Upper Canxda was 962,0C1, and by the census of January, 1861, 1,296,091, being a fiac- tlon over 46 per cent Increase In nine years. In Lower Canada, the census gives the population in 1852, at 890,261, and In 1861 at 1,110,664, being a fraction over 24 per cent increase in nine years. Taking both sections of Canada together, and adding np the number of jaob, at the same ratio of In- crease as they maintained for the preceding nine ye^rs, the tenth year would give the population as 2,596,111, being a fraction over 40 per cent increase in the ten years. Thus proving clearly, an increase of 6 per ess: over tho United States in the samo period. Here then is the true tale, which •■> T the cfflolsl Btatl0tlo8 of both countrlea teU : whioh It might not ba untea for Blr Morton Pete nnd hla " railroad capltalfats " to canr hoai« with them ; snd whtch onr " Annoxa- tlon friends in this oonnfrr would do well to consider, and to onswer, If they can TBOtH OONOiALID BY THi AMNIZATIORUTS. When speaking an J wiltiog upon the snb- Jjot of '< Aantxatloa," why hare not the ad- vocates of that measure, the common honesty to Btate, at the very least, one cr two of the leadlOKfLcunJary facto connected with It ? JTor inaJa 100, why do f>i8y not state falrlv and opealy, that «' annexation' would rob Oanadaof tne whole ainomt, now annually co^lactad from onr ca.;tome, our post cffloo, and all othor sonroas of ireneral revenno; which would be taken to sup- ? , lu^"'^"** Kovortment at WashluR. ton ? Why do th«y not etato that new taxes lit Ht.^l n'^''^ '" ''"P?"* *'»« <»Iff«- I, 1.1 u CfoV'J'-Em.nts, lata wnl.xa of rov.nue taxation In tae Dnled States, fhelr own pocple are found constantly engag d 1.. ^[cAMlag their own laws, and emngg/lng Lvm a^^ ? Why do they not state, that at thla ve y r^oment, woollen fabrics, and macy other artlokfl, nxe manu- fjctBred here, md sold l, their markets, .aotwlthetaadlrgthe high tmlff, imposed t<5 protect thdp rio.cefctic mann'actures? Why do thoy i;.o£ EUte that * c»plfftii,.t cannot In- Vist hi,) rnoaey l« thH \Jdto6i 8ta«?, without h»vlog tha f,QU of bU Investment most heavily aasl vexatlonely taxed, while In Canada, there Is a perfect freedom for In- Teetmenta? If they would only learn to speak the truth, and to tell a few plain facta utte these, they n^ed never again open thslr ilps upon tho subject of "Annexation." In fact, my youDB friends, If they would only state honestly and fairly; but a very few of tho articles taxed In the •' free ^« ,^°»*^'''®",?**" Republic, to which they would "^nnex" us, If thay conid ; they would tiave lUtlo occasion to name "annexation" to the people of Canada, during the rojaatnder of their natural llveo Only alloT? m3 for a mo- menttonaae a few, and thay shall be verv tZ: °1 *'^°^° art'clGB. IncoQfla varying from J600 to $6,000 a yenr, have to pay a tax of 6 per cent. If over $6,000, 10 per cent ; and If derived from dlvMcnds, 15 per cent. From 3 to 6 per cent, has to bo paid on all sales, wo man can be permitted to labor, whether with hla own hands, o.- hla own head, or his own tongue, wlthouS p»ylng for such per. msslon; Rsmay be sren by the taxes upon 1 FofasBloTjal moo's licensee ; and upon all :etal dealers fnd trodosmaa. Nor Is It only M.^rty tolBbor Ibae 1. :-. d, but thJ fruits of labor aleo; for th.rc t. ..heavy ex 0130 duty on every deecilptl-ju of m»nufao. turej— oven the bootaon their feet, and the clothe, on their b«,k, are alike .'nJeJt tJ tho impost. The "time of dar" and ihn 'light of day," are taxed. From $l to $2 l! the tax for liberty to carry a "atch ; .S 6 per cent for liberty to use a clock. QM^n! A ^""""l". ?<»' OH, and all descriptions of iSS^!" *"**• }^ ^^""^ ^»"» *o •'»»'* ont the summer s sun, or the winter s frost, from their fingers they have to pay „ tax of'e pTr cent upon the gloves that cover them. Jf tS ^iln ?/"'»" "v "''*' ''°°» '»»» 8»<"«» Word t.7nf K* '"""^ ""'^^l **>«y htvetopay a tax of 6 per cent. Or If they only take a an hotel to a friend's house, to » rallroLl sto tlon, or a steam boat wharf tho tax SSerer la at their heels ! Th, very sugar tJafaweet- Z'J^t\^' ".'•"^ '^ -ddltton to thrdd Import duty, from 3 to 4 cents on the lb 8»"on And as If It were not enough to tax the « time of day" and the " light of the day " -v?H^? •t.*'^ ■'«" °P°" *^« very meSlcfno raSot nf° ?^'fJ °^'y P««orfbeforthe Si »Ki K *u *"**""' «*«'° **»o v«y bottles In eLh ??*lf *' »" *»^3^ i'om 1 to 4 cento each. If they wish to slaughter their own or their own ox, they are taxed 40 cents noon each «nlmaL to be allowed to do so I ind Tf wJfr«°'*''l'? '^'""^ "^ pI.oe',ccffifcn his father, or his mother. Ma brother, or hta sister; his wife, or his child, or If he deslrea to plant a tombstone, to ma;k the spot wheS tonJ^.T"*^""'* <»' "^'"^e re.t?,hehM to pay a tax of 6 per cent for the privilege I tLHa^'"'°**^""'8'» " twentieth pw? of i?v im'/°° ''^°"* ^^ ^'Jshtoned, and^prob" ill IZ^Z?\ ^*"'' '°°" incredulous^ than thereat might jump irom his seat, and aek If U was possible, that any people exoent Sn t^ fc^°* ^« °" "*'*• '»»•' "» "Edition to ?f «nnhl° P«'"n*on •» Imported goods Im„k°« "* the "benefits and blessings'^ I^t «*,''r"^*°'^" ^ould entail upon usfl ^T^hnL^P'" °? Oaaadlans will long rema'in wlthont a wish or a thrught, to te " wnexS" to them, or to havetoem "annexe^' to ns HO SUBBUDIB. Many people are absolutely frightened Into ™hf.h"°°'" I*^ *»»«d"»d of^Sfngove^ run by the great armies of the United Staten Not only tlmld hearts, but even many: from whom bet er things might have been exS Sr^^I hn^ "PP'renUy appaUed. boforrthe felt and T Z^"\ ^" "^^ <>'"' ?«*» ^ »»«ver feu, and I douot at present feel, the least ^!°"'*J. *' *h« ""'-'lions of aried merSj whom we have been threatened. Let us to but true to ourselves, and we may safelv cr^ out, as our j^thers did 10168?" No surre? der ; " and as we nnr««i-«» h.°7_ .fvl"°".®?/ 8 At the oommenoAtnent of tlia w«r of 1812, (ho popatattsn o! Upcxir ukd Lower Caaada togoiher, amoan^cl to aatooly V'.rfiohnniiriAX th mBnutl 0onl3 ; whlln that o! tho UnUed B^atot, waa ovoi' vlght mlllionc ; jaut withlu u moto fractlou of twooty bbvou to ono. Now our population la two mtlUonH flva hunUtert thoosantf, while that of th i Ur.!'.Hd Blstos, (North and Honth together,) It about thirty mlllionc ; mnklnj? a pfiipartion of only twelve, instead of twenty oijvt'n, to ono, Then tho V Itad Btiteii waro a Wi>«Uhy, vigorona and i....t ;1 people; now thty ore cxhauBtcd by fanr yeara of Ih i ic )Bt alupiu. dons war, und torn to plecon hy la- tumal d1i38nQ3lOD«), a^u] actional hatreas and malignity, which only p»nt for n firot- able opportunity to boTHt fcTlh Inio opsn vio. lenca. In 1812.14, Oroat BrltRla w»a ex- hAoatod by o&o of the longest and grcateot stragglea oa record, ^vhea not ool/ her armies wero employed i»b;o.iiJ, bnthnrralUtls, her yeomanry corpj, hor volant^iorB, »td hev navy also, wore employed, to gnavcl hor own Hhorna from Invasion, and to prtuerve her own national ox'.8tono >— ono or two ekeietoa battallona only, (chit fir Oarmftna,) coald bo Hparod t'^ aid lu the dofo;jca of tfcla provIiJco. Now the armlee, uavles and rceoaro^JB of the BrlUlh Empire, havo been reonporatlo;^ and utrengthentrig by haif a ciiatnry of peace. :?ho BrltlRh poaaoealoufl In Nojtii Ameiioa, now nnmber throa yuUlkino tUreo hnadrod thousand souls ; out of which, according to vhe nsnal etatlstlce, one fii'ih vrsuld bo male ctdaUB,and would consequratly i;lvo six hun- 'ired Rad Eixty-sfx th'.msaad islx Jiundrod lighting mon. Tah.o off Iha oao haudrod and alxty-Blx thocsand ulx hundred icr aged men, tocnltlvatoihe enrth, and attend toother domeatlo mstters, and h»lf a million of Ashling yaoa would etlil be left to tiko tbe fiold. The largest numbor of man the Aoetic*nB ware able t J brlug Isto the fiald at any oao time, was at An'.ietam, and amounted to oJghtj- throo thouaEnd. coihat In any fair f-^ngft pltoiod battle, wrf fchould not ba far behlnl our boaetfal nolghbarB, ovsn wllhouJ; ctmnt- ing upon tho preseuco of an ErJid'jh BolUlor. Amoiloxna aro good eoldlera to c'vfend their owi. soil against Invasion, but tLo grefit balk of the sober-minded andrtflicUag papnbtion, (pattlcnlarly tho agtlouttucai aad jneohanlcai oiasses,) ata opposed to oggresjlvo wara They will fi^tt nobly to r-efend their own country ttnd thulr InstltutSoiiB, bus they muD% be coerced to ler^vii :!ieb country, toR'.tao«: another people. In tho l&le war with the bouth, mora th«>K. )\»lf the Amerlcsa armiea wore andeup ci i.nglUli, Itlsb, Scotch, d-sr- man, and Oanaalan aoldlera. Taoso ssce, If maccbsd aoiOBa cur bordws, would noi fight against ua, but wotild chltfly deReri; to our Btandavd, wtien shay fouwl tli«i!KB->!vsg oa Canadhn eoll. The "Fonlsn' or?a»lzitlon l.i drearledby many. la a war with tho Uidted States, It would, if llicy tcoii Evn »c;ivi- or yrciaiaoiit part in It, beoomo a sijnrc.; of weaknesQ to thfl enemy. Prior to the bre*kfn« out of th« great reb«.Ulon In Ireland, la 1708, tho l'ft!«. byterla.iH were the dln^ffected, and the "Unlt«-rt IrlshTUcn" woro chldly of tha'. demomlnallon. Bnt so Boon as the fl»m» of Inaurrectlon bumt forth, anJ tbo Irfph Rjmsn OathoMoa Uxx au a !tlvo p^rt, tho PreobyteiUnn diopp*>d c ff nnd tho Tebellbn was Bpxedlly oxtlnnoished. Tha uame ciuse wouKt prot Ameilca, would Imooodlat?i'y dewirt tho Btanc^ard, THI WAn WITH THI BOOTH. Lot n» Buppose tho wholo population of the UtiltJd S'rttflfl, (North lad South united,) to be 1 yal tJ too Union, and wIlMnj)! to w#ijje ta asfe'ioBBlvo war. In Buoh eu ^ronx, thiy would entur «?oa It, with twenty ailUloaii lu thof.oeStatoH, andtim million la the sUvh ataten ; making, b« 1 bafore Htatytl, a total cf thirty mllUouH. In tho late war with tho Bouth, tho States cf Alabnma, Arkansas", Dela- ware, Klorlda, Ooofgla, Kautucty, LoulBtftuo, Maryland, Ml3flomt, MtsaUBlppI, Nattti Oirc- llna, Bouth Osrollna, Tonnesflye, T*.xaa and VirKlala, In all flttf on, revolted, ov at least wero (llB'stfrfotsd, and wore s.jr;< rally d«8lg- natf d ;ia tha «' Eubal Stateu." Flvo of thorn, namely: Djlaware, Kentucky, Mi»ty)aod, MlsKOurl, aad Tenneaseo b«lng » bord. r" Siftioi, wcto at OKco overrun by the Northern olnment, and wero prevented from openly and clliolally aecoding. The othor t«n, howevd*-, paaBod Bocoselon crdlnonceu by ihtlr 8!»t« convontlona and idglslnturos. Thus one-filid of ihe .ilava Brates wo.o pre7tntod from j Ma. iDt; thoir Bontbern brothron, and cia. per forco Into the Noithern not Tti! tho Booth, Vmt wore .it once rsken into the Nor h- iirn Rcml'ja. This at ouao nvluced tho Boutn- ern Btcocgth In ron:'.d nt mbers to flvo mll- UoQB ftcd raised tha Hotthorato over twenty- four mlliluns, laayltg the iclatlvo nambera a?, ab'jut fiVo io iwtnty.flvi). A WAii WITH US. In addltio::; ta thla dli^-iiritT In numbiira It Bhoold Bloo be taken into coconut tbat f-ho AmorlcsQ asmlen wore fighting on their own territory to dofond their owu metltuilons— Ir. H wofd to malntoln tholi cwn national rx- lottnojj. In ft war with us nil thla w mid ba rovf-Tfifid. Instead of flghtlng oa thoJr own teirUoK/ they won'd require to bring atl tholr simks, mucltlona and Buppllca acroHo the Kt Lawi'onoe or the groHt lakes lato oar country, to fight oa i% foro'gn soil ; and If opce defeated they cnnJd not retreat with eafoty m in Virglniff or Mlrsourl, or In Ken- i_.l._ rsa rVannonci-a « h«rn tha rltt1rnA!'g and navigable B'rnf.roij tolng in their i 9 t pocietflon, ■fforded them every facility for retreat and eocape ; or m Id the Oaro- llnSR, or Qeoigla, or as In Florida or Mluia- ■Ippl, or LonUlaof, or Texts ; where an ex- tended aeaboard, wnoUy nnder their own con- trol, gave them every faolllty for aggrenlve uovemects on tha one band, and for retro- Rtdeoneaon the other Again, Instead of fighting to dofei'd thuir own Inatltntloni, Ihey wonld be aisalling ours. Most men, even common cowards, love the laws, Instt- Intlons and customs onder which they were horn, which they have been tanght to revere from their yonth np, and which they have eatottmed as tt jlr own. Bat few men, and certainly none bat thu reckless and daeperate, will leave their peacefnl homes and fireHldou, to fore* their Inatltatlcns npon other natlono; to wage an aggressive and nnpopnlar war upon an unoffending people ; and to deprive that people, of a national and ludopecdent existence, which they valae doarer than prop<)r«y, and preoloos aa life itself. In a war with as, tbe Americans would find themselves blockaded, at every outlet and at every Inlet, on the Atlantic to the oaat ; on the Gulf of Mexico to the aoath; up the Mlsslsslpp*. to the wast ; aitd on the borders of the loyal States to the north. Their Ne> Yorki and their Bostons ; their New Orleans and their Portlands ; ajo, even the very seat ami citadel of their powe", Washington itself, would be, as It was beforo, under the mercy of British guns, and compelled again to furl the Star tipacgled Buner before the Bed Cross of St. George. With all tfaeee changes in circumstances, and with all tbeen advantages on our side, may I not well &«k you to consider, that If U took the Northern armies and navies over four yoaro to conqier less tenltory than ours, and to eubdaa a less (white) hostile population, bow long would It take them to march into a^ j Invade a foreign country, of far greater exteat. Inhabited by a far hardier, a far more united, and a far inure hostile population, arrayed against them 7 unoH, Bar hot ooariDiBAnoii. 1 cannot conclude tho remarks which I have felt It my duty to address to yon, with- out referring to one other subject— one with which the public mind has been for some time agitated, and which may jattly be term- ed the all-engrossing subjact of the hour I allude to the question of Confederation. Upon this point I have been told, many of you desire to know my opinions ; and being BO told, I cannct withhold them. I am lo f*vor of union, but not of confederation. I give the gentlemon, nnder whose ausplooj ihe Quebec scheme was sent forth f^o the world, due credit for wisdom and ability In Its preparation, and for loyalty to ihe crown, and patriotism to the country in Intention. But with all their atillty and wisdom, and loy- alty and patriotism, they have failed to con. Tlnce me of the propriety of the scheme pro- pounded. Had it been a Legislative Instead of a Federative uitlon, I would at once have gone wi, (tha lion. Mr. Maodonald) is distinguished, migbt, fof Hxample, entertain such Ideas, aud with the elasticity and determination, which great minds only can exercise in mc- ment3 ofdiffloulty, yielit to the neceseUy of the caee. I am led to this view of the qa'tr. tlon from the groat burthens that must le- cessarlly press npon the people nndur ibe scheme, if canied out m proposed ; and also from the weak and looperatlve powers. In- tended to be conferred u^oa the looal legiti- latarbs. These two facts lead me to the con- cltulon that the poopl*) will, after a very few years' experience, cry out so laatllyjagalost the iiioreased burthens of taxation, and against the Increased leglslatlv.i ruttrlctious imposed, that a change will havA to be made, and a leglelaavu union bu tto resnlt, WiUether this waa auttolpated, oad of course Intended by the promoiura, I know not. Bat whether Intended or not, I have no doubt It will be the result of the scheme, 11 adopted. To union In the abstract no one will o)".;:!^. Nations and separate province? sr ^'i^- posed of Indlvlauals, and like l^airiduali), are mutually dependent npon each other. No man can live wlttiout aaaooiatlon of some kind v>lth bis fallow man ; and ao, no cation or yi'ovince can continue without Interocniea with other nations or provinces. The Mt- tory of all mankind, Uom the creation cf Adam to this day, outabllbhee this fact. Bat I have but a few momeots le(t to glance at the attempts which have been made to unite separate States and nations under the con- federate form. I will bogiu with the Gre^k States, as they were one of the most anoiout. They were first united by Theseus in a fddci- >mtlve union. The Un ^ed States govetu- mentmay be said toba a tranecrlpt of It. The Greeks flourished for a coniilderabie period and became one cf the most poworfal and most learned of ancient nutions. Bat Itn Attica dietrlots—i Its Athens— Uj Thormor. phyes—lts cities and Istanila— with their ceparate State mnniclpalttloB and rival Inter- ests, spilt the Greeks into factious, fomented jealousies, and ultimately lost to vbepnople their freedom, their Indepearitmc;', anc; th Ir national character. At this *Jay it. uiay ou said, that Greece only remslcs thit its his- tory may be a warning to posterity. Rome Is but another example of the instability of confederate republics ; and though the sev- eral Stateti Afterwards merged Int'j one of the greatest empires upon earth in course of years, like Greece, it fell from Its high estate. The onco great and commanding States of Bome, are now only to be found in history, as a further warning against the jaa- longlea and rnin that nUtm>tAlir fnlinw !n th<> 10 4^ viko cf nil c'.siffKtmiito tfova'nnjcnte. T e BrtVrtU Unltod Pfovlnf'fiB hvT, oompoaed the Dutch npn'i?t'!, mace -■ obUi encilfioeB for iheir ladyp ! . ,sc-.<. Bat thov to-), bml to snbmir to tixi ^yrtnay of a PMllp, and the bsru4(tty of t. the wlodm of ex- perlonoe, to explode the folly of Oonfideiijt^e Uittes, anct to nire!i?a tyrantj— that as n separate natloi) thay are only psr- mittud t3 eilat npoii onffcirancs, and ara ottea keip* apart from open violoBOfl, by the dread of bHlQa; wholly a&Borbril dj th-.'ir mora pow;nfal nelghborii TaeGarmtnlo Ooafed- eration ctn ecsroaly ha tuvoKcd &a an ex- amploj beoanao li l3 a Ooaf.^deracy rather of MortMcha and petty FtivcsP, than of dietinc*; Stat -8 ind ProvlncoB. Bat evtJJ chonld that point b3 ooucaded, whst wonJi remala to oaaae any Bans man to cnt np the Garixan Oonfeieraoy as on example fr.r Imitalion? Whftt are its annKlo but oas coattnna'l sosne of patty princely conteQt(oii--abottlve in every good meaaura— proao to every evil one. I need not refar to form«r examplsa, for illnsttotlons jf the truth of what I spea*. The history of the Scbloawlg-HolBteln affair ; SBtting aslda tlia ptotoool title of ttio King of Dmniatk, andtha UgUlmsfce tiJia of tao Dak) of Aosiustonberg to the Duohie?, Bad thuir final abMorptlon by tho two g-eafi bullies of the Ooafedyvatioa (Prnsula aud AustsSa) are la ihtrosalves sniBnlcnt fo) prove the nt^Kr Impotcacy of ths 0 tloaal govarament laid by the Great Alfred, it was not laid in Confederate States, but lu one couBOlldated government ; and that gov- etnmant has stootl throngh all agep, and stsnds at this day ; not as a warning for aatioss toBhua, but as a beacon light of rttsbility, freedom, and glory to follow. The Prinoipaiity of Wales was eubaequently add. ed, bus not as a Ooafaderate State. Henry the Eli;fctbi Inoorpornt'-d the Welsh Into the Ecgliali Constitution, ai a oait and parcel of one coa8;;lfdated tation. The Palatines of ChoBter and Duiham were subsequently en- grafted Into the BRmo solid stock ; the former by Heary the Eighth, and the latter by Charles the Secoad. The ancient Kingdom f)f Scotland was added by Qaeen Anne, In 1707; anil Ireland In 1800, by George tbe Third. Does any sane man believe, that if tho several originally distinct States, that now comprlso the British nation, had been united upon the Confederate system, the empire would not have gone to pieoeb years, if not centuiles sco? The consolidated legislative system alone has secured Its houor, iti) glory Rid its perpetuity. If they give us a lagislative union, w;th representation In tho Imperial Pavliamont, and thus constitute Britain and her colonies as one great Marine E!3plre,then Indeed will all "good men gtnd true" rejolce—tben Indeed will tho expense and ontsuglemonta of separate Confederate States be avoided ; tha several parts of the Empire properly represented and knit to- gether; the Interest of each secured; justice be administered throughout ; and the freedom, glory and Indepenoenco of the whole be perpatURted to tho Inteat period of time. Let U3 sll Etmggle to this end, and we shall be doing good ueivlca to ourselves, and to pos- terity. *^