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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la methods. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 m mmm iiLfiiniiiiiitiii y i »y».y«V^/*^-'^'*-'" OTTAWA, fCBRlJARY TO THE EDITOR OF THE "BRITISH STAN- DAHD." SiR,:-'As the country is still agitated on tho question of the proper place for tho Seat of Government, for the two Provinces, I beg leave through your columns to make some re- marks on the all important subject. The rejection of a decision of arbitrators in common transactions between two individuals, is considered dishonorable, and generally ter- minates in all further transactions between the. parties. If then, such a circumstance iu common life awaken such feelings of disgust, how must it look in the eyes of nations for a ma)ority of a Legislature, a body supposed to be the most intelligent of the community in which they live, and rot only jealous of their own, but their couhtry's honor, should so far forget th'iir stahdibg in society, and that high toned morality Which ought to charafcterfee the representatives of a people, so blesfied' With teligious and secular ibstruction, as we are in Canada, as to reject the decision of theii* Sove- reign, after an ofBcial request of a majority of that body, concurred in by the Upper House, and ratified by an act of Parliament, after Her MiUesty graciously condescended to comply with the request, which was Her prerogative as our Sovereign to command. "We should re- Hicmber that the United Parliament of Canada J iter expending hundreds of thousands in the perambulating system, and endless debates on the vexed question, on the floor of the House, :r.j:de the appeal, no« to the Colonial Secretary or any of Her Majesty's Ministers, but to her- self as thb Qiiteen of Great Britain ; and in re- jecting her decision, we not only offer a gra- tuitous Insult to our loving and lawful Sovc- rei gn, but we stultify ourselves in tho eyes of all honbtable communities both of the old and new world— looking for greater privileges as provincials than the subjects of the United Kingdom enjoy. It Is Her Majesty's Royal prer-rgatiVe to command Her Parliament to MwtW aa at Westmlniiter. William the IV. of England, was appealed to at nrapire on tli« ovo of R war between France and the United States, relative to some shipping which Napo- leon the 1st. had destroyed. The Crowned that France should the mother country, let us contemplate for a few moments the probable results if Britain was to withdraw her protection and leave us to our own resources. We should fall into the arms of tho United States on their own terms, like a star>'ing garrison, surrendering et dis- cretion. We have no Navy, and one single '^ 4 would blockade the St. Lawrence, our only Port, and bring us to their own terms. The avails of all our public lands would be sent to to Washington ; ship ynrds would ha estab- lished on thb St. Lawrence, to baJld a navy to menace tlife British West Indies whenever she ihay, like in 1812, have her hands full, or be pbysibally exhausted by a long war. Wo shbuld also be taxed for an army and navy, and all the retlress open to us wotsld bo a re- monstrance to Congress j a nwst humiliating pdfeition for British born st»l?jects. This is only some of the evils thai wo^d be&ll us ge- nfei'ally. But some of Irhe inhabitants of Cana- da w^ortld haVe robre ttAi^ thts to ccrtnplain of. Let mc ask my LoWer Canadian fribnds of the Roman Catholib pei-stikslAn/ W they woiild meet with the sallAb' I'di^ibtA liberty under the eagle that they db nok ^tferllhe British Lion? If they answer sto th« afi^hatiVe, l! tell them to look to Boston, Ohfo/fl/tirf othei* places where their public buMdfcgsF Wve been demolished by a Sovereign Dombcratfc mob, and the authorities refused to make good their losses. Again, I ask, has one single State, with laws, customs, religion, and lao- gukge differing from the rest of the American Continent held Its own civil and religious 11. berty as it docs at present. A glance at the Star-spangled banner, emblematical of their numerous states, answers the question, beyond a doubt if Napoleon the 1st. was correct when speaking of the U. States, In saying, " That nation without honor." To be independent we must have a navy, and not only a navy,- capable of repelling an American fleet, but the combined fleets of Ameifca and Russia. Tlie TT-tx-j Of a*-- ~-'*V •11 fKyty bftSJiifid love of tt^Q' doia sympathised with Russia in the lata wari and would not kt the munitions of war pan from Quebec through their territory, to be shipped to the Crimea, notwithstanding Rus^ sia Is one of the most despotic and absolute irchics on the continent of Europe. Pa- floated on the bosom of tho dee; Rules the Waves,) without its single fraction ; and when our Invaded England was always read] her blood and treasure to defend safe and happy position we will rapidity of a drama, a stupendt British Colonies extending from to tho Pacific, with a dense popu rear developing the resources of i1 region : and the products of Chlni of tho Pacific no longer doublinj but coming direct on British ter own inland seas, to be carried North American Continent. W the continuation of Protection to of tho finest countries in the woi tcction under tho blessing of Go( the strong arm of Great Britain. Having now briefly shown ow* Colony, our ptbSpccts and pur will now shew that Her Majesty' flivor rtf dAawa 20'. Thee taken as 7^ 10*1 Tho position o Capital of the confederated Pro best the ProViilcc* afford. Tho !bllertrft)g ttible of distance! late newspaper artSlle ort the b\ Scat of Government gives furthc centrality at Ottawa in view of c OTTAWA IS DISTAKT FBO: Montreal, O.E. 100 mttet. Kinglston, < Three Rivera, O.E. 175 Quebec, G.E., 240 t'hicoutenF Port, ) ^^ ^•Em f . Port Hope, Toronto, €1. London, C Windsor, C Saolt St. M LakeSup'r Fort Garry Hed River. SaifoenaJ', 0.] . . ^ Frederlcton, N.B., 4S5 St. John, N.B., 480 Mcton Htnet, N.8. 605 Halifax, N. S., 619 In the first place, Ottawa City botu Provinces, bcpn only a them, and a line, acCfrtfSHtlg to Ei without breadth. Ottawa City Canada on the south side of the and Hull is on the north side of .(''i:i__l.»J w*ma fmr\n ninri ie\ n& iintnii'o, nn the Kn^y^ "V MkiMki on the bosom of the deep, (Briton nia personal cx^erilsnec, Ottawa City is 50 miles the Waves,) without its costing us a inland, and strong by nature, and,'with little fraction ; and when our country was expense would be made stronger by art. It is i England was always ready to pour out one thing for an invading force to just lifnd and >od and treasure to defend us. In this attack in the rear whi\ the heavy gans afloaf id happy position we will sec with the are bombaring the town for a few hours, and y of a drama, a stupendous chain of then, before a force can be collected, retreat— I Colonies extending from the Atlantic It is another thing to land in an enemy's couft. Pacific, with a dense population in the try and march into the interior, with haltering jTcloping the resources of that extensive train and all the necessaries for such Undc^tak- : and the products of China and Islands ings. It may bo said that the Rideau Caftal Pacific no longer doubling the Capes, would facilitate the transport of their guns, &c., ming direct on British territory to our &c. If they attei . . it, they and their guns »land seas, to be carried all over the would soon bo Iclt high and dry by drawing American Continent. Wo only want off the water; and the distance they would itinuation of Protection to make us one have to march would give our militia an oppor- fincst countries in the world, and Pro- tunity of retarding their progress in the old I under tho blessing of God depends on stylo of 1812. Thus it is wise to make choice ong arm of Great Britain. of a site for a capital that is difficult to be ing now briefly shown om* position as a approached by an enemy, and safe for the Go p», our ptdspccts and our weakner-?, I vemment Records. )w shew that Her Majesty's decision in Again there is not another city in British rlf dAawa 20'. The centre may be (Valley of the Ottawa is the nearest route fron^ RS 7«» 10*; Tho position of Ottawa as a /Montreal to Fort William on Lake Superior, A of the confederated Provinces is theVand to Chicago on Lake Michigan. To go to ^oProViiiccrfafbrd. either of these places by the St Lawrence you 1 3bllst ancient capitiUs are inland^- scrch as Ion- Paris, Madrid, &c., Ac, of not easy acoess eavy guns afloat to bombard them. To- ) was the capibil of Upper Gftnaiie of ashes. Kingston was lUso in a state irm. The above I know to be true by about that distance. This is considering the Ottawa and Georgian Bay railroad terminus, opposite the inlet from Lake Huron; but if the terminus was located at the north-east corner of the Bay, then there would be a greater saving of distance in going to the Sault St. Marie, Red River, &c. The railway being longer and the navigation shorter. To prove my assertions correct, I will call Ottawa City A, Toronto B, and the north-eastern shore of the Georgian Bay, C; which forms almost an equilateral triangle, and any two sides of which must double the third side. Prescott is nearly as low down as Ottawa City, and is two hun- dred and twenty miles from Toronto; from the latter to Collingwood by rail, 96 miles ; from thence to C the terminus of the Ottawa railway at the north-east corner of the Bay, 80 miles ; total, 175 ; this latter route be- ing the shortest. But although B is the irtiortest it shews the precise number of miles travelled out of a direct course, and the other two sides ...e about equal: and what would the people of Toronto and other parts of the west tbJiik of travelling from Montreal to the north- east shore of the Georgian Bay^ and thence to Colli^gwdod to Toronto, which would be prc- dbely the iame dilstance out of the way, namely 170 miles, in a journey of about 240. The interest Of the West has been and is great, but a pluvmount iinterest is rising in tbe K^ West;- and our rOads must divide in Lower Canada, tbe one t!o l9ie west passing up through Prescott,- the Ottier tfhroug'!! the City of Ottawa, a^nd thence to tbe Georgian S^y A man tra*' veiling from Montreal to Cbicago-^when he arrives at PrescOtt hO ts already Otft of his proper line of traTel, but he m^St go on tO' Torohto, 2^0 miles,- whten lihere he finds ho has to travel 95 miles by rail, and about 70 or 80 by - < -ij^alion to' the inlet/ a total of 816, when he waar within S^O" miles of the eame plafce at Prescott-^-mdney^ titoo, and labor Idst* But/ for further proto^ compare the distanced from Chicago to Jf ew York by Klvas fnWfy Esq., 0. E. Buffido, Erie Canal, and Hudson River ldl6 Welland, Oswego, and Hudson River 1^88 Welland, ChamplaiQ,- and the Hudson River 1846 Georgian Bay, Toronio, Oswego, and the Hudson River 1210 average it at ay niilos, which is not quite two- thirds of a degree at the equator. Henco th t time is not for distant, when by steam naviga- tion and railway, passengers will be hnlf-way across th'sj continent to the Pacific by the titne a steamer to New York will tWich the wlihrfi the mail to Quebec will bo within ^00 mlleJF' of Victoria or Vancourers Wand. It mvJW bo remembered, that when the steamer arr^es at Quebec, the other, bound for New YOrk^ allow- ing equal speed, will bo 470 geographical miles from New York, allowing 12 miles an hour for an Atlantic steamer, on the average, and 24 miles an hour for the rail cars. And' as they do not measure by geographical mi!es, we will add 50 in round numbers, to put the whole in- to statute miles, which will be 620--doublo that of the speed of the cars — and the mail bago would be 1056 miles on their way across the continent, in about longitude to 90 and 50 N latitude. What a brilliant prospect for ths Commerce of Canada. What a start iu the race set before the inhabitants of this growing country ; we can view it in no other light than' the young lion in its lair. From what has been said, it is obvious that' Lower Canada and the Eastern part ot Upper" Canada have but one interest, and^^ ball is' at our foot, if we are only inrlintd; Ottawa Railroad and Canal will go on, the foul stain of dishonor ^q our rejecting the Queen's deci- sion will be washed away, and the great high- way for the world will be q>eued through our' Capital, and a vast amount of produce that yv'ould bo drawn off to the Atlantic cities, will' pass through Quebec. In a public letter whielt I wrote some eight or more years since, I said then, and am of the same opinion now, that if Montreal or Quebec is to become the iSaMflT I^H of the St Lavrrence, they ' nost intercept the trafi3conthe lakes ; and iti? only by open' ing the Ottawa Canal and Railway this grand object can be obtained, and Lower Canada- become the emporium of the West, and attain' that standing in the Commercial world, that nature has designed. I have the honor to be. Sir, Your obed't serv't^ A. W. PiJMtlWU- Batburst, Jan. 7y 1859.