As Might Be Expected, The
Anglo-French Alliance Is Extremely Popular:
To show the sympathy of
Canada, the Legislature made the munificent grant of 20,000l. to be
divided between the Patriotic Funds of both nations, and every township
and village has contributed to swell a further sum of 30,000l. to be
applied to the same object.
The imperial garrisons in Canada have recently
been considerably diminished, and with perfect safety; the efforts of
agitators to produce disaffection have signally failed; and it is stated
by those best acquainted with the temper of the people, that Canada will
not become a separate country, except by England's voluntary act.
At present every obstacle to her further development seems to be removed -
her constitution has been remodelled within the last few years on an
enlarged and liberal basis - her religious endowments have just been placed
on a permanent footing - all the points likely to cause a rupture with the
United States have been amicably settled - and important commercial
advantages have been obtained: the sun of prosperity shines upon her from
the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the distant shores of the Ottawa and the
Western Lakes. She requires only for the future the blessing of God, so
freely accorded to the nations which honour Him, to make her great and
powerful. The future of nations, as of individuals, is mercifully veiled
in mystery; we can trace the rise and progress of empires, but we know not
the time when they shall droop and decay - when the wealthy and populous
cities of the Present shall be numbered with the Nineveh and Babylon of
the Past.
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