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Show , TJU\ VEJ S TIIROUGTI LOWER CAN ADA: five in the one country as in the other; and as no pofitive aJvJntagc could be '1,1incd by a revolt, it i n t Jjl~cly that Ameri ans, of all peopk i ;1 th<.t world the mo11: devoted to fdf-interdl:, would expofc their perlons and properties in [uch an attempt. It~ h wever, the Americans from the State arc people that wonld nbu e fuch f.wours from the crown, why were thc.y admitted into the province at all? The n-overnmcnt might eaGly have kept them out, by retuling to them any grants of lands; but at any rate, were it thought c, pcdicnt to admit them, and were fuch mcaf"nres necdTary to keep th crn in due fubj cCl:ion, it fcen1s hard that the fc1mc meafnrcs {hould be adopted in regard to the inhabitants of the province, who fl:oo,l firm to the Briti{h goven ment, even at the tirnc when the people in every other part of the continent rcvo tcJ. For wh:ucver rcafon this i)•fl:cm of not granting tmcxccption~lblc titles with the land, which the crown voluntarily befl:ows on its f..tithfut fubjeC. 1 , has been adopted, one thing appears evidcn • namely, that it has very onfidcrably retarded the improvement of both the provinces; and indeed, as long as it is continued, th y mull: both remain very backward counties, compared with any of the adjoining fl:atc s. Were an oppofitc fyil:em, however, 1 urfu~.ocl, ancl the lands granted merely with fuch reflri(:.lions as WL:r found abf()Jute y nc cfi~Lry, in order to prevent j ~) bin~, the happy cffu:.1s f a nH:a(urc of that nature would foon become vifible; the face of the country v ould be quickly meliorated, m d it is probable thn.t th L\:; would not t <; any part of North America, where t 1ey wm ld, after a {] ort pcr.od, be able to boafi: that improvement had taken place more rapidly. It i· very c rtain, that were the lands !rt-antcd in this manner, many more people would annually cmi~ratc into Canada from the United tat ·s than :1t pr fcnt; for thcr<.: are numbers who come ye:1.rly into the country to " explore it," that return bacl· fol 1 y bccau fe they cannot • get lands with an indilputabl title; I l1avc repeatedly met with thefe 1 coplc myfelf in Upper Canada, and 1, vc heard them exprefs the utmofi: di.G1ppointment at not being able to gt t hnds on fuch terms even for no1.ey ; I luve hea d oth~rs in. the fl:ates allo fpcak. to the f.'une pur-par INDUCEMENTS FOR EMIGRATION. 137 port after tltey l1ad been in Canada; it is highly prob ble, moreover, t~1at many of the people, who leave Great I ··tain and Ireland for Amcnc: l, WOllld then be indu ced to fettle in Cc1nada inil:ead of the United States, :md the Britin1 mpirc would not, in that cafe, lofe, as it docs now, thoufwds of valuable citizens every yc3 r. . V b ~~~ arc t~1e_ £~eneral indu~cmcnt s, mny here be afked, to people to <]Utt Gtcat Bntam frJr the Un t··J States ? Tl1ey ]1 b r. . I _ . ...., ~- . _ ' ave ecn lltmmeu up hy 1\It . l. ooper ·, 111 l11-; h:tt<.:rs pnbli !hcd in 1794, on tl c fnbjeCl: of cmigr.lting to America ; -ml we c.tnnot have rccourfe, on the 'lvl o!e, to better a 1thority. "I . i"J r: " 11 my mm,< , .c ··'ys, "the firfl: and prin ipal inducement to a p r-fon " . to Cl.l ll.t I• · nrbr]'a nd. r'o1 t· A , .· · . ' 1 t,t; . • met tea Is, t/Je Lota ai);Citce qf an.\·tcty njpefl-mg the Juwre Ju~·c,jJ cj rt family. There is little fault; to find with the " government of America, that is, of the United States either 1 • 11 • " , . l . .. , , prrn-ctp c or praclice. There ar few taxes to p;1y, and tho{(; arc of ac- :: kno_w_ledged nece~l:y, nnd moderate in amount. There arc no ani" n~o fJttcs about religiOn, ami it i a fubjeCl: about which few quefl:ious aJ e afkcd; there ar few r fpc:Cl:ing political men or political mea- " fun's ; the prcfellt irritation of m n's minds in Great Britain and t1 , "d"J( l . ' 1C 1 comant £late of fo tety on political accounts, is not 1 nown ther " The government is the g vernment of the J1COJl lc, and for the pc 1 • " TI . op c. " 1erc a~-c no tyt11cs ~o: game l.aws; aFJd exciie laws upon fpirits only, and fitmlar to the Bntlfh only m name There are no <'treat mn of- " 0 k . b l.oll " I an , nor many of_ great nch s; nor have the rich th power of opprcffing the lefs ncb, for poverty is ::tlmoil: unknown. nor arc til, (Cil: · . ' c t eets crowded with be<rgars. You 1i e no where the J 1· ro-1 il:. .1 " 11:, 1 mg anu "melan holy contrafr, fo common in Europe, of vice and filth, and rags and wretchednefs, in the immediate nei o-hbourhood of th. 11: tC 0 (.; 1110 wanton extravagance, and the moil: ufdefs and luxurious parade; nor ::arc the common peo1~le fo depraved as in Gr : t Britain. Olt:ltTd ar,_, uncommon, and box1ng matches unknown in th ilrcets. There arc • Mr. Coop r, late of Mane cllcr, who cmizratcd lO America with al1J1is family nnd who(e " UlI lon.t y ha b-een very generally qu'o ted by the Americans who have Iince written on the r.~ jc ~ of emigration. H 110 |