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to be feared from the cowardice of politicians ; few votes in tha Home of Commons are worth a province : so that while the Cape of Good Hope i » overrun by stay age * , for want of soflcient garrisons , and the troops at Cape Town are almost deprived of the benefit of divine worship , from the deficient supply &t a Church Establishment , a frigate and a Lord Commissioner are yielded at the first breath , suggesting disaffection at the head quarters , of Mr . Papineau . We shall take the liberty of supposing that the weakness # f their rulers does not influence the British public at large—that
they will throw healthy blood into the representative system of that British territory across the Atlantic , and leave Mr , Haptneau in a minority , and ' Fecialis' without a salary . We hope to see the British capitalist also as active in setting up nations , as he has been eager to contribute to their overthrow . Much gold is not wanted in the present undertaking ; fire and water are mighty elements to clear forests and work timber-framing mills ; the progress of wealth , founded on labour and an abundant soil , in an astaxed country , and in neighbourhoods of simple manners , is
certain—certain in its returns for the outlay of capital , —certain in the building up houses for labourers who take to Canada only their personal exertions . They have only to proceed on a cheerful understanding with the genius of the place : at the North Pole snow and ice , as building materials , were found an efficient substitute for the masonry of more genial climates ; and in Canada the stout timber wall makes as comfortable a homestead as brick-work and
stucco , or what is more costly in the fabric of our modish villas . There is a noble field for philanthropy * a wide area for speculation , a certain home and sufficient fortune for all who are contented to seek the reward of labour in the comfort and happiness of their families . The savage of the woods has disappeared from the
shores of the Atlantic ; the posterity of the tenants of the German forests , having spread over Europe their free institutions ^ and advanced civilization there to its height , are progressing westwaidfreedom in their hearts , strength in their ami : who shall resist f — how shall happiness elude their search , or wealth escape from th « r exertions . '
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W | had always inteiukxl a criticism on Cobbett , but this % hpiiUi not h * ve been * u epitaph . Lighi lie the earth uuoa him ,, mmd lighter be the mouument of criticism ! If the svikm ! critical bmp Ittouutitins upon him , they will quake with bis * tibrt * to nuiljgL tveu ill Ui * gr * ve , iui ^ eruneuc * * i * l % « ui pr * t « iisioflL Buiphwfci Cobbett has buried buu ** tf tong * go > if * fWr Portupui * * mfr
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WILLIAM COBBETT . ( tfttOM A CO&KSPOI «]> SXY . )
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1835, page 543, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2648/page/43/
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