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di ^ fut « Mlrami { mi ) feVtb kta& pteu ^ itjf ) dettinatloni ; irthe'ithoW on Ambm * ttf * < caTti 3 thoarwrivesn Suddenly 1 ^ Tory ) pavty # 9 eo ** red that the tax was only an expedient of the Asse « fely < totcheck mft&i ^ tttUfflt A moreMse insinuation mererife ^ for © came from tik&Hpz'dftTMid . Th& Canadians a * e > BOti opposed to immigration .
lxi 6 yv > Teo « ttfeMwith brotherly love tAioset nrnnigrants vrh © settle ac&bng themr To the abuses of immigration they . are opposed . Por < fttstmiee , they do not like to see 500 people cooped up in a iitfty shijvof 300 tons . They ask for a law to check this , when they ate immediately met by a howl from the traders in human fleshy'oflSciai and non-official , and ar <> accused of animosity to SC
ittlim ^ rMA ' : . ¦ ¦(• . ; ,. -, ; . : , ¦¦¦ /;! ., . , - 11 > fflite ' iLwrer Canadians obj ect to the British ^ Americaa Land C ^ twpaityi not because it will promote itnmigTatioa ^ r fo r * they think its tendency will be to check immigration ! / They object to it titi ' gtotmds which should , I think , secure some approval . They object to it because theConstitutional Act , by conferring upon the'Cahadtan ^ local legislatures , assigned to the : said legislatures
thtfMaikaj ^ ttnent'of thei r internal affa irs , indudiYig thetpublie laiids : The Declaratory Act of 18 Geo . III . c . 12 , besides seourkYg ^^ the peojAb of the colonies from taxation by the Imperial 'Parliament , grrat ^ Tit eed to them the disposal of all moneys levied within the severai colonies . The proceeds of land sales have always beea COteidered as a ready means of avoiding direct taxation . ¦ - in the
Ignited ' States not only a considerable portion of the expenses of tHe'States Governments is supplied from tfeisr-source , but a considerable fund is raised for the purpose of education . The sale of land to the Companies for much less than the market price , and thW-appro jmation of the proceeds without the consent of the local lej ^ isfatUrek , have deprived the people of the two Canadas of this
mbdfe of superseding direct taxation . Both the Canadian legislatiirtetetitave resolved that the establishment of these Companies is a violation of the Declaratory Act of 18 Geo . III . c . 12 , and their 6 t > tiU&fr is borne out by that of many sound constitutional lawyers . M $ » y < riei-s < mi 8 ' are favourable to these Companies , because they 1
t&ifrade ' WOpinion with the author of ' England and America ? Y 6 HhetH I would remark that the Companies in question violate tn £ priWftl ^ l ^ s laid down by that author , a / id about to be put in practice ih South Australia . For instance , the Canadian Com * panieri ' sell lands on long credit , and , by that means , enslave all those who become their purchasers . They will , if unchecked , fill
the Canadas with rotten boroughs and rotten counties . But I am filling too much space . I will , therefore , say but little more . At page 536 your author speaks of the refusal of indemnity for war losses as the ' principal grievance of the French Canadians : * this is a mistake ; it is the Upper Canadians who suffered such losses . But the refusal of indemnity is not their principal grievance . The principal grievance of both provinces is the vicious constitu-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 620, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/56/
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