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British population . In fact out of the cities of Quebec and Montreal the Constitutionalists are utterly powerless , and even there they would scarcely be heard of but for a control , purely mercantile , over a noisy press . In the upper province the minority is not quite so weak in numbers as in Lower Canada , but it is still a weak minority .
Its force at the last election has been already stated at onethird of the population , but from the rapid progress of opinion , and the success of the principles of reform in Lower Canada , and in the mother country , tne number has been considerably diminished , perhaps to one-fourth . The organization of the
liberal party in Upper Canada , is moreover very complete . There is a " Central Canadian Alliance Society " at Toronto , the capital , of which the most able and energetic men are members . This society has branch societies all over the country . By means of these societies , a constant communication is kept up all over the province . This , however , is not all . In Lower Canada similar associations have been formed , which are also
in communication with those of the Upper Province . At the opening * of the Lower Canadian session , two influential members of the Toronto Alliance Society ( W , L . Mackenzie , Esq ., and Dr . O'Grady ) visited Quebec for the purpose of communicating with the leading men of Lower Canada , on the course to be adopted for procuring that reform which both provinces desire . The result of this mission was satisfactory to the
reformers of both provinces . As far , therefore , as the strength of parties in the Canadas is concerned , the British ministry need not be alarmed at the colonial Tory threat of rebellion . As for a junction with the United States , the value of this threat may be tried by the interests of the party using it . The principle of the American government is , " that the people are the only legitimate source of political power . " If independent Canada should desire to be admitted into the union , she would
still retain her own form of government and laws , the only condition being that of giving up a portion of the sovereign power , —namely , making war , coining money , regulating external trade , &c . —to the general government . In return for this she would obtain a voice in the affairs of the union , by
sending members to Congress . As far as the state of Le jeune Canada might be concerned , the will of the majority would become law . The very reform which the Constitutionaliats threaten to rebel about , would take place as a matter of course ; their darling legislative council would become an elective
senate , and even the governor himself would become subject to the popular wilL We may , therefore , be quite certain that it will never be with the consent of the minority that the threatened junction with the United States will take place . As a party they would be utterly annihilated , and any move to carry
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1836, page 120, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2654/page/56/
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