412 UNITED STATES AND UPPER CANADA. 



United States and Upper Canada cannot with propriety be 

 contrasted by those spots alone. The inhabitants of the 

 United States, generally speaking, may be said to have been 

 born in the country, and consequently possessed of the pecu 

 liar feelings and qualities of a people suited to a young coun 

 try. On the other hand, most of the inhabitants of Upper 

 Canada are either the descendants of the Royalists, slothful 

 and unenterprising from the neglect with which they have 

 been treated, or emigrants from Britain, where many of them 

 had acquired notions and habits ill adapted for settling a wood 

 covered surface. Upper Canada having also become a place of 

 refuge for the outcasts of other countries, and many of the 

 settlers being composed of the poorest of the Irish and Scotch 

 Highlanders, two of the most indolent and unambitious por 

 tions of civilized society, there can be no question of the 

 people of the United States being more industrious and ener 

 getic than the inhabitants of Upper Canada. The United 

 States sooner became peopled than Upper Canada, and may, 

 consequently, be said to be an older country. The climate 

 of the States is generally also better than Upper Canada. If 

 the view which I have taken of the source of riches be correct, 

 the United States, being an older country, with a better cli 

 mate, and a more industrious population than Upper Canada, 

 should also be wealthier. It will accordingly be found that 

 in all external appearances, such as villages, houses in the 

 country, hotels, internal intercourse and trade, and the dress 

 of the people, Upper Canada is about a century behind the 

 United States. 



The governments of the several States and Upper Canada 

 are alike in form, consisting of a governor and two deliberative 

 assemblies. In the States persons invested with power are 

 chosen by the people. In Upper Canada the governor, the 

 members of the highest assembly, and of the judiciary, are 

 appointed by the King of Great Britain. The States may 

 be said to have passed the youth of government and attained 

 vigorous manhood. The government of Upper Canada is 

 still in the helplessness of infancy, and cannot, in the nature of 

 things, continue permanent in its present state. Many people 

 give a preference to Upper Canada because it is under the 



