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to tell who they are, and from whom you cannot 

 help recoiling, cruel and uncharitable as such conduct 

 may appear. 



With the mechanic and farm-labourer it is 

 different ; they go prepared to work, and capable of 

 doing so. Any change that takes place in their 

 circumstances must be for the better. The asso- 

 ciates they are thrown in contact with are as well 

 educated as themselves, possibly better ; while in 

 tastes, pleasures, and habits of life, they entirely 

 sympathise. 



If the educated man does not succeed in England, 

 it is very improbable he will in Canada. The 

 mechanic and labourer who has never known but 

 short commons at home, will most likely be able 

 there to enjoy abundance. Prosperity or the reverse 

 has this effect : the country in which the former is 

 enjoyed is loved, where the latter is suffered, hated. 

 The better class hate the new land and crave for 

 home ; the lower class love the new land, and soon 

 learn to hate the old. The former become broken- 

 hearted, useless members of the community; the latter 

 disaffected, and too frequently rebellious subjects to 

 the parent country. Thus Government, instead of 

 fostering and encouraging those who would remain 

 faithful to the end of time, entirely neglects them, 

 and sends out gratuitously those who will ultimately 

 cut her throat. 



Those who emigrate make a great mistake if they 

 suppose that Canada will long remain under the 



