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British prejudices as such, may perhaps be 

 allowed to express the opinion that English 

 law is more impartially administered, is less 

 swayed by passion or corrupt influences, than 

 law on this side. The opinion is expressed 

 deliberately, and is the fruit of long observa- 

 tion. It received a curious corroboration, and 

 from a most unexpected source, a short time 

 before the penning of these words. The source 

 was a violently patriotic in fact, bigoted- 

 American citizen, expecting to remove tem- 

 porarily from a home in a Far Western State 

 in order to reside for awhile in British Colum- 

 bia. The letter ran somewhat in this wise : 

 ' It will be a relief to live under the English 

 flag. One can always be sure then of law 

 and order, and of strict justice impartially 

 administered.' Nothing was written in reply 

 to this startling observation, but a good deal 

 was thought. 



