nt ultra-demagogue sink alike, after a few years of
excitement, into the moth-eaten receptacle of newspaper renown, alike
unheeded, and alike forgotten, by a newer and more enlightened
generation, who find that, to the cost of the real interest of the
people, the mouthing orator, the agitator, the exciter, is not the
patriot.

Canada, although emphatically a new country, is rapidly becoming a
most important one, and increasing with a vigour not contemplated in
England. It is proved, by ample statistical details, that the United
States is behind-hand, _ceteris paribus_, in the race.

The thirteen colonies declared their independence in 1783, now only
sixty-three years, and amply within the memory of men. The following
data for 1784 may be compared to 1836:--

1784.

Imports. Exports. Population. Shipping
Tons.
Nova Scotia }
Cape Breton }
St. John's } L75,000 L3,500 32,000 12,000
Prince Edward's }
Island }
Canada 500,000 150,000 113,000 95,000
Newfoundland 80,000 70,000 20,000 20,000
-------- -------- ------- -------
Total L655,000 L223,500 165,000 127,000

1836.

_Or just before the disturbances in Canada, and before the Union._

Imports. Exports. Population. Shipping
Tons.
Nova Scotia L1,245,000 L935,000 150,000 374,000
Canada 2,580,000 1,321,750 1,200,000 348,000
Newfoundland 632,576 850,344 70,000 98,000
Cape Breton 80,000 90,000 35,000 70,000
Prince Edward's
Island 46,000 90,000 32,000 23,800
New Brunswick 250,000 700,000 164,000 347,000
--------- ---------- --------- ---------
Total L4,833,576 L3,987,094 1,651,000 1,260,800

THE UNITED STATES.

Imports. Exports. Population. Shipping
Tons.
1784 L4,250,000 L1,000,000 3,000,000 500,000
1836 162,000,000 121,000,000 15,000,000 2,000,000

Thus the increase in shipping alone to th