Great Britain, Should She Ever Send Forth Her Child Alone Into The World, Must Of Course Guarantee Her Security. Such Guarantees Are Given By Treaties; And, In The Wording Of Them, It Is Presumed That Such Treaties Will Last Forever.

It will be argued that in starting British North America as a political power on its own bottom, we

Should bind ourself to all the expense of its defense, while we should give up all right to any interference in its concerns; and that, from a state of things so unprofitable as this, there would be no prospect of a deliverance. But such treaties, let them be worded how they will, do not last forever. For a time, no doubt, Great Britain would be so hampered - if indeed she would feel herself hampered by extending her name and prestige to a country bound to her by ties such as those which would then exist between her and this new nation. Such treaties are not everlasting, nor can they be made to last even for ages. Those who word them seem to think that powers and dynasties will never pass away. But they do pass away, and the balance of power will not keep itself fixed forever on the same pivot. The time may come - that it may not come soon we will all desire - but the time may come when the name and prestige of what we call British North America will be as serviceable to Great Britain as those of Great Britain are now serviceable to her colonies.

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