"One moment, Sam," said Mr. Hopewell.

"The very word 'dependencies' shows the state of the
colonies. If they are to be retained, they should he
incorporated with Great Britain. The people should be
made to feel, not that they are colonists, but Englishmen.
They may tinker at constitutions as much as they please;
the root of the evil lies deeper than statesmen are aware
of. O'Connell, when he agitates for a repeal of the
Union, if he really has no ulterior objects beyond that
of an Irish Parliament, does not know what he is talking
about. If his request were granted, Ireland would become
a province, and descend from being an integral part of
the empire, into a dependency. Had he ever lived in a
colony, he would have known the tendencies of such a
condition.

"What I desire to see, is the very reverse. Now that
steam has united the two continents of Europe and America,
in such a manner that you can travel from Nova Scotia to
England, in as short a time as it once required to go
from Dublin to London, I should hope for a united
legislature. Recollect that the distance from New Orleans
to the head of the River is greater than from Halifax N.
S., to Liverpool. I do not want to see colonists and
Englishmen arrayed against each other, as different races,
but united as one people, having the same rights and
privileges, each bearing a share of the public burdens,
and all having a voice in the general government.