The Resources of the Canadas
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Excerpt from The Resources of the Canadas: Or Sketches of the Physical and Moral Means At the present moment, when our Country is menaced with invasion, every thinking man reflects with solicitude on our means of defence, and eagerly seizes every idea of strength and resistance, which the circumstances of the Canadas suggest. After meditating on the subject, he naturally wishes to talk it over with his friends, and lastly to communicate his thoughts to the public. This inclination is laudable, and, in a certain degree, ought to be indulged; for, though an eagerness to appear in print may bring forward much useless matter or impertinent remark, it will, at least, have the effect of exciting a spirit of enquiry, into a subject particularly interesting to the community. Better informed writers may be expected to succeed those who first led the way, to avoid the errors incident to first attempts, supply their deficiencies, and thus gradually enlighten and rectify public opinion. At the first appearance of difficulty and danger, the people arc subject, to alarm; they look anxiously around for information and direction, from their superiors in station, experience or knowledge: let them not be disappointed, nor let such information and direction be continued to verbal remark; the press is assuredly a fit and approved medium of instruction. It may be said that the bulk of the community cannot read, and that the influence of the press, particularly in the Lower Province, is comparatively insignificant. But even the most ignorant inhabitants can hear; and I will venture to affirm that if half the pains had been taken to read good, that have been too often taken to read bad publications to them, the effects of their loyalty, zeal and docility would have overawed our enemies, and almost prevented the threat of invasion, so hurtful to a Country, beginning to advance in the arts of peace. The people err, for lack of knowledge; for to what but ignorance could we charitably ascribe the many difficulties, which we have recently experienced, in improving and executing our Militia Laws? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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