ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 786, 9 March 1871, Page 3

ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES.

(From the London Examiner.') To us it seems clear that the two main tendencies of Australian policy Tire towards commercial freedom and federal alliance, and whithersoever these lead we would not stand in the way. But our hope and faith is, that when left perfectly free to decide for themselves, these portions of modern England will of themselves come to the conclusion that it. were better all England should he united under one ■Hag and oi.e great federal law, with one invincible fleet ever circling round the world for the common defence of all who man and pay for it, hut with separate and local land forces under the control of each local executive, and only capable of being employed otherwise than at home when some province calls for their aid. With such a bond of union all English communities would be secure from molestation ; without such bond, do what they may, they never can be safe. With such a union, English iudustry, wherever working, would, under ail circumstance?, have a fifth of the world tor its market; and English labor, whereever born or bred, would have acce - sihly, and of right, the most magnificent range and choice of employment the world has ever seen. It is a consummation devoutly to be wished by all who love the people in sincerity, and who think the preservation of our historic name, and the comfort and welfare of our children, better worth having than cent, per cent, of gambling profits, or the aggregation of unenjoyable riches in the hand of a greedy and grasping few. It is the only prospect of combining the good of democracy with the glory of empire.