Mr. Goldwin Smith prefers Canada to the Union as a
place for emigration, and for this reason, among others, that his expe- rience convinced him that the dislike among Americans to Eng- land was very strong and deep-rooted. Englishmen there feel it deeply. It is less strong in the West, but it was very strong in the Eastern States, where it is supported both by Irish animosity and by the love of Protectionism. In Canada, again, all men are Englishmen, but Englishmen without an aris- tocracy, without squires, without landlords, and without parsons. The point is whence Mr. Goldwin Smith draws his proof of this hatred,—from literature, or from talking to the people, or froim conversation among his Canadian friends? We should have thought, if it were true, the last position open to an Englishman in the States would be that of journalist, whereas some of the ablest journals are in English hands, and they command quite as good salaries as their rivals.
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