The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-14 00:00:00

to believe that the Canadas are a hotbed of disaffec-
tion, that Great Britain retains them by the strong
arm of military power, and would resist to the last
any attempt on the part of the Canadians to
achieve their independence, or to vote themselves
into the American Union. Understanding nothing
of the facts, they express incredulity when told that
the Government and people of England are in per-
fect accord upon the subject of Canada; that if
Canada wishes her independence she has only to
say so by the votes of her people, and Great Bri-
tain will let her go without firing a shot or forming
any other wish or thought than a simple " God
bless you; go on and prosper !" But that if the
Canadians, on the contrary, desire to retain their
connection with the mother country, and will only
give their desire the practicable shape of self-defence
against Federal or other aggression, the Govern-
ment and people of Great Britain will aid them with
their last soldier and their last shilling. The Ame-
ricans, engaged in coercing the South, cannot ima-
gine that the English would not coerce Canada,
and are continually talking of the damage they will
do to Great Britain in that quarter at the first
breath of war, and urging upon the Canadians to
accept their inevitable destiny of annexation. Even
the Worki—so well-informed and sensible on the
politics of its own country—shares the errors of all
Americans on this subject, and recommends the
Canadians to apply for immediate admission into the
Federation for the following singular reasons :
First, " It would insure them exemption forteavteera
from all the horrors of war." As the United
are not themselves free at this moment from thehor-
rors of one of the most horrible wars that ever
de-
solated a country, and may havebeforethmeacnyatimaodniatnhas
to superadd foreign to domestic strife,
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Second, "It would save them the enormous
pose upon them in
expenses the mother
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Such canny Canadians as do not laugh at
this will ask themselves whether in saving ss. on
this item they might not have as a consequence to
incur the expenditure of twenty in another, and
less pleasant and secure direction, and debate the
matter accordingly._

T 44 It would give them the boon of absolute
free trade with the States." As it is as much the
interest of the Americans to offer as of the Cana-
dians to accept free trade, it is just possible the
sensible Canadians will think it better to wait for
the natural growth and development of commercial
intercourse than to bargain away their indepen-
dence for a benefit which needs no such sacrifice to
secure it hereafter.
Fourth, " It would give them the benefit of Yankee
energy and capital, to develops their resources."
As it will employ more energy and capital than
the Yankee possesses to develope within the next 12
lowa,years Athijeahriegasaour,ces of such states as Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, and
the Far West, more than two-thirds of the superficies
of which are in the original condition of wilderness,
the Canadians may think it possible that the Yan-
kees would do well to look at home before they look
abroad, and may calculate, moreover, that the " re-
sources" so highly vaunted have been so seriously
diminished by the waste of upwards of two years
incurred in one of the most extravagant wars ever
known, as to leave but little surplus for the existing
generation, even if the war were brought to a close
to-morrow. As, however, the war may last for
two, four, ten, or even 20 years, the Canadians may
incline to think that their particularly kind friends
to the south of the lakes may need all their energy
and all their cash for themselves. What Canada re-
quires is men. And as the men of the old world have
hitherto emigrated into the States, because there
was no enforced military service, no public debt, no
taxation except for local purposes, and that ex-
ceedingly light ; and, better than all, because tLe
public liberty was thought to be so well secured as
to be beyond the reach of time and revolution to
destroy ; they may, perhaps, think it better to look
for these advantages in British territories, as it is
no longer possible to find them under the protection
of the state and stripes. The emigration within the
next three years of half a million of stalwart English-
men, Scotchmen, Irishmen, and Germans, would do
far more to develops the resources of Canada than
all the energy and capital that the Yankees are
likely to have to spare until a dozen years after
they shall have been at peace with one another.
Fifth, and last, " It would give them a share in
the destiny of this great nation." If this be not in-
tended as a grim joke it is the reason least of all
likely recommend itself to the Canadians. A
destiny that includes enortnous debt, cruel conscrip-
tion, and a series of civil wars and social convulsions,
only to be ended by the establishment of a military
despotism, is not a destiny to be envied, or which
any one out of Bedlam would desire to share.

The destinies of the Canadians are to be shaped
by themselves. If they really desire annexation,
they can have it. But if they value liberty, under
the protecting eyes of Great Britain, sufficiently to
fight for it, Great Britain will stand by them with
all her wealth, all her power, and all her tenacity of
purpose. This is the strength of the case as regards
Great Britain, but it is one which the Americans
cannot understand, much less appreciate.
The Government is using the most vigorous efforts
in every direction to prevent the election of Mr.
Vallandigham. By a recently enacted law of the
State of Ohio, soldiers absent in the field are to be
allowed to vote in their camps; and it is calculated
that the whole number, under the guidance of their
officers, and the dictation of the War Depart-
ment, will cast their votes for Mr. John Brough, a
railway contracter, who opposes Mr. Vallandigham
on the Republican anti-peace and anti-liberty
ticket. As, however, Ohio has not furnished more
than 40,000 troops to the Federal armies, Mr. Val-
landigham's friends are of opinion that their cause
is sufficiently strong to bear the weight of even
that large number in the opposing scale, and to re-
turn Mr. Vallandigham by a clear majority of up-
wards of 50,000 votes. As the unpopularity of the
conscription was as great, or even greater, in Ohio
than in New York, and was serving the purpose of
increasing the number of Mr. Vallandigham's sup-
porters, the Government has just caused it to be
announced that " there will be no draught in Ohio."
This piece of strategy, however, has already been
diverted to Mr Vallandigham's use from that of the
Administration, and become a weapon in the hands
of his friends, to denounce the Government for its
want of courage on the one hand, to enforce a law
merely because it was unpopular, and for its un-
fairness on the other, in subjecting New York and
other States to a hardship from which, cx proprio
motu, it chose to relieve Ohio. Mr. Vallandigham's
arrival at the little town of Windsor on Canadian
soil was no sooner known at Detroit, on the oppo-
site side of the river that separates the Federal from
the British territory, than a committee of his fel-
low-countrymen waited upon him to expressetheir
determi-
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sympathy in his unmerited exile, and th
to spare no exertions to carry him back in
triumph as the Governor elect of the native State.
Mr. Vallandigham, in his reply, dwelt upon the
strangeness ofthe spectacle he offered to his
countrymen—an American citizen exiled for no
crime known to the laws, and compelled to seek
the protection of the British flag in order to be
able to utter the free sentiments which it was the
inalienable right of every American to entertain
and to promulgate. He declared that the ballot
Wba"Blotthweatardueeniead by and proper remedy in the United
Stateshostiiefor all political wrongs, but that when the
military cower, or any other
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for want of courage, not for want of will.
The friends of Dr. Childs, the author of the pla-
card addressed to the " Sons of Liberty," have suc-
ceeded in rescuing his case from the hands of the
military and transferring it to the civil power. The