The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-28 00:00:00

OUR RELATIONS TVITII CANADA.

(From the New York Herald, Oct. 10.)
The Canadians are extremely anxious to have the
Reciprocity Treaty for the trade between themselves and
the United States renewed. This is quite natural, for
they have derived great benefits from it. They did not
seem to appreciate it so much, however, till it was tempo-
rarily suspended and notice of its termination was given.
They were like those persons who enjoy the hospitality of
relatives or friends so long that th©y forget the obligations
they are under. The Canadians did more than this. After
sitting at our table and being pampered with our luxuries
they abused us and gave aid and comfort to our enemies.
But when cut off from these good things, on account of
their misconduct, they make long faces and implore us to
renew them.

Now we aro disposed to bo liberal to our neighbours,
who are at the same time a sort of distant relations, but
we require guarantees of their future good behaviour—first,
and especially, a severance of their connection with our
unfriendly rival across the water. Evil communications
corrupt good manners. And, however well disposed the
Canadians might be toward tho United States, they are
influenced by their English connection and always must
be while it lasts. While their institutions and ideas are
different from ours, and while they aro trammelled by sleepy
Old World notions, stiff monarchical prejudices and. British
influence, wo can have no intimate reciprocal relations
with them. It would be contrary to the nature of things.
The probability is that we should never agree. At least
there could be no sympathy between us.
The welfare and destiny of Canada, and, indeed, of all
the British North American colonies, depend far more
upon the United States than upon the mother country.
The connection between England and these colonies is
artificial. By proximity to this country, by habits of life,
by natural wants, by the necessity and power of commerce,
and by aspirations of the future, they are much more
closely allied to us. But they are debarred from the ad-
vantages of such .a natural and intimate association with
us as they ought to have by being dependencies of Great
Britain. As long as they are in that condition they belong
to the Old World system. They will drag along a slow,
drowsy existence ; they will not have the spirit or enter
into the system of the New World ; and they will lack
the vigour and progress of the adjoining States of this
Republic. Their past history and present condition show
this to be true. We shall overshadow them, and, rela-
tively, they will retrograde. And this must be the case in
spite of geographical position, affinity with us, claims of
commerce, or anything else, as long as they remain sepa-
rated from us by the chasm of dissimilar institutions.
Let the colonies become republics, as they ought to be,
and we can then make the most favorable reciprocity
treaty with them. They will belong then in reality to
the American system, and not to the European. They will
be inspired with new life and vigor, and with their
immense undeveloped resources will rival the States on
their border in progress and wealth. They must identify
themselves with the interests of this country by having
similar institutions, or we cannot make the treaty. But
let them do this, and we will take them by the hand and
give them the reciprocity treaty they want.

SOUTII CAROLINA-THE PAST-THE PRESENT.

(From the Nashville Union.)
On the 20th of December, • 1860, a State Convention,
which was in session at Columbia, South Carolina, adopted
the following ordinance :
" We, the people of South Carolina, in convention
assembled, do ordain, and it is hereby declared and or-
dained, that the ordinance adopted by us in the convention
of the 23d day of May, in the year 1788, whereby the
Constitution of the United States of America was ratified ;
also, all acts and parts of acts of the General
assembly of the State ratifying the amendments
to the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and that the
union now existing between South Carolina and the other
States, under the name of the United States of America, is
dissolved."

,Francis W. Pickens was Governor of tho State at the
time the foregoing ordinance was adopted. It was ap -
proved by. him. In Charleston the news of its adoption
was received with demonstrations of joy. The church
bells were rung, bonfires were kindled in the streets,
rockets were sent up, processions of citizens paraded the
streets, and speeches were made by Governor Pickens and
others. _ - -

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passage of the ordinance with the exclamation : ' The
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" We answer : Lot South Carolina depart in peace.". And
havingmade mention of Andrew Johnson's coercion speech,
made in the United States Senate but a few days pre-
viously, it said; " The people of South Carolina may be
ptoutdoth?e"
annihilated, but the world in arms cannot subdue them.
There is not a man, woman, or child in that State that will
not suffer torture on the rack before they will submit to
coercion."

It was in the era of brag and bluster that these things
occurred. The foolish action of South Carolina was imi-
tated by other Southern States, war ensued, and with
what result ? The Union is not dissolved. South Caro-
lina is the worst whipped State in the South, and has been
thoroughly subdued by coercion. Not a man, woman, or
child preferred the rack and torture to submission.
Another State Convention is now in session at Columbia,
and F. W. Pickens, now ex-Governor, is again an actor
on the political stage. He no longer rejoices in secession;
but in chastened spirit rises in his place as a member of
the convention, and submits the following ordinance to
the consideration of that body :
" We, the delegates of the people of the State of South
Carolina, in general convention met, do ordain : That thet
ordinance passed in convention, 20th of December, 1860,
withdrawing this State from the Federal Union, be and-
the same is hereby repealed.
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inventors ! What worse punishment could be inflicted
upon the authors and leaders_of the secession movement ?

A Texas letter-writer says :—Any man in this
State who does not own 400 head of cattle and 70 or 100
horses and mules, is worse than worthless. Beef sells here
ntohtebe countrya y i
at 5 cents per pound, horses and mules from $l5 to $3O
for round lots, and are within 250 miles of a good market.
As far as the eye can reach in every direction, and as far
aansdythueremwayouglodwithst'ock. The
whole market of the United States might be supplied here,
apparent alives
decrease.
CONFISCATED COTTON AND THE CONFEDERATE
COTTON BONDS._ IMPORTANT S.—...MPORTANT IF TRUE.—The special to
the Philadelphia Ledger of the Bth says:—"lnstructions
have been issued to the recognised agents of the Govern-
ment not to take a bale of cotton that had been impressed
by the late rebel Government unless it could be proved
that the parties who owned it had received an equivalent
therefor from the Richmond authorities. In such ease the
cotton would revert to the United States as its lawful
property ; but where no payment had ever been made, the
cotton, even though it had been impressed, was not to bo
touched. This action is a highly favorable one for the
South. I have heard Southerners mention within a few
days that it was not unlikely but what their cotton loan
debt would ultimately be paid, and proof in this direction
was offered in the fact that I most of the bonds owned in
Richmond had been withdrawn from sale: According to
this there must still bo some surreptitious dealing in rebel
promises to pay in that supposed loyal city."
Gov. Perry, of South Carolina, has issued a pro-
clamation calling out the State militia as a police guard,
subordinate-
• to the national forces. This is done in defer-
ence to a suggestion made by Brig.-Gen. Ames, command-
, ing the north-western portion of the State.

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