The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-20 00:00:00

(From the New Orleans Lee, July 20, 1837.)

Canadians tel.] the it-apositiz:n and ction of taxes under the
authority of the Briti,b Covetnrnent, and the annintint lit of o. branch

of the Pro%incial Legislature by the Crown, a, itrierstnees not to be

borne ; and It is cerbinly untecoming the deicmdants of the stern and
Cory old Whigs of Serenty-six, who went to war with the mother coun-
try for a duty of threepence a pound on tea, to say that these grievances
of which the Canadians coraelain ought to be borne.

' The situation of Canada, whatever may be the course of events, is
lcalily interesting to the people of the United States. Should the pro-
vinces beta :re absolved from allegiance to Greet Pritain without a re-
course to carts, they will most prcbably seek to be attached to the
Union en a footing with the present members of the confederacy. The
propositlon of such a measure wet:id give rise to angry debates in Con-
gress, and hot contentions among the people, prompted and exasperated
by geognaphlca' and sectional prejudices. If the pre,ent troubles should
result in a civil war between Eng,:and and her Canadian Provinces, it
would give rise to quarrels and dissensions between this country and
England, which might put the pacific dispositions of both to a serious
test. Whatever might he the wishes, whatever might he the legislative
enactments of our Government, we know, by what we have witmssed in
the Texien war, that the young men of the west and north could never
be prevented from marching by thousands to the aid of the Canadians.
Lures would he held out by those people to entice them into their s. rvice.
The Canadian papers have more than once aLuded to the important as-
sistance they would derive from the rifles of the back woodsmen in ease
of a rupture with England. It is usek.rs :o disguise the fact, 11. at such
assistance se,:ald he cffered without being asked for. All the legislation
et* Congress—all the vigilance cf the Executive, could not prevent it. if
Engl sh pride should take the alarm, war would be the consequence,
and England would forget the example she herself has exhibited in the
civil wars of Spain and Portugal.'
The language of the " Gencvese Traveller" is precisely
similar :
I perceive, in some of the Canadian Government jonrnals, the most
violent and 'barbarous menaces against the revolters. Suggestions arc
made shocking to humanity—suggestions which, if they could he carried
into execution, would disgrace Santa Anna. It is here that the danger
is lurking. It is front this source that a rnost bloody warfare is to be
apprehended. Firmness and cruelty are rarely kindred qualities. When
Santa Anna commenced his butchery, I predict-ad, in my letters to you,
what would be the effect upon the people of the Western States, and
what would be his fate, so far as the conquest of Texas was concerned.
Those predictions have been verified ; and I have no hesitation in saying
that unusual and sanguinary punishment in Canada would excite in the
New England States, and doubtleis in other States, sympathies that
could not be repressed, and acts of hostility on behalf of the revolters,
that the whole power, moral and physical, of this Government could not
controol or subdee. Volunteers hy thousands would fly to the standard
of bleeding humanity, and the final tesult would then he placed far be-
yond the ken of man. Ido not wish to enlarge upon this topic. It may
not be pa'a'able to the perty in Cr out of power in Great Britain, but be
assured it is not unworthy of consideration. These remarks are not
thoughtlessly made, nor are they in my letters impertinent. They relate
stiictly to American affairs; because the policy of the British Govern-
ment in Canasta, although Lot anticipatcd by either nation, may lay the
foundation or these feuds aed angry discussions which may ultimately
interrupt that harmony which now happily prevail., between Great Bri-
tain and the United States.'
" Judging, then, from the past, and looking to the present
1 state of feeling in the United States, ant I not ji'sified to as-
, ,erting that assistance will be given to the insurgent Cana-
dians b) the citizens of the United States, and that Congres
will not dare to interfere ?"

Now, we do not exactly understand the sense in
which Mr. ROEBUCK employs the word " delighted"
in this passage. If that gentleman would thereby in-
sinuate that it affords us any pleasure to correct a
statement of his, for no other reason than that he made •
it, and because its tendency is to impress the people of
England with a conviction of the influence of the
Canadian insurgents in the United States, we beg to
assure hint that he has wholly misunderstood the
purport (If our commentary. Put, on the other hand,
if Mr. ROEBUCK merely tax us with the avidity
with which we seized the first opportunity of cor-
recting what we conceived to be a very dangerotn,
rror--an error of fact, calculated to do much mischiei
----the phrase, so interpreted, t. iii very well apply to
113. With Mr. ROEBUCK personally we neither have,
nor ever had, the slightest cause for difference of opi-
nion ; and if the Learned Gentleman will only take
the trouble to refer to the leading columns of The Sun
Jr the Ist and 10th inst., he will find selected from
he "New y,A Journals expr,s,ions of syr;pathy I'ol
Canaiiian insnr:,ent-4, a thousand times stronger
.han those which he has quoted from the Bee. and the
fetter cf a Genevese Traveller. In our columns of the
10'h, Part'culAdy, he will find extrated from the
Nen; Courier and 1"-• -• re • of the 19',11
hq,,
of December, tot only an e:cpression of strong sym-
pathy for the Canadian insurgents, but a formidable