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cANADA.

about two thousand, snd every prospee,
OF me number being Increased. A. ~
very natural. there will BE- conflicting
accounts Cpon the present occasion
different statements, from the t,m.
point give widely different inforn.-
,ion. Some letters repsesen. the Pa
triois as IN possession OF Brockville and
Ogdenshurg. and prepared 10 march
against Kingston. which had been mn,
ga state of defence. Other Letter,
'sy the Patriot force is d,shear,.ned
snd dispensing; al. however. eonsvr
mat great excitement prevail. alo,g
the 81. Lawrence, and prove eooe;,,,
siyeiy the struggle is not over The v,,
no, ended. We csnnot copcur in the
opinion. that ibe thousands Of red.coa,,
which the English monarch ia sending
into Canada 10 bayonei ihe people into
submission. viii pui nm end 10 the con.
fiict. and 'efrify the people Of the Pro-
vinees into obedience. On the contra
~. nothing is more likely TO give strong
aod decided character 20 tie C.asaistI
struggle. Ten thousand British sold;er,
VIII consume large quantities OF food.
and although the Loyslis,s NAV for n
while relish. or pretend TO relish. the
appearance OF the military, they wills
soon grow tired Of them. Nosbing /,
more disagreeable than 20 have meTee-
nary troops guar,ered upon the in.
habitants OF a country, and English
troops above all other troops IN The
world. SPaniards. Frenchmen. or Ger
mans, have qualifications to make them
passable. They are generally polite.
gay, and harmless; they play, they
dance, they sing; but English troops
are as dull az drsy- horses; in the Ian
gusge of an English bard, thew ara
your real 6esf-eafers. as IN Canada. in
Aiesd OF rating her msjesty's beef they
VIII generally be quarteTed upon tbe
people. The good folks will soon grow
res'lVe' and begin TO feel a preference
Tor system al government which doe.
not stand in need Of such hungry he
roes. Besides. there is q natural alb.
borrence'to hired soldiers all over the
American continent n,a.y OF the Ca
nadians, who. previous TO the arrival of
The English soldiers. felt indifferent,
or would have taken up arms 10 suppress,
the rebellion. would now side with
their counirymen against The Eore;on-
ere. No feeling which inhab;ts ,be An
man breast. is more easily excited than
our natal attachments; We may feel
very much disposed to condemn our
eounirymen, or even To chastise them
when we would not allow them 20 be
condemned, much less chastised hv
strangers. We venture 10 assert that
this principle ofhuman nature will have
its weight and effect in Canada. The
people OF Canada will not stand eoldlv
BY while those with whom they have
been long acquainted. in MANY cases
brought up. are slaughtered by band of
foreign soldiers. sent from an island
'hree thousand miles distant, 10 do.
through blood and carnage. 4 monarcb's
bidding. The Caaadians too have =
strong party in England; many warm
Trends IN the English Parliament-
friends who know better how 20 appre-
eia'e canadian worth. 20 understand
Canadian forbearsnce. and TO speak of
Canadian wrongs. thaG most Of the per.
sons IN the United States, who take the
trouble TO condemn OF cslumniate the
efforts Of the struggling Patriots. The
fnends OF Canada in England. are IA
milrsr with the oppression which has
been heaPed upon the Provinces. and
the respectful petitions and femonstran-
ces which have been made against IL
and following the example of the i'm
mortal Chatham, will do their duty
we hesitate not 10 say, that n IL en-
hreiy immaierisl what force Eneland
may throw into Canada, ills too la,e
IN the day for Englsnd Or any other
power TO think Of terrifying by soldiers
tbe Parrots Of Canada. If the Enc
lish cannot cause obedience Ia their
laws through the medium of respect.
thev can never do Il by the sword or
al the point Of the bayonei. Bv at
tempting to do SO. they viii only excite
me indignation Of the whole people Of
ihe PROVINCES. end ultimately be driven
ont OF the country. AZ TO the proba-
bllisy Of a war with England and thn
United States. IL il depends upon Ihs
TACT OF indfci6soLsi in the Upited States
giving aid 20 The Canadian Patriots. We
think war probable, although we do
not think that war should depend upon
such cause Baltimore Sun.
The report that The Patriots had ia
ken Maiden, and killed one handred
and seventy Loyslists, Is without foun-
dalton.