Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-03-20
MORNING HER AID.
Prospect OF War with ercat Britain On the
Canada Question.

Canada Question.
By documents accompanying Sir Francis Heads
farewell speech TO the legislature of Upper Canada it
appears that cur government lost time in calling
the attention of the Imperial authority in Eng
land TO the excessescommited by its colonial agents.
and that complaint and demand for redress in. the
outrage at Schlosser was promptly made. That the
British government which, since the last war; has
manifested most exemplary wish to maintain ami
cable relations with this country, will act prudeny
and correctly IN this NATTER we have no disposition
TO doubt. The interests that would be compromised
by yielding TO passion and popular vehcmence, are
too welghty to be rashly compromised; such inter-
ests are those of human nature and sound liberty all
over the world; and nothing woald so rejoice the
despots of Europe, the supporters of Bourbon leg-
macy and Carst pretensions serious collision
between Great Britain and the United States Of Anne
nca. In the view Of the mischief resulting from such
an event. convinced that it cannot take place;
and know that the British government is perfectly
satisfied with the conduct fthe authorities at Wash
ington and the frontier, and can discriminate be-
tween the solemn acts of government and the pro-
ceedngs of law-defying unprincpled, and reckless
rabblc There is every disposition in England to
make this distinction, and in so dong the ministry
will be backed by all the parties and divisions OF
parties IN the kingdom, except that portion of the
Tory ramp which is represented by the Times in
London, and the Herald IN Montreal.
In colonies things are always regarded through an
exaggerated medium local matters of interest are
necessarily of FIRST rate Importance to those who
affected by them and the general concerns of the
empire are set aside, in order to give undue Promi
nencc 10 the matters by which their personal property
and private feelings are influenced. Such is the case
with numerous body in the Canadas wherein the
Upper province is represented by Sir Francis Head
and Colonel Macnab, and in the Lower province by
the Dorc Clab and the Montreal Herald. 1t seems
TO imagine that the North American possessions of
England, are her only remaining colonies; that the
only mode of argument in the 18th century is from
the mouth of the cannon, and that an English min
lsters most appropriate reply to recamatons his
justice can only be given at the point of the bayonet
that war Is to be rushed into any grounds; and
the rabd desires Of fraction of aminortty of po-
pulaen to influence the destinies of an empire on
which the sun SETS and the roll call of whose
troops is beating every minute of the day. in its var-
Gus posts all over the world This is a common, al
though dangerous and luckily for the repose
OF the werld, the adjudication of an affair of such
vast import is not to be decided in second rate pro-
ylncial tswn whose population is half mad with the
exaggerated enthusiasm of royalty into which person
al dislike OF their opponents enters for the largest per-
ton.
The Montreal Herald assumes that the contest is |
one between aristecracy and democracy on this IN
tinen and argues that the principle involved and for
which the British conieHdng, is favorite with
the wing party in this republic who sustain the doc
times Of Sidney in the Commercial Advertiser of
this city. Backedby such supporters it asserts that
redress will be demanded by the British government
and obtained at the lannon's mouth It expresses
its surprise that "the American Executive would have
dared to throw down the gauntlet by demanding re-
dress for act of retaliation" wit, the capture
and destruction of the Caroline, at Schosser; and
plunges al into the turbid waters Of it's sop- pail
tornado by graveiy laying it down principle that
y unless the American Government makes such an
amende as is scarcely consistent with republican
PRIDE and such an indemnity as is incompatible with
republican avarce war with Great Britain must be
the inevitable consequence, and we have both the
right and the might on our sde we have no doubt
about the result of the contest" Now all this is very
pitable and the reasoning and vapowing the Bobadil
boast and the logic, are on par. We only quote
these ssnseless remarks 10 show the spirit which per-
vades fragment Of the population of the neighbonng
province and TO prove what injury might ensue il
such "rsd wud" politicians could embrol existing
relations ieur gre.
The Herald incorrect in its facts as il is wrong
headed in its deductions. II says, Sir Francis Head
has well and truly said that the struggle on this con-
tnent between monarchy and democracy has been
problem which Upper Canada has just solved" Now
ssch principle be fairly said to have entered in
10 the dispute. The rabble of vagabonds under
Mackenzie and Van Rensselaer, had ne more to do
with the republican democracy Of the United States,
than the Thstlewood conspiracy of 1920 with the
Wings Of England, the Bristol riots with the Reform
Bib. The aiders and abettors OF Mackenzie and his
rufians, were desperadoes whose practices hos
tile 10 every gsvernment-moral Ishmasltes who
would have kicked up row in Texas, and attempted
10 revoutiesize colony Of squatters. Who, in his
senses weud argue any thing from the acts of sach
band except that the society from which they had
severed themselves were well nd of an aggravated
nuisance and that the Provost marshal would be de-
graded by having to perform upon them the functions
Of an executioner We would assure our contempt
rsry and namesake that all the revelation blood,
fighting, undermining insidous attempts and 50 forth
exist only in his own magna,lsn and have jus, az
uch to do with the facts Of the case as his declama
ton and verbiage will influence the Eapsh cabinet