The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-27


h The intelligence now daily reaching us, by tele,
! graph and mail, from Washington, is of the Z
I greatest interest to 1.-The community. Our tele-
graphic reports of the proceedings in Congress are
the fullest of any given, and our detailed reports,
I which we receive by mail, are perfect dagaerreo-
type Of the proceedings of the Senate and House
Of cR Representatives.. These reports will increase
IN Importance as the close Of the session draws,
near. We refer the public to'the reports on the
first page of this days Herald p 81 and q 80
"a Canada and the United States. 81
What are the relations Of Canada and the United
In our paper, the other day, we gave report of
an Irish meeting IN this city, at which delegate
| from the Republican, Union gave an account of
| his mission TO Canada on a recent OCCASION, in
connection with Irish affairs, The invasion of
Canada is, it appears settled upon; for the Cana
9dians themselves want il, That conntry,it ap-
pears, according to this statement, has COM
merce, no trade wages have been lowered fifty
per cent and the cause of all this misery and mis-
fortune is the flag of England, which has cursed
and paralyzed it. But let US have the other side
ID According to the Canadian papers, the great de-
nhonstration which this gentleman made, was as
great failure as the great chartst demonstration
in England and we believe, in this respect, "a
good deal Of what those journals say AS to all the
assertions about misery IN Canada, they are all
nonsense for the government OF that country sin
possession of the Overwhelmingly called the
revolutionary party-and is actually as free cas- it
4 wants to be-, and labors under none of the ex-
actions or expressions which afflict unfortunate
i Ireland - a. J., r. a. ID, sss.., 4 str-s ~
As regards the invasion of Canada, tits all
4 fudge-sheer nonsense--and intended, no doubt to
stir up the ire Of the irish here and them out
4 of their money -si s,a5 u fzstrqr5 So
b. Within few years, strong feeling of attach
aent and friendship has grown up between the
! people of her Majesty's Canadian colonies and
those of the United States, and It appears to be
getting stronger every day. This fact cannot be
concealed or denied; for il is plain as the sun at
MONDAY, and has shown itself In variety of
q 'ways- commercial social, and political. This
=. may result in consequences Of greet moment to
the destiny and welfare OF both countries. 81 =
The people Of the United States have always
been disposed to cultivate friendship with Canada,
and have shown it on many OCCASIONS, and more
recently, BY the passage of bill by the House of
Representatives establishing ~ a reciprocal free
trade in certain articles of the produce and growth
Of both countries, such as -four grain, ashes, &C.,
&c. The effect of this proposed law will be to
cement still stronger the feelings of kindness, aud
to bind closer the commercial interests of both
people -." -'o 'i' 3. DIV ~ ,- .
/, The question of annexing Canada to the United
States has been frequently discussedm the journals
of the United States, and the general conclusonto
which they as we'll their readers, have arrived lis
= to let Canada 90 on as she pleases; and when the
+ time comes for her to knock at our doors for adj
mission into our Unon,to let her in. The forci-
BILE annexation of Canada never has been serir
ously thought of, nor would it be worth the tr6u-
Z BILE that would be sure TO follow such movement.
We have got a sufliciency OF territory In north
ern and western direction !; and if even Canada
were separated IRON Great Britain, and became an
independent republic, separate and distinct from
the United States, it would not cause our people
. much trouble We would seek to encourage her
as republic, and freely give her the benefits Of
our experience In the matter OF sefgoyernment,
leaving her to decide whether she would enlist
under the American banner, and add two or three
more to the stars of our political firmirrlent, or
not. This, we believe, Is the general feeling in
the United States on this subject We do NOT
want Canada; but if she knocks at the door of the
American Union, and seeks admittanee, we shall
not refuse her. r. ..r,. t.,,. ,.s' ~ -
4 That she will ultimately take this course we
really believe; and we do not know but that it
would be for the benefit of both countries that
she should do SO. Our confederacy is SO constitu-
ted that balance of interests must be preserved;
"a that each section of soil and climate should be
equally represented and the interests Of each and
all properly attended to. In the course of few
years the large Iacts of territory which we have
acquired as indemnify from Mexico, by the
recent treaty Of peace, will be popula-
ted by a sugar, tobacco, cotton and rice
growing people. The extent, of territory Of
this description will then be great as to njure
TO a great extent the balance which now exists;
andfo restore the equilibrium we must look for an
accession Of Northern territory! Where could we
get this addition more easily than in Canada BY
the time this readustment Of the balance viii be-
come necessary. the people Of Canada Will, IN all
probability, be knocking at our gates for admit.
lance into the Union |; 50 that it would really ap
pear asif destiny had its handin this, too, Cor the
benefit Of the United States. ,,,s = Il I'D ~,
I'VE set out however, only with the yiewof re-
/, Eening 10 The increase Of friendly feeling which
j. has taken place betwae che two psopleIwithn .
few years. From what has taken, iqaSSg" within
i ths'shor period, weihaye ,aagiasanty thatothere
',txqno p tei~ Yeeesibh Syh N1otsve ter otekgrpph
1Ialscs aid .ssasas at
"A gn yaa hen we see tSe proce edwts Of fsaN Con-
eIess regularly reported by telegraph in the Cana
| da pspeTs: and when We ind the Fourth Of July
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