The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-11

have deprecated the stock by every means in his
power He should have brought the stockholders
to bankruptcy. He should have sold out the whole
concern, and got all into his own hands, in pay
msnt Of his "bonds." He should have drawn,
during all the time occupied by this process OF
confidence" munifcert salary; and, choosing
the proper, appropriate, exact nick OF time, he
should have retired to life of virtuous ease, the
possessor of clear conscience and one million OF
dollars.
All this the coincidence Man" did not do AT
fllcted with obstinate blindness, his steps would
not take hold on the paths that lead to Wall street
and palace. Let him rot, then, In 6" the
Tombs," while the Z" coincidence Man on a large
scale' fattens, in his palace, on the blood and
sweat of the green ones of the land Let him
eat the mouldy crust and drink the turbld water of
the pris on while the real coincidence Man" lazily
mumbles the choicest dainhes and quafls the regal
wine of Burgundy! Let his ring with the harsh
discords of 6 the Tombs;" while the true "Confi-
dence Man is wooed to delicious repose by siren
voices and strains, soft and melting as those OF the
harp Of 4Eolus Let him rot in GO the Tombs," we
say again, while the genuine " Confidence Man
stands one of the Cornhan columns of society
heads the lists of benevolent instltutlons-sits In
the grandest pew of the grandest temple-spreads
new snares for new victims-and heaps up fresh
fuel for the day of wrath, which will one day fol-
low the mandate of the God of Justice and the
poor man Success, then, to the real " coincidence
Man 7" Long life to the real Confidence Man !"
the I" Confidence Man "of Wall street.-the
4" Confidence Man " Of the palace up town-the
Confidence Man " who battens and fattens on
the plumber coming from the poor man and the
man of moderate means AS for the " Confidence
Man - Of " the Tombs," he is cheat, humbug,
a deluson, sham, mockery Let him rot
ANNEXATION OF CANADA. - GENERAL ScoTrs
LETrER-Wlthin very brief time, three of our
distinguished men have written letters on various
subjects, viz Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State
under General Tay lor, on Fourth of July ceebra-
tons and the abors of offices Henry Clay, on the
Fourth of July alone; and lastly, General Scott, on
the annexation of Her Britannia Majesty's Canadian
possessions. This is all very we'll Every one is
pleased to hear the opinions of our great men on
the current topics of the day, that by compare
son of views aud cogitations, the policy most adj
yanageous TO the interests of the country may be
pursued.
We confess, however, that we have been more
than little surprised at the contents of the letter
emanating from General Scott. That distinguished
officer deserves well of his country for the gallant
part which he has, through long life, acted in
her military service, and the American people have
always, and with great unanimty, acknowledged
his claims. He is beloved by his fellow citizens,
and on more occasions than one, his name has
been mentioned in connection with the presidency of
the United States. But yet We doubt if he has
been consulted before, on matters of purely poll
teal character his advice sought on subjects not
connected with his profession as a soldier If,
however, he has not been consulted before, we
now have his views on a very interesting and i'm
portant subect-one which is being discussed
throughout the length and breadth of the continent
we mean the annexation of Canada; and we are
happy to say that his views that NATTER coincide
with the sentiments of great portion Of the Ame-
rcan people. General Scott is IN favor of peace
able anne xatien, and thinks as we do-that before
many years, union Of those provinces with this
republic, will take place. But such union must
not be fastened by any underhand act Of ours,
the General says, nor should we commit any other
act of bad faith against Great Britain.
| All this sure will be responded to by a
great majority of the American people, albeit the
annexation of Canada would reopen the discus
sion concerning slavery, in a more extended and
virulent form than ever, and pave the way for the
accession of additional Southern territory, to
counterbalancc the anti-slavery influence which
Canada would exert In the national councils. The
United States, however, must keep spreading-we
cannot prevent, it if we would. But why has the
opinion of General Scott the subject been asked
and promulgated at this particular time Can it
be that this is the beginning of movement to
place him before the people as the whig candidate
| for the Presidency IN 1852 We will not say that
il is; but it certainly looks little like 1t. The an
nexation of that vast territory would certainly be
a splendid and very taking issue which to
90 into general election. The Courier and En-
gurror of this city, which has always been favor
able TO the claims of General Scott to the Presi-
dency, endorses his opinions in full. But no mat
ter what the design may be, If any really exist,
we shall watch it closely, and report progress from
day to day. One thing, however, Is ceran-that
the anne ration of Canada will involve also that of
Cuba, for when we speak of incorporating 1t,
! Cuba naturally follows.
WASHINGTON AND NEW ORLEANS TELEGRAPH