The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-01


Their ideas of political revolution are Of stamp
altogether peculiar. Here they have been kicking
up an awful row for the last year or two, alarming
the whole neighborhood by their outcres Of every
thing terrible In the shape Of rebellion and repubI
canism and yet, all of sudden, they become as
quiet and peaceable as an Irish Presbyterian d.
vine, in the receipt of the " Regium Donum or
any experienced dog who has just killed his
mutton!
What an awful hullabaloo these Canadian
chaps did make, to be sure, few months ago
All along the borders, and IN the towns, and
IN almost every village, you could hear nothing
but fierce maledictlons against the tyranny of the
British government, and resoute threats of instant
immediate, complete, and glorious independence.
All appeared to be agreed the absolute neces-
sity of casting of the British yoke. The only
difference Of opinion had its origin IN some contra
riety OF sentiment, to the most appropriate
means of obtaining political freedom. Nobody
dared to whisper his allegiance to the British
crown, except the poor devils in office, or the
newspaper editors, who are saved from the poor
house by few patry advertisements from the
various departments of the colonial government
Loyalty was at terrible discount-worth about
fourpence the pound. All waxed furiously
liant. They burned down the Parliament House.
They pelted poor E'gln with rotten eggs.
Every mothers of them, from the brat just
brecched, to the equity grandslre, with an exem-
plary growth of grog-bossoms IN his lent nose,
became infected by rage for gunpowder, and
that thirst for blood which characteriZes canibal-
ism in It's incIpient stage We confess that we
were deuded INTO the pleasing belief that these
Canadian devotees of popular liberty were indeed
mcn-me Of the sturdy Anglo Saxon mould
men whose manhood was of that image and su-
prescription which was made manifest on this
continent, at Bunker Hill and Yorktown-men who
really priced liberty, and had the courage to
strike for liberty But we have been mistaken.
Oar Canadian heroes have been merely amusing
themselves by farce. Their tremendous revolu-
ton has gone out like farthng candle, small
beer politician at Tammany Hall. The awful
'league" has met, and gasped, and died. Once
more the old obesquiousness 10 power resumes Its
sway; and Canadian republicansm stands
fessed the Punch and Judy of modern political
REFORM as noisy and meaningless, ridiculous
and absurd, in all It's movements, as those famous
dsturbers of the public peace in the streets of Eu
ropean cities
The melancholy truth cannot be overlooked.
genuine republicansm, the great mass of tho Ca
madam people suffer themselves TO be led by few
poverty.s,ricken half-pay army and navy officers,
who arrogate to themselves the exclusive posses
sion of all the intelligence responsibility and poll
teal influence of the British provinces. These
insolent cliques- maintaining an eternal conflict
between pride and poverty, overwhelming gentihty
and salt herring-imagine that they have inherited
l. Il. LII.
They know well what would be the result of the
annexation of Canada to the United States. Their
reign of petty tyranny and social impertlnence,
would, in that case, speedily come to an end. The
masses ofthe people would rise in the scale of So
ciety, and assume their righiful share Of political
power. Hence the perseverlng efforts of these
creatures to cast ridicule upon the United States,
and retain the connection with the British crown.
Now, in this state Of things, it is incumbent upon
us to do something. We are, in certain sense,
political propagandsts. We wish TO send mis-
sion OF republicanlsm across the Canadian border.
General Scott is our man-our apostle-our mis-
sionary-our propagandist-our messenger of Ii
berry. We would have him sent across the border
imme diately Nor would we send him alone.
We would despatch hun with ten thousand regu-
hrs and twenty thousand " mustangs" to teach
republicanism to the benighted heather Of Canada
the poor, miserable, blind, timorous creatures,
who are perishing for lack Of knowledge and
sound licking General Scott is jas, the man for
this mission. He has done something in the way
of letier-w ning but il has not helped the cause.
We give, in our paper to-day, come extracts from
late Canadian journals, which disclose the preseat
state Of feeling there, and the awful failure Of the
" League" General Scott, then, has not done
the business with his letter. Bulwer makes that
old rcprobate, Richeleu, say, that the pen is
nalghtier than the sword, or something TO that ei-
feet. But that is al fam, Who believes a word
of it. Depend upon il, there is nothing SO useful,
occasionally, as good bastng. The birch, in jl-
dicious hands, has made more philosophers, and
sfatetrnen and heroes, than ALL the text books that
ever were written. Scott, then, is the man TO
manage the Canadians; not with letters, however,
for Ieiier-writing is not his forfe We don't
want his episiolary genius at all in this new
field of labor We wish TO secure his ser
vices in professional capacity. Let the gal
liant and experienced chief leave epis,oary
Efforts TO boarding school misses, with brief tunics
and on short allowance love sick dry goods clerks
IN boarding house attcs and with empty stomachs;
and Nathaniel i. Willis, Esquire, under bridge,
with .oant moustachio six weeks old. Our
hones re in tho soldier not the letter writer We
must, therefore, hold General Scott in readiness
to annex Canada as soon as possIble-somc tune
before the day Of judgment-always provided that
Canada desires such happy consumnaiion, az no
doubt she would, after due course of appropriate
treatment.
At present, however, the annexation Of Canada
is indefinitely postponed, on account Of the
v,nfhpr or the cholera or the heat ar the ltst
thunder .torm, or anything else you please. So
We must, in the mean time, renquiss our hope.
Of union with Csnsda-with her Scottish halfpay
officers, devoted alike to patriotism and whskey-
her valiant men, who always deem discretion the
better part of valor-her pretty maidens, with
checks and noses irriated by her fros,s to a most
bewrtching rduess-her enlightened French Popu-
lsuon, with minds as expanded as a vinegar crue,,