The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-04

uon and prospects, grasd moral seeoe move
ment has commenced IN the Canada. Of Which
the leading and anims,isg puseipse - fIed re-
solution to be quit Of Easlsad. IL 10 10 epseme-
raj excitement-na coavulHve agitation. sccssies-
ed by accidental circumstances The evils OF
bad svstem OF government have become iatolera-
ble At present. the great subject OF discs ssca 10
the establishment OF an independent republican,
Union, or, annexst to the United States. From
all that we can ascertain and we have had access
TO the most reliable sources Of inform an oa-pab-
lie opinion In the Cansdss 10 likely to prepoade-
rate in favor OF seeking admission into this great
and powerful confederacy Of sovereign States
During the last session Of Congress, agents from
Cuba and Canada were in attendan nee at Wash.
ington, engaged IN pressing their views In iavot
of annexation. 1t Is said that the Irish Directory
of,h city Rave paid agents in Canada, operating
In the same way. The fruits Of all these move.
ments will. sooner or later, appear.
Thus, then, in the first hour OF the assumption Of
the reins Of government, the wing party called
upon to look these new, solemn, and stupeudous
questions in the face. On the advent of the same
party to power In 1910, the great question oil Texas
annexation was sprung upon them; and now, sio-
gularly enough, by a strange coincidence, they
meet similar questions, still more formidable than
that beneath whose weight they were then pros
trated. The democratic party oected and car
RED through the measure of Texas annexation, IN
despite OF Mexico, and in the face of obstacles IN
Texas itself. Ia Cuba and in the Canadas, the
feeling in favor OF annexation is openly manifested
and gathers strength daily The circumstance Of
the democrats being now In the opposition, will
aid this movement. They are free from the res.
possibilities o. administering the government ;
they are unembarrassed they are the parry Of
progress; they have their side all those potent
sympathies, so natural to the human heart, which
favor action, movement, and national agerand lse-
ment On the other hand, the wings are IN office
They have the weight of government on their
shoulders they are the conservative party they
are for standing still they committed against
further annexation or acquisition of territory.
The state of Europe also tavors the OF the
democratic movement for the acquisition Of Cuba
and the annexation OF the Canad 8. England Is on
the verge of volcano Her hold upon her vast
Indian empire would now seem to be relaxing. Ia
the present revolutionary era, 1t is impossible to
calculate on the stability of any throne and that Of
Victoria Is by no means the most secure. Our
good neighbors In Canada can now safely do what
seemeth good in their own eyes. As for Spain,
she sits poor imbecile, amid crumbling dynasties
Cuba might be snatched, at any moment, from her
palsied grasp.
Thus, broad and marked, fall the portentous
shadows OF coming great events. The hour for
new conflict between the antagonlstic principles Of
progress and conse rvatsm steals on apace. Ere
the next four years expire, we doubt not Cuba and
Canada will be, in some way for good or for evil,
mixed up tor ever with our fate aud destiny and
one OF the most magnificent and complicated po-
liucal excitements will be precipltated upon this
great republic, which ever yet has agitated its
masses--an excitement popular, national, and d.
plomatic, In which the United States, England and
Spain. Canada and Cuba, will all partake. The
democracy, recently dlsunlted, already prepar.
ing for the great issue, by discardng the free soil
bubble IN the recent election In Connecticut, aud
un.ing their elements In one movement, with VIC
torlous results and like union OF similar ee-
ments will probably take place In this city, next
week. Wea-e on the verge Of vast national move
ments and agltations