The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-12-08

The bud jus, opens here below,
Tie flower blooms in paradise.
Sart aims .Nagasin..
Interesting Foreign News.
The following items were brought by
the Canada which arrived al New York
on Saturday last.
Tho English Press en- Canadian An
neXation
y Annexation may nroba-
blv come at last. but assurndlv. in the
meanwhile, not one ufthe three parties
interested in the question is ripe for it.
The pride and prejudices Of the English
nation are unquy tionably against it.
Let us however, suppose peaccaol"
annexation Of the Canadas 10 the great
Federal Republic, ana glance at lis prob
able results, as they would affect the dt-
ferent parties interested. 7, must be a
prac"a' lie one, Thought about by friend
ly ncgotlatIon.-lf not, f gland viii as
sur div fight, and whatever be the final
issue the other CERTAIN results will be
much splitting oil blood, and a mnlct of
not less than hundred millions on each
Of the belligcrents. with the conversion
OF Canada into a attle-feld for several
Years relarding its material prosperity
for some qulrtpr ola century.
As to England in our humble opinion
she will be the greatest gamer Of the
three by annexation. She will be re-
ieved at once from the heavy load OF re-
sponsihirtv with which she is now bur
thrned in her impossible attempts, at III"
distance of 4 200 miles tn govern wisely
a free people whom her statesman never
see, and of whom they know nothing
beyond what they find recorded in sheets
of loolscap.-London En- amtner.
France.
RECEPTION OF Mr.. RlvEs.-Mr. Rives
the new Minister of the American Re-
public to the French nation, presented
his credentials to The President on he
Sih inst, at the Elysee Rationale, acom-
paaying them with the following obscr-
vat Ions:
"Mnnsieur lie President-In presenting
to v,u the letter of credence which |
have been charged by the President Of
the United States to deliver to you, !
should very imperfectly comprehend the
spirit OF my mission, and the views and
feelings of those | am commissioned to
represent, If l were not to assure you
as the chosen head OF this great nation,
of the sincere and cordial friendship
which the people and government Of the
United States cherish for the peope anu
constituted an horiies Of the French Re-
public. There are no two nations, we per-
suade ourselves, which can have stron-
ger motives, whether IN the recollection
Of the past, or 'he sympa'hi"s and inter-
cts OF the present; to cultivate a con-
slant good understanding and fraterEal
intercourse with each other.
under the influence Of TINS sentme nj
the most ardent vows ave formed every
where in the United states for the hap
p',"ss of France, and the cons 'l.daton Of
her liberties upon the sure basis Of order,
religion, and respect for the law, which
YOU Mons. lp President on late august
occasion, so justly pronounced to be the
distinguishing Characteristic OF free
people II, in the performance of the
honorable trust with which l have been
cha g"d, / should have The good fortune
to be Instrumental, in any degree IN
strpnethe ming the natural bonds of amty
and fre dsiip between France and the
United States, | shall have accomplished
nv mission in the manner which will
best answer to the wishes and intentions
of my Government: as well as to NY
own most earnest DESIRES"
The President OF the Republic decla-
rid 10 the Minister nflhe Uni'ed States
that, not wi'hslanding the faults which
it wa- right TO admit on b tn sides, he
willingly took he first step towards the
re establishment of good harmony be-
tween the two countries; and that sus-
ceptibili'y which would be, perhaps, nat.
ura with respect to a monarchy, did
not appear to him to have the same seri-
Gus motive as regarded an e'der Repub-
lie. He added that however Jealous he
ought to be oflhe honor of France. he
had too high an opinion otihe enlighten.
ed character OF General Taylor to hest.
tate moment in acknowledging III {