The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-02
Canada.
Frsm the New York Express. April so.

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From Montreal We have teiegrapnIc ,.,.e.,,s..,y
to Saturday evening of character quite as porenous
and alarming that called upon TO record in
Tie earlier part OF the week. The indications now are
hats rot OF The most desperate description is about to
occur-if indeed. i has not now occirred-in the
streets OF the Canadian capital Ii is now, clearly enough
war Of races-Engl,shmen gainst Frenchmen Saxon
Isamst Bau--a war hot merely OF words and opinions
now but with grape-shot and canister All the ttadi-
tonary bitterness all the hate, and rncor and mutual
maignity which darken the historic aqnas of England
d o ts IA ns sp%Sqs WS Snsf 1s%
men are visiting Paris, and while the Parsans are sing
ing "God save the Queen" TO the CALCULATIONS and
wecomings Of Lamarllne, Brons and Frenchmen in
Canada are threatening each other with massacre and
assault This feeling, II now APPEARS has extended it.
le to he provncss the people OF which. says tine tele
graph, armng in all quarters On the Ottawa the
lumbemen are also preparing to assist Montreal. At
Coburg Governor Egn has been burnt in efgy In the
eastern townships immense Quantities of lead have been
Sold and large bodies OF sturdy remen were expected
come the assistance oil the British AL accounts state
.ha on Friday the, utmost excitement and alarm pre- vail
81 10 Montreal At p M the mass meeting called 10
take into consideration the best of preserving the
peace Of ne es Was es a% %s @
lutionS were passed, and petition to the Queen
to recall Lord Elgn was draughted and adopted on
the spot AT the earnest request of the principal lead
ers, the people dispersed quietly, and in order; bull
towards evening runor rapidly spread that the
French party were being sworn in special constabes
aud armed proved correct The British portion were
persuaded by the leaders to wait till armed and
counter took place between about twenty English gen.
enen and these constabes, who wanonly fired on
them Only few of the small party had arms, which
they discharged upon the mass and slowly reiterated bear
ing OF one OF the party wounded in the leg by pistol
ball. During the whole night these were drilled, armed
With cntasses and pistols, in the Bensecours market
The military were under arms all night and the artillery
kept drawn up in the square 1t is stated that Sir
Benjamin Durham, commander OF the forces at meeting
Of The executive council the previous evening, made
remarks to the following purport to Col. Tache, one OF
the ministry:
He demanded to know by whose authority those men
had been armed He said he was there to protect he
Maesys domnons, and by the aid of Heaven he would
do that 1t unconstitutional to arm one portion of
the population against the other.
Turning round to General Gore, he said, $50 to his
eycelency the governor general and say, send him
body OF British troops 10 protect him. and that will not
consent TO this canaestine armng of the French popula
ton. Disarm these men. and find by whose authority
they were armed"
Ii is understood that Colonel Bruce and Colonel Tache
have done it on an order from the government But the
the latest accounts have it, refused to be given
up The British were rapidly armng, and dreadful
ived from St Johns the morning of the 2sth, and the
provincial cavalry also hourly expected
Ma king all due allowance for Geographic exaggeration
there is yet much to excite our vees apprehensons in
these extraordinary proceedings Things evidently are
shaping themselves into regular, well planned
beon- The last spark OF loyalty to the Crown of Eng.
Of the Goth to with the Queens arms, at the
head OF the paper, REVERSED and IN MoURNIN0 And
this only OF the significant signs of the times point
Ing the way to undsguised revolution. Time was, the
remembrance of us all when occurrences like these would
have given us of the United States troubous times along
the northern frontiers but, said the other day.
times and circumstances have strangely changed
1897 Our sympathiZers," suspect, not forgetting
the uncharabe, unkindly, and dscourteous altitude
10 speak as mildly possibe-the British party used
to maintain, and, for aught that we now see,
even do yet maintain, towards the United States,
rightly disposed 10 act in this instance with little
more deliberatoD and discretion than they did ten
years ago. The reflection, too. that voyage to
Botany Bay or Bermuda was all the reward they
got for their sympathetic interference then, proba-
bly,, exercises a salutary restraining influence
When Canada once makes up her mind to free herself
from the yoke OF Britain she is perfectly competent to do
so without any ILL., advised assistance from this side of the
St NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which, given again, unasked
Tor would do much to prejudice her chances of
We commend the dgnlfied demeanor our coantrymen
farmantain the border. There might be color
or excuse for interference, not that the torch
which IS lighting up the conhagraon is applied by the
hands of the Canadians themseves-not by any foreign
power on the other side of the Atlantic Keep of the
hre therefore, lest burn fingers, and get thanks
Tor our pains
If to form an opinion from the "reminiscences of
haers of the United States and United States institutions
IMAM what is known as the British party in Canada led
on by men of the Sir Allen McNab stamp
In what light the home government and the people Of
England view the present state OF things in the colonies,
the spirit OF he London and provincial press from time
70 Time given in these columns, family foreshadows. So
lar have shown that all their sympathes seem to be
with the French party and the ministry inimcal
even to the immediate of the outbreak the
and signing OF the indemnity bill matter of simple
justice What measures will be taken to meet the crisis
remains to be seen.