The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

feeling towards the Governor began to take
place; a sense of the injustice done him in Mont
real, was slowly pervading all minds. As time
rolled over, fresh evidences of his sincere con-
Germ for the welfare of the colonists were con-
stantly coming to light. Aided by good men
such as Lafontaine, Baldwin, Cameron, and
Morris he took an active share in diverting at
tention from fruitless political disputes and in
directing it towards the development of the
material resources Of the province. To him is
due DO small share of the credit of the great
railway scheme by which the western extremity
Of Lake Huron will ultimately be connected
with Halifax. Under his administration Cana
dian securities have risen to premium abroad;
agriculture has received peculiar encourage
nent from the government; the staple articles
Of produce lDve largely increased and several
of the most important legislative acts in the
statute book have been carried. Politics have
ceased to absorb the public mind, and corn
timber deals, copper and gold mines have taken
their place.
Elgin can well afford to leave the task Of doing
justice to his memory to the future historian Of
Canada Among the best of her rulers, he will
shine conspicuous And if the report of his re-
tirement be correct we are hazarding little
when we predict for him distinguished place
among England's foremost statesmen in the
House of Lords.
Mr.. BELMoNT's LETTER-OuR MINISTER'S
ABRoAD.-The letter Of August Belmont, which
we published yesterday, in reply to an invi-
tation by his personal friends Of this city to a
public dinner, before his departure for the Hague
will have been read with satisfaction, not only
by our distinguished fellow citizens to whom it
was Immediately addressed but by the public
at large. We say his letter will be read with
general satisfaction, because--notwithstand
the silly "hue and cry" that was raised
last fall against him, and which has been
renewed from time to time since his appoint
ment to the Netherlands, to wit: that he
is the aristOcratic agent Of the Rothschlds, the
confidential Austrian substitute of Chevalier
Hulsemann. and the emissary Of despotism-it
duce himself to the public in his new capacity
as an official agent abroad Of our own govern
ment
As private citizen. and as man of Msi-
ness, he has practically and avorably made
himself known to this community; but In poll
tics it was only universally understood last au-
tumn that he was an active and liberal demo-
crat; while as o diplomat he is one Of the . new
beginners" Of the present administration. His
letter, therefore, will be satisfactory as afording
the intrinsic evidence expected of his full appre
citation Of his position and dignities as an Anne
rican citizen, and of his responsibilities as an
official representative in Europe of the govern
ment, and people. and institutions of the United
States.
His complimentary illusions to the sturdy
and intrepid Hollanders are also in good taste.
They are brave people. Not only their own
liberties, but the liberties of England, and the
independence of this great nation of ours, are
largely due to that little sea-wa>hed con fedora
ton whence the ancient Knickerbocker settlers
of New Amsterdam sot eail-
Two hundred years ago"
And we have every reason to > feve that Mr.
Belmont will zealously labor to redeem his
promises, in connection via the confidence of
the administration and IL. responsible duties
attached to his aapointm mt, to the fullest ex-
tent
Gen. Pierce has amply indicated himself
against any suspicious which may have been
raised against him during the Presidential can
vass, Of a prejudice against our adopted citizens.
He has appointed a Frenchman to Spain, an
Englishman to Naples, Hebrew to the Hague,
and other foreign born citizens, to posts of honor
and profit, at home and abroad. And we ven
ture to say that the sequel will prove that his
in most, if not in all of these ap-
pointments has been judciously bestowed In
any event, we think it logical deduction that
a man who has proved himself good citizen,
and a competent man in the largest operations of
finance and trade, whose talents and accomplish
ments are undoubted and whose experience and
comprise much not only of the
financial and commercial, but of the political
movements Of Europe, may safely be trusted
with the mission to the Hague. Let him not
orget Captain Gibson. And where is our friend
seeley, with his jewels Of the Prince of Orange?
Now is the time for squaring up all outstanding
with the Dutch.
THE MEXICAN BOUNDARY AND THE PACIFIC
RAlLRoAD-A LITTLE TOO FAsT.--It appears by
! late despatch to this paper, from Washington,
that the Freeman's Journal, of this city, has
been little too fast in the PRONUNCIATION of the
alleged to have been given to Gen.
Gadsdon, our new minister to Mexico Our