The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-11

think, manifest from oil experience and I per-
sonally am acquainted with Il from long resi-
dence In Roman Catholic countries-that the
Catholic religion Is incompatible with demo
cratic repu6licanim.
tbs in vain TO say, ave have 70 monarch;
we have no titled nobility" when you have
"a humble parish PRIEST who is more omnipo-
tent over his flock than either monarch or no
BILE; and the real question is not whether this
faith is true and its advocates worthy of re-
spect, lin any case, it may be added, for the
purity of their motives and the goodness oil
their intentions) or the reverse II all respects;
but whether sincere friend Of the American
constitution can see with Indifference the
growth Of the sacerdotal power on any portion
of this continent. regard the question merely
as one of temporal authority; as being simply
who shall exercise in truth the right Of election
drawn between q Catholic hierarchy in Cana
da and that in Mexico, for the civilization OF
the countries is widely different. BY all &C.
counts, the morality aud intelligence of the
pastors are even more different than the condi-
ton of their focks. Moreover, generally speak
ing language would offer no barrier. as in the
case of the Mexican padre; and in Canada the
Jesuits, ably and numerously represented, are
continually on the alert.
OuueT MI tucse CITCuul5tduCcS tue CJuultlOu
of Canada would seem not devoi1 of interest to
the remainder of the continent. Her too speedy
admission into the Union, it has been said,
would seriously interfere with the vexed ques.
ton of negro emancipation; but what objection
could present itself to the following settlement
of the affairs of Canada, if compatible with
peace and friendly relations with Great
Britain? Suppose the district Of GaspG given
ever to New Brunswick, Upper Canada and
half the district of Montreal to be an indie
pendent republic under the protection of the
United States, Gas the IOnian Isles are under
the pro.c otion of Great Brittany and the re-
naming portion Of Lower Canada, by far the
largest portion of it, to he divided between
Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; whose
imaginary boundaries might be run up due
north to the pole, unless it was thought better
to leave the mere bunting grounds and almost
uninhabitab!c ''fnr" regions of the high north
to the federal government Whether this be
practicable or no, is q question; but that it
would be benefit to mankind l firmly believe.
BY it one might justly infer the parties Of the
Northern and Southern States would be lief,
pretty much in st0tn quo. The slave owner
would gain this en- the East-that the COM
promise bill would be carried over the greater
part OF Lower Canada, and the mouth of the
st. LswreDce closed against the fugitive. The
abolitionist would gain this to the westward :
that q great territory. interested in independ-
ent access to the ocean in its own right, and
not by contract or concession, would await an
DexatiOn; and in the event Of acquisitions of
large territories by the South, the abolitionists
might call for the admission of Upper Canada
az q compromise. Towards Canada it would
oct tbus-it would relieve the Upper Province
OF q distasteful union, and it would emansipate
the Lower Province In miod even more than
in body. As for England, it is tue nation
which, by treachery, and unresisted. stripped
the Acadians (the French Of Nova Scotia) OF
all that they had, and hurled them naked on
foreign shores 10 perish-an atrocity forbidden
even by the laws of the Vandals, which de-
clsred that one-tbird of his goods should be
left to the yanquished whenever his life was
spared. And Britain now holds Canada only
as "the dog in the manager" held the hay-tO
keep it separate from the Union. Depend on it
she will rot be difficult to deal with. She
would make facile neg0tiator. "Give up all
the colonies Tor peace with America said
Brougham: and he spoke the sentiment Of Eng
laud when he did. That government which
sacrificed the Acadian race to its ruthless po-
Icy, will not be too tender OF that responsible
government which it has given their Cana
dian brethren. The preteXt for the measure
completed against the one race. was foreign
war and pecuniary economy: the same reason:
may ipduce the resignation of the other to the
benefit If receiving lessons in selfgovernmcnt
from neighbors better skilled therein than them
selves.
To mankind, the gain woald be the death Of
The obsolete and Anticipated Fr Jnch laws, lan
suasc and institutions of the days Of the Bour
ION ty,ants-our prolonged reign of medieval
ca'kness, and The spread Of Angie. Saxon gcniu,
from Florida to the Polar seas and the speedy
extension, throughout al. the Western world, d
The language Of SHAKESPEARE and the ins'itut s
Of Coke. FROM DE BGuF.