The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

Progress OF tho Revolutionary Eptdemic
In Canada.
As our readers have seen by telegraphic
despatch which we published yesterday from
Toronto, the Cana dams gave precedence to the
writ Of their own Court Of Common Pleas over
the writ Of the English Court Of Queeu's Bench,
In the case Of the slave and murderer Ander
son. When the English writ arrived the Ca
madam judge issued his writ, and the latter
prevailed over the imperial tribunal. The
case will come up for a hearing tomorrow,
and If the prisoner should be discharged that
will be giving defiance to the British writ, for
il ia very evident neither the Governor nor the
jalor will obey it
1t is highly probable that Anderson will not
be surrendered to the State OF Missouri, but be
set at large by the Canadian Court, as, by that
means, Canada viii best express its SYM
and prepare the way for its annexa-
ton If the British government will sub
NIT TO be snubbed in this case, and TO
bave the imperial writ Of the Queens Bench
trampled under foot, it may be regarded Is q
test, and then Canada may safely conclude that
she will not be interfered with In throwing of
all that remains of the British yoke, and that
sbe ia at liberty to annex herself to the North
ern coDfsderacy without delay. IT, on the
other hand, the English government should
attempt to punish the disobedienoe to the i'm
perial writ, Canada will be all in blaze, con-
N,lant IN bor william % uDnr tho runnort IF tina
free States of the North, and ii will be very
good ground for cutting her connection with
tie mother country. She is no longer child
in leading strings. She is able to decide and
act for herself in all matters legislative, judi
cial and executive; and it is insulting despOtism
on the part of the home government to attempt
to control the decisions of her courts after
conceding to her the right of self-government.
Meantime she is disposing of the Queens writ
very much as the colonies in the Revolutionary
struggle disposed Of the stamps OF George the
Third.
The Toronto Globe of the 9Th inst, in long
leading article on sthe Northern confederacy,"
says "tbe revolution has become epidemic south
of the lakes;- but, from all appearances, it is
now or soon will be equally epidemic north Of
the lakes. Canada" says our Contemporary
has been Inundated by tho intermcddling Of
English judges" and her press, with one voice,
declares that she will not submit to it.
True it is that with the exception of some
perturbations, both in the upper and low ,r pro-
vinces, the Canadians six months ago
received the Prince OF Wales with
welcome. But so did New York with
still greater demonstrations; yet none will
infer that the empire city of the free North in
tended to be loyal to his Royal Highness. But
if the Canadians at that time were as loyal as
the dial to the sun, a period of six months is
ample time for them to have changed. Six
months ago who dreamt of six or seven States
being now severed from this confederacy,
with perhaps some six or seven more
soon to follow? Yet the fact is so. In
IS4S the revolution in Paris was not the
work Of even six weeks. Revolutions are
often very rapid, and they are always conta-
gious In ls4s they spread more rapidly than
the cholera over all Europe. 1t is impossible
Tor Canada to be in such intimate contact with
the homogeneous race on their southern from
tier, and not be influenced by the rcvolu-
tionary fever which is now raging in
their midst. That tho Canadians have
caught the contagion is evident from the i'm
poriance which their excited journals attach to
he proposition Of Mr.. Seward by discussing it
Gay after day at great length, and transferring
our articles to their columns Hence it is that
the issue Of the Queens writ in the case of
Anderson is producing such extraordinary
effects We're Canada not ripe for annexation
we should hear of no resistance to the writs of
the imperial government.