Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-16


Never mskiog, always spspdrg,-
Sure, thou mayest bs called With rsasos,
Nstur,'s spendthrift Of the sason
CANADIAN VIEW on AhERIrAE AFFAIRS
The edior Of the Augusta Consttnionaiist bss be
furnished with number Of CAnsds papers, from which
be coates tbs following eKtrfcs: 81
From Quebec M.rniss ohronieai, September II.
At the commencement Of this deplorabls struggle there
can be little doubt that, bsving il 10 be simply ques
ton Of slavery, from imperfect knowledge Of It's
es. and national impulse the part Of British sut
to uppor the powers that be, the strongest disposition
man sted tbn ughout Csnada 10 advocate the cause
Of the Northern States but gradually the clouds OF
doubt and uncertainty which surround the question wee
hi the actions, 'manfesoee," and "msesges' Of tho
Wasbingon authorities dispersed have been tAAsht
to believe that the st ugge only commencing 10 sim
py between the mob Law and tyIapici abuss Of the
NORTH against the constitutional freedom and the right
to proper reI res ntaton Of tie South and somewhat
sudden revulsion of feeling displayed itself not only In
Canada, but we may cay, throughout the whole cvff,d
wo-ld.
When We 6nd the President in his message misQpot-
ing3{he Deel Of Independence, g. all men sers
eated 'qaal" suppnessing the word 'fres - tbs
des were uopesssnt TO him-shen We tud the doc.
tine advanced that "the Union ere sed the States
aud not the States the Union"-shen vs find The
argument used that since Louisiana and Florida
we're purchased, these States have no right 10
rebel' without the remembrance Of the fact tia tbs
sale Of lsrd to the residents 10 those States has repaid
the Treasury tenod the amount Of the purchase money
when We know that even n the Nof.bern States The
negro ia n6nt Of real saye and worse rc Ated
than in the Sou,h-wben We see before Us oaiy tho
groesest insiancfs of corruption and pecustou 10 tho
transactions of dignitares-vhen read of the whole
sale designations of ed lted Northern officers and their
greatest General buried to defeat by the pressure and
howliugs Of outside mob-when read Of Thousands
Of soldiers insstipg their discharge on the ground
that their eim Of cce had Ipred aud marching home
ward through their Advancing fellow soldiers 70 the
sic Of the booming Of the ensmys sAnnops, When Ne
I'D ard rsra al this and witness the disorder the de-
ceptias ,he vsin boasting in short, the Hor Disbo!i
which peIvadss the mob OF the Northern States tsny
wonder indeed that ws turn With loathipg from the con
temptation Of .uch picture refuse our sympathfs, and
while thankful ihat cur own Constitution Ps serves Us
from ev,r being similarly situated ceplofing sadly and
dee y that civil should rage among twenty-five mil
lions Of kinsfok speaking the same language
ourselves, ercAim from our inmost sous-God preserve
the right.
is sheer nonsense 10 endeavor TO identity the North
srn with freedom. either black or white. EfsedoH
il unknown in the North Universal suffrage Aas thrown
the power Of government into the hands OF the mob.
aud tie educated and thinking classes tor the most part
hold hems .lves aloof from al! participation In lie sen
tments actions Lincoln seems to have become the
mouth piece o! the northern rowdes who gag and
control the prsss and insist upon being RECALLED With
series of 3grsceul vainboasting, and ohensive sr-
ces directed against the Brith power, and advocating
ae conquest Of Canada As Brish subjects and Canadi-
ans we naturally feel these outrages and insults Though
we can well afford to laugh a the threais and have ust
cause 10 feel the strongest anpathy TO the Northsra
States apart altogether from onr sympahies viii vhn
We must call Justice TO the SoutA
PROM the Quebec Mesaas chronsA Sept. IT,
An unknown Yankee sends US Aa..uapaid letter from
Ogdensburg, containing the following ertrscti.
Here follow some three or four extracts from North
era papers relating TO the arrests Of Brfsh 10
New York. for ant-Lncoln proclivities.
"This," adds the Yankee, is the way ss ssrve the
d--d Britshers Come here. and viz serve you Ike
wise"
We might reply to th, very polite invitation Euseos
replied to Bomtastes:
Bom.-Ny sword we'll can use,
50 mind your P's and o.
F,s.-I thank you, sir, but
Must caution you Of that.
Blu. our anonymous eo7n spondent really invites our
pity more than anger, even laughter IL may b
gratifying to him 10 zee resc. for other nations
naught In his Republc, which once called itsef civilized,
but will rot be WHEN be himtelf Is brought TO feel.
as be may before tomorrow, that personal liberty !.
atrocousy violated there every day. while the liberty oi
the press Of Speech and OF thought have become "u
sttutions" Of the past
Thos. Who can leave his distracted country for lhIs
peaceful provir ce doing SO; these who cannot ss
sending their capital hher for investment. And the
feeling Of hostility 10 "Brshers' which anlmates him
and his fellow -ctzeua based IL s upon an imaginary
founds ton will cause the movement continue, and
immigration into the Siesto stop His inpotent rass
hurts but himself il benefits We may ask him, too,
whether such exhibitions Of maevoence are likely 10
coursgs British subjects TO enlist in the northern forces
Fighting material Is among the Yankees for hey
or distributing pacsrds in several parts Of Canada 10.
rtiug Canadians 10 join their army. and they are COO
staptly irving 10 sedcce our soldiers from THAR seei
suce They will get few "d-d Brit'shers" 70 tight fos
tIem Il they are not more civil than the a Ogdsns'
bug.
/ From the Quebec Moroing Chronicle, Sept Ill
Mr.. JivrRsoS DAvIs-H hr. Jefferson Davis be
dead ss the northern kilograms ssy Mr. VcePresds III
Stephens viii carry on the government The los OF H.
paYi, though severe blow the Confedsrscy, will moi
very materially aiifct lite destines.
From tho Montreal Gazette, Sept. eh.
7 TIE Toronto Globe having ju.tfsi The muzzlpg o
the Northern press the Gazette says, at the conclusion
Of a long editorial on the srbect:
'We can fad some excuse Tor the ect OF the rulers a
Washington blinded through coWsrdly fear or the be
yildered excitement Of passion understand
how some OF the Northern papers think this var must b
carried through per (as na but that any misetsnls
wretch on free British SOIL under the shadow Of The
Union Jack without the the fear OF anger o
immediate partis.nshp should disgrace hs untry o.
his profession by justifyny 20 made and osd an ae'
Is simIly disgusting"
10 another part Of the same journal tu0eAuo.
feom speech Of Ex x-rostmaster "ese'. = ~" -.
at Boston, in which he alluded TO the case o. tos so
women who both claimed the paternity oi i1e sane
child and King Solomon decided by ordering the child
to be cut in twsin-snd from which instance OF !.
cred history the EsPesmsster General drew PsI.l.
10 the present contest between tie North and the South
Tne Gazette thus comments upon Il:
:" Yow doubtless there is much fervid patfotism 10
ths bu, The parallel drawn IT, it strikes us su ufhaEpy
one The application made Of the Bible story vss,
correct, Tbs true mother vas Wiling 10 give up ht
share Of the child rather than lie flood she'd Ih'
North prefers to shed the blood Of the 5ouib, to ssy Lib
ert, which It's life rather than give lie prospective
.hsre ia the profits Of southern agriculture and &C
res and certain forts, sIssnsk, co.,, shieh are, sss'
all, mere Iinkss, around the shLds meek fssy ~