New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-17
CANADIAN AND FOREIGg VIEW OF UNITED
STATES TROUBLES.
ConeerOndcnce Of The N. Y. Tribune.

CeuseOnSence Of The N. Y. Tribune
MONTREAL, May 12, 1851.
Its dent lhst the people Of these Provinces tsks
deep and lively interest in the present threate ping
position of Affairs in the Great Republic Separated
from them only by an imaginary line for three
thousand niles and intimately connected By .he kim
dred largu2ge, religioa ard eusome, 10 say
nothing Of trade and commerce, in.errailway t:vel,
&C., why, beg TO ask in their behalf, should they
no; Il Is but natural, and quite inevitable. Having
had occasion 10 spend portionos my time, fcrtbe pa
six months. on each side OF this imaginary line, which.
| may also add has teen about as equally divided my
entir. life thus Ear, will venture TO sketch view d
public opinion and sentiments they at present exisr
taken from a neutral standpoint. While the Pr
vincialiy has cooked upon the adjoining States wth-n
YOU can imagine such mXture-ieslings Of Jealousy,
wonder, contempt and ADMIRATION, . little OF each e,-
pressed a times, occasion calOd for it-shey stu
miugle another ingredient, and that is hop There -
Disgusting the fact that strong and growing feei-
ing eX here for national Independent, existens
Although the symyathies CT the psople with " ha
flag that brgved thousand ycars the battle ard he
resae" and they are still the duiiinl children OF tho
ssue part Ms tnat tue United States oncs acsnCwi-
edged yet is equally true that the next in ordsr IN
ther affections n5 ymplhieS sands the full GALAXY OF
safs ai has long guded the oppressed and povry-
stricken oi roe Old World to their happy homes u the
abundant West of the New. 'lls true they d' NOT
equally admire al parie OF this comparatively but
brilliant fag; woull they ever rally under itShie
the stripes remain, particularly the dark strips al
though they even, It seems. have their aomirers VINO
would prefer tearing the aS IN two TO allowing them
to be Washed out. which may yet be necessity how
eve- snd that, too with the blood Of soras of rs no
bes Aons. All good citizens OF both countries egret
this, and II is only those " no wear glasses VIII dol
aIs instead Ot the pure crystal substance to look
ti.uu4h, thai ful 70 rec liberty admire "A. star
OF lstce; and who now, with the appropr,,s motto
Oft certain State, are nnirling the rattlesnike In
preference, whose sting hey may yet fsel fos genera
ttons TO come. Dropping the hguratys, however, ana
coming to the point 40 issue: Ali foreign Gosenmens
| must md 10 consider the Government, princt-
pss Of government OF ths United States AZ N trial.
d soon he ,sted whether Slavery is stserger than
t,Do Government, thu Constitution of lS has snfd-
Cent vitality 90 hold tho nation toy ther ~ he spirit
IA which il framed yield its fundamental prin-
cples 10 antagonists interest thai has he-n allowed
20 grow too long and become too strong Co safety 70
lis yerv eXisence. 10 has been thought by all diu-
t-Testen nations that "a struggle I.ust betweex
these TWO directly opposite elements of the Espub-
| lie, bnt there il probably not one who
does not think il the interest," II si eonesrne1 ne,
that the mater shcu,i now be edeotualy settled, ana
selied forever. There is fear OF elmer france OF
England recognizing the new dc Jacfo 6o'er.h,sn' Oh
the Confederate States until acano" ieogrd Al WASH
ugtOn urless tLsy themselves should happen W have
"a collision which docs not sean 10 likely 10 occur y
prior 10 the news that "fr3ce Il about 10 witbursv
ner troops from SYRIA Should any war are oeiween
those two Powers during tbs struggle inthe unitef
States VIII no douOt ma ti'c Oh 'ne sue vi 'ss
southern States while at the sane time they woulf
10 stir mp the lteni yet not es iact natiopa
reIneabr.nces Of The lrench OF Lower Canada, am
| En0lsnd ON that oi tho Unitea States. II Is to b
Loied such contingency may not arse, yet II Is M
bv apy means mpos>ibk. The CDited States Gov
eylment proper has without doubt, the strong syn
patbes OF the entire British nation, and its dependeu
cis and this Notwithstanding the seeming Russis
tendencies Of the United Stao during the late Criue
| war, when a minister was recalled by England I
crafty their demands, yet After having title COL
| fcsred urCn him, sent TO 81. Petersburg-a Yer
important mission a, the time. We now find in rstur
British regimeli forming il The city Of New-Yorl
and numbers really going fron Canada to join 1t bs
not in the form Of regiment Of 600" as has been
widely circoated, and by the way, while upo
! the subject Of false rumors, let me mo
| eiaphattcGyy contradict the one TO q
effect "tiat Canada had loaned the Governu
fSaoS, S S. % have s'sIa floS ~ pasi as .osles va