Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-12
CANADIAN VIEWS ON AUBRICAN
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The editor Of the Augusta COHstlsti0Haiis
has been furnished with q number Of Cauad'
papers, from which he ~collatcs The following tx
tracts
From the Quebec Morning Chronicle. September III
At the commencement of this deplorable stug'
cle there can be little doubt that, believing it to
be simply a question Of slavery, from an imper-
feet knowledge of its causes, and g national i'm
pulse on the part of British subjects to support
the powers that be, the strongest disposition was
manifested throughout Canada to advocate the
cause Of the Northern States, but gradually as
the clouds of doubt aud uncertainty which SUI
round the question were, blythe actions, mani
f~cstOes,'' and messages" Of the Washington
authorities dispersed, We havo been taught to
believe that the struggle now only commencing
is simply one between the mob law and tyranni-
cal abuse of the North, against the constitutional
freedom and the right to proper representation OF
the South, and 2 somewhat sudden revulsion OF
feeling displayed itself, not only in Canada, but,
we may say, throughout the whole civilized
world.
When we find the President, in his message,
misquoting the Declaration Of Independence,
=" ali men were created equal, " suppress
sing the word 4" free as if the idea were
unpleasant to him-when we ind the doctrine
advanced that " the Union created the States,
and not the States the Union when we find
the argument used that since Louisiana and
Florida were purchased, these States have no
right to "rebel,' without the remembrance of
the fact that the sale Of lands to the residents in
those States has repaid the Treasury teniold the
amount OF the purchase money-when we know
that even in the Northern States the negro is
infinitely more Of a real slave and worse treat
ed than in the SOutb-when we see before
rs daily the gruSsest instances Of corruption and
REGULATION IN the transactions of dignitaries-
when we read Of the wholesale designations
OF educated northern officers, and their greatest
general hurried to defeat by the pressure and
hOwliugs of an outside ~mOb-when we read Of
thousands of soldiers insisting on their discharge
on the ground TINT their term Of Office had eS-
PRED, and marching homewurd through their
advancing fellow soldiers, to the music Of the
booming Of the enemy's cannons, when we read
and learn all all this and witness the disorder,
the deception, the vain Roasting, in short, the
FOR Diab0li which pcryadeS the mob Of the
Northern States, is it any wonder, indeed, that
we turn with loathing from the contemplation Of
such a picture, refuse our sympathies, and while
thankful that our own Constitution preserves us
from ever being similarly situated, deploring
! sadly and deeply that civil war should rage
smOng twenty-five millions Of our own kinsfolk,
speaking the same language as ourselves, ey-
claim from our Utmost Souls-God preserve the
right
1t is sheer nonsense to endeRvor to identify
the northern cause with freedom, either black
or white. Freedom Is unknown in the North.
Universal suffrage has thrown the power of gov
eminent into the hands Of the mob, and the ed
ucated and thinking classes, for the most part,
hold themselves alOOf from any participation
in its sentiments or actions. Lincoln seems to
have become the mere mouth-piece of the north
ern rOwdies, who gag aud control the press, and
insist upon being RECALLED with o series Of dis
graceful, yain-bOdsting, aud offensive articles
directed against the British power, and adyO-
eating the conquest of Canada. As British
subjects and Canadians, we naturally feel these
ontrages and insults, Though VT can well az
ford to laugh at the threats,) and have just
cause to feel the strongest antipathy 10 the North
ern States, apart altogether from our sympa-
thies with what we must call justice to the
South.
From The Quebec Morning Chronicle. Sept. III
An unknown Yankee sends us an unpaid let
ter from Ogdensburg. containing the following
extracts:
Here follow some three or four extracts from
northern papers, relatingt to the arrests of British
subjects in New York, for antiLncoln procliy-
tics.
This adds the Yankee, is the wav We
serve the id Briii-her-. Come here, and We
will serve you likewise"
We might reply to this very polite invitation
as Fusbos replied to Bombastes:
Bom-Nfy sword ! well can use.
SO mind your P's and Q's.
Fus.-I thank you, sir, but 1
Must caution you Of that.
But our anonymous correspondent really in
vites our pity more than our anger, OF even
laughter. 1t may be gratifying to him to see
respect for other nations set AT uaught in his Re-
public, which once called itself civilized, but it
will not be- 30 when he hiInselfis brought 10 feel.
as he may before tomorrow, that personal liberty
IS atrOcionsly violated there every day, while
the liberty Of the press, Of speech, and of
thought, have become i" institutions" of the past.
Those who can leave his distracted country for
this peaceful province, are doing So those who
cannot, are sending their capital hither for invest
ment. And the feeling Of hostility to q British
eTs ' which animates him and bis lellow-citizens
based, as it is, upon an imaginary foundation,
VIII cause the movement to continue, and inmi-
grafton into the States to stop. His impOtent
rage hurts but himself; il benefits US. We NAV
ask him, too, whether such exhihitions Ofmalev-
Olence are likely to encourage British subjects to
enlist in the northern forces Fighting material
is scarce among the Yankees, for they are dis
uibutIng placaTds in several parts of Canada in
viting Canadians to Join their army, and they
are constantly trying to seduce our soldiers from
their allegiance. They will get few " id Brit
ishers " to fight for them ii they are not more
civil than the man at ogdensburg,
From the O ebec Morning hrcu,d sept III
Mr.. JEFFERSON DAyIs-IfAr Jefferson De-
Wis be dead, as the northern telegrams saw, Mr..
Nce-PTesident Stephens will carry on the coy-
'rmcnt. The loss of3lr. Davis, though a sever,
blow 10 the Contederacv, win not very materially
affect its dostinies.
IN The Montreal Gazette. = pit CHI
The Toronto G{odo having justified the muz-
zlng OF the northern press, the Gazette saws. 1t
he conclusion OF "a hong editorial on the subject:
We can find some excuse for The act Of the
rulers at Washington, blinded through cowardlv
fear, or the beTildered excitement Of passion;
We can even understand how some Of the north
ern papers think this war must be carried through
per taS et p.f0s' hgt that any miserable wretch on
free British soil, under the shadow of the Union
Jack, without the excuse Or the fear or anger of
immediate paTtisanshlP, should disgrace his
country, OF his profession, by justifying so mad
and bad All act, is simply disgusting"
In another part Of the same journal, is q quo
tatOn from a speech Of cx-PoStmaster General
Holt, delivered At Boston, in which be alluded TO
the case OF the two women VINO both claimed the
maternity of the same child, and king Solomon
decided by ordering the child 20 be cut in twain
and from which instance Of sacred history.
the eX-PostmaSter General drew a parallel in the
present contest between the North and the South.
The Gazette thus comments upon il:
"Now, doubtless, there is much feryid patriot
ism in this, but the parallel drawn is, It strikes
W, an unhappy one. The application made Of
the Bible story is very incorrect. The true
mother was willing 10 give up her share of the
child rather than see is blood shed. The North
prefers to shed the blood Of the South, 10 slay
liberty, which is its life, rather than give up its
prospective share in tho profits Of southern ggri-
culture and commerce., aud certain leTts ,-arsenals,
etc, which are, after al. mere triukcts, around
the child's neck. fhey are willing to accept a
bleeding and ruined South, severed by the
sword of faction, and with its spirit crushed out,
rather than let it 60. The northern OliticianSd DO
not stand, therefore, for the good mother, who, to
save life, would give up her child; but for the
bad, which desired the bleeding body, rather than
surrender her claims.
The Quebec Morning Chronicle also states
that a Sourherner who was travelling on tue
Great Trunk railway, il company With o large
number Of northern men, displayed a thousand
dollars in gold, and offered 10 bet it that the
sOuthcruers would DO victorious in the next
battle, but the bet was not accepted.
Another talked very lightly about the taking
Of Hatteras, and said he only wished the Federal
authorities would disrerse all their troops in q
similar way.
The Chronicle then speaks Of tho reported
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