Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-31
;. COwles & Cos Publishers,
VOL. XIV. IS s.


The following liberal and comprehensive
view of American matters is from the pen
Of Canadian writing to the Toronto
Globe:
at is desirable that proper tone should
be given to the public feelings Of Upper
Canadians With respect to the great nation
Of Americans whose destiny, like ours, is
TO be worked out on this continent Now,
Il appealing 10 common sense, We live as
individuals in q neighborhood having hu-
man beings on all sides around US, earthly
wisdom, not 10 say hiEh Christian duty,
would lead us 10 try to cultivate friendly
relations with them. Are not contiguous
nations in the same relation as our imme-
diate neighbors In almost every respect
Let us think for a moment who our Ameri.
can neighbors are, and their numbers and
power. First, we find the State Of New
York, having o population Of $4,000
much more than ell the two CanRdss, lying
along our frontiers for over ave hundred
miles. It extends from the middle of the
south boundary Of Lake Erie 10 near Corn
walt 1t has large shipping interests on
both Lakes Erie and Ontario, and is our
best customer for wheat and lumber. Next
we have Pennsylvania, in part bordering
on Lake Erie, with near three millions Of
people. Then comes Ohio, extending up
Lake Erie westward TO Michigan number
ing over two millions Of people Again, We
are bounded by Vermont to the east with
near 8 million Of people. To the west Of
US lies Michigan with million; Indiana
and Illinois, with each over million ani
half Of people. To the north invest we
have Wisconsin with q million Of people;
Minnesota, with half million; and Iowa
with three fourths Of million All these
States sre connected with US by travel,
commerce, and other intimate relations.
They control, perhaps, six eighths of all the
shipping of the four great lakes. They sup
port the Wellsnd Canal trade to o great
extent We receive eur coal from them,
and they consume our lumber and surplus
wheat in the East and West. Our, and
our sister colonies frontiers lie on the
boundaries Of these States for over thou
sand miles. Unfriendly relations or war
would stop our trade with them in our TWO
GREAT STAPLES Es-WHEAT and LUMBER. A
war with them would neeessitate immense
fOrtidcations for q thousand miles, and
make deserts of our lakes so far as com
merce is concerned. We, by an immutable
destiny, are ever to remain their neighbors.
Now, in view Of all these facts, is It wise
for US as a people to create war feeling
towards these peoples-these great States
What sort Of people-What sort of wisdom
must that be which would lead us into a
bloody war with racs in whose veins
English, Irish, and Scotch blood runs2 1t
is true, they have been on this continent
some generations longer than we have. yet
they sprang originally from the same
parent stock, and are quite as brave as we
are in the day Of trial. Tthen have no
hesitation in saying that any one who
wishes to sec these colonies plunged into a
war with the United States-to see our fine
Provinces, that are now weighed down by
/ heavy taxes and bad Government, and just
emerging by hard struggles from fOllies Of
/ the late panic in trade,-is indeed the
blacklist enemy in America, be ne on eitf eT
| border. The horrors Of an invading army
--pf bloody battles--can scarcely be
dreamed of by people until they are
seen.
"Then, as for the direction Of our sym.
patby, who can or should hesitate 70 ex
tend his sympathy with the Northern rec.
/ =. - - p /
nso5JeP The Southern people. througl
tbsir President and Vice President, nay,
declared publicly to the GAzISa WORLD, an an
n defiance Of the HOLY BIBLE, that man man ma
The right to MAKE OF MAN BsAsFs OF ina Buh
HTH1Imerohandize Of his fellow-ereatnre
|bseause they are OF . dark hue. w 2
should such people. have the sympatlny "
d s1v Tigbt.feeiing Briton Again, the
,s s-s in open rebellion without any adequs
: es1se, having no complaint to make ot oil ? ?.
II r-sssiou against Government because
P n;noritv could not control the majority
IL becsnse-they= could not use the TWEs
II .eyTTIoSs Of Northern freemen as hey
:. tba ToUR MILLIONS Of poor blacks IN
1e SoI7tb--that is. make them subserVleht
TO tbsir vile and selfish interests. i G