New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-09
The Defense OF Canada.

The Dclensc OF Canada.
Fyoc, The I>ondoa Dalg Aees, July H.
The House of Lords and The Times are ex-
renely angry with the Canadians. These people, |
ve are told utterly misunderstood their own posi- !
ion, aud are earnestly beat npou their own annlhl,
s'lou. The Lords aud our contemporary are IA. is
4 d that the Government at Washington intsnos TO
make an aitark upon Canada, and sssuming this
they dsnOunce the Canadians because they Will not
raise ard sauip rore thsn 010 extra uilis la ii is
plan, encugb that if the American armies to be
Turned against Canada, the 1000 regular troops
snd tie 10 900 militia would be utterly insufficient
70 offer any setious resistance.
And if the Canadians really believed that any
such danger were imminent they would be acting
like ,rsi ors or like fools. Tie truth however, is,
believe thrt the Unor,s,s viii torn against them, as
Lord Peterborough S.ys, In the Drunkenness OF VIC
tory or 70 repair their losses IN the moment of de-
ieat. They 70 doubt quite aware OF the ab-
si,rditv of opposiyg SO smn force az twenty or
thirty thousand men 10 the armies OF the United
y atfy and therefore koii Peterborough and his
Jealous colnns ntatcr might have spared their elo-
uue-.ce. Tie news Of The Canadians are not DIM,
cuk 10 disc5yer, ard lhey are probably io1ndei
u,Dn a very arm conviction of the absurd Obstnacy
ard what Lord Eleubsgough might call the lniatu'
4 ion, Of t.rD Home Government
II Is idl for tie Colonial Minister to regret the
conduct ~ the Canadians. Re has nothing to DO
with hti- conduct. II is not only idle, bat II ~ mis-
CillcNOnr tliS iFC4s anu &c tHtH " W
abuse TIE Canadians, aud To tax them with iograi-
i,uda. Che Cau;idians perfectly entitled to adopt
their CTrn course, and they would show themselves
.upreHely UNI, for the self-g government winch toey
claim II they we're 10 allow themselves TO be buihcd
into sisug "a .aIge Militia. Their national inde-
pendeuce l. Neir national honor, and they must be
assut ed 20 I've capable of apprcclai It'd Importance,
and of being ready 10 defend 1t. IL Is not only I'M
wise, but mdguiiied in the statesmen and Official
iou-uaisisOf this country to tell the coonists that
tney have no care for their national honor Inc
coarse for this country 10 adopt lsccr.
TIE Colonial Minister is quite entitled TO draw his
own uelusi0ns from the facts before HIM. Even
il re himself should be Of Opnicn that there is some
danger au INVASION il is clear that tho Can adams
differ from him in tits respect IL Ii not proposed
that. IT any event, the British army alone is to
defend the Canadss. That army is meant TO CO.
operate. The preparations made IN the colony Tor
such q contingency being 30 small as TO make CO..
operion practically impossible what Is the course
for the Home Government - pursue The whole
of the troops ought TO be withdrawn, and that
without delay. The Canadian Parliament aud
the Can 4dian people have had the fullest
Opportuuity OF considering the question:. Iney
mrs; be assumed TO understand their own
atIars. They have probably verv wisely determined
taat "a nominal number OF nil tia is sufficient for
their purpose aud this determination ought to be
considered final
TO yemou strate against this resolution would only
eXuCss the Colonial Minister to just rehuke. 10
enter mo any ECEOilttltNs UT W t
cnmparative amount Of force TO be maintained on the
SIDE Of The colony and the nde OF the mother
country would give rise TO all sorts OF einharri.ss-
meni. To permit matters 10 r-uain Oh their pres
ent footing would not only he nrdignihed III itsei',
bnt unjust so the taxpayers o. TITS country beside
being IN direct antagoi-m to the Opuions Of every
rational man IA the three hinge. ms-ceri7 iuly to
every opiuion exprrssed both within aud without
the walls Of Parliament. Even an extraordinary
session Of the Canadian Parliament, IN order to re-
Il. L. mn .
and 0bUious courfc IS 10 tctd 'dto te 'ooie % tie
Brtish traps from mr. NOfM american P0ssesst0ns
/ L,jOre the IF,nter sets "a.
/ From me London Sfcr July %.
The CGnadtans Tcttsc 10 lie ftght ned ,Hfoornat r
Themselves md IRE 10 no, tttHk they WW submit 20
be buhe& Their Parliament has rar cIiOned The en-
rolluent of Just tenth Of tie number OF men pro-
posed by their late Ministry. Instead Of "a militia a
hundred thousand strong they vote ten thousand.
ThereuDol their new Goyernor-G neral lectures
item IN speech delivered during his first official
tour and the last mail will carry oui 70 them "A
seize. of eh4rp rebnkea from Minister'S Peers, and
TIE Tlues. The Duke OF Newcastle depl res, aud
Mr. Chichester FOrtesQue ceusuro., The attitude OF
the colonisis. Lords CanarvOn, Peterborough, aud
Grev urge that the ahad an Parliament be- called
together in sJe a sesslOn To reconsider the matter
in centennial mood.
Tie Times renews it, warnings that Great Brit
ain will leave ter uugrateul offspring to be ewal-
lowed up by the terrible neighb thai will prs-nils
tire Of feeling upon i'slL We Should not wonder
ii Lord Palnerston were to send Ouf "a dOI-n more
regiments and charge MS another million Tor their
conveyance, by way OF giving effect TO ihrse re-
prosollts and adcOniio ions. Bat we shall he very
much surprised if either Brush colonial tax
PAYERS submit to an increase Oi their burdens for the
sake OF nothing but gratifying the insa'iible greed
of our arstOcragic establishments aud the maj Inca
bic hatred Of our ai.Ocratic rulers 10 tue Tree Inst =
tuOb- OF The Wetern continent There i not the
remotest danger OF the United States engaging in "A
war oil aggression upon Blush Auenca--but very
considerable danger tina these restless inermeddlero
may provoke = fatal eslraugement between the
mother country and The CClOaies.