New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-17
TIE CANADIAN PKESS.

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SIR: The nclosed translation Of late article from
Le M,ssager Franco American Ia French daily Of
tls city which has baitled nobly for tho Union may
h. found in,e-a-,;-- como Of your resters;
Nearly all ofths Canadian ourr, BY sns, eouu,dio-
ton Of their principle. wholly p,I eAbe moe, hos,
tile to tho cause Of the North and with pssoue force
20 maintain the South IN s eorts to divide the American
Union How,ver have been much pleased to notice IN
lie Journal du Prup published in Montreal severe protest
sgainst the dpobe tendency OF the Pre Of northern
neighbo The Journal du Psupis expresses i.o in these
terms
1.-THE Southern rebellion has the sympathy Of nearly all
Canadian ouuls We ask Should have ,h. sympathy
Of comps,iio'' the ends Of Liberty ny~hee The
following fsc ought alone be than rueeft decid.
the question the negative The sole aim the rebellion is
the maintenance and extension OF Slavery The Provisional
slave republic i the only which will suii the South
that white unes, y. b. the Of slaves
and that State into the Confederation without be
Ing pos,essed Of ssves In south Cseu. 10 one eligible
member Of Legislature y he do not own slaves and
certain eIien, Of and 10 proportion VIVA, noble principle
Of sorernment MI, Ws. soriau. proi.tos Tor ts
ofman What enc nrasins prospect, Tor their poor! How
enemies Of the rights Of humanity Thi, Is vel
worth the uble Of Organizing Canadian armies TO forth
and give bse 20 tie North while struggling to cru,h hi'
The enemie. Of Hb-rt, have invariably curou,
sympaihies They would axe Canada thsster Of and
Of ruin to aid sud sLcousge the South TO accomplish
IL. wicked designs Good Canadians guided by the golden
rule. they po.sbly have such .ympsthissp
Wandering orators who have purposes to serve, may
with effect decim before tao people OF Canada and yeute
certain old d,qu'on' In Of Slavery but the language
OF ths pioseye Montreal journal proves tina, they
have all yet been seduced from hs path The good
and morality Of the publc. it is to be hoped, will do
justice the sophi.ts and other bad employed In
the effort to support untensbe The u TRUTH
justice progress and humanity In the end IL sure til
umph!"
Beside the journal named above, think The Mon
treal Herod and Toronto Globe are worthy Of hon
orable mention. During our eventful struggle their
course has been eminently consistent--not sparing
when they truly believed us to be in error, yet in.
vsriably, with much frankne-s, according to all
due credit for moritorious action. I'M.
MosTomAL EsTERPRIsr.-The three iron gun
boats Of the Monitor model, which were ordered by
the Government Immediately after the engagement
of the Monitor with the Merrmac, have been COM
menced by Mr.. Rowland al the Continental Works,
Geenpoint. They are TO be built very much like the
Monitor, except that they are each to have two
voving shot-proof turrets instead Of one. The
model is also slightly altered, TO hi TO make them
better sea boats, and to give them greater speed.
Like the Monitor they are to be propelers, the deck
being but little above the wster-line. Their length
is " be 302 feet over ALL with breadth Of beam Of
II feet aud depth Of hold Of I2 feet The arlnor
s TO be six inches in thickness There are at present
but two Of them commenced, but the blocks have
been laid for the reception Of the keel Of the third.
The work is well along on the first one however,
which is inside the ship-house. The frnme, which is
sntirely Of iron s up, except At the bow and sern
and the work Of putting on the 6rst layer Of iron
plates has already commenced. Tie iron ribs and
he plates are forged in separate workshop bu,
mal forges set up all along each side for heating
he bolts. As large q crow Of men az can work
with convenience arc buSy engaged in riveting the
,lates. 1t will be at least four months before the
irst boat s launched.