The New York herald., 1862-02-03
INTERESTING FROM CANADA.

States-Organ OF the Militia
what Canada Expects to Gain by War
ExpOsed Position OF Maine-Necessity Of
Fertincations ON the Frontier, sc.
our QUEBEC CORRESPONDENCE.
l Fse ! QUEBEc, Jan. 20. 1862
Public opinion i'm Canada Ii decidedly hostile the
United States. In quarters the feeling takes the
form of pretended sympathy for tho Southern rebels,
about wIcse condition, aims prospects, and principles
profound ignorance prevails among the provipclas In
others the sentiment resembles nsghboriy spic
tho petty and envy which minded villa
gers cherish for tho rich NEXT door, With fow ex-
ccptions among which IL is right 10 distinguish tho
ronto 0o~ Tho abcst paper in tho press
of follows faithfully Of tho London Tses
decriss army, at Successes e1aageraes
revcrses vituperates government, vilGes our
generals, and abors with zca If not with address, to
foster . bittcriy uDfriendiy feeling against our
people and our institutions. The most mopstrous
caumnies against tho United States government
and people are daily invented by knot Of
secesscnss who have taken refuge at Montreal and Nnd
ready insertion in the papers, eager credence among
their resefs Every class Of society appears Injected
With the prevailing Ame,icdniphobia. Mon who have
vod for years Tho profits Of trade with the United
States, and whom would infalibly are angry
with tho vagabonds who have nothing to oac
and the soldiers who have everything gain by war.
have succeeded twice, by statement of the
evitnbls evils which would bring upon Canada in
leading two persons to cancr OF the staa-
tion, and rational sense Of their interest At the
present crisis. Rnt tho lucid interval OF brief ura
tion, and followed by a paroxysm of Increased
severity. To the bulk Of the Canadian people
the surrender Of SidoD and Mason secios
10 have been disappointment. II envsnomed
rather than diminished their spte and IL certainly in
creased the contempt for Americans which is infused
into Canadian opinion by the influence of the British Of
fccrs stationed in the province Nor has the settlement
Of the Trent dispute checked military preparations In
all the large cities the young drill with ardor
than ever and the Of the militia proceeds
steadily. The lrst arrivals from the spring will
bring TO the province large supplies of modern OF
every description. BY that time it is expected that
fllly 900 militia will be IN condition TO take the
field.
1t s impossible to explain so wholesale and rapcorous
an ennny toward tho United States, and such re-
markabe hostile preparations except the theory that
they encouraged by the civil and military authorities
There good 10 believe that both the provincial
government and the commanding officers Of tho British
amy in Canada expect, and are anxious for, war with
the United states The twin organs OF government
the Toronto Leaier and the Quebec Chronicle are the
bttsrest antiAmercan papers in the province Nothing
is talked Of in military circles but how to assa the Uni
ted States in their weak spots Troops after the
der or Mason and Sdc ostcntatiousy detailed for
the defence of the southern extremity Of the Victoria
BRIDGE surveys still being vigorously prosecuted
with view to the erection Of forts which would bs
worse than useless il peace Is 10 be maintained.
One Is driven TO ask--n view Of this exhibition
Of temper and these preparatons--what motive
Canada have in seeking with the United States,
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financial interests. let me give you answer which
has been given to me by reliable parties.
Canada wants q winter outlet to the sea. For nearly
six months each year the only practicable outlet is
through United States territory When the province was
thnIy psoped and poor this isolation could be endursd
but Of late years has been kceny fct and bitterly
pored. An extension Of the Grand Trunk Railway to
Halifax has been proposed as remedy. But the three
hundred and fifty miles of railroad which would have to
built would cost fully $50 ooomorc than either the
province Great Britain spend cold blood The
would pass close the frontier Of the United States
places that in the event Of would be very
easy for American guerrns destroy H. anil even II IL
we're protected Is felt that single line of railway, 1--WE
hundred miles long, running through desert with an
Arctic temperature would be very inadequate outlet for
people numbering nearly three millions and advancing
daily In wealth and importance.
notion; but II fact, nevertheless that msuy Of the
leading minds OF Canada have resolved got Maine II
they 7hcy say that they require Portland the ter
minus Of the Atlantic ana St. Lawrence Railway that
s . geographical necessity for thsm TO possess IT,
that the present troubles Of the United States afford
them opportunity Of sszing il, which may
usver occur again. that Maine belongs 10 them gcogra
phcany that tho present boundary line was unfairly
DRAWN and thai in claing Maine British territory
they merely asking for that which Of right belongs to
fhs British crown.
In rejecting upon these somewhat startling prsten.
ssns you will not fail 20 recall TO mind
which have lately appeared ministerial prints in Eng
land the subject Of pretended addresses which were
sSpd TO have been forwarded 10 tho Queen BY nhab
ants c Maine, praying for annexation 10 Carada No
In She United States noticed those ominous para
graphs except with incredulons smile II you reflect
BOW easy ifwoud be for Canada to send few hundred
British subjects into Maine, with instructions to
,etiton for annexation At the propsy time, and
,ow plausfby England might n tho event OF continued
roube in the United satss scnd her fleets 10 Portland