The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-05

Inree Of the great European Powers Emo
land, France and Spain--appear to be acting
a. II with one mind to obtain new. recover
old and secure existing footholds on the Anna
rican continent; and. as our internal troubles
have offered to them the most favorable onnor.
tunity, they have taken advantage Of il to carry
OUT az Tar as circumstances will admit their
respective views Thus we find England ac
lively employed in developing the resources Of
Canada, so as, if possible, to divert to the
British provinces the trade of the Northwest:
France selling upon Mexico as the great stem to
her obtaining control of the trade of the Pacific.
and Spain repOssessing herself Of Dominica and
hankering after share in the spoils of Mexico.
At present the designs of these European
Powers seem to be having fair measure of suo-
cess; but they are as yet very far from being
realized. Man proposes, God disposes; and 1t
can hardly be within the views of Providence to
restore an order Of things that has been already
condemned, and. for the most part, wiped out
For France, England and Spain to resume their
former influence on this continent is as impos-
sible as it would be to send back society to the
manners Of the Middle Ages
A late article in the British American Mogd-
zine advocates the establishment of monarchy
in British North America, just as Louis Napo-
leon hos ordained, through the Council Of No
tables, the establishment Of an empire in
Mexico. The coincidence is remarkable. So,
too, is the argument in support Of the Canadian
scheme. One OF its leading features is that
Canada is fast drifting into republicanism, and
that, to prevent it, the current must be turned
towards mOnarchism. II is confessed that
Canada has been for some time drawing nearer
to New York and Washington and further from
England, and that, chad the Union retained its
centrality, it would have drawn these sepa-
rated colonies with irresistible force toward
i!5elf' The conclusion, therefore, ia that the
whole OF British America from the Atlantic to
the Rocky Mountains, should form nation. and
ask the Queen to give it one Of her descendants
for sovereign. And there is no time to be lost
monarchai principle has but very feeble hold
on a large portion of the Canadian population.
TO whom monarchy il at hes, an abstraction.
almost myth.
Recent debates in the English Parliament
have touched this Canadian question. More
tban year ago the British authorities dis
tioctiy announced that if the United States
were to invade Canada England could not
thiak Of defending her, The people would
have to take care of themselves This was ro-
serred 10 in the House Of Lords on the 10th Of
July, when Earl Granville. in reply to ques-
ton whether any steps had been taken to raise
militia in Canada, expressed his regret that
he could not give satisfactory answer. The
Canadian Parliament had only authorized the
raising OF ten thousand militia. aud. although
the government had accepted twenty-five thou
sand volunteers, it had refused. from motives
of false econom , the offer of twenty-five thou
sand more The inference was that the Cana
dian authorizes did not appreciate the wisdom
OF raising an army 10 prevent the annexation of
their provinces to the United States and that as
it was the British government alone which had
any interest in preventing such annexation. it
should provide the army aud the ways aud
means for he purpose.
SO, too, In the British, Parliament, the aid Of
the government has been petitioned for in tho
opening OF canal between Lake Erie and the
river Ottawa 20 az to divert trade from Ainer-
can chanaeis. and the under Secretary Of State
has Just informed the House of Commons that
the government designed, in accordance with
the precedcnts furnished in the United States,
to grant million acres Of the public lands in
aid Of u telegraph enterprise to British Colum-
ba. We know, also the efforts that have been
made to build a railroad to the Pacific through
British territory, aud now we see that the Cana
dian papers, in encouragement of that idea.
have discovered another great gold region some
few hundred miles west OF Lake Superior. living
OH the east side of the great basin of Lake
Winnipeg.
These facts illustrate The part which England
is taking IN the great movement to fix aud re.
establish European influence on this continent.
We have little apprehension "a 10 the result.
The effort to establish = monarchical form Of
government will be no more successful in
Canada than in Mexico. In due tine both these
countries will find their natural places in
our republican system The trade Of the
continent cannot be diverted from its regu.
lar existing channels We have already q
telegraph line TO the Pacific, and the building
Of great Pacific Railroad is in progress, the
first link of which, from Lesvcnworth To Law
renee. in Kansas. will probably DO Ia operation
this winter
The part which France is taking in the move
ment has been seen Ia her recent doings in
Mexico Priding herself on being distinctively
q military nation. she has set about performing
her role in way suitable to her tastes Now
that she has conquered Mexico, she will proba-
bly, seek to utilize that conques, by opening up
railroads and other ways of communication be-
tween the mining regions and some Of the Pa
cifc ports, and may strive for the great prize
Of the Pacific trade by opening canal
across the Isthmus of Tehuaniepec, in disregard