The New York herald., 1863-11-14
Good Ous or Canad. for once.

Good Ous or Canada for Once.
The Governor General OF Canada has done
us service by informing Lord Lyons, and TO
questing him to notify this government, Of the
rebel plot to seize some Of our cities upon tho
Canadian border. 1t Is 80 seldom that any
good comes out Of Canada that we hasten to
make this acknowledgment Of the favor she has
rendered us. But, at the Same time. we are
not so carried away BY gratitude that we can
not perceive that there was q selfish feeling d
the bottom Of this friendly sot. Indeed, all
Englishmen aresimply incarnations Of selfish
ness, and tho Canadians are only provincial
Englishmen. 0r
Canada exposed this rebel plot for the same
reason that England stopped tho rebel rams.
Il was her interest to do 50. She could not do
otherwise with safety. We do net know what
Secretary Seward has been writing to Earl Rus
sell for the past six months, and we sim
oerely hope that we shall never be called
upon to read any more Of bis voluminous
correspondence; but we do know that II Eng
land had allowed.those rams to get to sea vs
should have declared war against her ct once
So, upon the same principle, II the Governor
General Of Canada had kept this rebel con-
spiracy q secret and permitted it to be carried
into effect, we should have first recaptured the
rebel prisoners and imprisoned the rebel refu-
gees who were going to undertake the raid.
and then we should have turned our attention
to the Canadians, and logged them out Of their
boots oH-hand. The Northern border States
could raise hundred thousand volunteers-
half Of them veterans-in less than three
weeks for such an expedition; and whore
would the Kanucks and Biuenoses be theni
Thousands Of our fighting men are already
very anxious to twist the mock Of the British
lion; and what would they have cared for .
little tussle with one Of her puny whelps!
Still, while we perceive tho selfish mo-
tfves which have sctuated the Canadians
in their kind deed, we do not ne
less appreciate the deed ITSELF General
Dix has gone to Buffalo, and will see to 1t that
affairs there are In state Of preparation
against any surprise. We thank the Canadians,
then. for their friendly warning, and assure
them that II, ct some future period, they shalt
desire to drop into our delightful family party
OF States, and share with us the privileges and
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they will be oil the more welcome on account
Of their present neighborly conduct In conolu-
sion, We have only to say that vallandghsn
and the Chevalier Jewett have lost magnia-
cent opportunity in this matter They are both
in Canada, and II they are a. clever ~ they pro-
fess TO be they both know ell about this rebel
plot Had they revealed Il TO our government
they would have been invited to return here In
triumph and honor, to be feasted and feed oon-
stsntly and gloriously. As 1t is, We must either
set them down as too ignorant to know about
the plot or suspect them Of completely In IL
The ancient geese saved Rome; but these two
geese made no effort to save America. What .
splendid opening for . historical parallel and
historical immortality have vallandighan
and Jewett wilfully neglected.