Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-16
st. IIbans Raiders.

ksie@ss OF tue o. Adams mnr-
dsrers aud robbers, By the Canadian an
thsoritiss, Is an unfortunate occurrence.
Il Is not calculated TO warm the friend
ship between our psOpls and the Cana
dams, which had already grown too cold.
The difficulty win hardly end With ths
release of the raiders Gen. Dix has
lssaed an erder which means mis-
chief Hereafter few prisoners will be
ssken on The Canada border. ReprisAl
sill be the wAichword, and unless great
caution is exercised By the military "a
'horities, We viii soon hear ef armed
eonfiielsand incipieas war. We rather
doubt the propriesy Of Gea. Dix's order.
While We eannos tolerate sach operations
IS the ST Adams raid, and eannos per-
nit the Canadian authorities to step in
between uaaraaders and mardersss aad
ward od the punishment which their
crimes deserve, Gen. Dixs remedy. se
taar vail only sggravAse the diaaasa
4 seems 70 us il would not have been
better for our Governuent to have de-
handed the susrendarof the scoandrels,
rather than 70 throS the border into end
lsss confusion by coatinaed raids, 6rst
on one side aud then on the other.
Every loss Of property ca the Canadian
frontier will hereafter be charged upon
rebel sympathizers in Canada, aud our
people viii not be slow to cross into shat
Province for the purpose Of seeafing in
demnisy for their losses Enragsd eiti.
zsns are Hea sps 20 Be VERY discrimisas.
log, aud no party Of citizens iniamed
By the loss Of property. could make an
expedition into Canada without commit.
ting excesses These excesses would be
resisted and retaliatsd By the
Canadians and shus IS would gradually
dFin into var With Great Britain. /.
isens % "a that The better way had been
for our Government 20 have demanded
Of the Canadian aufhorisies the prompt
surrender oftha ST Adams raiders, that
they might be tried for their crimes
This would have placed the responsible |
~ where il properly belongs. The
Canadian authorities would have been
eeapelisar to deliver up The prisoners, |
thereby saying % the world that Canada |
vas no place for pirates. aud that pirat- |
iesl eSpsdiiisus shOuld pqt be organised |
"a their Jurisdiction; Or, by refusing. |
publicly ANNOUNCE that The ''sknll and /
bones" vould hereafter BE the emblem |
Of CAaadAs sovereignty and principle.
We dislike : drifting. shifting policy. |
II We have 70 6ght Canada aud Great
Britain, We desire to 60 into The contest
With fair understanding OF The difical-
y and bow It vas brought about. Bat,
By permitting irresponsible parties, who
may have been wrouged or imagine
IbsnselEss wresgsd BY indiEiduals in
Canada, to aaArch into that provincs to
right themselves as they may think sess,
Is HnHiss and viii only cad in tsouble.
We fear this will ba the resal. Of Gen.
Dix order II places our Goysrnuent
And The Canadian Government too much
in the hands Of parties vho hare bat
little regard-ioF Any Government Can.
zda, 9, sAs pFeasnt time, is shFonzed
9Th q lawless set Of ruEians from ths
States, Who viii promptly
avail themselves Of Gen Dix order 10
rreeiPitaie hostiiisies between aur'own
and the English GJvsrnmeat Had vs
compelled Canada to deliver up the
rascals whenever they attempt 70 car
y their plunder within her border. aud
hen punished the seosndfels ss ,hev
deserved, thsrs wnald hare besn 40
shanee for troable As the case nov
stands we are not without Apprehen-
ZION. hs