Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-30

I were petted and Jetct; the meinDeIs
OF the Canadian Government escorted
them from Pashe 70 Nindsof'
! and for weeks bored them win
confederation and false praise, % convert
them to their more advanced ideas. But
they returned home az strongly as ever
opposed TO the scheme OF confederation
which the Executive Of Canada declared
would not be forced upon the maritime
provinces against their VIII.
An election contest in New Brunswick
J has been decided in favor OF the scheme,
and the result L. that the Canadian Coy
erDment and their organs have taken
I heart. and now declare in after dinner
| speeehes that confederation will be ear
/ RED in spite Of all opposition.
/ British Coercion OF tae Colonies
] The history Of political parties in the
/ Colonies, and the result OF the recent
war in the United States, has at last
oDened the ewes OF the British Govern
ment to the fact that if she would retain
| her bold upon the North American COlU-
nies sine must consolidate her power, and
build up a Government that will rival
the United States, under q nOnarchial
form Of Government. Hence we find it
now her declared policy to bring about
this consolidation of interest in spite ot
all opposition With this end in vie y, she
proposes 10 sell TO Canada the Hudson
Bay Territory, and add ii TO the con-
s0lidated power. In this she displays
her cunning, for she sees that uul -
something OF this kind is done that the
United States is destined to absorb Can
ada first, and then her other North
American Colonies one By one, until she
viii not have a foothold left upon this
hemisphere.
The Interests Working Against this
Scheme
This declared policy Of England has at
last fully aroused the eOlonIsts, and the
lower provinces are manfUlly battling
for their rights Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and Prince Edwards Island
have emphaticauy condemned this
scheme as oppressive and tyrannical, and
now we find the seeds of
Revolt Raising mp
in Lower Canada. The French people
who in eighteenhundredan and thirty-seven
rebelled, are fully aroused. The order Of
the " Sons of Liberty" is exten6ing all
over the Province. They are contribute 4
ing their means and establishing their
organs, which wage fierce war upon
British domination and coercion. Al Z
ready tie order numbers about fifty
thousand good men and true, who, if
forced into confederation, viii rebel as
certain As they did in eighteen hundred I
and thirty-seven against British Oppres- [
sion and wrong. This order is rapidly .
revOlutionising Lower Canada to annex I
alton to the United States as the only I
afeguard against confederation with I
Upper Canada and certain ruin 10 them /
selves.
Other Parties In Sympathy
In the rebellion Of eighteen hundred I
ana thirty-seven the Irish population 4
ioined hands with the loyalists against
the French and Upper Canadian patriots,
and materially assisted in putting down
the rebellion. At the present time we
find matters reversed. The Fenian move
ment in the United States has extended
10 these Colonies, and to-day we ind the
Fenians Of Canada and the French Cana
dians, whom they fought in eighteen
hundred and thirty-seven, standing on
the same platform-destructiOn of Bril-
tish power in Canada either by gradual
absorption or 10y annexation to the Uni
Ted States. TIE Irish Fenians and the
French Canadians from fully one-haf Of
the entire population. They are pretty
thoroughly organized, and number in
their ranks many able minds.
: FsniAu Invasion all tIIst il REQUIRED.
This being the state Of feeling In Can
ada. I am forced to the. conclusion that
Canada is on the verge of a popular up
rising that is to decide forever whether
sue slaII nav free 1IItfttItl rs or whether
for fifty years more she shall 90 on as she
now Is, a colonial dependency on the
British Empire, spurned and Stunned by
the world. Her destiny, in a measure,
rests in the hands of the Irishmen Of the
United States.
have spent many months in the
Province, mixing with her public men
and the masses Of the public, conversing
with all parties, and making myself
thoroughly familia4 with her defenses,
power 70 carry on war, aud have been
forced to the candid decision that the
moment for her redemption is not far
OIL
How "a Can De Accomplished.
The present strength Of the effective
volunteer and regular forces in Canada Is
less than fifteen thousand. This, in
time OF WsT, nobody here estimates, can
be raised to over thirty Thousand men,
were the Government TO throw in all
their resources. Now, were fifty thOus-
and or seventy-liye thousand Fenians
from the United states, under proper
officers, organized for a simultaneous in
vasi0n iu the winter season, at six or
at RDuse's Point, ten thousand az Cape
Vincent, ten thousand at Ogdensburg,
ten Thousand at c,iagara, and ten thous-
and each at Port Huron and Detroit-the
country could easily be conquered with
out much lighting The line of the from
tier Is 50 long taat the local Government /
would he unable 10 distribute their thirty
thousand troops in such manner as to
offer any serious opposition 10 an invad-
ing army.
These forces could congregate un-
arned, - citizens, about tbe frontier
points named, whittier arms and two
days rations had proceeded them, and IN
two hours they could be equipped and
marching across the ice for the Tedemp- /
tion OF Canada. Once there, and the
cities Of Montreal, Kingston, Prescott,
Windsor, Larned and Niagara in their
possession, Ottawa could be reached by /
the Ogdensburg column IN two days
marching the Canada Fenians would 1
rally to the green standard Of Erin, and 1
before a week President O'Mahoney and 1
his Senate could quietly settle down in /
the new Parliament buildings. The ]
Brsnoh would only be 100 glad 4
of an opportunity OF this kind to /
rise and lake Quebec, with its five thous- i
and garrison and for ever break the
bonds that bind them % the British I
crown. Does any yone nor q moment s.;p- (
pose that in the United Ssates, where
there are two hundred and fifty thousand
enrolled Fenians, President O'Mahony
could not get sasenty-hve or one hun
dred thousand men ready to embark in
ga enterprise Of this kind that would
strike a fatal blow al England, while it
would also free their fellow countrymen
in Canada from British domination
The man who knows any thing about
the movements Of large armies and csn
not see that this work is quite feasible
bility Of disaster would be the
Action OF the Vaisea states
Government, which, il is well known,
leans toward the Fenians. OF course, ii
the United States were knowing before
hand Of an invasion from their territory
Of Canada they would be bound 20 90
their utmost 70 prevent it; f; but the Feni-
ans could 50 secretly concentrate their
forces and promptly strike, that, before
the Government could send troops topre-
vent the act, they would be in Canada.
Once there, the Fenians would be entitled
TO be recognized by the United States as
belligerents, the Government could disa-
vow their sympathy with the Fenians,
and, following British precedent, recog-
nfze the new Irish Republic.
Conclusion
I have thu briefly indicated the senti-
i.,ents of the Canadian people, and IN
conclusion wish to remark that Canada. /
at the present moment, is ripe for revolt.
There are loyal and brave men here who
would manAilly resist, bat with hall the
population praying for change IN the
form OF government any revolution that
would give them AN excuse for throwing
of the yoke Of England would be hailed
with unfeigned joy hy one-balf the pop
ulation Of Ipl,er and Lower Canada. In
! deed, the Sons Of Liberty" and the
Feuian organizations have assumed such
l formidable proportic -, and are laboring
- hagplopioasly fog tie same end, that
l fear they viii not wait for an invasion
70 rise and shake of the shackles that
oihd them As in a wee.
What the FaEissS uonId Gain
hNetl zane man knows that the Feni-
/ aus can never fit out an expedition from
Lle ntlcQ States ftprfs for the rafeu,n-