East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-04-05
The Defences OF Canada.
(From the London Court Journal

The Defences OF Canada.
IT (From the London Court Journsl)
It il noticeable that on the occasion
. of the debate in the House of Lords
} no one ventured to oppose Lord 1--we
! den and Lords Derby and Ellenbor-
ough except the actual ministers them
selves, and nice mess they made OF
their attempt to vindicate, the cabinet
of which they are members. The
fispeeches of Lords De Grey, Granville,
and Russell may respectively be char
acterised as bad, worse, and worst,
' Lord Russell, as usual, bearing of
the palm for laundering and mismah-
agement. We are strongly inclined
to, suspect that it. is to, Lord Russell
and Mr.. Gladstone. combined that the
adoption of what may be callod
Goodwin Smith opinions by the
government is due, and certainly if
Mr.. Gladstone had his way we should
j (apart from other dangers with which
he threatens us, such as universal
suffrage, the ballot, and direct taxa
tion) soon be reminded Of the. absurd
and un-English doctrine that coun-
try is better off without her colonies,
or, at any rate, ought never to inter
fere when they are attacked by tho
mutual enemy Of colony and mother
country. Russia would be at liberty
to invade India--and her statesmen
not yet having gone raving mad with
the English radical theory would
pretty quickly avail themselves of the
permission-the English colonists in
New Zealand and Kaffraria would be
abandoned to the tender msrcies of
the aborigines, our European for
tresses would be given up to strength
On Spain, Italy, and Denmark, and
We should, in short, very soon find
ourselves in the position of Holland
and Spain at the present day, and
should probably follow them in their
downward path. 30 tm hiso. 4
Lord De Grey began his ministerial
defence by informing the House, first,
that the subject was one Of great i'm
portance and, secondly, that it was
ono of very great difficulty. Having
got thus far safely, and without arous-
ing the, opposition or indignation of
his fellow-Peers, he next proceeded to
pass remarks on the impropriety Of
Lord Lyveden having insinuated any
thing against such an honorable, mod
crate, peaceable, and justice loving
nation as the Americans; and in this |
we need scarcely say that he was not
so happy, for he thereby exposed one
of the reasons why the government
are 50 lethargic in their proceedings
with regard to Canada, and that is
the fear they have of offending Abra-
ham Lincoln, coupled with the under
hand affection which many of the
ministers have for the cause of the
North.
.,,o on;nions Of the ministry rnun
his own; but Lord RUSSELL instead of
informing the House of any prepara-
tions which were being made, or were
intended to be made, in the strength
ening of the Canadian frontier, gratu-
itously went out of his way to expa
tate on the amiable. qualities of the
people Of the Federal States, and !
wound up with warm eulogiunn on
their efforts to put down the slavery |
institutions. Lord Russell was never
particularly noted for his, tact, and on,
this occasion his remarks were pecu-
liarly out of place whom addressed to
an, assembly by noymsans friendiyito !
the people whose praises he was sing
ingZar assembly, too, that was impa-
tiente to know the reason why only
such paltry sum as7 850, 900 was to |
be expended on q work which, if sat,
isfactorily completed, might save us
almost as many millions as the gov
ernment now propose to expend thou
sands. The matter wih not rest here,
for the minds Of the people have been
completely awakened 20 the impend-
ing danger, and they wilt demand
efficiency on the part Of their govern
meat, no matter whether conservative,
whig, or radical.
The public know very well that the
conquest Of Canada by the Federals
would irretrieyably disgrace US in the
eyes of the world, and tho larger pro-
portion of them are seriously impress
ed with the idea that war on Che part
Of the Americans is meditated. III
we'do not fight them in Canada We
may have to fight them hore. They
have no fleet now, it is true, but we
have seen them do many things which
political wiseheads formerly declared
impossible; and If they make up their
mind to it, he would bo a bold man
who would deny thai, they might place
a feet upon the Atlantic in two years,
or year, or even in six months, much
to the astonishment Of the old gentle
men and ladies, in tho cabinet and
out Of it, who .weuld then exclaim,
4" Dear me, how astonishing! who.
would have thought itg' The coun-
! try is now running a very great dan
ger, but one that may easily be avoid
cd by promptitude and zeal on the
Epart of those in office. The eyes Of
the people Of England are anxiously
fixed upon the ministers to soc if they
are willing to perform their duty, or
il they intend to sell the country into
the hands Of the Americans AT
present it would appear that they are
medihting that most disgracefal
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