The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-28

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the country upon certain basis. II will settle
at once with The voice Of the country al that
question of terms with the enemy now agitated
and open. Then the President, appealed 10 by
this or that faction, or asked by the enemy
what the fate of slavery must be in certain
contingencies can only point to the constitl-
ton and say tina. his duty is to execute that.
We shall know exactly where we are. North
and South will knew what is to be done, and
the war and the nation will feel the good
effect Of the spirit Of certainty and decision,
Important from Canada-E5xtradition Of
tho Lake Eric Pirate--progress OF
Events.
1t will be perceived by the readers of the
HERALD, from to-day's report of the judicial
proceedings at Toronto, in the case Of Burnley,
that the attempt to shield him by the
| much resorted to and much abused system Of
habeas corpus has signally failed and that the
offender is tdbe delivered up. 1t is also ap-
parent that the Canadian government not only
understands what is due to the United States,
but what is also due 10 ITSELF The speech
from the throne" as it is styled in parlia.
| mcntary phrase, or, in other words, the recent
message of the Governor General, was frank,
sensible and decided on the subject of the
neutrality laws, the obligations Of the pro-
! vinces, and the necessity Of fulfilling them
towards neighboring and friendly Power. 1t
was in all respects satisfactory and to the
point. In the debate on the speech
in the Canadian Parliament similar
sentiment of justice to the United States
prevailed among the members, and the
Attorney General has introduced bills which
Of the rebels within the province to disturb the
peace and tranquility of the neighboring
States. More than this, the justice who was
the ignorant or willing instrument OF the wrong
doors has been suspended from Office, and the
government proposes to assume the response
biiity of being answerable for the full amount
Of the money stolen from the ST. Adams
banks, and which has unjustly been withheld
from them. cu #@ 20 gsM
OF course we have every reason to be salts
fed with this condition Of things, and have for
some time known that the disposition of the
government Of Canada was of just and
friendly character, and that none more than it
was displeased with the course courts had been
taking with regard to the United States. We
presume, therefore, that all the causes Of our
present difficulties are being removed, and
that our relations with the Canadas are likely
to resume their wonted course.
There never was clearer case than this Of
the raiders. All tho sophistry in the world
could not excuse their miscon duct and their
crimes. The numerous attempts to befog the
question by discussions with regard to tho
rights of belligerents were without the least
foundation. Lord Palmerston understood the
whole question, If the thick-headed magistrates
Of Montreal did not In the London Morning
Post of a late date the rationale az well as the
law was clearly given. The truth is that bel.
ligerents seeking an asylum in neutral coun-
try come under the laws of that country and
must conform themselves to their authority.
The rebels in Canada had no more right to
make a raid into the United States than the
Canadians had; just as much and no more. If
band Of Montreal robbers had broken into
ST. Adams and done the mischief and violence
complained Of they would clearly have been
liable TO have boon delivered up, under
the Extradition treaty. The rebels could
not claim any greater exemption for
themselves than could the Canadians. The
present decision in the case Of Burley Is
therefore not only highly satisfactory, because
1t affords the evidence Of a just comprehension
Of International law, but also Of the convictions
which are prevailing in the provinces, under
the prompt action of the government, that the
"great Power In whose presence they stand" Il
not to DO treated with insolent injustice
The truth is that time and the hour are rapidly
developing tho power, resources, and the
grandeur Of our institutions. Their moral In
fuence Ia also beginning 10 be felt all over the
world, and will ere long be supreme on this
continent The whole effect and object Of our
institutions are the perpetuity Of the rights Of
man, OF JUSTICE OF commerce, Of humanity.
These are what we are struggling for, what we
have 80 long struggled for, and we will permit
no foreign Power, whether on this side or the
other side Of the Atlantic, TO interfere with our
progress in this direction. This principle is
enumerated in the simple expression Of tho
"Monroe doctrine which foreign enemies have
SO insolently attempted to overthrow, when
they discovered, as they thought, a fitting OPP
porianity, during the present rebellion, for the
attempts But 1t will be found In the end that
the doctrine has vitality; 1t is not dead, though
II has slept, and Its power and its spirit will
shortly be felt from one end or this continent to
the other. That the Canadian government has
seen through the fallacy Of attempting to follow
in the extreme duplicity Of foreign Powers
that of seeming neutrality with On active and
positive interference--is creditabls to their IN
tellect as well az their sense of what is their