East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-06-07
Che @ 0nrier.
Canadian Compliments Of 1859.
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Wednesday. Juno 2. ls65.

Canadian Compliments of 1850.
Now that the Canadian press hps
become decidedly respectful, though
petulant and fault-fnding as a matter
of course, and its managers have been
forced to the conclusion that the
Eagle Bird " is by no means the
pusillanimous fowl they would like
TO believe, nor his standard bearers SO
entirely destitute Of stamina as they
were wont TO represent, it is decidedly
amusing to recall some of their agree
able sayings of former times, that the
emptiness Of their vaporings rs re-
vealed by tho light of lator expert
ence may be made apparent, and the
value of their Judgment, now, as here
tofore, be correctly estimated. The
following extIlcts are from the Mon
treal Herald of June, 1856; l''''l'. e
While the American government is
doing its best to provoke a war with
England. state Of anarchy, sufficient
to engage all its energies, exists III its
own dominions. Congressman COM
nit murders, Senators are AL but
beaten to death in her legislative
chambers, and bands Of armed ruff
fans desolate her territory, assassin
40 the citizons and fire the buildings
in Kansas. The North send men,
money and arms to the invaded terri
tory, and the South accepts tho ehal-
lenge by similar demonstrations. ,.er
One thing only prevents q war with
England, one only stays civil war
in Kansas. The American Eagle is q
half breed between q carrion yulture
and dunghill rooster. He lacks the
courage necessary for fair combat, and
he crows the loudest when fuFthest
from his enemy. t.- ~ :hs'
The men of the Revolution are dead;
their inferior children of 1872 are in
their dotage the present generation,
raised on hot cakes and sweet fixing,
aud stimulated with tobacco juice, is
all talk and no cider, as destitute Of
tho stamina on which courage IL found
I'D rs the mothers are Of flesh. .I aI
Look at the Notwithstanding at
sixteen, faded at twenty, toothless at
twenty-five, hideous at thirty, dividing
their time between theirrocking chairs
and their beds, incapable of exertion,
incompetent to exercise, ever aillng,
listless, lazy, straight up and down,
like an old fashioned clothespin, max
ing up the deficiency of their devel-
opments with whalebone, cotton aud
bran-are these the things to sucllle
heroes? The race has deterioated,
and is dwindling away, and but for
the constant introduction Of new and
healthy blood from immigration, would
disapper III a century. 1uI
The moral deficiencies Of tho peo-
pie arc equal to the physical 1.-The.
boys slang each other, but never Tight
the men assassinate, but never come
to blows, they talk terrible thingsnnI
public meetings, and contine their ter
rible doings to concealed shot or a
sudden shot at an uuprepared enemy.
Oh, shade Of Washington ! Oh,
apple SARGE and punllin PIE !. Oh, lass
es sweeten' and chicken tixens - that
the Star Spanglcd Banner should float
over such a pack Of coward braggarts.
And these arc better than fair spec
linens of the people who talk of going
to war with England in the Same way
as they do of cohquering Nicarauga
who propose to make weeks cXcur71
sion for the conquest of Canada, and
would have been glad Of tho job Of
taking Sebastopol in fortnight. g.
We do not think there is much oc-
casioa 70 be afraid Of th2m, whether
there be war or peace. A contest in
which there arc moro hard knocks to
be got than plumber, is exactly the
one in which our degenerate cousins
have the least desire to engage. Let
them hold Kansas meetings and Sam
ner meetings and Champion indigna-
ton meetings if they please; talk is
their peculiar vocation, q nationalin-
sSitution, and one of the most limo. 4
cent. with a population whlcn, eager
and ready to invade the rights and
property of others, is without the
courage to protect its o%n; with an
army made up of the congregated
scoun lrels of all nations, and feet
manned feebly, as it is, with such a
set of riff rail- that while theione-half
of the crews arc i'll irons, guard boats,
while i'll harbor, have to watch day
and night to prevent ddsertion of
others, and tho service so unpopular
that a single steamer has taken months
after it was commissioned 10 obtain n
crew there is no more to be dreaded
from war vaporing, or the reality of
it from the United States, than fiom
similar gasconade, or actualaction, on
the part of his Serene Majesty, the
Emperor of Timbuctoo ,,'I fat's.sa