, 1866-03-23

| LAe lAsseu Htates. lhcy seem jealous OF On!
| Pfesne'Ey. activity an1 power. The Toronto
reliable friend" and intelligent gentleman
travelling IN the Western States, which IS AZ
embodiment OF shameless lies and gross In
suits to The people Of our republic The 4
F. d l. q. says tAat the United States cities
are infested With thousands Of robbers and
assnsslns,-that the standard OF female VIZ.
tue among Us Il 80 low that be wou1d on TO
account think Of taking wife there,-that
he Is In most unhappy condition and never
feels sale moment without his revolver
md, finally, that he only wishes he may ert
a1fely back to Canada The malicious scoun
drel certainly does not deserve to get back
Pray observe that this article, md, indeed,
all others Of its class, appear In papers which
have constantly, during our late war. y1Iitied
and abused our Government, and advocated
the claims Of the 50 called Southern Confed,
eracy aud their twin brothers, the Copper.
heads Of the North. Blind as fhey are wick.
party to which they still cling. which Il aid.
Ing and encouraging Canada's now most
dIanded foes, the Fenfan5. This question OF
PARTY SUPPORT IN TIE UNITED STATES
Is understood by few Of the leading men,
and It Is to be earnest1y hoped tllnt ere long
to the people ut large. Hon. George Brown,
n. r, editor md proprietor Of the Toronto
Globe, aud Ion. Mr. Vance, formerly one OF
the Council of Toronto, arc representa-
tive men Of this elass-both men Of
aetlys d.,o,da brains, s,,r earnest purposes and
both have been among the hrncst sup
porters Of cur Government during all our
late trials By these md BY some others like
them, leading men, 1t Is understood that the
Democratic demRgogues panderfng to the
pretudices Of the erfl mass who arc their ad-
herents, supporters and "Totmg cattle, - and
| utterly unmindful Of the interests of those
| who have no other claim On them than mere
grutitudc, are now the advisers aud support
| ers of the Fenlan Brotherhood, and as 6fttcr-
| II abuse and anAthematIze the Canadians
now as the Canadians heretofore, at their bid
ding, abused the loyal North. It Is also un-
| dcsstood BY these people that the only party
sessing sufficient Of the instincts Of humanity
and the moral considerations Of national good
! iai'h, to oppoHe the FenIan mob, Is the Re-
publican purity, and 1t Is pleasing to sec how
this fact is now being put before the people BY
such able and powerful papers as the Globe Of
this city, paper which has endeared itself to
every true American, by It's unswcrving faith
to the great interests Of liberty which Vo
have had ut stake.
ANOTHER GILL
for volunteers, probably to the number Of ten
thousand men Is talked Of as quito Within the
bounds Of possibility, md vas even expected
yesterday. TeleGrnphlng to Ottawa, the seat
OF government in Cnnala West, I received
however the. following guarded diplomatic
answer;
"Can get no satisfactory information, but
don't think any additional call contemplated
just now or iill something further should
occur to Justify it.''
There Is no doubt that tho number ofyo1-
uuteers named could readily be obtained. IL
one may judge at all from the feel
ing erinced In this part Of tho country
preceding letter, the Oransemen. Fenian
| orators are fond Of hoasting over the superior
pfoTeEs Of lsishmen to Canadians, asserting
that Zone shall chase 8 thousand, and ten
| shall put ten thousand to flight" but 1t is
,iard to believe these stories when looking
,uron such s.alwart body Of men aa those
now asst mbled In the drIll.shed here, among
whom are so many scotchmen and English
men. They may bo mere citizens and shop
Keepers, and W0 arc accustomed to regard
them rs soMeN hat slow, but they have good
blood among them, and although they mny
never make quite such soldiers as the same
class OF ofAmer1cans would, yet We hare learned
to respect citizen soldiery, and we should r.
member that these men, in fight with the
Fenfans would be desperately lighting for their
homes and all they bold dear against an H.
rading force The Feuians may talk and boast
much rs they please-as Toota would say
their precious healths viii keep them out Of
Canada-out Of this section at least. Even II
they could hope for Q lodgment here It
would be Of no practical BENEFIT to their
cause, beyond the plunder they would obtain
and the pleasure Of that consideration would
he a1loyed BY the fact that they would all,
very probably, be "gobbied up'' before they
could get ont again,
TIE GREAT FESIAy rL4N
at the present time is we'll understood bY
those who believe In the F. B. being anything
more than prodigious swindle, to be for The
attack and taking ct Quebec Tho aly images
The possession of the place would give them
seaport rom which to operate On Ireland,
If indeed operation On Ireland be their ultl-
mate PLAN they would be In position, rncasur-
ably, in which they might press their claim
i1pon .Ips the Cnstsd states ior their gseat hope.
milton they profess to believe wil1 readily 30
granted, In return for the eagerness with
which England granted The same favor to the
'Coniedesates. They would, oven Ii this were
not granted, be In q position here Which would
give them apparent strength and character,
md be Of immense advantage In drawing to
them nacn and money. To support. them
selves In this piace they would also have Ill |
the sympathy md aid OF the large
!. FRENCH ELEMENT
In the population of Canada East. The vast |
'tion, already faror them, md with the great |
numbers Of "Ribbonmen" III the same part Of |
the country, may furnish powerful aid to
them. In both Montreal and Quebec the
people of these classes now mako
no scFuple OF ayoWins TINT they have no AZ:
iect1on ies M !or t6e Goye'nment under which they
live lie FseEch pape1s rejoice over the |
prospect Of change, the mass Of the men
threaten strongly to aid In producing that
change, and the women, delicate indicators OF |
the fide Of public feeling, eyfnce 'trngen,
for green IN their dress and ornaments, ex- |
RressiSe Of their preference for the Irish Color
The French portion Of the people are opposed |
to the proposed confederation Of the PROV |
inces, md the y Unton Aatsonale, a Rouge"
PapeE In Montreal, even goes SO far rs to sQn>
gest strong desire to hive France take pos |
session Of that portion Of the land, and Il they
cannot hnFe France to rule orcr them, rs |
crence to the English Government. Even
without the AID Of these people it would |
not be go difficult, to capture Quebec |
as Is generally supposed, but with |
them, the project becomes quito feasible. !
The toftiacations Of Quebec arc BY no means
such formidable affairs now as they seemed
few years since. During our late war IN Eng
gllsh army officer, on duty in Quebec, can
didly expressed tie opinion that the plaee /
could not stand an hour before the army With /
which wc assai]cd Richmond.
.e.1 TIE TROUBLES
Ibem Confedcro,ioni % Rec;nrnay'r Sn aaa ias1 apon
aians arc the ploenes Z tich fnrt,tre them nd
hey are about as apitatcd a bodF Of m.:n No
one could well discover. 4 rumor Of the
:no!eaa Monia make tneif sltuatton complete.
~ ~ ss<omr '1Sy ;,,a WI naTs T. 1omessf ae
lecinrncjfv ther 4nav taa,i ciSa n1 ~ ~ ~.
resent nj 1cast and H. oucst7on ~ P tho @ 5 ins
,aToWs itseif to ne F. Fcnsans An ~ sas 10y aas
howp, there Is little 10 be- feared f1on, thcm
~ Cannda West w;thn,t ~ ~ = r.sI rn.G uo JUL sacm
hand OF raideras cnininr % orer r'e fo1
nere plunf]er. nr q flint r. draW - ottsn+;or
rcm he real purpese m Onehec- A''0D
THESE CONSIDERATIONS iin MT hcwever ofract
he pnb}ic mnde ~ Y,rwinT the 1n"ttar wh,oh
!. a blind nnTeason,n@ ..se,r. j. and {be az AZ
itpmcnt conifnnps fntent md tho trs,,;r.o !
rena-otrnns oa nTar,,1.ts, ~ a..a. !1s "-41lAo