, 1866-03-23
CANDIDA AND THE FENIANs.

the Ghlled States OF North America.
I'M.
| CANADA AND THE FENIANS.
| The Excitement ntContSuued-It4 Unprof
llAblenesE-Dan2cr to Spring Trade
Sensational SGorleA--FaIse Newspaper
| RcportS-SItuatfon Of the Rebel SUN
| porters-Status Of the yoluutcerx-Th,
Great Feniau Plan-Qucbec Threat
| ened-Leaning Of the French Escmcu
| to the Fcnians-Canxdtnu Troubles,
From our Own Corsespondentl
TORONTO, c, w., March 70, 1866.
THINGS No LETTER.
Over In the States, the Idea seems to have
obtained ground that the only period a,
which the fears Of Canada concentrated. WI.
st. Patrick's birthday, and thai If this ami
versary passed by In safety, the provinces
would lapse back into their normal state oil
semi. galvanized life, mud the Fanlan move
ment would hare lost It's terror for them,
Such Is not, however, the case. The SUD
posed birthday Of that mythical saint has
come and goner and, although We certainly
might bc woEss of than we are, It is far from
clear that we are pny better situated than Ii
the imagin crisis had not passed. The
same heat Of military preparation which has
been observable throughout the Lrovinces for
month psat, still continues In no updimiu.
ishcd degree, and the people nre as uneasy IN
their coniemplattn oil both present and flu.
ture, rs the dlrcst Feniln could desire. The
most disgusting feature Of the case u that
IT poS'r PAY.
From no possible standpoint which the
Canadian mind Is capsule OF assuming IN tbnr,
gleam Of hope Of sng Practical financial
pfoht 10 oe derived from thtfdtsturbas4ce,t but,
ou The other hand, IN internally lurid glare nj
direct and indirect loss, threatening even ruln
TO not lew Of the mercantile community,
Az CanRL ian remarked 10 me to-day. tAIt's
blasted heavy expense keeping up this
force, you know" The actual pay Of Inc
soldiers Is not hear5 when viewed in an indl-
yidual light, but, collectively, it's great
deal. Then, again, It's not pleasant to Inc
Peaceful Citizen to. have officers, without so
much "as by your Leave" come down on him
With billet OF as many volunteers as will I'LL
AL his spare beds, knowing as the +. C. does
that the remuneration he will get for
IN aei bop sefns coa wi b ssn very Inadequate
tof remuneration out Of the way, the
II. c. ieels that It's very much like tWeakine.
1.-THE noses ol his Lares and Penates. Fur1hcr-
more, the 2. G. ifhc be iu almost any brunch OF
trade cannot but feel that the present excite
sment @ Is Iulnine business prospects to IN al
spectacle. dry goods merchant or Toronto,
one who Ii firmly attached to the existent
government and Is m excellent type other
wise Of the P: G., said g1oomily to me to-day,
Sir, II this thing lnsts but few days long.
e., IT viii entirely ruin our spring trade
threatened invasion Is staring them IN the
face" THIS tact Is generally felt md causes
no little trcpidation among the business men
OF the largcr cities. still another fact Is per-
celTed by the ?. c. and adds to his lively sense
Of unhappiness, that the dulles Of yolun-
leef, e especially when conducted lnnder the
army, leaves very little time for tho volunteer
TO attend TO anything else. One Of the
strongest evidences Of this Is the apolocetic
Mnh oi little country paper, oxplainioE to
lis subscribers that the only persons LEFT to
run the Standard are the editor md one small
devil" and that, consequently, until the
volunteer service gives up its prey, the prIp-
ters Of the aforesaid Standard, the paper will |
have to be Issued On . halCsheet- 1t Ia to be
hoped that tho patrons Of the Standard think ]
there u quite enough OF it left. Nov MI |
these gItcyance5 are ycry bad, and, not to
and daughter of' the F. C., entertaining sud.
den md all-absorbing penchant for uniforms, |
the L. G. surely has reason TO be unhappy,
even were these things but temporary evils.
But,. unfortunately, there arc very few WHO
cherish any Idea that the trouble Is nearly |
clearly before him, and be Be-.
gins to realize what the United States,
especially those sections along our borders,
have had to undergo for q stretch Of four
years. Probably the P. c., If he wasn't sell
llsh, and had time to think about anything
but hts own grievances, would be little Re.
aid he and his brother F. CTS gave in time
past to the rebel cuusc. 1t is not enough to +
tell him the Fenians may not come over. and T.
that since his military establishment Is 30 ex-,
pensivc, be had better give 1t up. He has an
equally strong probability, as he conccives
she Fenians may come over, and then he
thinks the military would be good thing to
have. Altogether it's ~ choice between the
devil and tho deep SEQ" aud II he has . pref.
erence, it is on the safc. and consistently CON
servhtiTe side Of letting things remain as
hey arc
AMERICAN SENSATIONAL STORIES
lid wonderfully in keeping up the excitement,
md the people have aciuallY come to that
point where they look with some degree Of
listrust upon the American visltor who docs
1ot tell them story highly enough seasoned
stth fears, impEobahllities and fictitious
'ns1y heard. The American disposition. t.get
ONE fun out Of the Kanucks,'' has very In
properly given them this feeling, and as
they arc generally YerY poorly
niorncd Of the state Of feeling in the United T.
,tates, md what Ia really to be feared from
he Fen5ans. Among some Of the gentlemen
rho have travelled in the States, this Is under
food, but among the mnss Of the people |
here are few who have any definite ideas Of
the states." or any any adequate means Of
1dging OF the worth and truth OF what they
RhyU xtu-en pp,, 7.ro,,nc
ave had m Immense effect In creating. esro-
eous impressions on both sides. As a sam
lie Of these may be mentioned two strong H.
ustTntire instances. The New York Herald
Us been, with the feeble, im.mora1. aid 1t
oould give, patronlzing and assisting the Fee .
e a 4 paying " thing to do 60. As one Of It's
leans Of doing 80. It has had here and IN
ther parts OF Canada a correspondent who J
q perststenur misrepresented facts, invent 7
hctlons, and concealed truths, until one !
ou]d think that he had been sworn, with an ]
:centrlc seyersal Of the usual oath, ITO tell
1e lie, the whole lie, and nothing but the !
e." The greatest indignation Is expressed
ere, on every hand, at the manner Ia which s
E misreprcsents the state Of pnblic feeling, | I
agnlfes the imaginary strength Of the Irish '
ete+ and prcteuds to relate discovered plots E
ID plans for Fenfan aid which never had an s
liste1ee. Only last night he sent on t
: Of Guy Fawkes plot to blow E
? all the volunteers In the dsill-shed, By =
cans Of barrels Of powder IN drain under b
lc building. The idea was original with him
ID the second person 10 know Of It Was the !,
,crator who seut on the despatch. Many
m'1ar Inventions from the same source might {
re know these things to be false, and are '
ztly Indignant. But what an eyn eject do a
lch statements have In the United States. p
bey not only give false hopes to the Fenians, i
It they create the impression abroad that c
'e condition Of public afaIss In Canada Is
uch worse than It really Is, and that an / a
mcEicau Is not safe over here. So great has \
zen The effect that the officers Of the Nicht- L
~ Cantral Raflxar haYe fnlt en1n nallo1 u | r