, 1866-09-27
UNHAPPY CANADA

The troubled condition Of unr rci.lhors In
lac British Provinces Is sufficient to excite
ti- comnlisrEltiou ofevcry person Of hunlanc
fcclinE. The eonftlcratcd provinces have a
skeleton in their confclcratca closet, aud !
there is 10 sleeping with comfort when there
is q constant tIEr.d that. that skeleton may
walk forth clothed with tho tc-rors Of blond
and deso1asion. The ghost stories which the
newspapers hare been telling for centuries,
arc hut tame inventions Of the flncy when
compared with the visions related 10y reliable
gentlemen Of liorrid Fcnians, armed c1p-a pic
stalking over her atajesty's Surth American
possessions, marking the weak spots for a.
tack, bury iny powder and hall for future
l'kc, and generally preparing things for All
universal massacre of her Majesiy>s loyal
subjects.
II is rninlul 10 read The Canadian papers;
they evidently trliuyc all the stories that
they relate. Toronto Is evidently resting
upon a mine, Quebec may expect at any
moment to bc blown from Der scat, while
Montrca, may read in the reports Of liscov-
cries in pompcii, the wonderful sights that
will greet the eyes Of future explorers amid
iscr buried ruins. The Canadian papers
strangely confirm the stories that prevail iu
Fcn1an circles here. For instance, 1t is TN.
.|crstood here that O'Seill's invasion of Can-
ada was better known At Toronto aud Mon
trcai on thu night II took place, than at nuf-
,alo; aud had The Government Of thu
United States not intcrfercl TO stop
rcinforccmcnts of men and munitions, those
cities would have been cut OF by the home
friends Of the cause, until O'SeiI womb have
lad possession Of the whole country south Of
the Great Western Railway, and had cstab.
ii>lled lis communications with Detroit. AS
it was, 1t was only owing Ia IN accident That
tic order for the destruction OF all the rail-.
road bridges west Of TORONTO was not exc
cutcd that night. When the next Invasion
takes place there is no doubt that Tirouto
will find herself bcrcft by an unsccn Aaisl
ofall tc'cgraphic and railroad communication
with the rcss Of the ConEcdcr:,tcd Colonies.
Lake Ontario, too, will have her Fcnlan
cruisers, in the shape OF rams, w1,lch vii
soon sink or drive brforc them every hostile
craft. Canada has, unaucstionably, as mucl
! 10 dread from her domestic foes as from hcl
external ones. The Brotherhood Is large,
and it extends even to official places il
Canada. ucr Ministers will never wan1
. ,7hiEkcy rs long MS the Brotherhood can fur.
1ish supply, and Ministry addicted L
| H@Ne~ AAsA "A OGNNtAs5G NAA4 4itfEI Will SUD
, portcrs at the polls as long ns the Brother
! hood eau give vote 10 sustain them,
But We did not propose to discuss Fcaian
= w.rds of sympathy for the people OF til.
British Provinces, who cannot sleep a
i nights for feat Of Fcniau raids, and VIII
i Ia'c ntldcd to their 1itanics a prayer for dc
= .3iyctnpce from all O'Seills and Sweeney:
n :nd other midnight 1naraudcrs.
J.. \ few years ago, the people OF tho Prov
Il 'nees were accustomed to sit up ut nigh,
r over their punch and cold beef, specutatin
# with errat glee upon The CONSERVATION an
!. i fright o. Yankee women aud children, dis
o tusbcd In Their beds !'y bands Of cut-throat
r. and thieves sent orer from Canada to Amer
&c can Villages 10 pillasc, rob and. murder II,
:. inhabitants. Our Canadian ficnds wtlcomu
,,c hack these sutllans with their booty, ahi II
+ courts Of law placed them eln.!er tle psotr,
= tion OF the British Lion, and there We
- threats Of British vengeance should m
~ effort be made to rccapturc IL
;, guilty. Our Canadian friends thought
~ magnificent enterprise to invade poacct,
villages and murder tho slecpiu; inhabitant
. They had no tears for Yankee husband
~ Yankee wives, or Yankee baoes, who mi:l
III 4tkIl hlt}llu3 IL AOHEANlAAG &tootsSSlAS At
to and equipped by Canadians to prey upon Il
hc "nar1ncd villages over the border. Macbct
t. In his despair, complained that because
1y lad murdered sleep therefore he could sic,
nd no more; his condition was pitiable, 4,
nd from reading tho Toronto papers, 1t wou
us eecni that, tho Canadians who. murder
It sleep ut St, Albans, arc cndu,l
hc the curse Of being unable slccp. Tn
A wake Mt midnight howlins that 1
,ut FcnfaEs have come. They dare \
of venture from their doublc'lockcd houses
he night without guard lest they might M
Ia, M O'Ncill OF q Sweeney; the tclcg7a
ICE wires have become 10 thcm Of fear(u, Int
n1l est, and IL Is no uncommon thing TO
,ur crowds standing round pole at the str
Lho corner waiting with dread BONE cx,raord
nv ary expression from tho sensc!css wood
n ! news from the FcnfanH.
nd The hope Of successfully resisting o
Ia. nlan invasion by tic volunteer militia
sct ] expired. In the 1rst place tho volunt
ant spirit has gone out. The brief campaign