Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-06-08
rnp INVASION OF CANADA.


been not a little surprised and panied ut
the light and frivolous tone with which
this matter has been adverted to by re-
spectacle contemporaries. We look upon
this invasion scheme rs the most mon
strous proceeding Of the nineteenth CEN
fury, without a shade or shadow Of JUS
LITIGATION, and one which should excite
the heartiest reprobation of right-think-
ing men everywhere.
The people of the section which would
inevitably be desolated by the contem-
plated raid, are very closely assimilated
to the best Of the citizens Of our North
ern border. They are frugal, industri-
Gus and intelligent. The comforts by
which they are surrounded and tho
property of which they are possessed,
are the results OF the patient frngality
and industry Of many generations.
Around their peaceful homes and house.
hold affairs the affections and traditions
Of all these generations fondly cluster.
Moreover, the Canadians who have be-
come citizens, by adoption, Of the
Uaited States, have been among the
most valuable acquisitions to our pop
| ulatiou that We have received from
abroad. With very few exceptions they
are sober, Industrious, order-loring,
law-abidiug aad loyal.
Taking these facts into consideration,
il would seem that the cause should DO
u~nequivocally and essentially holy and
the necessities of tho case extreme to
Justify the invasion and desolation OF
this land and the destruction Of tho
happy, peaceful homes Of its citizens.
The intrinsic merits or dement's Of the
Fenian cause we have neither space nor
inclination to argue. II is worthy Of
consideration and remark, however,
that we have no reliable evidence that
a majority of the Irish people resident
in their native land sympathize with
the cause or desire its success. 1t is
almost certain that the business men
and better classes Of the people Of Ire
land are opposed to n revolutionary
separation from England. 1t is consid-
cred probable that q large majority Of
the thinking men Of that country would
prefer the perpetuation Of the Union
and cooperation with the English Lib
erals for the peaceful reformation Of the
abuses with which that unhappy land
is oppressed. But whether the Irish
people desire separation, or whether
that end is desirable, is foreign to the
subject Immediately under considera-
ton. Admit the justice Of the cause
and the desirability Of separation, and
the invasion of Canada is nom the less
| infamous. Neither the people nor the
government of Canada arc responsible
for or parties to the oppression Of Ire
land. Though allied to and protected
BY the British Government, they yield
nothing whatever to tho revenues OF
that Government. Irishmen in Canada
enjoy all Of the rights, privileges and
immunities Of other citizens. There is
no doubt but the people OF Canada
would resist the permanent occupation
Of their country BY Fenian invaders
bloodily, desperately and to the bitter
end. There is no doubt but that Eng
land would second and sustain them
| with her last dollar and last drop OF
| blood. With local foes all around and
behind them, and with all the power
and wealth Of England in front, a Fe-
| MAN attempt to liberate Ireland with
the Canadas as a base would be futile
and absurd. II the Fcnian forces o
being organized are not American citl-
zens, but Irishmen who are unnatural
lied and who do not contemplate nat
u~ralization, their presumption in invad-
ing our soil and involving US in a
foreign wal with one Of the most
powerful nations on earth is simply
outrageous. If they are in verify citi-
zens Of the United States, attached to
its institutions and resolved to continue
their citizenship, they will regard the
nations honor as their own and will do
no act calculated to degrade it or break
it, plighted faith. An armed foray by
American citizens on our unoffending
Canadian neighbors will dishonor the
American Government in the eyes Of all
good men tho world over. To waste
fair fields, destroy happy homes and
overturn loved, household affairs are
serious matters, not to be undertaken
without good cause and with apparent
certainty of success.
Admitting the futility Of tho enter
prise, many yet sympathise with it
from a spirit Of revenge, regard
ing the woe and sufferings indis-
| c~riminately to be inflicted on those who
were our friends as we'll as those who
were our enemies during the late war,
as but a just r%etribution for the aid rem
dered the rebel aus by some Canadi-
ans. This is u cowardly feeling, and
can only find harbor in coward hearts.
If we, as Americans, have legitimate
cause of quarrel with Canada, let US
| fight it out as Americans, in the name Of
| America and under the flag of our
country, rather than skulk behind the
scenes and make Fenianism the pretext
for avenging our injuries. To the ad-
mirable department and answering
loyalty Of those Canadians who have
| adopted aud defended our flag, we owe
an active and lively sympathy, and to
wink ut or endorse an uujusti6able foray
upon the homes Of their kinsmen, would
DO an ungrateful, a most dastardly
ourse
We were much grieved to notice n
aippant reference to this subject in the
Carson appeal Of the 9Th inst, and,
considering the general devotion Of the
editor of that paper to principles Of
justice and humanity, we were no
less surprised than grieved. His prop
osition that the Canadias, as at present
organized, aro a Haunting jcer to our in
stitutions, is, We regret to say, prob
lematical. With Andrew Johnson, q
.-.- L. ..l 80 49, Earo~ank