Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-25
L TALK Ann True

Times. II Is IN that journal head.
ell, the Republican Paradise
An idea prevails in the United
States, that the compound nation
so called, is the paradise Of the
human race. Some one has said
that the United States, were, if not
composed Of the scum of Europe,
a least in great part made up OF
it. This is true. All rascaldom
fees there, and were, not a thou.
sand years ago, sent there. To
such the United States are free.
There, murder is Il dclusion, not a
crime, s~windling is an art, and i'm
morality becomes a virtue. The
color Of the skin is worse than
the mark OF Cain, and the
Almighty dollar is the fetish to
which all bow. The natives have
the very highest opinion OF this
country in which there is so much
indulgence to vice, and so much
indifference TO virtue, IN the prin.
ciple that to the Grecnlander no
country has such charms as Green.
land, and that to him of Timbucto
there is no place like home. The
feeling is not unnatural! but how
men, even with such feelings, can
entertain the idea that people
neither born in the United States,
Greenland, or Timbucto, should
be filed with such notions Is quite
marvellous. Surely the people OF
the United States must know
those Of them who can read-not
IO'Neill's followers parti uiarly-
that they are the most heavily
taxed people upon the face Of the
earth that there is neither safety
to life or limb in the country; that
mob law prevails; hat open i'm.
morality is practiccd in the large
cities TO a irightfuI extent; that
the Government painters TO the
lowest prejudicc-; that ocean
traffic has almost ceased and
that there is a greater amount OF
misery and id!encss, comparative.
~ considered, in that happG !aad
of Canaan than anywhere else
Yet, in spite Of all this, the writer,
in the public press would nave it
believed that al the peoples oitAe
earth would only be too Glad TO
be politically annexed 10 their
staggering Republic. Canada, il
is taken for granted, is only wait.
ing for q favorable opportunity to
declare herself in favor Of being
included within the stars and
stripes, and, indeed, it is looked
upon as absurd TO attempt to oh.
tain hat by conquest which must
come of itself. Now, this is simply
the sublimity Of nonsense. Canada
has no desire to be politically join.
ed to the United States, and al.
though it is asserted that Canada
might be readily conquered by
q combined and well matured
plan Of military assault up
OIL her, there is the greatest
reason to doubt that any such
thing would happen even were the
whole power Of the United States
directed against her instead ofonly
the riff-raf which they misuse for
fllibustering purposes. Relative.
~, Canada is stronger now than
she was in 1871. Her militia sys.
ten is most complete. She has
now, on hand, ready ut a moment
notice, 10000 men, equipped,
drilled, and armed, and the d..
minion can turn out on an emer.
gency, armed after a fashion 800.
600 men. The United States can.
not do so much as this on their
side, Their armies and ships are
completely demoralized, and their
militia, except for the purposes Of
defence, are useless. IL is quite
true, as a Montreal contemporary
has remarked, that there is 4 long
frontier in Canada exposed to at.
tack, but the remark is equally
true as applied to the United
States, and it must be borne in
mind that the resources OF the
U. S., immensely great as they
are, as compared with those OF
Canada, are not as II drop in the
bucket, compared 10 the present
resources Of England. Our pa.
rent state has nothing, ut this mo-
ment, to fear rs to the result OF
any aggression by the United
States, which is not nearly 50 free
a country for honesty to live in,
as Canada is. Her ships of Wal
are the most powerful IN the
world and she has any amount Of
gold 10 obtain and maintain other
descriptions Of fighting machine.
ry. Peace is always desirable, but
it will not always be permitted to
our neighbors to cry peace, while
amusing themselves with war.
There have been repeated mean.
nesses, perpetrated towards this
country, which seemed aimed at
England, within the past few
years. Something worse than
iree-booting may grow out of this
spirit if it be persisted in, all risk
being run Of the Dominion trade
being stopped, or seriously inter-
fered with, while the adjustment is