The New York herald., 1870-08-22


mine, glorious and voluntary exiles, who, unatne u
bear the shame and injustice daily inflicted upon
ays w saS eer erVe esea se te spesa
folds or the nag winch rs only unroed IN the cause
OF progress, anu for the triumph OF human liberty
and fraternity Aye, nowhere else In the world are
such ample and regulated liberties assured 10 the
citizen AZ IN the United States OF America There.
and there Alone the full dignity Of man IL shown,
not only In theory by the declaration OF human
a'gnts Dut In practice since all important posts are
nled by election. Daily we may see. IN every State.
anu now, notably, In the general government, men
M VINO are alas called everywhere else laboring men.
s,gSss, py Their virtues and their talents 20 the
,s uishtes with which an enlightened cOn1Iii-
n can a hohor merit While making 1t serve the gen
AYE there and there alone IN the world the happy
% m oi church and State Is accomplished
aved aE nec neaitly tolerance Is understood, be-
cause they are free; there there can he no such
tnlng as hypocrisy because neither advantage nor
alsauvantage oil a temporal character can accrue
from the law To him who worshIps in one temple
ratner .han IN another. You see aud feel every
monent what mutual liberates are engendered
and multiplied by this judcions organ,zaiion Ihcy
who nave thus decreed ul ana even Justice for all
forms oil religious belief better and more en-
llghtened than those who nave reused IL. You scs
how much greater prosperity and contentment reign
In ,ne country wnere you now abide ihan IN shat
satisfy man and fix his residence where 1t was
found not one Of you would ever thnk OF returning
the loves OF childhood, the affections OF YOUTH yne
duty of serving your fatheriand OF being userui
day 10 those who gave you birth, who loved taught,
directed and protected you while sustaining your
earliest f0otstcps-theSe will call home TO the Old
nest many OF our compatrots In The United States.
While you are In the States observe carefully al
that surrounds YOU You VIII the better admire and
cherish 1t. You win understand that the multi
plicity OF schools, libraries journals public assen
beswllether Tor the free discussion OF the common
interest OF the town the district the state or the
Union-nOurlsh patriotism, fOrify the mind and en-
rich the understanding Of those who discuss and Of
those who listen When you return to canada you
will be better citizens. more enlightened, indus
trious and Observation-Disclosures better your pOlit
col rights and how to guard, Increase and perfect
them, because you VIII have received your educa-
ton amid occasions ana with Ia elites which are
not u DO found here. You VIII be the apostles Of
liberal IDEAS ana better qualIned entering polit
Cal life to prng about their success than those who
have never quilted the country. You VIII hasten
the desirable era or annexation.
annexation IL inevitable. So rapidly have the
states progressed that all balance between them and
the Canadas has been lost and should q connicJ
ensue England could not defend hersen On the
shore. Why, then, should the empire desire pre-
serve precarious sovereignty over colonies which
can only expose the mother country to humiliation
and devastation? There is reply founded in
reason. The liberal administration winch now rules
In England understands perfectly the gravity OF the
situation. It's most influential members have said.
The Canadians are masters OF their OWE fate;
whatever they win ask we win grant But the
errors OF preceding ministries do not allow them 10
take the initiative In separation. That Il all
TORY administrations have In former years titled,
decorated and bought cerialn cOlonlsts To serve
England and betray Canada, taking no other rule
for their conduct but the Inspirations and orders OF
extreme and powerful, that raised these men TO
ofilce and enjoined a guilty Governor 10 maintain
ntrIgues Since then, by unbridled corrup ton at
elections disgraceul To the country and
80 welded 1t as to force threequarters OF million
OF their fellows into exile. Without wishing To do
SO they have thereby multiplied the numbers
of the future liberaors OF the land. Ihs cub and
now perpetuay crossing the whole length OF the
frontier from the Atlantic TO the Pacific, gives de.
voted friends TO republican institutions and bold
and enlightened enemies TO those called IN derision
'Dominlons,' which are ony decrepit neighbors -
the true and real Dominion mani,estly destined 10
absorb ana 10 unite TO Itself all North America it
Is the authors oil our weakness who cry deafeningU
that they wish 10 remain British coonists, bee
they are loyal TO dear Old England Tne wretchcsI
Loyalty Is the antipodes OF their bind loyalsnn,
well being for all, reasonable submission 10 the law,
with constant enorts u render II more liberal These
men betray both countries when they insist that
nothing snail be changed In their relations,
when they dare not examine II any new political
combination otheg than the present would not con
duce. III higher degree, TO the honor OF England.
the prosperity OF Canada and The gool OF humanity.
We have an immense territory, put 1t Is empty.
The first and duty oI n true statesman should
be TO dll II at once wilh a civilized popuaton. Emf
grafton from Great Britain 10 the United states II
! or the world hundred tunes Such Is the result ot
ihe study and comparison oi the TWO countries.
, gave us the same institutions aud the preference
| Will be largely III our favor.n
NJ. Papineau here goes on TO state the great moral
advantages OF banishng forever the scourge OF war
from the New World, and then alludes To the vastly
higher status that Ave SIX Canadian states IN the
great American Union would possess when compared
with their present condition OF colonial vass aiage.
Alter warmly eulOgizing Messrs. Gait, Huntington
and Others for their Efforts IN the cause OF anneXa-
tion and independence, he concludes:-
! ''Canadians born, MacDonalds, Carriers, wearing
Tue livery OF England, anu other traitors, bought,
Ike them by participation in the SPOTS OF ONCE.
have had the cowardce 10 oppose the judicious pro.
positions for annexation. Let the whole American
| press lash them. The press Is far more
ouspoEen where you are tnaa 1t dares to be here; Il
can do more good Whoever holds the IDEAS have
enuncated Is bound TO publish them 10 all the
winds or heaven by word or by pen. Old age always
ng-winded. You see by this letter that am not
young. NY eighty. .iouth year Is almost run out.
When, at this period OF ones life Que writes to
friends. II Is like saying the last goodby. one
would wish 10 be hearty, and 80 Of the abundance
O the heart the pen runs on without knowing when
| to STOP Reason bids end SO De II. wish To
you and all my friends, health, happiness and sue
| cesS-and 10 our dear country, annexation ~
need make no comment On this letter, probably
| the last OF this brave and venerable soldier OF
! liberty ana the most ilustrIous man Canada has as
| yet produced. The tribute PAID to Americansm by
man who was born with the republic, and for three
| generations has watched its rapid progress COM
| pared with the stuuted development OF Canada, Is
| SO generous that | nave thought IL would not he
wasting time or space to translate aud reproduce 1t.
Theletter VIII have WIDE vogue and cannot fail 10
! exercise an immense influence on the impression.
abe French Canadians. There are old men living
VINO nave drawn him In triumph through the streets
where every place OF business was closed, every
ner spanned bY trumphal arches, every person
wearing holiday attire, bells ringing. cannons thun
dering, the whole country mad. Many mofc have
been held up as children IN their mothers arms 10
see The great tribune OF the Canadians Manv more
have read his history as one reads that OF cicero o
washington. THIS letter viii come ike voice from
the threshold OF eternity the last legacy ana solemn
advice or four score years OF experience and riot
Ism. And within month there VIII be nifty thou
sand new and enthusiastic soldiers enlisted beneath
the banners OF reDuDhcansn- beneath whose folds
now march the young and daring, and the old aud
wise, with one common aim. belief ana hor sunitcd
America, the elder sister OF republican EuroUe the
! hist step towards the earthly millennium.
BURGLARY IN PATERSON. ". j.