The New York herald., 1872-11-20
A CAl.sS1ANEEROuS CANADIAN.
Thc FGture of Canada and the
United States.
WHAT WE ARE COMING TO
jFrom the Toronto Leader, Nov. 1871
cCrra GRAPES.


SOUR GRAPES.
The NEW YORK HERALD is journal buJt up, as is
Voleraby well known, by an entire repddatlon OF
rn principles which are entitled to respect "
acferenoe. Pandering to whatever might gssuis
the baeest instincts OF mankind, it has ralsea tsen
from cellar to degree OF emnencc 10 WHICH IL 10
by ne means entitled, so far as its quaii'ies 'or
good are concerned. This character Is so notorious
In the United States that its influence as Jour-
nal is but small and IL sustains Its circulation
by q iudicious enterprise in news and con-
ssant vulgar sensatonalism in its official columns.
Having no principle, i: watches its opportunity
and sometimes adroitly manages to chime IN WIN
the cry Of the moment makes q sensation oy OBJ
tanning the arrest OF q reporter by band OF ROD
beTs OF Cuban insurgents, or creates nihe-uay's
wonder as in the case OF the apocryphal Stanley
expedition. SO this marvel OF Journalism runs IT'S
Bourse and builds mp gigantic circulation. All
shis may be perfectly legitimate, and so FAR as the
matter is confined to their own affairs, they may,
for all we care, continue in the same unscrupulOus
course but we decidedly object to the fair name OF
Canada neing dragged into the mud OF Yankee
speculation, or being made the subject OF HERALD
vuigarity. And in such manner has this Dominion
lately been treated by writer in that journal.
Tae sISeet matter OF the article n question ~ Is
into the Union," that IT might be permitted to
Dase with It's well-merited contempt were there
not series OF gross misreprese tati0ns and un-
truths which II ID well to contradict, remembering
two notorious facts-the large circulation OF the
can people on the subject OF Canada. The article
wisely contains breath of hostility, and no idea
seauties Of the United States institutions for our
admiration and enlarges upon certain suppositious
question. We viii hastily glance at the irst in a.
1 sisss Ss Ssss '!E The HsnslD '"s asaA1s
1csnsaa should become ahsxea e the Great
on OF the mutual benefits each likely derive from
:a, ny ,be logic of wise and commanding example,
. sSs s ana TO
euro the liberty and promote NE happiness Of the largest
ali the s Varied energies and and sSes q
Nave a%eent %
n M ~, based on G nee We have
the Of Europe in regard to the stability Of
We can assure the readers OF the HERALD that q
"calm consideration" will be far more calculated to
bring Canadians to a dametricaly opposite opin-
ion Indeed, we have far too good an opinion OF
our countrymen to believe that the most thought
less among us would entertain the idea Of such a
SratOrOus measure, unless, indeed, 1t were the ex
treme grit faction; and even they, we feel conf
dent would only do SO under the direction OF the
capable of thinking and acting for themselves, we
are sure, are patriots with souls above an American
'greenback. Nor is the demonstration" mentioned
In the article in the least inviting or convincing.
In the last decade Of years we have seen the rot
terrific civil war, which, by the CONCESSIONS OF
americans themselves, nave left marks which
VIII never be erased. The South Is at this mo-
ment, to quote certain New York paper OF
month or two since, "garng over the border a
e'bloody chasmn between the South and the North
aud the preteXt for the deadly ieud, the negroes
are, according to General Grant suddenly elevated
10 an nnaccustOmed liberty, a danger to the coun-
try. The interests OF the West are gathering into
hostile cloud portions OF the South are in quasi
condition OF brigandage; morality has reached a
point OF such q nature that statistics show that
the population OF the Eastern States Is dying out
and s only sustained by immigration-in short,
glance at the United States leads an oh.
server to the conclusion that its end Is at hand.
IL would not be surprising If that end
arrived before the century usually allotted
for the duration OF republic has expired. The
hty &C, OF American institutions would not be the
easiest Then with reference to the advantages
TO Canada IN another point OF view, 1t would be a
large towns but we have no hesitation In saying
that in no city in Canada Is such abject paupcrism
20 be found is in the large cities OF the States
and this Is only q consequence OF the natural in.
stitutions so loudly vaunted. Many an artisan en-
tced to the States by such nonsense as We are now
1Otieing, has begged money from his former en-
ployer to bring him back TO Canada again. Canada
Is at a standstil to-day" says the HERALD writer.
We are content to remain So Festind lente is our
motto, and il is a ''standstill" which will, in a
lew years, make II much more probable that the
United States will be glad to be absorbed into
canada although for the atters sake it is to be de-
vOutly wished that such a catastrophy may be long
averted. American writer's would do well to study
their own political imperiections and evils, and en-
deayor to amend them before they are foolish
enough to hold them up TO nations enjoying the
most iree constitution and perfect liberty upon the
earth. They wonld do well also to make them
selves acquainted with the internal affairs of
Canada before they put pen to paper to msrep-
resent her true condition ana affairs in the eyes Of
sheir readers Canada, unless she sinks into q
spirit OF meanness and unmanness which would
cause her TO be deservedy obterated from the list
Df nationalites. will never be other than she is.