Year: 1861

AAS ANAA - 0AS6 SSSs


The Toronto Leader, the Government
organ in Canada, says that intelligent
Americans in that city express regre: at
the unfrienlly spirit eviuced towards Eng
land by portion of the Northern Press.
1t may De SO, but we can tell them that in
iel.iyent Americans in this part of the
United States entirely approve of the
course pursued 10y the Northern Press in
stigmatizIng tue conduct that the perfdious
government of England has pursued to
wards our people i'll the unhappy condi
ton in which they now find themselves
placed. We had right to expect treat
ment entirely different At her hands, as
we have ever in similsr matters pursued
towards her when rebellion WAS existing
among her people, a course Of conduct in
regard to which she could not by any poss
ibiiity complain. When the Irish rebel.
lion took place, We could have at once
given her status among the nations Of
the earth, by acknow elging ben as a beIi
gereDt, and if our Government had taken
that course, many ships would have been
aremed and equipped bp private parties, t.
reuder material aid to their revoked sub
lecls, which at less. would have given
England much trouble. So too al the
time of the rebellion III Canada rebellion
that enlisted the sympathy of our people
yet our Government tetra:ned rom doing
anything that could be construed into the
appearance Of rendering aid and comfort
to that people. They might, if they had
chosen. at once have acknowledged tue in
dependence of Canada, and if that bad
been done, a hundred thousand soiiiers
would have been supplied from this State
alone to render them material aid, and
thus assist in Wrestling from the Crown Of
England her Cansdiau possession.


Our Government consider it would he
an untriendly act to Go this thing. and
therefore abstained from interfering even
on behalf of people who had our sym


pathles. In the case Of the South it alto
gether ditfetns, inasmuch rs England. by
her abolition emisssres' has fomente1 the
quarrel now existing between us, and has
pIofessed heretofore to hold the Southern
institutions in abhorrence, and TO sympath-
ize with the North, aud Yet the moment
her material Interests are III The least atf c.
ted b" the threatened disruption of the
Union her horror for slavery is obliterated
by the reduction of the tariff on the part
of few Southern State.. Her conduct
has shown this, for the sake of Htiie trade
she can in moment become oGHutous to
~hdt she has for yeors past been procluim~
ing to be the greatest mara! and political
,crong agih aDhich the uorid is cursed
The Northern press is right in 6enouncing
her, and in doing so hey but give voice
10 the universal execration with which our
people regard her conduct. A more flag
rant case of moral declenson and political
basene.s is not recorded Oh the page of
history, and Eng and will find in the end
that even in pecuniary point Of veiw she
has been penny wise and pound foolish
She has stirred up among those who were
fornerly her friends feeling of natted and
desire for revenge that has no parable! in
this country within the last ha century
and we verify believe that a declaration Of
war against her by our Government would
be hailed by the people with enthusiasm
and delight We have now bu, little else
to than TO flight, and We might Just ss
we'll settle up this account with her Majes>
ty's government at this time AS at any
other, so as to keep us busy. We could
employ two or three hundred thousand
of our spare soldiers for this work without,
missing them, and three months time
would be all We would require to convert
a thousand vessels Of our merchant marine
into vessels of war, with which to
sweep her commerce from the ocean
Talk of evincing an unfriendiy spirit to
wards such a base government as that =
it is too tame an expression. /, is not an
unfriendly spirit. it is hatred for her low
mesnness, duplic;tv, and double>dealing,
and every day i: is becoming more intensi
fed and deadly, and if the people Of Eng
land do not hurl the Infamous government
tiom power century will not suffice to
obiiterate the desire for revenge that now
burns in the hearts Of our people.