Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-11-15
The New Annexation Journal at
Toronto.

The Independent large semi.weedy
newspaper, ably edited, by II. B Wilson,
whose father, native of New Jersey, was
formerly speaker of the Canadian Assem-
bly,, has been established at Toronto, to
support the cause of peaceful separation of
Canada from England, and its immediate
annexation to this Republic. Mr.. Wilson
writes with calmness and temperance, and
is unquestionably sincere in his design to
remove British power from the North-A-
merican continent. He reasons in this
manner;
:" The advocates of Independence pro-
pose to do nothing towards the attainment
of their object, except by strictly lawful and
constitutional means. They propose to e.
ect men to the Legislative Assembly, favor
able to their views, and when they have Sc
cured a majority in the only independent
branch of the Legislature, to open negotia-
tons with the Imperial Government, for a
treaty of Independence.
This point once attained, Canada, and
the Lower Provinces, (which will unques-
tionaby join us in the movement,) will be
in position, after settling the boundaries of
the new States, 10 open negotiations with
the Federal Government at Washington for
admission to the Union, as sovereign and
independent states We have already
shown in series of letters, published in
several Upper Canada papers, and Nansla-
ted into the French papers of Lower Can
ada, that while vast advantages, both polit-
lcal and commercial, would result to Cana
da by the proposed union, the change in
our form Of Government and institutions
would not of necessity be such as to shock
the feelings or Prejudices of any one We
showed that each State possessed the pow
err to frame its own Constitution, and that
the Canadian States might, if they chose,
continue under their present form of Cor
ernment, with the simple exception, that
they would have to elect their own Govern
ors, as well as pay them. AS the letters re-
ferred to contain much of the groundwork
of the arguments in favor of Annexation,
we shall make free use of the materials
they contain, and perhaps publish some of
them entire.
" We do not for moment doubt that we
shall meet with cordial welcome from
great majority ofthe thirty sovereign States
which at present compose the coniederacy
But before we can consent to enter or be
received into the Union, there will be nu-
merous preliminaries and details to be sub
mitted and agreed to by both parties. The
British Provinces have many and great ad-
vantages to confer upon the Union. for
which they are justly entitled to a fai e..
quivalent, and which must not be thrown
away.
Among these, we may briefly enumer-
ate the following, namely, the acquisition
of our Custom-House revenue. which NAV
be estimated at least at g., ON. OOt ner an.
mum the saving of $500, 900 a wear for The
Revenue and Custom-House service from
Chicago to Maine; the closing up Of more
than thousand miles of frontier ON the
North; the free navigation of the great
Lakes and the St. Lawrence, thereby given
to the American Union the entire control
OF the most magnificent system of mtenal
navigation, extending through the heart Of
the Norlh-Amercan Continent from the
Gull OF Mexico on the south, to the Gulf
OF ST. Lawrence on the north and an ex.
tenslve market for their surplus manufac.
lures We have, beside, the valuable fish,
erles OF the Lower Provinces, and an al
most inexhaustable supply of pine, oak and
walnut lumber to offer the ship-builders and
manufacturers Of the Union To all these
may 9e added our wild lands, many of them
valuable for their minerals if properly de-
veloped. To such confederation ~ The
United States, we conceive that these ad-
vantages are nvaluable-worih far more
than the cost Of the Mexican war es,;ms-
ted at hundred millions of dellays. As
regards Canada, her debt of $2s. con 900
or $50, OOO, 900 thrown into the bargain
to enable US TO build an extended system of
Railway from Quebec to Windsor. -TFib.