, 1863-08-29
7ADLE fHoEIS1 TIE TRADE DETWKKN TNE uSIrxU
aTATEA AID hEIIIhB NORTH ANEtfIci.

AAt6C AE AAER EFEbh 4tI kUGl1bElfR8. lAET
show that prior to the '.Reciprocity' Treaty,
the exports from this country to the British
Provinces were largely In excess Of the in-
ports, and rent lar towards making up tho
unfayorable balance against us In The trade
with the mother country. Tho effect Of the
scales, and to give the PsoTincials an excess
Of exports amounting to more than million,
In 1854 We exported to the PROVINCES three
times Is much as we imported from them,
which wac not on unfair traffic, considering
Them az part Of great empire, tic trade
with which " the aggregate ahoTs balance
the Colonies, like that with the mother coun:
try, Is ogainEt Us, and this is the result Of
Reciprocity" OF course, the balance has
10 be made up in gold.
The explanation Of tli4 unfavosable result
based upon principles Of reciprocity. On tho
contrary, it excludes from the Canadian mar
kets d large clnss Of articles, the tsade In
whl:h WAS rapidly rising IN o Importance,
The reciprocity Is confined to the products Of
the eoil, Ut which the States Of the Northwest
iactured articles are excluded, and have since
been Mnde the subjects Of heavy tar1f duties.
The Canadians haye few manufactures, and
# the principle Of reciprocity extended to
them the effect wou1d be to Keep the balance
ottradc, Or an c1eess Of exports, on our side,
cinrncitr'; TTsstv tha r.naa.na -. s1s ne
XXI ~ a,,art ,,1S,ns III aaahs ana IloEln-
tures by system OF taxation upon those of
this country. This result has been that while
Provincial exports Of raw products to tho
;na 1,tars n1s ~ naxs 1ssa nom ies9 than
nans ma429ns een y !s9a, sos si1Eca and half mii-
tures to the Provinces had only kct pace with
the Increase Of population It would have
amounted IN 1sc0 to nearly ten millions.
seveIal mcmoeis o. congress tFom the dis.
.i3cs mo1o 4nIafualely .H lateiestcd nave call
60 atss1noa 70 tee 1.rsalafisles Of thie pre-
t taen e consntne5ts at nave demanded tts a9roga-
uoh at lne eafilesl aa{ consistent wtth the
te1ms o4 taIacauon. \. l naFc aeard pnt one
92 solss ~ se2atu =. ~ IT. matter out INC rapid
disc.tc.s Iorg1sr VI 80. .ttcnt,o,1 Ia events mas
uer thot ths :;rne ~ aivn1. ~ ~, t;a - oaa.
5nss by Il il nfoner therefo,c ~ u.s. may
menf ,hat ~ t;ma no1 -. t!iI;a ~ 81 aosern
ahTocafinn r.. ar1;yei n5d Ifn..d .uu y H. ~ o.
nams If the aen1l ha, n1 re laa h !. 1n tne
reasnns IN .;idtfnn IN thas, ,t su poai;ca3
charscter. which render # iSnnor4,1f ti'ot Hi
treaty should be- sct aside. Il was IN 1T ia .41s IN.
Hfitish cunidIty thu det;n ofrh;oh as.as Mas - y.
COOL the nraor 81 thu Canoff;ons ~
to the United States, It cannot BE- farrattcn
that the Provinces were anything but nr5sner.
Gus prior to the treaty Of reciprocity, that dis.
content was chronic with them, aud that Tho
demand for separation from thc mother @ coun. uno
Try, and annexntion to the United States began
to be loud and deep. Southern politicians, Who
were ever ready to plnnge the nation into var
IL order to gniu Southern territories, dreaded
nothing 80 mnch % this rising spirit Of m.
termined to PIT m extInguishor upon It I by
eacriuclng Northern commerce and nanufac-
tr1cS. The Ece1lt has demonstrated their "a