, 1863-03-20

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e500, 900, means will be provided for the i'm
Mediate construction Of mail and wagon
:oad aud telegraph line from Fort William on
Lake Superior, through Central British Ameri-
"a, to!the Government roads Of fBritish Colun-
nia- Such an overland transit on British ter
ritory, to be immediately followed by active
colonization Of the Red River and Saskatche-
wan districts northwest Of Minnesota, will un-
be brought forward at the pres
ent session Of the Canadian Parliament. In
the speech Of the Governor General, at the
commencement Of the session, this policy was |
distinctly announced. Lord Monk said:
1.-TWO members Of my Executive Council
have visited London during the recess, to |
confer with the Imperial Government, in con- |
junction with delegates from Nova Scotia and |
Nc" Brunswick, respecting the construction |
dence with the Secretary for the Colonies on
this subject, will be Laid before you without
"Thcsc gentlemen were also instructed to
call the attention Of the Imperial authoriti- |
ties to the Importance Of opening up for set
tlemcnt Tie great Northwestern territory,
aud OF facilitating the establishment Of direct
communication between Canada aud British
COLUMBIA, Very favorable results may be OK
pccted from those representations, not only
III the development Of the resources Of inter
mediate and distant possessions Of the Grown,
but In the commercial benefits that will ac
crue to the Province, as the natural outlet for
the productions of the west"
The debates upon this passage Of the Coy
ernor's address indicate great interest among
members upon the "Northwest" question.
We copy some passages.
Mr.. Cusrie said:
It is pleasing to learn from the address that
whilst The Government has not been unmind-
full Of the interests Of the East, and Of the i'm
poftanee Of direct railway communication
with the seaboard through the Eastern PROV
inccs, it has paid some attention to the trade
and British possessions III tie West. And
observe from all official advertisement con-
tanned in several Of the newspapers, that upon
the opening Of navigation regular mail to the
Red River settlement is agaia to be furnished
by our Post Office Department. In my judg-
mcnt 1t is full 1iHlc that the I'M
peEiM authorities and our own Govern
1nent took 4 greater Interest than they
have hitherto done in these Western posses
sions. From report lately published BY Mr..
Chase, tho Secretary Of the American Treas
ury, and printed under resolution OF Con-
gress, observe that OUT American neighbors,
notwithstanding the fearful civil war that now
unharpily rages IN that once grcat republic,
| trade Of what they very properly denominatc
! Central British America territory that am
| convinced will soon be lost to Britain unless
it receives u:orc attention IN the future than
| il las enjoyed i'll the uasl-
Mr.. Rankin (who, if NC mistake not, pro-
posed to r:sisc a regiment in behalf Of the
United States, prior to the Trent afEtir,) spoke
IS follows, in the course Of an elaborate
| speech upon the Address:
| Tie next paragraph contained m ASSURANCE
| that steps would be taken for the purpose Of
| opening up communication with the great
| Northwest. This was n subject on which
great mjsappEchensions existed; Some peo.
! lle looked upon the great territory in qucs-
| lion as little better than Q wilderness. It WAS
not many years ago, since distinguished
| member IT the House Of Commons lad cx-
pressed his belief that the whole Of the vast
! cxtcrt Of country comprised in the Red River
ten thousand pounds sterling Tic {Mr. Ran.
| kin) would quote from the 'Re1ations be-
tween thu United States and Northwest Brit,
ish America" al official report drawn up By
MI. James ". Taylor, and submitted to tue
American Government. The author, in bis
letter to Mr. Chase, said: "One thing is very
apparent, unless the English Govern,
nent shall promptly respond to the mani
fest destiny Of the great interior Of British
Au1eriea-tise basin Of Lake Winnipeg,
can 1t be expected that Vt should not beconle
AmericaDized, when, on the one hand, Britain
t shows perfect Indifference to Us, and We en-,
joy none Of The commercial or governmental
advantages which We hayea right to EXPECT,
aud upon the other hand, American influences
| of every kind are operating upon us? Mark
the following facts We hare 10 postal com
munication with any part Of the civilized
| If we except the slow, round about, aud very
unccrtain route through the arctic straits Of
1ludson's Bay, it il only through or from the
Uni ed States that VIC can Import goods-by
q American route alone can We export furs,
10 the extent Of British America west
Mr. TAYLOR, as fellows Vaneouvef's
5aland, 16,G0 square miles: Fr4zcr and
umbia, 5000: Athabasca District, 5O,0oo
Saskatchewan. Red Riycr, Assiuiboinc, I60, !.
eco. Total 5oG,20e square miles, The Gov.
ernment could not possibly have any nobles
duty to perform than that Of preserving this
magnificent territory to the British Crown.
icanizing Influence was allowed to extend
itself over this territory. The idea Of still
| talking Of Canadian nationality, under sucl
circumstances, would be mere absurlity.
The Government. however, deserved til.
thanks Of the whole country for the attention
!
The speedy Amcricanlzation Of that fertile
district is inevitable. The indispensable re
quisites 10 the integrity Of British dominion
on this continent are such action in behalf O.
the Saskatchewan and Red River districts Al
The Fraser River excitement secured for thu
eince.' In another place Mr.. Taylor said
''Thc people can be satisfied only with spec
dy organization as British Province, and sucl
recognition and encouragement Of local lnte
rests as is usual on the part Of q mother coun
try when crown colony is established. As
Anlcrlcanization Of this important section a
British America is rapidly progressing. IN
less the British Parliament acts prompt1y-fo
instance, during the session soon to transpir
! II shall confidently expect a popular move
: tot the United States.'' A local paper cited il
this report spoke strongly and plain1y upo
| the natural consequences Of this neglect Of
great and important territory The Journal /
question said: "AnncxatIon to the Unite
, rdjlE noting tA'' ~ Ae"s s0'e!amcat VII d
Messrs. Curric and Rankin are represent:
) tires from Upper Canada: but Lower Can.
dian member, Mr. John Ross, regarded til
| matter quite differently. The substance {
lis remarks is thus given by Quebec corrcs
,, pendent of the Toronto Globe:
Taking up the 1ntercolonial Railway scheme
Mr., Ross, almost in SO many words, II
8 uoupccd his willingness to "go it blind,
without asking any question rs to terms. NJ
g Ross seems to hare been so well satisfied Wit
: Ills experience Of Government railway built
inr. that any scheme Of that kind, no matte
how wild it may be, 1uects his approval. IT
J. prospect Of the opening up Of the SorthWe'
r seemed to strike him very differently. VI IN;
he was yery suspicious. The distances al
@ yery rreat, the country very poor and rock,
Il mot at Mi to be compared with the iert1
/, country between Rtyierc de Loup and Ne
q Brunswick the Indians tnnumeSaole an
=, bloodthirsty. Then, too, such long counI,,
;e rs the annention Of the Northwest Wou
make ours, conld easily be cut IN two ~
invading army of Yankees. Therefore
IN would be better for our Government. su
TX pose, 10 sit still and allow these Yankees
:. neeome Possessed in effect, if not in fact.
q. tae Whole Northwest. If tho contingency
ID an interrupted communication, in case OF lo
LILIES, DC 50 Dreadful, tho common sense
se ference would be that it would be nut
~ seesed Of :. Central Brstish < mar nsso%s e. H9
ur gethcr. It can hardly be noes1hia th.+ - q
IN views Of Mr. Ross on this point hsYe sn1 ~ -
- siderable support even AM onr thc HCna}tt{o
" ists" Of upper Canada
H. We might quote from the Canadian puc
LIST but Il Is unnecessary. The Nor nss,er-t
K. newspaper tt:abAshed L. E:sit G...sJ-b1lD