The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
Canada and the Reciprocity Treaty.

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session at Quebec, at which delegates from
! all the British Aiheriesn Provinces wer
: present The object Of The conference wa
the consideration of a plan for harn,oni
zing the various commercial interests a
the several Provinces, And 5corisultatio,
as to the course to be pursued in respect Il
the reciprocity treaty. FOf the results a
the convention, especislIy in relation I.
that treaty, the Toronto Globe saws: Fznj
All the British colonies have agreed nm
on policy, and that mutual concert will
be OF signal advantage whether the reel
procityi treaty be renewed or not. II il
satisfactory to know that British Americ,
is now prepared for any event. OF courls,
all are willing. nay anxious, to procure
! continuance of the treaty, if that can b,
J done without undue sacrifice; but If suci
i continuance can only be secured by con
eessions which mike ii disadvantegcous
we are prepared TO acquiesce in the threat
enad- d-abroeation.snd 10 seek othss cl,ssu.
|7gTWcFSesume that the course to be pur.
sVed, in the first instance, will be to an
proach the American Government in "a
frank and friendly spirit, and ask the re-
neWad Of the treaty. A good deal has.
within the past year, been said by our
American neighbors against a RESUMPTION
on The basis of the past treaty; but that it
was not intended .to'shut the door against
all intercourse. The complaint has been
Iat the treaty was one-sided-that we en-
loyed greater advantages than they-and
that If certain concessions were made. they
would be willing TO make new arrange
ment., Iti impossible to say what are the
required concessions, but we are quite will
ling to listen to proposals and to Judge of
them impartialiy. If the Americans can
snow that they are wronged in any partic-
ular, and that We can meet their view,
without wronging ourselves. we will most
certainly yield. We do not consider our
selves bound to the treaty i'm the aexuct
shape in which it has existed. What we
"aut ls q free and liberal intercourse. alike
advantageous TO both parties: and if it can
pc shown that this can be attained wi,bou,
arigid adherence to the terms of the old
treaty, we are ready. u: o.. .sr--...t,.t f,...
But should the worst come to the worst
-should the treaty be abolished-.we have
alternatives ready. While desiring /, con-
tlnuance-and weavow it frankly--we are
by no means disposed to go on orr knees |
In the matter. We wish our nejphbors To
bear in mind that our desire for a treatv
IS not going To draw us into unreasonable
Itwould bea great mistake
% suppose thataur eagerness springs from
any pettish selfish grounds from a. con-
clousness that we have the best of the t,sr-
gain No! We frankly and in a business
spirit ayow that We would like reciprocity
treaty, but We maintain that it is equally
advantageous to our neighbors, and If. in
order to deprive Us of the benefits which
we enjoy under it, they are willing to fore
- 70 the'r SA advantages, be it so. The matter
rests with them. We shalleasilytfind 9TH
er channels for our trade. We have man.
aoubt not tHst yst lows rxsrx vel. without
procity'' far better now than we did ten
years ago. Courteously and respectfully
we ask for a renewal of the commercial
intercourse which has prevailed since 1854,
but most firmly we decline to make un-
concessions to obtain it,, Some !
among our neighbors have advocated the |
abolition of the treaty in order to drive US |
into annexation. This absurd and fool |
ish course is generally repudiated by COM
mercial men, and is only advocated by
politicians and busybodies;
but it will not be amiss to repeat what has
become most apparent, that no such course
can drive us into annexation. We are at
ID ;,b haV M
intention to change our -poiitieal status for
any such consideration az a reciprocity
treaty can afford. Wearen be eoerced.
'd' 'fH-uaa Sights in China. ~ ,fns.f
After inspecting shops and elbowing and
being elbowed in the crowd till afternoon,
when was ready to drop with heat and
fatigue, my pilot steered me to a small
square, tagged with stone, on which the
sun shone fiercely He calledi it "beggars'
square," and told me that all the destitute
and abandoned sick in the city crawled,
If they could, to this spot, because those
WHO died there received burial at the ex-
pense of Government. While he spoke,
my eyes were fixed upon some heaps of
dirty, tattered clothes on. the ground which
presently beganto move, and discovered
to my horror three miserable creatures,
lean and covered with odious filth, lying
| in different stages Of their last agony, on
the bare stones, exposed to the burning
raysof the sun. They came here to, die,
and no one needed them. or gave them a
drop of water ora morself OF food, or even
| little shelter from the noontide glare. l
have seen shocking things Of this sort in
India, but nothing so horrible. To insure
a climax of disgusts, my guide led me
straight to a dog g-butchers shop. where
several of the nasty fat oily carcassrs OF
those animals were hanging for sale. They
had not been fiayed. but dangled there
with their smooth shining skins, which
had been scaltesl and scr-iped clean of hair
40 that at first took them for sucking
pigs. There wtre joints of dog, ready
!; roasted on thecounter. and in the back o
. the. shop were several cages in which live
. dogs were quietly sitting, lolling out theil
. tongues, aud dappearing very unconcerned
I saw w.several cats also In cages, looking
, yery. demure; and, moreover, 1 saw Gus
} TONER'S deeorous and substantial looking
} householders, inspect and feel the dogs alit
, cats, and buy these which they deemes
fittest for the table The eats did not be
ing handled. and mewed loudly. "Wha
I eappen think o thats" said my guide
! "Cappen s'pose never eat dogs-dog yer,
good. very fat, very soft. Oh, number on'
: dinner is dogr' ''And are eats as goosit'
: | asked .Oh, Chinainan chowchow eve
{ rythins. Chowchow plenty cat. China