The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-11

not In r. there along With H. that he s hear Ne sound
" I nv way sch ne asr M r.,,o,c. ara va,rea
against seeking political association With the United
States With far better they might be cautioned
foundation Of monsrchv under one Of he British Pro-
tesant princes the site Of the provinces and the
establishment Of the Church Of England.
II will BIO well, too, for the Catholic population OF
Canada to remember that the Orangemen are the back
bone OF the British party In Canada By recent report
appears that their lodges number fifty thousand mem.
bsrs, all Of whom in accordance with their rules, are
armed Is this secret society Of strength and
security to Catholicismf
THE STATE OF SOCIETY. r
against annexation The American people pictured
20 ruttans their public men Is dishonest, and Their
judiciary corrupt While these stories might at one
time have had effect upon the Canadian mind, they
now fall poworless The association between the
years that no prejudice against Americans now be
raised in the minds of Canadians The begin
ming TO understand and appreciate people, and our
neghbors have their own Of pure Judiciary they
are now sufficiently familiar with our institutions TO
know that those matters are controlled by the States in
their individual capacity.
THE LOSS OF NATIONALITY.
II the Canadian, British or French, would lose his ina
tionalty by annexation, he would receive In return
new nationality OF which he would soon learn TO be
proud The Enghshman and the Frenchman who comes
to the States either from Canada Europe, becomes
naturazed American al the earliest possible moment
and feels proud of his country So will be with
the great mass Of the Canadians who will soon M up
their heads with the best Of and glory In the boast
~ am an American citizen"
THE ADVANTAGES OF ANNEXATION TO AMERICA.
The United States would derive many and solid advan
tages from the extension Of her territory over the Cana
dian province. AS has been shown she would close her
northern border and by sealing up the entrance Of the
st. lawrence keep her inland waters forever free from
invasion. She would be rid Of unfrendly neighbour
jealous Of her growing power and ready any moment
of trouble embarrassment act in hostility to her
government She would put quetus upon the pre-
sumption Of European Powers which SEEK In their
gance to stretch their armed hands the Atlantic
plot and intrigue against republican institutions She
system 4
else, would substitute legitimate trade for organized
smuggling; would secure internal channels OF commun-
cation with her western lands which enterprise would
soon convert into vast highways OF commerce.; and
would open to the energies Of her people country that
w0u Id speedily be rescued from poverty and made to
pour its wealth into the nations treasury No longer
under the necessity of providing against border foe she
would turn all her resources TO her marine and become
the undispued master OF the seas.
THE PLAN OF THE ANNEXED STATES.
The following scheme Of States has been suggested for
the provinces until settlement and increase demand
FraThe State OF Ontario, or Canada West to contain
e whole v Of wpper Ganaa down to ns fSo OF Lake
sively English with the exception of some dty or sixty
thousand FRENCH scattered over or settled near De-
trot They Identical with the citizens Of the border
towns on the American side Separated only by im
agnary line by rivers crossed in ten minutes and lakes
wants of supplied by the products of the other the
newspapers Of each side freely circulated among them
they already community and nexaton would
scarcely bring 10 them socially perceptibe change
SeeoRd-The State Of st. Lawrence, Canada East to
include the districts OF quebec Three Rivers,
the exception Of come Of the southern townships The
active population of this would be almost exclusively
Frenchthe mercantile classes having no political intu
ence and being quite apathetc SO far their 10 al
government would be concerned the State could indulge
in lanced French nationality to their hearts content.
And what is their present nationality but shamP
Third-The State of Ottawa, or Central Canada, to
consist OF the Ottawa district and OF that portion OF
Upper Canada which lies the Ottawa and St.
Lawrence Of the districts Of Montreal and St. Francis
leaving to st Lawrence or Canada East the bordering
parishes Of purely French character and taking on the
enrtbf ha unahi IF luxu and
The composition of the latter State would be pretty
equally Of those who speak the French and those who
elements of But these can never be erad
Gated except by the determination of race the
other and mus, therefore be left 70 the healing naen
Of time The balance would do away with the evil of
strugglc for supremacy Of and In close neghbor
hood and business fellowship traditional quarrels and
anmostties would soon be forgotten.
RNoLAND's PoLICY-HER DETERMINATION TO HOLD
CANADA.
In considering the question 9! annexation It becomes
important 70 inquire, wPsi is Re : at Ensl.:a and
Is she repaFsd te yield up her Canadian possessions
without struggle? II has been the fashion for British
statesmen the British press To adopt indier mt
tone when discussing the relations between these colo
MES and the mother country. "They expense to
without any equivalent return has been the
cry land 70 give them up would be our gain
Tho Canadians in conversations upon this point
general thing, aver that England will give them
their independence whenever they please to ASK IT, and
that she would throw obstacle in the way Of thor
annexation 70 the states, should the people OF Canada
desire the connection The prevailing sentiment Of tho
rectly embodied the following from recent
letter written by member Of that party, who is tory
representative N the Provincial Parliament and pro-
mipent supporter Of the present ministry
'in answer TO your inquiry a. TO the position OF Eng
land would give II as my belief that she would DO glad
TO get rid OF honorably " she could. We an OK
pense her people, who taxed for defence and
should be source Of weakness TO them In case OF
war; everywhere along borders open TO at
tack and she would have defend her soil here from
invasion instead OF concentrating all her power IN at
tack upon you But the fact Is who do not desire to
In IN mr. AiD IN nka mn
Independence. We not strong enough alone pre-
vent ysu good Yankees from swallowing US up, and
therefore prefer to keep connection with Power
strong enough TO protect US against your
But England has in fact evnced real inclination 10
Lot hs csnadAs g. in pesss and Is tn cOnSt with the
tariy yield foot OF the territory she acquired
advance one pace BY any act Of hers the OF re-
publican liberty enc has connved ut the Ego about
your business cft il has been because she believed
that by tat Preence better than by open opposition,
she GOULD postpone the hour OF separation. Knowing
that the real interests and natural position OF the Cana
das drew them towards the United States she has sought
by loans and subsidies TO bind them to berse To-day,
have shown she Is striving to promote the confed
Grafton OF all the provinces In order that she may build
up military power Canada and by largely increased
Indebtedness fasten her hold yet moro firmly upon heA
In the separation agations Of 1887 and 1sls the gov
OF Great Britain used all Its power TO crush out
the annexation spirit and to punish those who had stven
promote H. Tho OF Its organs not calculated
to lead to the belief that England was prepared TO yield
possession Of her colonies The Quebec Mercury the
mouhpiece OF the provincial government, spoke thus
| during the annexation movement Of ls4e:-
There other interests than concerned In this
great and important portion Of the British empire and
Il worse than folly 10 imagine that TO crafty
sparce population, scarcely yet amounting to one mill
and a half settled the s. Lawrence and partially
along the great lakes those who hold In trust the vast
territory Of British North America for two hundred mil
lions Of souls and possibly more should complscenty
surrender it to them In fact they dare not Every
British subject from the Gangcs TO the Columbia has
interest in the country inhabt acquired ~ II has
been by the prowess OF their fathers the expense Of
British and British blood and nurturcd into its
present advanced state by British enterprise industry
and wealth The tenure upon which II consttuonally
and in fact rs held by the imperial authorities Is in
trust for future generations as well as the present,
| and of that trust We may be assured they
| will faithfully acQuit themselves. by snergetcaly
and periodically holding for the interests OF that
| pire upon which the never SETS and whose rights
over the vast empire they will not compromise may
assured They really weak who can imagine
the BrA government imProvdent enouoh 10 part wiM ae