The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1865-10-19
Canada and Mexico the Future Sister
Republics of the United States.


Canada and Mexico furnish the two polit-
ical problems on which the diplomacy of Eu-
rope and America meet, and because they
are the points at which the two continents
come in contact and because some great
Power must rrcede from the ground 10 has
taken in relation to those counties. their
present u0sitiuns are subjects full of import
nuce io the world and th" discussion of their
possible future is "a topic Oidecp interest TO alb
The relations between England and Can
ada are peculiar England is ready TO let
Canada 90 nj any hour, for that fair prov
ince does not pay any expense If England
could bave kept all the provinces that now
form the United States Il would have been
well enough 20 keep Canada part of the
splendid domain, but when all the vital part
ALI the thirteen provinces set up in indie
pendent existence. and only frozen Canada
cIun- tu England, IL was another matter and
ENGLAND wishes in her heart that Canada had
gone with the rest Canada, moreover, ez
presses her readiness To sever her CUunec
rion with England. and the better part of
her people look hopefully toward future po-
litical assuCiati0u with this country. But
the United States ducs not want tanala IF
ever we Inuke the area Of freedom So extern
dcd as tp I've unwieliv 10y reason of that eZ-
tent. we do not want the extension to De in
the direction of the north pole. We have
glorious country within our own present lin
its, more tlan can be developed in centuries,
even ut the most fabulous Increase of p0pu-
lation and we do not want 90 cmbarrass our
progress bv any such dag as Canada would
practically be.
There D. hut one resort f frr Canada That
fs Co take England mt her word. sever the
connection with the British empire and set
mp in existence as the free and independent
Tepublie of Canada she must not let her
secession from England he buriencd 10y any.
cuudiuons looking toward the establishment
Of q confederation of British provinces m
[ North America lf she does So she will
blunier Eravely, for then she viii have q
burden greater than she can carry New
brunswick and Nova Scotia, Labrador. New
Columbia and all the other frozen regions OF
/ the North would be Just such drag on the
/ prO-rCSs Uf canada as iunada herself would
I hr on the United States liv tI-ing position
ne an independent republic Cunu.ia would be
I out of all che complications between Eng
/ land and the United states then, IN case
/ of war between these two Powers. she would
not be the battle ground OF quar- ell IN
/ which she had no interest, OF did not care Tor.
! Her fields would not be devastated or her
| cities buInburded To- appease the spleen of
statesmen three thousand miles away As
a sister republic she would be on terms of
unity with us, and, in case of need, under
| cur 0rUtectun5 and she might take part,
| shoulder to shoulder with us, in the great
/ work of guaranteeing republican govern
/ merit 20 every people ON this continent. In
/ Mexico the political situation Is Just now
! gloomy for the republic. MuximIIiau, sus
/ tanned by Napoleon, prevails for the time 4;
[ but though the republican government has
/ been driven out, republicauism is not eradi-
| Gated from the popular thou hit, n"r are the
/ views OF purposes of our own people IN re
/ lution To Mexico changed. Successful though
| the empire Is at present, Maximilian can
/ never be more than "A provisional governor
/ lt is impossible that he can be more-uhsO-
/ lutely impussi le for the empire TO be per
| mauent i he destIu es of the American
continent are not tO be permanently con-
1 JrolIed 10y any political arrangements that
can DE made in the capitals of Europe
| These are the clear words of Mr. Seward,
and they only express the distinct Thought of
the peupie Every day makes that thought
more and more an emphatic purpose No
/ fact Of the political condition Ut the world
is more pusiJivC than tEat tire American peo-
| pie will not permit empire tu be built up
| IN Mexico. The United states can never
consent % that hatHrrungsmrut-"N Never, never,
| neyeri We have a country full of veterans 3
the war spirit Is greater than ever, and If the
/ government docs not take the quarrel up
formally the Southwest will pour across the
border a hundred thousand unequallrd
fi.hters that viii settle the Mexican ques-
ton at blow.
( Mexico, moreover, il must be remembered,
Is a volcanic country, and the grand disturb
ances of her physical life are no more real
or terrible than Jhuse that occasionally break
up her whole political fabric. She is as vol
canic politically as physically, and though
just now the fiery spirit Of the people seems
to sIumher, though all Is smooth on the sur
face and MaxImilian fixes his throne to suit
his fancy the hour will eDme, ani soon too,
| when throne, empire, emperor and all, will
| be swallowed up and "a new and more vital
| republic will be established Il is the in.
e,itable future Of bo-h Canada and Mexico
| TO be republics, and the sooner the people
and the rulers see this end and act ON it the
better it Will be for all