Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-01-09

Having hosts of starving freedmen and whites
to feed, their buyers have been pur Chasing
everything that could be bought from our farm
ers for some months past. until there was not a
little alarm fell: lest not enough stock should he
LETT upon Canadian farms to keep our agricul-
ture up to the mark. So great was this alarm
that it had been proposed in some quarters that
our government should prohibit the export
Fortunately, the stupid rulers OF our neighbors
have saved Us the trouble, and they aust feed
their starving Southern population at an en-
BANGED cost, thus biting of their nose to spite
their face.
Having thus disposed of the cattle disease,
these papers have another annoyance. In an H.
timation in a recent editorial IN the London
Times. The Thunderer, in the course OF an
article on America, had said
We have not the least objection to the United
States increasing to any extent. and anne1lng
any amount of territory or namber OF States,
so long it all done honestly, above board,
and bq fair appeals TO the sympathy and good
sense OF the people. Ii the population either Of
our own provinces or of Mexico, freely aud
spontaneously declared that they ihought this
their best chance OF peace and Prosperity, The
BRITISH people would oaly leel the most passing
regret at the loss Of name, and the proper
tionate ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the United States.
OF course the case is altered if he object Is to
be obtained by fraud, by force, or by Intimid a.
ZION.
This is very clear lntiataion that EGG .aEd
Is perfectly wiling that Canada should be an
nexed to the United States by the consent Of
;he Inhabitants Of the Province
Canadian papers endeavor 0 explain Tbs
slg nlfcant paragr aph IN this way
Every ems knaw-il was pirer's news II tell
Ge OF Any body else, that If any BRITISH COLONY
ass d Tor us Independence, either for the pur
pose VI becoming separate natiin % OF Joiu-
Ing Is 10. tunes subsequently, with some he;
people, the Mother Country would at once
gT4G.t - hat we ask-so free is her govern
ment. So il ut the rein with which she guides
us.
We wonisr ii Eugia would permit Ireland
TO become z 81 separate nation " if it should ask
to. The rein with which the Mother Country
guides Ireland not j0st NV 50 light As the
above paragraph would persuade as to bsliove.
The truth, probably, is ;hat the Iio.es secs that
Canada Is becoming an expensive burden 20 tue
: Mother CJuntry, and IL is reconc'led 10 the
prospect Of Peaceabe union between the nj
ed States and ste P.oginc3s
TIE reciprocity treaty oomes IN Tor lie full
share OF notice IN the papers Of the Provinces,
and II Is noticeable that their hope OF obtaining
d h,w treaty Is very faint, since the opinion Of
our government vas express d IL secretary Nc
C"lloch' report A Montreal paper expresses
the general q in;on when it says, the a.ritud-
as uaei by thu GJv,IEu4ent all C.ngIcss # the
{ iied S.atfs t wards these British North
American Colonies, should satisfy he Colonis;s
that they must lean, for time at least, to cut
thel s-lses adrift from the trade relations which
have Tor 50 many years past united us CONNER
ciaiy with our neighoors. .
The Canadians, however, after their frantic
Efforts to obtain renewal of the Reciprocity
Treaty, as theg see prospect of failure ahead
are crying, IS sour grapes" They have Just
discovered that they do mt need treaty that
We, lot they, will be sufferers by the abrogaton
OF the treaty; that they - have twenty other
markets opening - to them that they will il
augurate free trade and encourage snlu ggling
tina, emigration will Immediately begin from
the United States to Canada, because goods will
De cheap there; and nnaIIy that " The Canadl-
ans have TO reasons to dread the abrogatioa Of
the t.eaty. THIS rather beats the philosophy Of
the FIX The fable. 1t is keepinz up courage
by The most energetic specimens Of VIII sting
Il will be seen by this skctca of the stu alton
in Canada. that the Provinces are rot in CON
di;ion most satisfactory to themselves in short,
that they are just now engaged in the rather
difficult labor of extracting comfort from the
most unpfomising concentration of crcum-
sauces. The resignation Of Hon Geo. Brown.
"a member OF the ministry, ard connected with
the oct Influential paper n the Canadas-oc-
curing at this juucture, adds 20 the conn lica
ton OF their affairs, and gives "a eignifcan. hint
of the iffculty in settling the future policy Of
the Canadian government upon any hopeful
basis. With the prospect before them, We can
hardly expect to find the Canadian papers in
the happiest temper, but perhaps it will do no
harm to suggest to them that they viii rot bet
ter their condition by abusing the United States
government or its recognized officials.