The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-01-19
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influence, it can only be done by raising nm
for the North American colonist some nationpp
allty of his own, by elevating these small and
unimportant communities into q society hav
ing some objects having national Importance.
and by thus giving their inhabitants country
e,a'. they wiz " unwilling to see absorbed
even IN one mers powerful / thought that IL
ad a,, oe ,he tendency of federation sanction
naan, i,sonsated by monarchcal govern
tive ,,,,r' TO become complete legisla-
OF British interests by the S,snarai
= oetteoe Mdt tranquility (i,i C0nodol cam oDI,
&c .eS'"rea oy sutecting the provinces N fbo ,j1
I5os ~ a'e dn English nojoyity agd
he that far!o "g SV'Gacaous 9ooernment scoa,ld
The colonies have the same commo, ro,, ansom.
the hotner countryside same ,elations - ~ "
foreign nations. When one is at war ~ " ~, .ie
ers are at war; ana the hostilities that are cans
ed by an attack on one must seriouslv cam-
promise the welfare of the rest Tins tba a.
pute between Great Britain and the Stata oe
Maine appears to Immediately involve the in
terests OF none OF these colonies, except Nev
Brunswick or Lower Canada to one OF which
the territory claimed by us must belong But
if war were to commence on this ground il is
most probal i, that the Americans would select
Upper Canada as the most Vulnerable, or. at
any rate, as the easiest point of attack The
dispute respecting the fisheries of Nova Scotia
would involve precisely the same consequent
ces
Our union for common deferse against for
eign enemies is the natural bond of connection
tnat holds together the great communities of
the woriu, aud between no parts OF any king
uoih OF state Is the necessity Tor such an union
more obvious than bet,oeen the schoie of these
provinces"
Is not this clear enough? The confeJera-
ton has no other objects than 10 nrofecf me
interests Of England, and to1nake soldiers of
ne eo!ontsts for the profit Of England oqoinst
the United states ! The present an1arant
birth oil the Confederation of British America
will be nothing but the chicken of the Dnr-
ham egg.
viii not the American Government awake
before these facts and look at these inimjcal
combinations full in the face But it is said
we wish not TO coerce Canada into annexa-
lion. Inc Canadians are opposed to it,"
This is absurd. There is no need of coercion
now. Let the French, the English hating
population OF Canada, understand well the
feeling OF the Americans toward them.
The French Canadians are well
disposed toward American institutions but
the yenal press of the colonies, which is
bought and paid by the home government.
show us Americans as a material people, and
corrupted by commerce and ambition. That
we are The sworn enemies OF the Canadians
many poor credulous ones believe.
Is il not our duty to give our sympathy to
those descendants oi Lafayette tens Vi thou
sands OF whom have fought with us in the
late war to maintain the most sacred of gifts
q true democratic government? 1t may soon
be TOO late for peaceable action. The time
may soon come that, through complications
of some kind, war may issue from the deceit
jul secret combinations Of England. Then we
would Ind ourselves with Canada as Y did
with the South unprepared. And although
no one would doubt the success of our arms,
should the South remain subdued, eventiul
war and mIseries would inevitably follow on
poor humanity on both sides. Any thinking
American who loves his ccuntry-any states
man, cannot shut his eyes to this fact.