The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-07
A BOLD FILIBUSTER.
He Proposes 30 Take the Canndas b
Force

| Force.
Extract from letter from Joseph Modiil, Of
Chicago, to Gen. Rawlins.
esteem the acquisition of British
North America as almost equal in value
to the seeded States, which we con-
querea. We need that country for its
vast forests, its wheat and barley lands,
its fisheries, its furs. New England
needs Nova Scotia for its coal. The
West needs the st. Lawrence for its
natural outlet to the Atlantic ocean.
The Saskatchewan Valley will, in the
future, be great wheat. growing re-
giOn. The Northern Pacific Railway,
from the head of Lake Superior, via ST..
Paul, will run close along the bounda-
ry line for more than two thousand
miles, to Oregon. We don't want naval
power, supported by foreign nation,
established on our northern frontier.
By the doctrine of our "nationalities"
and natural frontiers, that country
snould be ours, and some day will
be. The people are of the
same race, religion, language,
literature, and have the same
form of government almost, and use
our system of weights aud measures
and decimal currency. BY acquiring
the dominion" we get rid of line of
custom houses and break up smuggling,
which robs our treasury of millions of
revenue per annum, and we settle the
vexed fishery question forever. But |
need not enumerate the benefits and
advantages to accrue therefrOm, as you
have studied the same perhaps more
thoroughly than | have and are ready
to ask me the question:: How are we to
get the Dominionl l answer take it.
How did Prussia enlarge her area oEe-
third and her population 1000, ,00Of
How did Piedmont become master of
Italyi How did France get Savoy and
Meet How did Great Britain obtain
the dominion from France and how did
she acquire the Indian empirei
Great Britain has wronged us, intlict-
ed terrible harm on us, tried to destroy
our Union, and almost did destroy our
foreign shipping. She has made no
apology or reparation. Reverdy John
son has disgraced us and proved him
self an old flunkey and a disgusting
snOb. General Grant one hundred days
| hence will be President. He has party
of tremendous strength to support him.
| The reconstruction question was settled
by his election. Very little remains to
be done. The Democracy are going to
abandon the issues they have fought US
on for four years. He has an opportu
nifty to immortalize his administration
and place his fame high absve all Pres
idents who have preceded him. Let
him say to Great Britain: "We will
give you n receipt in full for all DANA
ges and injuries and one hundred mil
lions of dollars, and take your North
American colonies, which are of no use
TO YOU, but would be valuable to u.s."
If England refuses, then take possession
of the territory, and in the treaty of
peace she will be glad to accept the one
hundred millions. She can't hold the
Canadas ninety days against General
Grant. Sound the bugle and enough
of the old veterans will rally in month
to sweep the Dominion as fast as they
can march over it. The campaign
would be as sharp and decisive as that
of Prussia against Austria, which added
one third of Germany to Prussia. The
irish element would flock to the sup
port of Grant en- mGsSe, and all the ex-
rebel soldiers he could accept would be
glad TO fight under his standard, and
Thus would be restored an era of recon-
ciliatiCn with the South. Lee and
Longstreet, and Hood and Johnston and
Taylor aud Hampton and Beauregard,
would jump at the opportunity to don
the "blue," and fight under the old flag.
Just let the General say the word, and
the American people will rally to his
support as one man for the acquisition
of the Dominion.