The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-30
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY.
III ANITOW VOC:
Friday, April 80, 1869.
The United S, ates and Canada. /


aud prosperity of the great Norh-W
standing as she does in the way of cheap
transportation TO tide>water A glance
over the map of Canada will reveal the
fact hat she has no works of internal i'm
provements except tho>e few brought into
life by being contiguous to the buricrs that
divide The Two couulTles, showing how
well hs thrift aud enterprise OF freedom
not ouy builds itself up, but even gives All
Impetus 10 surrounding nations that, are
kept down as much Ia possible by exclusive
laws. If Canada was IN tie Union, there
you'd soon be bullI, "a slip canal trom
Lake SimcoI to the ST Lawrence river, and
auuther Que from O>wego to the Hudson
river, SD that freight 70 and FROM the
North w esterD States, and Wisconsin es>
peca ly, would be only one. bait The pres
ent rates and 90 ualiy shortened in tiuie IN
rGachlng lis destination, thu, SAILING those
Sates and the Eastern States also, enough
IN npucy every five years, to Duy Canada
outright. f1 SIS. ar. e..
Tins TACT being admitted, we are glad to
notice the tending Tor 'anuexatlon
la, ~ last found u response Oh The other
Side OF The line, and thai although the
measure viii undoubtedly be opposed With
all the might aud main of the tlnseIed
officials OF Her Majesty, " yet The people
therein will yet see the point, and become
tie most ANXIOUS Ut the two s.d, for unity
That the latter viii yet be the Gaze, We arc
led to hope from The following written to u
New Yuik paper from Montreal, on the
list:
The desire Of the people Of the new
Domln on 10 cut loose from their depend
euce upon the mo her country has recclv
ed IA powerful impetus nom che Or Two
ere at events, and whatever course may
finally lie adupted. there can be little Doubt
that Il great lUlltI:ai change of ,oap sort Is
not lar distant. Several prlva meetings.
If Influential person., have recently teen
tIeid here T. r the purpose OF considering
the great question of change In the form
"f government, and the general dl>>at SAC
non with the prescLt sla ut things, Is
more ann more 81 enly expressed. The
newspapers are at last beginning 10 meet
The question face To face, AMI are giving
utteiance to the sentiment which has long
btcn widely GI,l ersrd among he people
although few have had the courage TO .x-,
press themselves publicl There is a
large party IN favor of Indeyenrleuc., tut
il larger party aims at annexation To the
UnIlcd States, aud will soon make i,set,
prominent.
: he acquisition of the Huison's Bay
,erlliury Ia, Il Ell additional force TO the
irguncnls OF the anutxatIoni>tS It Il
feat thar such il magnificent domain as the
New DunlnIou TOW trcunl-e, To le hnusht-
40 longer III be dwaIttd and kept duwu 10y
Deepen ence On d tran, A ianIIc govern
m,nt. The proposal that Great Britain
-hali surrender her North \ ncrlcan po,-
ScsslnnS Il set off against the Alabama
cIalnis, has created deep SENSATION In
Certain CIRCLES. Mt a few Regard II with
declied favor SenaIur SUMNER speech
las been cupled III iuli by both English
aud French Journals, AMI Is, of course,
the topic Of much discussion. =
On our part, Senator Chandler, of Mich
igan, III the Scnatc on the 18th, off red
resolution that the President be directed to
open negotiations with England for the
scttlem ent ut all open questions on the ba>
SIS Of The sure nder- of all the Briti-h
North American possessions to The United
st tes Mr.. Chandler read long extIact
from one of his tormer speeches, to show
that he originated the position nnw suns
Ell by the Committee on Foreign Relations,
and insisted that if his advice had been
followed heretofore the Alabama and all
other Claims woul not remain unsettled
Mr. Chand er concluded as follows:
The resolutions he had offered to, day af>
tordrd the Only peaceful solution to our
difficulties We have had treaty after
Ireat5, and rrjected them. This leads to
imitation lie uttered the same sentiments
he did now two years and half ago He
would have required u mortgage for the
IA munnt due. The mortgage was recorded
anu the security good. He believed We
had now put This matter on a proper basis.
1t Great Britain should meet Us I'D friend.
~ spirit, acknowledge her wrong and cele
all her Interests in the Car,ada, IN thA set
t.emcnrS OF these cIailns. We have prypes-
ual p, ace with Great Britain ui ii >hc
does BOT We must conquer peace. We
caunut afford to have any enemies 90 near
W.. Ii Is national neces>lty that We
should have the British po>session.. He
hoped that such n..gCriation> would he
opened. and that it viii be peaceful one
but If 1t should not be. if Eng and insisted
on war, then lei IL he short sharp and de-
clsivc Ii war comes he would say n W
thai the 60,OO0 We eran 20 dier> of Michi-
n W ud tai. The - { ac' to capture The
Z da> IN 'h!rty dals without man from
any other state. Bat iheie vii, b. var
Great Britain do, 3 10: desire war with VS..
W hen our ..lni-rer> abroad rr,caiins thi,
government ovcrrh oxn, terdu,- they were
near nil IN The Interest ut he rehel.. il
was thought 90 abroad. France tha,i .ht' II
Wa good time TO make up an Emp,re
from the Iate United States Great Brit
am and Franc were M a cord with tho re-
beIlun. Ii the United States had been
oterihrown, The E.npire would have been
establ shed but the Uni'e States were
not oyrrthrown, aud therefore the Euplre
was nor establishes. When the Emn rr
napoleon was lnt"riuid that the occupatlorl
OF Mexico would head To war sill, one mil,
lion uien, he Withdrew hl- army FROM Mex
Ipn L.. h..,i Il. "a,