Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-08
NUMBER 100. Z

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What the New AdmiuIstratfon fsa
3H 10 Do-Canada to be Taken. 1t
line editorial corps of the Radical per-
suasion are busily engaged, at this partic-d
ular Crisis In shaping the rAdminfstrationl
Of General GRANT, in advance of his ira
duction intoofice, onsa broad and nationals
basiss haa 81 1sif ha1ToG5I ToHIsyo3 ST
Addressing General ScHENcK letters
intended for the world atilarge and GenA
eral GRANT andfthe rest of mankind inp
particular, Mr.. e. CowLEs, of the Cleveland
Leader. is out in a pamphlet showing how ,
easy it is, If the Government will 7furnishy
the gold, for the banks and the Govern
mentfto resumespeeie 10 .aHsT5
Addressing General RzwEfNas, of. Gem
eral GRANTS staff, JOSEPH MEDILI, sofItf1ef
Chicago Tribune, has similar publieationI
in favor of the absorption by forced purd
chases or conquest, or both, OF the EnglishR
possessions ON the American contiheat. sof
the importance Of the Dohinion of OaHa-l
da withthe adjacent country, which FORMS
the entire of the British Possessions, heo
says: z7sF sgsT1 55is ss asgs
.We need that country for its vast forests
its wheat and barley lands, its fisheries, its;
furs. New, England needs Nova Scotia for
it's coal. The West needs the st. Lawrence
for its natural outlet TO the Atlantic ocean!
The Saskatchewan valley will in the futurel
be g. great wheat growing region. The,
Northern Pacific railway from the head of
Lake Superior, via st. Paul, will run close
along the boundary line for more than
1oc fr,n H~ =
And then, besides qour great need, Mr.
MEDILL says: 80 q, lsbHsgiasa - ssTAB
BssWe don't want a naval power, supports
ed by foreign nation, established on our
Northern frontier. By the doctrine of
'nationaiities' and natural frontiers, that
country should be ours, and some day will
be. The people are of the same race, rel
ligion, language, literature. and have the
same form of Government almost, and use
our system of weights and measures and
decimal currency" T.. so59Y Re5 lftIo2 %
Thus showing how much we need Canada
and how much we don't want England to
keep it, the letter of Mr.. MEDILL shows
how easy it is to get possession, which is
nine points of the law. He says: - ~.
Show are we to get the. Dominion? i
answer: Take it. How did Prussia en-
large her area one-third and her popula-s
come, master of Italy ?, How did France
get Savoy and Nice? How did Great.
Britain obtain the Dominion from France,
and how did she acquire the Indian EN-
pire !''iu Eai8si.dsJss ic tsf2ihesfEa aa3
In arguing over this plan, the Chicago
Tribune editor wishes the American Min
I lister in London to talk to the British Gabi-S
net thus:
"Let him say to Great Britain: We will
give you receipt,in fuli for all damages
and injuries aud SlO0000.000, 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 possess
sion of the territory, and in the treaty OF
peace she will be glad to accept the hum
dred millions." Ef1@sA4 20 tA9ttet pax
Considering that Mr.. MEpILr has hereto
fore been opposed to all extension of our
country's limits that his, party friends
/ warred against the purchase of Louisiaaso
and OF Florida-that he and his party were
dead against the acquisition of California
and New Mexico-athat he wrote and spoke
and denounced the remuneration Of Texas
and was in favor of cutting OUR Pacific
line down to the 49Ih degree, instead tof'
sticking up for our just rights to ffty-
four forty, and that he rejoiced when thryU
i've and enc halt degrees of norta Elsts,r1 fa;,
of American soil were surrendered TO g., >
Britain, his somefsault is wonderful ones.SS
The Cincinnati Gazette, from which sheet
we cullthe choice extracts above given,
absolutely grows witty at the expense Of
its Radical cotemporary, in its wish that,
Mr.. MEDILI,e when we take Canada is to
be made commander oof sthe eXpeditionD
first putting him through the severe tests
of his courage and muscle that were ap-
piled to the Sons of Malta in initiating
them for the Cuban expedition.p tm "a
When this is done, we would like to holds
one corner of the blanket. & + & I zio.fa9a
The Reconstruction hobby is about deae ]. !
and 1t is necessary to raise some other ques7r
tion which will give Radicalism a new lesseI
of power. y ~ a .S--oA0Oid .1tE vi
The idea of stalking" Canada, is one that
the author of the /, prGstI thinks would
''take' with the people. 1t would be less1
obnoxious than most of the measures that
Radicalism has inaugurated, and cost less
Reptiles in the Nest of Eagles ot1a