New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-28

sentiment il not advancing fast. In this quar-
ter. where the AnglO-Saxon clement mas It's
stronghold in lands and population, we nave
fine emiuently British view Of the proYlncial
ouestiop. Canadaswil do well enough as she
is. Her English connection imposes no imam
cial burden. and leaves her sclf-control; she
has no State or Province tax, but Only tie
municipal tax, which is light; duties on I'M
norris. with internal taxes on liquors ana TO-
bacco. with land sales and stamp taxes, supply
her general budget. "Nor are her import Hu-
"tics beavy.n an advocate of Dominion remarks
TO us; "as regards staple goods, they range
Z" from five to fifteen per cent, while the lfce
"lst is very large The abrogatiOn OF Re-
ciprocity has not raised can adverse ripple
Gin the tide of her prosperity insists
Canada's conservative champion. We VIII icC
an ex-mcmbcr Of Cabinet, and one of CanadaS
abcst men, answer him. "Our agriculture"
said bIr. Huntington in his late remarkable
speech, ais confined to our own markets or
"leeched and crippled by eXorbtant eXac-
" tOns of the American customs collectors Inc
development of our mines Is prevented
"by like inhOsptable exactions, and we
care depleted and impoverished by a
"paInr wall of legislative prohibitions
"buil, along an imaginary line" C0niedera-
ton promised to open up the markets OF the
sister provinces; but the results have been OF
small account to the scanty native industry
owe require markets. says Mr. Huntington.
"Our natural market is the American, and we
edo and shall suffer till we get access TO 1t.
owe ought to be manufacturers for this CONT
"ncnt. with our cheap labor, cheap living ana
wonderful natural facilities But now me
Canada gazette registers forty iIsOlycnts III
one week The emigration Of labor to the
STATES Is alarming. Mines are closed, water
mowers are neglected. Hence the statesman
who thinks that annexation is impossible and
the agitation an embarrassment pleads Tor
inlcrcndcncc and an American Xollycrcn-that
is TO saw one Continental Government Tor COM
mcfcial purposes.
No reason exists Why Canada should not be
its own. Ncw-BrunsNcI, i. equal in extent to
Denmark and Switzerland. Lower Canada is a
country Of the size of France, and Upper
Canada twenty thousand miles larger than
Great Britain and Ireland put together The
Hon. George Brown, the Canadian Liberal who
has lately been urging these facts on British
attention. also maintained that but eleven
states in Europe had population greater than
his own. France, though third among mari
time powers, owns but 10000 tuns more oil
shining than the Dominion. Moreover, the
Dominion can muster 10000 scamen and
100000 men capable OF bearing arms.
oar agricultural products, worth at one
time @l5DO0JO0O-hayc they diminished!
asked the Hon. John Young. 1.-The annual
Weld of our Fisheries was once
equal to 10000 OoO-have they suddenly
become les valuablcl' Here are facts and
ngures 10 base nationality aud independence
upou. We are not vitality concerned to know
that some of the British press believe
annexation will folow-that is Il matter the
choice of which, as one of the best of Canadians
has said, belongs 10 the Canadians themselves.
We can amiclbly greet the admission OF the
Saturday Rcrieic that the formation of four or
five State, of the Union 10 the north of the
Lakes would entail no injury Oh England If 1t
were not attended with insult. But annexation,
We repeat, is not our responsibility. We
are even better disposed TO leave Canada
TO her own conclusions tiHn her imperial
mother can possibly be. We are well aware
at the same time that we shock no remaining
LOYALTY 10y treating of annexation; for q" the
" Councils OF Canada to quote again from
leading Canadian, are presided over today
" by men some of whom lately sought to sub
o. vert the Government, and Others 10 promote
us immediate annexation But one thing
yc can beyond pcradycuturc count upOn-thc
coming OF independence.