Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-24
CANADA.
The Idea Of Annexation Ridl-
Culed.

From the Toronto Globe, April lGth.l
AS our readers are aware, the Claren-
don. 0hnsOn treaty about the Alabama
business has been rejected by the Senate
OF the United States, and if anything is
to be done in the premises, the whole
work must be begun de nOUO. The speech
OF bir. Sumusr, in proposing the rejec-
ton OF the treaty, goes over the old
ground, with nothing very remarkable
IN the way OF doing ii. 1t is somewhat
difficult 10 fad out what be would be at,
FOR while he proposes the rejection of the
agreed-upoD oasis, be hints at nothing in
return. What then? ? Why, il
this talk amounts to anything, it means,
as Mr.. Thornton said, war. Mr.. sum
ner says England should be expected 20
admit that the recognition was unlawful.
NOb0dy knows better than Mr.. Sumner
that that is the very thing England will
not DO. She has already acquieseed IN
every proposal which has been made,
and when these propositions have been
rejected by the very party il whose name
they we're advanced, England can, IN the
nature OF things, have 40 counter PROPOSE
ton TO urge; and, we may rest assured,
will quite as little make one under Glad
stone as under Di5rEeH. Vhs talk which
that tue American government does not
wish the question settled forthwith. 1t
is useful in the business Of home politics,
and it is regarded as convenient screw
for pressing Q good bargain viii RitGn
ia other wsys. u viii help to keep up
the feeling OF gninOsity towards the old
country, so deyOuGy cherished by q co.,
siderable portion Of the free and enlight-
ened and it is hoped will make the Of
fender. real or supposed, willing to come
to better terms by and by. Very few in
the States, except among the more igD0-
rant Fsniaus and more rabid and reck-
less politicians, dread at this moment Of
Alabama dispute the osca.
sion for war. Notwithstanding all their |
swagger, the Americans have Clear ideas |
Of what is involved ia such an eventual !
ity, sud they have no Inclination 10 run !
the risk, Whenever hard bargain has |
had to be or We thi', however, had b5eD |
their cue, and they are now reckoning |
upon the ignorance and squeezsability of /
British statesmen, as in former times, |
for securing . good deal, at any rate, OF /
what they want. In this we believe they |
are MISTAKEN. Formerly they were con- |
tented with large slices OF territory, more /
than were justly due. The ignorance OF |
British GiplomAtists made this easy.
Now. perhaps, grown bold by success,
they dream of taking all North America
as a peace offering, aad imagiJe that all |
Is at is necessary to this is to kick and |
swagger, ss in the case Of the Maine |
boundary, and the thing will be done. |
Like the soldier that drew his sword and |
threatened dreadful things II he did not |
get q psir OF boots at his own price, /
they would DO the readiest, after getting
what they wished, to reply TO the inquiry
about what they would have done, sup
posing they had been refused. "DJne |
Why What could we have done -?
Done without, to be sure" Exactly, |
and that will be found to be the upshOt
Of the whole affair. When the Ameri
cans have discovered that they cannot
secure anything by bullying, they will
either forget the Alabama altogether, or
will agree to some equitable msthOd of
settling the claims.