National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-02-05

vance of wealth and population
that their receipts fall short of their
expenses must be u dead weight
That credit which requires the per-
pctual prop of an endcrser is delu-
sive. Emigration that runs away
from the soil is bad advertisement.
That trade where the advantage de-
pends upon profitable diplomacy or
Illicit traffic is unreliable, and fur
nishes no base to the character of a
great people. Commerce blockaded
Dy ice for seven months of the wear
badly needs ~ more sunny side.
1t is true that most of these
drawbacks would disappear if tn,
British provinces were consolidated
with the United States. For tht
present, however, the United States
have room and verge enough to
spread all its surplus capital, popu.
latlon, and enterprise upon the
prairies Of the West and savannahs s
OF the South. 1t might not be wise
to weaken our strength by diffusion
over a broader surface than at
present so greatly tempts our ma.
tl0nal enterprises. II neighbol ing
provinces, welded to aristocratic
titles, though unsupported by es.
tates, choose to cling to q style of
government whose chief strength
discloses at every false alarm the
fact OF dependency, and SO lag be.
hind aud retard their progress for
half IA century, why, in an economi-
cal view, the United States can
afford to wait. When these prov
inces seek that ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
which naturally flows over all the
parts of a free, independent, and
prosperous nation by a union OF
interests and honors, by fraternal
welding together of all their material
forces and political aspirations, by
an unrescrved and uncalculating
assumption of privileges and duties,
it will be time enough to consider
what measures will best advance
their general welfare. Until then
it is IL study exclusively their own,
about which it will be unbecoming
for us to waste diplomacy.
CONCLUSION.
There is no error, as | think, iu
the statement with which | started
namely, that our history furnishes
but one actual reciprocity treaty
aocepted-and that was itself mad
contingent upon the action of Con
gress-and one, the ZOllverein, ne
gotiated and rejected by the Senate
AS far as precedents go, the actor
of the Government has been decid
edly adverse to them; and thu
character of that accepted ever
British subjects do not now pretend
to have been other than very profit
bic to them, and most Improbable
to the United States. 1t is certain
that we gave the notice for its
termination at the earliest possibl.
moment.
If u reciprocity treaty can b,
made with the queen OF Grea,
Britain, or with the king of til,
Hawaiian Islands, may not the sam,
thing be done with the red chiefs O
our Indian tribes, How would
do 20 mend the tariff by treaty G
reciprocity, ''the supreme law of til
land, with the Sioux or Comanches
How should we respond to the claim
OF all those nations with whom W
have treaties--to Bismarck or tn
Earl Of Clarendon--for equal ia
vorS II is not possible that til
American Senate, with ever s.
strong II prediction in favor O
reciprocity treaties-which l trus
does not cXist-would tolerate thi
latitude in their construction bu
We it not be well to eschew
pow er 80 incapable of good and S
full of possibilities of evil!
Our House of Representatives. W;
an improved copy of the BIRTHS
House Of Commons, whose right
and privileges were guarded wit
especial jealousy and unceasir
iormality. At the commenceme,
/, of every session, the Speaker goo
to the House of Lords and CLAIM
''all their ancient rights and priv
leges,' all Of which the queen eth,
in person or by proxy, "agrees
allow and confirm in ~ ample al,
complete IL manner as has ever he,
,, allowed or confirmed by herself
! by any OF her Majosty's predece
sors." IL will not be wise for Il
Senate or the Executive to raj
: any dubious conflict with the 9th
i branch o: Congress. Let it ncv
] be necessary for the House to a
D of us or OF the Executive to allC
, and confirm in as complete a mann
!, as has ever been allowed and co
, lirmcd by the constitution all th,
= ancient rights and privileges
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