, 1870-05-16
=. CHICAGO. MONDAY, MAY 16, 1870,

, | tbot al disputes have been settled-tha
! there is no prospect Of collision in Manitob.
. that the stores arc being taken up simp1y tc
provide for q garrison about to be placed in
: the new Province for TIC safety of its in
habitants-the exclusion of the Chicora from
the sault Canal is wrong inflicted upon our
government.
/ The Cabinet Of President Grant have not
| sue 2eeded By this stop in preventing -ha1llly
river expedition. The algoma, Which
| has a1re>.ay passed the canal. viii be
| ready to convey to Fort William the
vii convey finn collingwood to the sault,
| and which VIII bo hauled across tho Portage.
Probably Week will ba the extent Of the d.
lay which will thus be created Tho action of
the American Gore1nmont in the light OF this
fact appears utterly eontemptible: It would
Fenians by their nppaunE interference With
the expedition, while, at tho same tino, they
had it not in their power actually to retard it.
Il is quite plain, however; that the Dominion
Of Canada cannot allow tho Americana to have
exclusive control Of tho means Of water CON-
and Superior, when they have showed them
selves animated BY 80 unueighborly spirit |
They ought not to hare been permitted for q
single year to retain that exclusive control; !
Francis Hincka, all the links between tho great |
lakes would haro been held by Canada, aud /
tho American canal at the sau1t would neyor |
have been built Aa it is, the construction Of !
Canadian canal Is necessity, and ought to
be commenced rs soon as the necessary parllar
mentary sanction can be secured.
Fo'n tie Toronto Telegraph, Hay H.
Ihe Amerlcans have put their mean threats
into execution. They hare carried out their
ilhbera! and naIow-minded policy, and no
doubt they feel immensely increasedin dignity
and importance over the result. By tho de-
apatches from our special correspondent, pub
1ished in another place, it will be seen that the
steamer ChcoH1, carrying stores for the
Red River expedition, las now been refused
R e cnd g. 5asz on 59ush 5s,e tas o ssn Saat
her commander wna informed By the
Superintendent OF the canal that
he had been instructed not to allow her to pass
up. The instructions we're received from the
State Government Of Michigan, who, the De-
t tToit Tribune sayH, acted On tho advice Of tho
eminent, therefore. aro the prime. movers in
the affair Tho Chicora was unloaded, and
returned to Collingwood, where abe arrived
last evening, The Agoma passed. through
cnt received his nst5uctions to stop Ill British
vessels, and is still in tho river above the |
esnal. We therefore have tho LEAD OF the Yam
KEGS, after a1l, and can send tho troopa up.
Ehough they may DO their worst. We can un-
ship everything at the sault, carry It over the
Fort William By the A1Soma. Brother Jona-
han was not quito amart enough this time.
!fe mar delay the expedition, but lo cannot
lefcat it.
Ne do not know what the Yankees hope to
,aiu by pursuing this email and mean policy.
It certainly does not make US love them any
,etter than before; nor admire their
,cculiar style OF doing things. This Sault II
anal is the: only ono they own along tho n
shole Chain oi lakes. All tho othera =
,elong to us-a1i the others arc British, and -
hey are going to rcmain British just SO long q
8 they are big enough for tugboat to pass
Trough them. These canals have for yeaIB A.
'een used By the Yankees, and they lave ri
ound them very convenient. Nov, what F
7ould they eay supposing wu werp quietly to Il
oil them to clear out, to take their own Bido 4
+ the fence, and stay thero2 What would
hey say aupposing NE wc1e to tel them to got | r,
heir grain to the sc3board the best way they 2 2
newhow, and to keep themselve beyond British :,
'ateEs2 How would Chicago Ike it, How "
on1d 0gdensburgh like it !? How would Mil Fl
aukee like it7 And how would the Great -
Test Ike it Well, perhaps we may tell them
, keep aw7y from our canals, and il We should, -
ae responsibility. will rest upon themselves. b,
ut, under any circumstances, let them make 4
P their minds to this fact. The British Gov ef
cn1nent aud the Canadian Government hare | ~
to send that expedition to Fort r.
airy, and it shall be sent. though tho Aneri- =
IN eagle should make itself hoarae in screech- n,
g at us t. stop. Ii