New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-31

| for the consideration OF the suDJcct' Win a
view 10 its early and final solution. Whether
tho suggestions made by the President for
ouasi suspension of commercial intercourse be-
tween the two countries (fOr that is what 1t
amounts to) I'm retaliation for wrongs inflicted
On n few fishermen are feasible or WISE they
ara certain TO be attended with one good re-
suit. He has fairly opened the question, and
the universal attention thus drawn to 1t VIII
convince our neighbOrs that the period OF IN
difference has at length given place to one OF
careful inqury-thc certain precursor OF more
decided action =,
On ono point, ut least our public men OF all
| PARTIES are at present agreed. viz, that the
| Canadians must never hope for renewal OF
the dcfunct Reciprocity Treaty. If they are
not vet prepared to lay aside old and useless
scntimentalities, they must, If they desire any
thing short of annexation, come to us win
proposal to adopt our commercial system-onr
tariff in fact-as against all the rest OF the
world-England included. That tariff Will afford
| the Canadians advantages which large party
here claim for it in reference to our own national
industries. Canada, like this country, has Its
Protcctionist party and this party. claims that
! Canada Possesses great facilities, in tho
shane of cheap labor, inexhaustibe water
mower. and abundance of raw material,
for setting up as manufacturing country
Only one thing they lack: market IN which
To sell their surplus fabrics. 1t is absolutely
certain that their best market outside the
Provinces, will be our almost illmitable agrl-
cultural States lying south and west OF the
Provinces. In these vast and growing mar
kets they will in fact become competitors with
our Eastern manufacturers. A proposition,
therefore, for new treaty to regulate trade
between the two countries to be acceptable to
any class in this country, must embrace not
only this marked discrimination against trans
atlantic merchandise and produce, but must
include a scheme for the free exchange of
every article, the produce or manufacture
of tho respective countries. Furthermore,
such scheme must comprehend entire
reciprocity in the fisheries and in the
navigable waters, both natural and artificial,
of the two countries. Now, as no such treaty
can be negotiated except by England. or with
her consent, 80 long as the Dominion chngs
TO the shadow Of British connection, it will be
impossible for Canada to come to us with such
q proposal. However much Great Britain may
desire to he rid of the complications growing
| out of the divergent interests OF her over
grown North American Colonies, it can scarcely
be expected that she will absolutely cut them
adrft, 80 long as they cling to her with
childish pertinacity; or that, on the other
hand, she will consent to their discriminating.
in their legislation or by treaty, I'D our favor.
Canada, in her present undecided and hest
tatng position between colonial tutelage and
national independence, leaves our statesmen
in some doubt as TO the best policy to be
pursued to promote the growing ambition of
her people to become part and parcel of this
country Whatever intermediate stages the
Canadian question il destined to undergo, we
speak the universal sentiment of this country
when we express our conviction that the ulti-
mate goal is Annexation. Whether this end IL
to be reached by direct diplomacy, such as
led to tho withdrawal of the French f1om
Mexico, or by the adoption of measures lead
ing indirectly thitherward is question that
we may soon have to determine. We rather
like the idea of going directly at the main
question. of terminating the reign of British
power on this continent. Tell England the
time has como for her to withdraw from
| American soil all pretense of military su-
| premacy, and she will not DO long in
|
statesmen have long contemplated as an incvi-
table conclusion. Canada left TO herself, will
rapidly gravtatc to our system. We look to
the free navigation of the st. Lawrence and
its canals--the latter much enlarged--fOr an
additional outlet for our enormous and con-
tinuay increasing Western products. In
arranging the terms of annexation, we can
afford to throw IN several millions of dollars
az a set-0ff in favor of Canada for surrender
ing her customs revenue. This will enable
her to enter into a stipulation to enlarge her
canals 80 as to permit ocean steamers, such
as now visit Montreal, to extend their
voyages to Milwaukee, Chicago, and the
head of Lake Superior. What must be the
advantages of such never-failing source of
trade to Canada, as well as the opening of new
routes to market to the States, it is difficult
to predict. Viewing the question in all its
bearings it is by far the most important before
the country: and it must be grasped with no
faltering hand. President Grant doubtless re-
CARDS it as the best live issue on which to go
to the country for reelection. The annexation
Of Canada by peaceable means is the prob
lem to be solved; and those who are now
struggling in all sections Of the Dominion to
build up party to effect that object have no
valid cause to complain of GOODNESS or indif
ference on the part of American statesmen.
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There were two newspapers OF this city
| which yesterday announced the murderOus as