, 1870-04-30
The urarout. OF r1Ichieau.

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Let American journals say what they please
about Canada, ne can always console ourselves
with the reflection that We have at 1east one
sincere adnirer amongst the Americans in the
person of Senator Chandler, from Michigan
The tsgentlenan from Michigan or "Tha
Marquis Of Michigan" as he is mora worthilJ
mirztion for Canada and hia desire to possess
4 vested interest In heE prosperity. There
are ceztain REASONS, which We are not at lib
ezty to mention. why he cannot come amongst
MS and become . Canadian; but, these
ing to become q felow-country1an with ua by
proposing that Canada shal become part Of
the country which enjoys his fea1ty- He has
recently supplemented his former EFFORTS ii
this direction BY Introducing aomo resolutions
il The Senate, The object Of which is TO induce
gotiations for the anne1ation OF Winnepeg as
Territory Of the United States. We are not
to understand by this that he has fozgottan
h;a former love and turned his back upon Cam
ada to mako himself agreeable to WnnepeE
only, hut merely that the young his.
most in need Of his admiration. He Is
in the position Of . Mormon gen
tIeman desiring to mary the whole family,
md banlked At every turn by the obatinacy Of
the parents. He has tried various means to
overcome the contemptnous silence with which
pie; be has even visited them ii the amallest
Of his carriages, and surrounded by co1ored
lacqueys IN Ill the splendor OF the Chandler
livery, but to no purpose MIR. Ghandler,
however, is not to be .outdous BY silence or
refusal and he, therefose, adopts means
Ss Eash es s fSss %a ssqds1s 5s,u vi" HON SEEMS s
our monetary value il bis eyes. he has
claim against the English Government for
81, 200, ,000, 900 On account Of the Alabama, and
he has acceptee the Dominion Of Canada as
security for the money. We may, therefore.
assume that We are worth q, 2D0, ,000. 600, aud
if, IN the face Of our knowledge, we DO not I'M
tire on our means, it can only be that We aro
as it we1e the property in transitu Of Mr.
Chandler. This debt the English Gov
ernment, with the want Of moral rec
tltude which characterizes that body,
toee aeeisreap n s int Mention I Il 9essns % ths
mortgage. standing but Of gathering the in
teresf in the ehape Of the Northwest Territory
and British Columbia And the truth Of the
adage which saye, s'that We raust 50 abroad
to hear news Of ourselves" is shown in the
fd faet @ tha @seeso5dinE to our admrs5 MnnIsg Win
for admission to the Union. We thought
when ne heard them speak Of Union, that tho
union retened to Was with Canada, but it np-
pearB ne were wrong, and that our Western
sisters are waiting to rush into the arms OF
the gent from Michigan
. We aro sor1y to find person, whom Wa
Bhon1d be glad to esteem in return for the re-
gard he entertains for us, coufeeeing to such
want of principle as is conv9yed in the utter
ances Of the Detroit nobIeman. He says that
the United States bought Louisiana only be-
cause it Was not strong enough to take it ;; that
he would say to tha French, "you
nze nuisance, bo OF, !" and, he adds in = sin
Gularly uncomp1iuenta way, "ao with !
Canada now." That Dominion, he remarks, |
'shad become an intolerahla nuisance" and
costs the States ten millions Of doll7rs to pre-
rent smuggling. Now, II va are to be abused |
We can return the compliment It we are so
minded. Whist would Senator Chandler think !
II us, II We said the neighbolng republic. with
ts Fenian dlbustering and Fisk, y.
breeding tendencies. was an rntoleEable
II its vicinity to cznsda does not
:oet us ten millions in customs, it is only be-
:sase We arc more enlightened in onr 'polit-
cal economy" But there arc several points
n which its manners aid customs might. IN |
'ur thinking, be amended. Senator ChAndlar |
ust hints at taking ua by forco from ou!
parent, and against this, Of
:ourse, it would be useless to contend |
These &C, 900 Michigan volunteers, who are \
lying 10 leave their homes and their business |
0 eat up the British and Canadian armies, |
sould Of courso find merely little pleasant |
musament in the occupation; but the days
Then Har1ike nob1emen made descents upon |
heir neighbors and carried on their daugh- 1
ers arc past, and NO true American would !
esort. under any circumstances, to the feudal /