Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-06

must be accepted as conclusive proof OF the
facts stated in opposition to all auonymou.
aud exaggerated rumors.
ACQUISITION of Canada.
Is was stated last week, Judge POLAND, Of
Vermont, has introduced into the House OF
Representatives a Resolve requesting the
President to open negotiations with the Brit
ism government for the annexation Of Canada
and the other Provinces to the United States
One Of the great problems of the more i'm
mediate future seems to be-What is to be.
come OF this part of the British Emrtre
4 change, Of some sort, is inevitable The
anomalous condition seems to have been
reached Of the mother desiring to disown her
child This has Of course produced colines.
and alienation in the Provinces They feel
that the British government has neglected
them generally, and especially that it allow.
the Fonans to make raids into their territory
leaving the people to protect them.elye, "a.
best they can.
Many reasons exist why the people Of TIA,
United States should meet their ueighbors OF
Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in
a spirit of cordial welcome, aud manifest d
willingness to enter into more intimate asso
citation than now exists The 8iqRacr Of do
ing this has seemed in the way hithert,
but Judge Polaud's proposition seems g,
have cut the gordian knot
Canada proper, lies along the northern
border Of the United States in the genera
direction of northeast and southwest, abou
| 400 miles, with breadth of from POO t.
400 miles Its proper designation is that o
the valley Of the st. Lawrence. which take
the waters Of all the Great Lakes, % dstanc,
Of not less than 1000 miles, and pours then
into the Atlantic Ocean The extent of thi
valley is estimated at nearly 200,000o0C
acres 1t takes the waters Of all the grea
chain OF lakes,--Superior, Huron, Michigan
Erie and Ontaro-as well as those Of Cham
plain, which is not one Of the chain, thougl
minglng its waters with theirs
If the ST. Lawrence were open to nayga
ton to the sea the whole year round, tn
union of Canada with the United States coul,
scarcely be expected But for four or fy
months ofthe year, theSt Lawrence is obstruct
ed, enlarged, with ice. Ittherelore become
important to Canada to have some outlet, fo
communication with the outside world, dur
ing the winter months. That communication
must be had by means of RAILROADS Sine,
the improvement of the navigation Of the St
Lawrence, so that vessels of more than 3,00l
tons now ascend to Montreal, when the rive
is free from ice, Canada has a magnifcen
water communication with the ocean. 30
for three or four months in every year, tn
ice is an effectua prohibition upon the nayi
cation of the river Railroads arc therefor
first necessity for communication botwoc
Canada and other countries.
Ontario, which was formerly Upper Canada
aud subsequently Canada West, has railroa
connections with New York and Boston am
Portland; and so also has the lower Province
or Lower Canada, or Canlda East, with
contemplated connection by railroad wit
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
The merging of the Provinces into tn
American Union, would be an immense adj
vantage to both parties to the merger. tn
Atlantic States want the trade of Canada
They want to supply the Canadians with tn,
goods and merchandise wkich they impor
or manufacture, with the machinery and tool
made in their shops, for agricultural mechan
zeal, and manufacturing purposes
The States want the products Of the Prov
inces, the 100000 square miles of Canada
that is to-day covered with forests of pin
trees, and to which we must 20 for our lum
ber for all the purposes for which pine lum
Der is used. We want the Goals of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia, which are ex
tensiyely used for many purposes, and which
can be easily loaded into vessels and cars
they lie so near the surface And we wan
free access to the fisheries of the Gulf of St
Lawrence which are rendered prolific by tn
mighty volume of water from the St. Law
renee, charged with the food upon which thu
cod fish feed
The great valley of the st. Lawrence, an,
Of the Lakes, seem to be necessary part o
the great American dominion, necessary t,
Canada and the other Provinces, as well a
to the United States and it is to be hopet
that Mr. Poland's Resolve will receive tn
kindly consideration of the Administration
and of all parties in interest.