, 1870-01-04
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TUESDAY, JANUARY {, 1870.
CANADIAN 1HDEPEHDEHEE.

A1e peolNo "a He.1so0. 40
LING feseos Will .nueu 1etnNs e.15 sH
eesaon Oh anne1auo11 ~ 1'lueoy 1o1 tust
eo" progress N tna9eio' ptosp.ts' icy
are un"7nlne 70 conceoe e.al 'ne ACTIVITY
on ons sac o. ine nne ana tne stagnsaon
On nc othes nave IN 1ela''oa 70 me re-
specuse Ponucu e5slems, anu nence anne1-
a''oo Is fe1ecteo' II tor no other reason
snan oeeause IL Houla oe seeming copfes-
son mat INC political ansutnttons OF the
uhi'ea eea'es a1e more conducive to ma
nonhl progress than those OF the Domlu-
lon- The result is that popular feeling in
cansda is more hostile to annexation than
it was lhirty-hre years Ego, though in that
time the provinces have witnessed the
growth Of the Union into vast empire,
extended along both oceans, with popula-
hon more than doubled, and with an indus
Try and productive poFer more than
tsebled. Within that period dozen Amer
lcon states nave been settled anu Feopied,
which were then remote frontier posts. each
OF Which is now the equal Of the elargessprov-
1nce IN the DOMINION. Canada Is hardly OF
more Importance no" than IT WAS at ths
date OF the Amencan AeEolotaon; and, e1-
ctpt III me mat'er OF trade connections
Wath the United States, hns really made
ntae OF 10 progress since lo3o. Etnlgrauts
nave 'asneo as'oe from he1' Or II
tneS nave sailed mp lie et. Lawrence,
nave nogeseo onuS lew daSs or weeks,
ana 'aea Pusoeo On 10 tae 0sa'es' Livery
cl's ana slnage III lae .anaoaa Witnesses
.ne departure o1 some oi lis young and en-"
te'ps1sing nen' e'esy Seas, 10 tne Same
1asc'sn country and taseaaS We may say
LIE, lineage ~ 'u' ~ tne1- ,..-,
lne eat'aoiaos taooi '4noef Inc s'ea. GUS
ao'auABe u enounG tue ouioin u It,
peno'he upon o1es1 p''n' ~''oou. en'o',
ne any :! lae so'antaees u me"oet0 q
tnat empire. Inc bfulsa oanadlans' as q
whole, arc more Intensely hs.esn u speaen
ard sentiment thfn Inc people o. Eog'aaa.
Hsnce, whatever Anh-nnt'sh aeeung may
s1lat among The American people ls natu-
rally nEraJed against the Canadians, who,
OF their part, DO ail they can 10 provoke
and intensity It, But the policy Of the
Bntlsh Government IL to develop and en-
courage eolonih independence. For this
purpose they permit al Tho
colonies to tax British manu-
frctures at pleasure, and, IN return, bear the
whole or principal share OF the e1per7e OF
their own government. In short, except in
name, The colonies are now independent
There is general understanding THAT, #
they are invaded, the hnperial Government
viii aid them; but this promise is N empty
one, because the only danger that they will
ever be invaded arises from the fact that
thcy ase British colonies.
The road ont Of the great slough Of de-
spond in which the CAnadas lave SO long
Aoundered is Independence. So long as
they remain British provinces they will TO-
min what they a1e-nobody. Tho British
connection, wliile it does them no good,
stands l. the way Of their improvement
There is no reason why oatar7o should not
accumulate wealth AID population Us rap
idly as Michigan, or the fa1.o1 Minnesota,
or the renoter Nebraska. Her soil. cii-
mate, natural advantages, and diversified
products offer to the people OF Europe seek
ing new and permanent homes ss great
Inducements aa nre offered any .here else
IN the world. Bnt the immigrants who
leave behind them the rect1lections OF
monarchy, when they touch .he aol OF
!. Canada, behold the flag, and all the out
ward trappIugs Of political system which,
for the most part, they wish to get nd OF,
and, accordingly, they move on HaT-
ing come to America to be A1ne11-
Gals, and not bzatona, they 60
where their desires can De gsatlhoa'
Moreover, canae:an dependence up.
on England stands gEeAtly III the way OF