, 1870-06-20
TIE NEW DOMINION.
The Demands OF British Columbtu-
Her Delegates at Ottawa.

The Demands OF British Columbia
Her Delegates at Ottawa.
off'f' ca 'DJI ye5i y 41xze Gzys.g'"aest Of @e e
The british Columbia de1egates are hero
These gentlemen admit that political excite,
nent and the state Of restleasness or unsettled.
ness which have been experienced lately III
their territory, must end in one OF
two things. union with Canada or anns1a-
sion TO the United Ststos. Union with
Cznada is contingent upon tho acceptance Of
the terms submitted to government By the del
cgates last week, AZ sent you, and tue first md
iAost important Of these terms, the construc-
ton OF Canadian Pacific Railroad, is the one
Which the government is least prepared to
sccept, because Of its heary cost. This
is the rock upon which negotiations will
split, "a they arc quite likely to do, 30
ernment Of the Dominion really cannot afford
to build this railway The government freely
admits that Canadian Pacific Railroad is
necessity Of tie future. British Columbia
insists that it il 3 necessity OF today. British
Columbia must get hcross to tho Canadian
lakes, and to Tie shores of tbs Atlantic And
II they cannot get through 10 the Atlantic
through Montreal and Holifax, it viii suit
New York md Boston. That's tic (,
whole question rs regards the railroad.
The petition signed In British Colum-
bia fo1 annexation to tho States, served to
show what the people want. Tley are cut OF
from the world by six or seven thousand miles
Of water, and ! couple of thousand miles Of
lard. They Asye gold aud silver for minerals,
and every agricultural product that can flud
market, but they can't make uao Of either.
So they want to Eet across 10 the busy world,
and do business on their own account; they
and steamships to take them across
tho water. TIeT arN fnn few
their accumulated wealth too little get,
their means too new and small to build one or
the olher for themselves, and they will make
part aud parcel Of any people that will do it
for them. II Csuada fails to giyo assistance,
Columbia will look with an anxious orc to tho
Eritish territory on the Pacific Is to be sold to
the quickest liddcr-rrice one railroad and
two steamship lines. Cauada will bid, but
cannot pay the price The United States can
30 10th.
The mode OF raising the money proposed
hero is by private cupitalis,s-tLo government
to guarantee the loan and interest on tho
1MuuDt Of capital at the rate OF per cent per
annu1n, and theDomlnlon to Eiye a grant Of
land Of 20 miles on each ride Of the railroad iu
alternate sections along the entire route, at
the same time guaranteeing interest On capi-
tnl at per cent, which will he reducod to 5.
Mr. Waddingtou is here prepared to pioneer
the enterprise On tho latter conditions, and is
contdentth he can at once procure sufficient
c1pital if these terms we're agreed to- Sir
John A. Macdonald was considered personally
to Mr.. Waddinyton's scheme.
One cause Of discomfort with the States has
been the recent restrictions upon imports
into the colony, coming through San francisco.
1t is SAID that goods are detained there eight
and ten days, solely in consequence Of grew
GUS and unnecessary customs delays, and a
strong feeling has been gradually growing up
that the United States was determined to }orco
the colony into annexation, much in tho same
way that Canadians cried ont in Parliament, last
session, that Canada was to be starved into it.
Taxation per head in the colony is about Sc
per annum for general government purposes
Of municipal rates and taxcs.
Tie SALARY Of tue Lieutenant Governor is
II 900 l:2o, COO and E1, 900 (75,o0D for e1-
penses. and tho people groan ut the burden.
Fancy governor Of 10000 peop1e-the Chief
Magistrate Of ffth-rate American clty-be-
ng paid S25, ,000 yeat!