The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23
The Annexation of Canada.

When the manifest destiny of the
United States shall have been entirely
| manifested, our southern bopndry will
30, on the continent, about where it is,
bnt In that direction our possessions will
| embrace the West India Islands, whilst
Ill the country north Of our present
| limits IN this direction will be part of the
great republic.
The annexation of the republic of Do
nlnica, which now appears probable by
The adoption of the pending treaty for
that purpose, would be followed in due
time by the voluntary annexation of
neighboring islands, Cuba inclusive In
Carada the question of annexation has
received new impetus as result of the
late Fenian raid. The Canadians per-
ceive that the British government is
responsible for these Fenian raids, and
that it cares very little about them, leav-
ing, with notable indifference, the
Canadians to take care of themselves
The Minerce, of Ottawa, the organ of Sir
George E. Cartier, who may be called
himself the government of the New
Dominion, recently had long article
upon the subject of the relations of
Canada and Great Britain, from which
we extract a characteristic passage:
eve have lost all confidence in the
liberal disposition of the men who
govern Great Britain. They make use
OF the Fenian claims to combat those of
the Alabama, and seek to protect their
Town interests by sacrificing ours. There
was hardly six months between the
lodging of the claims by the st. Adams
banks and our satisfaction of them we
have right to exact the same diligence
In order to do this we must address our
selves through England, and she must
insist for u.s. If England washes her
hands of the Red River imbroglio, we
: wash ours of that of Fenianism. Fenian-
ism is purely an imperial quarrel. The
Fenians attack Canada merely 70 re
venge themselves on England. Is it not
1 our.turn to say to England, This is a
tolerated p English statesmen of the
present day have carried selishness so
far as to deprive us Of British troops. and
even to make us pay for the use OF and
damage to the arms lent us to repel the
Fenians. If this is to be the way Off, if
England can no longer protect us against
the consequences OF her own acts, we
have right to insist that we
be not made to suffer exclusively from
her quarrels Once confidence between
the colony and the mother country is
lost, there can be no more union possible,
and no sympathy can be felt for power
that shows disposition to crush as"
The truth is, the New Dominion is a
source of expense and vexation to Great
Britain of which that government would
gladly b. rid. The recent remarkable
article of the historian, Froude, advoca-
ting the policy of England's binding her
/ colonial possessions more closely to her,
does not seem to have had much effect
outside of Tory circles. The policy OF
the government remains as before, and
1 that policy is to let the colonies take care
of themselves, becoming independent If
they so desire.
It cannot be long, we think, till the
Canadians will demand separation from
England Receiving independence, thay
will soon abolish their titles of cheap
nobility, and, the Northern Pacific rail
road completed, or being rapidly con-
structed, may be expected not long
thereafter to be asking for admission
into the American Union. 1t may not be
score of years till number of desira-
BILE States for this republic could be
carved out of what we now call the New
Dominion. With our possessions extend
ing from the Arctic to the Caribbean
Sea, our country would be rounded out
to great, admirable, and appropriate pro-
portions.