Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-20
GREAT BRITLIN-CLNADA AND THR UNITED
ETATEg

STATES.
The question OF the annexation Of Canada
to the United States Is only a mere question
Of time. That Is the best Judgment OF the
most thoughtful men in England, In the Do
mlnion, aud In this country. Whatever hope
English statesmen may have entertained ten
years ago OF building up rival to the United
States In the territory to the north Of US, OF
founding a monarchy there with one of Vie
torla's sons as king or emperor, have been
entirely dlssIpated, and since the marvellous
yludlcatlon OF republlcanism during The last
| decade the mother country has been making
up her mind to the acceptance Of the lneYl-
table destiny of absorption that stares her
hopeful colony 80 plainly In the face.
Repeatedly during the last Ave or slI years
she has notified the CanadAs that they must
In the future depend upon themselves alone;
that In the event of war with this country
that was the plain English OF lt-she would
be unable to defend so vast q territory
against the tremendous force that would be
thrown against 1t. The London Times again
gives the Dominion TO understand that Eng
lish policy In this respect has not undergone,
and Is not likely to undergo, any change. In
an article on the 30lh Of last mouth, which
has Just come to hand, that paper, evidently
| speaking for the ministry, said From this
time forth look after your own business your
selves. You are big enough, you are strong
enough, you are intelligent enough, and II
there were any deficiency In any Of these
points II would be supplied by the education
Of seli-reliance. We are both now IN false
position, and the time has arrived when we
should be released from 1t. Take up your
freedom, your days Of apprenticeship are
over"
This language admits Of only one lnterpre-
tatlOn-that England has no longer any use
for Canada, and that she can go where she
llsteth as soon as she wishes. There Is al
ready strong annexation feeling In Canada,
which Is daily Increasing, and which will un-
doubtedly gather fresh Impetus from these
very plain words. II tomorrow she should
declare for annexlon IN the United States,
Great Britain would not raise finger In OppO-
SluOn. II she should DECLARE for total separG-
ton, and establish government entirely In
dependent Great Britain would not make the
slightest objection. So far as the United
States are concerned our policy is not one Of
aggression or OF conquest. We shall never
spend dollar to promote annexation, but II
Canada should Voluntarily knock at the
doors Of our Union there can be no doubt
that 1t would be readily opened to her, and
that she would be admitted on the same con-
dltlOns as our Western Territories have been
admitted; Us Florida and TEXAS and Louis
lana have been added TO our roll Of StRtos.
Her annexation would solve a good many
problems and settle good many disputed
questions that, in the very nature OF things
must be matters Of perpleIlty and veEatlon
In the near future. However, we can afford
to wait IOme time longer, III the certainty
that the day when the whole North American
continent shall be under one nag lie not very
far distant.