American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-14
Canada Cast OFF.

IL you want Canada, now Is the time to
get her. If Canada has any spunk, now
is the time that she will elect either to set
up in business for herself or seek an al
lance with you. This. is to say, these
things are trhe if the London Times is to
be accepted as the organ of ruling public
opinion in Great Britain at this moment.
Yesterday, commenting for something
like the tenth time upon the San Juan
award, this journal said that it was neces-
sary now to take into consideration what
they will say in Canada about this de
cfsiOn, and what they will say there of
the way In which ''the Commissioners at
Washington agreed to refer their interests
to arbitration" The Times points out that
it is not the Commissioners who are re-
sponsible for the evils which have follow
ed in the train of the Treaty of Washing
ton, because in every step they took they
acted under the direction and control OF
the Government here. The Canadians
will say that ''they were sacrificed at
every stage by agents who were as ignor-
ant as they were incompetent to defend
their interests. The British Columbia
boundary is gone. The claims for COM
pensation for the Fenian raids-claims
which, according to the principles laid
down by the arbitrator at Geneva, could
not be disputed-were given up On the
least show of resistance. Their fisheries
have been sold for a sum of money which
remains to be fixed by Il cumbrOus ma
chinery very slow to be set in mOtiOn.
and TO be paid at some distant day when
the House of Representatives may vote
the sum which may be awarded. We
know that the Indignation of the inhabl-
tants of Canada last summer was such
that we had to bride the Legislature of
the Dominion with guaranty of e ,30U,-
600, before it's assent to the Treaty of
Washington could be procured. The San
Juan award will be chiefly obnoxious to
Canada West. The adventurous farmers
of Ontario have bren looking with longing
eyes on the valleys of the Red River and
the Frazer River. and it is they who have
called for means of communication to
those tempting settlements. They will
resent the award which has intcrfered
with their plans of the future, and they
will join their brethren on the coast in eX-
ecrating the Treaty of Washington.
But, adds the Times, "when the Cana
dams turn round upon US and accuse Us
of muddling away their interests without
obtaining for them some return. abandon
ing their fisheries. sacrificing their from
tier, falling to obtain for them opc, trade
with the States,Or ny satisfaction OF their
claims for the infiictiOn OF wantOn ill., ur-
ies.' what answer shall be given to them
This is to be the answer: ''We must be-
gin by cOnfessing our faults. 1t is true
we have failed; we did our best; but we
had to keep one eye on ourselves, another
on you. and all the time to watch the tenn
per and meaning of the American Com
missioners with very little intelligence to
guide our Interpretation to their words !;
and if the result is not satisfactory TO
you, neither is it to ourselves. This we
must say if we would be frank but we
may go on to add something more. 1t is
this: From this time forth look after
your own business yourselves; you a'e
big enough, you are intelligent enough,
and if there were any deficiency in any OF
education of self-reliance. We are now
in false position, and the time has ar
rived when we should be relieved from it.
Take up your freedom; your days of ap-
premiership are over."-Loudon Cores
Do1adence ~ Y. World.