, 1873-02-13

a" Yankee Ring" Alarm Over
the Border.
Tho Concern to be Part OF tho
Northern Pacific.
The Feeling in Canada.

The Feeling in Canada
Special Correspondence u Thd Chicago Tribune.
TORONTO, Fob. IL, 1875
question Of Importance will ncconsarily oc-
cupy considerable amount of public attention
ln connection with b1nnitohn In tho cotlrgo Of o
short timo. During tho time TINT tho North
west was simply. tho "Groat Northwest" un-
known and undoanod, when tho Hudson Bay
Company held away ovor the then populated
part Of the country,-tho duty loviol on goods
for any part of that territory was 4 por ceut ad
raloren'. Tho country was so far away
from tue usual track Of commerce, aud so
thoroughly iso1ated and without tho meaus
OF communication with tho rest of tho
world, that, to allow pooplo c!lanco to live,
tho rates Of custom levied woro on the lowest
possible ..scalo. There aro quite few who
think that to Charge thom tho full rato at pres
ont, and until thoy leyo regular railway cont
munioation, would DO rather hard :; and tho
Government, in the Constitution Of tho Province,
provided that tho dutioa payable in Rupcrt's
Land ehould remain unchanged for throe years.
That portod oxpsrcB In May no1t, and hence tho
problem comea to bo solved anow. The three
years haYo givon Manitoba no re1iof in tho
transport aorvlco. although tho population
Inns worry largely inorcnBod, and strong efforts
nro being n,u1o to Induce omigrants to sottlo
there. Tloro cannot DO any question as to tho
hcayinoas with which a full duty upon goods,
tho freight upon which iB- as heayy as, ii not
heavier than, whom tho chest Of ten WINS dragged
ovor 800 miles Of prairie by oxen, would fall
upon the pooplo. This brings ono to tho
CANADA PACIFIC HALFWAY,
the contract for which was lot at Ottawa tho
other day. This contract, according to- tho
statements Of ministerial Journals, provides for
ralway-communioation with Fort Garry being
secured by tho o1Bt Of December, 1874 But
with what portion Of tho country this cQmmuni-
cation is going to be established, is moro than
profess to know. Tho leading Opposition pa-
.pors discuss all tho probabilities, and frankly
make tho confession that I havo made.
Tho route from Lake Nipissing, tl1ey say, is
through region. not yet discovered, and would
be the work Of many yoars. Tint from Thunder
Bay is not tho scheme approved OF by the Gov-
ernrnent, desirable though they think it would
be; morooyor,it would require a much longer
feae to be unable to SEQ tho possibility Of con- .
ncction being establishcd with Fort Garry and
any point, With the exception Of pombina,
which they concodo as quite possible; but tho
act docs not provide for such q branch being
conatr1otcd, nor has my subsidy becu granted it,
The solution Of tho 1nattor they profess to SEQ l
in a railway from Winnipeg to this United statos
frontier at Port Duluth; thonce through q fcv
hundred miles
,,.,.op UNITED STATES TRnn1Tony;.. ,,.,
and, ii tho Northern Pacific could got The money
1t wants, It would thence connect with Pcmbina
before tho ond Of 1874. I think what givos
mont Of sr Hugh Allan,-ao far as that state
ment' could be understood, lat Peturboro, about
month ago, and tho fact TINT Sir Hugh ia a
mcmber Of tho Company who have: taken tho
busnesa be st
sounded loudly tho failure Of the unfavorablo
predictions Of tho "Grits,' to tho effect thnt
tho policy upon which the Administration ohiofy
hased their eaims on tho snffrages Of the, people
nouncod with flourish Tint tho. contract for
tho !" Canadn Pacific :" had been lot. According
to tho uttornnces Of Sir John A. Macdonald and
hise colleagues during the, late campaign, the
railway they proposed to build was m entirely
Canadian route, at my .rnte, although the pre-:
rather indefinite.
oi,ss Am sorry to 200 that the desire to mako Tho
CORRUPT CONNECTIONS WITH TIE UNITED s7ArEs
a charge against each otllcr. has become mutual
on the part Of both MnlstoriRiiRtB and opposi-
tionists:, On Saturday. rnlnors we're largely cir
culRted in Opposition circles hero that American
gold and influence aro at tho bottom Of the whole
arrangement, and that It has been openly boast
ed in New York that funds wore furnished, by
arng" !" in the United states, to s.r John A nlao,
that the parties furnishing these moneys arc now
backing up tho ostonaible promoters Of the Can
ada Pacific. This is clear, at least, that the
s ersa1 aoa e Sr mues aa as}a }sg eas 5hs
boldly forward IN favor Of IN American route,
in connection with tho American Northern Pa.
cinc Railroad. But do not think that, oven
taking for granted that the Government did
70 oaf, ro,3fn haa f9f
rupt Influences acting upon them from New
York. The principal fault to be found with
them would bo the abandonment Of their rocog-
nizod policy, without tho sanction OF tho coun-
u course might be queatione1. But tho practice
: of imputing to each other probable illogitimate
connections with our United States brethren is
ono which
(: oANNor ne TOO MUCH DEPRECATED.
By harping too muoh on that string, an .impor-
tant position which tho "Gotts," o. Reformera,
had protonded to have taken up, would bo ylr-
tually abandoned, much to tho regret Of tho
eoauns Bu e. am no q opnea ha h Lis
outburRt ii Of anything more than momontary
importance. Pho fact ia, that Canadians aro
glad to weloome American capital amongst them,
when tho transaction takos p1aoo fairly and
abovo-board., Whht raises their bile is, that
they should be taken advantage Of by their own
friends, and that what ,thoy had q right to bo-
railway should bo limited Or % controlled by
any "soreign interest,"" Il is then that we
hear Of tho country being dobauohod' with
Yankee gold, that wo will be at tho mercy Of q
, Yankee FIRING" and snndry other things that, in
q short time cannot fail to sound strangely in /.
tho ears Of those who uttered then..
There IL no denying tho fact, however, that
CONSIDERABLE UNEAB1NEsB EXISTS
In tho public mind with regard to the issue,
aud tho extraordinary reticonce Of tho dovorn-
mant orgara does not by any means tend to
allay tho panic. ,Thoy hayo intimatel that tho
charter is ready, only awaiting tho return Of tho
soalod, and dellyered;" and also tiat
terms have been fairly mado and COM
ploted with tho contractors. Tho public, thoro-
fore Justly aals why aro those torna kept seoret,
and why should We go into this affair blinlfold-
od2 It Is perfectly NATURAL that this roticenco
should create doubt and give rise to the suspi-
clon that there really 10
4 Il1TCu IN TIE Affair.
If thnro Ii none cannot see my ransom for