, 1873-01-23

t,7o-thirds Of thoae imports, to 1lor owl, great
I,nR nave aonc m % nntrIot;" {niyual thlp route
linn n,,tirolv thronol,
io' 'N'''''' SAaJ A ranr,oy COUNTRY.
wl,nt oan wo do to influence liz cona!ruotlen;7
II nanma r., mr. thnt c}o,,er frntrltg from Chi
cogo t., tho oconn would add in1raongoly to tho
,.,3,nerIy OF oyory railway between Inko Mich
i,,au md tho Roolty Mountains. What thoy
most most mood ia Cheap irelghts to tho. aoaboaEa
pnu,, rn ~ lho Ohfca1o burlington / Quincy,
u,o unok Iuinni. anI osi1ocially tho 1lii-
noia Central. could vol afford to combine thoir
iniI,,enco anon tito Iuonoy markets. OF tho world
10 com,nard Tho rloans to build tho canal-n
thing which wo hnyo not tho loabt doubt tho
Canadianp viii bo mort happy to 1layo thom
do. And what sllall wo Bay OF tln
groat Northern Pacific Raiway7 VIII t not bo
tic products Of tIo vnst country through which
1t rrinH nnd market oxcort through greatly
enlarged wator-o1Rnne1 to tho ocean And,
beaidos our railways, Oraiy nun OF tho miilionn
new living, Or hereafter to liyo, betwoeu d1ako
interest III tho SUCCESS Of thia great ontorpriao
BY refusing NIL further consideration Of Tho NJ
ngarA Ship Canal, lot Congross Blvo ASSURANCE
to Canaila TINT al,o shall l,avo tho carrying
trado OF tho Groat Wcat, II sho will 30 onlargo
hor canals as to command It. And, hntter stul
lot III 1lavo q reciprocity troaty, III which tho
Whole subject sllau bo considered and settled
for m indefinite @ number M Of yoa1g to COMO; 1;
tint divides tho Dominion from tho
Unitod Stalos. She knows no good roaaon why
thoro should be any moro tra1nEolB on tho trado
between Chicago mud Afontroal than thoro aro
between CHICAGO md Nav York, Tho world las
noarly outiiyoi guch m absurlity.
But It mny 10 said that our commerce would
build up groat city in n foreign country on tho
lower st, Lawrence, q rival to Now York. Tho
raco will bo between Montreal and Quebec. For
mygolf think tho stateB woat Of
Lalo Michigan hayo fully cancollod eyory debt
gho Inns quartored whole horde Of political pau.
pera and bummors on hor lateral canals, many Of
whom do not collect tolls enough on the t,B0leas
ditoheB over which thoy preside to pay titho Of
their salaroa, not to mention thoir Dtoallnge;
nl1d yet Bho insista on taxing tho commerce Of
tho West, passing through tho mA!n canal, to
support all hor other ca,ns md to pay llor dobu
bogfdos. As to Now York City, slo las for gem
Grafton lcgalizod tho grasping ayarico Of tho
most atupendous lind pirate that evor lived,
II moan, Of tourac, Commodore Vanderbilt.
Ho llna waterod tho stock OF tho Now York Con-
lrnl Railway ovor and ovor again, and yet on
tlogo wntored, shall call them ragcally values,
he insista on taxing tho lifo out Of the Vest for
tho benofit of his own poohet. To keep pnco
with him, Jay Gould md Jim Fisk for yoars
stole, not only the rccoipta OF tho Erie, but
| issued stocks and bonds for moro than tho road
was originally worth, md stole tllom 81 we'll,
commerce if possible so az to ro-
| trioyo tho fortunoH ot tho road, aud
| INV it's stockholdorg dividends on their asoclss
| md bring thom IN 10 mr.. Tor myself bo1ioye
| tLo t,ua il not distant when tho Northwest will
| hnye the New York aud tho st, Lawrence routpH
| bidding ngoinst each other for her commerce
and hor carrying trado in tho liyoliost manner.