, 1879-05-10
CANADA'S DRAWBACKS.
Prof. Baldwin N,nttl, Titnts ihn 1}on,snlon
tset0itEs with tho Unltnd Stntea.
tIhn fnlnixiittt 1off NIL 1AI. Gall

Prof. baldwin Smith Thtntss thn Donssnlon
1setoi,Es with tho Unltad stntrs.
The following letter, addressed BY Mr. Oo1.l.
wtn Smith to Mr.. T. u. Potter, II. Z. for Roch.
dale, Is Printed uy tin Manchester Examiner.
TnE GRANGE. ronosrot March 2l 1S1l-Mr
DEAM porrnn: Thla fiew Cana.lian tnrlil, which
Blocks ypu nil 50 n,nels, is thb Inevitable ont
down to tnu hccount Of the Eu,utro which yotl
hayo juat been toasting at thu nuTertn ',anoilet.
GalM!la ls merely thu bordcr Of the habIthblu
anu e'lltiyabln portion of this Continent. She
Is not cTcsl ata .tnbrukes1 border, tut broken by
a,s Gucnltlval'e ,rack between Manttobn nil
British Columbia, l,y mountain rnives, through
which ti!e projectors Of tho Faclac Hallway Eayo
not 1T found a.practlcnble r,utc. Cut oil this
continent and you will hnye commercial atrorl1y
md financial ttcfc1t. The true remedy ts con-.
mcrcial un!on With the rest Of tho ciintincnt; ;
l!tit this "Emp'ru" for6ltis. nml 50 tie Cam
and With tf,cir dnsern,lcnt on the higlrtMd to
bankruptcy. aro forced 10 try something ear.
VI the deficit Which cotnpcla tlIe imposition of
fresll taxcs, moro tiinn bull ,nay b. charged TO
railway constructed for ti,s purposes Of the En.
plro, III which soR,u 10, ,0Nl tU0 hnye hecn sunk,
and which Is still run at n loss. OF Tho rest, d
eonsldcrablo proportion may bc charged to tho
military iorco which VIC ara made to keep up
we arc I,nw Rony to sink eco. .0c0 ,00D in tho
faeifle Hallway for shn r.lspose Of unLtlug brit
tai Columbia, with Its population Ut 10000
w!ittos, to tho Provinces on the Atlantic cuuss,
with which it has no natural connuctlulI what.
ever. This will probably bo the end. But,
thanks to tic asstluouB cultivation ly DuiTcrir
AMI company of All 1mpeynlist nnd antl1icpub-
Hem ftel!ng hefr. thu ehl Will probably not
como without convulafon, perhaps not Without
bloody one.
II canada hatl been In tho Union shc would
Rave turned The scale SO completely In favor Ut
Freedom nga!nst slavery tlnt t!leru wai1lts most
!iketT l,ave been no civil war. II slie wcro In
render hopeless tbe attempt OF the South to re-
gain It's aacelldency Ia conjunction With tho
democrats. which ts apparently going 10 brcGd
iress, trouble IN tits contfnent.
mud you viii hnyo frat It's insured friendship
aud then its trade. Y0u l,avu sunt us, and nro
daily sending MS, lnany gool things of otl,sr
Kinds; but yonr political interference Inns been
at,tl ~, Is mischlevots, alike t. yourselves and to
tnclnsc "Prof." Fnnnln. on Court cttauettc,
Al Que or Two cuttings from the papers, whIeii
VIII give you snl,,c itlea Of n Court In rol.ny.
Prot. Tanning. Is Toronto dnncing,nnatcr, who
went to E'lglaiMl and interviewed tho Lord
Ing tic Bean Nash Of tic Cuuri Of Ottawa.
snppnse you lcGtn to see llow wllat him
trMIv nuT Du1cF'n's "polley" Tas, G nl Youts, must
P.s.-You will observe tint tic tarlR is not
30 protecttonfst, In the proper scnPo Of the
term, as intended tu onforco reciprocity, Our
dutIes arc 70 ba Lowered ngatt,, II tho Americans
wi'l lower theirs. But tuy will mt lowrr their
dntics or do anything clio 10 foster a potEtirnl
outpost Of tho British aristocracy mud possible
source Of future trouble to this continent. The
case OF the Cnnad!nn manufacturers was really
very hard onc. They wrre smut out from. tho
markcts Of the continent, a,nl, at tho sa,nu tlme
exposed to tho influx OF American goola when
evur there was glut tn the sta.cs. II the
quantity In tho aggregate wus not yery larec,
tho liability was ciiongh to disturb their calcu.
lltIops.