The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21
CANADIAN INDEPENDENCE.

Inc movement Degun In montreal,
Canada, looking to the independence of
the provincial Government and separa-
tion from the English Grown, appears to be
making remarkable headway among the
Canucks. 1t is said that newspapers for
the advocacy Of the measure will imme-
diately be started in Montreal, Toronto
and London and that an active campaign
is to follow. What wheels are within
the wheels that move this project it is
perhaps not so easy to say, but there ap-
pear to be quite number of inter-
ests that are giving the scheme
a sly boost, each. hoping, probably, to
grind its own individual AK in the out
come. England, some time ago, gave
the Canadians to understand that they
must expect in future to paddle their own
canoe. and has signifed very plainly
that it would not oppose separation
whenever the people of our Northern
neighbor desired to set up housekeeping
on their own hook. At the same time, as
there is nothing mean about the British
Government, it was, after such notifca-
ton, generous enough to supply Royal
tigurehead in the Queens daughter and
her spouse to rally the low-necked dow
ayers around and enable them to crystal
ize court in case they wanted to set up
monarchy over the border. Some of the
advocates of monarchial government
certainly favor the separation scheme;
on the other hand there is large party
that also advocate it in the hope that it
may lead to annexation to the United
States. Others again would like to es-
tablish separate republican govern
ment free from the umbilical cord that
ties them to Great Britain and prevents
any progress toward the building up of
a patriotic and truly national spirit, the
creation of a national literature or
habit of independence and self reliance
necessary to the real progress of
people.
There are many causes existing in the
Dominion for creating dissatisfaction
with their internal condition. Trade
languishes; the'tariff regulations with the
United States press heavily upon some
interests; manufactures do not thrive;
population does not multiply, because
emigration to the United States rather
exceeds the immigration from Europe;
internal improvements do not advance
fast enough to satisfy the people; the
brilliant red uniforms of the British SOL
diers do not enliven the somber assem-
blies of Quebec and Toronto, and the
advantages of their connection with the
Grown are all pretty much in the minds
eye Of few enthusiastic dependents of
the Home Government in England.
Their commercial regulations have to be
passed upon by those not moved by the
ideas of those most interested, and the
sense of security they once felt while
nesting under the protecting eyes of their
garrisons of English soldiers is to great
extent destroyed now that only corpo-
RAILS guard Of these remain at Halifax.
We therefore look forward to spirited
movement in favor of Canadian indepen-
dence, and shall feel surprise if such is
many years deferred. Of the drifting of
the Dominion into the American Union,
that is further along, and is likely to be
advocated quite as ardently by the Cana
dians themselves as by our people before
it results in areality.