, 1881-11-12

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Iayc1lo pity for tho repose Of the Nation
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T. . CANADIAN" A15NBxATI3E.
The great questions looming up in the near
future Of Canadian politics arc Independence
Oh the one hand and annexation on the other
al1! the certainty that the former a5 least vii
be brought up in the next Dominion House
of Commons as Il test to ascertain the senti-
| ments. Of the people has aroused widespread
agitation among the Canadian papers Of I'LL
shades of opinion.
/ Some Of this agitation lrSas grown ont of
the trenchant articles which have appeared
in the Puly .}tutI Gttzctte. The first Of these,
| whic!, recently appeared in these columns,
set forth the reasons why annexation to
I the Great Republic wonId ba Of mutual
| benefit to Canada and the mother country.
! The. second, which appeared in the lastissue
Of TIE TRIBUNE, pointed out an important
consideration, to Great Britain at least, in tic
! An1ericanizatlon Of Canada, Which would
tend to strengthen still more tile ties between
tile two great divisions Of Notwithstanding
people. Upon this point. the Gazcttc said
with great force:
| Now, il Mt any, future time Canala were
| Join tho Union, much Of the haru, thus dot.c
| might at last be aScrtetl. CHnadA woultl leave
u. not ouly with no u; IeelinS, hMt With y every
| sense OF affection and regard. The CinaEl:a11s
| are noticeable for certnu cxa:=eerilsed per
| Euaal loyalty towards the royal Family Of En-
gsausI, towards tho old country US &. whole, .ld
oc Il fetyor such Us il almost cxrinc: in Britai:,
| ITSELF. Ii they bcctn1e citizens Of tho United
try 1850 GuJ An,cr'cltns, bDuui to America by
4, every tic of interest und commerce, pur hr.niy
Htc9a Cd ~ ~ Ssufns 81 70 me g guat5y c11 v whe
were also wcl!-wtShers to England would in
Itself be uca1culable; but that would not DC all.
is already very considerable md very friendly;
when the Cauuduns were all Americans it would
become cluser and more Intimate still.
Since the agitation Of the question has COM
| menccd two very suggestive articles have aE-
pearet, one in the Ottawa Free Press, u YER;
conservative paper, which we print Elsewhere,
and the other in the Toronto Eue71inu Tcle-
gl4n.,. which is published in tile very ilotbcd
Of Canadian Toryism. The Ottawa paper con
firms what has already been reported, that
the people Of Canada are crystalIlzing into
parties, under able leadership, upon these
issues, and that while the Conservatives will
contend for the stutusq1to, the Liberals are in
favor Of Canadian national independence,
while some OF them boldly advocate anAexa-
tion to which it is pretty certain inuepend-
cnce would lead III time. The Ottawa Free
Press Is I, paper whose loyalty 10
one will question for moment, and yet it
declares that the loyalty of Canadians to
themselves is Il stronger sentiment. than
loyalty to the Queen, and adds: 81 We live
in hard, practical age, when men calculate
tie value Of things, aud it the people Of this
country wero convinced that their material
welfare would be promoted by separation
from, England they would vote for it with
ont hesitation" Sentiments like these, COM
ing from 4 paper which represents Canadian
loyalty, are too significant to be passed BY
care1es]y. They argue that there is sonle-
thing workin.: below the popular surface,
aud that the Canadian people are not so>
bound by sentiment as to neglect the dicta-
tons of common sense and practical consld-
erations.
The second article to which we have al
1,tle!i. that Of the Toronto Telegram, is even
more pointed and direct in its suggestions.
One Of these, which has already been published
i'll THE TRIBUNE, is to the effect that the poo-
plc of Canada are divided into two classes:
those who have illuigratcd ard tile native
born. The latter are already in the majority
i'll numbers and us soon as they have the pre-"
dou,i nance IN power, and III social, con>1lle:-
ciai, and political influence, they will noS
only desire but demand {; change. The n2-
tiyc-Dorn are the young Canadians, and it is
but natural that they should want to enlan-
cipate themselves from thra!ldo'n, though it
may he only Of the sentimental sort.
1t adds to tho force of their yearning for
indepen dencc that they are mot very highly
esteemed in Europe, end they are held as Of
secondary Importance to The inportatiolis
even. To be all American means 4 great
deal in Europe; to ba :; Canadian means
very little, and almost argues them ull-
known. They ilaye ,rccellt,y had Il taste Of
this in the dcuIearor Of their Govcr!lor~Gei4-
eral and his royal wife towards them. They
arr: tired Of being ciasscd as colonial. They
want to be knowi, as national, for Canada IS
their home, aid with it all their interests
are identified. As the Telegram forcib.y
says: Ellis sympathies arc democratic, not
ristocrtic, and for lnonarc!ltcal n,ul,l;leries
;le has supreme cqnteliIpt. Hayins; cut his
wislons-tccth, be THINKS, :lld rightly, that
:
lie is able to take care Of himself, aid that
the time has arrtEed when he should 10
into business OH iS own account !
The drift Of the agitation points towards
tilt formation of {; great national party,
which will represent young and natiye-bori1
Canadians. whose object will be the irt;t-
ptndence of their country. The progress ct
this movement cannot but be OF interest 81
this: country, because Independence will b.
but the first step towartlS ultimate an'aexl-
ton. Ones cut loose from ;. the mother
country, aud they will realize more bow>I-
fully than eyer before the immense 1ttvanrt
taees OF annexation and the natural gain in
every direction, social, political, and com
mercial, which will accrue TO them as meul-
bers of the great Union across their bnrdGS;::
into which, they can come with no detrl-
.nent 10 their loyal: sentiments towards
Great Britain, with no violence towards their
past memories and associations, with i'm.
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