, 1881-10-26

l,as gradually dIca away: ant, row tho .l,tes: ,Y
future Importance, which events itlny my
.!ny bring within tic rat1gr Of practical pull
tics., IN Inatly t11IArtors It! England there
..run,I'!cntal'' pulley wcr.n llcrt 'fad 81 Sir.
tiollwim Smith; bitt',e fact liz nlnost MI ca.
llatllnis nro !i0w r.atly to acknowledge ttlnt
there Is something l Il; wlI!l must Of tll0ss
lntlger l'pstlc. but .lnHrr1y Indifferent. Thu
nxast nplusit Is intred m,lcIl lnenrcr tllo
truth; tho yl"'y usually acceptet IT. Ei,g!a,,d
NJ REPRESENTING tho puhlle feeling 1T Cnliatla
thE nj small klmt0f professional pol ollt!cans
md wealthy i,lerclntlts wlioss. knight
!l.'s, titIes lt''l.'rs Influence, md poitlsal
wlln lnyp ftcel abc by thelr snctal posltInn
10 throw nutreiy Iniu tla shac nj l,t,1,,e tic
i.'cns Ut Tho simpler though numerically far
stro,lRer tNnty nf tr'!slars altl farmers.
Tie rellsols which nrc driving the mass Ot
th~,,ightf,tl Canadlans to 1n.ok forward IN. !.
ttnaI absorption If t!lo i,niu1nluu by the
Stntrs Hre Indeed fur stronger tlnn thnst
Enrlxns i w'o laaya .ot ersol''1y vtsitS'
lite. S :rlm t;tand Trank : f:a'iwsy ] ' ri,,Is
irnn! r p'rtIl.nMl. No., through 70 Mni.
trent L. a''d r"rot, Hni Tor fnr }''tl.s
tie Gulf ii ST. Lawrence N practically yrlosc,l.
l'ntland FORMS tic u'tu real port VI entry ior
the whole l,nminl0lI. Even thu 1ntGrcn o'lial
Hallway to Halifax will never serlntts!y In
tGrlrre viii! thls ,latara! nrr,!oEein:''t., for
l[al[fAX Is FOO miles further than Purtlaltt
lrmI Mutitreal, a11tl trulers nre mt likely III
t!u lung rl'll tn view Wit, favlr fiscal "
un advantage over the ,,earer. AID casy us
nrc the lh>nt!lns re4't)nti0l!s and the. rest or
tllt custOft-li0ust SYSTEM In vogue III bDt!l
cunntries: It + c!es1r TINT Canadians would
cntloll O their railways. Il Is thu same Il, tls
Wust. Tie tiruat Western liul1Wnyhf Canada
furs!,s M Integral part Of ono l,st!n through
r'utc bntwren Boston or New York ai11 Git
Windsor, ut Port Huron unl 5arnIs, etcl:
pair tl1lkcs up oIlc city I'll tho onpostt lanks
u THO river, nl'1pst rs nic! as London amt
tortl md south Ut THO Senr.. The st. Law
renee sie;,nlers cail alternately ut ports IN
Gltl,sr lhsr. ss!!s; an!i such towts " cAps,
anD.ller. Further. ttowM. the frontier Is II
nerr. nrsiticint straight line, drawn aIonr tho
parallel nf III degrees, 50 that il1Nlt call nrt-
nall stntM with one fons III either country;
md tt,als NlMl fcncus rutl continuously from
,HIa Into the other. And III the Northwest,
growing iistrict, ths rivers Il Minnesota ;.ni
Dakota rull strulght Into Manitoba, 81 TINT
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naturally to follow tho watcr-pOwer into the
OTHER.
ut may be sail that much the san,c thing
occurs III Europe. where, nevertheless, such
obstinately contested By riyal Powers. lIut
| two peeutlaritics hArk uif CANADA III this
| respect from Eurolwal1 countries; IN the
first place, the cotirsu ct trade Is absolutely
{Soracr,A A' which H liz" lie maln ''s illus @ s's "r
traffic cross nl1d rccrUss pcrpetually.
MD, in tho second plaee. no powerful
'inTy ess nf 3; M SntSs 1s sxs2 es11usy% % md 1 y"
aad pork Of tho st. Lawrence Valley ain! The
shore ot the great hikes might naturally TO
tlnd their way to tho sea BY the river itself.
Win rs ,t;i ch'ef . so,!1ncFcial outlets ~, 1T
the st. Lawrence lsnittls md the Falls
nf SlMgnra have diverted the greater part
! Of It u New York. The Erie CAuat aid tlio
railways tap the strenn to Dutialo, tie Ersat
construction of thu Welland Canal to nvo!tl
Ningars. gnsi tho st. Lawrence canals to
avnd tile 1saptds, has not restored tho tratlo
to1 !" tS atr t 1 sas; sr % pn1ty rtS bssHis Sn Ss
buffalo lud already got possession " the
field. md partly l,ecaslsu uf Inc pollseal isnll.
tioll Ut Ca1laln. So far, Catntla Is ut the tlsih-
vantage, AMI this Is ono IT tho reusnns Which
upon n!I schemes nf annexation. On the
other llalld, whenever tho long talkcu-of GU
nal Is cut through tile low.lyllg istlnus bc,
tweel, tho t;corgtan i}ay Of Lakc 1!urun my.
tho tabics wili be turned, nlul tic
Americans for thcir part will be anxious
going vessels viii ascend the st. Lawrence
TO Chlcugo for cargo. thus ayotsIlng tran
shipment and elevators; mid tlleM thu Cal,a-
ttlali outlet Will 1e the 'loro valuable Of tho
two. Even rs 1t Is, tho course Ut trado for
| fntitfrt4 ntlfl r$nnrt2 fa liH11rtFftjl mt
cut hy administrative diil!cullios Gus
elces of tariff. 'Tlu people, too getting
s!des. CnIMdi'I,ls settle In Cl,ic!go ,and D,,;
truit: Americans ttn bns[lIess Iii Montreal
and Toronto. III feeling, III habit. md III
commercial relations thcy nre convergil,E
eog,iizc Tint tiislr mlItnry expenditure, theil
l'ruyineial und general establishments, md
their legal arrangements are nll nli tou big II
scn!e, AZ Tic Anlerscahs Put It. there are more
sny"ihcr country il, tho world. Tlla I'omi,,
inn Parliament, tho Provincial l'urin1nents.
tho ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, aid nil tho rest Ut
It Mru TIM llntty for 50 s1llatI port! Iatlosl.
ranrement for the. respective debts mud
taxatlons, nll this would be sfn,pii
iica rhe ~ x L"wrenso hasn y J., o. q;
whit 1t l5 naturally nIll commercially y AnElt
united Whole. Against slicii. advantages
III tl,o eyes Of II purely Industrial a,sl asri
onetelcs. Kniglitl,nols, Goyurnorsllips, aiN! /
luinic Court al llltlenu llall are. grAdnnll!
siuk,ng into iMslenlllcallce. Anu. whetlle
W. likn It or hui. VIZ must acknowledge tl'a
tile fcu!lng III !ny0r OF nll!lGxntl0'1 y ever,
day becoming stranger, md tho opposition i
every tlny combining ltstlf more Atitl murs Il
thu liuIits Ut Il scelnl politcnl clique. wl,,s
tmtarests .to nut cnincLuO With those Of TIL
people us Il WHOLE"