The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-02
CANADA.

Canada First Is the queeriyet appro-
pirate title of a new newspaper publish
ed in Montreal. 1t is for Canada first,
last and all the time" as opposed to the
British empire. Independence is the
goal for which the paper is striving and
the following powerful method of con.
viction is employed. The article is
taken entire from Canada First:
THE INDEPENDENCE OF CANADA.
The time has certainly come when
Canada must assume her proper place
among the brotherhood Of nations
Bobcaygeon Independent. If the time
has not yet come, when will itr We
have a population of about 5000, 900; a
people which, in point Of intelligence
and education, compares well with any
on earth; a people of earnest habits, and
healthy hopes, and experienced to a
large extent in self-government. Cana
dian has so grown that the
great lakes and even the ocean is whit
ened with her friendly sails; and there
is not a port on the globe which does
not open its, gates to receive her craft.
What more is necessary to make Canada
a nation2 She has nothing to fear from
foreign invasion, and sven should such
an unlikely event occur, what would
we benefit by British connection? We
would probably be left to our W re-
sources II the following statements
mean anything:
John Bright asserted, in his place in
parliament, that ''there is no states
man In England who will venture to
bring about the shedding Of one drop of
blood in defence of British North
America"
Britain's annual expenditure in de-
fence of Canada is a very heavy charge,
and it is our duty In every way to get
rid of it.-Mr. Gladstone.
/ believe the Canadians are much
more likely to involve us in a war than
we are to inflict one upon them, and
that Great Britain cannot undertake to
defend the colonies for the sake of the
Canadians. Sir Charles Audesley.
The cost of all war should be borne
by those for whose benefit 1t is carried
on.-The d ike of Newcastle.
I have never met with any man, not
a member OF the government, who con-
sidered that it was possible to defend
Canada against an attack in force by
the United States-Mr. Aytoun.
We defend the colonies only during
peace; in war time they are ever left to
shift for themselves-Sir G. W. Dixie.
1t is an almost universally accepted
principle of English policy that 1T Is no
longer desirable to. maintain a standing
army to defend u distant colonies
Mr.. Cardwell.
We are quite aware that, inthe event
Of war, we should not be able to render
effectual aid to our, Canadian Dominion,
and that our fellow subjects out there
would either have to fight at n terrible
disadvantage, or mortify our pride by
anticipating defeat and yielding to
terms. In a national point of view that
would be no loss to this countrY.-Lon-
don Times.
This cannot but have the effect Of
opening the eyes of u most blind i'm
perialists to our colonial nothingness,
and of Fastening the day when Canada,
in every other sense a nation, shall de-
mand the right to deal as q nation with
the nations of the earth. We are con-
WINGED that nothing would be lost by
asking the folks at home for a decd of
our farm, and whether we lose or win
depends entirely on. ourselves. Let us
be loyal to the best interests of Canada,
instead Of following the .unpatriotic
course of building up the empire at the
expense of our W country.