Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-01
THE PLANT OF THE MAN1roBANs.

luea LnaI lney are not Ialrly treated. Iney
claim that their remoteness divorces them
from the sympathy of the other sections of
the Dominion /; that they are over.tsxed, and
that their labor profits only the capitalist
manufacturer of the East, and that their
best lands are fenced up, so to say, by col
onizaton companies to which special favors
have been granted. Besides, there is a
dispute as to the territory en- their west,
claimed both by Manitoba and Ontario.
The Manitobans are courageous people.
the very rigor of their climate, the strug.
gle they, must make to exist and conquer
the earth, calls for hardy and fearless
people. They live in the atmosphere of
freedom of nature, and very naturally they
revolt at all kinds of injustice and tyranny.
1t is not at all likely that there is any will.
full intention on the part of the Dominion
authorities or people to do any injustice to
the people of Manitoba, but it is certain
that they are not in hearty sympathy with
them, and do not make due allowance for
the remoteness and popularity of their pc.
sition. Hence it is very natural for the
Manitobans to cry out to Canada. "Give
us relief or we will leave you and cleave
unto our brethren of the United States"
But it happens that we do not want them
not but they are very desirable indus
trial class, but we have as much territory
now as we can look after, and, besides,
there would be no compensation for the
difficulty annexation would create between
this country, England and Canada, except,
of course, the two latter consent to let
Manitoba go peacefully, and this we
have no idea they will do. Blu.
if the Manitobans shall throw off
their allegiance, as they threaten to
do, and with the meager force of 10000
souls achieve independence against strong
Government of millions. it is possible we
might overcome our scruples and take the
Manitobana in out of the wet and cold of
their isolation and lonesomeness. The
region under consideration is one of great
fertility, and within a generation will be
one of the richest and most populous OF all
the great northwest. The people are provi-
dent, their climate invigorating and health.
full in high degree, and the great spread of
their prairie lands only broken by some roll
ing hills and two ridges. Manitoba lies be-
tween latitude 40 and so As north, and
longitude go and l0l' Is west. 1t was added
to the Dominion of Canada in 1875. On
the south it joins Dakota and Minnesota.
In length it is 1885, and in width l04 miles,
and the area of the district is l43, 400
square miles, The political division is
made into four counties. Parts of Lake
Manitoba and Winnipeg are within the
district. The general level of the prairie
land Id so feet above the level of the last
named sheet of water. Into this lake the
Red river empties, after traversing a course
of 40 miles in the district, and is navi-
gable for good-sized steamers far into Min
nesota. The soil, which has good drainage,
is rich black loan, upon which compare
lively little timber of natural growth
appears. The chief industry is wheat
growing, for which the lands are most
happily adapted, though rye, oats, barley,
potatoes, etc, are also grown. The climate
is milder than that of the same latitude on
the Atlantic. There are no mineral deposits
in the region, all the lands being agricult.
ural. The Canadian Pacific Railroad ira
verses the region, and the outlook for other
lines toopen up the great northwest territory
OF the Dominion is not very far distant one,
1t is said that it would not be an under
taking of vast proportions to connect the
capital of the Manitoba province with
Hudson Bay, where there is an open port
for six months of the year, and that the
route is natural and inviting one. This
would give new road to tide water that
would be very inviting for all the vast
region of the Northwest, which has more
territory than all the Canadas, and boasts
of no less than u, 900 miles of navigable
rivers and vast treasures of timber,
while the lower belt is capable of becom.
ing one of the safest and most productive
grain producers in the known world. The
Dominion Government does not appear to
be able to appease the demands of the
Manitobans nor to soothe their irritated
feelings, though time may aid it much,
while the exactions of the Canada Pacific
Railway are constant source of discon.
tent. 1t is scarcely probable that
the handful of people in the prairie
province will be so rash as to rise
in rebellion against the home Government,
Notwithstanding their present threats,
Still, they possess much strength. They
could set up independence long before the
Dominion authorities could put troops suf.
ficient into the province to be of any SER
vice. The Msnitobans would find United
States territory a convenient place of ref
uge when close pressed, and unquestionably
q horde of adventurous spirits from our
side of the border would 60 ever to their
assistance. A war of this kind would be
long and doubtful, unless by overwhelming
numbers the home authorities could crush
it in its incipiency. Then, too, there is
strong party in the Dominion that fsvors
the Manitobans, and will throw every pos
sible obstacle in the way of the Govern
ment, and do all they can to favor the
annexation, not only of Manitoba, but of
other sections to the United States; in
short, should the Manitobans rise, as they
now threaten to do, the act might light q
torch the glare of which would light up all
the territory of the Dominion, and lead to
difficulties in which the plant of Mani
toba would be swallowed up.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS -
The dates and places of holding the Re-
publican National Conventions since the
organization of the party are as follows ::
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