New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
"WHAr CANADIANS ARE THINKING ABOUT"
THE VIEWS or THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY or
ONTARIO.

VIEWS OF THE PROVINCIAL sECREIAkf OF
ONTARIO.
TO the EditOr OF The TrtbHne.
SIR: In your issue of the It'll inst. appears
a report OF conversation between myself and repre-
sentative OF TIE TRIBUNE under the heading OF What
Canadians Thinking About" must ask leave 10
take pton TO much that appears there coming
from me. Some OF the alleged observations did not
make ut all and 20 Others Of them Il given meaning
quite different from that which intended 20 convey by
placing them In connections entirely different from those
IN which they used. Tue published remarks arc
the condensation Of half an hours chat and are neither
In the consecutive order OF the conversation nor In tho
language used by A your representative took no
notes whatever NJ tho tlme-with the exception of tho
number of squire miles Of territory recently awarded 10
Ontario hy the decision the judicial Committee Of tho
pryy Council of Englandtho article Is almost neoes-
sally clothed IN his own language, and In number of
Instances not only Is the language quite different from
that used by me- but the sense Il also different from That
which intended to convey am represented as say
ing
Sir John Macdonald our Prime Minister IL q cunning
politician and shrewd manipulation of men, and he ~
always on the popular SIDE of ihs anu otnef ISSUE s
to be a Kind of half protectlonist
What did say upon this point that sir John Mae
donald the Prime Minister Of the Dominion Il cunning
politlcan and ahrewd manipulation of men, that he had
been all his life reeraier. but when out OF office aud
IN time Of commercial distress he turned rr0tectont
as means Of restoring himself 20 power, ana had carried
the country on that issue that this vas NO new trick ~
his ma he had employed similar tactics IN relation 20
many other Canadian public questions at detent times
in his career
i nov sat that hpf1teetlon had made nut Industries
ihrltp" but that protection had apparently ibt iiins
,sip B Industries thrive, bni that nUW lhpt Ntie hpat'
n N "a depressed condition 90 thusr ~ he thti
states although ne - iaf - tehll t3tsi 80 uplh1h,
90 ,uUDh lpiitsspi 80 further Waib W ssf
Amees shepid hate sfea' sfslpa " continental 200
lpqe snd teleeng sssaIl ,h1 es,''s sa''i s',.
nHgTenl ~ ppne 10 ia'nl ~ anneS lhe hsNHlaN'
Wrels ihmh seall 10 ~ tF,sl a. ah'ass W 'Hah y,
business men seemed ~ Ds VI the ss@s ollhl0a'
MY remarks upon thls subject made 10 reply 10
question from your representative what about annex
alton /" replied that there Was no annexation feeling
In OnarOi that there annexation party there aud
that had not met any public who advocated H. hut
that upon making a similar statement IN a conversation
with some Americans who were passing through Canada
few days previously the train. business friend who
sat near manufacturer and an English turned
TO me and said
You would be surprised to find how many business mex
quietly discuss annexation now that me times sie ad
you do hear them, but do what these nlen Waus
/. a wider feel and an enlarged market
did not myself think these men were very consider
able In number The question OF a commercial union or
Zolyerein between Canada and the United States said,
had been discussed somewhat IN the public press aud nct
shared Professor Goodwin Smiths Views upon mat
subject that some manufacturers favored snch scheho
In order that they Nigh reach the markets OF Tue Nr''
quite Wiling 10 run tue llsAh Ol
petition IN Canada In that event that others more tu
were averss To IT, fearing they could not compete Win
Americ an but that the difeuty o ar.
ranging mutually satisfactory basis OF agreement could
be srnounted myself inclined To favor Illlye'
rein said nothing however, nor was any hihg SAID ~
your representative whether the tagf Ia sch ess
should be protective one as against othcr MARQUIS or
one for the purposes OF revenue only
The statement that 10 me arepubic would no! DC ~
Together stasteful" had relation whatever To mo
onestIon OF anne Katon but To fOrm of government,
houid Canada at any future time be called upon 10
choose one for herself
shall be obliged to you sir II You will give these cor
rsctlons place In the columns OF your Journal ara,
eto. yours very truly, Aklhlks. iAApt.
TorooiD Ont. Dec, IL, 1854.