The Wilmingtonian., 1886-10-02
SATURDAY, OCTOBER ., 1856.
A Historical Con fession.

1--WE think what they say about the effect
of the abrogation by our Congress of the
reciprocity treaty deserves the attention of
American public mon. The Republican lead
ers abolished that treaty (the Canadian Re-
ciprocty Treaty. in the belief that they
could thus compel Canada to ask for admis-
sion to our Union"
Here is an overt admission in public print,
an editorial upon the pages of the leading
metropolitan journal of America asserting
iu the ordinary course Of narration, that the
ruling majority in the American Congress
was distinctivey embarked in the undertake
ing of an attempt, by surreptitious, dshon-
orable intrigue, of initiating disruption in
the body polite of a friendly power, of abet-
ting treason ia that State, in order that the
United States may annex the territory.
This is pretty business Tor the Rppubli-
can patty of both houses of Congress to be
engaged in What can we expect of for
eign diplomatic opinion of US, or what mer-
cy can we fairly look for from British states
men on international questions when oar
State Department finds itself in strait, as
has been the record only too often within
the recent few months!
No wonder Lord Granville and latterly
the Marquis of Salisbury has held this count
ry to the strict letter of the law when inter
national questions are under discussion.
We even have not the common decency to
keep such outrageous intriguing quiet but
speak of it openly as matter of current
talk
With what Indignation would Americans
criticize such action on the part Of England
or Canada
European nations seldom plot with such
easy naive indifference to the rights of tLeir
neighbors as is exposed so amusingly in the
Herald
The integrity Of the territorial lines of
another country are usually held sacred or
hardly considered fitting subject for open in
tr'gue in the representative assembly of any
people.
1t does not do to say let Canada adyan-
tage herself as best she may, let her do what
she will, or that our neighbor in tie North
cannot offer advantages to any part of the
United States territory not possessed at pres
ent.
This is not the case, as any who ale in
formed upon the political aud economical
geography of the Dominion and our No tn.
western States know.
OF course the proposition of the dissever.
ance of those States is preposterous as we
look at it.
But at the same time the fact may be
stated that Canada can offer to the Month
west advantages which closer political con.
nection with the D ,miuion wonId demon.
strate as OF direct pecuniary value tp that
growing region.
Canal AN Statesmen will point out, and
there would be no difficulty of proving that
the waterway by the Lake System and the
st. Lawrence River is several days carer
to the European Market for the unloading
OF the numerous agricultural products of the
northwestern States. That farmers of
those regions would save a large per cent.
age OF the inoldinate taxatons of storage
at Chicago, of excessive railroad traffic. ca
nal dues and the heavy per centages of the
middlemen who handle their wheat and corn
at New York and Chicago! The st. Law
renee gives the direct, the shortest, and
cheapest route to Liverpool! This fact
touche' the farmers pockets. Is not that
an argument which if true, foreign intrieuers
conld make good use of. 1t has already
been demonstrated that New York is out of
the direct liue between the lmitless wheat
helds OF the Northwest and Europe, that is
to say the market entrepot Of Europe, L YER
pool
There are noue who are better informed Of
Tue truth OF these 'tatesments than the bust
ness men Of Minneapolis, st. Paul, Whine.
pes Chchlu, New Yok.
1t would be more decen. and respectable
for our legislators to abstain from intripues
OF this natule. They do the United States
dlscredit and only hamper the future actions
of the sta Department aud in this instance
arc undocb edly looked upon by England
with strong resentment thou n at the same
time Lquiet aud di, nitrd one which III future
W Il offer her astute Statesmen abundant
Opportunity of repayment with interest.
onIy last week Jn,,il McCtr,hy Informed a
New FORK ul.llance that ia thought that
the Z 'gliah people d,d uuL ,svut the send
ing over so many hundred Thousand dollars
to aid the cause Of IrIsh independence. Now
however much Americans may love liberty
and however much they may wish to see the
Irish people freed from servile condition il
is anything but a compliment to their moth
er wit to be tol that the Engl sh people d.d
Ut 'eseut 'hrs d'resD interference by ; fnr-