Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06
Manifest Destiny.
Annexation of Canada to the
United States,
THE WAY JOHN SHERMAN PUTS IT.

Why He Thinks the Question Between Us
and Oar Northern Neighbor Is One of
Come in or Fight-Commercial Union
No Remedy for the Ever-Recurring Row
-Unci. Samuel Not Warmly DESTROYS
but Simply 'willin'."
New YORK, Oct 6-The Sun prints
letter from Washington giving Senator
Shermans views of the relations of Canada
with tie United States The Ohio Senator
is quoted as saying:
"Mr. Wiman has strong predictions for
commercial union. differ with him good
deal about it. l know of no case in history
where commercial union has advanced po-
litical union. 1t was tried between this
country and Canada twice and utterly
failed; it was tried by the American colonies
before th, Declaration OF Independence and
utterly failed. 1t was not until they secured
political union, under the name OF a con-
federacy .alled the United States, that they
were abb to make a stand against
the parent country. Even that confed-
eracy poved insufficient TO insure
commercial union, and so the United States
formed constitution and then, for the first
time, hada commercial and political union.
Commercial union followed political union,
The Zollwrein never promoted union IN
Germany; it promoted discord Therefore,
! think thd these gentlemen, like my friend
Butterworh, make mistake when they look
to commercial union as a road to political
union. l think commercial union promotes
fG pf MT ntpta Nf
From the stene OF the fisheries controversy
clear to Vncouver's island there are points
of controversy that can not be avoided by
Commercial union"
Senator Sherman was then asked If he
thought Canada was ready for union now,
and he answered:
mo, suppose not That can only come
after long consideration. 1t can not be hur-
ried- In egard to negotiation, l will say
that no Proposition has been made. The
| furthest anybody has ever proposed to go at
this time simply to express willingness
on the par of the United States 10 consider
| favorabypoiitical union"
| $40 yo think the presidents retaliatory
message yill help along annexation or COM
| mercial uion!'
mo, mink not 1t would rather create
hostile telling as a kind of dare 1t tends
to make lostile feelings instead of friendly
| feelings. | make no secret or reserve as To
my opinin of Canada | have said for forty
years thai tie political union Of Canada and
the Unitei States was the inevitable destiny
When quite young man Travelled in Canada,
and last yea crossed the whole continent,
from Montreal to Vancouver and know, per-
! hams votnh q bout rnblic
here. tailed with members of pasliameDt,
l dined wit Sir Donald Smith at Montreal.
l think political union would be of mutual
benefit to bth countries, but of no especial
benefit to Qnada The long boundary line
of 600 miss, half of which is an intangible
line, and tie other half water crossed daily
by vessels # both countries, makes a union
necessary o war inevitable. | do not say
there is any feeling that would justify war,
but the sitution is much as it was between
the Scotch nd the English. Wars grow out
of trivial things They do not grow out of
enmities. hey grow out of accident The
line between Canada and the United States
is incapa5leof fertilization or defense, and
custom houses arr useless. The similarity of
the people ii language, descent, habits and
institutions naks union easy and natural"
If the ratalhtory measures are carried
out the situation would be unpleasantTn
YES; Canada wants our markets, and the
United States wants her national resources.
All the products # Manitoba and the North
western ENTHUSIASTICALLY follow the val.
ley into Minnesota and Dakota 1t is fight
with nature to AIRY those products east
and west over thtmountains, The maritime
/ of Tup,fa haa THAR -
and market in Nv England, which can fur
nish them capital and enterprise The
United States will find in these province.
what the UnitedStates needs, real nur
sery for seamen The province will fall
heir to all the fisheries of New England with
out dispute or contention. l know of NJ
province or sectin but would gain largely
by union withou losing any local advantag,
it now possesses
us there a strog desire on the part Of tn,
United States 70 peaceful acquisition o
Canada and Mexro!'
/ Il do not think here is a very strong desir
about it, but think there is a willingness h
agree to it. | think that expresses il. Th
United States void be willing that Canad
e should become BART of this country in al
$ respects on equal erms Our people are no
. going to beg Graf Britain to let Canad
e join US We are not in that condition.
would be to the interest of Canada and
would be to the irerest of the United States
and that is the mural Drift of events
= may be one veal ton years, or 100 year
: hence. but it musi come
ut is inevitabl, that they should drift K
: gether or else DRIFT into war, the result {
which no man cantell Nobody desires wal
:, Nobody in this country wants Canada ba
enough to have a sngle man killed in orde
, to secure Canada If Canada were a paI
= of the United Staes, it would double Il
8 value of her property. double the value
= her mines, and double the value of her lun
> Der. As a matter f course, the public deb
u which is very hewy debt for them, $500
coo, 900, and which great embarrassment
to the mother counry, would necessarily
Il assumed by the feeral government Yo
fl know enough aboutour finances to know i
Ia would not trouble u much. Three years Q
o. the whisky tax would pay it all off >