The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-21
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81 Canada To the United states VIA
Identifies, have. az a direct result
,o,hinr more -erious or decisive than
a brisk renewal Of annexation taik
On both sides Of the international
bo,ndary line. stiIi, Mr.. Butter
wortb's action is fun Of significance
for he has given much study TO the
subject Of the relations between the
two countries, and. from his previous
utterances can hardly be charged
with having taken this somewhat
radical and aggressive move merely
with the object OF working up sen
sation.
canvas of the prevailing thought
of to-day will, beyond doubt, snow
aha, the belief on both sides is wide
.n,ead that the ultimate destiny OF
the two nations is to be united
into one. This belief arises not
only from tbs fact that
annexation is geographical
necessity but also from the fact that u
IL only a natural growth from the ex-
istine conditions Of race, language,
history and commercial intercourse.
Here il n continent occupied by peo-
nile. the children of single mother
country. speaking the same language
having the same customs, looking
hack to the same ancestry. generally
homogeneous in thought and feeling
and vet. divided by an arbitrary point
ical boundary line. With the growth
Of the two countries. with the increase
of population and the accumulation oil
xsaltb. intercourse between them has
become more frequent and necessary,
and a serious study of their material
development has given rise to the us
cnssion as 10 whether growth on
both sides Is not hampered and re
tarded by these unnatural dividing
line. and as 10 whether greater adj
vancement cannot be made and
GREATER progress attained by sweeping
away boundaries, with the attending
impediments to trade and commerce,
and allowing the people to have unre-
strieted dealings with one another,
and an opportunity toutiiize the great
natural resources OF the continent to
the mutual advantage of the two peo-
pies.
The most profound political think
ers and writers believe that union OF
some sort is inevitable, but are at a
loss 10 say when il shal become an
actnal fact. The Canadian people are
not yet ready for it, Naturally con
seryntiye, they are 10th 70 separate
themselves from the mother country,
even for absolute Independence, and
how much 10 be expected then Is an
apprehension on their part, that an
nexation 10 the United States may be
an uuwise step, which once taken, can
never be retraced. But the manifest
advantages that would follow politi-
cal union are year by year becoming
so much clearer and more pronounced,
that the annexation sentiment Is
spreading, and, with the inevitable
increase in value and number OF inter
national business transactions ana
commercial dealings with the
extension o. old railroads and
and the contraction OF new,
aud n consequent frequency and
cordiality OF intercourse, the two
people must certainly become united
Inv cloecr ties commercial and social.
and this m the natural order Of
thine.. viii lead the people generally
to look with greater favor uron the
possibility Of the formation Of ties that
are rcorra phicsl and political
The opposition Co annexation viii
come from the strong and strict Con
scrystves. tie oHec-holier- and 'he
French Canadian The fret are not
In favor OF q because they are we'd
dci 10 the idea o. living under the
wing ol Great Britain ard are by
training and hereditary feeling OF
po.cd 10 innovations oaicc-holders
will deuaunce % for the reason that
il breaks up thc Dominion system Of
government aud. Of course. take, from
some the means ot gaining a hycli-
hool and from Others positions where
the work is induite~simal and the
emolumcat and political and social
influence considerable French Cana
dians viii oppose it because
they are Roman Catholics. They
make up the great mass 81 the popu-
lation in the province Of Quebec, were
als .ys opposed {, a strong federation
Of the provinces and asvecd to 1t ouiy
when she Dominion granted % the
church privileges and considerations
which woald oe rcpusuaut 60 oas cor
,itutnn apd laws Many of this
olass, however. have settled in the
New Ea.laua states. whore it Is 20 tc
sappo.,d they enjoy sufficient free
dom and are ,gptc.isd; hat they are
nrvertbelc.s under thc power ot th,
p-ip.t. % A great cNtrn. and their aC-
vs.iap q the JAsr,a 8, 80 strongly
manifest tina, . IS easy t' conceive
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