Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-08-29
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Referred to a Subcommittee of the
House-More Canadian Comment ON
the Message.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-At meeting to-
day of the House committee on foreign sf-
fairs Ave Democrats and three Republicans
were present. The preliminary discussion
having impressed the committee with the
feeling that there might be fair ground for
difference of opinion as to the effect of exist
ing statutes based upon the treaty of Wash
ington, it was decided that the Presidents
message and the Wilson bill should be re-
ferred to a sub committee. Accordingly
subcommittee was appointed, consisting of
Messrs. McCresry, Chapman and Hit, which
was directed to investigate the subject, collate
all of the treaties and statutes bearing upon
it and generally to get together all informa-
ton necessary for the guidance of the full
committee.
The subcommittee entered at once upon its
task and is under instructions to report to the
full committee next Thursday.
CANADIANS OPINION.
Toronto, Aug 28.-The Hon. Mr.. Lsu-
rier, leader of the opposition in the Domin-
ion Parliament closed a series of addresses to
the electors of Ontario at st. Thomas last
.
message asking from Congress additional
powers to enable him to enforce retaliation
against Canada by suspending the bonding
system he said: ''This would be very seri-
GUS event, which, if it came, would strike
the city of St. Thomas as mnch as, perhaps
more than any other portion of the Domin-
ion, because it is made what it is largely by
the lines of railway which come here from
the United States. But after all we are
British men. We shall thrive even if the
American people deem it advisable do
not say their duty-to take such an unfriend-
in Canada, but no doubt, like British men,
it is our duty to find elsewhere what we
would lose.
IT IS cANADA's OWN FAULT.
If we are met with this state of things with
which we are threatened, it is due to the vi
cious policy of the Canadian government in
the administration of the rights secured to
us by the treaty of 1918. If the Canadian
government had followed more friendly
course there would not have been any un-
friendly feeling to-day. Time and again in
the year 1856 American fishermen were ar
rested for trivial offences. Nothing, sir,
could be more offensive to those people when
they came to British port and found them
selves arrested, their vessels detained for
simple violation of the customs laws, which
in all probability they did not know. It's
no wonder that their hearts were bitter, and
that they made complaint at Washington.
After declaring that unrestricted reciproc-
ity should be adopted as the cure for pos
sible loss to Canada's carrying trade; he con-
tinued: 'tIt is high time We should reverse
the policy we have been following towards
the United States for the past twenty-five
years. For the past twenty-five years it has
not been altogether hostile to the United
States, but it has never been altogether
friendly. It has not been such as to bind us
to those On the other side of
the line who speak the same Ian
guage and have the same ability with u.s."
Canada is the land of my birth, of my love;
Canada is the land of my heart, and it is
enough for me. But it is not equal to the
United States in extent. 1t has not even
i 5000, 900 people, and the Americans have a
population of sc, 1000, 900; and to say that we
could compel that great nation to come down
/ to their knees and to force them to give us
| the reciprocity they have not been willing to
give US SO far is simply the greatest of brsg-
gadocio that has been enacted within my
lifetime.