The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-26
Imperial Federation-Canada and th,
r United States.

O0ASCu CNoVCDs
On this subject . writer in the Westminster
Rsviev supplies Us with q good deal Of timely
information.
He reminds Us that Immediately after the
MASON and SLDELL affair In 1861, Canada
"enlisted and organized an army for three
yeAzs. and has from that time possessed q
well-Arrned and uniformed citizen soldiery,"
estimated at 5000 mon, with q reserve Of
10000! He shows that Immediately after
the termination Of the reciprocity treaty In
1855, Mr.. DBRAKn1. the apostle Of English
Jingoiem, approved and carried through tho
federation Of tho British North American
possesstons as . measure for tying them
more closely to the British crown, as well
q for antagonizlng the United States. He
deecants upon the vast area Of tho
Dominion; the wheat-growing lands Of
Manitoba and the plains Of the Sas-
katchewan; the immense resources Of
Canada In timber, iron, and other min
erals; The extraordinary deposits Of coal
In Nova Scotia and near Vancouver;
the construction Of the Canadian Pacific
Hallway, without which, he says, the
confederation "cas not trorth the paper upon
sohich" the act establishing 1t was printed;
the extraordinary Notifications constructed
or to be constructed at the terminal
points OF the railway for its protection;
the magnificent lakes and rivers which form
the boundary between the two countries;
the canals, which the English lave con-
structed to facilitate their navigation; and
finally. the railroads, amounting to over
10.7OO miles already built In Canada, and over
q knA vpk 80 h. 1,,t1 d. GA -:kh --sl- l.
the patriotism and answering loyalty Of
the Canadians, and contends that of all the
British colonies Canada fought to be. and
desires to be, the right arm Of England"
Finally he shows. unwittingly perhaps,
that the policy Of neutraliHing tho frontier
Of 1900 miles. including the lakes and rivers,
with the enlargement OF canals and locks,
"the neutrality OF telegraphs and post routes,
no matter which territory they traverse"
the free interchange Of untaxed, and the ex-
change at Internal revenue duty only Of
taxed commodities; the passage of goods in
bond through the respective territories as
heretofore, has all been inaugurated and car
rted on fof the purpose OF building up and
strengthening the Canadian confederation,
as against It's great nelghbor on the south.
"The Canadian people," he says, know
what they arc about. and what they want;
and they will vote as BELTS their com
mercial interests. and national and imperial
instincts. Those who think otherwise should
consider how and why the Reciprocity Treaty
feli through; tho vast and almost magical
changes already resulting from the develop
mcnt OF the great Northwest; and how the
tra~nscontinental and inter-oceanio railway
1.-THE Canadian Paciicl at once empowers, en-
bodies, and stimulates tho spirit OF patriot
Ism and empire. as well a. the energies OF
commerce."
No n can read this disquisition of the
Westminster Revieto and fall to perceive that
Commercial Union Is impossible from an
American point OF Wow, or, II 1t comes, that
the other side will do all in their power to
prevent Its ever resulting in the severance
Of Canada from the British Empire.
The more closely we study our relations
with the Dominion. the more certain does 1t
become that we have been cozened and
beaten in respect to the fisheries, the navi-
CATION Of the st. Lawrence and tho Cana
dian canals, tho reciprocity treaty. the
treaty OF Washington. tho enforcement OF
Our tariff laws, the transit trade, tho COM
petition Of the Canadian Pacific and the
Grand Trunk railways against our own rail-
ROADS, controlled and fettered as they are by
tae Interstate Commerce act, and especially
N respect TO all questions connected with
the national defence.
We should never forget that N al TIE great
@'ses Of e,v hissovE. Rhosasd has bssw osS