Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-15
DO WE WANT
The Northern Empire of Canada
Annexed to the Great
United States?
An Ohio Congressman Seems so
to Think and Has introduced
Such a Resolution.
ANNEXATION.

ANNEXATION.
Looking to the Union Of the Dominion
with the United States.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l3.-Butterworth
of Ohio has introduced for reference
the following joint resolutions:
Whereas, The citizens of the Do d.
minion OF Canada are one with US iD
race, lineage, hist. ry and tradition.
Whereas, The resources of the two
countries supplement each other and
are arteries OF commerce both natural
and artificial. SO interlocked and
mutually dependent upon each other
that they ought to constitute single
system. to be one and insepsrable,
and
Whereas. The commercial relations
between the Uniteu States and the
Dominion of Canada are and have
been strange and unnaturslly cramped
and in measure paralyzed, owing to
the inability Of the two governments
to establish such q system of inter
national trade and commerce between
them rs is essential TO meet the re-
quIrements of the situation.
Whereas, The conditions and rela-
tions before referred to, as also the
geography Of the two countries, sug-
gest the impossibility of q just and per.
msnent settlement Of controversies
pertaining to fisheries, boundaries and
transcontlnental trade, except by
blending efforts and interests under
one governmental system, and point
logically to the necessity and proba-
bility of unity and assimilation be-
tween the two nations under one gov
eminent.
Whereas, bonds of sympathy result
ing from kinship, race, language, ira
dition and substantial Identification OF
governmental sympathy, together
with a community Of interests based
upon commerce and its aids and
agencies, are of such a character that
such union and assimilation is being
discussed and favorably considered by
citizens of both nations, ana iDssmuch
as 1t is believed that early consumma-
tion would be of q eat advantage to all
citizens and subjects of the two coun-
tries, provided the same can be at
tanned in a manner consistent alike
with the honor and dignity of the
United States and Great Britain and
the Dominion of Canada, therefore,
with the view to aid in the consumma-
ton of what is ht retofore suggested,
be IL
Resolved, by the senate and house Of
representatives of the United States In
congress assembled, that the President
be and he is HEREBY authorized and
empowered to invite negotiations
looking to an assimilation and unity
Of the people Of the Dominion of Can
ada and the United States under one
government, such unity and assimila-
tion to be based upon the admission
OF the several provinces of the Domin-
ion or any one Of them, into the Union
OF states, upon the same terms and
equality with the several states now
com posing the Union, and the assump.
ton Of the United States Of the in.
debtedness of the Dominion of Csnsda
or q just proportion thereof. and on
such other equitable terms ana condi.
tions as justice to the high contrao In
parties may demand;
Resolved further, That, with tn,
view to sucn negotiations, the Presi
dent invites the appointment Of COM
missioners by the government o
Great Britain and the Dominion o.
Canada to consider the wisdom and
expediency of settling and adjusting
all controversies aud differences which
now exist between the two govern,
nents, growing out of the fisheries, q
otherwise, by such union aud assimi-
lation az hereinbefore suggested ,eithel
as TO the whole or any province Of tn,
several provinces Of said Dominion
such negotiations TO be conducted
with due regard to the amicable rela
tions which exist between Great
Britain and the United States and th,
obligations imposed thereby.
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