The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-07
A CkNUCk.

Hon. Mr. Laurier. y Leading Member ~
the Dominion Parliament. S~es the
Errors His COuntrymen Have Made and
Is Man Enough to Own Them and SuG-
gest y Change Of Tactics.
TORoxro. Ont. Aug. 29-HOn. Mr.. Lau.
rier, leader az the opposition in the Do.
minion Parliament. has just closed q
series of addresses to the electors OF On
tario at St. Thomas. Referring to Presi.
dent Cleveland's message. Nh. Laurier
said: president Cleveland. acting upon
what he conceived to be the duty imposed
upon him by the American Senate. asks
power to ~retalia:e by suspending the
bonding system. This would be 4 very
serious event, which, il it came, would
strike the city of st. Thomas ~ much,
perhaps more, than any other portion
of the Dominion, 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 men and British men.
We shall not whine even if the American
people deem it advisable-l do not say
their dutv-tO take such an untriendiy
course. No doubt some parties will suffer
in Canada, but, no doubt. like British
men, it is our duty to find elsewhere h
we would lose. If we are met with
tho state of things with which We
are threatened, it is due to the
vicious policy of the Canadian Gov.
ernmcnt in the administration of the
rights secured to US by the treaty Of ISIS.
II the Canadian Governmenth had followed
a more friendly course there would not
have been any untriendly feelin. to-day.
We are threate ned with the possibility OF
losing our carrying trade. II the CARR
ing trade is such a loss to the country. il
not that the most potent argument that
the most unrestricted reciprocity of trade
would be of very great advantage 10
the country? l say this, and this
is a fact to which 1 call the
attention OF my fellow-countrymen to-
day. 1t is high time we should re-
verse the policy We have been following
toward the United States FOR the pas:
twenty-five years. 1t has not been alto
gether hostile to the Uni,e1 States, but 10
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 language and have the same
ability with Us"
After referring TO the war between the
North and tie South and the unirien Hi
IT'S Suc"h w SaAlttb ~ ~ 'CttA 49,
ing that great struggle, Mr.. Laurier said:
Il remind yOu that again III the days oi
1873 We adopted another policy. the bragg
gaJociO policy. We were told by Sir
Charles Upper hat the g%ovcrnIa mt
would find a way to compel the fankees
to grant reciprocity. What did Sir
CHARLES Upper say in Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick and in the House of Com.
mons: He said he would compel the
United States to give US reciprocity.
Canada is the land Of my birth, Of my
love: Canada is the land of M
heart. and it is enough for
me; but it is not equal TO the
United States in extent; II has not even
5,O1O,OW people. anu the Americans have
u population OF 60, OO0.0 900, and to say, As
as was said by the Conservative leaders
Mt that time, that we could compel that
great Nation to come down to tisi knees
and could force them to give US what they
have not been willing 10 give us so far,
was simply the greatest braggadOciO that
has been enacted within nv lifetime.
Let US remain as we are politically,
but let us agree that it wOuld be FOR
their benefit and for our benefit that there
should be no customs laws. but that We
should exchange u products :rom one
side of the line to the other. That Is the
policy of the Liberal party. For my part.
l believe that we look no longer on them
with jealousy; that we are glrd OF their
success; that We are sincere friends and
brothers, and that we would have no diff.
ficulty in arriving ut the object we have
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