Evening journal., 1889-12-14

: the feet that we have r0anv interests OF
great magnitude and import ance In com
mon, while Canada and England have but
| few, and they mostly sentimental inter
ests. to bind them together"
In speaking of the proposed CONNER
cial or customs union and its advocates,
he said:
Il shall endeavor to show that they
are seriously mistaken, that such union
is impracticable and visionary, and that
even if consummatsd it would not settle
our relations on fair basis; that while
it might remove certain commercial
questions, it would certainly leave other
and much graver questions entirely Eun-
settled, and as liable as they are now to
embroil us in war
In speaking OF the slow growth OF
Canada, he said:
''Why has its progress been Slow
Surely NOT because of bad government
nor an hospitable climate. Surely not
because this labor Of the husbandman is
not amply requited by nature. We must
look further for an answer, and the an
swer is found in the fact that the door of
our market has been closed against its
citizens while that of its European mar
ket lies beyond seas 5000 miles away.
Its young men emigrate TO the states
and those who come to IL will not abide
within It's borders. Even Mr.. Wiman
has left the Dominion, and he has pros
pered, too, in a way that fully justifies
the step that he has taken.
He then reviewed tine history Of the
colonization OF North America aud the
conditions that led TO Canada being sep
arated from the colonies, etc. He then
went on
From ths foregoing statement it viii
be seen that England's title TO Canada is
based solely upon the right Of conquest
obtained by
The good old rule the simple 3 an
That they should take who have the power
And they should keep who can
my point now is that England failed
TO give us the just share Of Canada, to
which we were entitled by Joint con
quest, and that we shall be justified in
claiming it whenever we regard IL as
necessary for the protection or our
great national interests.
THE law of our national growth seems
to be acoretion, not colonization; accre-
tion by purchase, as in the case Of Louis.
lana, Florida, Arizona and Alaska; by
treaty and mutual agreement, as in the
case of Texas, or by conquest, as in the
case of California The doctrine of
manifest destiny has thus announced
itself to every thoughtful student Of his
tory. It has not ceased to work for the
glory of the American name, and cannot
cease or be defeated till the American
flag floats over every foot Of the North
American continent This law lies at
the very base Of American progress. and
although dormant at times it is never
absent. No policy on our part, or on the
part of the Canadians, or even on the
part of the British Empire, can ahrogate
or annul this law; and yet the question
of policy is an important one to this
generation, for policy may hasten or
delay the fulfillment of our destiny.
though it cannot defeat it.
''My friend Mr. Wiman urges the
| American people on both sides of the
dividing line to adopt the plan of Gus.
/ toms or commercial union, because he
believes that that plan will facilitate and
increase trade between them, and that
unrestricted trade win ultimately lead Il
a polical union. / oppose that plan be
cause it is opposed to the law of oui
national development because cannoi
regard commerce as a solidarity becausl
we have not the same interest in Canadi
and the Canadians that we have il
America and the Americans"
He then considered the political aspee
Of Mr.. Wiman's proposition, the attitud
of Canada during the rebellion, and sal
that it would have been easy for Til
united armies Of the North and th
South to have captured Canada In 1866
and we would have received the an
proval and arrested the admiration q
mtnkind, and it would have moved tn
hand Of time forward by century a
least"
Then he resumed the question and sal
that he opposed the policy Of commercia
union because it is inadequate as wei
as unjust
He then said. "There are other ques
tions and interests which even now CLAIM
our thoughtful, attention, and in refer
ence to which we must adopt broad,
comprehensive and national policy.
refer to the fisheries questions; to tn
collection of impost duties at the frontier
to the faithful execution of the Exelu
sion act to the free navigation of the st
Lawrence and of the canals connectet
with it, and the great lakes; to the regu
lation of the transit trade; to the en-
A1AtNA4EAi VI lnE Anltinihlc
act; to the proper protection of our owl
transporting interests; to the great dut,
Of looking to the national defence; AM
finally to the unimpeded operation of th
law of our national growth and develop
ment."
He enlarged on all these points an
showed how railroads had changed al
the conditions Of the past and said
I'm view of the fact that our own rail
roads have been still further hamperel
by the Interstate Commerce law, and es
pecially by that provision Of the Law
known as the long and short haul, Will
the Canadian railroads are necessaril
left entirely free from its penalties an
provisions, it would seem to b
not only fair but obligator,
that we should repeal all law
and abrogate all treaties which per
nit such spoliation and injustice. w
should in all fairness shut the Canadiai
roads out of the transit trade along on
northern borders, just as we have shn
all foreign ships out of our martin
coasting trade We can do this all tn
more readily because our railroads ar
ample for the accommodation of ou
traffic and their rates are regulated b.
competition between themselves, by tn
water through the great lakes and tn
canals, and finally by stringent provision
Of the Interstate Commerce law itself