Daily Republican., 1889-12-14

as In the case of Texas, or by conques
as IN Inc case of ,.slilUrnia. L. is as In
possible to suspend this law as 1t is
. make the waters of the st. Lawrence an
OF Lake Oniar'o flow back wards over th
Falls OF Niagara. 1t is as immutable an
as constant as the law OF grayitation. j
lies at the very base OF American pre-
gress, and although dormant at times
Is never absent. 1t may work slowly, a
men measure time, but II works a
steadily aud as irresistiply as Fate Itself
W neither 1t requires one year or hun
nred, or even thousand, 10 complet
its TASK can make but little difference II
the end.
"My friend, Mr.. Wiman. urges th
American people on both sides OF the di.
viding line to adopt the plan of Gus
toms or commercial union, because the,
believe that that plan will facilitate ant
increase trade between them, and tha
unrestricted trade will ultimately lead Il
political union. l oppose that plar
because 1t is opposed to the law OF oul
national development and to the Ameri
can system;' because i cannot regard
commerce as solidarity; because VIZ
have not the same interest in Canads
ana the Canadians that we have IL
America and the Americans"
he then considered the political aspec
OF Mr.. Wiman's proposition, the attl-
tude OF Canada during the rebellion, and
said that 1t would have been epsy for the
united armies OF the North and South tc
nave captured Canada In 1856 and We
would have received the approval and
arrested the admiration OF msnkind, aud
II would have m we'd the hand of time
forward by century at least"
Then be resumed the question and said
that he opposed the policy of com mer.
cial nnion because it is inadequate az
well as unjust"
There are other questions which even
now claim our thoughtful attention. ]
refer, OF course, to the fisheries questions
to the collection OF impost duties at the
frontier; to the faithful execution of TIE
Exclusion act; TO the free navigation ol
the St. Lawrence and Of the canals con.
nected with 1t, and the great lakes 70
the regulation OF the transit trade; to the
enforcement OF the Interstate Commerce
act; to the proper protection OF our own
transporting interests; to the great duty
| OF looking TO the national defence; and
finally TO the unimpeded operation Of the
law OF our national growth and develop
ment."
He enlarged on all these points and
showed how railroads had changed all
the conditions Of the past and said:
Elm view of the fact that orr own rail-
roads have been still further hampered
by the Interstate Commerce law, and
especially by that provision OF tho law
known as the long and short haul, while
the Canadian railroads are necessarily
lett entirely free from its penaliies and
provisions, 1t would seem to bs not only
fair but obliga tory that we should repeal
all laws and abrogato all treaties which
permit such spollation and Injustice
"We should In all fairness shut the
Canadian roads out of the transit trade
dong our northern borders, Just as we
have SMUT oil foreign ships out of our
maritime coastlng trade. We can do
this all the more readily because our
railroads are ample for the accom- mmoda
tion OF our traffic and their rates are
regulated by competition between them
selves, by the water through the great
lakeB and the canals, and finally by strin-
gent provision of the Interstate COM
merce law Itself.
81 do not hesitate to say that our true
policy is to invite all the Brit'sk provinces
| IN North America to come ipfa the glori-
ous Union as states and territories on the
assurance that our government will as
sumo the public debt of the Dominion
and Of the Independent provinces. This
would give them every privilege and
blessing they now enjoy, except such as
are connected with hereditary titles, and
1t would give them in addition the inesti
mablc boon OF free and unrestricted trade
with 6O,OO0,00D of the most enlightened,
the most progressive, and the most
wealthy people In the world"
MIR. wIMAN RELIES.
When Mr.. Wiman was introduced by
President Cause, the applause was as
hearty as that which greeted General
Wilson. Mr.. Wiman said:
There are few subjects OF greater i'm
portance before the country to-day than
the possibilities of an unlimited extern
sion OF the internal commerce of the
United btstes toward the north. There
has been tremendous tread IN that d.
rection In the last fifty years. The de-
velopments in the United States within
the parallels of latitude that Include the
largest portions of the present settled
localities of Canada was the most marked
feature OF the growth of the republic,
The existence OF such p1pulace commu-
nities as the twin cities of st. Paul and
NJ Minneapolis implied growth 10 the vast
territories tributary to them of the great.
est rapidlty, and the possession OF re-
sources OF this northern land enormously
contrlbutory to the progress of the whole
country. The growth OF Portland and
Tacoma on the Paciac; and even OF Chi
eago and Milwaukee, Detroit, Michigan,
and Cleveland on the lakes, were all t.s.
timonies to the development Of the ex.
treme northern portions of this great
nation.
zone slight indication OF this growth
and the proportions this commerce had
reached Is afforded by the traffic OF the
Ste Sault Marie canal, which in the seven
months of navigation exceeded that OF
the Suez canal for the entire year. Here
i'll the northern part OF North America
between two lakes commerce had been
created within twenty-five years greater
than that between two continents with a
commerce as old as civilization itself,
Tina, also, IN face OF the fact that
while the suez canal Is open all the year
round and has no competitors the Ste
Sault Marie canal 10 only open seven
months and is competed with by the most
splendid railway system tho world has
ever seen. Tue line of damarcation which
has been established at the Declaration
of Independence dlscloses the fact that
all north Of this line is another and for
eiRn country, that extending from the
Atlantic Oh the east from Newfoundland
and Nova Scotia, and stretching away
out to sea right athwart the continent
OF 4, 900 miles to British Columbia, on
al