Arizona silver belt., 1889-03-23
UNITED STATES ys. CANADA.

The recent discussion Tn the Senate on the relations of the United States with Canada was important, chiefly, as showing the drift of opinien in that body respecting the future pol icy of our Government toward our northern noighbos, and there is dis. cernabls in the debate growing feel ing favoring closer relations between the two countries.
 The importance of the British pos sessions in North America has been greatly uaderestimated by the people of the United States. Our error has been in considering Canada as only the original provinces east of Lake Superior, and the importance and pcs abilities of the country to the west, stretching to the Pacific, and north to the Arctic regions, has not been duly appreciated. In fact Canadians them selves are only just beginning to real izs what a valuable territory they possess in British Columbia, Manitoba, North and Northwest Territories. Un- til the completion of the Canadian Pacific railroad in 1885 all that region was terra incognits. Much of it Is yet, but the building of the great rail road drsw attention to the country, and caused partial investigation of it's resources, which have been found to be vast, ii net lnexhaustible.
 The country absunds in rich depes- it's of coal, iron, copper and the pree- ieus metals magnificent forests, which as yet havs scarcely bsen touched the finest fishing grounds perhaps in the world, and millions of square miles of virgin ssll, whose productiveness wherever tested has bsen found ts be equal to any in the United States.
 The rigorous climate of Canada it has always been supposed, would op-
  crate materially against its develop ment, and growth in population, but such an inference IS not supported by experience in eur own country. Our northwestern States and Territories, which have climate scarcely less frigid, have grown more rapidly than any other portion of the West, Wherever the agricultural and inner al resources have been abundant, thithSrward has emigration tended, and if climate has exercised any in- iiusnce whatever, 1t has been m favor of tho north. A Canadian writer in the March Forum points out that in the latitude of Canada in tho old world, are Norway and Sweden, Euro- psan and Asiatic Russia, Denmark, Prussia, Holland, Belgium and the northern section of France and Great Britian and Ireland Therefore, reas- oning frem analogy, he believed that Canada IS destined to become rich and powerful colony, with a large population, but he scouts the idea ot annexation ts the Unitsd sIatss CT even separation from England.
 Senator Sherman in his latest speech sn our relations with Canada, said he did not believe that, with the long stretching border bstween them, th' two countries could long continue ir peace. There would be great nation springlng up to the north of the Uni tsd States, and that fact wsuld neees sitats standing army OF each side, anC would sndanger the republican form of government. The enly alternative in his opinion, apparently, is annexa tion. On this point he said that h' did not desire at all to hasten tn, matter of political union. It woult have to ba popular movement ant not a movement on tho part of Coy srnments, He believed that the pee pie of the United States and of Canadi would gradually melt into eRs Gov ernment and be under the same com meR flag, with, he trusted, the heart, goodwill of the mother country.
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