The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-01-18
CANADIAN ANNExAff0N-uTAH PROB
LEM AND NEGRO QUESTION.
written for the prMocRArA

written for the DEMocRAT)
Immediately after the election Of Mr..
Harrison, the republican press began solv-
Ing the treasury surplus problem by hint
Ing that the new President would incorpor-
ate In his inaugural message the recon-
mendation that negotiations be entered
nto with England regarding the purchase
OF Canada. At the time we noticed these
press notices, we at once concluded that
the intention of Mr.. Harrison Is to recon-
mend such, II he finds the majority of the
influential journals on his side. Whilst we
were mudd!ing our meagre stock of brains
In the endeavor to ascertain of what bene.
fit such purchase would be, we ran across
paragraph In the Louisville, Ky.)I
CON,icv-J Journal, which stated that meet
ing was held at Montreal on the isth ult.
by the ole Club National" the leading
liberal club of Canada. The question,
(which would be the best system Of Gov
ernment for Canada, viz Imperial Fedora
tion, Annexation or Independence" was
ably discussed by some of the leading pub
lie men of Canada. Annexation Is an old
doctrine with this club, and only a few
years ago when Jose Dultare, NJ. p, Ru-
dolph Lafiame, Minister of Justic In Mac.
kenzie's Cabinet, and other celebrated
Canadians were It's leaders, annexation to
the United States was one of the campaign
planks. This particular meeting from the
meagre dispatch before us was attended by
oyer four hundred members and was wild
ly enthusiastic for annexation. 1t was
unanimous on the point that the present
Confederation was an institution tried and
found wanting. Believing as we do that
the present treasury surplus belongs prop
erly In the tax payers pockets, we felt this
move would cause all who agree with our
noble standard bearers In the recent elec
ton to gently kick at increasing our ma
tional debt by purchasing white elephant.
II the "Canucks" want the protection of
the stars and stripes, let them first proclaim
themselves free and independent, as did
little handful of patriots away back in r776.
With the large population of Canada, the
mother country, with all her petty wars in
the Soudan and elsewhere-would have 10
give them their liberty. Then having
severed all allegiance to the vast empire
governed by the Queen of the British Isles
and Empress Of India, the Republic of
Canada could, we think, very easily gain
admission and thus swell our now immense
National domain. There are several points
In favor of our securing Canada, but In a
short time, at best, It will be ours without
increasing the National debt enc cent. The
points as We see them are Ist, II will stop
all diplomatic gerrymandering about the
seizures of fishing smacks and do away with
quite deal of International foolishness !;
nd, we will contror the St. Lawrence
River, stream navigable for men of war
aAd thus have continuous chain of sea
coast on the Atlantic. Ben. Butterworth,
(the Congressman from Ohio, who is now
In training for Sherman's seat in the Sen
ate, when the venerable John of financier-
Ing fame returns to Cabinet Port folio,)
introduced a resolution to the effect that
negotiations for its purchase be entered
into as speedily as possible. We are almost
sanguine at under the next four years OF
republican rule the purchase will be made,
but let It be recorded that every democrat
In Congress, who believes in revenue re-
form and the lessening of the tariff, will
vote "nay," for they are far seeing enough
10 know that it Is only a matter of few
years when Canada will knock loudly at
our doors, begging for the protection of the
stars and stripes.
We notice Utah will not be included in
the "Omnibus Bill" of the democrats for
admission. That is good for the present,
but let our energetic law-makers,who want
to have the word-philanthropist-reco
against their names, combine and pass a
bill looking toward the purchase of the
state of Chihuahua In Mexico,an colonize
II with the Mormons of Utah. Get the
human brutes out of our domain and in
payment fo- the purchase money paid for
chihuahua, we could take their lands and
buildings in Utah, then Utah could step
into the sisterhood of states and become
one of our best in mining, pastoral and
agricultural point of view. We do not
charge cent for this pointer" Let the
Hons. Binger Hermann, Mitchell and
Dolph take notice.
Once more the negro mill Is set in mo
tion-not in the "Solid South" this time,
but at burg bearing the uncomaonly |
happy name of Felicity in the state of
Ohio. Felicity was the place of places
where runaway slaves en- route to Cana
da would stop and recruit. 1t was the hot
bed II arolitionism This time the negro
population had grown TO 900 or more, and
Felicity drew the color line in her public
schools and commenced to rout the negro.
What says our esteemed republican friends
to this Then by the way the higher negro
element of the South clamor for recogni-
ton in Harrison's Cabinet and say, that If
they are moi properly recognized,they will
believe then that democracy instead of re-
publicanism is their friend, and that the
party that gave them the right of the fran
chise did Il merely for their votes. We
await the result with much pleasure. In
the meantime, we add: "Go 1t colored
white man, you are entitled to all you can
get from the republican party"
YoUNG DEMOCRACY.
We see that senator r. A. Irvine has an eye