, 1890-11-08

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out it's income with its furS and its Il >hrrlpS.
a vast territory starved for want OF capital,
and dependent on TIE States as It's natural
market, 81 long did the destiny Of tue
Dominion lie in the hands OF the politicians
at Washington. In such circumstances, no
angry shot seemed needful to be Il ed, no
border plilitiaman need expect 10 risk his
life in the transfer of the S ar-Spangled
Banner from the American to he Guardian
side of the Horseshoe Fall at Niagara.
By a peaceful but oppressive maHpuvrp,
by the unbearable pressure Of a hostile
tariff, Quebec and Montreal could be cottc-
ed into surrender and the Canadians driven
to sol t annexation. 1Hat she motives
and policy existed, seems obvious; ;h,t il
may vet ~SucGeetl, is not without Tur j. uads
OF possibility that it has been !rnd,lel
at once more difficult and move deSu able
by the opening Of the Clladian Pacific
Railway, is certain.
The years which have elapsed since .he
Close Of the great Secession strug.1e have
been, as all men know, years OF miraculous
growth and prosperity in the regions
south OF the imaginary line which sewers
the United States IA ON the Dominion Of
Canada. The tide of p0pulatiOna and prospect
ty Is still ever mounting higher and high.
er. Ii the young States of Minnesota and
Dakota are beginning to rival, with their
vast cities and industries, the pt0d,grS Of
elder States, the hitherto uuWorked mineral
wealth Of the SOUTH threatens TO east INTO
the shade the cliffs and mountains Of IRON
which line the shores of Lake Superior, or
the more precious veins Ofmetal in Nevada
and California. The buzz of a cease;rsS
enterprise spreads through theP lcihcStateS,
and the outlay Of the dollars OF San Fran
cisco and Portland is raising on the shores
of Puget Sound cities and towns already
linked TO Chicago aud New York by stu.
p4udOuS systems of railways. In the all
engr0SSing task of Self-developmeut, the
~tireleSS energies Of the Yankee States have
hitherto been mainly eugrosSel. Yet as
then field for future enterprise daily grows
occupied, there are many who st eager
eyes across he artificial frontier, and yearu
to tear aside the hlndiwOrk Of diplomacy.
The temptation is the greater, since on the
other side of the Dominic bounds, the
feryered energy of the United S attS gives
way to a ~SCantier and more l~eiSlreIy pro
greSS the shower of gold which ttIls
from he boards ofLoudOn as well as New
York on the prosperous Republic dwindlrS
to an eXiguOuS shower on the less flv0ufed
soil OF our great Imperial Colony. Along
thousands OF miles from New Westminster
to the shores of Superior, the mountains
and cOrnfAldS OF Washington, Montana,
Dakota; aud Minnesota border on the limit
less ranges aud p~rajrieS of the Domin IN.
The lncltemant to C0Vet is immense, fO} the
comparatively unknown mines Of b itish
Columbia, and It's noole hanbours aud fish
erleS, as well as The great Central plains Of
ASSiniD0a apd Saskatchewan, are being
keenly observed by the keenest people Of
these latter days. Hence the dislike and
Opposition which have existed all through
IN the United States to the enterprise aud
success Of the Cana liam Pacific Railway
aai hence the great Importance OF It's task.
In five short years, the factors Of thu prob,
lem have been profoundly modlHti. The
men Of the Dominion and Of the "O.dCdIn-
try have realised once and for all that
they possess an enormous estate, not made
up Of painless desert, of barren p~rairieS,
of ice bound rivers, and proitleSs noun
talns. Day by day they are learning thai
there lie IN the enormous receSSeS of the
Rocky Mountains, or among the exquisite
and wooded TANKS Of the SelkiTk and coast
ranges, stores Of precious metals not less
rich than those of more Southern regions
that the fisheries OF the rivers and
hOrdS of the Pacific coast contain the ele-
meats of Industrial prosperity; and that
the corui-ldS Of thu North West may
becume cOinpltitors with those Of the Re-
public for European custom. Nor is this
all. Tie d discovery and opening-oat Of
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