The daily critic., 1890-09-24
UNION WITH CANADA
A BOLD DECLARATION FROM A LEAD
ING CANADIAN PAPER.
Annexation the Manifest Destiny or the
dominion Bound to Thts Country
by Ties Of Commercial
Interest.
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We are for throwing of the mask.
There Is no use dilly dallyiug over the
future Of this country any longer An.
political annexation-is the
manifest destiny Of this Dominion. Tue
commercial interests Of the maritime
provinces are bound up with the New
England States and the American sea
oard. The trade Of those provinces
goes south, not west For the people
Cf New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island annexation would
mean prosperity Once the barrier.
with its tariff, was removed, the prov.
inces by the sea would advance with q
bound. What they now send to lin.
tied market, for thousand miles by
rail, could be carried TO q larger market
by sea. And what Is true Of the mari
time provinces Is equally true Of Quebec
and Ontario.
Our interests, too. are South-South
all the time. We want American capi.
tai TO develop our mineral wealth, to
take aC vantage Of our economic labor,
and TO utilize our water power. II the
Stars and Stripes were floating from
the citadel American capital would
pour into our city, and enterprise aud
push would be the order of the day:
and as II is in Quebec so Il Is In Mon
treal. The open market with the United
states would give an impetus to trade
all along the frontier and on both sides
OF the line. Quebec and Ontario have,
commercially, little or nothing In com
mon with the Canadian Northwest and
British Columbia. Why should the
farmer of the Northwest be forced to
buy what he wants In Toronto OF Mon
treal, and then drag Il 1000 or 1000
miles on a railroad, when he can buy
cheaper nearer home 10 St. Paul or San
FranCisco2 Is II because Of loyalty?
II so, then that Is a fiction We are
loyal TO ourselves, We are loyal to
the interest of the people Of Canada
before the interests Of the people of
Great Britain. We place the interests
OF Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, Winni.
peg and Vancouver before those of
Liverpool, Manchester or London.
What is best for ourselves2 That is
the motto for Canadians TO adopt, and
II they only open their eyes and look
around them they must, in the natural
order Of things, answer, annexation:
political annexation with the United
States. AS State In the Union, Que.
bee would have more power than she
has now. She would be more self con
tained and exercise greater power in the
direction Of her internal affairs. The
Catholics in the United States are as
strong and as free as they are here The
Protestants are the ruling power there.
as they are In the Dominion; neither
would have anything TO fear by the
change
Then look at the political advantages
we would gain. The appointing power
would be al an end. No more imbe
Giles would be appointed to the Senate
because they belonged to the party In
power. All men would be obliged to
run the gauntlet Of an election. aud the
highest office In the land would DC open
TO all. And every word of what we say
to-day Is known 10 the people Of Canada.
Syeophancy, however, ties the tongues
OF thousands.
Sir John Macdonald may say what he
pleases about the Mckinley bill. and
that II will only have the effect Of dl.
Tecting our trade to other quarters.
No doubt It will have an appreclable
effect in that way; but, no doubt, too,
the bill Is deadly blow at our trade,
and trade Is what we want not tWaddle
about Loyalty 10 the Crown" and, II
those who believe In annexation only
have the courage OF their convictions
and speak out as we do, they will hasten
the day, the welcome day, when we can
call ourselves citizens of the mighty
Republic. May II be soon and sudden.