New-York tribune., 1890-03-22

Let The Tribune send Of its keen observers OF
men and events to Canada, 1t has sent one TO
Eraz and let him rccite what he sees. In that way
Americans will get correct idea OF the intensity Oh
Canadian nti-anncxationist sentiment. always pro
vidng that there really are any Americans who are
interested in Canada sufficiently to care
to know the real feeling in the Dominion. You viii
find Erastus Wiman regarded selfish schcmer who
says thing To Yankee audiences and the opposite
thing to Canadian audiences. You will find Goodwin
Smith the butt Of rdicule and regarded a' visionary
crank. who is neither British fish, Canadian flesh nor
American fowl and whose opinion on any conmercIa
subject IS a subject Of good naurcd contempt You
will lind ocean, OF bnfi. blnster and Dragging You
viii find uncommon anxiety 10 secure American
markets for Canadian produce ION VIII noI ma m,
| cuOugh stun "A hagglr' WITH. II ;
to talk abou; the twO countries beng 20 mh'h
alike in certain essentials. but yon have only to eros,
Niagara River from Buffalo IN order 10 fad Y3urNct
in "A foreign foreign IN every essential save
that Of q common speech In Ontario. In Qrebcc
even that co,nmon feature is lacking, yon
will find prevalent foreign IDEAS OF the relations OF
timcnt in politics foreign social institutions. foreign
political. social and ccclslaStical dl,tncons ana for
cgn connections openly vauntc that Will make You be
licyc that Canada s quite much foreign country IS
Brazil or France The man who. in ontario would 10
day openly advocate annexation would be held up 70
condemnation traitor. rs disunioniS, a, a man
III only to be poricd. Take the case Of inc Toronto
Mail" The editor Of that paper went 20 Na'hlI@r9 @
recently. His business was not announced "Ihc
Toropto Empire urmi,cd and announced that he went
for the purpose of betrayng Canada INTO thc ian, m oi
her enemies the United Statc and at once began 10
call him "A traitor" and The Mali "A traitorcn'
sheet" The Mali resented II. libel suit i on
the Canadian courts Will be called upon 10 de'dc
whether a visit to Washington discanadazes
a Canadian aud makes him traitor" 10 the Dominion
the British Crown. II /, an interesting instance
D the feeling Canada on the subject oi
relations with the United states. II IS hari for an
understand the real bitterness display ci
in Canada toward the United state II IS chronic
bitterness. II is unrcasOnng bitterness
The French threat In Quebec TO ,cccdc ana come
over the tinted states X purely French theatrical
The willy French Canadians do not propose to rem
qui>h their great advantages under the british North
America Act giving them control Of the state through
the Church. and 10 come into the United states. where
they could retain those advantages IN tlat way
Their annexation thunder Is only sheet iron thunder.
designed cocrcc the timld Brtons 10 give them al
they ash. Annexation would not seriously disturb
institutions ontario. New brunswick, Nova scotia.
Manitoba British Columbia, or the other western
urovfuocs, while in the OF Quebec II would b"
iuolcralr hy Of the instant lncNltablc over
throw of certain Institutions that would follow. Hence.
Inc observer who base, a theory of anncNationis scnii
mcn on the uttcranocs in Quebec -ocs wrong
at the start .-
!. ALEXANDER MAC6ILLlCUDDY
Buffalo. y. y, March 10, 1890.