Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-11-21
CANADIAN ANNEXATION.

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ThisGs We wsssa Acquire.
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All thiags else being equal. the ques-
ton may properly 10 asked. What
would the United Statss gain BY the
annexation Of Canada? To this qus.'on
il may be answered: We would in
crease the area of our territory by the
addition Of $3.50, 900 square Inlies; We
would acquire the greatest cod fisheries
in the world and would more than
double our salmon fishertes; we would
acquire approximately about 500, 0O0, 900
acres of TIMBER lands, largely consist
ing Of spruce, hemlocx, tamxrac, pine,
maple and other woods Of commerce;
We would acquire deposits ard mines
rich i'll coal, iron, copper. uickle, as
bsstus, phosphatos and other minerals;
Va would acquire vast dairying interests
Ia New Brunswick, Quebec and OataI 10;
we would acquire in Ontario the finest
barley producing country on this con-
.inent, IN Manitoba, Saskatchewen
Alberta and Athsbask unrivaled wheat
producing lands, and IN the unde-
veloped mountains Of British Columbia
VINO can measure the hldcn rche., We
would acquire? We would ACQUIRE
villages, towns and cities, an increase
of population now scattered like q
fringe along our northern border and
aggregate four and three-quartcr mil
lion people, largely descendants Of the
Saxons and the Gxuls. The former or
English speaking pesple are somewhat
equally made up. OF Englise-proud.
unmannerly and thoroughly con-
vlnced there 10 but ono great
nation on earth - England, but
one government having reached the
acme of wisdom-the English. but one
country having attained the heighth Of
financial acumsn-the English. Scotch,
obstinate IS trustworthy, trustworthy
and practical as obstinate; Irish, rest.
less of restraint. witty. The latter or
the French, aggregate fully ons-half of
the entire population, aud though for
moro than two hundred years they and
their ancestors have dwelt on the CONT
nent. yet the traditions of 10 belle
France, are not forgotten, its language,
its manners, its type and prototype, are
distinct Is in colonial times, vivacious.
volAtile, patient, industrious and pro-
found believers in the Catholic church.
Briefly these are the things we would
acquire, and Of euch 10 the Canada of
today. Would We want it. with
ito oddly hammered peoples, its dual
language, it, seperate school system,
its races, sects and creeds. If no com.
plications might arise with England!
1ncongruous and inharmonious now,
could we give it greater harmony?
Would not an independent, friendly
nation, having its own destiny, WORK
ing its own problems, DO the better
solution TO English supremacy on this
continent? The fact that England and
the English speaking people Of Canada
are jealous of the pr osperity of the
United States 10 patent to all observers
and to acquire Canada without grave
complications 10 out Of the question.
Rather might We expect the acquisition
to fan this jealous feeling into q rage,
mad, unreasoning. Should this rage
once possess the English breast who
may fortell the Swfui consequences?
The pacific policy of the United
States toward her great rival, the sue.
cesses achieved in q diplomatic way
the encrOachmsnts on Eng!and's trade
with American nations, and above all
the astonishing progress made py TIM
nation, in place OF inspiring the pride
of . parent IN the success Of his off
spring, have but irritated and aroused
the jealousy of nation which should
be the frst to point with pride to aul
achievements. 3.