St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-02
Mineral, the Oldest French paper on tn

Mineral, the Oldest French paper on the
continent"
The GLOBE is, indeed, indebted to
Mr.. Demeules for the criticisms. and to
greater degree than it was aware, as
he himself fabricated them! La Minerve
wash" attributed 10 it is cruel inf1ic-
ton. But, perhaps, the two transla-
tions were somewhat responsible for the
righteousness of the "crit!ciSmS." as
they appeared in the GLOBE. First,
garbled translation into Frenchwas made
by Mr.. DemeuleS from the Montreal
Herald, an English newspaper, and
copy of which. containing fairly accu-
rate report of our utterances, gave to
him, and then translation of the
French report" into English for the use
of the GLOBE. By the latter am made
to say, while addressing Canadians:
Wy our laws are unwiSe. Un-
limited reciprocity for you, gentlemen,
means annexation. Annexation should
please you, because the great Anglo
Saxon race is destined to predominant
above all natiOnalities in America. An
neXatiOn you will have sooner OR later.
Oh will have an opportunity to take it
to-day, and should not let it escape"
Had | been guilty of such uncouth eX-
preSSiOnS | should feel the necessity of
attending primary school. By parity
of reasoning the writer of it should at
tend Kindergarten.
SO far from asserting that ''unreStrict
ed reciprocity for you, gentlemen,
means annexation" | did not, at any
time during the delivery of the address,
use either the word l'reciprocity'' or
annexation" In an Interview with
a representative of the Montreal
Herald in rpcnnpcQ n bic onoc
ton, do you think reciprocity
would be step towards anneXa-
toni" l said: "NoJ necessarily;
as a citizen of the United States, but
native Of Canada, l would, of course,
like to see such a measure brought
about. But that is altogether question
for the Canadian people. Reciprocity
will not take from them their franchise,
consequently the matter is altogether in
their own hands. | do not like the word
annexation, however: consolidation Is
the proper term, and should the time
ever come when it would seem that Sucn
consolidation would be desirable, the
Canadian people are sufficiently intelli-
gent to deal with the subject. The
American people, however, fully recog-
niZe the fact that there is plenty of room
on this continent for two great Anglo
Saxon nations"
What [ meant by "Ango-Saxon," l
clearly defined, in the following lap
guage at the banquet: "When [ say
Anglo-Saxon, | speak not of homoge-
neOus race, as some of us trace our orr
gin to La Belle France; others to the
land OF the thistle and haggis; more to
fair Albion's shores; while many of us
revere the gem of the Western ocean,
Tor under the green sod of the Emerald
N 70 ell
In the interview named | said, rela-
tive to the prevailing assertion in Can
ada that reciprocity and annexation are
convertible terms: TO sum it up,
there is no more reason for inferring
that the consolidation of Canada and
the United States would follow COM
mercial reciprocal relations than there
Is to predict that Ireland and France
would consolidate were the tariff bar
rierS between the two nations removed.
The common sense view of the question
of unrestricted reciprocity is, would it
benefit Canada or nOt?''
AS | was responding to the toast,
Trade and Commerce Between the
United States and Canada" | judged
1t not inappropriate to say: ut is not
yelled treason to state that your destiny
is linked with ours, and that the goal
toward which we are willingly or IN
willingly tending is the supremacy of
the AnglO-SaXOn race. That which
would be good for England would surely
be good for Canada-the freest com
mercial relations with every nation. Ex-
tend your trade: throw down the bar
riers which ignorance has erected; fol-
low the example of the mother country,
and, far from calling you traitors, she
Will be proud of you"
1t is needless to add that | knew an
election was near. The air was filled
with ordinations, and, for that reason,
| refrained from discussing politics.
Respectfully, NJ. w. MEAGHER.
Minneapolis, Feb. %.