Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-25
Daily Efuatbss ssarnaI.
WEDNESDAY. FED. Is. 1881.
FaRRaR'S TREASON"
he iceays Canadian Liberals With Hall
Hairtsdness.
c acstsssman Hics Thifks Popular
opisioc Moves biow;y.

ToRosro, Ont, Feb. "a Sir Charles
Tupasf, ia An address before the >isct1fs ct
Windsor. Oct, read tso letters addressed
sc Yrsssas WIpan Of New York, ore sig 1ed
BY G. Eixz,d Fxsrsr Of Toront,- the other
by X II Hltt OF the Hcgss Of Representa-
tivss q. Washington.
Farfefs ie..sg, dated Toronto. April ~,
1859, Says the commercial union move
meet il q. . aands,iil. The fiss jesuit
agitation has, 70 soms extent. suppianted
IL. Secondly, the Republicans would Eos
listen - any snch scheme; thirdly. Z very
large parser OF people are inclined TO
thiak We had better make for an aanexa-
ton ct once lastly, old parties here are
RAPIDLY breskiag up and when Sir John
goes We .bsIl be adsift uithout q port In
sight, save annexation. Although the hber-
ais have taken no commercial union they
are nos pushing IL with any vigcr.
ssr Hosr while as Washington and told
BIN tia. the smaller forces who favor an.
nexstion will favor it all the more II com
merciai union be withheld. Isseems to me,
and have talked the thing over lately
with maritime members as well IS those
from Msni;obs. tha. q commercial union
would only delay the coming of the event
which these people most desire. Hence in
the provinces mentioned commercial union
does not take hold, whereas annexation
will always demxad hearing. In Ontario
the Jesuit campaign brought that aspect OF
things home 70 thousands who would NOT
look at commercial union. The
ii,tleness aud half heaftedress of
the liberals is extremely disheartening.
The truth 10 every man who breaches COM
mercial union would prefer annexation. 90
the party 10 virtually wearing mask. The
Hit letter, dated Washington. Apr! %,
1889. Gays in part II have been much in
rested 10 Farrer's letter, which surprised
me somewhat, as did not think from bis
conversation, which gave me a very favor
able impression, he would be 50 easily dis
eouraged. The Jesuit agitation, WHICH has
taken the place Of commercial union
in his mind. is largely sentimental
and will probably not last long.
The other commercial union is a business
question which concerns eat Ii citizen in a
way he does not understand at fret but
sees more and more clearly the more he
talks intelligentiy about it. There is some
logic 10 what Fsrrer says Of going for &n-
nexation a. once, but think he is misled
on tuhs pubhI it u ~ 1tSuis'
Where man is thinking much on point
and discussing it he is liable to narrow his
horizon to those within his reach,
his own mind and perhaps those
he meets having passed on by
discussion to distsn! results, takes i!
for granted the wide world, which is so
wonderfully SLOW, has KEEP. up with him
and has the came results in sight. We
must be very patient with the slow moving
popular mind. II the Canadian public,
farmers, ariisanE, llmbermen, miners, ard
fishermen can be in three years argued up
70 the point of voting for commercial union
and giving their sanction to the government
in parliament it will be q grea. progress.
Farier in letter in tomorrow's Globe
will say be wrote letter attributed to him
by Sir Charles Topper. He will declare he
fAvors political union between Canada and
the United States, inviting the dominion
government to arrest him if it considers
him traitor.