The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25
CANADA AND OUR COUNTRY.
If QTEBEC, HOLDING THE ST LiB-
RENCE. WISHES ANNEXATION. on
TRIO MOST TFEyD

Huie Of the Pricsts-The Clergy Were
Opposed 10 Anne xation-Sow They DE.
afro II wnrmiy-we.tcrn Interest In the
s.
MONTREAL. Dec. 2l.-In his book Tho Eng.
Nsh In the West Indies lroGde. the historian.
tolls his story:
MY old friend Mr. Motley yae once speak
ing to me- OF the probable ACCESSION q! canada
yos eu n."y.Isam ,rnrn,ni liz ia i, ;; h.,
replied. Would / like thu house OF Barring TO
take me into partnership:'
Mr.. Freud, does NOT nerea with Mr. Motlsy
"what was It," hc asks. that Canada. what
was It that my other colony. would gain bv
exchanging British citizenship for American
citizcrshi,2 Nhnt din America offer 1 q ,hos,
who Ioipe ed her which we refused TO give or no.
elected to give :" The West Indies have recent.
ly furnished a sufficient answer. They wanted
4 market for their sugar, but England could
not offer them ono for she buys the bounty
fed beet sugar o, Europsan countries which Ia
ohsaper than cane: and so they w.r, only loo
clad to get into the market OF the United
States under III, rcciproritv friause OF tn,
MCKINLEY net The . ,ip,nci,s of commerce,
and industry mr.. still moro pressing in th,
case OF Canada England upens her norris to
Capadn us 10 l,s rest OF TN. world Lut for IN,
most imrortnnt articles ~, Canadian nrnduc
tion sucn n, ,lsh minerals llmlrr und an
the coarse and bulky products OF the firm. III.
United States is IN, natural and IN, Lest
market by all odds, Canadians have no
quarrel with England. Tho movement in
favor of annexation IL pruucllcI solely Nv
economic forces ly the inu,ublo ambition
OF the people 10 10 II, !. position to turn their
labor and resources to better account II.
they can Obtain a reciprocity treaty from
Congress. or II Congress. IS repeating its tlu.
ties, sivca them ere, nrcrss to the hrneli.nu
market without usaing them to reclprocat-.
they will remain Iowa, to Britain Th.unuey.
alton movement derives its wholo strength
from the belief that Congress sill not let Gnu.
ada pnrtakc at the American table unless she
Joins the American family. Saucca sad that
the life of those who strive against nature is
no better than tina. OF ;neu ioiins arains, the
stream Guardians nre Lc,iruinc to ien,i2o
that they have stood a.,gf from their own
contincn, and driven out nature vita pit:h-
fork too long for their own good.
The cry for FREQ entry to the american mar
ket il particularly loud in French Canada.
The ha1itant grows hay. beans. potatoes.
cheap horses. eggs poultry. fish spruce lum-
ber nnl other articles which cannot te sold
profltably in England or any other distant
market. Ensohmen advise him to 30 in for
cheehe imatih. ana inc tais'h- OF 'hS r"t'ie
,rha soil onI ,Li,p,t,, mr., .v,irvt hi..h c,.r,
nv oo' """ ..''."'o Nv "S"'n'' =" Ia III
tnR ana. apart from that. he IS 100 poor to
change his methods. Foundation has been
mnxinv fran, hn,h silss ~ ,%a ~ ! anr',n,.,
s o.,nk .tom oo'n SIZES ~ .ae -, = nMF'hts
for thirty years and more. hut OF late tho MI
nsds and S th. Trsucn CANADA" a ro. IL s"'"
neue' anu 'ne french 'ahnu'ah race - no"
literally astrtde the line. with the best third ot
It in the United States In 1851 franklin
teeSoneu '"ae '"e Ahe'ie"n 'oloh'es con.
tanned near million English souls
Ts.,,,, "' ra.,, '"o ""''o ',, y.
Irehch tahaaa was on'' o.'o't
rope, and though it ma, hay. Suffered
less than tho American co!ontes from Indian
wars. it had been sadly handicapped by ' III.
absolutism. neglect. and corruptiors Of tho
royal court. At the transfer to Britain in 1853
the population was $1,000. Since tacn tie
gain by emicration from Francohas amounted
70 h'''e' o"' the frehcn. ahaulahs haVe proved
TO be a slngulary prolific peoris There are
Ioo.oooin the province OF Ontario Just west
OF the Ottawa River. and 100000 tcstima'od'
in tho United states. together with 5000
Md,Is or halT.brseJs Of Trsnrh blood q, fla
Of tho North. Abb, Duras. who has studied
the movnme nt 20 the tinted states is i,onn,i.
sooner or later. t? rreci pi,alc tie annexation
st. Lawr.nce. and WHEN they r,,k" IN ,i,.ir
minus t" annexation OntnriH must follow sWit.
In certain new England
habitan, is regarded viii, !oui,:. inose
who ar" dispo-"I to "ont"n,r him Should re,
lived Iutor II system uIiniranl, calculated to
pap his energies. to keep him .Gnorant. 10 kocy
him r""r. IL render il difficult Tor him to -tlnl
.erec: IN tn. presence OF modern freedom. A
the "G,nning OF tho French +, GIN. the colony
was c",,t'ord hy merchants and comrnnies
possossin. u monopoly Of thu reltry tale.
The Company NJ III" one Hundred was !. rro.
priea"y g">a.niiient vested with enormous
powors. The sr!::nrnrinl tenure which was
only nholish,h IN 1864. served u good purpose
81 first. but became exceeding! hurhens0nlp
1t was tenure basel on tne Custom Of raii-.
on the ieudaIism OF France. with notifications
doomed suitable 10 i now and uninLnmir,I
country. The ssigneuis. chiefly army officers
cevei grants OF land. or iefs. ~ CON.
aition Of m,yinH homage AMI fcnl;y, 20
were expected to piac, settler, an The IAN!
and TO SEQ that ti'"ir tets were cleared nEl
rendered productive IN franc" the sc.nrur
was not forced ~ alien4to or sub--ran, his
Poi; but n Canada Il was incnnlent upOn him
90 do 40 il or Ter 10 promote colonization. ia
tonants of rrusHhu"s wero ordered to hut!i.s