The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
lies except on perfectly fairterms. and having

.,"Certainly / DO. At tho same time have
a ALWAYS, ADMITTED that il i much more inn
for the simple and Obvious reason that
fss between pct I;nns ,wG nations, one q sixty.
Gye millions. tho trade Of the sixty.
1--WE would be more valuable TO the five
% WGaG So t To h the tfHd OF The So
fully, convinced that free access to tho north
ern half of this continent would he OF very
Northern states which border on Canada for
5000 ., miles. and that many millions Of Nmerl-
OF continental free trade. such as the Liberal
party propose to innugurate | may re-
Hs%t 2r ssd fer a, That It + only on such terms
ties that desire to SEQ FREQ trade between
Canada "a, and the United States brought about"
how do YOU account for tho successive de-
Keats OF tho LIBERAL partyP'
Apart from certain tactical causes which it
TM onlu DO 2ut OF place TO discuss lust now the
dehasing and corrirting influences Inherent
N every protective tariiy. which make it tho
direct personal interest OF largo body OF
active business men. controlling large sums OF
money to contribute regularly to u corruption
fund in return for the. privilege of taxing tho
partly to those causes which have 50 often led
to the defeat Of the hrnvcst. imperfectly disci.
mer:enaries; and partly to the enormous
exodus of the. younger mon from Canada.
within the last fourteen years particularly"
Wi you explain yourself moro fully on this
The emigration has rcen tremendous. In
many Of g'S2 ana HEsry second man H?weer tho
arc entire proyinccS IN which il is Il rare cx-
ccption 70 lind a family which has not ono or
and these arc mostly young. men. Now. from
tho very nature Of the case. IT is an axiom that
,S, ranks OF tho LLhcral PARTY in any country
younger men and their opponents from
the older mon II. therefore. The natural pro-
TWO classes arc violently disturbed. tho
S sII h ~ ,s Of tn" Two E,9tical PARTIES
What 'Y has 't"@Ha '2 IN lhs as precisely Ss
He "ad o@s sfo of rGr yn of nG Sry
states. The moral effect Of this movement
has hcen overlooked, II is utterly mrossible
cal manhood Of any country can go on for so
many years without rroducin. very disastrous
cons"lunnces to tho moral manhood Of the
c,ooHnlry as well: at any rate. under such con-
ditlUns a. have marked III" movement in Can
ada, Few but those who have made a special
number of the most promising young men in
T initn wh2 have bscong citizens OF tho
any doubt that the, tameness, with which
the pc 2pie Of Canad have submitted TO gross
violations OF the simplest and riainest rrinci-
deed. of the commonest rules OF Justice and
fair play. ana the apathy with which they have
recently been made Of tho methods Of sys-
tGnatic cprruption by which the late Sir John
Macdonald and his eolieaGucs maintained
most spirited and Intelligent Of the youth Of
attention has been paid MS yet. but it is one OF
the most potent OF tho influences which have
. .Sonspred to bring; about the present state Of
Do You despair OF the success OF tho Lib
eral party"
spoken have attained u height which may
bring about their own cure. The lessons Of
thg last Census ,snl though it takes good while
are producing II very considera! lie effect. Then.
too. the results OF the great depreciation Of
Districts are making themselves felt even in
the few favored localities which have hitherto
P"snHreS IN sits o Or rIssib to some eS
Of their ncighbors. Lastly. the example OF tho
nited States. which had ,srea, eilcct in in
TEN of protection 10 1873. is likely to lave an
almost equal influence the other way nov:
growing unrest and want OF confidence on the
Part Of many who were InonE the most strep-
uous a !vceates Of III" ,cAlstin: system. 1t is
tn" old story. y rcopio may Ue duroa and
Numbered for 4 long pcrod. especially If the
llundrrin.: DO done cunningly and disguised
under forms Of Law. hut the awakening and
the reckoning always come ut last. ana tho
Late" t., + usually the moro severe tho longer it
Has the attempt TO create trade between
the provinces been attended with much sue
No. 1t is hard work and about as profitable
rs any other attempt TO make water run up
hill. Whore there is much trade between diff
ierrnt states or countries you havo one very
good practice! t"st. whore the climate and
conditions Of lifc are the same. and that test
!, the intermiXturo which takes place among
the peoples, WHO trade together our census
for psi the CORRESPONDING tables for 1881
have not appeared yet shows that in that
IN the Maritime Provinces. on the other
hund. the Maritime Provinces contained 5000
a N.rA al l,r nt..I tlt,,r and l,,I
no lhtercoloniat iinilway. there were $500 ma
, !iI Of the Maytim" Provinces in on1arlo.
Nova Scotia naturally socks. not Ontario
Or 2usbsc ,a lMt New fn.oni; mat The trad. Of
Nanlh the trade oi Manitoba. st. Paul. and
Chicago. and tho trade OF british Columbia.
San Francisco and tho rest Of the Pacific coast
There is IN old saving. and think q true say
ing IN part that trade follows the flag: hut it
Is st,il more true TINT trad" follows the people
United states. Look ut the great cities on
our gu, southern iron!isr-t hicaso. tetr"it Ceve-
population Of something liEo J.OCo.vO0 of tho
best customers on carth. Wa can talk to romo
with them, by railways and Waterways, and IL
their market wore 9I,en to us, we could do an
enormous trad" with them and they with us"
What would England say to discrimina-
England would be content. am sure. to
selves. There is but one first class power in
he world with whom England can make q
n hna al nG In 1 tR III hsr rna
| have ALWAYS felt nnl havo not hcsitutel to
express it TO English statesmen ms wnll as on
the iloor Of Parliament; that th. real problem
when to-day awaits England is how in the
first place. " lair and honorable means to
conciliate the good will Of the people OF tho
United States and t. repair that most afro
cious hlunder which Was committed u hun
,lreh years ago. which led to collision be-
tween tho two, great divisions, OF the
English race. This il one problem. and
there Is another wAich is most closely con-
nertsd md interviewer with il. to the solution
o. which ! would dn-ire to lend my humble
aid. and TINT is to add To the comc!lia!on OF tho
good will Of the United states the conci.ia-
ton and .raciiirntion Of ireland. II you !e-
member that the Interest OF England in MAIN
tanning friendly relations with the United
States is SO vast ana so great that II outwc!ghs
mauy times the comparatively tr!liing prUilt
which she can derry" from our trade, then !
think You vii! see tlora is good ground for tho
position which ! take. ind that IS that
by entering into clos" COMMERCIAL r"!H-
ishlng close ana friendly Intercourse with
thom we will render to tho empire he grent
est service that any colony or dependency ever
rendered to the parent safe: We should havo
to ti Scrimi mt nSut.nlDSt british manufactures.