The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09
UNION.
NE. Goidwin smith Considers Some Au.,
lean Objections to NJ.

Fr7m me Nee Pork Ultima
Our good Canadian people are always lei,,
told that they live under the gigantic shndo.
OF n rnpacious neiahbor who Is sleeplessI,
| planning their annexation by force or fraud
The very name OF Washington is apt to cScits
their suspicion. They do not think OF Wash.
ington as what It now is-a beautiful and AT.
t~ractive city with a brilliant aristocracy, In.
rising Paris OF this hemisphere; they think on
1t only rs a centre Of political mischief. II any
Canadian Liberal goes there. though It NAV
be merely for his enjoyment. they farcy thar
q plot is on foot. as though American presi.
dents and Ministers Of State were in the hahn
OF entering into plots with any unaccredited
visitor who may present himselfat their doors.
They cannot be made to understand that the
general attitude OF Americans on the Cana.
dian question Is one OF Indifference. and that
yon may spend weeks at Washington even 10
mentioned. Oh. the forclblc annexation OF
cp Nos sb i Re Ssrs heard ,se nm A . "a asp ,ess.
hitherto been indifferent. but some q, them.
s 81 ! haze Ssn rsss0 into to t know Hn ars u sysn e
we're to come Of her own free will and withthss
consent OF her mother country, For this un.
admitted into the Union. would form rolit..
iiSs'' he e f Galanes a oi your aStp poIitiqs "e or a Sisinss.
Ing them IL. a Canadian interest. Nothing can
S Be lsfs 6iss sSn.l Eas n tG%s maritime IsTIG { Of p M9iSn q:
old Canada, the Northwest. and British Column.
b Sarrisrs sf sa% essh o oy vide rs spSf Ssvs or D great a.
forest in common. There is. but little trade
among them. notwithstandinr the pains
isAsn is af isisS " q popuia!ion h"'i Be Is ss,ll
the British provinces and the French
ss4y: n sa' t lsiisig i an f HSss aIaslsnt q FaF FasS 81 t Il:
tie. which requires to be strengthened by such
means as recent revelations have disclosed.
sSiisnt thew wo %d%i Is q, a to END ssi U hn.h oil II t shhsI5
would obey its natural bias and be drawn to.
%a nr,s the be, States tate w whl frit # nd 5O5 sro A Political
dams, above all. is inconceiyable. Into which
Of the American partiesIthe Republican or
60. It is Impossible ITO say. when they have
hitherto been strangers to both parties. and
choice. Ali that can, be said is that. having so
long nag q separats history and tradition. they
o S9S5s It to ANY MSo enSroa .G ss,aisG Of the Feds snd
power. As they have remained strangorS to
a aInia sinister shay in ,fn,sIh ce 81 which tbsIr may exist in the
events, probably he n reinforcement to tho
general party Of reform.
ton OF which would. it is supposed. add to the
especially when the problem Of emigration is
assuming SO serious N aspect, Yet ! believe
Z no SG f Is . sarsis.l Of phe the SsfFH rsnSh p os ffGnGa
before tho Revolution. from which the colony
B BrIsi sh?p thaaeh ~ The st pose In s ans arH I'd r "a 1es
under the old. regime. among the King. tho
aristocracy. and the priest has now accrued
French Canadian is hack ward because he has
been kept back. The forces Of the British
enough for his assimilation. To tho forces Ok
the Union his peculiarities would soon yield.
eally too capable OF being misisd and corrnptsi.
he has no tendency to conspiracy or cabal,, He
esi po iu Iledsly to form 1n mdnn1iiDnl f In Is t Gr eS.i,i;
no tendency to ind ustrial war: had been in-
formed that the French in your Northeastern
states did not am%algamate with the Amer;
cans. but am told on high authority that
ployers. and In circumstances generally favor
ablo.. they amalgamate without difficulty.
Canadians out 81 ne United States: They are
s"rsH.'s si nee the Mckinley act aaa em mgr i r" has
been greater than ever. Nothing could be
EGrle the sef bree edf pI pisce n n5dsne TEN rea T l
ary influences while the progeny swarms over
0ts s > tSat whiI stn tss United States md
sSn.sol em,gration, beea1se; while one ri
siudine the Chinese. and the result ses%s to
small revenue on their importation through
Canada into your country
l. the line were seH; removed. Would probably B:
BY American emigration. whereas !; Is
Roman Catholic o%rSiters from SKYE. and .ths;
elements not less alien to American cIvilizt-
s!Sn than asy t III p Fl sRsse R %lEi hsSs 70 Ct 81 t STpsSIii s
and d a axsn.ida By y th t%s, Gh1GR; thar, can hordlvn b.
astarsE. sut is 'inperssivsly eajGinsd K
American continent u territorial and eco
WHOLE.
In Politically easf ssl tns systs% Of fs sna I'll, d fs%G5p:
nent with, the external security and internal
IffI the %m 81 tssae ~ ap she in fsdcpaI so Tssu seam i:
Of indefinite extension. Mere enlarge.
ment or adjustment of the central adminls-
luired. or disruption there can hardly be any
unless there is + line Of cl9ayagei nnd
9 s. aFs stssssS 81 IN" %n 81 s' SSisss and sf ihe ]rs slS is
2e Diminished by the accession OF Canada to
he Union.
IN A tEsrritor fny or aa p%ofifie"i t estsnsics fis Is to 6s sss
he more than countsrvailinR advantage OK
,nisn tak Im IPs.s. gn '50T e T !. Ear dSt s sSntiaSntHI!
hat a hostile foot should ever be set upon this
or that 4 should not emAinf oreye.
progressive civilization.
The commercial objection that a market Of
would imply that the admission o! Dakota was
commercial loss to tho rest Of the Union. Ii
would imply that the rest Of the Union would
% made richcr By the exclusion OF the State OF
>ew York.
Let the o%biector look at the man, which Is
no one great teacher on this Canadian ques-
ion, Lot him suppose that tho four terri
ories OF which the Dominion consists were in
he Union. what would he say to anybody who
you'd propose to take them out Of 1t and form
hem into q separate, and antagonistlral
Whom. II union existed. division
would be madness. Is not reunion wisdom
GOODWIN SMIrH