New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-07

Np GOODWIN SMITH CONSIDERS SOME
AMERICAN OBJECTIONS TO ii.

cory r.mo of Washington l. app 10 eNci'e '"e"
e.sn;oio, Thev do no. think u Washington de-
,ha, :, rov is-a beautiful and attractive CITY
with a brilliant arlstocracy, the risns ra'iS "
| this hemisphere they think OF II only a. oe"''
OF polltical mischief II any Canadian Hi'e'"'
Goes there though it may be merely TOT Ms emu
mont thcy fancy that plot Is on ioot' d. 'ho"s"
,,,o.io,, Presidents and Ministers OF State were
IN tho habit Of entering into plots with any uhao
o,od;,od visitor who may present himself AZ the"
doors They cannot be made to understand ,.'''
the general attitude Of Americans on the '"''""'
or.stior is one Of indifference and that you may
scand weeks at Washington even III p"'i'io,'
.ociotv without hearing the subject mentiohe"'
Of the forcible annexation OF Canada "o'''
tanncned 10 hear an American speak
Not only have the majority OF Amo''''
Litbcrto been Indifferent, nut some o' '"o'''
7 have reason TO know, are UNWILLING W "'''
Canada into the Union, even II she were W I'm
Of her own free will and with me co"''','
her mother country For this unwil'ihs''c''' nv"
ever | submit, there Is no gooo reaso" -,
surnoso tb,t Canada. il admitted into the unloh'
would form politically compact anu LUZ
uoss disturbing the balance Of your politics. or
dominating them in Canadian interest," ~,
inc o,r no los, likely The four regions OF which
DOMINION
old Canada. the Northwest and British Counoia-
49,. soc,rotod bv wide spaces great barfiers
,, oocb other They have no interest III co"-
mon Thor. is bnt little trade among thei'' HUI
| ,;,bstondno the pains taken 10 force " oy P.o-
,eo,ior Tbcrc is still loss interchange OF popuia'
| ,;o, Rotwcen the British provinces an" III"
| t,noh nrovinccs there il not only no nat"rai
hord but there is an antagonisni oil rac'' his'os
and rc,igion The different parts OF the Do'hl''i'''
| ,rc held togethcr by the political t"' "''o"
| or;,os IA 10 strengthened by such means ~ ''',"
rovc1ations have disclosed. With their a'"'is'''
% the Union all their solidarity woul' w d, 81"
| end Each of them would obey ITS nd'"'ai o'''
and be drawn toward the States when IL auJ'i"s
,''" ,;.;oaI ,o,oue between the British and French
| Canadians above all, IL incohceiN""
which of thr American partes-the P'"
| ,h Dmocr,tc-mo.t Of the Canadians wouiu
,o :, ia imnossible 10 say when they have hitherto
| hoo, STRANGERS f. both parties, and there mas
hccn nothing 10 foreslcw their choice. All ''a'
can H.. said Is that having 30 long had sePa'"'
! history and tradition they wonli ~ hNo'a"i' -
sefpovcrnmcnt and oppose, to any ehciod'"-
mcnts OF the Federal power. IA th"y nav
manned strangers TO any sinister influences ""''"
NAV exist in the Union, they would ON '"'
entrance. at all events, probably DE fcih'o''e-
ment TO the general party OF reform.
Another subject Of alarm is the Roman Catholic
nopulation of French Canada, the introduction Oh
which would. il is supposed add 10 the dangers OF
.ho Inio, This fear is natural especially when the
rrobcm Of emigration is assuming so serious an aS-
| noe, We, becvc il 10 be groundlcss. The popula-
! i, ~ rrorcb Couada is n survival Of the French
| no,s,n,rv before the Revolution. from when the
| colonv WAS exempted by being in tho hands oil
the British: though the power shared IN France
| u,dcr tho old regime among the King the arlstoc-
| racv and the priest has accrued for the most
rart TO the priest alone. The French Canadian II
| backward because he has been kept back Inc
forces Of the British Canadian element have not
been strong enough for his assimilation. 10 'he
| forces of the Union his pcculIarltics would sooh
Weld. lie is kindly, courteous. doclle though po-
r,,caIv foo capable OF being mlsled and corrupted
| H.. b.s ro tendency TO conspiracy cabal lie IL
| not likely To form municipal rings or poiHicai
| plumber clubs lndustrially he is tractabie ana
| amenahlc TO factory discipline, and shows no ten
| dcncy 70 industrial war had been informed that
| the French in your northeastern State, did not
! analglmate with the Americans, hut am told OH
| high authority that misinformcd. and that
| under GOOD employers and in circumstances gcner-
ally favorable they am1lgamatc without dihlcnlty.
| What is certain however. is that keeping Quebec
! out Of the Union will not keep the French Cana
dians out Of the United States. They are invading
| YOU by thousands and tens of thousands since
| the Mckinley act emigration has be- n greater than
| ever Nothing couid hc worse than the present
| arrangement which holds the breeding place under
| the rcactionary influences Willie the progeny
| swarms over your northeastern States
| Observe that while the United States and can.
| ada remain separate neither of them can control
| emigration because, while one Of them shuts the
| front door the back door will be opened by the
| other lou make laws excluding the Chinese, and
! the result seems 10 hc that the Canadian Govern
mcnt raises n small revenue OF their importation
hTSash e'1aaa th hat" e CaDaan Northwest
the line were removed, would probably be hed
| by American emigration. whereas II is now being
! filled with Mernonies 1celandcrs, Roman Catholic
crofters from Skye and other clements not less
| alien 10 American civilization than the French
| population of Quebec. some day all of these VIII
| have to he taken in and d.,ested by the Union.
| In extension Of territory there can hardly he
| any danger, long the extension s natural
In the present case il is not only natural. nut IS
| imperativcly cnjoincd by Nature which has
| clearly made this North American continent a ter
ritoral and economic whole:
Politically, the system OF federation combining
with tie external security and internal
| freedom OF trade and intercourse assured
10 all the members nv the Federal power
seems capable of indefinite extension. Mere en-
largemcnt adjustment of the central admins
tratve and judicial machinery At most is required.
| or disruption there can hardly bc any danger. un-
| loss there is a line Of cleavage: and tho tariff
|
| line of cleavage. saving the old one between the
WIDELY White and the partially Black States.
the importance Of which would be diminished by
the accession OF Canada tn the Union.
| Against any additional liabilities consequent on
territorial or political extension is to b. set the
| more than countervailing advantage of assured
| immunity from war Let continental union take
| place and il is hardly conceivable that hostile
foot should ever he set upon this continent. or
| that IL should not remain forever securely d"di-
Gated IN peaceful, industrial and progressive civil
| izaton.
The commercial objection that market of Co.,
| 600 900 would he given for market Of 5000
600 hardly calls for examination. IL would i'm
ply that the admission OF Dakota was u CONNER
| cal loss to the rest Of the Union. II would i'm
ply that the rest Of the Union would I've made
richer by the exclusion Of the State OF New-York
| Let the obiector look AT the map, which is the
one great teacher on this Canadian question. Let
| him supposc that the four territories of which
| the Dominion consists were i'm the Union, what
would he say TO anybody who would propose to
take them ont Of il and fown them into a sepa
rate and antagonistcal power? When, If union
existed, division would DE Madness is not reunion
| wisdom Yours faithfully
GOODWIN SMITH.