The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-28
SENATOR HIGGINS CRATES.
The Continent Under One FIag-An.
nexation Of Canada Discussed

1he Continent Under One E1aq-An.
nexation Of Canada Discussed.
Senator Anthony Higgins made
ner of the Michigan Club. given in
Detroit on "Wednesday night last. The
Detroit Tribune says:
Senator Higgins face was one OF the
most Interesting of tie many distin
guished faces in that distinguished
party OF banqueters. He is smooth
shaven and gray-haired and his broad
ana pugnaeious countenance bespoke
the force and vigGr OF the man.
senator Higgins advocated the ulti
mate union oil all the nations on the
North American continent under the
United States flag. His address was
most scholarly and exhaustive and was
listened to with tile closest attention.
Il believe the unitication OF the con.
tinent north of the present boundaries
OF Mexico Will be made complete. in.
Guiding all the islands from theil
proximity nDpurtenant to our cont
nent, but do not expect 1t to come by
I'm act OF war. Hawaii is coming to US
we are attempting no conquest of her.
haWaii is coming to us because 1t is
her Inclination to come. She blooms
With prosperity when she shares In tho
great American market. She withers
and shrivels when she Is divorced
from 1t.
PICTURE OF CANADA.
What will be the future OF Canada
In relation to the United States? l ven
ture the belief that the time is not fa,
distant when Canada will do this thing
ana unite her people, her territory, her
fortunes and her destiny with the
great republic on her south.
she will do 1t because it is her In
Itefest TO do II. She cannot afford to
pe divorced from the American mar,
ket. Professor Goodwin Smith has
we'll said that the Consultation of the
onlted States was the largest measure
~ Tree trade ever enacted. BY it 65,-
!Ul0,000 people exchange the products
Iof an empire stretching over many
degrees OF latitude and many degrees
OF longitude without let or hiildrurce,
obstructed and fretted by the barriers
Ioi no custom houses OF hostile tariffs.
ne commerce on the northern border
alone, passing in majestic flow by the
IdoorS OF your own beautiful city, sur
passes IN magnitude all that IL carried
ny the Snez canal to Europe from the
TABLED orient.
The American market Is the object
OF Inc wonder. the envy and tho COW
'etous attack of every other country
In the world. With IL as a weapon.
under the direction of that great
leader whom n Borrowing people have
aust laid away, we have broken down
the tariffs erected by Germany and
France against our farm products; we
nave enlarged our trade with South
america and have laid the West Indies
at our feet.
QUESTIONS oE WAR,
30 long as Canada exists depen-
ueney OF Great Britain we are liable
to be involved in the exigencies OF an
European war.
by reason of her antagonism with
Russia. at Gonstantinople and in
India, and with France in Egypt,
England is to-day n silent partner
with the Dreibund, made up OF Ger
many, Austria and Italy.
while Canada remains with tho
the stunted growth OF 5000, 600, we
can afford to regard her proximity
with comparative equinimity.
But neither the American nor the
Canadian people can contemplate
with equaninlity Canada filled with
twentv millions, or thirty millions,
or nifty millions OF people under ilag
tlien and possibly hostile to the
United states"
The above extracts chow that the
Senator has given the subject much
study. and his remarks were greeted
with prolonged applause.