Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-19
RECIPROCITY WITH
CANADA N THE
EARLY SIXTIES
SHORIlWEO
Treaty Floated Through Con-
gress in River of Cham.
payne" Abrogated During
Troubles of Civil War.
LORD ELGIN WAS
A CLEVER DIPLOMAT
especial Corrc-,nmlcu,c to ucrnld. }

Wtshi sston. ~. g. My Bin
thcs, days OF tnf,ruH i"uu peace
movements aad t'rHtir- 'rmrutiug tho
commercial aud diplomatic relations
of friendly nations BE- interesting to
harN back {" IN. Washington ~ siN.
- wears ago. whom r.uad1. Go tho
Yankee mind. Nl> t wilderness.
and Canadian reciprocity as deep
e mystery rs The pphn,Ur hypothesis
IN those anto-boIium days. how
"N'r. = genuine reciprocity treaty be-
tWDrn tao United Sut.- ANA canada
was negotiated "a, phrase of the
day. u was ilunt"d through the halls
,of congress on riy.f ~ champagne"
u s, not 10 the point that the tronty
died au carly death ud that Il had
absolutely n" effect owing t. the
oi,il strife ~ which the United
states VAS shortly ,hgulfcd The
ntain fact IS that m. treaty was ac-
tutlly negotiated and agucd. that the
prl,s Of protection nrd stand rat.
tism "f that period won, momcntar-
iiy caught on their guard. and that
Canada ana the t'n,trd states enjoy
cu Tor q row years closer ,oinmcrcia'
relations than ~ SINS subs qucnt
prriod
The records relating 80 tho ucgn-
tiaiious of the reciprocity treaty in
1888 ar, written In vivid dotan ia tho
archives of British diplomacy IN
Washington they ar. ui but forgot.
ten. IN, STATE department has nt,ie
"r no dats rogardinp them We must
80 q" canada. Therefore, Tor anX au-
th,nuc account of tho mission L.
a., American capital ~ which Lord
Eigln ana his stan participated Thcy
I invaded Washington ia the hope of
ay.rting the comm rcisi stagnition
lNh.ch threatened the Young and
so uggli1g dominion or Nv" no Nh IN
ttote days cinada vH~ regarded a.
"a poorest aud least promising uf an
l"f Englnnd's oVcr-sea possessions.
+ LORD flgin, our ot tho most Drill
liant m u ln Great lirit.In's foreign
,s"rV'cr, VAS sent across thr Atlantic
ms governor general To- soc what could
o.. don" He promptly dori led tha,
canada required commercial eJuyc.
nation above all else. and that the
/ United states. provincial a. IL then
] '"''"s W fAf'fA'W AfNf. 'IIhft AlANilNs "
wrote Go one of the negotiators who
pret .nDd HIM to Washington.
You haNc a great oppoytunh, be-
fore 'yon--obtatn Reciprocity im u.s.
aud venture 90 predict that you will
! bc able slortl! To- point To- lhis hith-
'rtn turbulent colony with sutisfac.
ioa, an Must aliou Of IA, tendency
-! scif government ana freedom 90.
trade 10 bcgct cuntentin, nj ana ma-
t"rial progress canada viii remain
attached Ia Engl1ld, though jicd to
( her neither bA "a, golden links 90
protection. nor uy tll mcshrs ct old
iishi"nDd c"l"niol j,obins aud ch wee
, "n,. But u son allow the Amcri-
cans to wltaaold ne boon which you
hnN" "a" means ut oNtortiag. I much
fear that tn losing I,riod 90 tn,
connection between Great Britain and
'anadh viii he marked 5y Incident,
"t hiVh VIII dnnprn the ardor of thus.
"h" d"si'c a. promote human happ..
ness by striking siacklcs ~ com.
me rec snd on mon"
To secure .criprocity wa q prob.
lena thnt taxed The abilities of bntl
British ana canadian statesmen e.
thr utmost IA, United state, wa,
not 10 Ia" slightest dcgrrc Interested
Th'r" We're other far NOR, vital
QUESTION" before congress Unable Z,
get ur a l"bby 10 press tn matter
lhc brush n'-ot .ttsss were hopeless
On" commcntgi0r or later period
slNs
Prime Minister Hmcks brought
In, A..
ana ingenious intellect To- bear ON TN,
politicians at Washington, but in vain
!, was not Wnu Lord Elgln hims,l
went To- tn national capital and mad,
use of ms diplomatic tact ana amen
Its ~ domcauor that SUCCESSFUL re-
SUIT was reached s." governor gen
cral who ever listed the Unite,
States mHd' 30 deep an impression
ON - Statesmen and people as Wai
made pN Lord E'gin during this mis-
Sion 90 Washington"
Lord Eigins Visit m Washingto,
vas one ~ a., gr,atest personal an,
diplomatic sugccsscs over known /,
TIA" copiWl H. conquered through
the power oi personality. through hi
ihculiy Of htIili,nt repattrc and racy
"h tn"l", through IN, fact that h'
could drinK "ncoiAs OF champagne
tnd SIN ma.utan his orbnnity
IL h a., most thorough dirlo
m"i posi- De, said one of his cam,
adam aides vino yccnmpanicd him 6,
N'shineton Lord EIyin prctends &
drink immrisoi}, bat I watched him
and I don't believe ~ dgank mor'
than u glass ~ u dinner given b'
senator ilnnM nut he never lose
right for momrnt Of his object, and
whit" n is clapping Yankees ON th'
hack. he h. syst, maticallg lhirsuini
that object. Tho conscquoncc ~. h'
~ Tia. most popular Englsliman tha
ever visited the United states.
ON TIN I'm of June. 1854, the treat.
was signed. Lord :lgln had succeed
,d In his task. sl,hougl bitterly 90
pos n by nearly half the members -
congress, and not few members q
President piorcc's cabinet. Secro
tary OF STATE Marcy an aged man
IN rdlN the mattel of the brilliant Eng