Year: 1865

Canadian Protest Against Annexation.


From the Montreal Transcript, July 1871
signature by citizens, requesting his Excecncy the
Governor General to take action in reference TO the
recent conduct Of the Hon. Mr. Potter, United States
Consul General


To His Excellency the Right Hon. CHARLES STANLEY
vIscoUNr MoScK, Governor General Of Canada &c. =
The memorial Of the undersigned memoralists and
others OF the city OF Montreal humby showeh That at
convention OF delegates from different parts of the
United States and the British provinces in North Ameri
ca, recently held In the city Of Detroit Hon Mr. Potter
United States Consul General for Canada present,
and reported to have publicly expressed himself in the
following language


81 believe express the general feeling of those who
are the most friendly to the United States In Canada
when ! say 1t is not the policy Of government,
our policy to continue this treaty. and believe that in
two years from the abrogaon Of the Reciprocity treaty
the people Of Canada themselves will apply for admis
the Canadians.) repeat that believe In two years
they would ask for admission. Cries of 'no no'O
have a letter which received on tho evening Of my
departure for Detroit and may say came here with
the consent Of my own government to express my
views on reciprocity"


above quoted, together with the letter read by
the Hon. Mf Potter from O. 8. Wood Super
intendent Of the Montreal Telegraph Company,
persons in Canada for tho annexation this pro.
vince to the United States that Hon Mr. Potter, while
exercising the office Of Consul General of the United
States Canada has been engaged in subverng gov.
ernment and s believed IN Montreal where he has
sided that he with Others has by meetings and other





Of the province Of Canada to the United States Of Am
erica That your memorialiss consider II would be de-
sirable to ascertain in such the government
deem proper whether such meetings have been held
and participated In by Hon. Mr. Potter Wherefore your
memoralsts pray the subject may receive the consdera
ton Of her Maesys government and that such action
may be taken as to them may seem ft.


RESIGNATION OF AN ANNExATIONIsT.


From the Montreal Herald, July 1871


MONTREAL, July Is, 1865.
To the PRESIDENT DrRRCroRs THE MONTREAL TgLE-
GRAPH CoxPANY:-


The public discussion which has taken place with
reference to letter which addressed to Mr. Potter the
Consul General Of the United sates and which he read
at Detroit during the sitting Of the convention there
renders it my duty to at once communicate with you
upon the subject. believe you are fully aware that
during my long connection with the Montreal Telegraph
Company l have scrupulously abstained from all
participation in political affairs, and l only
express my deep regret that I should have de-
parted from that course on the present occa
sion with this frank explanation, which my own self
respect less than my duty 10 you mpes me to Offer
beg to place my resignation at your disposal Allow
me, in conclusion TO express TO the board and share
holders OF the company my sincere thanks for the great
courtesy and confidence with which have always been
treated and TO add my earnest hope for the continued
prosperity and success Of company with which have
been intimately connected for upwards Of eighteen


O. s. WOOD.