Year: 1872

arteries OF the land, and only prevented from in
lecting the healthy system Of the Dominion by the
intervention OF the chain OF lakes and the river st.
Lawrence. Then there are the Fenians, who helped
SO much 70 nut an extinguisher on the annexation
spirit, which had lived In spite OF Mackenzie's
abortve rebellion, and nourishcd more or less
down to the period Of O'Neils venture at Rdgeway.


ANOTHER SOMETHING N M Way.


Then the Dominion folks are ''high-tonedn in the
selection OF their company. Union with US they
are afraid would soil their garments overmuch
They might stand the Fenians, but to be compelled
to tolerate the following aterated crowd would
be asking too much-for instance, the wild and
wicked woodruff; the sensational sorehead Phil
lips the antique anomaly Susan b. the red-handed
Reddy the Blacksmith; the vinegarized virgin,
Anna Dickinson; the soothing syrup OF syntax,
Theodore Tilton: the gasconading gasbag, Train;
the Stimulating Senator, Simon Cameron, and the
bounding hummer Of the border, Buffalo Bill.


AY HERE'S THE RUB.


As for the United States c0nquering the Dominion,
that is question which has had its day in these
regions. 1t was possible once, they say but now
we are prepared to talk OF conquering you. Did
you cverP Yes. indeed. This beggarly country, as
we have so long considered it, talks in quiet, per-
haps facetious, way Of annexing us. Stranger
things might happen. The Huns, Goths, Scythians



like this, and on the battle field, fighting on the
aggressive, were numerically inferior to the ele-
CANT nations they thrashed into chan. ! can meet
men OF finer build and more healthful appearance
larger thcws and snews and harder mettle In o
five minutes walk on the streets OF Toronto than
in the same space OF time in any city In the Union
except San Francisco or Louisville Ky. This Is Of
small account here or there as we are now situated
with our superior weapons and war training, but


HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW,


mere bagatele In the life Of q nation, we may be
as little able to Withstand army Of million OF
these Scy ythians Of the future sweeping down on
our rich cities as the Romans were to stop the
sweep Of Alarac and his Goths. A century hence
our Seventh regiment will have grown 80 utterly
enervated that carriages will be needed to take
them on parade. The privates will be laid up with
rheumatism and the officers with the gout. Then
these terrible Canadians, observing frugal living,
sound sleep and healthfu labor, will start out some
fine morning and enter New York by tt st. Mich
olas boulevard, driving our gouty and rheumatic
0drde rationale in their carriages through the
Central Park and capturing them in q body on
Fifth avenue.


HOW CANADA MAY CONQUER US.


The climate, soil and character OF the people are
favorable to the development Of o splendid fight
ing race They ore greatly in the open air and
very fond OF field sports; the soil yields no luxuries
unbidden; they close their liquor stores at seven
P. M. Saturdays, and thus that elsewhere fatal
night to the laborer and mechanic is here passed
in sobriety. The climate while severe, Is invigo
rating and disciplines to hardship. There is In
1nitely less Of the morbid and rackng lust Of gain
among them than there is with u.s. and this con-
tributes to better and sounder constitution and
physique. The country absorbs yearly some of the
heathiest blood and best labor OF Europe. Emf
grants who make up their minds to stay on this
soil have to work harder a rule than across the
BORDER. They have to contend with more that de-
velOpes character and makes 1t strong in
every direction. The young men OF the
country are all drilled to arms. Thus You see
there is nationality maturing on this territory
that Is not to be despsed and one far more calcu-
latei to strengthen the United States by being in
dependent than by being annexed to it under any
pretence. AS the HERALD remarked lately,


CHAIN OF INDEPENDENT REPUBLICS
all the way down from the North Pole is the best
guarantee OF republican liberty. Commenting on
this Toronto gentleman observed that II the Cana
dian people could be brought to think that the
Americans would make compact securing a
mutual and inviolabe independence, an honorable
league, offensive and defensive, and reasonable
trade and tarlr regulations, there might be
ment for independence. This idea will bear future
ueVelOpmenL, DuI au auueAdtlOn OF Independence
party have yet to find.


TERRIBLE TACTICS OF THE TORONTO LEADER


dropped into the Toronto Leader ONCE the
other day to the kind Of institution that sent
forth that comically cantankerous article on the
HERALD because of its remarks about the tran
stion period that seemed to be at hand in the
politics and interests OF the Dominion. / found It
was country youth who had been entrusted with
the "spurge" that had been made, and that 1t was
merely the desperate effort OF mOrlbund sheet to
die with the cangor OF notoriety in Its ears. was
sorry for this discovery, because had hoped to give
it many an opportunity within the next three or
four weeks to ''split the ears Of the groundngs,n
and also because the estmable gentlemen connected
with it were extremely kind and courteous. ! saw
Mr.. James Beatty the proprietor Of the paper and
Member OF Parliament


He Is a fine oud Irish gentleman


One OF the rae ouid stock


one OF that


wHOLE-souLED CLASS OF FELLOWS


who carry every inch OF heart and mind and the
carmne OF convvial feeling in their faces. He re.
minded me OF the great Denis Sadlier the book
seller OF New York, who once upon time, protest
ed in the HERALD against being credited with "a
brogue so magnificent as Daniel O'Connell'su Denis
averred he had lost 1t forty years before; but
his friends insisted saying that he had found It
again every time they met him and heard his mel
lifluous greeting. Each Of these two remarkable
men is q representative Irishman OF the successful
class; and while my beati1ed friend Beatty like
st. Patrick, has built church and on 1t put
steeple, the sanctimonious Sadllcr has hooded the
country with sacred literature. The member Of
Parliament and the bookseller are as like as hens
eggs and each ia crossing to the frosty side OF
life with serene twinkle in the eye that all things
considered, times have gone well with them ia this
valley OF tears.


VIEWS OF THE BEATIFIED BEATTY.


The bewildered Beatty, talking with that singu-
larry pungent and snarp-cut accent Of the North