Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1890 — ANNEXATION. [ARTICLE]

ANNEXATION.

Is • Llitag Issue La Canada—A SemarkaMe Article. An Ottawa special of the 17th says: Ths fact can no longer be disputed that the ana nexation question is fast becoming one of the live issues of the day and will play an important part in the political future of Canada. The sentimental loyalists en. : deaver to belittle the movement, but, hev-: ertheless, aro whistling to keep up thei/ courage. It matters not what part of the : Dominion one looks to, there is to be found . evidence of dissatisfaction at the existing ; state of affairs. Lead ing public men have > not hesitated to call attention to the increasing popularity of the movement for • closer trade and social relations with the Un’ted States?—in fact, in some instances going so far as to espouse on the publio platform political union. the government organs has come out squarely fop separation from England. The Quebec Telegraph says: “If we are permitted to gauge current events on Canada, we thinkithat annexation to the United States is making.great headway among the people. It is coming, and that beforj long. Sir John may preach all kinds of doctrines, he may climb upon Johnny Bull’s back and become the last man on earth to accept the platform, but dollars and cents will bring it about. The McKinley bill is passed by a large majority, and that deals a hard blow to the com merce of Canada. England, we are told, is as ready to give up Canada and New foundland as Heligoland. Now, what can we do in this part of Canada without the United States? We are positive that at least this part of the country would be in a thriving condition if we had America merged into one general confederation. How would Brother Jonathan meet us but with an exgression of joy and comfort. . Dollars and cents’ property would boom and commerce with the world would be carried with a ring which would bring comfort and glory to the masses. “A few days ago the stars and stripes were raised over a custom house in Mon treal and now they are. flying over the grounds of the Toronto exhibition. What Is to prevent them from being raised over the nation at some future period? Something must be done, beoause we can not stand this tariff tinkering at Ottawa any longer. “This country is, in plain words, going to the Old Nick, and if in the next general election the reformers do not become aware of the situation, we will be starved out of existence by the United States tariff. England is neither a mother nor a friend to us. We have flattered her too jmuoh and now is the time (when one of her grandchildren Js here) that we should talk as plainly as possible of the situation. “If the capitalists of London can buy up the great stock companies of the United States, if they can place millions of dollars in the wild lands of that country, if they are scared to invest a single dollar in Brit*, Ish securities, then let us annex so as to secure their aid and land. Sir John ought to feel surprised at the enormous amount of money that Britishers are investing in the United States.” The article has caused a decided sensation here. Government officials state that such unreasonable and seditious language should not be overlooked.