Show from the dully annexation OR noff it is not such a very long time since there was talk of war between the united states and canada over the fisheries dispute now the talk is all about annexation american statesmen of the john sherman ardently deagro an opportunity to take under the protecting winit of our eagle the fair dominion winch ia so valuable to england and yet which Is go shabbily treated by the mother country other americana with no pretensions to blip are moving for a arnd free tour of canadian leaders through the principal states and cities of the union the idea being to fill hie visitors with enthusiasm over our strength and prosperity and cultivate in them a desire to become a part of us whether these schemes may be deemed chimerical or abt there is no doubt that among the intelligent class of our northern neighbors a strong inclination toward annexation the ties which bind the colonists to the crown are not those of love they are not even ties of mutual interest the national feeling which is called patriotism requires but little encouragement to throw its weight the union the mere fact of a boundary line offers no reason why those on either side of it be different in their policy or their government and every consideration will naturally tend to bring about at no distant date the absorption of a territory and population whose present existence is ee anomalous on the other band soma of alie high old tory officials of the dominion are exerting themselves to check the feeling of elioso growth they at last appear to be conscious prominent among is sir john macdonald the canadian premier lie stated a day or two ago that the present session of parliament would witness the most decisive act of his life this is understood to refer to the coup destined to strangle the annexation sentiment the proposal is to submit to parliament a series of measures an independent kingdom of the new dc minion under british protection with one of the royal family as the reigning head the act will certainly be decisive and the consequences also but perhaps not exactly in the way sir john anticipates we think senator john sherman has a better understanding of the situation canada when she ceases to be a colony will not become a kingdom destiny has marked her for a grand commonwealth |