Show > CANADA AND THE UNITED J J STATES j i i i f An intelligent Canadian gentleman t i t gentle-man writes in another place in THE HERALD about his countrymen in t j J connection with the many stories of a alleged discontent in the Dominion I c He very naturally defends the Cana I J < I diane from the charge of disloyalty I i t to the imperial government and J 1 humiliating as it may be to acknowledge 1 acknowl-edge the fact makes some ugly l f 1 K points against the republic Any 1 i body who has resided any considerable E I consider-able time in Canada and is at all i f acquainted with the people of the Dominion knows that they are generally 1 1 I s gen-erally as loyal to the Queen as are their countrymen in England itself 11 R x Canadian politics and sentiment are i 1 f thoroughly misunderstood on this I side of the line American opinion is J I 1 formed partly from American wishes 1 i d 1 and partly from impressions gained 11 r f from misinformation Much of what I j 1 is alleged as showing Canadian discontent i t dis-content comes from antiBritish tj i I + Y S t sources Fenian or Irish influence 1 J j tinging a good deal of it and patriotic i patri-otic American newspaper correspondents I t 4i t corres-pondents are given to the discovery I 1 to I of tendencies and indications that tJ J i may or may not existr There is an E J 9 n element in Canada that is opposed i J I to the British nation and would J j gladly see it overthrown but it is 1 E unimportant and without influence f f fJ j ri1 J j for the simple reason that the very J J f I i great majority of the people dearly n 1 II I love the mother country and its J j 2 stable humane government There J1fi i is another element that is strongly t1Jj in favor of republican forms and 1 t r t Institutions It does not desire i F 1 F aauetau to the V tei Statesga j > s s t r i 1 I Its It-s the contrary it is jealous of this na tinandafraidotiCbetwoer America and Great Britain it would cling to the latter How strong this Jatter element is cannot betolc withanything like definiteness but it is from this that England is in danger of losing the Dominion il there is danger Annexation oa the part of America is out of the question The only way it can ever be brought about is by force Whether or not it could be conquered con-quered in view of the loyalty of the people and its eligibility for defense by the parent government is a question that only the trial could determine If it could be acquired by force of arms it would not be worth the effort for the reason that an intelligent conquered people are not desirable acquisitions to a free commonwealth However the attempt at-tempt is not going to be hazarded by the United States which though aggressive and outreaching prefers diplomacy and money to arms and armies as agents for enlarging her borders It has been demonstrated that it is cheaper to buy than to fight We believe that Great Britain Brit-ain will eventually lose not only her Dominion of Canada but others of her vast possessions not because her subjects will lose their love and respect for the motherland but for he reasons thatjthey will come to feel that they can best govern themselves them-selves and thatthe growing sentiment senti-ment of intelligent educated mankind man-kind is that the republic is the natural nat-ural form of government for man Sow long this sentiment will be in growing to the striking point is a matter that time alone can determine its growth will be swift or slow according as the mighty republic of the west continues its present rate of progress pro-gress and development or slackens ita pace and shows signs of decay One thing however may be set town as a fact namely Canada is lot going to ask annexation to the United States and would resist the scheme with all the earnestness and rigor of loyal and patriotic British ubjects |