Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XII, Number 29, 28 February 1891 — THE CAMPAIGN IN CANADA. [ARTICLE]

THE CAMPAIGN IN CANADA.

SIP Jos:a iriucdoilald'» Addrcss to tlie El«etors~Ati A ppeal A i;nlu*l Clo«cr Tr«d« Relatlons Wlth tUe rnli«d U* Drtiidi Ann^ailpu.

Toronfco, Ont.., Februarv 9th. -Sir Jofan Macdonald has published an address to the eUctors of Canada, in wliieh be says: "As in 1882 and again in 1887, so in XB9l, do'questions relating to the trade and.commerce of the cauntry occnpy theforeiiidst."plaee in thē pnblic mmd. Oar policy in respect there-to is to-day what it has been for the past thirteen years, and is directed bv a firm determination to

foster and develop the resources of the Dominion by every means in oiii* power, consistent with Caßada'spdsition as an integral portion of the British Empire, To that end we hav* labored in the past and tve propose to eontinue in tlie work to wliieli we have applied ourselves, of build ing up on this continent, under the fiag of England, a great and powerfu' nation.'' ;

Dealing with tlie poliCy of the opposition, he says unrestricted reeiprocity would, in his opinion, inevitably reault.in the annexftt-ion of thc Dominion t* tjLe United, Btates, althoiigh its advooates in Cana,da deny suqU to b« the cas». Sir JjOhixcontinueB: . the des,<wn4ant&of.th« pioneers wlio settled ihia comitry, to th«'multitude of Eng" 4ishmen, īrishmen and Scotchm«n *fho ēmigrst«d t9 .Canada that they ijttigljt.biiild.up new hom«s without ceaging;to be British subjects, I appeal; and ask you. , What hav« you to gain by surrendering that whieh your fathers held most , Uader th» broad folds o£ the Union Jaek we enjoy the most ample libexty to govern ourselves as we please, and ,at the same time, we participate in the advantages vh ieli flow from association with the niightiest Empire the \frorld has ever se«n. The great question whieh you will shortly be called upon to determine resolves itself into this: Shall we endanger our posession of the great heritage bequeathed to us by our fathers and submit ourselv©s to direci taxatioii for th« privilege of having our tariff fixed at W*Bhingtoi, with the prospect of ultimately becoraing a pOrtion of the American Uniōn? I commeiid these issues to your determination and to th« judgment of the whole people of Canada, with unclo\ided confidence that you wili proeiaini to tlie world your resolve to show yourselvos not unworthy of the proud diatiuction you enjoy of being numbered among the iuost dutifnl and l«yal subjecta of our beloved Queen.' ! London, February 10t-h. —Th e Tivies says: It is imposible to feel •niire synipatliy with the other side in the Canadiam struggle. We ar*> prapared to recogniz« that a strong practicMl inducement k offered the Canadians in a eomnwieial uniou with America, l>ut other int«rests eeme into play on both sides, Tlu> A»«rican farmers are not aniious to, iuTite the coiupetitiou, already vast and with almoat bouudless possibili4ie& of developmeut, of Canadian agricultur« in tiicir lioui® marjk.ets. Moreover, if political absorption follow«»d a oomni<ircial uuion, as we faeli*»ve it woulii, tlie \»orking of Araerica J sconstitutional systt>iu woula be aubjecied t« a :»o\ero strain by tho ditllv iit\ of d«aling with the <tubbnm Fteuob-Canadi:m olonienl aiivl high luhu.-ui Catholie claims iopm stnited l>y Archbishop o'Brieu. The< 'AmniV/f save: The fact that Blaine treats Canada's ad\ :uvco with hauteur caus©g eurpriee U) Eu^lāiia,

l)ut is eabily exnl;iinod ouee we gr;isp tlio fact that Blā\ne is mftt\mng a j great «eheme ot polky wherein Canßdian reciprocity fonns rat3ier ft trivial elemeni. " : - Commenting on Sir"Jol>.n jniiniCestō, the Npaoh declares the theorv of an Imperial Eollvereiiilallaeioua " and that the plan will nevsr worlc.