Then, Having Studied The "Deed Poll," I Felt That, Unless We Made The
Factors And Traders Partners In The Whole Enterprise - Fur Trade,
Banking, Telegraphs, Lands, Navigation Of Rivers - On Generous Terms, We
Could Not Expect To Elicit Either Their Energies Or Their Adhesion To A
New Order Of Things.
Further, I saw no way to secure supervision and control over the
Fertile belt, and all around it, except
By the construction, to begin
with, of a main line of telegraph from St. Paul to the Hudson's Bay
territory, and thence by Fort Garry to the extreme western post on the
east side of the Rocky Mountains. Such main line to be supplemented by
other subsidiary lines as rapidly as possible. The "wire," to my mind,
was the best "master's eye" under the circumstances. But, apart from
business re-organization, it was most essential to explain everything
to the Government of Canada; and to ascertain the views of political
parties, and of industrial interests, as, also, of religious bodies, as
to future government. In dealing with these questions, I had to assume
an authority which was to have been confided to a delegation, to
consist of Captain Henry Glyn, Colonel Synge, and myself.
On leaving England promptly - the main work being done - Mr. Richard
Potter undertook for me all the details which, if at home, I should
have managed, and he especially took up the discussions at the Colonial
Office, which I had personally carried on, with the Duke, for the
previous period.
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