- For This Reason, That
After The Conquest You Would Find A Feeling Of Opposition To The United
States And Our Government On The Part Of The People Of Canada Which
Would Prevent Any Harmonious Working.
When they come, let them come by
their own consent, let them come as brothers, and let us be all
brothers with one flag, under one destiny.
The question then is, Shall
we simply be content to give the Canadians all the privileges of our
markets? For the true policy is, that in getting those privileges they
should be placed on equal footing with our own citizens in relation to
our responsibilities and in relation to taxation. I believe I express
the general feeling of those who are the most friendly to the United
States in Canada when I say it is not the policy of our Government, or
our policy, to continue this treaty, and I believe that in two years
from the abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty, the people of Canada
themselves will apply for admission to the United States. I repeat that
I believe in two years they would ask for admission. I have a letter
which I received on the evening of my departure for Detroit, and I may
say I came here, with the consent of my own Government, to express my
views on reciprocity. This letter is from a gentleman in Montreal, than
whom none stands higher - a gentleman of intelligence and wealth, and
whose judgment is as good as that of any person in Canada on these
matters:
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