250 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



America, and those chiefly Basque s, while hundreds 

 of thousands annually emigrate from Great Britain. 



Loyal Canadians, that is, loyal to Great Britain, 

 must of necessity take into account this fact, which is 

 of the very essence of British colonization in Amer 

 ica. They are also compelled to regard another se 

 rious fact of the same order of ideas, namely, the con 

 tinual emigration from Canada to the United States, 

 not only on the part of recent immigrants from Great 

 Britain, but, which is more noticeable as a sign of 

 the times, the emigration of old Canadians, natives 

 of the soil, in spite of all the efforts of the Govern 

 ment to check and discourage it. 



On the other hand, the history of all European col 

 onization shows that a time comes when the Mother 

 Country grows more or less indifferent to the fate of 

 her Colonies, which time appears to have arrived in 

 Great Britain as respects the Dominion. 



When Canada complains [without cause] that 

 her wishes have been disregarded and her interests 

 prejudiced by the stipulations of the Treaty of 

 Washington, the great organ of opinion in England 

 replies : 



&quot;From this day forth look after your own busi 

 ness yourselves : you are big enough, you are strong 

 enough, you are intelligent enough, and, if there were 

 any deficiency in either of these points, it would be 

 supplied by the education of self-reliance. We are 

 both now in a false position, and the time has ar 

 rived when we should be relieved from it. Take up 

 your freedom : your days of apprenticeship are over&quot; 



