250 THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 



America, and those cliieily Basques, while hundreds 

 of thousands annually emigrate from Great Britain. 



Zo?/«^ Canadians, that is, loyal to Great Britain, 

 must of necessity take into account this fact, wliich 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 discourao;e 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, ^vhich time appears to have arrived in 

 Great Britain as respects the Dominion. 



When Canada complains [without cause] that 



her wishes have been disreo;arded and her interests 



■ prejudiced by the stipulations of the Treaty of 



Washington, the great organ of 02:>inion in England 



replies : 



"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 nj) 

 your freedom : your days of ((pprenticeHliij) are overT 



