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of treasures latent there. The people domiciled on the shores 
of the maritime colonies have realized substantial benefits, and 
hail our fishermen as “ ministering angels.’ 1 In our boyhood 
we witnessed many acts of kindness from the American fisher¬ 
men to our country people on Prince Edward Island. We know 
that the generosity of the a Yankees ” have won the grateful ap¬ 
preciation of the inhabitants, and that a majority are anxions 
for immediate union with the United States. The hardy toilers 
in Newfoundland are also knocking for admission; neither 
threats or blandishments sufficed to rope them in with the Ca¬ 
nadians, From Nova Scotia we have the u glad tidings 11 that 
the heroic fishermen along that coast are most earnest for “ a 
closer walk ” with our republic. The railroad to Halifax will 
bind the union and consummate the nuptials. New Brunswick, 
sandwiched in, will “follow the lead” of her more advanced 
neighbors, and, like ripe fruit, will on some fine morning fall of 
its own weight into Uncle Samuel’s basket. Mantibo has been 
heard from ; Rielly and his compatriots have given some strik¬ 
ing yearnings for a change. British Columbia has spoken 
in plain language to her Majesty, Victoria ; the people of that 
romantic colony, with wonderful unanimity, petitioned President 
Grant to have mercy upon them, and to incorporate them with 
the universal Yankee nation. Thus we observe the commercial 
interests along the entire seaboard of the “ Dominion ” seeking 
closer relation, and “ a more perfect union” with our country. 
The people of Canada will soon sec the great benefits to be 
realized from an early incorporation into our family of States. 
The great Northwest is fast developing in material wealth ; that 
prolific section depends mainly on the St. Lawrence as the nat¬ 
ural channel to the markets of northwestern Europe. The early 
completion of the North Pacific Railroad through a fertile belt 
of land and terminating at Lake Superior, will stimulate indus¬ 
try. The Welland Canal affords a shallow channel for trans¬ 
porting the vast products of the farm, forest and the sea. In¬ 
ternal improvements commensurate with the requirements of 
commerce must be inaugurated ; spacious canals are demanded, 
which call for enormous expenditures; hundreds of millions 
must be forthcoming to consummate those great measures so 
beneficial to our country in general, and particularly to the 
Northwest coast. 
