Her extensive forests. far greater than any now known. will be doubled in present value. Her wheat. barley. and other cereals will enter into our consumption or add to the store of food to be conveyed to other markets by modes of transportation always open. free of customhouse officers or tolls at all seasons of the year. The tide of emigration that has steadily passed through her borders into our more favored climate will turn northward to the forests of Columbia. to the vast plains of Manitoba and adjacent provinces. to the silver. gold. copper. iron. and nickel mines north of Lake Superior and to the still unsettled agricult ural regions in the older provinces. I know of no portion of the population of Canada whose interests would be injuriously affected by union with the United States except the favored few who enjoy titles or who. like their senators. hold offices for life. but even these will find compensation for their loss. but the public gain. by a broader sphere of ambition and influence. For the mass of their people the change would be imperceptible. while its benefits would be undeniably apparent.
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