... AN INDEPENDENT CANADA. MANIFESTO BY MR MERCIER. MONTREAL, Tuesday.—The manifesto of Mr Mercier, ex-Premier of Quebec, in favour of Canadian independence, was read this evening in the presence of an immense gathering of French- Canadians. Subsequently ...

... to erect Canada into an independent kingdom. There can be no doubt that it would be the interest of both England and Canada that the latter alternative should be adopted. What possible objection could England make to the independence of ...

... the Union. No doubt. But this phrase has two senses. It means either Home Rule or Independence. Now, we are not aware that the serious object of the leaders is Independence, in thie sense of separation. In the sense of Home Rule, the Irish agitators have ...

... to Sitrie down sl British institutions in North Ax-:nrica. and i- to bring about a toxitial union between il Canada and the United States. Canada, lie tc said, luaned .-o the Grand Trunk enorr-;uc au , nota dollar of which had becn ie aid. li ...

... I THE INDEPENDENCE OF CANADA. 'I Mr. Goldwin Smith has called public at- tention to the expediency of making Canada an independent and separate state. There are strong reasons why we should let our great American colony part from us. Canada, ...

... u .thev wilfully refused to list to the warningr voice. Vhen the with the advertisement of tho pros- pe tus re ached Canada independent people in Ontario Pent a nies-age by A^niitic cable to Mr Chesant, a fi i ...

... have been unsatisfactory, it wits not vague, inasiatlih as 1 proposed, in the most delfinite man. ncr, to make, Canada an independent nation.- I anl, &c., GOLDWIN SMITE. Oxford, July 23,186;2. ...

... mission was to strike down British institutions in North America, and to bring about a political union between Canada' and the United States. Canada, he said, had loaned to the Grand Trunk enormous sums, not a dollar of which had been repaid. Sir Charles ...

... between Canadaiid the 'United State? If Canada were an independent, State the dispute would soon he settle4. for she wonld yield to the arguments of her -powerful, netlbour ad if-:ther were no Dominion of Canada the dispute wtnil4 be siettled by -English ...

... out into war, there can be no question that Canada, if independent, would be free from the danger to which she is exposed so long as this hatred exists. Here, th',l, is what the Americans call a fix. Canada declares herself unable to arm in her own def ...

... railways of Ireland in respeet to guarantees for railways in Canada alone. In case of our actually having to pay such a forfeit, we should get absolutely nothing for it, if Canada were independent; but if we bought the Irish railways, we should have solid ...

... not accrue from trade with them as independent nations, nobody has ever attempted to prove. Canada lays heavy import duties on the products of our industry, as though we were a foreign nation. If she was independent we might negotiate a reciprocity treaty ...