Lord Dufferin, the Governor-General of the Canadian Dominion, who is
at home for a holiday, was entertained on Wednesday by the Canada Club, and made a capital speech, brimful of confi- dence, and hope, and "go." There is something about these Irishmen when they get out of their own country which our people and Scotchmen have not, and which is a separate source of power. We have commented on the speech elsewhere, but may say here that Lord Dufferin apparently believes the latent jealousy between the Dominion and the United States to be ex- tinct. The Canadians do not want to be annexed, and the United States men do not want to annex them. They appreciate the career of Canada, and find in it a relief from the "depressing monotony of political thought on the American continent." That reads a little sanguine, but it is, we believe, true that the reluctance to acquire Canada against her will, which has always been felt more or less by American statesmen, has, since the great war, filtered down through the masses of the people. The Americans have political instinct, and do not want on their north, as well as on their South, immense disaffected provinces. The Dominion is safe enough, if she will keep her Militia effective.
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