"In the first place, Parliament should express its condemnation of the failure of the executive; in the second, its desire for peace and fraternity with the United States; and in the third, its determination to stand by the Queen's dominions on the other side of the Atlantic. Language so just and so clear would lead to the inevitable result of renewed negociation. But who should negociate? The incapable, nonchalant people who have so signally perilled the interests of Great Britain,--or new and capable men? Or should the whole state of our relations with the United States be remitted to a plenipotentiary? "What ought we to seek now to secure, in the interests of peace and civilization? "1. A neutralization of the 3,000 miles of frontier, rendering fortifications needless. "2. A continuance of the neutrality of the lakes and rivers bordering upon the two territories. "3. Common navigation of the lakes and the outlets of the sea. "4. An enlargement of canals and locks, to enable the food of the west to flow unimpeded and at the smallest cost direct in the same bottom to Europe, or any other part of the world. "5. Neutrality of telegraphs and post routes between the Atlantic and Pacific, no matter on which territory they may traverse. "6. A free interchange of untaxed, and an exchange, at internal revenue duty rate only, of taxed, commodities. "7. The passage of goods in bond through the respective territories as heretofore. "8. A common use of ports on both sides of the Continent." It seems to me, now, in 1887, that this paper sums up a question of the past, now re-appearing in full prominence. It also sums up what ought to be done if civilization and friendship between English-speaking nations still exist. [Endnote 1]