The only true and statesmanlike policy of a great nation like England is to pursue the even tenor of her way, governing the empire with its dependencies _as one vast country_, the interests of any one portion of which should be considered inseparable from those of the whole;--protecting jealously every industry; seeking every possible means of employing the labour and developing the resources of _all_;--fostering every industry when it needs fostering, and releasing the fostering care as soon as such care is seen to be unnecessary; protecting only to the extent that may be needed to prevent the decay of an existing industry, or to enable a new industry to spring up; the primary aim being to utilise the labour and produce of _the whole_, and to ensure a market for the produce in our own great United Empire. With our enormous territory, two-half times as great as that of America,--with our enormous capabilities and varied productions, we ought, if governed rightly, to be able to secure this; and holding such an immense area of territory we should have no want of healthy competition without _calling_ in foreign nations to compete with us. We have within our grasp an imperial policy which would enable us to outstrip America in a far greater degree than she is now outstripping us. By an _imperial_ policy I do not mean that narrow insular policy which takes all it can from its dependencies, and gives nothing in return;--I do not mean that selfish policy which drove America to separate from us, and which is now disgusting our Colonies, and forcing them to federation--the first step towards separation. I mean a generous enlightened policy, which considers the welfare and prosperity of each and every dependency identical with its own.