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Memorial of the people of Red River to the British and Canadian governments-Fleming Sandford Sir-1863

Memorial of the people of Red River to the British and Canadian governments-Fleming Sandford Sir - 1863- the People of Red River, have long desired to see 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

This is the most natural highway by which 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 could be carried on. And as a result of such commerce and traffic along this route, Central British America would rapidly fill up with an industrious loyal

people and thus 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗔, Great Britain would have an unbroken series of colonies, a grand confederation of loyal and flourishing provinces skirting the whole United States frontier and commanding at

once 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗧𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰./Memorial of the people of Red River to the British & Canadian governments-Fleming Sandford Sir 1863-a large and influential meeting of the settlers took place last evening when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.

Respectfully submitted to the Gov of Canada, agreeable to resolutions adopted at a Public Meeting held at the Red River Settlement, Jan 21 1863. In Submitting to the Gov of Canada the memorial of the people of Red River on the subject of opening up a line of communication from

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮.- Between Canada and the Red River Settlement, a long stretch of country intervenes, in many places rough and in some respects

unsuited for early and prosperous settlement. The great lakes Huron and Superior skirt the southern margins of the easterly half of this district 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁. 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻

𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟰𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿.-𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 and improved,

and it is on this account that 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, must necessarily open up a route

for them to the settlements of Canada./ It is therefor, 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡

𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬, they may now attain the object of their wishes. - 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 - Their great distance apart would be an insuperable obstacle to its construction, were it not

for the favorable character of the intervening territory of which the Red River district forms a portion. /The early French projectors appear to have had the idea of opening a water communication to the Pacific through the lakes and rivers if Canada and the interior.

- Major Carmichael Smyth in 1849 boldly urged the construction of a "𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆" 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗛𝗮𝗹i𝗳𝗮𝘅 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰..- It is more than likely that a line of communications could be formed from ocean to ocean at less cost than could a continuous land route./Memorial of the people of Red River to the British and Canadian

governments-Fleming Sandford Sir-1863-It's Importance - Halifax pg45.