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Britain in upheaval! Canada to join the Union?
-- New York Tribune headline

I was called to Washington by the Tall Man [Pres. Lincoln] today. Our meeting to discuss the ongoing strategy of the war was productive, and ventured into the subject of the Canadian question. The Tall Man was mum on the ideas I wrote to you about. He told me to worry about Lee's flanks to the south before turning eyes to the north, but the fact still remains that if he can give me the right amount of men and material, we can be in Montreal within a month, the entire country annexed to the United States within six months. Perhaps your blunter approach will have a better effect than my politicking?

I forever remain you humble servant,
GBM

-- George McClellan to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

Gentlemen, I look across the ocean and see that the chickens have finally come to roost for those British warmongers! A mad queen, a weak-willed prince turned Prime Minister, and now riots and civil war. We are watching now what happens to those that support slavery, the divine punishment from the Almighty is a stern one. While I am never in favor of kicking a man while he is down, I do subscribe to the maxim: an eye for an eye. They declared war on us and tried to seize our lands while we battle rebellion and upheaval, I say we return the favor. We must finish the job we tried to do in 1812, we must put an end to British colonialism in North America once and for all by taking Canada and throwing the British from this continent once and for all. That is why that I move that we vote upon a resolution to send armed men and equipment north of the border to drive the British out!

-- Representative Thaddeus Stevens on the House floor.

House of Representatives Passes Canadian Annex Resolution 83-75
-- Boston Herald headline

This body, formed by our Founders, was created with the purpose to act wisely against the rash decisions of the people, to weigh the consequences and political ramifications before acting. I am afraid this decision ranks among the most rash ones our brothers in the House have ever come up with. We cannot look to Canada while we still have armed rebels in the south! To meddle in Britain's affairs at this junction will make hypocrites of us all. The Senate is the dam that holds back the tide of hot-blooded public opinion, and we must all act with common sense and cold logic and vote down this resolution!

-- Senator Preston King speaking on the Senate floor.

Canadian Resolution Voted Down by Senate, 42-2
-- Detroit Free Press headline

This past week and all this commotion and I am reminded about the farmer who tried to go to market and loaded up his wagon and set up to leave, but he hadn't gotten his horse out the field. That's what we are, a farmer who has to get a horse before we can even think about going to market. Let us worry about putting our own affairs in order, about preserving our Union, before we can even think about the future or expansion. I say that at this time, I have no plans or any notion to send armed forces across our border. What is going on across the Atlantic, and what is going on to the north, is a concern of Canada and Great Britain. We asked to govern our own affairs and put our own house in order, and now we will let Britain do the same.

-- Abraham Lincoln

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