Should Canada Annex the U.S.?     

                                                                             
    
  Canadians 
  have 
  universal 
  healthcare.  

   
  
   They have a better record on native relations, 
and no legacy of slavery. They became free, with 
less stress, and they gained sovereignty without bloodshed. 

   Before our Declaration of Independence, in 1775 a force led by Benedict Arnold attempted to capture Montreal and Quebec. Victory and friendly persuasion (French settlers resented the British), might win over the sparsely populated territory. 

   Montreal fell, but Quebec held on December 31. Certain Americans didn't give up on annexing Canada until after the War of 1812. Wasn't that when Francis Scott Key wrote ... something ... ? 

   Why did we revolt in the 1770s when we could have won independence peacefully 90 years later? Janie Cheaney lists reasons in WORLD magazine that include geography, culture, politics and practical considerations. 

   But mostly, "providential." 

   "Even America's detractors acknowledge," she says, that 1776 marked a break in human history, away from inherited power and toward self-rule. "The trailblazer takes the risks, the knocks, and afterward history flows in ways it wouldn't have otherwise (mostly for the better)." 

   "Our nation remains experimental, testing whether government of, for, and by the people can long endure (Lincoln)." 

   We still debate state vs. individual, she says, and the limits of free speech, religious liberty, free enterprise and moral debauchery. We still threaten to fly apart and we're "still here by the grace of God."
   
   God made every nation from one man (Acts 17:26) and has his purpose for each one. Let Canada be Canada. We were born to struggle, Cheaney concludes. 

      Jimmy