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VOL VTII-NO.i,
CLINTON, HURON COUNTY ,ONTr, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81, 1886,
WHOLE NO.. 884`
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
We wish it to be distinctly understood eta toe do
not kold ourselves nwponsibiefor Mho opitnons
eaeprmedby correpondents. En. NLws•itacoRe.
Editor Neios=Record;
DEAR Snt.—I noticed in your parer
of+last week a letter' deprecating the
„impositionof a license tax on non•re-
eident vendors of meat in quantities
less than the quarter, and their hay-
ing a fixed place in the town to do
business. As a resident and rate-
payer in the town having no interest.
in the meat business other than in
purchasing supplies for my family, I
quite agree with the idea of the pro-
posed tax,. Your frothy correspou-
rlent threatens to have non-resident
sheat peddlers come and reside in
town if the license law is. passed. No
one can 'object to that, As you, Mr.
Editor, 'suggested, that is the object.
oft the proposed by-law. The propos-
•odtax is characterised as an 1mpoyi-
tion. To my wind the imposition
consists in the present state of things
whereby outsiders who contribute
nothing to keep up our sidewalks,
schools, etc., are allowed to do bnsi
mess on the same footing as those who
do. I for one shat' welcome the coin-
sng to live in our town of all traders
who :think they, can make a lading
here, bet I must object to the unfair
competition of unlicensed nen-resid-
ent peddlers with onr resident tax-
paying tradesmen.Although I,do not
parade myself-as..the people I think a
majority of my fel ow -c' aims agree
with me.••
' RATEPAYER.
Editor News -Record.'
DEAR SIR,—The recent proceedings
of . Mr. M. C. Cameron . during his
stumping tong in the comity of Aaron,
and again in Elgin, and his stili more'
in
recent ravings v s iuthe House• of Com.
g
mons have capped • his previous
political sayings and doings, and there
is a fast sprea,dingleeling among the
honest electors of the west riding of.
Huron that the'tinie has come when
it is absolutely necessary' that; they
Sheol& wipe out the foul stain which
must attach to their character as
liberal. Reformers, whicli the conduct
of the• manwho now •misrepresents.
them has cast-: upon then:. It . is
time, high time;' I say, that the
stigma. should he removed; and Mr.
M. C, Caniereavease to misrepresent
a riding, in .which, • irrespective of
politics or party,' the overwhelming
Majority of -the electors are 'men of
high character, honor, probity, truth
and loyalty; in all of which attributes
M. C. Cameron has proved himself to
be totally deficient. -
W..hatr•I•would ask,has been. the
Political l a career .of: this .man ? A:
member of an honorable profession
which confers'uponhhu the .legai.
title to rank as a' gentleman, but lie
failsto exhibit, the' attributes.' A
loud shouter about political purity,
yet convicted of corrupt practises' to
further his political ends, an insulter
'of Roman Catholic electors whose'
votes he boasted he could purchase'
as he willed, and a foul'.. slanderer of;
the Orange- body, whoin he now' de-.
lyonnces'as murderers and assassins,
because even those who, belonging to.
that body whohitherto supported•
him, refuse to indorse :his "support
and,advocacy of rebels and traitors,
and are" henceforth,disposed_to leave
hila to .thio congenial support of
f3inion'Pure Grit supporters of the
Riel and Jackson stamp. I have
` lately touched ori his .%lnuntits -ex•
ploits in reference• to those whom he
described as "the forty thiedes" in,
timber limits, and T shall now refer'
tithe unenviable position which he
holds in the House of Commons of
the Dominion of Canada, and his
recent utterances there.
At the tune.I pen those lines a de-
bate has been in progress for some
.[4, on the motion of. Mr. Landry,.
(snide defeated by ninety-four) ex-
- pleasing regret • over the execution
.of • Riel, and '.condemnatory of the
Government for Having allowed the
law to take its course against that
double dyed traitor and murderer.
The misteprosentai,ti-e-of••West Huron
—wee "spoiling for the fight," and or.
the very first night of the debate
raised the slogan and ranted as wild-
ly and as ,voraciously as ever he
„did. Ile there asserted in one breath
that he could find no fault as a law-
yer with the d'cision of the Comte•
of Justiee, and of the Privy Council,.
on the case of Rip'; and in the next
breath he told the House that Idol
• was executed -"not to vindicate tbo
law, but contrary to law, and in
obedience to a pewee • not responsible
to Parliament"—that "Biel was hang.
til .to avenge the' blood •of 'T'homas
Scott," that "they did not give „hired.
a fair trial as a criminal, if he WPro
a: criminal," that "there were greater
er%ininals untried at that hour. The
Cloyornment had executed Riel situp•
ly to save their o,wnnecks''' atthes
bidding of "the Orapgo Order, to
avenge the death of Morons . Scott"
but. -.-'if Scott had •,been a Papist it
would be all right," That "tile
resolutions detnanding the execution
had been sent down to Brother Sir
John. A, Macdonald, with a_gentle.
intimation' that, unless he hanged Riel
-wiiiltout• delay, it Oat/be to bis
political disadvantage," and that
"after Riel's death the. Orange lodges
gloated on the tragic fate of the
lunatic; thirsted with an unquench-
able thirst for his blood ; gloated with
an inhuman delight over the victim,
and at the end threatened a free
Province with their vengeance if the
people of that Province dared'to call
the conduct of their servants the
ministers in question."
' Such was the veracious language
used by this veracious representative
of West Huron iul describing;
the Orange body., It is equally as.
veracious as his allegation las to
purcnaseable Roman Catholics, How
do you like the portrait, electors of
West Huron ? The, frantic ravings
of this political fanatic were listened
to with disgust' bythe honorable
portion of the• Opposition, and it
promptly called up:an Irishman and
a' Roman Catholic to vindicate. the
character of both bodies from such
slanders. 'The scathing'sarcasms of
Mr. Curranstrnck home. Referring
to the utterances of this: Cameron
the said : "There was much bigotry
abroad, but in the Conservative party
the brains mere -ahead of thebigotry,
while in the Reform party the bigotry
was ahead of the brain's: The mem-
trier for West Ilitron had appealed to
the Catholics of this, country'threa-.
ening to; create in their ..minds the
idea that this man (Rid) had been
sacrificed to... range fanaticism ' Did'
. he think it was-pos hie for hini to
throw dust in the .eyes`:•of. the whole
people ? Ile (Mr. Curran) had it on
thebest authority that the Orange
men who moved the resolutions that
Riel Should bepunished were not •Con-
servative Orangemen. They were Grit
Orangemen, t nd ' their' resolutionk
were proposed for the direct purpos'
of embarrassing the Goyernment an
in order, whether Riel was executed
or repriev-ed;-to" crtiate a. feud be-
tween :
e-tween.: Quebec and •Ontario for the
purpose of driving from the ranks et.
the Conservative warty' the 'French
Canadian Cathloics,:who had, so, long
and: so loyally supported the Govern-
ment." Finally Mr. Cameron's wind
is thus. described:: "He has falsely
anti brutally asserted' that the' execu=
tion- of ••Riel had been: performed at
the instigation of the Orange lodl;cs,r
and fixing l is rnnlevril'-, U. eyes en the7
hollers with an assumed /teacart/4d ex
pression: so.foreign to his features lie
denounced his cotintrynieu.'' : Well
might Mr. Wood, the member for
Brockville,' say, that the language of
Mr. Cameron had a tendency to ex-
cite race against. 'race,' and 'creed.
against•creed, andwas deserving of
the. severest conilenination. In .fact'
the ostracises of Mr. Cameo ron in. the..
House seems complete: It remains
now for his;