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Provincial partlalnent.
Commissioner of Works bad secwsed the
boa. Aintreey G.sersl (Wesel •.f dee.ivarg
hem, and begged to were hire that towhees
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. how to r v*sg* hem elf. Then wan the
electing law introduced by the hos. Attor-
Mu.ri, iL, April 30. '1e7 Greenl"Lafontuw, and opposed by
Mr. Posen imolai iofunu bus• gentlemen the hon. ettorn••y General Baldwin, in re-
g lerence to voters bnl,l ng property In
eo the opens'', Md. that sh" epeeist woe seserd connives. Tee Usury Bell,tswhole
lie time Um the Ministry to dined them- the hese A'torero' Geserd West road tl•
,.Io,, but when the tune seine they, were hue. Iwpector General • lecture un the
prepared to do eo tnuutp t.ntty. Ile cos Interest of roue, sod bow to redoes the
eidered the vsntsefs ear the hes. gentleman debt of the I'romecs, and the Crams. Bill,
f'oen Norfolk ell tined. The ream he of is, which the hon. L.•peeior General had
the hos. memoet for 8'. Mruree would nnt been opposed by the hon. Attorney Ge^eral
ho separate 1 from the part he to .k 'n 1137: in Aging the duly on Mees Pork. The
and it would bare Item mtseh mere dignified f ministry bad submitted to a most important
i( tb.t b.o. memSer '•.d broneht defiuue anselment to the Indemnity bill; and the
eh.vses saau.t the Mi.Mtry than to have c.nvl;rstuhitnry address on the restoration of
mils the hind of attack he had done. It peace and tranquillity bad been smarted by
v.. is a mother of cuogratula'ion a hon (Mr. i rtitinteot of soldier., and the Governor
P.) that the mews of that boo. mri,Lcr bad General gratuitously reprised to • repeti-
met 1t.1 .ymoa'he of lon. geni!emen upper- tion 01 instill. through the imbecility of his
r'e. 11e (]1r. P.) asked what thee were adrleer,. The members of the l'ppoetttiw
vole,: to do wits. the Saxon popt.lation of nod beco charged with inconsistency, be -
M .ntreal and t!• "ow ;ships: he thought, •rause they bad approved of what had tenet,
Cie S m,Il01 of u I. •Icing the Un nn a d.tli 'rvu the bon. member for Norfolk and SI.
roll one to be grappled with, acid be there• Maurer; 11 win perfer-tly true that they
fore th .11 jai' his hon. friend •.pea, imprudent had thoroaghly arq ueece I in al! these bon.
in br aging a up. 1Ie would put it to the men.bere had stud in reference to the mis-
ter*. member for 8t. M4unce, as • lover of conduct, weeklies. and unbec,ley of ilea
hie enu'ttry. and es a lover of promo and ldtnintelre' ion—and it ran..! 1' be quite u.
or ler, whether iNc mess a nine to make •t- 'tine to disap.rove .1 their opinions eaten -
tacks on the Moister; it ors his bootees* ever they abound "epee,' srwuttteots in
mislead to cote forward and sn_ge-t. He which bob. members on was side of the
irked the Fon. members for the Ei. eri boon did not esteem..
Townships if If they were in favour of a des- Mr. CaiRaoN denied hewing made the
solution of the 15 'ion. (Col. Gni said. remarks attribbted by the bun. gentleman.
eirtaialy not.) The hon. gentleman can- He said he had every confidence in the mil
t.oued: Ile ars the lion. members for To. airy ; and he had confidence in the country
ronto cheering the hen. member for Si. that it would defend itself. U( those whit
II•uri.e, when, at the elecnone, 1* de had been arm•l he had taken down i39
noune.d him; he was either not sincere names of English, Irish and Scotch origin.
now or then. It was the duty of this Mr. Warns Thought the hon. Member for
berme to endeavour to promote tranquility Huron. who charged hon. gentlemen on his
and peace. There were constitutional (Mr. W 'raj side of the house with being of.
methods of expressing disapprobation of the Tice seekers, should keep the charge for
acts of tho g)varntnent, without exciting members on bis own side. lie had heard a
mobil. Gentlemen on the other stile say most infturatory speech from the honi b!e
that they do not euuntenance them. 11' member for Iluron ; and he [Mr. W.] felt
• p ibl.c opatbn were soainet the preeeot insured that those gentlemen would !teeny
M.nislry they would yield to i1. He [Mr. length to obtain office, even to dragging the
P•) n ver courted office for us fruits, and country through c(ril war. It' was stated
at hid bee. a source of ruin to him by pre- that rebels liked war became they had no-
veoting him from attending to his business. thing to lose, and he (Mr. W.] made the
But this was not the time to flinch. When charge ; when he heard such violent Ian -
public opinion told hon that it was time a gnage he could not forbear telling them
for bin to retire, he would do so, but at a they had no stake to the country.
LIDO of pew. Hon. geneemeo opposite Mr. Dauaaowo utd there were men in
could not form an Administration they the country who were determined to rule by
would not command the votes of one-third fire and sword. It was the duly of every
of the Hosea. If they should come into man not to banter accusations in a time like
power in no ctreompance wnitld hon. gen- the present, but to come forward and say
Comes on his side of the (louse appeal to hal he is prepared to put down- incendia-
mob law. There were two, infl.teoces at rum and mob law. The bon. member for
work in getting u;+ thie excitement. The St. Maurice wished annexation, and to be
hon. gentleman went on to speak It the the first Governor of the new State. lion.
erect that these inflmesces were a desire of gentlemen every day and hour were trying
annexation on the one hand, and -a desire to excite a lawless mob., [No, no ) The
for hon. gentlemen opposite to get into the speeches made both in and Out of the house
offices they held,„fip the other. He knew were such as to excite the mobilo barn their
that this de. APPannexation was enter- present Hall of meeting. The language
ttinel by mea of wealth; and he would nut that fell from the lips of the hon. meniber
retie the desire oL getting their places an for Doren, \vas calculated to have that ef-
aceuestioe if bon. gentlemen acted fairly; feet. Ile knew that all the honest yeomanry
but they did not do so. Ile esoteric' that of Upper Canada *ere prepared to support
the eonntry and the (louse would support the Governor. Ile knew that none sootier
"Its Excellency. He knew that there would than the epnnty which he represented,
be ■ liege portion of t11T country approved would come forward to denounce the out -
to the Wantonly Bill. but every right tlook• ragns they had witnessed, and Stanstead
tag man in Western C ma's would d'scouts- and Sherbrooke would do the same. The
teoance the present disturbances. He to'd hon. member went on to deprecate the
the Home and the country that they were speech of Mr. Papeete. The project of
prepared to justify all their acts, and would annexation had been reeeited with cheers,
do .o in proper time and place. at a public dinner ip this city. •The info -
Mr. CATLEY well understood the deci- mous acts which had disgraced thea city,
ease to which the hon. Commisioner of had no other object in view than to place
Crown Lands, referred,—the decision of the party opposite in power, and it was not
the voice of the people at the hustings, in to be disguised. The hon. member at e
some three years' time, and not before; they length defended the course of the Govern -
would not venture to appeal to the people ment during the late disturbances, on the.
one moment before the period prescribed by ground that they wore taken by surpru e.—
jaw. Phe Administration were in the Ile said there existed no power to prevent
Kabul of boasting of their strength,—that men with demon hearts throwing atones:
they possessed the confidence of the people; to appease the mob rested with the moral
it was a delosign,—they had forfeited the suasion nI that party for whom the out-
conbJeace of the,people, and stood nearly :ogee were ceinmitted.
alone in .:bat "'house, with their geracte
followers,. who euytainod them ilei y
1n the hope of sharing in lhn peiron-
ago and the offices which the Govern-
ment measures were about to create. -
11u (Mr. Gsaylej s1 friends had been cba.g
ed with seeking office; 'lie thought that the
conduct of the Government showed very
clearly who were most open to such •
rbtrge. The Chief Cnmmiaaioner of the
Board of Works had told them that it was
the duty of every man who read hi• Prayer
beet, instead of inciting, to put down riot.
Whn, is truth, he woull ask, were the
- guilty port'es in exciting the riot 1 "ie
wo.ld answer—the Ministry, by every act
of their. .ince the commencement of
the session to that hour. • They had
. et the example in showing a disregard
of tho laws, and in. weakeo:ng the moral
ties that bound and protected •nciety• —
What had their amnesty bull done 1 it bad
declared all parties, gritty of arson, murder
an -1 tresem innocent in the eye of the saw.
Their printed "poacher, circulated far and
wide iia Cana la West, bad applauded the
cnntuet of the persons ung. ed in the
crimes of ere in, murder, and heron, end
their indemnity bill prepared to pay tbetn
for their looses,. The Minietrr, by their
tlrasnre•, had brokendown the barriers,
the safeguards which protected society, and
now called upon the members of the .ppo-
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