The Signal, 1892-6-9, Page 2r
test,
past
se to
a• i 7.t
is the
aoaatry
saes
some has
them
birth hi
sod fairly
♦ Lail
pert le
votive te
t bei t.
It a.aase
of tis
busts
t oloaied
Molly
el w
it =MDR
friends
ing fora
ity and
true
we, ole
domed
policy
Pres'"
are
the ead
namely,
it
nat ion
the I
Lbw u
onal
lend
a emicl
Hun.
comm
mit ted
tbo
to
(-heckle(
--fur
t he wrltae
grower
of the
very land.
to nand
outstrip
the
duns and
aeon the
have el
a destiny
that of
3 and
t Moat
perity to
sacrifice
only c
trona of
tries. as
bat they
as the
to the e
permitted
tort fre
products,
an a
the mss
has the
riches of
producer
producer.
tort ion
may be
'tor the
bring
Canada ft
if *Lowrie,*
male in
nailer*.
his handl!
'eutel
tar,
the rhea.
get into
the la
•
THE SIGN :
qe
ONT., TH(JRSDAY, JUNE 9, 1892.`
ei
made Canada •
try
IMMO people are
he Canada, mot -
minim dol -
atoms row that
ptpulatioa of the
600.000, which
we paid to
ley aad takes with
In number to every
Ws the Mem period,
at over • million -sad-
a fact of ..cions leo
whether Comae -
who have gives say
o1 their country,
bright aaticipetions
ratite have sot
he regained leader our
*ad isolated couleur
mom the custinrnt
plyskally a part ;
Oar meigbbors and
brothers are aloe -
highway to prosper -
mations at • rate
kbtory of the world,
tamest, as richly en -
impoverished by a
capital and ester -
holding our own, but
moth • rate that a
be but one result,
and nati sal collapse.;
Mood of our infant
Oa t0 swell the veins
t beside us; it means
d our hopes of nati-
tbe -Canadian nide-
her ultimately by that
British connection, the
When Conservatives
Ives, it most be al -
of repatriating the
w wbo were forced
at abroad, or even
the National ib)ky
may be made clear by
mak v. ay as he par
the brawn awl brain
expatriation in the
been vainly atheniptiug
limey it who may, to
United State. wee
themselves ley Cana-
lising who. by playing
their patriotic (wide.
to believing they had
Irom and eulrrior to
the continent.
Dina that the Na-
-t•) -" restore proo-
fing industries" •d
a from being made a
moot be am sat idart-
the n•maining propel-
. Some of our iwln.i•
tied. nee prosperous,
as just in proportion
ern�pro••iwrotit and pot
Yee tribute they are
tional Polley to ex -
who consume their
words. t IIt• N. 1'. i*
need titer-iranl
obo has the long end.
of the cuneumer-the
tuner mom.• from the
11. and the fewer the
r must 1a• the ••s -
maintain profit. It
tber-tmrrienn ;tools
✓ other country are
; 1n that revert
rifled. market" : tut
gook are being
why should the ra-
ther he most keep
ins ' He io pre -
the most of hi. dol-
igh tariff wall which
Id have to .limb to
inn market in which
former make. hie purchases,
1 --Aa tom` inter- pr. 'rinrinl trade. who
known of may : It amounts to nothing.
bat tinge bag been a movement
of 1 1 tarso cameo! by the
exelnsioa Lrm product- from the
State. by Bill.
O. The that the National
Poli•:y. b'. the Americans, would
Owed to ' - toally for Ibis cone -
try a res' -01 trade" 1. probably
the moat impepleini contained in the reso-
lution. It MAr M careful and cons-kn-
tiomu rotea1411 nom- Need in connection
with the repand attempt" of all lana•
dies -ldmisfeser nesse, both before and .ince
at N. P., to secure re-
Umited States, it teaches
tion of the tariff' line
the produce of the
Considered the most im-
Canadian prosperity. In
phase of the question,
boar in mind that all
motional boundary
es potable a war -
'serious' impediment
and the oblit.'r•t ion
and perpetnal rea-
war wouM1 tonere-
to Canada's /Wron-
g, ark. has the
about that remit
Mae.lonakl and hop -
bee possible result
party and the room -
figurer. our neigh-
,aaab the pot -and
t for quarter. But
h appeal for mercy.
Awe ti.m* of
mp.nie.I with vain
with unfriendly. 0
Goan on the part
the United States.
preen too often gave
is 01 hootility tp-
and instead of gir-
Sir John deemed
prvaperity, we hare
✓ menaces against
ting eneh drastic
the McKinley Rill.
be Canadian farmer
1 profitable mar-
e, hay. poultry,
etc.. etc. It is
that the Nn tional
in the direeti.0
between the two
mise! to do. bet,
bed the effect of
the excell.•ut
in the 1'nite•l
is market is the
to force the i-ait,d
: and that such
mtaat appear to yon
Conserve t insp.
place the glory
ixterent..14 0411 -
factum above
I o• natk,n-
the adopt nom
ciprocity with
as that the
at least as
soil, has M
portant
dealing with
we most,
partied,
line. so far
fare of
to Canada's
d that
at ion
eely be
tifagP. Itut
tow
prwlkpa[
ed for
by the
try 7 We
bor.--tbe
to bear
we have
On the
'S2, and
glorious
not hiss
of •RF
Oar oratols
utter:,nee t•
wards oar
lair se the
em.ry,ti•l to
them restyles
their connate*
tarameres of
wbkh has r
his most eon
het for kis
vegetables,
quite clear,
Polky ices
d•
eesatriee
ole tbe
very
matt*
lansees.
tel remit et
*tetra tate
fe the
rte
who,
all party
er-baetere
every
al pram
The
at tempi
swee•as bp
whleh
banded.
ale my
d.
home*. V a lame
to Polio of its
11•901111. 11..11 upm
1 Policy i.
Pspportel it with
eahetel co owed",
sed that not oar
teem trv'e gond
k00 hu been ••
rammed after thirteen wase' trial.
('OLLATLIKAL ALS TO THE N. 1'.
Debre *atria( the NatMnrl Pulky, a
rrmwee is is place to these collateral
aids which were dr tgmed kg the Posers -
meat of the Dormanta to owlet a high
tariff in beagles wealth, popuMti a, foe-
teatment and greatness to this country.
That the imposition of • high tariff to
enable manufacturer.' to exclude the pro-
ductions of other countries would not alone
mean• pra•per(ty to Canada could tot
reawo.ably be expected by even or hope-
ful a Government es that which emceed -
Id the administration of Hoo. .tkxua'Irr
Mockers:1e ; sad the tariff nem propped up
sad supported in other ways. Coincident
with protection to tastier industry, and
as as eseenttal and integral part of the
N. P., • policy .1f rnertretic interior de-
velopment was decided epos awl carried
out so lar as the expr editure of • public
money is cowered, with all the energy
and enterprise that characterise the .'.a-
glu Seam rate. (:anals were dug, .'sift-
ing canals were enlarged, harbors and
piers everted in different parte of the
country, though there was no chipping
to be accommodated. railways subsidis-
ed and t-uentrnrted to open new and de-
velops old territory. ■12.1 public improvr-
eneat• OM • grand scale undertaken in
every throttles -sometimes. possibly. with
• view to iufluen•i.g constituencies rather
than to help the country. Milhous of
dollars were borrowed in Europe to Pli-
able um to carry out t he grand acbeaoes
which we were profaned would being nr
prosperity and build up on the Amerkau
continent not so much a depeneknry of
Great Britain as an imperium in ineprrio.
*1w pride of our people and the wonder
of the world. Nothing wase untried that
the min.l• of statesmen could *ugliest a*
likely to moist in developing and enrich-
ing the country And alter the moat in-
contestable precede of failure. this but house
method of .eselopment rt ill proceeds:
millions of dollar. are briag ,pint in
building a canal at Sault Ste. Mark. for
the alleged purp,sr of rendering a. in-
dependent of our neighbors --who charge
tis nothing for the nee of their canul u
few- rodeo diet/int - and to aceomniod.ate
*be lake shipping which under the N. P.
ie steadily declining until to -day but one
per rent. of the craft ern on the bk.'.
is 1anoIian and but woven Canadian et -s-
w an of any pretensions are afloat on they
waters to take advantage .4 this .tn-
pendons, .end. melee the cirram.tancew.
criminal folly of the Government. While
the Government contractors were .prn.l-
ing the 120 millions .11 dollars which this
".kvrlopmeent-' coat. money was plenti-
ful asp tines. were go.wl in Canada. • re-
sult which all of ue who eupportad the
Government crron.v,wily attnitrated to he
hmif►rient working the National folks.
We mortgaged tl.r country as lamer*
ttfttimen mortgage their farms• when money
is entree. awl an the farmer lisle himself
in easy iin-nmstan.-,'s while the borrow-
ed money- lasts so was Canada apparently
•coaxingly preperous while millions M
borrow.] capital were Ming ,pent in pub-
lic work* very often of more than doubt-
ful utility. (*that 120 million may seven
millions harm Men repaid, leo that. while
s..un•w hat facilitating the movement of
trade. the NET RESULT OF SUCH
IfEAV1- EXPENDITURE OF BORROWED
MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSiST-
!NG TILE N. P. H.t$ BEEN TO V,IRTI.i'
AUGMENT THE Itl'RlEN WHICH EACH
OF 1'S AS -t ('AN-1I)IAN H.%$ TO PAY,
• branch of this grant gpe.tion which
dull be touched upui in it. pro-
per place before t hie letter
cowhides. The farts which hare been
pointed oat Ore known tee yon. and in
view of the more than tomtit 1,far1ery con-
ditions which undeniably eti..t-with our
heavy awl contently in.rea+ing national
4111 : with one heavy and constantly in-
crement( national expenditure : with an in -
creme of p.pulntion hew than the per
tentage of increnw in an old rot : ry
like Great Britain- which people areeav-
ign by the hundred thousand annually
for the United Rtat.w, Africa and the
Anetnilamien colonic, - with, etch a grave
n itration a, thew curditione within your
knowlyd. a imply, it would be bile to
way, what every intelligent 1 anadian
knows it he will admit it. that the Na-
tional Policy. se a means o1 making Can-
als great and p.pnlo.s.. and her people
prosperous, has hewn a ron.pieuoue and
d i eaatr us failure.
WHY WE l4It*'E I't*l'1.1_1TIoN.
Neutra tle,rieto have been advanced to
account for the alarming abowiug we
make to those who very properly meas.
tire oar national progress, by the increase
of our ponplation. bet to the indepen-
dente unprejudiced mind which meek.. neith-
er to acture' nor Pxcuwe Government,
there i* an easy and rational way .4
accounting for our Lamentable failure to
inerrare our population and thus add to
the wealth and .trength of the Domin-
ion. Asn rule the man who is leaving the
old world and it* monarrhive I hot ita-
t ions u a ht fund home in the new
world
awl to better the material condition. of
himself and family. has no sentiment to
waste about thio flag or that flag, Ile
i• thoroughly tired of old flag* and all
that appertain to them. The goeation*
flint proven thernial ves to the in-
telligent emigrant are these.. where can
be most easily and certainly acquire that
rompet.•n r for himself awl family which
is denied him mover the -old flags" .If
Europe When, ran be find free and .tan
bele in.*1*ntions Anil • healtbful climate
for his family '. Ian the Korth .l merkaa
continent t here nrr hu' two euoutrie0,
each powwowing about an ritual *rex oI
territory. to either of which he may rea-
sonably tome awl expect to find the rnn-
dition. cel which ie is in neer'-b. He will
carefully rcratir'ne the eowlitiwis which
prevail in each, to avoid .'odditiona which
he is baring. and, as a seneibl•' man.
will make the home of lunw•If awl de-
srenlant. in *tint country which offer.
the most ruhstantial inducement. and is
Ow farthest removed from the milit•rl.m
of Europe which has kept the poorer
clog.,. in • eosdition not altogether die -
similar to .erfelom.
Dora he come to Canaan awl gra farm-
ing ' 11e finds, hiteaelf obliged to pay re
tax of from 25 to ii► nrr renton every
thing he pun•ha.... sar*t. when he wells
any of ►Y produce to the 1 nitre, Slate■.
to pay in addition t. tribute to the same
extent to the Washington' linvernmest
for the privilege .4 selling- Hence his
dollar become* worth only from. :.0 to
00 rrnlr. He +mer his brother or remain.
It nifty be. farming in the 1'nitel Stat.'w.
Ile Nowa him n. a .itiven of the 1'nin..l
S inters. •.. n .ubrrilrr to their p.liti-
eel prineipin• ',play ret hint he pru-
des -es without paying one rent .d tri
b,a*e t.o any 1)merameet on earth. for
Ur roar. nothing that I1. raaIM rB
either In free trade England .n' •t beam,
and never in prole. -ted (beads. Se ars
him elan paying a lower taxation a what
he sad W family coamuttw than *bet 1M
as a laatedisa farmer pays, ler wiling the
eesteme Meatus i• (sands is 54.00 per
braid triol spies up, It is but $3-E11 intim
Wats. aid is Mils rapidly reduced al-
ma* to tis rambles p iidd& Be Bade -
lialnar teethe d 0lis ahem* at a eom-
pkte stsadstr, witty al them guts( back-
ward. sad the esportesitiss limited for
the rmpleymaat d his children who ray
wade to Mate the large ; the .sly thriving
industry is Caasds outside of the pro-
tected one, brag that .4 the money lead-
er; while almost is sight d his owe
farm, close to the imagt.•ry list whiik
rues •thwart the soatheat. and farms
the bouwlary between the two countries,
be wee on the Americas aide of that liar.
cities from width Le le excluded, growing
as cities nowhere else in lb-- world have
grows, amt where aggregate popaislion
ie about lee mesh sr that of the British
lake. use of throe cities ;:Son,-, likago,
•till in its infancy, .'Ontainic4 is larger
popslatioa than all tic riti•-- awl tows
in the whole Ibminiou .d Canada put
together. Last, but by no n.eaas least.
be rant in the United State. • practical
application of the eternal princiide of gov-
ernneat of the people,' by the people and
for the people, while in Canada we has.
• hermaphrodite thing, meetly monarchi-
cal. a relic of barbaric age. covered by
a this mask of wham rrpubl*eaaLm tO
conceal its bid'-ouce (-barmier ns bring
gralnally rey:ald by the inrsorable hand
of Fate, accompanied by gusrrnment of
the people by Doodlers and for Doodlers
and thieves!! What wonder that when
the Continent becomes (ally known to the
emigrant ver have deluded to our •horn*,
he dues, as do also our fathers, and
brothers and (gobbet". goes to the great-
est. and the moot preperona country
known in history !
A t'OM1'AIIISON OF GROWTH.
!upending. albeit discouraging to 1'a-
un.loalr, is a comparison o1 the growth
of Canada with that of revere! of the
States of the fniou. - In the last 10 years
l)ntnri., hos int -reseed 180.00*)
Alabama bar in r,-a•.el 350.000
Georgia has increased 575,000
Kentucky Ms int -resod 210.000
Illinois has increased 750,000
Miuuerots hes increased 120.000
Missouri haw increased 510,0(10
Michigan her iucreartd 456,000
Arkanaar has increased 32:0,000
Kansas las inc reamed 430,IM)0
New Jersey hn. increased :112,0(*)
New York how increased 915,000
North Carolina bar inereuae.d 215,1**)
Nebraska has Inc -reseed 607.11(10
Olio has increased 475,0011
i'eunsylvnnia has ineremed 965,(1(10
Mas.erchusetto has 'renewed 400,01*)
(hilifornw has increeted :171,000
nehington Ter. has increased :140.000
ihikota has incren.ed 271,000
These figurer should etnrtle and alarm
Canadiarm. They afford a fair means .4
comparing our progrs* with that of the
several States mentioned. Had Ontarit
leen allowed. free from tariff embarrass.•
meat. to develop her great natural re-
,uuree., her advancement would hare beer
a. gnat a* that mode by any of thele
Had any tot thew States been separated
from tic rent by an international bound-
ary line, and flanked .en either aide by
an almost ineurmountnble tariff wall, its
progra* would have been no greeter that,
that of On*ario. lewd prohnhly leo.. for
Ontario, with the been agricultural land+
on the continent. her great fi.hrrie.e and her
unrivalled mineral resource... is more rich-
ly endowed by nature than almost any
State in the ['uion-
t►I-L' FINANCI.1L 1'Il$ITION.
10 1807 Canada was in a much letter
pantie financially. se in alneort every
other way. than the Unite! States. ,her
neighbor having just emerged Irom •
terribly expensive and dr.tr*rtire war,
those Canadians who. from mom, inewrut-
able reason, felt b.wtile to that aoanl-
e1 and bleeding country, predicted its
'seedy di.ruptio.. and were encouraged
to hope that. in the lifetime even .4 per-
sons then living. the northern halt of
th.- rmntitwnt wouhl become a greater na-
tion than the wontlwrn half --thee hoped
that the meek monarchy which wait at-
tempted to be transplanted to the free
e.oil of this continent would grew up to
overshadow the Republican institutions of
Ow rioted otel States- }low i•.entpletely Can-
ada haw failed to gain population, the eg-
.,-ntinl deeidreratum .d greatneete. we hare
men. and we have .aero how the United
Stats has gained in the direction in
which we lost. Now let os briefly rxam-
ntw' the finaorial condition of each coun-
try and aaecrtain how we have retro-
grade) while they have been arlvaw•ing
until today the United States stands
the richest and the mo..t lightly taxed
nation on the face of the globe. .1
change in the debt of the two countries
has tabs place as follows :
U. 8. H1(IIT. CA7(AUSAN DIST.
vial areausT. ca1:14DT' . axestar?. 111.1h
1111611
lMl:
01 i 1- 77.710317 gibi.s.m i,7s, M
1• ' tsuaoAOP m
The forgoing shows a eduction of thir-
teen hundred million dollars in the debt
of the State. and an inrr,ar in the debt
of Canada of One hundred and sixty-three
millions of duller., while they are fetter
prepared to bear an iorrase than we are.
le not that comparative 'statement euffi-
rient to cause (an•dian, to ask tbcm.elves
aeriomty "w hit her are we drift ing"' Bear-
ing in mind the moot important feet,
that when we began our s' -called national
raietenee• Ave a Confederated l►netinion d
British province., oar debt stewed at 622
per head, and las .'iore gone op to prac-
tically *00 :-- for with peovlarisl debts
which moot Ir arsamad by ream* it in
/note that figure;- nnaidering that we
have melerteken no extraordinary expe.d-
items. •:rcpt in the rain attempt to
'• develop " our resource.: t hat while their
debt her .decreased from 511*1 to 510 per
heel. and our expenditure hes increase.)
•nd their* decrraael, THEY HAVE l'AID
THREE Tl101-S.1Ni► MII.i-ION i*1I.I.ARS
TO FNTIN111lISH THE WAR DEIST. and
are now paying at the rate of over Oar
hundred million dollars' annually to pen-
sion old rolefkn and widow. .4 ..,Mien
who fought .vel died to maintain *he
integrity of the Felon -•cel we hare •
linamial Contrast hetween two rdnntrieo.
*ides by ride. and peopled by the sante rare,
'het In the worl'* I ronery hew never
ti.•o
and never ran he again paralleled
nnhw indeed. Canada p'rwt.to in her foot-
led' political and commercial isolation from
fta wealthy .al powerful atighhnr.
01'R EXPE\DITI'RE.
An Non lly 'tenting object le..nn is
fount in the romporisn of the manned
etpetwlltnrra of the two countries. When
Confederation doe formed. the affairs .4 the
eoustry wore hirar roadeat.ed in • emu
pratively ereeombel ameaer. Canadians
bad renes dlMaarsgd date whet so Miley d
them mow appear to bras aspegistlell d
office beldam ad sib, awiase Irll�lay to
ahs oat • meadow existrate 1f Lu-
ing w Oa bulls d their Walther% la-
bors. A e mpar.os d the expeadfsme
of the Ise resstrlse shows aa:
Fyn ILLISIIIINITIJSTAL QIIIIi0TUIts
tAy aaot•aT. 1411j-
11 Vat a55909. wast
1 s�
IQ- Ir7lllflH! 7 '1*(ta7t t T 110
Ma sti-ata 1 10 1W11 11.1111Lial 5 CO
This comparison la distinctly to oar dna
Muleteer. The po•itiuu of the Comedian Is
growing worse every year, while that
of oar ueighbere is irapruvirg. It is stile
to ..vert that the c.mbiuel Natives!. pro
vist•tal. a aunty ave) municipal iwlebturae OI
(rials slower out fall much. it at all below
5200 per bel of the popubition. lu for
l'aited States these comlisel debts, as
well as rshutol debts, gee but 5211.13 per
head. What dace this excess mese to the
bead of • large family of young Canadians
THE FINANCLtl. OUTLOOK.
It is perbape annrremary *0 puna• fur-
ther a consideration of the ifNnrial ride
of this great question of Canada's Future.
Irnt it le worth while to enquire wbrther
there w good rva
there any go.uu 111 expect that
we cru nater ruder our colonial .talar
recover the grtanet we have undoubtedly
lest *lace the Confederation of the pro-
visoes
arvises and the abolition of slavery is
the Stater and the preservation of their
political melon, shill many of r out of
abater and wanton malice. hoped had bees
shattered by the war beyond the hope
of repair. (Mr national expenditure to -
days about right dollrrs per head of
oar population ; their* about half that
sum. There is little reason to believe
Gausden expenditure will or can be re-
duced to any get relent• nu patter
what party may hold the reins of power.
Glance over the different branch.. of ex-
p-nliturr and select the items that can
1,• Iopp.d teff. Our interest is • fixture.
as ale° is the am"uut we pay to the
...vend pro* Ines's to weld them in main-
taining e' v
n g thmr kcal gra erumPnt said 11e
it remarked. en lmrennt, that the interomt
of Quebec's debt. as rolled up by Count
Mercier, a great deal more than eats up
the Queue sufr.irly. Together federal in-
tereft awl 'ub.idie,., with charges incident
thereto. amount to about sixteen million
dollars. this leaving barely auffrirnt 10
provide for *be ordinary peptone+ .4 the
government- The probability ie. that the
expenditure will inrrram•. The best of gov-
ernments are continually incurring obli-
gations which most be honored and which
render curtailment of expenditure per head
impossible except in countries w -here the
population is in.-r'siing. as 1n the State*.
oo rapidly that the new comer+ help to
hear the bunion• of the older citixena-
Thr very condition which make impera-
tive the raising of a large. revenue effect-
ually destroy •II chance« of entering on
Imperial Federation. Canadian lndepelo-
,n.-e•. Unrestricted Reciprocity ..r any other
mode of national exigence wbkh will not
render unmet -awry at least two-thirdo
of the present Dominion expenditure.
WHAT (IF THE Fl TI
'r be belief i* I.coming general that Can-
ada cnuu,* mach longer continue in her
proven. aneemaluns. unique and humiliating
position. There are people who believe in
is
loaner faire policy, but they are mostly
theme who. either living at the expellee
of it he general tealsyrr ter growing
wealthy out of the tarrn'ities of their
power reighlors, have little or no "ym-
}atbr with their fellow-citiarne. who. be
they ever so ambition. to ancrod, be they
ever 00 iwlu*trionm. find few opportuni-
ties on this, our irolai$l and retrogre.-
eft, .tate, to better their rond(tiun in
life neod to ensure the future .4 their fam-
ilies. 1t behooves those of as who think
a •large, in the near future. not only .Ir-
airnble but imperative, to ...ashler Mow
emit n change as will hoe to the advan-
tage of •11 concerned Ian be brought
about. It is with a view of bringing the
future of ('auala before one of the most
intelligent and patriotic sons that this
letter has been aeldreened to you.
For mouths pads in fart. it may be maid
for years -au agitatie.0 has been on foot
*9101,9 your •IIppert -r-. awl admirers to
induce you to a-rrpt s portfolio in the
iAominion Cabinet. The writer, for one,
would have been more than pkseed at any
time, up to within a few month. pest,
to see an announcement that the servi-
ces of 11'm. Ralph Meredith bad been
fittingly recognize) by hie admi**mice to
the Privy Council of Canada, with the
prospect of moron becoming Prime Minis-
ter lint sir, it a mw•h better now to
know that y09 have steadily declined to
advance at the call of your Maden to •
place in the counsel"' of the nation. but
have remained in the les. pretentious.
though perhaps more honorable, arena 01
procircial politics. Shakespeare tells ma
that the man whom• puree is letukn
le woo trash. but that be who is
robbed of hie good name haa filched from
him that which can never 1e replaced
and heves him poor indeed ! What, Mr-
M.•reslith. would be your position before
the n,rhl to -day had you yielded to the
welw nations of well-meaning friends to
fp, to Ottawa and accept a *hare of tin
reop,n.il.tlity of governing thin country"?
1t w not flattery- it would 1e unbecom-
ing to stoop to an set 50 nimble-- to •.-
sure you that of the few men holding lead-
ing p8itioue in the Conservative party
who can look his neighbor .gnarely in
the Inc., place his hawk upon hi,. Mart, may
truthfully, "1 lave .lour no wrong to
my country," you are one. Thia implies
n ',weeping iwfktntent, it is admitted, od
tIce lending Coneervatire. d Cassis; but
is such indictment not oust a Intel by the
(arta and the evidence of guilt acrimulating
from .lay to day, sed which must. in the
rad. cover with recriminate shame wad
infamy the names of not only those who
ron•r'irel and executed thaws. unspeakably
odious deed., hat those who, aA you for-
tunately hare not dope. have, for the
lair of party. taken alma themmMlete re-
sponsibility Inc mnrh transactiros but lit-'
*,• ,hurt of that attaching to the rrimial..
thea•.Plvr.. and have lest their gored re-
putation. and draggewl their honor in the
duet in the attempt to shield the guilty
from the deserved rondemnat n. of as
outraged) all diet -Pit -ell community! The
Toronto Mail• is a rer,nt isspe. comnent-
ing npos the Tweed like political villain-
fo* wbkh are now bring praetl*e1 and
t hose which here hews enamrmmateel by
tlkrw*aghe upholder. and almost in the name
tooAritiah lanenuagemctiomade le use d the
gm
•' A ve17 aupsssaut aad dior aragiag
Mature d thin affair. shad not M this Af-
fair 'glom. Is the apparent Poll•pa. of po-
litical honour is the pent. of Air John
Thompson, width memo to show that so
rhar.et.r b /rale agaisat the faflurnee
rel Uwtiow. Wk,a the rte Ptemi5r diad
the *sal aspprl.d tie dole r Rha John
Tbeeisae le the earipsdea lie was •
ROM walls, oniallAnd prrhap b 11.
,atlfrMale el a mural ; •ad this
stably was s drawback is a cosatry al
ready too emelt leader the ia0asege
(atd
the Whelks vela ant Ids coeverJMe
at all eras*, proved hist to Ile 1n ,.real
about relights ad likely. to queettotr of
sada morality, to be sadthe reetrah
d religitss prlaoiple. His character, fora
ed partly ora the beach of justice, amain*
*
to rise abuse teat of his fellows, sed
o utstay above that of fir- Abbott, who
brad col ally boleo aeewhat 1alstel by
the Iiacdie drewaded, but W .asmltl•d
baaabetterell to Very alter sentlmpsit slash
the legitimacy d each traa.aesleea fie'
lion has, howrver, uaire wore rgllpal
its as•eadaary uvrr principle. air dais
Thompson has tl.wewled to the eoiatsas
level• and as the brat thing'. wises ear,
become • proverbially becoe theworst, he
reamw inclined to sink to a lower depth
than leown
le aoetea"
Tbir language i. hand. hat is it more
morn. than Uoiw
ir John Thoapn drvt+'-
-1n1, Sir, had you taken a portfolio to
the Ottawa Cabinet, and heroine, as your
abilities would have est/tied you to be
w' -
come, oof the Madera of the party.
awn. in that polities, had assisted iu
burking inquiries into the most shady
transactions in the political history .d
the new world, as Sir John Thomso
pn u
doing, similar remarks would have Igen
wale by the independent prose of the
ronntry about you; and the motet painful
feature about garb utterance* would tun
that the condemnatkm, COO tnarly and
and contempt would have been deserved
Yon have had a narrow escape from being
placed in the empo
barrassing sition .c
copied by stir John Thompoom nal col,
leagara The bold that party'al.*wars to
have upon ('ssadiaw is PO powerful that
the moot courageous natures awl the most
determine) will -power. appear unable to
siae.udully battle against the mighty
fortes that appear in every instance to
sweep men into the rapids and over the
cataract to personal dwb,.u,r and pediti
cal extinction. It 1. to be trusted. Sir.
that you would have proved a notable
P:reption and would have reached the
shore d truth and honor.
WHAT YOU HAVE k1+CAI'ED.
Let no briefly Owe over the different
arta nr,.l transactions which. es a *0.5
party man. von 8,9111 have been expect
J
NI to apl'rone. defend and conduce' had
you eta -hanged the diadem .4 integrity for
the more than dsbion. homer .4 taking
a seat aCabinet t the Canet Council sod advie-
in(; the representative of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria at Ottawa.
-The National Policy is a failure and
ruinous to the country. You would have
have been obliged to ray otherwise and
do %wiener to what must be your judg-
ment. But the most serious feature of
the N. P. is the part it playa in sapping
the foundations of national and individ-
ual honor. The power u. regulate the
p
tariff as it may emit them is undoubt-
edly placed . ain the hawle of for Manu-
facturers' .tser•iatiou et hew genu*- They
pleaseare permitted to extort what they plea
from the cununtrn in Canada. They are
liccaeel to rel. :end 581101h- Canadians
at (heir •west se•iL. By common under-
standing they hard over a per•entage .4
their extortion* to the Dominion Govern-
ment who give them their license, awl
the Government through their protege -
innal boodle carriers and !order., spent
this money in pnrcha+ing a sufficient mem-
ber of (:auade
ian vote to enable them to
elect s majority of supporters and thus
control what should be a free and un-
fettered Parliament representing the far
pe
Bentiments ole a free people. We *hum have
the asp and shameful ap'cta-I.' of Cana-
dians being robbed and then bribed to
submit to still greater robberies in the
future. The my.tem. for which Sir John
Macdonald is reeponatble. is the most de-
grading that eye- prevailed in say co91e-
try prokaaing civilisation -YET IN SPITE
OF ITS DEGRADATION IT MEETS WITH
THE AI'i'ROVAL OF MEN WHO IN
THEIR TR-(-\SACTiONt4 OF EVERY DAYLIFE-. ARE THE WWL OF HONOR. To
such a peas have we come in our deifkati n
of a party leader-
-Next, in order that their terse of
office may 1r made more certain. sod the
collar of servitude more .ucurely riveted
on the Dicke of a far -Men people, the
Government conceive tie ides that a rail-
way or gloms other public work is ne-
cessary in some locality. They go through
the form o1 calling for tenders, but they
have decided in advance who *hell receiven
the contract. The work is comment -eel
all then alteration, and addition* are
made so that before it is completed the,
hem contractor has hepaid probably mil-
lions more than hi. work is worth -the
rxe....ire payment. being e• clearly stolen
from the taxpayer% as if rhe members
of the Government pat their hand* into
the taxpayers' pocket.' and abet meted their
pocket -hooka. But the contractor is not
allowed to keep all this mosey. He a per-
mitted to take it only on a different under-
standing. Ile is forced to share his stolen
wselth with the other *Mesta who as-
sisted him in the theft. Him romplianee
entitles him to Innk for fresh favors when
the Government boodle drawer needs re-
plenishing. A portion of the money tion*
obtained by skilful frauds le kindly returned the e rawly among the people by way of
bribery at election times in the in-
ept of the Government who are fighting
for the maintenance .4 British connection
and the apotheosis of Sir John Maedoa kI.
the champion eorruptioait of the age.
the I'rince of Machiaevellian poditk,sna!
- Rot. am if the destrnetion .4 public
and per consequence private morality were
not wsffieient to pI.r beyond the perad-
ventureof seridentperpetnal power in the
hands of the Adminslratiom, they strike
a .deadly blow at the very liberty .4 thehjd
. net, and the great magna charts,
wrung hanlr ole sof year. at the point cel
the sword by our brave and liberty loring
aareeton from the unwilling bawls .4 a
tyrant king, in pet la jeopardy. Coder the
pro*Lion. of the British North America
Art. which provide* for a rellatributiom
M remota, after each derenniat rena, the
Government with consummate akin and
running, so arrange the new boundaries
.of the different pnlitkal divi.ions of the
ronntry that there u poi
bi1ity of rule by the. majority of the people,masa. that majority be laroresle to the
(government. The earn, remarks apply to
the trivially oranlalora gerrymander of
tlaterin in the interest* .d the Mowats,
Government, a fat. the Oerryai.ldr .ams
he thin it binds head and foot over ~-
halfeo
the pple of Cassels and make* their
*Prlitedbe
e complete for le year,. when
pew gyve• ere to he pot upon them.
-yet on decile Aare Canadian. heroine : an
.r
dead to any use of degradation nnder
the in0,rmre of the pasha hi. rlhro which
have en.tahandis*ted the haIn their roans;
an inured to Ow stripes laid now them pry
,+a
their taatssa•t.at Ottaweve
a -that n
*erosion attain .meet area& mos le whose
merino eriro the blood el irsark-
ow a -bora ark-
othat spirit d rsaietaees to oppressionr
which wrung Isom their aaetors la h'it-
aode- els 11919 Yltmaim Mom despot kbigo blows" s•iad loe Ih•m•eiv.e 1• (Leach tbe blear
by +9 wrpesibb goverameut, sow, alas,
, karma again it Casada nu more.
Thew deteetahie robberies, sad tib is -
varies d lb sacred liberties oI the sok
t Oct, Mr. Iloredttb• you wo0W have boss
- walled epos to defend aad vuetin.e as •
thp !�mtintaurairttioa know■ leo
slirsw r biaet.p
amsJ ($l'tCf1VE
M tis remembered well who yea were
I>sr4 Marker d the Oppuaitioa. Your sel-
tlallon wag at urea • tribute to worth
lewd a concession to eke yotug meu d that
day. .1 retrospective gloats over tb hew
brief years that have piece rasped my
not nes witbout is valet'. Although you
have fought several caapaigor in an boo•
orale way, .grou have loot them all.
showing either that the eraju.ity d
the people of this province are is .myp•thy
with the Administration yes .eppowr or
that yv0r party have not given you their
undivided rapport.. The latter suggestion
dues not appear at all unlikely wins we
ser that while the Monthlies Cunnervative•
hold by large majorities each cities as
Torouto, Eiagaton, Ottawa, anal lire•
Ilton, thews all. excepting Toronto, which
sow sends yea bat oar supporter out of
the represeatatives, elect supporters of
your tlpponest ; and tl there be a Con-
servative who M retitled to the unasl-
mous support of his party it is the man
who has been honest. consistent. patri-
otic and eell•aocrilicing to an extent never
dreamed of by Sir John Macdonahl. Sir
John. an Imperialist to the rare, s be•
liever in the divine right .4 king,, • con-
temner of the people. who would have
turit.d back • century the hands .4 the
notional clack, diel a wealthy runts. awl
coded from head to foot with imperial-
ist decoration*. cabalistic insignia and
other pewter things which belemgel to
the deal past and tee abaol.te monarchies
awd were •naebronsms on the far moil of
moderu Democratic -1me•rica,
Excluded. so • man of your honorable
career must feel that yon are. from active
participation in the politico of the dom-
inion, the smaller arena of Ontario poli-
tica can .car•rly afford you nope for
your energy and ambiti u. But .houl.l
von esrt, become i'remier of Ontario, would
the prise. when scureel, repay you kw
the sacrifices you have male for your
native province'- Why not •t owe enter
the world-wide, and. as many heliete it
would prose to you, more rongeniel field
of continental politic.. for
"- .tmbition, like a torrent, 'we're looks
back"'
In the grand work of re -uniting the An-
glo-liaxm race on skio continent. of mak•
ing America the great,., nation to the
globe. and through each union. !winging
ultimate union with England. there is
room NOW for a greater than Grover
Washington. for one whose Inoue 11111111
Ir forever inscribed ou tbie bead roll of
fame, for
-Peace hath her victories
More renowned than war."
Nu healthy. manly sentiment, no loyalty
to England would he yiulatel by a Poli-
tical inion with the United *tate+. o1
fair and honorable terms. '-le.yalts- is
an expression which we venture to tray
is misunderstood sod misappli.-1 here.
Had we faith even in the semi -Demo-
cratic institutions .l our ronntry, we
most believe that the well-being .d the
human family .bnnhl he the chief concern
of man. not the pliability of a king or
an emperor on • throne or the success
of ibis or that political faction.
•• For forma .hal Government let food.
ronte.t ;
Whatever is boat administered ie beet."
True loyalty, therefore, to aur* coun-
try consists not in lending the knee wort
swwring fealty to a reigning family or
in following the turluvaw windings .1 a
Parliamentary faction. fighting to gain
or to retain the spoils of os.e, but in
doing that which, according to the light
that is given u.. we consider beet calcu-
lated to advance the well -bring and en-
large the freedom rel the masses wbo go
to make up a nation.
AN APPEAL T() MR. MEREDITH.
No man in Ontario, the premier pro-
vince of the Dominion, better fitted by
natural ability, education. entbnioem and
popularity since* the masses to carry
to that sweei.s whirh inevitably awaits
it. the great movement which has. low
set in and which ran never be arre..ted
until the coctinent is gaited under ors
flag. ODP government and Republican in-
stitutions.
Your are a native /median. yet in the
prime of life; yow are reputed to pewees
courage, eloquence. and determination
your record is without stain ; while you
are more than popular with your .npprt-
Pn you are esteemed by yowr
p, Utical
opponeuta and all elapses of the people ;
you have • reputatidm which you can-
not afford to lose, and your elf -respect
forbids you to share the re.ponwihility
of condoning and &asiatine to continue
high treason agaia.t a .:r.rrtiAa people
such ave falls upon present members .4 the
Ottawa A.Imini.tration ; your •mbitios ran
scarcely be a•ti*iel even though you gain
*le rirbest prise contested for in the
domain 111 provincial politico: your legis-
lative resod show. that yon .ympathiae
with the masse• in their efforts to im-
prove their condition end thus add to
the sem of human happinsa ; the course
you have permed in the L.gialatrr, where
von have invariably rhan,yfonael perinea, -
pave ideal and wen the first to oder'.
rate manhood suffrage and the election
by popular vote ..f certain officiala now
appointed by the Crown, allow■ you to
powaras Demn.cratk sympathies; you we
your native country shrinking Into in.Ig-
nifiewner and Its people neriag Irom its
shows while the neighboring nation has
grown grater than was eyed ri 1Pd by
•n Imperial ('seer. 1'0r mn.t, a. nPar-
ly all politicians do. gee impending the
ipeyltable •nnrxetion of Canada under the
strew• of ,hear ne•eaity U an honorable
Pulitkal i'nitm he tomer dotayrd : Yon ere
asked, then. as one specially gnalificd for
the task. to piste* yusraelf at the head of
for advancing all inrrw.ing host of Ca-
nalian who, believing that we here been
experimenting ton long, are determined
that fair Canada shall takes her proper
pisre on the American rentineat-cone-
arreially and politkally united with the
bright an.l glorious, ronstellatinn of pros-
perous.. powerful and free Repihlie,n row
mnnwealtha which make the grand Aster -
{ran natins.
You are yet m the prime of life, though
silver hairs hors anti there pro claim that
youth hag pawned away mad that the in-
evitable "sere and yellow leaf .4 obi age'
b Coming all ton scow. Bat let Its hope
that whhn your head M roaplet.ly ravened
er, and your hays retied to • we1-
aarlea l mime. Ned el pars sad
-"Aa old lea ewer sad w�
Aad lseatr r •ai�k.'`'
Shall lad tram to vel-'•
tN to.
4565150411 sw••r•fh crab the Peat
Wide • os is es 1:
as •f th..m+ru 111
11a-iIpit itf writ l Irk leg~ 'wit
Y41=1,
tio• week tsar r
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Ills avast
T1. ▪ d•t1a t. idea sus ' akas
a19ke wwrasR a of a lugs:
hat W wurY �a�bt w to 1M
Aad e t the aN *.pram(. • M ,f
right t►evufp# tea ss
Are we. * rest l a amUl lahak
mae.d Ib Nw alstiw
Nor Morey tM 4(..�. .l oif •I'Nr7 itlr is
award enaroui of asthma 1
Pan ver heads b hada is ohm
As Y M
mr Is s
AmellimniT1sav�Mmmleta isgwmrai�yres s
net
1 hahesm
rt tile" Fhsonor1Lwtalantalybara ,1
One of Your Follower,
T. M. WHll1<
Sufferers
F1t01[ e'oeni a * ldwat alms(,
Seadao_ , �
_ rase
rata *
*Ws PULL Iasi
OMI where a to
rmraic is mask
Neem PWsaraatmm
-soled fly Inn
physicians. •
Ile. T. E. Ila1bR
oitof Baltimore. eiga
Ayer's Pills ane
bast cathartic nal
aperient within eke
reach d my mow
anon."
Dr. John W. Brown, of Omuta, V.
Va., writs: " 1 have proscribed ArylMb in my practice, and fled them so
gullet* ergo tar ge sral w i
LisWaa.••
"Few • amber of years i wasattlidel
with billowier which alma* - -
*led
asisWorded M e.IMbtb���
e Aries 111e."-43. aWerXek, acrostics. Pa.
"I bare used Aye's VOL ler the
tblrty years, sad aim Milk* 1 aha
for btbeem. are
heyy awed t abed/
when all other remedies 611141101=
occasional use has kept sae M a Welk
condittoe ever alnce. "- T. P. heal
Chaster, Pa.
Navies been subject, for. yams. a
cosatipasioa, without bilis aIle to Ad
much relief, I as het Wed Area Pity,
and teem it both a dilly ale a pima
to testify that I bare derived past Ira
eat from their use. ft. pieless psi
past 1 bare tabes owe ee these ph
every night bei,. midis. i would set
willingly I I UM Men et., (1 11walla& thaw" e, P
"Aye's PBL lam bees mead ma:
ly upwards et Meat
hay. 9- t 'yW
artadya31 La'
claimed ler thaw1a smacks of pat*
from white 2 suilleadl alms?ty
afforded a raid tidy •n7mei
kin.. I eves flied." -Thomas P. Aden
Holly 8pdfss, Texas.
Ayer's Pills,
rartraaw n
On 4. C. Ayer A Co.. Low*, Man
lad by al Da.mpawad 11a•im, r hears
SAMS. Amyl=
.am arse $aa�a� wry>L as
r a 1Nrirwa+tr,) ` Y
eras• b • aaesm im ab aseba a tY
�$cientifi�c Interim
wcmx
zrrnrfi ea/a 0
cosies l
"..r le M
SPRING CLOTHING.
My stock in this department it
now complete and customers thrid
find what they want in any lit. d
A. The assortment oompriss
h, English and Canadian fab-
rics, and cannot be surpassed eitalNI
in beauty or in durability.
Sole agency for W. E. Sanford's
celebrated ready-made clothing
Ordered clothing a specialty.
-// --
Your attention is ales directed M
the choice aelertioa of
WINDOW SHADES
In all than hamlet designs and chmit tt
pattrerna, on extra quality d
cloth ; all bought direct
from the manufacturer.
value is offered in TIM
and other family g
Paints, oils anti bsii.rc' HOP
always on hand.
Patent medicines a specialty.
People of as unbiased mind vl/
find my pm•ts as low an the loud
corn pit e'eri with those of other hooses
R. B. HOLLAND,
DUNGANNON.
pg LAME MASS
ga vat Trauma
Ian age. bis
1»ty ale y asiv+as•4
-
ails
aid de mem/b
ogi a
sod el the Asia 1a
goo trip eselesitaull a
p' • rota Mai
t Lose !nighties at the Lai
� leit m the latter p
} 1 p taa
1' oem 47 Sae a
Is," it swopped sad ser
• ,.a oars** mem. who NM
dews" ht
evesiog en deck
athey ware with the
o wes
6,01 e~piat~warts hansom
1'M -n
y • id -.vera elegant
you d lima the W9.
Mogr plower* tMse Dome�
a mid der several yew
rtes w p .sewer trend whl
fie ▪ wean to maiatala their
Int awe is drat -dew style.P�
sop built for the lake
brimodels th
m war were
at w.
o ilgee• The art of making sail
Of Kt die aha. Kut the era ohad sot ff nail
(.„tttag is in the Iota 'cos mad
td ..meted vtor in the s
solidi these tier lake crafts out c
Sweet the 1401 are still &Wars
olossI' Now cher
Ybw u IPA .ought for ou by
irk tic owners of the heat era
onege and Midair. '
lean SS assonfiniAL
tie tbe p of *sdgy otos
MPas."1111111 700
easy boatels d nils and 1
i116►t ..d Mow esu you do *hi
betas .lee and the least ooal-
beia fee • dew ps.aengere is to
peed ate propellers. but age]
roared rowan/ through
t as he tate them most, he oe
wort dem and .deep►ng arrangen
rja.rifor the ottcers. A fe
sewers st,11 keep the lake war
(Yyago and the upper points of
prior, sad. eu tar as they Qa
boat", are of their ku
yrI lake steamer, bow
ear! might propeller. The 1a1
are b•glnna4 to soothe sonte11
.11 -tone .Igor. A number
area; out everything( naval in
Mich and yacht to the steel p
there is no excuse few western .
s1 shipbuilding away from
daces our treaty with Great
sorting naval waiter/ea c
roll undoubtedly be repealed,i
les the nes'- OperigalL
It u likely awash that next
lend the propane./ gnaw
seat smarm typed/00A use
t• tragic win Me ward late g
nes far Me world's air swats
Ilaghah Spavin Liniment
hard, soft or calle.sed Imps a
has horses, b!.,al ap•ru.a=b
hat sweeney, stifles apish
realkn throat, coughs, etc,
we of one bottle. Warms*
readerfallsletnf v.r 1
by F. Junior
ale. TbI. up M !M ail
Ten common sued ages wsii
Soft butter the size et ea leg
ohm
One pint of coffee A auger v
mom
One quart of sifted flour it'll
pee ant of beat brown saga
tem tensa.
Twe towers (waA heaped
saps weigh one pegged.
Two teacups (level) of fps
wog. we pend.
Two teacups of soft Mutter
weigh one pousd-
Ow and one-third prate of
r ler dour weighs one cameo
Dee pint thsapsd) d gra
weighs fourteen oases•.
Pour teespoo4I are equal
Epson.
Two and orae -ball teacups
het brown s.g.r weigh olee
pee tahkepoor (well heaps
ted, coffee A, or hest brown
Me .
Mrs Parka says Vas gu
head, or one pint d Bsely
peeked solidly, waasle ass
wield he very eoereelast M
Tampon* rary ia vies, an
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that of a minister of the Gns
in fact, has absorbed maty
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greater. He has the pew
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is the arms of love, truth
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