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The Exeter Times, 1887-2-17, Page 4!� Ile 'eel' 11tlF'FS,. ALUMS. OF THE FRENCIL ( A FEW SUBSTANTIAL REASONS. To the friends end su orters of Mr. T �- It has. been proven time and ae,aaih that 1 a pp TEIURSDAN, FEB. x7w.h, XSt17,. Messrs- Blake, T'QW, and other Reform Coughlin, in North Middlee; we would member are the allies, of the Frenola Can- say a few words with re.eronoe to your Adhere, who have been striving for luany vote• THL FACTS O1 THE CASE. red in the North west in 1885, instigated 22nd suet., and it behooves every Comer - red reformers (if We play call them b L 1 native pieetor to be up end tieing for ]tie: years to rule Canada; . rebellion occur- by ccur The, olect ons take place on 'l4resday noir, y one ours Biel, an atrocious beiaag, euelt--they reform. but little) talk about country, At present the outlook is most eemem , They tell the people that tltag 111 whteh many peaceful settlers, mission- cheering, although the Grit oawlidate is Y working in a. quiet and untiring Ivey to oap- tire the riding. It was, indeed, a surprise to Mr, Cough- lin, to have been brought out, It was his intention and desireand we night say de. termination -to resign in favor of another ohoioe, but at the urgent request of that grand old chief, Sir. Joint Macdonald, he consented to allow his name to go before tlie.convention, and to contest the election if he were made the choice; if not he would work unceasingly to secure the election of the party selected. Was not this a fair, honest and upright stand—a stand that is eluaraeteristic of Mr. Coughlin's political career ? He was willing to abide by the decision of the delegates from different harts of tete riding, convened at Alsa Craig, tor the purpose of making a selection ; and why should not the electors be willing to vote for a man, who, not only was willing to do anything for the good of the party at the present time, but has always worked in its interests, and worked well ? It will therefore be seen that Mr. Cough- lin is not contesting the election for his own emolument but merely to grant the request asked of him by Sir John and the Conserva- tive convention of North Middlesex. And who could refuse to comply with such a request from that grand old man who has devoted his time and talent for the greater part of his life, for the well-being of our country—and who has so often and so suc- cessfully led the great Conservative patty to victory --who has for the last time, pos- sibly, appealed to the people of his country to sustain him in his grand and noble work; we ask who can refuse to endorse his past policy by not according him a renewal of their confidence, for at least, another term rd And as a special•favor to hits he asks the Conservatives of North Middlesex to give Mr. Coughlin such a majority that will cast terror into the ranks of the opposition party and teach them a lesson not soon to be for- gotten. That the electors fully endorse the policy of the Premier --that they uphold his conduct in allowing no interference with our criminal laws, in the case of Riel---that they will repose in him their confid- ence for another parliamentary term, we have not the slightest doubt. Electors, if ever there was a time in our history when it behooved every man who has a stake of interest in the country, every than who has an hour of labor to give the country, to stand by the men that during the past twenty years, in office and out of power, have shown that they are determined to advance in every possible way the interests of thepeople iu all parts of Canada, it is now. There never was a more momentous crisis in the history of the country. Rally to the polls, every -man of you—emphatically de- clare that'you are in sympathy with Sir John A, vlacdonald and the country, by voting, for Mr. T. Coughlin, inNorth Mid- dlesex, want to check' extravagance. Extravagance and economy ---they are the last words that one would expect to come from their tongues l From the time that Confedera. tion was formed in 1807 down to 1673 a more progressive and prosperous country than Canada never was seen in any part of the world. The Reform party said that things appeared to be going on tolerably well, but it was nothing to what would be seen, if the people would only turn the Government out and give thein the reins of power. At this period the construction of the Canadian Pacific railway was muter - taken, and in the effort to get the gigantic work under wn.y, the Government fell, The Reformers took office, and the very first thing they did was to say to Parlia- ment, through the finance minister, "We want $3,000,000'per annum more taxes out of you than ever our predecessors asked." They changed the tariff and levied $3,000,- 000 additional taxation, and at the end of the year they came back and said, '•It's not enough.; it has gone and we havo a big de- ficit on our hands ; we want more taxes." The result was that they largely increased the country's debt before they were hurled from power. They did not do as the Con- servatives did, they did not dissolve Parlia- ment a year before their time was up ; they held on to the last hour that they could pocket a dollar or hold office, but the time carne when they were compelled to stand iu the presence of the intelligent electors of Canada, and the verdict of the country was, "depart and give place to better men." The Canadian people at that time were forc- ed to go to the States for almost everything they wanted, and our gold, of course, (vent there, and if our gold and the industries are aries, and volunteers met their demise, Riel was punished for his crime as any .citizen of this Dominion should be. The French took exception to the prooeduro of the Government iu allowing the law to be carried out. Why did the French people take to heart the execution of Riel, who had a fair trial, and who, everybody in Ontario really believes was one of the greatest rascals any country ever produced ? Ib is a well known fact that the French have never taken kindly to British au- thority. They are aware that this country was first peopled by their race ; and that its founders should bo compelled to ac- knowledge submission to the flag of the Anglo-Saxon, who from time immemorial has been the natural enemy of and so often the victor over their own beloved France, is something that they have scarcely chafed over. They have a strong belief that the time will eventually come when they shall again be the dominant race in Canada. They have organized national societies in every part of the Dominion in which half -a -dozen French may be found. They keep alive their language and maintain their exclusively French institutions. They lose no op- portunity of advancing their national in- terests, and when these have been in any way threatened, both Bleu and Rogue politicians have always been willing to throw aside their political differances and fight against the common foe. It was this feeling which led to the first trouble in the North-west Louis Riel, on be- half of the French, who had been among the first to inhabit the country, murder- ed an Englishman Scott, and resisted the' there the people will have to go there for entry of a Governor appointed by the work and labor ; the country was impover- Canadian Government. The French had ished and the laud depopulated, and rain stared us in the face. The "wreckers" said cherished the hope that they would be "never mind, we have nailed our colors to the Free Trade mast, and we will go down all standing before we give the couutry any protection, " and they did go down, with their colors beneath that mighty wave of the intelligent public opinion of this coun- try, They were given a fair trial, they were given a full trial and were found want- ing. The Conservatives acceeded power by loud acclaim. For a time they accomplish- ed nothing but rolled up an enormous debt. Just as an enterprising, intelligent, private citizen borrows capital to invest in that which will give him an ample return for his capital, benefiting his country and enriching himself : so the Conservatives have'not been afraid of debt. They have not been afraid to borrow money that they wanted for the purpose of constructing great public works that they believed end that they are now able to show, have re- sulted in giving our country such progress and prosperity as will enable it fairly and confidently to compare results with any country in the world. During the term able to people the great North-west, and, thus make it as thoroughly French as the Province of Quebec• But the transfer to the Dominion'Governntent blasted these hopes, and Riel, placing himself at the head of the disappointed and enraged re- presentation of French Nationalism, brutally murdered a man who was out- spoken in his loyalty to the Queen. Of the man's guilt there could bo no doubt. He made no attempt to deny it, but gloried in his crime. Yet we find that the French-Canadians, almost as one man, defended his action, and in fleeing from justice, he sought refuge in Quebec, where he was concealed in a lunatic asy- lum. He was defended because be had struck a blow in behalf of the French idea and at the authority of the hated British. It was not the sympathy of the race going out to any ordinary criminal of their blood, but in their eyes he was a national hero, because he had committed that Mr. Trow's friends were in office, a murder in the name of the French race, these eslornieal gentlemen rolled up a debt their zeal m his behalf being strenthened upon the shoulders of the people of this country, notwithstanding all additional taxation, to the tune of ;8,000,000 per an- num. In Mr. Mackenzie's five years he had put $40,000,000 debt on the shoulders of the people of the Dominion, and if the Re- formers are asked to -day, where that $40,- 000,000 is to be found, they will say that 87,000,000 of it was to cover deficits—that with all their additional taxes they could not make one end meet the other—that they could not pay their way, and they fell behind to the extent of $7,000,000. Take the debt that the Conservative Government have incurred and compare it with theirs, and what will be the result ? 'While they impose a debt of $8,000,000 per annum, for which they have secured nothing, that of the Conservative Government amounts to $4,800,000 per annum, and the most mag- nificent results that ever a country was able to show, have been secured. Mr. Blake says that tient debt of Canada to -day is $220,000,000. Of that $107,000,000 is stoney allotted to the provinces --that is, it is the debt that existed before, money given to the provinces that does not affect the real debt of Canada at all. Deduct that amount from the net debt, and there remains $113,- 000,000. Of that $I 03,000,000 is represent- ed by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Intercolonial Railway, and that only leaves $10,000,000 to cover Sir R. Cartwright's de- ficits and the discount onthe leans he made. Trow tells the electors that they are groan- ing -snider the debt. According to the pub- lic records of the country, we find the as- tounding and gratifying fact, that notwith- standing the construction of these works, in which we, in Mickllesex' and Perth are as virally interested, as any portion of this wide Dominion, the taxation of the country is not increased. And what has the con- struction of the C. P. R. cost the people ? In I878 the Mackenzie Government stepped down and out and the Conservative Govern- ment by public acclaim, usurped their places, but as the fiscal year was far ad - by the fact that the victim had been con spicuously loyal to the flag which they hated with intensity. That influence of the "race" aided him to elude justice, both political parties be- ing equally anxious to shield hint and avoid offending the French for fear of losing their votes. A second time lie rebels, and two hundred lives are lost. Many of Ontario's noblest sons stained the prairies of the North-west with their life blood in the out break, and the Indians were incited to rise and mas- sacre all who were loyal to British author. ity. Yet when Riel was captured, the old cry went up from Quebec, "You must not hang him, because he is of French blood and is a champion of our race, and the repre- sentative of our asperations. The Quebec Government has been beaten because they did not ask the Dominion Government to interpose between the law and this great criminal who represented the French idea that the French are the natural owners of Canada. They say they will also defeat the Dominion Government for the same reason, and, sorry we are to say it, Hon. Edward Blake and Mr. Trow have appoved of their "race and revenge" pro- gramme should they succeed in their pur- pose. French-Canadian hatred of British au- thority will have achieved a triumph of which every British subject and every lover of fair play and justice should feel ashamed. That the French can over -ride all other nationalities in Canada we do not believe. That they can alter the decrees of our courts is too monstrous. There are too many men of independent minds fo permit such tri- umph of ignorance, presumption, prejudice and hatred, and these we ask to set their faces firmly and sternly against a movement which must, if successful, make the French- Cananians what they have long hoped and long striven for, the dominant race in Can- ada. Electors of South Perth and North der vaneed-17 September—a comparison of ofrthings ?� doyou net,wvote ish � for see stSharp ch an orand ]879 must he taken, because the Reformers Cou hlin. are responsible for the position of the debt g of the country at that date. Now, in 1878 the amount of interest on the debt per capi- Are our Canadian laws against tet on the population of Canada, was $1 58, criminals to be respected, or are in 1879 it was $1..59 per head, and in 1885 they to become defeasible ? Mr. the public records of the countryprove that Jas. Trow, by a vote on the Riel there is not one cent added to the per capi- question, demonstrated that he t charge a c r. for debt restingi upon the people q g P P did not believe in Canadian.laws, of this country over what existed when, in Vote for H, F. Sharp, who is a 1879, the Conservatives grappled vigorously `loyal Canadian. an upright and with the construction of that great work. straightforward gentleman, and .a The protective policy of the country vital- ! person who will make a first class ized all its industries, and increased the ' Legislator. trade and business, and raised the credit of the country to such an extent that we Dern- i n o _- aged in 1885 with this great work complet- N�ilioo0 illustrad tion of the benefits of chide ed, the proud position of being able to boast theothery that the Canadian Pacific railway had been An ,elector—it is said nobody knows how Inc completed without one single cent being Reformer and button holed vote a prominent acaded to the per capita taxation upon the Reformer asked to for Mr. "How people That the facts herein contained ley. The elector retorted burl said . How are r.. tnluestionalily` true cannot be gainsaid; can I vote against my interests, by voting against the P. "Vora he said "will --they are from the ptthltc records and that II,o es it a out of the town and engage a man to after reading them carefully the electors ofe South Perth and North Middlesex, vote ew cents cheaper tthan we, who lork beemise ivein town against the government of Sir John A. will do it. So you see that, if we were Macdonald, they must have a grievauoe of which we know naught. We leave it with protected this roan who resides outsideonot them. corporation to escape the tax could not come in and monopolise labor. It is preci• sely the same With the N. P.—if our ports were thrown epos to the Yankees they Before the National Policy was would come in and glut our markets, be - inaugurated the windows of o1n cause they have no fax to pay nt. Canada.'° merchants were full of American The contentions of this labor man are quite cottons, while now the goods can correct, and this is the view every citizen scarcely be found on our markets, of Canada should take ---a open common Canadian cottons°are substituted. sense view. yore for Coughlin and °sharp, Mr. Sha r:p is a believer in the a ., who support a government that gave the tional Policy, people protection, EDITORIAL NOTES. EVERY man who favors the National Policy should turn out next Tuesday and vote for the Government FAitMERs, you are protected at the pre- sent time, and will continue to be if you vote for Sir John Al Macdonald by voting for Sharp and Coughlin. At Kirkton th'e other day, Mr. Jas. Trow posed as a temperance man. We are glad to hear of his conversion, but fear that it is not genuine, being only a scheme adopted to °etch a few rvawering ones. We counsel those who are inclined to shift, not to be hoodwinked. We sup rt Mr. Sharp because he has independence of mind, and will not be led about by his party, as Mr. Trow was during the debate on the Riel question. Mr. Trow voted that it was absolutely wrong to hang Riel. Electors, is he a man in whom you can confide ? WHILE the Riel issue is being exclua- ively used in Essex with good effect, the Reformers in South Perth resort to any- thing, however disreputable, to try to bolster up their cause ; but with no effect, the electors having become aware of the danger they are in should they accept Blake as ruler of Canadian affairs. Ar the nomination for South Huron, at Seaforth, on Tuesday, Dr. Campbell and John McMillan—two Grits—were nominated. Conseavative electors, this is a family fight, and we would counsel all to remain at home. Remember it is none of your funeral who is or who is not elected. We trust that all will govern themselves accordingly. Li 1867 the debt was $75,799,009, The' Ceeseevtatives its fifteen years have ieete4s eedit.$7•.n ,800,000, Th411nforxnnts inut•ottsecl it in five yours $40,200,000, The average increase pee • year under Conservative rule bee bee'h $4,800,000. The overage in- erease per year under Grit rule was R.. T w8,000,000, e have been ollarged with selling goods very much Mr. Blake andsubordinates a- 'ND GUILTY -- cheaper than others and withdrawing a larger trade to our-. M Bl f selves than ever before We Plead Guilt and throw our*, vorseeess on ofthsProvineef from y W the Dominion andFreeTrade--two selves at the mercyof the people, whowill be very dangerous policies --which 1 p i glad to hear if carried into effect, will ruin the that we intend to play the some xie game over again, so just country. To help prevent such an listen to this order of things, vote for a F. Sharp for South Perth. These are the words of Sir Rickard Caz' - Ivright :— °'Out• very foolish National Policy." "1 consider the National Policy a tre- mendous blunder and mistake." "I believe that the Feople have 'been in- jured by it," What have the friends of the National Policy to hope for from this man or the party he represents ? Section 91 of the Dominion Election Act provides that no spirituous or fermented liquors nor strong drink shall be sold or given at any llo,el tavern or shop, or any other place within the limits of any polling district during the whole of the polling day at nay election for House ,,of Commons, under a penalty of $100.00 for every offence, and the offender shall be subject to impri- sonment for a term not exceeding six months at the discretion of the Judge, in default of payment of such fine. This applies to hotel -keepers and others in this county. Oust Reform cetera., of Si. 'Marys, is en- terprising, indeed, and somewhat of a prophet—a very poor one though. Last Wednesday evening, Mie Blake addressed the electors of the stone town, and the Argus, which was issued long before his arrival (if we are correctly informed) prints the following :— "The gathering was a most enthusiastic one, arid on Mr, lake's appearance he was greeted with a tltusi- asm." Did not the Argus man's heart throb when he heard it mooted that his man's appearance was doubtful ? Such an enterprising stroke in the journalistic line is rare indeed. "The heavy political thunder of one of the Exeter Tory papers bears the unde- niable stamp of a well-known St. Marys politician." Ttie above appeared in last week's St. Marys Argus, (we are not loath to mention its riame,) and is intended for the TnnxEs, bearing the insinuation that our articles are written in St. Marys. We give this accu- sation an unqualified denial, and might say that while the Tlnrxs articles are not from the pen of a St. Marys politician, neither do they partake of the essence of pills. Cast the beam from thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearly to pull the mote out of the eye of thy brother, "1 Wrr seder consent to any change," are the words 'Uttered by Edward Blake, at Melvern, the other day, during his speech on the tariff. So far so good. But what do we hear the people of the U. S. saying ? "Never mind, wait till Mr. Blake obtains the reins of power and then we can send you roods into Canada, free of duty." Our Yankee friends must have a reason for their saying. Can it be that Mr. Blake intends giving them free access to our markets, while he is now deluding the people into the belief that, should heacceed to power, he will continue the present pro- tective tariff ? Electors, itis not absolutely safe to repose in him your trust—his som- ersaults of late have been too sudden and not sufficiently scentific. We ask you for a calm reflection, then a vote, as your con- science on science dictates. IN St. Marys the temperance people are I moving with the intention to inerease the hotel licenses, and are about to petition the council to that effect. Thera seems to be difficulty some where ; the Conservative element who have been deluded by the Re- formers in the past are loath eto join them in this confiiet. So well they might be, for ever therewasran if a time temperance ce when to P principles were violated, it was during the recent local election. .peretni a r xtro^evua m,vursot•Dern'g eOtnhihtiEnteat:et. with. So 36.1s in all things essential had been present With the that night. For is not the mind the conscious part, the soul, the essential thing ? iF •� 4, # St * # This narrative deals only with the facts mi •e very extraordinary personal experience If the explenatien given of his visit by m; nest of thtitnight, chased upon the narrow': uderstood operations of mesmerism, is no • sufficient, let hind who, with a clearer view I t Ilea tees erend. f,Urthe :Biro the tarcane,.oi ivin. Brawn, on the one hand accepts the N, P. while other notable members accept 1 the C. P. R. For the past number of years 1 they have redicnled and pronounced both institutions as defective and injurious to the Dominion. Their conversion proves that I they have been fighting against that of which they knew nothing --their arguments being solely for the sake of apposition. So it is at the present;howling about the ex- penditure is simply a noise in which intelli- gent people take no stock, and they (the i spnutere) know nothing; that ie, if we are to judge from their contentions, The Re- form speakers have,'' even diagtacedthe hustings by their ludicrousness, DURING the past few weeks; Mr. Blake, who has spent the last ten years in denounc- ing a Protective Policy as the most fright_ ful disaster that could afflict any country, unlike the St. Marys Argus, which believes in "tariff for revenue only," conies to the conclusion that after all the best thing that this country can do is to keep up high duties on the goods that we manufacture. Mr. Blake's case may be hopeful, end it may not, for he is addicted to saying one thing here and another there. (The case of our totem. bears the contentions of Sir Rich- ard.) But in view of the supposition that 1vir. Blake has become a convert to the N. P., is it not better to have the protective policy in the hands of those who framed it, than to risk trusting Mr. Blake with -its working ? It had better be fostered bythe hands that build it up and raised it to sopow- erful a position that Mr. Blake has to bow down his head in its presence, than to hand it over to the tender mercies of people who have declared that they would kill it if they had the power. Granton. THE POISONING CASE. --The inquest at the Rigney poisoning case was resumed Wednesday, at Granton, before Coroner Hossack, Dr. Ellis, the Toronto public analyst, was in attendance, and gave evi- dence that he anal zecl the stomachs of both children and found sufficient strych- nine in each to cause death. He had found Epsom sake in the stomach of Sarah Jane, while in the stomach of the little boy he found ingredients of the worst powders, but net in that of the girl, thus confirming the evidence of the mother with reference to the medicine administered. Ile had also analyzed the medicines, and bad found strychnine in the Epsom salts, from 5 to 6 parts of a grain in each teaspoonful. He stated this quantity would be enough to take the life of a child. He had found no strychnine in the worm powders, Ite had analyzed a quantity of salts procured. subsequently from Dr. Lang's drug store out of the same drawer from whichthe salts administered to tile girl was taken, and also some worm powders taken' subtle quently from the store, and found no strychnine. Outer Witnesses gave evi- dence that knew of the ease, all of which readers of the Tares will reinpmber. The verdict found was that Thomas George and Sarah Jane Rigney came to their deaths by poisoning by strychnine where the strychnine came from or how administered the jury has no evidence to determine,. The case for the Crown was conducted by 11ir, 0. 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