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F.RIDAY MAY 7,1869.
DUAL REPRESENTATION
The question of Dual Representation
has occupied a large share of the time
a d attention. of Canadian Statesmen
si ce the inception of Confederation.
Nva "Scotia has long ago declared un -
e uivically _ter opposition to this a.no-
to _loue species of government, and were
it -not tor the influence of some •favou-
rites Of the ruling Party we feel quite
sure the Dontinion Legislature would
• also decide against it.
BY motion of Mr Mil1s of Bothwell,
the subjeet ,was brought up 'for':.:diacus-
sion last week, and thoegh the measure
-WaS "hoisted," Still the debate brought
out clearly the respective argumenta-
.
tive strength of both -par* ties. The im-
possibility • of serving two masters as,
Dual Representation requires, wasclear-
ly proved by Mr. Mills. The power
conferred by the Cenfederation Act on
the Local Legislattee, though in a -cer-
tain sense restricted is nevertheless int
r dependent. For a man to legislate
justly for :the Provinces and the Domi-
nion is an absolute impossibility in
every case, and as -the safety of our pre-
sent complicated system of government
consists in maintaining a clear distinc-
tion of the respective. duties of the- seve-
ralLegislatures, every thing tending
to confuse or ignore those duties should
be irnmeliately E-,eb aside,
In reply to t e arguments put forth
by 'Mr. .Mills, ir John, Sir, George and
others, harped upon, the "rights of the
• people," to choose whomsoever they
would, whether representing another
Legislature or not. To this Mr. Mc-
Kenzie replied by citing the position of
'fudge and Cleirgymen.
The debate which lasted during the
greater part of one sitting was closed
with a'vete of the Whole House, which
resulted in 57 yea S aid 82 nays. Mr.
Whitehead of, Huron, voting, with the
majority.
9
BINET VACiaNCIES.
.OUR RELATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES.
The °marks made by the Hen. C.
T. Galt, on moving for the correspond*
ence that took place between th Can.
nadian IGovernraent and the 1Inited
States, during thelate rebellion in the
South, a e worthy of a careful perusaL,
Coming rom a min that ocoupietl sad
a conspi uous position in this c untry
as the n. Gentleman did, thef have
a partici," ar significance The c nduct
of the TT ited States . towards Canada
has alve ys been characterized by a
species a.
a great n
that we
a market!
city Tree
that we
retaliation unworthy o
tion. Because it was th
ere dependent upon the
for our produce, the Re
y was abrogated in the
ight be ceerced into an
tion. In the same way becaus
St. Alba s raiders simply started
Canada, tlhe Fenians received the sym-
pathy, a d co-operation of Anic ican
citizens; a d as Mr. Galt says "Though
. 5 .1
not arme 1 from American arsenals;
neverthel ss they were armed with
A.merican guns." For us now te stand
upon our own dignity, and to apsert
our rights is nothing more than exer-
cising our rivileges as a people. Whe-
ther Reci rocity was advantageous or
not, it is uite certain we can live and
prosper ithout it. -Americans lay
squabble bout illabarmit claims and
make unr asona,ble demands upon the
British Gro eminent if they choose, but
no -amount of coercion will ever induce
Canaclia,ns to beg for a renewal of (lona-
mercial i tercourse, . with a nation
whose self ..mportance is -fast assinaiat-
such
light
for
earo-
hope
• exa-
the
from
•iiig them ti the exclusive autocracy Of
Chinasand a,pan. So long as they are
satisfied to receive our produce and pay
the duties -hemselves, -which their go-
vernteent, mpose, we need not cern-
plain. It is a point long settled in
commerce hat, the consumer pays the
duty, It s our privilege now to ait
and receiv any offers -which may be
• made, 1 and. if they, are of a favor ble
and reason ble nature, to accept, ot er-
wise to see, such markets for our pro-
,
duce as w' 1 at once remtinerate our
producers a d maintain our indepen-
dence.
THE UEBEO TRAGEDY. .
' The tr:a' tfyoungOhalloner for 'heft-
ing Ensign V.hitiker fortthe seduction
of a sister, h a elosed with the prisoners
acquittal. ,
,1
The -verdi t_ it exactly -in acCordalce
with the po ailgr feeling on, the matter.
No doubt bu that Challoner shot W1 it
eke'', but t en the circumstances tLat
.ecL to the ac were ef the most extez u .
ting natur . We need not . repeat
heln as they- are already so well known -
The cheer high but np outside the
Court Hous on, the rendering of tie
erdict "not guilty," meets with a he, r-
. a ,
y Amen thr aghout the whole countziy,
eidinetea,d* f young Challoner beieg
ooked 'upon s an evil -doer, he will be
onsiclered a eio, for the very 'best of
easona He avenged a wrong that
ur la, es. refu e to 'do, in anythieg like
n aclef nate. Banner. •
1
Toet repair the breach made in his Ca-
biuby the death of Ferguson Blair;
and the promotidn- of Mr. Howland, v
seems so far`to have defeated- even the- t
-
\ artifice of that inconaparable tacticia,n a
Sir John. The advances made to Mr.
Ai/kens some time ago, axe- according to c
„
present rumours renewed—.with: what r
result a few days will pi obahly tell. 0
The remaining vacancy will. be still* a_
b9ging for an occupant. It would
seem that the Consereativei of Ontario, B
alive -to thepractical side of things,. ar
anxieus to See another' of their Part
on the TreaSary- Benches. For thi
purpose they tve igued a "roun
robin," praying Sit John, to premot
the most ..competent of thsir r,ank
file to this honorable positipn. Th
Hamilton Times suggests the name o
Janice Beattie of -the Toronto Leader
Probably. a Iv orse cheiee: might be mad
al though. Beattie's well 'known attach
ment to the Party might perhape lead
him to go it "blind"/ However, now
-
a -days it. does seem that/ all the qualifi-
cation . a, politician may require is to
End his path to some leading man, and
endorse' the - actions of his Party with
all the bravado of a prize fighter. _If
such is the kind of a Cabinet Minister
that John A.., rya/As lie will have little
•difficuliy in finaing one among his Own
Supporters.
Some of th -e misera51e vestiges of a
a,nkrupttocr
C acy, of which the of.
'
iictrs of the a ray are in a peat measure
•
Y composed, doubtless consider a sojourn
in any of the Provinces, a hey-,
d day time for them to ravage colonial
° 'homes, as a m tter of little c•
o4_sequenc4,
C save ,beirie- & joke practised upon a loti
seuiibarlitri ns. The fall of Whitaker
f will, howevei, we hope beea terror to
„ similarly dist) sed individuals. We -do
e not endorae the E.otion of Challoner in,
THE Pacific Railroad:is an mcconi-
plished fact. San Francisco and New -
o de are now in. cl,ireCt communication,'
an.t travellers for the nice little fare of
L150, can cross the continent. Enter-
drise and energy: tat" work wonders
when properly directed.
.3
the abstract,
lenient.' on th
look upon him
righteous rew‘ rd that otherwise would
not have been. ealt out.. Axd.ifa MAU
is jilStified in avenging-. 'or protecting
his, own loam, mach more justifie,ble.
was this actio and add to this, that
the man who r sks his life.for his sister's
reputeposeesse a noble snirit.
ut since our laws are se
crime of Seduction, w
as a dispenser of a mos
• s '
Tag result of the election in Hants
is likely to chnge the attitedeeof the.
Local Legielatt re of NovaSeotia. •The
Partv who opp sed througheut the ac-
ceptance of qoMederatioa, are now
ebowing•symp ms of weakness. . They
feel that their losti1ity will likely prove
ineffective in a •complishing what they
designed, and lbat now the only difaa
ctrItYia the war is how to retrace their
steps with a idece.at show of consis-
tency,-
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SEAFORPITI EXPOSITOR.
THE SALT QUESTION.
.As between the "Goderich *Press;"
and ourselves, this question, is getting
to a pretty finer point, The2;arguments-
last employed by us, the Stonl_deals with.
in a summary manner. But because
we said. "If we begin bylf protecting
out salt. Ai what shall we stop
There is no other interest, bet can make
as good a case as this,* th atj ournal says -:
"The Editer of the Expositor" cannot
be very. well posted,' on the Tariff of
this country or he would know, that
every industry in this country, withthe
exception of salt is already protected by
a duty of 15 per cent ad valorem."
When we say; the following articles are
selected from the Duty Free list we
would like to know 'where the ignor-
seice is. Ashes, Pot, Pearl, aed Sod
Axles for Railway purposes—Br
Corn—Church-Bells—Locomotive C
fleeting Rods ---Drain Tiles—Fire
gines---Gypsum—Hops—Railroad.13
Plants,' Tree S and Shrubs—Slate
Wheat. These are but a tithe of each
come under this head, but we have
• lected them because there'is no one
that we have the facilities 'Within ' o
selves for their production. The ne
tinee the Star undertakes to venture
opinion, as to the extent of the kno
ledge of a confrere it had better "ta,
something of its size." This much
a mattes of fact to satisfy the St
.But se far as the logic of the ,sentiine
goesit could Matter but little wheth
tariffs, were at present imposed or. n
The rational deduction from the expr
Biota, is, if protection is dealt out
certain interests, they might, cry f
their continuance, on the same grou
as the Salt asks for its imposition an
if there are interests thatare not pr
tected they might clamour for the sara
favor,, as the Salt, We are, perfect
satisfied that the Star/ should tak
whatever comfort it can: out of a pia
upon words 'its So doing is one of th
strongest proofs al/a it feels the wee
nese ofits position.
It is simply absurd for the Star t
ask how it is, that salt is sold for $1.7
.and $2.00 at Prescott die., though. w
-did infer that it Cannot rise permanen
ly above $1.50 at Goderich. If h
knows anything at all about commerce
be surely knows that: the transit be
tween those place accounts for ,the di
ference. Again, he says that if we .ar
correct in saying that Salt cannot pe
manently rise beyond $1.50 per bar
rel, we need fear no monopoly. W
do not fear an everlasting monopol
but in plain terms, we expect, for evi
dent reasons, that it will be sold cheaper
in proportion to the amount of competie
tion to which it is subjected. Why den't
some of those "Salt" sheets take up our
citation from the Spectator, which prov-
ed that at $1,50 per ,barrel, more than
one hunclrectper cent of a profit was
realized in the manullicture of this at
ticle
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iaii,!sowawcwissiwillINIIMINISONERM
SIR Sohn A, McDonald has brought
a Bill before Parliament, which por-
vides that all pi sors found guilty of
garroting or maliciously injuring his
fellowman, 1iaI1' be publicly whipped.
Though we would by all means wish to
maintain the dignity of men per se, we
really believe that this -law will be a
great benefit to the country. Many
cases are constantly °miring wherein
injuresiof a grievous nature are inflict -
'ed and the law Satisfied with a small
fine. Theapplication of the "cat Of
nine tails," though a relic of barbarous
times, has proven an efficient for the
same class of evils in England, and its
introdnction into Canada might prove a
wholesome restraint on pugnacious
troubadours.
marrawarffirmimmx,,,,„„„„mermat
*-E'are pleased to observe' that the citi-
zens of Toronto are bestirring them-
selves with a view to opening, a road
to the Red River :Distriat Y Writ
William. The scheme is, to 'lave com-
plete railway and water commUnication
between the tv.o.places whiel distattees
Fort- Garry, but 40 hours from 'Fort
William. * To construct the 'way it is
proposed that the government shall
make a land gianttoa jointastoek Co.
Already a Provisional Board has tieen
organized, and they will at an .early
date apply fora chaater.
THE MARKET PEES. DOMIa
From the instiutioa of the IVlar t, it
was our expressed conviction theri.: fees
on the smaller producesuch as Butter
and Eggs, were prejudicial to thenter-
est of the village. We now have proof
positive that such is the case It 'well
known that at this season of the , year
eggs, especially, are produced andi:emar-
keted in large numbers everyWberi!ti but
what is 60 actual case here 7 'Why,
positively, there is scarcely enough4....oni-
.1
ing in to supply the domestic deftiand
•
of this place. And as undeniablerevi-
.
dence that the fees are the cause of -this
very unusual state c. f affairs, we rght
cite the experience 01' those engageed ia
the business, which is to the effectlhat
in the villages around Seaforth, this
article is to be obtainedlarger qnseati-
ties than ever before.
Shown that we do not get a nitual
amount of busines in this .line it f;ollit, ws
that we are driving wealth and pros-
perity from our midst. Almost ettery
inhabitant of this vilhige lives direk41y
or indirectly upon onr commeree, bice
the interest of the merchant is
mon interest, then it is selfevident at
it behoves us all to secure his, that 6ur
own may follow,.
We know that our merchants are:aot.
doing anything like the ueual ameunt
of trade, and more than that- we ve
that they are not doing proportionatelly
as much as outsiders, and we have ppd
reason to believe that the fees on Butier
and Eggs (the principal commodity pf
trade at this season/ of the year) are
cause.
• Were we to estimate the proba
loss to the vi/lage thus accruing for
next eight mouths,. at Three Thousc41
Dollars, it would be but a guess, .s .11
we ,believe that every person who
should know, would say that we were a'n.
the low side.
Do our citizens know that the wa
gate throughewhich flows this aniouot,
whatever it may-, may be shut for Three
ffundred Dollars, or there abouts
such is a fact. Yes 1 for about this
amount the ,Market clerk is willing
forego collebting those obnoxious fe
Were our Council to give him off tIrJs
much on his rent, where is the Seafortb
ratepayer that Would say aught againd
it, in view of the immeasurable. goaei
that would probably follow? Weftloni
believe he is iii the place, Then. le
some of those more particularly inte-
rested (the merchants) go_ about t6
matter, at once pass around the petitioul
and, we go bail 'that the man who o
poses it can't be found.
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THE Globe is now publishing a serieg
of articles on the _present depression -
trade which are attracting largely th4
attention of business 'men throughots4
the dotintry. The cause of tlais univeter siCiland wounded soldiers ; and an ef
ION PARIJTAMENT.
THURSDAY.
?Th
Tbe meat lint 0 tent b es'n ,ss tcala
was the di5eW34041 of Trade between the
United States and Canada, biought
about motion of Mr. Metcalfe's for
correspondence -showing the value et
imports from the United States, in
the abrogation ofthe Reciprocity -Treaty,
Mr. Mills'. Bill, to anthotize*the extre-
dition Jf.erirninals from Canada for
Certa, offences passed its third Read-
ing.
FRIDAY -
Mr. Roses Bill respecting the De -
'pertinent of Finance, evoked 'very
lengthy and strong diecessions after
which it passed its second reading.
- MONDAY.
M. C. Ca,meren presented a petition'
praying for a Harbor of Refuge at God -
A lengthy discnssion arose on the
Msrritime and -River ,Fielleriet. Nth..
mgelse of a new character, was done
this day.
-
TUESDAY.
Mr. Rose, brought don a metsage,
transmitting tne estimates for the cur-
rent years.
On the motion of Mr. Rote the House
went inth committee of the whole on
the respecting the Department of
Finance.
WEDITESDAY.
M. C. Cameron presented petetions
for imposing a duty on Arnen,an Salt.
Mr. Mackeneie moved for copies of the
proceeding of the Court of Enquiry apt
pointed toinvestigate the charges against
B. Major Shaw, The 11304011 was
posed by by Sir- Geo. E. Cartier. After
a long debate in which Sir John A.
Macdonald, Mr. Mackenzie, Bowell,
Hon. Mr. Holton and Mr. Brown took
part, the'mOtion was withdrawn A
motion made by Mr. Medcalfe for an
address for the returns of the appoint-
ment and instructicirs of the Intereol-
onial, Railroad CoMmissioners was
agreed to. Mr. Masson, of Soulanges,
moved for copies of the correspondence
with the Government relative to the
imprisonment of Father McMahon.
The motion wh.ich 'was supported by
Mr. eliaglin., and opposed by the Pre-
mier and the Ron. J. 11. Cameron,
was after some d.iscussion. withdrawn.
TRE SEILTE.
During the week kayo_ just about,
followed in the wake of the Commons.
BERLIN CONFERENCE.
From the general aspect of the wericl's
affairs at present, there seems little in- -
dfcation. of the speedy approach, of those
peaceful days sshen•swords shall be bet- -
ten into plough shares and spears into
prunnin g hooks. We the'refore heartily
welcome any measures that will tend to .
lessen the horrors of that .necessary evil
war. If nations will fight, let them do
it as gently as is consistent with the
object they have in view—tliciegh. it
s ntainly sounds paradoxical.; and when
a man iS shot down in his country's
service, let him be tiken care of and
patched.. tip as speedily and comfortably,
as possible. .buring the late American
wer,commissions, sanitary and Chris-
.
Ian were found of great benefit to the
sal dulness is attributed to the exces.
sive importations of the wholesale mett.
chants of Montreal. .Art excess of goods"
thrown upon- the market must evident -1
ly cause a stagnation, no matter what)
may have been the productive powers of
the people. This excess is put at $7,-
000,000, and until the country con -4;
surnes this surplus we cannot hope for 41
diminution of the number of insolvent I
which recently have been so alarming y
nuinerous. ‘
Wag the movement now etarted ta
remoVe allduty froth' imported bookst
another no less iropeetant isalso associet teedinis
with an address to the people
. .
fort s now being made to extend theu
sphere %of usefulness of sch . socipties
and help on the objects they have in
view. An international - conference,.
largely attended assembled in Berlin
last week, their deliberatione being dir-
ected in devising ways and means fir
the better care of thwotnialed in time
of,war. . The cable has not given vs
the particulars, but it secs they were
tinartintous in their. deeire to help so
good a work. There were no rekes-
entatives. from the United States, but
the Convention took it for granted that
"that ,great and noble nation, which
rendered such great service in the work
of humanity,. sympathizes, deeply with
Oil; movement. Reports of their pro -
td—. -the removal of postage from news -I of Amit erica,,will be to hand- in a few i
papers. So faieas post masters are con' days
. . •The address is signed by one ,1
cerned this -would be but a trifling los,8 un red and. twenty delegates
mg the Turkish- ambassa-dor tolPrussia.
In fact the _annoyance of keeping the it i- of course very pleating to -find re -
e./
a,ccounts of such trifling sums make presentatives such -diverse tiiarali
.b
this impost more troublescnne than
31 Ila -
pts ties amd relig,ions meeting harmonious -
for the furtherance of so good an ob-
the enotto of our Canadian Govern- - ventions of antattonistic I h
fitable. No tate on literature should b0Jy t
,
ijeet, But we . fear that, hke al MD.-,
. • •
ment. 0 p , ere
i
a' will result tnore talk thalt work. Still,
•
if there be any good result at all, how -
TEE New YOrk Tribune . cannot ens ever sniall3 it will be welcomed—inore
dorse Chandler rant on the Sitnexae espeeially hy the men who - have to bear
• tier'. of Canada, to settle the Alabama, the brunt of. the battte and suffer . the
cliffienIty. The Tribune is sensible. . .iponsequences, too Inffn; of &her
IN order to give stren 11 teth
• ,
•
g e ouse
of Peers sn Eakiand, Earl Russel has
brought a Bill -before' the House, far
the oreation of life Peers.* This /nay be
considered a doubtful
nteoples:blunders.—Advertiser,
Lt
Ottawa last week, a meeting pf
he Barkers took place, they are deter-
tntntid to oppose goverament interfer-
ence with the eirculatimi.
THE. GiTat Western. Freight -Shed,
mind contents at Chatham were mint on
he 30th-ult. Loss exclusive ox mita-
Sgs about $9,OVQ. •
ist
• Alt Explosion of a- Boiler, in the
.GreatWestern Works, took place last
weeli,Itilling the engineer..
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Op-
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TON • IS to -a
House.
J. S. Porter
skins innnediately. _See
A LARGE and varied "stol
peper, at the Tao -1411Th Boe
11-OUSEREEPERS ion't
Elid.d tie .MMntkiis eat,
another tolumn.
ii_INLEYVILLE IS going )
the Queen's Bir•thda,y- .m, g
Good for Ainkerville.
THE QaarWriy ille,eting
leyan Ohurele will be held
bath, when the Rev. Jewell
will preaeh morning and eve)
_
THE 'COITIt of Revi4on fo]
was formally held on the 4th
a single elleal againt the'
was4 made. This -certainly re
credit upon the aseessor.
TtasT Sabbath Rev.
pr achel two excellent serme
Episcopal Ch.trch. 'Respect.
tions -were takeu up to idu
bilities of the churela •
EG�NWMJE.—A f'tni
some miechet-ione fellows ea
sitierabIe 'mischief around Egli
removine- ana tte,strbyiao.
property, 4
REv. Mr. Hasten:en the ^ s
Mr. Williamson, Will givehIs
-
course" on Saboa' 'evg, in1,1
This gentlemen is perhaps 014
most eloquent Men in the .31:!1
ference.
As the Goderieh people, al
mined on puttinga -duty, an
-salt, Scott Robertson, has
u4on. sellinst take Huron Fii
a a • .
and to that end receives tbezh
See Advertisement.
LoNpott Evostata "AnvE-tri
Quite unexpectedly, this papel-
hand on Saturday last enlarge
eight eolumn paper, -The sucee
bas attended this paper, from
tion is ahnost Without a, parall
-country. It may perhais be al
in a measure to the finefield it<
but forithe position it at prese
it owes-ithe most to the indornita
severence, and genuine newspa
and ability of its propriettr. M
tinued and extended prosperity
it.
SEEDSEEDS.-+ReCeiVed a
Robertson's, Mammoth Groce
Seed Store, the 4'ol1owie
fresh and prime se
Carrot, Skirvings' -ed
Share's do do Purple Ttrapleaf
Long Red Mangel, 1 Rape Seed,
York Cabbage, Fla( Dutch do
head do Butter Beans Early
Beans, Adams' Early Bens,
Eat-la
Corn, Gherkin. Cucumber, Tom
Peas Dianna 01Rtarke Peas, Rei
er Sed, White Dutch do Alei
Yellow Treyibil de 'Hungarian
Mixed Lawn -do Tares or votohl
Lis% Assurtasswa—The att-en
CU' readers is invited to the not
Cir advertising columns, of the
Aife Assurance Society -4' for whi.'4"
N. 'Watson . lraie been app
ent for Seaforth *nd
bad difiees .of the company s
ndon, Enifand, and the thief t!
the Canada BranCh is in TO
e business operations of tb
y were commenced in 1843,
isults, as known fn latest r
ve the care which has been e
_in the selection of business an
andriess of the principles on w
been cond acted.. The c,apital
pany ie £100,800 stg., af
£5,000 has been ealled u
p.
ent income is 3800,060 ver
rve Fund -$4,000,000. Tha
t of profits divided amongst
during the 25 years, $2,5-0&
ins paid, $3,00(4000. This
ty is noted for the care exer
DireetorS in the seIection,of
this is one of the essential
nts for a sound and profitable,
iaoitisiSoneeuoiimtlya.iirfsheinlissu7Lrarli6rtairintheetettnfirsdt
• pro
their families'or for tb.eir
nag years, should he careful to :
office where Directors have r,
uture stability, and not to 4r:
ge business and large profits 4
Directors of tbe ."Star" in
2,men. of ',first-class position and
‘and the names making up
4srnen. Councils of Reference
as command great confid;
ty per cent of the profits are
ongst assurers,. For fulle
tion, we refer our readers to
Mr. W. N. Watson, who
prospectusth and answer.--