The Expositor, 1869-09-03, Page 22
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The Official Paper of the CoUnty.
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 3, 1869.e
EPENDEINTOE.
"What ar4 the advantages to Canada,
by a British onnection " it3 a question
which has been exercising our mind
for a considera ble time. The most vigi-
* lant watchfulness of those who boast so
loud and long of their loyalty, has
evolved little besides "the glory of liv-
ing under the flag that braved a thong-
,
and years,", etc,„ and bthee poetical
flights of a very dose kin to this 'idea.
Very rarely is it that we hear it argued
on a principle anything like what John
Stuart Mill lays down, evheh he Rays:
" As between, one form of "pOpular gov.
trnnent and another, the advantage lies
with that which most widely diffuses the
exercises of public fitnctions ; on the one.
- hand, by excluding fiwest from* suff-
rage ; and on the other, by opening to
all classes ofprivate ci,tizens, so fctr as is
conhistent with other important objects,
the widest participation in the details of
judicial and administrative business,
whereby not only a ftw individuals in,
succession, buti.' the whole public, are
made to a certain extent participants in
the government."
True, latterly we hear a few journal
dealing with it lightly, negatively,
when they say that all we pay for Brit-
ish connection is$50,0u0. per annum
to the Governor General, with a few -
other incidentals. We will take aelook
at this. It is said we pay $50,000 for
a Governor General What else do we
• get for that emount : virtually but very
little. For military ftprotection, we
have been eStld, time and again, that
oifr main reliance Must be in our milit
:14a; and that this is. actually meant, is
proven by the fact that now, when the
eman agitation- has bt no meane ched
out, the troops are being fast with-
drawn, and though they have been left
here in considerable numbers for some
years past, we certainly incline to the
opinion. that it was the advantages
which Canada posse,sses in the way of
offering cheap maintainance, that led
to such a thing, . fully es mudh as any
desii.e on the part cf the 13ritish Gov-
ernment. to defend the inhabitants-
•)
against Fenian or other hostile forces.
So at most, we cannot -seeigreitt Mili-
tary advantages thrown iji. with the
bargain of a Governor General at
$50,000 per year.. Whether the peo-
ple of Canada consider they get value
in this matter, was pretty strongly HAM-
Nvered at the time that their represen-
tatives voted a reduction of $15,000,
and which 'vas disallowed, by this sante
British Government. If. then the ad-
.
eentages of Britiah connection are all
summed up in the_fact that we get a
Gevernor General for $50,000, we see
nothing very desirable in the continu-
ance of this connection, for there is no
t
doubt .but that men might be found
equally competent for whatever situilar
position we might have, were the tie
severed, for at least a no greater
sum. We do not, however; seppose
that British 4connex1ttnists think that
our relation to the mother eountry
gives us no ether advantages, ttse only
know that those are all we recollect
of hearing them pointedly mention at
any time. Our most earnest obser-
vation bas so far failed in leading us to
believe
believe_ that even " circumstantially "
British connexion is a desideratum.
-
The shadaw of an argument which may
be contained in the fact, that the know-
ledge of the power of -British soldiery,
to Fenians and other would-be aggrest
sors on our peace, is a pi•eventitive of
such calamities, loses very much of the
-
•
Britain itself; hence, so soon as ire
ceased to he an integral portion of the
BritiSh Empire': juskso soon would we
cease to be held a,cc- ountable .for the
prejudices 'against her. The asiiertien
that, were we "Independent," the
Yankees would be sure- to " gobble us
we value, so tar as the past con-
duct of the United States supports such
a probability'; far, notwithstanding the
so MK/ talked -of "Yankee greed," we
have yet to know what foreign terri•
tory the Americans have taken posses-
sion of by force .of arms.
Independent of the immediate ex-
pediency, there is a certain principle
laying at the bottom of this "British
Connexion" which civilization Le un-
mistakeably repudiating, namely, "Ar
istocracy." Loath as men _are to ac-
knowledge that they are admirers and
advocates of a system whieh teaches
that men are inherently '!graded," they
practically .do so in arguing for the
perktnation of monarchies, and the un -
severable retinue of titled and heredi-
tary institutions which accompany them.
Could it he shown that "Monarchy,"
as compared with "Demogracy," is that
which has 'given "the greatest possible
pod to the greatest possible number,"
there might then be some argument for
the sustenation of it. But, how far is
this from being the case? Is not the
Britain of to clay a preferable Britain
to that - of one hundred years agol
'Most certainly, and for no other reasen
than that "Monarchy." has been con-
strained to succumb to "Democracy."
The most boasted of Britain's- civil
institutions are "Democratic,"and have,
every one of them,' been wrung from
the opposite element, only by the most
persistent effort.
WFor the cheapest Boots' in Sea -
forth according to quality go to Coven-
try's: • 87-tf.
AFTER all, the probability is, that
Cuba will be purchased by the United
States, from Spain. The price is not
e
,positively known yet, but all amounts
between seventy-five and two hundred
milliohs is spoken of, and it is propos-
ed that the amount for the payment
thereof be raised by levying a special
tax- 1111011 Cuban property. Some of
the Cubans appear to demur at this,
however, as they believe that ultimate-
ly they, could secure their independence
by fighting it through. There is no
doubt, but that the best thing Cuba
could do for its own interests would be
to urge on the settlement. It would be
it happy release for the people • of that
island from the tyrancal rule of Spain
to the Republican Government of the
United States, and under it, we might
expect to see it flourish.
Da. Davidson of Aylmer, who has
just returned from a vieit to Red River
gave a public account of his trip to a
large and highly interested audience a
few evenings ago, and he describes the
country as being an exceedingly rich
and fertile one, rivaling in produc-.
t iiess the most favoured parts of Can -
Ile anticipates a prosperous fu-
ture or this new territory. Its natur-
al 4rantages are such, that if only aid-
ed by a Railroad and a discreet govern-
ment, it may become the finest part of
the British Ameeican Colonies. Many
Canals are making it theie home
-
and it is to be hoped that many more
who are resovled to seek their fortunes
n a foreign COW/try Will choose Red
River as their place of destination.
MONTREAL* is to honor the Ron. John
Rose -with some public demonstration
before his departure to England. A
deputation of the lading men of the
leading men of the city waited on him t�
-now if he would accept such a mark
of appeeciation, and having signified
his tvillinguess, arrcangements are being
made for a grandfete. - Such a mirk of
esteem cotnes with good grace from the
Montrealers, Mr. Rose having been for
a long time identified with the leading
affairs of the city
COOL.
Reffenstein the Government default-
er, who got so nicely out Of limbo some
time ago, Makes a retuarxrbly "cool"
offer te the government. He propos-
es to return to Canada and clear up
the little, fraud of which he acknowl-
edges_ he was ,guiley, provided the go-
vernment will allow the matter to be
referred to two ai bitrators, one of them
to be of his own choosing. He will
then produce books, papers, etc., to
shew that the fraud was not intentional,
and he expects, should his offer be ac-
cepted, that such proof will be suffici-
ent vindication and !that he will be ac-
quitted. •
Such an offer is remarkable, both for
impudence and absurdity ; „still we must
say that if it weie seriously acccepted
it might clear up a point or two that
may not otherwise be ever investigat-
g7
ed. No one yet knows the extent of
Reffenstein's defalcations. Should he
return in some such way as he propos
es, an investigation, might possibly be
made and the real loss sustained by
the country ascertained. As matters
now stand we k.gow not whether he
has robbed the Treasury to the extent
of $30,000 as was first reported, or
to the extent of $100,000 as has been
reported since. e -
THE Tenure of land in Ireland is be-
ginning ttyreceive the attetttion of Par-
liament. Several schemes are being
advocated, put the most favoured one
appears to be that of MrBright, who
proposes something to this effect: that
Government set apart a certain amount
for the purchase of any lands that may
be for„ sale, and then selling them to
parties wishing to purchase, spreading
the payments over a numbeit .of years.
As announced in last week's issue,
there was a move on foot for the amal-
gamation of the " GOre" and ‘Bank of
Commerce.' The proposal of the Bank
of Commerce was to buy up the Gore
stock at 55c., payable in "Commerce"
stock. The Bank of Montreal offered
57c. for the sarne, but at meeting of
the Gore stockholders it was decided to
accept the former offer by a- vote -of
1,498 to 423.
Mornonism boomed.
Edna Dean !Proctor is writing the
New York Independent a . series of let-
ters along the Pacific Railway, "From
the Narrow to the Golden Gate." Not
the least interestiug of these epistles is
hei description of Salt Lake City, with
its Tabernacle and magnificent organ ;
its theatre, the pride of the place; and
its ectentric prophet, Brigham Young,
founder of the sect. But here the ro-
mance ends. The degradation of wom-
an is the sirnoontthat poisons the social
air. "Many of -the wives," says Miss
Proctor, "carry in their faces a hope
less look, and show in their bearing the
patient submission of slaves." Said a
Very intelligent young woman to the
tourist, "All the first wives are broken-
hearted. Oh ! you know nothing about
the miseries of a Mormon family.!" ,
One result of the opening of the Pa-
cific Railroad will be the annihilation
of the Mormon Society. Established
in a distant and almost, inaccessible
valley, these -fan atic voluptuaries of the
West have lived in defiance of the Gov-
ernment of the United States, whose'
laws, like those of heaven, they set at
naught. . But now, placed in contact.
with the rest of the world, exposed to
the influences which traffic and inter-
course always exert, Mormonism' will
dwindle and ditty, ad ere long be-
ComQ extinct. Itsife may be -prolong-
tion to the more *eluded parts of the
4
ed somewhat by th issiotiary eruigra-
1i
territory from Wales and other. .por-
tionil of 'Europe. But its days are
numbered, and it is not likely that it
will long survive 13,igham Young. now
an old man. No. legislation of - Con-
gress, no invadingatrmy of the republic
to enforce obedience - to the laws, could
acconipiish the impending doom of the
most odiaus and demoralizing of hier-
archies so rapidly as tle agency of the
new- railroad which is already begin-
ning te be felt ever(in Salt Lake city.
—London Advertiser.
,
A challenge to the world is given by
Mr. Will 'am McMichael, of Waterford,
It
evInt alle es. that he has raised 302 'nisi'.
els of a very fine quality of oats, from
3} acres ofiand. The -crop was raised
on a light sandy loam, the seed having
been put.in with a cultivator without an
little weight it now has, when we con -
Compulsory Education.
A. careful scru• tiny into the philosophy
and phenomena, of the subject of va-
grancy reveals two sets of causes in
their proximate these for the existing.
neglect in regard to education in this
city. One is in the parent, the other
in the child. Many parents are uned-
ucated, and oftett do not appreciate the
advartages of education for their c4il-
clren ; many are stupefied into apathy
by their vices, and exercise no parental
care, while others are driven by poverty
into a 'hopeless abandonment of all ef-
forts in their children's improvement
The same cause impels some parents to
supplement a mi3reable subsistence by
whatever service they can extort from
their children, whether it be innoeenb
or In other words, it is eith-
er the abandonment or abuse of the
parental trust. The other branch of
the cooperation causes is the constituti-
onal heedlessness and improridence of
childrene-etheir love of freedom and
their abhorrence of restraint, the ex-
citements and intoxications of vice, and
the antipathy they create to the restra-
ints and nelf-denials of a life of virtue
• and usefulness: in other words, a dis-
qualification for self-direction. It is a
case of abandonment on the one hand
and helplessness on the other; both of
which suggest the nature of the remedy.
What, then, is the remedy?:
Tufts of grass have their sphere an
uses. In this case, they have done
good and indispensible work, but ha -v
not been equal to all the necessities an
• peculiarities of the situation: The tiro.
has undoubtedly come when the virtu
of some application of stones should 1)
tried. This is proposed to be done i
the following process • of reaeonin
and the following line of procedure:
1. The State has a vested interest i
the person of every citizen, acquired b
the protection it affords, the rights i
guarantees and the responsibility o
which, on his -behalf, it assumes befor
the world. This interest, as a trust
the State is bound to conceive, and a
property, it has a right to use, to:the
extent of the public necessities, ofevhich
Cie State is sold judge, but -no father.
In the gradation of -rank. State right
and State authority—within this limi-
tation --are supreme. Parental, and
even personal authority. Are sub-
ordinate. This is not a conventional
but natural law. It is the essence and
identity of:National life.
2. The fundamential idea ef organ-
ized society is Self-protection. No nio-
tive short of this can justify the assum-
ptions -of authority th.at it 'makes over
it e individual elements. Other consider-
ations—such as the highest improve-
ment and heppiness in thegreatest num-
ber—are of supreme importance, and in
some of their aspects ate vital. But in
the last analysis of the limitations of
ndividual rights and public prero-
atives, the question of self -existence
anks above till -others, and must shape
11 legislation and determine every in-
erest involved. But, while this prim-
iple protects the individual from the
inWarrantable encroachments of Go-
ernment on the one hand, it imposes
n imperative obligation on the State
n the other. Whatever measere or
interest involves the very conditions of
he established order, naturally comes
erm‘sively within the sphere of its
urisdiction, but is demanded of it im-
eratively, as the discharge of a trust.
The application of these principles to
he subject of a free State Education
ill materially facilitate the determin-
don of the questions of its obligation,
easure, Methods, and style.
It is assumed that a measuretof men -
al development and culture is indis-
ensible to the perpetuity of any Stete
tat recognizes popular suffrage as the
ource and expression of supreme auth-
rity. If this is not iself-evident pro-
osition, the histonq and present con-
ition of the worldafford eufficient de-
onstration of its truth.
This, then, determines the obligation.
he very life of the State requires that
lose who take pall in the formation
nd management should be mentally
ualified to comprehend their rights,
titles, and obligations. This the State
ust secure at all hazards. and at any.
st. If it cannot be done by volunteer
ffort, which is best, it inuet be done by
tate authority and at State charges,
hich is next best; Mit it must be done.
he obligation is not permissive, but
perative ; it is not a eight merely,
ut a necessity.
But what shall be the measure of this
pular education Since the scope of
ental acquisition and development is
imitable and interminable, to what
tent cio the necessities of the State
to carry the mental culture? Man -
sly to to that point by compulsion that
11 render it safe for the citizen to
rticipate in the . compoeition and
nctions of Cie Government, and then
advance filo the degree that will
ake him a useful citizen, by such- edit-
tional provisions as are suited to
d within the reach of all who choose
avail themselves of them. He must
made, in the interest of the body
go
it(
wi
pa
fu
to
ni
ca
trketIf you want good value for your ploughing, after a crop of potatoesto
sider that such foes are Lot, strictly money in Boots and Shoes go to T. There were 1,275 sheaves, yielding 22 be
tspeaking, the foes of Canada, bet �f1 Coventry's. 87-tf. !bushels perohundred.
1P0
title, to be a safe 3i-izen, *nu t- e
•
abled at the public expense, if need het
to be a useful -citizen. The mil:lie:tire
pert of an edneation that will barely
qualify one .for the duties of citizej..
ahip, under such a political syetem as
ours, is ability to read and eoroprebend'
the language. With this (-Tido-meant
he has within his.reach the re...cults of
human experienve in all time past, ie
pieced in comrminication with the wis-
est and i tete men, and influences of the
present and past generations, -while he
possesses some facilities to detect the
plausible sophistries, the deceivers and
corruptors of dux race. He is made art
independent thinker and inquirer, awl
is brought - within tne range of the
means by which truth is most succe,ss.
fully propagated, and error most effect
malty detected and resisted, by which
vice is merle odious, and virtue and all
good citizenship are promoted. A
nation of readers'he
especially ,[ under t
dispensation of aftee press, 4annot eas-
ity be made the dupes ef corrupt dene
agogues or a false religion. Every
child, then, should be taught to mad -
and comprehend the structure and funo-
tions of his own tongue, as ii.. political
. ,
precaution .and necessity. The rudi-
ments of History, Geography, eerith-
metic, and the Art of lArriting, are hard-
ly less a necessity than reading„ and
nr y properly be included in and carried
l. le
1
al ng subordinately with the process
of acquiring the languageSuch
measure of education a demberatic
Stitte is compelled by a martial -nee,es-
sity, to secure for every citizen chill
Whhatever the:proper guardiarks of
cdildren or benevolent associations aro
disposed or can be induced to do to se-
cure this result, is more legimately and
beneficently done. Over all such ed-
ucational arrangements, however, when
thisrequirementetthe State is proposed
to be met, the State should exerciee
supervisory care, for the purpose of and
to the extent of this idea. But,. where
these volunteer ageneies atop, the State
should 'take uP the work, and by suit-
able provisions and under the sanctions
oflaw, with the proper penalties iil .
should Secure this proposed result. "-No.
child should be allowed te leave t
guardian control of the State iintVhe
or she receives the proper- credent. s er
having attained such a measure of edu-
cation as has been indicated. Anti
when he is entitled to such credentials
then be should receive his discharge,
whatever may be the age, by a formal
certifieate of peoficeeney—thus gnicluat-
ting him frOM his primary, reading
course, releasing him from- public-sur-
vellituice, and furnishing him with the
credentials of admission to an advmeed
and volunteer course of study, if he -will,
or dismissing Him to commence the
toils 'of life if he muse—N. Y. Tribuna
Pitched Battle in Tennesee.
An exciting fight took place at Foca,-
hontas Station, on the Memphie and
-Charl.eston Railroad, last Monday. A
noterious horse -thief had been arrested,
a few days before and committed -10
jail at that place. On Monday morn -
mg, about 10 o'clock, a party damps
ten men, strangers in 0,e region, and
supposed to be residents of the neigh.-
borhood adjacent to the 'village of Jones'
. bore in ,Itawamba County, Miss., rode
into Pocahontas, and after liquors up,"
pretty freely, commenced swaggering
about the village, expressing their de-
termination to rescue the prisoner, if
they hacl to shoot every Man in the town
to do it. This put the authorities ou
their guard, and when the rescuere
were drunk enough to begin their little
game, they were met 1-ty a pesse of de,
tennined men. A fight ensued. com-
menced by the marauders, in which they'
'were terribly warsted, the first volley
of the posse bringing six of them down
seriously wounded.. A regular battle
was gone through with; in which,
strange te say, only one of 'the citizeni
was wounded—Mr. George Nagle be-
ing shot through the thigh. The horse
thieves finding themselves outgeneraled
mounted their horses and 'fled in hot
haste, leaving two of their woundedin
the hands of the authorities. Pocaliont
tas on the borders of McNally County;.
Tennessee, and about 70 miles frotO
Meniphis, is the rallying point for
desperate a, gang of ruffians as ever cut
a throat or stele a horse.--XerapAit
Appeal.
Who has aut sutferea from corns, bunions,
club or inverted nails'enlarged and. disease&
j-ointe, frosted feet de.? Who.
has notbeen wIlling to nip.ke any saerificei
and incur any expense to leileet their cure;
but as years rolled on, and no relief came, the
sufferer has con -:luded they were inEvitable
evils, and has endured martyrdom from the
apparently simple causes which 1 ave tor
minted more people than any otl.er ailnu
of the human li-aine! There is none that en-
tail agonies so great or suffering more severe.,
We are glad to know that corns will 80071 be
numbered among things ofthe past, owing
the skill of Dr. Briggs' the far famed chirop-
odist, whose success in treating diseases of
the feet almost, surpasses belief. His meth-
od involves- no pain, no drawing of blood,
and no application to the fo-)t, but the rev -
tilt is, the patient is effectually relieved: in
such a manner as to excite both woud.e.1
and gratitude. Dr, Briggs may be cousultea
at his offiee No 6 King Street, West,Toronto,
by those who wish his professional services:
Ilia Modern Curative is sold bydruggists and
countr3 inert.hants, J. Se.ater ag- nt, Seaf-
orth, I in
right 01110r)
IST RICT
READ atiVertiSeffielit Of
C'ollege in another eoinmi
The. Ueborne Ae
takes place on theT—rieu
th Oct
THE Fall Assizes for
wilicomthenee at the (
4oderich, on the 13th insi
tice Haggerty presislinte
CAMPBELL tne
e)eead abont his elieap
Campbell the Saddler, al,
stock of all kinde of Hare
WE were Much pleat
down the street the othe
recognize the happy; face
E. Caell, Esq., who has
from e pleasure trip to Sci.
Taylol's Burlesque e
took plere at Sharp's
day evge A very resp.
favored it, and all were
this was the mato:tab} er
Our respected townsn
Bull arrived home safely
hist, after a visit of two
native Land. England.
the better of eisetrip,
On Friday -evening a
a little girl about four.
the youngest daughter
station egent fell into tIrj
et the railway crossing, a
dead 'when taken out. T
fclj of water at the time:
CLINE'S RAREWELL
announced thiet concert
Tuesday evg. in Sharp's:
two hundred of the friend:
assembled to enjoy the eV
tare as well as to manifes
cia,ion of the talent of A
tied off haeptly. The best
Seaforth people follow M
HEAVY HEADS OF OA
-Brooks of Grey has sent t
head of oats of 308 grains,
that he has six acres of w
lair sample. Thoinas Gr
Killop has left a number,
of which has 312 grains.
Grey bas 16 acres, of whie
s specimen head c)1316 gi
The reports of the Ha
-very conflicting. From e
we hear of unprecedeni
from others reports come
eeareeiy worth the cost
" Whatever the hal state
;May be, we are convinc
sample of Fell wheat is ve
Seaforth is beginning
better, by reasonof thene
ings which are in eours
lit-IA.8On. The Roman Cat
VratIS are neallynq. Car
fig is up to the first store)
tir Ryan's Store is roofed,
New Post Office is near
We consider the Wont
• this latter mined. buildi
best appearing of any yet
-ON 31onday last, the
Henry Cook, Esq., Ba
-Gederieh Township, was
fire, together -with a larg.
_grain. The eause of th
known, but as Mr. Coo.
was playing around the
before it, _and matches w
his pocket, one of W hieh
tially burned, there is'
that the boy may have
chief nn willingly. The be
feet tong, and well filled
Kew Era. -
• OUTRAGE —On Tues
McGregor, 4. Walker and
were brought before L
-- on a wrrant for having s
nam ed. J Weave= all
appears tlratthe first nem
dividuals held a gru
Cowen, and when on
he was on his road horhe,
Gregors' fai m he was wayl.
severely beaten. It ap
WaS first Itzeetiked dn w
after which his -collar-
ribs were broken, as WO
being Injured, one of his e
ntt yet been opened, a
will lose his sight al
Munro appeared at ti
C nut stating that AfeCo
-tient, was unable to at
the Justiee let tbe prisone
to:appear next Monday.
IFail Shdws.
'Gode-ieb Wednesday,
Clinton,(..Nvith Riding
clay, Sept. 28.
Seafortb, ( Saab
Thursday and Friday,
October ist.
Bel more,' Tuesday, Oet.
Wroxeter, Wednesday,
V 4-rna, Wednesday, Oe
Winglene, Friday, Oett