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NEW ADVERTISMENTS.
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SU. y Pigs—P,
Str y Cattle—M. Alurphy,
Mut ioipal Notice -'-S. Stark.„
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DEGEMBER, 3xd. 18-69
CO
The
`been
mon S
comes
•Co in
protection. No motive shore of thie
c in justify the assumptions of authority
that the State makes. - Other consid-
erations—such a iho 'highest
ii-
provernent and bappisesstin the greatest,
reins-tier—are of supreme, and in. some
of their aapects, of vital importance;
but in this analysis of the limitations of
• intlividualeright and • public preroga-
tives, the question of selfpsotectiOn
-ranks above all others, and muet there-
fore shape and &tern -Title all legislation.
But; be it remembered, that while ti
peinciple protects the individual fro
the. •fluwer tante ble encroaela !Emits of t
Government on. the gne. hand, iti.
,
poses an imperative obligation on t
State on the other. So far thene
we believe compulsory attendance is
net opposed to.the liberties ofour con-
stitution, we hold that it is an easential
for the perpetuation and extension of
these same. We assume.' that a usea
ure of mental developenrent and cultur
is .indispenaihle to the epdrputuity
any State that recogniees pipulax sn
frage—which , Canada .-'does—as th
source And expression of authotity. Th
very like of the State requires thattlieS
-who take pert in its management shoul
be meetally •qualifieel-t,o ceenprehen
their, duties, rights and obligatious, ant
this eaest be •--secured at all _hazaeds
and .at'any cost. Deny it ht;lio -can !
And for the very reason that Ostavio is
he
m.
he
do
ervision, by goverment giants, why
could not those bailie grants, or like
amounts, be made, if necessary, towarde
supporting those who otherwise could
not do -without the earnings.- of their
children. We believe that a much less
amount wohld.do this, than would sat-
isfy benevolent societies, to attain a
reseilt not nearly so satisfactory, as com-
pelling every &Uri to attend al'comiron
school.
• teete.taietteteata
Feu :Homemade Shoepacke go ;to
CoVentry's.
mommemicallnessialialummummegris
MR. BLAKE.
.The Toronto 'Telegraph, - and some
other Ministerial Journals endeavour to
,deprecate the talent of this rising states- !
man. Whether this ariCes from that I
jealousey which al ways -murcaurs
what it cannot rea�b, or ;from •a fear
a- thet some day he will be 'table to eepoae
e the fallacies and short -comings cf the
f Patent Combination, ae. to secure their
f- corhplete overthrow, we eannat say.
e That a feeling of the most intense hos-
e tility does exist iro one can doubt, and
e. that Mr. Blake is beilig assailed by the
d Press, •favouraille to the present order of
d things, with •ati acrimony and personal-
ity beyond the usual courtesy of the
, Press, must be evident to all unbiassed 1
. readers. It
In tegard to Mr. Blake's powers as a
- debater and Parliamentary leader, it is
conceded on all hands that they are r
PARLIAMENTARY.
(Condensed froM4he•-Glohei)
THuRsixix.
• Mr. McKellar m oven-te- go. irtd-Com
teittee on hist reset ationiincreaeing from
25 to 50 cents per rod the sum to be
paid as the sbere of thetexpensve of any
watercom•se chai,getti;lc, ag.tinet unoccu-
pied and non-resident`lande. Mr, Mc
•
Kellar urged that feent the fact of a
great po-tion of .theeahsentee hinds be-
ing nnvleared, t1ie. e:.pense of' making
'drains through them was greater than
for cleared lands, and therefoie the
-present rate of charges . was too email.
The -Attorney-General contended that
•theeproposed change would be unjust
-to -non-residents—if the metion was
granted, next year a further inciease
would be made, and he suggesifed that
this policy would make peop e look for
a second Chzu»ber as a cheek upon SWh
legislation. Mr. Make roplied to the
Attorney -General. Mi. Fergnson ep-
Need, and Mr. Currie supported the
motion. Ultimately the House went
into Committee, and proceeded to
cuss th e matter in A prep° s:
that the Committee slrould rise, whieh
would have had the Pffect of throwing
over the motion fer the eession, was the
sub feet of some, excited conversation.
A division was called, and the proposal
to rise defeated by a majority of one in
a house of 71 members. WT.. McKenzie
then moved that the Committee should
re and report, whieh WaS agreed to—
he debate to be rest -mice' on Thuredaii.
After a short discussion on Mr. Blake's
Lam Improvement fund reeolutions,
Dr. McGill -moved the second reading
e- of his Bill to regulate the sale of pois-
ne, and respectine chemists, ggists
."Democratic," is it that she aeore tts
peciafly requires an educeted people.
Preauming that our•confsere it al
opponent of Free Schools, -which-. as
constituted in this country, can onle
exist ou the principle of compulsoriy
support, we would wish to know by
what process of reasoning he aPithes bis
first objeution to compulsory attend-
ance, For while in the one cate there is
no secessarily auy but an -indirect bene-
fit, there is both this and a direct one
in. the other, that is to say, the rate-
-payer contributing to the supleirt of
Schuols, will not pertieipate in their
advantages, beyond what accrues to him,
in common with others, from the genet. al
diffusion of education, should he have
no children. Bill in • the other, the
resuits,ere, so to speak, duplicate, for,
as much as, the intrty cot:ripened to at•
tend school enjoys all the Denefits above
erred to, as well is the personal and
ref
PULSORY EDUCATION:.
• mo
re direct one of receiving the educe -
n himself. _And iurther, •:f there he
tyranny -in compelling the rateiTayer
con tribu te to the sustenance of
oole, f'or the eduction good, we are
a loss to know -wherein is the ty-
y, on the ether hand, of . compelling
se, for whim' those schools are des -
Clinton. Hew Era has of late tio
lecussing, and ably too, the Com- no
•hool Bill. In tee last issue it to
out Opposed to the principle of s.ch
Isory - Education. "lst on at
prtncit le and expqliency : 2nd if tried, I ran
1 it shoi lcl be cofined to the cities aed i tho
lerger towns : 3rd the reforination of ! igri
' A h e i..i V, o u tcast, - can best ue accompiql- 8,n
..ed by
..
, stitioh ted by 'Government Grants."
- Logice ly then, we infer that the E-/-ct
is an'-opie menu of POinpulsory Edlication
indisca•iininettely, because he only admits
it trial trial in cities and towns, which he
eubseql ently concludes can better be
A editi tll -,d by other mea,ns.
'Crud •r the first head, lie says, " it
Is optiOed to the genius of our constitu-
tion, .evIlichsallows the largest amount
Of indi idual liberty consistent With
the gel eral welfare" We deny it !
We do iot believe that it is iuconsist-
eat wit the general welfare; to diminish
.the nun bei of eieeclucitted persons, that
, ,
are thru t upon the connects -ley, 'who are
neither t to- take -part . in making the
lawe ---L, n. apt te ebey them when
mede. . In a " DeanocrzLtic country like
Canethe legislation should never be
short of at least, tevettng in this direct:
inn. It being this object that Com-
pulsory Iluoation is desetned to accom-
plish, 77 emeintain that the State does
itot tram cued iteprerogetive, in mak-
.
lug such a provisioe as that to -which
t:Le New Era dissents.
• The Sate has arvested i.13 ferest'in the
i
person o every citizen, acquired by the
ed, to attend, •in pursuance of the
•lizestian and benevolent carte, The :second position of our contem- I
. .
porary is, that "it should be first tried 0
iet cities and, Towns," because, as he
alleges, there is very little ilehessity fo
such an enactment in rural sections.
Here again we dissent from his opin
ion. It is true, there may not be s
much need of it in the rural sections a
in Cities and Towns, bet the experienc
of eviiry teacher who has ever bad th
-ili •
ally- unexcelled. Being present in the 0
House durirg the whole of the dims-
sion on the Nova 8 ;otiLin. Resolutions
we must say -that for keen, unanswer-
able logic, wen -Connected and forcibly
• expressed, we have nevei heard bin)
equalled. With an honesty of marine'
and a fearlessness worthy of his cause
he contended against all tampering
with a Constitution which has given us
a full and impaitial guh-trantee of our
rights, Taking a stand hig,lier than
that of clotibtful expediency, he insisted
upon justice 6rst, and policy afterwards.
• His opponents on the contrary, fear-
ing to trust to piinciple, fearing to ack-
nowledge the obligations of a contract
that bound them -dawn to pursue a
stietigritforward course, argued in favour
of Couciliation- at all hazards, and with
an indifference to justice which evinced
corruption of the grossest kinclepretentl-
ed to save the constitution by violating
the very principle on which it was
In the person of Mr, Blake the Be-
lot:Mem of Ontario- have reasoe to hope
for inereasieg power. His able ex-
posures •
and forcible ievective must
weaken a party which have always pail-
ered to the prejudices of the people
f there was ever -a time in the history
f Canada when men are- needed who
ill stand for juStice irrespective of
r personal interest, it is the pretent. We
have been long enough the prey of
- office -seekers end plenemen, and every
o 10-yer of good government and impartial
S legislation should defend the chTtarcter
e of those who are labouring hcnestly and
arlessly for that end.
•
eteteteeeeree
For the cheapeet Boots in Sea
forth according to quality go to Cov-
entry's, ' 87-tf.
proteotion it affords, the eights it guar-
• antees an
.on his be
State is t
perty, it
Lent of
gradation
authority
e trireme.
au thori ty
;Dental. ido
tithe. 'responsibility of which,
nill; it assumes lefore :the
interean a trust, the
oiind to conceive, ahd as pro -
as e rightai
to •use, to the ex-
publie In ee
of rauk, state _eight and state
within this limitation—are
ie
tal and even itersanal
are subordinate. The funda-
a ef eetemized society ie sclf
6 fo
pii'eg€- of presiding is, a country
school -house, will bearus out in oui
assertion, diet 'irregular attendence is the
bane of all our Cccnadian ).Sfchools. Ae d
. .
to make invidious distinctions, in such
matters as these, „between eity mid
couutry, wOuld be nnwahrantable. In
deaiing with thip qusticjn, such purely
artificial distinstiohs a "town" and
"country" must be rep -dieted. . It is
with in the i•ange of reasom. bleJegielation
to make common peovesions, sufficieutly
liberalhfor both city int] country.
Lastly lie determinethat, ebbe re-
formation of the city outcast can be
best accomplished .by Chrietein .aud
benevolent efrorts, stinaelated by g.ov-
ernment
This as has been previously shown
nUllifye -his second provision. BLit let
us lOuk Clem it as it he It is net the
"city outcast" may, that. Compulsoly
Educatioe is designed to overtake, 'bet
it is the city •'pet" and the "spoiled
-darling, of teougetleas iatents, as
iv el 1,
• Christian zend benevolent efforts etc,
may be. all well enough so far ea they
go; but they cannot be sufficiently eyes;
tematizild perfolen whaVe required.
Instead I of aiding such - egeprises as
thoec, otzer which there then be no 'sup
The conduct of Mr. Ilztys, so far dur-
ing the preaent session, has • been such
as must meet with thehighest approval
of his constitutents. Mr, Hays was, of
course, retureed as the Government
Cee d id ate. Notwithstanding this, how-
ever, we have fotied him teaming his
• back on John Sandfield mote than once
already -this session. If the Membei
for North Huron continues to regulate
lus 'action, in accordance with; hq mete
its of a question, independerit Of the
Qovernment, he will lose nothing iu the
eyes of -the public,
THE strongest ar crriiii en t 0'1111st tke
imormous grant to Upper Canada Cel -
lege, is that Tot onto receives far more
than henjuet proportion of' the fund fur
8upetior. Edueation. •We would not
eliject to a respectable grant -to the U. t
C. College, provided the city of Toronto•
furniahed the .re6t. Toronto had at
and apotheearies. b'After several mem
Ters had spoken ess-o and con tie Bill
was read a second time and reierred to
select Committee. Mr. Trow carried
the second reading of hie Juries and
Juror's Bill, whieh was also referred -
and lir. McKellar then brought on his
measure for the ebolibion of the present
system cf dual represtmtation. The
Hon. Mr. 0:11116c011 moved that it be
read that day six months. A lang de -
bite ensued, and oa a division the
amendment wee carried by a majority
of 15, the numhers being : For the
amendment 41, and against 27
one member of the Mr. GlOW,
having left the House for a eemneet, his
vote was disallewed.
ritipeet
Hon. Mr. Cameron, in moving the
second reading of the Grammar §:chool
Bill tooe occa.-sion to disavow any in
tention ma the -part of the Chief Super-
iutendant of Education to clestroy the
smaller Grammar Sehools. .He stated
that the objet of the Ili! t was to brine°
the Gratin -tier alai
sioiilellowance of $450 and no tnore.
Ahreduction of four &diens per day i• e
•to be made for each day of non-attentl-
ance tinlees eccasioeed by sicknees.
member ie to he entitled to the sessional'
allowance for leee thaii 31 alp attend- -
saatiiideittiPiy:Iiiotil:1_1;::::(::::til:n:itirf.tilail51111:,:lif:7;11117.(11:111.ltly:7,
bjr the Clerk IA tee Iieete till
the end or sus,ion.
is to be allowed text iPD P7reihe for
his traveilieg expeerte g,fil eald con-
. ,
mg by to0 Soortr:St trittA i7,:!,iff:
.13i8 reSitli'llce and the city Ihnonte,
‘Tr. Tieeeht Aesesemeet la w a read a
second time and ordred to Le ret'errett
to a Select Committee,
'rues -Pet
Shortly after the Iiiroae bid
ed 3Lr. 15wyd ea/ted at to thi
e
t()tiie
n.
effect that preeedetiee• heel it4;' Onf;tirly
Oxen, by the Clork of the •!sal. a -e Bills
Committee, to the (r -at Weettes over
the •Litirjoh aIwi.y bill. wes
etopped by an hott. uemir Thee, the
objection that, 111; t/iP rules( f the lieuse,
matte -es whieh heti Leen only 1-1 e sub-
ject of newepapte ie.:forma-
thee could not be disetireed, i'.
having having deNterously put I-hie:elf right
roundlet; his StatelifeLt oii rber ata
t• he' A ay -Gent -1-d and Mr. RvItt it spoke
aesentiug to the propose]. thet the mat-
ter should be refeired to a. Self, t fkan-
mittee. Mr, Fei guson de:Tended the
character ef the Clerk ef Private
and after a -few words from Mr. Make,.
the euhject dropied for the moment, it
being understood that Mr. Beeel would
propnse the appointment of e Select
Committee of inquiry_ Liter in the
isvening, as a queetion of erivilege,
Boyd moved the Snspept4Ori (Idle rulea
in order to investigate the charges he -
fere reterred to The Atty-t:eneral,
ge
! whilst .aeeing with the ensepesel as it
was a matter touching the peivileges at
the Honee, deelared hia • belic-f that
there was no ground for the cemidaint
which was to be the subject of investi-
gation. Boyd then moved, aud Mr,
Galbraith seconded the eppeintment of
the Committee, which consiats of Messrs,
Clarke, Lomat; Feirier Blake and the
mover. Pcior to this interlude the
House had taken up the Drainege Bill,
and *after a short discussion the resolu-
tions thereon were ordered to be report-
ed to -day . The Hon. Mr. Cameron -
then MOVed the second reading of the
Common School Th11 A de ate of
considerable length ensued, the P.eCOUd
• reading being finally egteed to; and the
Bill Wdered to be COItsulered in Com-
mittee of the whole House. to -day. The,
same course -was puesued with reference
to the Term -like Siincou and Nieiein7
Railway Bill, and, after some other
isiness had been disposedof, the House
onemonSchools acljuitined.
under one manao•ement • an+I he enter- weeeesDAy..
ed some length into an explanation of -
tne various details of the measure. Mr. I
Ry k art critieised the schen) e, ohjectin e
to Leaving it to the people to decide
whether the v would pport 0 ram mar
Senools or Common Schools, believing
• that the former would suffer by such an
arrangement. • Several members havina
then •spoken the second reading was
agreed to and referred to a committee
of the iehole House to sit on Tuesday.
The 001111110.0 School Bill, :deo, stood
over till Tuesday, on wiTioli evening it
is intended to bring 011 the Drainage
BiiI foi, discussion..
atoistaites
.•
Mr, Blake in tro-el u c ed his resolutions
declaratory of the: right of the Hens
to control the public finances; the
grants of money &ionic] be specificall
applied and appropriated to the servic
fur wliicij they are made under the Ac
of the Legislature ; that a check shoal
be put. upon any other issues than thos
so voted; that .there should he an inde
pendent audit by a Provincial Andito
directly responeis,le to the LE'gis1ature
that he alone slionni authorize the pay
ment shy •the piib1i. Treasurer of sum
voted, and report to the House as to th
expenditure. •Mr. 131ake in his open
ing remarks, disclaimed any intention
imouting an improper application o
Government- ftinds to the present ke
ministration. He sf•owed,however,
that a most lax system had formerly
prevailed, arid named large sums as
having been expended beyond the votes
of the Canadiein Parliament. •He de-
fended the appointment of an Auditor
against the charge of being an uncon-
stitutional interferenc'e with •the re-
sponsihility of the Government and de-
scrihed iu detail the mode of check
which he proposed should be adopted,
The Attorney -General met the proposal
by an amendment to refer- the rnatter
the Committee on Pil..
l.11c Accounts,
• Mr. Blake followed un hie late Nova,
Scotia resolutions by II -laving. . as their
necessary consequence, an address to
the Crown praying that, by an A ct of
the Imperial Legielature, it mieht be
rendered impossible for the Parliament .
of Canada to disturb the Hi an rela-
tions establithed Ity the Britieh North
meitcen Act ( 867) as betwe.en Ca-
nada, and the seeeral Provineee Mr,
Bhike supported 1110110/1 aspeech
of SOrtle length, and criticized 'very
severely the course taken by tile Go-
vernment on the former evening. A
debate of a eery animeted character
Lek place. • Mr. Clarke mimed An
amen men
t de. la
•iing the above Ad-
e drese to ee inexpedient, Three memb-
ers of the Government—the Atty-Gen-
y era], Eon. Mr. Cameron, and Hon.
e Mr. Richards (the two last expresing
t themselves as beine always and still
d opposed to Confederation) all spoke -
e against Mr. Blake's resolution. On *
division the amendment was defeated
r by a vote of 57 nays to 12 eves. The
; original motion was then carried, an-
_ other division showing precisely similar
s results. A Commn
ittee was at once ap
e poieted, their report brought in and
_ adopted ; Tied the address agreed to
fJ
Which Mr. Blak• e aceepted, aed it was
one time no loss than three Granan er
Schools l▪ a its Jimits, the Toronto 'Gram-
mar School, •the, .Model Grenmer
School, and the Royal Grammar School e
or U. G, College. It still has two j.
Grammar Schoola, and one or other. b
should be abolished -in justice to • the b
mat f tLe Era
hen agreed t�. _A series of resolutions
n trode Cad by the Attorney-Gertead was
hen read and Agreed to nem. con., fix-
ug.- the rate- of the allowance to mem-
ens, and the salary of the Speaker. The
Ater sum is $1,000 i-er anum. Mem-
ers are to receive six dollars per day,
ut if the eeesion extends beyond 30
as then to each is to be paid a.ses-
1.
auct orclered to be engrossed in due
form. •The Ministers, although their
speeches were hoeaile, sustained Aft%
Blake by their votes.
Cfr'ta' lf you want good value for your
money in Boots and .Shoes go to T.
• Coventry's. • 87-tf.
toe
• WE are happy to learn •that Mr.
Deacon has been elected for 'North
Renfrew to the seat in the Assembly
vacated -by Mr. Supple. Mr. -Deacon
is a Conservative, but eve hope will be
an independent one. Mr. Murray has
missed the reward of his sudden wheel
in favor of Hincks: No ohe will pity,
this baffled political gamester. —Globe.
get
Preeident Grant, it is said, intends to
signalise hie administration by the con-
struction of the Darien Ship Canal, and
is urging forward the rieeestary survey
acccrdinglet.
As w:
Mr. -1';;'.
stoek
and fee.1• .
ed by
Onr 1:f
are in
first ‘-t
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along.
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COltliA13.
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strong,
conteiTAS
abie
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for this
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to knew
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krabi-e t'3
favor
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fieciety wit'
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with this
the liberty,
forttligh;i
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