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E HURON EX
OSITOR.
FEBRUARY 24, 1871.
• NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A Large Stock of Hats and Caps—J.
Du.ncan & Co.
Choice Farm for Sale --Jas. Henning.
Wanted --4A Partner in the Saddle and
Harn -BS Business.
Insolvent Aet of 186 --McCaughey and
Holmested, Solicitors for Assignee.
Ditto, ditto. -
Eggs Eggs !—W. Malcom.
A Card—T. A. Sharp's Livery, etc.
For Sale, in Harpurhey—E. Cash.
Farm for Sale—W. Button.
Seed Potatoes for Sale -1V Govenlock.
uton txpooitor.
All Official Notices Published
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1871
Time for Action.
It is now pretty generally um:We--
stood, that -the elections for the Local
Legislature of •Ontario will take
place in April Or the early part of
May. This being the case it be-
hooves the electors to be on the
look -out for suitable men to fill the
-honorable and important positions
which will then be in their. gift.
•Thifi important duty is too frequent-
ly treated by taanY lightly, and as a -
matter of comparatively little im-
portance. This is not as it should
be: •It•is a duty which every man
owes to himself and his country, to
see that none but men of sterling.
worth and tried iategrity are placed
in positions of so ,great trust. This
being the case, the people should not
delay. The time when they will be
called upon to make their final
choice itrnow not • far distant. The
candidates should at once be chosen,
that their merits and demerits may
be thoroughly and calnfiy canvassed
before the time for the final decision
arrives. °
Matters political„ so fan are ex-
ceedingly quiet in Huron. No
preparations have yet been madefor
the rapidly approa.ching elections.
The names of several new candida-
tes are occasionally .mentioned, but
• nothing of a tangible nature has yet
been attempted. The time has now
came for action, and we trust that
before another week goes around.
some definite scheme may be decided
upon, which will lead to the selec-
tion of men who are worthy to act
as standard -bearers for our large,
prosperous and wealthy County in
the Legislature of the Province. If •
the electors of the County are per-
: fectly satisfied with the course which
our present rept esentatives have pur-
• sued for the past four years, let it
be so understood. But, if, on the
other hand, they think men can be
found who will better and more faith-
fully represent their views and wish-
es, it is now high time that they
were making their opinions and in-
. tendons know. So far as we are
concerned, we believe that better
and more trustworthy men can be
found. We do not pretend to say but
-•
that our present representatives have
given some geed votes in the Legis-
lature, but we do unhesitatingly
say that they have given many
bad ones. We do say that they
• have on various occasions voted for
measures which •are -diametrically
opposed to the best interests of the
country, rather than give offense or
injme those whom they profess to
follow. We do not believe in any
representative being a mere voting
machine, who will blindly foliew his
leaders, be they ri.ght or he they
wrong. We care not on what side
of politics a man may be, We like to
see him act independently and fear-
lessly. Let hint pursue the course
- which his conscience dictates to him•
is right, independent entirely of
party, or party ties, 'being at all
times prepared to give geed and stile
statial reasons for the course he het.
pursued. Thi a is the stamp of men
• we want to Tepresent .us in Huron.
We think, however. we are safe in
saying, that a large majority of the
intelligent electors of Huron, will
bear -us out in. the assertion, that
our present representatives do not
come up to this standard. From
what we have seen of their conduet
in the House we have no hesitation
• in classing them both as the _most
slavish and incompromising parti-
zans, who act as if their motto was
"party hrst and country afterwards."
We would again urge upon the elec-
tors the necessity for immediate
action.
ical execution of the work; is excel-
ent, and the systematic atrengeiment
of its conteiats. -and the general
accuracy of its Iinformation are,
equally commenda le. . A n immensei
amount of labor must have been!
expended in the etting up of t is'
work, .and it will he* stand 8 a!
monument to Mia ovell s indu try,'
energy and skill.
.,
rhe Meeting on ues'ola3r Night.
The railway meng on Tuesday
night last was one of the -most nu-
merously -'attendedpublic meetings
which have been, held lin Seaforth
for some time., The scheme was
*iiirly and fully d 9 ussed in, all its
bearings. The p ain, etreight-for-
ward, and manly d tresses made by
the several. members of the Londort,'
delegation showe that they were
desirous of givip the fullest and
freest information ossibie regarding,
their scheme ,' th t they had noth-
ing,. to hide, but were desirous of
laying the whole project. honestly
before the peopl aed allowing
them to ' judge for themselves
whether onnot it will be. for their
benefit to accept and aid it. We
have not; at t is time, • space
to • enter again upon the vari-
ous benefits : whi h would accrue
to the people If Sea orth from
the- cOnstruction of be- • road
but would merely say, i is now it
certainty that the °ad' w•11 be built.
If the people of Seafot h t give
reasonable encou gement they can
have it;' if they o not, it will • go
elsewhere, and Se forth ‘ ill be left
to one side. The questi•n for the
• people now to decide is: whethe
will it be better fOf the interests o
Seaforth to .have the road past!'
throtigh it, or through a neighbor-
ing.village ? On a former occasion,
e showed that the read, entirel
part irom all side issues, would be e
sitive benefit to Seaforth, and the
arguments we then used have never
yet been, nor can they be suecess-
fully refuted. But, when_ we add
to those arguments the fent, that it
• we do not possess , corselvhs of the
°ilea, others wil, their strength
ecomes doubly increased. We are
• lad that thee ,majority of those whe
on
tTheuessadmi
ti t eg hntd, evdi e .thewthe
em eine taitntge r
light. We trust, and believe, that
those who so strenuously opposed the
resolution which was carried at the
meeting, willliveto be convinceti
of their error by practical experience
Lovell's Dominion Directory.
We have received from the pub-
lisher, John Lovell, lof Montreal, a
(m,py of the Canadian Dominion -Di-
rectory. It is a very valuable work,
and, as a contemperary- well remarks, -
its publication is an event of impor-
tance in the history of the country.
Tt contains nearly. 2,600 pages, of
which 1,100 are deVeted to Ontario,
and gives the names of the inhai-
tents in, and a description of about
5,000 places. It also comprises his- '
torical sketches of the various
Provinces, and a east amount of
sthustical and other information,
which alone would render the yol-
nme very valuable_ The typograple
1
0
The Ballot.
•The Queen's .Speech, on the operi
ing of the linpertal Parliament con-
tained the announcement that a
measure would be "brought before
'that bcdrforehe adoption of secret
voting., A raotiou has also been in-
troduced in the New Brunswic
gislature for ttn address of th
House to the Goyernor general in
Council, praying that in any measur
to be submitted to the Dominion
Parliament, prey* ion. nifty be mad4
for securing the 'b Lot 'to the. Prete.
ince of New runsvi'ck. So a
movement toward the b llot system
cf voting is being ma on bot11
sides of the Atlaritic. he idea et
England voting by belle is enougle
to make a good old Tory s hair stand
on end. Ballot voting was one of
the points deinanded b the Chart-
ists, twenty years ago, but was then
sind dan
ndoebtedix
g. It is, of
s, liable to
a great ex-
• timidation,
cret system
trust that
eforpn Can
behind th
considered • revolutiona
gerOus. The ballot is
the best system of voti
course, in some instanc
abuse, but it removes, to
tent the possibility of "
and bribery, under the P
is never heard of. We
in the adoption of this
ada may not be far
mother country.
•
For the Cheapest Boots
Seaforth according to qua
ventry' A.
ni Shoes 41
ity, go to Co'
• AN- A RTFlit. DODGE.
wel peoplel -are very a
railway. Some f the
that .village have caused
ed and oh -matted hroug
requisitions to C J. B
to become cand date f
sentation of Noeth P rth it. With 're
Bou. of Commons, next yen, neeetet
Evidently they t ti at with Mr, ed V el' until t
BrydgeS as a can idate for their suf- the municipali
The Liste
xious for
oliticians of
to be print -
the Ridin
ydges, Esq.1,
r the repre-
-THE L, H AND B. RAILWAY.
A LARCE MEETING AT TFORTH.
THE RAIL "A Y Qt'ESTION
THOROUGI Y DISCUSSED.
THE PEOPL
• WA
A RESOLUTION
CA.RRIED
TO THE RAI
In complianc
tioneof the Re
take into consi
ety of the peep'
ing aid to the
Bruce Railroad
Town Hall on
The meeting w
attended, nearl
professional ma
resent. The
by S. G. MeC
and kn. M.
OF SEAFORTH
ING UP.
AtMOST U ANIMOUS-
1q.,EDGING SUPPORT
NirAY.
1171 all the roelama-
e, a m eting, LO,
eeation t e propri-
e of Seaforth grant-
ondon, Huron and
was held. in the
uesday evening last.
m very iiti6aerously
every business and
it) the village being
chair was oecupied
ughey, Es
. McLetn
q., Reeve,
was ap-
pointed:Secrete y.
A resolution was passed asking
the members o the London Dele-
gation to speak first, after.- which an
opportunity wo Id be given any of
the residents o he villithe to ex -
F •
press their vie • on the, question.
The first spea er called 'was Mr,
John Williams, of London.
Mr. William !mid that the first
question to be egided, was whether
or not it was practicable to build
the road. In newer to this ques-
tion he wauld ay that frena the en-
couragement thy had tireacly re-
ceived from the different municipali-
ties through which the rod. was in-
tended to pass, here wasino doubt
but the ;road was a necelssity and
that it would be built It was esti-
mated that the road • would cost
$12,000 a mile, $7,000 of that sum
they had alread lied the romise of
in the shape of onuses fr m the mu-
nicipalities and the gover ment, the
balance they w aid have o float,"
which they we 14 have n difficulty
in doingt. So hat,. so 'far as the
means with wh eh to build the toad
were conceimed it was alsO a certain-
ty.- Mr. Wil tams said the road
they proposed t build wa narrow;
• guage road, an went on tia show -the
advantages of narrow gage , over
a broad. He a sci) shelve the bene-
fits which the people, of Seaforth
would derive om having the road
.
pass through th ir village) and what
they would leo e !did the al ',ow it
to - go by the . ; He al o showed
the great imp. as which if vrould
gi-ae our Salt terests, b , affording
su611 superior. s iPping fa,bilities, as
it would tap t e Grand - Trunk at
Lucan, the Gr t Western at Ln -
don, the air lin of the 'Great Wes-
tern at St Th mas, and besides af-
ford an outlet t.Port Stanley'. •
order to sho the benefits arising
from railway c mpetitien, Mr. Wil-
liams stated. it as a fact that pork
could be shipp -fiom London to
Liverpool, at cheaply ,4 it could.
from Toronto. :The _promoters of
the scheme have now got the means
to puska through, and they were
cletertnined to d so. The road mast I
cross either at 'eafortli,
1inton, or
between' the tee. places, mid it Nira
now for the p pie of Seaford' td
outsider vvheth r or. not it would be
to their Advent. re to give it that aid
and encourage lit which would_ se-
cure its beneft s for thernselves.-±
There w.as one point upon which
they might rel and tha was. that
I
the road wou/ci be built.
Mr. Jackson—LS.11.pr osing Sea -
forth would give a bo us, what
guarantee have
will pass through
Mr. Williams -Accord
provisions of the Charter,
can only be sp n inthis
ty. If you h 1 out the
ducernents for. h compa
I have no dou t hey evil
we the
here ?
Mr. Hymen
ail were well
developes the
try to rapidly.
:was nothing w
to enhance the
any place as a
railway compet
tion. New, h
promoters' of ti
determined to
people of Seafo
pate in the-
-would afford,
frages, a branch line froi • the Grand
Trunk at Stratfoid, cou d be had for
the asking. Well, nd arm in try-
ing. Let our LiStowel riends keep
at it, and perhaps t ley vill get rail-
way communicatioti—a ter a while.
For N. 1 home made t.lhoe-fla-cks, g?
to Thot? Coveutr3's.,
et
:Lord Lyons tel
Foreigii Depa rtm en
Assembly, hiving
upanimously the •
Th iers as . Ihief •E
the decision of Fro.
institutions, he lias
ally to Thiers the! r
Government br
gra]. hs to th
tha the iftencli.
vo ed almost .
app int/tient of ,
emit ve. pending
ce u on definite
arm unced verbt
cog ition of the
len
bonus. . (twine
which London
competing lin
shipped,from t
cheap a rate of
ronto, thus, we
through Seafor
have a direct
the Grand Tru
tainly have a v
the freights of
producer as we
ceives ad Vatita
every farmer i
as every reside
be directly ben
Mr. Reid.
was the secon
pleasere of
the road
lig to the
the Bonus
u n ieipal
proper in -
y to come,
come.
o Londoi said that
aware diet nothing
.esources 6f a court-
s -ailways and there
nh tende so largely
value of p operty in
bundan supply of
ton and accomoda-
maid y that the
road- we .e able and
uild it, and if the
t wiehed to particle
d anteges evhich it know
by wan to know • Londe
a d bo nisesh the now (
18
from wl at he had seen kie was quite
satisfied that we bad t. live town,
and no 'letter evidenee of which
e given than the lively in-
hich was taken in the Lon -
ion and Brucer He knew
blic undertaking which had
ich an impetus. It is only
iree _menthe since the pro
-
first mooted, and in that time
r had been' obtriined, a guar -
a hundred thousand dollar
ad been secured from the
ncil of London a prelitnin-
•vey has been made, and
es of bonuses received from
hips north. He believed
ere some who considered
road would not be a benefit
rth, but in every town or
could
dteoine,stH
of no p
taken s
about t
ject wa
a chart
antee o
bonus
city cot
ary SU
guaran
tthitteowt
that th
43tatfherever he had been, the great
ctoityS
questio* always was: how many
roads c n we get into it? If this
re built through Seaford), it
bring Seaforth into direct
tion with Londen, as he coo -
that the road would be a
oin Kincardine to Seaforth
as to London. But, he
ave them understand that
the promoters of the road • did not
push it as regards Seafot th.' Certain
ees of support had been given
sectirs to get the road in
directmn. If the people of
are determined to offer no
epte, another -wine can and
found. • The road will be
nd it will afferd facilities
o other road in existence
pete with.
• Mr. Atkinson, Vice -President of
the London Board of Trade, con-
glatulated the people of Seaforth
upea the rapid progress their village
had made in the last few years, and
attributed that progress to the ex-
cellent gravel roads that rim into
it. Whei the advantages from be-
ing a gravel road :centre were so
great, *is it not reasonable to sup-
pose that -the advantages from being
a great railway centre would be
uch greater. The era af
uage roads has passed away.
England there were no raii -
'd dividends, except narroir-
oads. The dividends which
n paid on the Great West-
• been derived from local
and everybody knows that
ough _freight Mirried by the
Trunk does not pay for the
grease ised upan the car axles, so
that it, too, had to depend for its
-support cm local freight. This being
the case, he could not see why a
cheaplyl- constructed romi, passing
through so magnificenS a country as
this, and devoted entirely to local
freigbt, would not be a profitable
underteking. The proposed , road
wonld open a direct highway be-
tweena yery important port on
Lake Mime and an important port
on Lake Erie. It woeld also open
a direct highway to the great coal
fields Of Ohio, which would be of
vast importance to the people of this
in a few years, when their
me scarce. ()wing to the
competition they had at
they could get goods taid
at their doors, from Liver -
t about 75 cents per 100
pounds, which is as cheap as they
can do at Toronto, and goods could
be ere ried over the earrow guage
from London at a much lower rate
than th
1.
road WE
would
compet
sidered
feeder
as wel
would 1
guaran
by othe
another
Seafort
indehe
will be
bnilt,
which
can co
very
broad -
Even i
ways p
guage 1
had b
ein ha
freight,
the th
Grand
I I
3
section
fujel be
Londe -
down
pool, a
ey could front Toronto or
on. He was thoroughly con-
vinced that the greater number of
roads that (meld be rim through I
place, the better it would be for
that phice, and the greeter wouldhe
its peotperity.
Maleorni of Seaforth, was
neat ct upou. He said be had
listene 1 with . e great deal of interest
to the. xelanationm of, the London
gentler en, Wu, he did got think they
had put forth _a single argument to
show t at the proposed road would
'benefit us one iota., No doubt,
Lotido was deeply interested in this
scheme, but, so far as • the. interests
of Seefeeth were concerned, it was
the moat foolish . scheme which had
evet; been heard of. fam, he
.contidered it .would he to the inter-
ests of Seaforth to gime a }onus to
keep as far away as poesible.
The et tenienth
ethat ets ighwonld
be so 'luck lower by Lender', and
that le ndon offered silt!) exeellent
marke were founded en-
tirely t pon. an imaginary besis. We I'
where Loudon is and what
mainly to the inctease of railway
facilities—of lines from opposite
points of thempompess crossing.
Take, for _instance, Toronto. The
immediate effect of the construction
of the Grand Trunk was not bene -
Mal to Toronto, but they had never
found any bad effects from- the!
Northern Road. A very large pro -1
portion of the pork shipped from
bete last winter had been shipped to
London. He was certain that two
competing roads liSt afford us
cheaper freights,'andas a conse-
quence enable As to pay higher rates
for produce. This must have the
effect of increasing OUT market and
adding to the prosperity of out vil-
lage. He thought that were this
road built, it would materially aid
in the development of our salt in-
terest. . He considered it tc be the
duty of every person who had a
stake or interest in the" village to
advocate any scheme which would
aid in increasing and encouraging
this most impeortant • trade. We
have here the largest, deepest and;
purest salt -beg which has yet been
.discovered in America, and we only;
want increased facilities of shipmentl
to enable us to compete with thei
world. This road will leadinto
old and wealthy section of the
country where immense quantities
of salt conid be readily disposed of,
and besides this, it gives hs connec-
tion withmhe various-. other roads,
which we are now in a measure
shut out from. With regard to the
real point of opposition, that the
retail trade will be injured, be
must confess he had not yet made
up his mind. Two-th-'ds of the
goods shipped to Seafort are taken
to the. North, , and wh tiler the
road would serve to Mc ease che
Northern trade at our expense,
he considered a difficult question to
decide upon. He thought that by
the extra shipping facilities which
this road would afford, a good
wholesale trade could be established
here. Viewing the subject from all
the different standpoints, be felt
convinced that increased railway
facilities could not fail to help
every business man in Seaforth.
Mr. Jackson, of Egmondville,
thought -we were- here not to &muss
the question whether the railway
will be built or not. He felt satist
fled that the road would be built,
and it was for us to say whether wei
would grant it that encouragement
which would brirg it through Sea -
forth, or allow it to go some other
route, and carry the trade which we
should receive to (other places. He
urged upon the meeting the proprie-
ty of granting all needful encourage-
;
ment to the road. •
Dr. Coleman maintained thet if
we secured this road we would have
our freights reduced to such an ex-
tent as to make Seaford' a " superior
market to other places for produce,
&met' and would besides make it a
railway centre, which would increase
its importance, and attract:to it thei
attention of manufacturere and capi
talists. If trade falls off it will b
for "mat of the road. 'Whereveil
there was a railway or gravel roaci
centre, there would trade surely go
In proof of this the Doctor instanc-
ed Harpurhey. There they had
built a station, and had used ever
means to retain the trade ot thi
section of the country, but the
could not do it, because of the crosei
roads at Seaford'. So it would bel
in this instance, should this road
cross at any other point, the trade
from Seaford) emuld go in that di••
reetion, and we could not prevent it.
The Doctor explained at consider-
able length the benefit such a road
would be to the salt interests, and
the vast benefits the people had it14
ready reaped, and would continue to
receive from this source of wealth in
our midst, and maintained that the
salt business alone, if properly dm
veloped, would be sufficient to keep
up the village. He concluded by
making an eller to the company of,
the right of way through his propert
ty free of cost.
Mr. Thomas Kidd believed that
sm.d) a road as that proposed would
have the eflect, of destroying our '.Mackenzie and Holton took part,—
produce and mercantile trade. and Galt and Mackenzie maintaining
doing the villagean immense amount that the House ShetiO be fully in-.
of injury. In proof his statements, formed as to the policy of the Det
he instanced several villages oia ,the minion and Imperial Governments.
Northern road which had been in on this questiou. The addreem in
jured by that road passing through reply to the tpeech from the Throne
, ,
Mr.
t equire hend-
e read w built to
which s pplied the
o 'the dvatttages
tnjoye the wet-
;
E
of
ight as
e the rim
b the ceo
c riveting
k, which produ •
V
rs e can
h;re to repeat As
Trete To -
road built ;
le would
line with
would cer-7i
• great
ffect upon
t road, and as the
1 is the co sumet re -
e rem loW freights,
e aft well
t of the village, will
fitted by t. ,
f London seid this I
time he had the
it ng Set orth, and'
•
•
•
Londo
avail
have n
don.
sidera
prove
have
produc
strongl
ageme
even p
Mr.
of the
take i
thein
crease
the eff
of a, pl
experi
which
advan
progre
•
else- briefly spoke. The former in
oppeeition, and the two latter in fa-
vor of the road.
• After COD siderabie further discut-
sion the following resolutions were
put to the meeting :—
Moved.byDr. Coleman, eeconded
by Mr. Hayes, "That this meeting,
after hearing the explanations of the
London Delegation, do hereby pledge
ourselves, should the London, Henan
and Bruce Itailway be built through
Seaforth, to give it cur utmost sup-
port and encouragement."
Moved in amendment by Mr. J.
H. Benson, seconded by Mn Thos.
Kidd, " That thie meeting at pres-
ent offers no en. euragement to the
London, Huron and Bruce Hall-
way."
The motion was carried almost
unanimously, there being not over
ten or twelve who voted for the
amAlltf
edenrwialtvote of thanks to the
chairman, and three cheers for the
Queen, -and three for the Londop,
Hmon and Bruce _Railway, the meet -
adjourned.
SliMMARY OF PARLIAMENT.
•
The Opening—The Fisheries alid•
the Joint High, Gommission—The
• Xanitoba Blections—Debate on
• the' Address — The Red River
• Volunteers.
On Wednesdav, 15th inst., the
Parliament of the Dominion was
opened in due form by His Excel-
lency the Governor General. The
Speech from the Throne, which we
print on the first page of this issue,
shows that number of very im-
portant r4asures will require the
attention of members.
In the House of Comm -ons, the
Speaker announced that eight va-
cancies had occurred in the House,
three of them by death, for filling
which the necessary steps had been
taken. The 11@NY members were
then introduced. Mr. Mackenzie
inquired whether the House would,
before passing the address, receive
any correspondence •respecting the
Fisheries and the; appointment • of
the Joint High Commission, urging,
• the great importance of that ques-
tion, the certainty of discussing it
in the debate on the address, and
the desirability of an early expres-
Sion of opinion of leading men of
the 'Dominion on a subject affecting
our pational interests so much,. Sir
John A. Ma.cdortakl replied that it
-would be unusual and inconvenient
to bring down such correspondence
at present, but promised it as soon
as- it could be given without injury
to the public intemsts. The address.
in reply to the speech from the
Throne would not commit any hon-
orable member to a general approval
of the policy of the Government.
He appealed to the Opposition to
give the Government every consid-
eration in dealing with ,such au im-
portant question as the -Fisheries,
and prevent, any discussion which
might prejudice the. interests of
Canada. Mr. Mackenzie thought
that upon this occasion the usual
practice might be •departed fhom,
but assured the Premier the Govern
ment could always count on the
patriotic course of the Opposition.
After some remerks from Sir A. T.
Galt about the advisability of hav-
ing the conespondence include that
asked for in the same question, last
session, the House adjourned.
On Thursdey, 16th inst., in the
House of Common, Mr. Mackenzie.
made enquiry respecting the repre-
sentation of Manitoba in Parlia-
ment. Sir John Macdonald said,
the question had - been under scrioUB •
consideratien. The necessary steps
had been taken for holding elec-
tions in Manitobamind returns were -
daily e,xpected. Manitoba would,
consequently be represented in the
Commons and the Senate, and the
necessary steps would be taken by
the Government for rendering the
elections constitutional. A debate
on the Fisheries question ensued,
in N% hieb Messrs. Galt, Macdonald.
markets are. We have themamd argued that the Londonwas moved by Dr. Lacerte, and sem
irect communication witHuron and 13ruce would have the h . ended by Mr Kirkpatrick. Mr.
ei
zd have never been Absame effect on Seaford)
le to Mackenzie, in A. very eloquent ad-
mselves of it, as our dealers • Mr. Leckie, Reeve of Grey. wae dress, criticized the speech. He re -
ver been able to selt in Len- 'milled upon, and strongly urged the ferred to the offensive language
benefits which Seaferth "would reap used toward Canada, not only by
from such a load, and expressed ast, certain eitizente but by the Preti-
tonishment that there should be . dent of the United States in his an -
found in Seaforth business men who nual message. Mr. Mackenzie
opposed the road. He said that the strongly condenmed stick -utter-
people of the north were hound td maces. He thought there was a
have a road front some quarter, and:
if the peoble of Seaforth pieventedi
them from getting this one, theyi
would then be compelled to avail
themselves of ether offers which had,
been made to them. IT a road went
through I he, northern country, the
people of Seaforth Might bid fame
well to the northern trade entirely.
• In Malcom went on at coo -
le length, endeavoring to
hat the load if built would
disastrous effect upon our
trade and concluded by
urging that. I:either encour-
t nor support be afforded. or
()mined the scheme.
L P. Hayes said the friends;
cheme had made a gt eat mis-
not getting Mr. Malcom on
ide. The argument that in- ,
railway facilitiet would have
et of decreasing the business
ce was entirely opposed to the
nee of every town and city,
now enjoyed liberal _railway
ges. It Wag a fact that the
large and respectable class in the
States friendly to the Canadians,
and while he was strongly opposed
to yielding up our eights te the de-
mands of the arrogant, he uaged his
hearers to cultivate love of liberty
and love of country. He trusted
that no pressure had been brought
to bear by the Imperial Govern -
Mr. John Logan also made an ment for the adoption of a course
able and telling epeech in favor of which would necessitate the semi -
the road. flee of our rights. He proceeded
of all our eities was due Meese:. Benson. Cush, and Hill, to state that there bad not been any
EIIIIITARY 24.,
rpeofnedreenze tio titlehelpu
tiotisitbielisml
Fenian -claims by the
-Commission, wheii be w
• ednininektsb, ebunt ei%gia.rt.ivi:11)evket,
tained ,his positten, end
the somewhat stibmiesime
• of Sir Edwaad Thornton
Americangovern Ill mit in
any demands. Ile did i
in embmitting to gravel
' mai-led as . n ,tiationa
considered with. regard
eries that the th4e-na ill; li
ing from heactiand to
should beam heen. ine
Coming to heme matte ,.•
kenzie closely miticized
of the Government Wit1.
to affairs in Manitoba,
derers had gone i unpin e
bad been tak-en into high. 1
loyal men exelead from
poeitions. He described
colonial RailwatY as .Ita
abominably miemartage'
out the nonreterence t
Ste. Marie Canal in the
concluded a teI4ng speecl
ing the Goveimment
might expect a close an
criticism of their Inez
john A.Maedotoald re
sidemble length; statite
terests of .Canada w01.1l4
rificed by Engisltal to
vantage. Ai* sevlei
speeches, the address iv0
• On Friday, 17th inet
• ate adopted theheddresste
debate. SenatOr Letell
Just wanted to kne*.
definite resecting the 0
of the Govereenent, al
, there had been too great
in securing the' pacificat
Northwest He ,was a
-Canadian interests wow;
the negotiation e betwee
perial and American Ge
Senator Camp1;441 spott
of the Governatent, and
the belief that; Canaditi
would be duly, considei
• Commission. '
In the House, on mot
Mackenzie, the; Premier
ter some hesitation, to 1
;copies of instruetiens to
• Governor Archibeld in
his duties es Lieuteriai
-of Manitoba anti of Moe
Sir Francie Hineks leid 4
the riablic accounts for til
year, together with a
.detail -of eMpenditime
• tier. In 'Moving for c -or
between the Imperial an•
Governments, eespectint
melee and the joint high i
Sir A. T. Galt _Said that
taeeling of uneasiness
try, and if the Geyer=
to make the pee* as
it professed to,!full pule
be given to the eo-
• Sir John A. Macdonab
- with his honerehle frier
necessity of imblieity, .1
the HOusethat the i
would not keep back an
less they thought iniblie
be injurious to the 'lute.
country. The removal
troops and' the defence 1
try was discussed on f:
Sir A. T. Galt respeett
sloe of Hon. A. Carlini
i Fenian mid took place. -i
1 On Monday,. 20th in
inter of Militia made se_
tions respecting the no
unteers, stating that O
. May, the ,foree, excep
• companies would be!
The Government hall -4
AvGtinte
iViegnetnrsl
grants -,o
ofiltabli t
in command of the exl
been instructed to
many ;desired to settle i
and. those whio desire4
w.ould be entitled to fi
' eonaitiotal grants of
who desired' .to return
Would be brought ti
charge. A discussionj
. the enlarged,:poweis 4
high Comunesion]
Hincke believed that
Raid elaints would fa '
for consideration, espe
that all questions
the British -Colonies *
sidardT
ered,haosrntnenstioxt!
w
Mackenzie said he e
baths for such 'expectai
A. T. Galt said that
the Commission weel
by Mr. Fish's; letter ,t
where he guardedly si
enbjects for eensiderat
limited to qttestions
the war, Sir Georg
in reply to Me. MaC
that her Majesty's Got
momised that the 0
consider the Alabama'
also have power to di
the Fenian raid clain
' Galt brought forwari
• respecting the Fisheri
• pointment of, the joi
mission, and Sir Jobi
ald laid the correspenC
ed therewith on the d
On Toesday, 21st it
Dunkin introduced a:
the Census 'act- so