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The Exeter Advocate, 1890-1-16, Page 4TEA W t $ANDEES Editor, litlisItp, ` January 9th 1890, :Sf . G ? 1.'ll"' ,i lbR1 P.RESE 'TTA- TIOXS. In a. tcstanront before the Senate Committee, err Relations with Canada, Ir. E. lv. Glen, for a tune a Reform' member of the House of Commons, now ,; citizen of the United. States; who was e arnined after Mr. SViinan, said the Etter gentleman's object in pushing his commercial union scheme was for the purpose of "booming his invest- ments." This is a matter of Mr. Glen sand Mr. Wiman to fight out among themselves. Mr, Glen advocates polit Sal nnion,,and in the course of his ev- idence he had the unblushing audacity wosay that in a very short time Canada would go to the United States and sue to be annexed;that feeling infavor of the change was growing in the Dominion; and that if he was to appeal to his former constituents in South Ontario he could be elected on the annexation platform. Mr. Glen never made more inwarranted statements, and his un- dertaking to represent the feeling of the people of Canada as being favor- able to the wiping of their country out 4..if political existence is a piece of braz- en faced impertinence; But the genuine sentiment of the people of the Domin- son is too well understood in the Unit- ed States to allow of our neighbors put- ting faith in Mr. Glen's representations. Canadians take considerable pride in their country; they are not ignorant of its history, nor forgetful of the past; and about the last thing they think or doing is to pray to be admitted as part and parcel of the Republic. For She great nation to the south they en- tertain only feelings of goodwill, and for its citizens only genuine friendship; bat they think too much of their own eonntry to go down on their knees and ask the government of the United States to absord it,and place them un- der the protection of the Stars and Stripes. SEVENTY FIVE. Sir John MacDonald was 75 year old on Saturday. He was born at G-las- gnw, Scotland, on the 11th January, 1815. Notwithstanding his advanced age remains "hole and hearty," daily attending to the onerous duties of Premie rslripe and administrating one of the most important of public depart- ments—that of the Railways and Can- als The "alacrity of spirit and the sheer of mind" which has been char- acteristic of his nature are noteworthy features of his character. The advan- ce of years has not in the slightest de- g ree interfered with the go nieality of his disposition, nor preceptibly affected his memtal activity. Few public men, in any other country, lead a more act- ive life than Sir John' Macdonald,so far as devotion to the duties imposed upon • him in his exalted position are concern- ed. His capacity for work, is extraor, Binary, and we question if there ever was a time in his long political exper- ience when he was more devoted to official labour than he is to -day, when he enters upon his seventy-sixth year, "ew'modern statesmen have hada long- er or more successful public career than the veteran Premier of Canada, i+nd certainly not one among them all las a stronger hold upon the affections of his fellow -countrymen. Sir John Macdonald entered public I.ifein Canada at an important period of the history of the country—in 1844, three years after the union of Upper and Lower Canada. In that year he was elected to the Legislative Assemb- ly of Canada for the City of Kingston, and he continued to represent it in that body: until 1867, when Confedd. motion took place, and he was elected by the people of Kingston as their re- presentative in the House of Commons, where he sat in that capacity until 1878, when he was defeated. Many newly elected members offered to re- sign in Sir John's favour. He was elected by acclamation for Marquette, t3Ta:nitobae, but resigned 'upon accept- ance of the position of Minister of the ;interior after the defeat of the Mack- enzie ackenzie Government, the result of its ap- peal to the country in the year last :mentioned. Ile was elected for Vict- oria, ll. C;, and, represented that con- istitueney until the dissolution of Par- liement in 1882, when ho was elected ;%r both Lennox. and Carleton Counties. :ale decided to sit for Carleton. At the st general election—iii 1887- l in - tteirredeemed itself by re-electing Sir John. and at the same he was re elected' fatearleton. fle decided to sit for Atiligaton, and represents" that eonstit- uenel' in the present Parliament. Sir John had only been three years In tine Legislative Assembly of Canada when ire because n member of the l? ccutive Cou;noil of Canada.. From 1847. to 1858 he held ni succession the follow- ing positions:_ Receiver"Genezal, Com- missioner of Crown ,Liinds and Attor- ney -General for Upper Canada. He was Prime Minister in July, 1858, when his Administration, resigned on the seat of government question. The following; month. Ire was again in office, first as Postmaster -General, for a sin- gle day, and afterwards as Attorney - General. He held the latter position until the defeat of the Government, in May, 1862, on the Militia Bill, and the resignation of Ministers followed. In March, 1864, the Tache -Macdonald (John A.) Government succeeded the Macdonald (John Sandfleld) Dorion Government, when Sir John again took his former position of Attorney General, and was leader of the Govern- ment in the House of Assembly. He remained Attorney -General until Con- federation, in 1867, when he became Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. The Government resigned in Novem- ber, 1573, as the outgrowth of the "Pa. cific Scandal" business, and the Liber. ars took office, with Mr Mackenzie as leader of the Government. The organs of the Government predicted that the party would remain in power for, at ]east twenty years, and that if the Tor- ies'should again be `successful, one thing was certain: Sir John Macdonald was politically dead, beyond the hope of resurrection. But five years of "Re- form"—they called themselves ',Re- formers" in those days -rule proved sufficient for the people, and when the Government appealed to the country it was overwhelmingly defeated. Sir John Macdonald was restored to power, and from that time—October,1878—to the present he has been leader of the Government, and he has held the foll- owing positions: Minister of the Interior, President of the Privy Council, and recently , after acting for some time after the death of the lamented Hon. John Henry Pope, he assumed the dut- ies ofIMinister of Railways and Canals. During his public life Sir John has been the recipient of numerous honors, D. C. L: from the University at Oxford, in 1865;LL. D. from the McGill Um versity Montreal; L. L.D. from Queens University, Kingston; D. C. L. from TrinityUniversity, Toronto; K. C. B. (Knight commander of the bath) from Her Majesty in 1S67; G. C. B. (Grand cross of the order of the bath) in 1884; Knight grandcross of the Royal Order of Isaballa Catolica (of Spain) in 1872; a member of HerMajesty's PrivyCoun- cil in the same year, and in August 1879, he 'was sworn it and took his seat at the Council Board, he being than on a visit to England on business. Highly as Sir John appreciates these honors, we have no doubt that dearer to him than all is the fact that he enjoys the political confidence and the warm afiect- tion of the great majority of the peo- ple of Canada. Sir John has lived to see the country make wonderful strides. A few Scat- tered provinces have been united into a Dominion, extending from' ocean to ocean. The aim of his public career since Ccn"ederation has been to cement the,bond which binds them together,'. an to promote unity of sentiment and of aim among the people. Everything tending to keep the various classes of the people apart has been discouraged by him: everything that has had the effect of bringing them closer together has had his zealous support and warm- est sympathies. Under the administra_ tion of its'affairs by the Government the Dominion has made marked pro- gress, and never in its past history was its position stronger or the out- look brighter than to -day. From Vic- toria to Halifax thousands of prayers will ascend to•daythat Sir John Mad - Donald may long be spared to serve his countrjr,connected with whose his- tory and advancement his name is so prominently identified. T0TICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT after twenty clays from the first publi- cation hereof, application will be made to the Surrogate Court of the County of Huron, on behalf' ofJohn Gascho, of the . Township of Hay in the sant County ofiftmon, yeoman for an order appointing the said John Gas - &ho guardian ofJohn Gascho, the younger, Christian Gascho, Leah Gascho,, David Gas- eho and Jacob Gaseho, infant children of the said JohnGesell() and Fanny Gaseho, late of the said Township ofHiay, deeeaso,1. 'hated at Txeterthis 14th day of January, 18E1�. Teiix GAsano, Per Elliot Elliot, Itis' Solicitors. The Sultan has been very: much ter- rified by the Brazilion revolution, and in consequence he has distributed large sums of money among his guards, and the Turkish army is to be paid off as soon as possible. ltftrsTARD's C itarra Specific Cured me of Catarrh --Levi ]I. Slipper, Forest, P. o. inariainteRMEMEMZSMEEMME3 aS1P41.' "... 0403 t+ . Mr t 111 Old EstaIisfte House. James N. 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