^ ^ ^ '%^.' IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) V -^ ^O y^/.^ I :/ <^V \5^ / ^ .&lains his position antl that of his fellows in clear forcible language, and without any " beating ahout the bush ?" How common is the remark even amongst well-iiitentioueil, patriotic Irishmen: "They (Costigan — an i the rest of them) made a mistake !" Yes ! they did make a mistake; they made a mistake when viewed as Canadian politicians, but as patriotic Irishmen, loving the land of their birth or of their ancestors, they made NO MISTAKK! Had Messrs. Costigan, Curran, (^oughlin, Burns, Hackett, McGreevy and the other Irish Catl.olic Conservatives (there were none such on the other side of the House) chosen to play the "demag' gue ro/e," they would have simply voted for Mr. Blake's lesolutions — which would have been defeated — ancJ leave the responsibility to be shouldered by those who forced the residutions of 1886, not caring one straw whether they were lost or carried. Leaving Mr. Costig;in to tell his tale in plain, nnpreten^ tious language, there is no need for further introduction. But there is one point that it is just as well to direct attention to. It is that wherein Mr. I OoHtigan, with that lovo of justice, of fair play and of " happeneil to sit for an hour or two in the galleries of the Canadian Commons, contrast this with the sneers — little short of insult — session iifter session with which the leader of the Lil>eral party, Mj ward Blake, in the pride and egotism of his position iias time and tin. -gain treated the single-mindiid John Costigan. But Mr. Costigan has been addressing his people " down by the sea," and liei(- is his speech delivered at Woodstock, New Brunswick : T(J THE ELP]CTOHS Ob' THE UPPER ST. JOHN. Tin: iui;l qukstion and home uulk. Mr. Costigan, says tiie St. John, N.B., Sun, was receive. He said. I feel greatly gratified at the opportunity afforded me this evening of ajipciiring before so largo and intelligent an audience as I see before me at present. At this hour of the night, 1 think it well t<> assure you at tlie start that I do not intend to tres[»as.'^ very largfily upon your time or patience. You have listened, no doubt, witli a ureat deal of pleasure, and felt a deep interest in the addres.s delivered by my distinguished colleague, Mr. Foster, and, if he had reason to couji'lain of our friend, the Minister of Customs, for having tiiken the ground from under his feet and left nothing for him to say, with how much ureater force may 1 appeal to your symjiathy after ho -h}i.s followed the Minister of Customs and left still less for me to Siiy. Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, the two former speakers have dealt with (piestiuus that affect the interests of every citizen in this country. Tiiey have drawn a picture of the two great political parties in "> ^ s '? A t 'lis country who appeal to the int«llig*ruce of the electors of Canada. They have referred to the National Policy as being the great issue in tpe coming contest ; hut, ladies and ^'cntlernon, the National Policy will not he the great issue in the coming < oiitest. The Iiil)cral party, under tpie l(>ader8hi[) of Hon. \f r. lilakc, dons not seek re-election on account 6f any fixed policy that wouM r<'(<)n)num(l itself to intelligent pisople. The policy of the party led l»y Hon. Kdward lilako, is a policy calcu- Jated, and intended, to gain strength from strife, that may he created by nrraigning cl;>ss against class, race against race, from o\n^ end of the country to the other. A reference has been made l)y Mr. Foster to the fact that notwithstanding th(^ repcid :igitation in Nova 8cotia, that province will send a majority to the support of the Liberal-Conservative povcrnment of this country, and I have great pK-asure in endorsing that statement with the firm conviction that it is the truth. He has also stated that notwithstanding the excitement protluced by dema- jgogues in the Province of Quebec, that old province svill slied to the Liberal-Conservative Government because that execution took place. We have been called hangmen, and if the statements made by the Liberal party from one end of the countiy to the other were well founded, they should not have called us hangmen, \)ut murderers, beoause if the statements they made were true, and the men forming the present Government consented to execute an unfortunate man in order to strengthen themselves politically or consented to the death of a man whom otherwise they would have believed to be innocent, from the prospect of deriving additional support from any element of the peo- fde of this country, they were not merely hangmen but murderers in the iace of the country and in the face of God. But I can well remember ^■f: ^-\ I when a quostion of this kind onco cnme before the Hombo of Commons, i when Mr. Bluko whs Minister of Justice, and when ho defended him-nsj self in words of eloquence ai>d power Ixfcuust^ sotno insinuations had, r i b«;en cast upon him with reijard to the carrying outof the death penalty ^ imposed on criminals, ho said, " can you for it moment imagine — can* \, ' you tjot nnike allowances fur the pinition of Ministtir -f Justice and tho< jminful lesponsiliility under which he rests] (Jan you imagine a man would he so lost to allsens(f of honesty and justice that he woidd give that advice uj)on which depended the life of his fellow-being, and l)e influ«M)oed by any unworthy or selHsh motive or political considerations? " He made that strong appeal tluni, but ho forgot it atterwards when he crossed the House and becanui the attucking party, and there was an- other Minister of Justice in the office who was as sensitive of his honour and conscience as Mr. Blake; could possibly be. And I would ask any intelligent audience in any part of this country, can any set of men — is there one single man who will reason the matter out and say to hin)s«df that he honestly believe that these fourteen Ministers sat around the Council table so lost to all that w-is honest and truthful and just, so lost to all sens(! of priuci [>!(;, so dead to their sense of jus- tice and their consci(;nces, that they sat there and delil)eratod and finally yielded to the dictation of the Orange or any other element, and agreed | that this man shoidd die? No, sir; I do not Ijolieve there is any living man in Canada to-day possessed of any intidligence, no matter what hia political prejudices nniy l>e against us, who wotdd coolly and calmly pass sucli a judgment against the Cabinet considering the question at the time. What were really the grounds for the agitation in 18G9-70 in the North- West] This unfortunate man, Louis Riel, was then a liritish subject. The citizens of this country believed that he and his people had grievances. T^io doubt they had had difficulty with the first sur- veyors, who went up there and located the land, and probably were imposed on by some of these men at the time. Governor Macdougall went out to take charge of the territory. In the difficulty then exist- ing Louis Ritd had the French and a portion of the Scotch and English half-bieeds with him. Ho was determined to resist entry and jtosses- sion of that territory V>y the Dominion Government before a guaiantee would be given to them or the bill of lights acceded to. Vei-y few lives were lost in the rebellion itself, but a prisoner was taken by Itiel's men, and the execution of that man was the only stain upon Kiel's character; the great mistake he made at the time, because the people of Canatla generally were in sym|)athy with the half-breed people, because their rights and position in this country wei*e not fully understood by either party in Canada. But, sir, he took prisoner a man by the name of I menf Scott, he was tried and convicted, sentenced and shot. I want you to ) servij remember one incident in the trial and execution of that man. At the i sijonj time one of Mr. Riel's colleagues was Prof. O'Donoghue, who had been I t^ hij a professor in the St. Boniface College prior to that, and had joined the | / , fler^ i lomtnons, i(1(mI hinvps Aons had^j h jioniilty jino — Clin* t» aixl thct ino a nuvn I give that infl»u'no(^d 1.8 1" He wlu'U he •e was an- tivo of his 1(1 I woukl any set of lit ami say iiufitcrs sat 1,1 truthful iiso of jus- and finally and agreed ■, i any living ,er what his and calmly question at 19-70 in the en a liritish I his people Ik; fii'st sirr- •ol)a\)ly were Macdovigall then exist- and Knglish r and posses- I a guarantee ery few lives ^ Kiel's men, I's character ; e oi Canaiiii)R tin AiiKtricaii citi/cn, wuh mo loti;^ei' a Ciiiiiuliiiii, aiul ti-()ul)line and ared to n'licl. A i\'w of thii half-hicrd.s w(!nt down and Incjught Louis lti«'l up into the country, llo held wvcraJ uu'ctings. Up to this tinu' (hr half-la-ct'ds had always lioen h-d, yuith" I, and advised hy thcii' clcr^'y. Tlicy wtrc an innocent, industrious, hon- tsht, harndcss class ot pt-oph- — ignorant, of course, havint,' never enjoyed the advantages of civilization to any great (extent. They were without twiucatiotj, and like children in llie hands of tlieir clergy. Their oh;rgy gave them the l»est of luivice, and told them to havt! nothing U) do with Uiuis Kicsl. They told them that Hi;-! hud got them into trouiile once luifore an(l Ik; wc^uld get them into troul)le again. The people ti)()k the •dvice of their clergy, and what did Kiel do then] He then took it upon himself to proclaim himself a juophet to work upon the prejudice* of thes(! people. He persuaded a |)Oition of ihem that ho was nu)ro ()OWerfuI than tht; juiests, persuadt^l a small portion of them that thti Church of Kome was tyrannical, that it kept the jieoplo in igtiorance and extorted money from them, but h«^ said ho was insjiired, he was to tejujh them, and they were to fcdlow hini. lie expo.sed tho Sisters of Charity to great danger during the trouble that took place shortly after. Well, ho .succeeded in putting the Indians upon tho warpath, and while w<' all regret tho end of that unfortunate man, while we all regret that he placed hims'.'lf in such a position that the extreme jienalty of the law had to be visited upon hin), while I have heard orators ap[>eal to the passions of the Canadian peoide in favour of this course, 1 hav« never heard theni make reference to those two young men who went out there with their wives to stjttle down in that country, and who were shot down by the creatures of Ijouis Kiel without a word of warning. (Applause.) Nor to the two priests who went out to that oountry, devoting t\nnv lives to the cause of Christianity, and while ofleiing the last consolations to these dying men, and kneeling beside them, received the murderer's bullet. The \ictims of this savage butchery were cast into an old cellar, and their bodies left there in th« ruins of that place. No sympathy was expressed for them. I think the people of this country are disposed to think that these lives were just as valuable as that of Louis Kiel. Let me give you another instance of the unfair attacks upon bh« Dorainion Governnibnt for the execution of Louis Riel. Let me ask the attention particularly of those Irishmen who have blamed the! Government for the execution. Not more than six weeks before this v«i Ull 111 ^lel oul »dv| IriH iluti iMiel givil jth( A li'uil oHai\Hi(\ from iin<| for him, hut h« im, Kii<] tirxililt'Morni* dIhi Hinoii;,' tin- hitlf- . whicli was it |>olit. inU'n-Ht, and tlioj ir int('i(\s(, was to try. TIh'v wf)ik»;(I I l)«'li»!v«f that thuy lo hulf-i)r(>c(|,s W(!iit III) held K('v*'ia] ^s \iinm \f{\,i^\iuU}], t, inchistiious, hon- viuif novor ODJoyoil rhcy Winr wiiliuui yjiy. Their chrgjr nothing' (o do with into tioiii»h' ()ne« he j)0o|>hj look the He theli<'ve it is constitutionally constituted, still in order that these ilemagogues may not hii\e jinytliing to appeal to th« passions of the jM!ople of tliu country upon, w<5 must show that the Goveinment are disposed to aH'oril him an oppoitunity of ch^ai-ing himself from the death iM'iialty, if he can !«! cleareil undi'i- (he laws of this country." Accoiil- lii^dy an appeal was ailoW<'d, the case was carrieil to tin; »Suprt!me Court 'u\ \V'inui|»''g, where th»; sentence of the first court was coidirmed after A full iuvesti no i ground or excuse for saying the |)risoner had not a fair and impartial i trial. So the ca.se was carrieil before the judicial committee of the Privy Council, and with what r(!sult ( That committee confirmed the decision of the two former (•(airts. Then thcr»! was nothing to l)e done unless the (Jovernment would step in and say, '' No, this man must not be hanged." But the Government could not consistently take such a course as that. They did not consider that it was only the life of ? Louis Kiel that was at strike ; the policy of the Government was to i^settle and people that great Hud.son Bay country winh a law-abiding i|population. Exposed to the possible outbreak of the savage tribes in ihat teriitory, if there was one thing above all other things necessary for the future peace and prosperity of our Canadian Northwest, it was ^ assure the people of that country that the law of the land must l)e ^Kjyed and maintained. They felt they owed it to every new settler M ! 'I I i 10 ni wlio wenf into tlmt territory that lie hIiouM feel that the arm of the law was strong enough to protect him and jiunish wi-ong doers. Let us suppose here that in response to th(^ strong appeals madelm to them — not by the countrymen of Lotiis Riel, for the Fnuich -Canadian i|>s people were not the countrymen of Kiel, who was as much an Indianm ( as a Frenchiiiai;, and did not represent them in the true si;nso of the %-i word, although I can understand that on account of being half French gul tlu^y would takeadeej) interest in him — supposing, T say, the HominioniBdi GovfMiuuent had yielded to the vi^ry earnest and numei'ous so]icitationsif8t made for his i-eh'ase, what then? I say it would have paraly/ed thcj^ u people of the ".7'"i' rn country, that it would have inc^vocahly shakenittt tlH!ir cf)n{idence in the administration of justice. What would they dong with the savages who, stinudated by lliel, connuitted brutal murders injnu the distant territory ? Thoy were arrested and found guilty of murder. |< Could the government pardon Louis lliel and let these .savages be p»m-e iu ished 1 Would they not be handed down to future generations asi^ti corrupt and cowardly administrators of the law ? Would it not be said, ops and justly said, " You let Louis li'u',\ escape because he had a largo .sec-|doi- tion of th(^ civilized portion of the (^ounti-y to use their influence to setj^ ii him free, but you strung u[> these poor, uncivilized .savages who had givi none t pl''ad on their behalf '? " They could not do it. They could noti. allow the i.iun who created the rebellion togochsar and punish his hap-,ncti( less victims and dupes. Well sir, the result was tiiat the majesty of rwai the hiw was vindicate(l, the law took its cours(^ tlu; death penalty wasefler; car!'i(!(l out and Louis Riel died for the terrible crimes he had com-^er mitted. (Applause.) afctei And that is not the only cpu^stion that will be a j)rominent issue i to i at the n(!xt general election. I would like to say a few words in self- any d(!fenc<; and in defence of my friends in Parliament who, with me, havei this been accused as traitors — T mean the (juestion of Home Rule. 1 hiey ' desin; to state the liistoi-y of that (juestion in as few \voi 11 that the arm of thelninion of Canada from the Atlantic to the l*acific coast, endorsing wronfif (locis. f resolution of 1882, a copy of the resolution which had been sent to strone: appeals niadejin, aiid which it was inttmded to move before the House. I took thoFr(!nch-Canalaced l»efore the House, to get the expres- is as much an Indianjn of the House upon it. I invited every Irish member, Protijstant the tiue suiiso of the pv.W as Catholic, in the House and in theSenaco, to meet and appoint of being halt French |ul)-connnitt«'e to prepare the resolution ; still carrying out the one , I say, the nominiont|«liU(.n 1 started with at first that it should not be made a political lumerous soIicitationsi(^8tioii, 1 invited gentlemen from both sides of tlu^ House to co-operate, d havn, only six nu;inljers voting against it. The addr(!ss was then that the majesty of rwarded to Ilcr Majesty thiough Ifis Excellency th«j Oovernor- e death penalty was efteral. Earl Kiinberley was instructed to reply that in such matters crimes he had com-.er Majesty would eonsnlt her own Minist(!rs, that this was not a atter the people of Canada had anything to do with — practically told a ))rominent issue i to mind our own business. At that time Mr. Gladstone! hc^ld a good I few words in self- any of the hading Irish Home Jlulers imprisoned in Kilmainliani, and who, with me, have I this addicss was a sngg(!stiou that th:;y should be s(?t at libnrty. of Home lin\o. I hlBy were set at lilx-rty sliortly afterw;'rds. But I vvoidd like to call w words as j)ossil>le. le attesntion of my fi-i(!nds — if I may call thiMU sudi foi- 1 lia\e a gntat shmeni represcniting )tt)oct for the Irish pc^ople here on account of tin; warm sympatliy for warm sympathizer).© movement which is being nuid(> in Ircfland. I aduiirt; tin; pluck was asked what 1 ad eueral man will say tln-y aic not (mtitlcd to reland such as the i Ireland. What followed'? -I do not find fault with the masses of I said, J think the 10 Irish peo[>l(!, for I know they have l)een dec»;ived and misled. But lule, who enjoy its have; su|tr(!rne contempt for th(? demagogies who, knowing that I government underlie beisn ti-yii.g to do what is I'ight and honest, enilcavour to injui-e entatives to express lii| in tlu^ (,'stiuiation of my owm country nu-n. Tiie Irish all over ('anada same privelege. I ^|[t me messages of congratulation foi- the pa.s.sing of a motion which n.sented to do so oni^y had not l)eli(;ved would pass th(>. House. The most thev expected sticm, that it would fcihe tim(! was that it would elicit a favourable! vote ii l^ll•lialnent, e assurance of th(! !» they never dreaftied that .,. majority would cany it through. J am love in this matter JWy to say tli;it the congratulations, that warmed and cheei-ed my of a demagogue in tfrt at the time, were soon to be changed into insults and injuries, ,ssed all over the Spired by the demagogues to whom \ have before referred. 12 it Laat session when thero had not been a word said, not a single woti had I received that the Irish question ought to be raised again in to House, the first indication I ever had of it was when the Montroi Post and Trtie WUnesH published an article saying that "it is rumour that a motion is to be introiluced in Parliament to thank Mr. Gladsto.^ for the lejiislation he has initiated in favour of Home Rule. If'fM should cunie from the Tory side (and you will remember it was a To-'^''* who moved and carried those resolutions at tlie I'equost of the Iri^'' people in 1882), if it should come from the Tory side, we know what'!*'- means; it will he pure buukuiii and humbug to please the Irish peop^f M but the time is past foi- passinj^ any such resolutions." Well, sir, a ftw*^1 days afterwards the St. Patrick's Litei-ary Society of Ottawa, came '?l^'"1 me and asked me to move another resolution on the Irish question. *P»^o1 said, "show me how you expect to strengthfm the hands of the men wW thl are tigbtiiig the battle of Home Huh; in Ireland, and I am with yoi'f tb Can you get a better vote in tht House of Commons than you g'fP^'* before ? Is not there danger that you might not get as good a om*'?^^' Then, why re-open the question? I will not do it unless you can sho"^^'*^ me or give me assurances that you are not going to injure the questio>^^"- by it." But the game was apparent. *** '^' but that it is going to gam was not Home Rule the wire pullers among these people wanted. was not to strengthen the people in Ireland, but the Grit party, i'***'" Ontario esj)ecial]y. They wanted to be able to go back to Ontario ai.^^f?^' say, " We introduced a resolution for Home Rule and the Governmei^"^''' opp«,sed it." That is proved by the course they pursued, Mr. Plak")^' then, as we all expected, moved as an amendment to the motion to i*"*! o into su()ply, his motion on the Irish question. That motion coraiiW ^^ from the leader of the 0[)position was beyond any cavil a clear, ope ^ question of want of confidence. It was so accepted and he was advise'*'^^"' tliat if he forced that motion under present circumstances the GoveriJl''^"' meut could not do anytliing but vote it down. Xo doubt that woul'^*' "^ have suited Mr. Blake's purpose as far as Canadian politics was coi^P^*^ eerned, but when Sir John A. Macdonald told him that he would naui^^\''' a day to discuss the question Mr. Blake had to withdraw the motioi**^'^ The day fixed was Thursday, and I saw that if the motion wa*****'^' carried at all it would be can-ied by a very much reduced vote as coir'J'^ pared with that oi 1882, and I saw also that those oj)posed to an^^"; Home Rule would say at once : " In 1882 Costigan's Home Rule resc'*^^^"' lution received the unanimous support of the Canadian House 08*''^^" Commons, and was carried in thi; Senate, receiving every vote but six^'^' and what was the result in 1886 ? Why, the resolution introduced bj***^"* Mr. Blake, the leader of the Opposition, was voted on and carried by j*®^^" bare majority, and never was sent to the Senate at all. There ha*8'^\ been a great change of opinion in Canada. The Canadian peopl*^," whose sympathies were so strong in 1882 have changed their ''^iew ]J|'^J greatly because the vote of 188G is very much weaker than that ol-^ 1882." What then did I do? I introduced an amendment to Mr 8*^",^ Mud : 1; Hi request of the Iri:' side, we know what please the Irisli peop! ons." Well, sir, a ftl ity of Ottawa, came the Irish (luestiou. fi hands of the men w i, and I am with yot 'o mm ons 18 1 said, not a single woJ be raised a»ain int»*^^®'» motion, and I was careful in preparing that amendment to as when the MontrcJ?'^®^'^'^^ ^^^ sentiments contained in the motion of 1882. The prin- if yourself and our friends in tht; Canadian Parliament is of the utnuist It to the motion to (iwi ortance to our cause, as it will do a great deal towards^ strengthen- That motion comiH*"^, «"^" P^^^^ion in the Imperial Parliament." ny cavil a clear ope' ^'^^^ I i^ii^.V be wrong in this matter. 1 know 3d and he was adyiseW^^'^f^'^ "^ Ireland in Canada. I know there are men nstances the Goverii'T^'^*^ sacrifices to see Ireland enjoying thff same system of Goverinnent No doubt that woul*'*' '^^'^' ^'HJ^yi"?: l'^''^'' ^^"^ ^ *-^o "*^^ believe that any of these men, liun politics was coL^fP^^^'^'b' t'*^'*^^' ^^'''*^' have criticised me seven^ly, kmjw uu)re about Home a that he would nani-ft"^^ than Mr. Puruell and his associates in Ireland do, and I am quite withdraw the motioi*!*'^^*^'*^^' "^ ^''^^' '"^^ ^^^^ Iiish q»u,'Stion is concerned, and with thcj kindly t if the motion wu*^"'"'^"^*^^ ^^^'^^ ^ have contii-ming the thnnks of these nuen for having reduced vote as conif^*^*-^^''^ great service to them, while at the same time the) thank the lose opposed to an^'*'^'^''''^ Parliament for the generosity that made them support, ihat ui's Home Rule reso''*""^'-*"' ^ ^'^y ^ '^'^' quite satistied that I can afloi-d to let, the deua- Canadian House o§^'^"*^^ *'^"'' '^ -i^^"-^^ <'^"^^ -i"*' ^till not be uneasy in my conscience for the ' every vote but sixlP"'"^^ ' '^'^^'^' [tursued. (Apphuise.) After the i-esolution was passed lution introduced bi^*"*^ *^^ ^^^^ newspapers raised the cry, and one-half the Irishmen in the on and carried bv i^^^'^*^*'.^' '^^^-i'*' ^^'"•^ ^^ l)elieve that I and my Irish fiiinuls had voted at all. There haW^"^^'' Home Uide. Why? P>ecanse we voted against Mr. Blake's he Canadian peoplfil^*'^*-'"- ^'^ ^'''' '^'^'^' ^^"^^ ^^ ^^^ '^^*^ ^^*' "^'^ voteil for the amendment chanc^ed their view-ji^^^^'' ^ introtluced. They say my amendment was nothing like Mr. there are warm I know there are men wlio would make weaker than that ol*^'^^^'''^ n^*^tion amendraeut to Mr _ iiuns Well. I think the Irish people themselves ought to be as that point as any one in the country. If you had read the of Mr. Purnell in Ireland you would have seen that they ^l -''' ) { i ' i. €atl 14 say the difference between the two motions — Mr. Blake's and minf p was as between tweedledum and tweedledee, a difFerence in construct ^ only, the advantage being on the side of Irish liberty, because it v carried by the re8),>onsible Ministry of the day and not by the iif*'^ sponsible minority. (Applause.) But I have better proof than that. Do these men know that IJqj. Blake did not stand so firmly and determinedly by his own moti ^ Mr. Blake did not consider that there was such a great difference f"| motion and voted for it to a man. except Mr. Mitchell, who would Jj^oJ vote either way. It could nut have Upcu so bad or Mr. Blake wo not have voted for it. The only difleieiice was that mine succeeds carrying a larger vote than he coiild have succeeded in carrying, liecii I madti it almost word for word with the motion we voted on in 1** * '^^ I sav that Mr. Blake, in introducing that motion, was not iuflueii ;. " by the desire of promoting Home Rule. If he hud been desirous ^ promoting Home Rule would he have sprung his vote of want of cc^ "' dence without consulting the Irish members in the House? He k he would not have carried that motion, but what he wanted was to ^' and bring it in and have it voted down without any amendment sucli ^^ ^^ I moved. It is not merely because it is an Irish question that I have drag; ^ this subject in this evening. It is because it will be discussed in the e. ^'^ tion here more tlian the National Policy itself. The Irish people )^' Canada feel deeply interested in the cause of Ireland. They are ready * ^^. ne ti w make a sacrifice to obtain a system of Home Rule, and if they can bo | suaded that we have been traitors to ihem, we will lose their sui>i)( '^^ and the object of the Liberal party is to gain sufficient strength throu ^^ detaching the Irish party from us, and enough supporters out of Quelx ^^ to give them the reins of power. There is where they expect to get tli< majority and not from any platform they have been able to constni and I trust you will excuse me for confining my remarks to this sul)jf which will, I trust, place our friends in a position to understand wV did really take place, and then they will be able to judge for themseh as to who was right and who was wrong. (Hearty applause). '♦ lu «* I. U it u o Mr. Costigan has given a very fair and impartial account of t *' v tt V resolutions of 1882 and of those of 1886, in the foregoing speech. ^' may, however, interest the Irish people of " this Canada of ours" to km tha'^ •* Home Rule" not being quite so popular in 1882 as it has since thanks to God — become, the attendance of the Liberal side of the Hoi; at the meeting in 1882 alluded to by Mr. Costigan was just four — and the adjourned meeting held subsequently just two — including Senal- and Members of Parliament of the "Irish" (Catholic or Protestai. *'d *' a " C U J «( <( «( J 15 Ml-. Blake's and mi nJ persuasion." His reference to the effervescing anxiety of the Liberals liirerence in constiuctl 1886— who were so very conspicuous by their absence in 1882— U liberty, because it \f j i j lay and not by the ji^articularly well told. Hero it may be well to introduce a chapter or two from Mr. J. K. lese men know that lyoran's ijamphlet. The following tells in succinct language what would 1 a wreat difference Ip^uredly have been the fate of Mr. Blake's resolutions had his motion of his i»aity s\v;iliowe(|#(t»i< of confidence in the Government been allowed to go before the mtchell, who would JJouse, even with the support of Messrs. Costigan and the other Irish bud or Mr. Blake wol ,, ,. , nr t:i fliuf «.;,.,. o.,^ 1 vatholic memhers. Mr. i?oran says : — tliat mine succeeclec ededin carrying, hocii " I"^ this chapter I will put the (]Uo.stion in a new light, and do so ill we voted on in l*-^* as simply as I can. After the resolutions were forced into the House, ion, was not influen *^ desj:ite the dangers to which '^hey were going to be exposed, Mr. 3 hud been desirous^* Blake seized upon theoi»poitunity and moved them. Mr. Mills then is vote of want of CO ** "'0^'6tl an amendment to the effect ' that the name of Parnell be the House? He ki, " added to that of Gladstone, in the original resolutions." To prove at he wanted was to ^ their sincere desire to aid in the work, and their real wish to have any amendment sucli *' Ireland's great leader honoured, the Irish-Catholic members (Conser- " vative), one and all, voted with the opposition upon this amendment. tion that I have dra" ** Costigan, Curian, Daly, «kc., all cast votes with the Liberals in order be discussed in the c ** ^ express their admiration of Parnell and devotion to Ireland. What '. The Irish people " "^^'^^ ^^^^ result? The amendment was lost by 87 to 09. By a ro;ijor- md. Thev are ready ** ^^y "^ eight(;en the name of Parnell was left out, showing that it was !, and if they can ho i " ^^^^ to honor him, to serve Ireland, but to praise the Liberal leader, will lose their snpp( ^ '^^^'^ ^^^' party purposes that the resolutions were taken up by the Grit icient strent'th throu ^^ faction. Then arose the danger. Had Costigan, Curran, Bergin, )porters out of Oueh- ** I^^L^> ^^-i voted with Mr. Blake on the original motion, the result t/hey expect to wet tlit ** would necessarily have been the same ; the Blake resolutions would )een able to constni " have been defeated by a majority of eighteen. Then would these remarks to this sul)ip *' Iiish Catholics have stultilied themselves! They would have given a n to understand wli ■* powerful weapon to Salisbury, Ch unberlain and Churchill. These o jud<'e for themseh ** i"<^" could have pointed to Canada and said, 'four years ago the tv applause). Duminion was in favour of Home llule, but since it has changed its ** opinion and it must have good reason for so doing.' Mr. Blake would " have reaped the benefit of having taken them up ; while their defeat mrtial account of t *' would have suited all his other political purposes What remained foregoing speech. ** ^'^^' ^^^' t^ostigan and others to do ? Save at all hazards the defeat ! ** Mr. Costigan, then, seeing that the vote would run on party lines, ^' desi»ite his and his colleagues' effoi ts and their votes for the Op})ositiou, ^ ami that cert.un defeat stared them in the face, and knowing that the ?^' Conservative vote was the stronger, he grasped in a statesmanlike ,*' manu(u-, the situation and moved an amendment which had the effect "' of tiding the resolutions over the shoal, and saving them from being ,♦* swamped. And for this amendment he is condemned. Men come *' out to condemn, in no measured terms, the very action which Wiis the " salvation of the cause." nada of ours" to kiu 1882 as it has since- eral side of the Hon was just four — and —including Senat" itholic or ProtestaL 16 But let it be always borne in mind that the n\0Teinent of 1882 wa a spontaneous one on the part of the whole Irish population of the Dd minion. Every Irish Society from the Atlantic to the Pacific who couU be reached was consulted. What was that of 1886 1 Was there a singM Irish Society, a single Irishman outside of Ottawa consulted in the in;i,!|,^, ter ? Let those who Poia idvi rfE mIo{ #orl( ceina GHad might achieve a passing tiluinph in Dominion Politics. ^ t Mr. Costigan and his tellows are accused of abandcjiiing the; ^I'l^^kUp i, of Home Rule. W«ll, let Mr. Koran again speak, and he speakuth follows : — PULLED THE WIRES in the Oity of Ottawa aiiswe- ; and on their heads lie the odium of havii endangered the SACRFJ) CAUSE of Home Rule for Iielaml — in so far as in thorn lav — in onltM- that tin anui Mr oc " It has been stated that JNIr. Co;stigan ceased to tak<; an inLer(>to as in the Irish causu after tli(; passing of the Home Rule n:.s; lutions ( i 1882. It is true he did not go aliout crying from the house-tops hi Irish sentiments; but unkno-ivn to tiio public, in secret and in tli**'^'! quiet sphere that lies beyond the din of })ublic tumult he uncea.singl labored for that cause. Did somt^ Irish-Canadians but know tlu; on' half of his actions and movc^nents to aid and further the Hom ; Ru! cause, they would blush with shame with having treated the (piii ^° worker so disgracefully. Bocausc h(i did not [)aratle his every act Ijefoi-; . the public gaze thoy think he was silent and inactive. In 1883, befor* ; " any definite [Ami of Home Rule was adopted by the Irish party .i ^ home, and when the Maj-quis of LoriK; was about to leave Canada, li ** wrote to Mr. (Jostigan asking that Mr. Costigan should point or: 'J''. measures ho deemed n(>cessarv for Ireland, in order that these sugg(!' tions might be used on the other side of the Atlantic to Ireland' benefit. Before Gladstone favored Home Rule, before Parnell's plat ^ form was completed, here is what Hon. John Costigan sent to tlit Marquis of Lome. As Minister of the Crown, and as an Irishman ^ ^" this so nuich abused mari placotl the following i)Owerful statement \i ■ the hands of Her Majesty's representative." as ",th And it may be added : — Did some Irish Canadians know but one-hal: ** Cc u na of his (Mr. Costigan's) actions and movements to secure to them a jus' •* of representation in every walk of life, •' they would blush with shame witl « ^ IT moremeut of 1882 w I population of the Di o the Pacific who con 6* 1 Was there a sing! a consulted in tlie ni; ."ving treated the quiot worker so shamefully." But men's i,'ood deeds e after them, and when John Costigan will have passed away, many o now — if they do not revile him at least join in the parrot-like ty " He made a mistake " — will s;iy in the bitterness of their remorse, * When shall we look upon his like a<,'ain 1 " Now here is Mr, Costigan's latU'v to Lord Liorne. alluded to by Mr. Poran, written with a full knowledge of his responsibility as the sworn lidviser of the Quteu — the (.^ueen of Canada as well as she is the Queen lie the odium of havii-., , , , , ,, , . ,,oon\ i ^ »-r r^i , i i It England — and mark the date (1883), years b«;fore Mr. (Iladstone had MJopted Home Rule, when, in fact, by no word or sign had he given the iflbrld to understand that he favored the measure ; and mark, also, the Wnarkable coincidence l)etw('en its opening words and those of Mr. ES iv — in order that tli litics. abandoniui; th(i oau.s Gladstone in his ever memorable speech, when he introduced his Bill into tfte Houseof Commons to pluoe " Local Legislation and administration in Lsit the hands of the Irish peoplo " ?le in this " the brightest gem in the crown V imult he unceasing! « Ottawa, 18th June, 1883. i but know the on' tlier the Horn; lliil " ^^^'^ Loru Lurnk — In your letter of the 8th inst. you ask me lu' treated the (mi(** *° point out what measures I deem most useful for Jreland. bIus everv act befoii " ^ ^^ thoroughly convinced that Home Rule is the measure that ve. In 1883 befoi-" Ii"i^li™^'i ^^ home and abroad expect. / am also of opinloi' that no y the Irisli oartv -i *- o^/ier measure, loh'tch will not place the control of Local Leglshdtire and to leav Canada }, " Of^w^*"^^'^"^^^^'^ ^'^ ^^'^ hands oj the Irish people, mil be satisfactory to xn should ooint'ov "''"'^' ^' productive of that haniiuay wliirli is so es-ential to the well- r that these sugg(« **"b<''ing of the Empire." Atlantic to Ireland' " ^ ''™ aware of the existence of difficulties in the way of giving re Parnell's nlii " ^^ Ireland a system of local government similar to that enjoyed by ti^an sent to tlii " *^^*^ ^''*°^^"^®^ *^^ Canada: but I believe those difficulties are less nd as an Irishman ** '^^^™*^**^"''^ '^"^ less 'conii)licated than the difficulties that presented >werful statement i[ "themselves to the framers of our present constitution, and shoidd be ^;as easy of being provided for in the case of Ireland as they were in **, the ease of the diflfe rent provinces, iimv comprised in the Canadian uiK know bvit ono-hal: *^ Confederation. The difficulties in the vv ay seem to be of a triple lecure to them a ius' ** nature. The large owners of property look with dread at the prospect , -xi 1 -1 ** of entrusting vested interests in the hands of men who would be new usH with shame witi « ^^ ^j^^ responsibilities of administering a people's affairs. They seem >efo Cost 18 1 1 i (( « U u u tl . I ««( l< II II 11 it " to fear tho teachings of Hociiilism, and to tliink that if Ireland wor«^* i| " free from her present moorings, confiscation of all existing proprietary'' " rights would follow. Then English pride revolts at tlio danger of* " disintegrating the Enii)ire. It views with alarm the proposal tc" " establish what it considers might he a hostile Parliament in Ireland,** " and even moderate Englishmen fancy that such an experiment would "be dangerous. i\gain the religious minority in Ireland appear to" " think that its liberties would be in dangei-, and they (piestion the ** il " propiiety of entrusting their future to the keeping of nuMi with whom ** " they have had long and bitter feuds. " Those are, in my oi)inion, among tho jnominent difficulties whicl " the Imperial Government have to overcome, and if they c;in be satis- " factorily guarded against the* experiment of granting Homo Rule to " Ireland might be attempted without arousing the fears of tho land " lords, the dread of Imperial shipwreck, or the teri'or of religious ** " persecution. If the Imperial Government reserved to itself the right " of vtdo over all Irish Legislation, as the Government of the Dominion " has over all Acts of Provincial Legislatixres, the dangt rs of Socialism, " Confiscation or Persecution would at once vanish. With such a " power vested interests would be as safe as they are now, the integrity " of the Empire just as secure, and the liberties of the minority just as " free from the danger of extinction. The. Irish Parliament would " have no power to successfully assail either one or tho other. The *' chances are that the desire for doing so would not exist. The past " histwy of Ireland, as ivell as current events go to strengthen this supposition, for it is a well-known fact that, in all their struggles, " men differing in religious belief from the majority, have always been " among the most trusted leaders of the i)eople. In the East, South " and West, gentlemen holding religious views contrary to theirs enjoy " to-day the highest representative offices, legislative and municipal " within their gift, and there can be no just reason for anticipating that " the conduct of the majority in the future would difier from their " action in the past ; but, assuming the worst, the people of Ireland " would be powerless in view of the safeguard which the veto would " ensure. But there could be a still greater safeguard. These diffi- " culties could be finally settled before Home Rule were granted at all. " The land question could be settled now. In fact I believe no system ** of Home Rule would succeed in Ireland unless that question ware " first settled. No matter how that question is disposed of at present, " the ultimate solution of it must be a radical one. Ireland must have " a peasant proprietary sooner or later, and it should be far more ** satisfactory to the landlords and better for the Empiro to have the " difficulty ended by an Imperial enactment than risk the success of " Home Rule by leaving so difficult a problem to be solved by the first " Local Legislature. And the integrity of the Empire would be " secured in the same way ; everything affecting that integrity might " be reserved for Imperial Administration and Ireland would have no « I 4i |( «< l( II U ■u,.:..i:JUg " Lii-: -Mf MM 19 c that if Ireland worej- all existiii;,' propiieturjl' i^olts at tlio ilanjjor of* iliuni the propoaal tc** Parliament in Ireland," 1 an experiment would in Ii-elaiitl appear to • and they question the ** ing of men with whom ** ?^'"6"^ ^® made in Ireland in arranging the constituencies for ity and happiness an^i^® ^'^*^*' Parliament. The North couFd be so divided that certain Lt prosperity and ha;*f**'^^^^^'''^^'^°^®^ would have Protestant niaj )rities, thus securing to the are fervently than cl'*^**^'^^**"'^y *^^^' representation. In tact theciiances are that the minority * Would hoid the balance of j>ower. There would be, au there now is, a «■ '• large portion of the Irish Catholics who would defend Protestant uly, "liberties as readily as they would defend their own, and any attempt sr COSTIGAN." , I I ' 1 1 I u u IS to intoiforo witli IIm'ho li'^'litH wotjM (Mid kh diHiiHtmusly aH 5f n ii tt»'in|»t wri(t iiiiiilr to I'xtin^iiisli tln" i'i;,'lits of flm Pii)t«'HtaMt iniiioi i'A^^.i in till' Pr iviiicif oi" (^nulnr, or of lIil* Kumim (J^lliolic ininoiily of t " oiliii Piitviuccs. t^it Mr. (/OHti^'iui liiis MO fancy for tlio ChiunlxM'laiii tioii II oinc R. (I ) iilH, iirid Ins viowH npoii tins |)iiasi> ot tlic (| th ill )f tl. COllCH^ 'Htioil itl> eHpccially va lual*l* H( rxu'' tliat tlir nvinl»(!r for Uirininuliam drew l inspiration mainly froui Canada. An to Provincial Lugi.slaturo8 8a Mr. Costigan : — 1 CHH Hf»o no roaHon for their adoption. Tlioy wonid add inatci ^rg» Toi ally to tli«' lairdfiis of tliH people without corresponilint; ad van t a i:"' vim One P.nliauK nt would lt;» Hiillicieiit with (.'oniity ixntrds and hucIi ,f%\\ nHiniciiial systc'i us we have here. It that Parliament were vest< with power enoiii^h to control local atf'iirs, stroiig enoUiih to develi "^ the r 'HDurccH of the eojintry and prudent enough to expend advantau'' ouslv its '■hare of the i-evenue, i)eacn and coMtentineut wuidd rejj'n one P'M more ill Ireland. All this can, I helit^ve, 1)0 easily aeiiompllHhed, aii^ • ' if it Ite done in a r.'asona''I»! hinv'th Of time I am convinced we wil *^1' ■witness an oiit'turst of Iii h lovalty that will l>o an additional jjnai *^'l antee of the staliility of the empire and the security of the throne." "'^ With the grasp and sweep of a statesman, Mr. Costigan, Hcoutin cei am mere parochial i.ssi ,s, considers the efftict of Home Puile upon tli>' 'I'h Empire at lai'ge. No thought, says Mr. Costigan, secMus to he giver B^'' * est to th(* securitv and peace that a satisfactory .solution of the dilliculties, in Ireland would hring to Canada alone. ' Qf " Home Rid ' would, heyonil a doultt, ennsoHdat^', not weaken, tht* li>'- Empire. It would make the Irish at home as the Irish in Canada and* *'' the colonists, and it Wdulil rentove all causes of serious agitation on tlm* ***'' part of t'xtremists. That loyalty would lie cheaply purchased hy the* D'' surrender to the Irish people of th(5 managtunent of tlieir local atiaii's.' ca England should accept the national aspirations of tin; Irish people as a' *** buiiiMig fact, and instead of decM-yiuiX it, utilize it foi- its own as well'* *'' as Ireland's itencHl. How sti'ong that national aspiration is, the attempt '^*' of tlu' Pope to interteie with the Painell testimonial fully proves. 8p That sentinu'ut should 1)0 accc^pted as a factor in the present struggle, and it would be wise if the English Covernmetit allowed it generous ^^-'^^IqI^j, ,M.l legitimate play." ^^ Mr. '.'osf.ti/dii's lettt'V vihjht he read ivlth profit even hy so great man as !Sir Michael H icks- Ueaeh." is g Such is the opinion of the oldest Irish National paper in existencerect of the services rendei-ed to the cause of the Old Land by Mr. Costigan. Immediately after the passage of Mr. Costigan's Home Rule reso-** Uf .t*- I ^ M T . .*#ii.^. t' I* * *** ::«— SfrSw^H-^ 1 cliHuHtroiisIy ah if :i] ^ho Fn)t«'Htuut tiiinoii' '■Atliolic niiiioiiiy of tl loiiH of 1880, the following apppurod in the Irisli piiporH, niiII«>wit.i? «hapo : BirniiiKdiiim drew I i '''"' followiiifj; is from the editorial columns of Mi-. Parnell's own nciul LcMri.slatures 8a\'i'"'' ^'"'^'' Ii'damf, which \n ediutd l)y Mr. Wm. O'Brien, M.l' , l»ut ; i^Wn into an error in sayitig that the ".snuh" alluded to came from the 'hey would add mah'ii*^*'^" ^'"^'"''""'^'"t in 1882. On the contrary, it was the act of Earl espondiiij^' advantaL'''-Cfcidiei-ley, the tluui Colonial Secretary in Mr. (Jiadsfone'H governntent ity hoards and hucIi .^^l,,,t time. Here in, ir.rbftfini et fiicmtim, what the r,iiu,l InJand arliameiit were vestc -j- "« enou^d. to devel.,.^'' '" *^^ '•''^"*^ "^ ^''" ^''''' ^^".^' '^'^^ ' to expend advanta"i "Oreat capital is sought to l>e mach^ hy a cou|tle of Knglish Tory uent woidd v*v^\\ one* j'M"-'''^ ^"^ ^^ ^'"' ^^^^^' ^'"'^ ^'"' I ^'Xi'inioii I louse ot" Pailiamcnt has hy ily aciJoinplishiMl an'" i ''''".-" ""',)•"''''>' rejected the resolution of Mr. Hlakc, h-adn" of the im convinced vve wil' O|»|»o.sition, in favour of s«dt'-i;ovcnnuei\t. On looking at the tch'^^iaplied ''O an additional I'uui' I*p'"t ot" tli<' dehati' on the ipu'stion wt; are opatpie enough to tail to ty of th(? throne.'' * disc.'in any iniiticular <,'round foi- Tory deliijht. The debate, we per- L1i. r<,^,:,f; , . ^- * ceive, lasted until Hvi; o'clock in the mornin;;, and in the result an kir. Losti;;au, Hcoutiiiu i .. <• m m ^' i »• ii \i- • .. i . i ^ amendment of .Air. (;ostigau, a m(Mnl)eror the Alimst»y, was ailopK^u. loine Knl< 'X'hc amendnu'ut d i Here. 1 very litth^ in sul.stanoe, though it did in ron- II, seems to he triven* •^'■"^■tit>". ti'om the proposed resolution. It ex[»resHcd a cordial inter- <^n of the dilli • If' . * f^^ ^'^ ^''^ wtdfare and prosperity of the frisli people, and (v I hero. I to the * iei'thnciits fxprrsseil in, the /uniifr (h/i/ri'ss to llic Cromn on the suliject ' of planting a measure of seU-goveninu'nt to Irt land. Wliili! di'clin- ilat"^', not weaken, thp*4p^ t<.) f(»i ward any fresh Att it is all but a case of tioee(1le-fc'/v/°™/" •fwar" "^^^^ Hon. Mr. Blake is leader of tne Opposition in the Domin- also movpd fh ^ *''*'!lon House of Commons, and it would seem as if the government did not lament a f A ^"^^^ wish that he should have the credit of carrying this resolution. The isinteroretpd h *^^ *^'^Hon. Mr. Costigan, Minister of Inland Revenue, moved as an araend- e Chann 1 " ' ^^^^'^"ment a slightly watered down edition of it, which was carried on a division by a lai'gc majority. B}U suhstantialhj both motions meant the m Natimi also wrot«iwie thing. The Parliament ot Canada has declared for a Parliament for Ireland ; the fact must have weight with English statesmen ; it Dominion Parliameir"^^^ *"^' '^^®^" ^^ K^atefully lemembered by the Irish people. " Home Rule passed bv ^^^^ Western People, the leading Nationalist paper in the West of lays ago. A division Ireland, reproduced Mr. Costigan's cablegram to Mr. Parnell and said : k^iouslv h f ™"The distinguished Canadian Minister, John Costigan, sends from irti'^i^ «r tT^? P^^, Ottawa a message of sympathy and encouragement to Mr. Parnell." iciple of Home Rule MR, COSTIGAN AND MR. PARNELL. On the 23rd of May, Mr. Costigan, acting on behalf of the Irish adian Parliament four Mr. Costigan moved Majesty in favour of representatives in the Canadian Parliament sent the following cable lie Rule as had made message to Mi-. Parnell : a hope that the time » Ottawa, May 4th, 1886. I clemency to persons -,^od n v m i* t j i:' i i tical offences This Parnell, Esq., M.l ., London, EngUtnd. in a very able and " -^^ mover of the Irish resolutions in the Canadian Parliament . Mr. Blake, who had "i April, 1882, and on behalf of the Irish representatives in Parliament, ference to the subjects I desire to convey through you to our fellow subjects in Ireland an essed his approval of expression of our deep sympathy in their struggle for Home Rule, ly and eloquently in " ^^^ re-affirm the sentiments contained in those resolutions, and 'as i^r.rried without a ▼ithout presuming to pronounce an opinion on the details of any particular measure propounded, we desire to declare to the people of address of 1889 V,. Ireland our gratification at the general recognition of those views, which "'' ^^' has taken place since 1882, and to express our hope that the time has ras sent by the then come when without injury to the interests of the United Kingdom, or to o the effect that, " m i be guided by her id," and continues : iian Parliament that )m again, and at thia favor of Home Rule the Hon. Mr. Blake lission to the Parlia- ical self-government :he principle of said ittlement of a great any section of it, such a system of self-government may be given to the Irish people as will meet their reasonable demands, and fulfil the antici- pations which have been so highly cherished in their behalf by many of Her Majesty's subjects in this ])ortion of the Em})ire." "JOHN COSTIGAN." To the foregoing Mr. Costigan received the following reply : — J House of Commons Library, London, May, 1886. Dear Sir, — I desire to express to you, and also to the Irish i-epre- Bentatives in the Canadian Parliament, the cordial thanks ot my col- leagues and myself for the lengthy and important message which you - I i I I ! ■I U I i! ' ill ;l 26 cabled to me on the 4th instant. This expression of sympathy on ^y part of youis particularly to those connected with the Civil Service. * * It is, then, a matter of the utmost importance that the Honorable the leader of the Government should see the necessity of appointing in the cabinet one who would truly and faithfully represent the Catholic element of the country, and the mantle could not have f-illen ' THE iRJSH-CANADiAXupon ore more suited Fiy nature and sentiment to fill the position than the Hon. John Costigan." to Mr. J. J. Curran ;i One of his characteristics is, that he is easily api)roached — in 3cember, presided overielf a charm. Another is the faculty which few possess, and which ,nnot be assumed or acquired, but must be imjlanted by nature — of aking one feel at liome in his presence. If an Irishman seeks an en of Rawdon, electorsiterview with him he will hear him out patiently, and if he sees his 1 for ha\ing visited ay of removing any grievance and undertakes to do so, he may rest ' . , , ,°^' isured that matters will be put to rights if it is possible to accomplish •e particniitrly desiroii' . . -» cljHicres launched awni* '^^^^ practice with him is to make no promise which he is not pre- ti'usted metnber for ared to carry out, and there can Vje no better evidence of his superior- Rule questions. Y<„ ^^a gentlemanly bearing, 'u us, IS an overwhelm d and pul)]ished ajrai " Suice his ajipointment he has removed niany a grievance of long nd lono' lifeto fiffiit ^^^^» "^ improving tlie position of many a deserving and industrious for so many vears"^" ^<>^''' "^^^^ without his intervention would remain without redress Middlesex lield receii al League in Ii-eland, endorsing the conduct atiU the end of time." "COSTIGAN IS AN IRISHMAN." Mr. Costigan represents the united counties of Victoria a?id Mad- waska in the Dominion Parliament. And what do you think is the ry that is being raised against him, particularly in the latter county t STIGAN. Oh, Costigan is an Irishman ; the Irish papers claim him as such, «o,.^i • iu r • 7 ^ ^'^ didn't he put his hand into the Canadian treasury in 1880 to send earecl in the l7-is/i Cai. er and of his eflfurts )l|^ Hundred Tliouscuul Dollars to his starving people in Ireland. Irishmen of the Dominion ! ponder over this latter part and pic- „ ., ,^ are to yourselves what must be Mr. Costigan's feelings under such me of the Hon. Jo. . ^ lis worth and useful n'""'"'^^*'*^^®^" F4missaries of the Liberal party from the Province of ueniber of the Cabin^uebec are at this moment in the county of Madawaska raising this are conversant with t,ry amongst their compatriots.