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ENTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY. 
 
 ^ Prmncial Secretari/'s Office, Ilalifaz, June Mh, 1857. 
 
 I am commanded by IIIh Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of this Province 
 to commaniciite to you for the inlbrrnation of Hia Excellency the Governor General, 
 that the Executive Governuicnt of Nova Scotia feel a lively interent in the scheme 
 to coiiHtruct an Intercolonial Line of Railway from Quebec to Uulifax, by which tlie 
 British rrovMicos may be more closely united. 
 
 Canada has already mad*; provision ibr the construction of tlie line to the Riviere 
 (lu Loup, for one hundred and ten miles of the route towards the Atlantic seaboard 
 here, and ISova Scotia has now under contract sixty miles to Truro on this end of 
 the Ime, which will be completed next sununer. 
 
 New Brunswick is deeply interested in this truly national undertaking, and will, 
 no doubt, aid its completion to the utmost of her abihty. 
 
 This gigantic project is therefore being gradually brought, by the unaided energy 
 ot the Colonies, within such limits as it may fairly be inferred will attract the cotiper- 
 ation, and obtain the support, of the British Government. 
 
 Two Delegates, the Hon. Mr. Johnston, Attorney General, and A. 0. Archibald, 
 Esq., a leading Member of the Opposition, are to proceed shortly to England, on pub- 
 lie business ; and they will be authorized by the Government to endeavor to enlist the 
 aid of the British Government in the construction of this road, which is not only 
 essential for military purposes, but will also attach increased national importance to 
 British America, 
 
 I have it in command to say further, that it will give His Excellency and the Gov- 
 ernment of this Province great satisfaction to have the joint action of the Govern- 
 ment of Canada with this delegation, in any way that may seem best to His Excel- 
 lency the Governor Geneial, in order that due importflace may be given to a ques- 
 tion of the first magnitude botli to these Colonies and the Mother Country. 
 
 I have, &c., 
 (Signed) CHARLES TUPPER. 
 
 The Honorable the Provincial Secretary, Canada. 
 
 Prommal Secretary's Office, HaKfax^ June ith, 1857. 
 Sir,— 
 
 I have it in command from His Excellency Sir John Gaspard LeMarchant, to 
 forward for the information of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of New 
 Brunswick, the inclosed commimication to the Governor General, and at the same time 
 solicit the coopeiation of your Government with the Delegation about to proceed to 
 England from this Province in carrying foi-ward this great work, which, whether view- 
 ed in a commercial, political, or national aspo- ' , can hardly be over-estimated in its 
 consequences to these Provinces and the Par. x State. 
 
 I have, &c., 
 (Signed) CHARLES TUPPER. 
 
 The Honorable the Provincial Secretary, New Bnmswick. 
 
 Nova Scotia 
 
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 NOVA SCOTIA. 
 Ai t% Council held at the Government Home, at IM\j'aXy m the ICM <% of June, 185?. 
 
 His Excellency Sir J. GoHpard rjeMarchant, Lieutemmt-Oovernor, 
 
 Tlie Honorubl'3 JumcH W. JolmHton, 
 
 Tapper, 
 
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 Michael T()f>m, 
 
 Martin I. Wilkina, 
 
 Staylev Hrown, 
 
 Jghn J. MarHhail, 
 
 John Campbell, (Councillors.) 
 
 Tlio Ilonorablo JamcH W. JohnMton, Attorney General, and Adamn G. Archibald, 
 Ertq., the Conirnissionei'M appointed for the purpose of eftecting u isettleinent of the 
 qiiCHtioas relating to the Mint.s and Mineralw oi'tlie Province, are hereby authorized 
 and requested, wnilHt in England, to Holioit, on behidf of thin Colony, from Her Mjyes- 
 ty'H Government, the reconsideration of the question of the constructiim of an Inter- 
 Cobnial Railroad between Halifax and Quebec, by the combined agency of the Im- 
 perial Govennnent and the Provinces of Canada, New HnmHwiek, and Nova Sco^a. 
 
 They are also authorized, either in connection with thit qucsticm, or otherwise, to 
 Confer with the Imperial Government, or any other parties interested therein, m the 
 subjects of Immigration to this Colony, and a Union of the British North A- r- iW 
 Provinces. 
 
 Extract of DesfHttch, iVw. 41, dufcd lO/A Jituc, 1857, from LieHlmmit-Oovcruor fUr J • ' 
 LcMarclumt, to the WyiJ lion, the Secretary/ of State for the Colonies : 
 
 "Deep'y impressed with the importance of inter-oommunication l)y Railron.l 
 between the Colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, both to the im- 
 perial Government and these Cohmies, as calculated to draw mori- closely the bonds 
 of urion between the latter and the Parent State, and to allbrd security to the Colo- 
 nial Po)- essi(ms in the event of war, — my Govennnent have instructed the Delegates 
 to solicit Lnnerial coiiperation in the construction ol' tlie road in question, convinced 
 that its accomplishment is alike demanded for the advancement of the Colonies, and 
 for the interests of the Empire. 
 
 " In connection with this subj'ect, the Delegates are also inst ructed to confer with 
 Her Majesty's Government on the importance of establishing a judicious system of 
 Immigration into the Colonies, and to bring under its serious consideration the sub- 
 ject of a Union of th<! British North American Provinces, as tending to their elc 
 tion and perpetuating their connection with the Parent Kingdom." 
 
 Sir,— 
 
 Government House, Toronto, July 22, 1857. 
 
 The project of constructing an inter-colonial line of Railway between Halifax 
 and Quebec, having been brought I mder my consideration by a Despatch from the 
 Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia, dated Halifax, Jime 24, 1857, and concurring 
 entirely with the Executive Govennnent of Nova Scotia in the advantages that must 
 accrue to the Mother Country and to ihe Colonies on the completion of so great an 
 undertaking, I have the honor to state that I have without delay brought the subject 
 to the notice of my Council, and I hasten to apprise your Excellency of the action of 
 the Government of Canada, in the coniident hope that the Provmcea of New Bruns- 
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 wick ftttfl Ni)vft Sootiii will PoiJpcrato to the utmost of their ability In cflbcting what 
 munt oontrilmt*' ho imu'li t«» tla* nuitoriiil pnwpority of tlu'Ho ColonicH. 
 
 I enclom- a copy of a Mimito of my Council, pursuant to whomi i4Ujrf(«MtionH the ^^^.. ,^j 
 Hon. J. A. Macdoiiahl, Attorney General, Canacla Went, lia« alffiwly Hturtud for Knfi ' ' 
 land on tliirt uiimiun. 
 
 I have the hon«)r (i» be, Sir, 
 
 Your flxcellency'H obedient Servant, 
 
 WM. EYRE, 
 Lt Oen'l. AdiuiniHtering the Govuminent 
 Win Excellency the I^KCTENANT-Gf vraNoR of NovorSeotia, &c. &c. 
 
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 Gj/)t/ I'/ ft /It'fHtrl of n Ciminii//ft' of Vw Kxernlivf Couml, ihifctl O/A ./»///, 1 857, approt'cd 
 bji Ilii HjvflUw'!/ ihv Adumiilraiw of the (JovenmciU in Cuu7\cU, on the 18-liU/A of' 
 tame month : 
 
 The Conunitteo of Council beg renpectfiilly to report to your Excellency that the 
 ComntittiM' Imvc lind under conHiderution tlie important advantages wbii-h Canada 
 and the I'ntvinces of New UrutiMwick and Nova Scotia would derive from the ccm- 
 Htruction, or, rather, the extension, of the line of Railway from Reviiire du Loup to Ha- 
 lifax. 
 
 The Committee are ho deeply iniprcRMod with the importance of this inter-colonial 
 ' ni'ertaking, that they have deemed it advisal)le to nuggcHt that a Member of your 
 r.cclb'.icy's Council should proceed to England and ])lace himself in communication 
 wilh ihn Secretary of State for the Colonies, with the view of urging npon Her M'ljes- 
 ty't Giui^-nment the reasons which should induce and impel the Imperial GovciTi- 
 mei:' to n'd the Provincial Governments to carry to completion this great and neces- 
 sary nr.tioniil work. 
 
 '^\c (.'ouunittee of Coimcil have no doubt that the Government of the Eastern 
 Province,'- will clicorfully coiiporatc with your FxcvUcncy in pressing the subject upon 
 tlit attention t)f the Imju'iial authorities, niid wilh tliis view, the Conuuittee suggest 
 that your Excellency comuumicate to the Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick 
 and Nova Scotia, the action of your Excellency's Government. 
 
 The CVanmittcc of Council have much pleasure in stating that the Hon. the Attor- 
 ney General for Upper Canada has consented to undertidte the mission, and the Com- 
 mittee beg further to suggi'st that the Attorney General have authority to call to his 
 aid the services of any gentlenuin whom he nuiy deem ?ieccssary to the success of the 
 negotiations. 
 
 Certified. 
 (Signed) W. H. LEE, C. E. C. 
 
 Government House, Fredcricton, Nao Bnimidck, Aiit^nsi IQth, 1857. 
 Sir, — 
 
 I have the honor to transmit to you, herein enclo,<ed, the copy of a Memoran- 
 dum, which has been laid before me by my Council, respecting tlxe construction of an 
 Inter-Colonial line of Railway. 
 
 I have further the honor to inform you that I have forwarded a copy of this Mem- 
 orandum to the Secretary of State. 
 
 I have the honor, to bu. Sir, 
 Your Excellency's most obedient humble Servant, 
 (Signed) J. H. T. MANNERS SUTTON. 
 
 His Excellency Major Gen'l. Sir G. LeMarch.vnt. &c., Halifax. 
 
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Jh Hu EtetOmcy the flrmmthk J IT. T. Mnnwr* StUton, Lkfdtm^ (hmwr, Af^ *r^ <*»■ 
 
 Tlio Committfo ..f Coiuuil „«,„.rtruUy n-iKirt to Y mr Kxeollency, that they 
 h4V«h«^°nXr their r.m.i.U.rntum the DoimtcUf U.ut. G.-m-ml Kvro, t u; A.h.un- 
 tetor of l£ Oovc.rn.nc.nt of Can.Mla, on t\.o nuhjoct of a Itailroad from U.v.cN-o du 
 
 ^ l(u'' I Sr^ire and pople of New RnmHwick have alwy. evinced a Hvely inter- 
 e.t in the i.ron..H.d UuLuy, and unifor.uly n.anileHted a d,H,H>Mmon to aul hucU an 
 undirtftkimr lo th*' lull oxtcnt of the rt'Moiuoe- of the I rovin.'c. 
 
 Ti^Co mi t"; of Council advinu Your Kxcellency t., ,u.ur.. Her M-Me^t/. Govern. 
 
 „.ent and"he A.imin.ntrator of thu Governu..nt of Cana.lu . tlu^ '" -- -y '-» 
 
 In the nronoHed Railway, of it« imuortiuui' to the ColonifH and th." I ariM.t .state. 1 h» V 
 
 e£e Z tt^ior^et^mti.,.. of 'uriti.h power in Anu-rica dy ndn upon the .onH.d. 
 
 dnUon of the cilonial Empire, which the propoHed undertakn.g would greatly pro- 
 
 "" When the nueHtion in 1852 wan the nuhject of negotiation l-^tween the Province 
 aixd am I npe?. I Government, New Hrttnswick agreed to contribute u hur proportion 
 CardH the cmHtrviction of the ll.iilway. HIh Kxoellency Mr bluuu.d Head, the 
 ^; Governor-General of Cana.la, h^ing taken an jetive P^^^ - ^^j^M-;;-^ 
 o( theHo arrangement«, Ih fully cognizant ot Uio viewH of the people ol thiH Irovmce, 
 and of their deen interoHt in the qucMtion. 
 
 To the Ihree ProvinceH HUeh a lUilway would he of the highcHt nnpor ance a« a 
 moans of developing their reHOurceH, promoting their material mterentH, and .trength- 
 Sg that mutvlal Sytnpathy und unity of interest and feehng, ho ^■-V';;''f , '' ^^^r 
 for tSem that conmiereial luid poUtioal position to which they are entitled Irom their 
 
 "'S'omlLZTcouncil are confi-lant that if Her Majent/H Government could 
 he Hufticlently impresned with the grt^t importance of the proposed Radwiy to the 
 Empire in a national point of view, and that Imperial nteresls absolutely require it. 
 thev would not hesitate to take such measures as would secure its construction. 
 
 New Brunswick, with her large domain, could provide a vast lield lor iuture coloni- 
 zation, which witli her other resources, would ullord a present security and utuie 
 means to defray what might be con.Mere.l lier reasonable portion ul the expenditure. 
 
 The Legblature of New Brunswick, during its recent Session, expressed the opin- 
 ion that Your Excellency should twcertaiu whether the Government ol Canada would 
 undertake the construction of a Railroad from Saint John to Canada, jointly with tlio 
 Government of New Brunswick, upon such terms as should be consistent with the in- 
 terests and means of the respective Provinces, with the aid of the Imperial Govermnent. 
 
 The Committee of Council are so fully impressed with the great importance of the 
 matter, that they would have advised Your Excellency to send a Delegation to Eng- 
 land, to press the subject upon Her Majesty's Government, did it not appear to them 
 that from the lateness of the period Your Kxcellency received the intelligence, such 
 Delegation could not arrive in London in time to give that weight to their repre- 
 sentations which would be the primary object of any such mission. 
 
 The Committee of Coxmcil advise Your Excellency . to communicate this Minute to 
 Her Majesty's Govermnent, to His Excellency, the Administrator ot the Government 
 of Canada, and to His Kxcellency Sir Gaspard LeMarchant, the Lieutenant Governor 
 
 of Nova Scotia. „,..,tt^t, 
 
 /Siirncd) CHARLES FISHER, 
 
 ^^ S. L TILLEY, 
 
 JAMES BROWN, 
 CHARLES WAITERS. 
 W. H. STEE\'ES, 
 
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 August 10th, 1857. 
 
 DAVID WAEK. 
 
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 ^ « t^"i* Z'**^", Pa/i MiM, 'im A„ffv9t, 1867. 
 
 In j.n'|.iiriii>(. n^n'ouhly to your di'Hir.- nt our Into inU'r\i«w. n iitAU«inotit of th« 
 roiMud.TiiUnuH '.u whi.li wc Nolirii, on f...|iiiir of Nov.i Scotift, nuJ-jwt to the* nppitmU 
 of the Fx'KiwIiitun', lui|H'rial iiM«i«fani«' towiinl** tln'couMtnu'tioiuif n Hmlroml from Ha. 
 lifttx to Qui'Imt throuKli IhHinU t«-rrit«»ry, wt« I»»>k to rt-inll the fact thiitthi« iipr.Htition 
 i« not now hukU' lor tin- lir«t tinu*. 
 
 2. Tho iMilir^v of connoctinj< tliu Provin<H'M of BritiHli N<.rtli Arncricn hy a liiw of 
 Raiiwoy oxtomhuj? I>«)in th« nvn n\um> oi Nova »S<otia into tho ir.ti.ri(»r of Oanatlrt, wan 
 flwt iUgKCHtod by ii IhitiMli HtatoHinim of jifn>at Magacity and |M»litical fori'Hi^ht. lA>rcl 
 Durham Maw t\w inuncrwo advantagoN of thin KTcat worn, uot oi.lv to tht- I'ruvincfH 
 but to the Kinpiro. 
 
 Tho idrii.t.ncf Huj(jr»'Ht»««l, wiw not loMt Hight of Earl Orcv. when Colonial MiniMter. 
 R'lt thf iniportani'i' oftlic f|ui'Htion ; and, in a Despatch to fi«)rd Wgin, ilut«"d thi" aiwt 
 Dt'ct'nilM'r, IHKj. In- n ll'iri'd to i mnvtiiiion. to he conipoHi'd of iK'li'gutt'M IVuin tht 
 Oovi'rnnu'ntH of tlui dKli-n-nt llritiMh (JolonicM, the otnr^idenition of •• tlio mode in 
 ** which the PniviticcM nhould cciopcrate with each other and with Her Miyesty'n CJo- 
 " verninent in (ironiotiii^ tin' <<tnsfriiction of the prop«wed railway* 
 
 .'{. The rroviuccM. tliUH invited by Her Majesty ',s Mirtisters f<. theconHideration of ii 
 •luestion of deep interest, entered eiij;erly upon i't, and from that period to the pre- 
 Hent have done eve.ythinj; in their power to promote thi;i great work. 
 
 ITp to iS.'iO, various inodes of carrying it out were nuggCMted from time to time, 
 iind the diflerent Colonial Legislatures readily gave to each Hcheme that wan brought 
 forward, nuch oilers of assistance as their resources enabled them to aflurd. In the 
 Mummer of that year, however,!' their hopes of mucccss were fnwtrated by a Dewpatch 
 from the Colonial Secretary inforrning the Govermnent of Nova Sootia that the Britr 
 ihh Ministry, receding from their original jxwitio.j, would aflbrd no Hnistttnoo to carry 
 out u project too great for imassi.sfcd Coloniu' renources. 
 
 4. Disappointed in her original ho[)e.s, Nova Scotia turned her attention to the 
 conntruction of such local HailvvnyM as were re(|uired for tho development of lierown 
 conunerce and industry, and shortly aOerwards sent to Knglaud a Delegate charged 
 to endeavour to interest the Hritish (liovernment in the question, ho as to procure such 
 ft guarantee of the Provincial IJonds an would enable her to borrow the money she 
 required upon favorable terms. 
 
 The Delegate, upon Hub'nitting Iuh propo8itionH,wnH informed that the Government 
 could not imdertake to furnish any aid to projeetH of merely Provincial importance, 
 but he was invited to a renewal of the Tnter-Colotiiid scheme. TIiIh waH again deli- 
 berately ("onsidered by Her Majesty',. Government, and Earl Grey communicated 
 through Mr. Hawes, in a Despatch dated the 10th March, 1851, a formal decision on 
 the part of himself and his colleagues to aflord a guarantee or advnnce the money 
 from the lmi)erial treasury, upon tho express condition of jjrovision being made by 
 tlie three Provinces for opeiiing a complete line of coramimication from Halifax to 
 Queliec or Montreal, through British t«'rritory ; and, ..■ a ccmimunication to Lord Elgin, 
 the-j Governor of British America, written finn- days allerwards, he put forth, as the 
 ground of the guarantee, the importance of the work to the interest.*" of the Empire. 
 
 We refer to the correspondence on that occasion, and to the engngementw given on 
 the part of the Government, as expressed in Kirl Grey's Despatches to the Governor 
 General and to Mr. Howe through Mr. Hawes, before alluded to. 
 
 The principles upon which our p»"esent application is made are stated with .so much 
 rtignilicancy in these documents, that we beg permission to quote a few passages. 
 
 In Mr. Hawes's letter, the Delegate of Nova Scotia wos toM : — 
 
 • Soe Journal of 1848, p. 75 of A|ipcnilix Xo. Ii. 
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 n inim t t tv v'-M.I.I not 1., jiiHtilU-.i in a.king hirliaunM.t to allow t u- .vU';/'*^ 
 Z un . H. pl..k.Ml r.M any ohjcut not of ^..cat i„,,.ortam.« to Uu- Br.ti.h ^4,^ 
 ni « a iol ., n I they do «..t con.i.UT that .ho p.oi...t..l Ihnlway «.,ul.Un«w«r 
 SI r.or n unU... it nhouM ..H.ahr.Hh .. li... of .onu.iunicat.on bt.tv.en t h. .hr... 
 Sitii. IWi, U^ I- 'li-^'i'H«l>' mwhr.too.l that th.. worl- jh not to h« fom- 
 
 mjnltl or in « y ..urt ot the h,an. ft?r .he i.iterc.t ..n whi.h .h. Hr....h hvaM..r> -. 
 r 1 «. h^U he raine.! un.il arranK.-.ncntH ar. -'.''''"^vUh the ru.vuu.e. .|^ 
 lo •'*/^'*\:' ',._•. I i,i,.|, ^\^,, ...nMni.iion of a hue ot Railway, inwHin^ 
 wr;nv^.r;;!.iiM ";r";ill !;^>;n; n^ ... guehen or Montreal, .hall he proVK 
 
 de.l for to .he witi.fae.ion <.f Ih-t MajeHt/s (lovenuuent. 
 
 The lanuuaue of the Clonial Seeretary m not l-.s e.npha. e. Ih mi>H, H .ni n« 
 coilp l.-uv .vhich I have alrea.ly ha.l wuh Your [..nUlup on .h. .uhjee ol the 
 mLte.l U.nlrou.i f.o.u Ilalifax in tiuehee. you are well aware »'" »' ""' "^^ /.^^ 
 S ieHtv- (Jovennuen. have not hith.rto been mable.! U. .ake any ntep. .owui I. th« 
 x^ :;;];: of .hat wo..l<. it in an vn.oe.;taki..K -hioh .hev hav. , -K --^b; ; -^ 
 to «.u aeeoumliHhe.l, as .hey .)(• ieve i. .<• !..■ one ealeulate.l ..-ry k ei'l'v to a<l\anu 
 Hu'Tmnnr n.rpoli.ieal interest, both of .i.e Hri.ish l'>..vhu.es u. North Anu-ncn 
 u^lte Mother ( Oin.try. It i. .hereforc with ^r^.H Ha..sfa.t.on tha 1 ha^ n ow 
 to ar u nt Y, „, Unlship that I have reason to hop., that tl... tuue has at eUKth 
 mne • ' this Kreui national enterprise nu.y be un.Urtaken w.th a- vantaK-, jl . u-re 
 s U Jx ts us a7n assure.1 there .loes, ns strouK « desire to promote it, on he oar. 
 of the inlmbitants of Canada an.l New Brunswiek, as they fonneHy uxprcHsea.. nd as 
 ibe neoule of Nova Scotia have recently in.iuilested. 
 
 T . ree I' ovinces neeepte,! the proiVere.l assistance on the con.ht.on. »""'"«--^ 
 to then an.l a-reed up...wi line .,f Uadroa.l ak.nK the Northern .-bore ..I New 
 Br nswiel uveptable t.l th.. British Covennnent. Tlu, c.mte.uplau.l ent.;ri.r.se was 
 ml ab n 1 -d'ir .■..nse.,uen,.e of a nusund..rstandinK as to th.. extent .. he Kuur- 
 a ie po '1 by Karl Grey, which, ..n the on. h:u..l was sup,...s,.d to uudude a IM- 
 . M.. -Kli N«'- Bru,.swi.^.k, alon. the Bay of F.n.dy t.nvanls «•';• '••'''''"'^ ; »' 
 United States; while, on the ..ther han.l, it was held to be conlu,...d to the direct line 
 
 '" Srelluently this obstacle was att..nipted to be re.noved by an niTanK^'nu-nt an.o.jg 
 the ( W^^^^^^^^ three Piovi.H-es, that th.- li.io thro„;,^h New Bnnisw-i<|k to 
 
 Sinaksho l.l be transferred fro.n th. N..rther., Shore t.. the valley ol the M John^ 
 n^Mai. ty^^^^ to accept the latter hue, on the Kroi.nd tha . 
 
 .lefbated a inaterial oi.si.lera.ion o,i th.-ir pa.-t, by bri.i,.UK the hue ot ...,i.iuu ucation 
 throuith the British rrovinces in too close proxinuiy to the Aincricuii li..ut u. 
 
 The ...sitive nled^e of tbe British Goven.iuent, tln.s .lehbe.ately K>ve,i, has never 
 been withdraw..*. The coiulitions upo.. uhi.lj that ple.l>.e was ^nve.,, Nova ^«;otia has 
 futhfullvcnui.liedwith; and her pc.ple, whose p..h.-y ... a la.-.' extent has bee 
 Inoulde,! by that i.le.lKc feel that they have .t str.^i.g clan.i upon the co.isi.leratio.i ol 
 
 " On'r'iidi;^-r^^"ri.Uer-(-.do..i«l scheiue. Nova Scotia has n.orte.l .> her to. 
 nier policy, but despairh.K of hi.perial a.ssista.i(;e. has borrowed nioi.ey o.i tlie cre.l.t 
 
> 
 
 pf hi»r own honiln. nn.l ^ |,u«liirix lorwiuil Ium Iix'aI Hiiilwiiyii iw rapiiify m ||«r IWOV^ 
 Mt •M«»w_ Alnnily mIio Iiim put uiiu ImmlriMl iiiilfH iimlvr lontntct, on* f urth of tti« 
 wtiolo m ill (i|H'm(ii*ti, iiiwi tlu' n riifiinil«<r ii|t|»ritinlii<i4 « riiplftioii. 
 
 Ofllu'w' liiu's iIh> uiiIv jHirt i-vuiliil.l.- fur tfu- liili>r-(.i)|..rii<il Kailwiiy. H tho weUofl 
 
 n i^*^i- '**^ ""** '^''"'^" ^''*'" '*''""* '" *^'*' ''^'^** Hrun»*»i.k lH)nl«r, th« Inte^ 
 toloiuiil Iiii.. pr...4..|itM U>MM |»r.w|Ku«t .i| ri'riuuii.miivi. vvluni, iukI wnul.l not I... ulHlu^ 
 »rtk«ii l»v iliulVuviiu'c without ui.l. »».| unit'** t.» ronnt-cf, with Iiitt-r ('oloniul lUul 
 wnyii. fe.ill Novii S-otia in net iiiM-ii^ihlM ti> th«* )Mi«<iiioii h\w of.npi,.^ mm th*. (oa- 
 Kroiir.«f .>rnrit'«f. Auu>ricft. For Intor-Coloniul iin.i Impoml jmrpo-. . i„ i^ willing U) 
 nuikM «,i.rili.'..« whirh ennuni'r.i.il .dn.*i.li'm(ii>nM uloiiu wotil<i not \miiiy. .>\w will oon- 
 rttrunt u rt-iiil whirh, lait Ibr Uimww con..ulimitit«nM, hUv would not vi'iitiirf upon, il Grt-nt 
 IlritttUi will «-iial)lu hiT to <io w) ; nhu iiMkit no lontiibution. thouKh nhu hvlinvi-H tin- 
 Imiwrial (iovornuK'nt uu^Ut v>v\\ tfivo it. What hIh; .Iooh iwk in, timt h.-r hondH for 
 tho oxju-miituru lii.ni Itulifiiv t.) Ihu N..w Hrunswi.-k hoi.lur mIuUI ho K>iiiriint<'..a hy 
 Uu. Ilnti-h (...v..n>uu.nf. ami the I'rov'ncrt bu thu.^ tMial.U-.l to borrow, \\[nm th« niu^t 
 Ittvorublfcoii.lKions thy aiiiount mIio rf.|iiir"»« ; an<l whu will onga^u to «'onHtn'ct ; ml 
 to mniutjiin an<l work thi- roa.l throuKl.out that .liwUuicu, ou tho iiccount, ruul at th« 
 \mk, ot iIh- I'rovinri'. 
 
 Tlu" giiarantiH! nMk* r involvoH no rink, 
 
 Tht> rrovinc, ol' N. S'otiu in .ulvati.in^ in nmtcrial pronperity ai t\ rato which 
 will i'oui[Mir(' lUvoral.i, ,*itl, any part oCtlu' VVoNtfrn worhl. 
 
 IIt«r taxcM, (hi) lowont in thi' w<»rl(l,— ht-r ri'vcniiu ha- nlwayx la't-n f.|ual to hi-r if- 
 •lUircjinenti., and in ri'tudly iiu-naxiri^. Kioni IS I') to 18.>I, Witli no uiat.rial altt•rl^ 
 tior ni iiupoxfs. till ii'wnui! <ioul)li'«l in aniouru. 
 
 Thi- population innvaMCM at u ratu m-arlv I'tpial to (hat of tlu« wIioIk Unit.Ml ir>U\tm, 
 anil iniirh ^n-atiT than that of th«( Stati'M nnnii'.liati'ly c ,,. i.niM to our iionlur. 
 
 Insular in its position. Nova Scotia larjr.-ly in^aK* \i umriti.nc cnti.rpri ich. He» 
 (jouMts. Hknt.'d l.y IimIu'iii's, thf lu-st in tUv world; her hosorn. lilli'd widi cnonnous 
 doposKs of <;oa! and oIIht uiinonils. not (o !)«• found on (ho si-a-l.oard of tlu- I'nited 
 Mates, (Ir. niitural lialiits of n ijwiritimo jiopuhuion have, in ihuHc sourci's, mdiniitctl 
 M«'opi> lor i'n((rprisi>; while in the interior ol (he eountr;-. hu>re (ra<-ts of the la-st land 
 lor faniiui;j: pur{)oses. reward (he industry of an a^rieultural poi)ulati(in, not ini'ynor 
 Ml enterprise to any sir.iilar class in any part of tho woi 1. 
 
 Nova .'Cot ians may, with some pride, refer (o (he various soun es from which the 
 prosperity of their eoundy spring's; ami we allude (o it now, and dwell u[)on it, be- 
 cause we wish tho IJritish Governnient to understand ihat wo will incur no debt that 
 we are nt)t able, ns well as willin^r, to pay. and to show (hem (hat what we now solicit, 
 may be safely K'anted : to us th.i boon will bo large, but thty may conler it without 
 loss, and without risk. 
 
 The course of events sinci, 1851 has not weakened the claims ef tho Colonies, or 
 dinunisheu (he oblij^ntion or intero8t ol' tho Imperii'! Government to extend as^-istr 
 ance towards the objei.t in view. 
 
 Within (hat i)eriod, all the three Colonies, and especially Canada, »>y CMbarkiuj^ 
 larj^cly their own . sources in Ihiilroad enterprise, have earned a right to seek mAnt- 
 nnce which (hey did not possoHs bef^-e ; while, by this absorption of their own re- 
 sources, they have diminished their ability to accomplish this great work. 
 
 Cnder no circumstances would they enter withoui iWHistmico upon the construc- 
 tion of an Inter-Coioni 1 Railroad from Halifax to Quebec. Neither of tliem. if pou- 
 sesHod of the means, bave a sulliciently large inducement, or separate interest in the 
 undertaking, to justily epcountering its hazards and burthens ; and, were it other- 
 wise, II work so large, and of so little remunerative promise, i.s beyond <be compass 
 of tiieir own largely taxed resources. 
 
 Flence, it may be truly assumed, that if the British Government do not aflford osnon- 
 
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 tial aid, this great " National Undertaking, colculated very greatly to advance tht* 
 commerciul atid political intercstH, both of the British Provincew in North America, 
 and of the Mother Country," to use the language of the British Cabinet in 1861, will 
 never be acconiplishod. 
 
 It will not, however, fail because Her Majesty's North American subjects are to<i 
 short-sighted to comprehend its important national bc(.nngs, or too indiflerent to the 
 general weltiire to care for its a(:c()m[)liHhment, or too niuch occupied with their own 
 more immer' tto concerns, to be willing to contribute towards it. It is because of the 
 higher and larger inHiionces of the work, as much as in consideration of local bene- 
 fits, that we urge the undertaking on Her Majesty's Government. 
 
 In cano of hostilities with the United States, the facility which a Railroad from 
 Halifax through .British territory wo\ild afford for the transport of troops aud muni- 
 tions of war, would be of incalculable advantage ; and, in a mere financial point of 
 view, would probably, in a few months, repay all that the Government might have 
 contributed. In connection with large steanuM's on the ocean, enabling the Govt-rn- 
 ernment to transi)ort in a few weeks, on any threatened emergency, an Army to any 
 point of Her Majesty's North American possessions, it would render unnecessary the 
 constant maintenance of a large military force within them. 
 
 Nor is it the least of the a(lvantage^^ that would result from this facility, that the 
 knowledge of ita existence would tend to avert hostilities that otherwise might grow out 
 of a sense of comparative impimity, attendant on aggressive moven\ents. Not less than 
 seventeen lines of American Kailroads lead through the United States to the borders of 
 Canada, and give the means of rapid hostile approach, — not a single line of British Rail- 
 road connects the Provinces together, or ailbrdsconnuunication from the Atlantic shore 
 through national territory. Of the three routes by which Canada is reached, viz., by 
 the St. Lawrence, bylines of Railroad that traverse the United States, and througl) 
 the wilderness, the latter would alone be available for the transport of troops or mu- 
 nitions of war, in the case of ho.stilities, commenced or threatened at the beginning 
 of winter. 
 
 On such an event, the spectacle might be presented, of a large and prominent 
 Colonial possession of the Empire assailed by a superior force and cut off, — except 
 at great exposure, expense, and delay, — from eflectual aid, not only from the Parent 
 State, but from the adjoining Colonies. 
 
 None more than the inliabitants of Nova Scotia, appreciate the advantages of 
 peaceful relations with the United States. They, however, who are placed in close 
 proximity, are less credulous than others may be, as to the impossibility of hostilities 
 between the two Powe.s. And yet it is apparent to all, that the foreign rela- 
 tions of no government are so subject, a.s those of the United States, to the inllu- 
 ence of popular impulse or of party interests. This consideration, illustrated as it re- 
 cently was by the enlistment dispute, sufficiently indicates that a policy, foimded on 
 the assumed impossibility, or high improbi^bility, of hostilities with that people, 
 must be deficient in the forecast that seeks, by timely and suitable preparation, to 
 prevent aggression, or successfully to repel it. 
 
 The great work we advocate is as necessary to enable Her Majesty's North Amer- 
 ican Colonies to promote their mutual progress in peace, as it is requisite for their 
 common defence in war. It is almost impossible for those at a distance to compre- 
 liend how much New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are unallied to Canada by those 
 bonds of mutual intercourse that might be expected to subsist between Colonies of 
 the same Empire, placed together under circumstances that make a close union their 
 eonunon interest and security. 
 
 With the United States, Canada has unlimited means of communication, by lakes, 
 rivers, canals and railroads ; and extensive and intimate intercourst, is the result. 
 The capital of New Brunswick, connected with the United States by a short and easy 
 
 navigation. 
 
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 navigation, maintninw relationn as cIoHe. Nova Scotia, almoHt an island, sends vessels 
 rom ovory port of her sliores to the noiKhhorinK ports of the Union, and curies on a 
 Hide «) extensive that of the annual tonnage that enters the port of Boston, more 
 
 than half is from Nova Scotia. ' 
 
 The nieans of intercommunication between Canada and the Lower Provinces, is 
 utterly msignihcant m the contrast. ^ 
 
 By lan<i, lor pmctical purposes, none exists. An uncultivated and hilly country 
 opposes an efiectual harrier. Colonel Kohinson's valuable report of his surveys in 
 1848, gives unquestionable informution on this head. By water, the comparatively 
 (lis ant and circuitous navigation of the St. Lawrence offers the only route-one 
 httle used while open, and clo«^ed through a large part of the year. The result 
 13 Ignorance and uidiflerence aa regards each other, with little concern or abilitv for 
 iimtual oenent. 
 
 An Inter-Colonial Railroad would give the means of communication at present 
 vyantmg. It would open to Canada an Atlantic seaboard on British soil, from which 
 she is now cut off; and it would ofler to the Lower Provinces a ready access to tlie 
 vast field of enterprise and progress occupiedV their fellow subj( ts in the interior 
 It woul( prove a benefit of incalculable value, should it be the precursor of, as it is 
 au absolute necessity towards, a legislative union o*' Her Majesty's North American 
 Irovinces,— ameasure essential to the full development of the power which their 
 situation and character are calculated to confer, and without which they never can 
 attain tlie high position to which their united energies and advantiiges would lead 
 
 .1 ^rlt!^ ^]^^ important objects to be accomplished by this work are considered, and 
 tie dilhculties of carrying it out, owing to the large extent of uncultivated country 
 tlnougli wluch It must pass in New Brunswick and Canada, with the consequent 
 drawbacks upon its remunerative character, it seemi not unreasonable to expect, 
 ui addition to the Imperial guarantee for the loan contracted by the Provinces, 
 soiiie more direct and substantial aid, as a contribution from the national funds, for 
 national advantages. 
 
 Confiniiur ourselves, however, to Nova Scotia, the aid we solicit is, we think, mo- 
 derate, and such as would entail neither inconvenience nor loss on the British Gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 In pressing upon your urgent consideration the obligations which, in our opinion 
 impose upon Her Majesty's Government the duty of extensively aiding the construc- 
 tion of an Liter-Colonial llailroad, we are not insensible- to the feeble influence exci- 
 ted by the representations of dangers distant and problematical, when the attention 
 IS already occupied jjy objects of present and urgent interest. 
 
 Much that we have suggested is however neither distant nor hypothetical, but is of 
 actual existence and daily operation. For, while Canada remains cut oft* from com- 
 iiuiiucation with the Lower Provinces and with the Atlantic shore on British terri- 
 tory, the tendencies to alienation between her and the sister Provinces, and to the 
 appi-oxiinaticm of all tlie Colonies to the United States, must strengthen and mature. 
 
 That portion of our oljservations founded on the contingency of war with the 
 United States, deals indeed with the future ; but if the history of nations and the 
 experience of the past may b.; relied on, it can hardly jje treated as hypothetical, in 
 the sense which would preclude it from present consideration— for the undertaking 
 which we urge must be accomplished Avliilc tlie danger that prompts it is distant and 
 contingent, otherwise it will come too late to avert the evils it is designed to coun- 
 teract. That the time will come when the evils resulting f;om the want of such a 
 communication between the North American Provinces, will be ielt. should the mea- 
 sure l)e delayed, and that the question will arise,— Where rests the responsibility foi 
 the neglect ? we cannot doubt. Her Majesty's Colonial subjects will not be found 
 '^ chargeable, 
 
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 chargeable. As early a« the year 184H, at the instance of the Ijegirtlatnre of Nova 
 Scotia, and at the expense of the three ColonicH, the wurvey of Colonel Robinwon wa« 
 made, ami his report, full of the most UHeful information, existH to Hbt-w the neceiwity 
 —the difficulties— and the practicability of the undertaking. Since that time, repea- 
 ted and strenuous elTorts have been made by those Colonies towards promoting the 
 object. Now, without mutual concert, and each acting on its own apprtliension of the 
 importance of the measure, the Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia have sever- 
 ally cuuuuirtsioned Delegates to press the subject on the attention of Her MtyestyV 
 
 Government. 
 
 We have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 Your most obedient humble Servants, 
 
 J. W. JOHNSTON. 
 A. G. AKCHIBALD. 
 The Right Hon. Henry Ladouchehe, 
 
 H. M. P. Secretary of State for the Colonies. 
 
 — • 
 
 Dotmiiiff Street, 21th Auffust, 1867' 
 
 Gentlemen, — 
 
 I am directed by Mr. Secretary Labouchere to acknowledge the receipt of 
 your letter of the 20th instant, relative to the grant of Imperial aid towards the con- 
 struction of a Railroad from Halifax to Qucboc; and I am to acquaint you, that this 
 important subject will receive the careful consideration of Her Majesty's Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, 
 
 itft Your obedient Servant, 
 
 (Signed) J. ELLIOTT 
 
 The Hon. J. W. Johnston, and 
 
 A. G. Archibald, Esquire. 
 
 Jalifax, Wi November, 1857. 
 
 SiBr- 
 
 In obedience to the instructions of His Excellency and the Provincial Govern- 
 ment, we lost not the opportunity, while in T^ondon— pursuing the more important 
 object of our mission — to urge the importance of an Inter-Colonial Railroad, in 
 every quarter where the consideration of the subject promised to be useful. 
 
 His Excellency Sir Edmund Head being in London, Ave esteemed it to be our duty 
 to him, as Governor General of these Colonies, to ascertain his sentiments on the 
 question. He favored us with an interview, in which the measure was discussed, and 
 from which we gathered in general terms, the favorable disposition of the Canadian 
 Government to the imdertaking. 
 
 Mr. Labouchere spoke with us freely on the subject, and obviously appreciated n^ 
 importance ; although it did not at first appear that he had arrived at its practical 
 consideration. We left him with the understanding that we would submit our views 
 to him in writing. 
 
 The arrival of Mr. MacDonald, the Attorney General of Canada West, and Mr. 
 Rose, as Delegates from Canada, gave an impulse to the movement, and a position to 
 the question, which Delegates from a single and small Province could not have hoped 
 to effect. 
 
 Tliese Gentlemen, with great earnestness and ability, enforced upon the Govern- 
 ment the importance of the measure, from the Canadian point of view. We do not 
 
 doubt 
 
 . .^i*^^^.'. 
 
ature of Nova 
 RobinHon wiw 
 V the n«!cei«ity 
 ftt time, repear 
 i)roinoting the 
 ■lioiiHion of the 
 tia liave sever- 
 Her Majenty'H 
 
 ants, 
 
 HNSTON. 
 
 iCIlIBALD. 
 
 higust, 1857. 
 
 the receipt of 
 •wards the con- 
 t you, that this 
 iestj's Goveru- 
 
 ■vant, 
 
 . ELLIOTT. 
 
 .'ember, 1857. 
 
 vincial Govern- 
 fiore important 
 al Railroad, in 
 Lseful. 
 
 to be our duty 
 iments on the 
 i di.scussed, and 
 ■ the Canadian 
 
 appreciated iw 
 
 at its practical 
 
 ibmit our views 
 
 West, and Mr. 
 id a po.sition to 
 not have hoped 
 
 on the Govern- 
 We do not 
 doubt 
 
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 doiiht that the presence of the Governor-General, and the opinion of the Commander- 
 in-Chief of the fonies ni Ciinuda,— which is understood to be in favor of the undertak- 
 mg HI it« military bearings,— added weight to the advocacv of the measure on the 
 part of Canada. 
 
 We have reason to believe that an earnest impression of the necossitv of national 
 aid to a North American Inter-Colonial liailroad,on national considerations, was made 
 on the mimls of some of Her Majesty's Ministers; and that the question wan adopted 
 by the Uabmet as of serious imi)ort. 
 
 We are not without hope that these negotiations may contribute to the accom- 
 plishment of this great object, although the pressure on the Imperial Exchequer, 
 owing to the Jjistern War, has rendered the period unpropitious. 
 
 The absorbing interest of Indian aftiiirs, and the engiussing engagements of the 
 Government m relation to inem, and to the closing of the session of Parliament, pre- 
 cluded our having many opportunities of urging the subject personally, and occa- 
 sioned niiu'h lo.Hs of time in seeking these opportunities. 
 
 We transmit herewith a copy of our letter to Mr. I^bouchere, and of his reply 
 We shall be happy if the manner in which we have dealt with the subject shall be 
 considered ap[)ropriate. 
 
 We beg to correct a mistake in the closing paragraph of our letter to tht :)olonial 
 Secretary, in which we say, that Canada and Nova Scotia acted without mutual con- 
 cert. We were aAvare that before we le^t Halifax, the Provincial Goven.ment had 
 invited the attention of Canada and New Brunswick to the .subject; but we were not 
 acquainted with, or we had overlooked, the fact, that the Canadian Government, in 
 appointing Delegates to England, had acted upon that movement on the part of 
 Nova Scotia. 
 
 Although it may not be our province to oiTer an opinion on the subsequent mea- 
 sures proper for following im with effect any favorable impressions made by the 
 recent negotuition.s, yet it belongs to our duty to report, that we were met by the ob- 
 jection, that the absence of Delegates from New Brunswick,— or rather the want 
 of some concerted scheme for the Inter-Colonial Railroad, agreed upon by the three 
 Provinces of Canada, P'ow Brunswick, and Nova Scotia,— rendered the consideration 
 of the subject premature ; and that no practical result was probable until those Colo- 
 nies should be agreed among themselves. 
 
 We are assured that the concert and harmonious action of the three Colonies, 
 however this may be best attained, is the step that next presents itself in the prose- 
 cution of this important measure. 
 
 From what fell under our observation, we are further induced to express our belief 
 that valuable assistance, through the influence of persons in England interested 
 in the North American Colonies, would be secured toward the attainment of the 
 object, were the reasons in its favor made public in the form of a pamphlet illustrated 
 by a map. 
 
 We have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 Your very obedient servants, 
 (Signed) j. w. JOHNSTON, 
 
 (Signed) ADAMS G. ARCHIBALD. 
 
 To the Hon. Provincial Secretarv. 
 
 Sir,- 
 
 Proinncial Seo-etanjs Office, Halifax, Nov. 23rd, 1857. 
 
 w. 
 
 By command of His -Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, I 
 have the honor again to invite the attention of the Government of Canada to the 
 
 important 
 
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 important project of completing dn Inter-Colonial line of Railway between Quebec 
 iind Haiiliix. 
 
 I encloHj for the inlbrrnation of Hirt Kxcellency the Govemor-ffeneral, u cony of 
 the Coininuiucation of tlie D<'legato8 from tluH I'Fovince, when urging upon t'u' Bri- 
 UHh Government,— in conjunction with the Hon. Mr. McDonald, the Delegate from 
 Canada,— the reconsideration of this great enterjjriHe, during the pawt Hunnner. 
 
 The embarraHHTuent caused by the ditKculticH in India, rendered the time unpropi- 
 tiouM, and the absence of any Delegate from Now Brunswick probably prevented 
 more than a warm expression, on the part of the Colonial Secretary, of the deep in- 
 terest felt upoif the subject by the British Government. ' 
 
 The Despatch forwarded by the Government of New Brunswick, although too 
 late to subserve the views of the Delegates, evinces the anxiety entertained by 
 *hat Provmce in this undertaking, and shows that that Colony was not represented in 
 
 S^PrMv*?'^*"'"' ^^^"^ *^ *^"' late period at which the Despatch of Li 3utenant-General 
 hir William Eyre, reached Fredericton. 
 
 His Excellency Sir Gaspard LeMarchant thinks it very desirable that a mutual 
 understiindmg on tins subject should be had at an early period between the three 
 Provinces so deeply interested ; and I am commanded to invite the conmuinication 
 ot the sentiments of the Governments of Canada and Now Brunswick, resi)ectfully 
 and to so icit their suggestions as to the mode most acceptable to them by wliich such 
 an mterchango of opinions may be obtained. The Legislature of this Province will 
 neet m the early part of February. 
 
 Wc' have now under contract all that portion of the Railway which is common to 
 the Irunk Line and the Branch to Pictou ; and it is very important that we should 
 know whether there is a probability of an Inter-Colonial line being arranged before 
 we expend the means at our command in carrying the road to Pictou 
 
 Should the improbability of the Trunk Line being carried through compel us to 
 adopt the latter policy,— by which we open communication with the Gulf of St 
 Lavvrence,— we see no reasonable prospect of our being able to construct a Railway 
 to tile rs'ew Brunswick border for many years. 
 
 A copy of this Letter, as also the erclosure, will be sent to the Government of New 
 Brunswick, and their cooperation invited. 
 
 I have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 Your obedient Servant, 
 
 m „ u, . ^ CHARLES TUPPER. 
 
 the Honorable the Provincial Secretary of Canada. 
 
 Provincial Secretary's Office, Halifax, Nov. 2'ird, 1857. 
 
 Sia, — 
 
 1 } ^r*^- P '" command from His Kxcellency Sir Gaspard LeMarchant, to for- 
 ward, for the mforniationof His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of New Bruns- 
 wiclv^^ the enclosed copy of the communication of Messrs. Johnston and Archibald to 
 Uie British Government, on behalf of Nova Scotia, with reference to mx Inter-Colonial 
 Kailway, and also a copy oi a letter addressed this day to the Government of Canada, 
 upon the same subject. ' 
 
 It is much to be regretted that New Brunswick was not represented by a Delegate 
 when this question was recently pressed upon the Home Government. ' 
 
 Ills Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of this Province considers it hidilv 
 desirable that no time should be lost in ascertaining the views of the three Proviii- 
 ces on a subject raught with such deep consequences to all of them, and trusts that 
 .ome means will be suggeste.l by whicli the views of eaHi may be understood, and, if 
 possible, a basis ol cooperation be devised. ■ 
 
 New 
 
between Quehec 
 
 eneral, a copy of 
 ng upon the Bri- 
 e Delegate from 
 iwt Huniuier. 
 lie time unpropi- 
 bubly prevented 
 /, of the deep in- 
 
 ik, although too 
 
 entertained by 
 
 3t represented in 
 
 3utenant-General 
 
 e that a mutual 
 tween the three 
 J communication 
 ick, rcHpectfully, 
 n by wliich Huoh 
 Ilia Province will 
 
 ch w common to 
 . that we should 
 
 arranged before 
 
 ou. 
 
 gh compel us to 
 
 the Gulf of St. 
 jtruct a Railway 
 
 emment of New 
 
 ES TUPPER. 
 
 n'. 23rd, 1857. 
 
 tiarchant, to for- 
 r of New Bruns- 
 nd Archibald to 
 n Inter-Colonial 
 nent of Canada, 
 
 by a Delegate, 
 t. 
 
 liders it highly 
 le three Provin- 
 
 and trusts tliat 
 lerstood, and, if 
 
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 13 
 
 Now Rruuswicrk and Nova Scotia are alike engage<l in the construction of Rmlwavn 
 wliioh arc as yet sectional, and not calculated to bo of material advanUige to eiwh 
 
 IVeviouM to tfie meeting of our Fx'gislature in February, Flis Excellency would be 
 glad to learn the mtention ')f the (Jovernment of New Brunswick, with reference to 
 conuect.uir these two Provinces, at all events. 
 
 It ha.M been tl.o avowed policy of Nova H<'(,tia f. carry a Trunk Line of Railway 
 to the borders ol New Brunswick, provided that Province would agree to meet us 
 there, but it not, to continue our road to Pictou. 
 
 Our Rnilwny is now under contract to Truro, an.l we must decide whether it shall 
 be I'.vleiKled towards the New Brunswick border, or Pictou. 
 
 If iv.naius, then, for the (iovernment of New Brunswick to indicate whether we 
 shil be iinit..d byncouun.... liue. stret,-hing from Windsor <o ILdifax, and thence 
 .o Mic.liac and .St. .b)hii. by the arraiigetiier.ts now in ])rogress, and it is to be honed 
 at lyj distant day to be extended to Quebec, (either by the N<.rthern route, or a con- 
 poet loii with til." In.e from St. Andrews to th.it plaee,)— or disjointed and apart ex- 
 pend our resources upon i.,cal and isolated Railways without a communication or 
 onject. 
 
 I am further counnanded to solicit the consideration of this subject, and a commu- 
 nicatiou tiiereu])on at as early a period as convenient. 
 
 I have the lumor to be, Sir, 
 
 Your most obedient Servant, 
 
 CHARLES TUPPER. 
 The Honorable the Provincial Secretary, 
 New Brunswick. * 
 
 Provincial Svcrekiri/'s Office, Fmlerictou, I2th Dec, 1857. 
 
 Si I!. 
 
 By direction of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, I transmit to you 
 herewith a copy of a xMuuite of Council, (ai)proved by IJis Excellency on ^he 10th 
 in^lant.) on the subject of Inter-Colonial Railroads, and 1 have to request that you 
 will i.e pleased to lay the same before the Government of Nova Scotia for their in- 
 
 ioniiatioii. 
 
 1 have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 Your obedient Servant, 
 
 <''^'."'»^''l) 8. L TILLEY. 
 
 The Hon. Chaulks Tci'I'kr, Provincial Secretary. 
 
 Nova Scotia. 
 
 7o ///.v lirrdhicf, ill,' Ihmmbk John Ilenru Thomas Mannen fSntton, Lieutenant Governor 
 ":)<1 Commander in Chief of the Province of New BrnnsmcJc, d'c, dr., cfr. 
 
 Tiir Committee of the EKecutive Council respectfully report to your Excellencv. 
 that they have had under their consideration the Letter of the Provincial Secretary 
 of >o\-a .^eotia on the subject of an Inter-Colonial Railroad, with the enclosures— the 
 copy ot a letter addressed to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Co- 
 lonies by the Attorney General ol' Nova Scotia and the Honorable A. G. Archibald, 
 
 ^ and 
 
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 14 
 
 and the copy of n letter addressed to the Provincial Secretary of Canada by the Pro- 
 vincial Secretary o'" Nova Scotia. The Government of New Brunswick .have alwa>- 
 evinced a deep interest in the proposed llailroad, and believing it to be an oljject of 
 great national importance, have at all tirnen manifested their rcadincHs to unite in 
 pressing the subject upon the Imperial Government. 
 
 On the tenth of August last we advised your Excellency to assure Her Miyesty'n 
 Government, and the respective Govennnents of Canada and Nova Scotia, that we 
 were fully alive to the subject, and would have been pix^pannl to have sent a Dehgo- 
 tion to England to unite with the Telegates from Canada ond Nova Scotia, in bring- 
 ing the question under the notice of the Home Govennnent, hud w© received timely 
 intimation that the Government of Nova Scotia was moving in the matter. 
 
 The Despotch of Lieutenant General llyrc, Administrator of the Government of 
 Canada, informing your Excellency of the action of the Government of Nova Scotia, 
 inviting the coiiperation of this Province in securing " the construction, or, rather, ex- 
 tension, of the line of Railway from Riviere du Loup to Halifax," dated at Toronto on 
 the twenty-second of July, 1857, was received by your Exce.lency late in the even- 
 ing of the twenty-ninth day of that month. The Members of the Executive Coun- 
 cil were immediately summoned to Freder cton to advise your Excellency. 
 
 It appeared evident, that however important a Delegation might have been, it was 
 then too late to secure its arrival in London in time to unite with the Delegates from 
 Canada and Nova Scotia in pressing the subject on the Home Government. We sub- 
 mitted our viewp to your Excellency in writing, which were ajjproved of and trans- 
 mitted to the Frincipal Secretary of State for the Colonies, by the first mail. 
 
 It now appears that we advised the only course that was open at that late period, 
 and the statement in our Minute " That the Delegation could not arrive in London in 
 time to give that weight to their representatioiw which would be the primary object 
 of any such mission,*' is admitted in the Letter from the Provincial Secretary of Nova 
 Scotia to the Provincial Secretary of Canada, to be correct. 
 
 The Legislature and people of New Brunswick have at all times expressed a reo- 
 dinesB to aid in the construction of an Inter-Colonial Railroad, in proportion to the 
 means of the Province, and its interest in the work. 
 
 During the last Session of the Legislature, the House of Assembly passed an Ad- 
 dress to Your Excellency, pra^ ing that Your Excellency would correspond with the 
 Governor-General of Canada, to ascertain whether Canada would unite with New 
 Brunswick in the construction of a Railroad from St. John to Quebec, on joint 
 account, with the aid of the Imperial Government; 
 
 The desirableness of a Railroad uniting the Colonies has always been felt, and is 
 daily assuming a greater degree of importance. 
 
 We believe that the three Provinces are interested in the work — that New Bruns- 
 wick would assume a fair share ox the responsibility if Imperial aid could be obtained ; 
 but the Provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia have each an interest beyond their 
 respective boundaries, the Road through New Brunswick being absolutely necessary 
 to the success of their respective lines* 
 
 New Brunswick is now constructing Railroads which would form part of my gen- 
 eral system. 
 
 We feel that by our unaided resoiu-ces our operations must necessarily be limited. 
 If the joiiit action of the other Provinces could be secured, and the aid of the Impe- 
 rial Government obtained, the great work of constructing an Inter-Colonial Railroad 
 could be accomplished, and each Province also enabled to construct such local lines 
 as trade and travel might require, with greater facility and less risk than the lines 
 now in progress. 
 
 We 
 
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 prepare 
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 tlevised 
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 the Pro 
 
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 of Nova 
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 object of 
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 in hi'ing- 
 I'cd timely 
 
 rnnient of 
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 rather, ex- 
 roronto on 
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 te period, 
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 ed an Ad- 
 
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 elt, and in 
 
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 obtained ; 
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 15 
 
 We advJHo Your Excellency to a«Hure the (iovornment of Nova fv'otia that we aro 
 prenare,!. .„ cncert w.th the other Provinces, to ent..r upon the con i leration of th^ 
 mode by wh».h t u« Kjent mciHure umy be aecomnllHhe.l ; au.lir anyX" ^n be 
 deviHed to Hecure it, and the ;?uarantee <,l the huperlal Ciov^rn.nent , KJ. u'd wo e- 
 heve the LeK-Hlature of New Kr.mswiek would ren.ler nuch facilitien a he ne^H o 
 the Provmce would jUHtify, and proportioru..! to it« interent in the work 
 
 ^^^gn^d) CIIAKLKS FISHER 
 
 JAMES BROWN, 
 
 J. M. Johnston; j«,, 
 
 W. H. STEEVKS, 
 S. L. TILLEY. 
 
 i!iecrcUtry'» Office, TormUo, llh Dec, 1857. 
 
 vSiB, — 
 
 I have the honor, by command of the Governor General, to acknowledge the 
 rece.pt ot your etter of the 23r.l ult., again inviting, on the part of the Government 
 o Nova Scotm, th3 attention of the Government of" Canada to the important prdec 
 of completmg an Inter-Colonial lino of Railway between Quebec and Halifa^^- mm! 
 o state that your letter will be laid before His Excellences ExecuUvu Cou^ii, for 
 their consideration and report. ' 
 
 I have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 Your most obd't. Servant, 
 
 rpi u u, .,. T. . E. PARNEY. 
 
 Ihe Honble. the Provincial Secretary, &c., &c., &c., 
 
 Halifax, N. S. 
 
 iiny gen- 
 
 e limited, 
 the Impe- 
 1 Railroad 
 ocal lines 
 the lines 
 
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I 
 
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 wiiiii ii .jiipi 
 
No. 178. 
 
 Sir— 
 
 16 
 
 (Copy.) 
 
 Dmning Sireei, 15M January, 1868. 
 
 I iend you copy of a Deapatch which I have arldresned to LieuteuiintpOovt' i«tb Jft&iws 
 nor MannerH Sutton, in answer to his application on the part of tho Government of 
 Now Brunswiok, for un Imperial guarantee towanls tho construction of an Inte^Colo- 
 nial line of Itailway. 
 
 Although I have not to acknowledge any De»patchoH of your own on this nuhject, I 
 received a memorandum from MoHHrH. JohuMton and Archibald, a« reprcHcnting the 
 viewH of your Council, and hud al«o personal communication with those gentlemen 
 during their stay in England last season. You will therefore consider my Desputch 
 to New Brunswick as equally addressed to yourself. 
 
 I have, &o. 
 
 (Signed) H. LABOUCnERR 
 
 Lieut. Governor Sir J. G. LeMarcilvnt, &c. ■*'c. &c., NovarScotia. 
 
 No. 1. 
 
 Sir— 
 
 Domififf-iS'ircef, 16//4 January^ 1858. 
 
 Her Majesty's Government have had under their consideration during the 
 recess of Parliament, the subject of your Despatches Nom. 13 and 14, of August 10th 
 and 15th last, and of the memorandum of your Council encdosefl in the former, namely, 
 the proposal that assistance should be furnished from the Imperial Treasury, in tho' 
 form of a guarantee (^f interest, towards tho construction of an Intcr-Colonial line of 
 Railway from Halifax to Quebec. 
 
 The same proposal in principle has been advocated by the Governments of Canada 
 and of Nova-Scotia, through the intervention of gentlemen deputed by those Go- 
 vernments to communicate personally with myself; and I have further to acknow- 
 ledge your Despatch, No. 20, of the 28th ultimo, transmitting copies of documents 
 which have recently passed between the Govenuuents of Nova-Scotia and New Bruns- 
 wick on the same subject. 
 
 Although participating with the Members of the several local Governments, and 
 with their own predecessors in office, in a strong sense of the importance of this object, 
 Iler Majesty's advisers cannot feel themselves justified in applying to Parliament Tor 
 the required guarantee. Their reasons for declining to take this step are solely of a 
 financial description. They feel thiit the heavy expenditure to which this country 
 has been subjected of late years, and tho continued calls on the resources of the em- 
 pire for pressing emergencies, do not leave them at liberty, for the present at least, 
 to pledge its Revenue to .so considerable an extent for tho purpose of a.ssisting in 
 the construction of public works of this character, ho'vever in themselves desirable. 
 
 Under these circumstances, 1 forbear to make any obseivations on .some questions 
 of detail in tho proposed scheme, to which I should otherwise have adverted. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 
 (Signed) H. LABOUCHERE. 
 
 Lieut. Governor the Hon. T. Manners Sutton, &c. &c. &c. 
 
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