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And thus a friend says unto me : " Don't publish that until viv see What turn affairs will take— till when You're ready to come out again." Now though this seems quite orthodox, ^,r^ ^ Tm with the Boar and not the Fox. For when the Clique their swords unsheath 'Twill be too lat^j to whet the teeth. S- McSlooam. ,t^- ELECTOHS OP CAHLETON. Gentlemen, Were the battle really over, I hIiouIc! not trouble ^ou with any further reference to the late iMHitost. But it is not. As I ventured to foretel on the hustiu/;fs, nobody suppose> that Srii John MacDonald will sit for CarJeton. The Clique knew this when they induced him to becnme a Candidate ; and when policitini; your votes in his behalf. Thanks to this same Clique, you have no JJopresentative to-dny. ** No man can servo two masters." The Tlouse must meet; a Speaker be appointed ; Sir John resign; a Writ be issued; much time elapse; an Election be held, befoi-e vou have a voice in the councils of the land. In a word, some of the most important lei^islation of the session may l>e begun, continued, and ended, — you gazing mute, vf)iccless, voteless! For which inglorious attitude you have to thank,— not John May and his friends, — but the Clemow-Powbll Clique. I cannot but sympathize with tind admire the spirit in which so many of j'ou supported the (ireat Chief of our Party ; but y«»u Mill pardon me for surmising that not a few were misinformed, and so misled. Will 3'ou thei-eforo allow me to give you a brief rt'suittd of facts? I owe it to you aid to myself that my position in the late contest should be clearly understood. In 1878 I was defeated by a small majority : but, I never LEFT THE FIELD. Kepcatedly asked whether I should run again. I always answered " Yes." During four years' constant contact with the people, my " Yeses " must have been somewhat multi- tndinous. The fact that I was still in the field, thus pledging myself, was wellUnown. In many instances, the question was so put to me that I was obliged to give a decided, positive, irrevocable, binding answer: and I did. To a member of the Cliquis, as their conduct compels us to infer, a pledge of this natui-e, unless given by Sir John MacDonald, means nothing: with me it is an oath. Time rolls on. Parliament is prorogued. The murmur ol the coming conflict begins to be heard, drawing nearer and neaiei'. I began to buckle on my armour, and make ready for the fr:iy. 1 fondly thought that the battle would be left between J\Ik. IkOCHESTER and myself, as mai^y people still think it ought lo have been. To my surprise and disappointment. Dr. Church, who supported me in 1878, (although he now tells the jjeople that I am a Grit, and that he then hneic I uos a Grit!) privately informed me of his intended candidature, and demanded my support. I told him that I expected Ms. He says he retire*o his «''i,'iit "< utior porvoi'. ^'Wdiiul pniuloiis '•o how '>r tijo Hichcvi joined ed t,) / r that AH onoiir ed ; ohn'.s 1 li/s Jther Jea' ill he fee the Id! Uii' 3r Htill, Sir John. The eiH 1 was conviiico I timt nson hud loen noniiniitt'tl : I am .itill so com iiccd. Tin* iinhT of llic names on llio ballot paper is nurely ulph»ilt<'tic:il. ('an it he credited? Tlieso chamy>ion'J r>f' 'hr l*nrt\' : thoe jealous giiaidiaiis of Sir John's honour ; these keejiers ot liis conscience, nonnnate llio ('oii.-orvative Chief against as ;;o(kI n Conservalive as llinl^elf. tiiid in tlie very teeth of his cumina. id ! Thencef<»rwaiil May Wii» a Mule, Itocau.-e he ileelineh characleriHtic — the faculty of Stnvdinif stork still to the end, desjiite *-\\v\\ u st<»r?n (»f .-^tones. ;^:id>, and handspikes as never hefore descended oi. Man or Mule. TIte hands of his helabourers hani' weary l»v their sides: the Mule btands there still — nothing the worse. That same e'eniny; a deiMitatinn consist i n;,' ^»f John Dawson. Ksq., of Bell's Corners, and \V. V. JiSAMAN, Ksq., of North (Jower, and bearing a petition signed on the spot by nearly three hundred loading conservatives askinjr 8iR John MAonoNAi.n to retire from the contest, was despatched in quesi of that u'enileman. They found him at Napaneo. They laid their errand before him. lie was surprised — sorry. May was *' a good man" — luid '* no ubjec- tion to him ; " but *' too late now to retire with honour. Had it been the 13th instead of the 14th, might have niaiinged it. ite." And so, the Deputation returned ; and yhe anomalous ((Miflicl went r)n : 8iR John and I, j)itted one againsf lli^ other, thi'ough no fault ol either, in direct favour of the Hfformer's chances, — and all this brought ahoiit by the local Tory lienei-als ! I confess my heart quailed a little; but retreat was out of the question. Whether my vote should now bo three or three thousand r.iade no ditlerence. One path there was, and 1 took it. Time and Canvas would fail me to paint the scones of the next seven days. My meetings were, like that on Nomination I>jiy. very gratifying to me. I was welconied everywhere: received with open arms by multitudes of solid electors, — n(»t hissed, or groaned, or pelted. Every body said my election was .sure. Kven Mr. .^.osqrove, who attended most of my meetings as 8iR John's representative, returned to town exclaiming in tiespair: " May is as good as elected ! " Many a Cliquish head droo]»ed on a despairing bosom on that black Satukday. I)i>mal visage^ enclosed sjieech- less tongues for the most part: foi* the occasional garrnlous exception, his " spirits " had been bottled up. and so mechanictiily preserved long ago ! Signal triumph of Art ! which cnn distil int(» the despondent human breast a jubilant Chemical Hope! Sunday dawned. The Conclave had met. The Jiat went forth. The highways and byways of Carleton rang and rattled and roared as men were on their knees in Gou'.-. hf>ly fanes ! Not a horse, not a mule, not a wheel was left in Ottawa. Twenty 8 t\ (lollars for a horse was laughed at ! The eye of da}' was (hirkeneil wiih tlie (Inst ! Ni^lit was made hideous with the unhallowod tomniotioi) ! 0>i ifonday tlie shadows had vaiiisiied from the nhioiiu; visau^es of the Cr-iQUE, lH^ivint; phice to (hishes of hopeful radiance and moi-e ))hu'id rumination. Their liands ceased to droop. Speech I'eturned to them. Tobacco juice went up. There was to be '• a QUID pro quo." Ahis Ibi' ballot boxes and Election I/\ws ! Alas for human frailly 1 On that mysterious ^Ionday, so ominously silent after the '• hurrahs " of u week, and the unhallowed din of the Sabbath, the wind swung round ! Vennor was bribed ! Boreas, who for a month had chilled and bored the Clique, retired to his Caves, and the South Wind blew. I'hen it rained solid sovereigns. Tuesday came, and 1 was not elected. I get Credit for Six Hundred and twenty nine votes. Whose votes are these ? and whence came they ? Every one of them is (Conservative, (not " half- (irit" as Mr. William Kidd has described them). Mr. Bronson took every Keform v<*te in Carleton, and moj-e too. Six Hundred and twenty nine conservative votes, in Canada's Strongest Conservative tounty, given bj- none but Carleton's Staunchest Conservative men away from Canada's gieatest Statesman, the illustrious Head of the great Conservative Party, at a Critical juncture, whew on the very ]»itinacle of his fame popularity and gloi-y, — given to a jMior obscnie man like niyhelf, whose very existence the Clique had long striven in vain to ignore, — the spectacle has a mean- iN(i iN it. And these votes, whence came they, and how? From men immovable as the rock, through tire and water, — " through great tribulation!" Pui'e gold are these, tried in the tire; and they make me richer than my "squelchers!" Did a single one of them reach the ballot-box save through the tires of temptation ? Eternal honour to their i.anies ! " Cannon to right of them Cannon to left of them Cannon in front of them Vollev'd and thundered ! " "Oh! the wild charge they made ! " " Boldly they rode and well ! " *' All the world wondered ! " Following my humble lead, they gallantly dashed through the serried ranks of the foe, like that other Six Hundred! — not to victory, shall I say ? Not to victory. And is it then defeat? Was it defeat when that immortal " Lioht Brigade" rode into the •♦jaws of Death," the jaws of a monstrous, all-devouring ilussian force? Who shall dare say that it was ? Light Brigade against the hosts of the Czar indeed ! What was that spectacle to this ? force^ the Deni the cate( time| you confil ofbi read] say, \ 9 ""l)Jlllo\V»'(J ^'•om tJio of hopeful 1 to (J TOO p. was to be ■o»' human t after the Sabbath, ^vho for a lives, and t for Six ?f^e ? and lot " half. JSON took Jj'ed and servativc sei-vative )U'S Head whew on iven to a I Clique A MEAN- om men ^h great md they > one of >tation ? Ch the not to Was to the iHsian fainst 8? No difficult task would it be to paint a picture of the terrific [forces arrayed against me. I forbear. Suffice it to isuy that history furnishes no other instance of such a Contest. Imagine the Great Powers of Jlurope combined to "Squelch," say little Denmark; and you will catch a glimpse of the situation. Search the annals of the centuries; ransack the archives of the nations; catechise the records of the political world in ancient or modern times ; and, I'll venture to predict that a parallel to this contest you will utterly fail to find ! A poor, obscure, unknown man confronting the giants of the land, — the social, political, financial, nay, also the diabolical forces of the Dominion, — and coming out of battle alive ! — yes ALIVE !■ -and strongei- than he went into it, read}'^ and eager for a recurience of the fray ! — such a spectacle, I rsay, has no^parailel in this Country or any other ! Vivat AIulus ! On the 29th day of June a Grand Pic-Nic was held at Bell's Corners in honor of Sir John Macdonald, and to celebrate the Conservative victory of the 20th. I was not invited. The affair was really intended for another purpose ; and was the work of the Ottawa Conspirators ; although many sound Carleton men lent a helping hand in honouring the chieftain. 1 should have been only too glad to do the same, even in company with the Clique ; but they deemed it best to fence me off. However, at the request of my friends, and as a Conservative, I decided to attend, even on the outskirts of the crowd. 1 did so. 1 was not noticed, platformed, champagned, or programmed. The man whom 629 Staunch Carleton Conservatives had just shewn their delight in honouring, had no place at a (supposed) Carleton Conservative gathering. Please take a note of this, G29. The speeches over, my name was loudly called bj' the people. This was the signal for the Band which had been stationed hard by, to strike up — not the National Anthem — but some noisy tunc, in order to drown my voice. Not being pledged to speak, I retired. Seldom has a higher compliment been unwittingly paid to a public man : the victors afraid to let the vanquished be heard I Of course it is nothing unusual for seditious and troublesome demagogues to be silenced by authority ; but the G29 men who had just cast their votes for me, were hardly prepared to sec me treated as a danger- ous demagogue, and themselves by implication as an inflammsible insurrectionary mob. All had manifestly been arranged before leaving Ottawa. I was not to be permitted to speak : should J, by any chance, get a hearing, Moses Inkerman was brought out to burlesque my performance. Surely never were a gang of conspirators driven to such straits before. Mr. E. C. Barber, of the Civil Service, paid by you, gentlemen, for different servicer, had charge of this part of the programme. Under his insiructi ons, at the sound of the word May, the brass machines crashed forth in a horrid bray, the big drums thundered, and of course my words could not be heard! And this in face of the fact that one of the "programmed" speakers had been permitted to malign, 10 misrepresent, and belie me ad libitum. But if a thousand forces against one during election failed to bring a tinge of tshame to the brazen cheeks of the conspirators, we shall look in vain for a blush over this cowardly and disgraceful spectacle. I have no little reason to be proud of the unwilling compliment ; — proud that the Junto, delirious with a sudden access of power, should yet deem it prudent to garotte me; — proud that they dared not trust a high souled and chivalrous people to listen to the sound of my voice ! As for me, I am quite willing that wjy friends should, at any time, anywhere, give audience to the Junto orators. Some of them would fail to make their words audible; some, for their own sakes, had better not be heard; the rest would need inter- preters. In the second class is the Hon James Skead>rand in the third, W. i>Io.sGRovE. Nor sounding brass nor tinkling cymbal, shall ever be employed by me to suppress the melodious cadences of these: with the aid of an interpreter who will render them into English, I hope in future to reply to their curious utterances. *' Nevertheless," as these gentlemen speaks for themselves, 1 "does'nt" intend "for to" enlarge here; " j'et," "still," " notwithstanding," " however," I am sorely tempted to do so, " whereas. " So much, gentlemen, for the respect entertained by the Clique, for your feelings, your intelligence, and your sense of freedom and British fair play. But then, Carleton belongs to them, not to you. y<3M don't stop speech in Ottawa : /Ae?/ do in Carleton. You don't manufocture M. F's for them : they do for you. Were you to interfere in Ottawa affairs as these plotters do in Carleton, you would be very properly hurled into the Chaudiere ! How long, O Carleton, how long ? At the Pic-Nic, every speaker, I believe, save one, spoke to the purpose, and in the style of a gentleman. The exception was Mr. Skead ! In a gross personal attack, entirely uncalled for, unprovoked, and out of place, this honorable (?) gentleman, wh(» had worn himself hoarse on election day in the base endeavour to cast doubt on my political integrity, characterised me as a " Masked Grit." Iforv^ true the ancient proverb concerning the silk purse " and the " sow's lug ? " Brave senator ! to belabour a man gagged and bound by the Clique ! Since that day he has been busily engaged catechising every one he meets as to " where I got the money " for the election : now covertly insinuating, now openly asserting that it came from the " Grits." Long time did the Clique chuckle and smack their lips over the idea that the ^200 deposit would effectually block my passage through Nomination Gate. That passed, the marvel arose, and now is : " Where did he get the money ? " And he won't tell I How tantalizing ? I haven't asked where the money came from on their side. Nor do I care where it came from, any more than where it comes from to enable certain bankrupts to live like princes! Should I ever grow rich and then make a timely t( " fail not Kubst a rod I doj hist J Norl ihisl witf IhJ vatl unsj poll the! ind cor de< all br an en m tu th eJ fa a e I I 11 f-sand forces mme to tin- vain for ., J have no ["t;— proud 'ver, should " dared not the sound ds should, |ors. Some for their leed inter- nd in the cyrabai, cadences ider them iterances. »selves, J "still," to do so, ,e Clique, freedom "a, not to ton. You Vere you eton, you Jong, o spolce to )tion was "ed foi-, an, who avour to e as a ing the abour a he has * where uating, 'g time 'a that trough )w is: Hon- Jm on ^ than B liJfe imely " failure," I trust I mfiy first have become a real Conservative — not a " masked " one : that is, one who holds on to what is good an/ substantial. A Rodiral lets things go ''root'' and branch,: {Radix a root.) Hence it would never pny a wealthy Radical to " fail." I doubt whether Mr. Skead has the faintest conception of the true historical meaning of Whig or Tory^ Grit, Radie.id or Conservative. Nor can he justly be blamed for such ignorance. There is much this gentleman does not know. 1 shall suj^plement his little stock with one item given gratis: I am not a Grit. 1 never was a Grit. 1 have received no Grit money for the election. I am a Conser- vative; and must, I suppose, continue to be one, in spite of the unsavoury presence in the camp, oi' Ornithorynchi Mosgroviani, and political ichthyosauri oi' ihe Magee-Powell-8kead type I Meanwhile many honest people are curious to know how, in the face of the statute thereunto " made and provided," the same individual can occupy at one and the same time, the two distin- guished positions of Bankrupt and Senator ? Does the qualification come from the Grits in this case also ? Lower still than the late behaviour of Ma. Skead, if indeed deeper depth be possible, is the vile attempt of the Clique when all is over, to persuade the people that I never was ottered a bribe to retire in favour of Sir John MacDonald. This is the la>t and basest act in a filthy drama. Not enough to ignore my exist- ence and snter at my Candidature ; not enough, later on, to insult my honour and spit upon my manhood ; the conspirators now turn round and say : " He was never otfered anything," Lot their helpless, hopeless, shatlercl, crest-fallen estate be their excuse. Like Adam, having sinned, in burning shame they would fain find a hiding place in the shrubbery of falsehood. Fain would they dislodge me from my strong position in the esteem of all honourable men. My friends, I know my word with you is enough ; you will receive it — you have reason to receive it — [ w in mv eman, oV alsehood. oi' moral pen, Of 3ven mv '« . breast snce, his tises h\s pd of tho i«e clean detract- ii'loinej-, «J?oguo, "genial •others, ander ' t there t paj-s "ofuis'es •ne to JVot UNTO, fi the 'ever, heai'. irinif )tioli "In 18 YeH, here I an\. And, although some of you have Ixscn iilready informed that I have declared my intention of not comin^i sjjain into the field, it is not so. It is mij intention to be again e \i^andi(late for your suffrages, on the verj" first opportunity. I an^ 'not ashamed of my defeat : I am proud of the vote, and proud of my friends. Remomlier this, and note it well : I shall be in thk Ft ELD NEXT ELECTION. I do not believe that Sir John Macdonald was ever in any danger in Lennox; that he ever thought of Carleton till the word was put into his mouth ; that he ever asked for it even then ; that he will sit for it, or ever intended to do so; that Church. Powell, Clemow, &c., will ever sit for Carleton or any whei'o ebe, save by the way-side of life, waiting, hoping a hopeless hope. I do believe that Dr. Church started the Sir John game, n(;t to save Carleton from the Grits, but to " squelch " me ; that the Clique had one object, and only one, in view ; namely, to kill mo and so clear the field for themselves — fondly supposing that for me to face Sir John or flee before him, would prove but a choice of deaths ; that then it would be plain sailing for second rate candidates. All has gone right but one thing. But then, alas ! that one thing happens to be everything. It is this : I am not dead. I am aware of the pain it gives me to stand between a virtuous ambition and the sweet fruition of its object. It grieves me to be the unwilling means of blighting the high hopes of Dr. Church, and depriving the Legislative Halls of his distinguished presence. Me piget to intercept Mr. Clemotv's passage to the House of Commons, where spell-bound galleries would hang on his impassioned, though jerky, bumpy, oratory. Woe is me! that a sense of dutj' to my native land and my adopted county impels me to look on whilst the Powell Light goes out in darkness; whilst his genius for State-craft and for Clique-craft, as well as his spotless example, are lost to this hapless Dominion. I can only say with the butcher in The Fatal Boots, '* it's painful, but it must be done ! " Truly a singular combination. Men who detest and despise one another, joined hand in hand against me. *•' On that day Herod and Pilate were made friends together." This Coalition was the child of a common despair. Carleton would have none of them. Then they combined against her Choice. Each of them worked for the bare life. At all hazards May must be defeated, destroyed. "Whence a hostility so envenomed ? " you will ask. " And why so many combined ? What offence did you give them ? " I cannot tell. I can only guess. I ** guess " every man of them wanted the seat for himself. I got the start of them : crime No one. Between themselves as rivals the contest will always bo mild; because each knows that the winner will not hold the seat long. But each fears that, once seated in it, I might sit there till his day was past. This is my Crime No. two. % 14 11 i? ■•,1' 1^ ■yf li Again : / am not a rich man. For such a one to pfesnme i aspire to any honour, is a direct injury inflicted on the Fraternit of Dollars; an impudent invasion of a place poHsible to them without which they feel themselves to oe, with all their gold ])auper8 in social status as well as intellectual endowment; castiiigj longing looks through the bars behind which pasture the thorouglv bred "Blue-bloods" of the land. I dare say that I have sinnedl against this view of matters; and so given Plntm mortal offence. Too bad ; first to smite Dives with a wanton wound, and then leave him to pay the costs of prosecution ! Behold here, crimes Nos. three, four, and five. But the catalogue of my iniquities is not yet exhausted, Mr. Kochesteb charges me with having the Teacher?, on my side. This is crime No. six. Disgraceful strely ! Aftei eleven years intimate intercourse with an educated, intelligent, and honourable class of men, I find them warm friends and supporters : what a shame ! Had it lain within the very outermost limits of an impossible possibility that any one of the Clique M. Ps,, \u embryo could have obtained and filled the office whose duties ] have discharged so long, is it certain that love and fealty to him would be charged against the Teachers? or that the children and their parents would not be cheering on the other side ? Some men know little of the Schoolmaster, if we are to judge by their spoken and written deliverances. But, worse than an army of Tea'^hers at your back is a University badge of distinction on it. ll^ i. Powell sees my chief crime in the M. A,, which it is ny privilege to affix to my signa- ture. Well ; I am a •' Master of Arts ; " yet do I not know every thing. I know nothing of the Arts of the horse-racer, or the gambler. Many are the Arts, of which I am not master; — Arts not taught where I learned mine, in Queen's University, Kingston ; — Arts in which degrees are conferred in another institution in that City; though not conferred even on the deserving who shirk the usual period of " residence." Hoat cruel ! that a scholar should enter the lists with men who can neither speak nor spell their mother tongue. This is my Crime No. Seven. Finally and seriously : My crowning misdemeanor, my culminating disqualification is this : 1 can't be used as a Tool, Carleton's member must be the property of the Clique. He must be altogether such as themselves. He must be as putty to the (rlazier, or clay in the hands of the Potter. Then will the Arch- Potter on Ashburnhara Hill smile some fateful smile ; and chew the cud of design ; and ruminate whether to make a pot of Carleton or a teacup. They know I am neither clay nor putty r therefore I must be cast out. Bine illae lachrymae. * ' In conclusion it is unnecessary to say thai, had Sir John Mac Donald been in the field before me, J should never have thought of being a Candidate. I am not an opponent of his : be ivuur c\^ croi^ate ■tiuvarts i^ chan< (> conV'J 10, bav_ u whiclj Ottawa oupital suvveudi ihe ft^l o\rcuvtij ci'imes, kvhausted. ^» my side. /en yea IS ^'^ourabJe >^hat a Its of an I duties J Ifaj'en and 'owie men P^ spoken ►ack is ji ™y chief- »y signa- >w eveiy ' or the 'ngston • 'tion \n »o Bhh'k scholar >r spelJ t*, my must to the Arch- chew '^eton ©foi'e 15 ' 'Mi made an opponent of mine. Some of those who retired in hi- ivour claim credit for so doiii^. Far be it from me to wish t(. eroi^ute from their claim. But facts are facts. A thorough ,an^•liHs of the county convinced Mr. Rochester of the poverty of jis chances. A very slight canvass sufficed, and more than sufficed, convince Da. Church with regard to his. As fci Mr. Powell 10, having made a most extraordinary and irr-" egg "-ular tour, n which he never called a meeting so far as I know, i-eturned to bttawa sick at heart. These are the gentlemen who would make capital out of resigning. They had nothing to resign. They surrendered what was not theirs. Sir John was elected through HIS OWN GREAT NAME ; and owes them nothing. I believed from the first, and I believe now, that under fair and ordinary circumstances, you would return mo to Parliament. I blame n(» <;lector for casting his vote for Sir John MacDonald. Under other circumstances he would of course have polled every conservative vote in Carleton, For his not having done so, he ha^ only the Clique to blame. I am, Yours truly, Ottawa, 13th July, 1882. J. MAY. 'ohn lave he 16 THE BATTLE OF EPHESUS, ,'1 l! r H if I, Of Ci iMow and the Clique Sing the glory and renown f When they knew they were too weak To pot one poor fellow down, Then they raarsnalled all the forces of the lantJf They blew the bugle loud, — And a needy City Crowd Were at band f • ' II. n Away r away F away ! " — And the country, far and near They scoured in chase of May As the hounds pursue a deer I And their baying rang through village^ plain & wood. Dr. Church upon the Eight Bore on him in the fight Lik^ a flood, IIL And on the Left John E Led on in dread array His forces in the war, (A puny lot, they say :) The Centre was in charge of Gen. Powell : Egg'd on by othei* men He charged and glowr'd again Like a gboul I IV. All o'er the battle field The guns of Hades belch'd ', -For, May's doom must be seal'd And May himself be " squelcKtV O, the thunder of their squadrons shook the ground I But, after many a charge. They found May still at large Safe and sound f V. " Oh ! this'll never do ! " Eoared out* the Clbmow Clique, Sitting, looking sad and blue On that last day of the week : — i 17 *' IIo ! Mos^a-ovc !— Follow, loll iis wlisuV tin- now- 'i " " Nows! May iis going in Tnloss 3011've loads of " tin " " F(.r to uso ! " Bofore the bi-eak of day On the BlosHcd Morn of rest, Three hundred men, they say. Streamed out East, Soulh and West ! The highways and the byways roared and i-nttlod ! 8oon 'twasn't hard to soo That May was lost ! — though ho Had so battled. VII. O, 'twas a novel sight To see one little man Beget such wild attright In the army, rear and van ! E'en Senators and Members lost their wits! And all lest Mr. May Should over-score John A. Not the Grits ! VIII. You've seen the wild comiootion Among the hens and cocks, When a hawk with silent motion Slips downward from the rocks : How they scream, and cackle, strut and run away ! So quail d the Junto fowl Around the Eooster Powell On that day. IX. And many a Lumber King, With a Pine for walking-stick, United with the Eing To give poor May a " lick," — OflScials, Medicos, and Pettifoggois Contrived to give a hit ! Yet he didn't have a tit . At a Grogger's ! ' X. -. " / You've f>con the Stag at ba}- * • Face liound and horso and gun ! If so, 3'ou know how May The battle lost, and, — won ! — 18 i> •. I / For, luittle.s lost are Homotimcs more tlwin won. — John R. — Ivts lost his sent ! And Church <« dead complete ! And Powell'h rfo/ie / ^ XI. And Monk will liJivo a tight ' He little seems to guess ! And Mos(jRoVE needn't try't, "Though" "yet" "'still" "nevertheless." And others, such as " Archie " and "McLeod," May rest content to rot In their unnoted lot . With the Crowd. XII. (Ii'and Victory ' Kheu ! It must be won again ! — SIX IIUNDRb]D tried and true OfCARLETON's best men, Kach one of them devoted to 'John A,' liotused to bow the knee, Or swell the victory Over May I ! ! XIII. And, when the trumnet note Of War is heard again, Once more the Flag will float O'er these SIX HUNDRRD MEN, With many another Briton leal and true, — Who'll make the hated Clique Squat down and " eat their leek," Sick and blue. PART 11. XIV. ' liut liark ! the roll of drums ! The clang of pipe and brass ! The conq'ring hero comes To pic-nic at " The Crass ! " Lo ! at the head ' turf Barber, and Magee ; And MosEs Inkerman In the Powbll-Clemow ' van,' . Making three ! v.» XV. N,.w >i.c'cc:l»0^, lonstH, and; s-ul..' , MudobySiHTiiiHorTuvr; With Champagne for the ricn, Or t'avour'd city -sprat,— '[^Uc .eomonnjofCarletonloohon. .- . Oh! that a hungry belly Should .ec them gulp the .iell> Kound Sir John ! XVI. Men sometimes go to Church To mock, yet stay to pray : Hut, from my secret perch [ saw men go that day ., . ^ ......j^j.-.- Without a ' bit ' or ' sup,' or " how-d > c a. And angry men they were , And not u few did swear At "The Crew! XVII. ^ ^ The Speakers bellow'd out— ' The wind swept all away ! When lo ! a nughty/l^^,^ ^^ „__ Went up for ' May ! -^^\J^ ,',^ ^,^,. , ,«,km ! ^ Out crash'd the pipes and cymbals, .main For, Barber, near at haml With a mercenary Band, Smote him dumb ! XVIII. O i^reat and glorious Day ! " O Carleton ! thy pride ! Still, I suspect, John A. Didn't enjoy his ride , , , , , Attended by a cloud of dirt and .lu..t ! , O ! pity t'was to see !— But sometimes such as he Even must. ^ XIX. ■ ...:.,v.. The Battle day is past As every day must pass ; ' We'll have our day at last, ^ And pic nic at the " Crass . , And ALL ^ay eat and dnnk and Speak that > And we'll ask e'en Mr. Barber To drink at last, in harbour, Toasts to May. 20 OTHIE I^OLIj- Hi'll's Coi'iioi'8 Bronson. 45 Mr Donald. 40 8S «9 68 m m u m 506 Maij. 26 KwllowHcId MiM'ivaUs 53 15 96 Mirclitoii Itocliestorvillo Stcwartoii M t, Slioi'wood ^\>'olivillo :}6 ... 35 45 30 '9 33 1 Mi'triumicsviilc 15 a Byor's (noar Richmoiid) Total (Nepean) . 33 .... 390 153 .March Toiboltou Bronson. 19 .. 59 47 McDonald. t» 48 215 167 151 660 May. 26 (i oil 1 bourn 173 ^orth (iowcr 85 9 219 110 ;M!ii'lboroni;'h Total ... m 454 Kiclunoii*! Villiiife Bronson. 9 McDonald. It 1185 t3 Ifi-and Total. ....617 629 CURIOUS FACTS. AsuTON i^ave May 54, Sir John 56. Hemotest Village from Ottawa. Division strongly conservative. Only two behind. Chieflj'^ independent farmers, Htittsvim.e gave May 75, Sir John 76, Remote from O. Strongly Conservative, Only one behind the Chieftain. Independent farmers. Richmond Village (Incorporated) gave May 22, Sir John 19. Strongly Conservative. Twenty miles from Ottawa, three ahead. Fallowfieli>. Fifteen miles from Ottawa gave May 20, Sir John 22, Only tico behind the Chief Independent fai*mers. \ 21 r.VKn's .Sovciilceii miles iVom Ottawa i^ave May 27, Sir .loliii :]4. Only tic.vt'H behind the Pmnier. In(lei)en(lent tanners. JliHrnroN. Stewart(»n, Mt. Shorwoo.l, A.vhville, ami .Mechanj.s- ville titive May 2:i Sir John 2(17.— 'I hose villa-cH (except H.) tourh Ottawa. Kew fanners, it any,jM them. May, average under 5; Sir John, over 50. Too near the aique. May T)")!; behind m who e rounly: 244 of this majority ma.le in these iiiile idaces. Without thorn, Sir John's majority would have been only 312. Total Number ol'Kleetor-. in Carleton :{ido these Suburbs ! Sueh is the Clique, triumph ! " Oh, that 1 cannot tell," "^t'^ '^^' J Hut 'twas a glorious victory ! " ^f'} hi c-/ THE CO^^CLAVE. Church, in rago and fury, said : "We can't live till MAY^isdoad; Lot us knock him on the head ! " Answer'd Clemow : «' That i.s it ! Who'll yon get to make tl.e hit ? - And he spat a yellow spit. 'I We can't beat him— devil a one ! So you may as well bring on Strongest man you have— Sir John." Thus spake Rochester : for lie Had been out, but could'nt see Any chance of victory. " ^"^^ y«" iiave it ! " shouted Powell JS'ow you have Mav by the jowl ; This'll end him, 'pon my sowl ! Run or not, you all can see He is dead ! " And C. MA(iEE Sang out : " Then our course is free ! If we should elect John A., He won't sit; and so the day Will be ours without this All h, All May. IS gone Just as they said save one minutest shred It is thif May [sn't DEAD! ■*«r- j-^ :^::^yit,- .;»■ ;,W.' t 4^ asrr A- % # rr^f' i*x-^-^' # •^•^ / ■ f t / 1/ *.. «!# * '/ *' lv- •'/;'^*, #