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 tk Il»«lw»y could 
 'CBS fusiuii again. 
 1 ; and Sir Henry 
 o stiito " ilint. the 
 with it." Fromn 
 ipftper, I had [mt 
 
 anntry by Aiualirnina- 
 :y, for th^rc^ itt not a 
 i fiiUy Dciiapied So 
 iral, i)D(l peniriiary, 
 'p)e of OntHrio, who 
 <in them iin«wareB, 
 ning Kngliali atock- 
 ^quiremeDta. 
 
 3, 1879, I find it 
 
 ry io settle h<>T<>, a 
 leral nianafrtr wnnid 
 f , I hat, and tho otber 
 account what it «a> 
 
 lough to B»y, " If 
 ni Ottawa line in 
 hard time of it." 
 ftc Railway nyiidi. 
 hnsed the Qucheo 
 and is willing to 
 JCtion and openv- 
 ch wdl take goodu 
 Bti'amcrs and the 
 ir an inch of thnir 
 and Trunk Coni- 
 fer tnoconsidera- 
 bors, shareholders, 
 sompletion of thJK 
 make the Groat 
 Dally live concern I 
 et'ioan and Aiiglci. 
 5t time for years 
 sower in the con- 
 time to ohooaefor 
 frmichises to the 
 1 of a beleaguered 
 nd on the eve of 
 
 merely accidental 
 avo yotir reputa- 
 tioney, hiivo hren 
 misfortnne is pre- 
 
 lave to quote from 
 orgiin of tliuUon. 
 
 I any agreement fo r 
 
 r duty to resist \t> 
 
 having largu control 
 
 thi! amalgauiation; 
 
 do tbiH thing, we 
 
 1 nay to make itaeU 
 iciariea will not reap 
 s will gain Ibeir tcin- 
 ltd ttnck will be lu^t 
 
 ii of the Liberal 
 
 uf the Legi^lAtnrea 
 .iiHay Oon.tUittfc of 
 )tirution for any Bnch 
 eell ahle to exiBt and 
 r Di»y be the awallow' 
 
 gorge itaelf with its 
 
 eatern i-honld desire 
 the lamb lying down 
 
 ih« name strain, 
 ^'iinada, and tho 
 ■rupiiloTis iB their 
 I iiioTettiunt. Sir 
 1) per annum was 
 ih lit amount, would 
 1 wan in any sense 
 Think you, the 
 
 pillnfring f Ton 
 rl Rive them rretlil 
 
 (or 110 uiuib coinptacency. litfipircd nowspapAr writorii k»vtf 
 Intidy lieuii quoting the amalganuition of the Northern Kail- 
 way vith tho Jfiimilton and North-Western as proof that such 
 iliings are doiiu, and can be done again, in Canada. Tint there 
 ia little analogy m tho two cases. Your amalgamation, 
 Sir, will i-otiso ijia luitagAnisni of Toronto, Paris, liondon, Gait, 
 Guelph, Wocdstook, and the MulValo and Detroit frontiers. 
 Tlin aiiialganiation cited as a precedent concerned only the 
 small town of Uarrio and the oi'y of Hamilton. Tlie chief 
 citizens of Hamilton were on tlie Hamilton and Nortli- 
 Westem Hoard, and were personally r«sp«)ii»iblo for iidvanoes. 
 They estricatiid thomseives from a very tight plac« by this 
 amalgamation. Hamilton therefore was quiet, thougU 
 undoubtedly hei- iutercata were sacriticcd to Turonto, and 
 Toronto had no oause to complain. At) the poi)it» of contact 
 threatened by your Roheme nothing short of a revolutioa 
 would follow the withdrawal of the present competition (such 
 as it is) for local business. 
 
 The Great Western Company ha« a natural right to resist 
 encroachmentti made by the Grand Trunk. The Great 
 Western was built through the Western Peninsula ni>on the 
 distinct understanding that it would bo tho Gmnd Trunk litre 
 west of Toronto. Faith wa« broken, and the I'oronto and 
 Guelph road was the first section of the present Grand 
 Trunk system built in opposition to the Great Wosteni. 
 What that breach of faith has cost original Great Weuteri) 
 sharoholdeia it is impossiblo to calculate ; but now that a 
 siniihir opposition east of Toronto is threatened to the Gmnd 
 T'riink Kaihvay. and a chanc: is to be affordtd for the Oivat 
 Webtern to retaliate exactly in kind, and get back some of its 
 losses, the Grand Trunk artillerynica are bid stajid to theiif 
 guns, and the air is full of thunder and smoke. 
 
 liulf pendent of through trafiBc, the Great Western lias the 
 best p'lying piece of railway iu British North America in their 
 Hamilton and Toronto branch; they ha^e u. better country to 
 pass through than the Grand Trunk, and a prospect of better 
 times to como ; they have good and ecotiotnioal lociU 
 miiiiagenient ; and their affairs at home and in Uunada are 
 honestly and couecieutiously adniinisrertvl— a great change 
 from what I can remember in this respect. Is it possible that 
 the owne.-H of such a property should consent to be made tools 
 of for the extrication of a few unfortunates from a serious 
 predicament P 
 
 From first to last the state of the case submitted to tbem by 
 you and your friends has been absurdly wrong and imperfect, 
 and has, been received in Canada with the derision it deserves- 
 But time and space will not admi t of a full exposition ol all the 
 fallacies ailduced. The Rome and Wnlertown Bgieemeiit is 
 ridiculed by you as having fallen through, whereas it is 
 notorious that Vanderbilt gave the Great Western evoi-y facility 
 at the Niagara Huspension Bridge for making the connection, so 
 sanng the Company the expenseof abridge atLewiston, as well 
 as MOveiTil miles of road. Colonel Grey has it right to think 
 this a iiuisler- stroke of policy. In furt,n,nBW route for suininoi- 
 tiBVellers to the White Mountains and New England was 
 oj)rnedup, ui) doubt tothe disgustoftlioGrand Trunk; and of 
 tliii*. if vi.ii are coniiiionly honsst, it must be supposed yi.iii arc 
 ignorant, thougli everybody in Canada is perfectly well uware 
 of it. Quite naturally, the actual owiiorsliip of fnc shares in 
 the company has not been suffieient induo<>meut tor yoii to 
 make a searching examination into its business ; btjt why, then, 
 tnko 80 prominent a part in the attempt to save it fmm 
 destruction P You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the 
 bounds. The hare repudiates yotir comptuiionsliip, and sus- 
 pects your sympathy. 
 
 I shall conclude with an extract from the kttcst number of 
 the Kmnoniiet. iihvays a well-informed journal r— 
 
 EfForta are being made by apeculntori to revive the fusion cry ib 
 reapect to the lireat Wcatrru nod Grand Trnoli cotnpaniea, with 
 apparently aa little chance of Bucreaa aa heretofore. 
 
 It Seems, (hen, thiit all well-informed writers iu Ejiglaudand 
 
 Ciinada agree in the measure taken of you and your 
 
 coadjutors. What I have read on the subject in spme respect- 
 
 abl<! Knglish newspapers would he astounding, were it not for 
 
 the reflection thai the honest editors take a good deal on trust, 
 
 and only know what you choose to tell them. 
 
 Tour obedient servant, . .. i 
 
 
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