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Kenny, president of th liberal-conservative association, siinied t' chair iimmptlv at ".liO, called the meeting tij order, ;in(l s;ud: The members of the lilieral- eonservative ass'jciation of this city and county, under wlii.se ausjiices this niagniti- cent nierting has been convened, have done me the honor of asking nie to jn'eside to- night. It is always a pleasure to ine, to comply as far as in my i«i\ver lies with the wishes of the members of this association, because I believe they an' animated by an earnest lause). I know that all the gentlemen whom 1 see before ine have not the happiness of being members of our association. I detect the faces of some friends who tielong to the other {xhtical camp. I trust we are none the h-ss friendly hecaus e we agree to differ politi'-ally. But there is one point on which I know a Halifax audience will always be found unanimous, and that is in extend- ing a hearty welcome to the ladies. (Ap- plause. ) This morni-ig I met a frietui of mine wlio stopjied a moment, to ask lue if it was true that I was to preside here this even- ing, and when I replied in the afiirniative he remarked, with that candour which our in- timacy warranteTci.' and finance and the general l>olicy of tlie governnu'iit of the t >untry. No man listening to ine shares nH)r>' fullv than 1 do that feeling of reiuctanco v.-h;ch I Ic'li've comes over most liu.->ine.-- men , when they a-.; asked to tike part in a iiublic I meeting. 1 assure you that nothing rmt a sense of duty ever induces me to do so. But 1 Consider it to 'oethe bonnden duty of every man who has anything at stake in the coun- try to endeavor to inform hinise on the great [Hilitical questions of the da\ 'id to be ever ready, in a projjer, tem|)erate manner, to su{)[iort that policy and that party which he lieheves will best promote the welfare of our common country. No greater 'iiistakc can b<' made by individuals (U' by com- munities than to imagine tiiat they are not concerned in the imjitics of the day. On questions of general policy we must exjiect to find differences of opinion. The proverb says: "Many men, iiiany minds." These differences are the logical consequences of the free institutions under which wo live, and every gtKid c'tizen is i)repared to accord to his fel'ow citizens the greatest latitude in such matters — the same measure of liljerty of thought and action which he claims for hiniself. Whilst I recognize fully the existence of these differenc<'H of opinion and the.se duties of citizenship, 1 must candidly say that I have no patience with the men who are ever traducing their own coun- try, decrying and belittling the land we live in and extollin(?forsifni countries, (loud applause) '* 3 ! I caw not how ir :ch we may (iiffer with eac-li otluT (111 ijufstidiiK irf party |Militi;,'H, but I coiiti'iid that Wf MhimUl all unit.- in in- culcatinjf auiungst our fellow ciiuutryuica a )oii our fellow citizen an(l i-e]ir(/si-ntative m the cabinet, the Hon. ^Ir. Thumpsun, minister of justice. '* Hon. . Mr. Thompson, who was receii-eil w-itli great cheering, said : Mr. Chairm.'ui, I>;idies and ( ientlemeii, — I aiu periVccly con.-cious that in this great, audii nee, i lue-teulhs of those whom I snj before me must make the same stutem, nt that ;. ou, Mr. Chaiiiuan have made, that, .you have' never >et had the pleasure of hear- ing tue voices of niy two colleagues who have come to address you this evining, and inasm .c^h as I know what has draun you all togftiiei is chcifly U hear these gentle- men decu-^s the princi[)al ijUestious -on- nected with the [lolitics of Canada, which ilitert St the |M-opie of tiiewide Doiiiiiiioii, from one end of it t(» the oth'-r — rather than to hear my more familiar voice, 1 am about to nuike a statement which 1 am sure will elicit ■,']i' appi'ov'il of the whole audience, and thit siatenienl is that the remarks which I shall ihake at the opening of the iinx'eed- ings ti'is ev.uing shall be exceedingly brief, in ord. 1 that tin- gi-eater part of the evening may li given to my two colleagues, Mr, White :oul Mr. Fostex, whom ] know you so niuoh d. .-lie to hear. Mr. <,'h:! riuan, I am sorry tr say that an attemor has lieeu made to create a I'liisunder- .standi.ig as to the reasons why we are here. An ato iiij.t lias been made to create an im- pression in Haiifa.x that we had come down here ujM.n a mission of di.scord and en- mity. The imjiression has b<'en sought to l)o ci'' ated that we art here to-night to abuse ,,n opponents and to increase and embitter the hostilities of public life, which are geu'i'iily bitter enough without fuel h^iu^ «,<.iueu io wiie iiames, and au impres- sion has gone ahroad that we are We to Htiniu'ate to increiwed dccivity the spirit of party zeaj, I have no hesitation in saying, sir, that these are erroneous impressiouH, .anrt I state that the reason we are liere is thu -ince the clotte of the \itAt session of parliament, at various mwtings throughout this country, through- out Ontario, t^uebec and tile maritime pro- vinces, statements have been made and argu- ment;: have been put before the peofiie by vvl'.icli not only the jwlicy of the Dominion • niveriiment has been u.s.-ailed in all its great liarticidars, but the a you and other portions of tin; electorate of Canada that we are resiHjnsiL-le to you for the policy on which the government is conducting puWic affairs, and not only that but tiiat we a.re b«)mid to satisfy your conscience.-* and judg- ment, as part of the elect(,rato of Canada, as to the honesty and fairness with which public matters are conducted. We admit >ir that the government is upon its trial, as a govern- ment must always ln>, and upon its liefence, and it is for the purpose of making that defence u|K-n the leading ipiestions of the day, and not for the mere purpose of personal attack upon our opponents that we apiiear before.-. Haiifa.x audience this evening. And sir lam sure- (litfeieiit as undoubtedly the opinicjiis of tile per.s(,iis composiiiar this as well as t .ftrv large gathering must be, thac there is hce as there should bo eveiywhere else a determination tliat men who aie ujion their def.nco, and who have a scUement to submit to the judg- ment of the electors, will be given fair play and a full and courteous hearing. Now 1 have said sir, that I do not intend to take any consideralile portion of the time allotted to us this evening; and in fulfilment of that promise I i>ro|«)8e to address to you a few reniark.s, before I conclude, upon only one of the several subjects which may be ojK'n for discussion to-night. And I take up that subject siinidy for the reasoii that addressing an audience in a Maritime I'rovince like tnis, I feel it incumbent as a matter of duty upon any mai? in my position to make a full and candid statement up.'(i|.lr with li tfii-iit dial nf t;nor, was al)r<«.it.-(l, th.Tc liiis li.Mii II, , |iaitv:uiil 111! K"Vtrniiuiit in tlii.scotinliy that was iii.fa^or- alilt^ to 11 ri'Ufwal uf this triaty w iih f he l'r.it»M StatiM on fair anil huuonilih' t^iin.s. In l^titi, \,hin thf tiiaty was abrn(,'ati d, Sir John A. Macddnald wa.- at tlic hiiwl of the g<>vfrni!i«->!t .'f the provincCDf Canada, and in conjiiuc-tioii with ri'|irfsinia*i\r.s of rlif maufilMf |irn .nc•l•.^, and as (■arnl■^tly ii-s th'- repristiit;i'i WM of thr Jiiaritiiiif f.rnviiK "s couki ilo, he l)cnt his cmiiriis m tliH dii'M-tiiin '.f uhtainiiif,' a rcufw;sl of that treaty. Hut thi- olitainin^,' of a ri'iu'wal of that tn-aty thi^n was a matter of iniijossibi- lity l)'vaii-.r thr fj(jv(TiinifMt of the liiitiil (States hiul set itself to ahrotfatc that ri-aty onci-fipraH. Jn l.Hrtion was not only in-! consi7,t'Ut with the nonor of the country Imt ; witli its m^iti'rial advantage, and that resolu- ' til. n v. as voted d(;wn in the house of com- I luoRs, not liy any mere party vote, for if | yon lool. it tlii' jiul>lie record to-day you will ' find thai tliose who voted a'.^ainst it were not i solely tin' mem.:>ers of thecouservativeyovern- ' ment and party, but side by side with them ■ such men as Mr. I'.lake. .Mr. .Mills, .Mr. .%!.•«• ken/ie and .Mr.(,!artwiight,- so that L think I i am right in saying that the record of both jiar- [ ties is consistent ujxin that (juestion, that in ; so far as a declaration of an opiniv)n in favo.- ] of increased trade relations with that country ' .•T witli any other is concerned, we have ex- ; presse 1:<:I1 oUi- ..pLiod'-ni's Ae.-e in p.liV^r, a ste|i w.i, mail • that was deei::e,! de-uable. The late Mr. (iei.rgr- Hrow.i iniluced liit friends. Who Were in the .Miukeu/ie gov rn iiieni.to t.ike lery active nteps in the din clioi) ol negotiations for a re(ipro<.ity tre.My. }[e went to W'a.^hington to entii int.) net-otia tious tliere, and came back deelariiig that «.a a result of Ins iiwiuiries, everything Wiut ri[K. for the Meg..tiatioii of a new lieuli, and hi returned to the I'nited States armed with large (Hiwer to euier into in goliation.s for a triit\. 1'lns lir-t attempt in advance of the mere expre.ssion of wdlinginNS to i tit"i into a new ti^-ary wasatten- coiKHiercial reliitiijn.s with the I iot( d Sti'.tes it is not tiecause t!ie govern- ment of tlie day is unwilling to i.nt.r into enlarged commercial relations witli that, country or any other country, for I have no hesitation in saying here responsilile, as I am for every word I utter in that rr'g;'.i(l, that every member of Sir John .\. .Mao- donald's government to-day, from the leader of the goveriinieut himself down to the .youngest iiiemlier of the g.ivermneut, is in favor of any fair and honor. liile riiiprocity treaty witli'the Liuted States. If we have not obtained such a treaty the reason i.-« that according to the old proverb it takes two tt) make a bargain. There i-s one individual in this country who lai. ly conceived the original idea that it does not tak- two to make a bargain and that indi- vidual, in the Free Press othce at (.(ttawa, in theabsiiliite dearth of nlialile iiews wh'cli he could telegraiih abro;iiI. undertook to get up a n'cipiiicity treaty himself, and this treat.v he drew up all from his own ivonder- ful brain by patching together the V\"asl,ing- ton tri at\ and the reciprocity treaty, and he started this oi.t {i.s being a draft trea'_. ■. Iiieh V. as presse.1 by the ^ove •uneiit of tin i nited Stat. -s for th- cousideratioii af the goiern- iriei.t of ( 'an.ida; and the most remarkable thing of it all was that out of .sympathy for his secession friends in Nova Scotia he declared that this treaty, iiianufacturort by himself ten minutes before, had bc.'n pressed by the imperial government out of consideiatioii for the re|ieal and secession movement. It was ni.t only exceedingly in- gi'uious and kind to make the treaty, biit it was very kind and generous to rememljer hi» friends down here by the .sea. (Laughter.) But I regret to say that negotiations have not so far ah uiitruc, and ti) Htate as I Mil ImhiiuI to t-tiiti', that tlif- document rf'fi-iTcd to wmm iin utter furt^iTV, and tliiil 11(1 iii'iiotiatiiins wi-rf mi fiKit wliicli would justify any ,;!i;li a tri'aty, iMid unwilling' that s;icli a treaty sho.ihl tie adopt, .d and oti[Kised to it on tlie j,-'oiim 1 rliat ii -..a- in L'onflict with the line-: ■* rhe nation..! ixihry. [ ui>ed hanlly tel|\, i. Mr. ( 'hairman, who are soiiieuiiat faniifiMr with t!ie ii-nn^ of sncli doeuinents tin* Ih- sii].jiosni order in counei; is a fraud ai.d a forj^'ery from th<' Ivi-i-miiicr v. the eriij, hut tho.^e wfio ;ire not sM well uciiuaiiiti-d with (locniiients of tlvit kind -v ho are no' so familiar v.ith (lie ^o^I!■^ and exjire.sions con- tained in iueh (ioiuiiviits, mifjht sMpiKise ■from leiuliuK that lioj^us n-atv ;.nd allep'd -irdevin tMiir.cil. not only that a treaty \vf-,s jiroposed liy tlie •foverninent of the Tuited States, )iut tliat the Dominion j;o\ernnient had deliberately refused to fro on with such a. iiro|Misition. I am heretonipht to triie the statements ooncerniili^ the slleffJii iirojiosals of the govennient of tlie Unite\i States in this ivj.'^ard an unequ! vocal denial. I repeat the stati-ment which 1 ni;ide in the befnn- nilifl of ;riy remarks this eMiiiiif!-, that e^ery memt.er of Sir John A. Ma'donahl's y-ov- ernnieiit, from Sir John .v. .Macdonald liim- Sflf down to the youn;.resi member, is i;i favor of :on honornblereeiiirocitv in-aty with thel^uited Mates. Hut we say t^iat after the •avowed v. illimrness of this govwrnnent, as e.xpressed in the customs act, to pive reci- procity and after th<' avowed willinencss ex- ■pressed tiiroiiirh Mr. (ii-ori,i' lirowu, when .i ■draft tieaty was projNi^ivi for the adoption of the r^i*' d States |>,.<.|)!e, and afti r the con- •ces>i.,ii that was maiV' last y, we are not willing to go down utifin our kneeaand say that we are unable to live without it. There is, sir, a section of tliv fieople of this country which is doing all it can to frustrate and destroy the "ad.ijition of •such a tre.ity. They are the jieople who are li.all he starving if we (lou't get a reciiinicity treaty. Tliey arc the i»op1e who are continually saviiiK to the I'nitud States: If jou hold out longer you will have st,irv(rove<'. tTad« relations with the Initisl Staten, andmakinif it more dittii'ult and more »)X|>enHivf to the best interests of Caniula when- ever the time conies to negotiate for enlarged trade relaiions. These are the [xople who .ire frurtr.itmg to-day the |)OH.sibi- lities of such ,.ade relations, and putting in the way of suoh reciprocity treaty the only oplKisit: m wh::lj comes fr,,m this .side of the. i's; ((^leer. > \i.\v. sir. 1 have thus ex- pressi'd au opinion on a ipiestion which I know vitally concerns the jieople of the maritJme provinces, the sentiments which I entertain ii|kiii that question, and having donesoat gieafei-liTigth tiian I Hrst intemletl, I siiiUl keep tlie promise with which I starti-*! and leave tlje r'-st of the evening to mv friend . and colleagtie-.. who 1 Know you will not only hear with faiiiess and courtesy, but A ith a great deal (,f mtrrei Hon. .Mr. Foster, the latest .addition to the caVunet from the province of New Brunswick. We ha-, e had the pleasure of having them present with us at our vneetingx in t!if wPHt, and tlipy MURjfi'^tid, ni.t unfairly a.M I lliink, til vt Hii.ni' nf ns who r< iir<-.iMt niii-^lihifiicii'M 'M Ontario nIiomM rctimi tlif cotiipliiiicnt liy (ii>cii.--Mij(,' liifor-' ymi rim »• tioHH that lire of coiniiion int. rr-t to n^ ivll. In il linK lhi4 w.' r.c fju^t that <|M<'n our dcf.ncf. That M ahv.-iy, the |m^itioii .,f k'ov nimcnts. I'hf o|.|)(.sitioii arc th.' aftai-hini,' party. I<'..r a (MTi'id of tiv,' yc.irs w.- had t!i.' ca-i'y time of .K:.-iipying the p.witi.iii of attack, jiiid wi> •\vere al.lc to arraiLTii tic othiT political i'art\- for th.' inann.'r in v, lii.'h tli. " ailinini^ti'ieJl the affairs of tlc' oiintry. Jt'irin^' that tim.- w.-.IhI it HO siicc-^sfiilly tliat, thoUKh tli.-y ha.l l...ri out of oftic.' for tu 'nty y. ars so tiir xs all Canaxla was oiioenied, and f.ir s.'Veii 'jr eijfht year.'* so far as th.' iK.iiiinion wjvs CDiic.'niei!, wh.'H the tiuii' came Sir.l.ilni A. Mai-donalil was r.'turn.-d t'. p yri'at as that in l.-iT'"*. Since that time the polic\- of attack an.l defence has lieeii troiiif; .in. \\'e h;i>. .' hail by -ejections ami. ih..ii'.di it i^ saitl that L'oVernments iH'^'in to di.' as ,s.Min as they betrii to live, and in the nature of things they must ItKise son.e of th.'ir streu'^'th an.l in'iimlaritv, we havi' the iiuparall.'l.'il fact that to-diiy we sta if Uh tiin«' ■■k I that tliat 1!.it, two stron;,'er than \n' .iid .'it tin elections .if ISSL', Now ] tlii niay say that a recid of ki.id justifies us in I'.li.'vin:,' \v.' h.'ive the culdidi'iic'.' of the l-.-ople. recently, .mr o]ipon.'nts ha've atlopted a dilf.'i'ent nieth'id of attack. It is not so much in r.-fen-nce to th.' policy w.; iiui-sn.' or the results ,)f that polie , . Here anil there a public man, who has stroutrir than his n.'iM-hbors the strength . if his convictions, will attack th.' national policy, but as a ^remral thiiii.- till' imlicy nowailojiti'd by our p.ilitical opiioneiits, is a polity, of perso'ial atttick.- a IKilicy of wha.t I ventur.' m charact.rize as shvn.l.'r.- f.ir tile jmriKis*' of drajcPTin^' il.nvn tin- cli:'.r;u^t.rs of memli.'i> of the trovernuient and nicniliers of parliament who supjiort them. You, ^ir. Chairman, in oii-ning-, r.-fern-.l to the fact tliatit waa to the i-utaxest of bu-.i- iies'f men ♦^1) be coiiocrTii.' in rc!re;Mly ad.lr.'ssed eight ni.'etint;s this is thi' ninth an.l I can ap]..'al to th.is<- who were presi-nt of UitK (lartics to lie.ar lue out in saying,' that our object was, not to elevate ours. Ivi's by t lu ilepr'-ciatioii of our op|ionents, but to show our friends who have supported ns in the past, that tli.-re is nothing,' in the charges made ai,'a,iii-.l us to justify a withdrawal of their supi oir. If tliev are ciininci .1 of that, th. ri'cor.l of thi' futiiri' mav b.' left in our k. .pint-', '.vith tlie ;vs .inan.e th.it it v\ill b.' c, re.-. .I'd which v.iU correspon.i with that of the pa~t. The duty w ith w hicii 1 ha\e b. . n particul- arly charp'il this .'Vi'iiiuK' is to de.d w itl. -olue .if th.'se tiuestious ii; relation to which these attacks hale been liliule upon us. Vr\' hai e bt'.'ii att:ick.'d in relation to our dealinj,' with tlic Can.'idian Tacitic: radway nii4'oniisinjj the matter by taking tivo-thlrds of the amount in full payment. J,.'t me lioint out what ha- been th.'pi'licy of the pivi-rniuMit in relation to the K'real."st imblic work iindeitaken by any so. I'rnnieut in this cMuntry, — I mii,dit almost say by any ^'ovenimtnt in the w.irld. In tin y. ar b^i.sl, ( hud the pririle(,''c in company with the Hon. Mr. Ttlh'y, tli.'U tinanc. niinister of the I,>ominion, of attcniHn;,' soiiu iii.-.'tinKs ill the west^'n counties of Nova Scotia andin the Island of Prince Edw.ird; aX tl'.at time w.-' were discussing the cimtract then just entered into lietweenthe i,'ovi'rn' mint of th.' day and the com)ia;\y. The con tr:ict hiul l_«'en lU'rai.trned by the oiipi^itiim a.) ini|iriide'it. It w.is dec'lar'':! thT,t wc luwl eiit.n-ed into an an-.mg. nu-at which was calculated to sink th-.- company int.. ruin and bankruptcy, - an ari'an^'.'ni.iit wiiich would nor, in its nature, triV'.-' us the enteriirise w't- .lesired.but which would enibarra(- in ri'larion to other Works. We had ajrreed to trive .*L>."i,(K)(i,(KK) and i'),0 lit mill tlic ii>iM|pjiny. I vi niiiif t.i say, kiKm iujf .-iijiiii-tlmi^f of wimt 1 H|M'iik,tliiit befdff iiKiiiy year-' that jTcdiclii'ii «ill \»- fuUv rciilizi'il Hinl tli.it tlif sitl<' I'f tlif Idnds efthi' Xcirtliwrnt uill riturii to till' jfovcrn- Uiciit a sum (Mniiv iildit to tli>' uioticy ^fruiit. That ciuiiioi li. (Iniif ilia day or ivi-ii m a year or tui). It in a (im stioii,:illii-il w itii the Bfttli'!in-!it and di'\i lo|.!iii'iit of the I'OMiitry, which iiiwt tal; cnoii^rh iiioiu-y to the conipanv to hnild till- iiiMiiie section of the mad, irrrs- Jiective of the land jrrant alto^'i ther, and that the co!ii|iany would take that iKoicy and liiiild that s.ction throinfh tl..' open Country which was easy of construction; but that, when tin y imi.ic to the difHcult nections, they would .declare that they could not go on. We were told ihat we had made the contract in such away that the company could liui!;i.il to ask for a hian of i?;iO,- OOOJX'lO. Had you been in the house at that time, anp,conseiited to give th<- loan of .*:!0,00(t,(MK1 asked for taking as security therefor die railway, the termi- nal facilities, the stean-hips on the lakes and everithinc in fact that the coniji.anv owned. N\'e su).|«)s';d then that the company would go on. but iiext sssion they came back again with the declaration that though we had loaned them this .^,000,000 they still founi'. theinselven eml VTasKP*! n,u(\ ui.iibUj to goon, and they .isked us to |x'rmit tlnin to issue !!<:{,'i,(NM»,();)») of Uinds. ami to take itaO,- (HK»,(HHI of the Ixmds tut securitv for that amount of the debt, and the land grant •■ seciiritv for *10,()(KI.()00, and they awked u» to 1 them ?:"i,(HK),(Kl() more. The op(iositi(>n eie saw iiroof of all tha', the\ liail predicted nd Ihi'V felt that thev would Ik- able to go 11^ toihecountr, with a de^b^rafion that would secure .lur defeat. Hut the government still felt that the completion of the railway was tssential to the prosiwrity of the country and the developnunt of the Northwest, and they conseiitwl to change the conditionH of the security and give the campany the S.\(HM),'(K)(I asked for for oni' year. Hav- ing done ho they skid to the company to ge on. That was a bold |«)licy for any govern- ment to adopt, but it W!is a (Kilicy charac- teristic of this government wliicii recogliiM« above all things that the countrv mu.st be developi'd anil its resourceM ma?10,(KH»,tKI0, they would repay the loan and take the iiositiim of an ordinary private cor[Kiration, which, having entered into an obligation totlie government, had fuUilled it and was discharged. Of this money, -which in 1SH4 every mem- ber of the ooiiositi.ve beon repaid intti the jmblic trea.sury. Now sir, there is one point in regard to that bargain m relation to which we have Ih'cii at!.:u.'ked. It has been said that we have comproieised with thecom|>any by taking ]iayment of two- thirds instead of the full amount of the loan. It has been said by om^ gentle- men that tliey are our own lands a id by others that they are worth- less. Well, as to the first statement, they are not our own lauds, for the simple reason that they formed part of the land subsidy that we gave to the company; and they, hav- ing constructed the railway, were as entitled to the land as to the numey subsidy. Then as to the otlier charge about the land being worthless, look back at the discussions when this transaction was entered into. How your fears were sought to be excited by state- ments of the value of these lauds! The lowest figure placed upon them was tw dollarx an ivfTP. Maiiv nif'TnlxTH of thn oii'MiHitiiiii fitiiiiatcil tliiiii iiH lii)fh in hvi' <^y(iaiiiin ovrriuml grunts aiiii hnohi.»ioii tiiat thcMr himls in the Northwi'nt wire worth tisr dollarK an acre. If at that tinu', wlirii that |Hirtionof the cimnlry wius prarlic ■•.lly a lianiii wait'', ahiKwt .-hilt out from any sfttlcnifnt :i' all, if at lliu till!'- till' lanil-( wi-ri' worth •■- (K) an ttcre. Hiiri-ly afliT th'' railway wai ouilt and the country dc'Vi'Io|.i'<» an at;rp. (Clii'irR) Then. win ii this contnu;t wa.s let, one of the chartfe^ made wa»4 that we were lockini^ u|> an enormous area of that Northwest, that we were |ilac- illK no less than •.•r.,(KM»,(KH) lUTes of lanil under (lie iron lieii of a yi'eat monoiioly, and mens' minds wereaskeil to reuTt lo tlie tenant HVstein e\i,stine' in Ireland, and it was alleL,'.d that the coli(Ulioll of the settlers in the Northvsest would Im' infinitely worse, U-cause we Were ^,dvinjj these lands .o he thus dis- posed of. 1 reiieiiilier a trreat spi reh delivered l.y .Mr. IllMke (slijfht I'heers) in .Mon- treal when he placed a lar'„'e tiKi|i hefore him, ^rhich had a (,'reat hlot on it, as iiidie:'.tiii(,' w hat waH to lie placed in the hands of this coriKiratioM, and 1 remeiiilier the speecli in rfiily to this when .Sir Charles Tupper (loud and prolont,'ed cheerini;) [loiiitoij,' to tlUs Mot on the map. said : " i.,ar^'- it is I admit, hut double the si/e of it and then you have tli>' land suh-idy that .Mr. .Mackenzie was piiii^r togi\e." (Clii'ers.) Well if it was an iiiiurv to the North-West to jilace l.'."),(KM(,'- 000 acres of land under this corpi.ra- tion, surely w-e are entitled to some cri'dit that wi'liitve redie ed the area tiy one fourth, and taki-n hack tlcditfererice at a prii'e about one half below what it was estimated to be worth when these ^'entleinen were objictini,' to the Contract in ISSL'. Now v\hat has been the result of our dealing with this cor|Kii-a- tion? jViid what lias been the result to the country'.' \Vc ntered in b'^?! into a com- pact with I itish Columbia that we would build a i -ilway from the I'aciHc coast, connecting wit li the .system of railways in Canada, in ten yi'.ars. That was ]iait of the compact. It was i>recisely the satie- as that entered into at the time of confi-d. 'ration that wo should build the Intercolonial in order to connect these eastern jirovince with the west. As wf Were attacked at that tiiut- in the we-t, when undeitakin^r the constniction of the lutercoloniid tU,\'.ii here, .so we are attacked in connection w ith the railway in the Northwest, coii-triicled for a similar pur- {lOKe, that pur|Kise bein^ the unitinif by an iron band .OK well as by the sentinieut of a common |Kilitical ambition, ,ind a common coniiii'icial interest, the whole of this jn-eat country. Now that was the biu'xain whicli wo made at tliat time. It was stated to In- a Viari^'aiu that no one could carry out. It was leuounced as the mad scheme of a mad gjvernmout One gentleman declared that the British empire with all it', resonrwn could Mot siii'ci...d III con-triictiii(( that rail way within the time whirh wi -pts ified- Itilt what has ha|.|ieii. d '/ I >ou n to 1.S7K, altaoii),'|i the Miu'l.in/I'' )k'on''1 niient rec.i((- ni/."d till' obligation of blllldi^^,' the road by the passage of an act for its coii-tniclion ami althoin^'h they expended -oiiirSr_'.iMI0,"«'n for traltic or over which a rarriakre luul ever pas,-.e(l. Then, in ;.'<■■*<•, we uin .ablet< ( nter into this contract. W'li.it ha- is'curret the Very best, road upon this North •Vmerican continent, a road which has al ready liecoiue .-o im|iortant a factor between the West and Ka-t that I find railway jour- nals.siich as the "Uaiiway .\^"'"for instance, calling u|Hin .\niericans to endea'or to pre- vent tlieas.''gressive policv ot the C,i,indinm f^ detrimental to .\meneaii intere-:t. (Ap- plau.se.) What more have we':' We hoped that by the construction of this roiul we Would pet the .\siatic trade, and lean remember, when .Sir Chas. Tu|iper, in one of his speeche- in rarliaiiient upon this subject, refern il to the jios-ibility of t'lat trad* beiiiff developed, his opponents lauRlied at him, — their hiiest sneers Were employed at his sug- gestion of the |iossibilit,y of such a trade. What have we to-day? With- in a few months three miilions of IKiunds of tea from China and .lapau have pas-eiiover the Canadian i'acihc railuay into the markets on tiiis side, and we have tins tj-ade at a period f.ir in a.hance of the time when some of us have hojied for r What wore have we? We lia\e [ilaced Kngland in a (Hisition of iii''ependeiice of foreign countries in relation to her ini'ans of trans- port between till great centres of civih/.ation, and v 1 ourselves to-day in jiosition in wliici, .n; have new relatioius with the mother country,- not simply bound by a tie of devotion on one side, and duty on the otiur— not liy the .sentimental tie of loy- alty, but Ixnind to her by ties of niaterial intere.-t, becoming a great factor in the greatness of our gi ■ .'efM fur ■«> limx a time enir
  • ''''">''>it iliiiiii? ti-it rcffrroil t.. thu rcclimicity "i"'"*'"'"- ' niTi ti.'iy, no frir ax I liiii oiiicrriii'l.tliiit for Hix ^♦■.lI•1 I iktl(Mi>tf-i] ific iiift'iiti^Hiir Mif N.'ilion.ii lioiinl rih> till' (lUi'Mtiiin of fic,. noii.rociU rrlati..ii- tifwiiii till' I'nitid Stat<'H and < 'uiiada, ami tliat I uin just n't aiixioiiM ait our iiwut ciiiiu >t oii|HiiiiMit 11 for a fair r«ci|irooneiit of the |iie.-int t,'overniniiit travel- liiiK thronirh Canada, iiieetintf our niercliant.H nnd (jetting' infornui'ioii, ai.d he (jock to Anstni'ia our --ister colony f<,r the iiurpoxe of e.i!-e of luakin)^ iirraiufenieiit^ for a fast line of >teainers, a line that will he the pe( rs of the (.'uiianhr.s, and tin; (Jtlier irreat steanistiipM that are tne niai'vel of tliis .at,'e, and a line that will run to H.ilifax ill v\ inter and Montnal in summer We have, I helieve.the promise troui the Sal- isl'ury (;')verninent for a >ulisidy to a similar line of steainirs on the I'acitic co.vst, so that we shall have, as a re.-.ult of the coii.ivei| from the piveri iient in rmn ction with th« Northwest t^Tritoriex. Now, if theiH< charRefl w.r- true, I Would say iipdoulitt'dly tna* much as you Would have to reffn t h.'vviiiif tD |iirt with your old friends, it would Im> your duty tx) find < "lers to u.e (liarKes and, having' Kiihuiitted the., .iiiswi r, we HtiiK-al to your fairness to via- dieate the cliara*:ter of your punlic men by lefiisin^^ to (five eredeiue to such char^feij. Now, vi hat are th« chartfe»' First it is «.iid that wi. ha" e (sen di^-trilmtiny tiiiilsr limita to nil iidieis of the hoiisi of coimiKins and to t'iend- out-ide tlie ^jouse of coiimi ms, and next that we have Im'i II k'ivingoial areas ard •-'ra/inj; lejises to memUer-i iunswick, where iha tinilK'r has heeii of such value to ousini W and commerce as well x^ to the tr'-asury ol thePrmince. These small areas, th( . • e ire, have to lie husl landed. One of the diific ci- ties first was that people t;i njf to the North- west territories found it exc.'edingly ditficult to ffet for a rea.sonalile price timlieT to Imild theu- houses, and lioth ^,'overnnients there- fore, and nit the pr eiit Kovernment alone, deei.;ed it (iroisr to adopt a plan hy which they would secure the developu' lit of timlier interests, in such away as to give the people lunitn'r at lower prices than liefore. The policy adopted was this : timlxT areas were divided into fifty scpiaii' mile areas, and if any of you xc'tlemen wanted areas you iiKvde application to the minister of the interioi ; ainl having made your applicUion, if the district was one in which we were giving licenses, an order in council was piwssed authorizing the minister to issue a license. So .soon as that order v.'as pas.sed you had to pay an advance rental of your hundred and fifty doll.i.rs; then yon liad to prfxjure a survey of that territory. You were then ohlii^ed to send in your notes of ■urvey and have tliern finally you had to up and having done you Were in a |sisition cut timlsr. There were applications made, a- at that time there was a Usjm in the Northwest and [leople thought that fortunes could very easily be made there. For timl^T licenses alone there were over two thousand application, but of these only five hundred wt re recogiiizt^d by the passage of orders in council a thori'.ing the minister to issue licenses, and in rela*^ion to these only one hundred and seven applicante ever obtained licenses. Itut what has Ixsen tlie rsBults in other reai^ects? The depart- ciiiifimied, and put a mill all this thea to go on and no doulit many 10 people not Ichp than ?20,000, roprPBrnting ad- vance rental iiaid liy in- as t,(KM) acres to any one wlio might Im- willing to jiay two cents an acre for t lie land, who wotdd in addition engage to jilace ed tliese hases tor politi.ial purposes? T don't know of a single 'uember of parliament who has any in' -rest robh-ni. Then in re- reference to colonization companies. Ladies and gentlemen, what has been the result in reference to these companies? \\ e desired, viewing the results of a similar policy on the other side of the line, to secure the co-operation of jrivate capital and enterprise in the settlement of t!ie country, and we therehire invited {lersons to enti r into contracts for the settlement of jiaiticular tracts of cinmtry, Thev were refpnred to jiay 82.00 an acre for the land in advance', an,'e niiiiihir of oriK'nuil Sfttlern, French and Scotch halt i'V eils, and the j^kv- ernrnent felt that, ln'cause of their Indian liliMxland the Indian side of their cliarivcter, thev were entitled to soiiie rec'\erninent |)asse were to be <\tin),'uished. Wlien Mr. M;lc- kcnzio came into ]io\ver, he aiijHjinted Matthew K van and .Mr, Meaj::her, of King- ston to make a further enumeration. Then' enumeraticpii, when made, dilTepil from that of (Jovernor .Vrelnliald. They found a much smaller nnniber tif h;;lf -breeds, and a further act was then |iassed setting apart 1, 40i),OllO acres of land for the extinclionof the lialf- brec, and if I can shew that the half-breeds who .setth'd there liad no claims on the government, I think you wil agree that they were the last who should have ristu against th" government of the cointry. \Ve had (wtitiens from v;i-ious parts of uhe Northwest, on the sul)j ct of the llalf-breed cl.",ims. The deuartnient of the interior nx'eived many of them. A N 'W Brunswick j)aper says I ojuittc' to iH>int out tliat from l.'s7S down to l.S.S."i. petition after petition was hanthd in and they were not recognized. If the writer had gone ftu-ther back andiKiinted out that the petitions began to Come in in ]r<73, and coutinned to come in during the whole time that Mr. .Mackenzie was in olfice, ye' nothing was done, he would have staged the fact more accurately. .Mr. ^blcken/.ie in vitw of the |H'titions a|ii>olnfed Matthew Ryan a stipenthary iiiagistr.ite, to investigate the clauns of th. llalf-breeds, and I will read you a letter from Matthew Ryan, or a ])ortion of it, to show tiie in- structions he received, and what he con- sidercvl necessary to be done. (Mr. White here read an extract from l{yan's letter in which he .said it would be necessary for him to go to vvhire the half brec il< wire, in order to nivestigate th( ir claims,) Now that was Mr. Ryan's letter to the minister, ami a very reasonable letter J on will say, it W!Vh if the minister was was really desirous of settling iht -e ciaim.-*, iH-u |mi\voi^ iioiint-ii in a poHiliun tu justify l.ia attack uixin hi.^ successor!". What his .ipinion WM is shown by the memorandum written by Mr. .Mills, ."vcross tlie margin of tlie the let- ter "If tlu'se half-breeds have ( laiins they will have t-o h«)k after them themselves. It is not necessary to hunt them ui). " That was the manner in which Mr. Mill's thought the half-bri'eds of the Northwest, could be treated. — .Mr. Ryan ..ot withstanding, thought it was important to make some effort. He went to <.^'.Vp|»lle for this puri)Oso and hav- ing incurred some e\|)i-nse, sent a bill for .■?7r>.(H» to .Mr. .Mills for payment. Mr. Mills was indignant, lb' refu-eil to pay the ex- pensis incurred and the .'*7-">.i the refusal of the gov- ernment to give scrip for the extinctio.i of a 'itie which had already been extinguished efore the people setting up the claim went tliere. But it will bi^ said that there were freat delays. I say that this p.aper to which have just referri'ii speaks of an incident which I my.->elf have mentioned on almost every pl.atform, that tli«' government in the jommi-sioii which it afterwards sent out, and through the medium of that comiiii.ssiuii. had - ttled the claiiii- of between 1, ■»()() and 2,00O half breeds, and the question is at once asked how is it if there w»-re no claims of that kind that there has been >)uch a largj number of claims settled. Well, sir, tiiere. were a large class of these people who did not rebel, those vvh;) lived at Kdinonton and St. .\lbert. .\iid what was the record of these men during the rebellion? I know ot no liner regiment not even exci'ptiiig the rieible regiment, you sent from Halifax, (ainilau'^e) no liner company was organized to (issert the autluu'ity of the law and main- tain the integritv of the llominion than this company of half br-'eds under captain De St. (ieorge. So far from reb«'!ling against the DoininJon liiey rallied in its defence whea rebellion reared its heivd. Now there were gyeat ditferenc;.j of ipinion in the North-west as to the best way to settle this question of Liii' iadli^ll Lliiel. A ou M.ivt; iiearUg I have no doubt, that the government had It reoeived petitions from His Orace ArchViishf^p Tache and the North-west council, ami tliat the govcniment turned deaf i art- to thet^e imiHirtant authorities. There ii no one more entitled to 8]>eak on tl'e North-wei't than His Grace Arcnl)i>ihni) Tac'.;-, who went there an a niis.-tionary carrying jieace to its people andhi»slabel! fell and brolie his leg and was confined to li < hou^e .and \\n- luckiiy the acciilcnt was so serious th.it he has never been al)le to resume oilicial life since tlien. In January, lf, a resohition was adopted appointing a commission a id we have the testimonj' of Father And e that '>e had received information that a cone mission iiau i.ieeii np|K)uite<.i u mvesii^Mte tbese claim?, the itiiorniation L^eijig received a fortnight before any overt act of rebellion of .-iny kind tixjk phice. So that you -will see that in relation to the scrip the policy of t!iH government shows tliat they were anxioun to settle the claims of tlie.se people. But it is said we refused to give them the surveys that they w.anted. Mr. Laurier one of the leaders of the opjiosition ni.ide ono of his* liest speeches in parliament in an effort to prove that he would have been justified in taking up his musket and shooting down the Volunteers Ix'cause we did not give these suvvevs. Now, but let me exjilaiH^ the whole North-west territory is .surveyea under authority of act of parliament ou what is known as the "reciangular princiiile,'' that is to sav by tlie scpiare mile. The half-lireeds of Manitol)a wiio were there before tile surveys commence claimed that th<' same system wliich prevails in the pro- vince of (,!uelMc slioulil be adopted *here, so that they should get the river fronts, and have a narrow strip of land running back in some cases to three or four miles. The (KiUoy of the gove'rnment in this respect has alv. aya been the sauie, j»nd it is tliis : Wherever there have been settlers in advame of surveys the surveys should take place on the river princi- ple, but wliere they came on the hands after til'' surveys were made, they sliould go on in just the same ti rms as other settlers, but we gave the half-breeds this other cimeession tliiit wii'-n they did not g^t their lands in this way they shouM take th' ni by what is called "legal sub-di\ ision." That instead of getting a Mjiiare quarter section they siiould lie enabled to (li\ide tlie section into four parts, extending well back and having a river frontage'. T!ie\ hiul the o|)iHirtunit\ of gettiie.C their lanicture for illustration. It is called the rectangular .system, the dark blocks being the odd .secLions..and the white blotks being the even sections. The-e half-breeds in .Manitoba and the North-west whire they hai)]iened to be living on the hanks of rivers were anxious to obtain the river lot iirinciple, giving an al- most iimtintunu frontage. I?ut the policy <'f lK)tli goV{rnm 'iits was this, tiiat where a survey, )r found the land already occupied by haif-breed sepiatters, living .'is they almost Ojwa\s did he should give th.eni his survey on the river lot prini'iple, if th(\v desiri^l it :iU'l that principle prevails tlieri^ to a iarge t'xtent. Hut where he went and where they c;ini(^ on th(! land after the sur- vey was made where there w.as fmly one or two settlers he was to adojit the same principle as he adopted everywhere else.. These p<'nple lad gone on there, after surveys •.■/ere ni;ule on tie- rectangular prin- ciple, the same .as h:ui been carried out every w!iere,and they asked the government to send surveyors and change th(^ whole systeni of surveys because they preferred the other svstem. Im'ow liiat is liie wiioie ground ul thoir complaint. 18 Tlie g.>vprninpnt declined to Agree to it and rightly ho, because if thf-y did it fur tJie liulf-oret-ds tht y could not re- fuse to do it for otIiiTN, and it would mfan that peoide could thereafter denmnd any kind of surv y which they considered 'nost serviceaMe. The government naid we cannot apree to Hurvey the land, but if you desire to get your patents uiKin the h d iirincii)le of B>ib- divi>ionH we will agree to it, that is to o,v^, we would divide the section into four paral- lel lines nmniiif; back into the whole section. That has Inen offered to them and hiut been oiie'i to them since and at this moment is 'jeing carried out n the district of St. Ixiuis, and yet the government is accn.sed of teing recrei^it to its trust. Then it is said that we refused tin m their patents. Well, if there i.s one charge more than another that the government is not open to it is this very charge. In 1SS3, two years Viefore the rebel- lion, the g transfer them in some instances. He states in his letter that he discovered th.it thei'i were perscms at work among the half-breeds to induce them not to make the entry in order to force tVii govenniic-nt to adopt the system of surveys. But the government did everything they could do to protect these I'eople in the possession of and as tliey would not have heen protect) d had lliey lieen originally without surveys and urged them to take every reasoiuibh- pre- cautMii to g-et their jiatents, and yet we are charged witli refusing patents to them.' Why only tins year 1 received fiom .some solicitors at Alliert a petition from seventy->ix half- breeds that they might have still another year as a concession. I gave them other priv ihges and I took the trouble to write not oniy to the solicitors but to each one it those whose name was on th(> petition. point- ing out to them that white settlers who did not make entry within three months were liabl" to have the lands forfeittl, and, urging them to piTtect themselves and (jiving them the year tlii>y wanted. .-Vnd finally we are told that we gave away their lands to the colonization ctmipany, but in answer to tiiat we have only ti) say what I saiii on other platforms and in parliament, that I clialleiige any one to produce one sin^'le cavi^ of a settler in the >'orth-.v t territories who has been dis[.oKress(d of an acre "f land uihiii which he has setth^d or to which lie \\».i had even .1 coloraole claim. (Cheers). But you will say the re!>el- lion did break out. How did it break ou; Well, the story of the reliellion is one of tlie most extraordinary itist.Mices of the (lower of a b;id man over a coiumunity. 1.10U1.S Kiel wa:» .srul for. (The num.- of Kiel was .eceived with ciieer.s from o tlittse genth'iuen chee the n.'Hue of Kiel ': I can understand them cheering the names nt their own leaders (icfcU^iii/i ), out luia^.- iia** ^.I'liic ii^ n 'in-tiy pa^itt when the uaiuc of lAjaia Kiel < . elicit cheers in a j andience of this kind. (Lond aiiplau.se.) 1 say he was Rent for. What for? He was sent for, as apjjears by the testimony A-liich some of them have since given, because they wanted a reiiresentative m the Northwest cfiuncil, and tney thought they could elect him there, and that his ability would 1«,' of some value to them. When he got there he had his old gri.dge against the government. He believed he had a claim against the government. As you know, \ral as well as spintual advisers. He had to appeal to tli? suptTstition of the.se potir peo[)le to turn them against their clergy, and when he had done that he then brought them under this new religion of his— and concerning all these tliines the sworn testimony of the people themselves will be submitti ! to parliament --he sent out scouts to teii them to come int(j the baptism into the new faith of his secretary Jackson and to bring their guns with them, in order to fire a sa'ute. He then told them when they assembled. that the gov- ernment were sending five hundred mounted IHjlice to devastate their territory, torture them, and drive them from the country, ana under the iiiHuence of this new religion, he managed to bring about that collision at Duck Lake which was the first overt act and thus committed them to the rebellion. Am I rigl-.t? Why, on that point I will read you from authority which every one will accejit. I read from a j fernion deliver! (i by Bishijj) trraniUn in the : church of St. Kfiche. (The sjioaker here I quoted rem;' l-s of Bisho;- (traudm, sho\>ing j the attemp't tn spread the new religion and i the imprisoniiient of four jiriests, six religious j and si>!T;e lay brothers, sentinels being placed ] at tliei<- dcKirs to pnvent iiitercc;i;rsej. So that you W'll see that Kiel with all the power I he liad over these peo|ih;, so far from being I able to induce them to rebel on account of eliiims. was obliged to tirn th managed piibhr affairs, and its policy in the fut\ire will ensure for i«^ that measure of support which the jH.'ople of Cai ada have given to it on two occawions at general elec- tion.,, and in by-elections since it has been in power. I thank you again ladies and gentlemen for your kind attention. (Prolonged ap- plause). The chairman said that this wp,s the first occasion on which the people of Halifax hiwl had the [ileasure of hearing the Hon. Mr. White. He hart now to call uiKjn the n. Mr. Foster to addnss the meeting. Hon. Mr. Foster (who was received with applause) id, Mr. Chairman, L.vliis and (ientlemen— If I had be.'n of a nervous temperament or hr.d had less expiTicnce than I have have had, I should hav(! be<.-n wmewhat frigliten^d as the course of events gradiially drew what has b(!en called the "variety combination" down to the great city of Halifax. I wovdd naturally woiifier, in the light of recent events, whether or not it would turn otit that the people of the city of Halifax, 'f they came together at all to hear us, wo; evince the least particle of interest in hear- ing discussed iiue-tions concerning the UonLiniou of Canada and by Canadian min- i.sters of the crown. 1 would wonder whether it wimld turn out that a people, adviseec. The patriot who called njKin his audience to listen to the voice of Chamblv, or any other liberal, I do not fear to state," should be the last to throw uji his eai> and shout at the prospect of coming into poo-er because of the issue which re- sulted in the selection of the candidate re- turned by Chivmbly. I liave heard it claimed that the liberal party were a party of free traders, that so they were born and breil and grew up, and so would they die; 1 I have always been led to believe that if worse than nivself amou),' igi auilieii..,t .,1 v^.., .......»>. -.. -, u » i v,-ould listen to the discussion of imblic (|ues- | there was anvthmg they hated tions in a cUiri, fair and manly spirit. (.Vp-jsin it was protect!., n .ami the national plause.) T have all faith i:i time to set right MTuiig jidgments, to correct wnmg inqire" sioiis, to rigtit things to aid nature and tlie in building up a gi- 'vhich are urong, and 'esources she has giv<'n ■at and a progressive and the country under C.inadian skies and a Cana- dian f'-g. (.Vpplause.) NN'ithin the past fe\v weeks, Ml-, 1 miglitfay months, a new more jubilant note has been added to opl«isilion evangel. This note li;-,-' been (ine of hojie and promise— of promise soon to he fulfilled that the party cou'-tituthig the o])- position in the country to-day and who hav Ix'en in th.at iiosiiion so m.any weary years, lirik^iiii^ it.^ *».'4r»^ ."„;",;; :;;rj:;r-- }/Lii;;r, " "^^^ -■" be relieved. Thev saw a star in the Last, or the West I will not say which, and IH)licy, wliich they claimed to lie denioraliz- ing and ruinous and burdensome to the country, and that if tliey IkmI their way they would "tread it in the dust and elevate the st.andard of free trade. Would you belii've it? The lil>era1- .tre shouting themselves hoarse because ('liambly has < lected Mr. I're- fontaine who avows himself to be .an out and out protectionist. If there is one thing that the liberals claim more than another it is that they are the party of purity. They St t their faces like flint against aii^ sorts of corruption. They i»ev<'r bril)e. They never make use of any sinister influences. They v.iiver 'jrrt ^ir:nie !!:'rst>!?s OUt oi '»ffic*:' for the sake of putting some otlier persons in. Yet, will you believe it, the Montreal Witness a 16 paper which the St. John T«l(> . aph, an | afttliority \i\Km all niattcrK (f doctrine in connection with the ojiiiosition, classes as r liberal paiier— What did the Montreal Witness say? It said that Mr. Prefouteine who was elected pit sident of the young lilxralK, was a very i)oor choice for a party t'lat put forward i)\irity as one of its principal planks. It said that Mr. Prefontaine at one time t them explain them.selves. What does that same Montreal Witness say, the day after the battle when it was thought that the Quebec government was sweijt out of existence by that cry adopted by Mr. Mercier. "As v.-o predicted some time ago the opposi- tion prii-ty has 8we])t the province by means of the Rie! cry. In-everr oonatitucncy. French and FngUsh, this has" been tlio dominating cause." L'El'^teur said a few days before the election: at Reg:1na. It U the advance gTiard of tha murderers with whom you are to deal on Tuesday." That 18 the great liberal principle that ha* been enunciat«'d. (cheers ana laughter.) What said L'Etendard on the eve of the election. ■■I'atriots the solemn in going oath you lo 1 no iMiiia i-eiiieniue took on "To-morrow everj cltlr.en is called on toper- form a supreme duty— upon the vote will depend the future of our race. To the polla then and vole like Christians and soldiers." What said La Patrie, the organ of that great liberal party, standing upon that great liberal issue in the city of Montreal. It says: "On the ICih November our young Canadian nationality ruccived the baptism or l)lood. It received it at tlu hands of the hangmen. Sir John A. Macdonald officiated as high priest. .V Ficnch Canadian .dotis, a noble man paid with his blood fc the necessity of cement luif the anti-Freneh political party. Our escut- cheon received a stain whiinonly the tears of tlie province can wash out; but we will not bo strueral uartv in the Oominion of 7hT\'!iihnt I Canada trained" every gun and oj^ned every '^\ombriaSr.To aTng'^'lhat blo^y outrage I battery and brought every pound of its ammu- 10 nition— to do whftt? To open ont in indignant remonsitraMce againHt a governint-nt which would let Kiel go with his life. (ApplauKf). Was it so or was it not? Lt-t uie take th« testimony from the iiuiuths of the party and the organs i>f the partv, and I dnfy imy man in this audiiiice to pick out one single half dozen of those newspapers which did not Work upon this plan m accordance with the samples from the journals I quote to you. Before the executinn, when they thouglit tha*^ Sir .Fohn A. Macdonald would >ield to the domination of the Frei; h ai -d let Kiel g.?, what did they say ? "The verdict and the sentence in the Kiel trial were the natural ones and if interfer- ence or delay in the Ciirrying out of the righteous seut'-nce l)e allowed it will denum- strate the extent of the Hleti influence over Sir John and the Dominion. "-- From the St. Thoma-J Journal, a leading liljtral paiier in Ontario. "If over a mr.n deserved hanging it is Ricl. and handed he would most assured];- be did be not luippen lo be a Kreiuh Ciitliolic. Of that tiicrc is not a sliadow of a doubt." That was stated in another liberal paper. Anil again: "\Vlii"\ a land is ruled by a man who to save himself from political deuth will go so far as to ii.inl.m HP enemy of tin; bLateand a slaughterer of o>ir yourif^ vulnuleers. I lien it is, time for that land and that eiiurilry to consii' ..- lo what deijlhssueh a prime minister can sink and liow far ho should bo allowet' to go." Where dues that come from? Ttie Nova Scotia, I'ictou News. (Cheers and laughter). "Sir .lolin knows enough to k'cp himself in accoiil with the French element of Qtii^bee, without which h > now refuses to aceedi' to thj punisliment of the arch-traitor. Verily civilization doe.s away with justice." That is from an exponent of the liberal party in tlie Nort..west. "N'ot to hang such a villain Lsunpanlonahle. The demauii in Ontario isiiol a erv for venge- ance, but a demaiKl ^imply to let the law Lake its course on a notorious malefactor." That is from a grit paper in Ontario. "It has come to a pretty pass indeed, when a red-haii.ied rebel can thus snap his lingers at the law. '— [I'ort Hope (juide. And here Comes the journal nf the Hon. David .Mills, till- philosopher friend and guide of the opposition party, (Laugliter) thiough all its lonely wanderings in tli(^ outside wilderness, (I.,au;(hter.) Kver and anon in sight of ilie promised land Ijvit with no fru'ndly hand extended. (Laughter.) Mr. Mills says, — "The question still remains why shotdd Quebec do for Kiel wliat it iKiver would do for the KiiKlish. Irish or Seoti^h. Why slioidd it overlook the murders of men and women, etc.. etc." That, gentlemen, is a fair sample of the utterances of of the great liberal organs batteries unmasked ready to l>elch forth against the government wliich would not follow their views on the morrow. They waked up on th« mominpf following, nibbed their eyes and thereafter found no word too hot against the government which hanged a pot)r inoffensive half-mad fellow outjn the North-we-t. (Cheers and laugh- ter). Yes, sir, there is the great lil»Tal plank, and to-day having failed in all posi- tive principle and jKilicy and having failed in all negativecriticism, they clasp the Kegina scaffold .and hand over Imud'ho]* to climb into jKiwer by that unworthy means. (-Ap- plause). I say to you all that if I were a liljeral in n. ine, a,s I am in fact, I would prove my lit)eralism by 'standing out from that shaky bog ufxm the solid principle that there .hoidd be common law and ecpial justice for every man in this (Mumtry of whatever creed, race or nation- ality. (Ijoud applause). But, sir, after having left4.his subject let me invite yiur attention to wli.at ought to be the true source of your criticism u[K)n the political parties of this country. The people coinixi-iing this audience have too intelligent countenances t<.> l)e led away by iiere catch cries. One says, "he is a lii)eral, I will tight him," and another, "he is a tory, I will hght liim," but the man who g(K's by mere catch cri>s is 100 years iK'hind the times. Victoiiesare won and battles are . f( 'light, and the causes at issue are laid away in the C'»nieteries of na.ions. To-day we divide im tariff principles, and the methods of lulmiuistration of the government. Th"se issues are v hat intellit^eiit [H^ojile decide \\\*m, and they vote for ttie man or the (Kirty wliich presents the best principles for th''ir acceiitanoe. If we are to judge intelligently, so as to give our votes between the two great I)arties, wliich at present exist in the Domin- ion, we can find no better test than this, not to judge a tree by the color of its h'aves or the size of its limbs, but by the fruit it bears. So I ask you to scan the records of tin.' two parties since confederation, and su)>lMirt the party which presents the best record. What is the record of the liberal-conservative party? Its very birth rose out of the confedi-ration of the provinces, and to-day we would ii.ive had no union if it had not been for the idea of confederation which was carried into etfect by its leaders. Th.at • me thing you may iiut down to the reci of the party. Previously the jiroviiic, . were d-sjointed with different tariffs and not united with any ( iieness of aim or community of |rar|«ise. The liberal-conservative learivy councillors among ttv are no imni, no _ liberal conser. a. ive party forgetful of their oaths of office, who will stand up and say 17 that if tlicy ]\:v\ ham on tluf hanks of thi' .Sa!r('slie(l, trit-at litiis of coiiiiiiiiiiicati"!! tiy A\ati'r anil rail. I clial- If'iitji' i_'oii*iailiitlnTi iif til" asst-rtinn, that the TfiMrd (if the (onsiTvativr jiaity liii-' tit'in whipjly and 1 . tsisti-ntly in fa\iir of litiildint; these cliaiinels ot eoniliinnieatiim and the development to the (.Teatest exlt'nt of differ- ent jiarts oi tl.e i)oininion. The railAay jKjlicy uhi'h has heeii adverted to to-iiitrht whieh han le-- i!tcd in the 'mildin;; of the Canada racific railway, aw well as local rail- ways conneeted with it, .'ittests that. The huildint'of the liitei;-,,lonial railway attetts that. Yi.ii say tUat Mr. .Mackenzie 'milt part of it. \'es. lint when you f,'et a liheral orator on the floor of tlie house .and tax hini with the mori'ase of debt he will sav "true there was an increase in the debt, btit you )ire]iared the (ilans and we are not to be found fault with for it." This e.xjil.anation exonerates them from the acens.ation that there was any time in their history u hen they prooosed to do any ^rn-at work. (Lau^chter). The liberal-conservative iiarty have madi' permani'ii' the tariff jiolicy of the country. They have made it so stronj^ that to-day when a lili'ial orator eet. u]) and speaks of tf.riff rt'form he avers his iiatred of iirotection and his belief in free trade, Init he concludes bj- -raying "we cannot give you free trade if we get in." If asked w'hy, his rejily is that the frovernnient have to raise .1 large revenue, as if a free trade country cciuld not raise a large revenue: as if Great Ihitain did not raise ^^ILSU for every head of population, while we raise only Somiuion jud'.re wronclv, or were there faults to be found with the admin- istratinn which, having been exiled from [Kiwer for L'O years, was promjitly given another peril id fit exile. The\ came into iiower with a surjihis of Sl,(i;}S.S2"2. Thev went out wit h a dehcit of .Sl.'.tOft.tKK), The*- came in with a revenu.' ..f •■<1.'4.(KM).000. and thev reduced it to >!i;i3,.'0<1,(X1(*. Thev ci; ^ in with a trade amounting to .■<'217,r)00.(K)O and the trade of the country went down to .*iriM,400. - 000. There was an adver.se balance of trade against t!i ■ cnuitrv every yeai of .'*21.(KM1.- If any nii., nt i.s audience can put his finger Ujion a sinudegreat act for tlieadvjince iiieiit of the iMViitry p.assed and put into opej-ation tiy tie Mackeii/.ii' fuva iinient from H74 tn 1H7'.I, 1 would like him to mention it. .lu.st try and hunt it ii|i and you will have a longer search than the N.oinan in the New T(Mtament had for the lost piece of silver. What has been tie result si'xe the jiresent gov- I 1 mieiit came into power? The revenue has increased from »!L' l,(«>0,000 to .'<:(2.(HHMI. The trade has g.'owii from .■"0- \Ve have re- duced the adverse vearlv balance of trade from .■^•.'l,(KH),0(VI to .■^'li'i.lKMVCKHl. The liusiness failures which a\era.(red .^L'C.MHI.tKHI h.ivede- cr.ascd to .'ill.O itself out liy tempting the future, to make proi/ress a certainty. l'>ut more than faith isre(|uired of statesmen. They need. be>ide, the ability to iilan. Loiik at the .ilans and policy of the liberal-conservative gov- eriniieul for the establishment of industries and the extension of trade, and I ask whether this ability to plan has not been .a cliar;vcteristic of the govern- ment. It has also had the boldness to execute its iilaur-. With faith in the future of the country, with the ability to plan for the de\e!opment of that future and the bo!d:i' -s to execute and rarrv out th(> plans so formed thf government has liuilt up a record noon which it conJdeutly ap]ieals to the jieoi.le of Canada. Ladies and gentlemen, it is poor policy when an .army have been struggliu'T so long in bi'ttleand|atlast have crowni'd tln-ir efforts with succi-ss, and have taken the citadel, to iiiiiiiediately invite their enemies to take their place and to tell their .army to go out- side. No, if these men niakinsr uji the liberal conservative party have established these works and jKiiicies, and cairied them out successfully, while you liave' enjoyed the fruits of that success, do not make the nii.s- take of jiutting in jiower other men than those who liave sym]iathies with those jilans and jHilieies, and who will keep them sacred for yoii and for your children. I.\]iplause.) liut it might be said. — yes, but you have piled nil an enoiiuous debt on this country. Now, just five n.lnutes on th.at ovies- tion. I w.ant to ask how much is th.at delit: The ^biriiing Chronicle and Kecorder would proliablv sav: The debt of the Dominion is .'<»M1.(KHI.(KICI. Some of them are cuter than others, a.-d tliev will say it is nearly S.'«)0,(KK),tH)(l, >o that if you catch them m the e.x.act amount th."y will have some little ground to save theni.selves. I am here to state that the gro.-s debt is not anywhere near three hundre'd millions of dollars, and that on the 1st d.av of .Inly, 1S8.5, t!-.-. .-.--.- .-^..:- .'}^\.^ .--.? tt-.- lli-.iv.-.T-.i; .r. ".f Cr..:-:,*ida was in round tigui.is §2(i-t,oOO,000. Now there 18 a wide difffrencf iH-tween the ftmo\ints, and ymi would tliiiik w> if tli<- H IK) need (if (rivini; your country a worwp luinie than it hIiod' ' liavi propeilv — there is no honest patri. -in in eudeavor- inarto overloiul thecnuntry « ith an iirui^'in iry debt, heca\ise it does n it liel|i it outside. The prorts debt wan .*'JC,4.(XH),(KM) in .Inly, IHHT). I seewoine one in the luidience Hniilinu as if to say "Yes. hut that is .-i year asro. You liave heen iiilintr it uji since then." H'lt I say that on the :«)th dav of September, 1SK<;, *he (cross (h'bt was ^'renter than it was in July, 1SK\ by no more than .*(1(HI,0*K1, tlii.t is to sav, to-dav in ro\ind numbers the trross deJit is .*'_'(;4.000,(MH). Hut that is not half th ■ truth. Wlien vou want to find the tin.mcial standinfT of a man you woidd not say that he owes so iiiueli and that he is therefore in a bad way, out yoii would say he owes so much, ' and he owns so much, and the lialauce would show his jsis- ition. Now be as honest with the country as you would be with the man (chee,'s.). Find "out how nuich the assets of the country are, and vou will find that on the 1st of .Tulv. l.^^X-"), the asset^s _vere g;(;K.(HXl.0(")O in round numbers. "Yes,". said a K«''itleiuan in controversy with me on the subject. "b>it what are tln.'se ass( ts worth? There IS the Intercolonial railway -that is one of them: try and sell it. There are your canals.- take them and auction them otf." He led iieo)ile to believe that that was what was meant when we talked about i.ssets. It is not. Thi'se .ire permanent assets, but the 8tW,()(K),()00 do not inchide any of the p\iblic works of Caiuida. Oh, but you may say tl, (..;,. .•5,;s,0(X>,()00 do not briufc auythiuf in. Don't thev'.' Don't you wish you had all thev broutcht inV (I.aujfliter.) In 1.S.H,") the assets of the Dominion of Canada bnmpht in S3.'."'2 for every hundred dollars of thi-m, while for every hundred dollars of our public debt we pay ^S.SO. Tliat is to say, the assets are worth more dollar for dollar than each dollar of the i>ublic debt, and in ISS.-) twn and one half millions of dollars of interest accrued uiKm our assets. Now- do the next thing and from that (yross debt subtract ^ur available assets, SC^^.(>0O,(K)O from the .«<-_>i;t,nO().(M)<), and you have remaininsj: .•slIH'i.OoO.tHH),— a louij way from even »('(Wi/ SSOO.tMtO.tKW. Hut if you po awav with the idea tliat the *l!ir,,()00,0(K) ha.s been rolled u]> by the ^ do- minion trovernment, vou arewTous. l-or of that s1!M;.0<)0,000 the sum of .•i;lO(!,(H)0,Ot)0 was owinsr or would to-day be owing by the provinces, .and is simply taken from the provinces and handlei' at a less rate of interest. (.Vpiihvise.) So that if you sub- tract .SlOfi.OOO.tXM) from -SliHl.CMXl.OOO you Ret the real debt rolled np for the actual pur iK)sesof the 1 )ominion-S'.Kt.(H«>.(KX). development i f its resources, the earriape of its traile lid the buildintr u]! of this country, do vou think that al' this is ni>t worth the >!<.H).(H)(>,(MH) that have been rolled up? .Mow I have said this much and 1 want to say one thing more. You hear every day some one .saying: "Oh, this country -it is Ix-inff crushed down bv a load of taxation the vi- talitv is being crusliel out of it \y these libeinl-couser- vatives. ' and the complaining ones trv to ].ersuadi' people that tlie\> are actually I'lyak- iii" their ooiies by carrviiig this load. Now, what i- the burden of dibt? It is the inter- est that von have to pav to carry It. %Ve do not pay the ?<:«)<), (HM I. (XK) or the SV.h;,(MH).()00. We do not pav all tliat pr.neii-al. If a man owes a debt of !*.")<>0 in tliree -ears at five ]ier cent, he must Jiay the interest for three vears. and then the principal, but a coun»rv is not! so situated. All a country h.as to do is to keep its credit gipod. and when that loan matures put out a new loan .at a less rate of interest. -Ml that you have to think aluiut is the interest that vou have to |iav for carrying the debt. In 1n7|I, Mr. Mack'-nzie went out of power, fnd t len, of c iiirse, iliere was no debt crushiu'-T d>\ni up on your shoulders! Take tie nuinbei; of i.eo- plelivim.' in CJanada in 1H7'.' and di\ide that number into the interest on the debt ;ind_ you will hiid th:'t the burden was exactly si. 59 )>er head of the jKipulation. Then the con- servative government came in, and tlie was jiiled up .and i>iled up. and w. the amount of interest ] aid in ISS.^. and by the number of people living in Can.ada aiid you "ill id that the interest burden is exactly-^l.-^l.-thesame ,as it was in lS7;i,and not one cent more (ajiplause.l Now that is either true or not true. If it is not true let somebo,(HH) in IS.s.^i. 1 do not deny it. 1 would be sorry to belong to .i jiarty which held on to power through the argii- iiient th.at from ISIW to 1S8.\ with .all this 'country and Hs resources, there had been 1 no increase in the e\iienditur(> of the coun- \ try year bv ve.ar. For what wi -dd that ; prove? A )iarty that was station.-wy, '■'"'■ct- i ing no public works, no w.aterwaysth 'canals or rivers, increasing nothnifj service of the countrv,— -that wnulil be a debt take divide •ough for the And ]i.artv which could show you a stationary if vou know that the Intercolonial railway ; expenditure, and a stationary or ro|> and put your Ixjy^ and K'rlH in tlicni you UiU'-t jiut your hands in your (xicki-tn anil incrt-atiH your cxpt-n-fM. Aiwl it is cx- ucllv >o with a c.rintry. Tin- i)ouiinion of Cauaila, coinuicncing' with fi-w jn lilic Works now Ixia^ts of pnlilic works that an- till- priili- of i-vi-ry triii- Canadian and tht- ad- miration of all (.-ountrii's. (Applau^i-.) It wi'uld Ih' a standing' di-'^'rat'i- to a iiolitii-al party to n-niain stationr.ry and not undi-rtaki- imlilic work.s in order to niaki- tin- (-ni|'tv idl«- Ixiast that it had ki-pi at a stati- onary fi).'ur(' the puhlie exi>i m'iture. (Ap- plause.) Look at the extent of si-a coast, the mult i plying; services of the country, tlie de- V(-lopniint of its i-esources and rnnipare thi- t'X| I udituri-s, and I leave it to honest, fiiir- miiided nn-n wliether they %yill condemn the g-ovi mini nt l»-<-a\ise it has increased the ex- penditure. To lie fair, yo,i must come down to particulars, and show what expi-nditun-s could have lieen avoidt-d while the coiuitry would still have been as well olV; hut tlie oo|iosition simply hold out the fact that the exm-nditures have increased, and artrue that, then fore, the J.', ivi-i-nment has liei-n extravatcant. So much then in reference to expenditures. I inteniiplp of Halifax, i\iwl of fhi' con- ' ttit-y woulil !«• ;il.l.' to ricdiM t.b'' iro.-riim.'nt iMTVMtiv.- |i:iitvfi It t.. !..■ du.' to til.- ilniimii.'ii a fair mil iiii|>.trtiiil |i|il«iii'iit. I'luMf was liifinU-i' who 'ii:ul •■.(lilri'S^.d tlii> mc liiiK t'li^ liimli iiion- tliut iiii/lit lir «aiil on •" iialf of 1 th>' trovcriinitnl :iiiailv i and liiinst'lf woiilil shortl\, thoiijfh m a 'iimi;!i evrnniK. Mr. J. F. Stairs, M. P., cl«'"iriil Biinplv to r*at what liad Inin sail! liy hi-* colh-a^iif in trnd'-rin;; thanks to thi' B|ifal-, lilicral orconK<-rsa tivc, had faihd to !«• (ilcaK.d with thi- addn ■■-I'M dclivi-ri-d. Hi- tni^tt-d thiit all pn'Mcnt would con^Kh-r the n- cord of the ffovfrnni'-nt a:< iiri-s.-ntiMl to thfiu ^u that, \v)ii-ii thi- ipro|).r tiiii'- came nianm-r. havr an o|)|»irfimity of ■ clfL-tor- anne that 1 had not a full ri;/hl to expect. It is true that in iny nvn lir'>\ ince w(f have always been taiicht tolielieve that the (leoplt- of the provinee of New r.run>uiek were moi^e nearly relateil to us than the pec,|^,le_nf any nf the other provinces of Panada. We h.'o'ed uiKm them as our cousins before the luiion of tlie provinces tiKik place at all, and we have In-en t:iui.'lit to believe since, by . -. . rv ejiin several occa-ions in the discn-^sion of pub- lic affairs, I have been ri jieatedly told liy the o]ijiosition press that this Xova.Scotian ought not to hav 'been at large at all— that his coun- try had gone out of the union, that hiifcouii- try liad declared that Nova .Scotia istlie place for Niiva Scotians, and tn., . tlie Nova Hcotian ministers ought to be sent home by the first and. fastest train. (liaught.-r.l Well, 1 had hardly crossed over the border line between Nova Scotia and New I'lrunswick when I was gratified by receiving a paper published in your city by which any ah.m that 1 might liave had was entirely dispelled. 1 found in a recent i-sue of the St. John with federal ipu-stionn, notwithstanding that the local govei-umcnt had nothing to do v.ith the i|uestion of con- federation, n:itwithslaiiding that the local giiveniinent were iicceptiug ofiice unde: the constitution and no; against the elln^titution -^We were led to believe in Nova Scotia that some gnat demonstration in favor of disrup- tion of the U!iion would take place inum di- ately- some denion-.ti-.-ition in which tlie Brit- ish gr ernnient -woidd be called to interim', .'i.ndi that Nova Scotia, sailing. mv of the union and standing alone, would enter into a treaty with the I'l'lied Stati-> (irices would go up and money tlov. in am! everything go mernly and happily. Ibit wliat will be the le: ling of surprie .-iinong our iieople when thev rend what Premier Fielding has stati'd in that in- terview. He says : " l^efon we raise the (|Uef:ion of -eparation for Nova Scotia alone, we nuist endeavor to secure the co-op' -ration of New Bruns-.vick anil l*. K. Island." We though.t he lia-:l raised the ijuestion and had asked tlie people Vi vote on It on the l,"itli of June. We were told we would be happier than before vihen we stoiKl alone, and im\v it aiijiears we an- to ii^luce yon and I'rin.--' Kd- waivl Inland to come -mt'too. Mr. Fielding go-s on to say, "This of course will take time." Of course it will, and probably agood deal of time too, And th" statement is made a little further on that the public men in New Brunswick and \\ K. f. an- altoL'ether too timid on this (piestion. That .-iiipears from the circumstanc. tint when the invitation vv:i.^..-vei: tiiXew Brunswick ;>;!d P. K. I-boul to join in till- repeal agitation, the liberals of the two provinceH politely clecliue|H'ily i^iiilioiix, aii'l do lint llki til ll»Mtlly OcJlnililt till IllHi'lveK t

    . I ImIIi'M'. thi- |iii)|p|e ure fnle>ii we are still yiiiir iiei(;lil«irH, ami we intend to remain wi. U U| [ears that we are Ui reiiiaiu tin n until Mr. !■ il idiiiK lan re-u.^'ani/.e vuur |nililie im n iir remove (ro:n their |p|a(.-eH tlie leaders ot' his own party in these twn (iiovinces. Am lon^f as I am |ieiniitted to he still with you and still a fillnw ■iLiintrymaii, as I avow, 1 ho|ie to lie -lor mail) year.- lo umne (aiijilaiise) vvhile 1 have that opjiortunity, 1 feel it iiieuin- tieiit ii|Hin me tiiavail my sell of the invitation of the lil»'i»l-eonservat,ive asmieiatioii h'-re to fonie with my eiillea>,'iieH liefure yiiu and ^^ive un ivccouiit. Ill the trust rejuised in us as mem- tiers ul thi' Koveriiinent of Canada. It has hi.eii I'oneetly Htated in the [irens tliat we hale a iluty to lierform here, that prave cohiiilaints ha'.e lieen made a|.'aiiist thep'veriiment ut ( 'auadaand that in appear- in/liefore \iiu to-iusjfht .veaie to some ex- tent Uiion our trial. 1 have no ohjeetioii whatever as one memlier of the ^fuveriiinent to meet tii|l_\ any of the charj^es which have In-eii hiuu^fht a|,'aiiist ii.s fur mahulmii.istra- tion, and 1 intend to talvc I'ii bome uf those charge- in det.iil and to nhow that they are utterly haseles- ami grouui'less I <_*neiitthe most |iiumineiit eharjfe.s made is iliat the ijovirnnieiii has heen extravajjunt III lelation to the civil .-erviee, and statements have lifen recently niaile in the press hi.n- mid in otliei- parts of the provinces to the effect that in regard to superauuatioii of the pulilic sen ants we hav wdfully abu.sed the |H)Wers which parliam«'nt conferred ujion us for the purjKise of liestowiiitj pensionn uoon fa\oi ites and for the pnrjuise of disjiensmg with the services of men who -,veie iwile lo continue the di-chaive of their pnhlic duties, and that tiese individuals liave drawn enor- iiioiis aiijoiints from the puhlic treasury. It Is proper 1 should discuss it liefore you, for tlii.s reason especially, that wirtle the leader of the oppor ifion had In en iittccking us year after year and from mi etiiig to uniting n;;d app'.di.ig lo tlie people on the iilatforia of his own proviiictMiii tpf qu .-stion of the day, alniu.-' ".he onl) sfateUKUt of (Hilicy wlii()i he has ihrowe un' is thai in' uoiild, if pla, id in power, iiitrudi.ce a radical change as reg;irds the Huperaiiuation of pul/iic servants. It i.s somewhat remarkalile, and 1 ninst metitioii here at the out.-ec, that duriiiij the five year.s wlieii he had an opportunity of doing .so, vrhen he wa.' hacked liy a majority of 70 or HO in the hou.se if commons, he did not intro diice this measure of reform and that he ha.s uot pro(Kise'Utei| in the press of ttli* city. .SiHiii aftirwards particulars weie given in a detaileil stuteinent which shows that » nuiiiUr of |>ersoii.s who are naiiiiil have drawn out of the public treasury ;>^;i;tl,rti"ii(, while II.' y have ointrihut.i'd tu the xuiKraiiu- ivtiun fund less than i|>|il,(N)il. .Now, sir, in eonnectiuii u itli th.it i har^e of abu^e of the HUp<'ranu.(lion fuml. 1 havi to say that of the indiv idiials who have draw ii that Tf.i;sl,000 the othci rs who were suix'ranuaLed ij> .'>u'ssr». I'dake and .Maii.eii/ie ilr.w .'¥l.Vi..i only the regular stafi but every man in tlui employ of thi' governiiient— engineers, fore- men of works and the like in urdi'r tu make an unfavorabli'Cumparison between the years. if you take, however, the list "f the regular organized stalf of the civil service in ISfvV and cunijian it with tfte staff 1S7.'^, yuu will find that the charge against us is i xai;gerated to till- ext.<'iit u," ;Vi.) per.sons. (.VjijilauM'. ) Or in titliei winds, that there were 17.-* con- nected with the staff in 1S7S, -1,S() in b^7'.> and in l.s.So there is nut the increase they .say of 7(10, but hss than loO, to [ierfo.ni all the largely increased duties which the di", elop- meiit of our public service' and its evti'Usion fi'oiu the one end of C iiiacla to the utiur has thrown uiKin the staff. Let nie take up for a few inoments a state- ment which has been made very freuuently, that we have increased the iiurdeii:. uf the people by the extravagance of our iiianage- mi'Til. ;':ii! that We have increased euoi'niously the del>t of this euuuiry. I lulirit i hat we have increased th'.' liabilities of (Janada. iii.t, sir, let uie ask you if when these pro- vinces were confederated any oni' ot the four vvuiild have been willing to enter the union if they had understood tliat the public worka would not be extended, no new works devel- oped, nor commerce developed, nor our fisheries protected? Why, sir, our people knew it was impos- sible to go on without increasing tl." debt. For more than a quarter of a century we had the best men in these two provinces strug- gling in vaiii 'o complete the I. C. Kailway ; and one ot the pledges made by our t:rethren in the western provinces was that tiris great I 22 wirk xhiiMlil Iw c<>in|iJi't<-d f^r th<' di-Ti'lup- lui'iit iif iiur iMiiiLiiH n •', umi h.«.ii uttiT oni- fi'lll|i|l>' r»-s|i..nHilili' tor tlmt 't Our i)|iiKP!iriit« wi'if in ("iwi !■ Iin<' vniin, anil ill tliln livr jiNiiH tlii'V iii(,n;i-'i il llir |iiililir livht of ('iiliiicln .TllKl.tHXI.fHH); lli.y llicr>ii*(l it lij' n lui)," r -^iiiii lliikii iIkiI, lull til ki'.'p my UI'XUIIK III rli'.'il I ^\\ii\\ ^I'l'.iK nt I'lHinil Illllll- l»rt, itihl «!■ ;ii( I'lJincd It -aiiiM' .""NO,!*" .IHMI. This slimvM that thi- \ta''ly iiii;ii ii-i- nf ililit uiiiiir th'iii «ii.i .■?s,ih"iO,(HN», ului.' uiiihr the liri'urnt itii thf rati- nt iiicna-i- «aH liiit Willi'- .'«."', ■itaiici's tliat imr ii|i|Hini'iiti lean mn nt si^jlit alt"- ffftlii-r III iiiakiii({ thin i liaix'' ai,Miii>.t lis, uikI that i:< that in im-nasintf thf iniii '..ti-diw-s 'it C'ana.- 0(K»,t .•*,•<, (HH),- 000 a year, the anionnt of increase hy the ^Mackenzie government. (Aplilause. ) Now let UK consider fur a few mnliients what We have to show iH against that increase in the pulilic ilelit of L'anada, We have in the tirst place relieved the province to the extent of ■■lHI,."i,0(K>,lHH) nioie thin is repre.seiit- fd by the entire increii.-e in ihi pulili'- del>t. (Applau.se.) \Ve have a statement made 1)\- Sir Richard Cartwright in L's?"', that the whole delit a.s it then stoiKl liad lieen incurred for leifitiinate Inisincsfi of pulilic utility. Surely cljat in a witne.s.s who is worthy of iK-ing cited \>y uis against the claims of hi.s jiarty now. If it is true that the public debt a.s he spoke of it in 187^ represented public works of great Utility, it is doubly true now, for over *li has oeen exiKiideil now for every •'*1 of the in- creatie since then. Let me now ask you to consider how this burden fails uihiii the jieople? The greater part of the increase has iM'en since i.s7!t- because the principal (xjrtion has been in connection with the ('. P. U. and the North-west, ami a large jiart of the increa.sed allowances to the provinces has taken place since lfi7\). Then, sir, U'arin^ the fact in niiiid that the debt has been more , gely in- creased since l«7'.l, the burtleu which falls upon the jieople of Canada by rea«m of the payments of the interest has not increased one cent jjer hc'wl aliove what it was in lb.9. rrv„ f-;_-* :.^ fhs-t. this: delit v.':i.H inr^Tirr:^ for works of public utility, that the credit of Caa»d» has risen with the progrese of ('Anwla, that wi- liave \ whim aiiil three moiiths riieimeof the l)oiuiiiion to have evtillgUlshed the pub'le ili lit as lliell evisting. Today, iiolw ilh-t.inding th-- in- crease and by virtue of the ^u t that our priis|Mrity ha.s inereas: that w.iv, we would be ill lie to pay It to-d.i\ more (|uickly than We could have (lone in I^V', I.Vpplause.) We were told that we ought to bi con- di nilied because we have increased the expenditure of the eountrv . 1 avow we have done so anil 1 claim that the increase wan calle'l'.7."i per In :id i 'iglit to li«' amplv sutheieiit to condui't tin att.ors of this 111 ill! in ion hir the next twenty -Ine years, and that notwithstanding onlv a few years ha, can itbe said tliat the increase iswlmlly due to the parts now in power? < '-oi any ni.ui with reason say that the go\eriinii;nt is culpable for having increased the (lublic ex- |ienditire when we consider what t!ie growth and exp.ansioii of the country from tin one end to the other has Ix'en since that time'; hi lx*u this country spre*! over an ex- panse of ■tli7 sipiare miles, while *o-day itH territory coiiipri.ses ;<,.-i In 18117 the foreign commerce of (' i ; I • > liS •■SiiaL'HW.OOO, to-day it has rea<;h« 1 ■?fo 'aM),- (KX). Tak:> the |>oi,tal service. That is one immediately connected with everyone in the country. We have had since 1877, ;f,."iOefore v'.'U fiC* cuaing us of increatfing the exi>euditure, to aak them, do you propoe© to go back to the t i8 \ fat Mpi'mlitnn- for puWic »»|c tliut thiH cxiuld lilt Ih' iluiif if wt' go liiu'k to tli«* ('X|>«'ii ditiii'i' of lHi7 Now tliH fwt is tliut iiihl> ui of till' lilinlrll of till' |H'0|ilt> U'lllK y*..')4) licotl of tilt' |>o|>ulution it IX only #.'>. 10 UM ^lm^ilil^ wliat tlw incri'ivw- han In. Why, ill this UTditt r\|ian»<' of territory, with itti Kll'Ut Jilllllil' MITVU'i'rt t'Xtrllllllltf III I'VtTV (liri'i'lioii III Ih7M, wIh'Ii our friiiids tisiK otlici', till- liiiiilcii ii|»iii till' |u o|il.' uiiK .'^ l.^!7 IH'r IhikI, jikI It is oiilv ^Ti.-JO imw. Tin rt- fori', tor till' i^i'iit iiii' lit III r ooiMiiu'rcr, ami 'lir t^Ki^ntit: ili vi'lopL.tUt of her piililic works, which liii.c I'liciti'd tlin attiiition of thi' World, thii incn-asfd liiirdcu sinei' wi- took iiHict^ in 1h7X, in hut .>l.o;i \ht hfiid and that is not making any allowaiici' for the inoni'V wi' havi' sent to thi' |>io\iiic'ial trfaMiiri' - f^i rclii'Vi' thf \it< vincrs of thi' Imrdrus whii li fill U|siii thim. ( Applausi'.) Now as aiiothiT Irft, li't iiii' call .>oui allt n- tioiitothi' way in which thi' Imrdiiis hav Im'CII ini|Kisi'd liy till' |iri U'causi' if WI' liavi' niiwif Jitxin till' |ii'o|ili', vn' ought to III' ciiiidinini'd. Ttit' fiiuinii' luiiiistiT made tlii' stattniint, which h:i^ nut Ui'ii i-hallrugi'd, although listcnr't to hy till' aii'.c-t critics, that wc Ikuc since our accession to otlict' in 1H7S incrca-cd the revi iiue liy taxation o;i that chtss of goods which can most ea ily pay the incieaceil burdens, and that we have .mt increased the burdens ii|ioti the working [S'lple by placing dutii - iiiHiii those htapIcH which enter into their living expenses. On .'-.IkH and velvets We have r.ii-.ed '^lljO.OOO, on spirits and wines $(W-',Uimply bccauae we bav« dune our duty in neciitiiig a grviit criminal in the Nnrthwont — the stntvueni i' untrue. You have hunrd to-ilay on your own plHtlorui the uceouiit the llmi. .Minister of the Interior haH reiiilereil to you of i .n lii^l' noc in nspeol to tho trouhlo Ml the .N'ortliv* nt. Von have heanl hIiio the lion. Minifiter of .Marine and Kinheries justify hiii niiiinigi'munt ol hig department. We are ready In like iiiaDner in every place to ileleo'l the oonilni't uf the governiiierit upon every i|uestioii and it ig utterly untrue that we wifli to ratili the vote and retain ptililic conliilence lieeuust^ we have executed a criuiiial, hut let me call I lo atien'- tion of the pcoelc of this and the m :.;olioring province and especially tho liln'ral.i to the |ii lioy presieiited hy thn oppo.siti'iii to-day. l.ct me call your attention to the tact that int goM'rniiieiit, i while we do not claim your verdict on any till 111 bear hard i ""^'i J?round, the party opfioFcd to in are en- deavouring to make political capital out of the fact that wo performed our duly in carry- ing the law into execution. (Applause.) At the time when Keil was elected to p irli.uiient, and when ho was expelled tluTi irmn. bin conduct was necessarily brought ■' '.iil' notice of the houso of commons by the per-ona who claimed he was not lit to ropros. .11 any portion of the Canadian people, an<) then the lion, Kilward lilake cliecreii to the echo in ilie houso the statement that he (Heil) oughi not to be alllowcd to ;ake his seat in 'he house of com- a 6P jewellerv J!lo(i,(HHl, and if you ,noiis ot ..aiunlM because he had ciinnitted foul anu d'oniiible munler." Years pas.-cd by sir, and whc:; Keil had committed a greater ofl'ence, this same gentleman turns around and say it is only a political o'l'ence, that lie was a harmless iuuatie, and should not suiter tho penally of the law. lie got into power ir. Ontario by denouncing Ileil's crime as toul and damnable, yet when the same crime has been repeated, attended by circum.stances of u character ten fold more attroeious. lie attempts to get into power by declaring that we are to be censured for execu- ting a lunatic. I see by the report of his speech that he puts his argument on the ground that a persou who has been twice i:i lunatio asylums must be alwaysre gurded as of doubtful sanity. liut, sir, what was the statement of the gentlemen in whose charge he had been on those occasions? It was tiuit ho had simply taken refuge there for the purpose of avoiding retributive justice and ' lie etl'ects of indig- nation at his antrocious conduct. To prov? that those officials were not duped, I will read the certificate of one of the medical men in charge, certificates which Mr. lilaku has care- fully omitted to read, but the truth of which be never attempted to contradict. Here ii the certificate. "I the undersigned physician of the asylam after the entrance of Louii Kiel into the 24 MVlunl t)troei/ed»h»t with him insanity wmi kfyuote tliat the oi)poKitli)n Ih soiindiuf,'. Sir gimdUted. TLe t«aggeratioii ..I tan dots nM | wlicu ill.- vutorj was won bv M-. i'r.h.nteine ?jsitiun does not depend on the uttevanoes of their pir-s (done. \Ve know tluiv when the election cam.' on in Chambly, the lirutenaut of Mr. lilakH, I refer now to Mr. Laurier, whii 's the s| okes- weTiave not fhme oiir duty and whether we should be comleined for doiiig it. The victory at Chan bly has furnished still more proof to the peo|)leo{ this country that what we did in seeing th.' law enforced was right, for we tliink tliftt v.hen the lives of people stand in jeopardy neither liberals or conservatives can 1 afford to let the agitators of these trowbles go j free ; but we find the opposition receiving 1 fronitJarnut, th.^ s»;cretary of Kie'sci.nu*l, a I message congtaulatiug them on tlieir victory i and saving that "Kiel lead is more powerful i that Kiel alive. " I We fortueately have no sucii record as that j to sh.jw. It has yet to be made :.ppear in any ; portion of the Dominion that the hberal-eon- servati\e Jiarty lias en.leavored to set race ajrainst race or creed against cried. The f.dse i accusatiori has lit*n luiwle tliat we did so sim- i ply b.T-ause we had all.iwed dii' law to take ! its cour-te. Let any man whatevei; his eieed j or race may !«•, ask himself in going over the ! record of our party whether we have in s<'Iect- ' iiig lepris.iiitatives hi ti».' cal>in.'t or in the I distributlouof liublicpatromvebeeiiae'M.ited I 'oy .(ue.-itions of either clasr., creed ov race. ! lApplau.-e.) Let him ask t^i be p.jinted to any instance in any provinc- of Canada t. i-day wii.Te any man lias been exchnled from the c.ibinet be'caus.' hi' is I'higlish, Irish, Scotch, reier no\i lo ,wi. i_,u.iii.t., ...... .. - ,-..-.. , ... ■ ., man oi Mr. lilake in the I'rovince of l^iebec | Irench, I'rotestant, or Catliolie -^stucxl on the |ilatforiii, and leiterat.-d the I And that which I claim iii stut.'iiient that ic he lia.i had the opiKirtunity he would have been glail to have been found 1 platform or any platti^irrn i sill -iliii ring Ins iitie to assist the rebels on reference also to the distnbii the banks of the Saskatchewan. We ha'i Mr. I'.lake standing uii in I'arha- nient and saying that tlie snows of the North-w.-st were dyed with the blood of one of his kinsmen, and we have the man wiio sits close l>y his side apiiealing to the people of (.Quebec, asking them to place hini in jKiWer, while he .says he would have siiot down the men who fought for tlie safety and honor of the flag of our country. (Loud ap- plause). It is ri ]>orted in the press that .Mr. Alowatt in Ids speecli at Ottawa the other day said that the government having hang.-d Kiel the peo|.le would hang th governiiMnt. In his revi.sed s|)eecli the reaileis of the trie PreM wotild see nothing of this for he had it oareluliv eliininatid: but ii y >: .-ui tlii! speech of Hon. Kdwanl (Make y.>i >viU tind that for the purpose of niakinj, * little jok»' he quotes Mr. .\lo,mt's woiiis and adds that he wouKl commute the sentence to banish ment from oHice. This shows that he dn it, and thev may try to get out of it catn.ot, for there is Mr. Hlakes statement before them.. The mere fact of tli.-ir press having uttered what they did when Mr. Prefontain was el.'Cted in ('liambly. that re- venge should be executed against the (lovern- ment for the cxecatlou of a criiiunal, shows the (.Vpplau.se.) And that which I claim in referi'iiee to rei'i-eseutation, I can fairly claim en this ilatform or any platfi^irm in Cr.nada, in " tion V? public patronage or the exercis.' .'f any I't vvev of govenuiient. Then, sir, if wliat I have said lie true as regards th.- provinc- of oiniui> 11 V (Cheers.) L.t me ask those wh.u are cliami^n.ning the cause of secession there, or th::t. "f annexa- tion here, who are using the nam" of SIdv.ard P.lake to conjure by, if they are willing to i accept th-- supiKirt of tiiose whose watch- j word is, '• Rr.iL i>r..\ri is mi»i:e eowERFVL tua:.- Kn-:i. .M.ivK :'' The jxilicy ot the oppo.sition I is diff event in .-aeli pn-vitiee. It is see-s,iion in iSova S.;iitia, ri-ciprixity in New F.runs- wiek, re-.i-nge in t>uebec, and slaivl- :■ in ' ( bitario. I 1 thank you lery much for the i.atient manner in which vou have listii.i d to me, I and I am i xceediiiglv indebted to you, but it ..,w- is Is-eause I know I Have taxed yor.r [.atierice, say and in closing 1 would say that I have found but ' throughe.it Canada wherever 1 have g' ne, an honest desire .-xpress.-^! from bitli si'ies to hear the fullest discussion of these public questi.MH of the day, ami 1 declare to you that i feel th.it our ijarty and n- iKiliey v.m triniuph wherever free and fair discussion takes place. (Cheers.)