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If tney will pardon me tho liberty I take, I venture fa adiress them an apostrophe of a pr t of another country aliffhtlir altered to suit the case of Canada: """ir/, sugnuy ' Oh brave young men, our hope, our pride, our promise. On yoli . 5ir hearts are set, — . In manliness, in kindliness, injustice, To make Canada a nation yet 1 ' " ->Thomas D'Aboy McdBa—ifontiit Outfit 0/ the Nfta Dominion, 4th Nov., 1867. " rhat we are a nation with an individuality and a type of our own, is now seen on both sides of the Atlantic."— Toronto tf/ote, lath Oct., 1874. " ««iut.» +4" OTTAWA: E. A. Perry, Elgin Srteet. 1874. * • \ . , , > ,;>. ' ■ • -f ■ -.'i. ' '•* '.;:<; '" , 'r» ^if r ". ' *• i. f ^ C'lt'<. 1- "'■ . ' t .,! - 1 > t „ ' T T '^ f '/' '. ' ~ ' i' , ' 1**i • • , ) <'\ _,-•/,!"' ' " ' - ■ ' -V * • >*'-'•<''' 1 - ^- ' *■ ; '^ ^'''"^' - » ". ;.• ,V „. .. . . . - ■ * ' . -„ ''ft '^''Vi* ' ' ^ -v j*^ f' --. ; ^.■:^t.,.^+: ■ ^■.-^_ .,- : ^ -»' . '* - ,' -^ ' *'-V^* ^ 5^1 \ * {■^:^^ ^U>l.^:r -■'■ : ''' ., .... *"■ ,-'Vi' ■. ■ ! ( 1 ] i ■t J- ; :,.;«• 1 1 1 t J t a I c I t ( 1 t a t i J J F"^ CTS IN THE LIFE OF HON. EDWARD BLAKE, TAKEN FntJ{CIPAr.I,Y FROJI MOE(^AN'S "CANADIAN PAIlLIA^^ENTARY CO>[PANrON FOR 18ti." -:o:- Thc ITon. Edward Blake Is the eldest son of the late Hon. William ITtimo Blnke, a dip- tinguished Canadian jurist, who represented East Voik in the (.'anndian Asstribly from 1817 to 1849 (durinjf a portion of w^ieli time he In Id the Solicitor Genrr.■^l^hip for Upper Cannda in the Lafontaine-Baldwin Government), and ri tin d from politi( al life on his appoiitm- nt as Clancellor of I'pper Canada in October 1!?49. by Catherine ilume, ^rnnd-danghter of William Iliime of Humewood, Esq., M. P. for Wieklow in the British il< use of Commons. Mr. Blnko was born in the Township of Adelaide, in the County of Middlesex, Upper Canada, in Oeto'ier, 1833. Ho \b therefore now in his forty-fnst year, and if. is safe to fay tliat few Canadian htate"r.jen (wo can recall only Sir John A. Macdonnld at tho prtsfnt monunt;, liavo lisenst fo tarly an agti to so prominent a position in tho public affairs of the country. Mr. Blakq i.s one of many of our present leading and ri.sing public men who can claim thj L'niv( rsity of Ti ronto as their nlnin mattr, MesMB. MoBo, Crooks, Blain, Hcdgins, Bcthune, .f. L. McDt.jigall, Meredith, WcIIh, Casey, Deroche and others being also graduates of that celebrated s'at of kaming. While there he was .■silver medallist in classics, and he gradu...cd as M. A. in 1858. In lS5ohf!was called to the l!«r of hi.s native Province, and became almost at once one of tho most distinguished practitioners in Eijuity. In 18C4 he was (rented a Queen's Counsel by Sir John A. Mucdonahl, then .Vttorn -y General for Upper Canada, and ere long was elected a Ikucher of the Law Socitty, of wliich fur a bhort timo ho ■was oi'c of tf-e Examiners in, and Lecturer on, Ktjuity Law. H,: was al.so appointed a member of tho Senate of Toronto University. Mr. Blake did not enter political life until 1807, the year of the CoLfederation of the B. N. A. Piovinces, wlien at the gen. rnl election that immediately followed ho ■was elected as tho Reform candidate for West Durham in tho House o»' Comnious, and for So:itli Bruce in the Local Assembly. At the local general election of 1871 he was ref.irued for both tliese stats, and at tho general election for the Commons in 1872 this great honour was repeated, thus forming a tribute by the people to this remarkable man th'it is without parallel in the political hisicry of Camuta. On both occasioaa Mr. Blake elocted to represent Houth Bruce. With the other facts in Mr. Blake's career we are all familiar. Wo know that in the Ontario Legislature his course as leader of Her Majesty' .< Oppocitiou, was one succession of brilliant triumphs: tho Ministry of Mr. Sandfield MacdonaM being tin .lly driven from olHce, and .Mr. Blake, only four years after entering political life, being iais>d to the proud position of Prime Minister of the Premier i'rovince of tho Dominion. Wt; know that he remained at the head of the Ontario Government, without salary, until October, 187i;, when owing to tho operation of the Act against dual representation, he and his colleagde, th.i present Prime M nister of the Dominion, retn-ed altogether from local politic;?. We know that by means of his wonderful elo'juence ho contributed peihaps more than any other member of tho Keform party towards securing thj con- demnation and overthrow of Sir Ji un Macdonald's Government at Ottawa ; and wo know that when the new Minstry was being formed ho was pressed by members ou both sides of the Hoi.so to accept a seat iu Mr. Mackenzie's Cabine*, and did so, again without salary, remaining in the Government, however, but a few months. Since his retirement ho has not been heard in public ah frequently as before, though di ring tho lato Session at Ottawa, ho was th^ro in his seat and from time to time ^ave tho Gove.nmeni all the assistance iu hid power as a private member. Ilis speech at Aurora, given elsewhere, soundin,,' what many have been pb a ed to ieim a " iiev departure" in tho discussion of poli'.ical toj^ics in Canada, is Irs one great deliverance siuco tu„ delate t n the vote of confi(kneo motion in the Macdonald Oovernnn iit, and it has naturally, lonsidering all things, cai.si^d a profound sensation througliout the lountry. T his latter tact iu Itself is a sufTicient juBtiticatiou for tho present publication. Mr. Blake U married to the daughter of the lato R'ght lleverend J. Crouyn, Lord Bishop of Huron. )S t*)0-V^ '^ .' -h IIOK EDWAllD BLAKE, MJA, AT AU ROKA. ■IM ■.>T -f- On the IJrd October, 1874, the Eofonnors of th'.j North Hiding of York cele brntcd Iho viotoiy wou !it tiio polls in tlu> previous Jarmary,* by ^•ivintj a ]v)liMoa picnic at the vilhi^o of Aurora. The wcuther, says tbo G'/oIm: rt'i)Ort, \vas,fiiio, svitbo'it iiny intonnisKion. At an early lioiir loams bof!;an to make their a])pouranee, ami ('(intinuetl coinii)!.; in tho ^vlioio morniiiu;, the furtlicHt limits of th«i Itidintj bolriy,- woll roproseiitod, as well us tho moro central portions. Tiie oarlj- train Jn'ou^lit tho Jlon. Oliver iilowat, Pn^mier of Ontario, Hon. Jidword Blako, M.P., Hon. Archibald McKellar, Coniniissioner of Aijrieultaro of Ontario, and :ion, headed by the Sohombt-rg baud, in a ivaggon dravi'n by Kix horf-es. ..Vt 1:30 the Aurora Fire Brigade l)and app>Mired, and headed a ])rocessi.)n on tool to the new drill shed, recently erected on I'-'o corjior- ution land at the head ofiifosoly street, and nearly contiguous to the railway station. Every needfid ]nrepttration had boon made by tho local commiltoo for tho comfort of the audience and s]>eakers. The latter occni^ied a eaJ'pottod platform, which, dcfo- r.'ited with overgieons, and inters]>ersc.d with lings, ornamented every ])artof the build- ing, and having O'l it a large sounding board. On the right ot the platform wore seats specially ro-.orved for ladies, of whom over two hiiudre I wore ]>rosent. Tho wh(»!e of the shod was provided Avilh sitting aecomnindation, consisting of loose planks llaycd, shonld havo by a very dociwivo majority restored itw fair name and fame, nnd brought ityelf onco more into good Htaticling amongst tho Libe- ral cimstitiioncios of Canada. (Choci-s.) My fiiond, Mr. Mownt, who haa spokon, has given yon a very intorosting recount of the linanccs, and a torso bul clear state- ment of the general course of logislationortliol'rovincosinco tho accc-sion tooiiiceof the Liberal party. T do not propose to touch upon those topics at all. I ilebivo simply to say that, having boon for tho hivSt two years an observer, though not so ch)so an observer as before, of tho coiu'se, adminisliativc and legislative, ol' too Provincial Government — without ]>i-etcnding to l)o able to form an accurate jndgnieut a.H to all tho potty details in respect of which my friends havo boovi accufod, being obliged in fact to confess to you frankly that i have never had the time to enter into tho cal- cnlationf nocesfary to come to a conclusion whether or not thoy paid too much for tho fonco around the Parliament Building)-; — flaughtor and applause^ — yet, speaking of larger matters, which aro tit (o occupy tho attention of an intelligent people, tho^ general courpo of administration and legislation has boon such a.s to cununond itself to ray poor judgment, and in my beliei' t;o entitle that Govoninxent to tho conlidenco, tho respect, the aiVection, and tho continued suppoi't of tlio people of this Province. (Oheors.) With reference to tho questions which are likely to coruo before the country at no distant time, some of those, m ray friend Mr. .Dymond rennirked to von, aro in such n position that thoy may not, to the ])ublic advantage, be at thi.s instant discussed. There is, for cxamijjlo, a (p-estii>n Avliich is of extreme im])ortani'.' to the people of this country. I refer to the negotiation for a Jiecij)ioc'.iy Tioaty now ponding. (Ifear, hoar.) AVilhont, in the slightest degroo, presuming to set up ray judgment again.st that of thuse who liavo thought it to tho public advuutago to discus.s the draft Treaty at this time, 1 confess I iVover have been able to agree in that view, and fin- tJiis reason — Yon are aware that tho qnosiion, whether lliis draft shall be agreed to or rejected, is to be discussed and disposed of by the Senate of the United States next December, and it seems to me that every argument that muj^ be used just now in ('auada. in favour of that Treat}-, by those wlio do f^nour it, is an argument calculated moro or loss to damage the chancer of its approval by the Senate, who will, T fancy, look at it from tlie exactly opposite point of view. On the other hand, with rcftn'onco to those Canadians whose opiniosi is against the Treaty, all the arguments they usj, all the meetings they convene, all the lesolutious they pass, seem to mo to bo s*<) many invitations to tho Senate of the United Statea to pass the Tro:ity and take that sto'p at any rate towards the consummation Avhich thoy are deprecating all the time. (Hoar, near.) Tiicreforo it a])pears to mo inex- pedient for cither side to diacuss it now, but I quite agroo that it is a question whicli will at the proper time demand at the hands of the n-preseutativo.!; of tho people the fullest consideral ion and the most exhaust ivo discussLun.'-j. I think the general pr.nciploij upon vclnvh our judgment is to be formed aro notfjir to seek. We shall havo to oonf^idor, in i.-aso we be given the o])])ortunity of passing judgment upon the question, whe- ther the document is one which will', as a whole^ without doing gros.s injustice to any forward ngratum- or whii'h t tlio lirrtt s histDvic jour own uk to tho 1 \iarty of 3oil tunny ()l)ublo re- hat might i (ihungoU, I tlu) part cd itn t'liir t the Libe- ra spokon, iloav Httvto- 1 to office of sivo "'imply so cloi^o an i'foviii<'ial ul a.s to all ; obliiSi«d i" \to tbo cab »o nwK-'b for it, spcukiug people, tbo inoiid itself contidenco, 4 Pi-ovinco. before the marked to , be at tbi^ i!U]K)rtani'i' oUy Ti'oaty |n^- to set 11 jj Ihautago U) [o asj;ree ii> ■I' lliici draft ijtiate of the hat may be .)ur it, irf an ijvid by the view. On againrtt the ! icriolutious nited Stated utiou whieh to me inex- Hti(m wliieh 1 people the 1 pi-lncipleii to eonsidev, Cation, whe- lustiec to any impwtant inlorcfit, tend to the gonornl advantage of thi.J country. Wo arc to inko, not indeed an nndifitin;.;iiif il freely lor oiir.'tuIvcH I entirely denuirrod to the line c" ne- tion taken outside 'ind in Parliameid with rofcroneo to the Treaty of AVnsliington. 1 in.'^isted that i'arliament on.j}it to 1 e perfectly *ioe, ninoe tbo (pieslion wn-^ remitted to it, to (letc.Miiine whetiu'r tlio nfceptanee oi" ilie rejeflion of itw terms wai .rftho in- lorest of tlie conntry. Whnt I s:ud then I now repeat, and I am sure it will be found Avhoii Pnrliiuiient e Iriiuglit b((bre u-, that the largo majority whieh su.'^tains the ilovernmeii! will be disjKwed to deal with it upon (hat baHis only. I regret under the«o circunistanees that at u recent aspombiago of the LilKi-al-t'onHervalive party, so callel, of thi« 1'rnvinei', a party jdatforni wt\)* eunnoi'ited. a party line taken witii roferencc! !o thif< '^I'leiily, I'nd it riurprined me not n little to see that while Iheir PresH earnestly denounced the Kuppoxition that it mpt were made to entangle the country furfher, or arrange for the comiaencenu^nt and prosecution of the work more ra))idly than is involved hy the tei-m so ofVered. and the large pro visioTi which we made by the increase of taxation last session. We are called upon to commence the work immediately. I do jiot know that 1 can point out to you more strikingly the rashness — the insanity of (be bargain thrust upon you by your late rulcr.s, than by telling you that the abandoned line of the Fraser — abandoned early bpcau-o it v.;ts thought b^- the engineers to bo so expensive and difficult as to ijc imjiracticabb!— lias been i-oturne*! to, .as atfordijig the prospect of a better line than those upon the exploration of which such largo sums have been expended. And this is the state of things long after tlie railway should, under the bargain, have been begun. We are asked to begin av once, though we cannot yet find a route, and while a mistake in the choice may involve an extra ex- penditure not only of many mMlions in the tirst cost, but of annual millionH m->re in the running of the lOad. (Hear, hear.) . TJnt-l these surveys aro thoroughly comploted, and until we have found the least impracticable route through that inhospitable country, that '' sea of mMintaini*," it is folly to talk of 8 ooTnm<>nciMj( the work of confttnution. 8p<>flk:n/3^eonjO!rtiifefily, I nm of fho oj^inlnn lliiil tho Uriiish Cla section nf iho railway, oven IfMt hirnsnuf to |it> |irru'(l- ciibk' HH uu on^nmHM'iiig woric, will iiivolvo' an oriDTmmufxpcn'lihUi', uppio.viinnting to ^y(J, 000,000, and nftor i(M (•ompk^tion will iiivolro an chopttioum sinniinl char/^o on tho rovonuert of the coinilry for its running oxiionce^' ; niirl I (iouhf miuli if that hoc- Mom ('tin hti l((>j)t open alter it Ui i:ni!t. I think the t« Avill consirfl lu thfi circnlalioii of money, nii'l tho j>rotjtrt of mtironntile oj)orati» Ihc faol that tho pu{>ulation of Uritish (>)lnmbia in -only nomc 10,000 alto^othor, ro- prcMonting, perhupw, not bo many hoimoholderw a^ t!je au^Hcnt'C I now gee before me, oup^ht not to diHontitle thorn to t^ay — ' Yon nhaU I'lilKIl your bargain, or roleasc U8 from rmr boiidh." It in their right to (ukoHueh a cotiroo, if thoy thinlcfH, bnt T dony that tills in any reason why we should plnngo thJH country iiito ruin by tho attcm])!. J havo Homo reUHon to believe thi'l those people are rtiiiifioiontly unihiible and reason- able to recognize and act on tho truth <>f tho mailer, unles'», indeed, they arc mn- tained by agitators in this eonntry, wlio are willing for tho sake of eroating an em- banusHment to tho (iovornmenf, to oNcito fal-o and deluHive hopes among thonj. The temper of Parliament yon ma}' judge, from the fact that during la>it soKaion an amendment wuh .noved b}' one of the Ihiti^h ll Ontario TorieM. (Laughtoi-.) If under r.ll the clroum- HtaneoH the ("olumbians were to say — "You nnu'it go on and lini'di this railway ac- cording to tho terms (n- take tho altotiiatlve of releasing U8 from tho (confederation," 1 would — take the allornativo I (Cheers ) 1 believe that is the view of tho people of iJiis eountr3', and it may as well be plainly elated, beeauBe such u plain statement is the very thing which will prevent tlio Jiritish (Jolirmb'rins from making such oxtra- vaguiit demands. If these 2,(JO0 men undoistand that the people of Canada are pre- pared, in preference to the oompbanee with their ruinous demands to let them go, and to leave thorn to build the ( Vdumbia sectlor with their 10,000 people, their tono ■will be more moderate, and we shall lioar no talk about secession. The prircijial porHOu who han s])oken of ithitherto is Hir John A. .^laedonald, who almost invited it in his election s)>eech dining the late content. They won't secede, they know hot- ter. Should they leave tho Coiiledoraiiou, tho Confederation Avould survive, and 'hey wouUi lose their money, (Laughter.) With regard to those .-"actions of tho rail- vvay which involve the communication between onr interior seaboard and the grertt Northwest, the utmo.-it diligence is being used to put them inider contract, 1 go heart and soul for the construction of these lines as rapidly us the resources of the coun'i-y will [)erniit, in conjunction with an exten,sivo scheme of immigration and colonisation, Tho work of construction in itself will afford ^ery groat facilities for thorapidcoIonizalionofthu.se territorif'S : tho annual cash exijcnditure in labour wMll jiroduce attractions enabling us to a considerable extent to people the land. The interests of Canada at large jjoint very prominently to 'a speedy nettlement ol that country. In my own humble belief tho future of C-anada as a distinct State, the representative of Bjvitish power on this continent, largely depends upon our success in colonixing that region, and what is equally important and perhaps more difficult on our success in retaining its sympathies, its tirade, its commorce afterwards. Fer- tile as is the soil, gi'er.t as are the rosoui-ces, gloriou:^? .'is ai-e the pro.spects ■with re- ference to production, it is certain that the- distance from the great markets of tho world of tlie inland portions ot that country will form one gieatdiificnlty to bo ovei - come. You have read of the war wdiich is going on between tho farmers and the* ■j, -vilways in the "Western States, the attempt which is being made to cut dow , freights by legislation. But 1 do not tind (hat those railways are very rich, Tho fact is the >r is a ■war against distajice; it i.s a war against time ancl space ; and that is the \\ar the farmers of (he North-west will have (o enconntor We ought to lion tiii^ 3 Oil HOC- Mify»' I that ^v, re- •e tne, I (lony n-e HVi^- Wr\ OTTJ- f thOTU. 8ion an ipon an ,'c inom- y iV'KMK^ 'civcnni- Iway ac; oration," poople <>r :enH>nt iw eh oxtrfl- V ui*e pve- theni !?'>. their Ion" piii'oiv"/ invito [know liot- vvivo, «n'i ,f tlAo vail- tho iri-w^' lad. '^f' ,.,.^,^of tho ation find ,'v,.iiitio' tbv ■e in labour le ti\(' i»'"^^-. lUlemenl ol .t State, the our auewvHs :,vo rtifficniV cts ^vith ro- ckets of tHo ly to bo ovev fnors and tl.c^ to cut (low IV i-ich. Tluj ii ppaco ; s»"'' 'Wo onght to help as far as noasiblo the pucco.sHfiil nroHocutioa of that war, and Uj that ead and efficient men when they are placed in the Senate. But even so they may become, as, I suppose, most of us will become some day, utterly effete, utterly incapable of discharging the duty for which they were Rcloctcd, but so long as they can drag their weaiy limbs to Parliament once every scc tors, and are supposed to represent the ^peci;il iritvn*ests of the Provinoo for which they were f-elected. That is ono evil, supposing the solo'^tions to havo boon suoh as ought to havo beeiimwd© in the lirst InBtance, but wo all kuow thi^y hav^not tf been such as a rule. Tf the members of the Senate are to be the guardians of the interests of the Provinces, it is the provincial miiid which should bo rfiferred to as to their appointment, and my own opinion is that the Senate, besides beinif very largely reduced in number, should bo composed of men selected either immediately or modiafoly by the Provinces from which they come. I behove in the mediate mode of selection ; I tliiiik that the selection by the Legislature of the Province and the appointment for moderate terms, not going out all together, but at different periods, would bo a system under which that nody wonld obtain an importance and a value hardly dreamed of under the present sys- tem. You want that body not to cl.ango as rapidly as tlie popular body, not to bo composed exr.ctly of the same class of men, but to change from time to time. You do not want a sot of old gentlemen there with notions of the time when they were appointed perhaps, but which have not advanced wrih the ago, to be dreaming in the .Senate, blocking improvements in legislation as far as thoy dare, and only conceding ihem under an extreme pressure of public opinion. (Hear hear.) You want a body to which it would Tto an honour to send any of the principal men of a Pi'ovincc, and which would have an import- ance which the United States Senate once bad, and, though the lustre has perhaps diminished, still, to some extent retains. ("Cheers.) I think also that something may still be done towards securing freeclom and purity of election. I am amongst those members of the Ijlberal party who are prepared to express their very great regret at the disclosures which have recently taken place in the Election Courts. I'rom the earliest moment of ray entrance into public Hie, I have taken a very earnest part in the etfortto bring about freedom and purity of election. In these struggles I did not say that my friends of the Liberal party had never resort- ed to improper means of securing their elections — I said you mu it not expect a different result when you enacted sham laAvs, professing to prohibit bribery and corruption, while you refused to provide proper means of enforcing those luws. 1 said that as long us it was seen that (hei-e were no means of carrying out these laws, the situation was worse than if +here was no law, and both parties would go on disregarding Ihe law, until it end- ed in the retirement of honest men as candid.ates for public life, and in the retire- ment from any participation in politics of those citizens whoso notions of proprietj", morol'ty, and respect tor the laws prohibited them from using such unlawful means. We wore resJKted ln)th in the Locrl and Federal Legislatures as long as resistance was feasible, but fortunately for the Province, we were able to obtain a stringent law ill Ontario before the elections of ISTl, and the result was that these elections were infinitely purer than before. Though some of the elections wore voided by iilegal practices, the sums spent were not large, the cor- ruption was by no raean;< Avidespread, and the election may be said to have been comparatively fair. We wore unable to get the law in the Dominion for the elec- tions of 1872. The count'y in that contest was flooded with money, smd I i=uppos6 it was the mo,st corrupt election which ever took place in Canada. But public opinion was so sti jng on the subject, that the Government which had refused to pass the law 'wrought it iu during the U(.xt session, an(x that law was m force when the elections of 1874 took place. I rejoice that it was so, and I repea*^ what I have said before, that I would not as ji member of the Crovernment have takvn .^he responsibility of concurring in the dissolution of 1874, if that law had not been on the Statute Book. The result of the elections, as youai'O aware, was a very extraordinary victory of the Liberal party. A number of petitions have boon presented, some on each side, and it has been found lliat no i^irigle election which was brought before the judges was condu voteii against you. 1 am strongly impresseleases. That system has boon also adopted with the moit beneticial results in the State of Illinois, where the returns under t)ie amended constitution of 1870 have been Avithin one of the actual populai* voice. I Hay the system of rcjjroseniution under which wo now live i.s inadequate to the purposes of the age. Tlio complicated interests of society, the various views entertained by various sections of people, the enormous divergencies and the minor shades of divei-gency which exist, the fact that you cannot accurately or reasonably approximate the real sli-ength of .popular ojtinion^ as evinced at the polls by the re- turn of members to Parliament — these considerations are sufficient to condemn the existing system and send us on search for a better. That better can, T believe, bo fotfnd, and if it be reserved for this Province or this Dominion t(> set the example of finding it, a groat benefit will have been conferred by us on the cause of freedom throughout the woj'ld. 1 believe Mr. Hare's system or some modification of it — a system by which each voter may vote for any one he pleases, and give his voto should it not be required for his lirst choice, to second, third, or fourth candidates, in the order of his preference — would result in the return by unanimous constituencies of men having the confidence of those constituencies, and of just so many men on each bido as the strength of that side at the polls would justify. What is my position to-day? I have a vciy large constituency, J represent a constituency in which many more votes were polled against mo than sufficed to return Mr. Dymond, Within nine of 2,000 votes were polled against me. Can I say I represent those people? 1 do not. ^ do not rejn-esent their views. They thought I was wrong, they wished to defeat me, they wished to condone the Pacific Scandal and to sup- port the late GovernmcMit. I am bound to considci- their individual wants, but 1 cannot say 1 represeui iieir views. How are they represented ? Some will say that people a long way off elected, say, Mr. Cjrmeron, of Cardwell, or Mr. Farrow, of North Huron, represent them. That is a very peculiar mode of representation, by which the unre]n'eseutcd minorities of adverse views in different constituencies are in etfect told that they are to be content because there ai-e others in like evil plighv. Look at homo. Tui-n to this Metropolitan district. Take, if you please, the old County of York, including Toronto, Ontario and Peel. You have there nine districts, and you have nine iufeuibers all on one side, and not a single one on the other. The return at the polls gave five to four. The popular vote gave you five and your adversaries foui', and upon a proper system of representation that would have been the pro])ortion of the members. We shall have to settle before long the question of the Parliamentary system cf the future. As the late Prince Consort said some years ago, Parliamentary systems are on their trial. "When we provide a plan by which every man shall be repiesented, by which each side of opinion shall be represented in proportion to its strength, wo ehrll have avoided the difficulties which result from the artificial divisions which we make, and which render the expression of oiunion by the returns so essontiallj^ different from that shown at the polls. There is not time now to give you even a fair summary of the reasons for this reform. 1 must bring my speech to a close. 1 know, Sir, that I have made a rather disturbing speech, but I am not afraid of that. As far as I can judge, not much good can bo done without disturbing something or somebody, fnd if that is the only objection to be made to the sentiments I have uttered, I am quite ready to meet it. I may be said also to have made an imprudent speech — at least it might be said if 1 were one of those who aspire to lead their follow countrymen as Minis- ters, It is the function of Ministers — we know it, and I do not quarrel with it to gay nothing that can be caught hold of — (Laughter) — ^nothing in advauco uf the t^ 19 popular opinion of the day, to watch the CMtrvont of tliat opinion, and when it has gathered strength, to rrywtnllizo it into Acts of rarliainont. That is the function of a Liberal Mini«tcr. The fmiction of a Tory Minister i» to wait till ho is absohitely forced to swallow his owi. opinions. (Laughter.) My hon. friend, Mr. Mowat, will, \ doubt not, by your suflVagi'S, enjoy a long time in which to perform his high duty, but it may bo permitted to one who -irefcrs to ho n private in the advanced guard of the army of freedom, to a commanding place in the nmin hotly — (Loud cheerH) — to run the riwlc of promulgating what nuiy be called a jwlitical heresy to-day, but may perhaps bocomo a political ciced to-morrow, (('hoer-s.) I am sure that whatever may be your dispositifm as to the opinions I have advanced, and howoverdiHiticliiiod you may bo to accept my proposals, you will receive them with toleration and liberality. 1 believe that feeling which is strongly existent in the ranks of onr opponents, of intolerance of any ditVcrence of opinion, that determination without argument to v;rite and speak down the man who advances anything new as revolu- tionary and unsafe, is not shared by the Liberal party. I believe you realize tho value in the interests of true liberty of a free utterance before his fellow country- men, of tho distinctive opinions held by a pi'blic n» 'n. (Cheers.) 1 am quite sure you sympathize with tho eulogy which the poet-lai. Ado of England conferred upon the old land, and you desire that his words of praise should bo properly aj)plicable 1o the new, when in immortal verse he sung: — ■•> M^ "V* You ask me, why, tho' ill at ease, With"ithis region 1 subsist, Whoae spirits falter in tho mist, And languish for the purple .softs? It is the land that freemen till, 'J'hat Bober-aujted Freedom chose, The land, where girt with friends or foes, A man may speak the thing he will ; A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown. Where Freedom broadens slowly down From precedent to precedent : Where faction seldom gathers head, But by degrees to fulne.'ss wrought, The strength of some diffusive thought Hath time and space to work and spread. Should banded unions persecute Opinion, and induce a time When single thought is civil crime, And individual freedom mute ; Tho' Power should make from land to land The name oi Britain trebly great — Tho' every channel of the State Should almost choke v^ith golden sand— Tet waft me from tho harbour-mouth, Wild wind ! I seek a warmer sky, And I will see before I die, The palms and temples of the South. • / ■n -Vi'**;" •i s t .- n,. i 1 1 aj "<^ 1- s < 1,1 .'u-.f- tl t , I r OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON MR. BLAKE'S SPEECH. Toronto Globe (TIkform.) Mr. Blakk at Attkora. — The lleforra DemonBtration at Aurora on Saturday last wag even moro than usually succeHsful. Everything was in its favor. Tho weather was excel- lent. The attendance was livrge, roepectabU) luid enthusiastic: while the speakorH and speeches were such as to give iuterest and importanln^ical impossibility, and tViat consequently if t)ie peojde of British ('olumbia insist upon ilic per- formance of that impossibility on pain of breaking up Confo ioiaiiion entirely, they must have their way. Men ami Governments can only do so much. If more is demanded, disap- pointment will necessarily fi)llow. All that can reasonably be done in this case will be hon- estly attempted by the Mackezie Government. Honest men, says Mr Blake, cnuM not offer less; reasonable men could not ask more. It is in the interest of the whole Dominion that all the newer and more westerly Provinces should Ut' brought as speedily as possible into easy and direct comnmnication with the oMor and more easterly sections The plan for accomplishing this which has leen adopted by Mr. Mack'-nzio will comm -nd itself to every candid and intelligent enquirer. No one al.-ocui dnubt tliat cheaj) as well as expel iiious means of communicuion are indispensible, a.ul that the ma'j;uitlcent water ways to our Northwest which nature has piovidcd will never be superseded by any railway, though they tsill no doubt be thereby supplemented and rendered upon as much more, ho fur iw it contttmplates a chango in our pro.ipnt roi\dition. We have more than onco (jivon the various sugfiosted chimgtvn in detail, and have statod the inherent ditticultioH attached to theui. A grout. Federal I'arliitnient for the Hritish Ktnpire iH not, by any means, a novelty, and is an idea which has miiny attractions, for a certain clasN of mindM. ]\Iuch in the abstract may ho said in it» favour, but it« pructrcability is a very different affair. The »entimontn of all the different parts of thf. Empire would, as a preliminary, have to be ascertamed, the consent of the British House of Commons to take the subordinate position of a Local Legislature secured, the constitution and powers of the great central authority defined and settled, with many othff points diHcussey the "Old Flag," R« first and last and midst us well. " Nutional sentiment," if that is another word for a narrow Canadian sentiment, is surely as little compatible with a grand federated Empire, as would ho the iuculcntion of county or Provincial sentiment in order to a general loyalty to Cauiul;; as a whole. If we Canadians are to take our due place m the Imperial Councils, and bear our due proportion of the consequent ourden and responsibility, we must rise not only abova Provincial but Dominion r^ttaohmenta, and no sentiment short of " Britwh," in its widest and mo^t comprehensive sen^e. In fact, however, neither a national nor an Imperial spirit can be secured by mere resolutions or by meaningless recommendations. It must grow, not by individuals every now and tfien saying to themselves, and to each otl.er, "We must be national," but by the people of f. land genendly fe*-ling that they have a country, a history, and a destiny in common of which they find increasing reason to bo proud, and for the advancement and exaltation of which tiiey feel increasingly prompted to do noble acta and live noble lives. Mr. Blake is somewhat hard upon tlie members of the Dominion Senate. He speaks of them in language which savours of contempt; and one might doubt if it were quite prudent to urge a change of the Constitution in such a way as might make those, without whoso consent si'ch a change could never constitutionally be etfoted, determine that rather than that this consent should be given, they would make something like a coup iyi''nt indispen- sible. It is not possible to have any system against which some objections m ,' ri<>t bo urged. But, whatever be the machinery devised for the construction of an Upper Legislative Chamber, if such a body be mide strong by receiving a direct or indirect representative character, collision with the mo'e popular Assembly will follow naturally and necesearily. As at present constituted, though the Dominion b'enate can never hinder the passage of measures upon which the popular House has set its heart, yet it secures tho reconsideration and, often, the amendment of these, and thus very effectively prevents hasty and injurious legislation. This is all it can accomplish at present, and all which in any case we believe it OUi ^ ftim at. Our Federal system has been in operation but a short time. It, is well to ^^ir trial before starting on the work of constition-mending. Nations, institutions, ts ifrnio and grow slowly They cannot be called into existence, or have their ened, by any number of individuals assembling and resolving there and then aal and patriotic : while as little will the plan be crowned with success which, vtle boy with his flowers, consists in every other day having a general pulling up to 8t -iDW the growth proceeds. We rejoice to notice, and from day to day to note, how a true Canadian and Imperial spirit extends and strength* ns among us. Changes will in due time he needed, and will, no doubt, be also effected; but our wisdom is to hasten slowly in constitution tinkering, to develops our resources with all d ligenoe, bring the people of the different Provinces more together, increase our numbers, work honestly the Constitution, and improve carefully the privileges we actually possess, and we shuU thus be all the better able to meet whatever in the future may be in store for us, and to effect, with success, those changes in our Contitution nnd external relations which may by experience be found conducive to our sectional progress, and at the same time indis-pensible to the permanence of that Empire of which there is no reason why Canada should not for all time to coma rejoice to form an honoured and influential part. Hi lik Tub Toronto Mail (Liukual ('onskiivative.) * • TtiB IkAKK BojitmitRix. — Tho Krsit inHtalmert of Mr. Edwftrd Blnke'R epepch at Auioro, oaretully rovisfd niul conontefl for tho pie^.s, as sll Mr. Bluko's six'coho* rro, amply jiJ^tiHod the Ministerial print in withholding it« publication for a day nntj liending it oH with a "leader" whoso lijinlicvtion was kh ovdent an though wirdx w«'ia U'^ed to express tho reasons which caiisea its appoaraiicc Shntilr« be a» much heri y in the tonoliuling portii'in of the spooch tliorn will be little dithcilty in undei>tnnding ly ho great a couimo- tion disturbed the editorial HHncliiin, and why there wm Hiioh hut li iite to discredit the utterancen of the member (or South liruce before they uppimred in print. We may pass hurriedly over portions of the speech. ««••••• Ilaughtiei', more aallin^!, crueller word'* tli>n the tnember for South Bruco used in speaking of British Columbia and its people would not be easy to oall to one's command. It was only the other day, down in Pr^scott, that Mr. Mackenzie boldly pharged. upon a public platform, that Sir .John A. Mawlonald nned lieciprocity Treaty at this time, but favors the view that Parliament sh uld ho perfectly free to discuss it. Wo cannot agree with Mr. Blake that Canadians should withhold discussion of tho draft of Treaty because of the possible consequences of that discusion ill the United States. It requires timo and long consideration to get at the merits of a groat que- tion. What maybe said here will have but small effect on tho United States Senate, hut it will have made clear the ws-y to au intelligent discussion in Pailiamant. That Mr. Blake sleuld seek to throw upon the Dppo- sit on tho odium of having made the (question a pa ty one is not unlike him ; but the reso- lution of the Liberal Conservative Convention to which ho refers does not sustain tlio accu- sation. The very resolution itself deprecates in express terms tho discussi'in of the Treaty Iromaparty stsmd-point. So large and inHuential a body of farmers, lawyers and mercluints was not, however, to be debarred from expressnig an opinion becaufe they held very pro- nounced political opinions. The attempt to make it a party question has come i'rom the Ministerial organ ; a fact which i., very much to be regretted. It is when he comes to sp ak of "the relations of Canada to the Empire" that Mr. Plake, as we have said, utters opinions which have never yet been expressed in any " Ueform" de- clarjition of principles, and have foimed no '■ plank" in the " platform" of the Orit Tarty. Kohert Baldwin was consid.Me(l to be unfit to he a candidate in the York Division for the Le gislativa Council, unless he would make public defJaratirm of his views, the editor of the Olobe having adread»uspicioa t'^it the old Reform chieftian had backslided ! Can it be that Mr. Blake may tallc party treason all the day, and yet be consdered sound in the faith ? Where is the line to bo drawn ? We hear much of ' lleform principles." It is high time to ask what Reform priucii)lesare wh>'n we find one who theotlurday was Mr. Mackenzie's col- league in the Dominion Cabinet doclaiiug himself ho-tile to Confederation, and avowiiig him- self a believer in the '< Canada First" croed, to the extent at all events of advocating a Fe- deration of the Empire, of doing away with a Crown- appointed Senate, and supporting llare'i doctrine of the Representation of Minorities. If these are '• Reform principles' ' it is the first time we have hoard so. If they are not — and most assuredly they are not — then we would tisk, is Mr. Blnke still to be considered a bright and shining light of the "great Liberal Pai ty," as Mr. E. B. Wood used to say, with marked emphasis on the " great ?" Un one of tho questions upon which Mr. Blake has expressed a very decided opinion he is in great hostility to Mr. Brown. Said the latter in his speech in Parli me'it on ( oniede- ration : " 1 have always been opposed to a second elective Chnmber, anake b Aurora SPBEOH.—Mr. Blake, as the expositor of national feeling, has met the demand i'or a "detinite statement of principles." And lie has aone so with a courage at once rare nnd heroic. By his speech in North York he has distinguished himself from the common herd of politicians by "anew departure." Ilis exj,osition of principles is identicjil on most points with the views which have found expression in these columns. Whild expressing the belief that the future of this country greatly depends upon the cultivation of a national spirit, he pointed out theonly way in which he conceived it possible tc develop a national spirit: that there must be some national interests to require attention. He iusiht d on the need which the Provinces have, for this purpose, of some common aspiration ; and he p^^iuted to the critic-i of ill-omon and bad faith by whom everything of this kind is set down as a practical advooicy of annexation. There is no feeling on this side on wluch the anti-nationalists could operate so as to make tho absorp.ion of this country by another power at all tolerable ; and Mr, Blake gives cogent reasons I'or concluding that the United States would not now willingly consent to the perilous experiment of en- larging th'.-ir bounds to an extent which the annexation of Canada would imply. He might have pointed to the refusal to purchaser the Isl md of St. Thomas since the civil war, in con- trast with the intrigues previously set oxt foot for the purchase or annexation without pur- chase of Cub;i ; to tiie development of the Ostend Conference, and the refusal of the United States toente with France and England into a tripartite '-roaty, by which the several con- tracting parties .should mutually agree never to acquire possession of that island; to the uiilioustering expeditions which from the days of Sam. Houston to those of Major Walker, were set on foot and directed against the territory of neighboring and friendly nations. a c 'Utrast with all tliese attempts at Ibrciblo extensions of the boundaries of the United States, might be noticed the abssnce of any similar attempts and the total decay of the spirit in which they took their rise. The only sense in which Canadian 7iationality has been said, even by the prophets of evil, to mean annexation is, that the Americans would use force to bring about that result. Mr. Blake, while showing the great improbability of any i«uch attempt being made, expresses his faith in the future of Canada as a nation. It is remarkable tiiat, on this question, Mr. Blake finds himself in direct opposition to the tenacious, not to say fossilized Conservatism o*' what is called the Reform })arty. On the question of the constitution of the S' nate, ha is almost equally in advance of the bulk of both the old parties. When Mr. Mi Ms, in the course of last session, brought up the question of the constitution ot the Second Chamoer, we expressed ourselves as Mr. Biake does now, in favor of the elective principle in some form. If the leading organ of the Reform party can be tak(,n as the exponent of the views of that party, Mr. Blake is, on this question, in accord with the National Party alone. The mode of selection which he favors is that by the Local Legislatures ; and this we believe would be far better than direct elec- tion by which one Chamber would be little moie than a duplicate of the other. The re organization of the Empire, on a Federal basis, we m^st confess, seems to us to be very far off; as a thing not likely to be realized in practice. The last time the question wasiirought up in the Imperial Parliament it received no countenance; there is no growth of feeling in its favor, and it now appears highly improbable that tlieouii^ing portion^ of the Empire will ever be permitted a voice in questions of peace and war. On two other questions, compulsory voting and the representation of minorities, Mr. Blake is equally pronounced and in advance of the two old parties. To show the injustice of the present mode of re rosentation he had colie>ted some valuable statistics, which greatly aid the argument. On compulsory voti-g the views of Mr. Blake are identical with those to which expression vtah given in the early numbers of this journal. Both these ques- tions are assuming a pfAotio^l shape and will uow be submitted to » full and oomplete cUggvusion. 25 Tf London Free Press (Liberai, Conservative.) Blake's New Nostrums. — If, as some suppo.so, it is tho intontion of Mr, Blako to become the Prophet of a now political jitvity, he has roMiinoneed his career in a manner not very .iiupiclous. The creed he has jiropoundetl in not a vital one. It does not lay hold of ary existing want, hut sugge.-ts ditticullios that few hoAO become aware of, an-l asks for modifications which are not only needless hut would prove t© be positively injurious. To be the successlVil loader of a now jwlitical party roquirM, in the first place, tho occasion. A want must bo folt by the ])ublic, a moral or a po- litical want, before it will bo possible to draw those crowds of adherents which go to form a new sect. What Mr. Blake others to supply no one has soon tho need of, and though he proffers his wares with a certain degree of oratorical etiect, yet when they are carefully scanned they will be found to consist more of fanciful iiieories than practical measures suited to tho condition of Canada. But sovv,n short ^'crrs hav« passed since Confederation v/as accomplisho'l, the success attending which is tho best justification for its existence. Tho people at largo are just beginning to comprehend it« significance, and to accept its conditions and obligations, when up jumps a " Reform" leader, and demands a Federation of tl-.o entire Empire as the ord}- basis of continued alliance. It is that condition, he thinks, which every one should yearn for; though how it would benefit the Canada of to-day he leavtv, unexplainod. lie does not ^how that it would remove an}' hindrance to material development, or add one doUir to the capital of tlie country. Cutia^la is now foderutod in the surest r.iid most effective manner, and the afliliutioa she has with the motlior land is both honorable and salu- tary. Why disturb such a condition? Brought to the test of practical examination, divested of platform enthusiasm, and oratorical disjilay, the demand for a federation of the empire i-evoals a theory but does not establish a necessity. It may be all very well to talk about, fur enthusiasts to dream ovor, but it lacks tlint home thrust on tho affections of the people which must underlie political sr.ccosb. Tho call for a new Federation, including Australia and the Fiji Islands, is that which a bran new "lie- form" party is to be based upon. That is the goal of its ambition, that the claim it places before the public for recognition. The other nostrums which Mr. Blake baa announced are inferior and secondary to it. The aWlition of the Senate as it exists ; the compulsion to vote under pain of civil disf.biUty or actual ])unishraont ; tho permission to farmers' cons to vote to tlie exclusion of the sons of other members of the commonwealth — are demands which will not call up any great enthusiasm. As a matter of fact, few Avill bo found to coincide with Mr. Blake in his dcrarnd for a rO' organization of tho Senate. Tho adviser-in-cliiof of the (Jrits — Soiudor Brown, has always been in favor of a Crown nominated Scuale, for reasons which ha\'o boon thought cogent. The Liberal-l^onservativo party do not favor tlio election of a second Chamber from out of tho same elements that constitute the inferior one, and thus it is reasonable to conjecture that Mr. Blake's second chief hobby will fall flat upon public attention. At any rale, it is one of those matters which nuiy suit any uneasy mind to fret over, but wfiich lacks marrow. Comjndsoi'y voting, like the compulsorj' church-going of days gone by, may suit the habit of one of gloomy disposition and austere character to advocate. But it is so emphatically opposed to the liberalism of existing society that it is as nnsuitcd as the other nostrums that have been pro- pounded, upon which to base a new \iolitical departure. Onco conijtel a man to vote, and the ground is surely laid to bring about compulsion in other matters. Mr. Blaka nays that men with " immortal souls" ought to vote, or to bo comjiellod to it if unwil- ling. And if the fact of their having "immortal souls" is i-eaaon enough to urga them, like a dr'>\c of cattle, to the polls, why would it not ho good enougk to oompol them / go to cL'iirh throe times on Sunday, to class-mooting twice a wcok, and prayer-meetings between whiles? If the " soul" is to be the reason iu on» case, h is certainly fur greiitc occasion in tho others. In fact, it might, upon Mr. Blako'a reasoning, bo made the excuse for any kind of compulsory action, affo'ting not only th« poll-book and the church, but also the social circle and the dinner-table. For one 26 claiming lo l>e a statesnijin to say thj»t bocaiif^c man has an •• immortal soul" therefore Jjo nhoul'l be driven to the polls — even if when there ho does but deposit a "spoiled ballot' — eeoms most extraordinary. We venture to say that no hucIi proposition has ever been broached before tor wuch a reason. Yet it has been made wiih ail the woigiit whicli Mr. Blalniher Mr. Blake in early 3'outh, over thir*/ years since. We remember him at schrn .tnd at ooUogo ; we saw with regret his entraiue on his legal career and with ploasme Ids eommencoment of political life. Ho is fulrilling the promise of his btiyhood — the good meial is giving the true ring — the blade is keen and strong, though it has not escapoil the (contaminating rust of the law courts. For instance, his objection to diseusoing the Reciprocity Treaty lest Americans should overhear and profit by our convcifaticn, is the objection of a lawyer, not of a patriotic Canadian. 2'J Honesty needs no concealment. But when, in the face of false jKiliticians who have conceiiled the facts, and lyin^ journalists who iiave denied them, he told Canadians what none, save the cohimns of the rational, had yet dared to toll them — that " in tlieir forc'ijfn aflairs, their relations with other coiintrie?!, whether peaceful or warlike, commonial, tinancial, or otherwise, they may have no m»re voice than the people of Japan," in that true and tcllin<,' sentence the great mind and gallant spirit of Riward RIakc asserted itvielfin an utterance which shall be rcmembereil while Canada exiHtM. AVith niMcli of Mr. Hlake's speech wo arc heartily in accord. We niuist be, for h« take.H ground that no X)iirty, save the (-anatlian National Association, has ventured to occujn". With that Association his name has not as yet been prominently connected, but whether it be or not, while ho advocates such measures as compulsoiy voting, re-adjustmcnt of the Senate, the rejtresentation of minorities, and above all, FedeTa- lion ol the Empire, he ifi likely to be a ]K)werful co-worker in the cause We advocate, and there is no man living who-e assi.stanco we should as readily accept. Oeanoevim K AnvKRTisEa (Libeuaj-.) Mr. Brake's Si'kkch. — The great speech delivered by '' e Hon. £1. Blake at Aurorsi, has received great at tojit ion from the press in this country, and no doubt it will also attract notice outside the Dominion. Mr. lilake is one of the foremost statesmen in Canada, indeed we might say that he is arties now existing in this country. The Con- servatives have been laying the flattering unction to their souls, that Mr. Blake is at war with the Jtefbrm party because the views expressed by him have not l)een advo- cated by that party heretofore. But we fail to see Avhat benefit the Conservatives can dci'ive from this circumstance, even if it were trne, for certainly the}' have never shown themselves in favor of such radical reforms as are enunciated in this speech. The Globe also finds it necessary in the interests of party to deprecate such advanced opinions. Mr. Blake, however, as an independent thinker, puts his views before the country in such an able manner that none of those who have attempted to discuss the sid)ject, have been ablo to disprove a sir.gle statement, or to .show the least fallacy in the reasoring of the speaker, with which they profess todi.sagree. There is no lues- tion as to the fact, that cur present mode of electing members is defective. Ikith in England and the United States, this has been admitted, and it seems to us that the time is not far distant when some su"h plan as that sketched by Mr. Blake will bo adopted in preference to the present one. The relations of this l)omiidon to the Vaw- pire, must also be C()nsid:M'ed. There is no use in saying that wo are well enough islh weaie, and t'>at it is wrong to discuss such a question as this at present, for fear it should do some injur} to this country in England. This question ha« been uiscussod in England, and the leading statesmen there, have had no hesitation iu ex])i*e-sing their views upon the subject, and in a mannc~' too, that was not very com- ])limenlary to ourselves. Wc cannot see that an}- luu'm can result fiom a free discussiou of a subject of so much importance to the- future of this Dominion. Let us hear the views of our public men upon the question, lot our young men stndy the subject, and by this means bo prepareti to «lca! with it in an intelligent man- 28 ner when the lime oomes to takf jiciion on it. Wc helieve the •• oople of Canada are -warmly attached to the mother counti-y, and thnt tiiere is not tlie least desire oft the part of any to sever oar eonncction with En Inland. But at the pame time it is Imt right and jToper that we nhould consider the question of our future relations t» the Empire with a view to remove any cause of dissatisfaction that may spring up at any time. It is absurd to say that our present lelations will be p(?rmiltod to continue iu* they are ; tJiut a Bclfgoverning j)eople, with the large territory and population that we liave, sliall remain in the position of ccdonists. That the homo Government bhall furuifcli us with an Aj-niy ami Navy, with foreign amliassadors and eonsiUs, and that we shall not bo called u]K)n to pay any of the cost, nor to take any part in di- recting the policy of the Mmpire, althoUi;h Ibi'ming an important portion of it. Mr. Bluke, like ii tnio statesman, loolcs forward, and antiei])utes the dangers that surround us. What connection hud Canada with the failing of the Alabama? And yet we were told by England, tliat it v/as on our account tiiat the Alabama claims were paid, and for our weli'are that the treaty of Washington was eoi. eluded. We have no desire for independence and certainly much less for annexation. We M'isli to remain a part of the glorious empire to whieii we feel ju 't!y proud to belong. But we wish to be placed in a position of equality witli our brethren on the other side of tlie Atlantic, we wish to take our fair sliare of the e>:penseH of our own government and to have an equal share in th'> administration of it.s attair-s. Why should any won of Canada be debarred from tilling a high ])osition in the Empire, if his abilities qualify him for tlie office. The old foguy ])oliticians ma\' be greatly ''disturbed" by Mr. Blake's speech, but we believe it will have an e. ellent ettect (ui the youth of Canada. The freshness of the views expressed, the ability of the speaker and the confidence that i« felt iu Mr. Blake by the young men of Canada will cause them to consider these weighty matters with great care, and thus wo shall bo ]irepared to decide intelligently on any changes which may be proposed as necessary iu regard to our political rolutions. Napanbb ExpiiKss (Liberal). Mr. Blakb at Auhoha. — Mr. Blake's speech which appeared m the " Globe '* at delivered in North York is a manly and masterly exposition of the prominent public topics on which he discoursed. His referei'ce to the ]{ecipi'ocity Trei'ty munt convince all who I'ead it of the mistake which has been made and is being made in discussing the question at ail. lie says truthfully thai all said in this country in favor of the Treaty will be used in the United States Jigaiust it and " vice versa." The result must bo of a doubtful cliaracter. If the Treaty is desirable it would b« wisdom ou the part of Canadians to condemn it, iind on the other hand if there is a fixed determination to have none of it — then by all means let us pi*aiso it and declar« the protbundest faitli in its provisions to make this Duminion j)rospeious ami happy. National conceits, no more than individual, uro not unusually so engrossing as to lead them to ignore outside opinions, or so disinterested as to count of no consequence the advantages of a bargain. * '^ ;(; ' * sj: * * * sjt » if; Mr. Blake's secrth-west Province threatens secession he would say to them "Act your own pleasure." He would much prefer that they should secede — as wo take it — at the same time believingf that the/ have QXGvy interest and inclination not to piu-sue that course, rather thaa crippla the resources of the country by expending money on a Jiailway before the iurveys are complutod and tho best route ia settled upon — a lailway wli'.ch he says will cost millions to construct and millions to keep in repair afterwards, even though 'it be possible to kee]» it open. But lie would connect, as the (.Jovernment is doing, the valley of the Eed lliver with our magniiicient chain of lakes in the most Hpecdy and effectual waj- |-jOs«iible. He does not believe that one bushel of grain will spvei-bu 89 ' M hublio mu«t c in y in trsa." d b« is a Iar« l'l>.r- .•lid the iitioQ i)L of AVOSt llo viug thaa the auys >ugh ting, enrried from the Cana. responsive echo in tlioiicai'ts ot the Canadian people, they will come home with ])ower to every lover of his country, anil to oAory one who has faith in her present, and an nil abiding ho])e in the future destiny ottho Canadian nation, Mr. Blake has spoken very little of late, but it is evident he has not been heedless of the ultimate effect of jiolitical influences that have been slowly but surely making headway amongst us. In some respects his H])eech cannot be charai.'terize'l as other than a "new departure" in politics. It exemplifies the force of the pool laureate's linos quoted by him that : — * ; . Tliis is tlic Iftnd that freemen till, ' That sober — suited freedom chose, TJie land, where girt with friends or foes ^ . ^ -<^— - A moil may speak the thing he will ; '^ ,' • • • • • '...' ,...=>; ''i_ .:-L---i^~- - Where faetion seldom gathers head. But by degrees to fuluess wrought. The strength of some diffusive thought •? '- Hath time and space to work and spread. ' • The topics embraced in the Aurora address are «o manifold that we can only refer a few of them. * * * * t- * * 30 Al'tor ulliuling to Iho unrcasonablo dissatisfaction of Iho British Columbia Govcrnmant with tho old, oxtravaganl and untimely tonus of union, Mr. IMidve launched forth into a very able review of tlio relations of Canada with the mother country, sti'oni^iy advocated tho re-organization of the Kmpire on a Federal banis, and impro^Hcd upon Ids auditory in that eloquent and incisive laiiicua^o, of which ho is so much the master, the inuiiM-ative necessity tliat existed for the (uiltivation of a national sentiment in this country. We ]ioi)e to find spaeo for this portion of Mr. Blake's speech in our next issue, as well as for his remarks^on tho present anomaly in our cojistitution hy which minorities ai-e totally unrepresented in our National Assembly. The latter, known as Hare's theor}', is by no means a new th(*ory witli many eminent men in Ki)onism and conflict we are too prone to lose sisjli! of altolaco they have nevei- had in our old programmes of |jolitics. He has stated them to be his "distinctive opinions," and has with that true virtue ana coui-age, which should never desert our ])iiblic men,- " run the i-isk ot pi-omulgiuint!; what may be called a political heresy today, hut may perhaps^become a political creed to-morrow." St Catiierinks' Nbws (Rkfobm.) • Mr. Blaks'h Gueat Spekcu, — Ijeaving out Mr. Blake's groat speech, delivered a few days since v.t Aurora, that which pei-tained to the Pacitio Itailway and Bi'Uish Colum[)ia, the ]irinci])les he enunciated were as follows: 1. Federation of the Km])irc. ; .»' V : f';^';,^;; 2. Reorganization of the Senate. .v, • > .; v-' ; . 8. Compulsory voting. . '','■''' ' '' 4. J'jxtenslon of the fi-anchise. ' "' • 5. IJepresontation of minorities. These are not new doi.'trines, all having been enunciated years ago, both in Canada and in England. Federation of the British Empire is very attractive in theory, but we fear it will not be found feasible in practice. Convpulsory voting will never become ])opular, however just it nuiy he in theory, ami tlu^ representation of minorities, as worked in l"'ngland. to a moderate extent, hajj not fulfilled the oxj)ectations of its advocates. Some of these j)lanks have been placed in the platform of Canada First, but there is nothing in any of the principles an- nounced by Mr. Blake inconsistent with the broad and comprehensive pi-inciples of of progression now contended for by the great Eoform party of C.nada. Bruce Rkporter (Riu'onAi.) Mr. Bi.AKK AT Al'kora.-— Mr. Blake, last Satiirday at Aurora, deliveral another of his brilliant and masterly speeches, in whi' h he set ibi-th clearly the advantages accruing to the country from the operation of a ])aro election law, while rogrcUing the discloiijures that have recently taken place iu the Election Courts, Avhich have 81 roBultod in unseating all the members whose cases have been tried. Ho siiowed thaf in none of those iiusos had the election Ix^^ii conducted according to law, inasmuch as the do/eated candidate had in no instance claimed the vacant scat. Ho rejoiced that wo had noAV the ballot, but he advocated as a further improvement the passage of an ouactmont to rendu* voting compulsorj-, arguing 'hat the franchise was a sacred trust to be exercised not only for .he benefit of its possessor, bnt for the whole population of the country. Besides a moderate penalty for inexcusable failure to record his vote, he would go ior not allowing tlie elector guilty of such dereliction to vote again at any period until after the next genei-al eloctio.a. ilr. Blake adverted to the false and injurious system of under assessing ])roj)erty. The law was suflicieully stringent on this ]>oint. hut its violation in this regard was too often winked at. Ho would extend tlio franchise to every householder on the simple qualification of being occupant, and to every farmer's son of adult age residing at home. He believed the latter would make as good a class of voters as any they could find. Mr. Blake, at considerable length, sol forth weighty arguments in favor of elect- ing representatives of minorities, which is certainly a bold advance in favor of just and liberal government. In the course of his eloquent addrost* he bore down heavily upon the Hominion Senate, and advocated their being constituted the direct rcpeser.tatives of the people — a propo.sal which the Crlobi! does not seem to favor, but which we hope, at no distant day, to see an accomplished fact. Mr. Blake expressed his hearty accord with the policy of the Mackenzie Adminis- tration in regard to t!ie Paciiic Jiailway, and e.x])re.ssed his convictions that his honorable friend Mr. Mowat W(nde a private in the advanced guard of the army of freedom. St. John (N. B.) Teleor.vpii (Second Article). Mr, Blake's Speech.— In ])oint of form, Mr. Blake's s])eech is characterized by au eloi]ucnt, lofty, indeiiendent tone From a party stand-]ioint, it indicates, at least, a mild divergence from the true Jieform doctrines, as ex])ounded liy the gi'cat politi- cally orthodox journal. This, however, is nu)re ajqiarent in the use by Mr. Blake of a slightl}' diflci-ent political nomenclature than otherwise. Jle seems to pi'efcr the term Liberal to that of Eetorm. He gives prominence to those luiti'jnal sentiments, so called, which the Canada First Party claim especially as their owmi and which are the aversion of the (Hobc, and he distinctly states that the Ecciprocily Treaty should not be treated as a party question in Parliament, whereas, should' the'r.Treaty pass the Senate of the United States, there can bo little doubt that the Government would f'oel lx)und to carry it through Parliament, and as little fliat the ()i)position would rightly hold the (Government accountable for it and treat it as a j»arty measure. If such treaties as lieciprocity arc to bo negotiated, the (loveniment ofthe day must certainly be in-epared to take the responsibility of meastires of such far-reaching inihience. Moreover, we hold that the Treaty is properly before the public, and that the people of England and of (*anada do well to discuss it thoroughly. In so far as Mr. Blako desires to improve the eler>toral law, re])ross corruption, and advance the political education of the people, doing bo by means provided tor to the Constitution, we are heartily with him. We are, liowevei-, utterly opjwsed in making any present changes in the Constitution itself We want, for a good many years to come, "a land of settled Government," as Tennyson has it. Wo Avant to give to our people the idea of stability, repose and permanence, so far as the Consti- tution is concerned — otherwise we may disgust' them with the frequency of our poli- tical changes, and suggest to them unadvisable remedies. The superfluous onorgie* of Canadians, the fine genius of statesmen like Mr. Blako, the efforts of all patriotic men can best bo expended on matters of legislation, administration and detail; on immigration ; on the improvemont of the means of intercommunication ; on educa^ W,' r tion ; on the groat industries; of tho coiiutry. "When vro get a population of eight or ten millions, and our future an a nation is assured, then it will be time enough to consider what confltitutional changes might be desirable. Wo believe, also, that there is no urgent. present necessity for dealing with our relations to the Empire, and wo could wish that English statesmen and leiulers of public opinion woiUit act on this theory. If, in treaty making and olhci^ise, they will treat us as tho solf-governcil people that they t'oncodo we are, and which wo claim to be, we shall be perfectly satislied with the present state of things. Bbantford Exi'osiTOR (Second Article). "Canada First. " — The address of Mr. Blake at the North York Demonstration will jtrobably murk an era in the political history of this country. It was not tho airy persiflage of an ambilious politician in search (»f ]jopularity, or tho whims of a leader vain of notoriety, seeking to build up a reputation. It consisttnl rather of tho bold utterances of a high niihlrd and able statesman, who had carefully weighed tho questions which ho discussed, and courageous enough to leave tho beaten path, expressed his sentiments freel}' and unreservedly. That tho jtlatform enunciated by Mr. Blake will bo taken up and acted on by any large body of the people at, tho pretent moment is scarcely probable. Tlio Eoibrm jiarty has too lately returned from the battle field, gory with the contest of a hard won victory for pure and jtopu- lar Government, to feel like buckling on its armour so soon to burst again the "links of habit" and old theories of statecraft. There is enough to do to knit together tho antagonistic elements ol" our far spread nationality, to remodel, rearrange and perfect the machinery of (government now in operation without at present striking out a new programme ibr the reconstruction of the constitutional .system, which will clash with the time-honored opinions and prejudices of many now allied with the Liberal part}'. And the Conservative party will find nothing in the latest platform congenial to their tastes and habits of thinking. At the same time there is nothing in tho pro- gressive measui'os for pure and equitable government advocated by Mr. Blake at Aurora, which conflicts with or is in any manner hostile to the principles so long and earnestly maintained by tho Liberal party of Canaila. Any Reformer can be in full accord with the whole pn^gramme, without swerving from any political opinion publicly or privately maintained by his party. Coincident, however, with the Aurora 8])eech we have tho foundation stone ot tho Club House of the now National jiarty laid — a party whose views are very similar to those w^hich found expression oh tho Aurora platform — a party which has been met with gibes and snooi's and rebuffs by tho leading organs of both political parties. We are no apologists of tho "Canad.-i First" party, but the treatment they nave received from the loading oracles savors too much of the " lash." It is scarcely politic or even honorable to " scout" tli(»sc who, while their tenets of government arc correct, have strayed from the well drawn linos, and have laid out new avenues, which, theoretically at least, show nothing but progress and advancement towards the goal tc bo desired. The class of men who have unfurled the banner of the National party are not tho.^e who can bo awed by saj'casm and irony. Talent of no inferior order is at their command, and enthusiastic in the work they have under- taken, the party will not be slow to enlarge its borders and extend its ramifiications. The endeavor to ^tamp it out will only servo to footl the flame. Its organ may be marked by a " paleness of thought," but it commends itself to many of the educated and intelligent classes ol" tho country. Tho late speech of Mr. Blake, so acceptable to tho sentiments of the Nationalists, has given new liie and vigor to the association, and no one will be surprised, if ere long it finds a voice on the floor of Parliament. "When, too, its voice is hoard in the House, the people may bo assured that it will not be represented by a mediocrity, nor without a very respectable following. Mr. Blake has touched a spi'ing which will give iho new party an influence and a status, and whether ho identifies himself with them or not, having once got the start they want, iii»y will be em-e to work up. We consider it imprudent to agitate the country with SB in full lion in'ii hiis lolitical it thoy Iciirccly lent arc |,Yenue.s, tKwardH of the it of HO undor- jationa. pay 1)0 lUcHted jeptablc liation, lianient. ^vill not •. Blake \\i6, and want, •y with these questions before other grave measures which are now in course of evolutioiu have been di^poied of, and we apprehend they will exercise little inHuence on the history of our politics for 8om« time to come, The t?ain has been laid, however, and sooner or later the people will determine and act upon them. ToHONXO Globi. — Second AnricLK. -. Mr. Blakb at Auuoka. — In a former pnpor we noticed some of the more prominent poiitts discuased tiy Mr Blake in his recent speech at Aurora, The concluding portion of that address calU for a few additional remarks. In common with all those who really con- stitute the Reform party, Mr. Blake deplores and condemns the prevalence of bribery and corruption in the electoral contest* of this country, and at the same time shows that while the Conservatives have uniformly sought to perpetuate this corrupt system by refusing any effectual counteractive law, Reformers have uniformly striven, and at last succe-isfully, to make bribery so likely to be discovered and punished by legal tribunals that at last it must be at no distant day put entirely down. If this has not been as yet nocomplished it is noi the fault of the Reform party as sucb, and as little of the law which Reformers have enacted, and which has been so short time in operation. It is a matter of regret that any- one should BO otiend against propriety and good morals, as to st-ek to corrupt electors ; but if they do so, whetnor they be (, onservatives or Reformers, they are now almost certain to be convicted and exposed. Besides, as Mr. Blake sLiowed, we stall in future have the ballot the b«tter to protect the elector from both threats and bribes. In the abstract a good deal may be said in favour of compulsory voting, and Mr. Blake put it as strongly and effectively as possible, yet in its application it would be found trouble- some in the extreme, if not positively impracticable. It is impossible to fo'-ce individuals into activity in the discharge of their duty as citizens by threatening them witli pains and penalties. Where national life is strong and intelligenc - widely diffused coercion will be unnecessary. Where these are absent or feeble, coercion will be almost useless. It has been far more the fault of the candidates and their friends than of the electors themselves, that teams have been hired on polling days ostensibly to convey the electors to the polling l)ooth, but really to pay the owners of the teams for their votes. Many good reasons for al>-onta- tion from voting might be given, and at tVie.same time no reason at all why each should be laid before a Court in order to its being determined whether they were valid or the reverse. All the candidates nominated may be unacceptable to particular individuals. The person who would have been preferred might positively refuse either to li« nominated or to serv», while the likelihood of his receiving support might be so small that his friends would not think of putting him into "raphatically to record a ditterent opinion. Can any honorable man suppose that the eltu .ons of Lon- don, Lincoln, West Northumberland, Essex and the otheii in the same category were not carried "^y the profuse expenditure of money 7 and will any one p ettnid to say that there is not grave ground for the conclusion that the great Grit majority of 1874 do not sit by virtue of such shameless bribery and notorious manipulation of assessment rolls as should form suf- ficient reason for dissolving and purging the House os was urged for the dissolution last winter ? The Election Courts may do some service in that beh'df, but your true (irit swal- lows the most nauseous doses and returns to the besmirched candidate without a frown. The right to vote, Mr. Blake thinks, is a sacred trust, held by not more than one-eigth of the population for the benefit of all, and he urges that voters should be in some way com- pelled to exercise it so far at least as to go to the polls and deposit a blank ballot there. Lest this may be deemed an unfair statement of bis argument let us quote his exact words : " Let the voter at all events go to the booth and deposit l.>is ballot, whether it be a stock ballot or a scratchod ballot we shall not know, but I think those tirvt remain on the roll and if they don't choose to vote, he This question of a trust was urged by the opponents of the ballot on the floor of the House, and it was argued by them that such a trust should be discharged openly and not secretly ; but Mr. Moss, one of Mr. Blake's near friends, said that the trust was so slight, by reason of the extension of the franchise, that it was practically of no importance Mr. Blake, however, says that one-eighth of the community holds it for the whole, and a more forcible argument against secret voting could not be brought forward. Underassessments next como under notice, and are very properly condemned ; but while upon the subject it miglit have been very proper to refer to the infamous frauds by which voters are manufactured, and which the fraraers of the elaborate law of the last session refused to remedy. A crotchet is next aired in behalf of tho representation of minorities illustrated by the fttCt that in Mr. iihike's own Hiding there are 2,OJ0 voters opposed to him whom he claims he does not represent. These are his words : " Within nine of 2,0lX) votes were polled "against me. Can I say I represent those people ? I do not. I do not represent their " views.'' A system of representation by distrio'a must of course involve the difficulty com- plained of by Mr. Blake, that the majority may So represented by a minority of all the votes. This must be a possibility always, unless each candidate is voted for by the whole Province or district represented by the whole body of members. In tho United States it was clearly shown for instance, that under the system of voting by States Mr Lincoln was made President by a minority of more than two millions of tho voting population, and that the vast and momentous questions then convulsing that country were decided practically by that minority. A very important admission is made by Mr. Blako in this connection ; and for the benefit Of those who supposed or asserted that the general elections of 1874 indicated a change to the Grit side of a majority of the entire voting population, because a great majority of Grit can- didates were returned to Parliament, we will quote what he says on this subject : "In tho " election of 1874, the popular voice, although very strongly in favour of the Government, " was by no means so decided as the returns showed. And besides this, 178 votes turned the " other way would have changed eight seats, making a difference of sixteen on a division. " Little more than double that number would have changed sixteen seats, or thirty-two on "a division," Uur Grit friends should ponder these remarks. Cumulative voting is sug- gested by Mr Blake as a means of securing the representation of minorities, but ttie practi cal dilhculties in the way seem almost insurmountable, »nd a review of them would make us willing to accept Grit tyranny for a while in hope of some less complex and more easy means of relief. Mr Blake, as he draws to a close, very pointedly and unmistakably bows himself out of the company of his Grit associates and coolly takes up his hat and retires with these last sig- nificant words : " I must bring my speech to a close. I know, Sir, that I have made a rather ** disturbing speech, but I am not afraid of that. As far as I can judge, not much can be « done without disturbing something or somebody, and if that is the only objection to be " made to the sentiments I liave uttered, 1 Am quite remly to meet it. I may be said also " to have made an imprudent speech — at least it might be said if I w«r« one of those who BO " aapiro to lead thoir f<'now-countrym«>n m MinisterM. It ia tho function of MiniHters — we " know it, aiid I do not quirrel with it — to nav nothing that can he caught hold of— noth'ng " in advance of tho popular opinion of tha day, to watch th« current of that opinion, and " when it has gathered «trengih to cryktaliHe it into Acta of Parliament." And as the Bchool'boy granps hiHHut'hel and whidtles a familiar tune as he leaveH tha hated Hchoo) form for the free air ot the play ground, areminiHcenceof la^t summer'H traT«l^; comes u['0n thoox> minister lik« a Iresh m-a breeze, and beautiful words from TeunyBon'a In Memoriam nink th« politician and elevate the man, who uayii : You ank mn, why, the' 111 at case, Within tliis n-ghm 1 RubniHt, Whoucspiritu fHlt<'riu tho mist, And langiii»h for tho pi^plu seas 7 It is th« land that frccmfm till, That sobor-suittfd Freedom chose, Tho land, where girt with frleiidu or foes, h A man may speak tho thing he will ; A land of sottlud govfrnmcnt, A laud of just and old renown, ■ Whore Freedom broadens alowly down From precedent to precedent ; Where ftiction seldom gathers head, But by degrees to fulness wrought, The strength of some diflnslve thought Ilath time and space to work and spread. Should banded unions persecute Opinion, and indui.e a time When single thought is civil crime, And individual freedom mute ; Tho' Power should make from land to land The name oi Britain trebly great — Tho' every channel of the State Should almost cbuke \s ith golden sand — Tet waft nio from the harbour-mouth, ,*•>' t ,!'■ Wild wind I I seek a warmer sky, ' ' V '. ' . » i, ^ . And I will see before I die, The palms and temples of the South. We remember seeing a very impatient, irascible gentleman who was driving a high- spirited but balky horse to the railway train. Time was up — and at the foot of a hillnear ♦he station the horse c'^opped and refused to go further in that direction. Tho temper of the animal was well kno.vn, and force could not be applied without danger of hie and limb. The contrast between the patting and coaxing and the interjectional expletives was irrewistibly ludicrous. Something equally amu.sing and not very disimi' "r, may be noticed in the Globe's review of this remarkable speech. There in evident restrain ; and wo can imagine the effort by which the claw is kept sneaibed and velvety and the T/U ; s continued when there is fierce impulse to flesh the talons, suck tl:e blood, and growl tigei ike over the quivering victim. This remarkable utteranoe may b.:^x'on8idered the keyaote of the formidable faction who are about to signalize tiioir departure froni the firit army and to set up camp by themselves, and in it the sneering question ot the Glohea,!^ to the leadership of the recalcitrant host is very defiantly as well as distinctly answered. Patting and purring will not avail now. Will teeth and chiws be used 7 Noils vcrrcns ! Meanwhile, wc may say that the foreshadowed exodus of a great body of intelligent men from the Grit organization, led by one of the boldest and bitterest of spirits among them, may well caut»e a Bhakingin the secret councils of the faithful at this juncture, when the pending Ontario elections, under the evidences constantly accumulating of party depravity and Ministerial corruption, are becoming day by day more dreaded by the Purists, ^d the Draft Treaty obnoxious to everybody, begins already to ex- bale such putridity as to cause Mr. Blake to say that until it has been disinfected in the sweet atmosphere of the United States' S«nate it must not be brought 'twixt the wind and his no- bility. "Truly it may be said in respect to the crib that Brown built, that the Aurora pronuncia- mento i» the beginning of the end. i. .1 '. 37 •e Ottawa Times (Riform). Ma. Blakb at AcRORA.—lIr. Blakeit latnal public uttflranoe haH boen the uhief dubject of oomment in the Wee torn piiport* of all ttlmdes ofpolitioi for the paHt few (li*y«, and intiood ia likely to form the principal topio for newnpaper editors to oxoroiso their ingenuity upon for a j^ood while to oomo. Before prooeodin^ to nvike any comment of our own upon the pointM brought out prominontly in tliat spooch, it might bo well in tho first plnoe briefly to itato tho points thomsolvcs. In the early sontenooM of his oration, Mr. Blake took occasion to pay his nincero lribut(( of jmiise to tho goneral course of adminiHtnition and legislation puTHtied by Mr. Mowut and hi« govornraent, which he declared to bo Nuch aw in hw judgment ard belief entitled them to tho re«peot, affection, and continued support of the people of Ontario. Turning to Dominion politics, ho deprecated the di.HcusBion of the proponed Roci- Srooity Treaty at this xtage of tho nftgotiation.s — o»pecially a disou.^sion of its advantages to anada, which would simply bo I'lirniHhing arguraent.s to its opponents on tho other sido of the line with which to defeat its pa^saijo througii the Senate ; while on the other hand, ho remarked that all ihe meetings held by opponents of the Treaty on this side, all the argu- ments they used and all the reso'.utions they pa- aed, f>o.>mod to him to V)0 so mmy invita- tions to the Senate of tlitj TInitod States to assent to it. Ho romarkod upon the transparent inconsistency of tho Tory jiress deprecating tho discussion of the draft treaty from a party standpoint, while the Tory Convention at Toronto — a Oonvontion which met only for the purpose of passing upon the Provincial politics of tho day — drew up a party pliitform in which opposition to the treaty formed a conspicuous plank. Mr. Blnke might well have m- quired, although he did not. why the Provincial Tory politicians, while professing to deal with local matters alone, had gone oui* of tho way to incorporate opposition to tho Treaty in their programme for tho forthcoming elections, flow much aid Mr. Cameron and his quar. tetfe would be able to afford the enemies of tho Treaty in the House of commons, even if they were in power in Ontario to-morrow, is e, question which might be answered without much calculation or discussion. On the Pacific Riilwoy question, Mr. Blake adhered with the ■tmost persistency and consistency to that policy on the part of the Government to which, a year ago, as one of the advisers of tho ( rown, ho gave his consent and approval, a policy which, as he very appropriately remarked, the country hud supported with extraordinary heartmess and unanimity. The cdoulations he made regarding the future of our trans-conti^ nental railway as a commercial undertaking, wlnle as yet largf-.ly speculativej savour very strongly of probability, however unwilling we might feel as a people to admit it in advance. There, indeed, can be no question that our enormous exppnditures ia that connection will not termintte with the con.struction of the road and that to maintain it in running order will be a very large drain upon our national finances for many years after complete commu- nication by rail shall have been established. We have never seen any statement to the op- posite from an authoritative quarter, and nothing beyond the mere bald assertions and imiv- ginative cbip-trap of interested politicians has as yet been a..)^.^ ■BE 88 ultra-loyal Tories in Eastern Canada— the men who have the word loyalty always upon their lips when they are in power, but mad faitlileasneRs, porlidy, and rank intolerance, in their hearts and actions when in the cold shades of Opposition — it was left to them, and to them alone, we Bay, to beome the aavoca(e« and exponents of disairecticn between Columbia and her sister Provinces, of the Dominion. Mr Blake very properly pointed out that the leading representative of the secession idea is Sir .lohnMaedonald, who in hiselecrion speech cpenljr coiuisolled the people of British Columbia to take the step ; but while he stated with a posi- tivene-'s which he had a right to assume that the peojile ."ff Columbia would not secede, he forgot to mention that they had not approved of the suggestion, e\ an when made to them by such a high authority as the late Prime Minister of Canada, and present leader of one of the two great parties into which the people of the Dominion are politivjally divided. Mr. Blake's remarks anent the necfssity for the rapid colonization of the North West country, and — if we are to maintain upon this northern half of the continent a State representative of British power — the equally important if somewhat more difficult mritter of retaining the sympathies, trade, and commerce of the i)eop!e of that territory .vhen it has beenpeopltd, at once discredit the assertions of Tory organs thi-t h-^ is about to secede from the Liberal ranks to acce; t the leade»'8iiip of an embryo j irty which is suspected by these same organs of che- rishing leanings towards nativeism and know-nothingism. We do not say that B"ch are the sentiments of the Canada First party, nor do we inteud to enter into any discunsion regard- ing that organization in the mean time at all. We simply say ihat if the Tory organs have interpreted that party's principles aright, Mr. Blake entertains pentiments which unfit him from ever becoming even a follower under its banner, not to speak of its leader. If the truth must be told, however — end told it must be — the wish ihat Mr. Blake should become disso- oiatoil from his present political allies hag been father to many fi thought in the minds of the Tories of a character similar to this one. ^. hat hope they would be able to extract from his secession in the direction most recently suggested, so far as Mr. Blake is concerned, it ap- pears to us somewhat dilPcalt to ascertain. Wo could easily sup pose that any symptoms of a leaning towai-ds Conservatism — any tendency to rebel against the changes and iuBovationa — if reforms can i)rop''r]y be called innovations — which a Liberal Government might from time to time propose, on the part of a gentleman of the eloquence and power of thinking, and possessed of such unquestionable inflrence in the country as Mr. Blake — we say we can easily suppose that these things might give rise to a very natural hope in the hearts of the Tory party that he would by-and bye be one of themselves. But when Mr Blake'e sympathies and tondenciea are shown to be so very decidedly in exactly theoppos r,e direction ; when he ad- vocates a policy o' ladical reform in advance even of any Liberal st itesman of the day ; when all appoaiamos indicate that he will soon become the John Bright of Canada; whenh© leads the way into new domains of political thought and research, and asks all liberal and progres- sive men to consider whether it is not time that they had widene i the distance betv.een tberoseivea find the rest-and be-thankful party ; in view of all this, we cannot help being astonished at th-^ bhort-sighted exultat on with which the Tories contemplate his new depar- ture. They ad ait that they prefer to bear with tlio existinj^ evils — is they call them — rather thiin fly to those Mr. Blake woul i hivn ; and surei in that cas.^ it would be the wiser cou.s© in them to cultivate the mendship of that portion of the Liberal organization as at present coohtituted which he is likely to leave behind »hcn he secedes. If there be any po.'tion of the Liberal party which does not bt-lieve in the new theories he has propounded, ihat will not bring Mr. Blake any nearer th«>Torie8 ; rather would it make the ciiuse of the Tories and the less advanced Liberals as against him somewhat a common one. As a matter of fact, however, there is not the slightest probability that upon these or any other grounds will any portion of those who now subscribe to Liberal principles dissociate from Mr. Blake, or asso- ciate with those "vhoso principlcj are in their very nr-ture completely antithetical to tho8« he baa j.ist developed. On tho contrary, as we shall at another time be prepared to show, the existence in the ranks of the Liberal party of a gentleman of Mr. Blake's abilities and ad- vjiiced ideas, is the surest evidence of the innate vitality of that party, and of its readiness, in the future as in the past, to fulfil to the people of Cunada those great functions which Liberalism has fulfilled, is tilling, and will continue to fulfil to the people of the Mother Couiitry. Ottawa Free Press (Independent Eefokm). Mr. Blake's Si'kei'h at ArnoRA — The speech of the Hon. Evlnaid Blake at Aurora con- tinues tofurni.sh the pabulum for tho editorial columns of the 'IV)ry newspapers. Attirst, deluded by the fallacious idea that Mr. Blake's speech ind.oated a severance of that gentle- man from the Liberal party, a thousand hands were stre ,ched forth from the gloom of the cold shades of Opposition, willing to "shake across the bloody chasm," and to welcome a respectable politician to the purgatory of political life. Now, chagrined by the knowledge 39 that Mr. Blake with his liberal ideas, as the enunciator of new reforms, and the educator of the popular sentiment, has not a whit the less confidence in the integrity of the Govern- ment, the Afa'l and its petty satellites are scolding the Hon. Mr. blake with all their might and main. That they have not yet, however, abandoned the hope that Mr. Blake's course will be able to create diversion in the Liberal ranks is evident from the utterances of the Toronto organ, which on Saturday stated that it felt "compelled to drop a word of admira- "tion for the honest Conservatism which M". Mackenzie's organ has displayed, and shall "stand by it approvingly while it continues so pood a fight.'' When the Mail otfers to "stand by" the Oftobe, wo may look for a speedy inititition of the period of a political mil- lenium; but in fact, its meaning is that it sees in a diversity of opinion between the Gh^,. and Mr. Blake a spark which it hopes to be able to fan into a flame of dissension and dis- cord. That its anticipations will bo realized there is not the remotest possibility. Mr. Blake defined his position at Aurora as follows : — "It is the fimctiim of Ministers — we know "it, and I do not quarrel with it — to spy nothing that can be caught hold of — (laughter) — "nothing in advance -^f the popular opinion of the day, to watch the current of that opinion, '■ and when it has gathered strength to crystal izo it into Acts of Parliament. That is the " function of a Liberal Minister. The function of a Tory Minister is to wait until he is abso- "lutely forced to swallow his own opinions. (Laughter.) My honorable friend Mr. Mowat "will, 1 doubt not, by your suflraRes enjoy a long time in which to perform h-: high duty, "but it may be permitted to one who prefers to be a private in the advanced guard of ae "army of freedom to a commanding place in the main body — (loud cheers) — to run the risk " of promu) "ating what may be called a political heresy to-day, but may become a political "creed f^ morrow. (Cheers.) 1 am sure that whatever may be your disposition as to the " opinions I ha v from Don Juan in a young ladies' reader. If thi.s great oratorical effort of Mr. Blake's is all that they claim for it, they show veiy little anxiety to place it before their readers. The principal features in the Ctmada First Programme are : — 1. The necessity of cultivating a Canadian national sentiment. 2. Imperial Federation. 3. Reconstruction of the Senate, through election of its members by Local Legislatures. 4. Compulsory voting. 6. Representation of minorities. On all th«3so*questions Mr. Blake declares that he is in accord vrith the new party, while the Ohbe has opposed them and ridiculed the men whose otl'spring they are. Ou every point embraced in his speech he is in sympathy with the Canada First Party ; on many of them he is in conflict with the Globe and its followers. Wo are, therefore, forced to the conclusion that Mr. lUako has declared its independence of the Brown-Mackenzie Party and a.ssumed the leadership of Canada First. The trnnsition is easy and nutural, Mr. Blake merely abandons one Radical faction m which he was a subordinate to assume the command of an- other wing of the same army. His spirit rebelled against the tyranny of George Brrv.n a^d resented the vulgar insolence of Alexander Mackenzie, Ho, a Canadian, possessing all th?» elements of success as a public man, chafed under the leadershiji of men who are regarded by his new coUea/jUes as " foreigners" and whose ability is so f*r beneath his own. We can- not blame him for his desertion under such circumstances, but v*e regret that his services are enlisted in a cause which all loyal Canadians are bound to oppose. That Mr. Blake's defection will seriously weaken the Ministerial Party, we have ample evidence already in the changed tone of mnny of the Radical organs. The most significent article we have yet seen appears in the Brockville Recorder. It is a small and somewhat ob- scure supporter of the Combination, but the gentleman who controls it is the Nestor of the Canadian press, and has devoted a life time in the Grit cause. He refers to the old Conser- vative party as an organiaition of the past, and adds : — " Under our system it is absolutely ncccBsiiry foi pood Government that two political partie* exist, and that the parties be nearly wilanced. Then w'll arise a new party claiming the confidence and support of the people, and should the selection oi the Kaders of that party be judicious, and the principles which it advocates calculated to advance the general interests of the Dominion, and to cul- tivate a national spirit and self-relianco, there can be no doubt o: the new party becoming, in a few years, a power in the state. In the struggl? it will possess advantages, as well as disadvantages. N.) follies or blunders committed in the past, will retard its progress ; having no record, it will have nc political sins *c rwisiver for. Its snccess then will depend in a material manner, n\ion the breadth oi" its views, coupled with the acknowledged ability of its leaders. The hour and the day has gone bT, we trust, never to return, when the least diver^r^nce in thought auu sentiment, by a leading poli- tioian, will be greeted with iho cry of a traitor and tumooat, without any attempt to controvert the arp:Tjm»".ts adduced. This is the opinion of many leading llatlioals who rejL'ard the new departure of Mr Blake as the first step towards .neir emancipation from tne irksome yoki" of the Grit Dictator. They are mistaken, however, if they imagine that the Conservative piirty is dead. On the contrary, ijt never possessed more vitality than it does at the present day and never since 1837 did it so urgently njed to put forth Jill its strength indolence of Briiish institutions and the colonial connection. Rduicalism is reckless and aggressive in the Mother Country as well as in Canada. The colonial tie is attacked at both ends, and nothing but a united effort on the part of all loyal subjects of iler Majesty can avert the danger which threatens its con- tinuance. iSuoh a union must take place, arid whether the organization will be known by the old fai&Uiar title, it will, t^t &ll events, be Cosservative in its principles. mam 41 Toronto Cm;Rcii Herald (Church op England). A speech from Hon. Edward Blako is tolerably certain to bo a great intellectual enter- tainment. His oration at Aurora, last Saturday weekfoimed no exception to thin rule. An a native Canadian we are proud of Mr. I'lake. Both in character and talent he occupies a front rank amongst the able men of the day. A nation has an interest in its gifted sons far beyond a mere sentiment of admiration. There are ccrtsiinly meu who stamp their own genius upon the character of their country. Men, in the brilliancy of whose achievements their native land derivfs a reflected lustre. There are some things in Mr. Blake's Aurora Speech in which we in common with many others can scarcely fail to agree. But perhaps there is nothing in it mere indisputable than the statement near the close in which the speaker avowed his belief that he had made a dis- turbing speech. If wo are not very greatly mistaken it has "disturbed" the relations be- tween himself and the Reform Pajty with whom his political fortunes have heretofore bo»n linked. Mr. Blake is not the man to follow the lead of any body or any party, lie is not the stufi that followers are made of. VV^hen his party acceded to power on the Pacitic Kail way question, public opinion would have as.«ignecl to him a prominent place, if not the chief place, in the incoming Administration. By the arrangement, then, 'vhich left himout of Hucha place, public opinion w^as natur."!ly .surprised and di-siappointevl . The true reason for this apparent discrepancy, outsiders, of course, were not to know. Bi the opposition party professed to see in the circumstances, evidence that Mr. Blake and i e other leaders of h:a party were not in perfect accord. His late speecii will certainly not tend to weaken, much le.ss to ren.ove this impression. Whilst expressing approval in general of Mr. McKenzie's acts of administration, Mr. Blako, expressed opinions widely at variance with the known policy of the Government on ijue.^tions of serious importance, lie spoke rather in the tone of a critic than of an adherent. His spec "h was from the standpoint of an independent ob- server, and he can scarcely be numbered with the party of which the Premier is the osten- bible leader. The chief interf'st attaching to Mr. Blake at present, however, is not as to his relatioas with the Reform party, but his position on the question ot the relationa of Canada to the British Empire. He is much di3.satisfied with tho present character of these relations, and thinks the time is at hand when they should be altered. Tho alteration he suggests is the " reorganization of the Empire on a Federal basis." He complains that the people of this country have not a suilicient control in the management of fore gn affairs, lie admits that under our present con-stitution we are the " freest countiy in the world," but that inorder to make us perfectly happy we must hive, what he snys we do not at present enjoy , a voice in fixing our relations with other countries. Now although as a cure for these evils of our condition, Mr. Blake faintly spoke of a " Federal basis," it is quite evident he had in hi-i mind thedissolution of our connection with England, ."^peaking of that connection he said *' This, however, is a state of things of which you have no right to complain, becauj^e so long as you do not choose to undertake the responsibilities and burthen* which attach to some share of control in these alfairs you cannot fairly claim the rights and privileges of free-l>orn Brit.t»ns in such matters.' He asks how lon^ is the talk: rtuicn he often hears of fostering a national spirit among the people of Canada, to he mere talk." He thinks the time hat» al- most, if not quite airived, when we should "take up our freedom;" and he quotoj Mr. ,P: i-kne's hint just before his Government fell, io ♦':c effect that if wa wished to be off, '»VNt ' jle would be placed in the way of our departure. ,\ L I&t we do not yield to Mr. Blake in our solicitude for th« welfare of Canada, we do Zt.'. - .if his difsatisfaction wit,h our present ctmstitutional position. Recrganization of <4» J' I" -Vaahington Treaty 42 impressod Canadians with a conviction hostile to our present connection with the mother country, such a statement is made without the slightest evidence io support it. Individuals may have tried to create such an " impresbion," but that is a different ro^ttter. The voice of Canada icas heard in the making of that treaty. The prime minister of Canada was one of the commissioners who negotiated or signed it. Ho was appointed by England expressly to attend to the interest; of the Dominion ; and ^hen in order that the voice of Canada might I^e heard more directly, it was rro\ided by tho treaty itselt that the Canadian clauses should have no operation unless the Parliament of Canada should confirm it. So far, therefore, from this country having had no voice in the matter, her own minister helped to make the treaty, and her own people in Parliament ratified it. This is the only instance cited by Mr. iilake o! wrong to Canada in the management of foreign affairs, and it does not sustain his position. If Canadv has no contro' in managing her relations with other countries, we should like to know what Mr. Brown was doing at Washington two or three months this year in conuHction with a reciprocity treaty? in common with Mr. Hlake we desire the cultivation of a Canadian national sentiment but we believe such a sentiraent perfectly compatible with a sentiment of loyalty to tha Empire, and we hope this will contmue to bo a "profound impression" in this Dominion. M''NXBKAL Gazette (Liberal CoxsEnvATivr.) A DiSTunBtsG Speech. — Mr. Blake hai. delivered a sj eech which possesses at least this merit, that it hns provoke I more ^e-.ieral discussion thnn any s;)eech delivered by a Cinadivn politicinn for a gieat many ■> r'. And the B|>ecial feature connected with it is tliat the member for South Bruce inte. ' '.. '• it nhould hive this etiect. He appeirs to have l;een conscious th t he was not doii. f, ho had been brought to Aurora, the seat of the deliverance, to do; and he wound up i.- our-and-a-haU oration by what was alrjost an apology for having made it, and a quotation from Tennyson on the priceless v ilue of free ppeech, and independent thought. "I know tkat I aave made f rather disturbing speech, " but 1 am not afraid of that. As far as T can judge, not much good can be done without " disturbing something or somebody, and if that is the only ohjeotion to bo made to the " pfenl'.ments I have uttered, I am quite leady to meet it. I may be said, also, to have made ■' ^n imprudent s^ieech — at least it might be said if I were one uf those who aspire to lead " their fellow countrymen as Ministers; • • • • but it miv be permitted to one who " p ef'erx to be a private in the ai^^lvanced guard of the arn;y of freedom to a commanding " place in the main body, to run the risk of promulgating what may be called a political '* here-^y to-day, but may perhaps beconie a iiolincil creed to-morrow. 1 am sure that what- '* ever may be your dispoaition as to the opinions I have advanced, and however disinclined •'you may be to accept my proposals, you will receive them with tolention and liberal! y." We propose to discuss some of the features of this speech in future artioes, lor th© rea.-on that when boldly annouuc^ed as the questions of the imniediute future by a gentleman whom common consent has marked out for the position of b'adersbin, they pass out of the arena of ihe purely speculative and enter that of the practical. But in the 'neaniirae, what ^itrikes us as somewhat remaikable is the fact that such a speech should have been delivered at this time it a!i, ami tt at the special occasion shotild have been selected for its deliverance. The meeting was one of a f iries whii'h are he ng held at this time m the siste'' Province, in view ot the approjiching elections for the Legislative Assembly. The Provincial Ministers are on t tour through the counties, doing what w«, reirem'er a very eminent authoiity thought it utterly de ogatory to the character of the late Premier of the Dominion to do, viz: stump- ing the conntituencie >. North York, the particular county in which the meeting was held at which .Mr. Blake delivered his disturbing utterances, is at the moment represented by a member of \,b.a Opposition, Mr. Boultbee, and is one of the counties which the Government h.ave strong, and perhaps rer.sonable, hopes of reclaiming. It was necessary to this end, therefore, that the demonstration shodd be as imposing as possible, and, with that object, Mr. Blake, undoubtedly the able.ft man of the party, was induced to attend. Everyone knows the power of invective .and satire posnesswi by the member for South Bruce, and tliere cjvn be no pcted that he would devote his splendid abilities to the utter annihilation of " the quartette," as the Cloar (frts have designated the loaders of the Opposition. It must, therefore, have been both a surprise and disappointment to .-ad that ins referenoes to tho party politics of the PBOvince were of the balde4t and most innocent description. Ho confessed that since he had retired from the Legislative Assembly he had not fiad time to watch carefully, and was, therefore, unprepared to speak upon, th© ques'ions which at this moment constitute the subject of party controversy, and he contented himself, therefore, with a general expression of confidence in his friend Mr. Mowat, to whom l.o had no doibt tlie people would continue their support. Ar..I having said that much, he launched forth into a speech, or rather fin essay upon questions of 48 "Ti i :— a . - i 'Ti i -ai'* «ii ; - .sa speculative politics, such as tho confederation of the Emiire, the constitution of the Senate, the extension of the franchise, compulsory voting, and tho representation of minorities. It has beea contended hy soroe of our contemporaries that in this speech Mr. BUk© h'ts bowed himself out of tho Tjiooral party, and openly identified himielf as tin loader of that new political organization known as tbo Canada First, or National, party. There is no doubt that the views ho enimoiatad aire those which have boon ge«erally understood as belonging to the ne.v party, and that there was a special signiii vine© in his public declaration of them at the very moment that t >e party were erecting a visible fiign of their existence in a new club house in Toronto. Notwithstanding this ciiocidence, however, wo arc not disposed to attach any such iinpr tino« to the speech as many of our friends are disposed to attach to it. That Mr. Blake is momentarily out of humor with his party friends is quite j>ossibl«. That they are very decidodly out of humor with him, in proved by the kind o'' criticism which has been bestowed upon his Aurora speech — one organ declaring that the Reform party cannot consent to follow him in his principles, and another dismissing him with the statemftBt that hii utterances were quite " harmless." Undoubtedly it was an extraordinary tiling that a gontleman occupying th3 front rank po.sition which Mr. Blake occupies, should have seized such an occasion for th^ ventilation of his political crotchets. lie was expected to help in rousing the people to entnusiadm in favor of one set of poli- ticians and against another. He was expected to sound a note that would haie reverberated from one end of Ontario to the other, and literally swept the Province in favor of the> Local Government. He was expected not simply to liud one side, but to denounce the other witk all that trenchant vehemence which on opx;asions he knows so wf'll how to employ. And instead jf these things he contented himself, after dismissing the local politics in a few sentences, with the announcement that the issues of the past wore indeed dead, and should in all decency be buried, and that the questions of the future were new, and as to some of them sutiioienvly startling questions, questions upon which he boldly avowed that his opinions were diarnntrically opposed to those of the gentlemen with whom he hft'i been acting politically, and l^y whom he was at tho moment of their ntteraoo© surrounded. All these features of the speech are remarkable. They undoubtedly augur that Mr. Blake is not going to trouVlb himself much about the politic?! quarrel between the ins and the outs in Ontario : but whetiier they indicate that he intends formally to separate his political fortunes from those of the Liberal pnrty and plaoe himself at the head of a new organization, having distinct and in some respects new principles, is a different Question, and one upon which, judging Mr. Blake by his antecedents, remembering how, in spite of his show of independence, ho has always exhibited a meek and dL^ciplined spirit toward his party chiefs, we are inclined to differ from many of our contemporaries. We prefer to regard the ipeech as nnothor added to the many evidences which surrouud us of the advancement and prosperity of this country. In earlier history men struggled in politics after the purely practical, yubstantinl grievances, like those of thcold family com- pact rule, the Clergy lieserves and the .Seignorial question, mode for tho people of .lis coun- try, eminently practical questions, within the grasp of all, and the people 1 attlod until they obtained the necessary reforms. Their settlement gave ri'^e to the question of representa- tion, which for m%ny years was discussed with a violence which indicited that there was sub- stantial injustice to be removed. The union of the Provinces at once removed this greiv- ance. and gave rise to higher aspirations and a more widespr»>ad and general advancement. All the old practical questions have been settled. There is not at this moment in Canada a single political grievance, felt to be so by the people at large, and demanding reform at the hands of Parliament. Take the addresses and speeches of the leaders of both parties, and you look in vain for any difierence between them, as to questions of politics. The subjects which interest us are subjects of material development, and upon theirs there is no party difference. The questions of party discussion are mere matters of administration, in rela- tion to which the standard of both parties is the same, the grou-id of controversy being tho failure of either to reach that standard. Thus placed, with ali substantial political griev- ance3 removed, we occupy the happiest position that it is possible fur a people to occupy. There is leisure lor speculative politicians to air their doctrines, and tiiero is fortunately culture enough to appreciate and weigh their value. That, to our mind, U the sijj^iticanco of Mr. Blake's speech; and we hope to see his views, which coming from him cannot be dis- missed with a mere wave of tho hand as ''harmle.«8,'' discussed with fairness and without partisanship. Were wo to act upon the method of our opponents, we should make all tho political capital possible out of the fact that a leader ot their party has advanced views which we are sure, as to some of tlu m, are utterly impraeticable. atid as to others will never beftccepted by the people of Canada, We prefer the better, and, as we believe, the wiser course. It is not a groun-' for taunts, but rather for congratulation, that prominent thinkers can aflbrd in those days, and in this Canada of ours, to step aside from tho more 44 party wrangle to discuss with the boldnesH with which Mr. Blalco discussed them, now ques tions of politics. They do not involve retirement from his party; for to lay down such a doctrine would bo to cut ott" all higher discussion, and to dwarf men into mere political parrots and voting machines . i it they do, by drawing men's minds away for a moment from the mere personal controvtorhies wliich too much characterize our politics, tind to ele- vate the tone of j)0litical thought t.nd debate, and thus help us on in that career of national advancement ui)on which we have so worthily entered. St. John's (X.B.) Freeman (Liberal). Mr. Bi.ake's 1:31'kech at Aurora. — Those open and secret members of the Dominion Opposition who were led by the telegraphic reports to believe that Mr. Blake's speech at Aurora indicated his dissatisfaction with the present Government, his determination to break away from the Reform Party, to quarrel with Mr. Brown, and to become the leader of the malcontents, must bo greatly disappointed when they read the speech of this most chiv- alrous of politicians. In it there is no word or tone of discontent. On the contrary, he fully and unequivocally declares his entire approval of the Govtrnmpnt in all the great qu< fetions which have thus far occupied their attention, and the approval of a man so able and so disinterested is worth much. lie spoke iudt ed of the future of this country in a way which perhaps led some to suppose that his View-* as to the future are in some degree iden- tical with those of the Canada FHrst Party, but views precisely similar were projiounded as plainly before the CauadaFirst Party was heard of, and even beforu the Confederation of these provinces was ever mooted, and a.s everyone who thinks seriously of the future of this coun- try must feel that it cannot exist forever exactly in its present state of semi-dependence, as President Grant would describe it, speculations as to the changes which must ont ^ay take place in our relation to the rest of the Empire will no doubt be indulged in by men who have the welfare of Can la at heart, and opinions will differ on this as on all important questions. But we believe the tim ' is more remote than Mr. Blake supposes, when it will be either desirable or necessary to modify our relations with England. Braxtford Expositor (Eefoem). The public utterances of Mr. Blake arc always attentively perused by those interested in the welfare of the state, for well it is known that his logically-turned, clear-put sentences are the breathing of a true patriot, and the conclusions of an acute and liberal-minded states- man. Although .allied to the Reform Party, and giving a most cordial and eliective support to those who now conduct the affairs of the state, yet he never descends to the lower areua of party politics. With a broad an'mtered. The discusbion is to far, apart from the initial contr.muion to it, only skin deep ; hereafter it will become incisive and comprehensive. One result will bo, thata great step in the political education of the people will be taken. Tha tone of political discussion wilt be raised out of the foul slough of personalities and rise to a level of the principles in contest. But wo must not expect too much in that direction ; ohi habit.*' are ob.stinate, and the defenders of a falling cause will not stick at trifles ; fear and despair are tlie passions which will in time como to possess them, and it will not be suri^rising if desperation should como to play its part in the dismal scene. Wo do not expect a hasty triumph of the new principles. We may go so far as to say that anything like an immediate pracbical applica- t'on of the new ideas would not be desirable. The first etlect will be to emancipate the jjo. litical thought of the country from the thraldom in which it i.s held : an achievement of the most important and desirable character. No doubt some or all of these (juestions will be submitted to Parliamentary discussion^ in the existing House ; they will make converts and win adherents, but their practical application will probably be reserved to a future occasion. ToiioNTO Sun (Independent Conservativb). > ; OvBR TiTB Traoh."?. — And now it is in order to read Mr. Blake out of the party. He has :> kicked over the traces ; he has m-ide a clean l)olt of it i and in bolting has upset the precious platform of the party, and made splinters of several ot its most valued planks. Even in the presence of the faithful, with Mr Mowat, and Mr. McKoUar, and other shining lights at his side. he had the audacity to preach rank treason, nnd to declare himself in favour of nearly every plank in the])latformof th* National Party. His spee;;h, as published in the Globe — and we • may be sure that his hetrodox utterances are as mildly put as possible — is one of the most re- "^^ markable ever delivered in Canada ; and if it does not cause a disturbance in the Grit camp then times have changed of late. While it i.'^ as a whole a defence of the views of the "Canada first" p'lrty, and while it advocates and upholds their views, in certain points it almost goes be- Jond them. Had Mr. Blake token his place on the platform at Aurora for the special pur- pose of appealing to the people in support of ''Canada First," he could not have done bet- ter. Nor must it be supposed that this was a spontaneous burst of nationalism on Mr. Blake's part. Everybody knows that he is one of the most careful public s{ oakers in tho Dominion. Lie seldom touch j a subject either in Parliament or on the platform till he has mastered it thoroughly in all its details. In the present instance the speech betrs internal evidence of study and preparation. L«t Any one road it cirefully and he must «ome to th« 48 ooncluHion tliat Mr Blake specially prepared himself for tho ocoftsion, and wont to Aurora with his mind fully ma<1e up to announce this now departure. He comes out clearly dis- tinctly, and openly, in support of the principles of the new party. There is no beating about the bush, nor is there tho slightest trace of insincerity in a word he utters. With respect to the relations between Canada and the .Mother Country, Mr. Blake takes advanced ground. "Matters," he says, "cannot drift much longer as they have drifted hitherio." There must be either a •' reofganiziition of the Empire upon a Federal basis," or we Canadians mu.st have '• our share of nationa) rights." Why t half of the " Canada First " party do not go so far as this. But Mr. Blake is not content with generalties ; he goes into the details of the scheme ho advocates, and shows how des'irable the proposed c'^nnges are. Canada, in his opinion, musi have more power, and in order to secure that jiower, " a na- tional spirit among the people" must be fostered. Under present circumstances we may, tomorrow, "be i)lung'.Hl into all tho horrors of war; or our foreign nftairs, our "relations with other countries, whether peacefuler warlike, cortirnorcial, financial or otherwise," may be dealt with across the Atlantic, while we "may have no more voice in the matter than the people of Japan." And so he goes on piling argument upon argument to show that the BOdner Canada takes up her freedom and asserts her independent nationality the better for us all, and for those wlio are to come alter us. But Mr. Blake does not confine himself to tho question of Independence. Having burst his party bond asunder, he seems ready to attack nearly every part of our present system of Governments. Of the >enate he says: — " 1 do not believe it is consistent with the true notion of popular Government that we should have a Senate selected by the administration of tho day, and holdmg their seats for life." Perhaps the Grits of North York, when they cheered Mr. Blake as lie ended this sentence, did not know that to Mr. Brown, probably more than to any other man, the country is indebted for our system of appointing HenatorJ for life. What will be done with Mr. Blake for riding rough-shod over the honorable Senat- or's hobby, time alone will tell. However, this is but a minor offence, conipai-ed with the unpleasant hints he threw out anent Mr. Brown's Treaty. It would seem to us that Mr. Blake has made up his mind to become a martyr. After all this treason to party and trea- son to the State ; this general chopping up of the Grit platform ; this hearty advocacy of the principles of "Canada First;" this determined onslaught on Mr. Brown's pet schemes; and this outspoken disloyalty, there can be only one f »te iu store for him, and that is to black- letter him in the OloLe m a traitor, and to read him out of tho party as a renegade. Ottawa Times — Second Aktiole. Mr. Blakk's Anaonx Spekoh and " Can. foim thegr^at Liberal party, while individu- ally some of the prominent men of each wing i.old opinions much less or much more advanced than the other, yet make common cause against that school of politicians who refuse to progi-ess with tho age, so Mr Blake aud the less advanced Liberals of Canada will And in the future, as they have found in the past, that they are bouid together politically by ties too strong to be soverid by the simple existence of dilTt rent degrees of liberality in their opinions. There is another party — or rather an embr^ o-party— in the Dominion which would fain iiave us think that Mr. Blake is their leader and the exponent of their political platform. We refer, of course,' to that organization which delights in the cognomen of " Can ida First.'' We do not know what the nrincipleg of that party are, nor do wc profess tc care a great deal ; but in tho meantime it will not b: t! If» bo at all diflflc'lt to show that noillirr is Mr. Blako n "Oanftda First " man, nor tloos that pnrfy liavo much gtoiuid for hopiii/^ that ho will ovor lie. It 1m quite true that upon a number ot'jno^tions — such as ic]>ro>ont!ifioii oi' minorities, compulsory votinsi;, and un oloclivc .Senate — ho and tlioy aio ji^jjreod ; hut then the "'Canada First" men wore Dot the earliest to ovolvo those theories, nor indeed have they ovor profovfod that the ohjoot for whieh I hoy oij;ani/.ed thein«elvo-! into a jiarty wan to carry into efieet either one or otiior of the mca^u^cH ncce.i»ary to put the. o thoni-ics* into piacticc. Afl to representation of minoritios, wo have reuHon h> know tlvat Mr. Blalry voting ; and as to the question of an eleetive .Senate, whether the princi|)lo be right or wrong, wo need Hcarccly remind our readorrt that lor the "Canada Fir.-it" (dique to claim any credit for it would bo an absurdity too grof^M to require being dealt with. It is now quite u number of j'ears since Mi". MillH started that theory, since ho began his yearly test of the feeling of the Uou-:e of Commons on ilie subject, and it is only as late as last Hesiou thut^the House of Commons, for liie first limei-inco the subject was introduced i'lto I'arliampnt, signified its approval ol' it by a majority of votes. It is true the}' did not commit themselves to Mr. .Mill's jjarticular .stdiemc, or any other scheme whatever, but by the simple fact that they went into Committee of the Whole on the stereotyped motion of the hon, meml.ier for Botiiwell, they admitted their agreement in his assertion that the present constitution of the Seconal Chamber is not satisfactory. 'Che only novel quoji ion raised by the "Canada First" party and dealt with subso- qnently by }s\v. lilake — the only question upon which they can claim tliat they have anticipated the Liljoral party as at pre-ent constituted — iti that of our relations with the mother country. But clo wo tiad that Mr. Blako agrees either wholly or even in part with the change contemplated by tho exjjonents of "Canada First." The question, wt think, admits of hut lillle discussion. For a considerable time there was great doubln as to what the import of this meaningless designation, "Canada First" really was. It was said that it meant independence, but wo wore iimoously informed by Mr. Howland, the J'r.'si'lent of tho urgani/.ation, that this was not cor- rect, and that loyalty to tho British Crown was just as much a characteristic of tho new party as it was either of the old ones. Then it was surmised that all tho cry about •nationality" was only Know-nothingism in a new dress, but this again has been (r'ilied by no lois !in authority than Mr. (xoldwin Smith, who seems to be the moving spirit of the wholo thing. IJiit if we accept Mr. Smith as an authority upon tluH Biiiiject, wo must ho equally bound l)y his statements on another point, and tho original disclaimer of ^Ir. Ilowland to tho contrary notwithstanding, the conclusion is now forced u].on ns that after all "''unada First" does mean independence. Mr. Goldwin Smith laid the foundation stone of tho now "National" Club House at Toronto tho other wee!:. The ocoa^uon came so unexpectedly upon all concerned that the C'Citnnonial was not attended by any demonstration, and tiie event Avas therefore unmarked Vjy any startling enuncitition of the future intentions or present proBpects of the j)arty. An earl}' opportunity was embraced, however, to celeoratothe event with becoming eclat, and one eveidng recently, tho Council of the Toi-onto Branch of tho Association had a semi-private party at the Queen's Hotel, when the gentleman who laid the foundation stone presided, and treatcrl his f^elect audience to one of his finely written essays — for it could scarcely be called an address — which was published in full last Friday by the organ of the party — the JVaiion. AVo say the prrxluction was a fini'ly written ono, but that wu;; only whai might have been oxpi^ctod from ''a certain Oxford Professor." It was iii many re.speot8 a romaikable ])roduction, which might also have been expected from the author; but it wa.s still more remarkable 6f» acr:;: ns an ftuthoritntivo exposition of the prini'iples of the new pnrty, which hnvo hitherto liocn wrnpporl up in sufh nppnront mystcrioufinoHs. It may lo n proiier fliiti;^ at another tinio to (leal (liiTctly with Ihi.n oharnotcristic olm.sjon, Imt in flic mcantiniO wo only ncftil to nay that Mr. Smith denied mobt eoleniniy thnt "Cunnda First" mount Know iiothingiHm, wliicli W(' nre <te le ])!emier principo de M.Brown. On a j)arle dc la disoipliiip des partis dans notre province, muis jamais ello n'n ai»proche do cello quo M. Brown n impose a ses amis, (."est le regime du sable applique a la politique et toute infraction a cette discipline militaire est, regardeo comnie un crime. .11 s'est rencontre des grits assez oses pour s'insurger contrc co joug avilisant ; il R'est rencontr^ des hommes qui ont voulu penser |>ar eux-memes. Mai leur en v. pris et avant longtemps ils ont subi le chatiment ; ils sont morts pour n'avoir yms voulu croire au Globe. M. Blako oao, apros bien d'autres, rcprcndre rexcrcise dc sa volonte et pen-scr •ttns M. Brown. diri^'O eontio los difcipHn^H du pftrti.s oti p;6nornl. Piii8 donx jours npr^M, il a cnmmenc'd la critique da diHOOure hd-mcmo. Coft* rriti(|uo osl ni^rodoiu'o ; lo d^pit uciro a chaiino \\ff\e. " Vous avtx dcbito roviiKes la nomination des sonntourw. Son systome nioltrait fin aux nominations a vie, afin do faii'O disparaitre los invalides qui parais- Bent une fois par annec aux seances, dans le but de nas poi-dro leur siege. En terminant son discours, il. Blako a prononc6 quelqucs paroles qui ont I'air d'un d«fi lanco an 67rt6e, " Jed oi.s m'avretor, a t-il dit, jo i'ais un d i scours jfroe de J 14; 52 trouljltw (disturbing speech) inai« je n'ai pa< pcur. Antant que je puis en juger, ou lie pout fiiire (xnuKl'chosc sans doranir* r quoliju'un ou qnolque chose, et si cc n'o^t hi que la kouIvT o!)jectioi). que Ton ])uisse iairo val')ir contvomcsparolei^ jo 8'uis tout-a-lUit nret a Ja discuter. ' N'ost-ce pes dire au irbhe : Maitre vou8 avo/. lini do me iburnir Teis testes do nn's dis(H)Ui',s. ,To vcux a I'avenir oxprimor me-; idre- ot non lea votres, suuH inc prtocoupev des consequences. Bkhlin TELEurHAH (Second ArkicloO CcAiPn.soav Yotino. — The Eoform fjovcrnmonts, both the Dominion and Ontario, have done niu.-h to inijirove our election hiW;'. It U to tlio IJofbrni piiriy that we are indebted linr the strin.ueat hiws which now exist for the pui'jio.-e oi'securini^ (ho purity of elections, and to (obtain, as far as posrsille, a true expre-iwion of the voice of th(^ poo]>le durinletely sccui'o *\n' ev'M-y voter pcrfict freedom of action aixl put a tsiop to bribery. While saying this much for tlie ballot, which so far has worked like a charm, wo in common with matiy othe)"s, hold, that in order to make the law more complete, a supplementary compulsory clause should be added compelling every voter to reconl his vote. % The St, Thomas" Home Journal discusses the question so ably and well, that we copy the remarks of our contemjjorary. After I'eferrlng to the advani aires derived by the country from Ibe excellent laws now in force, which we have glanced at above, the Ifonir Journal sa\ n : — "Much, wry much, has been .'Kcomplished. Yet something remains to be done. A measure supi)lementary to t'le ballot is needed. The operation of the Ballot Act in the East Elgin election, as well as in a few other constituencies in which it has been CPlIcd into reqrisition, has given the most entire satisfaction. It has proved satis- factory boyond the nnticMpation of its warmest advocates. The order, the regularity, the quiet, the I'aso and the air (;!' independence and self respect with which the polling is carried on undo' the ballot K^'stem, were idien to the practice under the system of open voting. It is a mo.vt decided improvement upon the old system of recordirig the Verdict of the electors. The only drawback to its entire efticienc}- will lie in the iudiHerence or lotl^a-gy of the elector.s. There is an usionishirtgly large number of the electoral body ^'lu* wouUl prefer not to be botliere wdih j.'iiitics. We opine (hat tin.-, is (he oidy open door that can be etlectuall}- ;!>ed tor the exerci.se of bribery and undue influence. 1'his door can be slnit, and ii ought to be. Jjct a law be enacted making the exercise of the fViinchi-'o C(unpulsory, If the fianchiso be regarded as a ttUiit the trust should be discharged ; if it Lo held a iight, the right. should bo '<\erci.-'ed with eosi.'icious integrity; if as a privilege conferred, gratitude requires the recipient lo avail hiniriclf of it. ;\or do V7C see any hardship in retpttring a citixcn under pains and ponahies to record his convictions, i<' he have any, on the merits of his ruler;! aneaco ot what is really a free clioice of future allegiance, but Canada federated with the rest of the liritish Eiupire would bo bound by ibo decision of tho federation. The admission of the cokmies to the councils of the empire would also, as is fully acknowledged, involve expense for colonial armaments; or, as tliu 'JCnglish express i', the colonies would have I > bear their share of the expense of tho empire. This would involve a change in tho present governmental sj'stem of England. Fedoi-ation vould in any case invohe Canada in tho danger of having to take j>art in a war to the making of which sho was oppo.sed. But would tho possession ot a voice which might l.>o raised in London (to censure a government after tho war was over for having improperly made ii) afford Canada a suili':'ient security for tho outlay of a small aj-niy and tho abatidon- ment of her present facilities for escaping embarraf sments, by claiming independence ? Wo imagine not. Wc 'mcy, if the people of the Dominioti are to bear the burdens of a military eBtal)lishment, they must lave at least tho advan*Mgo of being oonKulted before they could 1)0 called upon either to figlit or to pay war 'a.Kcs. In fact a feder- ation of the empire must bo an alliance of the empirt, and the ' >)lonies must have tho iiroiection of allies joined in a league and bo asked their a])pr< val «•.' war or peace ijoforc nit her can be eommeUw^d or con(dudetl. Such a change in thc^trosent position of tho empire, such an alteration in the distribution of its powers would, indeed, bo favorable lo peace, although In fact it would only exact from cabinets under tho Hanoverians what WHS the estttblishetl rule of English government under the Plan- tajj;enets. Than Mlward tho First, Henry the Second, VJdwanl tjit Third, Henry tho Founh, and Ik-nry the Fifth, the Kngli Ji had.no sovoi-oigns more glorious and per- lujps no cajitains more i-edoubtable, nevertheless those grea't kings ncxor made war, peace or alliance without the assent of their peers in parliament, and there is no reason that this form of adhesion to the national will shoxild not be revived in rcoilern times. 54 At all events the conversion of the empire into a leaojue of communities having u separate national anJ collective sovereign oxislenee innlcr one crown, would noccssi- tatc a previous assent to war not now necessary, and in .so far vvoiild ini]>ose a check on English atatesTuon from which they are now free. In fact the tcdeial project involves changes iu England which go boy^)nd the mere colonial relation a-; hitherto limited. IIamj'AX Citizen. — (Liberal.) Mr. Blake. — The position of Mr. Blake with regard to the Eetbrm party seems to afford a gi'eat dt>al of anxiety to the Opposition press, niiich more in fact than it occasion.s lo anybody in the ranks of the jiarty ho has always acted with. We have already published a condensed report of his speech, without, we may safely say, with- holding # single scriionce that indicates a disinclination to remain with the j)arty. To those who have read the speech as we pulilished it^ or to those who have read it in full in those Jieform papers which have given the extended report, it is needless to say that it betokens nothing like a withdrawal from the lieform ranks. Mr. Llake is, as everyone knc/vvs, a man of more than ordinary ability, not merely as an orator but as. a thinker ami statesman, and as an indepondont member of the Eeform party, not trammelled by the responsibilities of a po.sition in the cabinet, he feels at liberty to avow his belief in principles which form no necessary part of the platform oJ'that party, but which ai'c no more at variance with its essential principles than are the beliets of every one Avho thinks upon religious subjoets at variance with the particular creed to which lie subscribes as containing a summary of his essential religious faith. That he Ixjlievos in minority representation makes him none the less an able ch.ampion of the party that is endeavoring to reionn the administi-ation of public affairs. That he considers the present relations of CJanada to the empire unsatisfactory and merely temporary, would no more disqualif^y him to hohi ;i ])i'omi- nent position in the Jieform Cabinet, if his afi'airs would permit, than did ili-. Howe's well-known views on the same subject interfere with his holding an important port- folio under Sir John A. A'acdonald. That he iidvocnies the cultivation of a national sentiment among Canadians would surelj' not disipinllfy him for a positif)a iii the councils of any party, Keform or Liberal-Conservative, or .any othei'. Certainly the supporters of the motley company that gathered around the council table up to last November, can find no fault with a mv.i\ who chooses to have beliefs, or oven to enun- ciate beliefs outside of the common faith of his party. The truth is, tiic position and influence of Mr. Blako in Parliament and'in the country is sucli, that ever since, and long before the tbruiation of the Mackenzie Administr.ation, the "party of gentlemen " have been anxious, if ])ossi' le, to secui-c; liim for themselves, and failing in ti:at, to separate him from the partj'' with which ho has always acted, and to his connection with which ho so proudly roferre> tho peopb is right, it embraces {n'''i vi^iports it. The Tory ])rinciple ih t" ppoise all ch.'M!go ; to keep from the subj. ?♦ all additional liberty, to take from him m much tsie pOt«-ible of that liberty which he enjo^'.s. AVilh so.Tie of Mr. Blake's idoa.s wo cannot at present agree, nud some w<' hfl^o long ago advocated ; but on the whole his speech is an able and eloquent ■ n! of liberal idpas, is a credit to himscU and to the country to which he ,, and will largely intluoncc the political thought of Canada. ACADI.VN EuCORDEtt (LiBEUAL.) The Exjjress pretends to think that the Keform parly is alai-med lest ' .ake intends to desert from its ranks. But hero is just where the shoo pineh*^ ladly. indeed, would thev see the Great Reform champion desert his colors — glaaiy would 'they see him give the lie ro his past life, and ruin his position and prospects ; but the real trouble is that Mr. Blake remains in thorough accord with the party with which he ha i ever a^socintcd — whoso piinciples he has assisted to form, and whose siicct«s he has helpal to achieve. Doubtless there was a faint hope in tho bi-east of these ibriorn, dismemlicred aixl demoralized Tories, that the Jletbrm press would take issue with .^ome of Mr. Blake's utterances ; but it was a mistaken notiuu. Tho great 5C beauty and glory of the Liberal, purty of Canada h foiind in the fact that thoyaretiot tied down to any stern dogmas. Tiiey m'c ever ready to proy;re.ss\vith the wantd and cidightonmcnts of tJie age. If Mr: Elalvo or any otiic" respectable ReJ'onncr propounds any sound docti'ine, the Liberal party in not airuid to aceej)t it becaut^e it h novel and advanced. The whole Keform \iV0AH of Canada hua with one voice endorsed Mr. Bialvc's .n'ritcr ot the E.qireas. la it though ? It seems very strange. Some of the Tory journals critici-jo I^Ir. Blatie's t-poceh as being in advance of the ])rinciples of the Reform party, and accuse Mr. Bhiko of Radicalism. Wh then should a speech, characterized by ultra Liberal .sentiments, h.ave the offcct of ' breaking up " the Radical or Reform party ? We can scai cely l^co the consistency of ' is uDtion. " i^reaking up " of the Refoi'in party, is it? Well, if a speech replete with Liberal doctrine— abounding in overj'thing that is ( .dcuhi'ed to strengthen the convictions and arouse the enthusiasm of a Liberal party — a 8])eeclii of transcendant power and ability every wheie admired and everywhere discussed — a speocli that is universally applauded and endor.?cd hy the entire JJeform party oi" ("'iUKula, I'.nd delivered by '-'ne of the truest, staunchest, and most uncompromising Reibimers in Canada, — if such a speech as this can l;o the ''signal lor the downlhll ot iho Liberal party of (>anada," wo have not one word to say; but vve confeas that, vre would bo charmed to trace the exquisite and sul)tle logic of (he Express while it unfolds the connection between the two te9]>ective ideas. A»i well migiit it aillrm that a heavy rainstoini had duninished our water supply, that the rising of the full moon oast a gloom over the night — that the bursiijig out of the nooi.diiy sun rond' d t!'0 air cold and chilling. We lear (hat some individuals in our midst must have rather crool(cd notions on political .subjects if they form their opinions from tlio edi' n-ial utterances of our pseudo- philosophical contemporary, the Evening E.q>rcss, w Quebec Mercuby (Third article) . The representation of minoritios is a subject to which much attention has been lately given in Ontario, and to which the Honorable Mr. Blake has given favorable, anti the Globe of Toronto, somewhat unfavorable consideration ; the one in a speech which has fallorislike a clap of thunder upon the political circle? of Ontario, and the other in a remarkably cautious and coolly critical leading article, in which ^ho ideas of the honorable and able speaker wore partially uL'alyzed, a process which they well deserve, particularly when they Beem to present anything in common with those of the party ol' Canada First, and which, therefore, wo have thought worthy of a certain amount of imitation. The idea of r«pi-osentation of minorities is far from original. It has been pretty fully ventilated in England, but made little progress in that country, whore in fact it was not generally regarded as practical. The idea of such a representation was first offered to the conservatives, but was not unanimously or zealously supported by that party, whose chiefs have attained power without any change in that theory and system of the basis of representation which the Anglo- Saxons have acknowledged from the dawn of history until now. The project of repre.ienting minorities had its origin in modern times, and was a not unnatural outcrop of those movements for broadening the franchise which are so characteristic of the present epoch of English history. The abolition of the small, or "pocket" horoughs, and the abolition of special franchises, such as those of the "scot and lotyers," freemen and "pot wallopers," caused some political thinkers to look about tliem for the discovery or construction of some machinery for doing what those agencies before 1832 and Kussell'e first reform bill had frequently effected. Tho.se who find good in everything and are as8uretentation of the people of living England, but the benefit of these seeming anomilies and abuses was that they afforded a moans of opening the door of the legislature to men of talent who would never have been elected by large constituencies. Than John Wilson Croker there were iu his day few abler men in parliament, yet Croker owed his seat entirely to patronage, never was accepted by a real constituency, and never sat a day, or rather a night, in the Commons after the Eeform Bill became the law of the land. As vvith him so with others, Patrons by the close borough system of yore put in many men who were far from being dullards, or mutes, or dunces, but who, nevertheless, either from their principles or manners, or some other disqualifying circumstance, could never have got the ear of a populous constituency. The same system, while sometimes undoubtedly abused, also permitted compara- tively poor men, possessed of talent but without the pecuniary means of sustaining a contest for a county or a large borough, to sit in and sometimes to adorn and benefit the Lower House. It was thought by some theorists in England that the representa- tion of minorities might supply the place of this sort of nominal representation. In Canada the Senate to some extent supplies, or is supposed to sujjply, the place of the old obsolete close boroughs of the motlier country. In the comprehensive scheme, however, of the Honorable Mr. Blake, the Senate is to cease to be in any degree a nominated body, and the minority representation rejected in England, is to bo law in Canada. Irish Canadun. — (Indspendbnt Liberal). Mr. Blakb at Aubcba. — The sji^och recently deliverod at Aurora by Mr. Edward 58 Blake has created — wo shall not say a sensation, but an amount of goHsip and specu- lation that gives employment to every tc jffue inclined to the discussion of politics. If we except one or two important pcintu, there was no'hing in the speech beyond one of those masterlj haningrfes tbo hon. gentleman is in the habit of favoring the constituencies \yith, when hi« professional business pcrmi;s — although Mr. Blake him- self appears to think that people may rogai"d it sis "an iniprudent speech." Still the distiiigui.Mhod gentleman is not particular as to whose tjorves it shocks, and rather oif- handcdly declares that ho is quite pi-opared for the consequences. This attitude becomes a man who has said some bold things, and is reatly to stand by them against uU comers. Compulsory voting forms one of the main featui'es in Mr, Blake's discourse. Ife believes that the man who has a vote, and will not voluntarily record it at the polls, ought to bo compelled to do so — accepting only as a valid reason lor not doing so, illness or abseiice from the constituency at election time. The man refusing to vote at all, Mr. Blake would modei-ately fine; and besides would strike his name oft' the voters' roll, not to be replaced thercoti till after the next general election. We fear that it would not woi'k well, this compulsory plan of Mr. Blake's. It is much to bo desiretl that as near an approximation as possible to the whole bona fide vote of the Dominion might be obtained ; but if this is to be arrived at through a course of coercion, we think the voluntary system pieferable. Mr. Blake is not satisfied with our piesent mode of popular representation, by which majorities oidy are rej)resented, while respectable minorities are to all intents and purposes a dead letter in the higher as well as in the lower councils of the nation. He is convinced that until both majority and minority have their representatives, in ratio according to numbers, representation by po^julation will never be fairly and thoroughly established. How iii the minority to be represented ? Let us see. The Catholic population of Toronto — one fifth of the whole — is the minority here. Make one constituency of the city with three representatives, instead of three constituencies as at present. Then the Catholic vote in its entirety could be concentrated on the particular candidate of its choice, and thus he would receive three times the number of Catholic votes that he now receives. H'he rule that applies in this case would apply to all minorities in every section of the Dominion. Hamilton Spkctatob. — (Liberal Conservative.) Compulsory YoTiNfa.— Mr. Blake has suggested that voting should be made com- pulsory by law. Put in that bald way sutdi a law hius all the appearance of being both tyrannical and impracticable, and the law that is either the one or the othei- ought to be rejected. No symmetry of legal arrangement or system is an adequate compensation for the repression of individual liberty, and no law that is not sustjiined by. public sentiment is other than an evil, the approval of public sentiment is to law what life is to the body, it gives it force and vitalit3\ Without it a law cannot be properly enforced, and a law that is not enforced is a teacher of disrespect for all law. Now a law for compulsory voting, as the phrase is at present understood, would beyond doubt be open to both these objections, but Mr. Blake has thrown out some suggestions in connoctum with the subject which seem to us to be vrnrth taking into serious consideration and calmly dismissing. To fine an elector for refusing or neglecting to rocoi-d his vote, much moi-e to imprison him, would strike the public mind as a piece of tyranny, and we may he quite sure that it would never be enforced no matter how strictly the law might be framed. But society has a right to infer, in the ab.-once of contrary evidence, that the elector who does not, cord, and it is this record his vote is itidifleront to the privilege of hav'ng one to recoi indifference which is the ground of all our electoral corruption. Sup )])OS0, then, that the elector wtio either refuses or neglcts to record his vote ishould be deprived of a privilege which, by his conduct, he appears not. to value, would that be a hardship which would shock the sense of justice ? It appears to us that it would not. The punishment which flows naturally from the offence is always the most gffootive ae a \ M restraint. Tf the ofTendor himself ran bo luailo to see the justice of his punishment it has u salutar}- infliionee evoi upon liim. Now tiiis penalty for not voting would not have the appearance of an arbitary punishniont, htit rather that of the logical result of the voter' pi own conduct. But what would bo its value ? The popular notion of the object of compulsory voting is, that by it the sense of all the electors is obtained ; this wo apprcihend is a niistak-o. Its main object is to prevent electoral corruption, and to the extent that it is serviceable for this purpose it ought to meet •vrith cordial support. Now, as we have said the ground work of electoral corruption is the indif- ference, and lot us mid the dishonesty, of a portion of the electorate — for an honest man, oven though indifferent, will not sell his vole. This corrupt element, in city constituencies at least, takes an organized forra on election day. Five or six or a dozen men will combine under a leader who virtually becomes their broker with some elcctiSh manager, and who generally keeps the lion's share of the proceeds. A part at least of the strength of their position a.s sellers of votes is that they have the choice of either recording them ^r not. If they were compelled to record them, or if even the pressure of such a i)ei.'ilty as that suggested was jmt upon them as to make it strongly probable that they could record them, election managers would in most ca-ses {irefer to take the chance of obtaining the majority of them without purchasing them, f they braved the penalty of refusing to record their votes and had the privilege withdrawn, a corrupt element would bo eliminated from the (electoral body for the time the disability lasted, and that itself would be a groat advantage. If a distinction could be made between those who corruptly refused to vote, an(v those who neglected to do so thrcnigh indifference, there ought to bo a distinction as to tlio length of time for which their electoral privilege was forfeited, but as this would hardly bo possible they would have to be dealt with as offenders in common, and a forfeiture of the right to vote at the next election would probably bo sufficient for an experimental penalty There would remain, ofcour.se, a coiisidcraMe number who from various causes were unable to vote, and in this case Air. Blake proposes that they should be rcquirc ignore a question which has a greater interest for the public than any other now before them ? He ■ cannot, it is true, bo a pioneer of the question, because others have been in advance of him, but in the new po.^ition he has voluntarily assumed he can render valuable assist- ance if he should take the right side. His refusal to discuss Mr. Brown's treaty inspires the hope that ho is opposed to the principles upon which it rests. Ho could witn perfect pro])rioty have discussed thiit treaty in his Aurora speech, if the claims of old political friendship had not rcstniined him. His lips ar« not sealed by official restraint, and he had the example of the Premier, who has spoken publicly in approval of it. If the position of the question did not prevent the Prime Minister from giving his views, it need not have imposed reticence on Mr. Blake, if he coincided with these views. If he does not coincide with them — if he opposes the treaty, there were obvious rea.sons of a personal kind why he should refrain from discussing it. lie probably sees the prospect of his friend being reliered from the consequences of Dlunder, without his assisting to defeat him, and thus causing an open and undis- guised rupture. But whiU wc may sympathize with him in the embarrassment which a discussion of the treaty would cause him, it nevertheless appears to us to be his duty to the public to speak out, if he is opposed to it, and not run the risk of being too late. QuiBEc Mercurt (Fourth Article) We have examined the question of the representation of minorities with regai-d to the general principle on which such representation is based, and the arguments which are applicable to it as an abstract proposition, or were elicited by it when first pro- posed in England. There is, however, another as])ect in which this question is suscep- tible of being regarded, and after all it is the one most interesting to the inhabitants of the Dominion of Canada. It is this, — How would the representation of minorities work in Canada? llow would it affect society as comoposed in the Provinces of British North America ? That this question should in such a discussion be put last instead of first ; that it sho»ld bo at the end rather than in the early stage of investi- gation, is only the effect of two cai-dinal errors which are frequently committed in Canadian debates and political enquiries, though they are so glaring as to admit of little excuse. These errors are, first, to assume that the circumstances of Canada and England are so similar that what suits the latter will generally be equally successful when applied to the former, in fact, that the two countries are alike and may be treated alike; and, secondly, that the population of Canatia is both in itself homo- genous and cognate with that of England. Thus we are repeatedly treated to the utterance of the utmost number of the entire population of Canada as so many millions of the Anglo-Saxon race, the reckoning probably rather exceeding the whole population in fact, and claiming every soul in the Dominion as an Anglo Saxon. This loose mode of talking simply ignores about one-half the people, or rather misrepresents them, denies their peculiarities, and claims for them an origin entirely alien to their own. By this language we refor not to on© origin or one origin or one faith, but simply to that very ntunerous body of Canadians who, m while truly claimjng a vaViety of origins and being far from Cf)mmunity in creed or manners, liavo nevorthelcsH no possible claim and no dc- the votes by which those different views are expressed, becomes instead, under the actual arrangements, a collision of hostile opinions, in which aggregate laajoi'ities are the victors and the aggregate minorities are vanquished. In the flush of victory, with the exasperation of a struggle, which assumed many of the features of a battle cojuluctod under hostile chiefs, still rankling in the minds of the combatants, the majority is in no temj)er to deal out political justice to all alike. It will rather aim to humiliate its dclbated rivals and to profit by its victory. The dcgi'eo of injustice that is inflicted o/i the vanquished depends upon the tomp(!r of the times and the spirit of ytartios. in England, in the present day, it is reduced to a minimum ; in the United States the victors make it theit" fii-st care to count the scalps and gather up the spoils of the slain ; in Central and South America, the minority often attempts to ovad*; the doom of proscription by insurrection. If a milder .spirit rules in Canada and the instances of injustice suffered by the minority at the hands of the majority are comparatively rare, wo are still justified in looking to other countries for illustrations of the evil in its more aggra- vated formn. Minority representation has been tried on a small scale i Rnglatid ; where it has had the support of the philosophical Eadicals and the Conservatives, i^et this console those timid souls who tremble with fear at the mention of the slightest innovation in politics. In England there is loss need of minority representation than here. The spirit of party, as controlled in administration, is there less vindictive; and the smaller constituencies serve as a rough representation ui' minorities , tJie majority is less likQly to abuse its power. The extent to which the electoral system is here prevented, by caucussing and wire-pulling, fi-oni producing a fair representation of the voters, must be taken into account. Primary conventions in the States, however objectionable they may be, have all the ieatares of a real election. They are thoroughly representative. Here whatever pretence the nominating convention may make to a representative character is the merest sham. A few individuals contrive virtually to defraud the electors of all real power, by settling everything in secret and beforehand. The jwwer thus exercised is irros}x>n.«iiblo ; it is ofTton wielded by men on whom no sort of i-esrtonsibility can be brought to bear. The tendency is to drive the best men from public life. The minions and the tools of party have the best, almost the onl}-, chance of election. Men with long purses who can bribe the electors and pay long printers' bills are selected as candidates for a position for which they Kavo had no training to tit them. Minority re])resontation would broak the neck of this secret caucus tyranny, Mhich tends to rob representation of its most essential qualities. That the absolute power of the Government may be thrown into tLo hands of the minority, under the existing partial scheme of representation, was clearly shown by the late John Stuart Mill. " Suppose," ho said, " at in a country governed by 03 F rx {M^ual and miivorf*al suflTrago, ihero \h a cdnttskHl election iii every ('onrtlifuonoy, and every election is carrioil hy a sniall majority. The rurlianuuil thus l)rfiiight to;Ljetlicr represents a little raoro than a baro majority of the people. This Purliamtnt proceeds to le^jinlato, and adopts important ineasures by a majority of itwJilf. What ;^uaranteo is there that these incasurcs accord with tho wishes uf a mujority of the people? Nearly half tho doctors, bein<; outvoted at tho hustinjj:-^, have had no influence at all in the detiision ; and tlie whole of these may he, a iriiijority of them robably are, hostile to the measures, having voted ajjainst those by whom they have )oen carried. Of the roniainin<^ eloctorn, nearly half have chosen ronroHentativei who, by bupposition, have voted against the mejisurcH. It is possible, tnorefore, and even probable, that tho opinion which has ]>revailed wa« ajjreeablo only to tho minority of tho nation, though a majoi-ity of that ])ortion of it whom the. institutionw of tho coiiitry havo erected into a )t!!ii!■ - -,■■ ,-'..^;.., :; ■ Eepreskntation of MiNoiHTiES. — There are some things which are capable of being reduced to a science, and in such cases every possible means should be taken to bring about exactness and certainty. There are other matters — and to this class belong moat of the affairs of life — which are incapable of being so reduced, and amongst these, we take it, must be reckoned the representation of popular opinion in our Houses of Parliament. The various schemes of representing n\inoi'ities, from Mr. Hju'o's down to that of three-cornered constituencies, are attractiveon paper. But when wo come to apj)ly them we are met virith ditHcultios of various kinds more or less formidable, while the arguments used in 8upj)urt of representing minorities will, when examined, be found more or less fallacious. It is assumed thai it is an evil that the majority, when there Ib one, is larger' than would b« the case under a systi-m by which minorities wese cai-efully provided able of tuken 18 class mJ, and ion iti , from paper. 3 moro orities larger ovided Oft ■rrr=c for, T^it n« tilt" mnjovify fliooscs flu.' rjovcnnnouf, ami ns a •rnall mnjoiilv mVnns a woak (low'.iiiiii'iil, il i^ elc.'irly Im-iut ihiil wliiclu-vcr pahy has a iiiaJMril) -lioui.l liavi' a ;jj siroii^. I( is mIm) a-^Miiiu''! tli.'ii niiii>'i itlrs ai'« ii>>i ii'itrc-i'iiicil al all. Mm ilif iiu'i \^ that. iiiiiH'ril ii'> aro ifpn-i'iiU'il. W lii-n a (•oiit.liinciK y rin'y may lit' haid, sto tiir a> iht'ir \ i»<\v> on one dr iwo (pu'^tiuio ill*' (•at ilic >anu' iiuiJMrilx, TliiH, so Car a^ llio -^pi'i-ial divii!iii a lad, a Tory im inltoi' ropri'«ir.litai.'iits, and a laU-ral iho iiilori'>fN ol" liin Tory i-oiistiiut'ids. To gain Mippori at coiiiiiiu; I'lvctioiis u rcprtjsoutativc will always pay «isily to cliooio a jfood man, toi- ho ha^ U> run the iiauntlet ofcritiei^iiu of tho opposite pai'ly. Mat under niinorit v il.'iuses all that would he needed woidil he lor each side to Moininate what candidules they please<|, a>, .^ay in a ihreeeornered con sdlue icy, two of one parly and one of another, no matter what their intolleetiial and niii.il claims, would he sure to <;() in. tt in I'url her a.-sumed thai there hiixe i'ern :dwa_\;ioi- will he alway> only two piirtie-. Al present that is the cn^e heri'. ihii it has not heen always so, itnd is not lihiiy to ho .so lor ev(;r. In Mnifland we know there are ihrcio parties — j>erhaps wo inii;iit »ay even lour— and these always found representatives in the JIoiiso of ('om- inous under our system. Nay, even small special Wxlies tind means to .senil in their representatives. To speak of the voles of iho minority being thrown away in misleading!:. The object is to soo which candidate or party is the stronger, and how else iin\ this he known have h}' minorities, as they nltiniately prove, votinn' as well as majoiitie.-i ? Moreover, the vytes of the minority have a moral wi'i:;ht. I'nder a minority ivpre- senlation system surely, if there he ai.ythir.g in this ohjection of votes bein;.^ lost, the f-anie objection would apply. For the minority would ultimately he outvoted in I'ar- lianinnt. They mi/i-ht h;ive ten votes there instead of eight. But this would be of lii;le vuluu if they shotdd bo outvoted on a division. The Ihct is, thi* desire to bring tilings of the nature of ropresenlaticm to scientific afcui'acy is only lit foi- the interesting but liarren tli-cussjon of the lecture-room ; it is not suiiaiile toi' common u-e, where tiie rough and ready metlaKl is host. How can simple people be expected to dubitate bet v. een a number of candidates, and puzzle th(>niselves whether they are (browing away their \olesorno(? They can «'asily uiiderslaml iho issue, however, between two candidates— one Whig the other Tory, one Reform the other Union and Progress. Hero there is no danger of mystirication. They tight their tight. It' they win they rejoice, and if beaten they are content, knowing well thai, iheir party has Iriuniplied eisew!-.:-'<'. We may be certain popul.'ir reprosentation i-^ one of tho things we shall not easily ini]'i'ovo on. Toronto GLotiK /Article). CoNSTiT! riox or riiK Sknatk. — The mo-l ])owerful ageid in bringing about the i)i'e-enl Conlbderatio!! of the Isorth American i'rovinees.was llie agitation carrieti on bv the Reformers of L'p])er Canada between the yoai'S 1841* and IStU, to heer ii certain degree of e(|uality should he -preserved in the representation, in oi'der to act as a sat'eguard against injiistiee towards the loss poj>uh)us incml>er8 of the Coiifedor ae}'. Qlie system pursued in flio I'nited States was so far adopted tliat- Ontai-io and (^ueliee wei'e givcfn the same nunduM'nf Senators, nnn the Provinees of New Bruns- wielv aniLNnva Seotia eonihinod piaeed in a dkc jtosilion of strengtii. 'I'hus it will lie seen liiai, while Ontario al the present moment has SS momhers in the iiOwer IJouse, while <^ucl)Oe has fi5, and N'.nv Bi-unywiek and ]!io\-a Seotia uiutedly .'57. each of these hodies in the .Sen;. u^ has -t inemi>ers. In settling the re])resenta- lion of the n"wer Provinces a simihir system was |)ursued, eaeh ohtaiinng a h^rger ii'presentation in tlie .Senate than iier population would entitle her to. The epresentativcs of Dntario in tl»e eonferenee whieii preceded ('onfed.eration readdy aceeptcd tiie proposition made by Sir George Cartier, that the .Senate thus constituted should l.«e nojuinated by t!io Dominion (Jovcrnment. They were wiliijig that the Uppei' House should be so iormed a.s to act as a protection to the local rights of the less powerful Provinces, hut they wore not willing to luako the body so eonsti- Ititeil an entirely independent branch of tho Legislatinv. Ijooking uiwn tlio LoM'er llnusfv elected directly by the peo|)le, as the final arbiter of all questions m dispi'to, they ivgarded the Si'nate, although possessed of sutiicient power to act as a buttress against any violation;* of the rights of the smaller Provinces, as not entitled to occupy a position of equality with that \s'hich was oonstilutere-lves]»orisible (lovernment days confound the Jiomination by a resj ansililo AdmIni..trati(Ui with the nomination by an irresponsible 'iovernc", and recall the the time?'»whon the Council used absolutely to ovor-ridethe legislation of the po])nlar House. To these jiersons it seems useless to say that . o such evils have arisen under the new s^'stem. Tliey reply, once for all, that the} do not like nomi- nated legislators, aiid demand that ilu'V sliall be elected by the peojde. One of their favorite argument.-> is that t!\e Senate is u.sele-is, and jokes are crackoil at t!ie ex])ense ol'tlie "olil ladies"who sit in thegililed Cliamber to coidirm the proceedings of the Chamber at the other side of the iunlding. I'o have fre<[nently pointed out how unjust it is to consider the ju'esont Senate a u.x'ess body. It oecupiorf an important position in the Confederacy, siiu'O its consti- tiition maki'- it a buttress against injustice ])roposed by one Provin('e against aiutther. Moreover, it brings to the capital a numerous body of men of comparatively advaneeil yoai'R, well infl)rined generally upon public (piostions, and animated by a consorva- fiva spirit, whose advice at critica' times e.\'erci^es an important iufluerice upon tb.o i.iurse of afiairs, and wdio (ui other occasions have the (qiportunity, and exorcise it, of suggesting Mnd carrying out important a'.iendmerifs in the legi;dation of the Lower llorsvv To say that such a body is usele -.s is contrary to w'cllknown tints, which none will disp'Me but those who aie ignorant. The cost is not threat comparo; it will rs in tlie unitodly cpix'senta ; a larjfpr IbdomiioA mato tluiH •ro willint;; K'ul lightM so const i- lio Lower n il'spi'to, a Ivattross I to occ\ipy asiH ol" re- officiiMitly. an\' of the nisod over [cs has iioi iift'derac3\ ovil has and move feeling Some who ion by a rnc", an of their e ox])ense it,'s of the it Senate a its i-onsti- st another, adviinc'cd con8erva- e upon tl.o •xerciso it, the Lower ,ots, which ■)arec hardy enough to propo.se the abolition of the second Chamber, Second. It is proposed that the Senate shall be chosen by the Legislature i>f each Province. This is the method adopted in the case of the United States Senate; but those who recommend it for t'anada seem to have overlooked the dillorence between Ihc Crovci'nments of our Provinces and those of the American States. Here we have Pesponsible Government, and for the time being the Premier and the members of the Cabinet have inMiionse influence u]w\\ the action of the T;egis'iture. (riven a powerful Premier in any Province, he Avould practically have the choice of the members oli he- Dominion Senate from his Province during his arty in each Province and one party alone. The selection by the Legisla- ture would also make the Senators peculiarly the representatives of sectional interests; they vvould be selected in idl prol)al)iIity t<) look aflei- the interests of the Province which selected them, it mighi be the interests of only a section of the i)arty which hup))ened tx l>e dominant in the Local Legislature. This, we cannol hel|» thinking, would be an il in a House designed to Ix' the nu>st influential Chamber, and to which, even aeeurding to present arrangenients, the Provinces arc to look for thepi'o- tection of their interests. The vice ot sectionali'^m, which is (jne we are called upon peculiarly to guard against, would cortainiy be intensified by the adojttion (^f this m«xle of election. At present the Senators are chosen for life by the I)ominion Covernment which re])rescnts the whole body of the jieople. Ihey are selected for iheir high character, wealth, and generally for moderation of ^^ontiment. They .-iro not required to yield to ariy sectional agitation by the necessity) vf reelection, but am- free to take the course of action which their princi])les dictate. We cannot see that in brea Ix^ a mere repetition of the Jiower House. This, however, has itH advantages in all nuitlei's which do not involve dis]>utcs between the Provineis, since it avoids tlie daiuiger of doial lock between the tv.-o Houses, and of a (jovernnuMili keeping office 8up[)orted by the one and rejected by the other, unable to pass its measures and yet not required to resign. Being eleetew House ;■■ i; 6?i Avould 1)0 lic'Uor Ihaii (lia( of llio piVM-iit, or in any iinportaiil ;Ii\i;Tt'C an imj)iovc- iiiciit iipyii tiic Icgislatidii i>f'a Miiii;lu ciianiliur, wu do not liulicve. The ll "rd project would ^rality tlio;st us, re(iuii'es that both Chambers shall ai^ree. Ln the I'liited States the Senate and the ]li)U>e of l^'])r(^^elltatives may enjoy a chionic dilU'rence of o]»inion, the (tnly ed'eet of whieh is to stojt K'gibhition on llic matte)' at issue; whi'o exccutivo powers arc derived from the President und fiom Jiijii lUone. Jf the Senate we-e alMilislicd the ])Osili(m of Ontario in the Dominion would not 1)0 injuretl ; but ii ciihrr of the other projects were adopted wo should eertiiinly loHoa part of the adv;in<:i'/c whieli we irainod by the adoption of tln^ principle of Ueprosen- tation by Populiiiioii. Wc should estai)lisli a I loiisc represent ini!,- sectional interestdf'; soinewhut stn>ii^ring about sectional- disputes, daugei'otus, if not to ourselves, to succeeding ireuerations. It is a great mis- take to suppose that a Senate elected by the Provincial JiCaislaturea or evon chosen by the }K'ople will be a more Democratic or more Liberal body than thai which is iKUuiuated ly the tiovornmeiit,' that (lovernment being itself the nominee ofa Jlouso elected by tlio whole people accoi'ding to ])oj>ulation. A nominated House is ]iowerles> to dispute Ibr any length of time the deliberately exjiro-eil opinion of the Sipular branch. Any change which can be made, except abolition, will set up u OU.S0 elected (or n longer pericxl than the House of (,'onimons, according to one plan by a tew ii'.dividuals, and accord iny: to the other by larger constituencies, to :ict as a check upon the popular Chamber. 'I'lie adt Mr. Hlakc's now famous speech at Aurora Ontario, and \vc assume that all who pretend {.:> keep themselves posted m the )»olities of the Dominion have given- it a careful reading. We have found in it little to , warrant the impiessivn that .Nlr. Mlake has identified himself with tlie "(Janada. Fii-st" j)art.y. !?o-culled, und nothing to give any color to the Opi)ositiou statement that he lfft«len the Reform part}-. Li regard t(» ''Canada Kii'st," we do not think man of llie sentimenis exiu-ess top pu '.>' 1> .1 •* cause any alarm, ibr they ajipear to be of a very innocent char.u-ter. The chief objection to the "Canaila First" jtarty is that so far as its vie-.vs have been exjdained they do not ditt'er materially, if at all, fro?i; the prcdcssions of other parlies. If ''Canada Kirst" i» interpreted to mean annexation to llie United States, the "party" indignantly repudiates the idea. If the independence of Canada is said to be the meaning of the phrase, the " j'lirty" either dcnie^ it or evades the ]ioint. Indeed, the '' party" seems to Jiave an i» organized, some dcHiiitc ju'ineipk's on which it can lay hold will turn up. All that I'lc exponciits of its opinioi.s have been al>le to a.'s (»f the engagements entered into by Sir John A. Macdonald with British Columbia, and the impossibility of their being fultilled to the letter ; and ho distinctly declared, amidst the licarty ap]tlause of his hearers, that if Eriiish Columbia insists on the fulfilment of the terms, or on a dissolution of the bond of Union, the Dominion must accept the alternative and let Briti.di Columbia go. Wc all liope that the people of the Pacific Province will listen to reason and accc})t the liberal jiolicy of the present (Jovtrn- menl; Imt possibly tluy will not. aiKi it is well that they slxuild understand clearly what will be the result of the pressing of their reasonable demands. On this point we believe Mr. Blake has spoken the feeling of the ]»eople of the f)ominion. The speech deals with three other ([Ue'dions, viz., the constitution of the Sena^ •.', compulsory voting, and the representation of nunorilics. On tiie fiist, Mr. B\ukc is not in advance of the times. The nece.isity for some change in the constitution of Canada's Upper ("hanibcr must be acknowledged by all, and the time is not far dis- tiint when (he tion must be settled on some principle more in accord with j)opu- lar (iovernment than tlie present system is. Compulsory voting and the representa- tion of minorities are, to Canada, newer questions, which will require a long time for consideration. Mi*. Hlake is an advance(l Liberal, ahead of his a:rsociates in many of his ideas. He recognizes this fact, ami frankly says tiiat he does not care to have his thoughts restricted by the responsibilities of oflici;".! life, but^ prefers to remain "a private in (he advan'od guard ot' freedom" — tree (o cxpiess such ideas a,<* seem (o him (o bo right. It would bo more ])lcasing to (he country at lai-ge if he would take upon hinv self u share of the Ministerial labors, but even as "a private in the raidcs" he can and will do good service to the Dominion. Ivl.NUSTON NkWS (ConsKRV.\.TIVK).' Mk. Bi.ake in North Youk — Ilisl'ostTio.N. — The Hon. Kduard Blake was i>resent a( the North York llefoiui demi)nsiration, at Aurora, on Satunlay, on which occaf^ion he made a siieech, characterized by that ability which nuirks all his sjtecial etibrbs- While wo write, (he full report of .Mr, Blake's speech is not beforo us, but there issufR- tlont for our present ]»urpose. It wa;. but natural, of coui-se, that Mi'. Blake shoidd refer in eid'tjistic (crms to the nun Avho were fornuM'ly his col leagues, Ixith in the Ontario and iKiminion nian's part. This he has poi-sistently declined to do, one I'oason alleged for it i/.ing. that ho refuses to bo driven in what- ever way Mr, Geoi-go Brown '•hoo.ses to force tho Party. Bo tl.ut as it may, it .seems aluiobt coiicluaivc from his latest speech that Mr. Blake conlom plates a move from the Jirownitcs. It is not unworthy of notice that in its first i.ssue aftoi Mr. Blake's Aurora speech, on theday i>ofbrc it appeared in itri columns, the G lobe ahowld devote a long article to the ridicule of tho Canada First Party, making the laying of tho foundation stone of their Chd), several days previous^ H ))retoiico for the attuck; but evidently prepared after the reception of tho report of Mr. Blake's speech, and which was soemingly intended to kill it at the earliest possible moment. The future coui-se of the member for South Bruce will be watched with more than ordinary interest. Sarnia Observkh (Keforsi), Plkased with Littlk! — Mr. Blake's s))oech at Aui-ora has proved a gal-send to the Opposition newspapers, The Mail is cspociall}- ecstatic over it, and professes fo have discovered therein evidences of an approaching rujituro in the llcform ranks. The manager of the chief Opposition organ (that influential oracle in lt» own eyes) cannot leave the spooeh alone. In tho midst of his wailings over t!»c remit of his libel suit, he ever and anon I'oeurs to that speech, a])p!irently to seek relief from his misery. What the distant view of an oasis is to the desert weary traveller, Mr. Blake's recent utterances are to the sorely oj)pres,sed Mail man. Tho hope of better things lures him on. But we fear much it is only a mirage after all, and that there in nothing but blaidv di.sappoiniment in store for him. Ho jnits himself to a great deal of unnecessary trouble to acv-ount for the doliveranco of the sjioech then and there, and flatters himself he has made tho dlscovei'y at la.st. .Mr. Blako, it seems, wan invited to lay tho corner stone of anew Club House in Toronto, supposed to bo intended for the nudetis of what has been called the "('anrty tho meetin}^ at Aurora, of gettin*;- the b>ii-den olt' his mind, and delil)era(ely separatitif; himself from his politieal friends, Smb is the JA///',-; readin;; of (he riddle; but (hjre is nothiii;; in the .speecdi itself to warrant the induction, or justify the conclusion, ^fr. Blake spoke in the hi<(host terms of the policy and ae(s of the I)omini(jn und Provitieial (lovernments; and in so doiiio; could not well avoid reflecting severely on the Admini^lrations of Sir John aiui John Saiidtield. Hut this signitieant fa< t ajipears to have had no weight with the JilaiL It is determined that tho member for South Bruce shall kick over tiie traces, no matter what his language may be. Tiiat part of ihe speech which has surpi-isetl the Opposition organ, and whieh is eonsidereil ominous of diseoj-d, contains nothing absolutely new. Let as examine it. An>ong tho questions which Mr, Hluke discusses, and whieh he deems desirable Ileforms, were the following : 1. Federation of tho Empire. 2. Re-organization of the Senate. 3. (."ompulsory voting. 4. Extension of tlie Fi'anchise. 5. Iiepresen- tntion of juinorities. The lirst of these questions has been beolitieal ills. Jiecently, the question has been suttered to rest. The advantages and disadvantages of such an arrangement we do not pr>qK).se to discuss. it would undoubtedly carry our politics to a higher place, and open a wider field of action to our ablest public men. The main drawbacks would be the additional cost of administration, and the possible conflict ol Imperial and ('olonial legislation. The re-organization of the Senate is certainly not a new question, and upott this Mr. Blake, (and not onU' Mr. Blake, but a good many other prominent IJeformers, both in Parliament and out of it) is at issue with the Globe ..nd its principal proprietor, so that we incline to thitik that Mr. Blaki- is. on tho popular side in this mutter. The Senate, as at present con- Btituiod, is of little real value in legislation ; au.l as Mr. David Mills once caustically remarked, is not unfrequentl}- used as a ''refuge for political prostitutes!" But thert there is one satisfaction in contemidatitig this effete institution, if it docs little or no good, it csf'i do little harm, except to play the jtart of obstructionist now and then, and it has seldom ventured to exercise its jirivilege on this point. It is to be repre- heiideer enough, but when one seeks a practical solution of them, they evade him, like the ignesfatui. in pi-oiwunding these views, which, though not novel, as we have shown, were ])resented to the amlience at Aurora in a most skilful and admirable manner, ilr. Blake took care to distinguish Ins own position from that of a Cabinet Minister, whoso duty it is to follow and not to lead popular opinion. .\s a private member of Farliament, the member for .South Bruce found himself untrammelled, and at perfect liberty to speak his mind freely. Mr. Hlake in usually extremely reticent, and one of the least eii'usive of Statesmen ; nof does his remjirlcable s])oech reveal any latent purpose, Hwh as the Mail professes I'! to havo discovered. It is purely tentative in its character, but not in any mischievous Konso. It is inloiide I, prohalily. to excite 1houii;lit in more slu^ijish minds, and oHfit sijM'('u!;i(i\(! \ it:\vs. \\ illioiit i-ctliu^" (urlhanv iirfU'iisitiU'^ l(» claifViniint powors, \\c liolicve (he key to tin- inteiUn-tiial caslccl. whitli .Mr. WUika iuts procnlod to his (?ana liiun (••'imtrymen, is (o lie found in tlir itni'lical extinct, will) which i!ie .•^jkh-cIi fitly cloMis. The secret \^. the disliiiifui- hed tncuilier lor South ih nee i^ di>aji))oiuteil with ]>ulilii' lire, ll i-' not that ho is tircii of his |n)!iii(i!l !iM>ocialcs, or that llic principh»s of the h'eI'D'Ui Part}', with winch hi^ lias hccii Ihniilin: IVfMii ( 'liiidhood, have heeomo di^t:l•teful to him, hut it is that political eon-iiptiou atciiinst which he Ims .set his lace irom (liC out'^el o| lii> jiuhiic life. i,-. still rift^ in the; laud, 'i'o all j^vncou • and ini-clfi di spirits, that must he a eauso of deep and |)aiiiJ'iil concern. In boyhood and youth iie had, in all prohahility, never eonioiii contact wit!) Avith this.shamoful and nboundins; sin. -V hard student, as Mr. r.iaUc has lieen, _<;vner}ii!y lives apart troni. and above contaminatiiii;; intliiences. Ihit one who has eyes aini eai>, cannot he Ion;;; in j>nblic life, now-a-days, without findini; innumerable evidenccH of the evil. Hut can wo wonder at its existence , when we know that it is, and lonii; has been connived at l)y men otherwise reinilabio. Within the last twenty-five years, the whole system of oni' (iovernment, from our primary .Municipal Institutions up. has become tainted with corrni)tiou. Lo^-rolling and mutual aid, with mutual ends in view, have been e.vei'y- where em])Iuycd and olfeiod. It is a game of '"chisel and u;rab" ail round. And whom have we to thank for this condition of thini;s, imt Sir Francis Ilinks and Sir .lohn Mac\vai{I> Bi,a(ve's Si'F:E'.'n. — Tlie honorable Echvard Bhd.e has delivered another of those great speeches which has jihiced him at the head of the Liberal Party in Canada. We do not hesitate to say that ,Mr. Blake has more intollee- ttiai power than any other man in the .Dominion. We have unlimited contldencc in his integrity and pal riotisin. We believe he can have a larger foJIowing than any other single nvan in the country if he jn*ove.s to be tt.s wise as he is mentally strong, but Mr. HIake cannot at^'ord to rnake many serious mistakes even with lii^ uiiques- tioned ability, and undoubted integrity of jnirpose. Wo hcai-tily endorse the greater part of his tvvAy masterly speech. lie always .sets forth his ideas in a clear and for- cible manner, neverat temjiting to misletid any one as to Ins real position. When a master iniml speaks forth its honest convic1iill receive and C(msider them with that care and attention wliicli they de.-erve. For this reason Mr. Blake's .si)eech will receive close attention from the thoughtluJ jiortion of the public. ^Ir. HIake is too grciit a man to «flord to express any opinions he does not hold, or to express his views without giving his statements full considetr.tion. We conchui<>, iheretbre. that he meaiis what he sa}s. Tiio thcuy of a great Federal Empire is liardlv- praticable and will never be carried into operation. There will be great d;ili- eiilty in compelling moii to vote, and a law that cannot be eiiforced had better not be enacted. The(pu?stion of the representation of minorilies is tnie that deserves, and is receiving much attention and study, but wo think it will be a long time before We shall so chantie the basis of our political policy a,s to give repre^eniation in our legislative liodies to minorities to such an extent as to satisiy them. We must and shall continue to let the majority rule. Xreserve our national (nyanization, then we may with some show of reason talk of a separate lia- tioial existence, oi- of baviiiti! ii voice in the fiDveivuucnt of tlic enqiiVe. Flie Tory piU'ty are ni'st anxious to I'ead the Hon. .Mr. Hluke out of the Uetorin party, but that vhey cannot do. TtiKUK rs NoTiitNt; rv .^lIl. l}r,.\KE's position to i>iu;vk.vt ms actini; IN THK Kt TIKK AS IN TIIK I'AST iV rKlUI/'l- SVJIl'ATIIV WITH TIIK ReKoKJ] PaUTV OP TO- DAY. Tliere is nothiiii!; in his speech to uiVK All) or co.MKoitT To' tuk v.mactatki) UIS- •lOINTKl) I'OMTIC.M, SKKl.KTON CALLKl) TUK Co.VSKKVATI VK PaKTY. He cmbirses tho Paeitic Jlailway )>olicy of tho (luvei'iuuent and the j)roprosed Treaty with the United StaUis, the two most important Oi oven unent measures. He tlocs not find one word of fault with any act oj- ine.-isure (»f the ])re.MMit < oivernmcut, or even hint that he is not in pci'fect accord with the Hon. ^Ir. .Mackenzie's ))olicy .On the contrary, he con- demns in stron;.? terms the policy and measures oftlie late (lovemment, which lie did so much to overthrow. Tlu' Tory party will Jiavt^ his deiei'inincd opposition in the future as in the pa'it, and ilu; Refoi-ni parly his powcrlnl siip])ort. The new ideas Avhieh he expressed are more as sniiigestions tlaiii as matters dema:iding our immediati; attention. The Hon. .Mr. Jilake has taken his place in the front r.-iid^s of the oiu'.AT liKFouM I'ARTV — TMK TRULY x.VTio.VAi, TARTY; and WO ropcut that the whole country has contideuc.' in his great ability, his men.tal ])ower, his integrity of [)tirp(>se and his patriotism. He fully tipprcciates the great ditlicultics before u.s in our struggle tin- national lite aiul he is not afraid to nu;et them lioiu'stly and endett- vor to overcome (hem, and liy so doing unite this country from the .Atlantic to the Pacitie in mu' great awd noble ti'ce (Joveinment. He ilocs not prop; se to do it by diplomacy, but iiy the creation of' a [)i'Npcr nati<»nal spirit, and by the development in the hearts of all fiti/cns of diiiada, of a sincere love of country, sucli a love a.s places c!>!Uilry before everything Inittioil — or, in other wol^l.-, the spirit of patrio- tism. iSectional jealousy, must give i)lace to this spirit. Then shall we see clearly to. legislate for the best interest ol idl, and in such a way as will secure the building up on this continent of unothcr ijrcat free jiowerto bless mankind. TloiirAYUKoN jM>ia'i:Ni)i;:resent < Joverninent arc. such as to deprive the ;w'liial Preiuierof any dig- nity he might otherwise po.^.soss. AV'hilst Air. >[ackon/.ie islal.'ouring with commendable indu.stry ■'- ■• ■•' tolMr. IMake is left the tasli of sii))niying tlu^ party with political princijties.aiid th(^(!overnmctit wiih ajiolicy. It is neeilless to say tlnit .Mr. IJIake pcr- tbrms hi.s task admirably, and his recent speech at Aurora is one of the most able and statesmaidike addresses tJiai have ever l>con delivered in this country. In (hat .speech Mr. Blake clearly and ]>;eciM'ly hiys 31r. Blake in a ipiiet and unobtrusive lur.nner repiidiuto.s 1 • I u V '. 11:' I ' I aliko Ijolli Hc'fonnors mid GrrKs. aiid snealv.s only of (he '• lVihc'i!il>. " Wlmt. tlio comi- ti'v has to consider is — whothor it will ondorHc the j>olicv chalked out by Mr. lilake. That ]iolicv fiivoiii-s u I'Vdm-atioii ol the Kni])ire, and the accejitatKo hy ( 'anrda of a- ^hare in the Imperial ivsponsihililies ; the eonHtniction ol" the l'acili(; Hallway as means will pennit, and the utilization in the nienntimo oi'the internal nnvi^ation ; the suhstitution of a Senate eon-iistintc of Senatoi-s appointed hy the Provincial Legis- latures for a term of years, in place ofono in which the Senators are app<>intooniinion. JS(»r do we think that many will fail to recognize the reasons why Mr. Blake declines to take th(i post that the whole country, in the secret de])ths of its bosom, desires hin» to assume. Mr. iilake is a man of noble aspiration>, ol chivalric sentiments, and of Morn, inflexible, and sensitive honour, lie is essentially a gentleman, and being such he naturally shrinks fi-om tl«e com[)anionship. or even the contact, of the utter!\- unprincijiled faction who, under tlie appcihitioii ol'tJi-its, form the slimy tail (ff the li'eform party. With many of the eminent men <>l' tli(> party of which Mr. Blake i- the real, though uiuoinmissioneil captain, he coukl associate with dignity to himself and advantage to the country : he could, too, carry with liiin into his cabinet, at least some of those more wise, moderate, and thou:-!. .!':.' members of ihr 0[)|K>sition, who regretting the scandals of the [lasl. aspire- in (he futiu'c lo lead t!u> country thr(>ugli purer paths to higher destinies ; and he could thus form a (lovernment the stronge>t ever known in Canada, but in which the (irit clement would have no j)lace, noi- the ('/ol'inny undue inthience With tiiese conlbination^ looming up he would manifestly be untrue to himself and lo the country it he connected himself with .Mr. Mackenzie and his present associates. l)ay by day the peo])le are liecoming more ami inoir wearied ot (ho senseless contention. m»t of polilical principles, but of party ( hiefs, and tlay by day we draw nearer lo the auspicious nuMnont when the country will dcman*! for its leader a nuvn who. ignoring the miserable sipuilibles of ihe past, will elal>oraie ttut of the abundant, but incongruous mati^ials around him, a broad and national }m)- licy ; — who will unite all gooil and wise men in an elfort to cai'ry thai jmlicy into execution ; — ami who will thus bi-calhe into llic Confederal ion a spirit tlmt will give it a true aial living nationality. When that demand is made, and made it cci-tainiy will be. Mr. I^laki- will take his right place in the Councils of the Stale, and Canada, accepting its tUir share ol responsabililji', will become an iHl(.'gral portion t>l' the Jk'itifih lOmpire. BoBO-VYOJJON l.NDKl't'l.VnKN'T— Seeoiid Article. TiKi'itK.sKNTATloN ol' MiNoHiTlKs. — .\i r. Blake's speech al .\niMr:i has been studied |iy the people with more attention than an\' other speech deliveivd ilurin:;- tiie past few j'oiirs. There is miuTfin it that appeals at once to their eomnion sense, and this a] >peal has been answered in a way most gi-a(ily!ug toihe s)u'aker, bill then' are Cither portions of the speech wiiieh have not by any means been aci-eptctl by I he- people, chiefly by reason that they do not clearly iinderslan||^ them. This is particu- larly the casi! in that portion rel;iting to the repi-esentation of minorities. Mr. Blake, like the late Prince Albert, holds (he o])inion that repre^Milative institutions are <>|)ulation sliouM li!iv«'> rej)n\>i*ntation in tho IiC<^i!rfecL until thw Legislature exaetJy ropn^scnts the jxil Is, the polls bein-^ themselves the represontativcw of the sentiments and opinions of the^country. Mr. Blake illustrateK his ar/;{u- n»ont by the election of iMtJT, iii which Me united vote of the Proviuce would liave given a slight majority l\ii tho Liberal party over tho (Joverament, or. discaniin^ fractions, each nide would have had 41 meriil)ors. The iJovernnient, however, carried 41) seats to 'is, and so the liilwral party did not obtain a fair or just share in the re presentation, and the Parliament to that extent was an untrue and unjust represent- ation of popular opitdon. The question of the representation of minorities has i;ecn frequently iliseusM'd of late years, Lord John Jlussell, some twenty years since, liavini( broui^ht it before the Lritish Parliament, and since then it luw made ^reat pro- i;i'es8 in i>ublie consideration. At lirst the principle was scotted at, and itvS advocates jeeretl, but its innate justice has at lenu'th been reco/j;niscd and it i« now in use in various jdaces. Tliere have been several plans suggested to reraenj, and has been adopted by the State of Illinois and by some of the English Institutions. JJy this systen\ the voter has as )nany votes as theio are members to lie electcHl, and he can either give the whole of his votes to one candidate or can divide them it.s lie pleases, J!! laigc constituent iof-, where two or more memlK-rs aie I'clurncil, tliis is an awi.\ Smith.— L.v FKofwi.VTKW. — L'iNnKi>Krn.\xcK. — ^I. Blakp n'est ])as un honuiu' ordiiuure el ne dit jiasdes choscs ordinaircs. C-'e.st un homme a grundes idees, qui aime a s'elever au-ilcssus des discussions do paiMls pour prendre son vol vers les hault*s regions de la poliliijue. II ne se contente pas de reganler Ic ]iiV'- sent, mais il jdnnge .son regard dans I'Mvenii- |)our \' dccouviir le r«")lc quo le Canada doit y jouer, lajihu-e qu'il doit fx'cupei- au bamiuet des nations. Coninie ton^ Icshnmmes d'Htat ;i largos \ nes. il a rambition de c<>utribuer a pre- pai-er au pays I'avenir qui lui est reserve, d'altacher son noni a ses destinees. Conimc on est co!ivaincu rju'il vent arrivcr avec ni\e giandc idee, asscoir sa car- riero )Mili(i(|Ue sur iMie jtlateforme iiouvidle, ou cherclv.' a decouvrir ce qu'il vcut, a coiinaitre le but qii il jjoiMvuit. (>n avail bien deja vemavque dans scs disconrs ses synipathi("- pour iine ti'deral ion. c"esta-dii'e pour uiie union intiine avec latirande- liretagne de tons les pays (pii vivent sous sa s fs difflcnld'H flout ii'jiis Jio sl»'H. II avail pliin ti'iiiu« Ibis inoutiv i|ii il avuit risst-nd 'injure faito a notro diguile ut a iioh inlorots matoriols pur uno p)litiquo f. II vient do niontror, duns iccolobro discour^ fpi'll a ]ii-oiion{v a Auvora, que lo ilt^sir d'arnu'lior lo Canada a cclto .situation anormuli' ot do !<> niotlro nn I'luL il" conduire Rcs afliiircs a k.i .i^uiso, vu, a I'avonir, inspirer kcs artos ot 80h pandois. Noum .sonimcs d'o))ini()n qu'au fond, cc proijraijinu', c'cNt rindf'iK'ndance ; t;oL «'sprit national qui! vent d(''\(.''loppor no pout «'tiv que I'Dsprit d'nn piMipJc indojii'iidant. Fl ost V7"ul tjii« M. BIulco a parlr oiuore ik' la li'-dt-ration (.'omtiu' dovant 6(;v Total politiqm> aiiqucl nous dovionsaspiror, nuiis il no nous dit ])i||k foniniont h; tiklr-ralidii noun doni!Oi"i Ift oontroki do nos affaires ot cotto indopondancc voriluhlc ;.rot8 ])oliliquos d'avcc ccux do rAnf>loti'rrc au nioyon do rindopondanoji canadionno. Les confodorations no doivont oxistor qu'onlrtjKiys ayant dos intoivts ooniinuii'^ : or quels intorots ooininiins au p Iiit do vne onmnu'iriai coninif au point (h" \ ia> pnli- lipuo Hvons-nous avoo rAn;.j;lotcrro ot sos uutros colon ios ? Xos inlorotn sont ioi on Aniorifpie ot nolro tivonir poliliquo ct connnorcial doiiendra inoiiis do noH rapports avcc rAiiglolono (pu; de nos ntatio?)s avoo les Ktats-lJnis. M. Ulako. il est vrui, oroit peut-olro quo la Icdoration nous sufllrail, vu quo nous aurions au nunns voix delihora- lives dans la diHC'i'.ssion dos questions qui noun intorcssoraiont et qu" rAn^iotcrre no pourrait j)Uis saoriiier nos interots a eeux do I'enipii'o sans nous entendre. " Nous aurions notro pai-i dans los benoflees eoninio dans les thart^es iU' I'Ein- pire, '" dit M. lilako. Ia's cliarfjjos oui, n\ais les lienofieos nuns no 1<"« voyoiis ])as, nous jwurrions prendre part au saeritieo do nos interots mai* nous ni' pourrions guoro roin))echor. Xou.-, no savons tro]> ee (|U0 nous irions fairo dans co strand pari* nient. ou nous serions une poigneo eontro toutes les foreos do renipiro. Nous Korions exposes a voir nos interets eomniorei;. ot indu-lriols saerilies On temps de paix ef iiotre ])ays servir s-(inis on temps di' truerre. ix' parti natioiuil du Jiaut-Canuda on dii ('aiuula /urst a aeeeple ie progrannnp do ^^. Blake ; eela nous etonne, ear dans la lederation on no rlirait pas, CanW'/ /'Vrs^ inais C/tnadn Affm\ Le ])arti national eroil pent elre eornme nous que la ei')isequen<'e logiquo des idoes do M. Ulako sera rindependaneo el noii pas la lederation. I'll ee , ])ui.sque les de-stinees du Canada y .sont on jou. I o->t lion quo la .i:.seus>:ioii do eos questions parte du llaiit-(!anada lo foyoi- de la loyauto. On aunti; -oiip(;oiun'! los motifs ot les intentions do tout canadiou-franeais q\ii osorait dire ce t.^uo JIM. Blako el Smith viennent dc ])rocdanier si energi(|Uement. (^uand a nous, nous applaud issons de tout eer au soiii du peuple canadien <'el esprit naticiial ot ees sentiments d'indopetidajieo qui dovrotit un jour lui j»ermettro do prcndn- sa plaeo ])arnii le^tgramles nations. - - Nous esjierons que, grace au devoloppcmenl do cot esprit naiional, c; no verm plus noK hommos puldics saeriliei- le interots les )ilus chers du pa\'.> ;v un vrvjue senti- nionl do loyaute, el que dans rex;iiuen de toutors les quostionr; qui peuvont inleresser I'avenir ]x>Iitique, commercial et induetriel du Caiutda, on consul tera rinletet carui- t\m\ avant t<.)ut : Caixido First. •Kin- 77 I>ais«<)nt« ••eH p.-inclpos ot cm inpos pnncr tnnrs miit<«. 51 nmonomnt naturollo- inunt I'l'tat |»nli(i(|uo ijiii fonviciHiru lo tnioux au uspiiutium-i ilo coux (^ui oborcLent lu ;,'i-un(Jour ut la protjwrit*; do lour payn. (lALT Rv;f'OKMKR (ReKORmV W« can %u\y say of the spooch what may be saM of all (»thorf« from tlio Hnmo wmrci", that ii ilisplayod aclt'jtth of thought, a hri-adth and Iil)on>lity of view, and a choicj and ologanco of o-vprossion which fow olln-r men in thin country can command so iviulily or wi'ild so powerfully iis Mr. Hhilce, We nii;^ht here stop without further «'oiiimont did not an extra interc-t, so to s[i(nklv. cluster around thai Aurora address, friiin the \ii-.v taken ol it by leadinji^ l^*""*.)' journals. It was the old fossil Lrader, \vi< think', that lii-.'^t led oH' on Tue-tday with the cry that "Mr. Blake had addro-ssed his v;dedictory to the liol irin party," and on the day following; the Mail took up the larty. liet us e.xanr >• these point.'-, and first as to flu I'acilic liailway In sjieaking of this rjuc.-*- lion, Mr. Hlake, after a wilting criticism on tlie ahsurdly impo.ssihie policy to which Si:- .John had comndtted the couutiy. went on to show tlic njost sensible and roa**on- ahle plan oll'ored by the (jovernnuiit of .Mr. Mackenzie, and in the course of his reniHrks, -poke as follows: — "11", under all the circiuust.uices, the Columbians were to say, 'Y^ou mu^tgo on .md finish this railway according to the terms or take the alter native of reli itsing us tVoni the Coufedtnatioii,' 1 would say -take the alternative." in this statement the .iWa/Z sees Mr. lilakeN departure from the ranks of Koformers! {•"or our part we can see nolhing al .ui iw in;- ;iUeinent hut u logically brief way oi' expressing a point. Mr. liiaki; ha.i himply i<;»id here in a few wonls what Tories, dui-- iiio- Tory ruh:. never could suiiumtn the (l)urage to say tipon any <|eslion whatever. We do not at ail wonder liiat his pi()nk|>t iacing of a (juestion slagms's (Jo;i;icrvalivos. That is not their style at all. Tiiey would take months to rcaeii it, and use all kinds of nmn(euvering in the interval to mi>le.'id: r/;irly in Canada, 'lUd }^\y. Blake in alluding io it and express ing his opinloii Ujion it, .imply ex< i-I-c t ii! ;igh' a.s a patriot and u wtate^man. lie did no; say t!ie change should t;;':e place now. lie did not say tlie eounlry \va,-< rijie lor il at pre.seiii, nor yet that it would be ripe ii>r it (iuiing the picsent generation or even eeniury. I>ut he did eay — wlia; no one iti' intelligoiice can shut his eyes to — that this CdUMti-y and its peojde are urudn.-iliy assuming- more and more of a national ehara''lev, a:;d develop, ng moj-e a'ld ni(<:o oi' a nationa.I -piiif, uliieh mu-t, u\ time. bring r.ltriut even siill closer ro!ati'.»ns with the mother country, and then he wont on to siafe his own opinion as to the now relatini that shoaKJ he /..riiied when I ho change . I>ii>s this sonrn-ato ';;ms from f])e Roiorm party? Are lJei(>rm'.'rs for-iooth not to think r spoak of any new .-idiject ? Verily I'lil woii;d be Toryism with a vengeaino. J?p.t the third point is, wo presume, the one v/'ierei:i tlie "rg;t)is imugino they soo the widest I.rea"h between Mr. ISIake and his jjurfy. In s]>oaking of the Doini ion Senate. M.r. IJIakosaid: ''I do not believe it is consistent with the true notio;i of lH)pular government that wo should have a Senate Holoclcd by the Administraf >n of the day, and liolding their i-eats for life." In tliis assert on, loo, the J/(V''/ reiids a valodietoiy. Wo regard it as quite the revcr.so. The very names 'IJeform' and 'popu- lar right.s' be it ohsorvod, arc synonymous forms. Whatever tends to invent iho people witli a tnrger shart or agi-eatcrvoicL) in the .ndmini.-tralion of tiieir own aifairs, 78 -s^* in osm-ntinlly Itetbrm or LilxM-al in principle. Now, Mr. Jilako, vrhilHt. diHbelun'iii/; .in our prcwMit mothocl of np[)oinlinH jwwswl in the Ix)wcr Jlouso hy a majority of tho jicoplo's roprc.-'ontr.tiveR were V(Uoc(l ami iu)nnllom Senatorw ar* Hoc'ure tor life no matter wliat the}- do. Under an eloetivo KyNt<^m tlie popular maiority in the (JominoriH would lus a rule Ik? |)roiX)rtionat«ly Htn>n^ in the Seiuilo and le^iwlaiioM irist«ul of lioin;; t much ]>rolont^o;ay the Tories, ha^ ridden out.ol the Reform rankn. Wo eommcnd them to our roudern and a>.s held with the (irit Party. The courage he (lis])layeil in rleclarin^ his new ^entime1lts, which aro at variance with the ccxie laid down by llu- (Uobe, is somewhat rem:u'kable, and would leaii to the ititercnoe that his coniKiction with tho party luul ceased, h' such be the <.'n*se, his will uol bo a loss easily tilled up by Mr. iMackenzio, for althouf^bnot holdin^i; a poi-tfolio, it has lieen understood that his abilities as a statesman were very ■e^^en^iul to aid the present leader of the Dominion ; to make itself known a,s the " Canada first Party," tor sevei'tii of his enunciutioii> on the occasion are in accord wiih the jilatiorni laid down by its members, ami deciuianco to tiio (fl'jbe and its managiug dii-oetoi-, must now look upon him as one of their leaders. SjC Ht ' * •'(! * * * Whether Mr. Blake will bo successful in his now political role r(>muin8 to be scon. But tihouid he inaui^urr.to a system by whiidi ho woidd annihitaio the present bittorsectional . Hpiiit which piovails and jmiIos all political conlosls in tlio country — a spirit which ■was C'i"oatod by his late leader, and fostered by the acrimonious writings in tho (Hoht - — ho will confer no small benefit upon Canada. Tho present jiarty lines are too -fi,, Ktroiigly marked to bo easily obliierated. and however desirous a new order of things "•H^.iB.^^, n fiiny Ims Mr. niak«' iiikI h\H adoptfid party will find it a hfrr'nlcan ta.«.U they liave iiiitltirtukcn — t/) c.Kiur away old projiKlicos, and pnrily tlio political atin()hj)hcrc. Ill HON KioNAi, (Ukkokm.) Mil. lii-AKK AT AiiKoiu. — Mr. Hlako'flhrillinntHpooch at Aurora luw pi venoccaHion tin* a reinarkablo unity offef^lin^ aiaon^^Mt the niiiniiK,'i"M olall pai'ticH — '('uiiada First' is jtltMwcd to accept him as oik '»r their dlHcipIos ; < niiism atihin ((Xticiitcs a lioi'npipc ovor tins approach ini^ tlisiutMnln int'iit, oi' the Kc^lbrni parly, whilst tint laltor n-jnii-cs tliat it liaH HO lil)oral and intoliiijont, an o.^jntiuMit. Of ooiii-hi; tho ocstacy of the two fornier }mrtioH i-( picmatim! ; l»ut they have* no occuHioii to ferl diwappointctl at Mr. Hhike'H refusal lo alieiiato himself from iiis party, hiik*) the jirincipfes lie expounds arc ph!a>ssed t<» a eertain extent liie teolin^s of ihe 'najorily, although its enunciation jilaces Mr. Hlake in lulvaneo ot liis parly- -not, however, in u ponition antJit^onistic t<» the government, as has Ihhux said — and mai-ks hiiTi an independent eX[K)nenl of every principle within the pruvinio ol the pan \ of U<'(()iiii aiu^ I'logrcf^K. lie is fr*H' from otHcinl rcsj)onsi- hility and free to a for the }»aity and the country to adopt such princi])U\s so far as they may meet theii- views. In tho course of his Hi)oe(^h Mr. Hlako suggested Huch reforms as — Federation of the Knipire, liworgauiKation of tin; Senate, Compulsory voting, FiXlension of the franchise, UepreHentation of minonti«8. A rather startling array of sweeping reform", and. as Mr. Hlake said, he made a "disturbing speech."' ,Yfl on candid coiihideration, these theories are perfectly roasonal)Io and will he le:cislated upon at no distant date. That they will ho entirely siislaineil is not likely ; although tlu' suggoslions made will ho acted upon and ho a standard hy which lo frame iho roii)nns of the future. Theie arc i-oiin; features, j)arlicul!irly those of compulsory voting and the exlonsuni of the franchise, which will moi-e exclusively occupy tho pnhlic attention, and in those matters great improve- ment can ho matle. In future issues the vai'ioiis siihjects mentioned will receive editorial notice, so tar as their importance demands. ■Galt Rkp(»rtku [LiiuuiAL (-'onskrativk]. 8Y.STKM OK AssKS.S!N(j. — III tho spoocli (lolivorod hy the lion. I'^lwanl Hlake, at .Vurora, w.5 tind the following, which we think worthy the carctui |)erusal of all par- ties. Of the truth ol' the extract we give thei'O caniK^t he a douht, and it has often l)oon made the sul»Ject of commont that an Assessor in n Township — for thoy are the ■chief sinners — should syslemjilically. year after year, set his oath aside, and know- ingly under- assess the lands an:.l Imildings in the township he is assessing, and that then a cour! (jf revision shoukl sit, and full,;, understanding th.at tho lav.' had not l-eon can-iel out, f^o through the fare.' Iff listening to appeals. Towns and villages aro dili'erently dealt with, [jocal improvements coinj'ol an expendiUire which necossi- tatos tho raising of an amount greatly exceeding that re(|uired hy a township, and the conso(]uonce is, that in order to koeii the rate in the dollar down to as low a tiguro as i»r)ssihle the ]>roperty in such town or village is rated at as high a tigiire as the law will allow. We do not Mtogether hold the assessor responsilile for the wrong doing. Almost every property-holder considers himself fully justiiied in hoating hini dowM in his valuations, hut the two are dillerently situated, the one being responsible as an honest iiKUi, owing a duty to his fellow jjroperty-hoMers in the municipality in which ho lives, while the other swears in his oath of ollice that he will make a just and oquit;iblo assessment in [)roportion to tho actual cash \ ulue of the ])ropert3' ho is ji.ssofiHing, and knows in ovlsry case where he undervalues, that he violates his oath. 80 Mr. Elukt's reirarks are as follows: — * * * H- ■* Lindsay Post (KKFouir'). Mb. lii.AKE. — At the North York Kororm dcinonsti-atic/ii 51 r. Blake* uiacic a maHt<>rly sjjcccli. in whifli after w.irinl}' siipjiortiiigilio present Ontario and Dominion GovernmentM ho wont on to discuss .several questions in n hold, free spirit tJiat the Tories consider "u new dej)artiue.' llo advoeated a Senate eloctivft hy the legisla- lures for a lorni of years ; the adoption of a system that would seeure the repi-csenta- tion of minorities;, and favored the formation of an Imperial eonfedoration, Mr. ^lakes' was the speech of a T?etoi'mer and Sttitesnian, and his views — to which we cannot (his week refer at length — will, we helieve. command popular appi'oval, and in position wdiich has no foundation in fad ; with the Tories the wish is "lather to the thought." Nothing would pleaso them better than tliatMr. Blake would separate himself froni his Ifcfbrm friends. He has, however, no idea of the kind. On the contrary, his arguments against Toi-y liule were even more strongly expressed at Aurora than when sneaking in his place in the House. In adverting to the corru])tion (?) whicli unseated many of his. Reform friends, he stated tltat it was ti-ivial in the extreme in coniparii.on to the conniption that previously prevniled, and '.iiat tiiei)- "^fory op])oncn!s would no' dare to ])ul thorn- .selves forward as free from the contamination with which they hr.vc hitherto been nlways tainted. No; they acted vexatiously, spitefully 'and meanly. They have , if not deeper, in the miro than Ids Peforn\ friends. Tho jlfiiil tusserts that Mr. Hlake condemns confederal ion and favors the federation of the Kmpire. This is not true. H(* never uttered a syl'ahle that couid he distorted into a condemnation of a systt.'in that hos prodiu'od so much good in this country. Jri favoring the federation of tin' Knij)Ire upon -onie praclicahio scheme that, would give the colonies some eonirol in imjieiiai measure^, he agrees in opinion with some of the loading stateimen of the age. \Ve would be gind if some such system wore adopted. Is the question, however, practicable? Would the.Inqierial British Purliameiit con-- s:ent to play second tiddio to such a federal puriiament. AVe have on more than ono occasion advocated the .system of iedcration in the British Ishuids in preference to the legislative iSA-stem whicdi was tried in (V.nada and resulted in the "dead lock" it has been tried in the 1-Jrilisii Islarids for the hist three <]uarlei's of a century, and ha.'i* resulted in the tyi-ann_\' of a s(uj)id, j,ivjudiced majority that opposee'. with senseless cliuuor and bull-neck»jd stubliornness orrery argument fov tho di.-cou.ntonnnco of u M'stem introduced liy bi'ibeiy and coriiiption of tho deepest i\y(i. Mr. Wake is in ]>erfec', i.ccoid witli .Mr. .Ma{d\en/,io's (iovernnient, and witli *he great bcKly of tho Reformers, in respe'-t to tho Canadian Pacific Railway. He is of opinion that the engineering dittiiiilties, which prevent the bnililing of a feasible raihray through British ('olunibia. are oi' such a nature that in his ];rivate opinion, (should the <,V>liimbians decide on demanding as an -ulternative their secession tVom tho Confederation, he woukl g!vt> them the alternative rather than be compelled to faltil tho oorrujtt and impructicablo I ompaet of tho former (Jovernment. Of cOurao lio sneaks as a private individual, one no longer a member of tlio (iovernnjont. The 'lories, howevci', pretend lu derive great coiuibrt li'om this outspokoji expression of fim 81 iiukIo it Doininioi) tliat th(v ono who comnuuKts uiid Biipport.- the general policy of botli Tioforni (tovcnimonts, altlioiigh as a privalo individua! lie projx)iinds Hcheincs and doseants u|)on tlieinow not as yet ('ornprcheudal in any of the great liberal nicasur&s shjulowcd forth by Roforinoi's. He has a perfect right t;0 hi,'^ opinions. The free land In which wo livo should att'ord every man full scope to express his views upon all questions whetlier social fir govei'iiniental. If those views are not sound they can Vve controvertwi by argument — nothy anpimentum ad hacutimun. riie ITon. I'^lward Blake served, advocated and uphold the cause of Jiotorm in it8 dark hour of need. Nov.' in the acme of its success his nppraviiig voice is iioaid. Sliall any eccentricities with regard to Minorities or ^'anada First weaken our grati- tude for the orator who dissipated the cobweb sojjhistries of Sir John and hismr.iy adherents? Shall his opinions resjwcting the existence or constitution of the Seuate debar us from ex])res.>ing our admiration for the gifted riictorician who stood shouliier to shoMJder i) a^ixious and protraclo 1 debate with our most tried and advanced jJe formers, and \\\w outshojie and defeated the most eloquent of the Tory loaders in every ncc(.mplishment that constitutes a dehater and an enlightened statesman ? Tlu' hnnoral;lc geuilcman has imr grntitudc for all he has done in the cause of ilefbrm, and should he direct his herculean talents in advocating the pi ineiplesof "Ca^-'ada First,'" he will thn;..' round them a halo v,'!iich no (Uher Canadian leader could ho well otfoct — a halo which, if not crov.ned wit access, would at least make the eau>o re- s'poclable. We h his laurels with such an advocacy. NkWJIAHKET CoUPatlK (LrBERAL CON^KHVATIVK.) Mtt. Bl.-vkk's I{ec>:nt TTTTKii.\NeEs. — Tho recent speech made by the ifon. I'khv.n-d J^lake at Aurora has furnished a tojjic for discussion in the pros.^ throughout the Province since its utterance. ]t was remarkabio in its character. inasmiicl\ as the s(uitinioiits uttered astonished oven those of his own or the party he has Imon attaclicd t), being of such an advancod ki;ul that the juiblis v.-ere !^carcoly joepaied for them. Tiie folhnving chungcri in our present s\stem were advocattd : Foiiisraiion of the Empire; an lOlccfetl Senate; Compulsory Voting ; Kxton.';ion of tho Franchise: and Representation of Minorities. Most of these are ])!ai(lcs in l!io j/.ritlbrm of th» "Canada First" I'arty, of which Mr. 15Iake will und'.ubtcdly someday; lu-t far ilis- tant, assume tlie leadership. Jt is pleasant to view the fact that this ablo rcpre-onta- live of the people lias had the haixiihixrl to stejt out from bcneatli the power of th^' (arit J)iet;iti>r and .•alvance views x'l'n Reform character not in accord with the great <3Hobt% which, in commenting uperate, but derides iho Canada Fust I'arty, and goes fortToidAvin Smith, the iicmi- %n.\ icader. '.liis is policy, as it, is afraid to use its old time argument.-^— abuse and inisrepresentation — in exjuessing ,'pinions dirTerent from those oi Mr. Blake, h'lping tliOi'cby not to alienate him entirely from the rank s of I In- (irit Party. ]Sf)l withat.vi'.ding all thi t the (irit organ may say, we feel assured that the newTsntinnal Parly of Canada will contiiiiie to inctrase in power and iiillncnce until (be land will feel its oxi.'ile.tfc. It claims !o advance the interests of the country, tiiV't in prelerenee to narly. ."nri while honestly endeavoring to do so, the "Canada Fi)'st,'i" will gain tho .1 will of all 1)(M est politicians. From Mr Blake's r(MmirkH we f.tn scarcely draw jie concln- fcion that he has withdrawn from thetiril I'artv . but rejoice that lie lias ignored the existanee of the dictation which ha-* for years past swayed the Reform element <.t Ontario. OhIIAW.^ VlJimCATOR (LtbF.RAL Co?fSRRV.'«t*fVR'>. The speech has attracted attention beyond il.-- mere merit. It might, at flw.1 sight, bt> tlxmght to havo b©e*» an ettbrt on tho part of Mr. Blak« to Kot out oi' the monotonous 'listory of the errors of the Tories of diiVK gone by and f '; ' ofthf perfect virtues of jielbrniers from iho days of Jlaldwin down, which i _ ont- m I!JS; wa^ ■■>— . ...-J » > *<*■ '■«*^ -i »* ?S8S5s« iss«sa *5sas5 ' 1 T ii tory of tJKse prosy gathcrin/ip^. CircinustiinoeN, kowever, hav(? f^iven it a npcKialKig- iiilication and conlirniwl tho nim<»r ihut tho »poech was a public avowal of his intcn- li(.'n to all;)' liimeelf with the f'una intends at onr* t(> cut himpolf I(X)se fr«i» the pai-ty with Avkich hi) has acted, mucli ios-s to openly oppo.'^' it, l)i!t his support svill l)o an independent ore. How loni; h« ■will be in acooiv. witl) its Ica*^^^ it is inipoHitiible to f»ay. Tho views ho aHMiinitid at .\arora lie holds Ktn:>ngly, andhe Avili epeodily tiike 8loj)H to carry them into ett'wt. Tho (flobe has already pj-onouneed against them in very gentle language, it is true, Imt, which will revert iiito the torciblc expreswions more in keeping with \iH tharaeter when Vlr. JJlako Hhall attempt to give-liis theorien oflfeet. Even as an independent supporter, Mr. Blake will be a serioiirs embarrassment to the Mackenzie Ministiy. lie stands head and nhouldors alwve any man in tlie Admin- istnition iu ]K)int of ability, and he is the oidy man in the Avliok> paily in Ontario who hiLs a standing in the country not given him by the (rlvbe. in order that an Administration like Mr. Mackenzie's and a supporlor with the force, weight anil originality of Mr. Blake shall work in harmojiy, one of two thingH must \n^ done — oitlicr he nuist consent to give way to tho (iovernment, oi- else the (Jovernnu'iit must, be controlled by him. The former he is little likely to do ; the latter the Hon. Geo. Brown w ill not jjormit. No man can serve two ma«t two there i« littlw ■douljt that Mr. Mackenzie ^vill continue to bi>w down to the (llo}>e. The breeze between MessrH, Blalveand Br*- , ■ last week was a summci- ze])hyr loi' gentleness, but jt wuK the preliminary of a which, it those men retain their j)0«itioui<, liioir lives and vigor will roar through v.^e J)o)uinion. ' Oyrsa Sound Adveuiseh (IJefurm). / , Imt'kj.iai. Feijer.vtion. — Hoii. Kdward Blake has l»eon eli'Cti-ifying the world at ^Aurora. The Tory jtrints froii f ho ilf'//7 down are in ecstacies, because they think that now Mr. Blake has broken loose from the JJeform Party. Xol that he hiis joineil them ; but that they thiidv his utterances at Vumra scpui'ate him entirely iVoni th« lleform Puiiy. In this case, as in so many others, the wish is father to the Tiought. Mr. liUdvC has uiidonbteflly gone fai-thei' than many Keformers ; but it does not follow that iio will not ad with them so far as they go. He has nothing in him in common with the Tories, and lie can ncddoes syinj)atuize with the Pelbiniei's in all their prin- •ciples, the only dii^ronco brang that he goes farther than they. Tndec> a people. The ilit»i •culty in so dcnng is in the fact 'hat v.lolst a spirit of dependane^ on Eii-'laini e.vist**, ii truly national spirit cannot l)e successiidly cultivafiHl. Ihn if we do not lako on ourselves iho duties and sliurt* the expenses of an Imperial (iovernH\>jnt, we rwed not look U)r tills independence. It is all very well to be proteetetl :i)idnecrn« the Empire. Thiy is no now idea. It has been moieor less bi.)U.^iit Ucfore t\\e l)00plo of Engand for the last eentm*y, dying out ami Iwing revived again. It has been also briMight I e{(»re tho . people of f the Btateiit, Hut it is a spirit r.T independence w Inch \\,ill cntiblo us t© ■ay to Enghiiu; ; we are willing lo share yojr buitlens, your trials, your duties, but 83 thoir we oiuiin onr sfiars in your (itilihorations in all that fonf'fras the wolllifin^^ '^fth* Empire in vrhioh we hnre a comrnon interoHl with yourr*elf. Thin would ^ive us am «nIargoluce from time to timn. But though the mocem-< scarcely any doubt, us withheld in the interest of a monopoly in Britain and I he UuiUhI Slate*. We refer to Mr. Blake's Telegraph monojtoly Bill. This and the Treaty miikPnit ])Ower, the declaratio'i of war reierred to in his sj)eecli, we have to submit !o, bee ius» we do not assume the bin-dens and therefore cannot assume the tone of Bi'ilain, but must submit to bo ruled as the C-olonial Otiice decides. • .-- St. Thomas J)K8P.arty of which he has been so long the eloquent mouthpiece : for Mr. Bl.ike through- out his speech n>ters to the proceedings of the liiberal party since their accession to ))ower with groat zest. Of the Heoiprocity Treaty it is true, he o\pi(Msc>< no very decided opinion, but leaves it, as v/e have done, to be discussed in the I'arliannnt of Canada and in the .Semite of th o'lC ol th« questions of the future. .Some <«i our co,itemjx>rarie-i seem to make litde of this jiart of his siieech, and to look at thi.s as a matter not likely to become a pr.ictical quest- Km of the m tliom as to that, lor our ivlatiouH ^o rhe Kmpire h.-ive be<'n changing all the time, and while Hie chan gos in tlie past hare taken place almost imperceptibly, we think the ciuingcs in the future will not admit of so quiet and imperceptible an inT.angemcnt. With i'e»*p«ct to tiM! pa.s!, tht' graiiling of rtW]>owsil>le government certainly made a vi^ry grent chan^ ia the relations of th« colonies to the mot! er country. But it was a -change that (*nly atVected ourselves nnri the Downing Street auihorilies, and .so it wa^ *tt'«^cted without aimos! being jn^reiMved l)y the motiier c(nintrv. Omti' le!'at!oi4 cer- laiti4y has m»teriallv allfriKl onr rtdations to th« Umpire, and while it has not e?:ciled K) liitle attid iy in population and intluencc. "We are now a ])eople ofibur millions. We ex])Oct the acquisiiido and opening uj) of the JSorth West Is to make us increase in numbers and i?np()rtaiice with much greater rapidity than in the past. Is it out ol the range of probahiliry that at the census of 1881 we should he six millions ? We think it 'piile possible we may then he eight millions, and that at the census (jf 1891 wc may he sixteen millions. Now will any one imagine we can remain iu the same state of de- pendanco to the mother counti-y as at present ? We don't. We are tirml}' convinced that we must lake our stand at her side as a full grown danghlei", anulti»!g from our connection with the mother country. We cannot hut look fowai^l tohavii>g then to ('ontril)ate in some Avay to the maintenance of the army and navy and to thfc snjipm-t 1)1' tlie diploiuatic service. Who ean doubt, we again say, thai these change's are fast loomiiig up, and must l)e met in the near future ? These ai"o iiotcluingos that will rii:;Iit themselves in the same natural imperceptiiile w.y as those in t'le ])ast haveidei'ed in advance ofiheir l>ecoming qucs{if>ns of the p]>osed to ihc Kedcratitju of the Pimpire — another planU in this wonderlui plattorm. If a Federation of the Empire mean an3'thin!r, i\, must mean a fdoser union hetwcen the mother country and the colonies ; so as to render liiem noi only one country in name, sentiment and citizenship, as we tr,hn{ <^ive each ajid all u voice in the jnaiiaii;eincnt of Impcriul concisrns and a share in tho burden of Imperial taxation; while the cidtivatioii of a '• riutiojial contiment" i\ (kxnadiaa national sentiment, which, if it moan anythiiiir, mu-^t Ix) a hontiment, loolcinjj^' to Crjiuda, not as a poi-tiou of a icrcat Hmpirc upon wiiich the suTi Tiever sets, wliose interests Jii'J our in tere.-»ts, whose wars arc our \var>. whoso himor and frlory is our honor and cflory, and who^e misfortunes are oui* mistortunei*, but as standing alone, apart, by ourselves, must ultimately lead to separatiitu from the parent stem, and buriy uson to liide|)endem-i^ or Annexation, nor, Federation. IJut why this, restlessness — this constant desire I'oi' <-han;Lrc ? Arc we not well ■«'no!!_i^h as we are in our relations with the Knipire ? Whai di^advuntjiiics aro we laitoring under that would be remedied by a Fcdei-atien of tho Fnipire ? Were we Federated tomorrow would wo be one wil n\orc Kri Ions or less (Vniadians i nan we are to-day ? ('an we not bo Canaiians and Britojis at one an(i tin- name time, as .Scotchmen, ?]nglishmen and Irishmen arc none the loss Ih-itons bewiuHo they happ- en to be any one of the othei" three? ll;id we been Federated would we have bad as much to Hay in the Washini^lon Treaty matters as we ilid ? \\\'Xy wo Federated would wo be negociating a liociprocity Treaty with the United .State-*, and discusn- ing it IVom, not an Imperial but a Canadian staud})oint as we are to-day ? Or what about our Tariff ? Would it be frnmed in the interests of Canada or in ihe interests of the Empiro ? Can atiy ^anv' man give any but one answer to tiie--o questions '.' And yet Mr. Edward Klal of tiie Canyjia First party may tlnnk, Mr. Kkji.^ has ^uitc too luucli sbvewdncss noi :<. pen eive thai Foilcration, instciui of givinir iis extended tretHl»m as comitry n!ito»i curtail tiial which we now p<^)s.sess. So mui'h tot I'Vlenition. : -ut what m tlieir piallbrrn, Imtwas openly advocattMl hi HlT. (Joldw-: . .Smith — the liigh priest of th« l'artA---thf other day in an addr0)«8 d'n ; •. ered untUir the auspices of t!i(> same •• Canada Fu-nt ' purtv? if Independence be their pana;'«a tor the ills ufthe Canadian biHly j)olirir. by ail mouT ' ' Oiom sfiv so, insteml f endeavouring to inenlcate lnde]»enden<'e doi irincs. und' loak of a Fciierativj Kmpire if these ;jrentien»en ivally beliovo that " in- we are now, then wre wouhi have no hesii- '*ion in declaring fora Federation o! the Empire, with it- ■■^advttniagfs and dirt>(;Hi tics, a^; a;" inst lndepcnfT — * * * In '«-#«© timu unlimited abuKi ot tho- ^rh.Aff.pj^^isod tJiONi. To say a j^Yiod Word lor an 8li oth Gritf* and Toritw — .socaritvJ. Bnf we Kav« chan^jftMl all that. Piihlic opinion has set its lac© iijQ;ainHt the tyranny of party, (MkI t/O-tiay in th« J^ihoral rnnk.s at. k^ast, anci we ht'liovo in tho ranks of (./on.H^M-vutivoH uliw, ar« to ho found mon "'who t.jx'uk tho thin^ thcv will." No blind foalty to men, no t«Ht iron rule>5 of party now dwarf opinionw of publio mon. Tho hoalthy .sentimont of poHtical freedom abounds, and Kofurniyr or ConHovvativo may ditfor from iiis loador on pf»rticular (jtios- tions Avithout bein^ oondcmntH^ foi- ajKwtacy. A sinioon of jwlitical indepoiidonoo has swept over th*" land, and t«Hlay wo have Htui-dy Liberals diseusrii their political itistitution.'^. And tlkoiigh in the wonls of tho foremost man in all the land they are " tour million!;* of frwmen who are not free," they are at loiw^t i'veor than tiic}' wore live years ago, and perehanco nearly as ti'oe in tho direction alluded to hy I'klward Blake a-^ they may lor home time wish to become. JUit though Canada aulance of inlelleetual activity, and inlellecluul activity will work n<»- permanent ill. Let us }ia\i' moi'c of such men. It is the eomm*)n lot of mortal to l>e sometinies a.stra_\ ; but able men such as these we have meulional with no seltish purpose to subserve, no per.sonal ambition to gratify, will discredit no <.x>iuilry, injure no ytate. _ - . , ■..-' > ^ .• , •• --, , . .■ ('i)LLINOWoOD KntKUPKISK (lilBKUAL ToN-SKRVATIVE.) "Ca.\ai>a Fin.sT". — Mr. Bl.'ike. as a leader of the "Canada Fu-st' party, as u whole is c.-iusing a gut-«]>okcn. and tfi-day rather plainly intimates its intention of jiutting down the '• agitatioii." !Sh*»uld the ''Canada Fij-st'' party sui'vivo the threatened shuck the controversy will increa»;'e in bitterness as the}' grow in iTiip"i'laiic«-. and probably they will within the next year or two learn whjit vituperative journalism i'eall_\ is in Ontario, led on by the (Hole. The avowed policy of the leider.s of the luovoment ii|> lo the present time is to nurture what tliey are jdeascl to < bi'gin^- Uj hurl it.s anathemas at the heads of the new apostles of pidito new.spaper lileratiii'e, followed by the whole- ii ^s, we shidl then see whetln'r they will be al>le to preserve their patienc^v- umlor nijmerat«?d accusations any more tluin others have done in times ptst. 'J'he (jihstion now ai-is*-*, will this movement last, and increase in vigor, or will the (Usses.sod of sufHcient tibility and energy, there is no .i)t but the movem(>ni will progress. What wo iia\ e now to hn^k for from the party IS an a^s^u•allec^ of its sincerity and its patriotism, ami these should • secure it lol(M'anee both iegtdly and .'JoHtilly, and when this isgisen the discussion of wliat thoy l»roiM.>.sc will assist to br-ng the iniblic mind to a critical examination of imi»ortaiit 87 qtiostioiiM, and lend to an unfolding of tho tnitli with re^ii"d to them, whetlier that tclli:* lor oi" against tl)C views of tlio "Cunuda First" party. Tho trnth will be IxMie- ticial to thy country and the people an a whole will vecoivo tho advantji^e. OwKV Sound Timks (fjnKBAT, Co.nskuvativk). Mr. Tii.AKK AND TUK Canaua Fiust Pabty . — Blake's Speech »t Aurora still contituios to Ih! (he pnnniuont topic of discussion in political qiiarterfl, and that it luis steveitHl him fi-oni tho (Irit party is now pretty generally adnvittcd. Tho (rlobe, at all events, seems to recognize the ifact, and hardly a day has pa><«etl since the delivery of tho speech that it dues not devote an article to controvertin!? Mr. Wake's views, or j»itcliihg into tho Oaiiada First party, with whom hf is now saiil to b<^ in sympathy. That the Canada First party claim Mr. lilake is ividont from tho juhilation with wliich they recoive many and conflicting interests as to put its accomplishment, if" not amongst the im possibilities, at least amongst the dreams of tho future, while their scheme of inde" penden(-e would be |>lain sailing if th«y once got Canadian sentiment ripe for it. We" do not object to ^Ir. Blake's hobby if we saw a chance of it.s fulfilment, but we most decidedly object to the methfxl ho takes of attempting its accum|)lisliment. Is it worth Avhile ereating dissatisfaction as to their colonial position amongst Canadians on (he slim clumcc of liringing about such a change. Jf >Ir. I'llakc- shoidd succeed in m.aking any considerable ])i-oj)ortion of our citizens dissati.stied with their present connection with the nujthcr country, (which we do not think he can) could he whistle them back to loyal eonlenlnient on finding that his federated em|tire could not be accomplished? Would )iot their dissatisfaction, failing this i-eniedy, lake the more nraetical)le li»nii of indeiiendence, even if himself did not lead the way, whicdi is probaule. Foi- (>nc(> we heartily agree with the (Unix' in condemning lioth the sentiments of .Mr. Blake and of the Canadii First jiarty. lis utterances on this sul>jeet have the true ring. But we cannot help thinking that, even - left the tidd, and oven reproves Mi-. Blake, it has not one word in condemnation of Mr. Fraser, Comndssioner of Public Works, who boldlv declared at Mount l-'oi-est, that "As soon as the Dominion is siifticienlly strong to start out lie- herself ^hc should do so. .Tusi so sm'c as we went iido Cunleilei'alion in 1867, so sure shall we stai-t out as a distinct nation at no distant day." Wo can only account for (ho dift"orence in treatment on the groiUKl tluit while the former have left the (»iit pai'fy, and no amount of winking at their independence notions will win them back again, ^Fr. Fraser is willing to east in his inflf.cnce M'ith the (irits while ihey keep him in otUco, and the (flobc is willing to accept his influence- for the party, 88 i:' )' I 1* '?.' r 'I: •oven ut the ex])cnse of overlooking hii* diHloyal sonlimonts, and retaining liini whore ho lan give oflicial weigiit to them. But the poojilo of OnUirio avo not projmrod to iicar u member of thf. (lovcrnniont advocate indopcndeufi', and no matter liow much tho Globe may Hereon liim, (hey will show at (he approaching elections (hat a govern- ment retaining 8uch a member doon not po.ssos!^ their contidonee. „ , ,», ; . , ;j,., . <. «, 11ki.lkvii,lk Ontario (JiKfok.m). Mr. Bt-akk II Rkkormkr. — When Mr. IJiakc ,-aid, a( the do.se of hi.s famous Auroi-a (Speech, tliat lie was awar(! of its '' (iisturbing " character, he left no JMom for doubt iUi to the consideration be bad given tlie matter toudnvl upon. Jt is doubtful whether his unquestioned reputation ibi- candor amd studied tlionghtfulnes^!, without this ex- |)ression appropriat«'ly thrown out, would have saved him from thechai'ge of entering "green tiehls and pastures new" with less than bis jiccnstomcd caution. r>ut there is uow scarcely room for doubt, and the country will be grateful not alone for the speech and the suggestions m.'ule, but for tiie a.ssurance that .Mr. lilake — no less an authority — assumed 1 lie responsibility for wlial he saiTl, and gave particular warning I bat he bad nolliing to recant. The speech w;is very remarkable in many rc-iieds. It was 111 truth a disturbing speech; but, iu a higher view it lacked all the eloments of dis- uirl>aiice and coiiijiineil germs of hope and reliance in which there may in the future be found i'(;.->L from nKin\' of tlu' distractions that now bnvcast an unselliei.i fuuire. (Jovornment by the people has long been on trial; but in Eiirojie it has been hedged about and circumscribed in ,i way to destroy its autonomy and prevent its develop- ment. In the United States its growth has jjeeu prevented by other means that need not biM'eferrcd to bore lieyond saving that it was started wi-ong. Instead of being a Republic in the purest sense, the system prevailing among our luughbors is bet- ter descnI)od as hybrid, the union of a Theocrasy in the senf^e of being noii-res]ionsible and of a Democracy wbei-ein is tlio greatest license. In n\aking (his allu-iion, how- ever, wc travel somewhat out (;i' our record, ^^"hat we want to sav is tliut (lovorn- iiicnt by the |)eople — us a science — has yet a large field to grow in, and we entirely agree with Mr. Blake that nowhere in Cliristendom are circumstances so favoi-able ibr itsilevelopnient as in Canada. Wo have notiting of feudaliMu to warp our pro- g"res.s in this respect, and little of unlicensed or unwieldly democi-acy. We have started right. What elcment.s oCKepublicanism we |)Ossess are the simplest annstitutional Monarchy, itself a IJepublie in all but name, that is not. jealous of our teni)ioral or jKilitical advnncement. iuid we have a law-abidir.g, industrious, frugal, intelligent people — whoso highest aspirations are towaitls the brighcst and best, if then there are liudts in our franchise system we may correct them wKiiout dimen. This is the legilimate lieid of the Kefornier. and .\!r. hhike, by the policy he has fore- shadowed, has pro'.ed himself a Uoformer of Eofbriners — ready to ndvauceand jirove, to ad<»p( and annul, to quicken into new life and inspire with en(orpriso; but lOver ;o stand still, miieli less to go backwards or ling*u" on (he borders of doub, and uncertainty when a fair field of conquest lies bclbre him. In the light of present experience it is quiti} poHsible to see the worbings ul (he great s(a!esman's mind. "We (ake it (ha( be is in tUv(U' of parly (iovernment, yet iu)t without enibari'assmont 'v.\ the absouce of distinctive j»arty is.-iies. We assume that he feels the great want of tins eountry to bo sidf-reliunce — indiviuality —without which no uian or thing '..'an bo groat in itself. Hull he would not estrange the heart of our young country from the fostering euro of a wi.se parent. flo toils '*!" noitf. We ..•ility icils ns plainly tliat ohm in nn inipoi'foct Hystom and ho points tho remedy. TTo has •trorig lovo lor hia nativp land and abiiiidaiit assuranco in its future, and lio would hasten its tdvancoment in all tiio tliinj^.s wherein nation.s become j^roat — in punty of administration and perfection of laws, ilo would foster it^w resources and luie^en itH etiterprihcs and widen its areuof agricnltural and commercial pursuits. lloratinn of tho Em- '• pire; no faith in tho P'nglish House of Commona giving up the absolute con ti-ol of "tho Imjierial foreign policy; no fi\ith, in short, in any expedient short of cutting '' British connection altogether ; and therefore ho goes decidedly for this last. That " we can continue as we are is '• opinion of tlint kind without n serious niisumli»rstivndinif ; but ho mucli lias boon "Kuid first and last about the dofjmiilii' cli;ir;Klcr o|' t ho ^roat nownjiaper (I'rom which charge! wo have always felt it our duty todecialior nlx)ve reflwrod to is nnforluiiato. When lh« Glohf. and Mr. Blake take difTorent sides on vital isstioH tbe lielbriu jiai'ty will ► uil'or. Wo do not ai»pr«licnii a calamity rd" this kind Wo Loliovo it impoHsii)le hecaut-o the jiolicy of each is frmundi^d on principles that nro jden tical ; bui will tlio pulilic tako tliis view? Wo Tear not ami cspojialiy winco we find <[ui)lationH from }i]r. ]Jlako's Aurora's spcocli, tbl.-i for instaticc: ''foiir millions of friKMuon who arc not froj)" iutorp(/latod with (piotfttinns i'nnn Air. Snuth's loctur* as tliont^h int^oniouhly introducoil for oiLct \Vi> pray that our fours iu this connw- tion arc groundless. Uamilton TrMBs (Reform). ■ Tho ()pposition press has for tho spm-c of two days boon bapj>y in tho jirofosso/I belief that the Jlon. Mr. Blako had on Satujviay delivered a h|>eeeh in Nortli York that ^ovel•od hiin forever from tho "Urit" Party; that the speech was so antagoniNti«i to tho views of the men in power that it mms hein^ suppiessed by tho (ili>!>e until itn proijable etTect.s could bo neutralized beforeliand; ami that it w.-is doubtful if it would appear at all in tho (tbbii as originally ^pol■:(•n. it will pof-sibly sui-prise them to tind th.it (heir aniii'ipaliona have all conic t«» nnught ; that tho spce(d\ is being given in full in tho (ilobe; that tho only roa.son tor delay in ith ])ubliealiou has heon to give it in as (;omplcto a hbapo as possible, and la.'^t, but not leant, that it is in no sen.se an enunciation of views that hoj)aiattns on mattei-s on which be li!u« not before spoken with equal distiiictnoss, though wlion he has hpokon of them it \y.\» boon in tho same spirit. Never boibi'o have plainer wonls beon spoken in t'anada on the terms of uiiiou with Bniish t>)lumbia a.s they ad'oct the ooiistrnction of tbe raciiic Rjtilway, but tlioy aro woixls that vv« are c;ibly not. a man i-illier iu CuniKlii i»ro|)«r or in HritisU (' )luniliiu, who now hclicvcs that by any pos-^iblo oxjtoiulituio of money it could he earner out. indeed, }iH to tho time a-isi/^iiotl i\ir tho actual < i)mnicn(cn»ont of tlic work, the " all the worse off, for it would bi^ a iatal succohs that thus plunged u.H blindly into an undertaking of imkuown dimensidiis and ( "st, witjj terrible facilities fororrcu's in route and construction that would add ennrmou;-tly tothe enormous, cost that, under tho mo-it favorable eir.'um-st^mce'^, tho I'a itic Ifciihvay wilt entail. Jt is riijht and ju-oper th;it we should make every rexsomJile ellbrt !■• carrii out the leiins entero I itito with Ih-itish ('oluml)ia; but it is iu)l ri_'ht and j)roper that, by such a poliey as that, we should eotumit suicide a-s a whole, in order to art'ord a te;upMrary <^ain to a part. We \t' that British ('olumbia is anything but a nt that as tho l);»niiiM(».t must saci'itieo something for British (!oluinbia the latter must sacrKiae. soniething for tho .Doudnion,; iliat while Canada will fulfil the tornis as fully m il can Briti.^h Columbia nuist coneede where fultihnent is either impossible or only ]»oi9sible at too great a jiriee. It is true she has been urged by so j)rondnent a man us Kir John Macdonald to play the game o^^ecession. and threaten the br.Mik up of tlioniuon if she eanriot have impossibliiios. Iu .lanu.iry last that> venerable party chief— ailor ho himself li;wl be^Mi the first lo v" late the > ritten term-!- spoke u Kingston as follows: . ■r-'- ,; ''Mr Maekenr.ic's I'aeirtc railway policy was a breach of a solemn eompacfc A, '^>«> V ^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ■\ A ^ ///// /> *^Jm !.0 I.I IIIM l^ liU 122 1116 !!-== 2.0 '■'.8 't I4fi 1.25 1.4 1.6 H' §f & /a ^m ^w.^ c^ ^A /:i w '^/ o VM Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) S72-4503 W^:- m 92 ontoroil into with Bntirth Columbia and tho Iniporial Crovernmoiit. Ii Ml'. ininoriiii irovernmonr. in Hub Mackonzio coinniitH for llio first tini(» in Cjinadu a lireacli ot'lho public faitli. * *• For tliis broach oi' I'aith Britifih Cohimbia ha« a KKiil'P TO SECEDM. * * They (tho (rovcrnmciit) would havo to give up the policy or fi;ive up Jii-itish Columbia aiui the endorHomont of Env>;lan(l." That first and ojvsy losnon in secession and union breaking reachixl British (V lumbia, and ha.s hiwi tho desired otroct of inducinij some of the local politicians there to refuse the fairest offers and do all in their power to embarrass tho (JoveiMiment. But there are no signs that they carry the goplo, so direct an insinuation that thoy only moasiiro their allegiance by dollars and cents, aiid value the national flag by its market value, that we will only believe them capable of such baseness when wo see them guilty of it — and when wo seo that, wo shall thank Heaven that tiiey are gone and pray that all like-minded n^ay go with them, and loavo the name Canadian to thoso whoso patriotism is (d" purer and loss soltish maitc. 11a Jin. TON TiMKS (Second Articiio.) Mb. iir.AKE'H Si'KEcn. — Tho Opposition press, headed by tho ulldil, contend that Ifr. Blake's speech at Aurora — of which (hey speak truly when they say its delivory will be a marked event in cur pcditical lustory — removes him from tho list of Jleiorm loaders. We are so far fi-oin adniilting tiiat, that wo liold it will niako him, in a larger and broader son>;e than ever, a Reform Icsulcr. Ifis opponenU in their criti- cisms forgot one very important distiriction ; that is, that wlale Mr Blake has onun- oiated views that the Jloibrm party, as a Avhol(\ is not yet foj-mally coiumiti.ed to, ht>. enunciated no views antiigonistic to what the Hcform j)arty is committed to. Thee is not a word in all he said at Aurora which will make it necessary for him to opposo tho (rovornment of the day, in any ]>ar( of its policy, or alienate him from tho Reform party; though he has announced views which Betbrmers, as a whole, may not at once bo propartnl to adopt. That leaves him in the position of bein;^- abl i to work liand in hand with the (iovernment in the jiolicy which, as a Government, it is pledged to carry out ; whiio in other mattei's he advances views which, though not yet incovporateu in the (ro\'ernment policy, are not necessarily antagonistic to it. Free from official responsibility, he is tree to s])eak out all he thinks, whether it is in advance of tho general policy of his party or not. It is for the party and ih'< coun- try, then, to say whether they will follow him » jccts, HO that they can judge for themselves, from his own wor!an tone, and ]»atriotie spirit lead uj) to a Jiii>;lier plane of poliLical discussion, and make us not lesH j)roud that we have sueh a loader among our (Jauadian statesmen than gratified tluit he; is in his political views the product of the lioform pai-ty, one oi its ablest advocates and most liighly prized leaders. Lf>Nl)ON AnVKHTISKR (ReFoUM). Mil. Bi..v':e in North YoRi# — In England some of the most im;»orfant ad- d f)r tlruight by tlie delivery of ti powerful and thouglitlul addres-s at Auroi'a, Uj) in Norlh York, on •Saturday last, on the occasion of a numei'oasly attended Jielorm gathering. Mr. Bhike makes no really new departure in bis poworfid address; :uk1 he ceriidnlv a l- vances few views to which the Advertiser teeks diHjK)Hod to take objection. On the contrary, we are gratified to find him assuming ground long m;iiniaiued in ihe^.^ columns. Wo presunie that initil his eatrance into pu!>iic life Mr. Blake had ni)t been — indeed liis legal stmlies and engagenieiits probably debarred him iVom be- coming — a deep student ol' politics. His views in this domain of re -earch may bo said U) liave been for some years lately maturing, and what he now says can be re- garded as the results of his careful thought and research. We arc Tnaoh mi^iakcn -if Mr. Blake's recent S2)eech — speaking, iis it does, in so decisive a manner on various topics — does not attract unusual attentio'i throughout the land, to m )ro ao, a* Mr. Blake stands confessedly the most influential private member oi' the Dominion Par- liament. Mr. Blake opened his observations with a reference to the conduct of affairs in Ontario, expressing his belief that the general course of aim inistrat ion an 1 legisbaion :n this Province hiis been such as to ent^e .Mr. Mowat's Government to "the respect, •'' the afieccion, and the continued sup])()rc of the people of this Province." As oven the Mail and the Liader seems disposed to attacli*great weigiit to Mr. Blake's ut- terance at Aurora, such a compliment from such a man should lie regarded by Mr. Mowat and his cosvljutors as gratifying and reassuring. The sjK^aker then jtassotl on to touch briefly the J{eciy)rocity Treaty ?'.■. Blako does not reganl the present sis the time lor a full discussion of the sulyect, tlioiiirh ro- gaitling it as one demanding at th'> proj)er time the most exhaustive consideration. The Uintcil States Senate meets in I)ecember to vote ^)r(? or con on the Treaty. A» is well pointed out, the prominent bringing .out at this time of the Treasons why Ouuiula sbouhl accept the Treaty, would be simj)ly furnishing the United States Senate so many reasons why it should be rejected by our neighbors; while al! the arguments against the Treaty, all the resolutions agaiiiKt the preent draft adopted in <'anada, are so many invitations to the Senate of the United States to pai's the Treaty, an- roimposo tho outsiilo [iroMsuro jiut upon our Loi^fiHliiturc to pasH the l^routy of Wash- ton would not be toleratiMl. Mr. Blako Htrikos n (l(»cisivc note in rci^anl to Briti.sh Columbia. Tl»o tlnancially and physically iinjv)f*Nil)lo turms crazily and f^ratuitously prottoiod tho British Co- himbiauH, prosunuil)ly in a nioinont of tomporury mental incapacity, arc declared too mouHtroUH to ovci\ talk oi'tullilling. The people of the older Provinces vvojld not \m justiflod in ruininj,' thenwelve.s by cbasing after any hucU chimera as .Sir .John A. Macdonald'.s reckliM, scheme. Every ratepayer in Ontario who does not wish to sotv- his taxes fiuadruple I in a low years will re-eclo those words of .Afr. Blake's : " If under all the circunibtanccs tho Columbians \voro to pay : ' You must ^o on and finish this railway accoidin;^ to tho terms or tP!>c ihe altoi-nativo ot roleasin/.c uh from the ('onfoderation,' I wo.ild — take thk altehnative." This is the true t,one to n-ssunio. Tho sofinor tho jioople of Briti h (/Sluniliia — that is, the unroa.sonabio Kcction o\' our F.ir W^nt brothron, for they are not all unro;vsonal)lo — know that we are williui; to fl ) all in our power to construct the Pacific; liailvvay as fa-^t as the ro-ioui-cos of (Iio ciuiitry will permit, but that we de- cline to attempt to ^rasj) the intinito or pcrlorm the inipossihlo, tho s )0!ier will tho relations of liritihli (/olumbia to tho Daminion bo brout^ht into tho region of conimou sense. Mr. Blako fj;oes on to make some observations on tho importance of dovelop- in,iiC tho water-ways of the LjroaL XorLhwe-i!.. (Jrain can be carried by wider at one- tifth of the CDst by rail. *' Not a bushol of wheat will overgo to En;j;land over an " all-rail i"oii; t.'oni the Siskatcliewan to the seaboard because it will n<»t pay. Wo " must take it in the spcvliost and choajHist way to tho he.ul of I.ako Superior, wliero " our splendid St. Lawru.ico route commences." Mr, Biako ne.vt makes .somo highly sigi\iilcant references to tijo relations of (Canada to tho Eni,,iro. Tliis is too largo a subject to bo advantageously referroi to in a ]>Msf-ing ;:ummaiy, and wc acconlingly dci'cr its consideration. Wo are glad to t-co that Mr. Blako strikes out boldly and vig >rou>ly with regavd to tbo constitution of the Senate, and that his positions ui'O synonymous with thoso long advocated in tlio Adverfiarr. lie condemns the system ot a life-appointed, Crown- nominated Upjjcr Ilon.'.o, but docs not rush to the other e.xtreme of desiring the crsation of siniply unoihe;* and proliably rival House of (-ommons. What we want, is something .■somewhat analagous to the Senate of tho United States Wo givo Mr. Blakc'-i conciiu-ioni; on thi;; matter ir. his own words: •' Mv own opinion is th..; the Senate, A'c. '■'• * * ^= ^' Bcadors of the 7larting, whoro they deem it nocosHury, from the beaten path f)f party controversy, to invite the attention of their fellow-countrymen to subject.s of speculative politics which tnay in a few years be- come eminently practical. " I believe 3f>u realize," said Mr. Blake, addroasing tho farmers of North York, "the value, in tho interests of true liberty, f>f a froo " utterance before his fellow-countrymen of tho distinctive opinions hold by a public man," " There are subjects of national interest," said Mr. Smith, luldiossing tho diners of the National ('lub, " to ta' ulxjut. and we can talk about this, if wo are " men of sense able to hold oin- dinorent theoric-j on a public question without 95 tho" " bandyiri',;- c'latvijo-i of disloyalty ivnl troiiSDii. Thoi-o is no ijroator lroi\M<)n (luw) to *• briunl wiUi tluU, namo follow-cilizons who iiro Moolciuij in Hini^lono.s* of ho.'irt the *' good ol'oiir c;»mi;ioii country. Thi^ nnHt iirocious ot'iili lil»ortio.-<, and tho siiibi^uiird *' ot'jill tho rost, in lilwrty of opinion. " With h:»th <;ontloni(>n on this jj )int wo uro lioartily in uccorl, ami wo foyi that thoy havo di)no>if>od tiorvico to CJaniuhv in thua proehiiininij; a tiMth which, in tho honi >'"o;if party l)attlo<, ran .seriuis ri.-slc of bcinif foij^otton. fjpon another point bi)th ijont lemon aro n-j^rood, vi?; : that wo aro in a stato of transition and on Iho ove of important .lationa! (d>an,i(o-<. Mr. Smith rofors to it a^ " *ho .st-ito of triin-iition iii which ahno-t all allow that w« are;' while Mi-. Biako doi;mal.ic'.a!!y aimomnHH tliat " nAattors cann )t drift nnioh fin/^jor an they havo drifiod " hitherto.'' But h'vvinij thus airroed that a cliansvo of Momj kind is nhsulutoly u«coss:iry, tho two iifonMomon Kiiii;:«;ost not only diiVeront hut ojjp-isito dcitinios tor tho Dominion, a;vl thoy oacli .suvjijo^t them tis a moans to tho prinnotia.i of tho sanu) o:)d, tho fiiltivutiou of a natio la! ;>eutimoiit and t.h.> huil li:-.!.: up of a n v'iotial p;ilriotism. To our mim! tht"'o is nothing; in the condition of Oan;>da, nothing in tho riuostions which aro tho sul.jo'.-t of daily discu-sir.n, nothing in tho c nitingoiifios wliich ])ro.-iont. thom-elve< as among t?ie p'.;si!)ilities of tho near futuro, to justity tho staioiiient that wo cannot go on much lungor as wo hnvo b;VJ!' d)iiig. Mr. Biako con;o:i'od himsolf wiLh ono illu-itratioij t) pr.jvo his p^emiso^, thu*. of tho Wjishinglon Troity. •• The Troaty of W.iihinut'jn," ho renrirlirjd, " pro lueod a very profound impression -" throiighout this country. * - * ^ *." Kow wo aro convinced that Mr. Biako canmjt have give i to this portion of hi^ upeoch tho tlioughtfal care which wo aro justifio I in holicving ho lovoted to tho upoo'.dj as a vv.holo. A m )ro unfortunaN? iliu-ilrtitioti could li'srdiy have uee;i .solocto-i. It is a c.i.ioas fucL that in tiiat ^TicaVv of Wa-hington, with liio ono single o.\'co;)!ion of tho free navigation of tho Ht, r;.avvren«e, every qno-ttion ii: which (\inada was specially interijstod was left to tho free acti(jn of the (.'analian I'arlinment f )r its acooptanco or rejection. Nay, it mny almost ho said that IJio late of tlie Treaty itself", in !ill it.s Uipe'-ls, was placed in tho liands of tho Canadian people as reprosonted in I'arliamant. If the naviirat'ion of the St. Lawrence bo referro 1 to m an Gxcop ion, and the inemhcr fov s')nth Bruce ha^i in tho pist shown th:tt ho utiacheJ ,gi-eat import.'.jice tothi^ clause of that Treaty, it should be rijucnuicie i that , ;*he conctssioa was after all nicrely non\inal, icasmuch as tho navigation of tho St. 'Tjawruu'.-'i is un impossibility witiiout the use oi" the canals, and tho control of that u ;^ ..";i.. proiorvod to C'an:wla. Tiic control of Canada over its foreign relations was ■nlinitcly greater in tho case of tluit Treaty, than it Ci)uld jo^sibly have loon huil thy CJauadian jjoople simply had tiioir representatives in an Imperial Federal Parliament, with all the other colonies, uud with tho peojde of thvee ki^" -ioms rep;o^ot\1ed as well. And it cortaiidy'doo-t .seem an extraordinary tiling that .vLr. !;!;d{o should havo cited the fn-st case in Wi-.ich tho fatoof an international treaty, in whi(!h wove mixed up grave questions of Imperial eonct?rn, was placed in the hands of :i colonial Farlia- mont, to ])rovo tliat wo havo no share in the relation-*, warlike or peaceful, iiniincial <»r commercial, witli f»reign countries. At this m omjnt wo aro discussing a com- mercial treaty with rhe United Stato.s, as freoly h« if we wore an indopen-ient nation. If it bo siivl that in that treaty we aro dcharre 1, by tho fact of our position as a oolony, froui making a treaty' whicli would onalilo us to give to tho Unite ! States trade concosiions wliic'i wo deny to Hnglaud, the answer is that the embarrassment, if it bo an ■embarrassment, would be far more far reaching under a system of Imperial CJonfedoraMo.i, whore wo would bo bound not nimpl}' by our relations to the parent; state, but by our relations to tho whole ('olonial empire a^ well. Wo confess to sonio troy Provincialism, and Imild up a Canadian opiiHon and sentiment. An (LiBERAI,), L(T!KRAi.8 wiTSiiN T)iK LiBKiiAL Pakty, — In Upper Cauatla there have recontlj been two s]»ceehes delivered by able men, bolh lilieralsflc/i/r^o, though oneolthem hu« decline:? inclined ti) toi'])id brcxxling over ide.vw of toniay, or even of yesterday, with no ihoiight of what is to happen in the future. Now, in jud.lie and in privato affairs alike, th« dreamer who pejmits hie vinionw of the future to divert him from eontem ilating and acting on* the fact* of the present is, dotibtlesH, one of tho most dangerous men te whom the oondutt of bxisine8« OAn be entrustiMi. But, on the oth*>r liand, it is ospe- cially truf in public affairs the want of forecast of a somewhat distant future is likely t» lead to that kindof utolid ConbCivatism which at hwt brings all intt^rest* afTecteil by it to miserable ruin. This muHt l>e esi)ecially the ca«e in a young and rapidly growing oonntry, for lliough many mittakeH may be matle a» to the destiny of such a Stat«, 97 poli one tiling Im ahiKHt ctM-tiiin — llmt tlio (lpvel()|imont of pnpulation, and with popula- tion of iii'lust ry anti noaltli, nniht prudiuc fliHii<;cs nioro or loss coiisiiioi-ahlo aiit be also the function of the Canmla Kir-sts, if they nave any, since it i» evident they have not yet Kufficiently au;ieed upon a pn^iframmc for any activw political ])Ui'pose. Mr. llowland, the rrosi measures to}»romote inde|)endenee, but to rcga-tl that ehaui^e of ])olitical' ba*n it. None of these vievr* seems vei"y di-eivtiful, nor at all calculated, as home of the ( 'ojiservative j)apers at tir»t gave out, to plac« him in oppositiity of speaking of tJovernmenl meahuros. Ah it is, ho in quite at lil>erty to diwuss subject>< certainly not of smaller, but of loss proximate interest. It would he a poor thing, indeed, for the l^ilxTal [tarty if it were t^t* illiberal to allow of euch discusMouH, or even not to welcome them. VlCToatA (IjINDBAT) "WAHnKH (JifBEKAL C/0>?HKHVATIVR). Ominoi'8 I — Mr. Blake's npeech at Auroi-a is another nail in the coffin of Gritisi*^ a proof tliat the davH when that faction could claim to control the intelligence of ovo» those who have hitherto bi^en among its foremost sympathizer^, are i)ast and gone. There ifl very little, iT\dee)nser- vatives sm sound politicsd teaching ; hut at any rate it is a plain and Btraightforwani ■jl* oa •bjeot twvlillo whiuh it* onlinivrily sptutol tV.nn ■•Ilor)nn" plivH'n'in^. Ai'tor ii!l, it '\a a gain t) us, Jill I t/> tho wUtjlo oiuitry, tliiit am')ii!ij our |» »liLic;\l oi: ).)uonlH tliuro »hoiil(l bo on<^ mail, evca it' only oiio, that, is not nf'niid to .-ipouk luxl thinU for liiniHoll. :t: 4: >|( !(( ^ 41 if( It appoarrt mnt roasotiiiblo to look fit, tlii.^ spooch of .MV. T5I:\ko'>« iH tin luiinil'o.sto of tt Tio^v politiivtl sort. Tho viovT.4\vhii'li tio oxpn»ssos, :u'« howovor, inaoino roiuootsi »imil:ii' to thoM'i onuneiatol in tlio piutfoi'in of tlio rto-f.:Ulo I " Oanjuiu Fi. si." ]).irty ; whilo lii.-t !ii)pivil t;> tlu» ri<[)i'osoiiLiitivo rij^lits of mi nor! Uos convoys u ptirooptiou on hin piu't tliiiK in tlii.s 'ic>v il«p;\rtm'o wliicli ho has undofLnkini ho in phii;in;jj hisii.solt in a, p'wition of'di.stinot untngouisni towards both existing political purtioM. wv.'^' Toronto Nat!o>» {^M Article). / TnK KiUNUiji.SK iron, F.\iniKrt.s' So.vis. — Many of tho quoHtiona raiHoJ in Mr. Iiluk(!.s .Vuroia spooch aronol, now; but tlioro was ono BU!^ifo-«tioM which wo do not recollooL to ha/o wcon botoro. llo it*, wo think, tho first to havo HU;jo;ostcd lh:a th» franclii.-'.u bo o.xtcndod to tlienonsof farniors livinij; with thoir fatliors, witlioiit Hopuruto fwtiiblishmont or ostuto. Tho election triul.s have levculod tho nhitls .sonvclimoi* rtHortol to ((»!• tho piirpo;^ of tnannfacturin^- votos for this cla:s.s. Tiioso oxpodionta aro coi'iainly objoctiotiablo, becanso based on fulsohooi of ono kind or unithor. Wholhci- yoan;; nuiM in lliia »;tual.ioa oii;;'ht to havo votos is another qiUMt.ion. Tlicro is much to 1)0 .>-aid in fav(n' of tho proposal per se; but it is not ho certain that it could bo carried out, without involving' an o.Ktonsion of tlio frani hisio in oilier dircciions. And hero w.)!i!d coino whatever dilll'julty would bo round in tlio way o[ a fa; inor.s' •oas' f ranch iso. Tho ehus isu very largo ono; and if it could bo shown that, ir. thi* isa.se, Viio IVuiichiseis unfairly w'thhold, tho tijriovanco w,)uld not bo a li;;-ht one. It in prob.'ibly not asi excossivo 0i! ;aato V) as.sunio ihr.t tho now fornis)i"franchi.so Ws^uld equal one-third of the electorate. If votes bo improperly witliheld fivmi so lar^jjo a lK)dy of inon, t!io wrong could hardly bo righted too soon. The refusal to confoi' iL could n :)L bo (lofonded on the ground of wanr. of intoHigonoc. Tho young generation i.s, in this rospoet, greatly in advance of tlui old. Bill it does not ollowthaUtii better cajablo of ina';ing a judicious unonlH Ihuro iiil think far In niiuiilasto >ino i-o.oct» ''i.-8l." i):'irty ; •opcopUoii on U'\n;^ iliiDsoit OH. inoi in Mi*. uii wo (Id not isttnl tiiuL th» llOUt H0|l.U"UtO .■i soniot inie* to cxi)jJit;:iti« ()!' uiritluT. '4.i();i. 'i'iicn.* that i( c, )ultl or (lireciiotis. o[ a rannor.V I lli'it, ir. tlii* ;'ht one. It .iichiso w )iil(i 111 ao lafij;o a to co'jCei' it i<^ i^onoratioii low th;it it i> J in piMC ical Li; as good lis* vj'host! lt;btjr •..■■i(»ra! right It'ljl.l OWIUM'*^ nl)lo of I'oiiig- lent, w'n'thor s state tiint II to tho {aniily ? tho annual ing tl)'it the- ' own iianvo.* porty (jualiti- ni, Tho pro- onco Hono the ?o can hardly ot is Homo- n tho family curiosity to voh would bet itlior nnd aou influenooof indci)endent lot extend to 39 tho coorcion of tho opinion of (!io son; and it is f'lr from ((^i-tain that tliOBon mii^ht not noiirly as often try to onfluonoo tlio father as tlie father to infliionoo tho Hon. Tiio protection of the ballot h not the sort of proteclionono would earo to invoke in Niich u relation ; but tho ballot oxiHt,s and it mii,'ht be use I us a hhield in Home oxtreine <^!i.so» which would be oortain to ari!*o. We have n » doubt that, iu most families, thorw would be perfect franknoHM an to tho way oueh tncinhor voted or intended U) v<»le; it JH only fair to assume the *>xiston('e of m> mucli rnanhool as this implies in tho clasn which roally forms tb(* baok-Lorie of the country, 'i'lioro might bo jiomo families in which p )lilics would become a iorbiddon topic, owing to diversity of vioAvs, stiength of projudice. impatience of opposition in the father, or impatience of whatever looked like alniormal control in tho hojih. 15nt looking at >omo olhor cliisses on whom iiitt^ tVanchi'O Ikh b(\en conferred, it does soeni fo us that tho otiicc.t»)rs to tho extern -ion of tho iVanciiiso to farmer.^' kouk would timl ihouiselve:* betel with great dilllcuUiod itt attom)>ting to j)rovc their cnise. But difficulties in the o[tpo-.ite direction will bo fouTnl as ►mon as th.o ])ractical •tage of t!u« (pieUion is approachoJ. A class ♦'lanchise, ivs such, could not bo coiderrod.. Somo gftfionil rule would have to bo found. A town franehiao and a country franc'tis* would probably b<' found too artificial for thi.s country. We do not protend to oMer a rtchoiiic for the extension of tho frtiiicbise in this direction ; but ifotio wore Kid.>niilted to pu!)lic crititi.sin woshouM lie realy to judge it on its merits. l''or our.-, w<5 do not at ))resent quite see how the franchi.-e couhi bo put in tho bands of fariTier.i' sona without involving the proposal ot manhood suhVage, at least in tho rur:d districln; and wo doubt whether one franchise for tho town and another for tho country Wi)uhl ' bo acc»'p'.<: I by the public. , TlIK C.VNAniAN ^fo*^TH^Y (NATtiwr..) It wa;» natural that the National Club, or any young society desirous of com- mencing its life nndor tho auspices of jiutriotism and hnnour, should invite Mr. Bhikw to lay tho tirst stone of its dwelling. For, whether his opinions are right or wrong, ir is certain that by his general conduct and tearing he hasdoMo much to lend digiuty and interest to o,.r politics, and to save |uib!ic life among us from bocoming, wiiat iti 8\icb communities f\s ours, it is to aj)t to become, a trade infested by low advenlinvrs ai>d shmmod by the better classj ot men. \>ni ii the invltfttion wa.s natural, the refusal wa.s judiciou*^. Accoptunce, besides cv)mpromising Mr. Dlako liimself, would have created false expectations oi'jwlilical activity on tjie part of llie Club, which ai pre cut can servo at most>^nly as n, c.>ntrc orindcpeiHlcnt opinion. Tlio first stone was laid privately; but the opportunity was not allowtHl to slip of healing any incipient divisilon in the LibiMal party by pouring a torrent oi'contnmoly upon people who at ail events had so far assumed no attitude of hostility. It is something to possess imy aocomp'.ishnicnt in the highest porf'oction ; but perhap.s of all ac(!omi)Hshmenfs th» one least to b'' coveted b\' a political leader is that of converting with unnara:h.>led rapidity, friends into neutrals, and nouti'als into enemies. It is j)ossible that b}- his speech at Aurora Jlr. Blake may have partly i;itende.d t/o counteract, in the interest of his party, the fatal talisman of its chief, and to show within the verge of Liboralisin there was still room for some freedom of thought. In that cji.se, it is a little ungrateful to sneer at his remark.s on tho value of a ruitionul jipirit as " th'3 chirrup of a pelf-constituted prophet," espt>cia!ly ns similar remarks,. when made by a per.son of quality, h:iil boiMi received with profound respect. I'ut it is more likely that he was dimply giving way to his natural tendency, iw an inde- pendent leader of opinion, to cast aside tho petty squabbles of tho party fray, and give hi.s views on some of tho mom important questions of the immediate future. Among tho.so on which he toucluxl, tho reform of tho Senate is perhaps tlm most likely to a.st.umo a practical hhape. Nobody can doiibti that a nominee Senate has proved a nullity for all good purposes, while there is in it a lurking possibility of mischief in case, after being packed by a party Minister during a long tenure of jK)wer, it .should attempt to act in concert with him against tho existing majority in 100 i ,i' :i ,^ ';i ■' .■;■ -5 tho oilier House, TIuto Ih litomll}- no limit to tFio i-apiutify of inuiildixl for being foolod by iiiimo;* : in tlio United States tlio sltivc-owiiin^ olij^areby lon<^ dicsw jit'lor it tlio )) •|iula('0 of th(! Nditlioin cities l>y callin^j itscU' J)eni(ic'ratic. Yet it is lianlly posisiblo tliat any Canadian should Iw blind to tbo liutt that tho Crown has no nioro to arty leader wilhnakc of tbeni has been doni Mistrated by too {H)nclu^ive experioiice. It is a Ciirthei' roii-son lor chan^t that wo nii;;ht tbereby proloni;^ tho live-i of some of tho most resjieetod of our eitizonn who in their vontuablo u^a ar« needlessly drii^^ed to Ottawa to keep n)i their privi- h'ije r)f sitting anio:i;^ gilded fiirnituro, vhielj wo would all gladly allow them to enjoy at home. Our own opinion, founded on t'.ie ex[)orienee oi H\n-oj)e as to tho Hi- eamoral system in the ea>e of ordina^y lo^^islaturcs, has ali'eapcr House, the best elements mu-;t inevitably be subtracted troni th» fx)We;". Were weat liberty to frame a constituticm acconting to our own ideas, wt should perhaj)f» incline to a fingle F(sloi'al Ashc.nbly electeil by the Provincial Leg- islattn-es, tho.so L-jgislatures k)ing themselves elected, under the mosi liberal system <»f suifruge, b} the jtoople. It appears to us that such institutions would bo at one* rationiUy C mservative ami aloquatoly expressive of tho national will. But taking things as they are, we hojie that the next ses.xioii will soo the commencement of a prae- lioal niovonient in the direction ])roposed by Mr. Blake. Tho representation of minorities, which Mr. Blako also proposes, is much in vogue, and holds a place among the Con.servative reforms which are being gradually adopteJ by the wisdom of the i*oople in the United States. We confess that our observation of itd working in Kngland leaves our opinion at yu'osent in suspense. Among other consequences, probably unfore-eon, tho system has the effect of jirevent- ing coiitestH, and to such ar. extent a^ to render it possible that the balance of Opinion may completely change, and yet the minority not rouso itself to struggle for a second seat, wliile stitut» •the national syntem of election altogether for the local. Bui ihis woul. divorce th» iegisluturo too much fi-om the soil ; and the plan requires on tho jjart of thfi masse* 101 i\ fur being row lifter it it is hard I r no more to c )vb.-tu!nlcl.v of them hu» for ciian^a our rilizeii»« (hoir privi- loW tluMU to ax to the IJi- rosNe-Konal it is in th« uvouring to o HUl>8titUl» divorce th» ' ibC ina«ho» s\\ atM^uaiiitunoo with the merits of public nuMi whieh thuy can hardly booxpectet4HeH8. It is eiwier tfjpnini out the evil an(l prove it» maj|nitudo thuti to dovi^*• A euro ; but any palliation will be woloomo. That jM-rtioii of Mr. Mhike's Hpcoj^h in whieh ho ailvocato.s tho eneourntcement of n national spirit will bo V chood b}- more hearts than 11 pn. If lour inillionH laek, a.s h« %nyH, Hritiwh freeroHnion of indi'. idual opinion ; and in Iho Kentenco.-t to whit h wo roller. Mr. lilake ha« not fnwhion on his side. Ho in toki, indeoil, thai !)is oxhortuLion.s are HUporlIuou>', th« national nentimont being strong enough already ; ut that whieh in only HUperHuoui doo3 not Hcaro peujdo outof thoir courtosy and di- olion. Those who took an activ* part in re^lueing tho political authority of the ('rown in tho Colonies to a nhadow ar« hardly at liberty to porHceuto othora for pro|>osiiig to introdueo solf-govornment into I iio diplomatic spbiu-e. Wo can understand the foolings of a gompa(t, and thinks that a colony ought to bo just what, it was in tho reign of (loorg* III. ; but it '\!i not so easy to undorcitand tho attitude on this subjoet of some who call thomselvcrt Liberals. Imporial (V)nl(Hloralioii, to which Mi-. Blako Hoems lo incline, is a subjocl on which wo have said what wo had to say, and now stand aside from the debate. \V« only dosiro to seethe (piestion brought to a practical isnuo by thotto who bolievo in the possibility of <5()nfedoration. llut tho great (^bjoction to tho plan now is thai, while it is lulvocatcd with oarnostnoss, wo migiit alni(i.st tiay with pii-ssion, and wbil* very ignominious motives are somotimoH i?nputed to thoHO who do not see their way lo its adoption, no human being has taken (u* seems inclined to take a single step towards '\tfi praciictal reali;;ation. A hotter opjxirtunify than thi.s for bringing th« i]uestion forward in tho British Parliamort has never proson to^l itself, nor is so good an opportunity likely to present it«olf again, in Kun>po roigjw a ])oace which in probably a calm liotween two Btorms ; all is harmony between tho Mother Conn try and the (V)lonios ; th(* j)arty favorable to rmporial uggrandizomont is in possession of power in England with a majority snfiicient to carry any measure it may adopt. Mr, Disraeli, the groat dealer in Imperial sont?lnenl, is Prime Minister, tho I)uko of Man- ehoster is in the Lords, nnd Mr. Jeidiins, clotbeory; and if you do not really believe in your theory, now is th« time to Hay so, and lot us try some other way of securing for ourselves " our full •bare in tho privileges and responsibililies of Britons." Tho fact is that Brili.sh stntosmon, as a rule, are at heart total disbelievers inth« as8umption on which Imperial Oonfedenition or any plan implying that Canada is a *Mf-su8taining ])ower, and capablo of compacts or alliances with another powor, must rest. The sccict cree 1 of almost every one of them, with regard to this country, i« that di.^closed in .Mr. Brodrick'a letter to the LMidon 2Vm(:s — Jjoyal.'y while it Avill last and afterwards Annexation. They aro willing enough to prolong tho ])eriud of ■ L<>yalty indelinitoly, and in the meantime to grality us with orticial sentiment to th« top of our bont; but lo lalk of our indopemlent existence in any form, wheiher as an viBOciato of England in tho powers of a Unitwi Empire, or as a separate nation, they at heai-t regard as alisurfl. If any one doubts that such i.i iho real state ot tb<'ir minds, let him privately (M-oss-examino them on the bubject, and begin with the first of them that comes to hand . Tho ruling chiss, however, in England, generally will at this moment be found by Imperial Confederations in the mo.st proiMtious moinl. Elated by itfj victory at home, the arLstooracy begins onco more to cherish tho almost abandoned hope of propagating it.solf In the Colonies and making them outworks of Privilege instead of j)ioncors of i'kiuality. A recent writer in i'Vastr's Magazine, under the title "Colo- nial DistinctioiiH," givoa expiT.ssion to what we have no doubt is s prevailing senti- ment by repoatirg the old dictum that the AmcricauH would nover have rovoltoJ if lot ■i ■ i i-1 tlioj' hnd boon endowed with an arlrttofracy uiul an ostuMiihed «•! irch, und by pro- j»OHi(i|^, in ])nrsiiRn<\> of Mm !«!H.s«»n lauj^lit by tliuL oxptnionco, to itiHtitulo a litlod and i»riviIo^!;oi order in the C'doHioH. Ilt> wiyH riothin/^ dodnitidy about an o-it:iblish(vl «liurcl», hit )n! woulil proliably find that tho aulhoi- of iho dii'tiuii uhoiit the Atnori- :« coinploto by carrying it into th(; reiigiou-i a:< wctl us tiiosoidal and pDJitical sphoro. A Mhiti wliioli ho (ritCM and wuun.H l« ro^ard with camphiconcy in thai of a rcrtaiu Mr. VVoiilv.' )rlh, an AiHtraiiaii p )liti('ian. Tli(» crown is to croulo a cctrtairi niimbwr of baroMoLH, altafdiin/^j to b:ir.)njt(dc< Ho.it»s in the lippor Ilniio of Pirliaino!it, and cnn- pjworiiij; tUorn, if w.) iin li?r/tL:in I tlio H{?hoinj rij^litly, thorjiftor t» eiojt tuoir own oolioa:^iiO'<, Hf) thiit tlii-y w.)iil I f()iMii an tt itiroly sopirato and cxcUisive ordor, with jjolitii-al privile^o^ ni'»ro mvidii »;h ovon than tlioui of tho K »_jlish pi'cra:.;^, wliicli in not bolf-eloolod, but nuninatcl by a Minister who »rt liimself n.ippa-io 1 to ropro.^ont tho niajority of tho nation. Tho noniination-i aro not to bo iutr'istod to tho l'rirn» Ministci- of tho (!oiony, bucauso, i( Kooni-i, lio woiiKI 'lo apt to be iiifliioiK.'od by party inotivo-*, from whi(di it is sorcnoly asHUiiud that liritish Priino MiniHtorM iiro frcM», t,hoiifj;h about tlio first us(» whioh tlie privsoiit (/'.)asorvativo Fremior niado of hit* pro- rogativo was to confiRr a baronetcy on tho notorious cdoctioncoriny; ap^ont of tho party. Behind tlio propnsul to ]iut a privih\^cd order ovor .»ur heads, of cour.so lies a project lor tho introiuction oi' prinio^cniliiro tind entail, without which horcdilary ari-jl^K'- ra 'V cannot oxist, and for redncinj^ tho Oanadiau iVooholdcr, on the bind whiclj his own hand-t \\m roJoomol frmi the wlidc'iio*'*, (:> tho si'rviic en,) liiian of (!»o hiinjiish tonani at-will. Tho typo of a olony whi(di liirivs in tho mind of every true Jlriton, and oIorH all bis ideas ab »ut u< at) 1 his phms for our wolfaro is Uolany Hay. lie thiidcs that the pro^onco of a Biiti.sli man of r.mk, !W (.rvivcrnjr, nmintuins am )n^ in Homo i^ii'd of ordor and doconoy, tlK)ii;fh on a \\M\y prewiriouri ibotin^^uud in a lauion'.ably i nporfoct way. llo would bo mucii astoiiishc i, and pn)i)ably not a little Kcandali/.ed, if ho wor« (old that tiio foundations ofnaciaPordor are at Icaii. as htron;^, that proj)orty is at least Ai f-ojurc, thit lis m i(!h o.dii) '.-o i» folt in the tjoauduow of institutions, th if. tho future is at least as unclouded by any fear of comii'g trouble in thift cs .iitrv as it is in one wheie the dreiulful exlrenies of wealth and poverty wni- front each other in a hullou altitude of mutual suspicion, and whore a great standing army is a ci>ndi(ioii of political i^ccurily, with the pn>onco y, " lilao for uniforms \* absiinl." said tho British f >r)tman when h;' saw a French regiment without tho familiar sciu-let, " except in the Artillery and Hoi-so Guards Blue." John Bull cinno*. imagine society being held together without II tiigedragon and tho Boofoaters. Talk to him of dilt'used possession of itroporty, of the general interest of citizons in tl»e stabiliiy of government and in the welfare of iho country, of tho infbianco of tlu) great employers and organizers of labor, of that of the c'>urc!ic'-, the universities, the learned .and scientific professions, of nil thf>No eonsorvativc forces ihc ojjei-atioa of v/iiicii wo fee! {>:V(^ry hour; he will admit, perhaps, iliat these things may mitigate anarchy or stave it off for a time ; but anarchy he i^ pursuadcd there must 1)0 witliout JiMigo-dragon ar i tho Beefoators. Moral, intelleciual, ominorcial authority may bo good things wlu'i notliing better is to lie had; Ijut they are not the bo.«t things; they are not 'he auth rity ot' " the tcnili transmitter id"a toolibh face," squandering horodit^iry wealth at the gambling table, or on the racecourse. Perhaps we oiirselves contribute in some degree to tho illusion, for wc are rather apt to ascribe what is good in our own poiiticrul condition to vontn-able relics, in;>te.iui ot a-cribing it, to the living forces to wiiich ii is really duo, and learning to develop tho.-^e foreo.s to the ntmiKst of our power. ' ill by |>m- titlctl titxl ostaMisluvl he Atnori- ' Privilege H|)hero. A •rl;iiu Mr. nmnbor of ., !»nl om- Ljoir own I'll or, with , \vliic!> JR I I'oprcwont (!jo I'riruK , hy ]Y.\ny » jiro l'ro«», )t' hir« pnv r (lio p'U'ty. <( u project. ,ry arifslof- wliic!) liin Ijo KnglirtU i! oIoPH all M thi»t the tmo kit'il of Y i fiporloft , if ho wi'.rft in at hiiuMt n, Mil', tho • irt fi iitrv vci'ty ««>ii- u great ■OKOIK'O of II'. lluilor ii(;h privi- piii<^ trt it* w a French >i-KO (iiumlft tho general ic cuiintry, e <'hun.*!ic>^, [itivc forcoH heso things umUhI thoi'e otnrnorcial no noL the olitjh face," A ,0. Perhaps »t U) as(!rlDO [t-cribing it e ibreiv-i to 103 If it iH to improve our niuiuioru that r.n arihto -ncy i« to Ih5 wt over u;*, porhap* M'o are not tho bcxtjudgcsof the extent to whic-h hiHli sclinoling is ie(|iiiroo whieli ur« Iho relleetion, in tho oatwanl hcii.'ing, of an nii.-oltihh Iioarl, and an haliiuial j-ogai"d foi the eonitort j'.iid for the feelings ofother.s; and it anylM)dy thinks ihul a Uindly Canadian larnior or nieehi'nie is nit, in this koiisc, as well-mannered an tiie Hrilinli plut<»erut with a handle to IiIh name, e.spoeially the youni;er nieniher.*. of llio easlo, the oxptM'ienee of a day'ti journey on an EngliMli railway will probably bo suflieieiit to MKidify liirt oj)in'.oii. No doubt fiiwtian ih too apt to take its levengo on bruudcloth ^icri^ lor ki(dorvu:ico and re-peel. Hut a wise man will pardon tho rudcnosn whiril Dundreary, and ]jord Dundreary is by no nicauri the lowest ^ipocimen ol' Ihi- ea.sU'. li', again, tho object is to raise tho standard of honour among our public n\i)n, \v« will not ^ay that improvemeiil is needless, but we will .^a}' that wo doubt whetlior tho institution of a shoddy baron<'tage would etroct it. Last ye.'ir wllne.vMsd a very Kover** trial of ih'j public morality of tho ('anadi.'in ])eoplo. Tliiougli tlril trial the nation fought its own way unsehi>oled !ind unjuoiaploii, kivo by its own Kcn-'o of right ; it worked out its own salvation, without .•assistance from any aristoeraiic monitor, or from any tpiai'tor whatever, iiut the voieo of arist-ib!e. It has been suggested that the j'oung' and moi-o needy niemhor.-* of the Knglish aris- tocracy shou' 1 como out to the C^olonies as social carjtet b;iggers, if we may bo jiar- doned tho bluntness of tho expression. To vvecdio a jamesse aora: into exchanging its salons, clubs and raco-coursoi lor t!u; dnlness, disc unlbri ;tnd vulgarity of coloiiial oxistCMco would probably be no e:tsy task, even it a j)romi.so of (;olonial heiros.seK without limit, wcM'o added to that of social domination. t>uid.a, whose ilcicriplion of the (diuss which she adores is not a v»^ry groat exaggeration, ]t:iin(s oneof her iicroi-s. aC- "dsnian loo, a^i taking a batli well dashed witli eau do cologn;; to purity hiin.self afto- it nlight contact with the common people. Hut if tho seheme did take etfeel, it is >aJO probable that our untitled t'aiuulian youth would have a b.'ul timo of it for at lea«t one goftoration. Jn the dnys when iUv. British otlicer- constitu'od a sort of aristocracy here, the young n.ilive civilian tound himself sueiaMy set asKle, in favour, Homotimes, of a Holdier and a gentleman, and sometimes of one who v.\'n noiiher. iStill more certainly wouM he be set luide in' I'avourof a title, thougli il« wearer might be a libortino or a Yahoo. To the power of I-liirdcej'ism Ihero arc almosl no bounds. N;n' wonld tljo feelings of the ."-lighted plebian be spared ; for tho insolen.oor||tho (dd nristfor liini to an article i;i a profoHsioiial journal which !!<';; botiiro ua. 'rheie is n |)ro l'e*iRional man in one of our cities (names are inimatorial) who.se *iirnal to which wo refer is Cou'^orvaiive ; but it was in Liberal columns that we I'oad some time :igo a paragraph about somoC^ana- d^an work,sof art, "which are stated to bo goal in themselvew, but to possess a speciPt intercsl, as having attracted tho attention of an Engli.-di nobleman of the bighest rank. Mr. Blake's exhortation to cultivate nationality >y;vs declared to l>o neodlosp, iKK-ausc nationality waa visihlv; and had been read by tho ( rove rnor-Gen oral on th« • '•■nintonances of our people and tho aspect of our fields. We own that we shall feel more sure of its existence when (iinadiau aminoiico i.i ttati«tied with Canadian dis tinction. VfOTORlA (B. C.) 5>TANI)ARD (LjUKIUI .) Co.Mi'ULSORr Vi)TiNa. — The Il(m. Ili.ward Blake, in tho CA)ur«eof his great speech at the Aurora iloform demonstration, said many things which wo should bo very norry to endorse, an weli as many things which we do endorse most heartily. Among the latter w what he gave e.Kprossion to on the subje<».t of compulsory voting^ at elections. The hubjoct is not a new one, having freriuently bocu3:.ied in th« ]>uhlic jtrint*!, and been a theme upon which political economists have bestowed much careful thought and Cfmsideration. Various circumstances have of late conspired to force this wuiiject upon the minds of thoughtful men, and more espocially in our own Dominion of I'aiiada. We are th -efore not 8u; pri.sed to tioe a gentleman like ^fr lUakc, of t-. hoiarly attainmonLs and advanced ideas in reference to matters pioliticai, taking this sulyoct in hand and giving the people of Cani-da the boneiit of hi« eulightoiicd judgmei upon it. lie very distinctly dcclarot* himself in favoi-ofth* principle of compulsory voting, and gives roasoiiH therefor which must commend tSionxs* ves to every thoughtful reailer. It may Ixjsaid by some that to compel a man to go to the pools on election day and cast his vote, would Iw an infringment u|)on the rights of the aubjocti^, who .should be at liL^irty to vote or let it hIouo, just iw h» may think proper ; but we cannot see that to compel a man to vote is a whit mor» »n infringement :ipon his right, than it \s to compel hire to serve. on a jury, or do many olhor thingrt that citizens are required to do iri the general interests of society. If all who arc legally on LitUxi to vote wore under a legal obligation to cxerei.se th« francliise, there wou'd bo loss* bribery and corruption at elections tiian has for r,omc time years pivst brought sharao and iliaci'edit up(»n the public men and institnlions of our c^aintry. If men wc > (lompellefl to vote, they woidd not wait for election t^jutcn* and unscrupuIou.H candidates to pay them for so doing, and thu.'j make merchandize ot" what every man should esteem A sacro di«chartjO, lOa I ml lavp loss und an hoe, nnagem ) might is rv ]>i'0 iTiiMonco kiiiil of" lovo iincl f^o thoj ly being acciu*- inonif Booiety. ?roi~(<> th» for fiomo tntions of ion toutcm uiidize of ijiortanee t!st MoMTRKAL National (Liberal.) 1! Nc.st tcnn a Aui-ora, LoTiite de Xoitli Vork, nnegruudo assCMibleedo reformist ok. I. a jihipart dt'.i hommes intliionts dc; !a province d'Ontario y ont pris part. Parnii h's dis( nuv nroncnei'-s a cetto oeeasion. ceiui qui ]> ir non.< seri'.-ii.\. doivent ex-jrcer f*ur nos destinee.s une iii- iliienco qn'il serait imprudent de ineconi;»itiv. Xou>) crojon-s, par consequent, devoir toiirnir a nos lecleiirs le,s pa.ss!iges de cottc oraison (jui sc rajiportont]jlus rtpecialement MIX intereth genoi'uux du pi^vs tout er.tier et a I'avenir de notre Puisnance. (/ITKBEC L'EV^NEMENT (ljil)eral.) I)iHCoiia« i)K M. Blake A Aurora. — A iK grande demon.stration lilierale d'An- roru, eomted'York Nord, a laquelle assictnit Ic premier ministre d'Ont^irio, M. Blake a prononce un discours qui n'agree giiort; an Glohe, mais qui n'en est pas moinis un luaitre discours. La torme en est admirable, el les vues (ju'elle recouvre .sont hardicN aiitaat (jue pui.ssantcs. M Bluke pouM? 1 1 pai'le comtne personrie n'a encore ])ense et parle en Canr.da. II ne petit etre compaW' a aucnii autre orateur de notre pays ; et I'c.xclamation echapjHH! a M. Dymoiid la premiore fois qu'il 1 ontendit : Je croyain I'l-ffitir M. (t'ludstOH'' ; e.^cprime a meiviilio le sontiraent que fait epi-ouvur cette* grundc f loqiumce et les com'^araisons fjne nalurellement elle evo<|Ue. Daii5< ce discourH, la doctrine politique de M. Blake apparait sods une Ibi nie, mm pus nouvelle, mais plus nettement accusee. II h'y montre ce qu'il est au fond, plus qii, un lilKa"al, un radical. On concjoit que cola ne plait gtior*.! a M, (too. Brown qui, souh des formes tr«)s- vives, qui, avec des allures parfois emjx»rteec, n'esi on sommequ'un lil)eraldo luvieillc fcolo, retif aiix innovatitms et rcstant enferme dans un certain cercio d'idees. Mais U> rm'H-oiitentemciil bien naturel d..' M. Biown nc sa. trait ]>ourtant se comi)arct au de- ^appointement des coiLservatour-i. Un saif que depuis (ju'ila voient Sir John A. Ma<' l>oHald decliiier, les lonscrvateurs, ot en particuliev le» conservateur<. bas-canadiens, ont Jete les yetix sui- .M. Blake et coniptent que plus tard il daigneva accejiter lour concours pour arriver au pouvoir. (^ue vont-i!.- dire de ce iliscours qui met a neant leui's illusions? lis croyaient cntrc- voir on il. Blake un liberal penchant vers les idee^ i-onservatrices ; c'( t un rmiical i|Ui leiir ai)])arail ! Comment pourront-ils jamais songer a suivro un liomme qiii iiioiitrc du doigt la porte de h; Coiitixletiilioii a la (*olombii' ; qui traile le 8tMiat d'Jlo tel do.s Invalidcs ; qui, rt ii-a vers un pi(>iet evidomment Iransitoire, «inon tout a fait illusoire. d'unc. federation avec rHm(>irc. vout en arriver a rindepeiKlanco du|w»ys; ([ui desire rendre la loi olectorale ei.t ore plus sevure et ]»liis inexorable pour la citrrup- tion; qui enflii jious-se la pasttii n du droit et lo scriii/ale du juste ju.siju'a voiiloii- que les minorites soioiit repre.sentees comme les majorites ! Cvmiineiit ce parti toiubc daii> les bas-lbnds du I acitique, pourrait.il s'elever ;l ces hauteurs ou regno une liberte ^i t<»rte et si pure '/ Derniere illusion |'.!)du<.> ! iJernierj planche du salut engloutii" ' The Canadian Mo.ntiily (Secom" Article.) . / The series of attacks miuie ul>out the iimo,of our last issue, by the governiiig organ, ((.steusibly ou the President ol' the Nutioiuil Chd), were generally iindeist(» ;d to lo real 1\' directed, in some measure at least, against the e gave Mr. Blake, the (rloln can raHRnHMMi iCS take awny, and even that itconld nov exclude him from Parliament. The boast is* too near tno truth for the honour of the country; yet v o do not believe that it is true. Mr. Blake's reputation is not founded on sand ; it i.s not the .nero gift of any political patron, or the artificial creation a of demagogue's tn'U. Jlh position (to compare our small politics with the great politics of England) somewhat resembles thut occupied by Chatham and afterwards by Chatham's son, when the heart of the nation turned to them for relief from a reign of jobbery and corruption, of WMiall men and petty aims, of parties without principle and hypocritical combina- tions. It eignifies little whether his particular views about Imperial C!onfederation, the Iteform of the Senate, the Eoprcsentation of Minorities, or any other subject, are sound and practicable or not ; his general character, his courage, his disinterested- ness, his loftiness of purpose, represent the better spirit and rosjjond to the higher sentiments of the nation. He represents also the more vigorous life and the growing confidence in its own destinies, which the nation has begi'ii to feel since Confedera- tion, and w^hich, if the authors of that measure did not for'^see, they but ill understood the necessary effects of their own policy. To him Oaniula is not a log drifting blindly down the stream, it may be to be stranded in a swamp, it may be to be en- guljihod in a cataract; she is a nation endowed with life, with consciou.sness and with forecast, rejoicing in the liopes, and prepared cheei*fully to solve the |)robIems of the future, alive to her responsibilities and wilting to accept them, knowing that great- ness entails burdens, and yet desiring to be great. His Caniula is not the Canada of those who mean lo sell out, a thing to last for some twenty or thirty years, and which may then go to pieces as soon as it likes ; it is the Canada of a Canadian, to be handed down as a noble heritage to our children's children. It is instinctively un- derHtood by the people that his partial divergence from his old associates is the inevita- ble result of a diiference of political clit'racter and aim, not the policy of a self isolat- ing ambition. So long as he remains what he is now, and the popular feeling to^vav's him continues unchanged, the thunderbolts of managing directoi-s will bo launched against him in vain. He evidently does not seek power, but when the ct>untry is thoroughly sick of the two old parties, power will be forced into his hands. Through the mist of tins controversy begin to loom the lineaments of a new Liberal party, which, though the organizations are at prese, it in the hands of its oppo- nents, will probably, if the ])arty S3',f Eeaction. id fi'om the lind a new I atationary Qatoiy into mud which peared. In Evans and fill half em- alk off toge- le (flobe has c laid aslee]) mging Fnry MlllHI ■■■■I i ! ; •'f CONTENTS. i Facts in the Lifo of Hon. Edward Blako... Mr. Blake's Speech at Aurora , Opinions of the Newspaper Press thereon INDEX TO NluW.SPAPEH ARTKJLR'^. A n rorn Ban n er Belleville Ontario, Ist Article „ „ 2nd „ Berlin Telegraph, 1st Article „ „ 2nd „ .. Bracebridge Advocate Brantford ICxjiositor, lt*i Article „ „ ' -'»i ., Brockville liccordcr Bruce Beportcr Bobcaygeon Indepemlenl, 1st Article 2nd „ CoUingwood Enterprise Fergus New^H Eeconi Gait Beformer Gait Beportor Halifax Chronicle Citizen FiXpress Recorder Hamilton Spectator, 1st Article 2nd Times 1st 2nd Huron Signal Kingston News Whig Lindsay Post „ Warder London Advertiser ,, Free Press Montreal Bicn Public ,, Canadian lllusti-ateil News. Gu/'Ue, 1st Article „ 2nd „ Herald Minerve National WitnosH Napaneo Exprops . , = :i 5 21 78 88 89 21> 32 7H 44 a2 -K) 30 7;s 74 8<) 8;5 77 7!) »]8 54 45 55 58 5!) !M> 92 7!> (;9 20 80 97 25 75 i'} 12 94 !)C! 50 105. 28 Ncwm.-iikct Coiirior Nurl'olk Rolormor Ontiuio IJetonuer Oraiif^oville Advoi-tiscr Oshawa Vi uditator Ottnwa Oiti/.on ,, Froo ProHS ,, Times, l»t Article.... 2iu! „ .... Owoii Soiiml Advertiser ., TinicH I'oterhoroiigli I lO vie w Quebec L' E venemen t Mercury, 1st Article. 2nd 7) 7> H n V » 3rd 4th 5th ruh !) 1) !( J» >> Siirnia {)l)server St. ( 'at iuirincH' News St. John Freenu'in Globe MewH . ... Telefj^rapli, Ist Article ,, „ ' 2n(l „ St. Thomas' Despatch ,, Home .loMrnal Toronto Canadian Monthl}', 1st Article. '>n(l „ Church Herald Globe, 1st Article „ 2nil „ n :h' I) >> >» >> j> >> » » >» >> HI 80 72 82 81 39 ;J7 4K 82 87 84 105 44 53 57 HO (;3 70 m 44 54 (Jl 40 31 83 r,'> Oi> 105 U 21 33 04 G5 57 23 34 24 40 61 2fi 47 104 ■85 K 11 U ATA. At Paj^c t!4, after Toi-onto dlobe, add the word " thiixl." At Pnj^e (J5, after Townto (Hoht; add the word " ff)urth." At Pauce 08, ."f'tor Toronto ATrff/on, substitute the word "fourth" flir 1h<' word " third." SI 80 72 H2 81 39 ;{8 4K 82 87 84 105 44 5H 57 HO 08 04 70 44 64 01 45 :n 8;{ 52 00 105 41 21 33 (M 05 57 23 34 24 40 01 98 20 47 104 ■85 for ihc word