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(3ne of llie L!:ioateMt, if not tlu' greatest, of the dangei'H to which Cunadu is at this moincnt ex|jot*ed, is the want of an efficient Constitutional ()|»posi ion in l^arlianient, it may be siiid in the cnimtiy. A ministry lon^ in power ami unchecked in itn administra- ti(»n, necessarily dei^erwM'ates into an olii^ai'chy, or, as in our case, into an autocracy, the one I'cai rulci- havini^ a thoi'oui!:h Unowledii;c of the weaknesses of inardi'oceed with the puhlic works which the sense of the whole community saw were indispensable, if the resoui'ces of the country were to he developed, turm^d the feeling against the (lovernmeut, more especially as it was at a time when the universal dej)res8i(jn of trade would have enabled these works to be cari'ied to a eompletiou at a comparatively small cost, and, at the samt^ time, without violating either the spirit or the letter of the truest political economy, would have found employment for many tiiousands hanging about in enforced idleness at home, or looking about foj- work abroa<]. In short, there ai'ose in the community the feeling that the men then in power had no faith in the futuie of the country they were called on to rule, and this was intensified by the unconcealed love whi(-h some of those by whom the premier was surrounded entertained foi- the institutions of the I'nited States, and their laudations of every thing south of the line, to the disparage- ment of their own countiy. It was this instinctive feeling of distrust, as well as disbelief n their administi-ative capacity that destroyed the Mac' enzie administration, leaving its ad- herents to-day a mere rump, without power or influence in the councils of the country, because the party has no definite policy, — and no community can prosper by simply drifting aimlessly. It has been remarked that in the first French Revolution, the strength of the Jacobins was mainly owing to the successful appeals which thej' were constantly able to make to the patriotism of the people. The same lesson is taught by the results of a similar appeal, in the days of Klizabeth, when the Pope had pronounced against her a sen- tence of excommunication and deposition; when the Jesuits were working heart and soul for the subversion of her throne and boasted of the overwhelming success of their efforts to win over the nation to submit to Rome ; when the struggle between Roman Catholic and Protestant seemed as if it might at any moment eulmiiiato in civil war ; when Philip of Spain was aHsured tliat he had only to land on (ho coast and he would he supported by the gioat hulk of the people, who were ea<;or lo drive Klizaheth from power. But as soon as the Armada ap- jiroachod, and the ap])t>al t(» patriotism was made in trumpet tones, ditferences wei'e f<»r<^otten and side by side all rushed to resist the foi-eii^n invader, every man^ whatever his religious helief, i-esolvini;' to fight lor his country and his (^ueen. Acting- on this sentiment, Sir John Macdnnald raised the cry of a national pnlicy, as a remedy lor (he depr«'ssion of trjule and dearth of employnuMit, and the people rallied to the cry, trustiriiJ!: to the patriotism of their old, justly disgraced, hut now ichahilitatod leader. This has been the wecrel of his stiength, and it is to tliis htdief in spite of many grossly dishonorable acts, committed and sanction(Ml by himself ani;matisiu. In (ItMnaiKl- iii^ a rcveniio to iiicct honestly our en^ra<^oni-'nlM, depomlejiee must he phieed hirgclyon the eiistonis diitieK on irnportHHO that the name Free Trade can never, so far as present appoaraneos i^'o, be more than a name. Had the administiation been wise^ the taritV eould have been so arranged as to have lomoved obstacles fioni the path of eommerce, so as, at least, not to have e infringed. It is possible, nay it may be considered certain, that the other ]»artv, were they to gain jiower, would be forceosi- tion and responsibilities to aent ministry. Hut does any one believe it? Then their parliamentary tactics are con- temptil)le. It is pitiable to see every session the petty cri- ticisms on cab hires and similar expenditures, whilst misap- plied millions are allowed to Ik^ voted unehecked. Kven the triHiiig and (juei-ulous fault-tinding with the extravagance of cab hires is inetiectual, because done without knowledge or judgment. The amounts may not be large as compared with the millions squandered to biibe constituencies, but they are nevertheless serious, and should be carefully investigated, and means devised to put a stop to a gross abuse, and the daily misuse of jtublic money to satisfy the greed of subordinates, fi a<'tiii/4 ill (•<»llll^i(Ml willi ( uli men wlnt^c volos mio iIiuh hpcii- rt'fl. No f^i'cjil (lilliciilly noc'l he roiiiiti \\\ osilion ai'o not ahle to grap])le with any (|Uest,ion hi hire? Or is it, in reality, hecaiise tljoy are afraid of attacking larger aliases at the risk of still farlhei- alienating the puin-hasahle constituen- cies and contractors, and so desti-oying their hold on them at. a general election ? They ai'c iinahle to stop comjiaratively small, although none the lesiu Mow fell tiio i^reat constitutional safc^^iiard rai>od hy i he existence of a Licutenant-Govei-nor, acting under th • advii ^^ of hi constitu- tiofai .idvisci's. hut resj)onsihlo for liis acts i » the J^egislature, and still more rosponsihle Lo tho people whii Ii the Jjogislatnre is supposed to roproBont. A more fatai Mow was novor struck at the well lialanccd constitution we have hceii prom! to possess. If, as was maintained, a flovernor mii^t do as ho is told hy his cahine', no matter how irdamous, how injurious, nay. how fatal to the hosts interests of the people committed to his chaise, may he the act lo which he is called on to assent, what is tho Use of the ortice ? A signature |>laeed hy a mosseiigor hy means of a stamp would he as goixl as the si^ri manual of such a tes. Had one momher of the opposition the courages to recall that event and tho lesson to he learned from it, as to tho coui'se to I.c followed in deciding tho policy t(»wards tho Jesuit Findowment Act ? Tho Ijotol'lier outi'ago is hut a specimen of Sir .lohn Macdonald's whole poli- tical career. Not principle, hut opportunism; not tho highest interests of the country, but retention of power ; not what is right, but what pi-omisos for tho moment to be successful. As was said of another politician of the same degraded class. '8 " His great crimes were enhanced hy his immense talents, of which (iod gave him the use, and the Devil the application." \h the history of the opposition much better than that of the faction now in power and maintained in power by the shame- less manipulation of constituencies, as shamelessly vaunted ? It is true they have not so black a record, but that, as every indi- cation shows, is from want of opportunity to do mischief, not from want of will. How long is the country prepared to submit to the rule of two unscrupulous factions ? The party press, on both sides, denounces every proposal for the forma- tion of a "Third party." But it is not a third party that is wanted, but a strong, honest party, led by men of fixed prin- ciples, to drive out both factions. The vote on the Jesuit En- dowment Act is but one of a long series of votes to pander for the support of seltisb, sectional interests, and it is unnecessary surely to point out that no party can be sustained on a policy of hostility to any one class in the community. There must be something more genei-al and permanent, if good is to be etfected. The tiue policy must be adopted to preserve consti- tutional lights and to cut off, not merely tjy to reform abuse; the maintenance, firmly but without bluster, of our fisheries and other possessions; a I'ational system of finance, not the present reckless expenditure, nor yet the adoption of the flabby, feeble doctrine that we must have reciju'ocity oi- perish, as if we were a country of babies or imbeciles. In everything, the policy must be honest, bold and manly, if we are to be raised from the miserable I'ut into which we have fallen by the moral cowardice of both factions, \, ho are equally afraid of advoca- ting true principles in case of losing votes, party being first and country nowhere. But the present spasmodic lit of anger against those who voted for the allowance of the Jesuit Kndowment Act can lead to no good, unless the true constitutional systeni of Govern- ment be understood and adopted as a permanent pi-inciple of any party that may be formed. There has been too much in- clination to abuse the Jesuits and to allege their evil repute as ;i reasoj) for the Act being disallowed. This is altogether to 9 .( m.Happrehon.l the point at isHue in the Hrnt place, that in the question of constitutionality. No matter if the Jesuits be as black as their enemies or as white as their frien.ls represent them, they are equally entitled as is the greatest criminal, to the protection of the constitution. Has that been violated or not 18 the first question to be settled. That there has been a violation of the law of praemunire, no intelligent man, not a politician, doubts. But if it be decided that there has been no violation, then a question of policy arises, namely, whether tHo Jesuits compose an association that can bo tolenited here- whose existence can be sanctioned by an Act of Incorporation, and which can, with safety, be allowed to develop its system in this country. The one is a general consideration flowing from the interpretation of the laws of the Empire, the other a •special case to be dealt with as it has arisen, but which can never enter into the constitution, apart fi-om the ordinary laws of the realm, of any party which is to rule in Canada Almost enough has been said of the evil nature of Jesuitism Ibat It IS dreaded by Roman Catholics themselves is a state- ment that needs no elaborate argument lo supj)<)rt. The oppo- sition by Cardinal Taschereau to the api)lication for an Act to incorporate the Order is, of itself; a strong proof of it, and had the MacdonaUl ministry been wise, they would have disallowed the Act without incurring any political odium, bc-ause snp^ ported in their action by the official head of theOhu.ch of which the Jesuits are supposed to fovm a part. The cnstitu tional grounrls for the disallowance, apart from political con- siderations, appear to bo ample, in spite of the arguments to the contrary, and politically, the lowest motive of all to -i statesman, that course would have been the safest. The oppo- sition of the Cardinal is only the latest proof in anarray of evi dence, that the Eoman Catholic powers not only distrust but fear the followers of Loyola, whose order they have used every means to destroy. The briefest possible statement of the treat- ment accorded by Eoman Catholic powers to the Jesuits, is sufficient proof of this. In France, the society was condemned in 155-i by the Sorbonne (the faculty of theology regarded as the highest 10 authority on sueh HiibioctK) ; was expellcl in 1504; re-admitted in 1004; totally Huppros.ed and its proi.ciMy confiHcatcd in n()4. All thin, it must be leniembercd, whilst Franco was a purely IJoman Catholic country. In En^^land (whilst Koman Catholic) the society was ordered to be expelled in 1579, 1581, 158f> and lfi02. Of other Roman Catholic countries the record is the same. Venice expelled the Order in 11)07; Holland, in 1708; Portu- iral in 1759 ; Spain, in 1707. Kven the inflillible power of the Pope has set its seal on the character of the Order, for in 1773, it was abolished by Pope Clement XIV. During this century the Jesuits were expelled in 18 IS from Belgium, one of the most priest-ridden countries in Europe ; from Russia, in 1820 ; from Spain, 1820 and 1835 ; from France in 1831 and 1845; Irom Portugal in 1834; from Sardinia, Austria and other states, in 1848; from Italy, and Sicily in 1800. The latei- expulsion from France may be omitted, it being maintained that that country is in the hands of an in- fidel government, but the omission, whilst neither admitting nor denying the accusation that France is infidel, does not weaken the aiguinent to be based on the fact that the Jesuits have luHM. expelled from every Roman catholic country in Europe, as well as from the colonial possessions of each of them. But supposing all this be granted, admitting to the full all that may be said against the .lesuits, interposing no word of obiection' to all the .tem of bribing ministers of the crown has now reached a .scandalous height. It was begun, as all scandalous systems a.;e apparently in the most innocent way, but it almost imme- diaely sprang into full being. Contractors present testimo- nials, as bribes are mildly called, to the ministers who arc to award, a.,d afterwards to pass in judgment on the fulHImcnt of then- contracts, n.en in the civil service bribe their ministers '-• promotions, by getting up similar testimonials, and taking, an artive ostentations pari in collecting a suMirient amount A Fov.s.on should he placed on the Statute Book, that everv m.n.sler ol' the (^-own accepting hucI, bribe, testimonial by whateve.. name it be -ailed, and whether in n.onev, .eal estate o'- other valuable proj.erty, real or n.ov^dde, should be ,ps. fart, U.sm.s,sed trom oHiee, thai his s.-at in the House <.f Commons or .Senate should become ami be de.-lared vacant, (bllowed if "oed be, by such <,the,- penalty as should be considered nee'es- ^ary to secure purity in those holding legislative or exec-utive othcvs U iiiese n.en are too stupid, or too greedy not to nee the ndan.y of receiving bribes, Ihoy and the publir should bv punitive measures, be made to uno)ls, Jiow can we coni])ete with rivals in an oi»(3n market abioad ? ()ne thing inui^t l)c plain- -that we should liame oui' policy lo suit our selves, not lei our tariff depend on the ca]irices or anli(|uated trade theories of the politicians of the United States, but deal with our commercial interests as a sensible peo|)le. If the linited States do not wish to trade with ns, then let them alone, and by removing obstacles, enable ourselves to turn elsewhere. ( -anadians are awakened at last from their lethargy, and the moment is jiropitious for such a change as wouM purify the political atmos|)here. JJut to gather the force and direct it into the proper channel, needs a man of houesty of pui'pose, of tii-mness of character, of a high order 1 I 13 of intellect, with -reat powers of o,-^ra„i,ation, and one whom the people would willin-ly support. None such has vet appoai-ed, and ihe spontaneous outhurst which, vlirhiW dnocted, will secure for Canada a career of purity and P';o.si.ei'i(y, without a capable guide may vanish like a s-unmor mist, leav.n- (.nly a .nemory of what mi-ht have been : - h^mial '•lights h,r all, purily ol" government and a prosperous people " Yet there is no reiuson to doubt that a leader will be Ibund who ,,in attract a body of associates to direct this niovenient tis because ,t has been spontaneous, that m. man has yet become so proraine.it as to take the chief place. Those er.- gaged in (he work aiv not political hacl