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The I shall TINU whici Maps differ entire begin right { *'4quii :u intbeTownshiiiol/flamikon, oiithoove of thofirotdttyofpdUiiigiiiWeatN'orthurabrrlund, ajid uftcr having heaid your reasous for being prciciil ill the CGiinty, your apology for the shortcomings of j our poliii(;al friends, and your grounds of opposition to tiie present Solicitur (jencral for I'ppor Canuiln, you will remem- ber that I slated to the meeting llmt the revela- tions whieh you had made— and which I believe were then for the lirsl time iiublicly made — of iho secret history coniiec'ed with the changes iii the (iovernment in the spring of Ifeiti^i, wore of so extraordinary a eharactor as to render it necessary that the public should be put in posession of their substance, 'J'hc italement seemed somewhat U> startle you, for, as you will also remember, you found it necessary to come I'orward and attempt an explanation ; and I tliiiik 1 can allirm that that explanation, ingeniously as it was put, faileii in any material puiut to alter your first Hii'Ttions. I now, ihcrofdre, ]irocee:d to fulfil the pledge I then made, and, accepting this as the most convenient form in which to do so, will leave the public to judge whether the transaciioiis in which you confess to have bornt. 30' prominent a part are uf such a na- ture us to lellei'i credit either upon yourself or the gentleman who, in a lit of wcaliiiess, yielded to your tcnipictions. You ioi(i the meeting, by way of apology for Tonr own somewhat anomalous position ag a public 'iian, that you were not in I'arlia- mnnt when the Macdonahl-Sicotti' Adminis- triWion was formed, that hail yon been so, you would have used your best etVorls to have prevented its fornuitionon the basis upon which it WiW established. And then, procieding to your election in South Oxford, you slated that when you took youi scat in I'arliaiiient you became convinci'd that the iTOverntncnt could not stand. That yon went to ,luhn >S»udMel(l Macd'Miald and slated this convic- tion to liim. 1 li.at von ncnlioned that a vote of want of confidence was coming on which must carry ; that eleeiions must follow, and that, ivs thenconslitnieii, cither as to personci or policy, the (.iovernuKint would iii,t be sale in going to tl;'' I'ountry: and that, thi'rc upon. Ml. John Sandlicid Macdonald pledged himself to you, that in tlie event of an elcc- lion being neces.sary, he would change both tlie persouel and policy of the t.'abinet in order to suit better the views of the people of rpper Canada. You wiide it a special point of commendalion that yon had then so cured the promise that thii Intercolonial Itiiil wav policy of the (iovernment would I.'c abilii'loucd ■ and, with the tone and manner c*' oiu' who considers he is suiting a [icculia. ly coDimi'ndftble thing, you announcod that .Mr, Sandliold Macilomdd had honourablj and honctly lullillud those phKfges. I^utihc opinion will hardly be much divided us to thn degieo of merit thut shon!d attach lo you f II exacting such a pledge, or to the Int' I'T' Miier for givuii; it and iil'tiTWiu-ds, as ; you said, strictly— I cannot again use words honourably aud honestly in such a conncctiou ! —fulfilling it. What, Sir, did the pledge j imply on the part of Mr. Macdonald ? Why ! this : a willingness on his part to sit with his i colleagues at the same council board, and in I apparent perfect accord going on with the ; govnrnnient of the Country in company with j those gentlemen, while he had all the time entered into a secret compact with your- self to turn them out of otTico and accept others whom you might suggest. The public will remomber the debates which occurred iu the early part of the autumn session of Par- liament bearing upon this very point. The nuestion then was whether the Premier had Meliberately got rid of his colleagues in conse- Huence of a predetermination on liis part to do 30, as was alleged by those gentlemen on the one side, or whether their leaving the Cabinet was entirely their own act aud he could not prevent (t, as he asserted on the other. Crimination and recrimination pa.ssed between those gentlemen— the most painful coniriidictions— as you, in what, in the light of your present confessions, must be regarded us a well assumed tone of sorrow— styled them, were bandied about, and yet you. Sir, con- sented to sit there listening to those contra- dictions, whtm it now uppears that you had in your owu iireast, in the pledges which you had ".xacted from Mr. Macdonald and which he had given you, the necessary knowledge to set the matter at rest. I"or if, as you say, Mr, .Macdonald pledged himself to you to change his collcaguen in the event of an election being necessary, and wheu that ic cessiiy arose actually did change them, thus fuililling the pledge, thi;re can bo no d.llicuity in determining on whose head the charge of falsehood must rest in the contra- dictions which took place. JJut, Sir, bad as is the position in which you place your late leadei in this confession, as one who played false to his own colleagues, deliberately plotting with you for their over- throw while acting with them with apparent good faith, your statement ,xs lo hia pledges touching the policy of the (iovernment place him in a still more unenviable position. You livid special stress upon the fact that he pledged himself to give up the Interco- lonial llailway, and you clcimed that you were entitled to very great thanks for having induced that pledge. There are somethings, Mr. lirowii, that are more to bo esteemed by cnmniunilii'S and individuals than the mere saving of money, and among them is an hon- est fnllilment of solemn obligations. Vour statement tha* Mr. Sandficld Macdonald. a.s early a.s the beginnnv^ of May last, pledged him self lo you to give up thelnturcoloiiial Railway, throws a flood of light upon his subsequent ovtraordiiiary conduct in connection with this i|uestion. I'or you will remember, at least the public will remember, that while Mt. Macdonald did not hesiUite, lorthesakeotl.ini .siipiiorl which you could give him, to culor into a Solemn compact with you to aban don Ibis great undertaking, the other con- tracting parties, the lower I'rovinccs, were lelt in ignorance of this dotorminatioii. So fur from their having been informed of it, the)' were permitted to go on in the convic- tion that the arrangnmcnt of K''02 was in full force, and they even sinit delegati » to (^."ani'ia in the autumn, who remained in ccgociation I rmlf'l II 'lit l'iitM'K-r"it(;ii itt' itiv liltii e with the Miiiistry, aud with the I'remier in particular, without ever hearing of, or even suspecting, any intention on the part of the Canadian (iovernment, to abandon the undertaking. Nay, if ray memory serves me, it mus' have been after his pledge to you, that ill. John Sandfield Macdonald, in ad- I dressing one of those delegates, called <_>od to j witness to his sincerity iu this matter, and his willingness to leave public life rather than I abandon the undertaking, Aud yet, wo are I now told by yon, in addressing a meeting of : electors in the West Hiding of Northumber- ! land, that he had all tlie while actually pledged , himself to you to give up the -.vhole concern, : and we heard you claiming credit to yourself for liaving iucceeded not only in exacting ^ this pledge, but in securing its fulfilment as well I One other stAtemcnt made by you as to the secret influences at work to control the Gov- I ernmenl during Mr. John Sandfield Macdou- ! '.lid's leadership deserves notice. \'ou slated I that during this session, .as in the last spring I sess'i n,you became convinced thatthe'Jovern- ! ment could not stand; that you again went j to the Premier and told him so ; that yon then j pointed out to him that a number of gentle- I men had been alienated from the ranks of the ' reform party, naming Messrs. I-'olcy, ivIcGee, j Evanturel and Abbott in this connection, and i that you advised Mr. Macdonald to offer them i seats in the Cabinet and thus strengthen him- 1 self. Did it not occur to you that in this you I were guilty of an attempt nt a deliberate fraud j upon the people. These very men yon had I induced Mr. Macdonald to get rid of, because, j as jou alleged, they possessed no strength in ; this section • ( the country, and because, if the GoveriiiMciil remained con.-;tiiuted as it j was when defeated on the vote of want of coii- i tidencu moved by the member for Kingston, ! a majority could not be obtamed in the new ; house. And yet having secured a majority from Upper Canadi. by turning them out, you I deliberately pioposed to the Premier that he ^ should take them tiack to increase that ma- ; jority, relying doubtless upon this : that one i who had shown himself so ready, for the .sako : of place, to deliberately conspire with you ' against his own colleagues would not hesitate to bo guilty of an act of deception towards 1 the electors ' The.Hc .statements .ifyours I deem to be of such importance that thejaiblic should be in -larly • possessi ni of them. It n well, in view of . the assertions and denial; of the last year in I reference to the ciinnges which took place in May ln«f -n 'he Cabinet, that when you h;r e voluntarily chosen to enter the confes- sional and stale liie extraordinary pan jou iiave played in connection with tliosi- changos, the [leople and press of t'cnadu and your own colleagues in I'arHament, should he put iu possession of the facts. I have appended my own name lo this letter, not because I am vaiu enough to ima- g-ne that in it-ielf it will give any peculiar importance to my statements; but simply , thai, it you thiiili I have in uny way mis- ! represented you, yon iniiv know where to do- ; maiid an explanation, and whom to hold res- ' (lonsiblc. I I have tlio honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, ' TUOMAS WHITE, Jr,