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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 LETTER FROM THE HONORABLE JOSEPH HOWE IN KKVhY TO MR. ANNANl). To the Electors of the County of Hants. Mkn of Hams.— i Mr. Aii'iiiiid. wliii for six or viftM months i)ii« liHil t\V( nr\vs|pii|ii i-s imclcr his iMinlrol, alillshi<; iiir. iiiiil cvciyhotly who stood III tilt; wiiy of his hitrrcsl iiml iiinliilion, is at hist hi'^'iiiiiiii;; to rcalixi' tlir f:irt tliiit " tlio Wiiy of tlir iniiis^'iTssoris liard." 'I'lic Citiir.ii is Itself iifjaiii — iMr. MrKoiiiild's pen Is free, and oilier writers, who repre- sent lai'Hely the inti'lleel and eiieij;y of the great parly who opposed Confederal Ion so luii^ as Itepeal was posslhli', are lii';;iniilni; to laiiKh at his pri'ti'iisions and expose the falhiey of his ar^iinients. Hay hy ilay he is |illl upon his defeiiee, and stiiii^ hy the BealliiliK <'xposiire of " IJri^ht," and the ^li^.tryli'Tli sfrtiTe oV "l,ftM\v-.4," I i\«\w'i-'.N'.\v.'.V.'V that my last letti'r to you has tried his teiii- |)er severely. 1 liave jiisl ;;ot hairk to Windsor, and. snr- rouiiih'il hy many and pressinj; en^'aKi'imnts, , liavii not iinieli leisure to liestow upon Iho savasi' epistle whieh eovers half a pagt; of (Saturday's Chronicle. Mr. .VnnamI is very ■ndi;;iiaiit at the liherties taken with the live or hIx K''t>tl>'i<>''" ^vho have hei^n seourin^ this county for weeks, lakiiij; all manner of lihertivs with iiio. What else eould (hey e.xpeutl' What else do they deserve? If Mr. tluiies and Mr. (urc regard fur IiIh publi<'. virtues and the gi^ncrul good. But then he trieH to Hlieltcr his colleague under tlic gaberdines of three or four other gentlemen, who, he Hays, arc directors of the company, and were probably treated witli equal gtmer- oslty. Surely Mr. Annand is not] such an 988 aa not to see the wide distinction that every man of sense will draw between the Independent action uf gentlemen having nothing to do with the (iovernment, and the base prostitution of his po^iliun, liy a mem- ber of the Kxeeiilive Coiini'il, >wi>rii to pro- tei'l the illt< rests of the eoiiiilry and the honor of IhiCrown. The attempt to mystify us by ei'ip out of ^heer adiniralioii of his virtues? lUit Mr. Annand seems to liavi. got his head in such a miiddli; as to b<; incapable uf drawing any distiiietioiis. A genth^inaii, who I hail met in Kngland, came out tu establish branches uf a Ijondon Insurance (/'ompaiiy in the colonies, one was organized in llalitax, and I and four or five other gentlemen became directors ol il. The business was carried on for two years by a paid agent. iIm- dinctors serving gratui- tously. It was tinally wonnd up, all los>es paid, and nobody clieated. Yet Mr. Annand cannot sei; tin; dltlcreiicc lieiweeii an atl'air ol this kind, and the Amalgamating (iold Company, of which he was one of the ori- ginal promoters, and managing directors, with a salary of t,")00 a year, and which he managed until certain siin|ile peuple in ICng- laiid were cheated out of iTill.lHK). Annand hiis covered a column with absurd references to what he would liave ymi believe were mysterious and strange doings ill England, the object lieiiig to show that, while there. Dr. Tupper and I were playing into each others liaiids. Nobody knows better than Mr. Annand that all this is a basi;iess and wicked falsehood. Though Dr. Tupper and I dilVercd widely on the subiect of ConlV(ler.ilioii, we fought tin' battle to the bitter end without any personal quarrel. We me! on eight or ten platforms in Cumlierland, and debated for as many long summer days, treating each other with all the courtoies of civilized warfare We encuunlercd each other for four nights in the Ottawa Parliament, trying every joint of each others armour, yet illustrating the good manners of our country, while doing our best to uverthrow each others argu- ments. We mingled freely in society, yet nolxKly supposed that we wito in danger of becoming cunverts tu each otiiers opiniims. While in Kiigland we were guests of the Duke uf Ituckinghum for two or three days, met at other tables once or twice, and ocea- siomilly, in the corridors ur lobbies of Hie I'arliaineut House saw each other when the debuUts uiion our Petition were cumiiig nn. On some of these oecasiuns, as was most natural, wo discussed, in all its beuriiigs, the questi'in which had brought us tu long- land; and, on others, we ehafl'ed and ban- tered each other as public men, holding opposite opinions, arc apt to do. Roth of IIS, I asinine, tiiieed >killully, when we lia|>- pi'lleil to meet, each desiring lo jf\\r as liltio and to get as niiieli Information as he eould, i had no hope of making a eoinert of tlio Doelor, and lia\iiig lor two years enenun- lenil him in fair tight at lioiiie, I was imt much alraid to meet and chall with him in Knglanil. Our lines of action there wcri; directly opposite, and eaeh worked mi lii« own line with zeal proportiuiiate to the >incerily uf his convietioiis, i;aeli liad tlie same kind of work to do. I laliiii'eil to eoiuinee the Secretary and I Inder .'secretary of .siale, to inlllieiiee the public iiiliiil Ihriiiigh the rress, to I amass and iiislniet meiiibiis of I'arlia- iiieiil. Dr. Tupper dill the same, and noth- ing was more naiiiial tor liini tliiiii to call uti Mr. Itrlght ami l.oiil .stralliiileii, who lie knew Were to present mir petition. That he did this, and that he argued the case, from his own standpoint, with his accus- tomed ingenuity and skill, I have not a shadow ol a doubt. 'I'liat he Would assiimo ill these r'onvcr-ali.iiis, lhat if lUr .Majesty's (iovernment decldeil against us, that wc wonld have no other risiiiirie than to sub- mit, or negotiate with (he Canadians, ia more than probable. Whatever be said or assumed, (he Dr. had no warrant or au- thority from me. as Mr. .\iiiiand. who eanie to me in a state of great lliistration one day, was assurid. .Iiist as I was going out of (own. he or 'i'roop, or both of them, came to me again, and rem wed the sniijeet. I v/nn in some haste, may have showed some temper, bu( sat down, and wrote lo Lord Stiailieileii a clear and expliell diselahiier ol respoiislbiliiy for aiiytliing lliat Dr. Tupper iniglit say or do. 'I'liis note was shown to my colleagues, who deelarid U entirely satisfactory, and vet. nine nionlhs alter, .tir. Annand takes up Ibis simplo transaction, wliieli any gentleman in live minutes will understand. In order to give color to the wretclied slanders and sus- picions out ol which he has been trying for months to manufacture another Delegation. That Dr. Tupper knew, or could have known, what course I would pursue when I returned home, was simply impossible, because 1 ilid not know myself. My lettiT U> Uobertson sliows the slate ol my mind bil'ore leaving K'glaiid, and the earnesl- liess with which I was elinging lo the liopi? that a Union of (he Marilime rrovinces was posslhli-. That hope was not disslpa(<'d till we relurned lioiiie, and (hi'ii, when sati*- lied (hat the Local (■overninent would not slop (he niacliinc, or risk (heir salaries in one delermined ed'oH more for (he d(;liver- aiice of our cuunlry, I knew Itepeal was hopeless, and (uriied my (houghts to dm onlv department of practical pulilics that lay befure me. Aiimind has screamed Re- peal fur nine months, and what has he achieved? Nothing! I and Mr. MeLelnb have, at all events, got something to show for our labor, having rescued our |)eop|« from direct taxation, and received £40,000 to keep up their roads and bridgog. Believe me, Yours truly, JOSEPH nowB. Windsor, April 10, 1869.