xV ^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 I.I m m IIIIM IIIIIM M 1.8 1.25 1.4 1,6 : ^ = < 6" ► -T;^ v 0>^it' Hiotographic Sciences Corporation 33 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14S80 (716) 873-4303 ^ iV iV N> 4^ & A' ' THE WELFARE OF CANADA. Electors of ( VA/Tivr A Inland ( lisis is at hand in luiropc, nnd the Honiinidn of Canndn may now fairlv rarn an honoraMf jxisilion anions tlic great nations of the cartli. Millions of armed men are aheadv [ircpared to exert tlieir utmost efforts to destroy eaeli other, and desolate some of the finest cities and (oimtries in the \v()rl(h hnt fortunately Canada has a sperial interest in this matter, he(au>e Canada wants some of these millions of ali'e- hodii'd men, who may so sliortly he sac rifu ed in battle, or fall a prev to the exposure, privations, disease and misery whii h always attend great wars. Canada not only wants some of these millions of clioico men of ICiirope i)ctore thev are destroyed : hut Canada wants also some of the thousands of millions of money whi( h must otlierwisc he exi)ended in effecting the destruetion of tiiese men, and the devastation of their < ities and (duniries. rile (iue>tion is, can Canada possihly |)revent the sacrifice of these millions of choice men. and these thousands of millions of moiiev? I answer cop.fidentiv. ( "anadi cirtainlv (an do this, and much more aNo, if ( 'anada will onlv ait wiselv in goml time, in accordaiK e with the sug- gestion in mv Addiess to the l\K ctors of ( )ttawa, published a few davs ago. It is easilv r.nder^tood that one man ma\i)revent the conllagration of a whole city, simjilv liv h.ippening to see the lire at its verv beginning and promptiv extinguishing it: whereas were tlu' s.mie fire (]Uietlv allowed to extend itselt', so as to become a great contlagralion, the ( ombiiud efforts of the whole population of the citv might then bo absi lutdv ])()werless to subdue it. .\s it is with lire, so it is with war also: a litt'e foresight, and timely a( lion in the right direi tion. mav easily prevent anv serious e\il result: whereas unwise delay, or negk'f t, mav soon allow- either lire or war to become altogether bevond anv human cf)ntrol. Let us suppose now that, before war is actually declared in luiropi.', the Dominion of Canada (as the chief of the I'ritish colonics, and as one of the extremities of the ilritish l",mi)ire) should :ip]/eal id (^)ueen \'ict(.ria (or the I'.ritish ( iovernment) as the head of our great em])ire, nnd request that such action should be taken upon the occasion of the coming Jubilee as might lead to the tlow of an abundant stream of men and mone. into the extremities of the Hritish Ijiipire, that our immense territori.il possessions mav soon be peojiled bv industrious, |)rosperoiis, and happv populations, and so become of incalculable v.ilue. instead of remaining v.ist solitudes, as at present. Su( h an apjieal as this. 0:1 the part of ( ':inada. and the other I'ritish colonies. Wv uld ( ertainlv receise due atti'iitioii bv the Home (io\ern- meiil; and tiie (^)ueen. or thi' liritish ()o\ernmert. would cerl;iinlv be urged to take the re piisite steps to bring ;iboul a ( Irand ( 'onveiilion of all the (ircat I'owers of |-"iiro|)e, in the ho]te that tliev would agree to rediK e their enormous a: mies live or ten per cent, simult.meotislv e\ery vear, for se\eral vi'ars in sii< cession, until thev should realize that thev would be ;ictuall\ miu h better protected from each other with onlv a hundred thoiis.md soldiers eac h, than thev are at present with h.ilf a million, or more. Thus action on tlv ]iart of ( "anada. and the other I'ritish colonies, at the extremities ot our gie.it empire, would naturally lead to action on tlu' part of the (Jueeti. or the head of the empire. whi, atui tht- people of ICtirope generally; and, in these days of general education and freedom, common sense would surely soon prevail, and the he.ixily taxed and overburdened peojjle would naturally everywhere bring smh pres- sure upon all the popular governments in I^ur )pe, that the proposed simultaneous reduction of their enormous armies would ( ert.iinly be decided ui):)n; .md even the despotic gtnernments of Russia and Turkey would (loui)tless scjon become so affected i)y the general movement, as to find themsi.lves compelled to yield to the will of the overwhelming majority of l-Uircjpe. IJut it may be said, why call u|)()n Canada to take the initiative in su' h a world wiile movement as this? I answer, simply be Museit is not only (!anacla's special interest to do so, but it is also Canada's sperial business and duty; and I |)rove the truth of this seeminglv arbitrary assertion, by pointing to the indisputable fact that Canada is c erlainly the greatest colony of the greatest em|)ire ot the world, and it must be admitted that it is the greatest empire that should lead in sue h a great matter a-, this; therefore, the British empire should now take the lead. Hut as it IS to the colonies that the millions of European people, and the thousands of millions of luiropean money, would naturally flow in a continuous stream; of course, it is certainly the colonies which are most interested in this matter: and as Canada happens to be the greatest colony of the greatest empire in the world, of course it is Can.nila's sjje- cial li siness and duty, as well as (Canada's special interest, to take the initiative in this matter. Hut some may still be disposet to say, why should Ottawa be called upon to give special attention to this matter now, in advance of all other cities? The fact that Ottawa happens to l)e tie capital cnty of the greatest colony of the greatest Em|)ire in the World, should be a satisfactory answer to this cpiestion, and as the (leneral IClections of Canada happen to occur now, at the beginning of the jubilee of, by far. the most prosjjerous and glorious fifty years reign the world ever knew; during which the material progress of the world has been immeasurably greater than at any previous period; the electcrrs of Ottawa should now take advantage of such an occa- sion, (whic h occurs but once only in the history of the wcjrld) to prove that they, at least, are now rescibed not to neglect to do tlieir .share towards securing the Peace of the World, and the Welfare of Canada, as soon as possible; even though it should necessitate their electing, as one of their Representatives in the House cjf Commons, the man who has devoted thirty-four years of his life to qualify himself thoroughly to 1r' one o!" the ch'ef instruments in the hand of over ruling Providence, to accomjjlish such grand results, whenever the time should ccjme, or the oppjirtunity should occur; therefore, I now appeal to both political p.irties in Ottaw.i to first elect by a':c-l;imati()n such a mri a^ this, that to the best c:)f his ability he may a t for the c'lief and highest interests of this Dominion, so far as those interests shall accord also with the general advantage of the whole wodd There would afterwards, probably be no difficulty in electing as their (Jther Representative some one else who |)ossessing their confidence, may also reasonably be sup posed to be sufficiently familiar with the details of Ottawa's sijecial re- cjuirements. Thus the elec:tors of the Capital of this Dominion mav provide themselves with Re])resentatives who will doubtless do them credit, not only during the continuance of the next Parliament of Canada, but also for as long as the history of Canada shall be recorded. Faithfully yours, HKNRY WEN [WORTH .MONK. Otiaw.x. CwAit.x. 1st Keb.. 1887. Electors of OttaiK'n : Should the overwhelming superiority of 'my policy become so evi- dent to both political parties that they' should mutually decide to give me the [jreferent e to any of their res|)ective candidates; the sacrifice to either party would scarcely he j)erceptil)le, for eat h might still exert itself t ) the utmost iti favor f)f either party candidate to the exclusion of the opposite party, and all the difference is the end would he simply that Ottawa would elect one (Conservative, or one Liberal, (as the case may be) instead of two Conservatives, or two Liberals, and as both parties a|)pear about ecjually < unfident of winning, it does not seem to matter mu( h whether the ch.mces should be in favor of one, or in favor of two, of either party being successful. On the other hand, however, it matters very mueh indeed (to Can- ada, if not to mystlf) whether I am elected or not, to the Dominion I'ar- liament, now that the partic ular year of jubilee (for which 1 have so long waited) has ac tually come, so as to afford me about the most favorable opiMirtunity jjossible to bring my life's work to a successful issue at last. ■•'i'lie first ste|) is the chiel diffu ulty," in this case, as in cjther mat- ters generally: but suppose this first step taken, it will then be clear enough that all the other steps in the series, leading to the grand results contemplated, must almost necessarily follow as a matter of course. My being now elected by acclamafio.i is the first step in the series that would . doubtless naturally lead to the proposed appeal to the Queen by Canada and .Australia; which would as naturally lead to the proposed (Irand Con- vention of all the great powers of I'.urope; which would again as natur- ally lead to the general agreement cjf the great |)owers to a simultaneous reduction c;f the enormous Kuro|)ean armies, five or ten per cent, a year, lor sevehal years in succession, whic h. in turn, would again as naturally lead to many hundreds of thousands of luiropeans making comfortable homes for lh''mselves in the vast solitudes of Canada and .Australia, which, of course, must in the very nature of things give a tremendous imi)ulse to the commercial business ot those already established in either of these great colonies, and this is certainly a kind of pre .rity whic h would be about ecpially welcome to both political parties in any c ivili/ed country; therefore botli |)olitical parties are about e(|uallv interested in the election of the man whose thirty-four years of work and experience has spec iaily ([ualified him to take a leading part in bringing about sue h beneficent results in favor of the iSritish ccjlonies, in particular perhaps, but correspondingly beneficial results also, in favor of the whole wodd in general. Faithfully yours, HKXRY WENTWORTH MONK. Ottawa. Canada, 2nd February, 1887. i'.ictlois of OdiVa^a: # Tilt' estimated .iveraj^c- cost tor c;h ii man Ixilkd in modern war fare, is live thousand dollars; iic\erttieless, this well known tat I is not at all likel) t > deter the I'Uirojiean nations troiii allowing themselves to hecomc entangled in a j^reat ICiiropeati war. i:i which mori' than a mil lion ol alioiit die I'mest men upon earth may he saeriliced widiiii a lew mo, .Hi-., at a lost of niore than live thousand million doll. us. Ten per ce.tt. ot" this enormous snm of monev (or tne hundred nnllion dollar-,) would he amply suf'ticient to I'stahlish a million ot' ^U( h ahle-hodu'd men (i-ach man independent and selt-snpporiin^ upon his (in. farm) in the lertile rei^ions of our L;re.it western territor,. Hundreds ol diou-ands i ominj,^ over heic lor thi> purjiose would soon douhli' the Ini^iness ol thi- whole country jj;enerali\. and of course iiK Tease till' re\enui' of the lountrv proporlionattly, therefore this ! )ominion <(iuld well afford to ;.;uaranlee al)oul three per i eiit. interest for tin- monrw Thus aKo our population mi^^ht easilv he more than douhled within live years; for a million ahJe-' odied men might e.isilv he hrought over within th;it tune, .md that would represeiif ;i poj)ulation of five millions. Why shouldn't ("aiiada make a hid for these men lu'fore ihev ;ue slaughtered, and for ;i portion of ih.is money also, hefore it is all wor>e than wasted in skuightering them? Is it reasonahle to supjjose that the I'Vench and ur;dil" more than either political party could possihlv ilo, (for lack of a |)olicv com|)rehensive and magnanimous enough for the occa sion) then the electors of Ottawa will wisciv and generouslv afford me tiie recjuisite support, hv voting for me in preference to eitlier political partv. otherwise Oltawa must lose the great credit and .advantage wlii:]! our citv and country would certainly gain by heing the fust to do ade (]uate justici.' to the onlv man u])oii earth who knows how the long pre (lu ted millennial er.i may now at l.ist dawn ii|)on the world, anl '•all nations he hiessed," with Messing-, utterlv iiiconceivable, until man's in tellectual. moral, and spiritu;il nature jjivdominates o\er his animal nature much more than appears to he the < ase at prest p.;. * .\s for me, my work must he doiu. and done soon also, n iw; iluTe fore, should the electors of Ottaw.i fail to give my policy the prefercce to which it is jusll\- entitled, of course I must then look to faigl.md (as tiie head of our great empire) for the recognition which mv native