..«*;». 'r**^ <» .> %^. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // v.. 1.0 I.I III 1.8 1-25 1.4 1.6 ^ 6" ► ^^ /] /. ^ ''^ '/ Photographic Sdences Corporation ^ «#:^ '^O^ ^ '^^ V »" :\ \ ^9) '%\. ^^% ^-^ o^ ^^ ^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. M5S0 (716) 873-4503 ^ 'ib ?ntki.ai, Qazkttk. MONTllPLVL : 1871. COMPLIMENTARY DINNER ro THE jiOK.JA"^. JrUTCHj of pRITISH pOLUMBIA Ottawa, ioth April, 187 i. (From the Montreal Gatette.) One of the most interesting events of the presint suBsion of the Dominion Parlio- nunt wftH the complimentarj' dinner given to tlie Hon. Mr. Trutch, Surveyor Uene- riil of British Columbia, on the even- ing of the 10th April instant, at the ItuKsell House, Ottawa. The dinner was participated in by Ministers and by mem- bers of both Houses, who, having aided in the work of Union, met together to congrntulutu each other upon what they had accomplished, and to do honour to our new sister Colony in the person of her representative. Among those who were pre- sent were man;' who, in various capacities, have b(?en warm supporters of that policy which has resulted in the practical admis- sion of British Columbia and the extension of tiie boundaries of the Dominion to the far away shores of the Pacific Ocean. Tlie lHrg(! dining room was d<:corated in a very tasteful manner with flags, evergreens, and appropriate mottoes ; among the latter we noticed "Westward the march ot Empire takes its way." '-The Star of Empire glitters in the West." •'One Queen, one Flag, one Destiny, one Empire." "British Connection." "Vis unita Fortior." "Quis separabit ?'' "A Pacific llailway.'" "Ontario;" "Quebec;" "New Brunswick ;" "Nova Scotia;" "Manitoba;" " British Co- lumbia;" together with several others. Gowan's Vmnd was in attendance in the gallery, and did much to promote the enjoy- ment of the evening by the performance of some excellent music. At eight o'clock the guests walked into till! hall to the number of about 200, and scatidtlicinsilves at the tables. The cliair was occupied by Sir G. E. Car- tier. On his right was Mr. Trutch, and on his left, Hon. Mr. Cockburn, Speaker of the House of Commons. The vice chairs were occupied by Mr. Angus Morrison, M. P., and Mr. Alonzo Wright, M.P. When justice had been done to the very excellent dinner provided, the chairman rose and proposed the first toast, which was drunk with the usual loyal honors. " The Queen " Band — "God save the Queen." The next toast was " the Prince and Prin- cess of Wales and the rest of the Koyal Family," Band— "The Red White and Blue." Sir O. K. Cartier then proposed the Army, Navy, and Volunteers. Ho might be con- sidered as too intimately connected with the latter to propose a toast of the kind witli propriety, but he might, at ail events, say tiiat the volunteers of Canada had oti n» )ro than one occasion during the past few years been called upon to defend their country and they had done so bravely and nobly, and like patriotic men (cheers). Banfl — " Britisli Grenadiers." Lt.-Col. Cii.vMBBRLiN, C.M.G., in response to an unanimous call responded, saying that ho thanked the company most heartily for tho honor done to the volunteers. In presence of the chief of the Canadian Navy and also of an officer of the British regular army (Cup- tain Cameron) he could not say anything on behalf of those branches of the service, but speaking for tho volunteers he could, without any hesitation, testify to the! gratification they experic^nced at having thi' services which they had rendered in defence of the Ein|iiro so heartily recognized, and also at tiixling their brother volunteers and fellow subjects, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, united with them in the glorious privilege of defending the flag of the Empire. (Cheers.) Captain Camkro.v was also called upon to respond. He said he regretted that a lUstinguishcd volunteer officer like; Colonel Chamberlin had not undertaken to speak on behalf of the regular army as well as for the volunteers. He alluded to thi; Itiiperial policy of withdrawing the troops from Cana- dn,nn(i «o tlic floiilitu whidi that policy seem-' rd to liuvc Kivi n rixc to in tUv iiiiii'ls of (.'»• iiiiiiiiins. 'i'licsc doiiliU arc v.Ty |)aiiifitl to Ini|>iliill oIlirciH, wiio Isliow tiTftctly well lliiit till' old l-itiKli"!) iK'iirt Htill liciitH la-iiiulli tiio Mii^iiisli liniiHt. (('ln'tTK.) Till! Imperial (iovcniiiiciit had a ri^dit to withdiaw tlu^ troops iVoii) ('iiiiadii, and to pinvnu a policy of coni'cnt ration wliirli . ny military man would say was a wise one. Itnt Hritain wuidd not lor'^ct her rhildrin. ((.'lit'irs.) ('oininodorc rmiTiN n-pliudon huhalf of the Navy. Ill* said ho was not a nifinluT of llic lliiyal n;ivy, Imt only of the I'rovinciiil navy, v;hi(.h was a t'onii)arnlivcly small j alVair. Stdl it must ho rcnii'mhcnd that a! navv did not consist in ships alone, hut in^ the hone and muscle of its sailors, and in the eij.Oity thousand lishermen whom Cana- da posMsstcl lay the Htrength of the (Cana- dian navy, (t.'lu'crs.) Hon. Mr. AIiTC'HK.M.also replied on behalf of the navy. lit; said (hat tin; events of the past years had shown that the navy of Cana- da was of some account, and as for the Koyal Navy that great iind jjlorious service which has done so much to uphold the honor of the Kmpire for years past, its fame was world wide. (Cheers.; Sir (iKoiKiK K. CAiiTiKn then roue and Raid he had now to propose the toast of the evon- inir, "Our (iuest ' the Hcmorahle Mr. 'I'rutch liefore cloiufi so, however, he hoped to he al- lowed to make a few ohservatioiis. Last year we achieved a fjrc at deal in CAtendinu; tlu! houi.daries of the Dominion as far as the Uocky Sloimtain.'*. 'J'liat was a )^'rcat and dillii ult work to accomplish, hut it waniere- ly an extension of the territorial limits of the Dominion. Now they had adiievccl a greater work, they had carried the limits of Canada us far .IS they could no in a wi sterly direction, and the end attained was wortli the slru/j^Me. (Cheers.) Hince Mr. Trutch had heen in Can.'icla he had vi-on many fi'iends, hut he (Sir (ieorf,'o Car'ier) and liis collea^rues had better opportunities than any one else to form a more intimate acqtiaintance with him, and IbitishColumbia, he wasciuitesure, couhl not hav(! a better representative. lie regret- ted that the two fjenthinen who nccoinpan- ied him as deleffates last summer were not with him. Still, he could not help feelin^' that they enjoyed a fjreat pleasure in having' Mr. Trutch, one of the leading members of the Ihitish Columbia Executive Council, [ire- sent with them (cheers). We have had our struggle and are now rejoicing oviT our suc- ces.s, but we must not forget that Mr. Trutch and his c'olleagues have heen liattling for Union fm- year.*. Our triumph was his triumph also, and it was our duty to con- gratulate and do honour to him (cheers), lie (Sir George Cartier) could not forget that 300 years ago a bold navigator set sail west- ward to discover a way to the eastern coast of Asia. His name was Jacques Cartier (cheers). Ho was followed by Champlain and La Salle, and when the latter left the plac:e wbcTu now stands the village of La- ( Vinp, seven ml!c8 from Montreal, he fnid an he hme extended here to-night to Hritish Columbia in the person of her representative on her entranco into thi.s Confederiition of Hritish North America ; a Welcome which, I can assure voii, will be; most gratefully appreciated in that cotintry, and cannot fail to draw closer the bonds of union between our community iiiid the peo- pie of Canada. Well knowing us I do that I am expressing the! sentiments of joyful gra- titude which possess the! entire Hritish popu- lation of our colony at this moment, I tend(!r their thanks to those gentlemen whose; votes have secured feir us the' consuminatiem of our hopes and aspirations ; and I congratulate! you, Mr. Chairman, ancl your honourable! col- leagues in the Dominion (iovernment, on your far-sighted slatemanship in bringing this measure, so entirely in accord with the clearly enunciated wishes of the Imperial Oovernment, to a successful issue, undeterred by the strenuous oppositiein urged against it ; and I confidently express my be lief, that as the true merits of this mi'nstiro are more thoroughly understood, as the hasele-ssi'ess and fallacy of the objections to the terms of our Union, and particularly to the railway engagement, are realized throughout the e'ountry, the policy of your Government will be more and more generally and thankfully sustained. (Cheers.) TUB OPPOSITION FROM ONTARIO. It would ill become me. Sir, a stranger occupying tbc position I do, to offer any I'Ron nf ito tliis i( II ; II ill ))(• •oiiiitry, DiiUs of |U<). tliiit I Kiii- popii- •iidtT votes ofour atiilutu 1! tol- nt, on iiiKiiij; ith tli(> ipiiia! ■tcrnd nst it ; lint ns more SHI' OSS rms of li I wny tllR It will ;fully anper any rritirlum hontile to the neiniitted, indeed I I'onsider it my *h Col- ninhiii, wt! have heen led to iinderhtaiid nio«t diKlinetIv from the iitteranees of ptililic ni< n. nnd from the opinioiiK eninieiated in leadin;: jonrnals in Ontario, that from that ipnrter at leant we nhoiilil have no opposition. We were nwnru that there were in thix roiintry. some, who linvinK opposed ('onf>deration from its Inception, were Klill hostilf to that (Trent and K")- minion. But the people of Ontario we linve regarded ns our natural allies in this con- necticm, nnd we supposed that tlie leaders of political parties in that province would nniti in extendinp confederntion westward on any rensonahle terms which mi);ht be lai- peared to me extravagantly depreciatory, ot our country nnd our people. (Henr, hear I believe that those statements were maih licmestly thoufrh upon false information. Hut not the less do I regret tlint those statements nro about to inflict much mortifnation and bitterness of heart upon the people of our country. They cnnnot know the cireiim- Rtnnces under whii'li these statements were uttered, nnd will not therefore mnke nllow- nnces for those who utiored them as I do. 1 have never believed that it was a jiait of my mission here to vaunt the material wi allh of our country, to extol its excellence, or in any wny to press Itritish Columbia upon Canada. But I think it is necessnry, after what ha«i been said, to give you gentlemen here pre- sent some just idea of the wealth ami wf>rtli of our country. This is no occa-'ion for nttimpting any detniled description or Rtntisticnl essiy on British Columbia, but I will endeavor to sketch with as few touches as possible, THE LEADING FEATURES OF THB COCSTBr. The position of British Columbia yon are all well acquainted with, comman(ling, as it does, not only the trnde of the Western continent of America, nnd the islands of the Pacific, but also that of the Tnins-Pacific countries. It has a sea coast extending 500 miles in a straight line, with a labyrinth of islands along its whole length, forming innu> merabic harbours, inlets and canals, togethor with the rivers which empty into tin in teem- itig with IInIi — salmon, stiiigeon, mackerel, < od, herring, hallibii!, oula<'hans, and Inst but not least, with whales. These flsheiies are a source of wealth at presi iit totally nndeve- I'lpi'd with us. We know only of its IioiiihU less richness, but except a small beginning in whnb' lisheiy, nothing has as yet been done to render merchantiible tliese immense re. sources. Then our forests, i xtemling all along the coast and river courses, of vast ex- tents of tiinlier excellent in (]ualily, and, from tile ir proximity to water carriage, most valiialjle toi shipbuilding and lumbering pur- poses This iiniustry in liritisii (.'oliiinliia lias latterly elTected a good start, as appears I'rom the ritlicial returns for \Hi]u. tiiat in that year lumber amounting in value to ,$'.'5i),()()() was exported. Our coal fields too are of vast extent — of bituminous coal in Vancou- ver's Island, along the coast of the mainland and 20') miles in the interior of the country. These have been worked to some extent for some years jmst, and in ISCit, $l'2.'),f)00 worth ■if coal was exp()rted to San Francisco. Wo have also that which some think more viu luable tliiin bituminous coal. In Queen Charlotte's Island large y intersecting mountain ranges. But it must be remembered that all is not moiintaiiioiis. We have a very largo ijuantity of valiialde land.availuble for agricul- tural and pastoral purposes in British (;olum- bia on the high plateaus nnd interspersed .amongst the valleys, capable of supporting it very large jiopulation, and though not )icrha]i3 constituting what ma}' b" called,8trictly speak- ing, an ngricultural country, yet amounting, I think, to from a fourth to a third of the coun- try, a good portion of which is now under cultivation, and yields heavy crojis of grain and roots. As to the; climate I am almost afraid to touch upon it. It possesses su'h a charm for one who has experienced it ; vary- ing n» it does from the humid West of Fng- land climate of Vancouver's Island and the coARt region to tlio drior climate of the tabk'-laml of the inturiur, and the more brac- ing tinipt-ratiiru of the moiintuin dixtrictM, but evi-rywiiuru KaltibrioiiH and favorable to the Hi'ttlcnitiit of tliu country, and forming one of itH main attraotionH. I liave pointetl out to you MutHcitnt matirial rcHourccH and advantugeH to hIiow that apart from ItB politi- cal value to Canada, thig iw a country worth having. (Iltar, hoar, and checrH.) And 1 know no rcawoii why this country, now Hipa- rat<'is- tory of Confederation in British Columbia, and to review the position of the question there at the present time. In March 1807, while your delegates were in London, complet- ing the negotiations which resulted in the pre- •Bcnt British North America Act, our Legisla- tive Council, then composed of fourteen official and nine selected mem- bers, but all appointed by the Gover- nor, being in session, passed an nnanimonsri- solution praying that they might be allowed the opportunity of entering the Confedera- tion at some tuture day on terms fair and equitable. And that sentiment exists to-dny and to an increased degree. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) This resolution was telegraphed by our Governor to the Secretary of State. I know not whether this resolution was in- strumental in causing the 14Gth section to pound. Six dollais a day is considered poor j be inserted in the British North America Act, man's digging there, and wages are mainly but shortly after our message was sent a re- from this cause proportionately high. There ply was received informing us that provision is another reason which I think has operated had been made for our admittance into the almost ns largely against our obtaining any Confederation. In 1868, resolutions were increase of popi lation. Up to this year inopportunely introduced into our legisla- British Columbia has been a Crown colony, ture praying for immediate confederation with a government, so to speak, despotic, ; with Canada; but in view of the fact that the there being no popular representative body.! great North-West was still unconnected with Such a form of government is supremely dis- the Dominion, this movement was voted pre- tasteful to any Anglo ' -xon community, and mature and impracticable. In 1869 a similar especially so to one situated as that of Brit- resolution favouring immediate confederation ish Columbia is, in close juxtaposition to the was again proposed in the Council by some republican territory south of us. The gov- enthuastic friends of Confederation, but again crnment has, I know, been honestly car- rejected on the same ground as in the year ried on with the best interests of the before. But in 1870 the North-West, having country in vic^w, but we have been aware been acquired by you,'and her Majesty's Be- that the form of government has do- presentativo in British Columbia having been terred immigration. But how is this com- informed of the policy of the Imperial Go- munity open to the accusations which ' vernment, it was resolved to take up the I have heard lu-ged against it, as being a question of our Union with Canada and to worthless vagrant population. I stand here j bring it before the country. The Governor prepared to state that the population of' therefore in Executive Council formed a British Columbia will compare favorably ' schdme and that scheme was passed through man for man with any on this continent.; the Legislative Council as a government And I adduce to you as a proof of what I 'measure, it being however distinctly promis- have s'^id what has already been done in that ed that the people of British Columbia should colony still in its cradle. Only ten years ago i have an opportunity of concurring in it *as established as a colony, and now look or rejecting the terms of Union in a Leg- at the towns, farming settlements and roads' islative Council in which there should be a we have constructed. I see nothing in this I majority of representative members. These eastern portion of this continent to compare jassurancos have been strictly fulfilled. The with our coach roads; and all this we have i terms of Union agreed upon betwoea the itiiin. Oovcr- ng m a Leg- d be a These , The !B the ilt'li'PittiH from III itiKhCnliimliin and tho Dn- iiiinion (Vfriiiiiciit liwt yciir, weru milmiitUd nil tliu IHtli uf liii-t Jiinimi y, to u LcKJHliaive CotiiH'il, coiiiiioHid (if nine rcprcMfriUitivi'M iiikI six u|i)i<>iiit<'iit Willi till' Doiiiiiiioii woiilil liiivf III' t Willi till' liiuity ii|i|ii()vul ofOiilariii, timt till) ciiiistnii'tiiiii lit (line of ihc ('aniiiliiui I'm iiir Itiiilwiiy woiilil iiuct with litr rciuly Kii|i|Miit, mill I iiitiiimtnl to you, Sir, that I Know tliiit ItiitiNh Coliiniliin woiiIiIIm-, kh I wa<, iiKtoiiifhrd at tin- piwitinn takin liy ninny nuiiilii'rH (if rarliaiiirnt from Ontario. And ill Kiipport of tliiit piiHiiioti I pray you to al- low nil' to n ad to you an cxtruLt from i\w /iiili-ili ('it/i)iii'l iif till' ITtili Miircli, piililiHlu-d in Vii loria, wliirli I ri'ci.'ivrd tlirci- dayK Kiiici'. Ill a liadiiij; articli'oiir Victoria uditor writi'N UN follow ; " liiii^li I 'ili'iniiM (iwi'i iniK'Ji fo ilic Toronto //'<)';.' iKi' |li(- r. in- • -ll I llllililv Willi WlllCll II l|i|- II i I ill mi; I I'll III (III Ihc I II nil I II I' II of ('aliliJ i t I > II ' • <..|| . f ir M io|iilii'/ :i liioii I, vl'ii lions, ami I il!> iiatioiiii! I'lilicy Willi ic-i ccl to Mirowlii;; o;icii ilic .Ten' Null Wc-t iiikI prosing oiiWiinl lo III ' I'lii'llc iiiirlil'^ cuiri'iiiiioriir.v Is ilunhi. If-^s II i| iillo!; "lli'.|'li-i'i' IVi.ni liiiiils nnd Inlllims, 111! L' I- (liic vir;ii t','lii !'• ri)\ ir n nrililtiulc oi sin • In ilii' . \ c or r.vliisli C'llniniiin nl Icitst. In n rcccni ii'iiii'icr nllli" (,•/•./ lyiiu III the Hurl h of tile rui-ty-ninlli piiiMl'd. imi>l I'nrevcr rorlnil Mic liica of :i Crinii'lliii I'nclile line ii|iivin({ a success. If, Imtei'd II lines III). I'i'ii'lii I llie lilen nf sl.ch a line ever lieiic' hiill. Til tills nnr ciiiitciiiporury Hie t;/',hr well Ii'l lied: — I niiiy ri'inark that the fnllowin}; extract is (juotcdliy our editor verliatini from the To- feiito (i/(i/ir of the .'!i(l Filiriiaiy, iih I Imve asicrlaiiiitl hy reference to a tile of that journal ; "Tne mnin line of tlie Nnrili I'ai'ille nf.no I'liliit nllis inni" nii|ii'n;ielii's willilii a hundred and lil'ly inllesnr Ili'iilsh terrlinry, while In tr<'- ii'inl It Is 111 a niMcli i^realir dlsiiiiic" I'mni the linuiicliiry line. Sii|>|iiisiili: nnr^iieat liiUes lilntted out, and ii wll leiniss of a hundred and llft.v mi es streleliiMir .'ilnn^jllie wlinle lH>rder linr ol I intMriii, wnuld .'iiiy nue nrvtue that a railway fir dnwii In renn-ylv.mii nnd New Ynrlt would lie • inlle MiHicieiit in ileveliil«' I he resnltrO'S of tills eniinlry. Mild IIimI a I ('Mlinliaii lines would he reiilly Ml niMch Dim ey thmwiiMWiiy ? Ycf sneli MM ai'Lfunient wn nl nnt Im' sn fimlisli and Incnii- elusive as Whiil Is iirj;!' 1 le; iliist th(. CDiistriiclioii nf a ureal CniiiKlian Trans-L'oiiiliiental Uali- WMV. •'Tlie iirnpiised route nf that nmlerlnklnK Is, on an avene-'e, fnnr liiindi-ed miles north of that hi'in<; 111 ide fioiii lit: nth, ainl lnstea>l of heiiii;, as ii larir • jiart of hilli tli. .\in'Mle:in lines must l)(V tlirniiirli nil lrie<'!almiil>le desert, It runs thrnu(fh a country which. In fertility and oll- ninle, will coin pare favnrahly Willi any part of the Norili Anieilc in ('i)iitlneiit. "When this h is iieen sliiti d. nolliliiK ols" is n"- cr>ssnry. Any |ierson of nrdliinr.v IntelllKenco c;iii see a' M f?l iiu'e ilmt a railway which never. thrniiulinnt lis wlmle ('ours(> cnmes within n hundred miles nf the iHinlcr Hue of a coiintr.v, cull do s-ery llltlo lo Uelcvopo the rcsourcei oi' ' Hint eonntry. It \n hotter Ihnn nnthlna, hut thU Is ad that c III Im' sal I In Its oelialf. Tne Ininie- illate territory llimnirh wlili-h ll runs wmilil lie li'Mielltted elilelly, nnd III tile llrsf pliiee iiinl all lieyond only Ineldeiitally, and alter the lapso of 111 oiy years. "Ill-lad oftlio raet that the Norfli racldp In under Inr Its helliit puslli ll tlirni (.'ll Wltli- iril delay, i'olltlcally ll is a inatill"Ht ami iiroM. .iil{ neeessity, while cnnilllerciiillx It Is as evU d'litlv of the Very hlithcsl liiiimi tiiiice fnrCaiiii. i|a. ill ihiM wir alone e.'in this emiiitry have iiiy chance fnr • i.r fnlr share In hicrntlve lriiilt> with the Nnrtl' west which will assnri d'y sprii n nil, and In the varle I Irnllle with the I'aclle wiirlil which to a ureal extent will mi-h tliriini;h raniiillan terrllor>-. If one.' what will he the slinrtest and easiest route froni (X'caii to (M'caii U ; III WnrUlnti order." Thu lirilinh Coliimhiii editor on this re- ninrkH : j "iiiir readers will auree with the fiir.';iiilni{, i while they will ni'ist leartlly en 'nrn- and en> I ihiislastleally ai |ilaiiil the followint; parat;raph 'With which the (;/(i/»c'.« article cnncliiiles : I "iMir llelKhlinlirs kliiiw the valllo nf the prl/.n involved, mill are ni ilUi.i; ulumi Ie elfints in se.. •lire It exclusively fnr tin ni-elves. t iiir rulers will he Iraltnrs to their eniintry nnd to llrllsli ''oiineellnii if they Inse a sli «le -caMiii In mnUiiii; ll praclieahle aii'l enliveiilelit fnr selllers to ao lo I'nri (lurry throuirli oiirown territory, ami in pntliiiK ihiii'is In a f.ilr way fnr the ('uiiadliin I'aclile Uailway. It Is a i|nestlnii imt merely nf enlivelilence hut of national existence. It niUKt lie imsliiil tluoiii;)) at whatever expen-e. \S'o iielleve II can he so piislied thronuli. not only withniil licliii; 11 htirileii peciinliirily uponCaiiii- • lii, hut with an ahsniute prnllt in every iioliil of view. Without such a line a (jreat Hrltish North America would turn out an unsuhsinntlal dream; with P, and with ovdinary prud"nce mil wisdom on the part of her statesmen. It will he a creut, a Klorlous, nnd tncvlt-ithle real- ity." I cannot imnp^inc nny «tronp;er nipnmeiit in favour of the immei to construction of the proposed ruilwny, l.^ even its most en- thiismKticnlly interested liritish C'oltimliinn udvocntoH, tlmn that huro nr^ed liy the editor of the Toronto (Jlohe. This work wliieh ho so pres8ingly insists on ns n political neccH> sity, und as of thu highest commercial im- portance, we proposed to yon to undertiike ; nnd this work yon have engaged to commence at once, nnd to complete ot the earliest prnc- ticnhlo period, thnt is to say, ns we have esti- mated, in ten years from the date of union. TUB TEN YBAIIS' LIMITATION. And now. Sir, I speak witli special caro, as I desire that full weight should be given to every word I utter on this point, that is to sny, as to the understanding which I had when this clause was framed, and still have, of the intention of this engngement hy the Dominion to construct the Canadian Pacillc Railway within ten years. When we came to you in June last, wc proposed that you should build at once a coach road from Fort Garry to the Puciflc, and within three years begin n railway, and we sought to bind you to spend n million of dollars annually on the section of this railroad in Uiitish Columbin, and to complete its construction with the utmost possible despatch. We fully under- stood then that once the road was com- menced, it must be urged to its completion ns I I'n to is to ]ma have, ).V tho 'acilic canio it J'OII Fort j'oarB I you n tlio nibin, tho nder- com- ction aM a mnttor of courno, an n biiKincRH nrcrsHlty, nnil tliut JiiMt.iul (if $1,000,000 bfinjc H|).iit, proliiilily $:.,(tOO,(iOO wdiiltl lie yrarly rxpfml- nl in llritii.li Coliiinlilii. W'v kinw, in fmt, timt if till- I'iMui WHO to bi' ( iiniplctt)! ut ull, it would hi'.vf to lie iinKct'did witti at ii fur fastrr rate tliari aniillinii ayit that Canad.i W4iiild not nndcr. take t\u' worlv at all, and it wixh to witiNfy tlirir (loiilitM, to H(!( lire their adIii'Kion tu the H< heme, tliat the K«'*>n"tt'^' *'f •''>^ I'Xpi ndi- tiire of th(! $1,000,000 annually waH aNked. The (Jovirnnu nf, on confireiicn with our delegation, at once exprenned their nadineHH toi'oinmeneo at once the railroad to the I'aci- ti<', and to complete it an Koon aH it uuh p-^ac- tiealdu todo ho; but the coach roati waMobject- e;ue that she expects it to be carried out in the exact interpretation of the words themselves, regardless of all consequences, is a fallacy which cannot bear the test of common sense. (Hear, hear ) Tlie cuRe stands thus : iiritish Columbia is about to enter into a partnership with Canada, and one of the terms of the articles of partner- ship is that we are under the jiartnership to construct a railway upon certain conditions. Is Jiritish Columbia going to hold lur partner to that which will bring ruin and bank- ruptcy upon the tirm? Surely you woiihl think H8 fools inileed if wo adopted such ii course. I would protest, and the whole of Uritish Columbia would jjrotest, if the gov- ernment proposed to borrow $100,000,000 or $ir)0,000,000 to construct this road; (hear, hear,) running the country into debt, and taxing the people of British Columbia as well as of the rest of the Dominion to pay the burden of such a debt. Why, sir, I heard it said the other evening that British Columbin had made a most Jewish bargain with you in these terms, but even Shylock hims(df would not exact his pound of Hesh if a portion of it liad to bo cut from his own body. (Lnud cheers and laughter.) I am sure that you will find that British Columbia is a pretty intelligent community, which will bo apt to tike a business view of this mr.ttor. She will expect thaii this railway shall be com- menonl in two yrarf", fur that is (barly practicable; and she will also ex|irct that the tiiian( ial ability of the llnminioii will be exerted to its Utmost ,» ilbili tin limits of reason, to compli ttr it in the tini>' nnm< d in tho agreement ; but you nmy n st assured that slur will not regaitl llils niilwiiy eiigngt- nieiit as a ■■ cast-inui contiact." as it liiis lui u calleil, or desire that it siiould I'e iiiirird out in any other way than a<( «ill sec tire t!ie prospeiity of the whole lloniiiiioii cf uliiili she is to be a part. (Checis.) I have iiiidir- stood this railway cii^agiiuent in this way from the tirst, and I still so uiubrstand it. I believed when we lligntialid this i lalise in the terms of union last year, and I now be- lieve, that it is not only piactii abli- tur this road to be built by a lilnral land grant and a moderate nioiicy subsiijy. but that it will bo so built and co!ii|iUti'(l williin llie esti- inatid pi'riod often yenis. I'.nt if ,i • ' take has been made in this otiinate, (ti no' u Ink that British Colnnibia is guiiig to |>ut a strained interpretation upon the airu'cnu'iit, to her own material injuiy ; tha' le is ii' ly, as the saying is, to bite her (i\ i nose <'tV to spite her face. ESTIMATKn COST OF TlUi II MI.W \V. I will enter into iio estiiii:ite ii. -night of the cost <»f the section of the oro- posed road east of the Itml^y Moiiiiliiiiis. Von have as good minnsnt' rmniing upiuiofis on the lu-obalile expeiKllturc lliat will \t<- rr. (|uiri'd on this |)ortiiiii of till' line as 1 Ilivc. But I will speak of tin- prulMiih- cost of IIk; line in British Cnliinibia llnoiigli a coiinliy with which I nni pi-rsnnully a< i|UMiiit' il. British Columbia, Sii, is iint such an un- known, iinexplond country as it lia.> le n supposed or rrpresented to be. I may ni'ii- tion to you that in IHi'>.'> and iscti, in obrili- eiiee to a des]ial< h fiom the Secri iary of State, asking for inlorniatioii regarding the facilities f(u- the c()ii>titictinn < f a waggon road across tlie niiiunt.iiMs, to ( on- nect with the lied Kiver sittlciiniit, 1 insti- tuted, under tlie (iovcrnor's dir.' tioii, explo- rations of the country brtwetii Fniser Uiver and t\w llocky Mdiintain latiLre, and the re- port of these explorations, tngithrr with a minute from myself tlureoii, sMiuming up all the information then obtaiiialile, were |irinted and liav(r b"en made piililie. It is, I think, pntty cirtain that tin' i hoice ior the liiu; throuirh the UoiUy .Mnuntiiins is between Leather I'ass and llowses I'ass; but from the Western oe'lrt of eitlnr of tli/isi; passes, there are sev>-, I lines nf route to the I'aci lie, and I do not pri tend niw to olVi r any opinion as to tin? relative m 'li',-- of these several lines. I will speak only of that one which I am most ac(|uaiiitrd with, hav- ing jiassed over nearly this whole lino from the I'acitic to the Hocky sloniitains, on horse. back or on foot, and over pails of it fre- iiuently. I mean a line from the iiimithof the Fraser, following up the course of that river and of one of its tributaries, the Thompson, to the head waters of the soutli branch of 10 the latter livor, in Shiiswap Lake, thcnof thron>;h the Eanle Pasa ncroRs a sumniit ol the Gold Kanpe, four hundri'd and seventy feet nliove the Lake level to the Columbiti River, and tip tlie Columbia and one of its Kinall triliiitaries, railed Blackberry River, to lltiwsi 's I'uKK. This is not only a practicable line luit it will fjive a pradual ascent to thi sniiiiiiit of ti.e Rocky Mountains, from which jMiiiit the descent to the Red River will be iiimtist a rt'pular incline, in very favorable c()n)|»iriK(in with tlie jjrade of the road now in opcratii'U between San Francisco and Dinalia, which passes f>ver four successive summits, the lowest of which is two thou- sand feet higher than that we have to over- come on the liocky Mountains. Now, Kir, in the absence of d(!tailed surveys and sec- tions, no one can make a close estimate of the cost of tills line; but I venture to ex- press my opinion in which ' nin supported by other gentlemen, like m.\ If engineers, who liave gone over the line, that notwithstand- ing some portions of the work on this road along the ("nnon of the Fraser would be very expensive, the whole distance from the I'licifie sealioard to the summit of the Rocky Mountains, a distance! of about six hundred rai'es, may be set down at an ap- proximate estimate of $t50,000 per mile. RKgn.T OF OKKEAT OP IXIO.V. I have been frequently asked of lute — and I mention this ]H)iiitasit has been discussed SO warmly in Parliament. "What would hav(! been the result in British Columbia had the address in favor of her union with Canada been voted down ?" Well, fSir, as I have said already this evening, the people of liri- tish Columbia are not only an intelligent but a loyal communitv — throughout the whole country there exists strong attachment to British connection. 'I'hey have never as a peo|)le had any indination for the T'nited (States or any proclivity toward the institu- tions of tiiat country; and though there was at one time in the year before last an attemjit on the part of a few disafl'ccted persons to raise sueli an issue, it was so speedily hooted down that the very wonl annexation has been ever since taboed among us. But, had this address not been carried there would have been the deepest disappointment throtighout our colony and profound dis- couragement to the best friends there of Con- federatiim. Our people have been given to understand from all (piarters in Canada as T before told you that the Canadian Pacific Piailway was to be built at once — they have regarded their union with Canada on the terms arranged by your Ciovernment as afore- gone conclusion— and had they been told by you as they would in fact have been told by y( ur refusal to confirm those terms, " we are not able to undertake the building of this Railway, we are not prepared to take the responsbility of uniting British Columbia to us, not equal to the occasion which pre- sents itself," they would certainly with em- bittered feelings have at once and unani- mously refused to unite with you on any other terms, and what might hav<> been the ulthnate result I would i)reter not to conjec- ture. JJut, Sir, happily we have escaped any such risk as this would have occasioned to the consolidation of British interests on this continent, and are met here to-night to re- joice over the cons/.mmation of the great work of the union of Briti.sh (V. lumbia to the Dominion. ((.'heers.) I must ajiologise for the leiiirth of these remarks on a social occasion sneh as this is, hut there were some |)oints with regard to the true bearing and intention of the terms of union of our colonj with Canada which I have considered it very desiralde, not only for the sake of our community, but in the interest of ,.iis whole Dominion, to comment on, and explain from a British Columbia point of view, and I have availed myself of this opportunity of doing so as I see no ])ro- bability of any other being all'orded me just now. And now, sir, I begto renew my acknow- ledgements of th(! hii:h compliment jiaid this evening to British (^)lumbia in the ixrsoii of her representative. For inyrelf I can only assure you that I shall ever cherish a giat<'- ful recollection of the very great kindness wbicli I have received from the many friends with whom I have bad the pleasmc of be- coming acquainted in Ciinada. ar.d I'speciiilly, Mr. Chairman, from yourself. On behalf <.f the people of British Columbia — the young- est of the fair sisterhood of federiitcd provin- ces now spread across this broad continent from ocean to ocean — T express the heartfelt desire — long may this goodly Dominion flourish and grow in honor among the na- tions under the dear old fliig that now waves over us — enjoying year by year an iii'Teasing measure of material prosperity, and tniev;t happiness ! and in direct connection with this sentiment I propose to you in the nnnu; of our colony a toast which I know needs no further preface here to-niulit — to those to whom British Columbia and this whole Do- minion owe so much — " Her Majesty's Minis- ters." (liOud and prolonged cheers.) The toast having been enthusiastically drank. Sir G. K. CaktiivR, on behalf of his col- leagues and himself, returned their most sin- cere thanks. With regard to this present ministry it should be borne in mind that it was tiie offspring of Confederation. From the 1st of July, 18()7, it ii.-d been the ta-k of the ministry ever to extend the ineoniplete scheme of Confederation. It was their liap- py lot to-day to see this in a measure com- pleted. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Hon. Mr. CAMPnui.i. snid that he was hapiiy to submit to Sir George's response fr the ministry. He was Kun; they were all drliLjlit- ed that Sir (reorge had been so happy in lad- ing during the absence of Sir John. (Ibiir.) The mottoe of the present tninistry liail ev>r been "One Queen, oni^ flag, one destiny." (Loud cheers.) That had been the feeling which had influenced them, and when they 11 >ni th ii:i iiiiiion III- ii;i- r Wiwcs •itlitliis jinu! (if ifc(U no hose to liolc Do- ll in is- lllS Cdl- nost siti- prcst'iit d lli.it it Trom Province ofl'ered, and that there would be an antagonism which he trusted would not re- sult disastrously. (Laughter.) While they were yet fi lends, therefore, he must congra- tnUvte the hon. gentleman who had set be- fore them so cli^arly the somewhat intricate state of atlairs in the Province he reiircsent- ed. Mr. Trutch had dwelt upon the wcaltli of British Columbia in its tisherii's, its coal fields, its timber and its gold. Wtli, Mani- toba had something to ofter too, or rather would have when its boundaries were extend- «!. It bad its fisheries not to be despised ; it had its gold liehls, though peo|)h> could j not as yet pick up nuggets as in British C'o-i lumbia. (Laughter.) Still there were tliosel who when washing the shining sands of the I ITpper Saskatchewan argued that on our .side' of the I'ocky Mountains there existed the! matrix from which these golden grains had 'drifted. What Manitoba however had chiefly, to otter to the Dominion was agricultural re-l sources, homes to the immigrant, a yield of Krain unequalled in any country. What Brit-' ish Columbia seemed to need was wealth — what Manitoba needed was population. He! was witling that Mr. Trutcli should get for' his Province r'.l the capitalists if he could[ serine for Manitoba that immigration which her natural resources K braces a territory p^rcater than that of half the Kingdoms of Europe, or that of our t- ' tnral rivals, the United States. (Cheers.) Mr. Bmni, M. 1*. for Selkirk, Manitoba, after repeated calls, rose and said that, after what had fallen from the gentleman who had preceded him, there was little more to bu said. As it had been determined that they were to have a railway connection with this country, he would say something about the route. It had been said that the route from Fort Garry to Canada was almost impracti- cable. Ho believed, from what he could learn from people who had traversed that route, that this wax not the cat>e. (Hear, hear.) By following the old route taken by the Hudson's Bay Comfiany's oflicinls, going behind Nipissing, touching Nepigon, and skirting Lasallc, they would be able to pa8S through a country, certainly not quite equal to some portions of the Dominion, but, both as regarded climate and soil, not inferior to much of the country through which the In- tercolonial Railway runs. At the Lake of the Woods they reached the prairie, which ex- tended for fourteen hundred miles to the westward, and afforded facilities for the con- struction of a railway unequalled by that through which any railway in the Dominion passed. (Hear, hear.) Then as to the re- sources of the country. They posse.ssed large fisheries, and though they might not have a fish with the colour of a salmon, tlioy had the white fish, which was far superior in Havour. They, too, had found nugget.s of gold, and they were possessed of salt inineK, which were sufficient to supply the whole Domi- nion. There were large beds of coal, too on the Assiniboine and the haskatchewan, and a great deal of coal oil somewhat north ; and, besides, there were cop- per, iron, lead, &c., in abimdance, «n ing the last year a considerable quantity o. bricks had been made. He thought, there- fore, that for building material they weie pretty well off. (Hear, hear.) He believed that during the coming years two steamers would be running on Red River, for a dis- tance of 160 miles, which would connect that country with the railway system of the United States. On the Lake Manitoba (from which to Fort Garry the distance was only sixty miles over a perfectly level country) and the Saskatchewan River there would doubtless also be steamers within a couple of years, thus to a certain extent opening uj) and giving the means of bringing down this coal and other products of that extensive and valuable district — but the great desideratuiD was railway communication ; and he believed that within the ten years spoken of the railway would be built, and that the friends of those people who were going from Ontario and Quebec to Manitoba would not let the matter rest, but would press forward a.-* rapifiiy as possible the railway to tl»e North West. (Loud cheers.) Sir GicORGB Cartieu then proposed the health of the speakers of tho two Houses of Parliament, regretting that domestic affliction prevented the attendance of the speaker of- tho Senate. Hon. Mr. CocKiii'nN, Speaker of the Hou»e of Commons, responded in hi.s usual happy strain. Then followed " the Press "' to which Mr. Thomas White of the Gazette responded, and "the ladies" responded to by Mr. Savary. "The chairman" was proposed by Mr. Grant M.P., and after the toast had been duly honoured, the band played God Save the Queen, anil the company separated. n the prairioH, out the whole red to stallfecd », as is the case Jhcers). It had at difficulty in ilding material, shores of Lako :c quantities of and there were hich could bo ricks, and dur. hie quantity ©i hoiight, there- rial they weic He believed 5 two steamers iver, for a dis- ?ould connect system of the lanitoba (from ance was only level country) there would ithin a couple nt opening up :ing down tho extensive and t deKideratuKi id he believed lokon of the it the friends from Ontario d not let the forwari art 3 the NortJi roposed the o Houses of Stic affliction > speaker o{ f tlie Houw! iisual hapi)y which Mr. ponded, and avary. "The Grant M.P., ' honoured, Qiiccii, anil