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X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 S 6 SH THE TORY LETTER WRITER -):o:(- SPECIALL Y ISSUED FOR THE EDUCATION OF "RISING GENERATION TORY CLUBS." -):o:(- Tlie Tory regime at Ottawa has been productive ot some remarkable correspondence, wliich Ims from time to time beeu given to the public. A few spe cimens will be found herewith. In August, ISTS, diiring the general election campaign, Sir John Jllacdonald jtddn^ased a meeting at Peter boro', Out., and in referring to L4»uis Itlel he said : — •*fl wisli to ©od I could eaten liim/' The lionesty of his statement in that regard was Open tO doul>t some yeare afterwards, when the foHowing letter was produced to a Parliamentary Committee by ArchUlsilop TacJie, It will be observed that this letter Contained $l,O00, to he used in securing RieUs ah.sence from the country ei|i;ht months previous to the v famous Peter- boro' speech : — {Private and strictly confidential.) Ottawa, Dec. 27th, 1871. "My Dear Lokd AncHBisiiop, — " I have been able to make the arrangement /or the individiMl that ice talked about. I now send you a sight draft on the Bank of Montreal fo- $1,000 ; 1 need ujt press upon Your Grace the importance of the moiuy being paid to him periodically (say monthly or quarterly), and not in a lump, otherwi^ie the money would he wasted, and our embarrassment begin again. The payment should spread over a year. ♦' Believe me Your Grace's " Very obedient servant, "John A. Macdonald." '* His Grace the Archbishop of St Boniface, Mcnt'-eal." In 18T2, when Sir J(»lin Macdonald was endeavouring to carry the country with the aid of the money advanced hy the late Sii* llugh Allan and his New York associates, with whom thc^ Premier had arranged to sell the charter for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, among the many demands made on Sir Hugh Allan for money, was the following telegram tO Sir Hugh's coufideniial agent from Sir John Macdonald : [TE[.Er.aAM.] " Hon. J. J. 0. Abbott, — " Send me another -$10,000 —last time of asking. [Form 29.1 Kingston, August 12th, 1872. (ovw..) As lit was feared that the g^errymander and corruption would not carry the Tories through the coute^ successfully in 188/S, furtlier in- triguing Iteciime necessary, and a gathWing of Tories was held at Chestnut Park, Sir David Macpherson's mansion, at which an arrangement was made whcreby Sir John promised the Orange representatives t4> assist in the passage of the Orauire incorporation hill by the Dominion Parliament, and pledged addi- tional represeutation in tlie Cabinet to the Roman Cutholics, by giving a portfolio to lion. John O'Donohue. But the raulf and file of the Oraugemeu ** kicked " against the quid pro qvo — the latter part of the compact — and Sir John* to prove that he would be faithful to his pledges, wrote this letter to the Roman Catliolic Bishops of Ontario :~ * {Private and Covfidemtial.) Toronto, June 5th, 1882. " My Dear Lord, — ' Mr. O'Donohoe will tell you of the the tempest thai has been raised here in Toronto on account of the supposition that his views are extreme as to the Irish question. This might destroy his future ; and it has, therefore, been arranged between the Hon. F. Smith and O'Do'iohoe that tJie former is to represent the Irish Catholics in the Cabinet, while O'Donohoe will get a seat in the Senate. " Frank Smith is to make loay for O'DonoItoe in the Mini<'try when they think the time is opportune. Those two gentlemen are acting in perfect accord. ar>d desire that I should explain lo your Lordship t/ie nature of their arrangement, which, of course, must be kept a profound secret at present. ** Believe me, my dear Lord, " Faithfully yours, '« (Sgd.) John A. Macdokald." During the visit of Hon. W. Laurier to Ontario in December, 1886, strenuous efforts were put forth by a cer in section of the Tory party at Toronto, Loudon, Peterboro', and Windsor, to provide for organized disturb- ances at his meetings. Full particulars of the action of the London con- tingent can be learned from a perusal of the following : — A. G. CHISHOLM, BARBISTKK, RICHMOND ST., London, Ont. London, December 9th, 1886. My dear Matthews, I want you to do me a favour* Do you think you could come down here on Monday in time to give an exhibition of your ventriloqulal powers at a meeting. I will tell you what it is : LauHer, the Frenchman, who so abused the volunteers that went to the North- West, is going to speak on that evening tor the Grits, and I want to know if you will come down here in time for the meeting, and tlir<»w your voice on the platform so as to make the Vit^itAftmti liiiiiK i!»OiIli3 0£ lilr^ I'l^SiiiCciii iti€3iiii» uOaa'C 6AAu0i.S6 uiH wuUiucriMi 3 ftl *f if^'^^P^'T "? '•«"••*'•>*« ^Ith a few of those choice uotea in the shape of cat-calls, &c., and which yon kaow Lov. to make so well. We will ffet VOU hlenl"'!' *''**"! ""^ the pla. form, and you wlU be surrouuded by iio «« /„ laT .""^ ''^*" '**'^*^ '^**™^ ^««*» ^»' -«i '^^ ^"« give you mstl t i -^^^^^^V."*". ^u ^**"' ^^I'«««««- ^fa«t we want particularly if tO make it appear that the friends of the speaker on the platform are saTiuff what .s no at all complimentary of him. I think 30 'could mlge ti " r 11; r """"'''^^r 'I '" "" '" ^'' ^''' °° ^°"^*y «^«^i-g °r afternoon If vou decide to come, telegraph me. saying what time you will come, and I will meet you-if in the afternoon i or xf at noon, come t. the office (above addx^ss). Of ' course, if voU ZZ *'**'*'" nT"* t**". *"**^^' ^'^' ««''••«*' -^ -» »♦»> Jv^^i^tanc^ which " p. S.— Don't let him gather that you have any ).,cine in aoinc; this. R Morgan, Esq., Toronto, This collection would not he complete without a record of the attempt hv the Dominion Government to bribe the Liberal Members of the Local Leeis- lature m 188^ the cSiAet actors in this i i being Sir John Macdonahi, Sir David Macpher.on, Bunting, Wilkinson and Shields. In order to strengthen Wilkinson's hands in the promises that he was makin as to havin- one of the Liberal morabers appointed to a Registrarship in the North- West, he oro"- duced the accompanying letter Irom Macpherson as proof that any recom mendation that he would make would be acted upon by the Ministry. "Dear Sir— "Owawa, 1st February, 1884. " I have made up my mind to recommend your appointment as Registrar at Edmonton, IIW.T, "•i'"«^iii» »» " Yours very truly, "D, L. Macpherson, "Minister of the Interior." More convincing evidence of the means by which the Tories have ruled Canada for so many years could not be required. Their own pens tell the story. The electors have the remedy in their hands at the polls* «"«»