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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Xu THE RKiifT Honorable EAIiL EUSSELU Piuncip.u- »Si:cui:tary of State fur Foruign Affairs : Afv Loiii>. — This ai)j)0.'il is not addropscd to yonr Lordsljip in coupo- (jMonco of the well linovvn devotion of the fJuusc of IJodlord to liberal and constitutional principles, or of tlio fact that those principles wore first applied to llcr Majesty's Coloiiios ill Hritish North America wlien you held the seals of the Co- lonial Department, hut hccaus(3 at the present eventful crisi:-; the honor of the Crown, and the respect due to the ihv^ of Eni^land, are especially ontruhted to your keeping as Foreign iSecrelary. I have tlio right to helicvo that the present political condi- tion of the iiritish Provinces in this j»art of llcr Mnjesty's do- minions, will he regarded with attentive consideration l»y a (•ahinet who havo assumed an attitude towards the Federal (lovernmont of the neighboring Ropulilic which is not unlike- ly to involve an immediate war — tho hattlc-neld for Avhich must be nirnished by thcso Colonies. In such a struggle, groat as is tho Military and Naval t^lrengtli of .Britain, nothing can exceed in iniportanco the tem])er of the public mind in the Colonies themselves. It must, thercroro, be matter for rejoicing to all v/ho arc interested in maintaining the integri- ty of the Empire, that at no period in the history of British America has there existed more devoted loyalty to the Crown, or greater i»ride in British Institutions, than now. Wo turn our eyes from the contemplation of the dissolving throes which agitato Governments where despotism or un- mixed democracy prevails, to look v/ith Vinqualified satisfac- tion upon tho security to life, property, and personal freedom ».'njo3"ed by those who, safe under the a>gis of British protec- tion, can claim the freest political institutions in tlio world as tJK^ir own. Tho (looisioii of tlio Orown OITifcrs of Enrilnud \\\\o\\ tljo ro- ront insult to ho.v lUi^j; on lH);\rd the Tinit, and tlio indcpond- (Mit spirit ill which that dcoision has \)wn ucccpted hy tho na- tion and iiot('tcd the advice of tho Attorney and Solicitor Gc- ncrul of tlio Province upon tho quostion, {ind transmitlcd it to England for llie iHsvidW of tho (/Huvn OHu'its i\\('V{i. Jlis (Jmco tho Duko of N(!wciistlpoal to tho pooplo, as (dhorwiso it would bring (ho IiO,::islaluro into (•ont«.'inpt, '• and dopi'ivo tho acts of iho IIou.m'. of tiio oonsidoration to ^\ liii.di thoy woidd otherwiso ho entitled. " Whon tho House Uiot, tho disijinilifiod nionihors assunujd their soats ; and haviu'r votc'd down a ro'olution which rc- tpiired th.!ir disqualification to ho invosti.uatod, pass-ed, iiy a majority ol' two, a v*jto of no (lonfidonco in tho (loviirnniont. liord Mulgravo accepted that vote, — devdarod hy tho highest law authority in tho Enqjirc to ho ille;crt)tiiry of State were cai'iyiii^ cvofv (ilt-'otioa ill tliu Proviiicu whoro the jjojuilar wnw w us uUow^.hI to 1)0 licarl. Aj^aiii L;)nl Muln'ravo violated tho constitution ot'tho coun- try, which djnnnds njspDcL to the opinions of tlie inhat)itants, when h(; tri-ated with di^ihiin memorials from twenty-four I thou.eal to the people, and wIkjsc j)etitionH |)rovod that in oij-dit of the seats held l>y Mipporti-rs of the (Government, a lar;j;e maiority of the ()leet;M-s luid withdrawn their conlidenee from the Adnii- iiislration. Ti\o Lieutcnant-Crovornor ponnittod tho law to he optmly violated hy a(;eoptini^ tho vote of tho disipMlified nunnhors who cxhil)it!d to tho Colony the j)iihlie scandal of law makers openly disre[)•. Cochran, whoso seat was in dispute, to be a wit- ness, and tlien refusing to admit Mr. Cochran's own hand- writing as evidence that ho was a Coronoi-. Your Ln'dship can readily imagine tho indignation with which the people of this Colony subsequently witnessed the appointment, by Lord Mulgrave, of Mr. Young to the oHico of Chief Justice, in virtue ot this failure to respect tho sanctity of his oath, when acting in a judicial capacity. Lord ^Mulgrave permitted the law to be openly disregarded by allowing a partizan majority in the Asscmhly to reverse tho linding of a committee, sworn under tho (jrenvillo Act, which convicted his Attorney General of wilful and corrupt bribery during his ministerial election, and by n^taining him as his first Crown Officer after being thus branded with such a verdict. Lord ^[ulgrave permitted the Hospital for tho Insane, and the Railway Department, to bo conducted in open viohition of tho law ^'or many months, acts of indemnity having been sub- sequently required therefor. Lord Mulgrave retaihed an Executive Council after it had been proved to him that tlicy had violated the laws, and had i used iris KxiT'lloncv's nanu! witlunif, liis Idiowlodiyo to abstract .'I liir.u;i' ."^iiiu ol" iiiDiu'^' iVoiii tlio I'roNinciiirri'c.asury lor one of tluMr i>Lirliz;uis, to whom il had hoin ivl'iisctl by tho Lugis-la- turo. LoihI Miil;;rav{' pcnnittcd th(? hiw to l)o viohitcd and tho nilus of till! Assi'i!il)Iy to l)o ubuscd by tho rotiMitioii in iho ilousc of Mr. Ab-K('ii/i(!, ul'ti-r ho liad been (lis(HuiIifi(Ml i»y ii]i{)()iiitiu(!iil, Nvilh his (jwii tiitiiscut, to an ollico ol" uuioliimouf, by lh(! liioiiti-'iiaiit-tiovcnior ; thi; Ibtiiso haviii;^ oiio day i.e- jrativcd liy a paili/an vot(! an ('ii(|iiiry into Mr. iMcKciizio'!* dis(juali('u',alioii, the iio\t (hiy, in viohition of tho jados, tin' h'a(i(M' of the (iiiV(;rmuiMit, vcloiTcd tho .<,mic <]U(';l:oii to a coinuiitti,'(' which was packud with a majority ol* Mr. McKuu- zio's political paiti/aiis. Vacancies havin}j; occurred, " about tho same time," in the Counties of Ivin^s and \'ic(oria, Lord Aliili>ravu violalcd tiie law which demanded *liat the (dectioivs shoultl be iield on Llic ^anu! day, and thus enabled the Covernment to concentrati* tlieir iniluenco upon each contest separately, which it was (he intent ol' the law to prevent. 1 may here state, as a.n indiH- ])utal)le proof ol' the ay ol' what uti- lity his s:erviccs are to the Colony. When llis Excellency refused to appeal to tlic pooplo, iu obedience to the precise instructions from the Crowai thus to uphold our institutions and enforce respect to the law, and when his Lordship, by tho perpetration of a series of outrages iipon precedent and constitutional usage, enabled a party who were thus in an admitted minority in the country to seize the Adnunistration, he became personally accountable for acts, tho responsibility of which, under other cii'cuaistcinces, would have devolved upon his constitutional advisers. With these unequivocal evidences that the public alTairs of this Province arc conducted by an illegal and unconstitutiou- ahstnu't i»r (jiic of and till' )ii ill ilio lilii.'d Mj illllU an«l deirradatiou of our laws, has hcen ellt-cted li_ till' parti'/tui eoniiuet of the JiiiMilcnant-doNcrnor, your Loril- sliiji will not i)e Mirjiriseil to learn that deep-seated irritation pervades tho puhlie mind «i;:ainst (he Itepresen!ativ(» of Her .Maiestv throiurhout a vei'V lai'iie iiortion of this (,!olonv, and thtil, whiehever party nuji'hti prove suee(;'sful, the happiest re- sults would undoulitt'dly ee.sne from the removal of Lord iMului'ave, and tho ap|>ointm('nt of an aide and indepi ndent Li>,'utena!it-(jiovernor, who would fearlii^^ly appeal to tin; peo- pl". siiul thus rostorn conlidi-nce in the institutions of the i;ountr\ and the sanctity of law. Let me not ho misunderstood, my Jjord. .Should this appoul to your Lordship prove as inellective to urousc any attention If: the afiiiirs of a eomparativelv small ('olonv as those which have pr(!eeded it to the ('olonial Seeretaiw, and should Nova- Sootians ho C()mj)elled to see their laws and their institutions trampled in tho dust, whilo thoy are tanii,ht tlu; humiliating lesson that they have norijihts which can prevail with tho iJri- ti.sh Cahinet wlien opposed hy the int,eri!sts or convenience of those sent to govern them, it is hut just to tho (leei)-rootod loyalty ot this country to say that I h( lievo the i)eoplo will still unil(! and combine, as on all former oeiiasions, to strongth- t?n tho arms aiul uphold (ho dignity of tlie I'tirent Stat(.'. Vet, my Lord, may 1 not asL whether it is wise, whether it !>< just, to deny to such a people the inalienable rights accord- ed hv tho froo institutions conceded bv tho Crown — tlic right t.o 1)0 governed in accordance with the wishes of tho pooplo — the right to protect their institutions and their laws at the polls against those who, lor personal or ])arty purposes, would ignore tho ono and trample r.pon the other 'i Three years ago. Lord j^Iulgrave, as the llejircsoutativo of our Gracious Queen, was received with acclamation in every part of Nova Scotia hy men of all )»arties and creeds; now His Excellency barely oscai)es o[)en insult when he g-^ • forth among tho people, because ho is regardeu as the frie d and partizan of ono party, and the determined onomy and oppon- ent of the other. Is it wise, o" is it just, my Lord, that at so momentous a period in our history tho Cominander-in-Chiof should bo ohli- ged to call around him for tho defence of tho country men who, despite their loyalty to their Sovereign, are burning with u rankling souse of the injustice with which ho, as the Kepro- 8 Bontativo of M;ijesty, has treated tlicm ; that the call to arms IVom Ijurd Mulj^ravo should bo heard by five and twenty thou- sand ot'tlie stalwart yeomanry of tliis Province, who are now suiurtinji; under tho insult with whicli tliey were treated when he contemptuously passed by their r^jpectful memorial with- out deignin}^ one word of reply; and that on an oceasion when it m;).y be of the utmost iniportance tliat His Excellency should be able to command the united and cordial support of all parties, he should occupy o position which compelled some <»f tho most influential puldic men in the Colony, from a sense of self-respect, to decline to sit v.t his table. Familiar as your Lordship is with Colonial matters, and devoted as you have ever been to Colonial interests, I feci a.''- sured that more need not be added to prove the justice, the wisdom, and the advantage of givin.(j; to Nova Scotia a Lieute- nant-Governor who, unconnected with our past pa/ty strug- gles, will r;illy around him the whole population undivided and enthusiastic in sustaining the honor of the Crown and the integrity of tho Empire. Having ijcen Miree times returned to represent one of the largest and most intelligent constituencies in this Province, and having at much pecuniary sacrifice to myself held for three years an oflice in the Government, second only to that of the Lieutenant-Governor, — were I to consider my own iu- lerests and leelingL, nothing would atTord me greater pleasure tban to retire from public life; but, my Lord, this is my jiative land and the home of my children; and, insignificant as the afiiiirs of a distant Colony may appear to the British Cabinet, the political condition of Nova Scotia is not less important to licr inhabitants than is that of the Britiish Islands to your Jjordship and those who reside there. In the hope thot in this consideration your Lordship will lind my justification for trespassing upon your attention, 1 beg to subscribe myself. With the most profound respect, Your Lordship's most oocdiont, Most humble servant, CHARLES TUPPER. Halifax, Dec. 2Gth, 1861..