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 MR. BUOHANAN'a DENIAL OF THB 
 
 TBUTHOF THB ''BANNER'S'' 
 
 ASSERTIONS. 
 
 To the Editor of the Spectator. 
 
 Hamilton, April 16, 1867. 
 8iB,— I desire through your columna tore- 
 ply to an attack made on me through the 
 Banner newspaper this moroiog, which is 
 equally untruthful and atrooioue. The party 
 who haa imposed hia information on the 
 Banner has the malicious object of iujnring 
 me personally, through prejudicing against 
 me the mind of Parliament, which re-assem- 
 bles this evening; and the readiness of the 
 Banner to take its present <li8gr8ceful course 
 is the damage to the Government, which it 
 supposes would ensue if its bssertions were 
 believed, for it says: 
 
 ' If the amalgamation be carried out,which 
 we believe will be the case, unless a tre en- 
 dons adverseioflnenoaisbro >^2 it to bear upon 
 the Legislature, the«KwiBequ«jcc<s will be moat 
 disastrous to the Province." 
 
 The immediate cause of the Bannsr'e oh&agu 
 from entire oonfidsnoa to utter want of con- 
 fidence in me, is an ai^icle which Appeared in 
 thd Toronto Leader, stating my having repu- 
 diated oertaia personalities lately indulged 
 in by the Banner against two members of 
 Parliament. 
 
 The Banner** own particular obj<?ct is not 
 so much to injure me.as to implicate the Qov- 
 ernment in some conspiracy through me with 
 the Grand Trunk. I am a party to no Bail- 
 way Job, and never was a party to one.nevar 
 having made one farthing by any Railway ; 
 BO that I can afford to bold in the contempt 
 they deserve, assertions so untruthful as the 
 following : 
 
 '• Not caring a straw for the public interest, 
 except so far as it promotes the aggrandize 
 ment of the commercial firm with which he is 
 connected, be has sold himself with 260 miles 
 of Railroad charters, to the Oovcrnmont, to 
 fasten a monopoly upon Canada, which will 
 
 annihilate the virtue and patriotism of her 
 sons, and foster in the Legislature every con- 
 ceivable species of ^^orruption. Verily, the 
 corrnptiunlats have found in Mr. Bnohanao, a 
 faithful friend, who can play the game of 
 flunkeyism outside the Legislature, when it 
 suits his piirpose, as well as Macbeth, Rankftt 
 and Larwill can on the floor of the Ai» 
 sembly." 
 
 I beg to state, most unequivocally, that at 
 this moment I haveno farther connection with 
 Railways, and no farther object in view than 
 the public knows of, which is to get back the 
 monies I advanced on the obarters of the 
 Great South Western line, simply with the 
 object of securing this line to th^ Great West- 
 ern Railway, and serving the supposed in- 
 terests of the city of Hamilton. 
 
 It seems proper that I should also take this 
 opportunity to deny that I have had any com- 
 munication either with any aembern of the 
 Government, or with any Directors of the 
 Grand Trunk on the subject of the amalgama- 
 tion of the Grand Truak with any other Rail* 
 way. It is well known that I was anxious to 
 see a union of the Great Western and th« 
 Great South Western Railways, as the only 
 (•ffeclual check wbioh could be placed upon 
 the Grand Trunk's beiug extended out of 
 Toronto to the South and West, and on those 
 who opposed this view, must lie the responsi- 
 bility of the alternative policy being adopted 
 when this comes abuut. It is now, as it 
 always has been, obvious to me that the Great 
 Western Railway would not ba allowed by 
 Parliament to pUy the part of the dog in th^ 
 manger, neither building the Southern Road 
 itself nor allowing others to do so. And it 
 remaics to be seen whether I or my opponents 
 have bean the best friend of the Great West- 
 ern Railway. 
 
 I am, Sir, 
 
 Yours rcfpeclfuDy, 
 ISAAC BUCHANAN* 
 
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