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 a.>»- ■' 
 
 LIBRARY 
 
 CARICATURE HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 CANADIAN POLITICS. 
 
 EVENTS FROM THE UNION OF 1841, AS 
 
 ILLUSTRATED BY CARTOONS 
 
 FROM "GRIP," AND VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES. 
 
 By j.w. bengough, 
 
 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY REV. PRINCIPAL GRANT. D.l). 
 
 OP (JiiF.KN's UNtVIRSlTY, KiNOSTON. , 
 44^ f .__ 
 
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 Printkd and PunLisHi:i) hy Thk Grip Printinc and Publisihnc 
 
 1886. 
 
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DEDICATED 
 
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 HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OE DUEFERIN, 
 
 VICEROY OF INDIA, AND KOKMEKLV (JOVERNOR-liKNERAL OE CANADA, 
 
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 During whose ierm of okfice " Grip" made his first afpf.arance ; and to 
 whose kindly encouragement "( irit," in common with cana- 
 DIAN enterprise in all departments, owes a 
 
 LASTING DEHT OF GRAITTUDE. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 PfeTCTR?!' "CARICATURE HISTORY " does not mean that history is caricatured. On the contrary, a good 
 Mjpvll caricature enables us to see, in a true light, facts that might otherwise be hidden or misrepresented. 
 Hi^i '^A \^'e understand current events and the social life of England from the illustrations of Punch more 
 X?' truly than from the columns of the Times or the Morning Post. Canada is only beginning life, and 
 [, our politics touch subjects of general interest so seldom, that it is sometimes thought and said that there 
 ""•S? is no field for a Canadian Punch ; but the fact, perhaps not generally known, that for the last forty 
 years, at any rate, we have rprely been without artists whose |)ictures on the (|uestions of the day have 
 a|)pealed successfully to popular humor, proves that our political life has been robust from the beginning. Some 
 of these artists had to content themselves with publishing fly-sheets that provoked the laughter of the town, but 
 that had no chance of obtaining more than a local reputation, r'or others, organs well-known in their day, such 
 as Punch in Canada, Diogenes, and (rrinchuci/e, were established at different times prior to 1873, when Crii' 
 vaulted into the seat which he has occupied since to the satisfaction of all Canada, Requests have been 
 frequently made for a work containing a continuous series of his cartoons, and in now acceding to these it has 
 been thought well to give illustrations of what was done among us in the same line previously. Fortunately the 
 publishers were able to obtain selections from the sources to which I have referred, and also from the Canadian 
 Illustrated Neii's: and the First Volume of this work thus gives something like a continuous pictorial history of the 
 events that have stirred popular feeling most deeply since 1848. They believe that those older representations 
 will be heartily welcomed, and they desire to thank all who have assisted in making the work so extended. 
 
 As to Gkii' himself, he needs no letters of commendation, but, with his well-known regard to the established 
 usages of society, he thinks that there should be a Preface to the work. Considering how freely he takes a 
 hand in our concerns, and that, in order to show us what goes on behind the scenes, he has no hesitation in 
 entering bar-rooms. Government Houses, Palaces, and the Privy-Council Chambers of our pastors and masters, 
 this modesty on his part will be duly appreciated by a modesty-loving public. 
 
 .\ young member of our House of Commons waxed elotiuent in the course of his maiden speech, and, 
 naturally enough, some of his brethren thought him mad. Not so thought Joseph Howe, to whom Shakespeare 
 was dearer than all the Blue-books in the Parliamentary Library : "Thank God for a bit of poetry in this dry- 
 as-dust House," whispered the old man to a near neighbor. \es, and thank dod for Humor, with its intuitive 
 perception of truth, and its consequent impartiality. Without Grii', what Saharas our Parliaments would be ! 
 
 Every man should take an intelligent interest in the political life of his country. But from what quarter is 
 he to get information } He cannot get Hansard ; and even if he could, life is too short to read the terrible 
 volumes. To trust himself to this or that party paper will insure interest but not intelligence ; and to read the 
 papers on both sides will land him in hopeless scepticism, or drown him " in a popular torrent of lies upon lies." 
 On the whole, he cannot do better than trust Grii', as the most honest interpreter of current events we happen 
 to have. Gkir, too, not only generally hits the nail on the head, but sometimes hits like a blacksmith — and we 
 belong to a race that loves to see a blow wpll struck, liesides, the fellow has no malice in him. He has always 
 a merry heart, and that doeth good like a medicine. Many a laugh he has given us, and laughter clears away 
 unwholesome fogs from ilie spirit, .\loiig with music it is next best to Holy Writ, according to the testimony 
 of Martin I.uther. A picture, too, has this unspeakable advartage over verbiage, that you can take in the 
 situation at a glance, and if it is not agreeable, you can pass on. You condemn the representation as unfair, but, 
 at any rate, your lime is not lost. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 I do not 8|>cak as an artist uf the cartoons or the caricatures that illustrate our political history since 
 1873. To me their artistic merit is exceptionally great, but I am not qualiHed to speak as a critic of technique. 
 I s|)eak only as a public teacher who knows that the educational intluenre o( pen or pencil may be greater than 
 that of the living voice, and who rejoices when that influence is on the right side. 
 
 In this case it is on the right side. Gmv is impartial, in a country where it is very hard to be impartial, and 
 
 harder still to have your impartiality ai knowlcdged. Urip is also always patriotic. He is something even better 
 
 he is healthy. Vou may think him at times I'topian. You may not agree with the means he proposes, but 
 
 you must always sympathize with the end he has in view. He is scrupulously clean. He never sneers. In the 
 
 best sense of the word, he is religious. 
 
 One word more: (Irip's humor is his own. It has a flavor of the soil. It is neither English nor American. 
 It is Canadian. 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honor formally t) introduce to you my esteemed friend, Mr. CiRir. You 
 may receive him with confidence into your homes and hearts. 
 
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 Universitv .of Queen's Culi.egk, 
 
 Kingston, March, 1SS6. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 Me. 
 
 1. THK MAN WOT FIRED THK PARLIAMKNT HOUHK 
 
 2. THK "CLUB NATIONALE DKMOCRATIliUK. " 
 
 3. A SCKNE AT UUCKINOHAM I'ALAOK. 
 
 4. THE HERMIT. .... 
 
 5. DROPPING A HINT. 
 n. THK ANNE.XATION ENGINE. 
 
 7. THE (iOVKRNMENT THIMBLERIG. 
 
 8. LITTLE BEN. HOLMFS AND HIS MOTHER'S HANDKERCHIEF 
 !». THE EA(;LK AND THK FAWN. 
 
 10. TWO YEARS AFTER ANNEXATION. 
 
 11. HERE WE GO, AND HERE WE ARK. 
 
 12. THE PirDDINO AND THE WASP. 
 
 13. THE TRAPPERS. 
 
 11. TOWNSHIP.S COLONIZATION: A SKTTLiU. 
 
 1,5. A WINTER'S TALE. 
 
 Ifl. A SKETCH NEAR THE GOVERNMENT OFFICF««. 
 
 17. "UP (iOES THE DONKEY." 
 
 18. MR. BOWES BAGGING HIS GEFSE. 
 lil. USED UP. - - . - 
 
 20. BOWKS AND HIS PKTTICOATED FRIEND. 
 
 21. THE KAT TRAP. 
 
 22. THE SICK CANDIDATE. 
 
 23. THK IIUOKKN PLANK. 
 
 24. THE LAST KICK. - ' . 
 
 26. THE THREE MARTYRS. 
 21). THK AXE (miNDKRS. 
 
 27. CROSS ROADS. 
 
 25. THE DOMINION COUNTING-HOUSE. 
 2M. A SCKNE IN THE yirEBKC CIRCLK. 
 80. THE HAPPY PAIR. 
 
 31. THE CANADIAN AUTOLYCUS. 
 
 32. A DOMINION KASTKR OFFKRING. 
 
 33. AXFii TO GRIND. 
 
 34. TOO OLD TO BE CAUGHT WITH CHAFF. 
 
 35. A PERTINENT QUESTION. 
 
 30. JiaSE AND (iALT. ■ - . - 
 
 37. FRIENDS IN COUNCIL. - 
 
 :w. FORBIDDEN FRUIT. . - 
 
 3!l. UNCLE SAM KICKED OUT. 
 
 40. STIRRING TIMl-a AHEAD. 
 
 41. TOO LATE. .... 
 
 42. POLITICAL GIRL OF "^IIE PERIOD. 
 
 43. LHOMME yUI RIT. 
 
 44. COMEDY OF "TICKET OK LEAVE MAN.' 
 
 
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 No. 
 I.V A MOOM.KillT HCKNK ON TIIK (ITTAWA. 
 Hi. I'KOM IIAI,IKA.\ TO VANCIH' VKK. 
 
 47. WAITINti K(IK THK CAT T(l .lUMP. 
 
 48. THK IMIMINION fil'llTirs. 
 4«. MACDOIKiAM/S HOMUMil'Y. 
 
 no. HOl'K TOIJi A I'l-ATTKKINC TALK. 
 
 fli. KNOrtill IS AS (;(M)|> AS A I'KAST. 
 
 R2. TIIK CANADIAN KAHNIJM. 
 
 M. KXTKKMKH MKKT. .... 
 
 H. A YOl'NO LADY'S AIM'KAL TO (iAM.ANT KNKillT. 
 
 ■<l>. THK MIDDAY r,Vti AT OTTA ». 
 
 58. JOHN CANUCK'S NKW ROAD. 
 
 S7. HOKNK FROM THK "MKRRY WIVKS OK WINDSOR, 
 
 W. A (;.\MK OK SKKS.WV. 
 
 .■.!l. "TOODLKS" AT TORONTO. 
 
 HO. TIIK MANY COl'NHKr.LKD ri,YHHK-«. 
 
 Bl. AKTKR THK SRSSION. 
 
 ta. CANADA'S I,AOC!<M)N. 
 
 IB. WILL HK COMK TO ORIKF? 
 
 M. lU'KKKRIN'S TORMKNTORS. • 
 
 IV>. PACIFIC SCANDAL IM K. 
 
 IK). WHITIIKR ARK \VK DRIFTINIi? 
 
 117. IIKAITIKS OF ROYAL COMMISSION. 
 
 tW. WAlTINfi FOR HINTINIiTON. 
 
 (111. THK IRRKI'RKSSIBLK SHOWMAN. 
 
 70. BLACKW.VSH AND WHITKWASII. 
 
 71. .M'STICK, HONOR AND TNTKCiRITY LOST. 
 
 72. I'ROIiRKSSINO FAV( RAHLY. 
 
 73. RKHK.VRSINIi FOR 'H K '.'ilKP. 
 
 74. WILL UK liKT THRt I'liH r 
 
 75. A CASK OF RIKL IHSTRKSS. 
 7B. "OK COMFORT NO MAN SPKAK." 
 
 77. MISS CANADA'S SCHOOL. 
 
 78. THK POLITICAL MOTHKR HUBBARD. 
 7U. THK IRRKPRKSSIHLK .IA(;K. 
 
 80. THK PRKMIKRS MODKL. 
 
 81. THK POLITICAL tilANT KILLKR. 
 
 82. THK WVHT TORONTO Rl'N. 
 
 83. CHRISTMAS IMK. 
 
 84. JOHNNYS TIRN. 
 
 8r>. THK CRIKL OH.IKCT oF DISSOLl'TION. 
 SI!. POLITICAL PASTIMKS. 
 
 87. PITY THK DOMINIK: oR, .lOHN.MKS RKTl'RN. 
 
 88. THK NKSV DKPAKTl RK. 
 811. THK CURSK OF CANADA. 
 !«. THK OPPOSITION Ql'ARTK'n'K. 
 !ll. A tiUKSTION FOR PAY HAY. 
 !I2. liRIPS PKRPKTC.VL (!OMKDY. 
 !t3. THK VACANT CHAIR. 
 !W. THK SCIKNCK OF CHKKK. 
 1(5. A TOI'CHINO APPKAL. 
 (Ml. MR.S. (iA.MPS HOMK THRCST. 
 
 117. PACIFIC PASTIMKS. 
 
 118. DIGNITY WITHOl'T IMPUDKNCK. 
 mi. JUSTICK AND OKNKROSITY. 
 
 100. ST. OKOROK AND THK DRAIiOX. 
 
 101. THK CHIKF .MOI RNKRS. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
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 TI'K I'l.AIN l\(T. 
 TIIK fK(tl'K.S,S((ir.S 
 
 IlKlji.XI/ KOll l'.VKTYIM.\l. 
 
 .SKi.VOIl m,.\KK Mlll.lUNd TIIK "OUHIK" IN HI'HI'UNHK. 
 
 TIIK NKVV Cn.VHKKVATIVK. 
 
 SIX AND IIAI-K A 1H)/,KN .... 
 
 ClIltlST.MAH .MflHMNd. • ... 
 
 I'OMTICAI, I'M'CK, - 
 
 THK I'DMTICAI, INTKMJIiKNCK OKKICK, 
 
 I.OVM.TY IN A (^UANDAKY. 
 
 (ITIM'.M.O IlKOWN'H Al'OI-OliV. 
 
 WAITINCi KOK THK .SKiNAK. 
 
 AKTKMl'S WAUI) MII,I-H. 
 
 TIIK NKKVdl H l'AS,SKN(iKll 
 
 TilK I'OMTICAI, ,Sl'KI,MN(i SCIIIM)!,. 
 
 TIIK (iUK.Vr SI.KKI'KlfS DKKAM. 
 
 KK()l<(iAMZINli TIIK </l'AI IKTTK. 
 
 MIt. DAVKNI'OKT HLAKK I'UT INTd TIIK CAlll.NKT. 
 
 I'KKKKCT KliKKlxt.MI OH, FOR MIIKKTV! 
 
 TIIK I'oIilTICAL SITUATION. ... 
 
 THK UNI'ATKONlZKll NO.STIH'M VKNDOR. 
 
 I'ROK. SMlTir.S SKKMON. .... 
 
 IN(50N,SiSTKNT I'KAC'TICK OK FHKK TRADK DH. HKOWN. 
 
 l'IHTOI..S FOR THRKK. 
 
 CANADIAN POLITICS. . 
 
 I'OUTICAI, I'l RITY i OR, I'OT AND KKTTM;. 
 
 THK MINI.STKRIAI, SHANTY. 
 
 THK KQUIVOCAI, "RKCOMMKND." 
 
 TIIK I'KINCK OF ORAXiiK. 
 
 Rl NNlNd HKFORK THK I'ROTECTION WIND. 
 
 TIIK I'OI.ITICAI, SA.MSON. 
 
 KATINii THK KKKK. 
 
 DKI'RKSSlON CO.MMITTKK SI.MI'1,1 FI KD. 
 
 OFF WITH HIS HKAD. 
 
 THK COOI, RKCKI'TION. 
 
 MASTKR (JF THK SITl .\TION. 
 
 TRYIN(i TO SMl'(;iiI,K ACROSS . 
 
 TIIK I'OI.ITICAI, .\1R.S. Si/IKKR-S. 
 
 TIIK ONLY S.\TISFVIN(i PICNIC, AFTKR ALL, 
 
 URANDKD: ... 
 
 DKTKCTKI). .... 
 
 FAL.STAFF .\ND HIS FOI.LOWKItS. 
 
 THK KATHKR OF COXFKDKR.VTION. 
 
 THK TRANSl'ARKXT FA("rs. 
 
 THK NKW CAHIXKT .MIXISTKR. 
 
 THK 1'OLITICAI. COLOXKL SKLI.KRS. - 
 
 THK COXSKRV.VnVK POSITION. 
 
 NOT (iUll.TY, BUT DONT DO IT AtJAIN. 
 
 ORAN(iK BILL CRO,SSIN(l THK HOYNK. 
 
 NOT A RKAL LION. 
 
 SKJNS OF THK ZODIAC COIXM; BACK ON VKNNOR. 
 
 TIIK HHK (i]..\SS C:rRK. 
 
 TIIK .MIXI.STKR OF SK(!RKT SKRVICK. 
 
 THK XOUTIIKRX RAILWAY COW. 
 
 THKTHUKK TAILORS OF TOOLKY STRKKT. 
 
 HOMK FIU).M KPHKSl'S. 
 
 THK DANUKRS OF DISSOLUTION. • 
 
 BILLKD FOR THK SK.VSON. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 Ho. 
 
 IVI. r.\TCHIN(i THK ST. CATH AKIN h-S KOHHKK 
 
 nW. THK IUI.I,lt()AKl> RK DKCOKATKD. 
 
 Ifil. WHAT THK CHIKFTAIN HKAKD 
 
 ir.2. LKT I'H HAVK I'KACK. 
 
 ll>3. FRUITLKSS OPPOSITION. 
 
 HM. TKACHINO THK I'OLI.Y TICIA.NS WHAT TO SAY. 
 
 IM. THK POLITICAL .lONAH. 
 
 UK). THK NKKHIN(i KOOKKKY. 
 
 lf.7. HON. WM. MrJ'HAKOAHS DKKAM. 
 
 lliH. HIS BUST FRIKM) DRSKRTINi; HI.M. 
 
 16!l. WHY THK RKKORM ITLLKT IS NOT ALLOWKll TO 
 
 170. THK INNO.XIOUS VIPKR. 
 
 171. THK POLITICAL P.'RITAN. 
 
 172. SCARINi; THK .MARITIMK HORSK. 
 
 173. SKTTLINO THK ACCOUNT. 
 
 174. ANXIOUS .JOHNNY. ... 
 IT) SITTINO ON THK POOR MAN. 
 1«1. THK MYSTKRIOUS HANDWRITINCi. 
 177. THK RKTIRINC MINISTER. 
 17«. OUR FINANCIAL POSITION. . 
 
 179. RK ACTION INTELLIGKNCK. 
 
 180. WILL HK GKT IT ? - 
 
 181. MAYDAY IN tilTEBEC. 
 
 182. PARLIAMKNTARY LANGUAGE. 
 
 183. ON THKIR TRIAL. 
 
 184. GKNKRAL DISTRKSS. 
 
 186. THK PKKRLESS PEER. 
 18fi. ANCIENT TORY TACTICS. 
 
 187. THK TRULY' LOYAL HOY. 
 
 188. THK POLITICAL CON.IURKR. . 
 lai. ALL AT SEA. .... 
 litO. THK N. P. MINSTREI^S. 
 19L WIIX HE CAPTURE it; 
 
 192. RENEWINfJ THE LEASE. 
 
 193. O, OUR PROPHETIC .SOUL I 
 
 194. RIDING INTO POWER. 
 
 195. CAREFUL HANDLIN'! REQUIRED! ' • 
 1!M1. .lOHN A.'.S NEW MARIONFrTTKS. 
 
 197. THK I!K.ST Of FRIKNDS MUST P.VRT. 
 
 198. RICHARD'S HIMSELF AGAIN. 
 
 199. HURRYING UP THK KLKPHANT. 
 
 200. CLAMORING FOR THK FANCY DOLL. 
 
 .\TCH. 
 
 Paoi. 
 340 
 SSI 
 303 
 36R 
 S67 
 369 
 3K1 
 363 
 336 
 3«7 
 360 
 871 
 378 
 376 
 877 
 370 
 381 
 383 
 385 
 887 
 880 
 301 
 303 
 805 
 807 
 800 
 401 
 403 
 405 
 407 
 400 
 411 
 ^13 
 416 
 417 
 410 
 431 
 431 
 435 
 437 
 436 
 431 
 
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SKETCH JV 
 
 Canadian Political History, 
 
 I 84 I TO 1879 
 
 ROM the date of the English conquest of Quebec and the Treaty of Paris 
 (1763) down to the year at which the present brief historical sketch opens, 
 (1841), the history of Canada is a story of unrest and agitation. The old- 
 world simplicity and pious contentment of the French Iiabitant was intruded 
 upon by the advent of the more enterprising Briton, and ere long the inevitable struggle 
 began. The French Canadian, whose language, laws and religion had been specially 
 reserved to him by the Treaty, was not unnaturally apprehensive of the consequences of 
 English domination, and with a new-born energy he awoke to the defence of his rights. 
 His English fellow-colonist having discovered that the governmental arrangements were 
 too primitive ^nd narrow for the comfort of one who had formerly lived under the 
 Hritish constitution, lost no time in commencing the agitation for reform. In some 
 of his views — outside of the sacred reservation referred to — his I'rench neighbor joined 
 him. Hand in hand they protested against the infringement of their common rights by 
 the Governor and his Council, and demanded changes in the constitution. Meantime the 
 F!nglish element was growing in the country west of Montreal, by emigration from the 
 old lanil, and accessions of Loyalists from the newly-established Republic of the United 
 States. The superiority of the British settler soon made itself manifest in the material 
 conquests which he achieved over the forests. The new English Province rapidly surpassed 
 the old l*'rench one in prosperity, and thr tlanies of jealousy were rekindled. Ultimate ruin 
 of the colouy from internecine strife seemed inevitable unless somed adequate rom(;dy could 
 be found. The separation of the rival races naturally suggested itself as that remedy, and as 
 they were already practically divided geographically -the number of Flnglish settlers in the 
 I'rench Province being comparatively small -great hopes were built upon a similar division 
 ]H)litically. The Imperial Government accordingly in i 791 passed the Constitutional Act, by 
 which the country was divided into the two Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, each 
 being granted a representative form of government and a constitution suppo.sed to be 
 suited to its population. I he governmental machinery provided for each Province under 
 this Act was a Governor, appointed by the Crown, and responsible to the Imperial 
 authorities alone ; a Legislative Council, appointeil for life by the Governor, and a 
 Legislative Assembly, elected by the people on a suffrage almost universal. The executive 
 functions of the supposedly popular branch of this governmental system were nominally 
 
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SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 vi'sicd in a i(ininiittcf known as ihv. Ivxcciilivc Council, llic nicnihcrs of wliicli were 
 sfk'ctcd by the Ciovcrnor, usually from ihc judiciary, ihc ini'inl>t'islii|i of thf Lt}>islati\c 
 Council, and the ranks of salaried officials. Practically the Governor hinisfll" was the real 
 executive, as his Council thus chosen (and responsibh- only to himself as representative 
 of the Crown) was riii^arded hy him m(!r<'ly as an advisory committee in }^rave matters of 
 policy, hut as possessing no control ovi-r appointments to office, and the various other 
 matters, which under our present system appertain to the executive. This provetl a fatal 
 weakness. In both Provinces the Executive Councils jj;radually ilrifted away from the 
 sympathy of the people as represented in the As.semblies. The breach became wider and 
 wider, until at length the discontent of the people terminated in open rebellion (1838). 
 
 At this juncture the Imperial Govemmtnt appointed Lord Durham to proceed to 
 Canada and report upon the state and requirements of the country, civil and military. After 
 five months spent in investigation, Lord Durham prepared his celebrated Report, which was 
 duly submitted to the government of Lord John Russell (1839). In this document a 
 legislative union of the Provinces was recommended, and the Home Government proceeded 
 without delay to carry the recommendation Into effect. It was thought desirable, however, 
 to secure the assent of the people of the Provinces before passing the Union measure, and 
 for this purpose Mr. Charles Poulett Thompson (afterwards Lord Sydenham), was 
 despatched to Canada. On his arrival (17th October, 1839) he found Lower Canada 
 without an Assembly — that body having been superseded by a Select Council appointed by 
 Lord Durham's successor in the governorship — Sir John Colborne. This Council being 
 chiefly composed of adherents of the British party readily gave the retjuired assent, and 
 subsequently the Upper Canada Assembly and Legislative Council acquiesced. A draft 
 Union Act was forthwith prepared and forwarded to England, and a measure founded 
 upon it was at once passed. 
 
 By this Act, the country was renamed the Province of Canada, and the governmental 
 machinery provided was. a Go\ernor, representing the Crown, a Legislative Council of 
 24, to be appointed for life, and an assembly of 84 members, to be elected by the people, 
 and executing its business through a Responsible Government. This Act went into 
 effect in the year 1841, when the first United Parliament met at Kingston, which had been 
 chosen as the Capitiil by the Governor. The first session passed off in a manner 
 which on the whole promised well for the new system, although it was made manifest 
 that the people of Que-bec regard(;d the Union as a scheme to which they had not 
 assented — the Special Council, which had acted for them in the matter, having been 
 in no sense a truly representative body. The session was chiefly remarkable, however, 
 for a distinct pledge given by the Ministry — though with apparent reluctance — that the 
 Governnnmt would fully acknowledge its responsibility to the people as that term was 
 understood under the British constitution. Ihis was regarded as a signal victory by the 
 advocates of the responsible system, as the first Cabinet was composed of mixed elements 
 —some of its leading members having been known as pronounced ojiponents of "Respon- 
 sibility." The fact that there was no I'" rench representative in the Ministry augmented the 
 discontent of Lower Canada, but the election of one of their trusted compatriots to the 
 speakership did something to mollify this feeling. 
 
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SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 
 (From PuncA in Canada, after the muck by the mob on Lord Elgin, i8<, ) 
 
 The Governor-General, who, for his services in connection with the Union, had been 
 raised to the Peerage, under the title of Lord Sydenham, was in delicate health at the 
 time of the first session of the House, and died before the second session began, his end 
 being hastened by an accident which befel him while taking his customary horseback 
 exercise. It was some months before the Home Government appointed a successor to the 
 vice-royalty, and during the interregnum the affairs of the Province were administered by 
 Lieut. -General Sir Richard Jackson, commander of the forces in Canada. Meantime, Sir 
 Robert Peel had succeeded to power in England, and, as a natural consequence, the new 
 Governor-General was selected from the Conservative ranks. The choice fell upon Rt. 
 Hon. Sir Charles Bagot, who was known in Imperial politics as a '' High Tory," and 
 was a man of acknowledged ability and wide diplomatic e.xperience. The friends of 
 Responsible (lovernment in Canada were apprehensive of bad consequences to the newly 
 inaugurated system as a result of this appointment, but their fears were in due time 
 dispelled, as Sir Charles proved a thoroughly constitutional Governor. Indeed, so 
 conscientiously did he keep within the e.xact limits of his powers throughout his term of 
 office, tlvat his only enemies wi^re amongst the reactionary section of the Canadian Tory 
 party. The new Governor, when he met Parliament in 1842, found the Sydenham 
 Government .still in office, though manifestly weak in the House, and almost certain of 
 defeat on the first opportunity offered. A Kingston |)a|)er of the day described this 
 Cabinet as follows: "Instead of being a coalition of moderate men it is a coalition of 
 fierce extremes. How they can meet at the Council Hoard ami not laugh in each other's 
 faces if in merry mood, or come to fisticuffs if in angry one, must i)e an eighth wonder of 
 the world." In Parliament they were earnestly opposed on the f)ne hand by the old-line 
 Conservatives, under the leadershij) of Sir Allan Macnali :\n(\ Mr. (ohn .S. Cartwright, 
 
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SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 nic'inbcr i\)v Liiinox and Addiiigton, ami on tlie other hand by iht- Upper Canada 
 Reformers and Radicals, under Hon. Robt. Baldwin, in alliance with the French Canadian 
 members, who acknowledged Louis Hypolite Lafontaine as their leader. This distin- 
 guished gentleman now entered the Union Parliament for the first time, sitting for the 
 fourth riding of V'ork, for which constituency he had been elected on the personal intro- 
 duction of Mr. Baldwin. A motion of no confidence was moved early in the se.ssion, but, 
 instead of allowing the vote to be taken, the Cabinet resolved upon a reconstruction, and 
 after considerable difficulty this was effected by the retirement of three of the Coiiservative 
 members, and the accession in their stead of Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Lafontaine anfl Mr. Morin, 
 the two latter being the first I'rench representatives admitted to seats in the Cabinet. 
 With the second session ended the career of the second Governor-General. Sir Charles 
 Bagot was through illness obliged to relinquish the post. His successor was Sir Charles 
 T. Metcalf, late of India and Jamaica, who assumed office in Canada, March 30th, 1843. 
 Sir Charles Bagot died on the 19th of May following, at Kingston. The new Governor- 
 deneral entered ii])on his duties with a high reputation for ability, rectitude and indepen- 
 dence of mind, and a record which marked him as a Liberal statesman. His eastern 
 experiences and training, however, were against the probability of his success in his new- 
 sphere, for a colonial application of Responsible Government was one of those things he 
 did not understand. The Cabinet that saluted him on his arrival is known in our history 
 as the Lafontaine-Baldwin Ministry, and on the assembling of the third .session, it was 
 found that this reconstructed Government commanded a large majority in the House. The 
 weakness of the Opposition, composed as it was, in Sir Chas. Metcalfs opinion, of repre- 
 .sentatives of "the only party in the country upon whom the mother country might 
 confidently rely in the hour of need," evoked the sympathy of the new Governor, and it 
 was not long before the cordiality between him and some of the members of the adminis- 
 tration began to wane. It became apparent that the Governor was not disposed to 
 interpret " Responsible Government " to mean that the Governor-General was a mere 
 figure-head. He claimed the right to e.xercise a certain amount of patronage on his own 
 account, and asserted that his responsibility in various matters was to the Imperial authori- 
 ties directly and not to the people of Canada through his ministers. Sir Charles' ardent 
 wish was to obliterate the strong party lines and allay the rancorous hostilities around 
 him, and it is evident that he thought to effect the.se good ends by appointing Conservatives 
 to various offices as opportunity might offer. In the meantime, while outwardly at peace 
 with his ministers, the Governor openly cultivated very friendly relations with prominent 
 members of the Opposition party. 
 
 The session of 1843 began on the 28th of September, and was signalized by a long 
 and hot debate on the subject of the removal of the seat of Government, the ministry 
 having decided to establish the capital at Montreal. The vote finally taken showed a good 
 majority in favor of the removal, though as one conse<|uence of it, Mr. Jameson, Speaker 
 of the Legislative Council, resigned his .seat. This resignation assumed .some importance 
 as a factor in the developments of the near f Jture, when it came to the knowledge of the 
 ministry that the vacant chair had been offered by the Governor-General — acting, of 
 course, without their advice — to a prominent Con.scrvative, Mr. L. P. Sherwood, and 
 
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SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 subsL-qut'ntly to another oppont-nt of the Government, Mr. Neilson, of Quebec. Prior to 
 this tiiscovery, however, Hi.s Excellency appointetl one Mr. Franci.s Powell (also a Con.ser- 
 vative) to the position of Clerk of the Peace for 1 )alhoiisie District -ol which action he 
 subse<iuently informed his ministers in a note. This littli; missive was the signal for a 
 long and stubi)orn contest, in which the very princi])les of Responsible Government were 
 considered by the Reform Party to be at stake. 
 
 The Cabinet at once deputed Messrs. Lafontaine and Haldwin to wait upon the 
 Governor-General, and to represent to him that in their view the exercise of the preroga- 
 tives of the Crown without reference to the responsible ministry was contrary to the letter 
 and spirit of the resolutions of i84r, In which Responsible Government in its fullest .sense 
 had been affirmed as the new Canadian constitution. That the (Governor possessed 
 certain prerogatives of appointment to office, etc., they did not deny, but they insisted that 
 before e.xercising any of these the system required him to consult his advisers, who, if they 
 could not approve, had the alternative of resigning. Sir Charles Metcalfe could not be 
 brougiit to take this view of his duty ; on the contrary, he regarded it as derogatory to the 
 dignity of the Crown to accept such a condition, which, he contended, was not contained 
 in the Resolutions of 1841, as he interpreted them. In this position, which he maintained 
 throughout the contest, the Governor appears to have been uphekl by Lord Stanley, the 
 Colonial .Secretary in the Home Government. The conference having been without 
 result — e.xcept to make the attitude of the Governor perfectly clear all the members of 
 the Government, excepting Mr. Dominic Daly, Provincial Secretary for Lower Canada, 
 resigned their portfolios. A prolonged debate ensued in the House, which was brought 
 to a close by the passage of the following rt.-solution by a vote of 64 to 23 : Moved by 
 Mr. Price, seconded by Mr. Benjamin Holmes, " That an humble address be presented to 
 His Excellency, humbly representing to His I-^.xcellency tTie'deep regret felt by this Hou.se 
 at the retirement of certain members of the Provincial .'\dministration on the question of 
 the right to be consulted on what the House unhesitatingly avow to be the prerogative of • 
 the Crown, appointments to office : and further to assure His Excellency that the advocacy 
 of this principle entitles them to the confid«Mice of this House, being in strict accordance 
 with the principles embraced in the resolution adopted by this House on the 3rd of 
 September, 1841." Parliament rose on December 9th, and the country was thus left 
 without any regular Ministry, in which contlition it practically remained for some nine 
 months. In the meantime, Mr. D. B. Viger, a prominent brench Canadian, and Mr. 
 Draper (afterwards Chief Justice) had been prevailed upon to join Mr. Daly and for the 
 greater portion of the period mentioned this semblance of a Cabinet were the only 
 advist!rs of the Governor. These months, as may easily be suppo.sed, were filled up with 
 vociferous debate on the platform and through the press. The Conservative Party very 
 generally sided with the Governor, and he was not without many able defenders of the 
 course he had taken ; on the other hand he was violently denounced and even defamed by 
 the Liberals, who looked upon him and his sympathisers as the ilelibcrate (inemies of 
 popular rights. It was during this "interregnum," /.c, on the 5th of March, 1844, that 
 the Toronto (Uobe made its first appearance as an organ of the Liberal Party under the 
 (editorship of Mr. Peter Brown and his subsequently famous son, George, and it was the 
 
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SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 strujj^gle then gnin^ on which ]).ivf'(l the way for the pulilic cart-er of the younger man. 
 Mr. V'iger e.\ertecl his utmost inllucnce to win the Lower Canadians to the (jovernor's 
 side, but in this he signally failed, and when at length after vast trouble the vacant Cabinet 
 places had been filled up, it was so evident that they could command no following in the 
 House that a dissolution and general election were decitled u|)on. The result of this 
 contest which was bitter beyond precedent was a small maj(jrity for the (iovernment in 
 the Parliament of 1844. Amongst the newly-elected members was Mr. (now Sir) John 
 A. Macdonald, who was returned as Member for Kingston. Mr. Drajier resigned his seat 
 in the Legislative Council to assume the leadership of the Government, and it required all 
 his acknowledged ability to weather the storm of the .Session, for meantinn; the Lafontaine- 
 Baldwin Party was steatlily gaining strength. While matters were in this precarious 
 condition, the Governor-General was obliged on 
 account of ill health to resign his office, and 
 return to I^ngland. I^re leaving Canada he was 
 raised to the Peerage with the title Baron 
 Metcalfe of Fern Hill, but he had worn his new 
 honors but a few months before death relieved 
 him of his sufferings (5th .September, 1S46). 
 Whatever may be thought of Lord Metcalfe's 
 political views or actions, all who are authorized 
 to sjieak of him personally agree in describing 
 him as a mo.st generous, kindly and lovable 
 man. Karl Cathcart, Commander-in-Chief of 
 the I'orces in Canada, succeeded to the Gover- 
 nor-Generalship after a brief period as Adminis- 
 trator, and under his rule the struggle between 
 the parties continued. 
 
 But that time was fortunately very i>rief In justice to Lord Cathcart it must be said 
 that he took no active part in the Government, his attention being wholly occupied by 
 military matters in view of the strained relations of England and the United .States over 
 the Oregon Boundary matter. It was chielly as a military e.\pert that he had been placed 
 at the head of affairs, and the proi)ability of war having disappeared by the ratification of 
 the Oregon Treaty, the Imperial (iovernment relieved him of the Viceroyalty, and selected 
 Lord Elgin, a trained statesman, as his successor. This nobleman bore an e.xceptionally 
 high character and his official career had hitherto been very successful. Like Lord 
 Metcalfe he left the Governorship of Jamaica to assume that of Canada. In politics he 
 was a Conservative, but could not fairly be described as a Tor) in the fullest meaning of 
 that term. The new Governor-General was sworn into office on January ,?oth, 1847, ^n^' 
 one of his first utterances in reply to the usual addresses of welcome was, " I am sensible 
 that I shall best maintain the jirerogative of the Crown, and most effectually carry out 
 the instructions with which Her Majesty has honored me, by manifesting a due regard for 
 the wishes and feelings of the people and by seeking the advice and assistance of those 
 who enjoy their confidence." Lord Elgin met his first Parliament 011 June jikI. The 
 
 lUEXCir nOMINATION." 
 ( Fiom Puiiih in Cainii/<i. ) 
 
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SKETCi; OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 Ciovcrnmcnt h;ul nicanwliilc h<!cn roconstriicn-cl, Mr. PnipfT having retired from the leader- 
 ship in favor of Mr. Ilenry Siierwood, and anioiij.rst otlK-r new nienihers was Mr. Jolm A. 
 Mardonald, who lia<i acee|)te(l the- p(jst of ki;ceiver-( jeiieral. At the close of this session 
 Mr. Drajier was honored with a jiidjreship. and rising from one judicial dignity to another, 
 he at length achieved the high(!st place on the Canadian Hench — the Presidency of the 
 Court of l"!iTor aii<l Ap|H;al. lie tlied in 1877. The .Sherwood- Daly Government was 
 overwhelmingly defeated at the general election held early in 184S, and the Baldwin-Lafon- 
 taine Ministry returned to power, .'\mongst the members of the new House were William 
 
 mmm^^ 
 
 .e 
 
 le 
 
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 COI.ONKI. (M'GVS rOLITICAI. TOV. 
 (/■lotii Piimli in Canada.) 
 
 Hume Blake (fath(;r of lion. Eilwanl HIake) and Louis Joseph Papineau, who, from 1809 
 until his hanishnuMit for complicity in thr; rebellion of \St,&, had been an intluential leader 
 of the Lower Canadians. lie had been permitted to return to Canada in 1843, but his 
 distrust of British rule ,uid his wild project of a Canadian Republic were in no respect 
 abated. In the House of .Xs.scmbly he soon arrayed himself in ileadly opposition to the 
 Cabinet, denouncing "Responsible Government" in unmeasured term.s. The adoption 
 of the Free Trade policy in F'ngland at this time had a depressing effect upon Canadian 
 commerce, as Canad.i ceased to be as heretofore the highway of .'\merican exports to the 
 
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SKKTCIl ()!• CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 Hnglisli markets. Tlic result of this was the jjjrowth ol a sentiment in favor of annexation. 
 Parliament ne.xl met on the iSili of January, 1S4C;, when Mr. (ieorj^c laienne Cartier an»I 
 Alexander Gait made their first appearance as members. Marly in ihe session an Amnesty 
 Hill in favor of those e.xpelled from the country through the rebellion of '37-X was passed. 
 Under this measure Mr. \Vm. Lyon Mackenzie returned to Canaila from his e.\il<' in the 
 United .States. Hesiiles this Mill, .some two luimlred more or less important measur(;s 
 were passed, amongst them being the Act reorganizing the Court of Chancery. While 
 this Bill was regarded as an inestimable boon by all concerned, it was the means of closing 
 the promising political career of Mr. Hume HIake, who, in deference to the wishes of his 
 colleagues and of the legal profession of the Province, accepted the Chancellorship. The 
 great measure of the session, from llu; historical point of view, was tht; Rebellion Losses 
 Bill. This measure was intended to supplement the compensation already granted by the 
 Provincial As.seml)lies of Upper and Lower Canada to loyal citizens who had suffered loss 
 by the rebellion of 1837-8. The legislation referred to had not recognized the cases of 
 many whose property had been destroyed or damaged, not by rebels, but by those acting 
 ostensibly in support of the authorities. This further relief was granted by an Act passed 
 in the first session of the Union Parliament, but was restricted to Upper Canada. The Bill 
 now passed extended the provisions for compensation to Lower Canada as well. Commis- 
 sioners had been appointed by the Draper Government in 1845 to investigate and report 
 upon the amount of money which would be required to .settle the claims indicated, but great 
 difficulty had been encountered in <Iistinguishing between claimants who were entitled to 
 relief and those who had been implicated mort; or less st^riously in the rebellion. The 
 report of the Commissioners was therefore not such as to afforil a safe basis for legislation, 
 and the Government, owing nothing to the Lower Canadians on the .score of political 
 support, had taken no further action. The Lafontaine-Baldwin Government felt that they 
 were in duty bound to carry out the measure of justice which the former Government had 
 initiated, and the French influence had now become strong enough to com|)el this evt-n if 
 the Government had felt otherwise. Ihe Bill as passed expressly e.\cludc;tl from participa- 
 tion in the indemnity all rebels under the description of those " who had been convicted 
 of trea.son or had been tran.sported to Bermuda." It was reasonably believed that after the 
 lapse of so many years, it would be impracticable to make an\ distinctions betw('en "loyal 
 citizens" and " reb(;ls " apart from the. record of the courts of law. The ()|)position 
 insisted, however, that such distinction must be made : and that no person who had taken 
 part in the rebellion, whether convicted or not, should on any account be paid for his 
 lo.sse.s. Th{' whole Conservative party took this " high loyal " ground, and the Bill at 
 once evoked the most furious enmity in that (juarter. The m(;asure was debated in the 
 House with unexampled passion its chief opponents the"e being Mr. Sherwood, Col. 
 Gugy, Sir Allan MacNab and Col. Prince ; and its ablest defender Mr. Win. Hume Blake, 
 who.se speech is justly regarded as the greatest t,-fff)rt of his life and the most powerful 
 address ever delivered in the Canadian Parliament. The Bill was fmally carrietl on March 
 9th by a majority of forty-seven to eighteen. Meantimt; the Tory party throughout the 
 Province had poured in petitions to the Governor-General, demanding the reservation of the 
 Bill or a dissolution of the Hou.se. After careful consideration. Lord Klgin coukl not see 
 
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 SKETCH or CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 thill his duty iay in citlicr ol thcsr (lircctioiis, .iiul he acionliii^'iy .issi;iitcil to ihf nic.isurf 
 aniongsl uihtrs on Wwhitsday, April -'51I1. As he rctircii from the Council ChambiT 
 after this ceremony, he was greeted with groans and hisses by a mob assembled in front of 
 the building, and as his carriage rolled away it was pelted with rotten eggs. This incident 
 is referred to in the first cartoon from /'iiuc/t in Canada imbedded in our letter-press. In 
 the evening of th<; same liay .1 irowil .issembled on the Champ-de-Mars, where " loyal 
 speeches." openly advocating violence, were made. The mob was in a fitting frame ol 
 mind, and was swift to act upon the ill-advice. Amidst shouts and curses, an advance was. 
 made upon the Houses of Parliament. The legislators, engaged in discussing an important 
 measure at the moment, were startled by the crashing in of the windows, and .soon the 
 rioters entered the chamber where, with maniacal fury, they demolished everything that was 
 breakable, and wound up the peculiar display of "fealty to the Crown " by setting fire to 
 the buildings. The Assembly House was totally consumed, involving a direct money loss 
 far exceeding the amount appropriated by the Bill which had afforded the pretext for the 
 outrage. Parliament assembled the next day in a chamber improvised in the Bonsecours 
 market building. Sir Allan MacNab and a few of hir, political colleagues spoke in justifi- 
 cation of the riot, and declared that the blame rested more with the Government than with 
 the mob (see Cartoon i). The members of the Ministry and many of their leading 
 supporters were for several days maltreated on the streets, and the residences of Mr. 
 Lafontaine and others in Montreal were wrecked by the mob. The carnival of " Loyalty" 
 was kept up until the 30th when it culminated in a second and still more disgraceful attack 
 upon Lord FJgin, on the occasion of an official visit to the Government House on Notre 
 1 )ame strt'ct. .After this outrage Lord Ligin remained in seclusion at Monklands for many 
 months, earning thereby the sobriquet of the Hermit (see cartoon 4). Parliament was 
 prorogued on May 30th, Major General Rowan, Commander of the Forces, being commis- 
 sioned to act for the Governor-General, who thought it best to avoid another demonstration 
 of the "loyalists." The Governme't re-appointed the Draper Commissioners to carry 
 out the provisions of the Rebellion Losses Bill in the adjudication of claims, and instructions 
 were given them to u.se all possible care to distinguish between " rebels" and " loyalists " 
 amongst the claimants, but this conciliatory action passed for little with the Tory press. 
 
 During the vacation. Sir Allan MacNab and Hon. W'm. Cayley proceeded to England 
 to place the Tory view of the Rebellion Losses Hill before the public there ; and about the 
 same time Mr. I'rancis Hincks crossed the ocean on a similar errand for the Liberal party. 
 Lord I'llgin's course in the matter was ultimately sustained in both Houses of the Imperial 
 Parliament when the subject came up for consideration. .Subse(juent riotous demonstrations 
 in Montreal decided the (|uestion of the- removal of the seat of Government from that city. 
 1 he remaining two sessions were accordingly held in Toronto, and thereafter it was arranged 
 to transfer the honor alternately to Quebec and Toronto every four years. The removal 
 to Toronto took place in November, 184c), and the official residence was fixed at Elm.sley 
 Villa, on the site of the present Central Presbyterian Church. 
 
 As an outcome of the prevailing commercial depression of the time the project of 
 annexation to the United States had come prominently forward for discussion, and in 
 October a manifesto in f;ivor of a peaceful separation from the Mother Country and a union 
 
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SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL IIISTOKY. 
 
 with tile Rt|)iil»lii- was puhlislicd at MoiUrcal. Ainniiffst the sij^ncrs of this cclchratcd 
 tiocimiciit wire many prominent persons conneited with i)i)th political parties, amon^'st 
 the number Ixinj^ Mr. Menjamin Holmes, to whom reference is made in this connection 
 in the I'lDiili ill C'ii>ni(/<t cartoons. Mr. I'apineaii earnestly advocated the scheme, in 
 consi.stence with his long cherished republican opinions, and many other public men - 
 amongst them Col. Ciu^y were suspecletl of sympathy with the movemi'nt. The only 
 practical result of the aj.;itation was to deprive some of those impliiated in it of offices 
 which they hold at the |)leasure of the Crown. 
 
 The next great questions to press for settlement were those relating to the Secularization 
 of the- Clergy Reserves and the alioiition of Seigniorial T<Muirt; — (piestions which concerned 
 the U])per and Lower Provinces resi«ctively. The first of these had its rise in the blundt^r 
 originally made by the Imperial authorities in setting apart a large portion of the public 
 domain for the maintenance of " a Protestant clergy." As population increased and settle- 
 ment spread, the lands thus apportioned in various |)arts of the country -particularly those 
 in Upper Canaila — became valuable, and a hot tlispiite as to their owncrshi]i naturally arose. 
 The Church of England laid exclusive claim to the term " Protestant Clergy," and, as a 
 consequence, to the Reserves. The other denominations opposed these pretensions. At 
 length, in 1840, an Imperial Act, intended to settle the question finally, decreed that the 
 proceeds of all sales of reserved lands to date should be divided between the churches of 
 England and Scotland, — the former body to receive two-thirds and the latter one-third ; 
 and that all future proceeds from such sales should be handed over, in the proportion of 
 one-third and one-sixth, to the same churches ; the residue to be devoted to the cause of 
 public worship ami religious instruction generally— in other wcjrds, to be divided, as might 
 be, amongst such of the other Protestant denominations as careil to apply for it. This Act 
 quite failed to allay the sen.se of injustice in regard to the Reserves, and the matter con- 
 tinued in agitation. In 1844 many supporters of the Reform party insisted on the question 
 being made a political issue, and called upon the Government to petition the Home autho- 
 rities for the repeal of the Act of 1840 as a preliminary to a radical settlement of the 
 difficulty by the complete secularization of the Reserves. The Government failed to 
 respond to this suggestion, and in 1849 a number of influential Reformers protested against 
 the delay by stepping out of the Government ranks and forming a new organization, which 
 became known by the sobriquet of the "Clear Grit" party. About thc' same time a 
 somewhat similar departure was made by a number of French Liberals, who formed Le 
 Par/i Roiis^c under the leadership of Mr. Papineau. These new organizations joined in 
 the advocacy of .several advanced measures of reform, though the Rouges were on many 
 points far more radical than the " Grits." When the session of 1850 opened, the Govern- 
 ment found themselves confnjnted by an opposition not to be despised either in numbers or 
 influence, aside from Conservatives, led by Sir Allan MacNab, John A. Macdonald, Wm. 
 Cayley and Henry Sherwood. An incident of the session (to which reference is made in 
 the caricature from Pmicli in Canada annexed) was the defection from the Conservative 
 ranks of Col. Gugy, who had long been known as an ultra Tory. The reason assigned 
 for this step by the hon. gentleman was his disapproval of the extreme rancor displayed 
 during the opening debate by Sir Allan MacNab towards his political opponents, on issues 
 
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 which wen- practically dead, and to aspfrsioiis cast l)y that ^»;ntI(Mnan ii|)<)n the Ciovcnior- 
 (iLiifral ill connection witii the events o( 1S37-8. The Clear (Irits vigorously attacked ihi; 
 (lovernnient for their procrastination in the matter of the Clerf,'y Reserves, and advocated 
 the immediate passage of a Hill, without waiting for the formality of the repeal of the 
 Im|)erial Act. It was evident that the Cabinet were by no means of one mind on this 
 important (|uestion, and these passionate; appeals wen; unheeded. 'Ihe pressure was great 
 enouj.{h, however, to ensun; the passage of a re.solution in favor of the repeal of the Act, 
 fitul in due course an Address in accordance therewith was forwarded to the Imjjeria! 
 authorities. The attitude of the Ministry, however, was not definite enough to meet the 
 views of th(; Reform Party at large, 
 anil the consecpience was many ilefec- 
 tions from the ranks. Amongst warm 
 friends vrhn had been transformed 
 to lukewarmness, was Mr. (ieorgt; 
 hrown. The (HoIh', which had ridi- 
 cul»;d the " Cle.ir lirit " niovenieiil 
 from its inception, was now ])repar- rl 
 ing to cast in its fortunes with that 
 faction. The ne.xt year was notai)le 
 for the re-entry into Parliament of ) ' 
 William Lyon Mackenzie;, the h(;ro 
 of the Rebellion of '3S. He was 
 elected as membi;r for Haldimand, 
 having defeated Mr. Brown, who as yel professed a certain amoimt of friendship lor 
 the Ciovernment. Mackenzie, of course, entered the House as their- pronounced opponent, 
 and soon became the clearest of Clear (Irits. During the session of this year (11X51) an 
 Act was introduced by Hon. Mr. Ilincks to make provision for the construction of a trunk 
 line of railway from Ouebec to the west. A guaranteed loan from the 1 lome ( iovernnieiit 
 such as ha<l already been promised to Nova Scotia in promotion of a line from Ilalifa.x to 
 Ouebec, was anticip.ued. The outcome of this Act, some years later, was the Orand 
 Trunk railway. B(;f()re the close of the session the (i/ofw had reached the point of open 
 hostility to the (lovernmeni, and clamored for immediate ^v.^tion on the Clergy Reserves 
 question. As yet, however, Mr. Brown was not in actual alliance with the Clear Grits. 
 One of the planks in the platform of that party was the abolition of the Court of Chancery, 
 which, as has been mentioned, was re-organized and established under Mr. Baldwin's 
 auspices in 1S49. Toward the end of the session, Mr. Lyon Mackenzie introduced a reso- 
 lution looking to the abolition of this Court, and although defeated on a division, the fact 
 that a majority of the Upper Canada members had voted in favor of the motion affected 
 Mr Baldwin so keenly that he resigned his office and retired from the Cabinet. Before 
 the end of the .same year Mr. Lafontaine also resigned, in pursuance of his e.xjjressed 
 intention of retiring from public life. This act was immediately followed by the resignation 
 of the remaining ministers, and the Lafontaine-Baklwin Cabinet thus passed calmly out of 
 existence. Mr. Lafontaine was ra'sed to the Bench as Chief Justice of Quebec in iSs^, 
 
 (•oi.oM'.i, i.i'cv's m;w I'osiriDX. 
 
 (From Piiihit in Viiiith/it.) 
 
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SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 and tht: next year was created a Baninrt. lit; died ixr. Montreal, Fel). 26, 1864. Mr. 
 Hiildwin was deft-atrd in Ncirth York at the tnsiiiiijj; ^cnt^ril fU-ction by Mr. Josrph 
 Hartman, a Clear (irit caiuliilati', and this nspectrd leader then permanently retired from 
 public life. In 1S54 he was made a C. H. The late Ministry having practically fallen 
 before the Reform spirit of the day, the demand was for a Cabinet still less c(mservative. 
 The formation of such a Cal)in«;t was entrusted to Mr. (now Sir I''rancis) Ilincks, who had 
 been a |)rominent member of the late Ailministration, and was rej^'arded as ont! of tht; most 
 capable public men of the time. In a few months Mr. Ilincks had compK-ted the task 
 committed to him by making judicious concessions to the Clear Grit sentiment and to all 
 other forces which were capable of retarding the course of legislation. Mr. Morin, being 
 the acknowledged leader of the French Liberals sinct; the retire-ment of Mr. Lafontaine, 
 headed the Lower Canada branch of :he (invernnvnt, which is known in our history as tht; 
 Hincks-Morin Administration. The G'Mc came out .strongly against the new Premier, 
 expressing a total want of confidence in the sincerity of his Reform profe.ssions, .uul 
 charging him with surrendering to I'rench Canadian inlluence. The cause of the (iovern- 
 nient was on the other hand ably advocated by the Toronto Ac;/// .hpurliaii (edited by 
 Mr. Wm. Macdougall) and the Montreal Piht, a journal established some years previously 
 by Mr. Hincks himself. During the general election (185 1) Mr. Brown was returned as 
 member for Kent, and at once became a conspicuous figure in the House at Quebec - 
 whither, in accordance with the alternating sy.stem, the seat of tlovernment h.td been 
 removed. F^arly in the new year Mr. Hincks proceeded to Fngland, in company with Mr. 
 F;. B. Chandler of New Brunswick, to arrange for the Imperial guarantee to the construction 
 of the Intercolonial raihvay, which, it had been agreed, should be built by the three Provinces 
 of Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, to connect Halifax and Quebec by way of 
 the .St. John Valley. The Home authorities e.xpressed a preference for a military route 
 around the shore, and declined the guarantee on any other condition. Though unsuccessful 
 in this matter, Mr. Hincks succeeded, during his stay in England, in arranging for the 
 formation of what is now known as the (irand Trunk railway company, to secure the early 
 construction of the line westward from Montreal. On the Premier's return to Canatla in 
 1852, the session opened, and Mr. Brown took the earliest opportunity of expressing his 
 opinion that the Government was Reform in name only. Mr. John A. Macdonald also 
 attacked them sharply, alleging that thiTc was no princi|)le in common among members of 
 the Administration except the desire; to hold office;. During the session Mr. Hincks intro 
 duced a .series of resolutions strongly urging the repeal of the Clergy Reserves Act of 1840, 
 and an Address founded upon them was forwariled to the Queen. In October of this year 
 Mr. Narcisse Fortunat B(;lliau (the subject of one of our cartoons) received a seat in the 
 Legislative Council. Parliam(;nt adjourned on account of the presence of cholera at Quebec, 
 between Nov. 10, 1852, and Peb. 14th, 1853. During this r(;ce.ss a despatch from the 
 Home Secretary announced the intention ef the Im])erial (iovernment to repeal 'he Act of 
 1840. and to pass an Act authorizing th(; Canadian Parliament to deal with tht; Clergy 
 Reserves (juestion. On the re-assembling of the House a Representation Act was j)assc(l, 
 increasing the membership from 84 to t 30 05 for each section of the Province. About 
 the .same time it became known in Canada that the promiseil legislation in the matter of 
 
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 the Clergy Reserves l.aci been passed in Knglaiul, ami the ardent advocates of s«:cularization 
 renewed tlieir afifitation lor immifliatc action !>> the I'rovinci.il ( iovernnient. The session 
 was allowed to end, howeviT, without .my intiinaiioii ot the ( i<)v«rinnini's intentions, and 
 this ,i|)|).irent want ol j^ood faith, in i:onnection with various charges of e.xtravajjance in 
 conneetion with railway contracts, and other sh<irtc<)ininj(s, furnished an abundance of 
 .unniiinitioii for the Opposition in the interim. The Ministry decidetl to lake no action 
 on the Clerj,jy kt;serves (piestion, the nasoii assi|,jned beinj,; that it would be better to le.a t: 
 such important lej^islation to thi' next Parliament, in which there would be a larger repre- 
 sentation of the peojjle. This resolve, when announced in Parliament, rai.sed a furious 
 storm amonj^'st the e.vtreme members of the Opjjosition. No fewer than four amendments 
 wen- moveil to the Address in RepI), ant! the ditfeat of the IJovernment was practically 
 accomplished on a vote regretting that a measure for the settlement of the .Seigniorial 
 Tenurt: and Reserves cjuestion was not to be submitteil during the- session. This motion 
 was carried by forty-two against twenty-nine. Mr. Hincks asked for an adjournment for 
 a day or two, which was granted. The Ministry ilecided to dis.solve the House, ami when 
 ihc nn'inliers re-assembled. Black Rod forthwith knocked at the door. Ihe general 
 (lection came off in the following July and August. Amongst the members of the 
 new House subseciuently noticed in our cartoons were Messrs. Luther Hamilton Holton 
 and A. A. Dorion. The Assembly was now divided into three distinct parties: Minis- 
 terialists ; Conservatives, led nominally by .Sir A. .MacNab, really by Mr. John A. 
 MacdonaKI ; .md Advanced Reformers, iiicluding Clear Grits and Rouges. Mr. Brown 
 was nrjw, to all intents and purpo.ses, not only an ally but a leader of the last named 
 party, with .Mr. I)ori(m for his Lower Canada colleague. The Ministry managed to 
 weather the storm for but a few days after the opening o\ the sessii n : the\ were then 
 defeated by a vote on a cjuestion of privilege rai.sed by the Opposition, and handed in their 
 resignations. This was on Sept. 8th, 1854. .Sir Allan MacNab was called upon to form 
 an .'\dministration, a task which was only possible of accomplishment by the sacrifice on his 
 part of cherished convictions at the bidding (jf expediency. The Government to be 
 formed had before it the work of secularizing the Reserves, and to this Sir .Allan, in 
 common with the old Conservatives whom he repre.sented, was opposed. Rather, however, 
 than yield the leadership to the hands of his rising colleague, Macdonald, .Sir Allan 
 accepted the responsibility, and in dui- time completed thi' formation of a G ivernment by 
 an alliance of Conservatives and moderate French Liberals, with two representatives of 
 the ministerial party nominated by Mr. Hincks. This (iovernment, taking the names of 
 the leaders of the two sections as was customary, is known as the MacNab-Morin 
 .Administration. The immediate secularization of the Reserves was an essential condition 
 of the coalition, and the passage of a Bill abolishing the .Seigniorial Tenure had also been 
 stipulated for. With the advent of the new Cabinet, the old Tory Party may be said to 
 have become extinct, as the leading colK agues of the new Premier were imbued with the 
 prevailing spirit of progress to an extent which would almost entitle them to the name of 
 Liberals. That title was, indeed, adopted, and the party in cpiestion has ever since been 
 known as Liberal-Conservative. The old time Reform Party became similarly modified, 
 by the absorption of its more conservative element into the ranks of Government supporters 
 
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 and of its radical nu-mbers into the Clear Grit or Rouge party. The pledges of the Govern- 
 ment as to the Reserves question were duly fulfilled by the introduction of the Secularization 
 Act by Mr. John A. .Macdonald in 1854. During the same session, the Seignioral Tenure 
 system, a long-standing grievance of Li^wer Canada a remnant of media-valism, under 
 which the tillers of the soil were practically the vas.sals of feudal lords w;'s al.so abolished 
 
 Upon the prorogation of Parliament Lord Elgin retired from the Governor-Generalship, 
 and was succeedeil by Sir Edmund Head, By a reconstruction of the Lower Canada 
 section of the Cabinet during the recess, Mr. Cieo, E. Cartier became Provincial Secretary. 
 This is noteworthy, as marking the commencement of the long-continued comradeship in 
 
 )ffice of that gentleman with Mr. J. A. Macdonald. After another brief session at Quebec, 
 the seat of Govttrnment was removed to Toronto. Meantime (in 1855) Mr. Hincks, while 
 absent in England, received the appointment of Governor of Harbadoes and the Windward 
 Islands and his connection with Canadian affairs thus ended for the time being. The que.stions 
 of Separate Schools for Roman Catholics, and Representation b)' Population, were the 
 important topics of political discussion next to be brought ibrward, but before they had 
 become ripe for legislative action, an important change had taken place in the Ministry. 
 The colleagues and supporters of the (iovernment had become impatient of the nerve- 
 less leadership of .Sir ."Xllan Mac Nab, and anxious to replace him by an abler man, who 
 stood ready for the position in the person of Mr. John A. Macdon.ild. Sir Allan .MacNab, 
 however, would not volu;.tarily resign, and the affairs of the Government were thus kept 
 in a av/kward state of suspense for a considerable time. The " conspirators " in the 
 Cabinet at last succeeded in carrying their point. A resolution of confidence having 
 been moved on the ^juestion of making Quebec the permanent seat of Government, the 
 vote was taken, aiid it was found that although duly carried, a majority of the Upper 
 Canada members hin" voted against it. This was seized upon as a pretext and, on a 
 profession of adherence to the principle of a " double majority " (a principle which had 
 never been adopted by either party), the Ministers handed in their resignations. This left 
 .Sir Allan alone in his glory, .ind he being unable to fill the vacant places. Col. Tachd, as 
 the senior Executive Councillor, was entrusted with the task of forming a ministry, which 
 he speedily accomplished by replacing the members of the late Cabinet. Mr. Macdonald 
 was made Attorney-General West, and was the actual leader (May, 1856). On a motion 
 of no confidence moved by Mr. Dorion, the reconstructed ministry found the adverse 
 Upper Canada majority increased, but having got rid of old .Sir .'\llan they were not now 
 so particular about the double majority " principle and entertained no thought of resign- 
 ing. For some time prior to 1856 Mr. Wm. Macdougall, as editor of the North 
 American, had been agitating the question of the Hudson's Bay Company s possessions in 
 the North-West. The project of obtaining control of that valuable domain for Canada 
 now began to take shape, and was warmly acl .ocated by many of the leading public men. 
 Communications on the subject were opened with the Company, and early in 1857.. Chief Jus- 
 tice Draper was sent over to England to represent the Province in the negotiations. During 
 the Parliamentary session of the same year Mr. (ieorge Brown introduced a resolution in 
 favor of the principle of Representation by Population, which, although defeated, received 
 strong support in the House and throughout the country. The vexed question of the 
 
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SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 permanent seat of Government was avoided by the submission of the matter to Her 
 Majesty, who, in clue course, named Ottawa, as a compromise between the conflicting claims 
 of 1 oronto ami (Quebec. By the retirement of Col. Tach^, which look place this year, Mr. 
 Macdonald became Premier, and Mr. Cartier was formally appointed leader of the l^ower 
 Canada section of the Government. Parliament was dissolved in November and the 
 general election came off in December and January. It was during this campaign that 
 .Mr. George Brown contested Toronto against Mr. John Beverlex Robinson and oth' rs 
 — reference to which is made in cartoons 17 to 24. Amongst the new membt;rs elected 
 were .Messrs. P. D'Arcy McGee, Hector L. Langevin, Christopher Duncan, Oliver Mowat, 
 VVm. P. Howland, and Joh.' Carling. The main questions upon which the elections 
 turned were .Separate Schools and Representation by Population, and the general result was 
 a weakening of the Upper Canada support of the Government and a more than propor- 
 tionate addition to their Lower Canada following. When the House met in wSsS, the 
 "double majority " doctrine was promptly cast overboard, as it was clear the Ministry had 
 to rely wholly on a Lower Canada majority. A motion e.xpressing dissati.sfaction with the 
 selection of Ottawa as .seat of Government, which appealed alike to the French and English 
 members of the House, was carried by sixty -four to fifty. Thereupon the Government 
 resigned, and Mr. George Brown was called upon, as leader of the Opposition, to form an 
 Administration. This he succeeded in doing. He asked, however, for a dissolution of thi; 
 House and an appeal to the country, on the ground that the present Assembly did not 
 fairly represent public (opinion. The Governor-General, upon consideration, declined to 
 accede to this, and a vote of no confidence having been carried in the Hou.se, Mr. Brown 
 and his colleagues handed in their resignations. The lately deposed ministers were re- 
 called, and, taking advantage of the letter of the law which permitted of an interchange 
 of portfolios without an appeal to the country, Mr. Macdonald and his colleagues performed 
 what is notorious in our annals as the " Double Shuffle." Ihe members of the Government 
 resumed the treasury benches upon making a mere re-distribution o( the offices. Having 
 been duly sworn in, they then made another re-distribution which le.t them in the positions 
 which they originally occupied. 
 
 The rejection of the double majority principle, and the popular demand for representa- 
 tion by population had given rise to the idea of a P'ederal Union of the Provinces of British 
 North America, and the " new Government announced that the feasibility of this scheme 
 would receive the most serious consideration. Mr. A. T. Gait, who was now Inspector- 
 General, was known as a strong advocate of Confederation, and on entering the Miiiistrv 
 he had insisted on it being made a Cabinet que.stion. In the next .se.ssion Ottawa was 
 formally accepted as the seat of Government by a motion in the House, which was carried 
 by a majority of five. A new Tariff Act, raising the general duties to fifteen per cent., 
 was amongst the measures of the session, and marks the commencement of Protection in 
 Canada. 
 
 At the close of the session the departments were once more established at Quebec, 
 whence in 1866 they were removed to Ottawa and permanently .settled in the new Parlia 
 ment buildings. The Government was now sustained entirely by Lower Canada votes, and 
 the cry of French domination was being vociferously raised in the Upper Province. As the 
 
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SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 outcome of a Liberal convention an address to the people made its appearance in i860. 
 This document, which forcibly e.xposed the unsatisfactory state into which public affairs had 
 been brought by the existing system, w;.s widely distributed, and is regarded as having done 
 much to pave the way for the Confetleraiion scheme subsequently matured. The Liberal 
 leaders of Lower Canada were disposed to admit the justice of the complaints thus formu- 
 lated, but no great expression of sympathy could be expected in that quarter for a cause with 
 which the name of George iirown was intimately associated. In the meantime, the divisions 
 in the ranks of the Opposition aided the Government. In the following session (i860) Mr. 
 Hrown introduced two motions embodying the reforms discussed at the convention, and 
 suggesting, as a remedy for the evils complained of, the formation of local governments 
 for the management of Provincial affairs, with .some central authority to take cognizance of 
 affairs common to all sections. These resolutions were defeated by overwhelming majori- 
 ties. In connection with changes in the /^r.w««<'/ of the Parliamentary forces during i860, 
 it may be noted that Sir Allan MacNab was elected to a .seat in the Legislative Council, and 
 Mr. Chas. |. Rykert .succeeded Mr. Merritt as member for Lincoln in the .Assembly. The 
 agitation for " Rep. by Pop." and its proposed accompanying reforms was not allowed to die 
 out. Mr. D'Arcy Mctiee continued to eloquently advocate the Federal Union plan, and the 
 Globe kept steadily educating public opinion upon the subject. In the next session resolu- 
 tions in favor of the "double majority" principle, moved respectively by Mr. j. Sandfield 
 Macdonald and Mr. .A. A. Dorion, obtained a fair measure of support in the House, being 
 defeated by majorities of only thirteen and nineteen. .Amongst the supporters of the.se 
 motions were several prominent French Canadians who had hitherto acted with the Gov- 
 ernment, and ere long an alliance between these gentlemen and the Upper Canada 
 followers of Mr. j. S. Macdonald was brought about, much to the embarrassment of the 
 Ministry. Phe publication of the returns ol the census, which had just been completed, 
 gave new life to the agitation for Rep. by Pop. as they showed that the population of the 
 Upper Province was 300,000 in excess of that of Lower Canada. .A measure embodying 
 to some extent the principles contended for was, however, defeated by a vote of sixty-seven 
 to forty-nine. On the lOth of June Parliament was dissolved, and at the ensuing general 
 election the Government was sustained, notwithstanding the herculean efforts of the 
 Opposition Mr. Brown himself was defeated 11 East Toronto, and Mr. Dorion failed in 
 Lower Canada. Mr. Brown remained out of Parliament until 1863; Mr. Dorion was 
 returned for Hochelaga in the year following his defeat. Amongst the new members 
 (subsequently noticed in our cartoons) were Alexander Mackenzie and H. G. Joly. Mr. 
 Mackenzie was elected for Lambton, and has remained in Parliament to the present time. 
 M. Joly sat as member for Lotbinifere. Mr. Wm. Lyon Mackenzie, who had resigned his 
 seat for Haldimand in 1858, died during the summer of this year. 
 
 Sir Edmund Head's term having expired, he was succeeded in the Governorship by 
 Viscount Monck. In 1862 Mr. John Beverley Robinson and Mr. John Carling became 
 members of the Cabinet, the former as President of the Council, and the latter as Receiver- 
 General. Both of these gentlemen (who figure in several of our cartoons) were favorable 
 to Rep. by Pop., and that (juestion was henceforth to be regarded as "open in the Cabi- 
 net. The Ministerial span of life was, however, now at an end. Before the ses.sion closed 
 
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 the Government sustained a decisive defeat on a militia bill introduced by Attorney-General 
 Macdonald, and resigned on the following day. The Macdonald-Sicotte Administration 
 succeeded to the vacant benches, the Premier being Mr John Sandfield Macdonald, and 
 his Lower Canadian colleague, Mr. L. V Sicotte, a former follower of Mr. Cartier. 
 The new Ministry, in announcing their programme, practically ignored the question 
 of Rej). by Pop., and adopted the principle of .Separate Schools. In the following 
 .se.ssion Mr. tieorge Brown (who had meantime been elected for .South Oxford) found 
 himself at the head of a strong party in opposition to the Government on the issues named, 
 and although the ' double majority " principle was supposed to have been adopted by the 
 Ministry, they resisted defeat on many divisions by a solid Lower Canada vote. Indeed, 
 in this respect they were in precisely the same position as the Government they had 
 replaced. This disingenuous conduct brought .swift punishment. The Government was in 
 May defeated on a direct vote of want of confidence, and a dissolution was decided upon. 
 The general election was fixed for June, and resulted in the Government being sustained. 
 Tht^ fiersonni'/ of the Cabinet had undergone some changes in the meantime, Mr. Oliver 
 Mowat l)(Mng taken in as Postmaster-General, and the Lower Canada section being as 
 follows. A. .\. Dorioii, L. H. Holton, Isidore Thibaudeau, L. Letellier de St. Just, L. S. 
 Huntington and Maurice Laframboise. Mr. Huntington was comparatively new to Parlia- 
 ment, and represented Shefford. In the second session aft"r its formation this Govern- 
 ment voluntarily resigned office, being unable to command a working majority, and in the 
 meantime little if any progress had been made toward the settlement of the great question 
 of the day. After some difficulty a new Government was formed under the joint leader- 
 ship of Sir E. P. Tachi^ and Hon. John A. Macdonald. In this Cabinet Mr. Hector 
 L. Langevin first .sat as a Minister ; the new names in the Upper C.mada section 
 were those of Messrs. John .Simpson and James Cockburn. it was found, on the reas- 
 sembly of Parliament, that this Government, like its jiredecessor, could not command a 
 working majority, and it was evident that no Ministry it would be possible to form from 
 the material available would be in any better position. It had been decided to dis.solve the 
 Hou.se ;ind appeal to the counti-y, when, at the critical moment, Mr. George Brown 
 suggested that the crisis might be. utilized to settle the constitutional difficulties between 
 Upper and Lower Canada on th(" line of the recommendations just laid before the House 
 by a committee entrusted with the consideration of that subject, viz. : a Confederation of 
 the Provinces. 
 
 As the result of conferences then initiated a Federal Union of the Provinces was 
 decided upon, and three Reformers, Messrs. Brown, Mowat and Macdougall entered the 
 Government to assist in carrying the plan into effect. In due course the Imperial authori- 
 ties passeil the necessary legislation, under the title of the British North America Act, 
 and on the ist of July, 1867, the plan was con.summated, and the Dominion of Canada came 
 into existence. For distinguished services in connection with this great measure, Mr. 
 Macdonald was honored with knighthood, and in the following year Mr. Cartier accepted 
 a baronetcy. Other distinguished Confederationists received minor honors. In the 
 ensuing general election, Mr. Brown was defeated in South Ontario, and never thereafter 
 sat in Parliament. In 1873 he accepted a seat in the Senate at the hands of the Reform 
 
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 Governmont of Mr. Mackenzie, and in that ijiiiet retreat ended his eventful political career. 
 The formation of Frt)vincial Ministries had meantime been arranged for. In Ontario, the 
 first Cabinet -a coalition — was under the leadership of Mr. John .Sandfield Macdonald. 
 ami remained in office for the ensuing four years. Amongst the new Members of the first 
 Dominion Parliament were Joseph Howe of Nova Scotia and Edward Blake of Ontario, 
 
 the latter gentleman being at the same election (1867) 
 returned as a member of the Ontario Assembly, where he 
 soon assumed the leadership of the 0])position. Mr. Howe 
 continued his active efforts against Confederation both in 
 and out of the House. In 186S he was the leading member 
 of a delegation to England to present an address in favor of 
 the repeal of the Union on behalf of Nova Scotia. This 
 petition was rejected, and early in [869 Mr. Hftwe was 
 induced to enter the Cabinet, certain modifications of the 
 terms of Union being promised. In 1868, Lord Monck was 
 succeeded in the (iovernorship by .Sir John Young (after- 
 ward Lord Lisgar). In the ensuing session, the North-West 
 Territories, which had been acijuired by the extinction of 
 the Hudson's Bay Company s claim, were formally added to 
 the Dominion, and an Act was passed tu provide for the 
 appointment of a Lieutenant-CiOvern{)r and Council to ad- 
 minister their affairs. The closing negotiations in England 
 had been conducted by Sir Geo. Cartier (C.irtoon 32) and 
 Hon. VVm. Macdougall, and in recognition of his .services 
 the latter gentleman was appointed Lieutenant-tiovernor of 
 the new Territory. The Metis settlers, however, felt 
 aggrieved that the transfer had been effected without their 
 consent, and entertained a want of confidence in the good- 
 will of the new owners of the country. The result was that 
 when Lieutenant-Governor Macdougall undertook to as- 
 sume the direction of affairs he was met by armed resis- 
 tance, and found that the half-breeds about Fort Garry were in open rebellion under the 
 leadership of one Louis Kiel. Upon the peremptory order of the rebels Mr. Macdougall 
 was forced to retreat from the frontier (Cartoon 49). Meanwhile the rebellion went on. 
 Bishop Tache, a prelate of vast influence amongst the hall-breeds, happened unfortunately 
 to be absent in Rome. It being clear that peace could not be restored without his 
 intervention, he was communicated with, and on his arrival •> Ottaw'a he was empowered 
 to offer the rebels an amnesty for all past offences and to assure them of the good-will of 
 the Dominion. He at once departed on his mission, but before his arrival at the Red 
 River, Riel had crowned his folly and wickedness by the cold-blooded murder of a loyalist 
 named Thomas Scott, under form of a " court martial " execution. The Bishop, notwith- 
 standing this, duly delivered his message. The rebels were ultimately overawed by the 
 appearance of a military force under command of Colonel (afterwards Sir (iarnet) Wol.seley, 
 
 I'kOl'OSKO WINUOW KOK TIIF: 
 HARLIAMKNT BUlLDlNc;. 
 
 {From DiogtHts.) 
 
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 SKETCH OF CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 
 
 .ind Riel took llight. He returned, however, after a time, antl remained in Manitoba unmo- 
 lested until the offer of a reward for his apprehension by the Ontario Government caused 
 him to seek safety on the American side. To forestall further trouble the Dominion Govern- 
 ment, at the suggestion of Bishop Taoht^ secretly provided him with some $1,500 on 
 condition of his remaining out of the country for good. With this strangely acquired 
 l)ooty he took up his residence in the United Slates. He was .subsecjuently twice elected 
 to Parliament for the. constituency of Provencher, Manitoba, but his banishment from the 
 country for five years was decreed in connection with the general amnesty subsequently 
 ratified by the Mackenzie Government. 
 
 in 1872 Sir John Macdonald was apijointed (^ne of the British Commissioners tor the 
 arrangement of a treaty involving the fishery interests of Canada, amongst other important 
 matters, as between Great Britain and the United States. The result of the Commis- 
 sioners' labors is known as the Washington Treaty, which was ratified in that year. By this 
 document, inter alia, the right to take fish in Canadian waters was extended to the United 
 States for the period of ten years in consideration of a money payment, the amount subse- 
 quently agreed upon by a joint Commission, which met at Halifax in 1877, being 
 $5,500,CKX). This the Americans paid, but only after a protest on llimsy grounds by their 
 representative, Mr. Kellogg, and much grumbling by Congress. In 187 1, British Columbia 
 was admitted to the Union. In the session of the following year a Bill was passed empow- 
 ering the Government to contract with a chartered company for the construction of a rail- 
 way to connect British Columbia with the Eastern Provinces. This year was also 
 signalized by the advent of Lord Dufferin as the successor of Banm Lisgar in the vice- 
 regal office, and by a general election, the term of the first Parliament of the Dominion 
 having expired. The result of the election was favorable to the Government, though the 
 Opposition was materially strengthened. In 1873 Confederation was rounded o^ by the 
 admission of Prince Edward I.sland into the Union. The session of this year is memor- 
 able for che " Pacific Scandal." Mr. Huntington from his place in the House charged the 
 Government with having corruptly sold the contract for the construction of the C. P, R., 
 to Sir Hugh Allan, in consideration of a large contribution by that worthy knight to the 
 Conservative election fimd. This unparalleled indictment caused a great sensation, and 
 eventually compelled the resignation of the Ministry. A Reform Government under Mr. 
 Mackenzie succeeded to office, and continued down to 1878, when the prevailing depres- 
 sion of trade compassed its defeat, the Conservatives having declared for Protection to 
 native industries as a " National Policy, " a cry which caught the public fancy wonderfully. 
 The leading political incidents of the term thus briefly indicated are commented i ^on in 
 their order in the cartoons from Giur presented in this volume. Early in 1880, Mr. Mac 
 kenzie was succeeded in the leadership by Mr. Blake, who still remains at the head of the 
 Reform Party. 
 
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THE MAN WOT FIRED THE PARLIAMENT HOISE. 
 
 As a climax to the excitement which attended the passage of the Rehelhon 
 losses Bill, the House of Parliament at Montreal was destroyed by .ncen- 
 d^arism. This outrage was well known to have been the act of a Party but 
 thJ individual hand that wielded the torch, was not known. I uncf, ,. 
 Canada, the comic paper of the day, and a strong opponent of the measure 
 in question, took advantage of this tact to suggest humorously that '• the n.an 
 .ot f^red th« Parliament House" was Lafontaine^ -the n,an who led the 
 Government in the matter which had so excited the Conservat.ve wrath, 
 and so led to the catastrophe. 
 
 Punch in Canada. May iqth, 1849. 
 
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 THH MAN WOT FIRED llUi PARLIAMHNT HOUSE! 
 
 I'rNcii jN I xNAiiA, i84y. 
 
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 THE CLUB NATIONALE DEMOCRATIQUE PREPARING TO 
 TRAMPLE ON THE BRITISH LION. 
 
 
 This was a satirical allusion to the " tall talk " indulged in by a coterie of 
 French followers of Papineau, who favored a democratic form of Govern- 
 ment for Canada as a cure for the prevailing discontent. 
 
 Punch in Canada, Jli.v 7th, 1849. 
 
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 THE "CLUB NATIONALE DEMOCRATIQUE/ 
 
 HRKPARINf; TO TKAMri.K ON TIIK IlKITISH LION. 
 
 I'uNi II IN Canada, Ji'i.v, 1849, 
 
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SCENE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. 
 
 S.K Allan Macnab and Hon. Wm. Cayley visited England on behalf of 
 the Conservative Party, to endeavor to influence public and Parliamentary 
 opinion in connection with Canadian questions, which at the time were 
 exciting u-u.sual attc.uion. Mr. 1-rancis Hincks was sent over about the 
 sa«ie time to represent th. RHorn. view, and to counteract the influence of 
 the gentlemen naineil. 
 
 PUN< II IN C.VNAliA, JUl.V, 1 849- 
 
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A SCENL- AT HIICKIN(;HAM PALACE. 
 
 Ui;i< Most (iKAiious Majkstv. "Sir Allan Macnab and Mr. William Cayley, — I regret 
 that it is out of our power to offer you any accommodations at present, our only spare room being 
 just now occupied by Mr. Francis Hi neks. 
 
 I'I'NCII IN CANAIiA, Jt'l.Y IS49. 
 
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THK HEKMir. 
 
 I, OKI. Ki.i;iN, the Governor-General, was criticised for seciuclinB himself from 
 society at the official residence, Monklands. 
 
 Punch in Canaka, Ai'iitisr, 1849. 
 
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THE HERMIT. 
 
 Lately discovered in the woods, near Monklands ; and now about to be forwarded to England by 
 the gentlemen of the British League, to whom this Portrait is respectfully dedicated. 
 
 ruNcH IN Canada, Auc.ost, 1849. 
 
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 nROriMNG A HINT. 
 
 Coi.dMi. GiH.N , M.I'., was a prominent member of the Opposition under the 
 Baldwin- Lafontaine Ministry, but annovmceii his withdrawal from that 
 position during the heated scenes which followed the Rebellion Losses riots. 
 He is regarded as having been the progenitor of the Liberal-Conservative 
 Party of the present time. The cartoon conveys the insinuation that Colonel 
 Gugy sympaihizetl with the Annexation movement, which was the sensation 
 of the day. 
 
 I'lm H IN Canada, May, 1S49. 
 
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DROPPING '\ HINT. 
 
 Mov. — Hallo, Mister! ye've dropped yer liankercher. 
 
 Lkauuek. -Ha ! my tjood hoy, yes! — I mean no. my blessed little kid, no! not mine, my 
 excellent little gentleman, not mine Oh no, no, no, not mine ! 
 
 Boy, — Well, some o' yis dropped it anyhow, and now none o' yiz '11 own to it. 
 
 I'uNiii IN Ca.naiia, May, 1849. 
 
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THE ANNEXATION ENGINE. 
 
 This was anotht r attack upon the Annexation sentiment which prevailed in 
 Lower Canaila. Mr. Papincau is again tho principal figure, and Punch's 
 idea was that if Annexation were ever realized its first effect would be to rob 
 the French-Canadians of the special privileges they enjoyed under British 
 rule. The artist's conception of Brother Jonathan is somewhat unique. 
 
 Pt N( II IN Canaka, 1849. 
 
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IHH WAV BROTHER JONATHAN WILL ASTONISH THE NATIVES. 
 
 ANNKXATION i OMKn IN HV THK RAII,, WHILK I.IBKRTV KLIKS OVV IN THK SMOKE. 
 
 TUM II IN ( ANAI'A. 1849- 
 
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THE THIMBI.ERIG. 
 
 T.MS cartoon appeared .luring the discussion of the removal of the Seat of 
 Government from Montreal after the destruction of the old buildmg at the 
 hands of the mob. Hon. Robert Baldwin, who was Premier at the tune, 
 was supposed to favor his native place. Toronto, in the selection ; Kn.gston 
 and Montreal were the other competitors for the honor. Mr. Punch naturally 
 gave Montreal the preference. 
 
 PlN(.ll IN C.VNADA. Sl.nKMIUK. lS4q. 
 
 No 
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THi- (;()\-i:rnmi-:n r riiiMHLnRK;. 
 
 Hen' I am, Sporting l{oh trom \'()rk ' Row! in here, L^cntlcnicn. and stake your money. 
 Now, Mr. Sherwood ! I sec you lookinj; at one of 'the thimlilcs ; walk up, sir, like a man, and go 
 \oiir length upon ii in goold or silver, Drhentuns taken at a small discount. Here you are, Mr. 
 W hat-d'ye-call him, the roroner from Kingston ' Siiori your jinglers here upon the lucky thiml)le : 
 a quick eye and ,i read) ol)ser\ation takes the tin. O, there's the I-rench gentlemen from 
 Montreal feeling lor their |>urses ! step this way, gentlemen, and tht- day's your own. Rowl in. 
 ( //nr /'ttH,// i/(ii///is///ii-/v tilts uf> a tliimhic. and iHsiovcrs the />C(t. ) 
 
 I'l'M M tV (■«N<|1\, SKI'IFMIIFR, IX40. 
 
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PAWNING THE FLAG. 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Holmes was one of the Members for Montreal in the first 
 Parliament after the Union, and was amongst the most active public men of 
 the time. In 1849 he was an advocaie of Annexation, and subsequently 
 voted for the reception of an addn-ss in tavor of Canadian Independence. 
 His Annexation proclivities are hit off in the cartoon, which represents him 
 as pawning the British Hag to Brother Jonathan. 
 
 PuN( H IN Canada, 0( tohiu 10th, 1849. 
 
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LITTLH BKN. HOLMES 
 
 AND SOME NAUr.llTV CIIIMIREN ATTKMPT TD I'AWX THKIR MOTHF.R'S PO( KET-HAM)KKR(HIKF, HIT ARE ARRESTED 
 HV I'dl.K KMAN PILVCH, WHO WAS STATIONED " ROl NO THE CORNER." 
 
 PimcH IN (ANAHA, lS4q. 
 
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THE EAGLE AND THE FAWN 
 
 A piece of excusable self-glorification on the part of Mr. Punch, who was 
 .. trulv loval '■ from first to last. H.r. he clashes forth upon his charger to 
 ' the Canadian fawn fro.n th.- talons of the designing American Eagle. 
 
 rescue 
 
 Pi N( II IN Canada. Oltoiii-,k, 1849. 
 
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 TIIH HAC.LE AND THE FAWN. 
 
 I'i'Nni IN ("ANAIlA, Ol rOllP.R, 1S4O. 
 
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TWO YEARS AFTER ANNEXATION. 
 
 This satire is at the expense 
 
 matter of strong 
 
 of Mr. Benjamin Holmes infirmity in :he 
 
 drink, while it also includes a hit at his Annexation 
 
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 ord. 
 
 Punch in Canada, Novembkk, iS4q. 
 
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TWO YEARS AFTER ANNEXATION. 
 
 IJNCLK HKN.-Hi:V A HUST, SIK ?-(;ENKUAL WASHINGTON, SUdllTLY DAMACKD, AND (lOINC. VKRV ClIKAl". 
 
 pimc/r. -o,\ "BUST," kii?— aiii ves, i thou(;ht it woui-d comk to a -bust" with you ukfoke lon(; 
 
 I'iiN( Ti IN Canada, No\ emiikr, 1840. 
 
 f51] 
 
HERK WE ARE AND HERE WE GO. 
 
 liiK <|ueslion of th(! removal of iht- Scat of GovcniineiU having l)i'en 
 decided in favor of Toronto, the cartoon affects to give a view of the removal 
 itself under the similitude of a circus caravan. The figure upon the wagon 
 in the foregrour vt^as no doubt intended to represent Lord I'^lgin, although 
 no attempt w le to catch the likeness. I'he; basket of eggs and the 
 
 hen in (lose pro lity are a .sufficient hint as to the identity, Lord Elg n 
 
 having been " rotten-egged " liy a Montreal mob for signing the R<'beiru 
 Losses Hill. 
 
 Punch in Canaha, Novkmukk 20th, 1849. 
 
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 CLOWN LOOUITHR— MERE WE CO, AND HERE W : ARE 
 
 I'liNcii IN Canada, Novp.mukr, 1849. 
 
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 THE PUDOINr. AND THE WASr. 
 
 Mu Hknkv John Bo.lton, M.P., for Niagara, was a somewhat pron.nent 
 Hgure in the Canadian Parliament, in which he occupied an " indei>endent 
 attitude Toward the close of his Parliamentary career he was favorably 
 mentioned for appointment to the Judicial Bench, but the honor was w.thheld, 
 chiefly through the opposition offered by the Co/o>ns^, an iniluent.al paper 
 published at Toronto. 
 
 Pin. 11 ;n Canada, Dk< k.mhkr, 1849. 
 
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 THH PUDUINC; AND THE WAS!'. 
 
 I.ITTLK JOHN IIK.NIU SIT^ DOWN TO A NICK ( HKISTMAS l'i:i)UIN(i, HUT IS PRKVENTKl) KKOM KXJOYINli IT UV A 
 
 NASTY GREAT WASP,— (Sur.uBSTBn BV Hums "Boy and Wasi' ") 
 
 PrN( i( IN Canaha, nkiKMiiKK, 1N49. 
 
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THE TRAl'PERS 
 
 Tims cartoon signalizes the triumph of Toronto in being at last made the 
 Seat of Governi-nt. Henry Sherwood and Rol.ert Baldwin, the 
 •• trappers " of the picture, were prominent representatives of Toronto, 
 though on opposite sides of politics, and both had urged the claims of their 
 native city when the Government was first removed from Kingston. Elmsley 
 Hut indicates the official residence, which was known as Elmsley House, on 
 the site of the present Central Presbyterian Church. Tht. ' Beaver • in the 
 case is, of course. Lord Elgin. 
 
 I'uNcii IN Canada. Di;ci:miu;r 28th. 1S49. 
 
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THE TRAPPERS. 
 
 " I saw young Harry with his heaver. " etc. S/iakspearc. 
 
 IIKsT TKAl'l-KK. SAV. lloH. IiAKNKI) II- WK AIN'T KKTtllKD TIIK OLl> IIK HKAVKU KUiMT INTO TII1;, TKAl', AM) IIIK 
 
 OTHKR.S IS ACROWDINi; KOUNI) LIKE ALL CREATION ! 
 SECOND TRArrEk.-WEIX, KEKI' IIIM TIIAK, IIOV, KEi;r IIIMTIIAK:-! (HISS IIK liON'T i.iUIT TIMS ( I.KAUIN JIST MT. 
 
 Tins IS SOME. THIS HAMl, IS; -DAKNEIJ IK IT DON'T IIEAT IIEUKKKI 
 
 I'l.'Ni II IN Canada, Dei emiikk, 1.S411. 
 
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TOWNSHIPS COLONIZATION— A SETTLER. 
 
 This was an allusion, from the English standpoint, t.. the unfitness of French 
 emigrants as agricultural settlers. The contrast between the results of 
 farming industry in Upper and Lower Canada seemed to justify this 
 prejudice. The comparison of the newly-arrived Frenchman to the frogs is 
 a time-honored joke, supposed to have arisen from the alleged French 
 national taste for frogs'-legs as a table delicacy. 
 
 PuN( II IN Canada, 1849. 
 
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TOWNSHIPS COLONIZATION— A SETTLER. 
 
 YOUNG LITKKARV LKADER.-IIERE IS ONE SETTLER, SARE, FOR YOUR TOWNSHIP, SAKE, ON YOUR KARM, SARE. 
 TOWNSHIPPKR.-Oll, THAT'S YOUR SETTLER, EH ? WHY THERE'S LOTS OF THEM CHAPS HERE ALREADY-IN THE 
 MASHES ! 
 
 Punch in Canaha, 1840, 
 
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A WINTERS TALE. 
 
 Akter the troubles o( .S37. William Lyon Macken/.ie became an ex.le from 
 Canada. In the verses in the legend, he recounts his unhappy experiences 
 i„ political life to Robert Haldwin, who is figuratively represented as bearmg 
 him company. The gallows on the mainland in the distance is a rcmmder 
 that a price had been set upon Mackenzie's head. 
 
 Punch in Can.\i>.\, 1849. 
 
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 CLOWN, 
 
 WINTER'S tali:. 
 
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 MK. W. I.. MACKENZIE. 
 MR. BALDWIN. 
 
 ArroLYCUs. I see this is the time that the unjust m.m doth thrive. Sure the gods do this 
 year connive at us. that we may do anything extempore. {Siv^^s.) 
 
 IBS'?. 
 
 The daisies were (lead on dallowii Hill.— 
 With heiKh ! the skulkers behind the rail,- 
 
 O then I (hnueht my t>ockels to fill ! 
 
 For the red l)l.)od flowed and I robbed the mail. 
 
 The hcmp-firlds wmviuk in ihe l»ree/i: 
 
 With he^- ! llie ravens. O how they (Tonk ' 
 And the birds that hung t'rom the Ralfou -trees 
 Might redr me then ihnt it ^v■^ no joke. 
 
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 Htit nrw the lark (ra lira <'inK» ! 
 
 A Navy-islander liotd am I ; 
 And sympathizers may plume iheir \ 
 
 All in iht: ciuvprasthey he. 
 
 Clown. — He seems to be of great authority ; close with him, give him gold. 
 
 1*1 N(H IN CaNAIM, ig4Q. 
 
 
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EFFECT OF TORONTO UEER AND BEEF, ETC. 
 
 It is not unlikely that there was some physical ground for this reference to 
 Lafontaine, although the satirist's primary allusion is to the happy political 
 effect of the calmer atmosphere in which the French leader was now living. 
 
 Punch in Canada, 1849. 
 
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 A SKETCH NKAR THF, (iOVHRNMliNT OFFICES. 
 
 DEmCATEO TO I.OWI-.R CANADA, AS A SAMPM; OK WHAT Till! IIKKK AM. BKKK OKTOKONTO 1IA\ K DONK KOK 
 
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 PiNrii IN Canaiu, lS4q. 
 
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UP GOES THE DONKEY. 
 
 Tins was the first of a series of cartoons which appeared in Toronto, in 
 185S in connection with the election contest between Mr. John Beverley 
 Robinson iuui Mr. George Brown, for the representation of the city ol 
 Toronto in Parliament. Mr. Bowes was Mayor for several years. He 
 was Mr. Robinson's " right hand man" in the campaign, though, with a not 
 over-friendly liand the artist represents the candidate as occupying a 
 secondary position throughout. This was the occasion of Mr. Robinson's first 
 entry into parliamentary life. This, and the five following cartoons are 
 inserted as an illustration of the manner in which public (juestions were 
 caricatured in those days. 
 
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UP GOES THE DONKEY 
 
 MR. BOWES TRIES A NEW DODGK. 
 
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HOWES BAGC.INC. II IS GAMK.' 
 
 I'"ko.. what is known of the ameniti«'s of politics in those days, it is not 
 iinlii<eiy that the tharyc of wholesale, open hrihery, here made aj^ainst the 
 Conservative cancli-lates, was well foinuled. The Conservatives were not so 
 foitunate as to have a caricaturist on their side, or no doubt an equally 
 faithful picture might have been levelled at Mr. Brown and his supporters. 
 
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 side of the question then occupying public attention. He was also more 
 than a match for his opponent on the platform by virtue of natural gifts. 
 
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 Mr. Bowes appears to have enlisted the sympathies of the Roman Catholic 
 hierarchy on the side of the Tory candidates by the usual means— glowing 
 promi-ses of special favors to that denomination. 
 
 I*'i,vmii::kt, 1S57. 
 
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 THE RAT TRAP. 
 
 This cartoon depicts the attempt to catch the Catholic votes by baiting the 
 trap with the Tory candidate. Mr. George Brown was at this time exceed- 
 ingly unpopular with the Roman Catholics, on account of his outspoken 
 ultra-Protestantism in the iilohe. 
 
 Fi.vsitKET, 1857. 
 
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THE SICK CANDIDATE. 
 
 As the campaign progressed this valiant artist-partizan of course descried 
 signs of the complete collapse of Mr. Robinson. 
 
 Flysheet, 1857. 
 
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 The idea of the last cartoon is reiterated in another form. The discomfiture 
 and defeat of the Conservative candidate is practically complete (in the 
 artist's mind). 
 
 Flvsheet, 1857. 
 
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 Robinson was elected, as well as Mr. Brown, would seem to require a slight 
 revision of the picture. 
 
 Flvsheet. Dkckmber 22nd, 1S57. • 
 
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TIIK TIIRKE MARTYRS. 
 
 NiNi: members of tht: Reform party, who were won over to the side ol tht; 
 Government of J. S. Macdonald (which was a coalition), were dubbed " thf 
 martyrs." This cartoon represents Mr. Macdonald in the act of compelling 
 tlif ratification of the bargain with three of the number— Messrs. Lauder, 
 Colcohoun, and Hamilton. 
 
 Fl.VSIIKKT, 1868. 
 
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THE AXl'-CklNniiR AND THE THRI:H TRAITORS. 
 
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 THE NEEDY AXE-GRINDER. 
 
 Mr. John SANi>Fn;i.i) MacI)o:<ald, who was at this time Premier ot" Ontario, 
 earned the so6n./ue.' of the Axe-Grinder by some self-descriptive expression 
 he had made use of in a public speech. His political methods were largely 
 based upon the i/itui pro i/no principle. 
 
 Flysheet, 1868. 
 
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THE NEEDY AXE-GRINDI{R. 
 
 Needy Axe-Gtinder, whither are yu'i joinc ? 
 KoiiRh is the road, your wheel is imt of order, 
 Bleak lilows the l>hist, your hat has a hole in it. 
 
 So have your breeches. 
 Tell me, Axedrinder, how came you to (jrind axet? 
 I>id ome rich man tyrannically use you ? 
 
 Was it John A. f 
 
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CROSS ROADS. 
 
 Dk. (now Sir) Chas. Tuppkk was a warm advocat.- of Confederation, and 
 did more than any other public man to i.iduce his native Province. Nova 
 Scotia (Acadia), to enter the Ihuon in iSb;. Hon. Joseph Howe, a nu.ch 
 greater statesman than Tupper. and a man of vast influence, was anuM.gsl 
 the opponents of the measure in .,u<!stion, and was suspected of a preference 
 for annexation to the Tnited States. In the cartoon the Province is repre- 
 sented as halting between the two opinions, and the loyal artist takes pains 
 to ijoint out that the advantages are all in the way that leads " to Ottawa." 
 
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THE DOMINION COU XTING-HOl'SI-;. 
 
 Rkh:rkim. to H.in. |c .t^h Howe's acceptance of a seat in the. nominion 
 Government, as President of the Council, an action which was regarded bv 
 many of his No\a Scotia frienils in the light of an apostacy. Tin- other 
 persons represented :iie Sir John Rose, Minister of Finance, and Sir John 
 A. Macdonald. 
 
 DloOINKS, |ANrAI<\ ;!oth, 1X64. 
 
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A SCENE IN THE QUEBEC CIRCLE. 
 
 Tills cjirtoon. v/hich refers to matters ot current interest in tlie (Jiiebec Loral 
 House was originally arcoinpanied by the following rhyming comment : 
 
 I'ity Ihf sorrows of .i liiile u\t i\ ' 
 Weijjhleil wilh load bey m; his puny power ; 
 He does his liesi the liest a small man can 
 Hill sinks, conlorteil, in the iiyii)g ht ur. 
 
 Chauveau wtmid willingly bestow his aid. 
 But, all engrossed, sliitTs Kduration " Hill i " 
 While Cauchoii's grunt is heard from out the shade. 
 " Root, hog or die, " he cries, " It is my will I " 
 
 • l.liiiMophfi finnlin, who <■ imiiw is a<s<>.i;.i«il uridi itif «i-ll-kii.M> ii Kunkin A. i .if >ab>..|urni y»«r«. 
 
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 Hon. Joski II Hdwi had relin(|uishccl his efforts in favor of tht Repeal ol 
 Confederation after the rejection of the petition sent to Hngland b\ the 
 Nova Scotians, ami had expressed a formal acceptance of the Union, prior 
 to becoming a member ol the Dominion Cabinet. This was e.vceedingly 
 distasteful to his former Repeal allies in Nova Scotia, two of whom, Messrs. 
 Wilkins and .\iinand, are represented in the cartoon. Mr. Howe's change 
 of base was attributed to self intt;rest in some (juarters ; the artist in turn 
 assigns jealousy .is thc^ motive of his ojjponents. 
 
 DidcKNEs, March 26th, 18(39. 
 
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THK CANADIAN W rOLVCTS. 
 
 A ii.AVim. allusion to Sir Gw.rgc- t. Cartier's well-known fondness for 
 official life and its stately surroundings, in anticipation of the opening of the 
 Session at Ottawa on April 15th. 
 
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A DOMINION EASTER OFFERING. 
 
 Sir George E. Cartier had been a member of the Commission sent to 
 England to negotiate for the transfer of the North-West Territory to the 
 Dominion, and the surrender of the rights of the Hudson Bay Company. 
 The successful result of the mission wai; now announced to Parliament. The 
 conditions agreed upon involved a payment by the Dominion Government 
 of ^300,000. 
 
 Diogenes, .-Xiku. i6th. 1869. 
 
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A DOMINION EASTHR OFFERING. 
 
 MISS TANAPA. -'THANK VOU, SIR GEORGE: I'VE HEEN WAITING FOR HIM SUCH A LON(; TIMF, : HIT 
 DON'T von THINK, AFTER Al.L, HK MAY I'ROVE RATHER TROUBLESOME?" 
 
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 AXES TO GRIND. 
 
 To those who understand what is ordinarily expected of a man who controls 
 patronage, by his political " friends." the meaning of this sketch w.ll be 
 sufficiently obvious. Sir George E. Cartier was not exen.pt .ro.n the 
 penalties of such a position. 
 
 Dio.;knks, Ai'kii. 2;,rcl. 1869. 
 
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TOO OLD TO BE CAUGHT WITH CHAFF. 
 
 Tins was intended as a tribute to the unquestionable loyalty of Sir John 
 Macdonald. as opposed to the alleged annexation proclivities of Mr. Lucius 
 Seth Huntington (afterwards Postmaster-General in the Mackenzie Govern- 
 ment), and other prominent men in the Eastern townships district. 
 
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A PERTINENT QUESTION. 
 
 Thi. cartoon faithfully retlecled the sentiments of the Canrdian people on 
 the subject of annexation. While it is still true that there is no general 
 feeling in tavor of the change indicated, there is an appreciable absence of 
 the unfriendly feeling toward the United States which was generally 
 cherished at this time. 
 
 Diogenes, Junk i8th, 1869. 
 
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A PERTINENT QUESTION. 
 
 MRS. BRITANNIA. "IS IT PO.SSIHLE, MV DKAR, THAT Vor HAVE KVER GIVEN YOUR COUSIN JONATHAN ANY 
 KNCOURAGEMENT?" 
 
 MISS CANADA.— "ENCOURAGEMENT ! CERTAINLY NOT, MAMMA. I IIAVK TOLU IHM WE CAN JV£VE/f BE 
 UNITED." 
 
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■'WELCOME THE COMING-SPEED THE PARTING." 
 
 Am.uT this time Hon. (now Sir) John Rose, late Minister of Finance in the 
 Dominion Government, left Canada to take up his residence in !• ngland. 
 where he still resides. Sir Alexander Gait. Mr. Rose's predecessor in the 
 Finance Department, had recently re-entered public life. Both gentlemen 
 had long been prominent citizens of Montreal. 
 
 Diogenes, July 23rd, 1869. 
 
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FRIENDS IN COUNCIL: • ok, IS THE GAME WORTH 
 
 IHE CANDLE?" 
 
 The persons repr«.nted in this sketch .re Hons. S. L. Tiiley. Sir C.oorg. 
 Cartier and A. T. Gait. The latter gentleman resumed for a brief pt^ruxi 
 the charge of the Finance Department, att.-r the resignation of Hon. John 
 Rose. The financial affairs of th<- new Dominion were not in the .nost 
 prosperous condition at the moment. 
 
 Diogenes, Auou.st 27th, i86y. 
 
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 Mu. 1.. S. HiNTiNc.TON. M.l'. for Shefford^ Quebec), had entered public life 
 in 1861. and was chieHy distinguished for decided views in favor of Canadian 
 Indepc-ndence. He soon came to be looked upon as an annexationist in 
 disguise— a late which awaits every Canadian public man who avows Inde- 
 pendence ideas. riu! Mr. Chamberlain in the cartoon was a gentleman of 
 local repute. 
 
 Dioiii-NKs, Ski'TKMBKu 24th, 1869. 
 
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FORBIDDEN FRUIT. 
 
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 MOUTH WATEK ! " 
 
 CH Ml) N.-"l)ONT VOU WISH \OV MAY OliT IT? THAT PLUM WII.I, TAKK SOMK TIMK TO RIPEN YET; AND 
 WHEN IT FAU.S, I FANCY 'OTHELLO'S OCCUrATION WILL HE CONE!"' 
 
 (Skk Sit.kcii oi- Mk. Ciiamiirri in at hie Bed» -"" ^liKniM.lURAi. Show.) 
 
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 UNCLE SAM KICKHl) OUT. 
 
 The anti-annexation sentiment which has always prevailed in Canada is 
 presented with considerable " force " in this picture. 
 
 Gkinchuckli;, Ski>ticmiu:i< i^rd, 18(59. 
 
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UNCLE SAM KICKHI) OIT! 
 
 VOUNC; CANADA. "WK DON'T WANT VOU HERK." 
 
 JOHN BUI.U "THAT'S RU;HT, MV SON. NO MATTKK WHATCOMKS, AN KMPn HOi;sF IS rtFTTKK THAN SUCH 
 A TKNANT AS THAT I " 
 
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STIRRING TIMES AHEAD. 
 
 Hon. CiEOKCK Hkown had been cleteated in iSb; in South Ontario by Hon. 
 T. N. Gibbs, and his place in Parliament as the leader ol" the Reform I'arty 
 had remained vacant. It niay be added that the "stirring times" antici- 
 pated in the cartoon wvnt never realized so tar as the House ol Commons 
 was concerned. On the accession of the Reform Government in 1873, Mr. 
 Brown was offered and accepted ;• seat in the Senate. 
 
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TOO LATE! 
 
 Th.. cartoon refers to the selection of Sir Francis Hincks for the post of 
 Finance Minister, in opposition to the claims put forth by the press on behalf 
 of others who were considered to be more entitled to the honor. 
 
 Dkk.knks. Octobek isit. iSbq. 
 
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" TOO LATE. " 
 
 MRST OI.n LADY. "MY LITTLE BOY IS STRONl. AND HKALTHY. AND " 
 
 SECOND DITTO.— "MINE HAS BEEN PRACTISING KOK SOME TIME, AND IS QUITE FIT FOR THE PLACE." 
 MASTKR JOHN.-" IT'S NO ISE, MY COOD WOMAN. THIS BOY THOROUGHLY UNDERSTANDS THE BISINESS, 
 
 AND KNOWS ALL THAT WILL BE Ri:(,)l IRED OF HIM. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU AT PRESENT, BUT I MAY 
 
 SEND ONE OK YOUR LADS UP WEST BYANDBY." 
 
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THE POLITICAL "GIRL OF IHH I'LKIOU' 
 
 In his speeches unci wrilinKS. Mr. Hunti.,«t..n picluuHl Canadian Indepen- 
 dence in glowing colors. This cannon profes.es lo show the • ma.den as 
 
 .she is. 
 
 DiOUENES, OlTOHKK 15th, I S69. 
 
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THE POLITICAL "GIRL OF THE PERIOD." 
 
 "THIS IS THE PARTY VOU ARK ASKEO TO LOVK-TIIIS IS THK M.IKI. OK THK PKRIOD' AS GOT UP UV Mk. 
 IIUNTTNC.TON, WHO HAS BEEN WIG-MAKER, DENTIST, MANTUA-MAKER, AND FFMME l)E CHAMBKE." 
 
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I.HOMME QVl RIT." 
 
 Ur..N accepting office as Finance Minister in the Dominion Cabinet. Sir 
 Francis Hincks presented himself for election in the constituency of Renfrew, 
 the sitting member, Mr. Rankin, making way for him. Sir Francis had 
 declared that the acceptance of office at this time involved personal sacrifice 
 on his part. 
 
 Dio«;enes, Octohkr 22nd, 1869. 
 
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LHOMME OIJI RIT 
 
 L'aMre cl'nn favori, 
 
 (^i se crnyaii iin grand minifttrr, 
 <^iiand de nos matix il avail ri. 
 
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SCENH FROM TIIK COMEDY OF 
 
 LEAVE MAN." 
 
 THE nCKEI-OF- 
 
 Sik F'kaN( IS HiN( Ks had luit shortly returned to Canada from the Windward 
 Islands, where he had for several years occupied the position of Ciovernor. 
 The claim that hi; was making a "personal sacrifice" in accepting office 
 seems to have been too nuich for /Moj^ffifs. 
 
 DiOOENES, OCTOHEK 29th, 1 869. 
 
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 THH COMHDV OF "THH TICKET-OF-LHAVR MAN." 
 
 ( Adaflttl to Ihf Olltnca stage. ) 
 MISS CANADA.— "Yor'I.LTAKI', ( AkK ()!• TIIK Ml )NKV, WON'T VOl' ? VOl KNOW I'M NOT VKRV Rl( II." 
 MK. MKLTKK MOSM. " O, \ KSII, MA TKAK, I'LL LOOK AKTK.K TK MONISM I I'M A llONKST MAN ; 1 1- VOU DON T 
 IIKI.IKVK MK, AX HAKHADOKS AND DKMAKAKA. DKV KNOW MK, TKN VEAKS." 
 
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A MOONLIGHT SCENE ON THE OTTAWA. 
 
 'I'liis is another reference to the selertion of Sir hranris Hincks as h'inance 
 Minister in preference to the other available candidates for the position. 
 
 (.KlNlHUCKI.E, NOVEMHKK 4th, I S69. 
 
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 A MOONLIGHT S( ENH ON THH OTTAWA. 
 
 (iRlNCHUl KLF. 'lAIIII : II- III (.KTS AT IT, IUKKK W ll.I. BK VI KV l.ITTLK MIT KOK KlNl, (ROW OR ANVoNK 
 II.SK." 
 
 KlN(;(RO\V.-"ll' SOMI ul ItlKSK, NORTH RKNKRIAV M KN WOULD ( INI.V IRKIHTKN IIIM AWAV NOW, W DILDN'-I 
 THK I.IK1 ()!■ Ml-; IIAVI. iiUR ITI.I. I" 
 
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FROM HALIFAX TO VANCOUVER. 
 
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 TuF project of an all rail route froin the Atlantic to the Pacific on Canadian 
 territory had begun to he agitated. The incredulity attributed to Uncle 
 Sam ill the cartocn vas fully shared by many more immediately inter(;sted. 
 The year 1886, however, saw the teat accomplished. 
 
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 Diogenes, Novkmhkk 5th, 1S69. 
 
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FROM HALIFAX TO VANCOUVER. 
 
 MISS CANADA.— "THIS I.S WHAT WE WANT, COUSIN JONATHAN. IT WII.I, (IIVK IS RKAI, INDKI'KNDKNCK, AND 
 STOP THE FOOLISH TALK ABOUT ANNEXATION." 
 
 JONATHAN'. "WAI., MISS, I CiUKSS VOr'RK AHOl'T KKIHT THAR; HIT I'LL nHI.Il'.VK IT WHEN I SEE IT." 
 
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WAiriN'ci lOR ruH cAr ro jumi'. 
 
 This cartoon gives ;iii iiitiinatioii thai tl'u- xicwsot Mr. I.utlicr II. Jlokoii on 
 lh« subject ot Canada's future destiny were not perfectly clear and fixed. 
 In this Mr. Holton was l)y no means sini^ular anioii}^ our public men. The 
 insinuation that he was a blind follower of public opinion docs him less than 
 
 justice. 
 
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 WAITING FOR THE CAT TO Jl'MP! 
 
 MR. UULTON.-'DRAT THK CAT! I CAN T IK) ANVTHINt. TII.I. 1 SKK HOW SHK JUMPS!' 
 
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THE DOMINION CUKTIUS. 
 
 Another ironical .illusion to Sir I-Vancis Hincks' vast " pi-rsoiial sacrifice " 
 in accepting the einoiumL-nts of olifici'. The allusion is to the classic story 
 of Curtius saving Rome h\ jumping into liie chasm. The attendant heroes 
 are Honoral)le George Brown and Sir John Macdonald. 
 
 Diogenes, Niivkmbkk icjth, 1869. 
 
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 THE DOMINION CURTIUS. 
 
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MACDOUGAIJ.'S SOLILOQUY. 
 
 Hon. Wii.i.iAM Mai noL'c.ALi. was appointed to the Lieut. Governorship of 
 the North-VVest Territories on the cession ot that country to the Dominion 
 hy the Hudson Hay Co. The Half-breed settlers, however, deeming it an 
 infringement of their rights that the country was ceded without their formal 
 consent, opposed Mr. Macdougall's entrance on his arrival. He was obliged 
 to return without .'njoying the office he had gone to a.ssume. 
 
 GklNCHUl Kl.i:, NoVK.MUEK 25th, 1 869. 
 
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MACDOUGALL'S SOLILOQUY. 
 
 THKRE IS NUT MUl II lUN IN THIS OAMK, BIT A MO\ i; MUST III-. MAUK WIIKN TIIK KlNl. IS IN CIIIXK.' 
 
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"HOPE TOLD A FLATTERING TALE." 
 
 Sir N.\k(ISsk Fortunat lii-Li.iAU, Lii:iitenant-(70vernor of Quebec, is the 
 principal figure in this cartoon. The financial position of the Province was 
 not satisfactory at this time, and the hope expressetl in the speech from the 
 throne, to which allusion is made, was one which the people would cordially 
 share. 
 
 Grinchlh KLK, Dkckmhkk 2nd, 1869. 
 
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"HOPE TOLD A FLATTERING TALE." 
 
 "I AM HAPPV TO UE AllLE TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT SUCH PROliRESS HAS liEEN MADE IN THE DIVISION OF 
 THE SURPLUS DEBT OK THE LATE PROVINCE OK CANADA AS TO LEAD ME TO EXPECT AN EARLY SETTLEMENT OK 
 THE QUESTION." 
 
 ILIKUTENANT-GoVERNOR's Sr'EECH, Ol'EMNi; OF (lUEIlEC '..EOISLATCRE.] 
 
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ENOl'C.II IS AS C.OOI) AS A !• !• AST. 
 
 This was an allusion to llu- ilfhalc wliith tt)ok \>\.ur. on the Nova Scotia 
 " better terms " resolution in the House of Commons. Mr. Hlake intro- 
 duced a motion setting forth the unconstitutionality of the bargain which had 
 been made after the Act of Union, under which Nova Scotia got adtlitional 
 subsidy. HonoraliK; J. S. Macdonald, on the other hajid, sii|)|)ort<'d the 
 action of the ( loNcriuncnt. In tonnt'ction with this cartoon lirimliuckle 
 addressed iht- following lines to " Joe Howe" : — 
 
 It's of iiu Uhc, jo« MowCi to hu craving for pKtii<ler, 
 
 Knr we know yoii ure but n |Kililicnl nke ; 
 Anil Oiil.iriu will nc-vcr con>r-iii tci strike unili-r. 
 
 While s\\e ha^ fur her le.i<l : icd'-ulilable itlnkc. 
 
 t )iil Samlliclil, wc know, is a prciiiii'r K|iiei.*/;iblc, 
 
 Anil hi-'s willing; to (jive, am! yoii'ic elixir to take ; 
 He would buy up ytuir I'riivince by any means feasible : 
 
 Ilut he cannot buy up that redoubtable lllake. 
 
 GrINCIIUi km:, DEtEMISER 9th, 1869. 
 
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 EN()U(;iI IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST. 
 
 J. S. M D — -LI).— '• VES, MV I'KT, VOU SlIALI. IIAVK IT. I COUI.D NOT KIND IT IN MV HEART TO DEPUIVE YOU 
 OK IT." 
 
 K. Ill K.— "YOUR PKT! SHK WAS NOT ALWAYS SO: HUT IF YOU DARK, I'LL TKAK THK I.OI.LYPOl'S FROM 
 
 VOUR MKDDLING HAND." 
 
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THE CANADIAN BARNUM NOW EXHIBITING AT QUEBEC. 
 
 TiiK "Court" of Lieutenant-Governor Belleau was conducted in a style of 
 magnificence quite out of harmony with the democratic spirit of the people, 
 as wel! as the condition of the Provincial purse. This grandeur, with its 
 ridiculous accompaniments of "state balls," etc., was encouraged by Sir Geo. 
 Cartier, whose own tastes were courtly. The subject offered too tempting a 
 theme to escape caricature. 
 
 Grinxhuckle, January 6th, 1870. 
 
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THE CANADIAN RARNUM NOW EXHIHITINC, AT QUEBEC. 
 
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EXTREMES MEET. 
 
 Tin; Half-breeds of Manitoba were in rebellion under the leadership of 
 Louis Kiel, on account of their alleged rights having been ignored in the 
 bargain with the Hudson Bay Company. They demanded compensation for 
 the land assumed by the Dominion. The artist cites this as a parallel to the 
 position assumed by Mr. Howe on bc:half of Nova Scotia, when " better 
 terms " were demanded, and secured. 
 
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 Grin(Iil-( Ki.i;, January 27th, 1870. 
 
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EXTREMES MEET. 
 
 JOi:(rROM iilF. BAST).— "00 IT! 1)K A PATRIOT: AND VOU'l.I. SKI, I, WELL,— I.IKE ME." 
 
 I.OUI.S (IN THE WES I). "YOU'RE AN UNPKINCII'LKI) OLD SCAMP ; iiUT IF 1 DON'T (ilT MV $5000 A VKAK, IlLOW 
 ME TKiHT." 
 
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 Sir P'rancis Hincks was thr. author of the Canadian " Shinplaster " 
 currency, a scheme adopted to drive out the American silver. The cartoon 
 will be understood from the following legend which accompanied it : — 
 
 Miss Canada : O, Sir Francis, I am suffering so much from this light 
 American silver skate. It is no mate for the heavy gold one on my other 
 foot. The doctors differ, but I shall never get along without another gold 
 one. 
 
 Sir Frani is H s : The doctors be fiddled ! Who asked the doctors ? 
 
 I'm your doctor ! You shall have the gold skate, my dear. Mr. Weir will 
 attend to it. Meantime you can strengthen your ankle with a twenty-five 
 cent Dominion plaster. 
 
 Miss Canada: A thousand thanks. Oh, I'm so glad ! (Aside: />'«/ 
 / // />/irn the Plaster !) 
 
 Sir Francis H s (whose hearing is sharp) : I hope you will ? 
 
 Grinchuckle, Februakv loth, 1870. 
 
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THE MIDDAY GUN AT OTTAWA. 
 
 This cartoon is chii;lly iiitcrcsiiiio as giving' amusing portraits ot a ninnlx;rof 
 prominent parliamentarians. It is the custom to tirt; a gun from Nepean 
 Point, opposite the House of Parliament, at twelve o'clock, noon, each day, 
 which gives distinguished personages and others an oi)portunity ot n-gu- 
 lating their watches. At the date of this cartoon, workmen w(!re engagetl in 
 making some additions to the central hlock. 
 
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JOHN CANUCK'S NEW ROAD. 
 
 Grkat dissatisfaction was expressed in the Maritime Provinces at the 
 rejection of the St. John Valley route for the Intercolonial Railway. The 
 change to the route subsequently selected— a much longer and costlier one- 
 was made as the result of a conference with the Imperial authorities by Sir 
 F. Hincks and Hon. Mr. Chandler, of New Brunswick. The contem- 
 plated expense of the road was a matter of serious concern, however, to a 
 the Provinces. 
 
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 An allusion lo tlic anmixation utteninccs of lion. Joseph llowi'. 1 he 
 figures in the groui) arc Sir George E. Cartier, Sir John M.icdonald, Sir 
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 Till Maritime Provinces exhibited much fickleness in the bestowal of their 
 political favor. In the first general election after Confederation only one 
 supporter of the Conservative ministry was returned. In the n(;xt .Icc-jon, 
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"TOODLES' AT TORONTO. 
 
 Mr. Rvkkmt. a prominent m<;mber of the Opposition in Ontario, had taken 
 a prominent part in the attack made upon the Government: for extravagant 
 expenditure in the furniture and fittings of the apartment occupied by Hon. 
 A. McKellar, Minister of Agriculture. 
 
 Canadian Ii.lustuati:!) Nkavs, March 29th, 1873. 
 
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"TOODLIiS," AS rERI<ORMED AT THE PRO\lNCTAI HALL, TORONTO, 
 
 ON THE 13TH INST. 
 
 Mrs. Tooni ks (IIun. A 1* MrK k ) -But, my ilear Ton.llcs. 
 
 Tixiiu Ks. (Mr. U r.) (>h. ilnn't dear Tootlles me you'll tlrive me mad -your comluct is scnndalous in the e\trome, 
 
 Mrs. T.— My dt'ar TwiKlles. don't say so. 
 
 TooDl.Ks. Hu( I will say so, Mrs. Toodks. Whal will Ijecome of us, with ytnir |)assion for " conlin^onries." I say, Mrs. Toodlos, wherc's the 
 
 money, and tcln) answers, ".here. 
 Mks. T. I'm sure, nty dtar Toudli-s, I lay il out to the liest advantage. 
 TdOIH KS. — Vou shall ni.; sijuandrr and waste our revenue. 
 Mrs. T. — My dear, I buy nothing hut whal is useful. 
 Toom.KS. — lise/w/— use/f.(.i- you mean. I won't ha*'e the house turned into n museum for (jlass-warc and 1 hromos At the end of the year I ask, 
 
 Where's the money— all jjvne too— .speiil in infen.al nonsenNe. 
 
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THE MANY-COUNSELLED ULYSSES. 
 
 Tins was one of a series of sketches by Mr. E. Jump, in which he cleverly 
 dressed leading Canadian politicians in the costumes and characters of classic 
 heroes. The aptness of the delineation in this case will he recogni/i-.l In all. 
 
 Canai.ian Ili.usikatki) Ni;\vs, Ai'RII. 12th, 1873. 
 
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 THH MANY-COUNSHLLED ULYSSES. 
 
 " Ulysses, first in piililic cares, she found. 
 For priulent counsels like the gods renowned." 
 
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"AFTER THE SESSION." 
 
 On ihc 2nd of April, 1873, Honorable L, S. Huntington, nuMiiber for 
 Shefford, from his place in the H.nise. charged Sir John A. Macdonald with 
 having corruptly sold to Sir Hugh Allan the charter of the proposed 
 Canadian P.icific Railway, for a large sum of money, which had been used as 
 a M inisterial Bribery Fund in the preceding General Election. Shortly after 
 this, and before any decided enquiry had been made into the matter, Parlia- 
 ment was adjourned (on May 2 3rd^ until the following 1 3lh of August. 
 The cartoon i)layfully suggests the feeling of the Opposition, represented by 
 Hon. A. Mackenzie, towards the accused Ministry during the "vacation." 
 
 Gull', Mav 31st, 1873. 
 
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"Ai ri'k nil- si'SsioN; ok, 'Tiii-: sriiArioN:'" 
 
 I. A. M-r— n -N - I.I). -"(OMK (IN, OI.I) I ri.LOW, IT'S Al.l. RKillT, VOU KNOW; ITS MV TIRN Tl ) TREAT!" 
 
 A. M-K-NZ-E.-"OII. AVE, JONEV ' HUT V'MAUN RKCOLLEC I'M TE TOTAI, MORE ESI'EECIALLV TII-L AUGUST!" 
 
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 CANADA'S LAOCOON." 
 
 An adaptation of the classical story of Laocoon and the serpents to the cir- 
 cumstances of some of the partitas to what was already known as the " Pacific 
 Scandal." The persons represented are Sir Hugh Allan, (to whom the 
 charter was sold). Sir John Macdonald, and Sir Francis Hincks. It is due 
 to the latter gentleman to point out iliat, as indicated in the cartoon, ht; was 
 merely si,s/>cf/a/ of complicity in the matter, and most emphatically deni.'d 
 the truth of the allegation of his guilt, made in some of the; newspapers. 
 
 Grii', Jui,v 19th, 1S73. 
 
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" CANADA'S LAOCOON ; " 
 OR, VIRGIL ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION. 
 
 " Kccc aulem geniini a Teneiio, lianquilla per alld, Ac."— .llxElt), Hook II, 
 ( I'rtcly Translated, ) 
 
 ' When lo ! two snakes (perhaps from the Yankee shore), 
 Together trail their folds across the lloor, 
 With precious scamlals rearcil in front they wind, 
 
 Charge after charge, in long drawn length liehind ! 
 
 While opposition beni-hcs cheer the while, 
 
 And JoitN A. smiles a very ghastly smile J—and — " 
 
 Everyl)ody knows the rest I 
 
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WILL HE COME TO GRIEF?" 
 
 The legend of this cartoon sufficiently explains its import. The facetious 
 occupation of the Clown had its analogue in the course pursued by the 
 Globe during the " Scandal " excitc-nunt an eager desire to see the hero of 
 the Inisiness unsealed. 
 
 Grii', July 26th. 1873. 
 
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 DUFFKRINS TORMl- N'lOKS." 
 
 -1„, Ministerial party in the House, headed by Sir John ISlacdonald, were 
 exceedingly anxious for a prorogation of Parliamc.U.-lhc Opposition as 
 earnestly opposed that course. Their counter entreaties to the Governor- 
 General on the subject suggested the tamiliar scene of the railway passenger 
 and his friends the " cabbies." 
 Gkii', Aucust 2nd, 1873. 
 
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"DUFFItRIN'S TORMl'NTpRS, OR PER VIAS RECTASr 
 
 J— N A. (Anxioi'si.v).-"CARRIAGK, SIK? 'MINISTERIAL' HOTEL— ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL I'LACE IN THE CITV-COME 
 ALON(; WITH ME, SIR.' 
 
 Mc-K-NZ-(EA(iKKi.Y).-"TIIIS WAV, MV LORD— ' REFORM ' HOUSE I TAK' THE RIGHT COURSE-GIE' US VERCHECKS!!" 
 
 L-D D-KF— N.— "MUCH OBLIGED, GENTLEMEN, I ASSURE VOU ; HUT I HAVE A 'RK;' OF MV OWN AT HAND, YOU 
 
 KNOW." 
 
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•'Till': DAINIV DISH. 
 
 A NOTK hcTf is iRThaps su,u:rlU.oi>s. The laces c.l llu^ • l-l.u klnnls " in ih.' 
 .. ,m. •• arc ihosc of lion. M. l.anK>-vin, (a prominent m.mlur of ll.c Mac- 
 dnnaid (lovcnumMU), Sir 1 h.gh Alia.,. James ;.'.. ty. Es.,., (U. rq.rcsuU the 
 Leader). .Sir J..hn A. Macdonahl. Sir l-rancis Hincks. '• UncU: Sam. and 
 T. C. Tatteson, Es.i.. (ruprcsenling iht; -JA/// newspaper). On Messrs. 
 Hlakc and Macken/.ic^ devolved the ta.sk of presenting the savor- dish before 
 Parliament. 
 
 CiK.ii', .XudUsT oth, 1S73. 
 
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 WHITHER ARK WK DRH-TING." 
 
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 General indignation was expressed throughout the c^jntry, wi>en, in accord- 
 ance with the advice of the implicated Premier. ParHament was prorogued, 
 and the investigation of the scandal thus delayed. The words imputed to 
 Sir John in the cartoon had been used by him on the floor of the House, 
 and became a popular by-word while the discussion on the subject lasted. 
 
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 Grii', Auc.ust 1 6th, 1S73. 
 
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 TlIK HEAin'IKS OF A ROYAL COMMISSION." 
 
 Tm^ cartoon was iiut luiccl to satiri/t the appointment by Sir John A. 
 Macdonaltl of a Royal Commission, composed of his own friends, to inquire 
 into and report upon the charges brought l)y the Hon. Mr. Huntington. 
 Ihe st;ntiment of the press and public with reganl to this proceeding justified 
 the implication of the caricature, that the accused Premier was virtually 
 •■ trying himself." 
 
 Gkii', Aui.lst 23rd, 1S73. 
 
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WAITING FOR HUNTINGTON." 
 
 Hon. Mr. Huntington refused to acknowledge the Royal Commission 
 appointed by the accused Minister, and declined to submit his case before it. 
 The motive imputed to him by the Conservative press for this refusal was 
 fear, and in the eyes of his friends Sir John sustained the attitude represented 
 in the cartoon. 
 
 Gkii', Ai'CLisT 30lh, 1S73. 
 
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THE IRREPRESSIBLE SHOWMAN." 
 
 Apropos of tbt> visit to Canada of Barnum, the Showman, during the Pacific 
 
 Soaiidal " lexer." 
 
 Gkip, SiiTi-MiiFU 13. iS;3. 
 
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THH IRRliPRESSIHLR SHOWMAN. 
 
 BAKNIJM WANTS VO BUY Till: "I'AriKlC SCANDAL." 
 
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•BLACKWASll AND WHITEWASH." 
 
 •• 1, LUSTRATIN.." as the legend goes on to say. "the recent great Opposition 
 speeches, and the doings of the jolly Royal Commission." The Reformers, 
 of course, lost no opportunity of painting Sir John in grimy colors ; while it 
 was generally acknowledged that the Royal Commissioners and the Conser- 
 vative press did little more during the e.xcitement than " whitewash " him. 
 
 Guii'. Sei'Temhek 20th. 1873. 
 
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..WE IN CANADA SEEM TO HAVE LOST ALL IDEA OF 
 JUSTICE, HONOR AND INTECIRITV 
 
 So said the McuL the leading Conservative organ, on September .6th. C..v 
 sought to point this K.gahrious confession with an illustration drawn from the 
 topic of the hour. 
 
 Gkii', Shi-n-MiiKK 27th, 1873. 
 
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J ADMIl I TOOK THE MOH£Y ANO 
 bHIbEOTHE ELUCTOHs W,7h it 
 IS THiHf- ANYTHINC WROHC ' 
 
 "Wii IN CANADA si:i-:m to nAvi: lost all ii)l:a ol' jisticl. honor 
 
 AND in THdRrrW" — The Mail, 26th Seitemher. 
 
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"PROGRESSING FAVORABLY." 
 
 A PEEP into the hearts of the Reform leaders during the interesting period 
 of Sir John Macdonald's political ••indisposition." Vhv ' l'....rdcar I'nmi.r" 
 may he seen, if the reader «ill tak.- ih.' in.ul.lc i.. i-.-.r itu.. th.- b.'.ln.om. 
 
 Gkii', 0( tohkk 4th, 1X73. 
 
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" rkOJRHSSING FAN'ORABLY." 
 
 MISS CANADA (Anxioiisi.y).—" DOCTORS, HOW DO YOU KIND THE POOR DEAR I'RKMIER?" 
 
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"REHEARSING FOR THE jsrd." 
 
 Representinc the spirit in which the Leaders of the respective, parties 
 approached what was expected to l)e the decisive date. 
 
 Grip, Octop.eu i ith, 1873. 
 
 
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 WILL HE GET THROUGH.'" 
 
 The question which was on alMips during the interim between the proroga- 
 tion of the House of Commons on the 13th of August and the day fixed for 
 its re-assembiinj(, October 23rd. The i)rophecy conveyed in the unreason- 
 able smallness of the hoop in the clown's hand was duly realized. 
 
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A CASE OF RIEL DISTRESS." 
 
 The murder of Thomas Scott, at Fort Garry, during the Red River Rebel- 
 lion, naturally excited great indignation throughout the Dominion, and a 
 universal demand was made for the apprehension and punishment ct Louis 
 Riel, the leader of the malcontents, at whose instigation the deed was com- 
 mitted. This righteous sentiment, however, ultimately resolved itself into 
 mere political 'claptrap," the Cop-arvative Government, then in power, 
 having secretly promised the rebels an amnesty, while publicly professing 
 an an.\ious desire to "catch him." 
 
 Gkii', October 25th, 1873. 
 
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 Lei's talk of graves, of worms, and ei)itai)hs I " Shakkspkakk. 
 
 Tvi'i. At. .)!■ the overwhelming grief which seized the Conservative party on 
 heiiig turneil out of office, after a reign of nearly twenty years. 
 
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"Ol" COMl'ORT NO MAN SPEAK; 
 
 LUrS TALK OF GRAVES, OF WORMS. AND EITI APHS ! "— Shakfspeare. 
 
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MISS CANADA'S SCHOOL." 
 
 HkiN(; a word of advice to the new Premier. The persons represented in 
 the Cartoon are, commencing at the head of the "class," Hon. A. Mac- 
 kenzie, Hon. Edward Hiake, Hon. George Brown, Hon. E. H. Wood, Louis 
 Riel (who had been elected M.P. for Frovencher, Manitoba), Hon. M. 
 Langevin, James Beaty, Esq., M.P., T. C. Patteson, Esq., manager of the 
 Maily Sir Francis Hincks, and Sir John Macdonald. Monitor, His Excel- 
 lency, Earl Dufferi \ Governor-General. 
 
 Gkip, November 8th, 187,^. 
 
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"THE POLITICAL MOTHER IIUBHAKD." 
 
 It had been currently reported in the newspapers that the dignity of the 
 Lieut. Governorship of Ontario was to have been bestowed on the Hon. 
 George Brown, immediately on the accession to power of the Reform Gov- 
 ernment. The new Ministers discovered, however, that Sir John Macdonaki 
 had, in the last gasj) of his official life, appointed one of his own colleagues 
 (the Hon. John Crawford) to the position in question, besides disposing of 
 ninety-nine other " places " in the gift of the First Minister. 
 
 Grip, November 15th, 1873. 
 
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THE IRREPRESSIBLE JACK." 
 
 The circumstances under which Sir John Macdonald was deposed from 
 power seemed to warrant the assumption of the Reformers that he was 
 "dene for." But, on the contrary, it only seemed the signal for additional 
 honors to be heaped upon him by the Conservative Party, who unhesitat- 
 ingly chose him leader of the Opposition, and nominated him as member for 
 Kingston, West Toronto, etc., not to mention banquets, and other species of 
 emphasis. 
 
 Grip, November 22nd, 1873. 
 
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Tin- IRRRPRESSIBLH JACK; or, THE CONSERVATIVE RESUSCITATION. 
 
 lOHN A. (SiDF. Showman)-" DID VOU THINK THE UTTLE FELLER'S SPRING WAS BROKE, MY DEARS?" 
 
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 THE PREMIERS MODEL." 
 
 In an address to the electors of Lambton, soon after the accession to power 
 of the Reform Party, Mr. Mackenzie declared the cardinal points of the 
 Policy he would inaugurate, as leader, to be " Electoral Purity " and " the 
 Independence of Parliament." (Before entering political life, Mr. Mac- 
 kenzie foHowed the vocation of stone-mason.) 
 
 Grip, NovKMnKU 29th, 1873. 
 
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THE PRRMIER'S MODEL; 
 
 OR, "IMPLKMENTS TO THOSE WHO CAN USE THEM." 
 Cakai>a-"well and uravklv done, Mackenzie; now stand by that policy, and tm with you alwavsi* 
 
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 THE POLITICAL GIANT-KILLER." 
 
 Thr " Canada First " movement, having for its object the cultivation of a 
 national sentiment and the extinction of political party strife, was inaugurated 
 about this time. 
 
 Grip, DECKMnEu 13th, 1873. 
 
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THE WEST TORONTO RUN." 
 
 In the General Election which followed the defeat of the Conservative Gov- 
 ernment, Mr. E. O. Bickford contested West Toronto in the interest of the 
 New Opposition, and rested his claims to the seat mainly on the prestige of 
 Sir John Macdonald, declaring that, if elected, he would follow that honor- 
 able gentleman through weal or woe. As the cartoon suggests, he met with 
 defeat. 
 
 Grip, Df.cembkr 20th, 1873. 
 
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 Tut treat which Santa Claus had in store for the Reformers. 
 
 Grip, December 27th, 1873. 
 
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JOHNNY'S "TURN;" ok, NEW YEARS JOY. 
 
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 TiiK election of Mr. D'Arcy Boulton au Conservative member for South 
 Simcoe, in the Ontario I ejrjslatiire, took place about this time. Althouj,'h 
 the influence of this event on the fortunes of the late Premier of the 
 I )ominion was hardly discoverable, it was hailed by the Conservative press 
 as the earnest of a reaction in favor of that party. A Mr. Saunders 
 (whose face our artist- had not seen) was Mr. Houlton's opponent in the 
 contest. 
 
 Grii', Ianuaky 3rd, i«74. 
 
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 THE CRUEL OBJECT OF DISSOLUTION." 
 
 Mk. Mackenzie and his colleagues advised the dissolution of Parliament on 
 taking office. This was accordingly carried out, with the object, as the 
 cartoon suggests, of keeping Sir John and his comrades " out in the cold." 
 
 Grii', January loth, 1874. 
 
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 PoLiTH-AL sport, analogous to this, occupied the minds of the "boys" and 
 the newspapers during the recess. 
 
 Grip, January 31st, 1874. 
 
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 PITY THE DOMlNik; OR, JOHNNYS RETURN." 
 
 Anent the re-election of Sir John A. Macdonaid as member for Kingston, 
 in the general election which followed the accession of the Reform Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Grip, February 7th, 1874. 
 
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 PITY THH DOMINIE; OR, JOHNNY'S RETURN. 
 
 Canaim "HKKK'S OUK JOllNNV FOR VOL' AGAIN, MR. MACKKNZIK ! YOU'LL FIND HIM APT ENOUGH, BUT FRANKLY, 
 
 SIR, HE'S FULL OF MISCHIEF!" 
 
 
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 THE NEW DEPARTURE." 
 
 Hon. Edward Blake's withdrawal from the new Government, very shortly 
 after it had taken possession of the Treasury Benches, created an unpleasant 
 sensation throughout the country. The hon. gentleman had been perhaps 
 the main instrument in bringing about a fall of the preceding Cabinet. 
 
 Grif, Kehruakv 2 1st, 1874. 
 
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THE NEW DEPARTURE. 
 
 Sioi.sR B B,— "FAREWELL FOR THE PRESENT, DEAR; YOU AND THE GIRLS MUST MANAGE THE HOUSE IN MV ABSENCE!' 
 
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 Grii', Febkuaky 28th, 1874. 
 
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 IS THKKE NU ARM TO SAVE? 
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'THK OPPOSITION gUARTETTE." 
 
 TiiK most prominent members of the Opposition (Conservative) in the 
 (Jntario l.egislature were Messrs. M. C. Cameron, Q.C., J. Chas. Rykert, 
 A. VV. Lauder and A. Houltbee. These gentlemen were always most active 
 and energetic in their labor of faiilt-fiiuling, and at the time of the cartoon 
 were ringing the changes on the public accounts of the Province, which were 
 undergoing examination in Committee. 
 
 Grii', Maklii 7th, 1874. 
 
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"A QUKSriON FOR PAY DAY." 
 
 Tim. "Opposition Quartette" hud vigorously assailed the action of the Hon. 
 A. McKellar for having, in his capacity as Minister of Public Works, 
 grant.Hl a half holiday (at the public expense) to the workmen engaged in 
 building the Central Prison at Toronto, to allow them an opportunity of 
 attending a nomination meeting in the West Division of the city. In view 
 of the meagre amount of work done on the left sid.' of the Speaker .luring 
 the session, (iuip's question was (juitc logical. 
 
 Grip, March 21st, 1874. 
 
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 A'nUIiSTION FOR PAY DAY; or, "CENTRAL PRISON" LCKxIC APPLIHD. 
 
 (iKIP (I.O..I.)— "IIENTI.KMKN, tS TIIKUK ANS 'SCANDAI.' AHOUT VOUK DKAWINi; A Kll-L SK.SSIOX'S PAV FOR 
 
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 r„K adjournment of the Ontario Legislature was immediately followed by 
 the assembling of the Dominion Parliament at Ottawa. 
 
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 Louis R.kl, the leader of the Red River Rebellion and alleged murderer of 
 Thomas Scott, had been returned for Provencher. Manitoba, to the IX)minu>n 
 Parliament. He prudently failed t.. take his seat in the House, while the 
 unanimity with which both sides cried for his arrest nuule - the vacant cha.r 
 a bond of union for the time being. 
 
 Grip, Ai'kil 4th. 1874- 
 
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 A GREAT sensation was caused throughout the country at the announcement 
 that Riel had actually appeared in the House at Ottawa and signed the 
 Members' Roll. This he did incog., and immediately afterwards disappeared. 
 The cartoon anticipated his next step in the - Science of Cheek." 
 
 Grip. Ai'kii. i ith. 1874. 
 
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THE SCIENCE OF CHEEK; or, KIEL'S NEXT MOVE. 
 
 KIEL (LOQ.)—" FIVE TOUSSAND DOLLARS! BY GAR, I SHALL ARREST ZE SCOUNDREL MYSELF!' 
 
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 On ihf accession ot Mr. Mack.n/ies (^.overn.nen. a U.ru-' 'i.-hr,t ,n ,in: 
 treasury was .liscov.re.l. Mr. (n.nv Sir Kichanl) CartwriKhl. iMnanc. 
 Minister, m his lUulu.t speech, attribute,! ,h,. ... ^hr .x.ravaKance an.l .or 
 ru,.tu.n of ,!.• ,>r.-cedu.u Administration. A n. u uniH was issu-.i, in .huh 
 the .{..ties .m various articles wen^ raised consi.l.ral>i> . 
 
 (iKii', .\iKii. iSih, 1S74. 
 
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 Eaklv in the session a committee was appointed to inquire into the cause of 
 the North-West difficulties, and during the progress of the inquiry evidence 
 was elicited (mainly from Archbishop Tache) which implicated Sir John A. 
 Macdonald. The Reform Party is represented in the cartoon as facetiously 
 anticipating a repetition of the right hon. gentleman's famous asseveration 
 of his innocence. 
 
 Gkiv, Ma\ 2nd, 1874. 
 
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 MRS. (iAMPS HOME-THRUST. 
 
 SAIREY i;AMP|(Tiik Reform HARrv)-'"AVEN'T GOT NOTUtNK TO SAY AHOUT TllKM 'ANDS THIS TIMK, I SUPI'OGE, 
 
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I'ACII-K I' \s I iMi-;s." 
 
 'I'm-. Rftoni) (lovt-riiincii! inuls ii|> tli-' i'jicilu- U.iilvav sdioiiu'. hut initiati-il 
 a new policy with rrganl lo it. Sir John Macdonalil ha<l pled^ied iht- loinitry 
 to compUjti; tht: tjntire work v\iiliin ten \<ars. Mr. Maikini/ic characterized 
 this as a ph\siial imijossibilit) , and ijroposcd, as the cartoon has it, " to tak 
 the distamr in scnsil)lf likt iiini|>s, \c ken'" 
 
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DIGNITY" WITHOUT • IMPl'DENCE." 
 
 The Dominion Senate, usually so passive and quiet, strikingly signalized its 
 life and vim during this session by throwing out a bill introduced by Mr. 
 Cameron. M.P. for South Huron, having for its object the re-distribution of 
 the electoral divisions composing that Riding. 
 
 Grip, May 23rd. 1874. 
 
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 OLD MADAMK SENATE-" I SAY, MR. LOWEK-HOUSE MACKENZIE, WHO'S RUNNING THIS COUNTRY, ANYHOW?' 
 
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 lUSTlCE AM) i.l.NKROSl IN 
 
 H..N. (now Sir) A. A. Doric.n. a prominent Icul.r of thr Rou.yr or Ir.iuh 
 Rdbrm Party, occupif*) tin- office^ ot Minist.r ol Jusii.v in liu- ( ...v rrnnunl 
 ot Hon. Ak-xander Mack.-n/ie. In this capacitv hv oftcn-ci to lii.n.dl in ihr 
 cai^ciy ot an able- lawy.-r. a s,-at upon th, H.nrh ol h,s i'nnnu-.., whid, 
 otr.-r vva. t-nitctitilv acn-|.t.-.l, Hr siiii oouims th.- position ( i8So). 
 
 Cikif. jiiN 'itii, 1S74. 
 
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 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. 
 
 As an outcome of reckless malice, amidst the passionate decisions of politics 
 about this time, one of the Conservative papers published a .scandalous libel 
 reflecting upon the Hon. George Browi.'s private character. With character- 
 istic promptitude the assailed gentleman had the paper indicted, and a full 
 apology was made. To those who knew Mr. Brown, there was no need of 
 his trouble in this matter, but the event served as an illustration of his 
 uncompromising self-respect. 
 
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•SAINT (;eorgh and the dragon." 
 
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 An inj^fiiious roinaiutT on tiic stah" ot tlif Mail, had. some months hctorc 
 this, concortfd a " scandal " at tht- expense ot Hon. Archibald .McKeilar, a 
 memlHT ol tlic ( )ntario Cabinet Fhe story which was rcjjjarded from the 
 rirst as A joke was t() the effect thai Mr. McKeilar had piirchasetl lor his 
 orticiai a]).irtinein a' portrait of an unknown laily. This imputation ol gal- 
 Iantr\- to the bucolic Minister a man in all respects the re\i'rse ol the 
 ideal knight was what constituted the " pt)int.' The allegi-il picture soon 
 took its place in the armor\ of the Opposition ,ind was constantly referred to 
 as that ol 'Little Mrs. Blank. In the Public .\ccounts Committee ,ibout 
 the date ot our cartoon, esplanations were made by .Messrs. f.wm > iS; Co., 
 from whom certain pictures had been piirchaseil, which completely killed '.his 
 pleasant fiction, and "Little .Mrs. Blank" was no more. The leading; 
 Members of the I )pposition .Mes.srs. M. C. Cameron. .\. Boultbee, C. j. 
 Rykert and ,\. \\ . Lauder were supposed by the artist to ha\e been much 
 
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 Tin; amended election law (introduced by the jrovernment of Mr. Mackenzie) 
 was purposely made very stringent as a measure against bribery and corrup- 
 tion, and at this time trials were first conducted under its provisions. It so 
 happened that the first victims were members of the party that had passed 
 the measure, but the slaughter was by no means confined to that party. The 
 expre.ssion " Come .iloiig, John, and ])ut down bribery and corruption " had 
 been imputed to a supporter of one of the unseated members, in the course 
 of the election trial of Col. Walker, the member elect, at London, and for a 
 considerable time the phrase was one of ihc. catch-words of the Con.servativt; 
 
 arty. 
 
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 MACKENZIi;-"C(>MK AI.OM;, JOHN, AND Vl'T DOWN IRIBKKV AND COKKUFTION : NKITIIEU OF US (AN KIDE VON 
 
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 THE PROFESSORS "BRIDAL" FOR PARTYISM. 
 
 In th. coKnnns of ih. Canadian Monthly and th. Nation (a weekly paper 
 devoted to '• Canada birst ' ideas). Prof. Goldwin Smith had wr.tten 
 .loqiuMUly against the system of party government, more especially in the 
 Provincial Mous.-s. He advocated a fusion of the parties on the groun.l 
 that there were no questions of principle to divide th.nv Mr. Brown. >n th.- 
 Clohe. stronRlv opposed the theory, as a matter of course. Mr. William H. 
 Mowland was the originator of the Canada F.rst Party, and a warm fri.M.l ol 
 Prof. C.olilwin Smith. 
 
 Gkii', OcToiiiK loth, 1874. 
 
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THE PROl-liSSORS "BRIDAL" FOR PARIMSM; ck, THli DRHAM OF 
 
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SIGNOR BLAKK IN HIS CELKHKATEI) ACT OF KKI-lMNd 
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 M K. lii.AKK had iiiaclt; what ihe iHobe callt;d a " ilisiiirbiiiff speech " al Aurora, 
 ill which he expressed some advanced ideas, and referred rather vaguely to 
 the existence of a Reform Party that could fMid nothinjf to reform. As Mr. 
 Blake was regarded as a man whose whole-hearted support was all hut 
 es.sential to the success of the Reform Ministry then in office, the attitude 
 he cKcupied was most unsatisfactory to the chief Government organ. Mr. 
 Goldwin Smith and Mr. Howland, as representatives of the Canada I'irst 
 Party, fancied they could detect some gleams of hope for that propagander 
 in Mr. Blake's speech. 
 
 Grip, Octohek 31st, 1874. 
 
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 By way of imlir.ct n-,n.M,l i- Mr. Klakr t-.r his • .lisiurl.inu " speech, .uul, 
 perhaps, with special rcfernux. to that fic-ntlcma., s imphed stricture on a 
 ■• Reform parts with nothing; to Reforni," the (Me expressed its disapproval 
 of the spirit of restless chati^e, and intimated that there were tini.s wlu:n 
 Reformers could "rest and l.e than'<lur' without losing their right to the 
 name. The Conservative party i.i the Ontario House wen-, a. the time, m 
 sore need of recruits : and. no doubt, would have welco.ned tl .cc.ss.on ol 
 this new Conservative. 
 
 Gkii', NoVKMiiKK 7th, 1874- 
 
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SIX AND HALF A DOZEN. 
 
 
 As a reply to tlic iil)i;s of the (ilok on the subject of i)oIitical corruption, the 
 Conservative i)arty recalled the record of Mr. (ieorge lirown in the Brown 
 vs. Gibbs contest in South Ontr.rio, some years previously. This election, 
 it was alleged, had been characterized by glaring instances of bribery on 
 the Reform side ; but there was, in those days, little or no legal restraint 
 put U()on such tactics. 
 
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POLITICAL PLUCK. 
 
 This widely-known chromo was adapted to the situation of the Ontario 
 Opposition without the necessity for any change in the figures. Messrs. 
 Cameron, Rykert and Houitbee, as the acknowledged leaders of the 
 Conservatives in the Local House, maintained a constant allegiance to their 
 Federal leader. Sir John Macdonald, both in and out of the local arena. It 
 was a well-known fact that amongst that astute politician's most eager 
 desires, was a longing to get possession of the treasury benches of Ontario, 
 upon which a Reform Government had long been firmly seated. 
 
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 been defcau^d in I'last Toronto, remained lor some months witiioiit a seat 
 in the House. Hon. William Macilougail, who hail betMi |)olitica!ly "cxcrx- 
 iliini; i)y turns ami nothing"; long," anil who hail failed to get .i i.icuun.uit- 
 Governorshi]) in Manitoba, or a sc.it in I''ast \'orl<, w.is at this time sliowinu; 
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 In the House of Commons, Sir John Macdonald sought to make a point 
 against the Mackenzie Government for having declared an amnesty to those 
 concerned in the Half-breed rebellion in Manitoba, which amnesty included 
 Lepine, one of the rebel leaders, who had been condemned to death. As, 
 at this time, the prerogative of clemency was vested in the Crown, the 
 action to which exception was taken was that of the Governor-General and 
 not of the Government. By the efforts of Hon. Edward Blake, a change 
 was subsequently made in the Governor-General's instructions, by which the 
 responsibility in this, as in other matters, was vested in the Government. 
 
 Gkii', Fkhruakv 6th, 1875. 
 

 I.OVAI.TN' IN A QUANDARY; ok, Till- " LFPINI- CASE" MADE PLAIN. 
 
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 OTHELLO BROWN'S APOLOGY. 
 
 Hon. tJEoKciK Hkown had undertaken a mission to Washington, on Ix-half 
 of thf (iovfTiinicnt, to secure a reci|)rocity treaty between the United States 
 and Canada, but was unsuccessful in his efforts. Mr. Itrown.was now a 
 prominent inember of the Canadian Senate;. 
 
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 TiiK ji;rowin}^ sfmiinciu of the country ajj;;iinst th(! liciuor traffic had ht-vn 
 voiced in PaHianienl by Mr. (1. W, Ross • member of the Reform I'arty. 
 The (iovernment expressed :i willingness u. .onsider the subject of Lej^al 
 lVohil)ition as soon as they had eviiit.nce that a majority of the people 
 desired such a measure. Rev. Mr. Afflick, an eIo<|uent Enj,dish lecturer, was 
 at this time making a tour of Canada in the interest of the temperance 
 cause. 
 
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 li.nl iii(i\<(l a n'sokilioii in tin- House liiokin^ lo the rcorj^aiii^'alion t)!" tin: 
 Dominion Senate. Hy the Confederation Act, the Members .)! the S< iiaie 
 were appointed for life, hy the Governor in Coiiiuil. A Conservative 
 Ministry havinjj; made most of the api)ointments the Chaniher naiiir;di\ 
 partook of a complexion highly unsatisfactory to the Liiural Party. 
 
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 TiiK Globe looked upon Mr. Mills' anti-Senate agitation with disfavor perhaps 
 because Hon. George Brown had assented to the appointive principle as a 
 member of the Government which drew up the Constitutional Act. It has 
 already been noted that Mr. Blake's Aurora speech had " disturbed " the 
 Liberal organ, and that Mr. Goldwin Smith's theories were also regarded as 
 dangfTous in that quarter. Under this combination of circumstances Mr. 
 Brown's Conservative tendencies were severely jolted. 
 
 Gkip, Makch 20th, 1875. 
 
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 TiiK poijular cra/f ;ii this (lat<' was " Spelling Matches. " 1 hr i)t:rs()iis 
 represented in the cartoon were prominent members of the; respective parties ; 
 those on the left (Conservative) being: Sir John A. Macdonakl, Hon. INI. 
 C. Cameron, Messrs. 1'. Mitchell, Heatty. l'att<s()n, Himster, Alonzo Wright 
 and Rykert : on the right (Reform) Messrs. Brown, Mlake, Mackenzie, 
 Laird, McKellar and Mowat, with Mr. (ioldwin .Smith. Mr. Samuel I'latl, 
 M.P., for East Toronto, had just passed successfully through the ordeal of 
 an election trial, and is ccmimended for his correct spelling of " I'urity," a 
 woril which hatl often bothered some of the other boys. 
 
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 Mk. Blakk liad on several occasions spoken in favor of Imperial Federation 
 — a scheme under which the colonies would send representatives to the Home 
 Parliament. Taken in connection with the known fact that public life in 
 Canada was but little to the taste of tlic .ihlc tjentleman, Gkii' ventured to 
 conjecture that a scat in the impiri.il Hnusc, witii its broailer arena, might 
 be amongst the xisions of his nionicnts of rdlcction. 
 
 Gkip. M.w 1 5th, 1S75. 
 
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 Hon W.U..AM Macdouc^al,., at that time a Member of the Ontario 
 Assembly, was regarded as an opponent of the Government. H.s ab.hty 
 assured for him a prominent position, and Mr. C. J. Rykert having obtamed 
 a seat in th. House of Commons. Mr. Macdougall was supposed to have 
 taken his phvce as a member of the celebrated - ( )uart..te." The cartoon 
 repre.sents th.> members as tuning up for .i p.-rformance. 
 
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 Mr. Blake was induced to accept a seat in the Mackenzie Ministry without 
 portfolio. His presence added a great element of strength to the Govern- 
 ment, but the gratification of his colleagues at his accession was somewhat 
 modified by the fear that he might at any moment Ixgiii to \A,i\ upon the 
 " disturbing " instruments. 
 
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 Mk. Mackknzie was at this time on a visit to his native; country, where he 
 was honored with the freedom of Perth and Dundee, and otherwise hand- 
 somely racoprnizccl. It had lonj; been a common saying in Canada that Mr. 
 (jeorge Brown, through the Globe, exercised a supreme inlluence over the 
 Reform Government. 
 
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 Mk. Gt)Lri\viN Smith's t(;acliinf^s on ilu' sul)jcct of " No I'artyism " ('xcittul 
 the hostility of both Cirit and Tory partizans, and liis position between the 
 G/oiie and A/aiV was precisely that of the hapless school-boy pictun'd in the 
 chrome of which ihe cartoon is an ada[)talion. 
 
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IH1-, rXl'ATRONIZEn NOSTRUM VENDOR. 
 
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 It is iu:ccll(.;ss to say tp those who know aiiytliinjj; of Mr. Goldwin Smith 
 that he defended himself against his critics with passionate Ijriiii.incy. The 
 sentence he is represented as speakinj,^ in the cartoon occurred in one of 
 his re'orts upon the Globe, and was considert^d uiuisually cutting as an 
 exposition of that journal's strict religious orthodoxy in contrast with its 
 merciless treatment of its opponents. 
 
 GrII', Al'CUST 2 1st. 1875. 
 
 
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 Mr. Gkoroe Mkown was •.in ■irncst advocate ot the Free Trade principle 
 in political economy, and was always vigorous in his denunciation of the 
 opposite principle in any direction. About this time the Globe had earnestly 
 denounced the action of the- (~)ntari() Society of Physicians and Surgeons 
 for having prosecuted an unlicensed practitioner, under a law which the Globe 
 always regarded as narrow and tyrannical. This was not very consistent 
 with the attitude it sustained towards Mr. (ioldwin Smith as a healer of the 
 body politic. Mr. Alderman Baxter, well-known in Toronto, is used as a 
 metaphorical figure of Justice. 
 
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 Rev. Egerton Ryerson, D.D., was drawn into the Brown-Smith contro- 
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 against the others. Gkii', beUeving that, in the stereotyped newspaper 
 phrase, " this correspondence had gone on long enough," was tempte I to 
 suggest a fatal shot all round as perhaps the only way of securing a " re.'.t " 
 for the reading pubhc. 
 
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 Mr. Grorge Brown had written a letter to a political friend — Senator 
 Simpson — asking for a contribution towards the election fund of the Reform 
 Party in the heat of the general election. This letter was secured by the 
 Conservative Party, and commented upon as a set-off to the celebrated 
 tel'jgram of Sir John Macdonald, calling upon Sir Hugh Allan for " another 
 $10,000." Mr. Brown vigorously denied that he had used any of the money 
 contributed for other than legitimate expenses, or that his letter had been 
 written with any corrupt intent. 
 
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 Mr. Joseph Cauchon, a prominent representative of Quebec, was taken 
 into the Mackenzie Cabinet. M. Cauchon had, some time previously, been 
 denounced by Mr. Brown, in connection with an episode in his Provincial 
 career, as a most unworthy man. The incident referred to — that of making 
 a speculation at the expense of tht; inmates of the Beau|)ort Asylimi at 
 Quebec — was characterized by Mr Brown as an offence that was " rank and 
 smelled to heaven," and this expression was constantly quoted by the Tory 
 pn!.ss during M. Cauchon's connection with the Ministry. 
 
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 The note to No. 127 will suffick.itly explain the difficulty the G lode found 
 in giving M. Cauchon a very hearty " send off" as Member of the Reform 
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 was regarded as similarly representing I'ltramontane views. Politically 
 and person -illy they were warm friends and colleagues. The cartoon was a 
 satirical allusion to some Orange " bounce " that had been indulged in by 
 Mn Howell out of the House. 
 
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 TiiK Conservative Party, becoming weary of the cold shades of opposition, 
 took advantage of the " hard times " to proclaim a policy of Protection to 
 Home Industries as the only salvation for the country. The Government, 
 it was alleged, was largely responsible for the depression, and could relieve 
 it only by raising the tariff. This cry seemed to meet with popular approval. 
 
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 Mr. Mackenzie had been charged with nepotism in connection with the 
 purchase of steel rails for the C. P. R. — the contract for the purchase 
 having been awarded to a firm in which it was alleged the Premier's 
 brother had an interest. This charge had been repeated frequently upon 
 the hustings, although Mr. Mackenzie had demonstrated that it was 
 unfounded. His e.xplanation upon the floor of Parliament at this time 
 gave the final death blow to the slander. 
 
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 to investigate the causes of the Depression of Trade. This committee was 
 composed mainly of Government supporters, well known to be free-traders, 
 and its report was to the effect that a Protective Tariff would not cure the 
 difficulty, which arose from causes beyond Governmental control. 
 
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 li(luor traffic, came into force at this time. Under the provisions of this Act 
 the numb'T of licenses to be issued by any municipality was limited, and the 
 conseciuence was a wholesale " ilecapitation " of Ii<iuor sellers throughout the 
 I'rovince. The Act was framed by Hon. Adam Crooks, and in the cartoon 
 is being appropriately carried out by Hon. O. Mowat, the head of the 
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 the political pretentions of the Romish hierarchy in Canada. With this 
 view he delivered an able lecture on " Church and State " in Toronto. His 
 ertort met with consideral)le popular applause hut was studiously ignored by 
 the newspaper organs of both the political parties, plainly out of regard to 
 •• the Catholic vote." 
 
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 Hon. George Brown to Senator John Simpson, requesting a contribution to 
 the Reform Election Fund), declared emphatically that the letter had been 
 written for corrupt purposes. This Mr. Brown had repeatedly denied, 
 offering to account for the expenditure of every cent contributed to the fund 
 in question. The Judge's repetition of the statement-which Mr. Brown 
 contended had been actuated by political malice-threw the Globe into great 
 fury, and the learned jurist was " handled without gloves " in several articles. 
 
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 Sir John Macdonald had so far recovered his self-assurance by this time, 
 that he and his followers were calmly asserting that thsTt^ really was " nothing 
 in " the Pacific Scandal. The Conservative press had in fact ceas«'d to call 
 it a " Scandal " at all ; " Slander" was the word now used. The possibility 
 that .Sir John could so far regain the contulence of the Canadian people as 
 to get back to office was amongst the things the Globe regarded as ridiculous. 
 
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 To the upright and respectable members of the Conservative Party the 
 Pacific Scandal had been a terrible blow, and amongst these there was none 
 whose character stood higher than that of Hon. M. C. Cameron, the leader 
 of the Opposition in the Ontario Assemijly. The exigencies of his position, 
 however, made it imperative that he should be in accord with the Party at 
 large, and in due course he brought himself to believe that there was more 
 slander than scandal in the unpleasant affair. 
 
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THE ONLY SATISFYING PICNIC AFTER ALL. 
 
 While the Reformers were enjoying the good things of office, Sir John and 
 his principal colleagues were passing the summer in making a picnic tour. 
 The political picnic had become of late years a Canadian institution, and 
 although there were pieasu'-es to he derived from the outings in the leafy 
 woods, with their accompanying buns, lemonade and political addresses, these 
 were not to be compared to the attractions of the Treasury Menches. 
 
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 TiiK A/ai7 proved a most vigorous and alert Oppositionist and lost no 
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 the sake of political capital it did not hesitate to " run down" the country, 
 and thus to furnish the European press with arguments against emigration to 
 Canada. The incident which called forth the cartoon was the A/ai/'s 
 indorsation of a baseless slander on Canada which h.id been forwarded to 
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 Grip, Septemher 2nd, 1876. 
 
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 DuRiNc. the Session of Parliament it was discovered that Mr. Anglin, 
 Speaker of the House of Commons, and proprietor of the Sf. John Freeman, 
 had, during the recess, performed $8,000 worth of " extra printing " for the 
 Government. This, being contrary to the spirit and letter of the Indepen- 
 dence of Parliament Act, created a strong feeling against the Cabinet. The 
 Globe, greatly at a loss to find an excuse for the job, suggested thai Mr. 
 Mackenzie had given the work to his supporter " inadvertently." 
 
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 In a speech at Watford, Mr. Mackenzie had stated that one of" the " hmi. 
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 the first to apply to the Reform Government for an appointment. The 
 reference was well understood to be to Hon. William Macdougall. 
 
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CONFEDERATION, THE MUCH-FATHERED YOUNGSTER. 
 
 Although the historical facts as to the origin of the ide^ of Confederation 
 were familiar to most intelligent Canadians, (and they by no means the 
 oldest inhabitants,) there was a standing dispute as to the party to whom the 
 honor of its paternity belonged. Claims were put forth (amongst others,) 
 on behalf of Messrs. George Brown, Sir F. Hincks, VVm. Macdougall and 
 Sir John A. Macdonald. 
 
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 His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Dufiferin) undertook a mission 
 to British Columbia, in connection with a vice-regal visit, to bring about, if 
 possible, a good understanding between that Province and the Dominion on 
 the subject of the projected Canada Pacific Railway. The British Colum- 
 bians were at the momcMit in a state of great excitement over what they 
 regarded as a breach of faith by tht- I'ederal Government, and wen: even 
 threatening secession. Lord Dufiferin was, as usual, successful in his efforts 
 at peace-making. The " transparent facts " given in the cartoon detail the 
 various stages of the difficulty up to the date of Lord Dufferin's intervention. 
 
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THE NEW CABINET MINISTER. 
 
 Mr. D.wii) Mills (to whom reference has been made in cartoon No, i 13), 
 was now taken into the Cabinet as Minister of the Interior, to the evident 
 dissatisfaction of the Globe, which regarded him as dangerously radical in his 
 views on the Senate and other questions. As has already been noted, 
 Mr. 'Make was also looked ujjon as a young man rather inclined lobe " fast." 
 On the appointment of Mr. Mills, the Mail expressed a sympathy for Mr. 
 Mackenzie which was very touching under the circumstances. 
 
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 The character of Colonel Sellers as presented by Mr. John T. Raymond, in 
 the comedy of "The Gilded Age," was at this time the rage in dramatic 
 circles. The Colonel was an amusingly imaginative speculator, who, though 
 enduring abject penury, was " in his mind " revelling in luxury. Being 
 obliged by cruel fortune to restrict his diet to cold water and raw turnips, he 
 rose equal to the occasion and gave it out that the.se staples were hir. special 
 choice as table delicacies. Being unable to afford fuel for his stove, he used 
 a lighted candle therein, on the philosophical ground that it was not heat 
 hut merely the appearance of heat that was required. This eccentric genius 
 found a political anti-type in Sir John, who was now bravely making the best 
 of his reversed circumstances. 
 
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 That the adoption of the Protective Policy was a mere piece of political 
 tactics on the part of the Conservative leader was demonstrated in every 
 move from first to last. He and his chief supporters in Parliament had been 
 throughout their whole public career adherents of the revenue-tariff system 
 equally with their opponents, and it was asking too much of public credulity 
 to require the people to believe that they had been soundly converted to 
 Protectionism in a moment, and that moment just before a general election 
 when there was wide-spread grumbling at the hard times. 
 
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 Hon. Gkorcse Brown having been cited to appear for contempt of court in 
 connection with his strictures on Mr. Justice Wilson, (.see cartoon 136,) 
 pleaded justification and argued his own case. The Judges before whom 
 the proceedings were held having disagreed, the matter was allowed to drop. 
 
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ORANGE HILL CROSSING THE POLITICAL BOYNE. 
 
 Demands had been made upon the Ontario Government for a Special Act 
 incorporating the Orange Society. The Government steadily resisted the 
 appeal on the ground that such an Act would be class-legislation, and that the 
 demand was made, not in good faith, but for the purpose of embarrassing the 
 Reform Party in the interests of their opponents, with whom the Orange 
 leaders were allied. At length, however, the Globe came out in favor of the 
 Act, and urged the Government to grant the demand and end the difficulty. 
 This advice the Ministry disregarded through the influence, it was generally 
 believed, of Hon. C. F. Eraser, the able Roman Catholic Member of the 
 Cabinet. Subsecjuently a General Act was pas.sed, under which any 
 organization of a legitimate character could secure incorporation. 
 
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 lieutenants were loud in their denunciations of the Government in connection 
 with various scandals. In the presence of their opponents in Parliament, 
 however, they refrainetl from forrnulatinfr their charges or pressing for 
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 Mr. Vknnok, a civil engineer of Montreal, had become widely celebrated 
 as a weather prophet, on the strength of a rather remarkable record of 
 successful predictions. His forecast for l-ebruary. .877. however, was utterly 
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 Just at this time the craze for l>lue ,las. as a -ncdiu.n for th.- ' hcal.ng rays 
 of the sun. was at its height. Marvellous cures by this agency were reported 
 from various quarters -generally a considerable distance away. The chums 
 put forward bv the Conservr'wes as to the virtues of frofafi.. to cure the 
 comnu-rcial depression, wer • much like those of the blue glass specahsts. 
 
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 Aftkk the accession to power of the Mackeiszie Government it was found 
 that a balance to the credit of tlie secret service fund had been chequed 
 out of the Bank of Montreal by Sir John A. Macdonald, although that 
 gentleman was no longer in an official position. Sir John declined to make 
 any explanation of the matter on the ground that the disposition of secret 
 service money was a matter iliai no one iuul a right to enquire into. The 
 affair gave rise to a great deal of discussion, but, although Sir John's position 
 was generally regarded as unsound, lui official action was taken in the 
 matter. 
 
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WHAT INVESTIGATION RKVEAM-H. 
 
 DuRiNd the Session of Parliament some startling facts wcrt- made known as 
 to the relations of the Northern Railway Company to tiie lati: Government. 
 The Company was deeply indebted to the Dominion, and had been making 
 vigorous efforts to get the amount reduced. I'or the purpose of influencing 
 favorable legislation to this end, it was found that large sums of money had 
 been contributed to the Conservative; funds in various elections, and akso that 
 money had been subscribed on b(;half of the Company to a cash testimonial 
 presented to Sir John himself, and for stock in the Mail newspajier. ihe 
 transaction was vigorously denounced by the Reform ,ind liuhqw-ndcnt press 
 as a specimen f)f brazen corruption. 
 
 GuiP, Ai'Kii. 7th, 1.S77. 
 
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 Mk. Goluwin Smith's deliverances on the subject of Canada's destiny had 
 an air of authority about them, suggestive of the idea that he was the 
 accepted representative of the people. The notorious fact was tliat very few 
 acknowledged sympathy with his \ iews. 
 
 Gkll', Al'KlI. 2 l.St, 1S77. 
 
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 At the- dost; of thi; S(-ssion at Ottawa, Sir John Macdoiiald was ri-ceived in 
 Toronto by a party tlenionstration, cmljracing torch-ii>,'hts and all the usual 
 accom|)anynients of such occasions. As the Northern Railway revelations 
 were at the moment occiijiying public attention, the procession was pictured 
 as it should have been rather than as it was. Mr. John B<-verley Robinson, 
 M.P. for West Toronto, had shortly before this distinguished himself in a 
 personal encounter with tlie proi)rict()r of the Toronto Telegram. .Sir John 
 liad, in a speech before the Session, declared that he and Robinson intended 
 to " tight the beasts at Kphesus." 
 
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 The Conservative reaction having now unquestionably set in, the Mail 
 boldly challenged the Governtuent to dissolve the House and appeal to the 
 country. 
 
 Grip, May 19th, 1877. 
 
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BILLED FOR THE SEASON. 
 
 An active campaign was being conducted by the Conservative leaders, in 
 anticipation of the general election. At political picnics in various parts of 
 the country, Sir John Macdonaid. Sir Charles Tuppcr and other leaders 
 expatiated on the National Policy, and held up the " tly on the wheel " policy 
 of the Government to scorn. Meantime, Mr. Patrick Boyle, of the /r/v// 
 Ctiinu/iitH, continued to inveigh against " Scotch Supremacy." 
 
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 The election of Mr. C. J. Rykert as representative of Lincoln was contested 
 by Mr. Norris, the defeated candidate. Before the decision was reached, 
 certain documents material to the case disappeared from the Scrutiny Court. 
 The Consei . > wve Association offered a reward for the recovery of these 
 papers, but as ti.ey were known to be in favor of the Grit candidate this 
 action was regarded with susi)icion. The cartoon contains an allusion to 
 the well-known episode in Sir lohn's c.ireer — his fervent wish that he could 
 catch Riel, whom it was afterwards found he had secretly sent out of the 
 country. 
 
 Gkii', J I'M. 28th, 1S77. 
 
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 Not to be outdone by the Tor/ Circus, the (Irit Party managers orgjuiizi.'d 
 for a political campaign, and held picnics in various districts at which the 
 policy of the Government w.as defended, and the "hypocrisy " and "sense- 
 lessness " of the N. P. cry \vi;re eloquently exposed. 
 
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 Sir John professed to hear a universal demand for the reinstatement of 
 himself and colleagues in office. It was not doubted that some sounil had 
 reached his ears, but Grii''s view was that this sound was but the echo of 
 his own anxious voice. In this Gku' was mistaken, however. 
 
 Gkii', July 14th, 1877. 
 
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 IiiK a lobe excrtwl all its influence to allay tin; had feeling which had been 
 manifested in connection with the Montreal riots between Orangemen and 
 Catholics, and which existed in many other parts of the country. It was 
 strongly opposed, however, to the policy of prohibiting party processions by 
 law, as this only tended to intensify the evil. 
 
 Guip, Ai'cfsT 4th, 1877. 
 
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 The Mackenzie Government was assailed from time to time with charges 
 of wrong doing, but the facts were in every case found to favor the Ministry. 
 One after another the " scandals " were dissipated, and the Opposition felt 
 discouraged accordingly. 
 
 Grip, August 25th, 1877. 
 
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TEACHING THE POLLY-TICIANS WHAT TO SAY. 
 
 Thk Pacific Scandal was by this date so far "Ancient History " that the 
 facts of the case had undergone a complete metamorphosis as given out by 
 the Tory orators. It was now the fashionable thing in that party to repeat 
 the watchword given in the cartoon. 
 
 Grip, Sei'tkmhek 8th, 1877. 
 
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 for the purpose of getting rid of him in the interests of the Gov.rnm.^nl 
 
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 the authorities of a building known as the Neebing Hotel, at a point on the 
 Lake Superior Section of the C. P. R., then in course of construction. It 
 was alleged that the building was a tumble-down structure, for which an 
 exorbitant price had been paid to the owner on the score of political 
 partisanship. The triviality of the matter as the basis of a great Parliamen- 
 tary fuss excited general amusement, especially az it proved that there was 
 little if any ground for the charge made. 
 
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 Hon WiixiAM Macuougall waa thought to liavc made a mistake in 
 associating himself with the Cons-.rvative Party if, as was generally alleged, 
 the object he had in view was the great goal of n.ost political aspirants^ 
 office. The Conservatives were now in the cold shades of Opposition, and 
 to all appearance destined to remain there for a long time. 
 
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HIS BEST FRIEND DESERTING HIM. 
 
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 Having assumed the responsibilities of a Cabinet office, Mr. Rlake allowed 
 his advanced ideas to remain in abeyance. This silence on his "art was 
 attributed to the influence of Mr. Brown and the (.ilobc, whose opposition to 
 the projects advocated by Mr. Blake has already been alluded to. 
 
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 and of several scandalous speeches by Conservative leaders. The charges, 
 in so far as they concerned his private character, affected public opinion only 
 against those who uttered them. In a speech at Teeswater, Mr. Blake 
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 idea. The event proved, howevet, that Sir Charles understood the temper 
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 The arbitrators appointed to decide the dispute between Canada and the 
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 hands of American fishermen. To this award Mr. Kellogg, the American 
 representative, had dissented, and had afterwards sought to invalidate the 
 award on the ground that the decision had not been unanimous. The 
 United States had not at that time — and have not yet — paid to England the 
 large balance remaining fromt he Geneva award, promptly paid by the latter 
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 The Conservative press had commented feelingly upon the fact that Mr. 
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 view of the recent attacks upon the gentleman concerned, and his influence 
 as an opponent of the Conservative Party. 
 
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 An agitation for the abolit'on of the system of exemption from taxation had 
 been started in the newspapers. The injustice of exempting various ofificials 
 who enjoyed good salaries, and imposing a corresponding heavy burden 'pon 
 those less able to bear it, was earnestly denounced, and the Ontario Govern- 
 ment were called upon to introduce a mea.sure to cure the evil. No action 
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 The confident prophesies of the Conservatives that the Government would 
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 vaporings of those ovtr anxious to return to the good things of office. 
 
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 Mk. Blakk retired from the Ministry on account of the unsatisfactory 
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 the comments upon preceding pictures dealing with Mr. Blake. 
 
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 the Government, and was regarded by the Opposition as emphasizing the 
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 occurrences which furnished consolation to the Reform Party— such as the 
 defeat of the Conservative Government in Quebec. The persons represented 
 in the cartoon, besides Sir John Macdonald, are Hon. Charles Tupper, Mr. 
 Mackenzie Bowell. Hon. H. Langevin, Hon. Peter Mitchell, M-. Palmer (a 
 Maritime Province representative) and Mr. Bunster, of British Columbia. 
 The latter gentleman was well known as an anti-Chinese agitator. Mr. 
 (now Senator) Plumb, to whom reference is made, was a Member of the 
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 The action of Lieutenant-Governor Letellier of Quebec (an appointee of 
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 possession of the Provincial treasury. The Lieutenant-Governor's pro- 
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 dismissed by Sir John Macdonald's Government on account of it. 
 
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MAY DAY IN QUEBEC. 
 
 On the first of May the election made necessary by the dismissal of the 
 DeBoucherville Government was held in the Province of Quebec, and 
 resulted in a victory for the Liberal Party under the leadership of Hon. H. 
 G. Joly. 
 
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MAY-DAY IN gU EHEC. 
 
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PARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE PROHIBITED. 
 
 In the House of Commons Sir John Macdonald and Hon. Charles Tupper 
 had used very violent language in reference to Mr. Donald A. Smith in the 
 course of a debate in which that gentleman's name came up. 
 
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 commission, and with one overwhelming sin of omission in the matter ol 
 tariff reform. This bill of indictment was pressed with unusual vigor, and 
 the result, as will be subsequently seen, was a verdict for the Opposition. 
 
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GENERAL DISTRESS." 
 
 Hon. Dr. TuffKu's suggestion for a cartoon representing the Finance 
 Minister as General Distress giving the people the word ot command 
 " Starve ! " was of course adopted by Grip's obliged artist. Certain liberties 
 were, however, taken in interpreting the word ' people " which may not 
 exactly have met the honorable gentleman's idea. It was nevertheless true 
 that the class of our population which at the moment exhibited most signs of 
 starvation was the professional politicians of the Opposition. 
 
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 Canada called forth expressions of sincere regret from all classes. It was 
 difficult to convince the Canadian people that the Home authorities would 
 find it possible to secure a successor in all respects equal to Dufilerin. 
 
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 campaign. To the alarming statement that it would inevitably weaken 
 British connection, the leading organ of the Opposition responded-" so 
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 returned to power, he would vigorously protect native industries by shutting 
 out foreign imports. This deliverance created alarm in the Lower Provinces, 
 and in reply to an an.xious enquiry from Senator Boyd, of St. John, N. B., 
 upon the subject, the astute leader promptly declared that he had no intention 
 of doing more than readjusting the duties. Mr. W H. Frazer, who figures 
 in this and some subsequent cartoons, was at the time an active official of 
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 principal advocates of the National Policy in their public speeches, when, in 
 response to the popular demand, they undertook to " come down to 
 particulars " as to what that Policy was to be 
 
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 TiiK point as to how a revenue was to be obtained under an exclusive tariff 
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 the Protective theory, and no satisfactory answer had been j^iven to th(; 
 " conundrum " up to the date of this cartoon. 
 
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 Conservative interest in the forthcoming election. This reward Mr. 
 O'Donohue did his best to win, Init by the intervention of the Orange 
 leaders, the " bargain " as made was not allowed to take effect. Mr. 
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RENEWING THE LEASE. 
 
 This bold prophecy was made on the assumption that the people of Canada 
 clearly saw through the game of the newly-made Protectionists, and that the 
 circumstances under which Sir John and his colleagues had demitted office 
 in 1S73 would preclude the possibility of their success on this occasion. 
 
 Grit, Sei'ti;miu;k 14th, 1878. 
 
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 TiiK general election which canu: off on the 17th resulted in a sweeping 
 victory for Sir John and the National Policy, and Mr. Grip's artist humbly 
 took his place amongst the false prophets. 
 
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 In anticipation of the difficulty the new Ministry would meet in reconciling 
 the various conflicting trade interests in the promised tariff changes, the 
 N. P. was referred to as a White Elephant — a beast proverbially awkward to 
 have on hand. That the Policy had proved a particularly " happy thought" 
 on the part of the Conservative leader was now manifest, for it is doulitful if 
 anything excepting this adroit appeal to the people's pockets could possibly 
 have restored the Conservatives to power at this time. 
 
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CAREFUL HANDLING REQUIRED. 
 
 Amongst the most able — and one of the few sincere — advocates of the 
 National Policy, was Mr. R. W. Phipps, a well-known journalist and 
 pamphleteer of Toronto. Sir John had during the campaign publicly 
 accorded high praise to this gentleman for his writings in support of Protec- 
 tion ; and indeed so great was the indebtedness expressed that Mr. Phipps 
 came to believe that he would certainly be offeretl the portfolio of Finance in 
 the New Government. Mr. Phipps, on the other hand, made no secret of his 
 own conviction that neither .Sir John nor any of his colleagues really under- 
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 Tin: nainos of the Members of the new Cabinet were duly announced as 
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 portfolio, and still further in the absence from the list of Ministers of the 
 name of any person known to be a sincere Protectionist. It was alleged 
 that Hon. William Macdougall had also entertained hopes of a seat in the 
 Cabinet. The Manufacturers' Association began to exhibit great activity in 
 view of the forthcoming Tariff changes. 
 
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 To the hard times Sir John and his Party were primarily indebted for their 
 present good fortune, but (contrary to the hopes of the innocents who had 
 implicitly accepted the anti-election promises of the N. P. advocites) 
 prosperity did not immediately return. The persistency with which the 
 depression continued to " hang on " was a source of much annoyance to the 
 Government, as it was the constant theme of ridicule in the Reform press. 
 
 Grip, November 2nd, 1878. 
 
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 JOHN A.-" WELL, GOOD UV, OLD KKLLOW ; THANKS VFRY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP DURING THE CAMPAIGN: BUT 
 DON'T LET ME DETAIN YOU NOW. GOODBY, AU A'ErO/K, ADIEU, FAREWELL, TRALA I.A, TATA." 
 
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 SiK RiriiAKi) Caktwrkiht, who had been defeated in the general election, 
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 House was considered a Party necessity in view of the prospective introduc- 
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 Curiosity was on tiptoe throughout the country during the interim between 
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 aggravated the popular impatience by constant — and not very reasonable — 
 protests against the delay. Indeed, some of the precipitous journalists 
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CLAMORING FOR THE FANCY DOLL 
 
 This cartoon is perhaps so obvious as to need no corrment. The general 
 feeling in the Reform Party in favor of the retirement of Mr. Mackenzie 
 from the leadership, in favor of Mr. Blake, was not warmly shared by the 
 Globe. When ulliniately the change was effected a degree of dissatisfaction 
 was expressed in some quarters where the impression obtained that Mr. 
 Mackenzie had not been generously treated in the matter. 
 
 Grit, December 7th, 1878. 
 
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 CLAMORINC. FOR TIIFi FANCY DOLL. 
 
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