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  • I I . I r^ EESU or FIVE YEARS GRIT-ROUGE RULE IN CANADA. The Pacific Railway— Grits out of and in Office con- trasted—An American Policy. The most important work that the Do- minion of Canada has on hand, at this moment, is the construction of the Pacific Railway. Whatever differences of opinion may exist now in relation to the import ance of that work, we hav.^ undoubted evidence that the party represented in the Government of the day were strongly in favor of it before they took office. The Globe is in its politics more than a mere newspaper. It is not Bimply the organ of the adminis- tration and of the party whoso views it is supposed to represent, it, in fact, furnishes the policy for both. Under these circumstances, having regard to the fact that the C/oicandthe Clear Grits have always thought alike, we do no violence to the latter in holding them responsible for the measures ad- vocated by the former. The Olobe ou the PhcIIIc RMllvrny. On the 3rd February, 187], at the time when the Union with British Columbia was about to be consummated, the Globe had an article on the subject of the Paci- fic Railway, than which nothing stronger has ever appeared in any Canadian news- paper. We give a faw extraow from this article, and wo ask the reader to bear in mind the principles they embody, the conditions they lay down as essential to the future greatness of this Dominion, and to contrast them with the policy which has since been pursued by Mr. Mackenzie's government : '* The success of ene Paoiflo Railway points to others being coiiRfrncled, aud rende's them more tlian ever a necessity. People could do with none, i \ fact, l)etto>-ihaa Mn^y will allow theraselve& to believe iheycan do with one. Accordingly, a '* JNorthern Pacific" is already In process of construction : another to the south has been projected, and <■!» one tlirouf^h Bi-ltjsU territory is a iieoessitv. If tlio Do- lu iiion Is to Uave auytlilnjg; like a fail cliaiicc of fuIflUiu^ its ilvstiiiiy and develop^ iitgits inightjr and varied reaources Many oojections havo already been urged against tliu load across British territory, and the pro- moters of that from Du>utb to Puget Hound Hre specially kind laargulag that 8uch an un- dertnkingTi ould be a sheer waste of money wbi<;hcouldotherwl6e be farmore usefully anu renmni ratively employed. W^liy not) itia 8 ti> t. iir'e tho one already in course of con« 8U*iictuijr the line throoKli Rrlllxii t«-r\riiory in>''y be ci»rrl«>itt>tn an- t!ktiir»ty id to be ninintaineit on thlncou- tin«*Mt. mil our new Dominion niMde (»rnctlC)>lly, aw well nn In tiieory, Avreat fact. Apart from all other considerations tho veryftf't that the line now nuder vonhtriictloti Is tbronyli American Aev- riturr would be f» fatal objection to ila helnic mnde the icreat Tranh line for the 4'i«nndiAii Nortbwetit. Those who bad iheeoniHinrtdof ir w^nld in afewyeam roinntHUd the c<>nntry . All the intercourse both social and commercial, of the peopleof onr Northwestern region would be directly with and through a foreign people and what mightat any tline become a ho-tlle country. Uy tliemfreiitrokeof hlH pen a roreivit > iiier iuiwht lay an «inbnrK«i npon the whole interconme nf ihat l»tttt of Cnnndn with whtt li«M to tlie £<««(• Tho boudiug syijteui, as we have lately Wo.u i had hinted In connection with a refdon near- er baud, migbt be stopped O'tprlclously.and ou very ebori notice ; tbe tide of emigration might be turned ax/ay from our borders, to a ccriuinexleniat any rate; while everything would tomluce TO MAKE THE aBsoUH- TION OP THE WHOIjB TEKRITORY BY THE STATES A MKRR QUEHTXON OF TIME AND OP TIME VERJT SHOKT AT THE LON E T. THE CONNECTION OK ALL THAT I EQION WITH THE MOKE EASTERN PARTS OP THE D.»MINI N WOULD BE MERELY NOMINAL, AND WHfiREllUEPEAR W\8 ONOK KIPR, IT W'»ULD NATURALLY FALL.AS FROM THE FIRST HAS BKEN OJjJHIRED. INTO THE LAP OP OUR VEKY ASTUTE AND ENTKKPRISING COUHINS OVER THfcJ WAY. • m * ••• • «• "Our nelKbbonm know the vnlne of the prize involV' d, and are making gigantic ef- forts to secure it exclusively for tb^mselves. 4»nr rnl«rM will be i.rnlti>rii t» tttiir c<>nu- trjr nB** to Btltlsh c<»nn<>ctioii if they Io<4e i» ttinitle st^AHon li« inakinic it. pra». ticw**le nnd canvmient romettlom to ko to Fort Oitrrjr tbrouich oar own terri- tory, oud In pnttlnar thlnyx In i» falr|w»y for ihet'anadian PaciUo Ka IWHy. It is a question not merely of convenience, but of national existence. It luust be piiHlicd tlii-ouKit at -wliuti-ver expense* We believe Itcan oe pushed throufrli, not only without beiDga burden pecuniarily upon Canada, but with an absolute profit In every point of view. Witb'tnt hucti M line m vreat Brltl»>b North Ani<-irica wonld turnout on uu- tin bni anting rudence und wi doin on the pnrt of her Ptai ewinen. It will be a lereaft, M itlorlons and inevitable reality." That was the view of the Liberal Party on the eve of the union with British Columbia. They held that the Pacific Railway was a manifest and pressing necessity, that " BY IT ALONE COULD "THIS COUNTRY HAVE ANY "CHANCE FOR A FAIR SHARE IN "THE LUCRATIVE TRADE OF THE " NORTHWEST, WHICH WILL SHORT- "LY SPRING UP— A NEW AND "VARIED TRAFFIC WITH THE PACl- "FIG WORLD,— WHICH, TO A GREA'I' "EXTENT, WILL PASS THROUGH "CANADIAN TERRITORY, IF ONCE "WHAT WILL BE THE SHORTEST " AND EASIEST ROUTE FROM 0«E AN " TO OCEAN IS IN WORKING ORDER." They, in advance, denounced our rulers, declaring that they would be " traitors to "their country and to British connec- "tion if they lost a single season in " making it practical and convenient . " for settlers to go to Fort Garry through " our own territory, and in putting things " in u fair way for the Canadian Pacific " railway." They pronounced the question to be "i)pt merely one of couvenieace but " of national existence," and ur^ed that it must be " pushed through at " whatever " expense j " and after, apparently, a fair consideration of the subject, they express- ed the belief that " IT CAN BE PU IIED "THR'tUGH. NOT ONLY WIITIOUT " BEING A BURDEN, PECUNuVRILY, " UPON CANADA, BUT WITH AN AB " SOLUTE PROFIT, IN EVERY" POINT "OF VIEW." And then, winding up with a patriotic peroration as to the fu- ture of this country, they declared that, without such a " line, a great British " North America would turn out an " unsubstantial dream ; with it, and " with ordinary prudence on the part oi " British statesmen, it will be a great, "glorious and inevitable reality." That was the policy urged uj)on the statesmen of tliis country by the Ghhe in February, 1871. In accordance with the views thus enunciated the late Covernmont, on their union witli British Columbia, sti|)U- lated for the construction of the railway within ten years, declaring, at the same time, with the entire concurrence of the delegates from Brit.sh < olumbia, THAT IT SHOULD BE BUIUr BY A C()^r- PANY ONLY, AND IX SUCH .\ WAY AS NOT TO ADD TO THE aNNUAL BURDEN OF TAXATION OF THE DO- MINION. The Globe new»paper, which had urged it as of paiamount necessity that this road should be built at once, iiunie:^'ate'ly commenced a series of attacks on the Government for adopting the Globe^sowu views. When the measures weie intio- duced in 1872, by which the Government took power to organize a company for the building of this railway, they vyere met with the most determined oi)position. Ifc is worth while, now that the Liberals have had five years in which to develop their own policy, to contrast, for a mo- ment, the pol cy of the two parties in relation to this great national enterprise. Policy of tbe late Ooverninenf. The policy of the late Government was to build the railway by means of a company, granting to that company a subsidy of thirty millions of doHars in money and fifty miHions of acres of land, reserving, as a means of recouping the country for the money sr.bsidy, fifty mil- lions acies of laud in alternate blocks. iih,<»fr>« urjored that it b " whatever rently, a lair hey express- IE PU IIED "vVirriOUT UNU^RILY, [Til AN AB iRY POINT winding up as to the fu- jclared that, veat British irn out an itli it, and the part oi be a great, ity." That statesmen in February, views thus rnmont, on mbia, sti|)U- the railway at the same •ence of the ubia, 'i'lIAT SY A coxr- :il A WAY i ANNUAL •F THE DO- h had ur.sed Ly tlial thiei mmeo'aU'Iy acks on the Glvbe^ sown weie intio- iovernmeut jmpany for ey were met position. It lie Liberals 1 to develop st, for a mo- parties in enterprise. rnmenf. lovernment means of a company a f doMars in res of lan^ course would have undoubtedly led to different results. If the Globe and its party had acted up to their own convictions, as expressed in 1871, of the importance of this enterprise, and had withheld the violent opposition which they made to it, sinking, for the moment, their mere party difference in the good of the eountry, there is nodoubt but that the scheme would have been floated, and these last five years of creat depression would have been much re- lieved by the energetic prosecution of the building of this railway, in the hands of a private company. Policy of the present, Ctoveriitnent. The present Government came into office in November, 1873. Mr. Macken- zie had thus thrown upon him the re- sponsibility of opening up the North- west, and of carrying out the policy in relation to the Pacilic Railway, which he had urged so strongly while in office. How has he succeeded ? The policy of the Government is embodied in the Act providing for the construction of the L^anadian Pacific Railway, which they in - troduced. It is a remarkable fact that after for two years denouncing the Gov- ernment for having irrevocably bound Canada to complete the railway within ten yearp, and after declaring that, the resolution passed at the time of the Union with British Columbia, and with the assent of the delegates from British Columbia, to the effoct that the railway should be constructed and worked by pri- vate enterprise and not by the Dominion Government, and that the public aid should not increase the then existing rate of taxation, was of no value or effect, they embodied the resolution in the Act of Parliament, as part of the terms of union, and have actually proceeded since upon it; In this Act they divided the railway into four sections : — let. From a point near to the south of Lake Nipissing to the western end of Lake Superior. 2nd. From Lake Superior to the Red River, in the Province of Manitoba. 3rd. From Red River to a point be- tween Fort Edmonton and the foot of the Rocky Mountains. 4th. From that point to some point in British Columbia on the Pacific Ocean. They provided, further, that there should be two branches : the first com* monly known as the Georgian Bay Branch, and the next from Fort Garry to Pembina. By the Act provision was made for letting tlje construction of dif- ferent sections, or for subdividing them and letting them in sub-sections to com* panics who would const ruct thera for a money subsidy from the Government, the companies to own and run the road after it was built. It was also provided that, in case the Goverr or-in-Councii fourd it more advantageous to do so, the railway might be built as a public work, to be owned and worked by the Domi- nion. In his speeches, both before the meeting of Parliament, and when introducing the policy embodied in the Act, Mr. Mackenzie declared himself in favor of a system of utilizing the water stretahes between Lake Superior and the Red River, in the Province of .\f anitoba. Ilis first contracts were let on that basis. The first section, about forty miles from Lake t uperior to Lake Shebandoan, was intended to be the eastern link ot the water and rail route, to connect Fort Garry with the waters of 1 ake >uperior. In that connection, and as a part of an amphibious route, the celebrated Fort Frances Lock was commenced. In un- dertaking this work Mr. Mackenzie showed, at once, his contempt for Parlia- ment and his contempt for the law. There was no money obtained for these locks, except as part of the Pacific Rail- way. If, therefore, it was intended to build the locks as a part of the railway, they should have been let by public con- tract to the lowest bidder. Here is the clause of the statute which bears upon that subject : "In c iHo it. shall bo found by the Governor int'ouncil uioro ntivantaKCous to construct the salil railway or any y litio i thereof, as a public work of the Dominion of Caniida, THK CONaTjaJCTION THKltEOF •'JHAlL KIO LET OUT I Y CONTUfYiT OFFERED TO PU"LIO COMPETITIO'^, and the Governor In Council miiy esitiblish from lime to time thonmdo and rigulatious und< r which the contract shall be Riven, and tho railway or such portion th' r of Khull bo c mstiuctod and workod, after it has been completed, including tho 1 ates to i o charged for freight and piiHsen- gcr.i ; such i egrulatious n >t bein^ contrary to !Uip of th<»pi'' 'Visions of the Acts regulating th(f Ijepartinont of Public VVorlis or any other Act or law in force in tho Dominion." It is not necessary here to dwell upon this feature of the railway policy, beyond saying that, iu cousequouce of the com- the 'arlia- law. lese lail- to way, con- the upon TO rnor time the ^y or and idlng sen- ■y to ting ther ipon rond pom* mencement of these works, a quarter of a million dollars liav« been utterly wasted by the Government. Tho work waa let out at day's work, a superintendent was appointed, and by that means an enor- mous amount of patronwge was secured to the Government ; while, na regards practical utility, even the Government engineers declaied that the work will be useless. Before the fust sou- tion of the railway was completed, Mr. Mackenzie altered his plan. lie abandoned his intention of utilizing the " magnilieent water stretcher,'' and in consequenco was comjjelied to change the contract which had been let, slopping short o{ i' hobando.'in, some J 5 miles, and running tho railway noiihward so as to pass by the waters. Contracts have been let from Selkirk, about 30 miles north of Fort Garry, running eastward ; and, alihough five years have elapsed since Mr. Mackenzie took office and four years since the first contract was let, there is still a link of about 130 miles which has not been let, which is not intended this year to be let, and yet without which, the portions being built, even if com- pleted, would be practically useless. About the same time that the line from lake Superior to Miebandoan Wiis put under contract, the Pembina branch was let to Mr. Whitehead. It has been graded now for nearly three years, and yet only within the last two or three months has any contract been let ibr the ties, ballasting, and laying rails. During all that time the famovis steel rails have been rusting beside the track, and no attempt has been made to lessen, by at lea'- 1 that distance, the journey into JIanitoba. Those five years have passed without a single mile of the rail- way being completed, so as to be lit to be used for public pur- poses, while the exjienditure during that time has amounted to considerably over one-third the entire subsidy pro- posed to be paid by the late Government to the Canada Pacific Railway Company. That is the result up to this time. KHfi doverument itnlicy an AnaerlciB one. There is unfortunately , however, a more serious phase to the question. The ♦vhoio policy of the Government in con- nection with the great Isorthwest has been to divert trade into American chan- nels. That the Pembina branch has n t- been compl- ted, that the other line Horn Selkirk to Lake Superior has not been pressed forward, haa been larg(?ly due to the strong interest which the North Western Transportation Company was able to bring to benr upon the Govern- ment. Nothing was dono in the way of completing the Peml'ina branch until the gentlemen co--.- nected with that Com|)any had seciw- ed the *' Dutch bonds," and, by that means, obtained control of the St. J'aul & Pacitio Railway. That having been tlone, an arrangement was at once made, through the inlluence of Mr. Donald A. Smith, with Mr. Mackenzie, to complete the Penibina branch, and lo lease it to the St. Paul & Pacific Com- pany for ten years. That lease was, in fact, nothing more nor less than a per- petuation of the monopoly from which the people settled in our own northwest have BO grievously suffered. Last ses- sion, a bill was introduced, to enable the Government to make this lease. Afier discussion, it passed the House of Com- mons, (as any measure introduced by the Government was certain to do) and then went to the Senate. In that House the bill was also passed, but a clause was added requiring that the lease, when made, should be referred to tho Senate as well as to tho House of Com- mon", and should not be binding until it rr - cved the assent of both Houses. Mr. M.A nzie, rather than consent to this, abandoned the bill, and immediately an attempt was made to create a prejudice against the Conservative party in Mani- toba, upon tho ground that tho action o< tho Conservative rjuijority in the Senate had prevented their getting an outlet by rail this year. Meanwhile, however, the Northern Pacific Railway commenced moving in the direction of the comple- tion of the connection between their line and Pembina. With that conrec- tion completed, there could be no possi- ble doubt as to the interest of Canada to give the Northern Pacific the preference, if the Pembina branch was to be leasee! to any one. By that line, the produce ot' the great West would be brought to !>..- lutb, and, at that point, Canadi^m ini i American v^gesels could compete on euu d: terms for tho transportation to the eea- lioitrd By oonnprtinj? with the St. Paul tt J'acjfir, tho wholo trade of the North- wo'st will Im5 HPiit round by St. Paul and (.'liiy.i>;o, and niu.st iiievitabiy become lost !o (, ..Hilda, in >so far as any practical nd- vant;(;-'o arisinj.; iVom transportation is i!oni!('ined. Mr. Donald A. Snvlth and iiji5 Iriends of tlie Northwestern Transpor- t;ition (.omiiany resolvr'd to block that (zanu^, and, within the last month, Mr. MacUonzie has, notwithstanding his w»th- (hawul of tlio b'M which he introduced iastjteessioii, and, therefore, without any parlianipnt'iry sanction, signed a lease of the Pembina branch to the St. Paul & Pacific Kailvvay (.'oy., or, in other words, to M«'ss)s, ^niilh, Kittson, Hill &, Co. By this means, tho monopoly of this com- pany has been further fastened upon tho people of tho Northwest. The chance of Canadian <'otnpetition tor the trade of that ciountry, whicli a connection with the Northern Pacific would afford, has been given up.aiK 1 the momy of this country has trono to build up a powerful corporation be- longing to, and to promote the interests of the trade of, a foreign country. G.'ii tcstinio-iy t«» ItBodanireror th«Guv- «riiiiiciir policy. We do no injustice to Mr. Mackenzie in making these statement. When the late Government was in power, and when Sir Hugh 7\llan was negociating for the con- struction nf tho Pacifio Kailway, he made a,sj)eeeh in the townofPetertoro', which enabled the Globe and other liberal organs in ( ntario to d<^nounce the scheme which he foreshadowed as one in the in- terests of Americans. His proposal, at that time, was to extend the line from the Canada Central, North of Georgian Ba}'', to Sault Ste. Marie, crossing there and skirtingthe Southern shores of Lake Supeiior, to connect with the Northern Pacific, and thence with the Pembina branch into Fort Garry. How much such a scheme as that was to be preferred to one carrying the whole trade of tho Northwest to St. Paul and Chicago, surely requires no argument to prov-. And yet the Globe denoimced any scheme by which a single mile of American railway had to be traversed in reaching the Northwest. It demanded the immediate completion of the road (I'om Fort Garry to Iftke Superior, bo that trade and emigration might be directed exclusively through Britisii territory, ite- ferring to the connection with the North- ern Pacific, which, as we have shown, is much less dangerous than one with the St. Paul & Pacific, it exclaimed:— "How this might b used to hindei " Canadian deveiopmt^nt, Ktoi> emigra^ " tion to our vast western plains so " long as the company's lands in Min- " nesota and elsewhere were unfilled " and in every possible way cripple '• our resources need not tni repeated.'- That was in the month of March, 1873. In tho February previous it had said: — " It is curious to observe how the stream " of traffic, once turned in a certain di " rection, will continue to flow in it, in " spite of competition j" and then went on to den(>unce Sir Hugh AUan'.s policy in these terms : — " Wliy, tho very first piece of road that in to boflnlshod, If tho terms of the charter ars compii.d with, ISTO BE A FEEDERCFTHH NORTHERN P CIFIC. • • • And tills Is to be comi'letcd, according to tho contract, by the end oi next year (December 31, 1871.) WHILE THE LAKE SUPEUIOK ROUTE TO FORT GARRY- AFIIR YEARS H.WE BEEN FRIITEKED AWAY IN WHICH EVE.iY EFFO.ir SHOULD HAVE BEEr< EXi ENDED TO OrEN COMMUNICATION THROUGH BRITIr H TERRITORY-Id N JT TO BE COMPLETED TILL THE END OF 1876." Surely, in the light of what Mr. Mac- kenzie has done, tliat sentence is a very strong condemnation of him. Much more appropriately miglit it be charged egainst him, as the Globe charged it against Sir John A. Macdonald, " that he " has handed over this vast enterprise to " iiil the pockets of foreigners, and to " deplete the resources of Canada in or- '' der to support a rival undertaking." Indeed, so extraordinary did it appear to the Globe that the Pembina branch sliould be built before the comjection with Lake Superior was secured, tliat tho Government were oi)enly charged v.ith havir)g sold themselves to American in- terests. Here is the statement from the Globe of the 19th February, 1873 :— " Wo cannot close our ear.s to tho nt ite- meats, reaching us frorai all sidOK, th.it Auier- IcHQ t-'old anil influence Juo at tho l)'T THE END OF hat Mr. Mac- tice is a very him. Much t be charged 2 charged it dd, " tliat he , enterprise to ;ners, and to Janada in Gr- ander taking." 1 it appear to ibina branch e comiection jred, that the charged with i American in- aent from the 1873:— < to tho utile- lev, th;it Aiiier- tho bnttoiii o»' only l)i)iist<.'il ia OIUB tillbslnlill- '-lae conupiiou rand wblob furnished Blr John A. Mnodonald wttli lh<> Hinewfl of war In July and Aut;ust iHHt was, to a very large extent, supplied b.v u ring of American c tpltallnts, thiit mo now, foe tbulr own purposes, backing up tb« ostensible promolcirs of the Cnni>da Pjicltl*!; luid Ills brcadly luscrted that t*:o threat of turalni{ iipnn tho iMiiiister vrho liad thus pluocd bim- Hi;lf 1 t their mercy unabied the sharp Yankeew to curry their poiut at the laM mouieut and bas the eame." We know that the statement made here was untrue. We know that, so far from Sir John A. Macdonald having yielded to the threats of the Americans, vi»ien Mr. McMullen came to him with his batch of letters, he nimply showed him the door, and took such means in the organization of the Company as would prevent Ameri- cans having anything to do with it. But how great the American interest was, in the estimation of the (r/ofrc, in having this Pembina branch built tirat and the trade et the Province diverted into American channels, is evident by the fact that it considered the trade to be worth large sums of money to American operators. The evil which must result to the interests, both of Canada and the North- west, and to that identity of interest bstween the different parts of the DomJ- iiion which is essential to its well being, was atatetl as Ibllows, on March I'itli, 1873, by the Olobe. It is remarkable read- ing in the light of the policy which the present Government have adopted : — " We hold, and have always held, that OUH riRSf DUl Y IS TO HAV ,AtJOXVENIKN. AND READY WAY OF AtX:;Ee»S TO OUR GREAT NOKT iWE-T. THROUGH OUR OVV 'f 'lERRIIOUY, without bolna dep n- dent, during the sumtui r, upon our neit;li- bouis at ul!. Experience has shown ih need of this, and every .vear will luak > it more manifest Hindrances and vexations manifold have beeu thrown in lucwa of our enj grunts toMiinltoba passinj; through the tales, and it is not dittlcult to sen that iliesu, inst- ad of dlniiuishlng, itro likciy to be ii»- •ireased so lontj ; >■; present ar a >8-. ments con- tiTiue. i;iti';i..\nGi? \Nrsro tiiubkitish iVOKPHWEHT, WHETHEtt BV DULUTII O. DEFKOir, At MEOTHEUO -tup: W;'SiEkn .STATES. All \vi»a who:i lhe,vt'o:ne into t'ontaefc are 'n one way or other interested in'huvins their own country li'. i'.'d up and tho OunrdUin por- tion of tho I'.': O'lVIATED BY A U.Slh /AY EHO.l I -ll'tV DEH BAY TO FORT UARUY." And in answer to the sugf^ipstion t.'t'it this railway would pass< over, itiacl'.caily, a barren waste, the argument was presi-Mit ed as follows : "There are but few settlors betweon LiV ■ .'-Superior aid Lake lanitobu but, .sJ'EiJOV .VND DIRECr R^IL^V'AY CO MIJNICA- TION HETVVFEV TilE TWO tiHEvr ■•YS'Jft'5'ts OF INL\NV> NAVKiATluN oi-' BRITl^R AAIERUA IS A 'ATTER OF ENORMOU-. l.Ui'ORTANCIO, and all v.-'ll .'tK'eo that itaconstru(!l;()n ou','ht to b • iiifo' • taken at otjee an ' carried iapidly I'urwaMl to eoin-ileuoti. Ii is u i^ec' ssr . lor the sell *■- jircntof tb'> whoio nerlh-we;t. country 'V ;i mo.'ins of intrr. ,ss for (■.f.i-rs is want •il, ;ii)d als:)j' new popuiati'iueun raine." Wo ask the public to look at the pre- sent policy oi Mr. Mackenzie in tht> ligiit of these undoubtedly corect viewH of the Globe By his policy he ha^ Hpont- i very large sum of monev in cTiimo c ing the oonsti'uction of a road ttoiu Vort (rirry to 'i'hund<>r Bay, bnt. bv leaving the centre link untouched, that money has practically been thiowti away. lie has not simpiy connect'- d I'V.'t (rarry by means of tho lViiil> na branch with the Northern Pacific, wliiili would at least, carry the trade to Dulnth, but he has handed that branch over to ,'», body of monopolists who, liuving for years swindied the people of liio north west by exorbitant charges on the lit-d Hiver, now intend to continue t»heir game through the St. Paul A'. Paciiii-, of which they have obtained control. If I hero was ground for f^uspicion that tli.i Government of i"ir John A. iviacdoniill had been influenced by the Americans, in arranging for the completion of iiu"! Pembina branch a year bcl'oro that between Lake Superior and Foit Garry, surely there is ten-1'old more ground for suspicion in the poiicy which ia now being pursued. The pv.biic know that the American ope- rivtors wanted the railway to he built iti such a way as to become a feeder to th^i >orthern Pacific. The public know ih'A, as a congequence of the refusal of the late Government to lend themselves to such a scheme, the American manipula.; tors threw all their influence with thd Clear Oriti to defeat that Government. At the very moment that thn Globe and others were denouncing Sir John A. Mac donald for having sold the charter for American money, wUese Americans tlietn- Bolvos were in the confidence of fcho lead- em of that party, wero furniuhing thwii wiUi information in order to punish Sir John for refusing to be a party to then- unpatriotic projects. THE I A'I'K (.OVKRNMENT WAS DiiFEATED BY '1\1E AID OF 'J'lIOSE AMEPJi^ANS, AND TO DAY WE FIND 'MIK WJInLE POLICY OF THE GoV- FIJNMENT IN CONNECTION WITH 'J-itt 1-; rAClFIC RAILWAY, AFTER i-^lVE ' !':,\ kN' i.XPEKIENCE, DK ri'A ■ ED liY 11 IV: JNfEKESr OF THE UNIi'ED MAfES, OF AMEfUCAN IIAILW^AYS. ]\ T: AD OF J.Y 'J HOSE OF CANADA Ail) OK CANADIAN RAILWAYS. J noked at from a Canadian standpoint, rothins has occurred within the last livo yi'.'ira that calls more loudly for the con- (l iiui ition of the Government than th(* iniinner in which they have conducted this railway policy. It is worth while to ;^iv(^. in a resume,ithe points, so that they niMy l)t' cawily understood: — i. I'ljo contract for the Georgian Bay I'liiiKili, without surveys, without the pliijiito.st knowledge of tjhe country, and i'8 abandonment at the end of twelve Tiioiitb.-.. upon the ground that it was im- Iwactioable, at a cost to the country of Jorty odd thousand dollars 2. A contract with the Canada Central which resulted in $08,000 being pai(i lor iron rails, so bad that we venture to say no railway engmeer would risk the lives ot passeng€4s by placing them on a rail way to-day, ;>. The purchase of 50,000 tons of steel jails in a tailing market and at a loss of nearly vwo million dollars to the Do- minion. 4. The construction of the Fort Frances Lock, as part of a sytem by which the Wciic-rsti etches were to be ut-iHzed, at a cost, of a quarter million dollars which niiglit as well, for all practical purposes, ]]av(> J:een thrownlnto the sea. •"'til. The abandonment of that scheme ;;^i<>v !ar;.'o ( xpenditures and the builaing <-.! bii-^ of j.nl'.va.y from Like SuDi>vior imd Kciiuiii, reopeciiveiy, iuLo the ^jiiderneas. while the contract for the conneating link of LJO miles is heM over. Cth. i he letting of the contract for the gra;wtb .liuii', 18/7 $r,(t75,r?78 EsUiuii I'.s volt'd tor tilt' tirmiM.M.al yo .r .'irniujoii 11 li JiiiH!, iSTH 1,811,(100 Siipploiii; 5iii:},'78 The electors of Canada can hardly ima- gin*^ a more unpatriotic policy, judged by the Globe's own statements of what its results must be. And the electors, with the opportunity now otFei-ed them, th-ore is litllo doubt, will take means to prevent the continuance oi' a jiolicy by which all that was hopetl for from our eonncction with Vhe magnificent Northwest territorv, will be destroyed, and ail the expendi- tiirfi made in that tf»rritory prove ti) have been in the interest of a tbivigi AOuntry. THE gazette;' montueal.