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I*e(»|i|i' in Hiiglaiitl tiiiiik tlicy linvf ot'tt'ii rcu.soii to ('(iiiijiliiiii of the partial characttT of English news tranHinittt'd to th*^ L'nit«Ml Stat«'s hy the corrt'spondeuts of tlic Anicvican pross. TIm'v say liie n«'ws is colored to snit an anti-British tastt\ But pt'opit' on this s!olitic language of a large por- tion of the British press respecting the conduct of the Ameri- can (Tovernment toward Chile must he held to jirove tljat the facts have heen colored in transmission to suit the supposed de- mands (d' British prejudice, its Canadian int»dligence the Brit- is li^j^ivssjMTnsiMTaTiT^ Ottawa, that is fronj the center id' oiiicial Toryism or from correspondents who go to Ottawa for their information, and th«' intelligence is often highly par- tisan in its character and sucdi as, if it is allowed to influence British policy, mav produce dangerous misconception. Thf Tinu'N had, the other day. (Jan. 2| a summary of the history of the British c(donies foi- the past year, comprising an account of the last general tdection in Canada, to whi»di future historians may. perhaps, resort, hut wliireat mass of the liiheral electorate had to cast its votes under the disadvantay which it was shown that men hohlinji' the position of leaders of pnhlic opinion in Canada had made themselves vehicles of advice "ed to either of the party organi/,ati«»ns. The near coincidence of the first of three lectnres delivered by me to the Young Men's Jjiberal ("lub with the dissolution of Parliament was accidental, no notice of the dissolution havin*;' been g'iven at the time when the lecture was arranged. The writer knows the truth, and he di.so-nisfs it for tin- obvious pur- pose of connecting' the cause of tiie Liberal pai-ty with what he imagines to be my unpopular ojiinions. No battle-cry was raised by the iiiberal party or by any section of it except those of free trade with the United States ;ind op|)osiiiou lo g'ovei-n- ment by corruption. What could have comptdled or induced the party and its leaders to allow n battle-cry with whicdi they had no real sympathy to be imposed on them by a small section oi- as the Tiiin-.s in anotlu'r par igraph puts it by "a few fanatics!*" The words given as a (piotation from me are not uaiie, nor do they fairly represent what 1 said. B)it the sting: of the )»ara- g'ra[)li lies in its calumnious assumption of the i-eality of "the Wiman plot:" an alleged conspiracy, as the writer proceeds to explain, l)etweeu Liberal leaders in Canada anil American statesmen, for the purpose of forcing Canada into the Union by the (b'nial of commercial advantages. That plot had no more rtvil existence than the plot which made the fortune of TitiiH Oates. whom its in\entors rivaled in veracit'.-. The Tinii's mav 4 4 wt'll say tlijit tin' |il(il st'i'vt'd Sii- Jdhii .MMcdoiiald's t'lcctioiit'cr- iny: |>iirj>()st's wi'll. It was with that ohjcct tliat it was iii\ t>iitf(l. Sir Joliii Macdoiiaid's peal reason for siiddciiiy dissoiv iii<>- Parliaiiiciit witiiuiit a siiadow of coustitiitioiial ground, ami on an lni|M'rf('ct n-gistcr i,>< now ai»|tai«'iit. He knew that the icvc- latioiis of' liis system of corniittioii wcrt' »'ominopidar inandat" t;; i-iialile liiin to ]»ro- ceed with neyot iations which he intimated were on foot with tli(> American (xovernment. 'L"hi^ plea was (juashed by Mr. Blaine's letter, jiositively denying' that any negotiations wei'e on foot. The issue was rhen shifted to British rcrsif.s American connection, and to excite the loyalty of the conntry and its feeling' against the l'nited States, the Wimaii plot was fabri- cated. The materials were obtained in a way characteristic- of Sir John Macdonald's lofty statesmanship. An American bi-o- cliiire, on t he poli<'V of the L'nited States toward ("anaard to names and lif>iires by a Canadian journalist who had been on the American press and was connected with the»writer. No one except the writer and reviser had ever seen or heard of the paper or knew anytliiired set of instructions from me to the printer, directing' that a pamphlet of my own should l»e set up uniform with tln^ treasonable American paper. The instructions were a forgery, risked no doubt in the iielief that the real instructions would have been thrv)wn away. Thrown away they had been, but they wei-e luckily recovered. They directed that my pamphlet should l)e set up uniform with a previous pam|thlet of my own. Thus the forgery was exposed. To bolster up the fabrication. Sir Charles Tupper ])roduced tw(» stolen letters, the use of which did not seem toliim inconsistent with his jiosition as a member of an order of chivalry. Oik- of these was from Mr. Edward Farrer, a writer on the Tuiuiiitn (,'f(ihi\ to Mr. Wiman, saying that he(Mr. Farrer ) preferred a movnu'iit infavorof political toon* in favor of commercial union. The other was from Reju-esenta- tive Hi;t. to whom 3Ir. Wiman handed Mr. Farrev's lettei-. sayitig that he did not agree with Mr. Farrer's opinion. The 1785SI4 'ROW'";-: JF= 3. C lettJM's not only Imd ii<» leinlHiicy to prove coiispii'H -y, but tlu-y disproved the existence even of concert. I re})ettl that tlie Wiman plot was a sheer fiction got up for an electioneering pur- pose by Sir John 3IacdonaId, Sir (/harles Tupper, and the or- ganists of their reptile press. It indicates nothing l»nt tlie character and habits of the men on whose victory, g«ined by these means and by wholesale bribery, Lord Salisbury, breaking through the established impartiality of the Imperial (lovern- ment, telegrjii)hed his congratulations. The last sentence of the paragraph charges certain persons unnamed with conduct which would be actually criminal. If 1 am included in the imputation I give it the most indignaiit and emi)hatic denial. Instead of intriguing against the grant of commercial jtrivi- leges to Canada with a view of forcing her into the Union, we Canadian Liberals have been and are doing our best t«) obtain for her the privileges of reciju-ocal trade with the United States. There are other erroneous statements in the T'nni'Si article and all of them on the same side. It is not the fact that Sir John Macdonald swej)t the field. His majority was reduced by one-half and his losses were in the great political Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Nor is it a fact that, as the Tiiiies would lead its readers to believe, Mr. Edward Blake retired from the Liberal leadershij) and from public life because he feared t!iat the tendency of the Liberal iiolicy was disloyal. His ret. re- ment was caused by the failure of his health and he had re- fused to vote with the bulk of the party for Mr. Mulock's "loyalty" resolution. Canadian Liberals are ceasing to look for justice to England or to the British press. That we have been and ar » struggling against a system of government by corru])tion, ruinous to th«' character to our peojde is nothing. li e system keeps tha colony in the state of dutifv! dependence. That seems to be enough. We are sometimes reminded of the language held by British Tories about "our colonists" on the eve td" the American Revolution. Canadian Liberals are being forced to identify themselves with their own continent; a result t(» me not un- welcome though I could wish to see it brought about by happier means and without diminution of that filial feeling toward the 3Iother Country which is strong in my own heart and is per- fectly compatible with a belief in the necessity of autonomy for the New World. (toldwin Smith. February !.'>, 1892.