IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) // fe 7 ^ / /i^ .. . .mupled with the couscioui.neH8 ihRt m hi^ advo- l^luv of these jrreai principlea he had uu.for.uly purpuer , direct, uucoinproinisine, ''"' •*';.^«,™ ;„,.e an eRsenliaily moderate course, that had ever ,ur..n.ued him ani.d« ih.; trials and lurnioils ol the .oiit.ral stru^sle. He had said that his c^ur.e La-lbeeu ePRcniailva moderate one. aud lie re- n.->ii'd it. He ua.l frequently challeii>.'ed ms op- poHcuts to put their tiuger ou a single ««c' " "« mjitical life that deserved any other desf^iiion, ,„., n, would repeat tliat challenge ai all tunes and ^ ' " ' . . _ I. .. .c trno thorK were aame wno seemed to conceive moderation lo oou- ,vn x^ au un.leuued Bomethint-, winch mignt be r,„r,t--eiv o#- e.l-.e to obtaia auj ;'«"""*V''"'""f""t'-'"?k11 uf.S lie pijfeasora ox w OW «lec. . Jin fcei, tbi» luod of mode talioQ f««»neU t« 1»lra to U»« »o principU at all— (ch.M rs)— ftud ceriamly all claim lo be con- Kidered moderulc iu ihiil ieniie of the woid. u« i„u...t wholly diaclaim. (lleiiewed cuccra.) Uui if a tirin. uudeviaiiuK adlwrencc lo ibe great prin- ciples of th.; coustituiion— the asfteruou that lUeae principles, which had been won bribe blood of our d..c.-Htors. had uot been ao won for the mer« rocks, aud helds, aud inouutaias ol the laicut biaie. but for "he people who inhabited thii.i. aud that the riphts that had been achieved at »uch sa- crilices belouged by inbrritance to us aa uua.ieu' ably as to oor fellow subjects in the Luitid KinR- ,loni— if the ti»ihtii>>! the great battle ol those tiK'.ils for his native country with iho»e weapoua oidy which were furuisheu from the armory ol the rousutuiion— if iuch principles aud .uch a mode ol combttinig for ihem euliiled a man to the niecU of moueration. then emphatically he claimed such for himsrlf. (Ciriai clieeii.m.) He Itit tliera- fore, whib lookiiiK upon the poM aid pointinu to tht future, a morid ceiiaiiMy of uliimute suciesf. Dui ihev must remember, thai vviieihcr they were tlieuiselvcs to reap the fruits of liieir paat strug- gles, or leave the glory of the final uccomplishmeiit of the triumph to their childreu. must depend up- on themselves. The piesent lime v,as every way propitious of success, w iiher we lookea to the proapccia arising out of the progress of political parties and political principles iu the Fareui biate, to the gradual dispersion of those clouds ot preju- dice by w'lich our opponents have so Irequeully couirived to envelope us. or to the couaiMon to which our opponents themselves have beeu re- ouced by the three years' possession of power which they liHve enjoyed. (Ciiecrs.) It was true that with the rise or fall of poliUcal parties in the Parent State, we had neiiher cousii- i. .lally nor otherwise any direct pohucal con- 01 .1 ; neither would he be understood as by any means identifying such parties with those which happen to have assumed corresponding deei«na- tions iu this country. The boundanea of ptuty combiimtions arc necessarily hxed by cau.sea pe- culiar to the political condition of the country lu which they exist ; and to attribute to the lories of the United Kingdom, as a body, the prmcipleo which go»cnied their Colonial namesakes, would he felt be in the highest degree illiberal and uujust. The latter had drawn their principles fmin thcor.es 1 ong exploded there, artd which, in the present en- iightened age, could find a resting place ouly under the shadow of the old Colonial oystem— a sysieiu under the benumbing influences ot which we had so loug languished, but which he fell assured had nowhappily passed away forever. (Cheers.) As au example of the necessity of guarding aguiust attiibuting principles upon no belter grounds than thai of similarity iu party designations, he w^ould refer to the opinions expressed by Sir II. Pe«land Lord Stanley iu the debate in liie impenai ilous* of Common* on the disruption of the late 1 lovin- ciai Administraiiou. He. for his part, wai ready to accepi the views of those eutejuien as ho uu- dersiood them, apart of couroo from thooe niisap- pioheuaions and tmecooceptjcus into which, by . tome string* fanlityi It a^i^Ateti to lie the lot of •H RmkIisH Mato • .%).« ol'k •oloii' w«» ready to »rr tho«t di^"" !••■ (•tnntial streii mipport of th duct of the G (Cheers,) . mistake, wo toral defeat < :;! t fH>liliral COUMlt' ijal con- t by uuy e wbicii jesiyiia- of ptuiy I.SC3 pe- lUiitry in ! Tories riui'iplea i, wuulJ U uujuiii. tlicorie* sBeut eo- jly uuder a ttysieiu ive had HO urfd liiid rs. ) As r a^uiiiRt iiiiIh than he would Pesl and ai iloUnA e Fitivin- Mt.» re&dy as he uu- « niisap- ,hich, by the lot of f •« TiMKli*^ M«««MBMI M fail wtiMI AtCVMtaR XU •/r«ii« o. a •olotiT. Hr aiml that. f". hi* pit'. li« ♦ wa« rtadv lo »rrtpt th^ pnnr ipUa enunci%ird b? i thont rtiiii'itfui'HH ^lai^^men, t« ^nh^inniiiillr < iil*nf't-iil with hi» own. H* m^ m diHcri-nre Sotwcrn iHfm and fhn«e p'" •'"■'*' ^"^ ^"'^ •'"*"' |, Rum*-!!, thf ih*"' 'endf r "f »h^ oppotiiion, or lho»« i rontfnded fnr by himpplf and hi» lai^ rollMTlt a moral «'er- ^ lainty thut. had any one of the reallv jrreal alaie*- mf-n to whom hr rft>rr^d brcn in the place of the iaip OovfrnoT Onrrnl mi ihr oroa-tioii alluded to. M«aurh dirticulty «n th«t whirh i.<»d thrown thin country into the lu'tnoil and exciteni-nt ci IH43-4 rould ever havr hud pxiaience, (Chcern.) Unt ▼ifwing our infrfRi in F.nRlinh politira in thi« light, he yet could not help looking upon it a« a rirciiniKtanca full of proiniw, that the Imp.-rial <'ouncil»" nhould at the preaent lime be presided over by the atMeoman who, a« Colonial Secretary, had given the Imperial imprimatur to the doctrines of Lord Durham'* Report, and the Colonial De- partment directed by one «o nearly connected with ^ the grcut atatesman to whom Knpland and her * Colonies were both no much indebted for that in- , Taluable State document (cheers) ; more particu- larly when we see the latter nobleman assisted by the diatinguiihcd chief secretary of his deceased relative, and by another gcntletnan whoie polilicul eonrse had been ranrkod by aalierence to the same 1 ((Teat general principles, These surely were legi- I timaic grounds for congratulation, aud such a« ii might justly entitle us to rejoice in the assurance ■' that, in such handB, our rights would ever be held •acred, a-^ well from a love for the principles upon which these rights are founded, as from a pious regard to the eocred memory v( ihe departed. But while we might well feel encou- raged . the circumstfinccfl to whi.-h he hnd al- hded as connected with the progreJ-s of events ir. the Parent State, it must nsverbe forgotten that it was, after all, «pon vheir own energies that they must in the main depend. It was the state of parti;? snd the position of afiairs nearer home thnt therefore more immediately called for their consi- deration and attention. And when they looked around them for ;hat purpose, they would find still more reason to look forward to the future with sa- tisfaction and contidence — and in saying this, he did not re'"er to the dissensions in the camp ot their opponents, which, to any other than suoh a party as theirs, might prove a formidable ditttcuhy in the way ci the present Provincial Administra- tiou. It was to one of an entirely different cha- racter and complexion— one which, as it is based on the removnl of misconception and the spread o"" sound principles, is a far better as it is a far firmer foundation upon which to rest our anticipations for the future. It was a remarkable fact, that looking back at the history, of our paat Hfusglesit would be found that every temporary defeat, which as a parly we had puffered, had after its immediate consequences had passed, tended materially to spread wider and ....:4^« (Vtn v^titir.lDles which we hold^ snd ndd siih» (•tnutial strength to us as a party devoted to the mpport of thcjie princ'ples and the successful con- duct of the Goveramont of t^.c country upon them. (Cheers,) And the same, if he did not greatly mistake, would proTC to b« tho result of the elee- torsil defeat of iai4. (Renewed Cheer*. ) To g* M Ikrtkaf h»pk tJ«wi iW« Mfvcft* •! 19«6— t»»»ir sll toitoilec.sd ih« loud sod solemn denuitciation* which proee«d«d Irom the »ir».reg«l lhron# ■gamHt them and thtir principles in thai syenthjl year, hy the hiifhrsi authority in the eountrr o«r prtncipli-s were declared to be Tepnhlican — si»d our objacis revoluiionary— and the name and «»ffiee of the Uepresentalive of Majesty prostituted to the vile purposes of political detraction and party triumph. (( 'vera.) And yet tlirce years had not elapsed betors Lord linrham's Reprrt had given the high sanelio'i ol one of the proudest ot the proud arisifv?ra<'v of tlie Parent State to the very doctrines which had Keen thus denounctd. (Cheers. ) Ay, snd huidre's. ntv thousands who had been l«d astray bv the bold nnti eonfidsnt a*« sertions which had been the great staple upon which our opponeuts had traded in IK'M, saw ths error luio which they had been led, and beeam* the warm and fonsistent supporters of the c«us« which they h.vl a year or two before lent tho aid of all their energies to overthrow. (Cheers.) He had said the coniutent supporters of that great cans.-, because at the very time they wer* tight- iag against hh they were in fact in prineiple witi* us, They really loved F •iiish principles and Hri- tish practice.and it was < t agamst such that th»f wished to raise their voices. Hut they had be*«i told from a quarter to which they looked with re- spect, and from the station which he ateupie<< to which they were entitled to look with respe«r«. that ."Uicli were our principles and such ourobjoovs Many of them bail but recently arrived amongst t«« fro.n llie parent state desiring to obtain a home for themselves and their children alter them, surrotiu- ded by all the blessings of British Institutions, consecrated by so mauy hallowed reollectiftos f4 their native country. And thus their very demo- tion to their principles wiis craltily made a meiwis of deluding them into the support of the bhteres* opponents of those very principles. (Che#r».> Was he not right then in calling their disentsnj- ling themselves from the political conneetiom which they had formed at the moment of mts- concepliou and nla.in aij a wnsialtnt covrit f— To him it appeared that it would be at once nn- jusl and ungenerous to designate it by any other epithet. (Cheers.) lie need not draw the par- allel between the contest of 1836. and i»s rssnlts in the point of view to which he had referred, and that of 1844; this similarity he felt convinrefi was already too strongly stamped on the mind of all u% require illustration. And he would ask wse it posi Bible but that timii and observation had been gradually aud surely developing similar resnlt* from the denunciations and mis-oncepiions of '44? He felt assured that they were. (Cheers. ) And not only so, but though defeated as a party in the electoral contest, the very principles for which that contest had been braved, had to he taken np and publicly acted upon by the very men who had stolen into power by the denunciation of it. (Cheers.) It was true we could not draw ssida the veil by which the internal working of the r^- chinery of government was conducted. But ' n the glimpse with which they had beeo favorei o( what had taken place under the present Adminis- tration with respect to the Adjutant and Ass to th' fr elinit* «« rotild hn (!«>• , •iwd. (Cheers anil ttT«»t Itiuiditer. ) Ami cfr- Uinly not so conimtent with tlo* position whirh it w«B a part of the duty ot th« MinintiTH, an far an pM«ibl«, to preservfl for thn lUpn-wntativir of att MaJQity •■ tha courts contended for by him ud hid lata coll^actufi wai eakulat^d to InKtirr. (ChMm. ) He infsnl bjr th*! rcmnrknihit h** HaHl juHt niailo to comli'inn ni pri'«nit nciihprtln' llntul of th*- Oovprnmi'ni, ihi* I'rovincinl Minidtry, nor anyone ooiiiiuuitfd witli tlii triinHactioa rrfMfriHl to ; wh»'n tho proprr tim« came, h« ahould not •hiink from dealinn with it in a npiril of jiistiro lo all parties concerned. I5ut, well he kaew that, had a ainiilnl oaciirrenoe taken place under a Ri- form Adminiatralion, they niight have looked in vain 'o be treated with airnilnr candour and mo- deri'ion. (Cheers.) Well he knew that had «uch occi-rTed when \w (Mr. Baldwin) and bin late eolletKQ<'8 wer« in oiKce, the vocabulary of our Unguage would not have furniahed our opponentn with langunpe sironff enough to give vont to their burating indignation. (CheerH and laughter.) O, how eloquently they would have diwcourHed of the PreroKitive of the Crown and the domineer- ing and dictatorial insolence of the Ministers. (Renewed laughter.) But again, the delVnt to which he had alluded had been attended with another advantage j it had afforded us an opportu- tuniiyof being again seen in the position of an op- position. And though placed there under circum- ■tances, and by means which might well excuse no small degiee of fcelin;? on their part, their oppo- nents themselves had found no ground upon which to assail them for the manner in which they had conducted that opposition. (Cheers.) He begged pardon, they had on one occasion ven- tured to impute to them the adoption of an unjustitiable course in our opposition to a mca- iiurc on which they had s'aked their political ex- istence. They hod in 1845 attributed the oppo- sition to the University Bill to motives of faction. But a twelvemonth had scarce elapsed when by almost universal consent it was admitted that the measure in question wouiJ have satisfied none of the dirterent parties which were callintf for legis- lation upon the subject, and was rejected in the very house which has been sustaining the present ministry in power, by a majority of 20. And so passed their charge of factious opposition on that point. [Cheers.] While in the conduct of the business of the House, as well ns in carrying ^ome of their measures through it, they had been forced to ocknowledge the assistance which they had re- ceived from the opposition [cheers], often in fact sustaining them, when we felt they were right, even against their own supporters. [Re- newed cheers.] It oannot be but that the course which they had thus pursued while m opposition, had gone far to disabuse those who had been so unjustly prejudiced against them ; and indeed he had reason to know that it had wrung expressions of approbation from some of the highest quarters among the ranks of theiropponents [cheers. ] That euch also had been the eflisct among a large circle of those who, like the mistnken of 1836, had been misled into dif.trust of us in 1844, he had the beat reason to believe from what he learned of the state of feeling in all parts of the Province. [Cheers.] Indeed, to doubt it would be paying but a noor compliment either to the judgment or the candour ol iiie parties zo wrioin nc rcrcrrcu. 'ino ulsuubl, too, of that highly respectable and influential por- tion of the community, the mercantile body, was, he had reason to believe, rapidly disappearing.— [Cheers.] They were too intelligent not to see Uje grountJIessneBS of their former doubts, and too the tv4 efTeet to iheir eonviciioiuibv baiii of eominoii uyinpnihies in3 honeNt not to uniting upon common principles. [Cheers.] Their former jealousy may have been In part created by the too common hut most mistaken mode of speaking of ih^ Agricultural and r.>mmerei«l interests of iha eouniry as two antagonists, neither of which could he promoted but at the expense of the other. But he was sure he uped not remind iho^e who had Watched ills [Mr. Bnldwin's] political course with any cna, llmt feiu-h hud lit-vcr bern the litngunKe held by him on this iriiporiant subject ; but that, on the contniry, though the la»t certainly to un- dervalue the iinportaiice of tho agricultural inte- r'-its, he had ever held the true doctrine to be this — (hill here, as v,! tui elsewhere, all the great in- terests of the country were mutually dependent upon each other, and that it was not by the de- pression of any that th<' others could be promoted, t cheers] — a tnith which he wa^ certain wouhl bo eartily responded to by tie intellig'-nt farmers by whom he was surrounded [Cheers.] He said then, unhesitatingly, thit from the gradual disper- sion of the mists of prejudice, and the more tho- rough and extensive acquaintance which had been acquired of their principle? 'hemsclves, as well as their mode of promoting and main lining the"i, they since the last election were giiiiiing and cci- tinued daily to gain the most valuable accetflioun of strength [Cheers.] But he had said that their cause had been further •trengthened ',y tho very position to which the possession of power had reduced their opponents, — and he believed that all who heard him, nay, all of every party and of every shade of politics in tho Country, would be ready t.> admit that it was im- pofsible for a ministry to have done more for their political opponents than the present had done, if proving themselves wholly iudJequate >o the high and important positions which they occupied could have such effect. [Cheers.] The remarks he hod just made had no reference to the personal talents of the dilferen t members of the (rovernmeiit or any of them. He passed by all that had been said or mighi be said on that score, and would add that for the talents of the present Premier, the learned Attorney General for Upper Canada, no one entertained a higher respeot than himself. But talents alone, though important, were far from be- ing the sole requisite of an Administration, either upon the English principles of government, or those of any other popularly constituted Govern- ment in the world ; nay, he suspected that even in Despotisms, something more was deemed desira- ble, if not necessary, to make a useful minister. But upon British principles, an Administration, to beeflicientforgood, to be capable of performingihe high duties with which they are entrusted by the Sovereign, must carry with them the confidence of the country, or at least of a large mass of it. — [Cheers.] That was tho very basis of the whole system. [Cheers.] What then, he would ask, was the class cf public opinions that the present ministry represented ? What was the portion of the community of this great Province which pro- fessed to have, he would not say the necessary confidence in them, but any confidence at all? — [Cheers.] If they looked to the public press, they would findit almost unanimously condemning them Indeed, it had not been long since the imputation of being iheir suiipoiieir had been luuigimiitly re- pudiated by some of the long list of Tory denoun- cers which had been ingeniously collected by one of the Reform journals. [Cheers. ] First, as to the Reformers, he need not ask whether the ministry poBsessed their confidence. [Great Laughter.] i *5 it\t aonvteiiont by turn aytiipNlhle* tnij n.] Their former createJ by the too lode of npenkingof int interetl)! o( iha iiher of which could ! of the other. Hut iiiii'l iho^fi who had )oliticnl rourne with bitcri the litriKnitge flut)j(*ct ; hut thttt, tit certHinly to un- s ngricutturd intn- e doctrine to be thin ere, all the great in- mutually dependent was not by the de- could be promoted, as certam would bn itellig'-nt farmers by Cheers. 3 Fie said I the ^rmlual disper- and the more tho- \ncc which had been nnsidves, as well as main lining the"i, 're Kuiiiiiig and ec^- valuable acceuiou* use had been furthr r sition to which tho 3ed their opponents, a heard hitu, nay, ail nde of politics in tho linit that it wan iin- ( done more for their present had done, if adequate >o the high lich they occupied era.] The remarkH uncc to the personal •8 of the (rovernmeiit by all that had been icore, and would add resent Premier, the ' Upper Canada, no otthan litiiiself. But nt, were far from be- dministration, either i of government, or constituted Govern- uspected that even in was deemed desira- ie a useful minister. in Administration, to abla of performingiho are entrusted by the lem the confidence of . large mass of it.— ry basis of the whole then, he would ask, ons that the present It was the portion of Province which pro- of say the necessary confidence at all? — the public press, they sly condemning them since the imputation been iiniigiianiiy re- ; list of Tory denoun- usly collected by one eere.] First, as to the whether the ministry [Great Langhter.] Th»n, fould imjc li more liit «Miil «t reaped- r«l ihs Torii's llipniselvci ? I'dsamg by their mode of t'eHlmg wmIi the Adjmunt GviierHlihip and ilio Ute Soliiitur Cm- reral of Upper Cup uIh, ihtro wern iha Univeriity and Clvrgy Rt-L-rve qtie«iioi)9. Thcte, to go no furilior, Imd siiiricicn»!y •hown wUl lillfe prciemioiis iho Mini«iry had to rcpreker)t Tory opini.jns ii|K)n tlirae groat question J. Bui it wiiipcrfeclly prtpos- t-^roua tolHik of ihfir doinu ao — ilie To- riea therusdvet did not prttend it. Tru««, they aUays rolliod to the rescue in Ite^p hem in ofiice, but it whs for no Iovm iliey bear lh«ni, but a» all know, nnd indeed as they theinselvns avow, Ironi n fciir of ilie ■dvent to power of the dreadt-d Huform* •ra. LCheera and latigliier.J Tliun hh to the moderates, or at lexst ilu»o who claimed to bo stich par riceUenf.e. Tliey all recnilec'ed that the University Bill, or ^ at l«a«. a ^'nivcrsitn Hill, yes, a liberal ,' Uci^'t ^.ty R 11, was by thom ntiade the I „r< ". ton'c of j;romisB doiin;^ iho Idst siiU|(j;te. Sir Cliarles i\l.'(.;«!ii> uid libf-ral n«ai iicj. »n«i rjov* * I, Sir Charles Mul- t,.lfo snu 1 libera! Univtrsi'y Till, whs ' .Hrum .led '.n our e rs from ui e en I of liie pr. "iiCT io ibe ctiv r. tV^ll, iht clap-trttp o:ry haJ ]•« .ff^^ aii' thet.bcto.al • iciory was achieved in a great measure by mentis of it. And how have llicso vvho riiMied to »ho cry been treated;— Sold ! rejiularly sold. [Cheers and laughter. J It de- served no better niimc, and he felt con- vinced that a large body of those who had been captivated t ' it, were equally con- vinced of the i.uih of what he said. [Cheers.] Then, had liie changes that had luki'ii |)lace in the Adminislraiion since the elections given those parlies any greater reason to be satisfied with tl,a man- ner they had been treated in the general administration of affairs ? Had not every new shuffle of the Ministerial cards lerd- ed directly to a diminution of their in- fluence and the increase of that of ultra Toryism, which, be it remembered, these very gentlemen had been formerly, nay, during the very contest itself, as loud in denouncing, ay. he retlly believed more •0, than the Reformers themselves ? [Cheers.] Two Inspectors General are selected fiom the ranks of those most hos- tile to the very measure that the moderates had^ ever professed to have most at heart, Ana -.viicji a new Soiicilor Geo. is wanted, notwithstanding there being within the circle of Ministerial supporters profession- al talent, nhicii one would suppose might easily have been commanded, and which i •lood \t\vi\ff*>\ U' ihi* vpfv mi'Htiin* (pieslitin, iliu Mmiiilf of iV|,iit«i»-it«l \)rt-h't- eiir» dunci-nded up«in oi»# »n avowfdly and ctinsiiiiiMHlv opposed to it ns win perhaps to bi» foi.nd witliMi ih« rauKN u| the pro* fesnion. Hucb wnr* ilm soiir^fn #»f laliifnc- tion from whir-h ihosn whi> had ttipporlixi till) prfi«>ni Mtiiimry im ihi« groufids of wh«i they called nHdnatian vvre luH lo draw llifir rim^olali^jn. [Chenrs and laughler.] They sur«ly then i-ould not but sue hoMT much more ihey had in com- limn, with lhi> oppoiiiion iliaii wiib ili« Ministry which thuy had lent their aid lo create, and which could not «»Mnd a day but fur ihoir support, lie thought h^ had said inoufjh lo demonstraitt I'lni ihe Min- istry vvflre, at all events, not er>iiilod lo the confidence of the il/o olhfr. Ant\ ihmv Imv* tiAif •tmiH link-rimj wiili Dim ('■i*rii ol our own. It hud prorntidfd Oom ■ (jiinriitr over wliirh WH hud no ronirul. All dufiK^i.m, tliHrp* f«»ri«. HI lu Uinmpi'dii'iiry or x|)««di«nrv ol Hdo|iling i( an rtfipertj-d us wxn pr^clii- d«d, «», al InMtl, uuierrtamirv. But ImvinK hf««n iliua impoaed upon in hv itin irrrtii^* lahlHcurteui ofuvenia nod ihe prnpr'-M nf lnip«TiMl i.vtfi»tHlion, it WHuefident lo lii<4i iiniuit bfl cMiriud out in iu lesiiinDild ron- »*i|H»ncea. [Clieerv.] We umhi not aliui oyr f vea lotliine constquencea, but wiih a iTJuniy etilf-reliHuca look our foiidilion baldly in tlie fHCf, und mept ihc uxiffon. eifs of lliepoaihoii in which wr arn plarfd. AbovH all we mutt n jl allow niiy lickly ai- lein;)i lo fnvor what miuhl be «uppo«*'ntpt of the kind lo which he referred ; bui let us learn to de- pendiupon ourselves. Let us sbake ofT ih« imbeciliiy ol ^hildliood and slund erect like nun, and he felt as<«ured that Canadii would bM foniiii fully equal lo the titutir' pency. [Cheers.] — But he had strayed from ihe point to which he hati been di- renin » their atleniion, — (lie manner ii| which the ministry had met, or rather the manner in which they had nnt met the great qufstinns now before ihe public, lie must trespass a few momentr lo recur n^ ain to Ihe University and Clerjy Reserve questions. Surely these were questions of Provincial importance, if any questions deserved to hn so styled. Nay, with legard to ihe former, I'ne ministfrr himself, when hringine forward the bill in 184.'i. had warned his friends and threatened his op- ponents with the most solemn announc«- menis of the deep iuiponance of the ques- tion, and the danger, if left undisposed of, 'hat it might kindle a flame which should burn from one end of the Province to the other, with the most inextinguishable fury and the most devastaliiig elTecls on ilte peace and tranquillity of the Province at Inrge. [Cheerinp.] And yet, after hav- ing cot over the first session— displacing one of his colleagues because he could not support it, and at tho same time retaining ihe services of another public servant, hi,ih, or who ought to have been high in the eoa* fidence of the Administration, though he stood in a position very similar— supplying the niace of the di<)ii!ar>uil in ^r i.:» Cabinet with a gentleman avowedly oppo- sed to the principles of his own meaiiire,— - he then comes down to the second ses- sion with this great measure, upon the success of which so much depindid, as an ur ih** Wf r« ini»r«'iit ul' iniiy riih»r loiiy iiiclf. raving I tut rrvM hnd ciim- >r(li, ill Jif. ilrcady mtt ywl ffffblf , ioty of ilt then per- •ihniKi our le kinJ in Mm to dti- mkt ofTihw lund erert lat Caiiadu the eiiier- id iirnyH id be»'n di« nannvr iif rnihor (ha r>/ met lh« :)ublic. Iln tfcurnfitin f Rcierve qiifttiont f questions riili regard sflf, wlinn isir.. had wd his op- annoiiiic«- "the que«- iipostfd of, ich should lice to thtt hable fury :t8 on (li« rovince it after hav- displacing I could not retfjining Viint, hiiih, ill the eon- ihough We ■supplying !>-r-f hJs !dly oppo- if^aiure, — cond tet* upon the dt'd, as an •b'H qij^-aina* ffllteri, tmi ttft •( lU hull f1i«« lir^'lril tHtlr aii. athp .• " ftiMfMe! 5h«in«'r'l ih« hititiry wfifl* |)Nal, «liU* 4«f|liii| »^i. Tttmaatw lU* Clwify R^ttrvt qnnrt'mu, »Im» ex-iil* of the prMi-ni, ai>d jKiiiilin t* \nt woulil M>k, lind ih • public no •piiiion iht proip..ii» of itte fiifiir*-, nhJ, Imd k« on that q-eitiun? did tita p»'op;r of ilt« irunird, ron»inf*d i|i#.ni that ihm« proa- provlnra dafni it • maliar of liltlo or no jwfia ••ro, ih « fi»r, n$ fnlr, aa i>hd. r »ny innt whrlhrr tiifw reaervea wrrn nfinntianrea could ha»»' bfen eipniid. vi'stod in |h« »rfUiiii»iic«l eoiporwiiiiii iir Out bfforo roiH'lurtinf, ha nmi't liiuiitd not ? frrii-a of lhi»y did ! tliry did ! J — he thi-tn that ibtfir prr«*p«'cia nny all b« bU»l' |Vlr. Bildwiii] ♦ell lin*w (hat they did, i d if they, the people, r.ii aim d iiiarii%*, and iImi no one atq'ia'uied wi'h the »ial« or over foi'fideiif, or if they •u(T'>'red ihoae of public opiitioH in Upp«r Oiindtt bii •iii«»'ra'»le divuion* ai to the « iu.iie of ran* wai well aware llnil a l»»rg», an iinmeiue did.iti* wliicli Imd co««t iImhi five (.onitiiu* niMJorily ofihe pt-ople ol the coiMMiy wrre ent iea at ili** IimI ••le»'lioii, mid t»ould had oppoaed to aiiv •u»h iiiveatmrnt ['•he»T», to their certain didial ifmnfKrid to pievail Mild cries of lUry ate 1 ihey are! ], and at the •h'.oin|j[ .oie. VnioH it JretiglA, ■ \rt, lhi« loo, wilt lelt NR open qiM-ailitii hy was a truih of whiih thi ir <>p|>utf H oiiuistry cl.tii:iio|{ to pn«»e»a ih« cuhri* t iita alwaya showed iheotieUes fully •<*n- denon o( the fount ry I'pou ihii vitally nihle, nod never faihd 'o act I'pon — a ioijiorlanl fpiealion, the adniiiiiiirHiioii prt- parlicuhir io which their cuiidort «a» a iited a beaol'ful equilibrioiii ol o.>iiiion. worthy of ilic nioitl curelut iiii'tation.— (Cheeia and lattshtet ) There «»a« Mr. [('hf-iri. J It ut«ii»r«d fi«il (u iheni who .\tty. (Jen. Draper on the one sidf, and the candidate ol tin ir part) was, nil rallied that ihare iniR*'l he noj'-aloosy as reap'-Pi- in his support, and the cutis* qui net fre» eil olTicittI rank, Mr. Any. (Jen. Smith quently ww*, that th.y rairied runititu* (III the other [laujjhtei], Mr. H.d. (ien. » iiries io <\ liirh the Ki'loiniers had an un- .Sherwood, since replaced by Mr. Sol. (ten. doubled inajoiity nf tlu voters. If "hey, Caoieron, on tht one side, and Mr. Sol. the Uif rmer«, were d«sirous of sustjining (jian. Taachereao on the other, Mr. In- their rfpuiBiion--if the> were dcr iroua of ' i,|iector (»»•". (>a) ley on the one side, and fifoving lliut they wee deserving of lh« Mr. See. n*»ly on the oiher I [Uojjhter], name of m great party, their divisions 111 du '.V.i and lastly, ^^r, Commissioner K»»hin»on must be i»ut im end to. [(Jhetrs.] on (he one side, and Mr. Cnmiiiissiuner for his part, was willing to do bis Piipineau on the other. Mr. Viper havinp, artd susiiiio the buttle »u long as there re- he presumed, retired that the Minislcrini ntaiued a reasona'jie prospect of doing so Phalanx io the Commons mlgiit not be with advantage' to the public inler«»t, a.id disturbed by an odd number to interfere credit to ihemstlves— [cheers ] But this with the esactuoss of its equilibration, could not be done by tt disunited, disjoint- (llenewed Uughler.] These two great td body, in which the great intereaisnfj quesl,ioi>f b j been thus made what w«jre the whole were sacrificed to local or indi- tilled open questions, that is, qwationa vrdual jealousies, and if «uch were per«j upon which the minis'ry, as a niinijitry, mitled to spread their bar. ful influenctsj have no opinion- No* he could well on his friends had no right tu xpeci him tc derstaod how, ;n quesiions were growing continue ih« political contest. Now waal upon public atteiition and before the public the time to avoid these diflicutties by tarlyJ mind bad become fued upon them, it fixing on the candidates to be run for tho^ might bapri'O — nay, would necessarily difTirent counties and ridings. It was happen — thul a government could not be true there was no particular reason to look] fitrined without havings such queatiuna in for an immediate di^•soluliut1, but affairi ihe position alluded lo The Slave Trade, were exactly in that position, and the min-J Cailiolic Emancipation, and other preat islry ht'ld oiTice by exactly that precnrioui questions, bad for a lone linio occupied tenure, that while an election might not mat pobiiion in the |tar«nt stale. But sucii lake pluce till the «X|)iration of the terni fuC was not the poaitioy of tlie two groat pro- which the present parlianu-nt was electcdj vincial questions to which be bad alloded. on the other hand it mi^hl be on them buj Upon thuin nublic opinion had long been fore they %vere aware of ii; and at all eventi fixed, and it was trilling with their most it was their duty lo ihtmselves, and to ihe^ sacred obligijiio;!* lo the public, whose ser- great principles which tiny had so long and vant» they were, in any ministry to trial so successfully tlvocated, to be |»repared< them in the munner that the present ad- for the contest. fRepeolid * hteis.] Ilis^ miaistratiun bad dune, [(jreat cheering.] advice then was to them, unti to ail tb t\>'fMtm foniihutnciffi in Dw {tr.ivtnrf lo m aoald ray fiiMhtr— for «<|ilrjf» ilurii««lv«t turnviily lu Ihv impor uol uuijr ui fisiiif upon Ui« cantiMiwif**. in iiiihi« to, thry ihoutd ••iii*ml)«r rrtnai.icrvd, xmq objclt iilwayi |« b« ob« Minod— lire rtr»» wtmio jiirry the eoii'jtiin it w^t Bof • lim« nor an occationiodMl oiii«ri»is« (linu »i»li iIm Nieai p«rr»€t cinJour— il at ll <«m who *•<•«,< backwsr'l in rocogniking kni •eiinf upon iHlf urctNii'y prlnripi* w»ro ..ul flniiilnd iw b« cAn»i«tcr«Ht Ituo 'ritn'it 10 Iha c«uM ol which ihoy Wort detirout ncy «^iih ihti pnnciplo by luttirinf tho of boinf eoiMidrred ■Mnpc/iort. fChotrt,! lire •LM III ihai cimdirl^i.. ../ ■ I.. ..^.> •. _ i i l ■ ' i . . , ' ' ^ I ♦iiec '%e of ihe ciindiditit; of ilio imrly, who ••v«ri|inlrtindiiiiii« nmy be-und ih« »i>cond, \h« RtfiitJing, il pua^ihl'^, « man »liu con bo Uioi-cuglily rtli..'d un »% • ••••incti •iipporii lio ll« had toid thai llii« waa not % iJmo fof inrtinir. 'I'hoir iff id« of Lowor Cansdi, who had tiuud nx nnbly by itmin in lh« hour u( Uiair |miIiiic«I «dverji«y, expaclod, iMid liad M right to r)ip4>el, that «t l«ail tb^'y ahjold tthibit nnanimhy amongit ihfnititlvi 4 ; nnd hn would aaiurtt ihtni thai if ih«, Tttu vlfci.una worv loxi through warn of union, tho roni»f|iji»ncta would bt both liiiiiiiliitiinif and ditasirouf, 'I'hry all mmfniberrd thn b.)t:t| of what hxd boen miy tioi b« drceivad in l.im. Ii nM> be, raltvd ilto oid Cooipurl I'ariy, ihat thfv ilifU'i in-, ihat ill xi.im t in.'!* ih** sniiii n^an mono wi-ro capablo of condociing the ro- whc. niny bo the Reform c«ndul..'.., ma; vornnMiiit of the cuiii.l.y. Tlipv, the lit- iMil III (he uitiitiation of all our Irirnda be foinifra, had fouuUt ih« good fij^ht of tho (he flli.'^t man, elihrr a« r»ipffi» iiikni», conatiiuiion, and had ihe pioud bonit of int'd |.ni.ii|iU.|, or firmn.M of purpo*-- h«ving ««lHbli»o«J iheir great prinrlpio so NfVtrtheluaa, it ia equally iho duty of all friondj to flu caii-f, to tuyiaiu him to the ulniosi of (hfir ability, an 1 with all theii iiifl.ienre. [Loud cluvriiig.] If by their col.liifn in acling, (he op|iosMe ^andidme I'ar, Ihat even their opport-nU in powc have la profen to conduct ihe guvemmfnl in accordance with it, nnd l;i admit that it can now be conducted on no oiher. [Cheeri.) I'hlnk. then, wimt would be joiccecd.n]. (hey must remember (hat ihey the ihanie which would mantle every face, .^re M muc.i rfiponiiblf to th? great body if, alttr having achieved this greet victory, of the pHriy, and have prnclically done tiiey, tho Keformert of Canada, ihould, by as mudi i-ijury to ihe cuuio, ai If they th-sir iniernd disieoMons, prove ihemielvea had nciually voted for the other tide.— incaoable of gi' inp effect to '.heir own {CliOfM.] If the cnndidaio of the party principle!, by taking upon then t be ad- be returned, (ho consctuency can at all miniiiration of ihe gomnmeiit, if circum- evenu and under all circums'.ances be stances should arioe under which ihey claimed as goin^ for iho principle, even should bo colled to do to. And yetev-ry though It ehojid prove that they had been man who withholds any part of his energies mistaken -n ilicir man, and that he turn in the coming contest, however specious Vnitor to tho cause. Dui if by lukewarm- the pretence under which he may shelter, jics*, or division, t!ie election h lost, the or however skilful the fallacy by which he JMrhainentary vote is lost eqialiy as in may Ue^el-e himself, will, by so doing, be Jbe former cuse; and the other party have aiding in ihis work of self degradation— be he righi to claim for all practical purposfs, maintaining his opponents in power and *he con»t.tuency iisolf as going with them place, and verifying their proud hoast, *n principle in nny general estimation as that they, and none but they, are capable Jo the sentiment-' of tho country at large, of administering the government of his He would repeat therefore, that it was a country. He put it to them, then, at a ^.Jty wh.ch every man owed to the princi- body— to each of them individually— to •lies which he professed, to tht, great body every man ir^ (he country to whom the great ^jf his politii^al fru'ods throughout the pro- principles which they wero met thai nljh» hnce who wore engaged in tho same to sustain were dear— whether they wo-jld struggle, ano to that country whose best lend themselves to the verification of this nteresis ho believed would be promoted proud boast of their opponents? rCries of ;jythe triumph of those principles, to sa- No! Noll No ! ! »1 Then let thorn re- -ci-itico eveiy private and personal conside- member »hat there' was but one way of Tation on the altar of the public good, and avoiding it, and that was by sacrificing nouniio htart and hand in support of the every ol her consideration to the ore great fc ndiddie of the party. [Chctis.J .\mJ principle that '• Union is STiiENBfR." ♦.