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They all paid homage to the Lion ; but. heretofore t!iey were split asunder, each doing what neei.ied right in his own eyes,, totally disregarding what the others did or were about to do. Thinking that the advance of civilization, and the growing power of the Eagle rendered it necessary, they united for common defence. 'Tis a union which many i ow regret, for a nation's greatness is no longer calculated by its extent of territory. Right is fast taking the place of might ; the arts of peace, instead of war, now sway the minds of men ; and the brute force of thousands is fast giving way to the subtle diplomacy of a few. For a time with the Beaver all went well. Under cover of Goftlition Sir Nero had 'seized the helm of state. All seemed nice to the Union dev^.tees. Sir Nero to them was a hero and wwe politician. BuL a crash came at last. Sir Nero, casting aside the flimsy veil that heretofore had kept his true charac- ter in the background, made bold to appropriate a portion of Kje puuiic- iuiiis for his own use, aim was accordingly kicked from office by an outraged people. Le Rouge, who had been instrumental in diseovering Sir Keto's system of corruption and fraud, was now chosen head OpttneiUor of the Beaver. In tjiis LeHong» waa ably aiiiatad iL:. m by Gordie Brawn, the old leader of the party. He wai an wator, a patriot, and a true politician ; and, although an adopted BOB of Anglaise Kawata, he had the ^ood of this country more to heart than many of our native-bom politi- oians. He enjoyed tho unbounded confidence of the people, and in him one might well say the ronfidence of the country waa not misplaced. He sought not the advantage of hia party, but only the oountary's good. True for a time, associated with Le Rouge, he led the party ; in this he had but small suceess. 'Twas at his congenial profession as Editor that best he thrived. Here, with bin bulwark of type, like Jove of old, he could launch his thunders against a corrupt government. A man of princi- ples, good and noble aspirations, he could, with wonderful adroitness, moold public opinion to his view, and sway the minds of thoosands. But he is gone. The assassin's bullet took away his life. Britain's greatest poet and sage has said : — " The evil men do lives after them ; The good is often intoned with their bones." Not S!0 with Oordie Brawn. Neither spot nor blemish now remains to mar his glorious record of the past, which, like a golden trumpet peal, sounds into the ears of the present gen- eration, and is destined to ring into the ears of the generations yet to come, a worthy example and watchword to all patriotic politicians. For one sitting Le Rouge ruled the country. Although the Beaver had strayed to the slough of depression, and drank of its brackish waters, muddying its fine coat and stagnating its VIOUU, Lk IMJU^ V;UUlriVUU^.;,U IWCtrp lUC yvtuuv zt.ta\.tzttrczj - -.— ning without anjr increase in the tribute. When the election was drawing nigh. Sir Nero, who had wil^ kept in the back- gronnd, cama rapidly to the frsint, and backed by Sir Stuart and £^ Jiiias (who, lik« SirNwo, was an outca|t|ffom his W"' mftti^o Prc»vinre, and a political adventurer on the face of the eMTth) atriick blow after blow at Le Roniiu nnd Lis paity. Sir Nero was now at the head of afiairs glutted with 8iicceB8. THuiiiphantly Sir Nero b«m9t«d that the country had upheld him in the frauds which before had cast him from power. He called for colleagues his old associates in corruption and shame and defiantly set public opinion at nani mutiny. But Sir Nero, by the use of gold, kept his party in line. ^^ ' When Sir Nero came to power, he encased the Beaver in a solid coat of mail, with the purpose, as he pretended, of pro- tecting it from the muddy waters of the lake. But the heavy weight of the armour sank the Beaver deeper and deeper into the miry depths of depression. This called for art increase of tribute to keep the public machinery running, which Sir Nero wrenched fi-om the people with a remorseless hand. When the rest of the animals began to leave depression and struggle up the hill of " Good Times," the Beaver, encumbered by its heavy armour, tottered avfter with slow and faltering steps. Many of the people who paid homage to the Beaver, now renouncing Beaver and* Lion alike, and crossing the >r- der, took up their abode beneath the shadow of the Eagle s wing, who was going forward with leaps and bounds, and not only lessening the tribute, but paying off the public debt wiih. great rapidity ; while the Beaver, poor animal, struggled on, not only increasing the tribute, but getting deeper and deeper in debt. •-. ^.* 1, 4« "\-.,''^ V . 6 CHAPTER 1^- ^^ M01>«B« '^«^^' ^''^''!^^^ero, Sir Leonard oigh- A 8wang« ^ faceft were Their hair, * calumny ; ^" . y{ need. , , i^ t tell yo^ ; their o»ly hope m a *.«« ^^^^ „;,,. „» «h.le 1 »»" J N„, geotte reader you J>^^_^^y„,. - nrsr :j^r;i -sr- ». - lo«de»t on hi. ear, be sang ^ burning Troy. „„„, .,{ '"^.^^C ^ in -"• ^?.MtL :. the poor n.an •• _-* «- ,,. «,„. a ,^„„,o .»•!• »>« aown and I go «P • ^^ „ tewdtomntter. "i^K^^j^j^torome. !«<• ^g|_ ii"S-\ ;%.;:i^' iar«l tied wing , Sir es ot hair, g Bor- •8 and nds of jre led j8 were m bag, e -, *«^ tell yott irors, set le flaines J sounded 8 song «t ar'a states- laa laid in id anon as tiis eatft, a he cau "*^ the m«n»y tke diich that I may atand upgn them and be exalted before the eyes of all men. Judas Iscariot betrayed his master for thirty pieces of silver, and after committing the pernicious deed went and hanged himself. Sir Leonard Judas betrayed his native Province and ought to be hanged. Oharles 1. , of Stuart, ruled Great Britain with an unrelent- ing despotism. Sir Charles Stuart took upon himself despotic powers, and basely handed his native Province over to the tender mercies of Confederation. -^ The election was over. The Furies had triumphed. The day was dark and dreary. All nature had assumed an aspect of trouble. A sickly haze o'erspread the sky, lending to the sun a ghastly hue, whose pale rays seemed scarce to pierce the gloom that enshrouded the earth. Heavy, dark, rolling masses of cloud rushed rapidly across the sky ; vivid lightning flashes .illuminated the horizon, and distant roars of thunder could be heard echoing in the air. Upon the mount of Ottawa sat the Furies. A ghastly smile lit up their visages as they gazed in triumph around. A vivid flash of lightning ; one roaring, crashing clap of thunder ; the rain in torrents falls upon the earth, when, lo ! from forth the Furies, there emanates a stra*igd form, a veritable Ohimer^ and as it coils around the mov. i of Ottawa, the myrmidons of John A. cry : " Great is the Chimera ; the Furies are its pro- phets, and John A. is the Great High Priest." But the thunder with its roaring voice, eried : " Mourn, you sons of the Beaver, mourn ; for a season of darksome days and fierce persecutions is about to fall upon the land ; and the poor man with taxes will be grourd to dust. MOURN! Mourn !! Afowm .'/ .'" The wind, in a howling tone, cried " Mourn ! ! " And the rain, with a rushing voice, said : ** Mourn!" Yes, Beaver, wf^Ujuitiy you tuOuFu. The iouuti vz "^xas- lldine*" ii heftrd from Europe to Uie east of ns ; (he good 'i^ 8 t • n. • b»« »>>• 0"lJ' . .the BUt« H *'' •""* tori UmW "* «me. »-"'"« 'T. blood lettiniS r'"*' ^„„.t,. the .««"». t ^"mnotbe .bl. <" ";^ 'j^'.;«g. ■n»«»"'- Th. «o">"P "' 'tdeo-"""* 1" *°' X« •ho"'*'" "*" r'r»^r•"^rre'tJ:dt. *- "«^ "- »e^ P""\^t^S "t" '^"•' Tjo„nd OooncU o. tb. Jad» »"* *' „ „^l whnw doty i' •• F«ri«- . .«» tU. Cabinet Oo««c.l,«,,^j, Tb. n«xt to t^"" "d make pl"" *» *''™ pU^"' "" Then *«"»".gL wmy, «»"*' *"\i„«„ » »«"»'• the Gt»»4 *""" pt-mera They »« ''%^^ Unite they ,,„to.V»yini8»»""° both o« «hiob,ge «fit. Editor i. no -r^,tn,„ i, unknown .nd«t_^^^ ^ '-Tb.ex«ttoJ^^> ^-^ -^-^^'^^^^^^^^ tf i;«r-*5 »« -■"^ "" " , . |M| P; H. ^ 1 ^^ntWB^H^'' i> . 'mm^ VjKbKBi k »> iSB' sh '*f|K '** J#^ i^- b« " '"Wjt'i 5 *»t» ^^^ >ing 'oH are , . -^H ■ "wkJ If i its m I' ■ Jreat K : .f the ■ Jf t) » (Sir ■ 1^ ' >f the « r> ' ty it i» 1 of th 1 J *' I of the 1 it' jbiiuera j r,-V ' » ,«*• jpeakiog K offer «P J: Seroite w nife they V Scurrility '?' Biider, the 3tihe»w»« — ^Si . ffiren ^ ^^li BMHH 9 ita eflboti we care nothing, bnt will keep in pontr the bert way we can." Many hymns are snng in honor of Sir Nero and the Chimera by the Neroitea. The following is a fair example :— KB|tOTTB DOXOLOOT. AH hail the powers of Sir Nero's lies, Let poor melKproetrate fall, Bring forth a splinter new straw hat, N| And dub him boss of all. On, sons of Donald, full bravely on, ^ And let the GriU bee— st, Your lies havelmade the field your own, ' The p**« ^selim,^::. -^<^, :■ 11 •' • Deep night, dark night, the silent of the nifthi The time of night when Troy was set on fire • ' The time when screech owls cry, and bam do^ howl. ^ And spirits walk, and ghosts break up their ^craves, That time best fits the work we have on hand.' " A work which shall guarantee to us forever the power and nch places of the Dominion. Let «. but completeThl w^k and, then no moral foe, or mortal enemy, can tear from our grasp the spoils that we hold. nJ-'^T ^1?''" *"'' comrades, ye worshippers of the 'iod Ohimera The other night a terribl. visi^ I saw M^ thought the broad field of the future w. .pread to view. At length It concentrated into one year, aye, one simple day- twas the ELECTION DAY EioHTT-THEBE. A Spirit of progres- sion had taken possession of the minds of men. There had arisen a race of people who kneT not Joseph, or i. other words worshipped not the Chimera. We were overthrown and our opponents triumphed in our fall. "M^thought the Reform banner triumphant waved over moun am lake and plain, from the surf beaten diore of 4he Atlantic to the mountainous coast o*. the Pacific ; while the dying yell of Chimera, like an expiring hope, flickered away Ta ^r^ Z'^*"" **'^ '""^ '''^^^^ ^»°^» o^ tJ»« Mackenzie. Aiid th, forest clad hills of the old Provinces, the fertile plains 9f the North west, the towering peaks of mountain nymph sent forth the joyous shouts of an emancipated people. ^ "Then a joyous people came forth and raised a monument oer the fallen monater, and upon it was inscribed :— (C t Here lies Chimera, born 1878 • ;« 1 M ■*** '■ J I i i •*i h « " ' * ''-■ai n. t "] " k\ ■J i:'m m •.! Died 1883 -ilalieiujah ! HalJelujah ! The king of d«K>l«tion is sUin. and Liberty once more rules supreme 1 " Then in tones of thundS*! heard a voice oiling :-— 12 n II Let the press hush its .. We wish no more of its insolent liuff ; sauce, by jingo * or the gods are broken in the temple of Baal ! " T**^??^^**^ ***«*"*»'« '"»»»e8 on my sight • And the clans of John A. are scattered in fight : They rally they bleed for the spoils and power Down wuh the robbers, they're crushed iSaTiLur." " ' Porewamed is forearmed." We m,u,t meet this emer- gency with .coolness and determination. We must be quick cautious, and desperate. The spirit of the times demands un' nsuai exertions from us. "Ours must be a policy of darkness. The light of day must no discover o|ir actions, or the glorious rays oi the sn» Illuminate our deeds. The effluvia from financial swamps musl encase our bodies, and cesspools of corruption lay thick around our feet. The engines of the Government must be used for ouradvant^c, and tl 3 treasuries must contribute to our aid (Ones of ' No, no, honesty is the best p<,licy ') " Honesty is the best policy, hay ! Show me the villain so waif: 1 n! '"''" '*™' ""*^ "^^'^ * ^»""« ^t--n the walls of a Neroite caucuS room, and in the presence of Sir Nero himself. Is not the policy which I advocate upheld bv ^precepts of our gloriou. predecessors in tyn^nny L usu^^ pation ? Let us trace our long line of ancestry, through dim and distant pages of history, deep in diabolical intrigues, ar -beyond the ken ot common man or the conception of an Ire- rage intellect unlesa it be well tutored in the Lnals of crime Le us view them ar Tories-r.,bbers amid the bogs of Ireland' Let us gaze upon them as Cavaliers-robbers ami* the courts * and palaces of England, and what has been their war cryT dJlJl**'*?*^ *^.'''"^' *^" spoils '•; and upon those who" dared to protest against thi« Hahtso"- —u *^i' - - • hand of bloody war, ~ ""' ^^"' "" ^"^ '^***"'^ Brethren shiOl we be weak imtti^or. of this nobler dan, of f-'^--^ ill hour." his emer- be quick, Hands un- it of day I the sun lups must k around used for our aid. illain so i^een the 3 of Sir >held by id usar'- ugh dim jues, far an are- F crime, freland. B courts ryt ^ ose who tyFttTit'ii ^ clan, or 15 shall, we, rather like men of determination, assume an undaunted hardihood of deception, and become noble aspir- ants to that notoriety which has caused the name of all oppressors to ring through the pages of ancient and modem history. This is an age of progression, and we must be progressive als j. If our forefathers were deep in sin ; let us plunge still deeper into pools of corruption and intricate path- ways of scandal and crime. "Now:— . i " * Show me the highland chief who holds That plundering lowland flocks or folds , '^ Is aught but retribution due ? Seek other cause 'gainst Roderick Dhu ! '" **Or in other words : — ** * Show me the Neroite who holds That plundering poor men of their, gold Is aught but politicians' due ? Seek other cause 'gainst me, won't you , " And now more fully to the business importance of the case, we must curse the rich and fertile plains of the North We^t with such a curse as lahd was never cursed before. We will deliver millions of acres of the rolling prairie into the grinding monopoly of a railway ring. They shall be our friends, and always support the policy which we uphold. The land under their control shall be peopled by ignorant peasants from Eu- rope, who, unable to pay the price demanded for the land, - shall become mere serfs, bound beneath the iron heel of those giant monopolists. More potent than the sway of the dread fetish shall be the power of this Syndicate. Thus we shall be sure of the majority of the voters. Now are there any who dissent from my view 1 A sup- pressed murmur was heard in the Lall. Sir Nero stamped his foot upon the floor. The whips came trooping in: — ■ V " Bow down, ye slaves, the order ran, Who disobeys i^aU die.'' And straightway: th«y bowe4 down and licked the feet of their leaders, promising fealty to iiie party evermore. Fealty to the party though the country thereby would be ruined ; and the brightest prospects of the future annihilated ! Fealty to the party, though the voters march over the stage begging, commanding, aye with curses commanding, you to oppose the scheme ! Fealty, and why I " Because vre were elected to support the party." Elected to support the party, though your conscience and constituents command otherwise i Then support it by all means ! Support it though it murders your brothers, and con- demns to starvation the mothers who bore you ; and let '•■fol- low your leader'' be roared in thundeis through the air and with lightning engraved ^pon the skies. Let it be printed on your coat tails, and with letters of ^old ho stuck upon your high-crowned hats. * Guard it as a thing of life ! Cherish it with the tendereat care. And, after death, when you atand amid the land of unseen spirits and ghostly goblins of the past, brandish this piece of childish sentiment over your head and "follow your leader, Satan, d>wn deep into the abysmal depths of despair." ^^^^^^^■n^ . ,i.„ .- / '.T ^^^H^'' If ^^^Hi^/!'" ? ^^^ Mg| Im n P ^ CHAPTER IV. ruin! tJrged on by the energy of despair and the audacity of the " Old Nick," the Furies plotted for, and tljeir myrmidons con- • mted to a conspiracy well calculated to impose an eiemal burthen of taJtes upon the people, thus causing themselves to be stigmatized as thd pickpockets of the Dominion's history, who, by wily words, won their way into the people's confi- dence, and then bailed the treasury to the bottom. M-an t 15 lioensed by the laws of the land- sfmmm own efforts, luen lei ua u liberty which Our forefather. -^^-«^''\''.\'''^^'fj2o^^^^ that we enioY ; then let ua retain it. Let iw ^^^^ °'^, :: X;t be choked b, *« ««» ot « •""■'«','*'°°'"';i. Then lefu. decl»e thi. bargain a bargain replete «.th d». ineuiov iti, iUestalinin»nyway»:- rjiredTw- ov";!;::'. h.. no contr.,,a„d «Ho„-y . trifled with the liberties of the people. ^ ^ir Nero by working upon that well worn cry of Loyalty. .i'Ve^:Li/gb.op^--^^^^^ . .?wl,i. uM waa a wonderful benefit to the country. Sir ttre';.rJ on the .erite of the l»-n' bargain, «y.ng. .. .T^onld be ».glorio«. legacy to h« children^ This I am inclined to believe, a» he made a Uttle 1««»>^ « the otherwise good effects « ^f « ^- '^- . ^^^t i^to fli. .TudM then took up the howl, and, as of yore, went i^ ^^ cruris s:-K3"s:.-i.-s. 1 ,' U if V .A . r N.L.C. - B.N.C. 3 3286 02736207 4 plains of the Nortb West. Some said "they didn't beliere it," but they were *' pestilential Gnf«. " Others darkly hinted that the good old Patriarch had made a mistake, and, more- over, he was mistakened with his "Confederation Paradise." But one of his chivalric worshippers quali6ed these as ** attacks on the urmwtted one." Gentle reader, you have seen, heard and witnessed. Then judge ^Hhe tree according to