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However, I cannot allow this occasion to pass without referring to certain facts the hon. gentle- man who preceded me, stated yesterday, in the declara- tion read as made by Mr. Leinieax, to sastain certain acousatiouB brought against the Government, of having refused to give him all the allowances he wished to have in th^ trial that took place at Rogina, during last summer. That declaration was not taken before a commissioner for taking affidavits ; it was devoid of all authenticity ; and, moreover, it was signed by only one of the oonnsel who undertook tlie defenoe of the prisoner. In regard to that dooument, which has certainly not the same weight nor the same authenticity as a sworn declaration, I will read fW)m the report which has bean distributed, and which S'ves the proceedings tha^ took .place on the trial at Bgina between; >h«i'Q9oep' and Riel'.. A\ 'page 9 there is sn affidavit given by MK Iii!0mieuzna>8af)pbn:;of a motion asking for a (^c'rt^ki tfolayrfn the prooeedJp^s,: . . n 60918 P97/.07^ 71812 J "Oamda, ) . Nor^h-WMt TwrltoriM. | 2 THE QUBBN «*. LOUIS RIBL. ''wlffi^V' ffV"? '•■Wicx, Bftrriater, one of the eounnl of Lonii *2*!r?*. ••«"»«<*» being duly iwoni, depoaeth and aari : .-♦-.-ii M" **" ***"?•. °' '"?"' towardi the end of the month, he wai "eSS? ^"®'" *"*•'■*■*•'* 0° »*»>»>f of**"" •ocuied to undeiltake hit 41^* T-5* P*"<»" *•'•. "Mtrocted totause to bj brought to Regina, ewen- S1,e"Jch bTZ'^deJiS'' '° *" '•''"" '"^°'"' «*•'' "* '«"•"'* n **i?**V>*^" ^'i?."*^" ■•'o^« referred to are Doctor Francoii Rot. of ^')?lit''.^2"*2' °^"^' of Toronto, and Doctor Vall6e, of Quebeo. '' r.»-hi? R-Ll^l^^K "♦V^^l'^ belieTee that the .aid witnesiea would bare !?*„«. **'°w '^y **»■ *'™e, but by reason of mieapprehenslon and S„t?^A**°M •*'*£•''"* *'°°H"'' ^»»« •»»<* wjtnewea hare failed or hate °°.*. fel" 1 •?'• *°. ?* P'«""* '" «>••<*«' to K'^o their eridenee. ♦k.»Tk *» ii*n •>« «*P«ri«noe as a counsel and adroeate, he swears thai the said Drs. Roy, Vall6e and Clark are neoeswirr. materiUand SjStel^Ti^'t.T'*"'"' H.*"'.^"^""" oftheMC^Sd7i.d,2?ri"r* fnj to thesJd^tlMoe^T " ""''"« ""***" i-portant 'facte relati »^nTi!fll*!? '*"P'"**°*^*f"y ^"'"•^«« »•>»* ifa delay of one month is granted be can procure the said witnesses by going Limself to Quebec «am2'S">"^*.'jf^ •* ^« "Piration of the sJfd deUj^ the aboJe " And the deponent has signed. "»wombeforeme,atRegina.tUs) ^**"'^' " ^' ""■ ^"*'^='^*- aistdayofJuIy, 1886. J "(Signed), Dim Watson, Ofer A." Tlii« affidaTit is fortified by another one signed bj Mr. 0. iTitraatrick, corroborating in the main the statements of hw brothw counsel. The only object I have in referring to this part of the speech made by the hon. member r*lr. Amyot) last night, is to show that, if the other state- BMite and argnmento adduced by him are as wanting in weight and authenticity, they all have little weight indeed. Md I ean ««ly say that f feel sorry for him. When, daring last »BMiOD,I had the honor to address you, Mr. Speaker/and this honorable House, on the subject of the administration of affaiiBm the North. West, I endeavored to give a brief his- tory of the Metis population. I then attempted to show to»t • diatinot niuionality had been formed in the North- weK Temtones bafore Canada had ever thought of the existence of the population in that part of British North ▲merioa. - showed also that those people had a title to ♦K J i ^^^^ i*** "^^ granted and given to them by the Hudson Bay Company, their rule-s, orTjy Lord Selkirk, who porehased the said territories flpom tbe Hudson Bay Company. Apa^ frflm. tha title they had to that soil. ®^L_"i-*ff°?^"; ^'^t *« aborigines of that oountiy, h4iJ .&.-;iaw5Ji riglrf, or, at* least, had • shftre m the. ji'ght. to. -.the wil-^wr. the /Indians of those territories. Daring the period that elapsed between the time when the existence of this distinct popatation was first noticed, and 1870, when Oanada cot oat of the North- West Territories the Province of Manitoba, I said — and I said it with a great deal of pleasare, because it was an un- known foot to most of my hearers — that this population was distinguished for its honesty, mild manners .patriotism, attaohmentto the soil, and a spirit of independenoe and proudness that were oertainlj to be envied bj other people. No doubt, with those features they have retained some of the charaoteristios of their Indian relations. Bat I had only to recite facts to show that it was due to them that if Oanada ^as able to-day to take possession of those vast tracts of country and open them to our civilisation as well as to the colonisation of Canadians and Europeans, it was owing to the bravery and courage of the Metis who kept the country from the Indians. When the formartion of Manitoba took place those people had been accustomed, under a rude form of Government, it is true, but a paternal Government, to exercise political privileges, which, to our great surprise, contained the very elements of representa- tive institutions. The council then existing was formed of representatives of the various portions of the popniattion then existing on the shores of Bed Biver and the Assini- boine. My object in referring to-day to what I stated last year is to show that those people had an undoubted riirht to be treated by the Canadian Government and by ourselves as a distinct nationality, in the same way as the Indian popula- tion had a right to expect to be thus treated by the Canadian Government. In 1870 those rights were acknow- ledged by the Canadian Government, and embraced in the Act known as the Manitoba Act. This Act was pamed after a movement inaugurated by the population, headed by Louis Biel, and the acknowledgment of those rights exoited the wonder of the people in this part of Canada. And if the unfortunate execution of Scott had not taken place, there was enough in the movement of the Metis,. headed by Biel, in order to save their liberties and obtain their rights from the Canadian Government, to show that those people were worthy of the privileges and rights that the Canadian Parliament were granting them. I have named Louis Biel. I suppose it is not out of place for me to state that the Biel family is one of the most prominent among the half-breed population of the North- West. Biel himself has some Indian blood in his veins from his father, his mother being of French Canadian origin. Now, Sir, the high intellectual gifts, as well as a oertain amount of exaltation, seem to be hereditary in the fiimiiy ; and, Sir, we have only to recall the writiuga and speeohes made now and then, and certain of the ao g of that unfortunate man, to know how gifSdhe S^oi^Kl**^'"*"^- My Frenoh-speiking coIIeaguSTth« House have wondered more thaVoncJ who wald be the ,^'l5?!:i!f**»<*?^«*t?'?^*'io»» were sent to the newspa^r^ " Marguerite KieL" -w.wB TTuivH wore B«nt in Canada, and which bore the name • aarguente KieL" worj'U^t ^T'T °^ ^"•*°»»' •* ^'^ no wo"derthiH woman wrote those letters, and they were marked bv el" «"?f„l«'«jj««« «• well as punV of expre.Son aJd to hlT«r^-^°''' ?""li-'" *^** ''""''y- devotion also seemed d?*n j!5*^»*"y- I''.t*>» winter of 1871, when the Oana- ?i! i.«?^P?*7''® "" *^® »>««ck8 of Fort Gwry. Statist Sinl*^?." T?^"?? «>«»® of th« «ok soldiers. The Sisters of Ohantjr of St. Boniface had obtained ftom the TIL. r'Ji^o^^ngtwo nuns, crossed to The hospital on l^ri?!J5"* ^u°~ two sisters were seen a few minutSs after- WMds going through the hospital {torn one bed to another Jttondfnrto^'r*^*^* «*^^'*"' «"^ otherwS. Wnd*y' J^is Kiel. She was a Sister of Charity, and there ^U,. -K^^K^T.* .*"°''8'» of devotion and Ohristi! ml^l^'' ^T^l^ >'°« t^o «i«t«' of the doomed wSlint'^toFnwS''^*'.'*,'lir ^ *^o sick soldiers who II^/!S. ? *^'* ??'''7 in ISTO. Having said so much as H«S!l'?P°f*'°M^*^**^**'onorof representing in thiJ £n'riited\^?L*^**' ?^* nnfortunately. these p^ple have ifJt thTmoZn? * *'*'^*'° r°?°* of neglect. In feet, Sir, T hoH-™ ? ® * '^^ remember how the Indians are trwted JhaJlJ! K^i^if^ ?y^ ^'^^ * o®'**''^ an^ount of propriX ilthn?.\\'i^*ff ^^^^ *^«" *'««*«» worse than the iK J te A J'*"''*'^*^"* ''*«' ^° *»^o eyes of those people Jn^H Se?tLfr-;i!l'°*n*°** P"P««o L Uie IndiaislSok state {hat ?wT«^'^i"®°'^*'""»«^*- ^ow, Sir, when I fSii^^ V** .^'^oy "®^«'' were treated with more ?hS^L^ n -^ '^*. Administration which precedS this one. It is a fact in history that to use th« words uttered by the right hon. feadJr 'of ^he Govern- ment, there was a blank in the history of the Metis a'urand'fh'L'^d'r'; Ttey were igno'^S; lll^'niti^! t^tJSit . u *^"''°°* '''«^^ were perfectly denied and triaud ei, w L^'°?.f ^ "«•»* ^ «^«*- They were to be wSt I hii Lff J'*''*!, ""t" or as Indians. The object of TerSin St^/K^l "^ ^^ " *o show that these mei had ZIaiL '^c ^^ ^*»®m8elve8, due to their origin and their S inf^5,,*''''?5^i° ^*»08e territories. *he iUnhZ Act only acknowledged the rights of the half-breeds who were living io the Province of Manitoba. I believe it was the doty of the Government as soon as this waa shown to them, to acknowledge the tame rights with respect to the half-breeds who were living in the North- West Territories, as with reMpeot to those of Manitoba, becaate they were of the same family and nationality, they came from the same scarce, and they were entitled to the same rights. So, Sir, daring the years of the Administration of the hon. gentle* man opposite—— Mr. LANDBRKIN. that period ? How many rebellions had yoo in Mr. HOYAL. I shall answer the hon. gentleman in a few moments ; but I will state now that the rebellion was caosed hy white settlers who certainly were not fViendly to this Government. Mr. LANDBKKIN. Why didn't they hang them ? Mr. BOYAL. I can show the hon, gentleman that if the meaning of the word rebellion was taaght among the Metis it was taaght to them by the Qbbe, and I can show the hon. gentleman that if revolt against legitimate aathority was ever inculcated in the North-West, it was through the Farmers' Union of Manitoba. In 1880 Sir John Maodonald took the ISrst opportunity he had, in order to bring in a Bill in this House— he himself, the leader of the Ck>nserva- tive party, introduced a Bill in Parliament to extend the same privileges and rights to the half-breeds in the terri- tories as those enjoyed under the Manitoba Act by the half-breeds in the Province of Manitoba. Now, Sir, by that we can ascertain in what party and on what side of the House there existed a feeling of friendship towards the half breed population, aod an acknowledgment of the justice of their cause. As I have stated, from many causes, some under the control of the Government and some beyond their control, the acknowledgment and settlement of the rights of the half breeds were deferred for a certain nura ber of years. However, I believe that the Government lost no time in extending the surveys as rapidly as they could. I think, also, that we can see whether there was any attempt made, on the part of the preceding Government, to make haste in order to do justice to that population. When the half-breed population, or a certain portion of them, saw that their rights were too tardily acknowledged they communicated with the Government, and At last they wanted to have from the United States a m^n whose name they thought would be a warning to the Govsramsat sad Tb« •giUtion then wSiminoilV* i*^ """^ °''^"^7/ »8W. within ooMtitaUon^tS^ 'Jt Tf *;• •«*t««on1/mit«i doriiW th. trial .t BeiSi^*^.' ^u ?'/'*'* '^" *«''<»^ whether ^ oSin ^^^^ff^^T^^ -ttlem, (XnoS "olveg, bj their nature and SSl * J»lf-bree(6 them- desired tj confine the SiStL w ru**"^" ^•PPy "'npWoity, They had ereiytbC^K o?hIi-- ° °°S?''^«tr»'^'»i^ what has been Vd and writtln .Tlf*! ,?^«*t7*^y l^-ow- ■etUementa. Sev«Ui flnnT- u^° *'^°' *^« ^"noe Albert there within a firy^JJ^'SC* r'''''*''" ^•^ -Prang op condition, and moJt S' 4U ^/"*" ''«'« in « hJppv the Province of Min?tob^*"lJ*^^°«.«'"i«"'ted ffo^^ money which they had T^iid^f^ri?* with them property. These peoole ^IJ^ a ^'^ "^« °^ their well wLat was likSfy to SrJ^ understand perfectly of wMlion should £raYJB?'~^J*^ *^» Sandard farther delays S tSJ^ L- ?"'' "nfortanately, gome feeling in thJ? qwrte? !^h ,L^'°^ Aggravated the'^'^mbUo which is know2 by^^"ei S.n^ e^entt the oharaSrof Now, on the 4th of 511^^1885 F^i""***! !." **»" ^<»°»«- telegram from the^enimSt f^^^'.^^Jf^ 'eoeired a question was settledXt tE> k«iJ.i?*'"2'°« *"""» <»>•* the Aeir «rip,andrhSVhei' XSto .£^ y~reto«celv they should oomi>Iv with «i-* • '•nonld issue as soon as fcei tbat thiSli have S2? »£?"'!"?»"• ^^'^^^^ tion, if it had not been T h.fT ""S^^nt to stop all acita- mi«ds of thrha?f:b™3s bJ «S?in''^'* ^*"*" poi«OD«3rthe no authority in a SS^m Jlif * **? ^^"^ **>" thew was . ^«brioatediif .n%ldXe?fec\or o<^^^^ ^ pany, a man of irreat rirmf-*- .^^ Hudson Bay (^nj. of t6^ country; CienTctrS "'^^dingin t/at pa7t Maerted to Father And. 4 .nrf' ^"^ "ot very imprudeitly very well what would biSi ^n**™' ****"•" *^»' »»« ^new that was sent tT Ottawa ld*?hT'*K^ J»*.'*«' P«««<>n receivingeorip would «,!^i„^E*A** ^^^ Metis, instead of i^-g patents wffi^e^r60e.o&^' *^J".^ must not be atWbX to L^fe Y*"' *«» «»«gs whose mission seSmi to «^.* but to white min by it, md wbS Td SS. £ to^nfc^S? ^V ^«W g»in people and to wevent tK.^ to ptneon the minds of these telegmm. -Se^STbeWon J^t ?r"* V^^ °"^«°o« to that It i?nat for Z ZrllTt^^ £l'S,* ^'"^ ^T afterwards, daring the six weeSVh J^iT^u^*^*"** **»■* took phoe "' »*y. 1 can only say that nothing justified BomethiDg of the trial that took nJiL TBtILi^^*^ to th« prijjadioes of tbo Orowa ooudbS or wJi'. ^ ^^1* from th.m. waa not d^VjS ' '"^ ' ''«'^* '« "P«« Some hOD. MBMBBHS. Hoar, hoar iaS ;Ttf .^^ ^*'«\^ ' fr^-d oV^e^^^^^^^ was a Gatbolio jaror who Drmant»H k.-JlTi/ n ■^**** of fturn«M miut not be Rtti.iK7.V!!? ♦ *l ^^ ^''•* '^•"' Anotker incident wKJ«k » °'J^*^ ^ ^*'« ^^overnment. with more wisdom, more liberal' Z^t §^^ *'*^* •«*«* toeandleMdi«5rimS2?on Nowrn »**J^"P" "»°" i"»- proverbial gene.j;?tyaSchiTt;S^;Tth^^^ with whi^Xc ?pin?o?^z;:t2%r"''"'^^- "»*>^^^«'t oonatitated himwrtrchfeTrf .^~??.^* «»»» ^»>o perhapa, but oertainlv not L«„!ii?P'''**'^°' wgle«rted ^ich haa BomrS^a/blSSd SlT "i^ T^l* popilation ae we. I do not a>ndemn^ i!l''^'°*l l" '*»« "™« ^^Jth it was only thTeS^wSL^of . Tm"** ^"^ ' »>«"«^e preaentinftaalh^^^hoJ^' S°*»'!~°«^^ «<* re- and CaihSc poDulItion of ?S?iii'*?* the Frenoh-epeaking often feitSsru x^i*?' ^:"«^ have derived fi^rthe «Si^fr±*«"^ advantages I Hooae. Bttt rsabmitt'--?^ ^**' "^ oompatriota m thin sai, saomitt„,» ^uawBBpi wiiioh waa made to make this movement neryo politioal purposes, without ooosideriiiff > the fe^rftil consequences that would thereby recall to the u^ °' ^* minority, Ih deserving of severe censure. iniJlIiiSyVu^'SiL ••.. "^'"^^f^ ^y ■o"* of '^ «»>>•'■. had !J2Sr«!iJ:*r ^^no^-P^king popuUtion of Unlay would HUnd perfectly isolated from the rest of the popuIaUon in ^^^*Ti i** l** privileges for ever, and this lose the conatitutional advantages given to it by 40 years at least «f efforts and loyalty to its political friendi. In this connection. i„?»°T«if' Pi!^®** ^^ ^^fr^y '**• gratitude I feel at the con- duct of the three Prenot-speaking Ministers in the Cabinet who bad patriotism, soul and heart enough to resist the pnslaght of public opinion excited at the moment and call- ing on them to resign. When the ship is in danger, and the storm raging, it is not the time for the pilot to deiert her In connection iprith this movement, which was nothinir else but an exaggeration of a noble and chivalric feelioir. a senUment of humanity, I must say the minority should acknowledge th-* fair treatment which has been and is beinff extended to us by the majority of the population of Canada. It is true that we, the minority, have not always been able to obtain all we wanted; and in matters of opinion, we have had in many instances to sub- mit to the rule of the majority; but who can say that tne majority has not loyally admitted the minority to share with th«m the sum of the advantages which result from our constitutional liberties? In what country in the world will you find a French minority, will you find a Catholic minority, as free, ujtrammelled, and as respected as we are in Canada, although the majority has not with us, in com- mon, either language, aspirations or national genius; and I Mtt sure that our fnends of the majority will agree with us. that justice, tolerance and respect for vested rights are the only basis of the greatness of a naUon. Jt Becomes the majority to respect the sentiments of the minority, and if this minority la very sensitive, you must not forget that its sensitiveness IS due to the fact that it feels that it is a minority. The agitation that took place last fall, the threats uttered every day in some of the leading Ontario newspapers, caused, to the populaUon in Manitoba and the worth- West Temtones, the most grievous anxiety. You most remember, Sir, that this population are living 1.600 miles from here, and they wore alarmed lest the policy of a national coalition would prevail, and the rights, orivileies and even the existence of tlie minorities in Manitoba and ihe ?an^tKK^*'"^?'J?' ^ ■^'^v^^*' we saw, on tJie other handi that the agitation m Quebec was being worked to the advantage of party, and threatened tocause essential interests snaideriBg •alt to the « oansare. )hiefa, had lav would tamtion in M loie the at least ^f mDeotioD, \i the oon- e Oabinet reeist the and call- oger, and leaert her. biog else Miog, a '7 should n and is opnlation bave not matters to sub- say that to share from our le world Oatholio B we are in oom- b; aod I with us, are the mes the 7, and if that its It It is a :all, the Ontario and the i^. You ig 1,600 olioy of vileges, and the le other d to the aterests to be lost sight of entirely. The object of this apparently harmlesa motion is nothing else : it is but a pretest to make the condition of affairs worse. Ito object is to draw us away fbom our allegiance to a cerUin platform, to oertoin prinol. pies, and to throw us into the armH of another party with which we have nothing in common. Should the motion of the hon. member from Montmagny (Mr. Landry) be car- ried, the consequence would be a change of Government, a chanae of principle, and an entire change of programme. lL!t'*l: yo« ^on^Pare the programme of th„ party fn power with that of the party in opposition in the past, if you can foretell the ftiture by the experience ofthe past I ask what should any man do who han at heartthe interests of his country? We know there is a lack of sincerity on the part of the hon. members of the Opposi- tion, which IS not very astonishing, for we have foundthe same thing in every grave question that has arisen in our political atmosphere. We know that before the 16th November the Gbbe was all for execution, and we know mC y^.T°?**®/*^^*"°*^'**''*8™*deaflerthat fktal day. The (?to6e had not epithets enough to heap upon the heacU of Cabinet Ministers for the execution of Kiel. Sel who, according to the fiery languaire of that nRnar' & *'*Klf 'L^^i!!."^*^^'' ^'^ •^•handed aid K: Nn^iiw 't."^ become nearly a &mb after the 16^ fll^tu^ •» Itisa mty the same amount of sympathy exhibited after that (fate by hon. gentlemen opp«»'"»f«»'»«i ^hlconSSnalBiSlS I ! 10 ple^JSS^ntertS'tt^ co«Btnr.nd w- iuilf-breed; from tiWnVnJ iSs Thl« 1 .lo.^'iL?,'*''*! »° •*>"•«»« *^ •ppMentlj good." " °" ''"*° •*»*ed »Pon authority On Maroh 30th ; * •pinS';?th^ra"sfrda?»%'''^rc5l!L^^^^^ P.rleyin..fire w„ were aotnally ihot in thrwMMnB i„ wi,?Tl'u "' •c«on'PanjrDg OroEier On 16th Jaly: On 22nd October: »:i5"Ar.5.%nSL's;t:rdrAW.Vf.».',y OnUthJoIy: ^^T^'i'll^frni^^'^^Sii^^'^''' «^!J*lf^*^« highe.t crime themeMap.JSiiS2nt?» "»'*'«'>*«o'» would be excited^dld any of On 3rd August : JuttlnT'-' ''•"''* ""••*»•* *^'^»»>« ''" «»»ty. as charged in On 8th Jane : JniiS*"'""'* ^'^ "^ *^« «*•»•' ringleaders brought to immediate On26ihMa7: '^^^'i^itSS^^^'AJiZZ^'TAttT'S'^ °T' r~ ^-f" widulj delayed. Calm but Z™\nH^J the doing of it shall not be justice be done"' ' ^"^ "** determined, they demand that SiJI'lf t».r*^*'V'^ '^® Utterances of the same paper imme- •SclJS were no? h«lJS ?°!r*^'- ^«^»°i7 ^ '^ese yS w^tiirthink thif^** 5^,***® ?^® title «*he Glober 11 Smenoy." ^" » P"*"* /«•« <«« of immenBe Ttrength on behalf of ESKl ? ''t™* > ^ ^*« organ, and which very re- 2 l2?«??K **L^!?** aoTOfls the floor has praised so highly JJiiSif ni^ ^^ ^^'^ ^*'^^?«' '^^ °^°«* complete, the most intellectual newspaper on the continent of America. Now thA 7«. ?*• }\ Trains/or me to say that I shall vote for the amendment to have the previous questir T)ut, and that SJS!*S."" "'?*?'' ^.«*'*" ^ot« ^i«» t^ Government against the re aolntion which has been proposed. Printed bj M«cLe»n, Roger k Co., Parliamentary Pri.ntere, Ottawa. ;•:> f • • » » 1 ! •• • 1 I ; • • • > • • • > >