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Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 8 Dec 1870, p. 12

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l I ily of "I -- want an: you' done that the Almighty in "1ioted you in that my t" (batsmen) Tho reply "he (Lyon) made ,ms-"l m sorry to with only reason "now is that I have unwind our Gov-sang for three yarn." ( uni laughter.) Thu-c was ap- Pete? my: to an mod Qovemment ot who Were owing the Government for their land- ' and he also stated hie belief that this House would' back up any grant that might be given. The Attormjrtlerurat said it Would he ttmtorutitutlora1 to give the relief Finally, he offtrred to advance $00,000 for ten are at 6 per cent if the Count Council Would guarantee it. He Mr. Lyon? replied that the Council would guarantee it; but said at the some time that the banlu had loaned money at 4 per cent. The Attorney- General enliven-ed that the money would be looked "for tenyeara, and that there could bone 0 or term thaathcae he had pro' posed. The team were referred to the people of the horned district. but tt refined then ' and said they we not accq>t the loan even at four per cent if that was the way they were to be treated by the Province. He felt very deeply the lamp?! which had been ac neronaly ergo. by the leader of the apolitical. l ear, hear.) lie might' say that the leader of the Oppoeition as Well at the Attorney-General himself had forwarded each a donatia to no Relief Committee. He 'night aloe lay'that'all the aympath 'he re~ eeived from the 'k"tC;'a'lS,'fll was " What have your done that the Almighty he. .fllittted m in that - t" 11...".-- , torne .General was not in his place, in order that as might hear something concerning the l manner tlt which he had noted with respect } to the fire lathe Ottawa district. Having narrated some of the hidden" which tran. . spircd during the tire, the Ipeaker prcceeded to late that; in connection with the member for Rue-cl. he thought it his duty to visit Toronto after the event: he described The Warden of , the County and ham. Lyon) celled upon the AttoritorGert , ind re- gretted that the mower of that gentleman was that nothing could be done. m knew that Now. Scotin had, received $5,000, and hoped the Ottawa ttuffertms would receive some "chance. m naked for . Ioan of i {100,009 to those who could Intl good accu- fire in the Ottawa dam "kftiiouiil; as (Mr. Pt,h,rpit f, g,"etr, of the overnment, e etit in ut toapuk out pn this gutter: m '/i'Jllat'lla'?ltfrl'. Mr. LYON thought If anything were omit. ted in the address, it should be noticed. He was very much pleased to hear the re. muks of the hon. member for South gang "I tho destruction caused by - - V - __...- - -- .. - -.%. can. "VIC. It!" loo how 'ii would work. He was not In fa. mtur of the central pris m system; the ques- tion was not the building of then. but the maintenance ot them thermal; He was a lupportcr of the Governmeng but would op- fl", them if they brought up the schemes or mimltnnl education and the urimn for agricultural 'oduougon Iyekm. . uvv,wv w "was WHO 0011"! and good 1tteu. ity, and aUo f.or l lug of $50,000 to those . Mr. CALVIN returned hie remarks: m thought that no measures should hopropoeed nuke, the mic sold they wanted. them. He did not that opiculture ahould be introduced into the onmnon schools; for a bot who was a farmer'e eon would learn far More from hie {other than he would in a taboo! were the mace: knew nothing a .11 about Iplculture. He won glad Wat the Tleasurer laid tlnt the finances were in a I',',',?,,?"::", condition; but many in the House new at lunch about the tinanetu, ta the We: did. (Laughton) As long on we had enough ot trees, no long the Yahoo mm be after them, tad the reuury would be full, Ind we would not want money for the next twenty you". It the license sys- tem went on, our woods would not have enough pine wood twenty years from now to build a beta; and this being tho case, h,, thonght the Government should sell the Judy-open n township here and there. and i. "tuna-I, {in in not what he eatltit Mom. {Roam we! Ingmar. ) ' : ls uw Mn; six o'clock the Home 101' no' Tre ahd the prison Sorted the hon. member for south inmost ill last session, he was glad to see tut it. was the intention of the Government to ill- troduco a Bill for the trial of Cmtrovertod Elections. m had been referred to b Mr. Blake " the demonstration " a: {Julie Hall, and he wished to defend himself. m denied Ithat; 2 had ever naked or received . favour rom t c ovemmcnt either rhin- self " Itia MAM: Ilka ',t'ty.h',?ei Mr, COCKBURN could not Agree that the Free Grant Act was perfection. The ptovi. eion that the settlers should lay the cueront price on their timber when they used Skier building purposes, while therhid liberty to bum it, was at least invidiouc. He in in {mqu It rsilwsy grants, and having sur- trict of tome . t miles, and the aufrering, of the people? {18 district were terrible, and were beyond the E,",Q of my knguaga he could command. e, was happy ts see a disposition in hon. members on both aides to extend eympgthy to the ,cff'emm, anFhoped to we at lent a sum of £50,000 plus I in the (Minutes for their aid. been made in it to the Ottawa devutntion. i He thought it would have been oreditehle to! the Government to have suggested to His" Excellency to anention the Iympethy which ' he must have felt for the unfortunate suffer- ers. The devastation extended over e dis. ' trict of name ttt miles, and the aufrarings i of 'the people " -- ll district weretorriblit, I _..'--_ "Fe -wv, "a In: Hull": "M" Botne. thin would be done in the estimtes foe the 3mm tmffererrs. Ot course it we: not my to put everything in the addrttsm, that the Government intended to do. i Mr. Tm aaid he would have been better a' glowed ft Nye speech '11» e "ference had Dr. BOULTER was gratitied at the speech but woald not commit himself to any point until he saw the hills. It was utiefactary that they were now in a position to know what their actual state was. m believed that the establishment of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum was but an act of iuatiee to that part of Province, and would support any amandmenrot the School Law which would btsneiitthe country. Under thlehead he advocated the teaching of the rudiments of agriculture, (to. With. regard to the Cow trovertod Elections Bill, he would accept a bill from the Ministry rather than from' the Opposition. (Hear, hear.) The hon. mem- her, after reading some extracts from Tue (input of .1855}, tid he hoped that aorne- _ Or. BAXTER said since he had bcen in the Home he had given on independent eupr ort to the Ministr ir, If each n disaster M that referred to by, . Lyon had occurred in tie district he repmeented, he ehoul J. have gone to the Premier I: a matter of right; but if the Ministry opened their coffers and rendered waistence Po the sufferers, they must do so on the principle of justice. Do. tiniiog his position. he had voted on princi. ples which he felt sure the country would, sustain. Immigration demanded liberal dealing at the hands of the Government and tho exertion: put forth in bringhag the agri- cultural class of immigrants to this country should be extended. He thoughtthe coun- try remind come amendmente to the Grun- mar School eyeten, and he hoped that the hill ttt escape the fearful treatment it neceiv last your. Itocd. was mar-wr" not $101,738 tiid piGTio explain his action 111 this matter. Jlear, hear.) _ vote ' and they would be defeated if they went to the country on it. Bat if they were defeated they could rot mouse him, tor he had generous); supported them, and would do so still _ but he could not face his constituents on this quustion. m was sorry the .Attorner:tuc:arkl--rwho, as Aha under- but Toronto gam'ne r'iiif,'lo m thought the Province of Oats-love d well afford to give $50330. The Tween-er had stated there were S73,100,0(13 laid up. He (Mr. Lyon) would ask were 'thq reople to be turned oat to "rrve rathe: than that a constitutional pninciple shouid' be broken t Mr. BLAhHiVcHear, hear. Mr. LYON said that if the Government, when they countdown with the estimates, ehotld mire no provlelon for the {have sufferers, audit the Oppoeitton did not brine in . vote of comm-g. he would do so. The Government would be turned out on that i27,27", ',l'i'i"i'i'ih'; m idi'CG"tt"t"o 'tiii If: mad; the speaker went on to comment on Pt eeion awkward Ioront?. 2129 I'et lief Committee had been promised $16,000 by Toronto, but 3110 'gh'rite the city thought as the Premier di , that the grant would be unconstitutional. He regrettei that. even no pinto contributions were started hm, for atmmsl western cities had stated they wouhlioilow the lead of Toronto, ant Toronto Agave L no sign}. {Io tyought the of the anrplus of are fittttatteg ; but Lower "Canada, chMiul not any ro- mm; had shown - generosity in com- ing to the rescue. After stating that the committee had received $38,750 and had yTendel 8ak00Aftsd. 'ernplaining that the ..' i1ovorauricai -,iiiusT"irr'i'iinC' {sight what: he wan elected mm Gamma-t ",irii'iftiiiiii IIN/l IfuLtr opening " the but cont-y by mum of "any; _ , Mr. CRAIG (Glengarryidid not think it Was right that this Governmnt timid 010.] att _,_.... ...... nu "am be dis. "W fit-0:0 tanning" cum; and that a. JW 1eeitGai'iiii'li Indiu- ,,r11ieetl. 1.hs '2- tn..umtii a . um 'e'e1e1igmtatrtitiitF Mr. REED mm A. -4. - "a"... u. "noun- or the grants to nilwaya; he" thou ht that I put of them": ttt canld be 'iilt9ii,tt to grunting ad. On sub-1m ie .. mu $0013. and ii"t"e,'i(illllllillltf,tg'le,'tir Mr, GRAN 13W. "lorlc.) 53% that ho gm "ally approved of the speech. Be} eomide " tIll unfair,- hor/est,!?. "In some of to. ol or semen pox-none tts and. count?" WWI nhould have' to pay in full for a, lands, while settler; in the new territories were getting their lands free. m thought the re. work. of the hon. member for South Bruce 1 with reference to the arbitration were 4,335. . sum was .ntitlssd to emu. e..- 1.4. "new. tb Mr. CROSBY regretted thet there was no reference in the address to e timber policy. It we: one of the moetjlagortent questions they had to deal with.' e licence being granted for one year only, there was not teat attention paid to the preeervetion of timUr that was desirable. Re had seen more di. met adherence to {any on the other side of the House, slthoug everyConservetive mem- , her, on rising, expressed his mxiety to get .5 rid of party. m had promised to give the _ Government A fair trial', but in the tirat ass don they brought down a free grunt licy, I which showed at once so closes [saggy on I the pert of the Government the n. m. 'iiiriajiti,e , ' .1 t the Mitiatry Tit iiitis with the Opggguion; and tut the letter referred to in the speech TH written in explanation of n cUMential )emerk heThed made to some hen. members in the Houee, and it then only referred to the eetimetee. lmmedietely after the conclusion of the estimates, hc had voted against the Government on the Dower Bill introduced by the member for South Bruce. m might have committed errors of judg- ment and mt of heart. Since the last ses- sion, he had not seen Mr. Blake, and had tnly called at the AttornerGenetal'ts oflies Mr. BLAKE said he had never stator}, publicly or privately, that he had my reason to believe that, he (Mr. Cockburn) Walt seek. ing to obtain any personal ad vantage; but he did charge him with having laid do an afalee principle tf public morality in the letter to which he referred. twine. Mr. MURRAY' considerei thst the Chs tawe district had been somewhat neglecte 1, and he trl it would receive "tautzou. He truete thet the municipal loan funds would be distributed at an only period, since meny mupitipalitiea were wantiu the at eietance of the fund. He thought gut those members who opposed the Government stool in their own light. (laughter J Mr. MAICHETT regretted the person! character of the debate. He had always supported the Government. Mr. CARLINVG (gig); was in favour of railway " nuts; and thought that some por tion shunt! he nimn t I tho, xii-trier; inhahi. wan! momma". may" Cm hon. Trev aux-er was entitled to fredat for m. nations. In his opium; a portion of the surplus cou}d be advaiitaguiL; émployed in diff. ra.iy ways. and in inch grants tow. aid. ind immigration, mar.) frvw-a spur-5 In" wuuguu may some por hon_shcu'id be nun to the district. inhabi- ted, by those pioneers who had borne the bur. den of the dny. He won quite willing to leave the matter in the buds of the Govern- ment. He was an earnest advocate for the new Election Law. He had been himuelf a vie. tim of the old law, having been kept out of his mt two yen-s by its dilntory notion, and conlequently would support the Govern. ment in the introducin a new Bu] for deal. ing with contravened cautions. He thought :i: constituency would approve of his con not. 'ttlo doc the '

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