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' " s se M | Ets * * ~party or that party did; and that he should n o mmmmmemmme _ Si'\'relt himulfl& hia polit;x)t}flthoz»ini&ns '-'ifi 6 too much by Confederation. He did not feelings, and the opinions e party wi object to Coéedontion becarse it was not which he had been connected. It was idle to favourable to but because it was too suppose that a man who had spent lomg of favourable }li:"imn. friead appeared here the freshest years of his life in active pu lic as an advocate of the othey Brevinces, and employment, who had associated with one against his own, But tfere was no ground party or the other, and had assisted mfihgs; for the hou. gentlemanyp objection. We« numerous struggles, should be utterly indi % | received only the same rflount per head as 'erent to the progress of events with whic | the other Provinces,and we contr butsd more he had been closely identified. It was not | '\ per hbeac. than they did. There was expected of an English judge or a Om¥ therefore no injustice done to the other Pro-- | dian judge that ho shounld forget his pass vinces. -- His bon, friend had said he (Atty» | sympathies and feelings. _When a it 1ga Gen.) had been a deep--dyed Tory b:fore took upcen himself the judicial office, it was 1856; but it so happened that before 18536 expected of him to .decxde impartially 1§ha he never gavo a vote nor made a political cases coming before him. A large proportion speech, ror took any part in political affairs. of the judges, both in Eaglaud and in. this -- Eut because of his being a steady sober man, country, were men who had been actively his hon. friend thought be must have bsen a epgaged in political life. Amongst tha in-- ' Tory. (Laughter ) His hon, friend had stances of this was Mr. Draper, the judgsa of deciared the Government was a coalition be-- the Court of Error and Aopeat, Thsy cause Mr. Scott bad remained in is. it was all knew how actively he was engaged true he (-';i Mr. Scott differed upon past in public life, and yet since he boecame # iseues, but upon. all the questions °0mifl§ judge no one had had a shadow of saspicion before them now ho found him as soun that his opinions had influenced him in any a Reformer as any of them. After listening respect. Lgore might be said of Chicf Jastics to his hon. friend, and knowing his inge: Richards, of the &wen'a Bench. _ He was a nuity ard ability, he was gratilied to find he warm politician up to the momeat he was had so -- little to _say against thean: appointed, and a more honest, npright jaige He thought the Hougse would agrce never sat upon any Beuch at any pried. with him that since nothing more coald Now, if they knew from the exnerience of & be said agair ' them than his honourable loug perind, from the experience of Eogiand, friend was abl ._.ow, certainly there was and from that of our own country, thas mon no reagson wh. ,onfitient_:o of tha House engazed in political life, interested in polini and country iould not be continued to cal paitiee and qucstions, could perform them. judic:al duties without being iniflaenced The puragraph was then carried, as was in the lsast ~degree, by them it was | alev the third paragraph. absurdo to expect a julge to act as the | _ On the fourth parag:--aph, Mr. CAMERON hon. gentleman had described, . His hon. | hoped that any Orders in Council that might fricnd said that if a lawyer took upon him-- | huave to be brought before the House would self a judicial office, it should cease to be | be brought forward early in the session, so possible to have any dpolmcs\ advancement | that it would not be necessary to hurry them Did not his hon. friend stand there as a Con-- | through the Houss as in the previsus session, servative, and had not that party lately ta-- | To say that the people had had md' voice in ken Chief Justice Morris, and ap&omtod him | | the granting of aids to railways duaring the to a political office, and Judge Wilmot! and | | last® session was an utter absurdity, appointed him to a political oflice; and they | The aid they had given to railways last ses-- were things that were done constautly here ' zion had beicn grcatly instrumental in their and in England, where they all knew that obtaining the cursiderable majority they pos-- the Lord Chancellor was a necessairy mem sessed, and rnow that there was not much ber of the Cabigqet, ~and one who more money remaining for the purpose of took an active part in all great ques-- assisting work s of that kind, they had litsle ticons of the day, yet notwithstanding more to congratulate thomselves upou except that .there was not x shadow of doubt re-- that they stand well in the estimation of tas specting the justness and fairness of the de-- people of the country. He had not ques-- cisions of this judge when he was entirely tioned the constitationality of the Prins away from the political arena (Hear, hear.) Minister baving descendcd from the Beach It was all very well to say on the othor side to «uter the political arena. He was not and pretend that a feeling of the nature de-- aware of the existerce of auy provision stat-- scribed by his hon. friend existed, but there ing that a judge could not desccad from the was no such feeling and no foundation for * ] Bepch to accept a political position. If there such feeling. (Applause.) t had been he couid not have 'rata'uled the "The paragraph was carried pusition he then o.cupied. What he said On the 5t b, -- relati was that the propls were adverse to Iraina: °f"' 1 paragraph, relating to the § a _ judge holding a positiun on the ertmaze SLAWwSUIOE: ' judictal _ Bench resivyoing it for the Hor. Mr. CAMERON observed that this purpose of accepting his present po. was one of the measures of the late CGiovern-- sition in the House . A j~4go was expected went, and he was gratitied to find that it was P uot to identi'y hwmself wich any party but to c'omulcle-.l worthy of a prominent place in the " hold the ba.suce of instice evenly and to de-- Speech from the Throne. ' cide matters that migut .0 brought before Hon, Mr. McKELLAR said when the Bill bim according to the evidence, without &ny was brought down it would be seen it ; referer--e to any poltical or other feelings, was quite different from the measure of whatever; and a man who allowed his feel-- | the late Government of Sandfield Mas-- 8 ings to have vent upon the Bench, who fo« | dovald, and _ infivitely _ superior _ to i5 lowed the continual progress of public af. it. He did not intend to discuss the ad. fairs, who asfociated himscli with those with dress, but he would take occasion to refer to whom be had been connected in times past, those '"outrages" which had been heralded ' was not a man to hold a responsible (position throughout the country. As to the Proton f upon the Bench. _ A man who accepted a outrege he could not now diecuss it Th f position of that kind sheuld allow every. evidence would be in the hands of membe s -- thing like political advanserpent to be swept in a few days, and it would be for the H our f awsy, and should ha \,;.;&esire excent that to determine whether it sustained the re o:: . ot doing his duty in that position, He was or not, and he was willing to abide the i o A fearful that in future the example of the hon. As to the other accusations, he was hl.""(i gentleman might be followed. A man might with baving swindled a 'larzo p :gef take the Fouiuon ot judge temporarily as a money in connection with the Et i.mxun k i resting--place until be could find a position tion. _ He denicd that most '§an 1 'mfi" such as the hon. gentleman is now occupy-- was charged with having in &T \(fle .Y-u e | ing, and for the purfou of advancing his morey for the church in com::cfic') ected political interests It was with a view of that Aesociation, and having s indl,;in l oegy preventing the action on the part of the portion of that roone KHW deni a large Government being taken as a precedent that im the most uo uuyl.ified 01; s e he had taken objection to it as a direct vio« was also charged qwith h forms. . _ He Javion of the Constitution, and a dire:t vio-- orphihs And 'ladits out 'vmgl swindl«d tation of what had been practised ; and it of money. _ He gave thut ;: a large sum «'wes in that light that sze people of this amphatic denial. "This was all he coutd £af | country--whether they weroe the po: upon the ,mbjec{; a% th was all he conld say | litical friends of the Promier or not before the House 'rome preseat time, but --universally condemued the course adopted in a positi prorogued he noped to be ! hy the Government. Pr tl(:'Ol?e g;léofiosge p'l:'cle hthe whole evidencse '; The PREMIER was not aware that the them to say whether he :lf::? uldulgc"e No ho | course he had taken had been condemaed by He did not wish to attempt to * 'yd? > Th bis friends as well as his otfponents, but on mind of any person; all he askog"mh fas o6 | the contrary, was convinced that the Liberal | «lo was to f{.rm his 'j"dgmcnt cac l0!1'3 to A | party of Canada had approved of it, as dence, and he felt confident tha:pob?; 'E in tue aleo had the additional friends he had ob-- House and country he would b aithed 4f tained htex. The hon. gontleman oppasite every one ot these vile nccuat" is tiak bad | had said that a judge should not psrait been brought agsinst him (C.*';om that had | himself to have any opinion at all upon po-- Pn naradagh" was ce eers ) | litical matters; that he should not watch at avh was carried, | all the course of political events; that he | should not be interested at all in what this |