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I have been connected for five years in . - . ."F' , ', .' the chso of Commons, and for the lair". ' ?.p2"goitt,tg: on; 15:31.26. tttl I"? p, l . . - l n . l 0 con iutrtrtt . Year in the Local Logislsture as well, With . his general iiiii% and the fe'ebleness of his , my friend Mr. Alexander Mackenzie, who "voice prevents him from taking " tyromi.lt hats th oughous taken a leading part Mt Op- 'nent "tdoirective a part in the conduct '0 position in the House of Commons up to . public aiUira as in former days, . this timo, and has assumed tli.rAth, me ow, forsooth they acknowledge that in the Local Legislature. Mr. ckenzie these char 'ii' were false and mu. has been more intimately thrown together} umnious. git John Macdonéld r with me for the last tive years -xarn le, " London the other day t'. than perhaps any other public man. ' 1'2.','ll"la Mi. Mackenzie was and is an Our intercourse has been most 1 cor- honest man, and that he acted to the best" I dial, constant and unrestrained, and, there _ Itof his judgment So say they all now. , in nothing in my public life to which Tcould Thank God, Mr. Mackenzie's reputation refer as having tPica me pyy---atu.1 there8 does not depend ll on the commendation ot ar menu-tape" that .ha.vegivs.sn Ile I Sir John 's1'rl'lfcltr., He is gratified, n " (r,)?!,,,,?,.?'.,'? does M sank into mtigrtiiil doubt, at these avowais, and doubtless he csnce side the pain . ve fclt at the 1111- also understands as you do, and despises as Just observations an attacks which V on do, the motive which prompts hilt have been made u I Mend on recent former slanderers to-day. The motive is rr occasions. I lime to any this, that when I palpable, and it is twice as mean as it " was :alled'npon to form aGovernnicntIfel! ' palpable. I have had once or twice the l' it necessary to the interests of the country k" ohargea or inainuatiorts against me which ll that my hands should be strengthened by generally accompany these encomiumg ~nnd RI my friend "k,i.tt.g. .Alice with me, and ' retractiona." After reading the answer , .the greatest- di.aiiirty that I found he gave Sir John Macdonnld in Parliament , In the formation t tlmt Govern» in 1881, in replytothe statement that he ment '3 to WET .. Ma'IMackensie p, 'supplanted Mr. Mackenzie in the office " to assume the pptsiti6 tttt 'tt ,ortl1ily leader of the Liberal party, saying that hat fills-of Treasurer of bio Not that, 'had alWIWs shunned the Position and only. Mr. Mackenzie was anwilling---he has al. assumed it with the utmost reluctance, ' ways been willing-to make any tuusrifice in 3 Mr. Blake continued..--", wish, however, his power iorthuuuskeoi hisconntry and of that , that these words of our opponents were .1.» , party with which he felt the great interests? 1o_mptusied bya little measure of fair deeds. . of the country Were identiiicd--but that _ r Whktevar they say, they do not act in the his own views {his public duty led him to" I same way. Thev first gerrymandered the. hesitate. Hem'lfercd his support to the 'l riding of East York,the chosen constituency Government made the Cabiuet,buc he du. 3 of Mr. Mackenzie. They failed to win. , sired that I w id not ask him to talu-_1'hen they morgmiged tUt orrymandered , otiice and it was with the utmost reluctance . riding under the infamous C2',l,"i'e, Act. , that he at length. consertttd. I hast .. i And now they are trying to Boultbeefy the " found him to be the iruest and most faithful ' riding I They are seeking not merely t B of friends and collcugncs. Etfora have defeat Mr. Mackenzie, but to defeat him by tr, been made by the adverse? to weaken _ _. Alfred Bonltbee I But for this they must; Mr. Irtckeazieu position in t o Legislature I'uave the consent of the electors, and in the tr RI, Ottawa, and olvserratiorm htore £000; 'gerrymtusdered and morgtutiaed COL ctitu, ll abroad with reference to my relations with , ency I my. every reason to believe there is t him which imvo giver, great pain to me. i left an ample reserve of public spirit to Be. ' It has been Skid that I was desirous of cure u. a vietory. I rejoice to 860 that our withdrawing from the Lucal Legislature in friend ht" accepted the nomination, and I order to obtain a loading position in the'h ' read the other day, as I am sure you did, ll . Commons. My only desire wns to go thorn with emotion the brief but ""4in speech" to assist my friend Mr. J)yd.enzje as his he made to the convention. The eireum. . faithful supporter in the future, ts I trust I q 'lsttuteca were moving. "They reminded meh have been in the past. I have no ambition of tho lines the'po'et ppd in the mouth of; to be any other than a private member of to old hero and statesman, speaking to his h' Parliament. I believe inc pit r , "Grit comrndes in his declining your. c-- went. I "P. a Iyyty man, ted, "ioN _ IThough much is taken much abides; and , party to which I intend to suck long h' though ' it carries out its principles. (Apahm'sm) We use not now that strength which in old- M ersotral desire has always erkuty, ' ' "is I . fl uc{iiipthe ranks and along with the rueti ' """,dc,'tg,h:aitd Heaven, that which we are of that party,und in no other or more prom- One equal Whip" of heroic hearts inent capacity; and in that position I should Made has]: by time and fate but strong in !i,yl myself if returned P. the House of ' t'o strive, tosook, to tind and not to yield. I Lommons on a future occasion, and I have 1 told my friends that, whether on the right a , THE DUTY or A PUBLIC MAN. . bond or on the left of the Spa iker,iny place Ttu, speech to Tyth Mr. Blake referred must be in the ranks. I have to say to rr WM 1eli1rered. at JyeriP, Oct: 16, 1886. I you and to my countrymen hencrslly that "ir. nlsckenmesaid t-- Mr. President and of all the public incn whom have met-- ,gentlemen. tt " {matter of the deepest re" and I have observed, 1 hope, not unfairly. , gret .that I am Gm" unable to address tr but closely the men of both aides-I know Public meeting. I Ictmnot tell, of course": no man of , equal diligcncc. of equal! how long that disability may last, buthhile". self-sacrifice, oi greater integrity, of ir does last the excitement of .tt.ter.nptitw to a nicer some of private aud publlcgi speak makes it wholly impossible for me to virtue ;no mun _ sternly devoted tog; give my thoughts adequate uttornncc. ll . the, muse which" in his conseienceU keel deeply grateful for the recognition you . believed to by rig . d more willingly and have given ot what little serwce I have been I incessantly lendin iis every effort to the able to f,)'.,',' you since I became your. Pem-l succc-ss of that cause than my friend Mr. her. l y illness has prevented me giving as Mackenzie, whom We are all proud to "11th tttytion to my constituents '15 I acknowledge as one of the Most prominent , .'could desire. and although I have endeavor. F, public men in the Dominion of Canada, and ed t9 the best of my Ibllity to attend to my for whose good and great qualities my own . Parliamentsry duties:, I 1yrvts not been able I admiration has been intonsitied by time. "I. to use my tune as I could Wish. However. , (Applause). II I can only say that I shall do the best I can I I , j in the interest of the riding and especiiiiig. , A SECOND TRIC l TL'. ' in the interest of the country. And I Wart, li' Hon. Edward Wake, speaking at Wing. f, you that when the interests of the country ham during the 1-rnr,taiurts of 1887, paid at: ,atlict with the interests of the party I high tribute to the dist guished services of . stick to the country. I have no doubt that a Mr. Maclwuzic. Aitct referring to the?! the united Reform' party will so conduct i storm of iii-nu,- that was hurled for many}, the affairs of the country as to merit myap- ' ycms at Riv. ,\'=H~l\('l.f',.I' while he was loadcré proval. The country has become thorough- " of tin- l.im :..1 many, ..' Shin.- MINI I--- 5 iy disgusted with the system of govern- "ii- ,,', _ ~....~-. in murm- l'lilsili d While I,'. intent that has prevailed since 1878. Ihave I Mr. 1.uc: 1li'or nus our lumitr ; lint not"?! Fat urs'toprtity for his party nnd unhappilyi,s' a