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Idat he. lend the aid of his high ability to the 6 fore adjourning Mr. Whitney made an services of his country. incffectual attempt to obtain a state-- We can, of course, all jJoin in the mwent from the Aitorney--General re-- expression of pleasure at the residence ' sprecting the date of the elections. in our midst, if only for a season, o1 i _ their Excellencies the Governor--Gen-- Mr. German's Speech. eral and Lady Aberdeen, and I trg:t Mr. German was war and believe they will carry away the by. his fi,n""._Lntfl,;']a'"':'e]]{]}Sf;gla':'flflfi conviction that, however we may Giffer 7 | he arose to move the address He as to the means, our guiding star and ' | said :-- * the goal of ambition of the people's Mr, Speaker, 1 would have been representatives in this Legislature are PR ' better pleased if the burden of the duty the welfare, the expansion and the F 1 which 1 am about to undertake had prosperity of this noble Province. been cast on some one more capahble 3 7 ; Of is satisfactory performance s han | Unity of the Empire. myself ; but, sir, there is at least one | | Tkere is no doubt, sir, that we also thing sutisfactory, that so far as it | join in a feeling of satisfaction and might be incumbent on the mover of | |jcyfully accept congratulation at the the address to speak in defence of the | ' manifest interest exhibited at this time Government, the duty is not an oner-- in the mother country for Canada, ous or difficult one. Notwithstanding There was a time, within my easy re-- the frantic efforts of hon. gentiomen ecllection, when many thought and P \ of the Opposition in their peregrina-- feared that there was not that interest 8 tions through the Province during the taken in Canada and Canadian affairs | past year to stir up some enthusiasm in the mother land as could be wished, on their behalf and some feeling of , and I am not sure, sir, in the light of antipathy to or distrust in the Govern-- passing events, that the causes for ment, their exertions have signally | that apparent lack of interest are far and completely failed, and the people to seek, when we find a great political of the Province to--day have as fuill party in this country inaugurating a " confidence in the honesty and ability fixcal policy diametrically opposed to of the Government«--to properly and long--standing and well--settied English ; economicaily administer its affairs as sentiment, a policy which, in a measure thougrh Mr. Whitrey had -- remained at least, discriminated against the im-- basking in the sunshine on the banks portation into this country of English of the St., Lawrence and Mr. 8St. John | manufactured goods: and when we find had continued his investigation of the } the leading newspaper of that party y piggery on the Humber. | editorially stating that if English sen-- I There is no doubt, sir, that all in | timent and British connection cannot this chamber will join in an expression stand the strain of such an adverse of satisfaction in the appointment of ; policy, so much the worse for British the hon. gentleman who opened this | connection. When we find that same session of the Loegislature to the posi-- | party, year after year, while prating tion of Lieut.--Governor of the Pro-- about their super--loyalty, their deep vince, cand <~I am -- sure he will j fceling of devotion to the mother land, possess, aAs hbe hopes to possess, | and loudly claiming that all who dif-- the fullest confidence not only of all | fered from them were traitors and an-- h members of this Legislature but the | nexationists, saying at the same time confidGence of the united public as woll. | to that courtry, in effect : "We care not It is, sir, without doubt a fitting term-- | encugh for your sympathy, your feeling ination to the long and useful public | of interest, your active assistance in career of that hon. gentlieman and a | our welfare, we are not sufficiently , proud reward for his energy, ability | Icral to reduce by one iota the tariff J and integrity that, having been nearly | wall we have raised against you, unless a all his life in the stormy sea of poli-- you choose to tax for our hbenefit the tics, filling the highest positions in the bread that the millions of the poor in gift of his party, having been for your country eat," is it not, sir, a rea-- itwoenty years the leader of the domin-- sca able conclusion that these principles, % ant party in this Province and the head actually carried out, mean at least of the Government, he should now be some of the cause that led to that appointed to the position of the Queen's dearth of interest in the mother land representative in the Province which for Canada ? We find that so soon as he ruled so long. In accepting that another party obtains power, so soon position there are none to say but as Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his party, that he will ably perform the high du-- | carrying out in practice tne principles ties pertaining to the office and hold | they had embodied in resolutions while the balance between the two political | in Opposition, without prating about parties with as true a hand and as ' their loyalty and shouting it from the | emphbatically as though a thought of | kcusetops, quietly exemplified by act political strife or conflict had never | of Parliament their feelings and their influenced his action. I am sure there | desire for closer trade relations with is a universal hope that he may 1..»' !E!rgland, an immediately increased and ' long spared to aid by his experience, | active interest in that country for Can-- i integrity and ability the building up | ada. We find her Government immedi-- 4 and development of our noble country. ately doing what all the lip--loyalty But, sir, while we all join in congratu-- and loud pretensions of the Conserva-- 1 lations to Sir Oliver Mowat, I am sure tive party never could have accomplish-- P we all feel a deep sense of gratitude ed--nothing less than the cancelling of ! for and appreciation of the able ser-- twe important treaties which were of »/4 vices, careful management and genial large benefit to Great Britain, but the [ nature of his predecessor, and join in car celling of w hi('{h will bring very con-- l the hope that Sir George Kirkpatrick s'd('l':ll!]("and lasting benefit to Canada. | may soon recover his old--time str_f'ngth It is this manifest interest, brought and slill have many years in which to ; shout by the loval and judicious acts NNNEAAA en im mmmmmmmmmrniernterrre en en e e e on e n o