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& Irish Protestant Benevolent Society‘s Soiree. [ e i Apartments Wantedâ€"Address N. P., this office. . | 5* "‘;: Compontors Wantedâ€"Apply at this ofice. Board and Lodgingâ€"126 Clarence street. Ma for an advocate, in his own Province. We are justified now, however, in Lbelieving that since Confederation has become an accomâ€" plisbed fact, it will have in him an able sup porter, wipm=e inlepe=lout awdvocacy of its elaim 1« far mial at the hands of the peoâ€" ple will have a most powerful influence in allsying the irritation at present existing mm Nove Seotia. The Hon. Mr. Caxrart Axotuens gleam of light was thrown upon the positiop of the Nova ‘Scotia party yes terday by the speech of the Hon. StEwart Camresir, the meimber for Guysborough. This gentleman gave utterance to sentiments which practicalsy take him out of the cateâ€" gory of the "Anti«."" Though his speech was brief, it was evidently well considered and delivered with a full conviction of the importance of the ground he hal assumed, and while listening to it, we could not but regret that circumstances had prevented the Usion cause from having had Mr. CaxrpBerLr We also publishâ€"the speeches ot Hon. Mr. Aurex and Hon. Mr. McCcriy in the debate in the Senate on the Addiress, thus preâ€"oc. eupying our space to.the exclusion of such a report as we coull . have wished to give of the rery interesting debate in the Commons yesterday afternoon, aix} to suppress that of the evening‘s proceedings altogether. Messrs. Savaat, Cmenas, Joxes, Becuaro and Masâ€" sox apoke, after which all the paragraphs in the Address were agreed to except the la=*, on which Mr. Howr replied at considerable length to Dr. Treezx.> The House then tl-“ journed at 12:10. L 1 Ix this issue we give a full report of Dr. Tuy-’-g-ebq--rndty evening. _ It is a masterpiece of argumentative eloquence, and will no doubt be read with interest by the people of this part of the Dominion, who deâ€" sire to become better acquainted with the political situation of Nove Scotia. #D‘Arcy McGee has a lyceum lecture on *The Mental Outit of the New Dominion,‘ which he thinks consists mostly of McGee." Tus above .irom the Globe which stole the matter of three editorial paragraphs from the aforesaid lecture. It is evident, therefore, that Mr. McGezr has overlooked dne item in * The Mental Outft of the New Dominion," â€"â€"the literary prigâ€"and that the Globe is resolved on proving by demonstration that this item peculiarly belongs to its own estabâ€" Tus Hon. Mr. Hows announced yesterday afternoon that it was not his intention to move any amendment to the Address. It is will be taken upon it ‘(Mr. HVUCH McDONALD, Will appear IN FULL in the WEEKâ€" LY®OTIAW A TIMES of Tucesoar NeXxt, the 14th instant. Members and quire to give their orders before ELEVEN o‘cock THIS MORNING. The papers will be put up in wrappers for mailing. Turts Orricz, Nor. 1i, 1867. TbrOttewaCimes Rifle Brigade Marches. Doors cpen at halfâ€"past seven, Chair to be taken ateight o‘clock, precisely. . â€" Tickets may be had at Miles‘s, Orme & Son‘s, or of Members of the Committce. Dress Circle 50cts ; Gallery 25cts. Private Boxes Hon, Mr. Howe and Or. Tupper, 4â€"Duastt...(Bugle 3.""0,.....‘., â€"I1 Barbier dt Sm ie errmmmec tnate tn hook n es moagh O-fl.....l Cannot Sing the Old s-‘;;..m.fiw RECITATIONâ€"Tus Baxsars. Mr. G. W. Lester, who has kindiy volunteered. Will be hold in the evening at the Theatre where addresses wili be delivered by Hon. Joseph Howe, Hos. F. D. Mnnflo:hn. Mre. R. W. Seott has kindly consented to sing, and by permission of Major Buller and Oficers of the P. C. 0. Rifle Briâ€" gade, the Band will also be present on the occasion. PROGOGRAMM E. 8 PART 1. 1â€"â€"Overtare.........Itaiiazna in Algicri......... Rossini where service will commence at eleven. The anâ€" mvrersary sermon will be presched by the Rev. J. 8. Lander, M.A., Rector. Queenâ€"st., at Nine o‘cleck, a.m., This morning, for election of offcers. The memâ€" bers and their friends will walk in procession to To Members of Parliamentâ€"Apartments to Let. Burgeon Dentistâ€"Dr. Charles A. Mondelet, D D S. Confederation Billiard Roomsâ€"William Murray. Specctiosâ€"Weekly Times. Winter Applesâ€"Soott‘s Confectionery . Protestant Benevolent Society, Lord Monck, Patron, Will meet at their Rooms, TUESDAY, N@VEMBER 1z, 1=61. THE SPEECHES On no gecasion will the names of O1d Advertisoments be insorted Christ‘s â€" Church, Citr and Countyr Official GoD savE THE QUEEX. Ottaws, November 12, 1867. 587â€"1 A SOTER.EE wvenc....... The Cavalier NEW ADVERTISEMEN Is PART 11. that any division Glover bel C c of presiding over the first openâ€" "fi«mmu the New Dominion. i | In stating further that we thankfully receive His Excelleney‘s congratulations on the legisâ€" lative sanction which bas been given by the Imâ€" perial Parliament to the act of Union, we feel 1 | that it is in no boastful spirit that we are invited / | to join in the aspiration that under this Act of Union we may be hyl:lm foundation of a , | new nationality, which 1 extend its bounds trom the Atiantic to the Pacific ocean. 1 reâ€" ‘| peat, hon, gentlemen, that it is in no idie , | spirit @f hoasting that we give expression to , | such ufm within this Senate Chamber. , | Folly and worse than folly would it be to afâ€" fect for one moment to ignore the tremendons s | power ot the great Republic which lies along ; | our borders, but we should be unworthy of the races from which we are sprung and oltlul "| mighty empire to which we belong, if we alâ€" lowed the craren fear to intrude, that loyally fulflling our obligations as friends and neighâ€" bors, we had ought to dread which should lead | us to forego for ons moment our determinaâ€" tion to preserve our own distinct national inâ€" dependencé! I am persuaded that the spirit which actuates the great body of the puorle | of these confederate Provinces is one of quiet, manly determination thet we will,God helping | us, preserve British America for Eritish Amerâ€" l lcans, and he believed that one great step towards accomplishing this, which should be * the great object of every true patriot, is to enâ€" deavor to draw together by the closest bonds Into one great Confederation, all who on this contineftt from the Atlantic to the Pacific now | acknowledge the sway of the same sovereign. ' In carrying out this grest work of Confederâ€" ation, hon. gentlemen, we have the satisfaction | of hearing that we have both the moral and material support of the great Empire to which we belong. In the rngnph of His Excellency‘s speech to which the next resoluâ€" tion refers, His Excellency states that Her I:i'nty's Ministers considered the principie of Union as one of great and Imperial interestsâ€" l uot as has been hastily ard ungenerously asâ€" serted by some few disappointed politicians in | order that the mother country n&%t then rid l herself of all further responsibilities, and shift the whole burden of the defence of the Confedâ€" | 'enuo- upon the people of these Provinces, | but because Her Majesty‘s Government: were | persuaded that in such an Union lay theeleâ€" f ments of that strength, which if properly cxâ€" | . erted would enabile us to bear our fair share in | ( the defence of our own soil; backed, as we | ; should be, if occasion unhappily required it, by | ; the whole strength of the Empire, That we | ) thall thus be supported we have had the fulâ€" & lest and most explicitassurances given to us | ; I on the part of Het Majesty‘s Governiment, and | j no better pledge could hare been given for the | ; fuifllment of these assuranc than. the | ,, promptitude with which the ver;zover of the | j British army has been from time to time desâ€" patched to thiscountry, when the peace lud[ safety of r eolo?ln vovlol'l::lyu. be en. | dangered by foreign foes. All that is required | of us Mogewm-uuyb.m:e& our» | selves, cheerfully to do our part, and we need mnever fears that England will withdraw her protecting mgis from the new nationality until | ; it has become firm and powerfullenough to r maintain its own footLold upon this continent. : But honorable gentlemen, to attain that | Union among ourselves, which is really | r strength, it |is the first importance that the utmost| freedom _ should be acâ€"‘ t) to the.bpeech, and said: In rising to address you toâ€"day, I cannot altogether claim your inâ€" dulgence upon the same grounds upon which an appeal is not unfrequently made to the conâ€" sideration of the House on similar occasions, that of yeuth and inexperience having already asit wereserved my parliamentary apprenticeâ€" ship, though but s short one, in one former ’Lr‘bhdn Councilâ€"but 1 am nevertheless but too conscious of my shortcomings and deficiencies as a speaker, not to teel how much I need your kind consideration upon the present occasion. Indeed, I might, perhaps, have done wisely had I at once declined in favor of other and abler members of this House, the task of moving the address in answer to: the speech from the Throne, but I will frankâ€" : ly confess that 1 could not resist the oppor-l tanity thus offered to me of identifying myâ€" self with the first step in the parliamentary proceedings of the new which is now, I trust, opening so -pbh:ny upon our comâ€" mon country. Trusting, then, hon. gentlemen to your indulgence, I shall proceed to make a few brief remarks on the different points alâ€" luded to in the address. I am sure, hon. genâ€" tlemen, that we all heartily participate in the i ainemmnanie in as Excelleney the in the conâ€" summation of the great work of Confederation, first commenced, carried on step b{‘ step, and now so happily completed under His Excelâ€" lency‘s able and popular administration, and | we rejoice that His Excellency has had the | The order of the day for the consideration of His Excellency‘s Speech having been called, as for instance, Messrs, Cartwrtout and ,Iouusâ€"-cnmy that it hat nothing to do. All this appeared natural enough, as did also | the arraizning of the Privy Council for the, in Mr. Braxa‘s view, neediess maultiplication of Cabinet officers, considering the stand point from which the speaker surveyed the situation. . Men must come into the House, if not with all the stock of electioneering cries at PLllw tips of their fingers, at least with the staple articles well assorted and exposed to publi¢ view. _ The battle at the polls must | to mmeI‘utcnt be fought oyer again on the | floor of the House, especially at the beginning of a new Parkhament, and we cannot but I‘in Mr, Buaxe credit tor having done this part of his work with great moderation, and 'u much tairness as couki reasonably have been expcl}nl nader _ the circumatauces.. I Verily, the member tor Lambton must look to his laurels ! 1 able antagonist. CANADIAN â€"PARLIAMENT, With respect to the atturnde of the Nova Scotia Members, as explainei by Mr. Howw Mr. Buakg, we think, took the cortect as welk as the most conciliatory view. . Their ease is not one tor discussion in the Parliaâ€" ment, of Canada, so long as it is presented in the fimfio form of a demand for escape trom the Union. That can only be seitlal by the Imperial Parliament, and we really» think that llk less we say with respect to it xh' better. | Touching the policy of the Governâ€" ment Mr. Buace‘s utterances were conceived in a spiritt moderation, which no doubt will infuse itself with others returned bythe pesâ€" ple on the same political plutu::& bhiumâ€" seli. His debut in the parliamen areua, though not calgulated to dazzle by its brilâ€" liancy, was quite sufficient to satisly the exâ€" ions of his political friends, and to warn m&. that in him they may find an ‘ l the Hon, Commissioner of Public Works. It | was quite to have been expectal, too, that { Coalitiogs in general should have received a condemmation at his hands, and that the financial policy _of the late Government should have been denounced as the cause of divers and auryiry nusfortunes, in the bringing about of which, others no less well informed, and perbaps x little better, than Mr. Buaxkek~â€" Me. Eowar» Braks made his speech yesterday alternoon. _ It was he .hou?-l have taken the customary the Hon, Commissioner of Public We Hon. Mr. ALLEN rose to move the.anawer is, we should judge, destined to take an imâ€" portant| part in the deliberations of Parliaâ€" ment. No doubt his moderate views, which we take to represent the sober second thought of his own Province, will soon be shared in generally by the representatives of Nova Seotia. s Moxpay, Nov. 11, 1867. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 2 o‘clock ler PARLLAMENT : 1st SBSSIOX THE SENATE. _ aAR marten natural fling at The House then resumed the debate on the first paragraph of the address, Three petitions were brought received and read. for Colchester, N. 8., and Alfred (G. Jones Esq , for Halifax, took the oath and their seats. be as light as possible,the more especially as in the Maritime Provinces, the people had been accustomed to g Jow tariff ; umr‘;n uncasy feeling existed, which only the adoption of a t low tariff would effectually remove. fn the Act of Union, Canada proper bad evinced the i utimost liberality, as not now demandiog such large sacrifices from the Maritime Provinces, | in regard to the construction of the Interceâ€" | ’ lonial Railway as it had previously dong, and | he had no doubt, but that the utmost ecoâ€" | nomy would be practiced in the prosecution of the work. â€" Not desirous of great military ‘ display, nor of large expenditare for military purposes, it was nevertheless desirable to place the militia and volunteers on the most edicient footing consistent with a due regard to the wishes of the people of the Maritime Provinces, who were very sensitive jn reâ€" ference to what they considered ag the great burthen of a contemplated novel military orâ€" ganization, He trusted that those eligible for militia duty would not be called‘ out for a lopger time than was absolutely necessary to make them efficient in drill ; and ho wound up by speaking hopefully of the future of the Dominion. | Hon. Mr. MeCULLÂ¥, rising to second the answer, alluded to the negotiations which bad preceded Confederaiion, and «poke of the resources of the Provinces now that they are united, It was for the Senate to arrange deâ€" tails, and they had both the power and the spirit to make the Union all that could be desired. ‘The elements oi a great nation the Dominion fully possessed, and nothing but unity among the different parts of it, akindliness of feeling between the Confederaâ€" ted States, was wanted t fully develop them. An assimilation of the laws was yory essential and would, be trasted, brwell conmidered by the House. He hoped that the trxes would ! | ses now, so far as it goes, a volunteer force p | which for intelligence and discipline, any | it | country might be proud of. Added to this, and | cr ; as weare reminded by His Excellency, thanks 8J f to the Commons of the Mother country, we | c« | have ‘now the gratification ot knowing that | be | our volunteers have that, without which,| h bravery and intelligence would avail but litâ€" | er | tle in nodern warfareâ€"a thorough and elf. , 0; cient weapon â€"the whole volunteer force of | co | Ontario and Quebec being now armed by the | th | Imperial Government with a breech loading | sa | ride. But whilst we oox'n(umc ourselves | m | on the gresent state of volunteer force, | he | there is no doubt that the circumstances unâ€" | th der which we are now placed call for the | gr adoption, as stated in His E:cellency'- speech, | th of a more general scheme oft militia organizaâ€" | M tion and defence. ‘Well considered, I trust it ! re: will be, for I know of no subject of more vital | ex importance which can engage the attention of | M Parliament, or which will require more care. | w« ful and earnest thought. _ That the defences | no of the country cannot be placed upon a sutisâ€" | fes factory footing without some sacrifices upon | e}. the part of the people of the Dominion is beâ€" | no youd all doubt, but I have much misunderâ€" | th stood the feelings and spirit of my countryâ€" | tw | men it they are not founil ready to sabmit to | t any _ reasonable sacrifice ti» pn;e": | for their independence and nationality. ut I | ge trust that it will be the especial care of the ; N« Government in bringing up their scheme for | fo] the lnflherotg:nm ization (l’: the wilitia that no , th unnecessary burdens are laid upon the people . Us â€"â€"that every regard is paid toecconomy conâ€" , m sistent with expediency ; and thatâ€"the voâ€"| be lunteer spirit, instead of an enforced service, | to should be relied upon as much as possible. In | th: conclusion, hou. gentlemen, I am sure that I | lea shall have your hearty concurrence in the | m« hopes and _ anticipations expressed by | low His Excellency ir reference to the future | a of the new Dominion. It has pleased Proviâ€" | ho dence to bless us with an abundant harvrest. | y,, Our farmers are obtaining highand remunersa. | the tive prices for the produce of their farms. | tio: Notwithstanding the late nnflommnu failure | gy,, of one of our banking institutions, trade is | ha! ' wwtmuthmubont the Province generaliy. | q;,, We have uo heavy imports, or burdensome ' be: taxes to pay. Peace, quictpess, and security | ca reigns within our, borders, and we have a wUp future before us of which any people might be Ju’,’ proud. â€" But it rests with ourselves, honorable | tha gentlemen, to muke or mar that future. Let Bys a spirit of sectionalism prevail, let party ntrife | ou: grow rampant, and all our brilliaot anticipaâ€" | th« tions may end in disappointment. But if we wht strive to conduct our affairs in a spirit of lat moderation and < mutual forbearance, if folâ€" | py,, lowing the spirit of those words with which | ,;q each day we prepare for our deliberations, " we giv lay aside all roc::te lnhmnr, prejudices and | ) ,., partial affections," then we may safcly hops of i that in His Excellency‘s words, we shall rig reader the great work of Union which has wh been achieved, a blessing to ourselves and our thi* posterity, and a {resh startin: point in the the t moral, political, and material adgancerp=ent of witi (Ilg_people o{Cuudm IFacss APTERNXOON sEssIOX Mospay, Nov. 11, 1887. ABCHIBALD WOODLENY MeLELLAN teer force has been greatly increased. ‘The short experience of actual service in the field was of immense benefit to them, and it is not saying too much to assert that Canada possesâ€" ‘ preceeded the introduction of this measure in | the Imiporial Parliament between Her Majosty‘s Government and the Provincial delegates, that the fullest freedom was allowed in armanging | and scttling all the details of this important moasure, In the same spirit of respect for our ’ privileges are we called upon new to accept ; the duties which are imposed upon us by the | system of Government called into existence | by the Act of Union, and I may be permitted | on behall of other honorable gentlemen i trom _ the Maritime Provinces, _ who | like myself, are more at home here to express I the feelings of unmixed and hearty gratificaâ€" | tion with which we hail the presence, and | anticipate the valuable cooperation of those | honorgble gentlemen from the Maritime Proâ€" | vinces, whom we have the honor of hayâ€" ' ing for our colleagues in this Senate. ‘To us then, bonorable gentlemen, in common with | the other branch of the ; Legislature, will be | committed the importantitask of considering | measures for th¢ amendrtent and assimilation | of the laws noitxhtlng& in the several Proâ€" | vinces relating to currency, customs, excise, and revenue genetally, for the adoption of an uniform postal system, and many other im« portant measures which will require our most carnest and careful attention. . Many of these subjects would have required legislation, even had Confederation not taken place, but under ‘ the new order of things the revision and as} similation of the criminal law, and the law reâ€" lating to bankruptcy and insolvency, has beâ€" come absolutely necessary. Another, and rthp one of the most important subjects alâ€" uded to in His Excellency‘s speech is the Intercolonial railway. â€" Without an Tnterâ€" colonial railway the Union would be not half complete. With it we shall be brought into such close and intimate connection with each other as to become practically, as weil as theoretically, one people. Already a great and important trade has eprung up between us of the inland Provinces and our friends on the sea board, but necessarily confined to ‘the season of navigation. . With the Intercolonial railway once established, commercial interâ€" course, instead of being limited to a few short | months in summer will be continued throughâ€" out the year, contributing to the growth and prosperity of the wholo Dominion,and uniting us socially and commercially as one people. Among the uubljocu of congratulation referred to by His Excellency, none will be telt to be more truly so to every inhabitant of the Doâ€" wmiznion than the fact of the great improvement which has taken place within the last year in | the genera! organization and efficiency of the yolunteers and militia. When the Provincial. Parliament last met in this place, our volunâ€" teers had josu en cutled out t&oawne) the inâ€" vasion of our soil by bands of miscreants who . threatened the peace and safety of the Province at the same time both in its eastern and western sections. ‘The manner in which the force turned out, and the spirit then disâ€" played within Upper and Lower Canada was most gratifying to every Canadian, and plainâ€" ly showed the misguided wretches who had dared to invade our soil, as well as those who | supported and abetted them, that anything like permanent success in their mad underâ€" taking was utterly hopeless. Since these| events occurred, the efficiency of our volunâ€" | corded to all who are secking to be confedâ€" erated together, to discuss and arrange the mode in which the principle should be applied, and therefore, it is that we are invited to ex» nn-un our satisfaction at the assarance given by i# Excellency, that in the discussion which HOUSE OF COMMON® up, and two agai :. _ He contrasted the Constitution of thys Con: «deration with that of the l::ltod Statos, show ing that worouomd the advantage of gtal:ity. He denied that the majority was a pask «d majority, and claimed that they ”uld | agniast bere, In reply to the hon. member | lor Nest Durham he was bound to say that th: ) » was no great displacement of the currenâ€" cy +., consequence of the banking scheme of last sessiop, and that scheme had been supâ€" port «d as Su best that coula io wéopted at the tim +. _ Referring to Confederation he said we t.hn i1d, instead of seeking changes in fayor | of »ay one Province, take steps to occupy the | fert is yalley of the Saskatchewan and the , Noth Weat. He thought it unpatriotic in | gou lemen opposite to epdegror to stir up the | sar) : feelings of hostility which exisied some | yours ugo, : hov cles Lik sho Del THK OTTAWA TIMEKES, NOVEMBER 12, 1i so. tioy: that cor *itlon the ffect ulo., sent whâ€"lo por in it de par . He the views N c t ag o se en ie en ene o e e m w)s n they saw that England would sustain thi~s. It was our duty, and he only dreaded th»t misunderstandings might load toâ€"illâ€"will wimout cause, for he was sure both the Mother Co ;ntry and the Dominion wouid do their t abuwe as necessity arose as far ns possible, Ho ,kv »tred a Holvow Law, and thougnt we wer: now as likely to underrate as formerly to ovesrate the benefits of reciprocity. lé" 16» ter: d to the United States predicting that in | tim : they would shake off their present difiâ€" | cul:ies ; and we should endegvor to renew the | trei.ty on as favorable terms ‘as possitlcâ€"not , crin ;ingly, but in a manly way, Io depreont. ed monopolies as they existed in the United ' 8to‘»«, and thought they ought to bo guarded J Ni~. MORRIS seld eyeryone that ross to spcak must be impressed with the increased maâ€"nitude of our position under Goufederaâ€" tio~. and that the dream of the early coloâ€" nis*s of & future empire was being realized. He mad faithin Britain‘s Queen and British inâ€" stittions, and that we would set ourselyves lik» brethren to the task of perpetuating the lov â€" of them in this Dominion. Our influence 88 ©16 power would have an effect in negociaâ€" tioy; that we had no hope of in our isolated corition before Union. It would also have the â€" ffect of prour,vll:g peace. He reterred in uio. sent terms to the declarstion that the wh!o power of the empire would be exerted in «it defence in cage of need if we did our par‘. He referred to some extracts showing the views of the member for Hants, which had seen the very oppositeof those he held now . He .oped the day would soon come when that hov gentlemar would see with his former ‘lec. ness, and vbould return to his first love, Lik Sampson he appeajred amougst us with ho a |ocf:,°m lnptho sectional mel}n:no! Del: «h ; but be hoped these locks would grow | the | tio: : an | hai ' dis: wh‘ch woyld lead to the conclusion that Engâ€" lan i looked upon the Colonies as incumâ€" brances; and in answer ko would point to the aid which the Mother Country was constantly giving to show that she intended to maintain her position in North America. ‘The people of this country were willing to make any sacâ€" rif es to prevent dl_,.k_.-n to the Empire, tha a f. 6u: th. the constituenciesâ€"which was the result of two day clections. He boped, having regard t «conomy, thet a complete measure of deâ€" fence would be enacted. He hoped that a generous fecling would be extended to the Nova Scotians. _ He believed that they would fullow the course that had been indicated l-y‘ the meinb@r for Hants, and that in time the Union would become acceptable to all thc: meombers of the Dominion, and that it would | become steble and lasting. We had no rigcht | to intertere with the fecling that existed in | that Province. Jf apythiusg should cceur to , lea 1 us to look for any other form of Governâ€"" meat, we would regret that wo had not fol. | low od & gener.us course, ~(Applause.) I Mr. CARTWRIGHT, had always found the | ho. gentleman who had just sat down a | worthy friend, or worthy foe. His references to ' the Coalition, however, were boside the quesâ€" | tion. A great experiment was being tried, | an< he believed ithat not more than oncâ€"| half the work was done. ‘The cxtmor-‘ disary ease with which the first stages had be. n completed might lead to a feeling of cas «less Becurity, but he believed the duty of suyporting those who had the completion of he work in hand was now more imperative tha 1 eyer. Jn future we would have to ukel A f@r larger view of the duty which we ows to u: ««lves aud to the EKmpire. Ho deprecated hâ€" language of the hon. ‘member for Hants, vl»'ch. fl{nlfil lead to the conclusion that Engâ€" no confidence could be placed in their proâ€" fersions. He advocated the completion of eloctions in one day, argying that they could not hopo for a pure House if iney corrupted yr «s wrong, and it must be got rid of in order | that jystice might be done. He implored the Ministry to seize the opportunity. of those | resignations, and recede from their first act of | extmavagance by reducing the number of | Ministersâ€"â€"that would whow whether they | were worthy of a fair trial. If they «id not| throw over the Finance Minister. The pasâ€" sa;;« of that act on the eve of the establishâ€" m: nt of the Dominion, when it should not have been enacted until the new members of th« Dominion could have a voice in it, was a | " his candidate." He referred to the composiâ€" | tion of the present cabinet, characterizing it as one of expediency. The doctrine had been ' ' promulgated that parties should only be formed as questions aroge, and they had been | told that this would be the best for the reâ€" | form party ; that the country was tired of party. _ During the election every man ‘txnt called himselt a party man was charged with being an extreme man, and unreasonable. | On the hustings they had been told by the Minister ot Pablic Works, that if they wanted reform, they had it ; if conservatism, they had it. Theonly question was would a man support the Government. . They had been told if they w« ut Into opposition they must ally themâ€" gelves with their friends from Nova Scotiaâ€" annexationists and everything disloyal, ‘They had eudcavored to hurl back such slanders, aud to show that the position of the Nova Scotians was exceptional, and they should at least be allowed a fair trial, and seo whether thâ€"y would do their duty.in aiding. to carry out the Constitution, as he (the «peaker) beâ€" lieved they would. They had been educated by the Minister of Public Works to suspect ] th» party for whom that hon. gentleman durâ€" in; the.election had asked a fair trial. He had been many years painting them black and then turned to whitewashing. His constituâ€" ency and many others had taken the hon. gentleman‘s former advice. ‘The Hon. Minisâ€" tor of Justice had also perambulated the Westâ€" | ern uulstituencies, They found that the long ted of the Mucdonalds had come to ‘an end, and togetber they were engaged in carrying mojorities for the big and the little Coalitions, H» instanced the election of Brant, and might notice manmy others in which a Reform«»r was yoked with a Conservative in anendeaver to attract votes. ‘ The Minister of Public Works had informed his (the speaker‘s) constitucnt« that he represented the Reform ‘party. Those who obtained seats in this House as Coalition, ists were the supborters of the Hon. Minister of Justice. ‘The Minister of Public Works had _not a follower, He complained that no posiâ€" AOH fret tkomr .lett for the opposition, as the Premier of Ontatio Yisd dekep a scat =»« the leader of the opposition, while from K\ ; utterâ€" ances it seemed he was for the Ministry. H«| would like to know friends from foos He | complained also of the systin‘ of appointing } Ministersas sectionalists. Ifthat principle was | to obtain and Ministers be added for every new | addition to the Dominion, the Ca’i)lnct would | soon be large enough to suit even the enlarged views of his friends on the Ministerial benches. The principle was mischievous. â€" He referred to the retirement ofthe Minister of Finance, | leaving the country iu great perplexity. He | hu d led us a dance, and hadat last like a willâ€" | oâ€"theâ€"wisp lauded us in the mire. ‘The im«‘ mâ€"diate cause oi the retirement was the resâ€" I poosibility which rested upon him for placing | it in the power of one bank to shake the | ervdit of another. ‘The Coalition was also reâ€" |â€" sponsible. Had it not" been strong from ’ y coalition they could not have carried the | banking scheme. The late Finagce Minister | haâ€"! stated, with the acquiescence of the Gorâ€" | er.ument, that he had lost the confidence of ; Ontario, . The Govermment had also lost that ’ confidence, and Itfinld not do merely‘ to | { throw over the Finance Minister. The pasâ€" | t sa;;« of that act on the eve of the ‘establishâ€" | Mr. BLAKE said he agroed with the memâ€" ber for Hants in the opening of his .address, M« thought the business of the country should not be unnecessarily delayed. The party with which he acted would not move any amendâ€" ment, and his remarks would bo as brief as possible, â€" He referred to the difficultics of the former Parliament from sectional ‘differences, wn I both great parties coalescing to arrive at a remedy, Neither party, however, lost its distinctive character by that coalition, Re« forred to the defeat of the Minister of Public Works in North Ontario by a Conservative, aud to the Minister of Justice calling the opâ€" ponent of a liberal candidate in . Wentworth, lon, Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD said that it was not the hon. gentleman‘s intention to divide the House, but he could of course it he chose speak upon every paragraph (hear, hear.) Mon, Mr. HOWE said it was not hi« inten tiow to make any amendment to the address (deaiin sdhanscc es e se P is ic h P .o d uuv-’ airly . 1 02 , [3i 010 We* HRCIY 10â€" accomâ€" | these advantages i ing to the polls, the | ernor.General is £10,000 sterling. T think if| plish such an object? As regards the exten» | House will b:‘.m-p,?..%o g';';..,., tb.fam;'bon. lwo contrast the salary formerly givea to that sion of our commerce it is well known that | friend Mr, Howe and his supporters, failod to l high officer before the great lteg whigh the the ablest writers in all these colonies ex. | indnce one.halt of the electors of the Province, | Uhion of the Maritime Provinces has g&cn to | hqusted their best efforts in a vain effort ’ to go to the polls and record ‘their votes ; the former Colony of Canada, the a; ouuy to estend commercial intercourse between | in their favor! I have made the following | will not be feund dl:&r:l’ofliouh. It nnu;! the diffcrent Provinces. They failed because | calculation up with all the care in my power, | be remembered that this officer is the connect. free trade involved the prlnolfi’lo of Union | and will be glad to suabmit my Agures to the | ing liok with ~Oron‘. and the representa with one Government which slone could se. ‘ scrutiny of my hon. friend. The Unionists | tive of w “-:l:.‘“' part of the | onre a common bariff, 1( we wish to estimate ‘ contested all buy three countios tu the Proâ€"‘ Empire, and that we hardly enpest to | I M Avoieine : Seppptant t ridnd sare ol rir eP C dvic c cnelitt 1. 9 52 15 20 1 |a great maoufacturing industry, To say | digsolution to bring in n new representatio | not*llng of our valuable gold mincs as a means | bill in order to adapt the Local Constitutio of attracting population a great portion of our | to the new state of things under the Union ‘ Province is onriched with vast deposits of | We were thus compelied to reduce largely th iron, cual and limestone, the minerals which / represertation of several Counties, an , act i have made England the empotium of manuâ€" l iteelf extremely repylsiye to the electors. Th factures for the world. Â¥Yet with all this popular cry was raised that the..Union, irre mineral wealth it was obvious that without spective of its merits, had been forced on th that union which wouid throw down the barâ€" people in an arbitrary and unconstitutiona riers to our manufacturing:industry, and open | manner. (I need not in this Honse, L am sure up commercial intercourse with our fellow | de{nnd the mode in which the Union Act was colonists we must be content largely | caftied by the Imperial Parliament, based up to forego the groat matsrial advantages which | on the action of large majorities in the Logis nature had bestowed. Injon bas yow given | latures of all the Provinces affected by ‘ tha us a population of 4,000,000 insterd of 400,â€" | Act. Pitt and Poel, and all the most eminent 000. My hon, friend has spoken elo(tuuntly | statesmen of England, have in the most un. of the great iimportance of Immigration as | mistakeable terms asserted the right of Parlig« the trus goyrce of advancdment for a country | ment to deal with any question, constitutional like ours, but it is ..rpun-m to all that United | or otherwise which in their judgment the good British No:th America will be in a position to | of the country demanded.. My hon, friend attract po;ilation, capital and skill to our | himaelf andall the leading public men in Nova country to a far greater extent than would be ! Scotia, had from time to trmo‘ recorded their possible whilat we were separate and {solated | opinion in favor of the colonies being united communites. He has also described in glow. precisely in the mode ndot}mdln this instance. ing but not extravagant terme the immenso | Yet Unionists and antiâ€"Unionists alike were value of the Fisheries of Nova Scotia, yet T | was called uypou to denounce the modeasan in. ask him if United British America is unequal | yasion of their rights, and punish those who to the task of protecting that valuable public carried the measure.. Notwithstanding all domain, how isolation was .likely toâ€" accomâ€" | these advantages in going to the polls, the plish such an object* As regards the exten. ] House will be surprised to learn that my hon, sion of our commerce it is well known that | friend Mr, Howe and his supporters, failed to the ablest writers in all these colonies ex. ) induce one.halt of the electors of the Province, hqusted their best efforts in a vain effort to: go to the polls and record ‘their votes. to esteqd commercial intercourse between | in their favor! I have made the lollowlu‘ the diffcrent Provinces. ‘They failed because calculation up with all the care in my power, free trade involved the principle of UDuion | and will be wiad to subumt my Anruaoe ho 1nd _| would open up. ‘The old Provicce of Canada \ | n withstanding its immense territory acd f t natural resources could never attain an ‘ important position while for five months in | the year it was cut off fronraccess to the ocean, | and compelled to communicate with the parent | state through a foreign country. The Mariâ€" | time Provinces below, comparatively amail f | and insignificant, conld never hops to occeupy "| a position of influence or importance except in | connection with their larger sister Canada. | The past history of that Province has exhibit. | ed the most striking evidence on that point. | My hon. friend who has just addressed you I' denounced on the floor of our own Parliament the Reciprocity Treaty between British | Americsa and the United States, on the I ground that while it disposed of our most important commercial interests and ‘coded away the invaluable fisheries of Nova Beotin the Government of that Province had not even the opportunity afforded them of exâ€" ‘ pressing an opinion on a matter #o vitally affecting their interests during the negociation of that treaty, We have seen the credit of lour bonds in the London market<impatred by a struggle for power in the Legislature of Canada where we had nsither voice or influâ€" ence. If, therefore, we were in our state of isolation powerless to protect our most maâ€" terial inferests which were disposed of withâ€" out our being able to ofer an opiaion thercon, I aqsk my hon. friend if he does not thisk it was desirable that the views and feclings of our country should be presented in the Par liament of a Wuited British Amothi-n. , No man can look at the geographical tion of Nova Scotia ‘without “foellngp':hn B:vklenco intended that.we should form the great highâ€" way of communication betwoon not only the sister colontes behind us, but also a large porâ€" tion of the Western Btates and the Earopean world. Yet my hon. friend knows that after he had labored with great ability for a quarter of a century to accomplish the construction of an Intercolonial Railway; every effort had failed as it had become perfectly appareunt that that great work cou}lg only be accomplishâ€" ed by the Union of the two Canadas, and Nova Bootia and Ne Brunawick, under one Governâ€" mont. Not only bas this great boon been secured for our Frovince, byt by the construc» | tion of the western extension from St. John | to Bangor already in progress, Nova Scotia | | must soon become the direct line of communiâ€" | cation between London and New York. It is | impossibl« to examinc the geological charac. , C teristics of Nova Scota without sseing that | Providence has given us all the elements of | ; | _ Mr. SPEAKERâ€"No méember ot this House | can regret more «incerely than myself that my hon. friend who has just sat down occupies a position which prevents hjs great talent© from ; being made availabie for the advancement of | the common interest of the British North ’ American Provinces now united under one | Dominion. All who have listened to the | eloquent appeal just made to this House must | feel how valuable would be the aid which the f hon. member could give in promoting the | union and consolidation of our common | country at this important era in its history. ! 1, sir, have from the first hour of my public | life been an ardent‘ advocate 8f the Union of ; British North America under one Government. ‘1 Whether considered in relation to the posiâ€" | tion and progress of the whole Confederation | or in reference to the Province of Nova Scotia . | to which I belong I have nover doubted the: | advantage of Union. Separated as those Proâ€". | vinces were with divers currencies and hostile | _ tariffs it was imposstble that our commeml : should ever attain the position that union ‘ Spe:ch of Hon. Dr. Tupper. 0. B. Howe) bad taken an opposite course. M« wonld rejoice if his (Howe‘s) powerful vorce had been with him in making the bestâ€"of the existing situation. HMe (C.) should take the courss which his own judgment had dictated, however much he regretted differing from his friends. He wshould look favorably and bopeâ€" fully to the future under a wise and econo>â€" mical administration. HMe should therefore refrain from any hostile criticism on the #ub jJects embraved in the address, and in taking this coyrse, he felt that he was justified by his gense of what was right, and was prepared to stand by his decision (prolonged applause.) It being six o*clock, the speaker left the chuir 7 Mr. STEWART CAMPBELL, N. S said he never rose to speak under greator embarâ€" rasament. . Though a member of the Bar and the Legislature of his own Province, yet Je stood overpowered with an qmount of awo, mingled with respect, not becaus> he feared to give utterance to his views, but because ap. pearing as the representative of a constituency which had honored chim . with confidence unâ€" surpassed for unanimity, he came here to vinâ€" dicate their interests, â€" After further prefatory remdrks the speaker proceeded to refer to his _ own position in relation to Confederation. In the Legislature of Nova Scotia he had mainâ€" tained an attitude of hostility to Confed» eration, and in justice to himself he would.ex> plain the grounds ofopposition. _ It was weil known in his own Province, and to some ex. tent bere, that his hostility was mainly based ypoh the manner in which the scheine was presas»d upon the people, â€" He had not canvassâ€" edâ€"his constituency was aware of his acts ; he was elected by acclamation. _ Hso told them, from the hustings that as the power to which he owed obedjence had decroed the new Jonstiâ€" tation, it would be his duty to go to Parliament and endeavor to extract the benefit and attack the evils of the change, â€" fToc must declare his hostllity toany attemptat repeal. .. He had acâ€" cepted thre situation. He believed that success in the attempt to â€" secure repeal would be fraught with much greater danger than its failure (hoar, hear.) He regretted . that his hon. friend beside him (Hou. Mr. _ Hon, A. G. SMITH, N. B., said he thought the uovernment ought to havegiven a speech which would not havo béen insulting to those opposed to them ; he hail fought against Conâ€" federation, was couguered and laid down his arms, and was anxious to assist in working ont the measure. ‘The Delegates frone New Brunawick would ask nothing unreasonable. But to ask those who had been opposed to Confederation to join in congratulations for that event, was at the least premature, Exâ€" traordinary means had Vecn resorted to in New Brunswick to cairy the measure, but . they would not interest this Hogse, _ (Changes had taken place in a wondertully short space of time. _ He regretted that the member for Sherâ€" brooke had rétired from the Executive. Ho paid a high tribute to his ability and integrity, and the government would find it exceedingir difficult to replace him, _ Hoagreed â€"with thoso who thought the Government might now re. duce its members. There was too much extravagance connected with the Government He was desirous of assisting the Government in framing good measures, (Applause.) act fairly and even gonerously with the minâ€" ority represented by the hon. member for Hants, â€" Contrasting the early years of Canada with that of the northwest at present, he preâ€" dicted that the enterprise ot young Canadians would make rapid progress there, if properly encouraged by the ‘institution of good law» and a good system of improvement in that conntry. The first paragraph was then put and carried On the second paragraph being put _doubted the | he was the head, in. his hands, when he as those Proâ€" | was himself beaten in one of his strongholds s and hostile | by a thajority of over 500, aod 13 only of his ur commerce | supporters out of a House of 55 members were 1 that union | electol. Now, sir, the Government of which ce of Canada | I had the honor to be the lcader believed that territory acd | theyowed a higher duty to the country thn_n ver attain an | the maintenance of themselyves and their e months in | party in power. The measure brought in to s to theocean, | extend the railway to Pictou on the 8St. Lawâ€" ith the parent | rence,cost us the support of the Western memâ€" . The Mariâ€" | bers, known as the Yarmouth ~Echool. The tively amail | measiure providing for the support of schools p* to occupy â€"| by direct and compulsory taration, so obgoxâ€" nce except in | ious to all young countries, was syMzient of ster Canada. | itsll to drive any party from power, and has exhibitâ€" | would have swept us aside if the Uniou ‘had n that point. | never been beard of, ‘Tie Government were idressed you | charged byâ€"tficir opponents with having n Parliament | sacriliced the interests of the fishermen to a een _ British | Canadian policy to jissue fishing licences, and tes. on the | those who had heard his hon.friend toâ€"night, sod of our | could form some idea of the effect of his‘ perâ€" nterests and | ambulating the country with ferce ‘denunciaâ€" ries of Nova | tions ot that kind, and with having taxed the ‘rovince had | bread of the poor man in the futerests of Caâ€" them of exâ€" l nada, becayse we belfeved it impolitic to free t «o vitally | theie flour from the duty imposed by the reâ€" negociation | peal ot ‘the itcciprocity ‘Treaty. The tacts, ho credit of | howéver, remained that the fishing grounds of etâ€" impatred | Nova Scotia were occupied by the fishormen egislature of | ot the United States on payment of an insigniâ€" ico or influâ€" | ficant charge, and a duty existed on American our state of | flour. ‘This House could . also imagine the in most maâ€" | consternation and dread excited in the back sed of withâ€" | settlements of the country by the vivid and lon thercon, | heartrending pictures drawn by his hon. not thisk it | friend _ of tho youth and mauhood _ of _foelings of | the couyntry being drawn from _ their in the Par | homes to prot=ct the interminable line merica. | No | of the Canadian froatier. While ‘the pooply position of | were told on the one hand that they must te» g:videnco sort to direct taxation to sustain the local great high» | services of the country, Mr, Howe had everyâ€" ot only the | where asserted the statement madg toâ€"night alarge porâ€" | that the first effect of Confederation‘ would ba 0 Enropean | to increase the indirect tazation of the ‘coun. s that after | try 50 per cent.‘It would be no doubt gratify. or a quarter | ing to the House to know that the {foancial struction of | porition of Nova Hcotia was so good, but the effort had | Finance Minister, who had to find the money, y apparent | would show the House that, so far, the Doâ€" |â€" rccomplish» | minion had not made muck out of tint Proâ€" | , and Nova | vince. ‘The truth was, that to complete the | ne Governâ€" | public works on her own rclponlibrllty she | : boon been | would haye been pbliged to lugul{ reduco the | e construc» | expenditures tor the leading services, or: in. | i n St. John | crease her tariff to st loast 15 por cent. ‘Then | Nova Scotia | it muyst not be forgotten that the recent clec» | i (f communiâ€" | tion was run under a franchise created by the | ‘ork. â€" It is | Government of my how. friend, and which | t cal charac. I came into oper«tion for the fiflt time at the| | sseing that | last election. In addition to all this, the Goâ€" | 1 lements of | vernment was obliged just before the | 1 __‘To say | digsolution to bring in n new representation | ] as a means | bill in order to adapt the Local Constitution | t tion of our | to the new state of things under the Union. | f dc?ol,m of | We were thus compelied â€"to reduce largely the |« rals which | repregentation of several Counties, an , act in | j of manuâ€" l itself extremely ropylsiye to the elcctors. Tha | C h all: this | popular ct{ was raiged that the..lnion, irre. | f at without | spective of its merits, had been forced on thae |b n the bar» | people in an arbitrary and unconstitutional | i , and open | manner. I need not in this Honse, L am sure, | 4 our fellow | d«!end the mode in which the Union Act was | 8 t _ largely | caftied by the Imperial Parliament, based upâ€" | i ages which | on the action 6f large majorities in the Legis. | 0 yow given | latures of all the Provinces affectod he that | fi was nimaslf hantan in ane of Wls sFnamebeanest L1l . CC 11 MSepi MOTE MHCTALE MUTTE TT 1 IBAROETâ€"Gf Auat hbody.~ Asihis refers to Mr >â€" ‘ was himself beaten in one of his strongholds .bl{ accept. It would,of course, be imposâ€"] Watkin‘s remmark that Confederation was e | by a shajority of over 500, nod 13 only of his | sible for any Governimnent to strengthon the | made an issue at the polis at the last election, e | supporters out of a House of 55 members were | hand of thos» who declare their intention to | I am glad to bave the opportunity to make n | electol. Now, sir, the Government of which | break down the Constitation of the country | an explanation. When Mr. Brignt assertâ€"d ia | I had the honor to be the lcader believed that | whenever ‘they obtainâ€" the power. _ Bat | thai this question of Union had not. been bâ€"â€" d | they owed a higher duty to the country than my hon. friend must sce that his position , fore the people in Nova Scotia, Mrâ€"Watkin n | the maintenance .of themselyves and their | renders it equally impossible tor him to aid a | left his seat, and game over to the pRt of thâ€" un | party in power. The measure brought in to | constitutional opposition in the [responsible | House where J was sitting near the Hon ; \, | extend the railway to Pictou on the St. Lawâ€" | and important Parliamentary functions they | Galt, who remewbers weli the cifcuistance; it | rence,cost us the support of the Western memâ€" | are called upon to discharg«, as nothing would | Mr. Watkin said Dr. Tupper, I wish to speak i« | berg, known as the Yarmouth "Echool. _ The | nocessarily paralyzs an opposition so comâ€" | to you, and I went with him soms distance to 1 | measure providing for the support of schools pletely as being asgociated with partics hosâ€" | the side of the room. He then said what y | by direct and compulsory tazation, so obgoxâ€" | tile to the existense of th» integrity of | is your answer to Mr. Bright‘s statement, thet n | jous to all young countries, was suMzient of | the country, . and â€" anxious to _ disinâ€" | this question has never been before the people, . | itsell to drive any party from power, and | tegrato it. Under these circumstances 1| J said theanswer is this: in 1861 Mr. Rowe â€" | would have swept us aside if the Uniou ‘hed | put it seriously to my hou. friend whether the | when leader of the Government, moved a‘re . | nevor been beard of, Te Government were | obligations which he has assyumed by taking ; solution in favor of the Union of the Proâ€" u | charged byâ€"tfleir opponents with having | his seat in this Parliament does not bind him | vinces, which passed the Assembly umamoi t | gacriliced the interests of the fishermen to a | at all to give that fair trial to tho «xâ€" | monsly. _ That previously _ to the last h | Canadian policy to jssuo “"“"f licences, and Mlncm‘:ufinu of the country, which the | general election I had publicly advoocated such 0 | those who had heard his hon.friend toâ€"night, | electors of Nova Bcotis bais right to expect|a Union us has now been agreed «pon, and t | could form some idea of the effect of his‘ perâ€" | from his declarations previous 4o ike elecâ€" | that I was brought iu to power, and this meaâ€" 1 | ambulating the country with ferce ‘denunciaâ€" / tions. I make these observations from no apâ€" i sure had been carmied by a largs majority of % | tions ot that kind, and with having taxed the | prehension that the Union‘of thess Provinces | the presont Parliament. Br. Watkin ksoowâ€" 1 | bread of the poor man in the iuterests of Caâ€" can in the slightest degree bs endangered byany ' ing that this question was now one of contryâ€" * I nada, because we belicred it impolitic to free | course which th hon. moinber, or those who | versy supposed, that it had beenâ€"mzdc an issge ‘ | theid flour from the duty imposed by the reâ€" sustain hir, may take, but in order to avert | st the polls as would undoubtedly Lave been i | peal ot ‘the iicciprocity ‘Treaty. The tacts, | the eril to our common country, and especialiy | tbe case, only that we were ali unanimous upon {| howéver, remained that the fishing grounds of | to my own Province lixely to result from this | the question at that time. Lturned to Mr.Galt | | Nova Scotia were occupied by the fishermen nln{l"ou agitation for repeal. My bon, illuriu‘( Mr. Wutkin‘s speech, and remarked (| ot the United States oo payment of an insigniâ€" | friend sdys that he has been charged with disâ€" ’ how difficult it wey to make partics underâ€" â€" | ficant charge, and a duty existed on American loyalty. â€" Far be it from m« to assail the reâ€" staud, when they> were not familiar with [ | fiour. ‘This House could also imagine the | putation of any man except upon the clearest | the Listory of a question, Had Iâ€"wished to _ | consternation and dread excited in the back evidence, but when th> Dolegates were | mislead Mr. Watkin, 1 wouldâ€"not have dered | settlements of the country by the vivid and vwharged with being traitors to their country, | to do so,as I had placed in is hands a publish» | heartrending pictures drawn by his hon. | we felt it right to call attentioh to the strikâ€" | od history of the whole question in Nova â€" | friend _ of the youth and manhood _ of Ing fact that whilo not a Fenian, orannexaâ€" Scotia, which showed that it bad never been j the country being drawn from _ their tionist, or traitor could be found within ou | made an issue at the polls. This House will homes to protâ€"ct the interminable line rauks, every immaun of that class op:nly proâ€" | I ain sure exoncrate Mr. Watkin trom any | of the Canadian froatier. While ‘the poople clllgmj their sympathy with the opponents intentional misrepresentation. My hon. triend | were told on the one hand that they must teâ€" | of Union: ‘Although this Gonfederation is | take; particulagerception to that portion 6f the | sort to direct taxation to sustain the local | entirely ‘safo trom the assaults of all I ' speech, "which indicutes a desire for the | services of the coyntry, Mr, Howo had everyâ€" cannot be indifferenot to the injury that may 1 Western extension, ‘This is the more remark: where asserted the statement m @ toâ€"night | be inflicted upon us among those, who do not | able in connection with the great importance that the first effect of Confederation‘ would be understend the question by such speeches as | which he attuches, and justly to iunmigration to increase the indirect tazation otf the ‘coun. | that delivered b(; the hon. member for Hants | as the great ineags of rendering the conntry try 50 per cent.‘It would be no doubt gratify. | toâ€"night. ‘The avowed hostility rothe Union .' strong ard prosperous. â€" With 11 millions of ing to the House to know that the |flaancial | will encourage those who are auxions for | acros of public soil in the Med Rhiver ang porition of Nova Hcotia was so good, but the our downfall, and the declarstion by a memâ€" | Baskatchewan Country, to invite the immi Finance Minister, who had to find the money, | ber of this House that we are woak and | grant and increase out population, this ques: would show the Housos that, so far, the Doâ€" | defenveless will invite aggression.. No utateâ€" | tion of Western extension becomes one of the minion had not made muck out of that Proâ€" ment could be more unfounded or infurious | greatest importance, but 1 will giveryou the for. vince. ‘The truth was, that to comrleu the | than the assortion that the Mother Country f cible and cloquent observatious of my bon, public works on her own responsib lity she | wishes to getrid of us. It is true that neither | friend upon this subject as much imore con» would haye been pbliged to lugclr reduce the | in the Lords ar Commous of England, whose j clusive and instracting then auything I can expenditures tor the leading â€" services, or: in. | geti on this question has been s> severely | afford : crease her tariff to st loast 15 per cent. ‘Then afllmnq by my hon. friend, was any attempt | _« Pho Hadson Bay territory includes two hundred | it myst not be forgotten that the receut clec» made to change the measure as arranged beâ€" | Sjand fifty thousand miles. Throwing aside the ; tion was run under a franchise created by the | tween the tatives of these ‘Provinces | "unore bleak ard inhospitable regions, we have a Government of my hon. frie d, and _which | and the Mm Government, but it is well | " magaificent edun_zqut«wun_ Canada and the , came into oper«tion for the fir%‘ time at the| known that no Colonial question ever received i/ PaciGe, out of which five or mix noble Pnfi‘::‘ | last election, In addition to all this, the (Foâ€" | more reepectful attentiqn at the honds of the ' * preraoting 10 ths wead or iniune). ndntheps vernment was obliged just before the mm-emm Parliament and the Press of ..&",':;.Tf(m :m""fl:;', of ,’.fu climate, and digsolution to bring in n new representation England was bestowed upon this ques. | ., resource. â€" With ,.,‘:‘ a territory as this to over> bill in order to adapt the Loca\ Constitution | tion of Confederation from the time thet it wWas | i<run, organize, and improve, think you that we to the new state of things under the Union. | frst brought under their notice until its final ' *« shail stop even at the western bounds of Can«ds * | We were thus compelied â€"to reduce largely the ‘consummation, The eff:sct of a settled and | *‘ or even at the shore of the Pacific ? \funl'::' represertation of several Countics, an , act in | permanent condition of public affairs upon | " Island, with its vast coal moasures, ':"“:" s ’ihelf extremely reopylsiye to the electors, Tha e?lhl ie well known, n1 while I teel con: | !f ‘T'" boautiful ";":::"‘"" “. "‘;"‘:;;:“. F; popular ct{ was raised that the..lnion, irre. | fident that this agitation will be utterly bootâ€" | ,, ,:f,mm"“, fimm beyond ; and the fopoctiveo its imerits, had been forced on the |tess of any result; it will in the meantime ) "smils of our children‘s children will refect ®s people in an arbitrary and unconstitutional hlm!r prevent the introduâ€"tion, especiglly ,, "familiarly the sunboams of the South as they 2O# manner. .1 need not in this Honse, L am sure, | in Nove Scotia, of the population, capital and | "brave the angry compost of the Nortb. ’:: d«{end the mode in which the Union Act was | skill that would otherwiso immediately flow ’ « Maritime Provinees which L now addrest at cettled by the Imperial Parliament, based up. | in to develop the resources and enrich that | « but the Atlgntic frontage of ""mu. on the uction of large majorities in the Legis. | gection of the Union. I a peal to my hon. | ‘! Prolide ; the wher e uP0n n c Wohich its i C e +*G . f «"ness will be transacted, and bemdeâ€"whic latures of all the Provinces affected by ‘ that ) friend whether‘it is pa : to inflict such in. | ,, rith Argosies are to lie. Nova Scotiais one Of Act. Pitt and Poel, and all the most eminent | jary upon his country, 7-vh;g made these | # these, ‘:v'.u yqu, then, |,'.,¢ your hands unitediy, statesmen of England, have in the most un. | explanations« I feel it would not be right at | «with order, m.uipu.. and energy, to this grost mistakegable terms asserted the right of Parligâ€" lh£ late bour to trespass on the indulgence | " work ? Refuse, and you are reoresit to 0"'{ ment to deal with any question, constitutional | of the House, or I would regd a tew elegant | © priaciple which lies at the base flmm or otherwise which in their judgment the good | ex: from the yigorous pen and eloquent "W’ and advancement ; ."h o of the country demanded.. My hon, friend b::'olmy_boo.fdond,to show how much | # ‘“«'" "“"'""“‘l “P,""“‘::;:..su{t: himeclf and all the leading public men in Nova | more gble and eloquent he was when advanat. | "UDintelligible language ; refuse, and Nove 80004, vOW | HERNCH h"'l.’ll:l'l'll l’." ble, | ting isgainst cach to |fand creait ef hoth tor | bat from the dat Exâ€" I vhanged and the se Cew / most remarkable ; hey | its prosent advanc had l red to the effect of e of / and imateral interd Provinces to should nection : and free 1 our hanp; what free trade with each other will do for us, we have only to look at its effects in other Countrie«, When the thirtcen American States obtained _ their _ independenceâ€" their terriâ€" tory was no greater than oursâ€"they had a amaller: trade, rexgnue, and population than British America has toâ€"day. ‘Their first mct was to strike down the host‘le tariffs which separated the Provinces, and open their counâ€" try to nurestricted cotmmercial intercourse from Maine to Mexico. The result was that their commerce developed with the utmost rapidity, untilâ€"they soon became one of the most important comunercial countries in the world, _ Interprovinciai _ Union +is _ no untried experiment. Contrast the condition of the two Canadas before and after the Union. Whien separated by hostile taritfs and legislaâ€" tin> wenlust ~cach" atlin‘ the uie ‘rewunin wl great ability he poss>sses. I> says that the | was st Government could not give him, or thos» who |by an : act with him, anything that he gould honorâ€" | morg‘l» ably accept. It would, of course, be imposâ€"; Watki ‘llb{. for any Governinent to strengthon the {| made a hand of those who declare their intention to | I am 4 break down the Constitation of the country | an ex; whenerer ‘they obtainâ€" the power. â€" Bat | thai th my hon. friend must see that his position | fore th renders it equally impossible tor him to aid a | left his constitutional opposition in the responsible | Hounse and important Parliamentary functions they | Galt, w are called upon to discharg«, as nothing would | My. W nocessarily paralyzs an opposition s comâ€" | to you, pletely as being asgociated with partics hosâ€" | the â€"si« tile to the existense of the integrity of is your tho _ country, . and anxions to disinâ€" ) this qu tegrato it. Under these circumstances I 1I smid : put it seriously to my hou. friend whether the | when 1 obligations which he has assumed by taking | solxtio. his seat in this Parliament does not bind him | vinces, at all to give that fair trial to the uzâ€" | mously Wum:nlou of the country, which the | general us us is SV Li , ; vince. In those three I have given the Uuionâ€" or / ists oneâ€"third and twoâ€"thirdsâ€"to the other side. ig â€" There are about 47,000 voters in the Province. {. Of thein about 10,000 did not go to the poli« a . at all, and of the renminder about 15,000 voted n | for the Union candidates and 22,000 for their A â€" upponents, givingâ€" thein a majority of about h : 7,000 votes in‘all, _ But sir, I am not prepared iâ€"_ to admit that a majorityâ€"ef the clectors have e â€" prononnced against the Union or in favor of t | its repenl. Nay imore «ir, 1 am prepared to it > show â€" the Houso that my hon. foend himsel, e . and many of his leading «upporters, wont to o , the country pledged to give this Union a fair o ; trial, My hoo., friend (Mr. M ) at a large mevting n | at Mason Hall, at Halifax, previous to the clec> 1, < tioms, amid :o4 /« we hope that they (the Can#â€" â€" . drans) will art justly. _ If they do, we should ard «, | them to work the new system fairly," and subsc» ; | quently referring to the pledge then given the a / bon, gentleman in & letter addressod to tire o | people of Canada on the 18th of Jane last, d | over his own «ignature waid : " 7, haveny ezâ€" « t preased my determination to hn to the ptramount w | authority of ~Parliament and try the e rpeeri ment, t ! am not likely to be «deterred by necessary forms, n ; #e." Mr. Power, one of the members clected , | to topresent the metropolitan constituency of e ; Malifax in this Parkiament, gave the following | ; pledgo to the electors in prescuce of his loade; * ; and colleagu« Mr. Jon =, who also represotits 1 | the county of Halifax : *J will not detain you o ' tonger, but wail conclude hy saying thit if you a | elect Mr. Jones and myseIf txithe Dominion L‘or â€" | desment the shtercste of Norg Seotia will io i | auffer at our hands _ We are charged swoith inoud. t | ing to countenance factions opposttion.s _ No wach â€" | thing, _ We have certainly given the asthium a con» â€" ! acientious and conmatent oppositian, but are now â€" | disposed, if we should go to Oitawa and siad 1/ 1» _| work evren modsrately well to lt it have a fair + ] trial." The hon. ioâ€"mber for Guyshoro‘, who â€"] led the opposition to ‘TUaion in the Nova | Scotia Logislature at th« last syssion, on the ) | ground that it had not been sabmitted to th | | electors, and who ably advocated those views, ; | took a subsequent agcasion to say on the floor â€" | of the Houed that nigw that the Imperial Act | had become the law‘of the land, he was proâ€" | pared â€" to bow to its «authority, â€" and . give. jhis best aid to Ccarry con _ the | legislation _ of _ the country nnder the. new ciroumstances in which wo were placâ€"| | od. While Mr. Campbell who made this statesâ€" ; manlike and patriotic declaration was returnâ€" | ed by acclamation, Mr. Annand who pledged | himself to repeal was defeated at the golls.| 1 ask my hon, friend who has blamed the | Unionists so severely for acting without the | question baving been fairly submitted to the people, how he can in the presence of facts like these, use the power he obtained / for the purpose of endcavoring to desâ€" | troy and break down this Union before giving / it that fair trial to which he stands pledged | before the people. Can my hon. friend expect | that the Imperial Parliament who passed this | act with a petition against it, signed according | to Mr. Annand‘s declaration by © about 40,009 | petitioners," break faith with this great Conâ€" | federation at the instince ot representstives | who only sugceeded in polling about balf that ' mnumber of electors, and upon the pledg« | that they would give this ~meafure a "fair trial." No man is in a wors> | position to urge objâ€"ctions to the mode | in which this measure was passed, than the | hon. member who has just addressed the | House, as it is well known that he spent | years in advocating a system of respousible i government by which the affairs of the counâ€", try should be controlled, according to the | wishes of the majority of the people‘s repreâ€" |. sentatives. . What guarantee can my . laou.! friend give the Imperial Government that the | | same reaction will not take place in Nova |, Bcotia that was witucssed in New Brunswick, ‘ | where on: year an overwhelming majority of., | the electors declared against the Union, and ' e the next a atill larger majority polied their | | Yots in favor of it. Iam not without hope, | 1 ‘ H::‘r-kor,thu my ton, friend will yet reâ€", , consider his nosition on this question, and a«> 1 & sume* the same statesmaulike and pétriotic | s position which the formeropponents of Uaion | ; representing New Bruaswick hare taken. 1 |« read with great pleasure the manly declaraâ€" | ; tion made by my hon. friend, Mr. Anglin, at l % Montreal, the other night, a declaration that q did honor to the head and the heart of that ; n genticuan ~that althouzh he had been conâ€" ’ re «cientiously opposed to the Union, he was now | & prepared to gire his hbest aid to work it out in p the manner‘ best_calculated to proimot; the | c good of our comumon country. Sir, I would ; ;, rejoice to see my hon, friend from Nova 8coâ€" | . tis in the sam« way to assum» a position that ' p would enable the country to avail itself of the | ; great ability he poss»sses. > says that the | Government could not give him, or thos» who |3, ed his sympathy for other gentliemen from Kova Beotia occupying seats in the House, 18â€" asmnch ufioymmhom‘bol'd- Allow me in conclasion Mr. Speaker to thank the House for the kind and attentive hearing given to the discursive observations I havo been enabled on the moment to offer in reply to the speech of my hon. friend1. Mr. hUGA McDONALDsaid, Mrc. Speaker, my hou. friend from Camberland has express | _ * The Hadson Bay territory includes two hundred | ‘and finly thousand miles. Throwing aside the | ««nore bleak ard ink itable regions, we have a | " magnificent muryugo(wun Canada and the «*Paciie, out of which five or six noble Provinte® «may be formed, larger than any we bave, and *‘ presenting to the hand of industry, and to the ©7# * of speculation, every variety of soil, climate, abd o :: resource, i\:'.uh such a urmory:; this !&“m't‘ run, or , and improve, think you ‘ " shail u:;:nn at the vp:oun bounds of Can«ds * | *‘ or even at the shore of the Pacific ? Vansouver‘t | * Island, with its vast coal monsures, lie# beyond. ‘ " The beautiful islands of the Pacific, and the F" * * ing commerce of the ocean, are beyond. Pop#: | « Jous China andthe rich East are bey ond ; and the ) "smils of our children‘s children will refect ®* : "familiarly the sunboams of the South as they POW «brave the angry compost of the Nortb. The «* Maritime Provinees which L now addrest : | :::l:::“.“ frontage of uhu.a:.‘_ ® ion ; the wharves upon which ’ " nees will g: trausacted, and beside:which : ""rich argosies are to lic. Nova Bcotia is on# ’ * these. e.fll you, then, put your hands unitediy, «‘ with ordor, inteiligence, and onergy, to this §!9#! }"'ock? Refuase, and you are nonl.b"flz + prigciple which lies at the base of Enf""& w Wy and advancement ; and « Deity‘s handâ€"writing upon Jand and #oa is m “rnmusnblo language ; n'fi-. 00‘.‘5:‘». e " instead of ocsu the foregrou «does, sbould have beon thrown back, 8t 184#! «behind the Hocky Mountains. God bat pl8Dl®4 « your country in the front of this boundiess region ; on eag du':::. 5e dlace “‘uao«u‘;‘ and eleva® «800 ou a w a «© tion olm(, the duties which dovelve upon you in " virtue of your position." m d 4 the presont Parliameut. Mr. Watkin ksowâ€" | ing that this question was now one of contryâ€" versy supposed, that it _had beenâ€"mzde an issge | at the polls as would undoubtedly Lave been Athe case, only that we were ali nuulmm ’ the question at that time. Eturned to Mr. during Mr. Watkin‘s speech, and remarked how difficult it wyy to make partics underâ€" staud, whoen they> were not familiar with the history of a question, Had |wisked to mislead Air. Watkin, 1 wouldâ€"not have dered to do so,as I had placed in tis hands a publish» ed history of the whole question in Nova â€" Scotia, which showed that it bad never been made an issue ut the polls. This House will I â€"am sure exoncrate Mr. Watkin trom any ‘intentional misrepresentation. My hon. triend takes particulacerception to that portion Gf the #peech, "which indicutes a desire for tbc Western extension, ‘This is the more remark: gble in connection with the great importance which he attuches, and justly to iurmigration as the great incags of rendering the conntry stroug arnd prosperous. â€" With 11 millions of mcres of public soil in the Med hiver ang Saskatchewan Country, to invite the immic graot and increase out population, thh&“ tion of Western extension teoonel one of the greatest importance, but 1 will giveryou the for. cible and cloquent observations of my bon,‘ friend upon this subject as much more conâ€" «lusive and instructing then auything I can afford : o | _ I trust, sit, that now that we ha‘ve the imoral | strength arising from the Union of these Proâ€" 1 vinces, and the assgrance of szpport in . M | emergency trom the: Linperial Government=st | will not be found necessary to burthen our people with any oppressive taxation for de> o fence;but my hon, triend should remember that â€" when he Wis opposing this Union of the . | Colonics, he presented a counter stheme for ', the defence of this country under which al} â€" British America would be compelied to pay ~ i into the Imperial Treasury for the support of â€"â€" army and navy of Enzland. . This enormouns b , ) " V 7°e0 arranged in ‘a month, the "‘the revolutionary war prevésted, and a! " living at peace and harmony at presen "th6 bickering and animosity whicy 1 = their midst. Talk of the fall Of Quobs »source of sorrow to the inhabitants of «vince. It wou!ld be more. 11 the st. © were in the hands of our enemics, we *compeiled to bez permission to teat ® British flag. What ho wished for N« = was, thatshe may be the frontage of «Colomy ; upon which it may be truiy 1 § makta®: Hul .. Ns eveemesgl oi sc C ue = The United States have drifted into a civi war; and we may driit into a tight place, from which it may be diffcalt to extricare ourseives The Stutes may assail us ; but if we bad a rail. way by which troops could vwe sent from Qusbee or other military stations to the threatened point, we would be saved." sourece of sorrow to the (nluoix.:n.":(j vince. It would be more. 11 the st. were in the hands of our cnemics, we. compeiled to bez permssion to tear British fag. What ho wished for No was, thatshe may be the frontage of Colony ; upon which it may be truty #2 never set. No mancan look upon H its environ«, its harbour, its cuade!, was imade for this Province alone." * He thought a T we had drifted int od werethe Engi them the hare bee lu to power, and this mes led by a larg» majority of icut. Mr. Watkin ksow. lon was now one of contryâ€" it had beenomadie an isspe to the inhabitants of thi "lu. be more. 11 the nt.-&:}.... i# of our enemics, we should be ; perimssion to tear d.'.". hat ho wished for Nora Statig ay be the frontage of a mighty rich it may be truty #aid the sup wan can look upon Halifex ant vince alone," _ have drifted into ol the army reâ€" h Great Britain ed, and all our race at present without which prevadl is of Quobse being a bitants of, this Proâ€" 11 the ist, L.:".“ adel, and say i iancin g 4h friet â€"_â€"_â€"_ gress would e _ 1 ”-,_.dl’l" ‘«P".‘”"" o ng the 4 "M”i'- ] brad P. _A w \, h try bis Ress, as he | toall who ty of the sure that t loyalty has gware *! sne U»" jority of ‘”“ «or CBTTy it would be n the consent « nearly the w the negative Woure told t whelmicg ma issue, , I ® knows well t years ago to his place is étitutional fig doubt exist=d be found in to the loyers vapce agont Clsor 4c rly Meok _ me here, ifI to joit !" 1 asked t sen consummat te injurions Province; ®" C » aim themselves~ i right to eB °* uw his 09 there i« not ( ‘..“’ ai we not the w! the ”pjgof“ exceptionsâ€"\ be any doubt sent of the po gay be ‘-gfl took place % brought befo: .u some ‘% submitted to The Hon. Mr promipent v"_l We are told t Nova Scotia that. not a Cj for the mann: sak. Su#,1 entire accura «tion or no C tion in my ©* others which a question of "m,flflffl gess of a line pondemned & reproof at the for that par j That it was tis hi ho reper: regard tiun «is ts s» was eupport« 1 came in, 1 I would be the whia w #ishes and 1. ure told that Bcotis . preci many yeurs ® eminent atate tleman t Duthai ly _ sta would Aadt ”‘“‘ ‘k::hn “d.wt cNI pie of Kov® 2 “-'..fln of The Unio®. with bis sp©« w”fi.‘k'fl Mf“ of pis sased fou ten years king of th the liabi} Umon v of 14 wh OT my wilful ty to ht withou! from tem. to bi Yrie rc of of ti Ob th