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l)' Â¥#{ 1 tile b.h':'h it 0ut of his pows,. reolf of is We do not\suppose that there is a Journalist in Canada who does not know better than this The statement is a malicious falsehood, published with a view of damaging the Government, and injuring Sir Francis Hincks‘ reputation as a mar more especially, At Confederation the public debt of Canada was not more than $78,000,000, and now certainly does not exceed $80,000,000. A majority of the statements made by the Opposituon press, however, are® just about as correct as the When it suits their purpose the Grits ean profess the uimost liberality, and try to persugde the public that they are the echampions of popular rights. But when a man,, who by his own ability and honest poss them, they stieer‘at him because he has " plodded his wear; way homeward with his tool basket over his sboulder." No Mr. Brown, who was always prating about libsrality, &0..no sooner had the «pportani of ncting the part of a tyrant towards his printers than. he availed himâ€" No doubt the faot that Sir Jobn O %., *his timely legislation put of it =to do so any more, has donald b>, more violently hosâ€" We notice that the Hamilton Time alludes in smeering terms to one of the Union candidates in that city because he is a workingman. It myps: until ux at night, and who remembe ol basket hung over h‘s shoulder. will how truly he can be called a . No doubt thes is why he went in so sirong for the nine hours move~ If a man is determined to tell an unâ€" truth he may as well teil a good one. So at least a Grit contemporary in the West appears to think when he makes the folâ€" lowing statement: At the time of our Confederation our public debt was $80,000,000, but already it has 1 doubled itself. At any rate, gc-gg-hh-th- $150,000 Ove. drawn his <opposition to the Hon. Mr. O‘Commor in Essex. It is not likely that the President ofâ€"the Council will be: op posed. Atallevents it is certain that he will be returned by a large majority. > Sir John Macdonald was in Stratfofd on Friday, where he had a most gratifying n-pd-.”Ol Eaturday he was m Lonâ€" don, ancd toâ€"day he will be in Toronto. We Ato glad to hear that Mt. Alonzo Wright‘s canvass in Ottawa County is proâ€" gressing most satisfactorily. MNr. James O‘ Reilly, QC., is canvassing in P>uth Kenfrew. Che @taba CGimes. A telegram from Geneva says : Great precantions are being taken by those con nested. with the Board of Arbitration to securse absoluts secrecy. With the view thi entire party of English representatives havre refused to go into any society. A number of influential gentlemen of 1taly have united in an address to Count Sclopis President,congratulating him upon the part he has taken in the proceedings of that Mhdfip.hhwuncml&iuh-nd America has been submitted to the dis cussion of a peaceful tribunal. There was boâ€" session of the Board of Arb tration yesterday. Toâ€"day‘s session lasted from one until four o‘clock, all the members of the Board being present. The Epgliâ€"<h and American Counsel were engazed the greater part of the day yesterday, and until s late hour last night, in preparing their peadings, 1t is supposed thet the discussion toâ€"day was devoted to the ques tion of the responmsibility of England, -&mmm The pourt adpurned till Monday. [ ies Intory addresses from all portions of the country, expressing joy at the escape from the builets of the assassins, and dedaring the loyalty and attachment of the people to the dynasty. Yeâ€"terday afternoos their Majesties drove through the city in an Monzt ro Lexp.â€"Apply to R. A. HTSC 7. Solcitor, corner of Sparks and Elgi We learn that Mr. McCregor has withâ€" LATEST TELEGRAPBIC ITEM4 GRIT LIBERALTY: A «WRHOPPER." seven in the moning JUOLY 2. 1872 their gratifieation le, Alaâ€" '“..: : THE POSITION IN 1997 . % k;M large public When five years ago the which are ao Hentsal . Canada laid sbofm.duionofm']hpo.wnd'. if possibl ion, the administration of public affsir® . gion" o# coincident was entrusted to those who had beem and a dimi Rrad t work of British American Umo® | ne more than sati=fHed Eg | Fye wk thus confided to them was B0 | will deny this. an+ v« t or trifliing one. â€" Burthens of respO® | 1, admit that the Opq pr nonnaer m"wm-im ..énhnhudth time would hbave & ability of statesmen W=re impO®®4| sach results being k. upoumflhyu;*bpntillfl”'; :?Illld;:‘“:“‘ 4 macohi a new form we se y ! h vion the maoihitert 0/ Cl« on ther <* tnjon hhe b6Ct 4 here= Great ed at The Red kâ€"publicans of Quebes, and with the Antiâ€"Unioniats of the Maritime Provinces, ind from that day to this have persistentâ€" iy, and uncompromisingly done all they sould to thwart and obstruct every minisâ€" terial measure, no matter what its object might be and without reference to its merits.. Talk of "immoral coalitions!‘ Here was one indeed! Upon all great aational questicns, the various parties *rom the aifferent were diame wicaily opposed. could be more imtagonistic than the views held by the Upposision in wntario as to the future jestiny of Canada, to those which the Anti Unionists of Nov« Sootina entertained. The former it is only just to concede desired that Confederation shou‘d reâ€"u:t meocessfully. The latter hoped to see :t tuil and have done all they could up to whe present time to rencer it a t«ilure. i1 has never even been that uhouvhomuhoppnuomt government are animated by any great or mbst:ntial principle. They huvre united m obstructing every ministerial measure, «d in denouncing every of the (mbinet as dishonest and ; ‘but Tew valy, as we said ifere basnorteinaly Nos , as we sai bas no : ie uns o dn nanes unstisee, thay bemd tpinions whish are are munfiu ene with another. Can uny form of political ‘coalition‘" thereâ€" omhmm&mm or more utterly opposed â€" to ideas patriotism and common sense than the Upposition f=rmed in 18671 And further ismybonm:f“uyflr-:‘dd unâ€" . juadiced man, a party g'mmdwudnmummi business satisf.ctorily? _ [ss y ...d hwm-d;lu“do“;fi.m that unprincipled alii incongruâ€" ous elements which was formed to oppose them and throw every obstacle in the way of the due performance of their difé «nd then to form an opinion, -uu::: reference to y or judice, whet thotr-tmm to t:.Ad‘innlio. has been faithfully discharged. m solid phalanx in support of the Goâ€" rernment. ‘Ihe Imto and "Indepen jents‘"‘ alone, were left available In Nova Scotin «nd New Brunswick all the Unionists were on the side of the Domi :io:uc::nmasbvh-.m.m in tederates were bitterly cotholnmuvh.ofthdlm of Ontario united with every disâ€" mdmthmmnfi-dtb Dominion, with the *Independents" ana Quebes, all the loyal friends of Union as well as of British connection stood arrayed Allies must be found. Who would strike nands with them? In the province of sbility which might woU Dave ®*"" " / Mqun;:;b-fi“"""" 1pon them. had to put intd 0p@®® tion the machinery of a new form of Government. They had to carry on the :‘;:dl]nionndwflidlfiol- A:: i new financial !I'f“"’”““ w be devised and put in fores. LATR® wujemu,nchuwhdnflfl andertaken to construct before, had to be ascept the "petty politics of the past," Wr Brown l’:‘:..’f.:'m.. Mm--dh-. wmmmmw-m. o tented minority in the Maritime Provinces had to be concilisted, and mmmhaqm-b'“w »ration had given b rth had to be disposed i MM‘“.- T s S mast lt kied â€" Upon w .,.."'““"“' + i a l uestions cbat Gonrn-r:: was a» d q. uhnit Ministers are thoroughly in harmony as vonceros British Ameriwcan Um n and Britiâ€"<h connexion. They are agreed as to x its magnitude, but relying for support :rflthom-ldfl w‘fl. reg c the Canadian people. They said, * All aounced as a "Co«lit n," but as a matter of fact the term does not properly -m‘- A Coalition Administration is ope ms up of men who d Her on cettain im portant questions, bu? unite for the purâ€" pose of attaining some object upon the desirability of which they are all o&ood The Government formed in 1867 with Sir John Macd.nald at its bead was not then, ze ask is that we be allowed a IAI WIME u.anmdcflmmfl We ask that we nmiay te judged upon our merits and the success of our administraâ€" m.lhoplbooldpctycia'itlmou party issues; let a fresh start be made. wd let political parties now and in the ‘uture be bused, not upon former preâ€" mdics and antip=thies, but _ upon living juestions as they arise." This was the \Lpo-l which the Government made to good sense and patriotisim of the eople, and the response which was made 0 it was a reâ€"assming and encouraging me. Leading men of both parties recog~ aizing its justice and . wisdom, unmitea wgether to curry on the business of the ountry. They did . so because they found that bowever much they might wmve ditfered on questons past by and nalod.thoym&uwmhmcdu o the yeneral nature of m'.{:loy 10 be pursued in the future, and bow imâ€" p.uuit-: ummmg: «bould not prflndbd‘piw scountry of the services of men of all parties who were willing and avle to render it efficient service. The present Huving thus described the position of WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HaAaQ TO DO. a fair trial legal authorities as to the inabiliy of the Canadian Omttod-l‘hwith the crime or punish the criminal, posiâ€" & & course of procedure, MWMdyup to the preâ€" sent moment to misrepresent the position of the Ministry in reference to the Scoiut ut se‘ feotings s prastons which bis the w i Untario session of 1870, first tried to hoist bimself into office by an appeal ‘to the passions of the Oranyemen ot the Proâ€" vince. When he arrived in Ottaws, testimony to the singular "@"ability, moderation, and prudence," displayed by the Dominion suchorites in this very tying and M%m.‘hltuhnl- of the Dominion | In-nuublhhodg the North West, and before the territory bhad been ceded to ‘Canada, one man, Thomas Scott, was murdered. It also chanced that musdered man was a member of the body, and that a majority of those implicated in the insur«= recton were bers of the Roman Catholic communionon. This fact was imâ€" ;:dhuly ulo;E:oflzdthehumol Opposition tario their organs, Every effort was e to excite religious prejudice and sectarian animosity. Not an opportunity was neglected of v.llifying a was negloected of v.llifyi o Sm imep parnad t :::E.mm.;ldm West territory was ceded to Canada, mofiths before the Dominion (Jovernment had any jurisdic tion there ; carefully avoiding all allusion to the opinion prononnced by the highest recollection of them should have his W But during the lowal elections in 1 thol:ou murder e.:h.wn:l!redy made use of, and many ot who now know what the m“:u" were, were must egregiously doollud’ At the last seesion of the OUntario Legislaâ€" ture a second attermpt was made by the Grits to make the Urangemen their tools, but fortunately in vain. The Orange olke hy rearimm of durlhg the session of 1870, was accepted by all parties in the North Woest as a it ‘% "noteworiny fast that the. Toporiat & m Government, who had watched o giive es oferbnts with uo littoapprehont, n, eal ed for the exeroso of the utmost pruâ€" es n ie ut entanns more was p ‘uuhuammwt ::&-l&'“. p:r:fio ' as more and mm“u would have doune, sasiduously and to some aw*%.:xwm:u&-m- were excited to a dangerous extent against the Government by the deciamaâ€" tion and f«ulsehood of the organ: of the Upposition, and had it not been for the energy and discretion of the Cabinet at Uttawa the work of reconciling the unrul elements most have been, long unpodody Fortunately, bowever, matters were so arranged as to put an end to a dispute which at one u‘:m seemed likely t‘)mbo fmught with the most dmgro\u conâ€" sequences, The Manitoba Bill, passed ‘...:n-pouibk,. large number of the inbabitaniz Of the territory opposed the establishment oi *the Dominion authority, mâ€"@. in which the Government found themselves placed was ons which THE INCORPORATION OF THE NORTH WEST WiTH THE DOMINJONâ€" tho'ii:ov‘:luh of the great North :m' est Territory with the Dominion we are ali more or less familiar. In consequence of certain unfortunate miusunderstandings for which the Government were in no deâ€" settlement, and become the abode of myriads of thriving and industrious immiâ€" When on the 15th of April, 1869, Lord Lisgar (then Sir John Young) addressed this Parliament he stated what had been done towurds the acquirement of° the North West territory, and what were the results of the conference which had been held in London. * 1 have directed," said he "that the report of the mission and all the papers connected therewith shall be duly laid before Parliiment, and 1 comâ€" mend them to your serious consideration, in viow d::”thimpcrunam:l‘ the sebject, no than in the bhope this long vexed question may be closed withâ€" out delay." The arrangements entered into in London in reierence to the North ::um Mb}?:lh‘:eu.ud hope was expressed Speech &-h‘l\mn&:r-oafi-dthe Houss on the 22nd June, that the territory wonld #ere long be opened to | 4 _0 1 _0 04 B scaseth cnidinet stt taily i time would hbave scofled at the idesa of such results being accomplished by Bizr Jobhn Macdonald‘s (iovernmentâ€"yet what do we see toâ€"d=y * We tind that the work ,> unfon has been so eagerly prosecuted during ?Mp.tfinmlthltthol)o- minion of Lan~da now ¢xtends frout CeAD to ocean. Wofindpmtrublioworh commenced, which will, in al! probability, give us by far the largest -h:ro'of the Cee. Mss LE _ TK ames uU nhanie will deny this. an Webx'h will refuse to admit that the Opposition leaders at that :rqin' trade of the northern half of this continnt. And this is done, not only without any incresse of taxation Eut actually with a reduced taxation. In ad dition to this we find unexampled pros« perity and contentment existing from one end of the Dom nion to the other. Such, briefly stated, are ihe results of five years administration of publ‘c aithira by the pre sent Govnml“ t, results wmc:;“.”mly anyone, in 1367, was sanguine to hope to see s0 fully realized in so short a w-ud% suctâ€" L. Anomman â€"amuak union, Lord Monk said:=â€"â€""1 trust, and believe it will, ere long, extend its bounds from the Acantic to the Pacific ocean. Here then was an express intimation of the policy of the Government to extend the b.undaries of the Dominion until Britwh Columbia and the North West ‘Territory were included therein. This fl:‘."’ at all events, has been redeemed. o the charge confidea to them by mlc, true to the policy. thus foreâ€" a 1, the Dominion Government have Iahored sarnestly and successfu ly during the past fve years to carry out the work ut British American Union in its entirety. Within four years of the time when those words were uttered, the trust and belief and Brigeh Cotambia with all the territory British Columbisa with all the territory intervening between it and old Canada had been added to the Dominion. _ Betting aside generalities, ~OWOYeT, SNH enquirin 1“ closely into the polc._=‘ events whi hu:-uurtnd since Conâ€" federation, it will be well to notite what were the principal measures promised in uuflpooez from the ‘Throne at the variâ€" ous sessions of the Dominion Parliament, and afterwards adopted by the House. This will serve to show how far the policy aunounced by the Government on ail imâ€" portant questions was carried into effect, und bow far their views were in accordâ€" ance with the views held by. the people‘s representatives. _ o t o ‘The firet meeting of the Dominion Par« liament took place in November, 1867; and here it is worth while to mention that at that time there was little difference of opinion as to the wisdom and patriotâ€" ism of the policy enunciated. All the Upposition did was to express doubts as to the ability of the administration to carry it into effect. After congratulating the House on the establishment of the Â¥t H E viuence of their §00d Taith by modtn i.n the public treasury one million o’ dollars u.'mrlnuofortbohgoln(on with the work. The fact of their having this power will of iteelf tend to ent any combination on the part ol those :'up‘;:m M“hnobhinodohrun purpose of exacting extravagant perminied to make aay strntiom io ins to f!.::};l-u ‘“.:’ Iw to ty crekâ€"iph=s; of, they cannot make other uerms, %muu obtained trom the “W. were necessary to ena‘le to nraas ts galay ns pomitte and ‘bart uhe Iac: as tu ie allowed been ten times as there would have been no mm charge of usurpation on their part, inas much as every portion of the Pacific Railâ€" way scheme has been laid before Parlia« ment, aod all that the Dominion Govern. ment can do in connéction therewi will be simply to carry out the expressed discretionary powers allowed the Govern :nathrdu.ubt&“mno means unusually large. They are is’i:n!rmonpm to charter a new company should it be necessary to do so, but any company so chartered must give evidence of their good faith by depositing L A _ id "Ms ABPOTGIOCG WO CE smevery mmumul:ruu.bh the highest degres unjust untounded. The Dominion torernment cannot pass & single measyre or deal with any pu:lic q“.“'l'“t? the 'l')odlh. E-n. went To people‘s representatives tbo(}ourl:’ansmd:ody mpondu: and did they attempt to usurp power prerogative which did not belong to them, Parliament could turo t:1em out of office any day by an adverse vote. Not ouly are they directly responsible to Pasliament #or all they do, not only do they hold ottice at the will o:'hrlhn::n;'b:: every act performed them, any '.m“ questions are concerned. has first wfirmd by Parliament, It has been that it is dumadhmbmnh' a sum as thirty miilions of and so large a q dh.d-l%dllhul acres at the otf the of the day. But it is untrue to say that they are so placed. The money and the They are is ve used to sabsitize say som They are to be used to su mu. pany which may undertake to the ihowk'b"-hd-?m "!‘!: bavi wg-pd the powers of Pa:lu‘.whmut&m. country could never be adeq de velopei!, without a direct m'q mmmwuucm-dbum the Aclantic coast and the rich prairie lanas of the Saskatchew in as far as the Rocky Mountsins, Men of all shides of pluen.oces ineihack ind fo that if the newly acqzuired torâ€" uon Apglakoke cagp. Aorv ghoe. 1Ve i must built, and the sooner it was built the sooner would the North West country be readered productive. in the speech trom the Throne to which we have last referred the House was invited to take the subject i1to consideration, and at the last session of the Dominion Parliament, tbulprovi- ‘f.f_".f'“ the construction of the Pacitic Uway, and a subsidy is money aed lands to a y, without hml::: n ommc en nep y Â¥ernment & mejorly in ‘spite of all the efferts of the Opposition, who did all that lay in their power to postpone the commencement of The necessity of the construction of a Pacific Railway was entailed upon uâ€"«, not only by the terms of Union with British Columbis, but also, so far as the larger portion of it was concerned, by the acquisâ€" avwent " when . the .‘ incorgaration "of moment BUM'IdI.AM with the Dom:mion w:n :Et- it was acknowledged by thet the rast resources of thit immense which admitted of no mistake, their con« tempt for the political 9*-“0'--,. who British Columbis. ;mn"mod mmm‘:: htbem 'ngr upes. â€"Mani lorth_West mp:'ow h-‘:mud with the Doffinion. The local ties which had unforâ€" tunaiely been sroused are fast dying out. A largs Knglish speaking immigration is setting that way, encouraged by the hiberal inducements held out to settlers by the Dominion Government. The dmmmfihhwm over the future of est are away,. u.d,udoudg;.-:lc:ezm:fid policy during years, a termâ€" tory as large as baif Europe is added to the Dominion. possessed of innumerable daries of Canada may at an early day, be extended from the shores of the Atlantic Ucean on the one side, to the shores of t.bohdloenlbuw;“'r;bpm expressed was realized, necessary federation. The terms and agreed upon were made MUP m&e-uuo MM?‘; was to aimmepy of ..t:':a,‘.:‘..gm;: swon become apparen gone ‘eelin t the country was over m“h’i‘:fi:{i’r of umon with Britush bia upon the proposed terms. In the speech from the delivere1 ontho‘lfllmlflm“n-q said 1 hope that you will think that the to ms are so far just as to justify you in passâ€" The Opposition org is delight to declaré that the Dominion Government deserve no credit for the accomplishment of this important step in the great work of Union. They‘ would fain have the people of Canada beliere that the incorpâ€"ration of British Columbia with ‘moml fli'on was a foregone conclusion, e years ago, Mr. George Brown unore:flly doo{nnd, that it might probably take flty years to to so lar as to justify in m.‘:':_‘@.ifi‘gm’&&‘; resources of all kinds stisan af our Goyernment and the line of BC vas se 9 * sonduct pursued by our :*=*<]ators were watched with the arcy@=t interest and atâ€" tention by the people of that Province, many of whom were of the opinion that our public men would be found un»qual to the task assigned thero, that .&oy would still be bound by the narraw pre judices of the past, and that, under such circumstances, it would be madness, on the a member of the British America C n to which especial reference was lately made zihuonnbk gentlemen from British Columbia, that from the inauguraâ€" tion of our new political regime bere the proved equal to their posi and, notâ€" wluâ€":mmuummm.o- position bent on rendering Mdiflimft nnkmcilmlstho&muwhnt- ::rthomohbuyof rnment going. in administering 'r.lblh afttiirs so satisfactorily as to win canfidence and esteem not oply of their «wn people but of the people of British Columbis. Had it been otherwise, had the members of the presc2t Dominion(!ov:.mtln'o;t‘-nd tho;r(' supporters, forgetung :.:* }! 188108 OL ane n maramnes To astray Columbia would not to day have been inâ€" eorpa‘:d‘;i‘m the Dominion, for the and wisely have Mbhwmythhg w do with a people, who allowed their destinies to te controlled by. mea who were so entirely the slaves : fiction and party. In the Spring of 1870, it will be rememâ€" h‘ndthutbaruhh&d_bhdoh'ul «wrived here to negotiate the terms upon which the Pacific province might become carry out the work of British American union in its entirety,. But it is a fact easily susceptible of proof, and it is a fact part of the peosle of Brivish Columbia, to tormlnalli-ncowithtboolo:l“."flfll}G pable of carrying out the Imperial scheme which they had undertaken to perform. Fortun-uly)honmm fears were un tounded Fortunsately for us the men who were at the head of Dominion aftairs proved equal to their position, and, notâ€" THE ADMISS THE PAOIFIO RAILWAY. saim . tha mhisiantsâ€" Af \Nh@h in ‘u'.":.ngmlvdu.work to be a f ur nl::;rw at some indefinite date nur'm eh&dau who | future. _ No one, perhaps, in Oanada k6o them their|imagived that it would so #Oen â€" bo ie North _ West | commenced _ under such Tavoratile _the Dofinion. | auspices. : |hat it is a great unsiertaking ich had unfor.| no one will dény, but at the mm; 1ime ; fast dyin; out. | no one will deny its necessity, and. now . innip,uu%a is | that the l)onmivn Government are able. raged by the , to bring forward a scheme for fis imme | out to settlers |diate construction; without asking the »rnment. . The | people for dollir of muney, when at r the future of mmgmthanom company of 7 m, reliable practical men, who under rial | stand what they are about, are ready and o years, a termâ€" .nxion;.c comuouoowh:b:wk ar once is added to | upon the t proposed, goverament ?mmm wouli have been dstzc>"zg of censure bad they allowed nn[v' time to be lost. } In connection with this question the words BRriTisH 00â€" ; ~‘ «n experienced staig=m n agi true| ‘rriond_ of Csnakd; dmd: with propriety be l qquotea nere, &4O9!< gar when on the fiw::m eveé Of leaving this o.untry speaking his | lishment of this [OWD _ Private sentiments suid "vast as is , work of Union. | the project of the railway, it need pot be Aws le of | *PPalling, it is only in the darkness of MPF' n“pt.ion of | uight or of 1ignorance, that doubts and Doml lon was a apprebensions avpear appalingâ€" five years "hat sh i â€" iv d »hat shapes and shadows Yoom se tflt’y ’:{:‘n': Portentous in the gloom.‘ . .. _ ritish ‘American | They vanish aw:y or assume their proper ut it is a fact | dimensions in the light of science in the , and it is a fact | clear day of reason and awakened ener; ‘mce was lately | We may indeed draw courage from ge entlemen from |earliest lessons leirnt in our infancy. m the inaugura | "be memoirs of a champon which conâ€" regime bere the | tinue, | trust to be as popular and as ; and the line of | caretully studied as they were in my youth '::uhmm aseure us that many a giant m.uy ha ava. interest and at, | come by intelligence, And this giant of ~that Province, | i railway, if shere be any truth in the ie opinion that | adage that ‘work begun 1s half done,‘ is tound unâ€"qual |already h«lf overcome by the careful preâ€" ero, that .&oy liminary surveys which have been carried the narraw pre |over a wile expanse of country, and in hat, under such | the te=th of miny obstacles by that excel madness, on the | lent public servant. the Engineerâ€"in Chief, sh Columbia, to | Mr Sandiord Fleming and his indefatiga â€" a <ha were inca | ble u:‘si-unnu, ui:e o:nquen will be comâ€" mperial scheme ict»d in sood time by the united energy, en to perform. |rapiul and credit of the country." 'l _ thh | ace TlMfi}Dr is, wesakened, as it woulid have been In spite of the ‘)p&ooition which was made to it here, as well as in the United States and in Great Britain, the Treaty of Washington is now an established tact. By it the questions which have so long been in dispute between the two nations have been satist«cto:ily adjusted, by it a better fooling‘t;ouveon the iwo branches ofbothQAng‘iob onf&z:il{bubmbmght «bout, and by it yiyre peace and pmp‘;dty of Canada have been rencered as certain as anything which hum in wisdom can devise can render it. Great Britain, our mother country, has gained bguun Freaty of Washington, ‘the United States have gained by it, for, in spjto of all that American fireeaters may say, the assurance of peagse with England is to them a matter of some inson-nco and consideration. But neither Gâ€"eat Britain nor the United Stutes are as much interested in the pre . servation of International peace as Canada is; neitther of them are so niuch concerned in the establishment of a permanent good understanding between the two Governâ€" is t tige thet ecording ty 166" grovicoms t is true that to prov of the Treaty, American fishertten are for ten years permitted to have access to our fisheries; it is true that Americans are allowed to navigate the St. Lawrence river but not the St. Lawrence Canagals. In return for this, however, the concessions which we receive are not by any means unim portant or valueles:. The admission of Canadian fish and tish oil to the American Nore Neotlad Sikenatty 108 persine whe ove may be supposed to be boumdo- lbm.w more than mike up for the “T:.flw to our grounds. t of transhipâ€" ;‘:o.mlnunl:‘rtbm by Canadian shippers, according to American uthorilhl,ddn Canada the eontrol of the trade the Lakes, and must under any circumstances prove of mestmable advantage to this country. In addition to all this, the prospect of In ternational m so necessary to thi country‘s welfare, is rendered more secure, while the bond of Union between Canada and the Mother Coum has been made stronger and more reliable. As a portion oh.ho&nzuitwu our duty to nmike a eao itice Imperial interests demand: ed tnat we should do so. To assume aught beside is absurd. But it is equaily .h-&.tdmddovoi:'ofmt?thwua;nhg by the provisions > Treaty of Washing nn,cnnadamnothngnt{loooumuh. Un such a question there are few people in Canada who would desire that this} country should assume a position ‘hostile | owolmOounz.ul,wh.mmz | we g1iin by the Treaty is taken into account, Mhmoma..::o, hoping to see the / prosper progress as a porâ€" [ n therd see now y between Canada mdu‘:fnu Brmi:' mission bmnocho able to accomâ€" plish all he but common: sense. without reference to the experidgnoes ot the past, must teach us that sir Joha Mac donald, would, were it only as a matter of policy, do all he could to protect the inâ€" terests of Canwla, the mmm service be has devoted all his abilities for so many years. . fGamads espect=ally was izsterested in the settiement of all causes of dispute. When To mbgen 19 bo meared ay W Mijoaty‘s ission, to be nam Her Majesty‘s Government and the Government of the United States, was to bo:fipoinhd to effect an aijustment of questions pending between the two countries, a general feeling of gratitication and relie! was experienced. Still greater satiafaction was feit wiei !&;«::o knowa uhsz a Canadian subject Majesty, well aoâ€" quainted with all questions in which Canaâ€" THE TREATY OFf WASHIN3TON, For some time the public mind had been exc ud.p:‘d J n&nhh disâ€" trust felt as to the future of this country, in consequence of the unstisfactory relaâ€" tions existine between the British Empire and the American Bozl‘lbuc British and American stateâ€"men feit that it would be for the interest of both the Mother Country and the United States. if the quésâ€" tions at issue between them could be satisâ€" factorily adjasted, while every man with any intelligence and perception saw thit sey ve sÂ¥ uk~ 4d OL tne Pacific R 1 vay $u LÂ¥ 28 1**~ hard figures have to be dealt with this | â€" “""""“% is All Mr. MacKenzio‘s oratory, | 1/ Managing â€" abd €l1 the Ci2be 2 denunctations, will ust | Montreal, July 20th, 1872. .._ _ 2028â€"1 change a into a deficiency, nor f =rvlu u:& vPBcoxnwwx& 4 3 w_â€"mh“. .Mfifldum“m , mu.r-um for the mason and The present debt of the Domlnion\fl tbrfiq a brick and stene building Canads may be set down in round num. | for Mr. M. Kavanagh. on Wellington bers at $80,000,000 It certainly is not | Street, willibe received by the under=1gnâ€" more than this. This is an increase since | ed till con of MONDAY, the 28th inst. Confederation of $1,977,776. But durin Plans, &o., can be seen on and atier the four years ending June &)d:,lnc Wednesday, the 24th in<t. _ _ ____ vao JOUL CHELD CRICENE | A __ _ M 4.4 #W € ®" Ememmmvee) ©Rms nR EC RN0 CCC thera‘was expendéd on the Intercolonial | The lowest or any tends> w‘!! Railway, on the purchase of the North | Cessarily be accepte i. West Territory, and Public W no . ~K ANQLbL rnd-c administration of public afairs. t has often been said that figures canâ€" not lie,‘" and the saying is especially true as regards caâ€"es of this kind. Eloquent :cnkonnnd.in«l writers possesseqa ol sbility to influence the minds and convictions of men, m1y and doubtless do eÂ¥tercise ‘a great power, and sometimes succeed in making things appear different from what they really are. But when dry ment. During the session of 1871 the burthen of taxation borne by the people of Canada was reduced to the extent of eight ‘hundred thousand do‘llars, wflofl-: a still further reduciio1 of weive dred thousani dollirs was made, Faou hk‘.pouibl be "."a.b"'.nm.- can y m to of corruptio : and against ocplo-:b'nhs ndnm u.:‘du an energe prosecu necessary public works never did and never can, in .this or‘ in any other country, be the result of a reckless or imâ€" The present confition of the public E:o“:i:lty%mqbi“ ovdo:;;:‘f . ml ;howl-domohhoml' 1 by the :dzm“wm upon asafe -u":flu basis, and the public funds are managed in a mwvflcfihmlfiospmlom‘ of men who were opposed :o the Governâ€" e o o o n e same footing as the other Provinces. I:?:-iom to :on sno&'.'l‘mid'd g governed onrrm reckless maunner, the wisdom of present Doâ€" minion Government‘s administration has lorced itself upon their notice and has won their respect and approval. Not s corrupt act has been proved those whom the Nov» Sootian had been led to believe were steeped ‘to the lips in corruption. The attempt to prove ane of ;_bdr own no;'t prominest mea (Dr. upper) guilty of wrong doing failed, and fm‘loo,l;noniuioml that the opposition Toutaals in Untatio wiioh publshed ‘the ed, we n:“th.k the Dominion Goâ€" i iome mamens was with nova Scotia and placed ber upon the courage to make publis the thereto. Msh'fl:i.dm quiestude and trog=â€"le has been remorâ€" bad _ not the fairnes . no courage to make publisc the â€"ss.u0 wis the _foolin{ which existed among & large portion of the inbabitants of Nova Scoty, when confederation was invugurated. We know that out of thirty eight members of the Local House in that province, no less than thirtyâ€"six were declared opponents of the newly formed Union, and openly ox.na'-od their determination to overthrow conâ€" stitution if possible. Theâ€"people of that provincs had been told and again by those who were op to the Ugisa scheme, that with federation war!~ come a largely increased ta%tt*n, and a total disregard c:.‘t,b. Prt of the legislaâ€" tors of the D9:nion, for the interests of N*Â¥ Bcotis. An appeal was made to England by the Antiâ€"umon y asking for a repeal of the Union, wm'.:ovod ineflectual, At the same time Imâ€" perial authorities suggested to the Do minion Government, that every effort should be made to conciliate the Nova Scotians and to remove, as far as possible, every grievance of which they might with any show of justicé or reason complain Fhe repeal of the Union being found im practicable, the Antiâ€"union leaders, (with the exception of those whose real object is annexation, ani who now are found allied with the Ontario (Grits) entered int» a discussion of the financ‘!=! &rrangements veiween the provinces, and stated whit they cousidered were the mitters of which i':ovs&othhsd :d compiain. . A searchâ€" lm # 4 # I l | ) :|' uon-" m'sh?bbmmult. It was found that the revenue of Nova Scotia had fallen As before mentioned, one of the most important duties which devoived upon the govern ment when in 1867 undertook the management of the busigess, was to reuove,. if possible, all sauses of aiscontent in Nova Sootis, The Union f British North America to be successful must be a union of hearts and hapds, not of territory alO9n0, W# cl; know how subsidy of $82 698 be p «id to the Province. Che ufirmmon in Ontario opposed this step, although its justice and fairnes» mtmboobmto all who give the matâ€" ter calm consideration. in the hope o debt hid heen increased to the extent of $4 300,0 10 since the conference at Quebes and that this increase was mainly the result of money expended upon various railways which became the property of the Dominion. In point of fact she gave more to t.ha.l:omm?n' than she received, and so, al caref=! Gonsideration, the inance Minister came to the following conclusion.â€" I‘he most equitable solution of the present difficulty, would be to allow Nova Sootia to come intooftho Union with the same debt head of the &p‘h&c a« was aclowed f:'Now Bruns and to pay it for a limited period of ten years, an additional annual grant at the same rate per head as was given the same Province " Accordingly the Privy Council recomâ€" mended to Parliament that the debt o Nova Sootia shanld Lo nlzced ct #1 135 75§, «nd that she be relieved from interest unâ€" leuhudobco’o'd that «um That for en years from lst July. 1867. an annual how unworthy they ars of the nanie of atitasmen. rrod.- they ever place confidence or reâ€" ‘ance in those, ly!:o, l;y.t.boir action in reference to the Treaty have proved what « HE FINANCIAL POSITION.; unpatriotic efforts, and the Treaty of iington :s an establisbed fact. But eople of this couatry would be rery i to blame, if, after what has trans â€" NOVA SOOTIAN AFFAIRS /42. Efin‘in‘&"&l“"h n 1867 ;:mm, ‘M'“ all :snn-of‘ Ro s : Sootia, T&Uniou'-r]m’,’i’.‘ bearts and hands,. noat‘ _ _[ *~ 1 oxgt:-od' a m’u f that s people 0o t rlnmdtpin to the Ugisa sderation wa=!~ tazrt‘*n, and a "ko North British a‘nJ Mercantile Insurs> a :.Edm'&k agency from 0;-{ E to bs mile io mku dontrest |TTT M D. L. MACDOUGALL, _ _ ;T # THOS, DA VIDSON, 5: The Corporation of the County of Carle. ton are prepared to receive tenders for the Horting of the new Regisiry Office Bu ld» img on the Hot Water Sys:em. a M Hpecifications and couui.ions of cont asot can be seen at the officeof William .owan, Keq., County Clerk in the Court House. Bealed enders to ll)o delivered to the County Clerk before 12 o‘clock, noon, on Tuesday the Ath day â€"of August next addressed to .kobert Cummings, EKeq, Chairman Building Committee, and euâ€" ‘The Corporation do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender, w IKA lom::lu + County of Carleton, Oltawa, Jnlymsm * 0B Aiwk. ont any reference to s; ie issuyes or to. party or aal tices, by the of 6 peven d Proky te ligee o fairs. From d.:.xuurzd'-fi;vlhm;ri;l policy during t years, from the mam-&’:m':.u.mm their faithful fullilment of tbe prom ses mlfllflp N&..mhlul.nm y justified in that so long as mmanhdm&om::y duinz m‘ triut_hobufi.m see a i ndhdbv’noufuuy tb:pcho future welfare of Do.nmion depends ‘very much upon the present Government be:ng: sustaingd, we ass for e far an i unprejy â€" diced perysal of this regord. ‘l'hundm:{ but facts is contained in 1t we are w mithb:mhnocooom. i:ni; "iufidnmm dlnmp that it shall be read withâ€" all we desire i« that it .fi:on.d ont any reference to si ie issyes or to v" 2X * \ "0’ c.‘\‘ gpo coxiraciors. this time, bet â€"with Annexationis opportamity of desling with Domlaion af From the result of the Ministarial men, half Of whim have proved themselyves hopelessly corrupt, ~and the odtb: t:l! of whom w?v&pgum‘s vheir re to break up destroy the Jonstitution. Owfin winmt there -W‘hm with t.houl:l’;luf Iif so then by all means let him vote against the Government and entrust the affars of the Dominion to the Grits have done murmi >, we may judge ‘what wo 3‘1 * I u'l O-i“:’m nak d-ot'h iu.m vended in a manuner which strikes our opponents ‘with surprise, Such are the results of fire term in office of Sir Johlndmm:dhhoolhqus,lu years, be it remembered, when, from the very nature of things, they hsave had to they arpe to meet witlp: ag:«in. Is Becondly, it is chargâ€"d that the Govern ment. hate been guilty of corruption and extravagance in connection. with the con struction of the Intercolonial Railway. To this it me; be briefly answered, that every dollar expondodb:‘pon the road has to be accounte i for ore the Committes of Public Accounts, and, in spite of all the efforts of the Opposition. not one dollar, no not even ons cent his been found to have Séen il:fimporly applied by the Inâ€" vercolonial wiy Commussioners. Sure. ly if there had been much «"corruption‘ some listle case of wrongâ€"doing mug have been made out | CONCLUSION. Buch is a brief record of the principal events which have marked the pOlitical history of Can«da â€"ince in 1867 we Jald the foundation of the "New Dominion." With full faith in the hogesty and good sense 0f the people of this country, we bring f.**: ward this calm oxtoniuon of ‘20ts, Agniost the torrents; Of zure, vituperation, and =isrepresentation, which d duty in liews of n‘;mnt an the side of the OUpposi tion. To charges of corruption, unsubâ€" stantiated ;â€"to accusations of wu d and pulitical folly un ted on fact ; that in zut.ia a: in everything else it is most safe and just to }m‘by results, we show a â€"rapidly ex tending Union, a progressive and conâ€" e i0 o nnagy ie i e o 1P MA MnE llllPI'!’{!"l’ -“jves_ that the _ route â€" now adopied was recommended by Mr. Mackenzie himself, the quasi leader of the Ontaric Uzm on the floor of Parliament. He d L thl't be had no ditficuhy in mak» ing up his mind that it *z the best routeé, best in point Of *~neral ut.ilitz. as well as th its S im Priun ancoin. #r AiMA.l be. utmost care, and was therefore in & posiâ€" tion to speak with certainty and authorâ€" 1y (vide Confederation debates.) Now, beâ€" cause the route has been .dofi.d, it is condemned, as any other would have been that the Government decided to select. 110 E®*".om from engineering dificul. ‘es. He announced at the same tim Mh‘hldmlqhdtho_qngaon'(fim. h'u“' ISTT .; y [ S2 0 TETCCeE TE #t â€" COrrI i! as large as the.continentâ€"of Europe our current terenuse on * OTicE ID rout Tevenue on imm & .mi tm x _s2% n"bhe large as u:n ::l.":?:l_?f;’n _ tetritory " half n*t hn OT) ENGTHISH FAMILIES RESIDPELN! j ABRO D. "* @1 cannot e with what T Jook !:..‘.’:3..,_‘:&5 J-nm-q we‘rk. it tells me just as much r‘:‘udd' o i epr e io x 4 l ~u-m-..-ndwmm¢ l.:!. "’. '!"."“‘!"L" h | bagtee We â€" Extract from Private â€"The *4 | tau by fent raofenig uit poovel the Lo | including pof+g und «l «> : bers and +nppmemenire : . 0 _ . .._ _ Aust alia Brar.ll, Canade, Cope gibrbiuar. aiinics. We werks Ntaei, New Zesa and, t Thoms# Indies. 8. or 3‘s thin p~por # F‘o C , Chi \\’!:c eyion 1-7 Ottawa, July 18.%!872. {EALED TEXDi Parts Correr Pors, ©" Every house «hould have one. Th above goods are the finest to be had is market, and a variety of others in stock fl-m«fil every satisfection i# uiing A call eglicited .. For sale at . & *‘ ix10_. PATT® "8OK‘®%, 2% Ridesu Buwee Vaery. fine. Fresh ground daily and roaste1 on the premises, #400 ; into. est payable semi annneali . :;tnm:‘y and JuT;.’ “'&.‘:“w’u: Address, ° PJC ‘m ..“8 ever offered in t n’m es + wa iJ nobility in Britain. sers" weikt Japans and Gonpowders, Tenders will be"received until Thcesmay August lst, tor the whole or aoy n + of a total issue of $25,000 ; first M iber eight per cent., ten years de ""‘"".I ”‘ the Ottaw« City Passenger k imwy Come pany, in denominations of $1004, 820) .; . Ottawa, July 22, 1872, 2028â€"1m Dxnnu'us“mn‘fifl.“; T It is now an established J «t if olase Brandi. frat» fiiu.m--.nw-'hh. “m’h'u‘b cerics you mustgo to slack Teas. Cofftees THOS C ®EEpr Presijent u. C. P. R Rr New Edinburgh, Ju‘y 17, 1872. 202 100 100 Ships N: Trit, Lapr Love, Kary h‘”" C'"O::’QM CiaRa Knuaw, A8D CaROLI®A. i the producers : The following goods from 10 hhds. BRA.NDY, finest Pale and “‘* uns set en a 18w z4. 12 dos, SCOTCH _ MARMALADE, ~â€" ~; fresh from the maker, #y 1 & "xiirricu f GIN, John de Kuyper & Son 10 +d double berried, WINE, VP 10 §fntb. SHERRY .n:, U THB MMNNG IQ ¢¢ POKT WINE, for family use, UST RECEKIVED, Bauces and IRECT 1MPORTATIO Ns Arv ces y :/ Ki far the e 190, »TR i A1D cases SPARKLING MOSELLES, «*pints and quarts," do GUINNESSES PORTER, and qgts., per order, e Dark, genuine, do No. 26, Rideau Street RIDE A 1 BER‘T Always on havd.* OLAKET, various brands, 1 few cases of the celebraied viniage of 18564, $23 a oase, " well known, Very fine, give them a trial Nert netâ€"rtOn n of ihe ne® STREfET B. EDWaRug 1to RESIPENT © aed Bor® wl o 1872 “.‘l'n . dia. Jartk thin popet Neat), »028 31w CGrom h Fe‘s" T medicine than 496 { T. a liverally used, no Doo# mM*""" io of 1 .l“‘“ i men a mode! of t t ie an A w hare no doubt that wue _ » 300 Amive Rrves N# io the general effect. Tes Ape wilts, in we bad aader. Th “-~N7] W.M- «_ ""P8 to meet again. 2o gpecial bargain» in the Pruxress® Exooraiox â€" *h work on the evening M1 ““.u..j Â¥ery fine voice .-7 «eiawa be well # 00