he | iil ~~ . = , “4 ie ae Re to res ene nt $$ _--—— ~ SFEIE USB ‘END WoNOtE TH THE cin.” STRATFORD, Cc, W., The Cleioteing, ee et . TUBSDAY MoRNIXO, JUNE 4, ae oe ot eee “Grit Persecution! : (From the Advocate.) “Our readers will remember graceful proceedings of ____ raries about three months ago ~~ gion of Mr. Daly's leaving for ‘then noticed the matter, ands shock our readers by Secasctieoen eagles ad newspapers. ae We shall at once proceed to” facts gave rise to the vile to which, we have referred :- believe, Mesars. Daly & Orr bors hundred dollars from a Mr. Hor "that time, resided in this Coun the money was afterwards paid b balance, some $300, remained - time unsettled, and in due course j neglect of our party, had been d Mr. Foley in 1861, contested the against the Postmaster-General, try and Robert Macfarlane, a Mr. Lizars. The result of that well known to our readers. The ag felt very much hurt at being be advised their puppet to enler a against Mr. Daly’s return, promi: doubt, at the same time to fi 12th of February. Some time in of January Mr. Daly was setved summons to show cause why he ‘then be examined before Judge § touching his estate and effects, being at the time engaged in an manicipal arbitration did not comply with this sammons, and 11 quence was that an order was given mit him for contempt of coart. before this order could be carried left for Quebec. The matter way till last Friday when the sO ¥. i Mr Macfarlane said to grasiemee.. “© 9d‘apon bim in reference to this 2 he had had orders from Mr Hord those steps against Mr. Daly, would not have done it. Mr. said he had received a letier from , prging him -to examine Mr Daly sori 'teak bach yonsnadingh ted against-Mr Daly ; but that he fase to obey the orders of his Lee says _to the matter :— ‘DE TEE QOUNTY COURT OF THE C a ae aad «iy T. M. Daly, Def. } To Ww County of Middlesex, state, that I have not 3 last eight mouths {the proceedings were 7 ar monibe Gye) given my aittors ‘ attend to his parliamentary We * rescinded, the claim having beedpai a + — © 4 &. sateuctions to proceed to examine the above named "| defendent in this canse as to his estate and effects, or - | informed) lately taken herein, nor do I recollect hav- dis} cause , ‘Messrs. Lizars “h Maclartons, or ta either of them, or to-any of their clerks,-any directions-or in- to take any such proceedings as have been (as 7 am img done so af any time. (Signed,) Dated at Downie, May 22. 1863, Witness,-J A. MoCciseccs.' ISAAC HORD. Man in Mr Macfarlane’s positicn of stating what is untrue; more particularly when the false statement has been pat forth to cover a mean, a cowardly, a villainous at- "| tack upon an opponent. in the present in-} by ty inis- of is [stance Mr Macfarlane stands convicted of '} sponsibility—that he instituted the proceed- ings himself without having consulted his clien The public will answer these que - - e should be sorry | is stead be soy Sr ibaicl nonin T pealiloa Br tet ], and that falsehood was uttered }to.screen a cowardly advantage. which.he, ge ana was enabled to take. t was obtained, and the was in his hands months prior to the these vexatious pro- gs against Mr Daly. Why did he W the matter to stand over till that par- time? Why did he not examine Daly long before that date? Why did pot say he was acting on his own re- purpose of injuring a political opponent ; but in the case -before us we cannot see how any other conclusion can be enter- tained. The proceedings were commenced at a particular time when, had Mr. Daly attended to them, he could not have been : tered a protest against Mr. Daly’s return; yy had this was he that, “4 Baal ‘The | *Hetter, which we publish, shows this state- in his place: in the House at the beginning the Session. Mr. McFarlane had en- js therefore important for Mr. Daly to it in the House to attend to that t when it would come up—it was of to Mr. McFarlane to prevent Daly from being there. It would also Mr. McFarlane’s purpose very to have had it in his power to exam- ine Mr Daly upon oath in regard to his c ,real and personal. We have seen that in oftler.to make.it appear that he had no base motive in view in instituting the proceedings dgainst Mr. Daly ‘at that par- ticular time, he stated, and his partner also stated, that the plaintiff, Mr Hord, had written them, ordering them, as his at- torneys, to examine Mr Daly. Mr Hord’s to be & § falsehood: 69 Now, let | ask, had Mr McFarlane been acting from honest’ motives would it have been necessary for him to have stated what was untrue? Certainly not! Mr McFarlane {stands convicted, not only of using his -@fficial position. to injure an opponent, and to benefit himself, but he also stands con- victed of falschood ! in connection there- TUESDAY, It is a painful thing to accuse a gentle-| JUNE 2, when he Jeena had been foiled in his unmanly design he left Stratford and “went on a bender.” To shew that he intended to use the advantage he thought he had ob- tained over Mr. Daly in this matter, so as to prevent him from ad:Jressing the electors, his organ, his mouth piece, the Stratford Beacon, the defender of swindlers, boasted 1863. ficials would be at the Station to do their duty when Mr Daly would arrive. Mr Dick O’Loane, we have been informed, made it a matter of boast that Mr Daly would be taken into custody as soon as he made his appearance in the town. The Beacon says nothing which Mr McFarlane does not authorize, consequently it is evi- dent he intended to do his worst in the matter, , 7 We believe that this case, from its pecu- liar features, has not a fellow. Mr Mc- Farlane has shewn a meanness throughout the whole affair unworthy his position— unworthy of a gentleman, a meanness which the meanest of pettifoggers would scorn to exhibit. In view of these facts does Mr McFarlane deserve even common respect? Has he not forfeited any claim be might otherwise ‘have had upon the suf- frages of an intelligent public? Neither be nor his organ deres charge Mr. Daly with having,acted politically wrong— all these worthies have to depend on is that Mr Daly “can’t qualify.’; The only hope bey had Was.to shove. Mr Daly off the track. The disgraceful subterfuge of a mean pettifogger has failed. Mr Daly is among his friends, and will again be elected to represent this noble County. The Defender of Swindlers makes an effort. Macfarlane’s organ feels very indignant because the Examiner dared to make an expose, truthful but damaging, of the dis- graceful course pursued by that gentleman in the “ Hord case” towards Mr. Daly. The organ publishes a letter purporting to be written by Hord, in which an attempt is made to screen Macfarlane from the odi- um which, in consequence of the advantage he sought to take, will naturally rest upon im. “The letter from Mr. Hord and the effort of the organ are alike futile. The organ admits that Mr Hord did not instruct his Attorneys to take that particular course ; nor does Mr. Hord say in his letter that he had communicated with his Attorneys at that particulartime. He says not one word ? made ; or contradictory of wae testenadl the article which we copy from the Mitchell Advocate Mr Macfarlane stated that he -had received special insirac- tions from his client at the time he com- menced these proceedings against Mr, Daly. We now say, and say it without fear of contradiction, that statement is false! Macfarlane did not bear from his a with !!_ We ie been informed that, although fessed himeelf anxious to have it sdttled, he pected to arrive, and there remained till the } over the fact, then, that Mr. o'clock on the Friday that Mr Daly wasex-| = client at that time, nor for four months previous to that time. ‘Rhene 56nd gptting’ that he was engaged in a mean y could not be detected. We may §8 well, once for all, in its Friday’s issue that the sheriff's of-" pidgin a any single. remark which} P (oy Vivian , & : 00., eet are had- Afr. Daly in their power—they thought, as the organ says, that he dare not’enter the County—they thought they would have everything their own way—hence the dis- appointment—hence the venom when they found that their nefarious plot was blown up—that Mr. Daly's friends had settled the matier—that Mr Daly was among his people. < Question for the Electors. (From the Leader.) One of the most important. questions which the electors are called upon to decide in this contest, is whether public men shall be encouraged in the open abandonment of all their professions for the sake of office. ® party is permitted to appeal to the coun- try upon some question on which it profess- if after it has obtained public confidence as the advocate of that principle, it can all at once abandon its position for the sake of office without meeting a rebuke from the constituencies, there is mo degree of im- morality of which public men may not be guilty, and no extent of cegeption which may not be practiced upon ‘the public. It has been the special aim of the Clear Grits to obtain the confidence of the people of Upper Canada as the advocates of the rights of the people of this section. The circum- ly represented in the Legislature, regard béing had to its population and wealth, they made the most of. The representative is the leverage power; not an end buta means to an end; and when this leverage power was obtained Upper Canada was to profit in a variety of ways. Fiscally, she haa been represented by this party as being systematically robbed; as paying some seventy per cent of the taxes and getting less than one half in the retarmn of expendi! ture We are not saying that this is a literally true statement ; but it is the state- ment which the Grits have put forth for years, and they have induced a great many to believe it. By representations of this kind, persistently repeated for years, they gained 4 large measure of pablic confi- dence. the simple tind earnest ndvooacy of a prin- ciple. They tialigned their, opponents for There was, according to them, but one ob- stacle in the way. Give them office; and prchirmmnetr hee 0 85: about arriving at" this comsasamation they treated with scorn, Atwas - mies of Upper Canada, the slaves of the French priests, who bad any such notions’; pe account was tuken of Lower pee are Be a mess of pottage. No administraiion, the” ~~~ failed to make this a Cabinet question"and _ if es to be controlled by a high principle ; and __ not carrying that principle into effect.— . Nor didhis party remain satisfied with = : y ' can caer Cpmeartieianiranuartmerpansel cceetie sentation by popalation, and r y vote inform our readers this was the only | tee came ss totake Mr Daly into cus- ‘chance the Grits bad they — they “was not eee stent rte a v for it when the question comes u bat this ee the Withsiry might be favorable ta cet : Ry