i. bs ae 2 \ COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD " ------ ae, oe eee -- ee -- ."T kmow that personally you are most "anxious to get this matter settled, and that if it had depended solely on you, I should not now have to catalogue so long a list of \, broken pledges. " But if you are surrounded by colleagues who will not allow you to act in the way you yourself wish, I can of course only deal with the Acts of your Government as such, whilst most fully believing and knowing that your personal wishes are to do what you have so often told me it is right should be done, and that without delay. Believe me, Yours very truly, (Signed, ) C. J. BrYDGEs. Hon. J. 8S MacponaLp, We apprehend the above extracts will settle the matter as to whether Messrs. J. S. Macdonald, Dorion and Holton did not offer,¢150.a mile on conditions thatthe company would lend them its influence during the elections. It will be seen also that Mr. Holton at his-first interview with Mr. Brydges was strongly in favor of having the Postal question settled at once. Afterwards, when he found he could not command the influence of the Company, he changed his tone altogether. We do not know that a more dis- graceful transaction than that set forth in the extracts we have made was ever brought to light. We have three members of a Cabinet offering to give a certain amount per mile toa Rail- way Company on condition that that Company would use all its influence in favor of the Ministerial candidates-- that is, we suppose, drive its employ- ees up to the poilslike as many sheep, at the same time ordering the Return- ing officer to record their yotes for such and such candidates. 'This, too, by men who have heretofore denoung- ed so strongly any interference on the part of officials or Railway employees in elections, The parties accused have made an effort to exculpate themselves from so damaging a charge but have utterly failed, In the first place it is perfect- ly clear that the sum of $150 a mile was agreed upon as the amount the Company should receive, and it is distinctly stated, both by. Mr emg! | ed, in consequence of that offer, to command the influence of the Com- pany on behalf of Mr. Holton and Mr. Young. Since that time the Ministry, . contrary to the pledged word of the Premier and two other members, have refused to give more than $100 a mile, and the accused parties do not dare deny, directly, the charge that they sought to bribe the Company by the offer of $150. They endeavor to show they are no worse than others: a poor excuse, we imagine, for sucha disgraceful attempt at corruption.-- The Globe, of course, tries to show it was the Company who did all the wrong. Let our readers note the fact that the Premier offered $150 a mile, and that he promised to settle the mat- ter finally by an order in Council pre- vious to the elections, and then say who is in fault. Let it also be re- membered that in the first place the Globe denied the whole affair, and said the Gazette should be punished for publishing such unfounded state- ments. Now, however, the facts are before the people, and like any other special pleader, the Globe tries very hard to explain away, as far as possi- ble, such damaging charges. It sums up the whole, as usual, that the pres- ent men are better than the old cor- ruptionists. The whole matter is just this: the Ministry offered to settle the postal question by giving the Compa- ny $150 a mile on condition that the - Company would use its influence on behalf of the Ministerial candidates; this the Company refused to do.-- Finding that the Company could not be moved from their policy of neutral- ity in political matters, these unprin- cipled shufflers refuse to carry out the pledges solemnly made to Mr Brydges, and in order to gain a little popu- larity in the country, seeing that noth- ny, they fix the subsidy at $100 a) mile instead of $150 as promised.-- | The Globe may consider this all right, but we imagine there are but few who wall view it in the same light. Representation. In times past people were wont to see in every issué, in) every colama, almost, indeed, in every line-of the Globe and. its numerous * yelpers," something about Representation ; someting about the sufferings of the people of Western Canada in conse- quence of this grand specific not being granted. _ For what reason, or how many reasons, it is not our intention at present to say, but it is a fact that lately neither the Globe nor any of its echoes ever refer to this matter, Mr. Brown himself is now on the floor of the House and yet we hear nothing of it from him. . This is.certainly a won- derful change whatever may be the cause ! We trust these gentlemen, when their turn comes to go into opposition, will remember their present course, and not return to their former practice. We believe Upper Canada is entitled to more Representation "than she now has; but we are not in favor of Mr. Brown's ideas on this matter being carried out. Representation pure and simple, practically, will not work.-- It is a waste of time, therefore, to continually keep talking about it.-- We are of the opinion that. instead of increasing the number of our Repre- sentatives, it would be beiter for the country had we fewer than we now have. Had we less representatives, we would, most likely, have a better and more talented House. 'The posi- tion would become of more import- ance; better men would be selected by the people; less time would be wasted in useless discussion. In- stead, therefore, of attempting to carry éut Mr. Brown's impracticable and expensive scheme, it would be better to make the constituencies larger, have fewer representatives on the whole, and, if necessary, reduce the represen- tation of Lower Canada so that. it ~ ere eee SCINCIS. lal Upper Canada. Whatever the wisdom of the coun- try may hereafter do in this matter, one thing must now be plain to every one who will but look at it impartially. Mr. Brown and all who have been mis-named Reformers, who have heretofore given so much annoy- ance by their ultramontane course in this matter, prove by their present si- lence upon the subject, and abandon- ment of the scheme, that they were not sincere, and merely acted as they did for party and partizan purposes, De nner imporiant Motion. Mr. J. A. Macdonald is to move the following motion to-day : "That a Select Committee of five members be appointed to examine in- to and report upon certain negotia- tions alleged to have taken place be- tween certain members of the Execu- tive Council and certain officers of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, du- ring the month of June last, relating to the allowance to be paid to that company for postal service, with pow- er to send for persons, papers, and records." _ This is the proper course, and one which will effectuz lly clear up the whole affair. It is the more import- ant to take this course from the fact that the Ministerial press are stopping at nothing in order, if possible, to ex- tricate the ministers concerned out of such a damaging piece of business.-- The most deliberate falsehoods are being circulated by the Globe and other papers of a similar stamp. We have no doubt whatever of the truth of the charges so pointedly made by Messrs. Ferrier and Brydges, still let the whole thing be brought before the public in an official shape, so that the people may be left in no doubt in the matter. If Messrs. Sandfield Macdon- ald, Dorion and Holton be guilty of ~ ing conliibe gained from the Compa-| the direet charge brought against them, | jet it be known beyond the posibility of a doubt; and let them be punished for daring to use both their official position and the people's money for a corrupt and demoralizing purpose. if | they are guilty they should not be al- | lowed to escape... No men bave talk- ed so loudly as these same gentlemen have, about the sin of corruption and against-the employees of great public works' 'and 'officials of all kinds re- maining neutial in election matters, yet here we have the Premier and two of the next important members of the Cabinet actually offering a bribe of $50 a mile extra in a mail contract to an important Railway Company pro- vided that Company support the Min- istry !! = ~~ < > Ravings of a Lunatic! " When we have the reyolt put down we will turn our swords on Britain, the main cause and extent of the duration of the revolt. A success- ful repression of the rebellion is im- possible without this. Decency de- mands it; justice demands it; na- tional pride-demands it ; national ma- lice demands it; our immense stand- ing army and our great navy demands it. When causes like these are united they must have their effect. It is to be lamented that Canada is the frigid, ice-bound, sleet-driven, miserable, beggarly, inhospitable country it is. But such as it is, our soldiers will ravage it, desecrate it, drag through its horrid impenetrable surface of ice and snow the accursed flag of Eng- land, hold it in absolute military des- potism for a time, and then fling it back to its original hoary possessors, eternal frost and snow." We clip the above from the Boston Pilot as a specimen of whata Popish fanatic, when thinking of Protestant Britain, can utter. No sound mind not actuated by a tarta- ean or fiendish spirit could give ut- wee to such language. It is not that Canada is required by the " States" to benefit her condition or to augment their territory, but simply out of malice Canada must be made a howling desert by being overrun by a licentious army, and alter the re- venge of a monster has been satisfied Le epee aera vit ion, . J on UGi~~nndoa af innocent beings, Canada will be " flung back to its original ioary possessors, eter- nal frost and snow." We need not say that the Pilot is edited by a man who left his country for his country's good. A miserable Popish fanatic whose ravings are as much deprecated by the American people as they are dispised by the people of Canada.-- No such feeling, we are sure, obtains among the American people towards Great Britain as are from time to time communicated by such vile papers as the New York Herald, the Boston Pilot and others of similar standing in the hands of men, not Americans, whose motto is "'more power to the Pope" and "Ruin to Protestant Bri- tain." person -- in The Late and the Present Min- istry! During the debate on the Address M. Cartier made the following point- ed, truthful, and cutting remarks : *' He challenged Mr. Brown to point out a single measure of any kind, good or bad, which he has been in- strumental in passing through the Le- gislature. He argued that when he (M. Cartier) was in the Ministry, he never passed a bill contrary to the wishes of Upper Canada, and the best proof of the soundness of the legisla- tion of that Government was that no effort had been made to appeal or amend it. Gentlemen _ opposite could not cite any cases where they had forced laws upon Upper Canada against the wishes of that section." Mr. Brown, like the blustering hero in the Orlando Furioso of Oriosto, had been playing the braggart in true ro- domontane style about the great mea- sures of the Reform party, and of him- self of course, because Mr. Brown considers his name and Reform as sy- nonymous. When M. Cartier chal- lenged him. to point out a few of the great things he had done forthe coun- try, dhe was perfectly dumbfounded and had nota word to say. M. Car- tier's style of argument was vather pointed, and its edge rather too sharp and eutting for Mr. Rodomonte to at- tempt a reply 6 Mr, Brown is yery good at finding fault with others for neglecting or not attempting to do this, that and the other thing, yet' he dared not introduce a public "measure of any-kind~ himself. Now when his party are in power, himself, the boasted maker and de- stroyer of Cabinets, at the head of al- fairs, instead of introducing a mea- sure for the re-adjusiment of the Re- presentation, and making an attempt at least to settle that matter, we find him playing the farce of asking for a committee of thirteen members to ex- amine into and report upon the work- ings of the Constitution. . We trust this will be remembered again when the present party are driven into op- position, and when Mr. Brown com- mences his meaningless barrangues against the Conservatives should they not feel disposed to take up this. mat- ter at once. Again, as M. Cartier challenges, where isthe »ct passed by the Con- servative party which the presen men have attempted to repeal. Their si- lence on the legislation of our friends is pesitive proof that their measures were good, otherwise we would have heard something about repealing them ere this. Amendment to the Address. The debate on the Amendment to the Address was clos:d on Friday night last. At 12 o'clock the House divided on M. Sicotte's amendment as follows : Yuas--Messrs. Abbott, Alleyn, Archam- bault, Beaubien, Bell (Russell), Bellerose, Blanchet, Brousseau, Carling, Cartier, Cart- wright, Cauchon, Chapais, Cockburn, Con- ger, Cornellier, Currier, Daoust, De Bouch- erville, Denis, Duckett, Joseph Dufresne, Dunkin, Evanturel, Thomas Ferguson, Wm. Ferguson, Foley, Galt, Gaudet, Harwood, Higginson, Irvine, Jackson, Jones, Knight, Langevin, Le Boutillier, J. A. Macdonald, McGee, Morris, Pinsonneault, Pope, Pou. DSB SP ET im ee + De TOE \ Vac i Ross, J. Sylvester Ross, Shanly, Sicotte, Simpson, Street, Taschereau, Tasse, Tur- cotte, Walsh, Webb, Wilson, and Alonzo Wright--60. Nays--Messrs. Ault, Bell (Lanark,) Biggar, Bourassa, Brown, Burwell, Caron, Chambers, Coupal, Cowan, Dickson, A. A. Dorion, Eric Dorion, Alex. Dufresne, Duns- ford, Fortier, Gagon, Geoffrion, Holton, Houde, Howland, Huot, Huntington, Joly, Labreche-Viger, Liframboise, Lajoie, John Macdonald, J. S. Macdonald, Alex. Mac- kenzie, Hope Mackenzie, McConkey, Me- Dougall, McFARLANE, McGivern, Mc- Intyre, McKellar, Mowat, Munro, Notman, Paquette, Parker, Perrault, Poulin, Pouliot, Remilard, Richards, Walter Ross, Rymal, Scatcherd, Scoble, A. M. Smith, J Shuter Smith, Somerville, Stirton, Sylvan, Thi- baudeau, Thompson, T. C. Wallbridge, Wells, White, Wood, and Amos Wright-- 63: 7 The amendment was lost by the small majority of three! [1 will be seen that a few members were absent, There isno doubt but many who voted against the motion voted against what they believed to be right. The cause of their doing so was the desire of keeping the present men in power.-- Those who voted against the motion for the sake of keeping Sandfield Macdonald and his colleagues in pow- er voted also to destroy the Constitu- tion. By sustaining the Ministry in the unconstitutional course they have pursued, a very dangerous precedent has been set. It will form a starting point for others equally unscrupulous to set the Constitution aside altogeth- er, and do just as they like, or asmay best suit their own convenience. It is self-evident, however, from the very small majority which now remains to the Ministry, that they will not long be able to hold onto power. It is to be hoped that their successors, who- ever they may be, will make their first acta protest in the strongest terms possible against the unconstitutional shuffle perpetrated-by the present men after the Governor had granted a dis- solution. And not only should the Ministry and their conduct be con- demned, but the country at the next general election should pass a.yote of censure against those members who, by voting against M. Sicotte's amend- ment, maintained the Ministry in their evil course. nn Our readers will observe that the name of the individual who, for the time being, misrepresents this county, is among those who voted against the Constitution. His second vote in the House was given to subvert the inde- pendence of electors by attempting to force a man into the House in an ille- gal and unconstitutional way. His third vote is still worse--it is to do away. with the observance of constitu- tional usage altogether, and allow un- principled men to act as they please, or as may best suit their unprincipled and evil purposes. This 1s a speci- men of that independence of which this sapient statesman boasted while canvassing this County during the late election contest. '* He would not bind himself to support any Ministry or any set of men. He would sup- port good measures no matter from whom they came; but he would sup- port no men in wrong doing." Our yeaders will also remember that he made similar promises at the hustings on the day of the nomination when he made that grand oratorical display, compared with which McGee's_ elo- quence would be as dim twilight to noonday brightness. We are not disappointed, however, in the premises. Mr. Macfarlane has received his price, and, not expecting ever to represent -a constituency again, has elected to make most of his pres- ent opportunities. This is the only conclusion we can come to. We cannot imagine it pos- sible for any man, who made the pro- mises Mr. Macfarlane did, to act in the way he is acting except through a selfish motive. . No man pretending io have the slightest idea of right from wrong, holding, as he pretended to do, an indernerdent position -- could, or would, have voted against M. Sicotte's amendment, and for the motion to seat Rankin. Seat of Government, Piece by piece it is being shewn that Mr. Brown and the Globe have been humbugging and deceiving the people of UpperCanada. During the late elections the Globe said the Seat of Government would be removed to Toronto this fall; but a few weeks since it stated the same thing. Since then Mr. Brown moved to have acom- _ mittee appointed to examine into and -- report upon the progress made towards completing the Ottawa buildings in order to ascertain if it would be worth while to remove to Toronto. We said at the time this motion was a mere blind, and that neither Mr. Brown nor the Ministry had any intention of again removing the Government to Toronto. The following declaration made by the Premier on last Friday | night proves we are correct: "« Mr. Sandfield Macdonald would -- state emphatically that the policy of ~ the Government has not changed; that it was, that the Queen's decision must be carried out, and on no condition should they go to Toronto." Here, then, we have it in a few words. The policy of the Govern- ment, on this at least, has not been changed, and ON NOACCOUNT OR | CONDITION WILL THEGOVERN- -- MENT CONSENT TO RETURN | TO TORONTO. © Surely it will not -- require much more to satisfy the peo- | ple that neither is Mr. Brown nor the -- Globe to be relied upon. We do not say the policy of the Ministry in regard to the much talked of removal to Toron- | tois wrong. Ifthe Government build- -- ings at Ottawa are likely to be ready | in a reasonable time we see no need | of incurring the extra expense of a re- '