ee ee RENNER eee aS NTT TNT ' ee Te ee ee ee ee stud) = aspectacle? * - elf B8u - ,wast deel vy. & ' é mee could be fur. " 2 THE COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD, STRATFORI NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS WEEK. Spring and Summer Goods--Marshall Bros. Farm for Saie--T. H. Dunbar. PRA AAO" Gounty of Perth Herald. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1864 *BRUWN AND FOLEY! --Bine Accuser Accused. MR. BROWN'S POLITICAL INCONSIS- TENCY. é -- As might have been expected the lobe, "the Quebec Mercury and the London Free __Press, together, with an endless number of . emaller affairs are united in their condem- pation of Mr.' Foley because he has joined *@ GQonservative Ministry. The Globe of ' Friday last gives a number of extracts from , that gentleman's. speeches and writings at -@ifferent times to shew that he has not ~ acted consistant in now becoming a member 'ofa Conservative administration, and there- "by associating himself with men whose acts he has heretofore condemned. Wee will not now inquire whether Mr. Foley has acted 'properly or improperly--consistently or in- epnsistently--but we may be pardoned for re- "wparking that we consider him justified in the ccurse he has adopted. The policy announced by the Ministry of which he is now a member is inno way opposed to the views, generally, which he heretofore held. We will not argue that point, however, tor 'the present, but will inquire, are not those who now accuse him with having acted in- _ gonsistently worse than he, even admitting © 2 grhat they say of him to be true ? Those "=! 9 accuse others of being impure should themselves be pure. -. Touching the diatribes of the Mercury -rand Free Press it is enough to say that the / 'proprietors of these journals were, before the formation of the Macdonald-Sicotte gov- _ ernment, the most slavish supporters of the ~Qoalition to be found in the Province-- - Immediately on the tall of theCoalition these men turned round and sold themselves to do the dirty work of the new Cabinet, and - -etnployed another gentleman who can be ~ bought at any time--the notorious Shep- spard----to act as their Editor. Sheppard has Piva Hditor of Grit and Conservative "journals alternately--just ashe could make "most. There is not the slightest doubt that . the Mercury; the paper with no circulation - and no commercial influence, the maintain- "ance of which has, directly and indirectly, eostthe country thousands upon thousands ~ of dollars, could now be purchased if the present Ministry desired it--and from abusing and misrepresenting Mr. Foley it '. would for money, laud him to the skies. * fhe opposition or support, therefore, of such _a paper and of such men is of little impor- « dance. These men act from sorcid motives themselves and imagine all others do the game. The Globe attempts to show that Mr. Foley is no longer worthy of public trust 'and public respect because he has coalesced -* t@ith men with whom he has on previous '= @ecasions politically differed--and of whose ~~ gonduct in some respects he did not ap- grove. If Mr. Foley for this merits con- a -demnation how much more does his ac- > -guser, Mr. George Brown, merit public © *-@gnsure and condemnation. A more heter- fagenevus mass, if such we may call it, than e Brown-Dorion Ministry is not to be ae in the history of corrupt and heter- agencous combinations. It was composed of 'men who had almost up to the very day they accepted office, described each other -43 the basest of unprincipled timescrvers and villans--the meanest and vilest of man- *kind. Mr. Brown was the chief and M. Dorion stood next to him. Upon one "question these two men widely differed-- ula att by Population. Mr. Brown was [or rather pretended to be] in favor of this reform---M. Dorion was then, had been -and is now opposed to it, For the sake of -office Mr. Brown and many of those who _ ¢omposed his forty-eight hours' Ministry atandoned the principles of a lifetime at an ; - Upour's notice, and why ? We shall answer he question in Mr. Brown's own words. On the 21 st of February, 1856, Mr. Brown Aid, --- ' -*€ When we see a body of men not changing "@ne opinion, but all their opinions--not gradu- 'ally, at different times, but suddenly ; all at gnce in an hour of one particular day ; I have qo faith in the sincerity of the change. And when that day of sudden change is the very day Qn which the converts obtain office the affecta- 'tion of explaining the transaction is more of- ae than the baseness of the deed. Could alizing be fancied than + * * Agreement. is possible among men 80 discordant ; and the «It could only bevery few measures, but a ~~ jobbing and extravagance. ' *sture of the Brown-Dorion -nighed than the above * himself. Those ge he. the 'maker's "iors sud- yshed ys | goed. theif OP tO we cba® Py they joined hands gece. Had they @nything more demor "apner ple- _gomposins very * a _ip the F avoepte: stood for any time the result would have been a3 we have since seen in the Brown-Dorion- Macdonald combination, very few measures, but a vast deul of jobbing, extravagance and corruption. We shall now proceed to give extracts from the Globe and other sources to show Mr. Brown's opinion at different times of the men with whom he allied himself in 1858 and the men whom he has since supported--and also. the op- inion entertained by some of these men of Mr. Brown. From these extracts our readers will be able tojudge with what bad grace Mr. Brown condemns Mr. Foley for joining with men some of the acts of whom he has at timescondemned. Let our read- ers bear in mind also, he has not, like those who composed the Biown-Dorion Cabinet, suddenly changed his opinions--if he has changed them at all. He separated from the Grit par'y when that party abandoned their principles and perpetrated the uncon- stitutional double shuffle--when that party through its head, George Brown, speaking through his Lieutenant J. Sandfield Mac- donald, proclaimed the doctrine that no IRISH need apply. Mr. Brown, in 1858, chose M. Lemieux tor his Receiver-General. On the 12th Noy., 1857, only six months before he _be- came a member of Mr. Brown's Cabinet, he referred to him, Lemieux, in the follow- ing language :-- "M. Cartier has left for Lower Canada on a voyage of discoyery.,. He wants two. ministers, a successor to Mr, Terril, and a Commissioner of Crown Lands, Both these important offices are still vacant. From all we.can learn, they are likely to remain vacant for some time, un- less Cartier can find another Timothy and -an~ other Lemieux, more somnolent than the inert gentleman who still dozes in the Department of Public Works. The Public Works has come: to a dead lock through the ws inertia of its imbecile head." i] Again, on the8lst October, 1857, the Globe says :--~ " Tt may be presumed that neither M. Lemieux nor Mr. Terril is inclined to offer himself as a sacrifice merely to please the gentlemen who wish to hold on a little longer. If they are to resign it must be with the patent of appointment to a good fat office in their breeches pockets, The consideration must be cash down or its equivalent." After describing them as two incapables unfit for.any public duty the Globe recom- mends that M. Lemieux be made Superin- tendent ofa sleeping institution. "Tf we had an institution," says the Globe, "for the eicouragement of sleep, M. Lemieux might do very well for Chief Superintendent. But among existing institutions we think the Ministry will be greatly puzzled to. find an ap- propriate shelf on which to place the inert com- missioner. But the public may rest assured the gazette will sooner or later, announce that His Excellency has been graciously pleased to quarter these two good-for-nothing Ministers upon the public purse for the rest of their days." In the Globe of Feb. 1, 1855, referring to M. Lemieux, Mr. Brown says: "M. Lemieux--who is to occupy the respon- sible post of Commissioner of Public Works--is simply nobody." In the Globe of May 15th, 1856, Mr. Brown says : "Robbery more barefaced than this was never perpetrated | The Commissioner of Public Works at the time [Chabot] still sits in Parliament, and M. Lemieux, his successor, has carried out the contracts thus fraudulently made. M. Lemieux and his colleagues are themselves involved in a course which appears to be nearly as bad," Thus we find Mr. Brown from time to time denouncing M. Lemieux as a public robber--a good-for-nothing individual, so far as performing the duties of his office was concerned--a person only fit to' be Superintendent of an institution for the en- couragement of sleep--an individual un- worthy of public trust or confidence whose highest object was to obtain a snug quarter of some sort with a good salary attached. Yet, notwithstanding all this, Mr. Brown made M. Lemieux his Receiver General! ! Is Mr. Foley's conduct worse than Mr. Brown's !! The Hon, James Morris held the position of Post Master General in the Hincks-Morin Administration. Our readers are aware that Mr. Brown opposed Mr, Hincks latterly because that gentleman very properly re- fused to defray the expenses incurred by Mr. Brown in an unsuccessful attempt to become member for Haldimand ; and more particularly because Mr. Brown, with that meanness peculiar to himself and his class, thought, after Mr. Hincks, by his great talents and ability, had placed the affairs of Canada in a prosperous condition, to depose him and reap to himself the honors Mr. Hincks had won. In common with others Mr. Morris came in for his share of Mr. Brown's vituperation. On the 28th April, 1855, M. Dorion, in the celebrated ' cor- ruption committee," moved, and Mr. Brown voted, that: __ 'By the evidence taken before the Committee it is shown that Mr. Postmaster General Morris," and others, " while members of the late adminis- tration, were interested in the purchase of public lands at an auction sale, especially ordered and regulated by the executive Government. That in the opinion of this Committee evidence has been adduced in the course of their investigation which establishes official misconduct of a gross character, of acts on the part of Mr. Postmaster General Morris and others, which was declared to be inconsistent with their positions as responsi- ble Ministers of the Crown, and calculated serious- ly to injure the public honor." Reader, mark what this says :--that Mr. Morris as a member of the Ministry--as a responsitle Minister of the Crown--had taken advantage of his position to enrich ihmself by the sale of certain lands by auction, and that he was guilty. of acts " calculated seriously to injure the PUBLIC HONOUR." Notwithstanding this, Mr. Brown made him a mepyer of his Cabinet in 18581! Has Mr. Fol y been gu worse conduct? In the-Globe of the $9t October, 1855, referring to Mr. Morris and others, the following remarks occur :-- "We are inclined to believe that what is called the Point Levi Job, is as black a piece of business as the Ten Thousand affair, or any of the recent developements. A large lot of land was sold by the Government at Point Levi; at the time it was said to have been bought by Mr. Matthie, of Brockville, and we believe that the parchase was actually carried on in his name. It now appears that Mr.Hincks, Mr.J ames Morris, [the then P. M. General], and others, were part- ners in the speculation. This is all admitted by the organs, and it is not denied th:t Mr. Reekie, the agent of Mr, Jackson, in Lower Canada, gave two hundred pounds to a person who desired to pur- chase at the sale, in order to induce him to stop bid- ding. We have every reason to conclude that the man who bribes another to stop bidding at a public sale, must expect to benefit in some way by his ex- penditure, and the only persons who could gain by the bribe were the purchasers of the land, Morris and his companions. Because they did not give the probability of their having concurred in it. It was not the least likely that they should make such an arrangement, save by deputy." Here then we have a man represented as being guilty of shameful and disgraceful conduct--conduct which proclaimed him unfit for the position he occupied while en- gaged in the corrupt transactions here spoken of; and which, once fallen from that high position, should have forever' prohibit- ed him from attaining to it again. Yet we find that Mr. Brown admitted him to a Ministerial position in 1858, although he had never reversed the judgment he pro- nounced upon him in 1855. Here was Mr. Brown, then, allying himself with a man who, according to his own shewing, had been guilty of acts which should have pre- cluded him from being entrusted with Min- isterial powers. and position, and rendered him unfit to associate with honest men. Is Mr. Foley's conduct any more inconsistent or deserving of censure than Mr. Brown's!! Mr. L. T. Drummond was one of Mr. Brown's Attorneys-General. Of this gen- tleman Mr. Brown in the Globe of January 17th, 1855, says .-- "We find the long document which we pub- lish below in the columns of the Montreal Herald, It must, create a profound. sensation both in Upper and Lower Canada, not only by the importance of its developements, but.also by the peculiarities of its style. We question very much whether any one but Col. Augustus Bar- tholomew Conrad Gugy could have prepared the paper. There is a directness about it which is terrible, considering its revelation, yet there is no appearance of haste or indiscretion; the language is roundabout and lawyer like, yet trenchent. Unfortunate Mr. Drummond! The public knew before that when he was asked what arguments should be used to persuade the people to vote against Mr. Ferres, that he replied, "say money to them," but Mr. 'Gugy's affidavit brings the Attorney General out ina stronger light. It appears that Mr. Drummond not only said money to the canvassers for Mr. Gugy, but that he said it to the Col. himself, and not only did he say money, but paid money; he handed out the cash until his own pockets and those of his friends were empty, and then he called on the Col. to put his name on the back of a little bill, whereby more money might be paid. The Col. being assured that he was to obtain a seat in Parliament as a consequence of flying the little kite, put his pen to paper. But, alas for the Col., alas for Mr. Drummond, money would not do the work: the Missisquoi electors were in- corruptable.. Ferres was returned, and Minis- ters were sold. Col. Gugy looked upon his candidature as purely a speculation of the Cabi- net. They brought him out to beat their oppo- nent; he was willing to run, but not to pay, and they promised all that was necessary to. bribe the electors. Col. Gugy therefore refused to pay the little bill, although in a rash moment, persuaded by the soft notes of blithe Larkin, he had put his name on the back. One wonders why Ministers did not pay at once and prevent those terrible facts being laid before the public. The Ministry promised to pay for and elect him ; they have done neither, and the Col. will not stand the loss. Seriously are not things come to a pretty pass when a Minister of the Crown enters into a conspiracy to bribe a constituency, and has not the decency to conceal it, because in so doing he would suffer pecuniary loss, If Mr. Drummond had any sense or shame, he would never again show his face in Parliament." In the Globe of May 5th, 1858, Mr. Brown, referring to Mr. Drummond's con- nection with the Seignorial Tenure Ac- counts, says .-- "They will find Mr. Loranger, the present Secretary, set down for $4,166, and Mr. L. T, Drummond for $1,500. No wonder that the lat- ter hon. gentleman should come up to save the Ministry." A. few weeks before Mr. Brown pressed Mr.Drummond into his service as Attorney- General, he said :-- ; "Mr. Drummond had once a reputation, but it is gone now, and it can NEVER return !" And again :--- " He [Drummond] will henceforth be set down as a miserable HIRELING after all!" Who will say after this that the Brown- Dorion Ministry was not a ecmbination of unprincipled men who conspired together for the sake of public plunder! We ask again, is Mr. Foley's conduct to be compared with that of Mr, Brown! Mr. Brown, on the 13th May, 1857, in the Legislative Assembly, referring to Mr. Holton, afterwards his Commissioner of "Public Works, says: " There was a time when the hon. gentleman opposed the Grand Trunk as strongly as I did; but that opposition ceased when he got a Grand Trunk Directorship and a Grand Trunk contract. There was a time when he professed to act with the opposition, but his conduct on this question has done' more injury to the liberal party than has been done to it by all the efforts of gentlemen opposite. Is it for the hon. member for Mon- trealto impugn the motives of any member of this House, knowing as he well does that he votes here to-day on this Bill, with £100,000 at stake upon it." the bribe in person militates in no degree against | "Tf Mr. lton is now separated from the liberal (Grit) party, itis no act of Mr. Brown, or any other individual, but it is the consequence of his own conduct. It has been abundantly evident almost since Mr. Holton entered Parlia- ment, that his political associations have been subservient to his relations as an advocate of the Grand Trunk Company." From this it will be seen that Mr. Hol ton was as guilty, touching the Grand Trunk transaction, as any of those whom Mr. Brown has denounced and continues to denounce on account of their connection with that Road. Mr. Holton is here charged with having sold himself to th2 Grand Trunk; yet in the face of this Mr. Brown pressed him into his '" two days Cabinet" as Commissioner of Public Works Is Mr. Foley's conduct equal to this? We will return to this subject in our next. The New Ministry. The following are the gentlemen com- posing the new Ministry :-- LOWER CANADA, Sir E. P. Tacne--Receiver-General and Minister of Militia. Gro. E. Cartimr--Attorney-General East. A. T. Gatt--Finance Minister. * T. D. McGre--Minister of Agriculture. J. C. Cuapars--Commissioner of Public Works. H. L. Loranaur---Solicitor-General, East. UPPER CANADA. J. A, MacponaLrp--Attorney-General West. ALEX.CAMPBELL--Commissioner of Crown Lands. TsAac Bucwanan--President. of the Council. M. H. Fotny--Postmaster General. J, CocknurN--WNSolicitor-General West. J. Simpson--Provincial Secretary, Election ftems. Krineston--The Nomination for this Uity is to take place on the 11th inst. CatTaRaqui--The Nomination for this Division is fixed for Saturday the 16th, and the polling to commence on Monday the 25th. Haminton--Mr. Buchanan is to be op posed by Mr. MecHlroy. Montreat--The nomination day for both East and West Montreal has been fixed for the 11th inst. The opposition to M. Cartier and Mr. McGee is not ex- pected to be of a very serious character. Cozsourg--Nomination day, April 12th. Seaforth Murder. In another column we publish an account of this murder as given in the Huron Signal which, as will appear from the following synopsis of the evidence given at the In- quest, is incorrect. It is <cident the Signal's report is gathered from rumor as the name of the unfortunate man who struck the fatal blow is Cartmill, not Cartman, as mentioned in the Signal. We have been informed that Cartmill is not a bad man. We know his brother who is a very respect- able farmer in this County. The unfor- tunate affair is just another proof of the evil and danger of drinking and frequenting taverns. Here is the evidence as furnished by a correspondent. Itappears that Henry Cartmill and three or four friends went into Mr. Downey's hotel, Seaforth where this Joseph Mooney, the deceased, and a few of his friends were. Cartmill and his friends commenced what is usually termed a " lark." Cartmill caught up a buffalo-skin and be- gan swinging it about. One end of it chanced to hit Mooney on the cap, who said if they, Cartmill and his companions, did nct behave themselves they must go out. Cartmill said he meantno harm ; but asked Mooney if he was "bos' of the house, Mooney said no; but there were as smart men in the house as he, Cartmill, was. He said if he thought himself one his: chance was good. Both challenged. Mooney took off his coat &¢., in the bar-room and went out, seconded by his. brother-in-law, Parks, who urged both parties to fight fair, and said he would show fairplay. Mooney asked Cartmill while he was loos- ing his neck-tie ifhe was ready. Cartmill said, ina moment! Both facedeach other, striking at once. Mooney struck Cartmill on the cheek near the eye. Cartmill struck Mooney on the neck with his left hand which bent him down at the same time striking hima terrible blow with his right hand on the left temple. Mooney fel} Carimill striking at him when down. wit ness could not say whether he struck him- when down or not. He struck at hi One of the parties took Cartmill back Bi lifted Mooney up who seemed to breathe with difficulty. Took him into Downey's. Cartmill went over to Strong's hotel. Dr. Clark was sent for. He said Mooney was dead: Mooney lived about 15 or 20 min- utes after the blow was struck. A rush was made towards Cartmill at Strong's by the crowd. Some 'person told Cartmill Mooney was dead and that he had better goaway. Cartmill said,no! Ifany con- stable would take him he would give him- self up. His friends told him to stand his ground and they would see that he would not be "lynched." Three or four inter- fered who, aided by a man named King, succeeded in safely delivering Cartmill to 'a Justice and saying him from the mob. Our correspondent further informs us The Globe of the 14th May--the next day--referring to the same thing said --- that Cartmill had nothing in his hand when he fought nor had he steal nuckles on, none of the witnesses examined at the in- quest, not even Parks, Mooney's.friend and seconder, saw anything either ifforon Cart- mill's hand. From the above itis clear that Cartmill was no more in fault than the unfortunate man who lost his life. It is a sad warning, however, and should de taken as such by those who, too often, are in the habit of frequenting groggeries. No good ever comes of being in_such places. Ministerial Policy, It will be somewhat refreshing to our readers to compare the policy foreshadowed by the new Ministry with that (if they can find it) of their predecessors. very thing referred to in the synopsis given below is for the general good of Canada--for the in- crease of her power and the development of her vast resources. For the present we will not dwell upon each part but allow ou readers to examine it for themselves :-- " The defence of the country will engage th constant and best attention of the Government, and such steps will be taken as will place the militia force in a position to render prompt and creasing the existing expenses. "Every effort will be made to maintain and extend the Reciprocity Treaty with the United States, and the bonding system, under which Goods now pass freely through both countries-- measures not only important in themselves, but calculated to fasten those friendly relations which it is desirable to cultivate. "A Conference will be sought with the sister Provinces with a view of effecting a more inti- mate commercial union with them. 'Measures for the development of the North- West Territory and the improyement of our com- munication with the sea-board, will be submitted for the early consideration of Parliament, and such re-adjustment of the Canal Tolls will be made as may be necessary to prevent the diver- sion of the Western trade from our own waters. The pledge given by Parliament this year in answer to the Speech from the Threne, on the subject of removal to Ottawa, will be faithfully carried out. "Departmental reform will be strictly pur- sued, and the entire public expenditure will be administered with the strictest economy. " Measures will be submitted this session for equalizing the Revenue and Expenditure. "The question of the Representation of the people in Parliament will remain an open ques- tion." 'The settlement of the available public lands in Upper and Lower Canada will be earnestly and systematically promoted. "The encouragement of good Agricultural interests will be regarded as of paramount im- portance. "The general policy of the administration will be governed by those great constitutional prin- ciples 'which have so long guided the mother country, and under which the happiness and contentment of the people of Canada will be best secured." The Hon, George E. Cartier. (Prototype) " Cartier and Co," is a very good alteration. We see it every day in the Globe. We saw it yesterday morning in all its alliteral terribleness in the Free Press. Cartier is an excellent name to conjure with, but when 'and Co,' is added the magic is complete--a sulphurous taint is per- ceptible ; the blue flames appear, the iron is felt entering the soul, and Upper Canada is supposed to wiggle in agony like a newly skinned eel in afrying-pan. Such, if we may believe the ' no circulation' Quebec Mercury and the other or- gans we have alluded to, is a true picture of the political situation of the hour, The Hon. George E. Cartier, the leader of the largest party of Blues. in Lower Canada, becomes Attorney- General East, and forthwith, according to the organs, Upper Canada acts as if possessed with seven devils. We confess we have not seen nor heard the commotion. Upper Canada may be agonised--she may be tearing her hair and barking back to the Globe that 'she won't stand it? and that 'she is trampled upon!' and that the ' 400,000 Upper Canadians shall not be counted as naught! and that'she spurns the yoke !' and all that sort of tiresome, bombastic nonsense, But we cannot see it. Toall ap- pearances, Upper Canada is scerene--aye, even cheerful--nay, she is downright happy The agony is not her's ;it is the papless Free Press, the hapless Globe, the no 'circulation' Mercury, and let us add, of all the tribe of McKellars, and McKenzies and other swaggering, greedy Grits whose patriotism consists in prigging and steal- ing registrarships and other fat offices for their poor relations, The presence in the cabinet of the Hon. Mr. Cartier has called forth a wolfish howl of des- pair from these contemptible politicians. And why has it? Because the name of Cartier is ag sure a watchword of success for our party as was for his the name of Cromwell.--Cartier never fails. His pluck is heroic; his perseve-~ rance is indomitable; his energy is unbounded ; his popularity is immense. There is no such word as fail in his lexicon. A Lower Canadian, speaking imperfectly the English language-- there is not a more Canadian-hearted gentleman in existence. His love for his country is not a predilection for one section of it; his love for the British constitution has been well attested on many memorable occasions. Let us look around and see the strange sight of this man for years and years the tower against which the Radicals hurled their loudest thunder and their most en- venomed shafts. Who were his. defenders ? Upper Canada resounded with the denunciatons levelled at his head during the eight years he kept the Radicals out of office ; and yet Upper Canadian defenders he had none, His assailants mistook the contempt with which their anathe- mas were treated as an admission of the justice of their cause. It is time to undeceive them now It is time that the public in Upper Canada should know that the motive from whieh springs all this hatred for Mr. Cartier is lust for office,-- With Mr. Cartier in the Ministry, its stability is insured, and the chances of the Grits getting the loaves and fishes they so dearly love are sadly diminished, It is time to give the lie to the of « repeated falsehood that Mr. Cartier is an enemy of Upper Canada, and that he has outriged ou section of the country ina very cruel menuer. He has done nothing of the kind. -- It is false to say that the administration of which he was the head legislated in hostility to Upper Canada. It is beneath contempt, and mere drivelling iasan- ity to say that 'Monsieur Cartier lords it, over the free men. of the West.' He never did so. He never will. In the new government Mr. Cartier is not Premier ; he is but Attorney General East. The effective service whenever required, without in- _