6 THE COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD, STRATFORD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1864. representation in this one (the latter,) I do find as strong assurances of an improved militia policy, of departmental and financial reform, and as toremoving promptly to Ottawa, in the One programme, asin the other. There are, however, some additional assurances in the policy of the present government, to which I will presently more particularly refer. If then, the programme be unexceptionable--ifit includes all the practicable reforms contended for by the so-called reformers--why do they oppose it so bitterly? Do they presume to say that the twelve gentlemen, whom His Excellency has Sworn in as advisers, are not to be believed on their honor and on their oath? No one will venture to go that length; no one will venture to assert that Sir Etienne Tache and his col- leagues are capable cf a wilful, wholesale, con- certed deception and fraud upon His Excel- lency and the legislature, in making public the policy they have promulgated ? Why then do they oppose this policy, which they boast of as their own? Because it is in other hands--be- cause other men are entrusted with office, and they are excluded. [Cheers] That is the reason and the sole reasun of this factious op- position which sets the big drum agoing at To- ronto, and gathers all its forces for a new battle of Waterloo against my friend Mr. Foley. [Cheers] As to the policy on which the pres- ent government has started into existence, I may observe, gentlemen, that it is fairly divisible into two parts--that which relates to what I may call external relations, such as the Reci- procity Treaty, a closer commercial connexion with the Lower Provinces, and the opening of the North-west ; and internal politics-- such as militia reform--departmental reform--financial equalization--the settlement of the public lands fit for settlement--and the re-adjustment of the canal tolls. Some of these projects are new to the country, since they arise out of the new necessities of the times; others are of long standing, and have been the common property of our predecessors and their predecessors ; and I think the personnel of the present administra- tion gives a guarantee to every interest compre- hended in such a plan of government, that they will not have to rely upon promises only. Sir Etienne Tache has been a volunteer himself, and he knows what is due to that gallant body of illused men; M. Cartier and Mr Macdonald have been law reformers, and have settled dif- ficult questions, such as the Clergy Reserves and the Seignorial Tenure ; Mr Simpsom, our Provincial Secretary, has, perhaps, given more and closer attention to our departmental expen- diture than any other man in Parliament ; Mr Galt's name is associated with the most liberal commercial measures ever yet adopted in this country ; and [ think I may say for the rest 0 our colleagues that they will not be found wi nt ing either in the will ur in the intelligence to strike out and sustain a truly Canadian line of policy. [Cheers] There are two special mat- ters on which, for my own part, I desire to say a few words more--I allude to the intercourse with the Lower Provinces, and the settlement of our own lands. Every one in Parliament-- every one in Montreal can bear me wituess, that Ihave at all times, in or out of office, zealously advocated the union of the Provinces. What form that union is to assume--whether feder- _ative or legislative--whether simply a commer- cial league, with perhaps the additional element of a common armed force, like the Hanseatic league--all this I would leave to be determined by the sensus communis of the Province in con- ference. Our fathers always, in times past, as- certained, but never pretended to invent the Constitution, and if we walk in their footsteps, trodden deep through the progress ofa thous- and years, we cannot be farastray. [Cheers} The first step then to an union, league or con- federacy, would be the conference of the colonies themselves, subject to the approval of the Im- perial government. For such a conference the times seems to be favorable, the necessity ur- gent, and the several governments well dis- posed. But I would be untrue to Canada, if I did not declare my conviction--and I believe there is sufficient evidence of the fact on record --that if the late government had remained longer in office we should not only have es- tranged the Lower Provinces forever from Ca- nada but have driven them immediately into close commercial union with the Northern States. I regret to see a respectable paper, like the Montreal Herald, denouncing as absurd the too true statement that the late government had very nearly forced New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into the arms of Maine. Why, gentlemen, what are the facts? The facts are that the re- venues of the Lower Provinces are like all re- venues, limited quantities; and they need rail- way connection with the continental sysiem, but that they cannot now pay, nor is there any pro- bability of their being able to pay during this generation, two great subsidies, one for such connection via Maine, the other for such con- nection vie Canada. [Hear, hear] Itis not within the compass of the pecuniary ability to say at once Maine and Uanada; no! their elec- tion must be Maine or Canada. [Hear, hear] Now the six New England states contain only some halfa million more than Canada; and Boston within my memory was a smaller city than Montreal is now. What built up Boston ? Mainly her railway system. And what has built up Montreal, at the rate of almost a thous- and houses ayear? To a very great extent, her railways have done so. Asa Montrealer, as a Canadian, as a British American representative, I therefore cling to the project of Intercolonial connection, and if, as lfave reason to believe, our liability can be limited within reasonable bounds, anda company of capitalists formed to build and work a railroad to unite us with Hali- fax and St. John, I am as firmly. persuaded as I ain of my own existence that it will be the sal- vation of British America, and of British institu- tions in America. ({Cheers] Ihope, therefore, our friends below will take Leart of grace and not close with the tempting proposals of Maine till they have concluded to abandon forever the long cherished hope of connection with Canada. Let them remember what the old song says :-- "Tis good to be merry and wise, 'Tis good to be loyal and true, 'Tis well to, be o{f with the old love Before you are on with the new." On the other special topic--the settlement of the country--a few sentences will coniain all that itis judicious forme to say, at present. I may observe that the most conflicting siatements ave now afloat, as to the quantity of cultivable publicland remaining in possession of the Crown, fhe late Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr Macdougall) made, so far as I can form an opinion, a fatal mistake, when he put in his an- nual report for 1863, the statement that there was but little good land left unsold, in the coun- try. Isee he has been backed up in this state- ment--so far asthe Ottawa and Huron region is concerned--by Mr Allan Gilmour in a very for- efble letter, but a letter which does not go suf- ficiently into the proofs, to convince me,. On the other hand, highly. competent pefsons, like Mr Bell and Mr Alonzo Wright among the Ottawa members, differ very widely from Mr Gilmour as to that very region of which he speaks, while the Crown Lands Department have just issued a land map, framed under Mr Macdougall's author- ity, which shows 70 per cent of the newly sur- yeyed country to be capable of cultivation. This map has been compiled by the head of sur- veys, Mr Devine, a most, careful and capable officer. Who then are we to believe? If Mr Gilmour and Mr Macdougall are right, half the surveyors in the service of the government ought tobe cashiered--but if they are wrong and the surveyors are right, then those gentle- men have assumed a terrible responsibility in cr) - ing down their own country, and discouraging industrious men, whether natives of the soil or immigrants, from seeking homes on the Crown domain. Two Committees of the House of As- sembly were engaged investigating this impor- tant subject when the late crisis interrupted their labors--Mr Morris's committee and my own. I trust both will renew their enquiries and give us the result before the middle of June, for by that resultin great part, my own future course, as charged with this department, must be guid- ed. Partly in consequence of such discouraging statements, and partly from the general indif- ference manifested by the late government to the immigrant service, I am led to anticipate a comparatively small infiux this year; but if an- other season does not bring roundan improve- mentin this respect, I think I can safely ven- ture to promise you the fault will not be mine. {Cheers] Before closing on this point, I beg to call attention to the fact stated by the New York Herald, that of the 200,000 immigrants who arrived at New York during 1863, 150,000 had entered the Federal army. [Hear, hear] This is a fact which ought to be known in Europe--and if Canada were properly repre- sented there, it would be known and it. would go far to prevent a repetition of the same de- plorable waste of peaceful energy, in a quarrel with which these new comers have had nothing on earth to do. [Cheers] The ministerial as- surances made to the House of Assembly, on the last day of March, concluded in. these words :-- The general policy of the administration will be governed by those great constitutional princi- ples which have so long guided the mother country, and under which the happiness and con- tentment of the people of Canada will be best secured." And with these words for my text, I also, gentlemen, will conclude. We call our- selves the party at present in power--the British Constitutional party of this country, as opposed to the Radical or unconstitutional party. Last June from these hustings I accused the Mac- donald-Dorion government of having obtained power by an unconstitutional and unprecedented 'use; and, as they were in the beginning, so they remained till the end. In the case of Judge Sicotte--in the Essex election case--in their Montreal removals and appointments--in their wilfully concealing from Parliament important items of the estimated expenditure for 1863--in endeavoring to make the Militia a partizan force as exhibited in the case of Brigade Major De Bellefeuilie--in all these acts, they proved them- selves to be the unconstitutional party, [Cheers] In the spirit and intent also of their legislation they showed an equal disregard of British Con- stitutional principles. I will only instance as an illustration of this charge, M. Dorion's bill for holding all elections throughout the Pro- vince on one and the same day. I am not pre- pared to say that confining the votingat each election to a single day, might not. be an im- provement ; as_ at present informed, I think it would ; but to deprive the Crown of its discre- tion in issuing earlier or later, a writ for a particular locality in striking property as a modulus out of the electoral body ; in denying to a proprietor and tax-payer, except in border counties, as this proposal practically would deny them, the right of being represented where they were taxed, M. Dorion introduced a dangerous radical innovation, which I hope we have al- ready heard the last of. [Cheers] I suppose, Gentlemen, we will all agree that the time to assert salutary priaciples, is when they are most in danger, and it is because I am firmly persuad- ed that British constitutional principles were in danger of being lost to us forever, had the late government continued in office--it is because I believe those principles, fairly applied, to be the best possible rule of government of this country --it is because I believe we have in the Tache- Macdonald cabinet men who understand and re- vere both the letters and the spirit of our Con- stitution--for these reasons I rejoice in the overthrow of the late unconstitutional and .un- worthy administration. They have fallen un- pitied and uneared. It will be I hope, for their predecessors to win back the good name of Canada abroad, and so to administer the inter- nal affairs of the Province, as to make manifest before all men, that every reform which is really desirable can be best accomplished within the limits of the Constitution. [Loud cheers] Thanking the Returning Officer and the Elec- tors for their patient hearing, the honorable gen- tleman withdrew amid renewed cheering. The Hon. T. D. McGee then proposed a vote of thanks to G. H. Byland, Esq., the Registrar, for his kind and constitutional conduct on the occasion, which was carried unanimously, The assemblage then dispersed. Tae Qusen vs. HENRY CARTMILL--MANSLAUGHTER --This was the case of manslaughter that took place in Seaforth, a few weeks since, the par- ticulars of which are so fresh in the minds of our readers a3 not to require recapitulation. The prisoner was charged with having caused the death of Patrick Mooney, by a heavy blow upon The temple. _ He pleaded guilty.--Colonist. the Colonist does not say what the sentence was. Commercial, PELL PLLA ADA PAPI POLED AO vod Stratford Markets, rn The following Report is furnished by Messrs. Hanson & Fairtield. Wepnespay, April 20th, 1864. Fall Wheat # bush:... 2... $0 90 @ $0 95 Spring Wheat # bush...... : 0 82 0 83 gis 47 DUGG in asd new sah 20x 0 40 0 41 Potatoes. Y buBh......4.6%65 0 40 0 60 Peas a" bush:..... enetail +-+ 0 40 0 50 Barley :@ . bush.5- swore agoac « 0 70 0: 75 fimothy Seed. per bush oor 26 2 30. Flour per DD). on csnns < mwine $14 400 4 50 Oatmeal per DOL, . 6 i6:6«sk-s 4w dyn 6 00 6 25 BUMEL BET AD 20,. «0 wise s weteurs He 0:18 0 22 " Store Packed perib...,...0 14 0:16 IEGGR Der AGS sos » <iparechiee ody « 010 0-00 Mutton per 100 Ibs.......5.44 450 5 00 Beer per. 100 10g. c1e.0 «0 + 50%! 400 510 Hay per ton..... ber as mereon'st- (900150 El £0 Tallow per lb......++4-+ sevens 006 0.07 Apples per. bag....-<«+ eWegeee 100 1 25 Cordwood per.cord....ses00++ 1,25 1 50 Lard per [b.. 4. 2+ 9.0:+0«3 «96 vs 10,08 0 09 Sheepskins. «nn eich oaesoanieny EAD {1 50 TG O8 sp. ies «te eords lth een 00 0 00 GOCE «9k 14 enhtin Cepane' + 25. 8 37 THE LARGEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE STOCK or FRENCH, ENGLISH, SCOTCH, And CANADIAN rw EDs, FOR SUITS, AT Williamson's. THE LARGEST STOCK OF Gent's Furnishing Goods, AT Williamson's, ---- THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS AND CAPS AT Williamson's, THE PLACE FOR THE Latest Styles for Gents, At Williamson's. The only place to get a Fashionable SUIT OF CLOTHS Ar - Williamson's, " Sign of the Golden Fleece. Stratford, 20th April, 1864. 43-tf G. HORNE & Coa. (Established in 1854,) WHOLESALE & RETAIL IMPORTERS OF British & Foreign Dry Goods, CARPETS, CLOTHING, &c. UST RECEIVED, THEIR SPRING STOCK, amounting to over $28,000. Millinery & Manties --This Depart- ment for which we have been so long celebrated, has received our best attention. A most magnificent collection of SHAWLS, MANTLES, & CAPES, which for variety of pattern, elegance of design beauty of texture and moderate prices, can not be surpassed by any House in the Trade. Regalias.--Temperance, Orange, Masonic --made to order. The highest Market Price Paid for Produce. Sales made for Cash or Trade only. The English, Irish, French, and German lan- guages spoken in the store. G. HORNE & Co. Stratford, 20th April, 1864. 43-3m. Steel Mould Board PLOUGHS, CULTIVATORS. TT. J. Birch Has just received a lot of very superior Ploughs wit STEFL MOULD BOARDS OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE, Which he offers for sale very cheap. | All the old favori.es still on baad. Also A FEW SUPERIOR CULTIVATORS, Steel Teeth Which he will sell very cheap. ROAD SCRAPERS Always on hand. Townships supplied on the shortest notice with a better article and ata lower figure than elsewhere. All kinds of BLILDER'S. WORK Done on the shortest notice and at the lowest possible living prices, such as Eave Troughs, Gutters, Roofing, §c.,&c. All work warranted. THOS. J. BIRCH. Store opposite Kyle's Mill. Stratford, 20th Anril, 1864. 42-tf Fownship of Mornington. COURT OF REVISION, os Court. of Revision for the Township of Mornington, will be held in the Council Room, Maxwell's Hotel, Millbank, on Monday,the 9th day of May, 1864, Commencing at Ten O'clock a.m. Applicants will please takenotice and govern themselves accordingly. The Alphabetical Assessment Roll will be left for inspection at Morningdale P.'0., from the 25th inst., till the. Court of Revision. U. McFADDEN, Township Clerk. 43-3in 4th April, 1864, NEW DRY GOODS JSrocery Store, ONTARIO STREET, STRATFORD. J OT a SG ek wa OF ARK 3 H* just received a large Stock of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Millinery, Mantles Ladies', Misses', & Children's Boots and Shoes, Hoop Skirts,; READY-MADE CLOTHING, BROAD CLOTHS, SUMMER COATINGS, TWEEDS, HATS, CAPS, GLOVFS, HOSIERY, &c., &c. The above Goods are all new, and as the selection has been made by the Subscriber himself, with great care, they will be found replete with all the popular innovations of the season, in style and fabric ; and having adopted the Cash principle, every article is marked in plain figures at the lowest Cash price--A call is respectfully solicited. showing goods, even though no purcha i VERY NEWEST STYLES IN ALL KINDS OF GOODS, Nix BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, HT sae DRESS GOODS, apes NEWEST YET IN BONNETS ses are made. 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