HE time. QTTEEQLNN

"h? .. H W __ . . , r _V<_;UARDIAu____ '. U t " i

‘aim roononricin or A (‘IREAT srzm:

l HE seventh decade, (tithe nineteenth century, in ivhtch the (jan-

aiid America‘; _Denmarlvj,despoilcd of half of her deposetl from the headship of Germany and liriissia promoteditlicifqtogfrtince twérfuirqna, conquered by Ger- many, the Napoleonic dynastyiended at Sedan anda "republic estab. fished on its ruxiris-gsuch were, sqine ofthc shocks, that buffeted the nations of continental Europe; ‘Within the same period the whole of North'Aiiierica"was also shaken lby a series of political earth - quakes, and its map, like that of Europe, was changed, .Following the order of natiiifc these political throes began and were most violent in the’ southern latitudes of the continent. Maxinfilian of Austria, backedfbygNayioleon l_II and the arms of ‘France, became for a brief space Emperor of Mexico, but later, betrayed by trust- ed friends, wascaptiired, court-iuartialled and shot at Qucretaro. In the United States arose the most gigantic civil war recorded in history. For aytime itseemed that the great Republic must he rent in twain. Milliciiis (if armed men struggled upon scores of battle- ﬁelds. The rivers rnnswith blood. Lincoln was martyred, but not._ until he had set this hand to the great emancipation proclamation!‘ which sturck off‘ forever the manacltrs front millions of dusky hands. The. ynirchasi: of Alaska from fiussia followed, and the re-tinited Republic. became our northern, :is it had be- fore been. otir.,._' southern neighbor. “(lvershadoiving us like a winter cloud from the north," was the way Joseph llowe put it, in viewof the fact that our powerful rival in North America had but recently disbanded some two anillious of armed hiéii. A liundfied years before the whole of. North and South Am. erica had been ruled’ front Europe. Now all that rcmziincrl of sovereignty from Cape florn to the Arctic Circlt- was f fondurns,

evgnts in Europe; ter itory, Austria.

and

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f .

European ~ the ‘British North American Provinces, British and British Giiiana, , Thc great question , Shall we rc- main Britishinvas hr every. thoughtful mind. lt was felt that politics had become stern, almost tragic,,in thc new world. Then the representatives -of- the Provinces met together at. (Quebec and their ﬁrst resolve was that "the best interests and flllllTt‘ prosperity of British ‘Anfeiicawillbe promoted by a federal union uniler the crown of Great Britain," and Britain on her part,iin a memorable i despatch, pledged thefdnight of her Empire to defend Citnada against the world. 'I‘hus, ninety years after the Declaration of] Jndependence, the leading men of the North American Provinccsl solemnly reaffirmed their allegiance to the British Sovereign, the Red Cross Flag-and the nionarchial principle. ft was, for thc

northern half of this continent, a momentous epoch.

When the British‘ NortliAtifcrica Act went into force imdl__-___.__

the ﬁrst federal government iviis formed on ist July, i807, Ztllfliyiu

later when on Novc

Provinces met itiQttigiva, O'Connell ‘called/‘aunion upon parchment larger Provinces of old Canada and thc two smaller Provinces on‘; the Atlantic coast. Novar Scotia ivas provincial. government, legislature and nineteen representatives in the fedora ileterminedly coifimittted to a repeal of the union. sented the fact ‘that IlIQy-llitfl been legislated into thc union w out being consulted, and against their wefl~known wishes. . New w Brunswick was_ less recalcitrant, but still critical and somew suspicious of the new relations. I-ler people had indeed been con-i G suited at the polls in regard to the famous Quebec S I

i and had by an overwhelming majority rejected it.

i ingiyear they ‘had given a majority in favor of a revised schcniel oflunion, but the spirit of opposition was still strong among many of her people’. "Not a "few'_tlags ﬂoated at half-mast on Dominion

’: Day, i867, in St. John, and one of these, cut down by some march-

" ing volunteers who refused topass beneath it, gave rise to a scu- . sational prosecution affine police‘ court.

_ ._'_Th'es'e were the late Hon. A. ‘Jl Smithfl4 afterward Sir-‘Albcrtpl-loii. "lYW. Angliinaftcrward Speaker and= h then cditorandpraprietor of the St. J Costigan. The two first niuneil hail Aﬂtl-CﬂllfCIlCTZIfFUDVCflllllfillt of 1315-6. ed the union, biitflikc men _\vh0 ziccept a fact against their convictions.

i In several. ofherliniportant respects thc ﬁrst Parliament dif- fered from any thatrfias succeeded it. lt began’ its sessions reprc~ seating but. fotir Provinces. It ended as a Parliament forsix Pro

House of Commons. i 4

been leading spirits of the They had iii-deed accept. zicconiplishcd, though

if if

"vinces, Manitobahliaving been raised to the provincial status in, ruinous mitt awaiting 387d and British Columliia brought into the uuioii in i871. And‘ mg the British North as-ilmllaled- Th?" closed his speech with thc‘ words: dations of a grcatsfztlte which may one i 'f‘he lcziding spirits of thc first P-‘Wlitllftcltt \\'1'I'\' ictititiis fulfilment.

p (llltlklllt forecast of truciof thc. Si:

rst very readily From the beginning Nova Scotia~ d against it. Noniember of theirl cd to hold a seat in either

Tthese new elenientszwiire not at ﬁ ‘ ilfere was dual.rgpresentation.

and New runsiuiek hadtdeclare

, govetnmentsoriillegislattirés was pcrmitt

t the Senate di- Commons at Ottawa. Ontario and Quebec had other

A views, They flat bitty oefrfiifttetlf, but at ﬁrst rather‘ encouraged

‘theirlcadingtipubficimcti to sitliir both the provincial legislatures

and the‘ federtfl¢Pfirlittn1eiitI ' ‘john SandfieldVMacdonald, the ﬁrst

i i Rreniieriof blilfgtllgphhf lathe Hdtiseof Commouswith all his gov-

.l;‘¢‘|:nﬂv1ehp].l feolli-{tsﬁttesl phi}? titling, Ste I en Richards, Matthew

.,_Crooks, Qahigronignd ,diftita qtlfite ,3 Premier Chauveau,

. “of Qttslrr- .w=1=*i‘\l!¢'t=_..it. firs‘"i*§fl‘5ti¥f£§liii€¢tt't¢§l riliilltslwd an by

wild mtfliiberscéiflijiéiqiibinet},biiltuet, ,_ if lrnlBeanbien. Afcllallt-

tisutt" rIrvine and others" {Mligtflfbiffziiltiilflalitifaiidtifltlerdftietnlfers‘of

l duitl seats» ‘the sessions

‘Fiirliament there were three Governments‘ iniCiittawtnprepresent-

‘ jvivéiliifiisffr nie-

"fjifl In‘ tffqtr adniiiifd} fourths of__fhe' peopéte of "what then ivaslCnnadiit iAiidt ,_ e three Governinettts‘_were close- ]';'.§lliéil'tinderfffie_ stipftftilpeplaleaiiérship of that‘ astute‘ statesman.

' _'r.' john Mncclonaldc Fpi-vthreegol‘ ‘fditijmio, sof the year On- t ‘t-fagaqd Qiitistdrygerefififlttfjjflrsifirit; federal and proviiiciafaffaira u Ottaw i rfgitsiitiesiry, this

of the ﬁrst Parliament. p

' a imiquegfeature? p , Another tlistinctiize, feature .was tlfe absence oé cohesion ‘ ion when the first

tirliament

k ,.On-

mber 6 the elected representatives of‘ tlic four, their Seven,‘ p thercgwasilittlc more than what the grcatt ‘he ‘his, (my of Snow i“ Novmnbel.’ 186i n "(Ming bclwcc" lhSIvifiL1-s had sent a gotully rpiota of its ablcst men. among thciu no fewer than twelve or thirtccif l‘t'cmicrs or A very much largcr number had scrvcrl lic if: obscrycfl ztlst) tllfltict)llt‘t'l‘fl.

Th“ lleolll“ m“, manhood. lll-"l flon_ Joseph f lowc, “the old man eloquent,” w t scanty locks were growing white. Sir F id beard wcrc snowy. lso showing sonic Zt])|)i'2ll'"igtygngciry "Winn i,- yum

selves." stamp which gave promise of that prcd

.1. rrimasin nsifirtiiiiiy failures well it m‘ alliance , political combination vaceinedilrresititllilel‘ It was _

a national spirit.

ft is also worthy of note in passing that no succtrctling Par-

The Governor-General I

Lord Wllllnqdo

merit has containc

almost in open revolt, her‘ pwnlicrs Ul- lil.()x,inclxs. Pwfflef (""1 elghtce" "f l“"',or were scrving, in llfOVlllfllll cabinets. i l House 9f Cfmmlolls lwlllg‘ most of tbcse men were either young, or in the primt- o A few only were comparatively Zl(lV{lflt‘t'll in ycars. as o3, rancis lfincks ivas‘ gtqqmgq-r n; thc

ha

hill (i0, and his still abundant, bushy hair ai iei’, although btit 53, was a rey hair being combed back from ll hfactlonaltl, the central, nu-mtgt-g m’ 5n

corge Cart

chem‘? l" ‘WE-lance of age, his iron-g I" H": f°“"“"ibiit somewhat receding forehead. figure among them all, was 52, and his every movement was marked by 'l‘illey was 4i), Dorion 49f n‘? 46; McDougzill, 45, Alcxatit leader of the Opposition ._ Three of the leading Anti- years, peter Mgtciu-u 43, Confederates of 1865,‘in NewBrunswick, were elected to the ﬁrshbcfn-re the ﬁrst gcssim, ‘my mdcd, was l troad-rimmetl slouch hat; Thi- vcucr

i, David Mills, 36, eneafth his l

0h“ F7""'"""i and Plon- 19h". and always iminziciilzitcly ilrcsscd. iWllO livcd to sec the age of Joseph lloivc.

Scores of others mi i cd from life's activities; (itliers known on ~ilCllllt‘(l men, who when t re only in thc thirties and fortics.

ion as old, grcy iameiit we

lin those days, giants in their fullest greater fame: A nohlc earl, w America Act in thc ffoiisc of Lords, “\V,c arc layiiigtodayi thc fouu- to thc nczirc lay overshadow cvcn our-

cali deny_ that thby statesnianship.

(ice, the stately dic

ureﬁiiow forever sil ivhicfi they took pa

thc object of siiccc

from Nova Scotia

a

tnetettttf

bu" t ‘thtlfejgppoait _ " ~ at»! ‘ii.tif'st\e.9t>walt§m»no. the-Le def; the

New. 5

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And 'the gt tlecd, that was thc olden age we were privileged fo listen to thc picti qucnce of Howe, thc trci anccs of T upper, the tiie

llnntingdon, the moving and pleasing iliscotirses o in the ﬁrst Parliament were g feelings aiiil thc minds

call ythenyas they moved

to Si. John on their ng newspapers o cliflly November n

‘John Qorttaml on B. y " ' r fro" railway connection be-

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SirJoh

for ThOllHlS D'Arcy

idwzird lllzikc, 34,

_yc:ir of his sccoiiil

possessed the grits

oratory 0 of nien.

cnt. rt, and impressi

cding chapters.

A considerable number of the ‘New and members of the ﬁrst Parliament, togcth

of the members of l

way t0 Ottawa,

dit rifting year! late

iftcd with t‘ i hlany o lint it may not be without interest to rc- and spoke, and to reproduce scenes in

[ilgfiixlzlllltcjfilgltilillllEEtdlSFTCIIl cxicliof the Provinces; tween the eastern and‘ ivestcrn Provinces t I r » _ , couist, atcept llowe s pro — llic lntercoloiual Railway was but in (adian Dominionrwas called imo ‘being’ was ‘with! of greatpgffllll of repeal, and he and his followers cared nothing for the. from Purtl flilylfﬁlyiitrrslof éhe wlest from thc Liberal-i St. Lawrence Provinces to the Atlantic. O ‘I _ _~ I v _ I Q‘ A) timer . ir Joni hfacdonaltl. ‘ . lllmblllfm Ilhlny Canadian laihament since that day has l)€L’ll}lllL‘llll)(‘l' of Parliament. so ivanting in cohesion, or so hopelessly divided proved that they could not zissimilzite. And yet iii ifumbcrs this heterogeneous Upposifioii, iiiailc tip of 3f} from Uiitario, 2o froiny In thc new Parliament Quebec, 18 from Nova Scotizi, and S from Ncw flrunswickn lU-‘Ctnlllttung-re wttyt- n, tal of Xzfivas quite a formidable. body in a lfoitsc of i8i meni-ihfiiiistt-in $51”) ("\(‘l]_ hers, leaving‘ the (ioveriiinctit at the outset with a certain nfnjority‘ bccn increased fmcc or tivicc, 0f n0 more itlian I7. This was aftcrivard iiiitreasctl soiiicivliat, but Nfort-tivt-r, thcsc llf)ll()l':~‘ and U16 fifajorify was indeed fcw enough for a (iovcriiiiiciit which llitdi‘ so formidable a task before " " ' ' r That task was not only to pre- vciit the threatened ilisruptiiizi, btit to fusc together and consol- idate the heterogeneous elements and make of them one great Dom iiion, imbued with a national life,

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Hon Viscount I/tm

‘of the llt.‘ cnibyro,

and to Montreal formed thooiily dircct outlet for the

Not lt sci-med morc then than it had l

l -. . fpgou each, and the lit-ads of czilniiet por to which wt- $800

modest

rcccivt- czich,

ilihcst-

figures have since!“

~ to say that thc rcprcscnhit

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Iiicd a long»t.'iilc<l blitc co.'tt.gthcy fyfclt "tall and strong and tligiii-

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e a; _. 0,,’ f/z, , .1 - 444,4”,

to the proper‘ title of a Scnzffor.‘

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The author of these Reminiscence!

d sohiaiiy men eminent in the 1

rovinces as that which zisseitilfltrd a 11inch of the four lhjti-lciy-Jt-t] ll<,nt,r;,],1@!

but his curling locks were browfrontl vultmu; the alcr Tllpptil‘, as he was then called, was‘ Nfackenzie 45; "thc granite-faccil":hi5 h/lttclt-cnzic flowell had iiumbcrcil 4.; McGc-c, dcstifieil to dcat 43; I‘l"\'lm' I“ Lilllfswvlll-lsttiiw: of anecdotes. "ml $l1"“'lllf-! 11 rlltitl)’ lfllTl, through Ire-land on a jauntiiig car w ltit~ligirtl (Tartwright ﬁldrfntl profcstcil that fhcrc u-zis more

fllllC century‘,

ght bc naiiii-(l, fiiosf of whom have pas

ly [t1 lllC

ft of oratory ivas not wanting. of Canadian oratory. ircsque and engagaing clo- nciidoiisly energetic and forcc lodious voice and classic period tioii o'f Blake, ‘thc music ofthc silvc. f l-lilvard Cameron, or thc _ch:islt“ fablc [iauscil to fiJohn (lray. 'l"liesc and many others are [tower to sway the f thcsc cloqitcnt Vl)lt"kl5y\vllf‘llv\'fi'd reached Ottawa.

nnsforincdiu and about l‘ar-‘ lianicnt in the days ivhen the Dominion was young.

lL-FlRST iiousi-t ORGANIZED.

)Olll

find three or four representa- f both Provinces, set sail

4h »

was llll‘ll of flu‘! voted f'llltil\'k‘l‘5 hcitpcil his

lfcr sat in thc first l’.'ir-' There were giants vigor, inztny of them zilrczitly’; now ll

flruiisivick senators but n

cr with a goodly (lllﬂlil llouses. who ll'\(l come travagant.

Parliamentary!

r f and some of the Leaders he haslThe l-‘iaflel’ °f u" been in much with _ - 1 Opposition, Hon. Hugh Guthrie, ;0fhcr K.C-,M.P.

l . lllllllt‘ life ‘Of;“l-ftmornblc" sccnicd qnitc too small and iffsigniticzint n designation. tfltitawa ivithiyVhyr, ciicfi thc niciifbcrs I “ln uly fipiniifii," dihcrc‘ \Vt‘l‘f‘i§(‘(if‘i’-‘Y'§"“l’i1r is"‘f~irn:itnr of (“anad:i PX" tlll't'\\' himsclf dlflfb in his chair with thc air of a .s\.'ttt-.~niati.\\'h<. d iiifalliblc dictum had scttlctl a great and ut-igbby matter of tiatioiial ~-~-:--=ﬂ*8i-ill|.lll.

r<l in grey‘. .\iid, oh how thc

of the petty Legislative Councils were‘

in

."\nrl then‘ he

f vigorousi Joseph llowe ivas on board, c]: ‘Nova Scotizi “.\utis"-—-auti~ciiiffcdcra éllltl lllh‘ Ftllllc- i\'fl(l'.'l'. Sometimes lic rcad, and once as he rcad he laughed. soon attractctl tht- ZlllCllllflIl of thc other. volume that si-cins to zmiust- you as mucl "Ccrtztinlyfl rt-plicd Mi". llowe, “l have the sec

Si

11th‘ ltlfljVizfs urine. amuscs inc?" Jonah Harrington, first volume." " replied thc strangcr. Sometimes to tbc (ft-light of hi llowe talkt-tl. l lc was, indeed, a mos And thcii his zidfifircrs st him like bccs totiching him

111955 0f Wllllllnphalanx of anti-tinionists, .\lr. cugzigifig convcrsationalist. ithair, they buzzed zibout ‘their queen fbcc, sometimes lhliiughing at his Among other things he tohl us of his tri itli Sam Slick for a compaifioi fun in Irclniid to the squar S\'ll<'ll"l' \\"“l'l<d'-'.<"t‘ than in any; other country’ uiulcr llcnvcii. plate with good things in the pr‘

inf his int-mics. and when, after thc rc inst. he itozcd in his f ,/ . . l. " a l-iish fcll on thc ship, purl ll was whisper

slcpt.

\\'c rcachcd fhrrtlzmd at 3 oclock in thc undoing, I Sam's customs officers wcri- on lianil to rcmiud us

'1 a foreign country. Thc latc Joseph C. Crosskill. hcn introducd Halifax Irc/turfcr; thc latc S! had own/incl, and myself rcprcscfitiug st official and told him we wcrc ncwspapci" Ill

l)l't'.\‘t‘lll _L‘,'t'll0l'

‘| through to ()tt.'i\va. of thc trimks unopciictl.

No out-i St. John. Addressing irate of Canada. " The oflicer rcplicd quietly, “I'll look at

Just thcii zilong came Senator h. L, lfazcn,

lit-l, can do so. So the newspaper men got first to thc hotcl ant taking of refreshments before thc parliamentary confingc The latter were not all in thc most agreeable mood.

s of f\lt‘-‘|ffllll'lll‘fll'¢(l zig. l ~ . r-ftogucibat the fcgisting

On field nights} fitl tlclivcr- cd. newspaper men.

rcinzirk. “Alla man iicct go aiiywlfcrc and do anything.”

ls is to say that lic helm

to thc press and he can "l'hc trip up the f

l

‘Maritimcrs went out to_ see Square and. surveying thc north, cast and vim-st we pitusiril. ned in a single word the thought of ni:m_v-“F.xtra These (Ianadiaus———tbc people of Ontario av l (jut-be c opinion of thc bfaritiiu" mcn.

"had l1l‘lll‘(l before of “thc miles of cornice and acres of plast ‘ow we ‘saw with our owu eyes the gigantic piles, the tall t we knriir that thc “Canadians” were

Such will lie-unit exclaii gancc l" were clearly extravagant in tli

ers and gilded vanes, and

and polished granite. and all the splendid appointments of the bcrs and thc library, this impression wasdecpcfied. \Vc

from, chain sf session, so soon to

inriiing of l867.'l\0t then know that at thc fir i tee/n millions of dollars was to be voted.

t

said a Sciiatoi" from Nbvar,

tcs~idoliscil their vcncitfblc _ A brisk other end of the fable also read and langhcil. finch. ".\f_v f zisk," inquircil thc

“it is the _f:nid insisted warmly that the ‘both the English and French languages. lFfCllCll in a conciliatory tone that though Mr. Cockburu did not ‘ rencb he understood it very well. Thus the ﬁrst question 1 _.

ood zirouud? _ _ _ _ _ arhanicnt of thc Dominion was the interminable

amumpdcliateil in the l’ tone of the dual language system, f ings from the French members, 'clared elected and escorted to his chair. d acknowledgment, and the Sergeant-a

rcvercntly, jokes‘, listening aihniringly to his ‘abuiiilant

At tliiiiurr his dc- icc

that we were

iniucl Watts, of the Woodstock, N.l!.,l_ ,\ ll"? Sl- .|‘ll"\ TVHF/"tl/‘fl- hi\~‘f*"l°“f down the power of Sir John M °" llmllg running through of earlier ilcbatcs in thc old Czitiad

_“.=\ll right, boyis,” he said, as he chalkcrl our ll. N. A. Act, and (picstions as to the real

l-irerc at table par- version? "l ="l'l"‘iiiicatiing of that term? Tho" Moiick's Speech from the Throne had called n? aiiist the customs regulations and cast tiivious glanccsp “m, a hﬂypway hung-e to Imlcpcndenc

(me Senator as he passed otirfhnd bee" formed. a source 0 buiidle of stick

As we entered and gazed upon the columns of marble

begin, some thir- flow times have chafigetll

faritimc men.

its it for?" was asked.

0n the first day of the opening, after returning from the - fSenatc, whither it seemcdthey had been called in vain, came the ,- _ ‘election of thc Speaker. "This formality as carried out was theft ‘i novelty to the men from the cast, The members were in their Ministers and Opposition leaders confronting each

a allotted places,

i115 7 ant rciiiainiii

lfireifch, briefly seconded the nomination.

be no other nomination, and the Clerk was about ‘to declare Mr. Cock-burn elected. Already Sir John and Mr. Cartier had stepphﬂ. ly out into the open space before their ‘Speaker elect to his throne, when sitddenly a king in French, called a halt. Dufrcsiie, of Montcalm, who objected that acopfe of his Province, Speaker should be conversant with _ Mr. Cartier replied ‘in

1‘ voice of Joseph

s t speak F

f‘; 1.!

C

thc prescribe

f

("lillb fnflflllllllttlll there w w: ‘ll-"l lll“ lI"\‘"'» "Wll cral election, but the prominuit question w _ tion and _thc means by w "lltl Lillflc- Provinces. ‘ (ieorgc llrown .\. T. (iaftf flisgruiitlctl over the (liSlflDllllOll o "f lllcftn-s, had broken with his leader, retired from thc linistcr, and had publicly pledged his zicdonald in Caiiiada." of these

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‘gs- much hackneyed weakness, as in t

m . C- _ \\'t' r cr, ow-

ex-

f sen

young Tripper, two tliil’

‘bench on the right,

In the Nova Scotia and Nciv lfrunsiviclc‘; a garrison "m." the", and u“, lhe result, Legislatures the tin-tubers had received a si-slsiont: alloivance of; Riﬂes were present’ including Lon] Cccﬂ, broth“- of the h": May- fftiios c1400 a yuan, f S; -_ . . , ,- _ .. .. “Tn. "m! [huge gmnturq ‘mdyqiicss o ahsbury, and many ‘other scions of the British nobility, is g -l ~H l y -I f ‘I their rich uniforms spangled with medals adding lustre to the scene, ll“ ‘t “ml lbw. tuo days ccrcmonial oi opening was a new feature to the And then there were the mace and the ivonderftil‘

dunald arose, the ﬁrst to speak in the new P so much to create. He addressed the Clerk, who arose and silently,“ .' » The fatter, in a few compliment-

fly pointed his finger at Sir John. , Cockburu, of Northumberlandt" "

ary words, nominated Lion. James Speaker. When he was seated l-fon. George E. Cartier art's l ziddrcssetl the Clerk, who arose and extended a digit as befoﬁep g standing and pointing, while" Mr, Cartier, speaking” d

spea

>Cockburn did not speak the language of the 1

lMaciloniiell, placed the mace upon the table. ‘of ("ciminoiis was organized and constituted.

lti thc ilcbate on the Aildress in the first session of the First i- , as something of the usual aftcrtnath of a gen- as that of Confedera- liicli it had been carried in the Eastern had been defeated in South Llntario. f Coiifcderatiofi lioii-

the

thc customs tifliccr hc said, “l am a member‘ Why ha,‘ ‘he draft of n“, ff you want to search my luggage y-oiqdom o; Canada be ll» i1“ m" Snmudi‘ Why was the wort Was Canada a poivc

irand 'l.‘rufil< was itncvcnfftil. lt was night (The plum. wag Joe Rymap i Th" mllmlllll! "lflml"? i‘ Vim)’ "f m“ the minor questions and criticisms in thc isighl$~ Rc-"clllllf; llmllimlmlt them all rose the question of peril to t ncethe thrcc splendid edifices to thc. “a being legislated imo ‘he u ‘on “gm ﬁne uiciiibcr lifted up his hands who we“, “ow “hues, i“ opckevo“.

From opposite political standpoiuts, 1 the Chamber. Howe and ‘Tuppcr engage w tory and logic in this great controversy es of conflicts begun many‘- years most of the many able and eloquent sons o tlieii a mere stripling, ma on the Cumberland hustings against the great er, then in liis/firime, Mr. Howe remarked ﬂip-gt‘ will give us trouble yet." i i

Tiherc i

en changed to read t

w Dominion. Now our Parliament without hesitation votes twenty timesithe of.‘ and the (irand Ilifllllli‘ Fgiiizil thirteen millions in one session. v The opening was a grand affair to the men from' the east. _ _ yalthough Lord Monck was the plainest and least ostentatious-of -. < 10¢", 0|‘ "OW ‘>3 l0 b9 i‘, all our (ioveriiors-Gencrzil since the union of i867 Ottawa was * officers of the Prince Consort's Oiivn .5

lhfll llllil’ -**'°"“"l ‘Wm’ lfnllcdl-lgeniiflexions of the Usher of the Black Rod, Mr. Kimber ‘l‘$l“'°l“’"* “T” '.“'“'- ll l‘ med‘ viiicial Legislature east of Quebec ever had a mace Canada had lw“ ‘"1 llwl“ W"! l" ‘lllmlfl ll": llli-‘l, long ago flllOplﬂl it. (An earlier mace was captured by the Amer- ” ~“~‘*-*l"“ "l i‘ "illhmill Pilﬂlilmcllli icaii invztdeirs when Little York (Toronto) was sacked and burned lfclt their infportaiit. Like lleifjzi-l in 13,3‘ and isnow preserved a finin limiiltliii, when first llt‘ ilf)ii-f(.n-,_v_ Annapolis, Maryland.) quiry and speculation.

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The mace formed a subject for in-‘g i l I _ A twas, a copy we were told of that‘ ~

>whicfi lies upon the table of the greatest deliberative assembly in” y i I wnlml‘]“‘l’ m“ I“ M’ “ﬁlm the world. A ymiidcroifs chili of metal, its body of silver covered ‘ r_ t‘- - with gold, and its top Sllfllltlllllttffl with an orb and crown. Indeed, ‘l"'“"' ll". lift)’ "l |‘l"“l>’ film‘ it had cost 1' 30o sterling. a Tilt‘ mace, we were told, though model- arosf- a considerable flisciission as h.“ an," the wm._clu|, of the middle ages, is ‘he Symbol 9f the power and prerogatives of Parlaiment. It is related to the sceptre of kings, and even to that of Jove himself, and by which he some- timcs swore a tremendous oath inviolatc to gods. The function% or the macc, in the language of llavershain Cox, “rbefit that ancient ymbol of the authority of thc Commons which is associated with o many eventful [iassages in English history, and ivliich was never iyct insulted with iinpinrity, fAnd yct some of thc Nova Scotian Aiitis made light of it. “The mace?" replied Dr. Forbes,‘ of y fQut-cns; "till, I suppose it is to give spice to the proceedings?’ l‘

yWc did not‘ then know, what we all know now so well, that wfth- " ‘Loin thc mace then- cau be no real Parliament, and that ifiﬁ so sacrctlly inst-yiarahlc from Mr. Speaker, that to pass between him ti“ I ‘and it (luring a sitting would be parliamentary sacrilege. Forftitil- 1» yatelyno man has yet ever ventured to do so, and the fates ofily

‘know what would happen if one did. '-

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