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MARCH 4, 1896.

“ sieaaaal’ MR. LAURIER'S POSITION. Ir the Guardian’s despatch be correct, Mr. Laurier said yesterday that he was ed to the Ker redial Bill ** as it te vuld } ninority that they . Mr. |

the relief f titled’ to get.” In that case

were Cuciiee Laurier must now go further and expla

t> Parbament and the country whet more

rel‘ef to the minority in Manitoba |

than that afforded by the Remedial Bill and his followers are prepared to give.

The electors of Ontario and the other nrovinces, as well as those of Quebec, will | reasonably den and of him additional in formation upon this point before they will vive him their confidence. If, as the Guar dian reports, Mr. Laurier has at last come Gutside the lines of Torres Vedras and declared himself in favor of greater relief in Manitoba than the Government propose to give, he is entitled Bat in view of Sir Char

to the minority

to some credit. lee Tupper’s kindly invitation of rugges tions for the improvement of Bill, we cau not say that the Leader of the Oppcsition was justified in so hastily moving the “six months’ hoist.” Had he submitted ameod- ments, acccrding to which the minority would receive more relief that is atforded by the Bill, and had his amendments been rejected, then he might with reason have called upon his followers to vote that the Bill be destroyed. But to kill the bill right off is not fair to the Government, which has taken great pains in its prepar- ation, and is «till ready to improve it; nor ie it fair to the minority in Manitobe. Indeed, unless supplemented by a full and

clear explanation of the intentions of the

Liberal party in respect to Remedial Legislation it is not fair to any of the parties concerned. What more relief

thea the Government propose to give do the Liberals propose to give? This is the question of the hour. Everyone wants to

know ‘

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MAY OR SHALL!

Tue Guardian has no desire for contro- versy about the Remedial Bill, its experi- euce having proved that “ there is nothing which the average newspaper reader more strictly avoids than the perusal of long controversies between journalists.” From the prudent reserve of our contemporary it may also be inferred that the cause of thore who uphold Mr. Greenway in diso- beying the law of the land, the judgment of the court and the orders of the Qreen and Governor General, is essentially weak. The only puint in Tee Examrver’s article to which the Guardian takes exception is the statement that the word “‘may” in the Manitoba Act empowering the Parlia- ment of Canada to make remedial in re- spect to education, means “ shal!.” This, it says, is “wrong” and “ absurd.” Let

ussee, We have a very high legal authori- ty for the following:

“Tt is a legal or rather a consti:utional principle that powers given to public functionaries, or others, for public pur poses, or the public benefit, were always to be exercised when the occasion arises. Brt as regards the imperative character of the duty, it was laid down by the King’s Bench (R. V. Hastings, 1 D. and R. 48) that words of permission in an Act of Par- liament when tending to promote the general benefit are always held to be com- pulsory; and as regards courts and judicial functionaries who act only when appealed to, the same rule was in substance restated by the Common Pleas in laying down that whenever a statute confers an author: ity todo a judicial act (the word “judicial” being used evidently in its widest sense) in a certain case, it is imperative on those eo authorized to exercise the authority wheu acase arises, and its exercise is daly applied for by a party interested and having a right to make the application ; and that the exercise depends not on the discretion of the courts or judges, but upon proof of the particular case out of which the power arises.”

In this connection a case fresh in the memories of our citizens may be cited. It will be remembered that Canada Temperance Act was defeated here in the year 1891, an attempt was made to induce

whea the

the Governor-General-in-Council

torefrain from revoking the order-in- Connci) which brought the act into force The act provides that when a repeal vote has been polled, the Gover- nor-General, after thirty days, “may” 1e-

voke the order.

in this city.

It was sought to induce suspend action until after a law could be passed to take the place of the Scott Act by of re- gulation or license. But the late Hon. Mr. Haviland, then Mayor of Charlotte- town,gave his opinion that the Governor-

the Governor-General to

way

General had no diecretion in the immediately after te expiration of the thirty days, because the word “may” in the ‘act legally meant “must.” This view was con- carred in and acted upon by the Governor® General in Council, who, immediately after the thirty days had expired, passed an Order-in-Council It wiil thus be Guardian remarks, “even a ecbool-boy knows that‘ may’ «has not (always) the same meaning as ‘ shall,’ ” grown-up men

mnatter and was bound to act

really and

repealing the act. seen that while, as the

versed in the law and respons:ble for their ac‘s, know that im many cases it means “shall” or “must.” It has this latter meaning in the Manitoba Act. We admit that cannot be forced to do thet wiiich is right according to the law. But we belief that the free parliament of a free and Christian country willdo that which is right and lawful of its own free will,

Pasiiament

incline, to the

“ Because right is right, To follow right were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.”

That is the principle which evidently actuates Sir Mackenze Bowell; Sir Charles Tupper and their associates in the Parliament of Canada.

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DAWSON ANSWERS SENATOR BOULTON,

The Manitoba School Question Discussed—

Constitutional Issues Dealt With—The Confederation Agreement—Position of Protestant Schools tu Quebec,

A fow days ago Senator Boulton sent an

open letier to Sir Willism Dawson, deal- ling with the *“‘ s school question. Sir Willia: given to the press a reply t senator’s letter: We quote

the ig paragraphs: awel! on the question, whether it

wise or expedient that Parliament should modify, or even supplement, pro- vincial legislation in regard to education. My contention was merely that the religious convictions of minorities should be respécted, with whatever body the right or duty to do this might lie, In the circumstances of the case, however, which are too well known to need repetition here, no one seems todeny that a duty b laid on the Dominion Governmeat to do what itcan in the direction of remedial legislation, provided that the Manitoba Government and Legislature decline to act in the matter. Provincial rights, like municipal and personal rights, have their limits, and if Manitoba has exceeded its legitimate powers and has done injustice to a portion of its people, then either the Dominion has no practical unity, or we are all bound to see justice done at whatever cost. The diffial ties which surround action in such a@ case, in my judgment, render it the more hn- perative on every just and patriotic man to do all in his power to facilitate a fair and, if possible, awicable solution of these diffi- culties. I, for one, could have wished that, at the time of Confederation, the general Government should have assumed the whole responsibility of legislating in regard to education, leaving only local details to the Provincial Legislatures, and thus securing uniformity of standard and privi- lege for all the youth of the whole Domin- ion in every kind of culture, from that of the elementery school to that of the uni- versity. Religious, or perhaps I should rather say irreligious, jealousies prevented this, and what may be called the conscience clause in favour of minorities was, per haps, the best compromise that could be adopted at the time; and there seemed to be no reason to apprehend that its exten- sion into newer provinces, subsequently introduced, would not work as smoothly as ite operation in the older provinces.

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

In the case of Manitoba, provision had to be made for a smal! population, largely Roman Catholic, but it does not follow that the provision thus made, should now be limited to them and their descendants. This would be hard on the newer settlers of the same faith, and would give no practical advantage to the numerous Pro- testant settlers, whose interests in the dis- tricts in which they form the majority are, in reality, not prejudicially affected by any reasonable privileges in regard to taxation and publie aid enjoyed by the minority. This ie, 1 have nodonbt, well known to the intelligent people of Mani- toba, who know that they have no cause for alarm as to any aggression of the mi- nority on their educational system. In 1870, it was within the bounds of pos-i- bility that French-Canadian immigration would have given, up to this time, a Roman Catholic majority. The case has been otherwise, and it now rests with the Protestant majority to treat the Roman Catholic minority in the way they would have wished to be themselves treated if in a winority. Up to 1884 they seemed to have acquiesced in this view, for the school jaw published at that time was not anlike in its genera! provisions to that of the province of Quebec—in some respects even more liberal. At the time, it seemed to those of us who studied its provisions to be well fitted to raise the standard of education among the older settlers, and to provide for the wants of the newer emigrants, and this for a long time to come. Tbe building up of an im- proved educational system is, however, a slow process, and this especially among those who in time past have had slender advantages. This may possibly have had to do with the sudden swing in the oppo- site direction which occurred in 1890, and which has placed the school system of Manitoba in so marked contradiction, not only to the arrangements of 1870, but to its own Liberal endorsement of them in 1884. Revolutions of this kind, «ven if dictated by zeal iu the cause of education, are always dangerous: Educational im- provement must advance slowly. It can- not be suddenly developed by mere Act of Parliament, and is especially likely to be injured when it falls into the vortex of political and eec'arian controversy.

You rightly observe that the limited amount of religious education which can be given in public schools does not ser- iously affect the essentials of ordinary edu- cation, which, either under the law of 1884 or that of 1890, could be made prac-

tically uniform for all schools; but this surely makes it the more inex- cusable to stir up a _ national

contro-ersy cn the question of teach- ing mere creeds — a question al- ways Jikely tocreate more feeling than avy other in connection with education. It is only necessary that the Legislature of Manitoba should quietly abandon this quite unnecessary and morally untenable position, and fall back as nearly as present circumstances will permit, on its own position in 1884, to make remedial legis- lation at Ottawa unnecessary, and to con- sign to oblivion all the herd words in this controversy which have been uttered, even by the Orangemen, who profess to represent the most tolerant and charitable statesman of jbe seventeenth century, and by clergymen, who should be followers of the Prince of Peace. If Manitoba will not thus throw oil on the waters we must only hope that an unmistakable expression of opinion. fiom a)] the older provinces, which have done so much to establish this younger sister. will have the effect of placing the Dominion Government in a position to remedy whatever grievances may exist.

You refer to the Protestant minority in Quebec. {can assure you that we would have felt it. altogether unsafe to-go into Confederation without the guarantees given to us, and that we j-alously watch these from yeor to year, andin some directions, would like to see them enlarged. Hitherto, when any grievence has” occurred, we have found It possib’e to obtain re- dress from our own local authorities. True. such difficulties. are | usually Iim'ted in their scope, and dependent rather on inadvertence and the drift of circuinstances, than on intention, so that they disappear on amicable discussion. But, if any serious attempt were made to annul, by legislat‘on, our present privi- leges, such as they are, whether in the 4 direction of establishibg a general system cf secular echools on the model of that of the French Republic, or in the opposite direction ct clerical control over all’ schools, we would not be slow in making our grievance known,and, if Iam _ not mistaken, in either case we should find po small portion of our fellow-subjects of the toman Catholic faith on our side,

AS TO QUEBEC. Tt has been objected that the cases of

line to select from at J. B. Macdonald’s.

Protestants and Roman Catholic minori-

ties are dissimilar. To some extent this is true; but this difference is not recogniz— ed in the constitution, nor is its bearing admitted by Roman Catholics, so that it does not enter into the discussion; even if we might be disposed to say ‘o our Roman Catholic friends,~ae St. Paul said’ to King Agrippa:—“We ‘Would to God that you were altogether such as we are.”

I say nothing of the suggestion to establish “ voluntary schools,” in face of the provincial systems all over Can- ada, as probably impracticable, as well as unnecessary, but I fully agree with your estimate of the importance of some religious instruction in State-supported schoole, The amount of such instruction must be small, and must leave much to be done elsewhere. But experience shows that the teaching of the Commandmests and the Lord’s Prayer, with the reading of one of the Gospels, may give mora and spiritual sanctions amounting to the difference between a peaceful and law-abiding people and a_ state of lawlessness and -semi-barbarism, £0 great is the power of the Word of God, independently of all higher con- siderations than those with which the State has to do. In England even ag-

nostics have admitted this, and have supported Bible teaching in the «chools. Nor does such religious in-

struction conflict with the secular edu- cation, if given in the proper way, not as a task, but asa relief from harder work; and a secular system, making no provision for religion, would satisfy nei- ther Roman Cathol cs nor the greater part of Protestants. There may be circum- stances in which it becomes inevitable, though not in commvnities of the bigtest moral status; but in these relief must be given by allowing time and facility for re- ligieus education on the part of the clergy or of others interested. The ‘trouble is that, in this way, religion” is’ ne- glected just where it is most needed, The true principle is to insist on qualified teachers, a thorough cur ricilum, including, in this country, effi- cient education in English, a minimum amount of religious education in all schools, and freedom to introduce more where it is locally desired, and when it can be done without interfering with edu- cational efficiency.

I am sure you will agree with me chat, if such results can be secured and con- tinued throughout that great future growth which we all hope for in Manitoba and the North-West, and especially if they can be secured by the joiot and ami- cable action of the general and Local Governments, all true Canadians will have occasion for devout thankfulness.

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NOTES ANO COMMENTS.

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—Read our quotations from the letter of Sir William Dawson, the higheet edv- cational authority in Canada. They ex- press the sentiments of a Christian and a gentleman.

—Ottawa Citizen: A meeting of over 6,000 people in Toron o passed resolutions that there must be mo coercion on the Manitoba School Question; but, by Jingo ! the Catholic minority must support the sey arate schools whether they be Protest- ant or non-religious, and whether they like it or not.

—Mr. C. R. DéViin, M.P., leads the way that will be followed by many a con- scientions Liberal who does not care to see an important question played with. Asked recently what course he- would pur- sue in regard to the remedial bill he frankly replied that he would support the act. He rideculed the plea of coercion ad vanced by Messrs. Davies, Martin, Mulock and others, and claimed that the only ca- ercion which existed was that cruelly ex- ercised against the minority. “I have always,” said Mr. Devlin, defended the idea of remedial legislation, and now that the act is before the House I will give it ty full and hearty support.

—Sir McKenzie Bowell was asked by a Star reporter a few days ago if it were true that he was shortly about to visit Eng'and. The Premier replied: “You can state this; That I have taken very deep interest in the Pacific cable and fast Atlantic line schemes, and am doing all I can to forward them. At present there is no need cf wy being in England. What may become necessary later on I cannot say. It may be advisable for me to go to England in connection with these matters, but certain- ly not as High Commissioner. At any rate, I shall not leave Ottawa until the vexed question of remedial legislatior is settled. ‘You may depend on that.”

—The New York Nation zives some facts about a typical South Awerican. re- public which are interesting ig view of the syinpathy shown for those states by the American Government and people during the past few months. “It says : “In [821 Guatemala declared herself independent of Spain, and called herself a republic. With Saivador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica sbe formed a confederation whose character can be sufficiently inferred from the fact that she and her confederates fought 143 battles with one another in the course of twenty yeare. Then the League was dis olved.

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PARLIAMENT OF CANADA.

Second Reading offRemedial Bill,

Sir Charles Tupper’s Able and Convincing Speech.

A Strong Point Made by Hin. Mr, Dickey.

Laurier Moves the Six

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Months’ Hoist.

Orrawa, March 4.

Sir Charles Tupper, in rising to move the second reading of the Remedial Bill, said tnat he did so under a deep sense of responsibility. The question involved transcends in ‘importance any measure that had ever been submitted to Parlia- ment during its existence. Sir Cl.arles made a convineing- speech. The measure he held did not propose to coerce Mani. toba, but to conserve the sacred rights of the minority guaranteed by the constitu- tion. The Government had taken every step in the matter in the most moderate avd temperate manner that was possible to be devised, and even down to the pre- sent hour they have been open to any sug- gestion by woich the responsibility which is imposed upon them under the circum- stances could be removed. They are still open tO any suggestion from any quarter of any means which will remove the ne- cessity of their being compelled to take action of this kind, “and having done that,” said Sir Charles, “I have no hesita- tion in saying to you that the Government would feel that it was unworthy the posi- tion it occupied, that the Government would feel that it did not deserve the con- fidence of that great Lideral-Conservative party who nave enabled it to accomplish so mueh for Canada, that the Government would feel that it was unworthy the con- fidence of the gentlemen on either side of this House, if, on a question 80 moment- aus, s6 important and so vital to the good government, progress and prosperity of Canada, they were not prepared to lay down office, if necessary, or to to refer to the great inte'ligent electorate of this country for a decision as to whether they dad discharged their duty or not. (Loud cheer-.)

Mr. Laurier followed Sir Charles Tup- per. He contended that the Bill would be of 00 benefit to the minority, and cla:med that Manitoba had not been approached in the proper spirit with a view to the settlement. The policy of the Govern- ment had been wrong from first to last. He concluded his speech by moving the six months? hoist.

Mr. Clark Wallace said that he was firmly in accord with the trade policy of the government but could not support them on the school measure. He believed that the Manitoba Catholics were not entitled to separate schools and if they were once given them the concession could not stop there. The Catholics would want toapyly the eame principle to the Territories. He ridiculed the idea of a@ commission and concluded by saying that he would support the amendmeat.

Mr. Dickey made a lucid speech on the legal and constitutional aspects of the question. _ He held that the decision of the Privy Couacil rendered it necessary to redress the grievances of the minority. If the judgment of that body was ignored Parliament could never again submit another case to the courta for settlement, but all future cases of asimilar character would have to be disposed of without the as-istance of judicial expressions of vpinion. Mr. Dickey’s speech was ad- mitted to be one of the most powerful and logical delivered in Parliament for some time and has stamped him as a powerful debater.

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Feathers, Cur-

W. C.

Just send them to

TURNER’S CLOTH STORE, Masonic Temple Building, Grafton Street, Charlottetown, and have them Dyed, Prcssed and returned in two weeks.

Ww. Cc. TURNER, Agent,

MONCTON WOOLEN MILIS, Moncton, N. B. UNGAR DYE WORKS, st John, N. B

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FLOUR, CORNM

BEER & GOFF have a fairly large stock of FLOUR on hand, which

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AL AND BRAN.

they bought

some time ago, and are now offering at prices below the actual cash value. CORNMEAL is very low this year, and we expect to sell a lot of it for F tock Feeding this spring. We have also several tons of good Wheat Bran on hend, which we are offering very

ow for cash.

BEER & GOFF.

EXCUSE US!

but have you seen our 89c. DRESS GOODS ? if not, they are certainly worth your inspection.

4 STANLEY BROTHERS.

The Range Includes

Navy Blues, Blacks, Browns, Greys, Fancies and

Stripes. yard,

They are worth from 50c. to 7Oc. per

Our price, 39 cents per yard.

STANLEY BROTHERS.

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