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Mr. Blake's Speech, in the House of Commons, on the Montreal Riots. OrrawaA May 1. Mr. BLAKE rose and said that, owing to circumstances which recently oF curred in Montreal, of a serious and im- portant character, he desired, even though the session wis sulvanced, to in- troduce a subject which he considered to be of the greatest urgency. “4 ‘anada, he said, had had for many years the reputation ot being occupied by an order loving and law abiding popula- tion, but latterly crimes of violence had heen committed from causes which he} sincerely hoped would in course of time disappear. It was immaterial to enter into a general discussion of the causes, but they were due, as he had said, to easual and accidental circumstances, which he hoped would soon disappear. With reference to one part of the Do- minion, however, he feared this hope would be useless. Every member was justly proud of the City ot Montreal trom whatever part oi Canada he might be. Members were proud of its situ- atign, placed as it was al the junction of an unrivalled ocean navigation. They were proud of the enterprise and public spirit of its citizens and of the character of its population. The dif- ferent creeds and nations had mingled together, up to a recent period, co-op erating for the general good and to out-vie each other in the race of ad- vancement. All feel these sentiments and the members of the House would be untrue to their duties as legislators, if' in the face of the events which had taken place during the past two months they were to separate without making some efforts to restore the fair name oj that city, which had been clouded by the occurrences to which he alluded. For nearly a year past, the City of Montreal had been the scene of frequent attacks in the streets by different par- ties, in which firearms had been used with the utmost recklessness, although until the other evening there had been no loss of life. The events of that even- ing were to his mind premonotory of far more serious events, unless some steps were taken to repress them. He (Mr. Blake) was not called upon at this 4 time to weigh the merits of the con- tending parties, but looking at the pub- lic records he found that a great deal of the trouble was increased by the use of firearms by roughs and the more lawless and criminal classes of the po- pulation, who still availed themselves of a practice which even the more res spectable did not in some instances sertple to resort to. The state of things in montreal was of'a more serious char- acter by reason of the cireymstances which had given rise tothem. ‘To him, a Canadian of Irish decent, it added an additional pang to think that his coun- trymen of both creeds should be mixed up in these troubles. He did not say to whom the blame was attached, but if his voice could reach beyond the narrow limits of this hall, and if his opinions would be of any weight with those to whom he appealed, he would have them to remember that both of them belonged to the Christian religion, the cardinal principles of which were love and charity, self-sacrifice, and yielding to one another. He would have them to remember that giving up to others, and yielding to others, was their duty as Christians, and that they daily prayed, “Forgive us our trespas- ses, as we forgive them that trespass against us.’ He would urge them to use every means possible by precept, example, and concession to prevent the recurrence of such scenes, He would appeal to both sides—to one side to be regardful of the rights of the other, and to’ the othemto be regardful of the feelings and temperament of the side which objected to some of their opinions. And it did appear to him that if such were done there would be a restoration of the good feeling which before existed. At the present moment, it might be said that a reign of terror existed in Montreal, owing to the fa- cility with which the weapons of ofs fence were procured. It was not only those who lazarded their lives in these encounters who were exposed to dan- ger, but the peaceful citizens were ex- posed to the same risk, as evidenced by the fact that those who had had no concern whatever in the riots had been actually sufferers, in some cases only escaping with their lives. The question was now whether there was not some remedy by -legislation. Some might on this point suggest the question of prohibiting public processions, but he would pass it by with one observation, The question generally was compli- cated, and although he would not say there were no circumstances under which this Parliament was not entitled to interfere to some extent, yet the cir- cumstances were rare, the interference would be partial, and if any remedy were fit to be applied, that remedy had to be applied by the Local Legislatures. The second question which arose in this connection was the formation of a po

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decidedly object, the preseryauion of the peace remaining with the local authori- ties. There remains,stheretore, but one consideration, and that is whether under existing circumstances some change could be made in the laws respecting In 1869, it

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the repression of crime.

twas made an offence to carry loaded

weapons, and the penalty for doing so was a fine of from $10 to $40. Last session an Act was passed to prevent the carrying of pistols except where specially permitted. There was an Act with reference to certain districts, en-

titled “ An Act for the Preservation of

the Peace in the vicinity of Public Works.’ The description of legisla- tion he would venture to propose how

the Public Works Act and the Irish Aets, which would be a most reason- able way of meeting these difficulties. The legislation which he would now propose should, in his opinion, be but temporary. He would, therefore, sug- eest that the Act should only remain in force until the end of the next ses- sion of Parliament. He would propose that it should be in the power of the Government in Council, whenever in their judgment it was necessary for the better prevention of crime, to publish a proclamation in the Canada Gazette, declaring that the Act should apply to the district defined. When the opera- tions of the Act are to be discontinued, a similar proclamation should be made. Notices of the Act coming into force should be posted on the doors of the places of worship, police-stations, and other public places. He would propose that from and after the time named on the proclamation, it should not be law- ful for any person, not an officer of the peace, soldier, or sailor, in Iler Majes- ty’s service, to carry and have else- where than in his own house, any fire- arms or other dangerous and deadly Any person carrying such Weapons in contravention of the stat- utes should be guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months. He also proposed that it should be law- ful for any person to apprehend any person found in the act of carrying weapons, and to deliver bim over to an oflicer of the peace, with a view to his being dealt with according to law. He proposed that it should be the duty ot any constable or officer to take rrom any person firearms or deadly weapons which should be thereupon forfeited to Her Majesty. He would also propose that the Governor-in-Council should ap- point Commissioners to grant licenses to persons to carry arms, the license to be revokable by such persons at will. He would also propose that the seventh clause of the Act respecting offences against the person should apply with reference to the procedure. Le did not propose to extend the law to weapons in houses, as that would be giving the arbitrary right of search, which might be abused, and it might impair the protection of private houses against burglars. He was aware that notice was necessary before the introduction of such a bill, but considering the ur- gency of the case, he did not think the house would mind consenting, unani- mously, to permit the first reading of the bill. He would, therefore, move for leave to introduce the bill intituled “An Act for the better prevention of crimes in certain parts of Canada.”

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