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cumsrm Tay & a . ° Ghe Enxaniet. : “Charlottetown, July 31, 1876, WEN IN THE FIELD.

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Were Lord Dufferin to visit this Is-

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land now. he would certainly not fail to compliment our leading citizens upon their public spirit. representation of the people of Charlotte- town he would see four gentlemen who oeeupy the highest rank in society and in the professions to which they belong —he would see Pope pitted against Davies, ind against DeBlois.

these who asperse the personal character

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ef ventlemen merely because they are our polities] opponents. slevate the political standard ’’—tao "?

render the “ political arena’ a position

in which honorable and high-minded

entlemen may play the ir part free from

pers We thivk it highly important that our

should be se leeted to

mal attacks and groundless abuse.

’ a ** Dest mon

sent our interests in the Legislature.

Who then. of the candidates for our

suttr s, are best

the men ? Let us

briefly compare Pope and Davies, Brecken |

and DeBlois, Mr. Daviss is a clever young lawyer a pleasing speaker, who has just been long enough in Parliament to learn Parliament- ary rules. Socially, an exclusive Tory, politically, an extreme Radical, he couid incite the Tenant Leaguers to rebellion,

but he was never known to admita Ten-

ant Leaguer within the aristocratic circle in which he lives and moves and ‘has his being. Merit—unaccompanied by wealth and position—has no merit in the eyes of Mr. L. H. Davies. He is not “ the poor A wealthy elient has far ereater charms for him than “ honest

man’s friend.”

overty ’ represented in the person of a/| I \

laboring man. In the capacity of a law- yer, he has rendered the province good

service—for which he has been well paid.

As a legislator, he has not succeeded in coupling his name with one single Act of |

marked advantage to the country. Ever

As candidates for the |

We are not of |

We rather endeavor | ,

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VR. RAVILANDS LETTER.

Tur Hon. J. C. Pore read the fol-

lowing letter—written by Senator Havi- land—at the meeting held in the rink on We commend it to the

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In a leading article published in Saturday’s “Patriot” and headed ‘ The Tri- umph of Principle,” | am taken to task for having supported Mr. James Pope at the

| Summerside election, lrecorded my vote in

favor of Mr. Pope in the first place on the | eround of his being a Conservative ; and, in the second, bscause I have come to the con- clusiom that according to every principle of common justice, the Roman Catholic schools which are situated in the principal towns of | the Island, are entitled to aid from the State

provided they submitto Government inspecs

i tion, aud Protestant children are allowed to

enter them without being subject to any

| religious test, In pursuance of this principle | have advocated and carried grants through the Legislature for many years towards the

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limaintenance of the Georgetown Infant School. and the Charlottetown Bog School, both of which institutions are in connexion th the church of England. By carrying

it this principle there is na occasion to in- with the common school system

whieh is nowin operation throughont the ! Colony. In the Provinces of Upper Canada,

| Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, grants are tnnually made by the several Legisiatures thereof in aid of the Roman Catholic edu- ational institutions, Without ils being con- | sidered as dangerous to Protestantism, Not | long ago, the Roman Catholic Priesthood | were charged with neglecting the education | of their people, and wilfully keeping them in ignorance. Now, when they rival us in the | cause of education, and their colleges and ischools are crowded with the children of l influential Protestants who prefer them to ithe Prince of Wales College and other kin- | dred schools, we are afraid, and refuse as- sistance to them out of the common public This is not justice but proscription. “The vote cast by mein favor of Mr. | Pope was not given without counting the probable cost, 1 supported him regardless of obloquy : regardless of the risk | might | run of forfeiting the Leadership of the present Conservative Party, and of losing my seat lin the House of Assembly for Georgetown ; of such obloquy I may say in the words of a great orator, | have learned to consider it true glory ; and as to the Leadership, and } my seat in the House of Assembly, Il am de- | termined that they never shall be held by an ignominious tenure, and | am sure that they | can never be lostin a more honvrable way | than in doing what I consider to be right, | 1 never sought the leadership. It was ihrust upon me by the Conservative Party }atatime when, if I had consulted my own | feelings, I would have accepted the Speak- | er’s Chair,which was offered to me, unasked, | by the unanimous vote of the Liberal Party jin the present House of Assembly. I am ready to pay the penalty of my recent vote at a moment's notice, by resigning the | Leadership, upon receiving a requisition in wriling from a majority of the Conservative

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ready to take a leading part in “ radical ”* | Party in the Legislature. r : Yours &c.,

changes of a)l kinds, he has, sinee entering |

polities, steadily and persistently opposed |

every measure calculated to advance the interests of the province or develope its | resources. If he had had his}way, we | would not now be enjoying the advanta- | cea of a railway, nor would we have ob- | tained the ‘‘ Better Terms.” His genius He | a projector; he isacritic. He | never invented a scheme nor marked out ! He attacks; and if he| overthrows, he seizes upon the scheme or |

adopts the poliey propounded by his op- ponent. He is quick, brillant, shallow,

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is ess ntially of negative character.

is not

a line of policy.

For him it will be a high honor to be beaten by such a man as Mr. Pope. Mr. Pope has been one of our leading | men of business for nearly a quarter of a| century. In that capacity he gave an | impetus to the trade of the Province at | large, and of Summerside and Alberton in perticular, the force ot which will be felt for years tocome. He farms largely and well. He is one of our most enter— prising shipbuilders. He keeps hundreds of poor men constantly employed. And |

the money he makes, he keeps moving. In private life, it cannot be denied that | he has contributed largely to the develop- | ad-

Se me of those

ment of our resources, and to the

vancement of our people, who are now loudiy deerying himn—notably Mr of Summerside—were But it a politician that his services are Ile was first elected some

David Nogers, by him first assisted on to fortune. it is as most marked. nineteen years ago; and since then has been constantly engaged in the con- duct of publie affairs. Consequently, he is one of the most experienced politicians Any district he repre- sented was always “well looked after,” while upon the Province at large he has

in the Province.

never be effaced. To him Charlottetown is largely indebted for the Park which will, in a few months, be hers. To him we owe the “ Better Terms,’’ and he—assisted by the Liberal Conservative Party which he led—gave us the railway. Throughout his career, he has, at every step, been pursued by Mr. LL. H. Davies and his partizans “ with a hatred as fieree as the forest fires which chase the wild beast from his covert.’’ And now when he, sacrificing his great popularity, comes out manfully to do what he can to make peace where there is no peace, to heal the canker of discontent which has so affected the Province that hundreds of schools are vacant, to give to Charlottetown that which she never before possessed—good free schools at compara. tively small expense—his enemies are as active and as bitter as ever. But their efforts will, we believe, again prove futile. Supported and assisted by true friends, who have confidence in his ability, he will add yet another great public service to the many great publie services he has al- ready performed.

Mr. Pope has ever been ably second- ed in his efforts to improve the country by Mr. Breckeo. Mr. Brecken has served Charlottetown in the House of Assembly for thirteen years. He has served it well. He has been misrepre- sented and maligned. But his integrity remains unsullied. Tie is, undoubtedly, the most graceful and eloquent speaker in the Province ; and his fine abilities as an advocate have ever been exerted in the promotion of beneficial Acts.

Mr. DeBlois is a highly respectable gentleman—who has never taken an active part in polities. His abilities— exerted with laudable zeal—have, no doubt, gained for him the sincere respect of his proprietory constituents. But he can know little concerning public affairs. Few men in the}province have less sympa- thy with—less in common with—THE peorpLe than Mr, DeBlois. His claims to the support of electors are not to be compared with those of Mr. Brecken.

Pope and Brecken are undoubtedly the “ best men’? to represent Charlottetown. We are pleased to hear that their election is all but certain.

ft marks which will

A PRACTICAL INSULT.

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Ler of special canstebles present. then criminal té take the name * Davies” in vain ?

circumstances,

We hear it reported that Mr. Louis H, tee allie adie spent Set | Strivings alter great things. He was a good call a publie mecting, and to have a num- | Is it |

of : We trust electors

will resent this burning insult, not by re- | . Crimminatory taunts, or by a breach of the rules of decorum, but by going to the polls and voting for Pope and Brecken—men willing to spesk or act for the citizens of Charlottetown at any time or uuder any

T. H. Havmanp. Alma Cottage, Ch’town, Nov. 24, 1868.”

“THE PRIMAL CAUSE.

Ar the last meeting held in Market Hall, Mr. H. Davies taunted Messrs. Pope and Brecken with cowardice,

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because they were not present to confront him ; and, declared that he only wished he ‘could meet Brecken,” The supporters of Pope and Brecken, knowing that the taunt was unmerited, decided upon having a meeting. The meeting was held. Mr. Davies was challenged to make his charges, He declined to speak until after Mr. Brecken had spoken. Mr. Brecken spoke. There was a unanimous call for ‘ Davies.’ Senator Haviland come forward and said that he thought Mr. Davies should be heard after the “ great gun” Mr. Pope. The audience thought differently ; and ‘Davies’ was again the cry. Now we hold, that in common courtesy—to say nothing about justice and fairplay—Mr. L. H. Davies was bound to come forward in response to the call of the electors whose suffrages he Was seeking. We hold that he is the primal cause of the uproar which followed. We believe further, that had Senator Haviland exercised a tithe of the persistency he displayed at Market Hall a few years ago, when he stuck his thumbs into the arm-holes of his waistcoat and told the hooting followers of Mr. L. H- Davies to hoot away till daylight if they pleased, but he would speak—he would

_have enjoyed the satisfaction of seeing |order fully restored and of hearing his he |

uew found champion speak “ after Mr. Pope.”’ tt

A MISTAKE.

Tue Catholic constituents of Senator Haviland are, we understand, indignant at the course pursued by that gentleman in going down to Georgetown, stirring up the prejudices of their Protestant neigh- bors, and persuading the Hon. Daniel Gordon to oppose their interests. They think, it appears, that Senator Haviland —now that he has practically retired from local polities—should consult his Senatorial dignity and stay at home like other Senators. This is a mistake. As a citizen and a man, Senator Haviland has a perfect right to use, in local elections, all the influence he possesses. That Sena- tor Haviland owed his first election, his last election and all his elections to the Catholics of Georgetown, is, doubtless, to the mind of Senator Haviland, a very secondary consideration to the pleasure and satisfaction which may be derived from confounding Mr. Pope in his efforts to restore peace and harmony to the com- mu nity.

DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP CONNOLLY.

Our latest exchanges report the death of Archbishop Connolly. He died of congestion of the brain, at twenty minutes to twelve on Thursday night last. The late Archbishop was greatly esteemed by all classes of the community in which he lived. The following eloquent eulogium is from the pen of the Rev. Geo: M. Grant, the well-known Presbyterian Minister,— who suggests that the Archbishop should be honored with a public funeral :—

«It is needless to add that I am not think- ing now of Dr. Connolly as a Churchman, an Archbishop, nor even as a much esteemed friend. I write concerning him as one ofour prouiment public man, and as a public bene~ factor, Theobald and Stephen Langton were great, not chiefly as Archbishops of Canter- bury, but as patriots and statesmen. No one thinks of Richelieu and Mazarin as Cardinals, but as—each in his time—the brain of France. And man’ to-day think of the late Dr. Connolly, not as the selfsdenying priest,or the Archbishop abundant in labors, but as the man who has long deserved well of this city and this Dominion of ours.» He was a wise man—rich in saving, common sense. He was a man of peace—ever seeking to build bridges rather than dig ditches be- tween men of differing creeds. He wasa areas wan, with an eye that discernes any spark of greatness in others, with a noble scorn of all that is base, and with resolute

| nan—beloved by the poor, by all whom he ever employed, and by al! who really knew him.”

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LANGUAGE Was invented to conceal men’s thoughts,once said a cunning old politician, and our Secular School men—[we beg par- don, “ unsectarian schoolmen ” j are trying their best to prove the truth of the saying. They talk like steam engines, but their words are so arranged as to hide their

designs, and not to reveal them.—Patri slightly altered. fo

GREAT MENTING AT CITIZENS SKATING RINK !

A LAWYER'S MANQUVREING.

THE BIBLE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

HOW DAVIES SHIRKED THE QUESTION,

HAVILAND’S COUP D’ETAT.

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The “ New Party's’ Forces Retire !

Sensible Speech by Hon. J. C. Pope,

POPE & BRECKEN'S POLICY PULLY ENDORSED !

Ir will be remembered that during the first meeting held in Market Hall under the auspices of the ‘‘ new party,’’ Mr. Louis H. Davies sorely irritated many of his supporters and very nearly caused their discomfiture by reason of his desire “to speak after Mr. Pope.” In fact, had it not been for the promptitude of Thomas W. Dodd, Esq.,and the timely exertions of Colonel McGill, the Hall would have been turned into a “ bear garden.’’ It ap- pears to be a fixed idea in the mind of Mr, Davies that in order to make a good impres- sion he must “speak after Mr. Pope.’’ He followed out that idea at the great meeting held in Citizens’ Rink on Friday evening last; and, so faras Mr. Davies and his friends were concerned, the meeting ended uproariously and unsatisfactorily, They retired in disorder; leaving the field to the “ Liberal Conservatives.” The facts were these.

The meeting was called by His Worship the Mayor, at the request of gentlemen of both sides, ‘for the purpose of discussing the situation and hearing the views of Messrs. Pope, Brecken, Davies and DeBlois.” The Rink was well provided with seats. From the‘ band stand’ were suspended placards bearing the following inscriptions in large letters :—

QUESTIONS FOR MR, DAVIES,

Wuat asout the Northwest ?

How about the Bible in the schools ?

Who is to bear the taxes ?

POPE’S RECORD, $800,000 TO BUY LANDs, $24,000 4 yeAR “ BETTER TERMS,”

OUR RAILWAY,

His Worship Mayor the presided. Mr. J. J. O’ Reilly acted as Secretary. As the several candidates entered they were loudly cheers ed by their respective friends. The audience called for Mr. Brecken. Mr. Brecken responded. He said that as Mr. Louis H. Davies had left his stronghold in Murray Harbor and come to attack him in Charlottetown he should first show cause for such anattack. Mr. Davies answered that he had twice addressed meetings in Charlottetown at which Mr, Brecken was not present. The electors were already ac-~ quainted with his sentiments; and as he would have to cope with both Messrs Pope and Brecken (Senator Haviland had not then put in an appearance) he thought it but right that Mr. Brecken should speak first. Mr. Brecken explained that he had not at~ tended the first meeting held by Mr. Davies and his friends because he was off the Island ; nor the second, because he had— before he was aware that it was to come oif— engaged to attend a meeting of electors at Summerside. He still maintained that Mr. Davies should first show cause for his at- tack, and politely invited him to do so. He then withdrew. The electors,called some for Davies and for some Brecken. Aftera few seconds Mr. Brecken gracefully yield. ed the point. He addressed the meeting at length--expounding his policy on the School Question, as laid down in his card ; proving that Mr . Davies’ action in upholding Mr. Laird while Mr. Laird used his best ex. ertions in behalf of the Catholics of New Brunswick and imposed Separate Schools upon the Northwest, were inconsistent with the professions Mr. Davies was now mak- ing to the Protestants of this Island; and arguing that Mr. Davies was not to be trusted to settle the school question ona purely secular or unsectarian basis, He concluded by asking Mr. Davies whether or not he would, if elected, amend the clause in the Education Law, which permits the reading of the Bible in public schools without note or comment? To this simple question an answer was,of course, expected; and Mr. Davies was unanimously called for. But Mr. Davies came not. Senator Lavie land appeared in his stead, to request that Mr. Davies should be heard after that great gun, Mr. Pope. Lut Davies was wanted,and ‘ Davies’ was the cry from both sides. Members of the ‘new party’ (who loved fair-play) vied with Liberal»Conser- vatives in shouting ‘Davies.’ Senator Haviland retired. But Mr. Davies ap- peared not, Senator Haviland again came to the front; and still the cry was ‘‘ Davies,”’ Mr. Pope endeavored to restore order by declaring that he would just as soon speak before Mr. Davies as after Mr. Davies. He cared not. Atthis juncture a new and entirely unexpected movement was obsery- ed. Senator Haviland had lett the gallery and was among his followers,—sounding a retreat. At the same instant Mr. Davies was observed on the table gesticulating wildly and speaking at the top of his voice. But with the commotion stirred up by re- treating squadrons under command of Haviland, and the general din which had been raised, is, was quite impossible to hear whether or not he answered Mr. Brecken’s question, After calling the electors ‘‘ cows ards”’ and other choice names, Mr. Davies retired with his retreating fol- lowers, and the Rink was left in posses sion of the friends of Pope and Brecken. We greatly regret that the audience should have insisted on an immediate answer to Mr. Brecken’s question. No doubt, it was Mr. Davies’ duty to come forward. But, on the other hand, there can be no doubt that Mr. Davies would have given a full and lucid exposition of his whole policy with respect to the school question and the city schools, had the audience but waited until after Mr. Pope had spoken. We exceed- ingly regret that Senator Haviland should have been so precipitate. There was, we believe, not the slightest desire on the part of any one present to prevent Senator Hrvi. land from speaking. The audience only wanted to hear ‘ Davies’ first. ‘ Davies’ was as loudly called for by his own suppor- ters as by Liberal Conservatives. If Mr. Davies had but come forward like a man and briefly answered Mr. Brecken’s simple question, he might have explained that he wished ‘to speak after Mr: Pope,’’

and all would haye been well. As it was)

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Senator Haviland and his men missed hear ing the very practical and sen ible speech | on as order

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was restored. Woe regret that we are unable | . ; ps | to give a verbatin report of it.

Mn. Pore afler expressing t':0 great re- | gret he felt on aeconnt of the -cene which had just been wihios <i to the servicess he had performed for the | Province, in procuring the $800,000 to buy out proprietory estates,the ‘ Better Terms” | of Confederation, and our railway, read the following card which, he said, embodied his views upon the burning question of the day—the School Question :—

To the Elector’s of Charlottetown, Common

and Royally, G

ling briefly |

ENTLEMEN :—I beg to inform you that

1 am a Candidate for the Representation of your Town, Common and Royalty, in the louse of Assembly, al the approaching general election,

The important subject of Publie Education is the one which now mere particularly en- gages the attention of the people of the Island. ghee:

1 amin favor of havinga good Free School Act, based upon the present Law; and if elected will endeavor to improve the chars acter of our Free Schools, and obtain a more Satisfactory result than has been heretofore had in return for the large amount of money expended from the public funds for this object,

I do not recognize it lo be the duty of the State to pay for any religious teaching ; but Iam in favor, in the Towns of this Province of utilizing the private Schools—if open to the inspection of the Excculive Goverament —and of paying for the Secular Education

therein given, a per capita alowance equal to the amount which the State would be called upon to pay for those pupils if edu- cated in the Free Schools,

By adopting this course you will be saved a jiarge amount of taxation, the bitter feel, ings that now unfortunately exist will, ina measure, be allayed, and peace and good will be promoted,

I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, JAMES UG. POPE. tavenwood, 26th July, [876,

The card was received with applause, It would, he said, be seen by it that he had not, as asserted by his opponents, changed his views upon the School Ques» tion. He was as he had ever been an up~ holder of Free Schools; and he would do allin his power to maintain and improve one Free School System. Those engaged in canvassing against him, ask a man whether or not he is in favor of Free Schools ; and if he says “ yes,’’ his name is marked down as his (Mr, Pope’s) opponent. He alluded to the fact that certain denomina~ tions in this town, have taxed themselves heavily to erect and maintain good schools ; and he pointed out that they have thereby relieved the State of a duty which it has taken upon itself to perform. He called attention to the wide-spread discontent manifested on all sides; to the hundreds of vacant schools, and to the disgraceful state of the schools of Charlottetown. He quoted the opinions of Dr. Murray, Rev. G, M. Grant, Hugh Miller, Dr. Allison, Mr. Cooper Temple, M. P.; Lord Saddon,’ and other prominent Protestants to prove that the teaching of religion in the school was not considered an evil by Protestants, and he argued that to restore peace the teach» ing of religion might be permitted in the schools of towns. Although they had sepa- rate schools in Vancouver Island and Brit- ish Columbia, and Manitoba, and Ontario, and Québec, yet it would not be right, nor practicable, to establish them throughout country districts of this Island where the population is sparse and the denominations are many, because the cost of education is defrayed out of the general revenue,and not as in other Provinces—raised by local assess» ment. Healluded to the fact that the Church of England in this Island is at present res ceiving the interest. of £100,000 of the coun~ try’s money, which it expends in maintaining denominational schools—a fact which shows clearly that however much certain clergys men are opposed to aiding denominational schools with money from the public ex» chequer, in theory, they are not opposed to it in practice, He hoped the question would

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as well as Catholics. ‘To allay the strife and bitter feeling which had been engen- dered, they needed the support of Protest. ants. He felt sure that he would have the support of generous Protestants who had confidence in him—who believed that when he said he would go so far he would go no further, From the returns made by can« vassers, he felt confident of victory—not.~ withstanding the unfair undershand ef- forts which are being made to oust him. At the conclusion of Mr. Pope’s speech, (which was heard with enthusiasm) Council, lor Harris came forward and moved the following resolution : :

Resolved, that this meeting approve of the views set forth in the Cards of the Hons. J.C. Pope and Frederick Brecken, and hereby pledge ourselves to do all in our power to secure their return, to represent Charlottetown and Royalty, at the coming election.

The resolution was seconded by Owen Connolly, Esq., and, being put to the meet ing, was carried unanimously, After a few remarks from Vope and Brecken, and cheers for the candidates and the Queen, the large and respectable audience (which did not follow Haviland) quietly dispersed.

—--~ > me —--—-- INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION IN ENGLAND.

THE

The cable has, during the past week, been apprising us of a further cutting down of some mills, and the resort to short time in others in the principal manufacturing cen- tresin England, The following from the Examiner's trade article under date of Ist inst., tells the whole story :-—‘‘ Our market is again worse; that is, business continues to dwindle, while prices still give way, The stagnation is more complete than ever yet and the despondency of tone in all depart. nents is more than ever striking. If there were anything of the nature’ of panic, the position would be less irksome; as it is, there is little prospect of early relief. Again, a great outcry for reduced production is made on all hands, and, by some means or other, production certainly must be reduc- ed. Inno department at all is there any improved tone to report; in none does there seem to be even an average business doing—demand being limited strictly to ab- solute requirements. Coming to explain a state of affairs so discouraging, we find, firstly, that political anxiety is on the in- crease, not so much on account of the war actually begun or threatened, as from fear of ulterior consequences; secondly, the trade has been suffering so long that a clim~ ax of some sort seems inevitable; and it is felt that, unless production is greatly and quickly reduced by deliberate action,credit will not long be able to sustain the present strain of adversity.’’ Not ouly are the tex. tile manufactures ina state of collapse at present, the great mining interests of the country are also sufiering from a depression scarcely less severe,

2“ - Mr. James Burener has completed his

contract for building the Light House, at the Block House, in a workmanlike and very creditable manner. It cost about $3,300, A number of gentlemen went out in the steam tug M/enry Aitken, on yester- day, to see the building, and after examin. ing it, gave expression to their satisfaction and pleasure at seeing such a suitable and substantial building at the entrance of our harbor,—New Era.

THE INDIAN QUESTION,

Mr. Wendell Philips is not an orator who

draws his audience irresistibly into his own | views, and never fails to convince them that | he has right upon his side; but it must

bo said for him that he does not hesi-

| tate to espouse the unpopular side of a |

quarrel, and to declare his opinions with all the earnestness of which he is capable. Ife fought long and stoutly the cause of

| the slave when guch advocacy involved al.

most social ostracism, and he has had the triumph of seeing the right prevail. Doubt- less he enjoys a larger share of popular fax vour now than he did fifteen years ago; but neither the desire to retain the favour of his fellows nor the reproach of old age can check the free and vigorous expression of his sentiments, or restrain him from doing all that he can to resist oppression. His latest manifesto is thoroughly characteristic of the man, It takes the form of a letter addressed to General Sherman, in which he claims the right to ask whether that of ficer has been correctly represented as ad-

vising the extermination of the Indians. If |

the statement has been falsly made, he en- treats the General, for the honor of the na- tion and of the service, to deny it, and re- minds him that while he neglects to do so, his supposed example is used to commend that infamous course and to create a public opinion which shall approve and demand it.

Mr. Phillips then reviews some of the circumstances in the terrible history of the treatment of Indians by whites during the past century — circumstances with which General Sherman has reason to be familiar. In 1867, he, General Sherman, was the head of an Indian Commission whose report, printed by the Government, is one of the most terrific pictures ever drawn of the wrongs the Indian has suffered from the American nation, ‘ You know,’ says Mr. Phillips, “that we have surrounded him with every demoralizing influence, steep. ed him in intemperance, incited him to licentiousness by the example of those set over him, and tempted him to every vice. You have yourself spread on the public records the evidence that the Gove ernment has robbed him of his land, cheat~ ed him of his dues and uniformly broken faith with him. If any of the tribes are to-day liars, thieves and butchers, they might rightfully claim to have only cop- ied, at humble distance, the example we have set them.” Plain speaking this, but the writer is far from having fin- ished his indictment. ‘“ You are not igno~ rant,” he proceeds to say, ‘that the Indian has been outraged and plundered by the frontiersman without stint or redress, and butchered by our soldiers, under the Amee rican flag, with brutal and detestible cruelty —the description of which in plain terms the press would not admit to its columns, You know—no one better—that the worst brutality which prurient malice ever falsly charged the Indian with is but weak imita- tion of what the white man has often in- flicted on Indian men, women and children. You know that on the plains we have vio- lated every rule of civilized war, massacring women and children with worse than sav~- age brutality. Your career has not shown you an instance where the Indian has lifted his hand against us until provoked to it by misconduct on our part, compared with which any misconduct of his is but dust in the balance.”

The writer proceeds to cite testimony in support of his fearless accusations. The first witness he calls is President Harrison who, when Governor of Indiana, said the legisla~ ture in 1807, “thatthe utmost effect to induce Indians to take up arms would be unavailing if one only of the many persons who have committed murder upon their people and could be brought to punish~ ment.” Major-General Harvey, after half a century’s service on the plains, made this remarkatle statement to a Congressional Committee, ‘‘ that he had never known an Indian tribe break its word to our Gov~ ernment,and he had never known the Goy- ernment to keep its faith with an Indian tribe.’’ And Major.tieneral Pope, only last year, said that the army oflicers cannot pre- vent wrongs which drive the Indians to war. On the contrary, at the demand of every agent whose unfair dealing with the Indians has brought on a difficulty, he is obliged to pursue and force back to the same deplorable state and place Indians whom he knows to have been wronged,and who have only done substantially what he would have done himself under like provo- cation. ,

Having quoted these stinging phrases from persons in a position to speak with authority, Mr. Philips points out the re- proach it is to religion and culture that the multiplying millions of the United States with all the resources of civilization and Christianity in their hands, have lived for two hundred years close to this small and cipable race, and been able to give it only their vices—“ that all of good the Indian has is hisown; most of his vices he can rightfully charge to the white man, Then follows this vehement denunciation of In- dian administration :—

Except the negro, no race will lift up. at the judgment seat such accusing hands against this nation as the Indian will. We have made causeless war upon him, merely as a pretext to steal his lands. Trampling under foot the rules of modern warfare we have made war on his women and children. We have cheated him out of one hunting ground by compelling him to accept ans other, and robbed him of this last by driy-~ ing him to frenzy, and then punishing re- sistance by contiscation. Meanwhile neither pulpit nor press nor political party would listen to his complaint. Neither in Congress nor in any city of the Union could his ad- vocate obtain a hearing. Statesmanship, good sense and justice, even from the chief magistrate, were unavailing when they pleaded for such longstime victims of popus lar hate and pillage as our Indian tribes.

Mr. Philips concludes by remonstrating against the enormous wickedness of the advice imputed to General Sherman — counselling the extermination of ‘‘ these plundered victims of a greedy, unscrupul-~ ous and cruel people.”—Montreal Gazette.

Tue Brant MemoriaL.—We have re- ceived a circular calling attention to a movement which has been in progress for some time, having for its object the erec- tion of a monument to Captain Joseph Brant (Thayendaneka) the illustrious chiefs tian and statesman of the Six Nation In- dians. The movement had its origin in the visit of their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of Dufferin to the homes of the Indians two years ago. On that occasion the chief and sachems, in council assembl.~ vd, passed an address to His Excellency, in which they asked that he would be pleased to convey to His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, their profound expressions of respect and their desire that he should become patron to the memorial fund,whose object has already been specified. Ar- rangements have been made by which sub-« scriptions to this fund can be made to the treasurer, A. Robertson, Esy., Bank of British North America, Brantford, or at the various branches of that Bank throughout the Dominion. Any one desiring to get further information on the subject can do so on application to the secretary, Mr. C, A. Jones, Brantford Post Office, Ontario. We heartily recommend the object of the und to the generous consideration of our readers, The whole proceeding is a pleas- ing proof of the good feeling that exists between the Indians and the Governments of both Canada and Great Britain,

TREE HR THEE AEN A TS EE BLT EAE BY

MISCELLANEOUS.

SPL LRA eee

Three men of the Pacific Survey were | drowned.

Of Brigham children more than half are females, but none of the latter are beautiful.

Extrapition,——All the rascals in Great

sritain, the Colonies and the United States | will learn with deep regret that there ap-

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| of the Extradition Treaty. The London | Standard, which "should be good authority, feels ‘ warranted for inferring’ from a late speech of Earl Derby’s that Mr. Pierrepont,

either made a distinct proposal or intimat~ ed that he expects to make one, —//ali/axr Chronicle.

The London Times is setting its face against the multiplication of Railways in Canada, taking the ground that we have al ready too much divided traffic. This is caused by the attempt to float in London the bonds of the North Shore Railway which found no market there last year, The /imes, although not over friendly to Canada, is not this time, we think, far from right, as it will not enrich the country to build up new

do so at the expense of those already in ex~ istence,

A Dynamite Fignp In France, —The latest

France of a match for the too famous Thomassen in the person of a merchant in Paris, who recently imported from Swizer« land several casks of what he declared to be undutiable ‘clay.’ The custom-house officers suspected something, kept the cases at the warehouse, and sent for a chemist. The chemist was puzzled with his first specimen of the contents, until he be- thought himself of testing a small piece of the pretended clay, with fire. It instantiy exploded with a loud noise, Another very small piece put into a mortar, explods ed on being sharply touched with a pestle. It proved to be dynamite. The casks con- tained enough, had any one of them been rolled offa cart upon the ground, to have blown up a whole quarter of the city. Fancy such a cask in hands of American baggage smashers! Legal proceedings have been taken against this wretch, who thus risked the lives of thousands to save himself a few francs,

The upsetting of the yacht ‘‘ Mohawk,” and the drowning of Mr. Garner was a genus ine sensation for New York. Men are drowned every day, but it is not every day that a man worth $20,000,000 is drowned, Nor is it common for vessels to capsize under almost cloudless skies and with little wind, It is true the ‘ Mohawk’ was struck by a squall, but when this occurred the greater portion of New York was bathed in sunshine, and there had not been wind enough to do injury to anything. The truth is, Mr. Garner sacrificed himself, and his friends were sacrificed, to an idea. [lis vessel of 300 tons burthen had only four feet four inches depth of hold, and she drew not quite six feetof water. Nautical critics prophesied that she would go over on the first blow, as she could never stand 32,000 square feet of canvas. But Mr.Gar~ ner relied on his immense centreboard,and declared that the building of his yacht would create a new interest in yacht building. Hissad fate is that of a man sacrificed to his own hobby,