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wfdr, 110811.}: moat. e H7 upon hu the mum His upon the Con` the do} almost putters. VI III!-I no had told flint cv milliona- hndb in , Hon. Goverm Al I In-UUVLU. Afton: John M the par A The b` by the Q in the be cnlminat A was ncuo` int haw; the twnn Al 3 .- UICsdb`3; Tigers: W4` qptmcxpal We1l, of ' j.jljo'eve n ` `IIft. and "Bit to; t-ho:-:' MB. Suntan, oi the Meaford Monitor. makes a lengthy reply to our recent article on ournslistic amenities. Therein he dem- ens ates conclusively that he is not concern- ad to preserve the amenities, and he attacks the ADVANCE by the name of one whom he pgisonally knows to be on its sta'. Neither that gentleman nor the Anvsis cit authorized the use of his name as author of what ap are in this paper, and when Mr. Sunter gho himseli has proclaimed his title to the authorship of what appe are in the Monitor) uses the name of anyone in connection with the articles of this paper he does so on his awn responsibility and is guilty of a breach oftliat journalistic decorum which should animate all members of the pi ess. The An VANCE has a record of some thirty eight years, and it has never published who its editor is Surely then it can claim that the sditorial we" is impeisonal so far as it is concerned. The very fact that the Editor of the Monitor has lifted the - veil of iinpersonality in this instance demon- strates, we think, one of the great benets of the impersonal style of journalism. The public cares no more about "Mr. Sui: ter than it does for the impersonal editor of this paper, who is only known to be such to his` rsonal friends, among whom he trusts is e genial editor of our northern contempor- ary. Our friend expresses the oninionthat impersonal jou_rnalism_ may do for papers having a provincial circulation, and as s that if we nd fault with him and ills we should do so also with E. E. Shep- pard, of the Toronto News, and E. H. Dew-. art, of the Christian Guardian The fact that Messra.`Mills, Sheppard and Dewart iareeditors of papers which claim a provin- aial circulationiprovesthat the desire to be recognised as a newspaper author is` not con- ned to such editors as those of the Mark-` dll Standard, Fleehertun Advguge, My-_ Forest Confederate, and the Meafoid Moni. ,'Qor, Durfriend of the Monitor is welcome to his opinion that impersonal jnurmmgm -jg not the beat for country juuinals`; but we hold to our opinion already txpregaed an; impersonal journalism is best for all `news-` papers,` that the public will get better eer~ rice from them, and that the pers bus! join. aalists will be found-to beaniiuateci by either` one of the two, motives we `gave; two weeks since. ~ 3 ' ` . ' IIIU DWI]! ling oi .k_L I uuug In iably In Ioor of Y delegate; (fl u 6 . . and to ti for the` nuts! ii the mat. for the b `-3 A..I.l IL`) l`\. 8_ir . I OUR GREAT STATESMAN. The demonstration to Sir John Macdonald last week, to which we devote much of our space this week. was an unqualied success. The delegates out-numbered those of any former gathering of the hind ever held in Canada. The delegates were faithful -to those they represented, inasmuch as their enthusiastic .reception of the right honor- able statesman demonstrated to the world that more than any other political leader in the world does Canada s greatest states- man command the love and respect of his followers. He lives in our hearts, and not only because he has been a successful party leader during the nearly forty years of his political life but because he is recognized as 5 man among men. Of few other men are Burns words so true, and, while worthily wearing the honors so graciously bestowed upon hi-n by Her Maivsiy, the great heart- ol the country recognizes in Sir John Mac- donald a man for a that. 7 Honors have not made him and hence the honors bestow- ed become him for they fitly grace a career _ all loyal Canadians are heartily proud of. The cheers and plaudits at the banquet were given with enthusiasm never before displayed for a political -leader, and the } remier s responses to addresses breathing forth the love and admiration heehas inspir- pd showed what a keen perception he has of the feeling which animates this country They were able, -wise. eloquent at times, and will go down to posterity as a legacy worth preserving in Canadian history. We knew that the demonst: ation would be suc- cessful, and in our heart of hearts` we are glad that our beloved Chieftain has seen the ' devotion of the people of Ontario for his A name and person. Of the convention , and the organization of a Liberal-Conservative 1 ? Union, we shall speak next week, when we l shall also publish the resolutions and the rples adopted by the Union.` ' 91 Per Annum In Advzgnce. $1. V No new name will be added to the Sub- pol blot until the money is paid. hon now in a. tears for three months had our will! be charged 01 50 per annum. `runs or SUBSCRIPTION. ' nb . - _...---cu vvuv II your acts and policy the noblest of reeeons for joining their forces to yours in the forms`- tiou of the triumphant and now historical bmly of Liberal-Conservatives, and who ' in 1878 and 1882 renewed the expression of i their condence by giving your administra- tion their support. It is with the pride becoming to British subjects that we nd this happy. event coin- cioeut with an increase in those distinguish- ing hunois by which the Crown has, on this as on so insnv former occasions, recognized and rewerded the services of 3 life devoted to the edvencemeut of British interests `end the ti'engtbeiiing of the bulwark: of Britilh power on thiI`*c9li'tlDOl_N, `by the foundation, government and development of the Domin- I ion of ( `suede. ' - ' '52- _!4L 1' n '.-- ' VIII 4 avvee While the convention was" waiting for Sir John, the addresses of the constit- uencies were handed in. As the names oi the constituencies were called by Mr. Meredith, the addresses were passed from `hand to hand, and deposited at his feet, and when the list had been exhausted Mr. Meredith was standing ankle deep in rolls of paper. The address from North Renfrew came in a tin box. A hand-. some bannoret, mounted on a frame, was placed near the chairman s table It bore the words, elegantly worked in yellowsilk on adark blue ground : North Bruce veiieraies forty, years of statesman- ship and patriotism ' THE cu1iei~rAiN s ARRIVAL. Before the list of constituencies was quite nished, Sir John Macdonald, ac- companied by Hon A. Caron, Sir Hec- tor Langevin, and Sir David Macphersun, came on the stage. 'J`he vast assembly rose as one man, and" wild cheers rang through the house. Every man seemed to use his throat asif he should never cheer again and .was determined to con- dense all his power into vocal sound, and handkerohiefs and bats were vigorously waved. 8ir.Ji-hn stood bowing and emil-' ing for several minutes. He looked re- markably well-not atiall like the invalid that he has been represented of late. He was dressed in a long black frock coat, unbuttoned ; grey trousers anda large dark overcoat with for. He wore a high- standing collar and a bright crimson neck- tie with a. white cameo pin in it.- The cheering having at lemrth ceased, Sir J uhn divested himself of his overcoat and stepped to the table. when the chairman read the address which had been adopted by the convention. During the reading of the address the majority of the dele- gates remained standing, and perfect silence was maintained in every part of the house and when itwas concmded the assembly gave three loud cheers. The address ran as follows; i To the Bt. Hun. sir John Macdonald, M. P., P. O, L. L D., D. C. L., G. O. B. Rionr How. Sm,--At the close of the fortieth year since your entrance into` public , life. your friends and supporters in Ontario -assembled in convention from every con- I stitusnoy ofthe province. and representing 1 alike those who have followed -your fortunes . from old time and those who have grown into manhcod_and increased in political knowledge during your csreer--desire to ad- 4 dress to you th s public expression -of their ` cordial congratulation. v The greetingooines not alone from those Conservatives with whom your earlier were associated. but also from those Conssrvties Ii `ed, todto " views of.th: needs` 3 M` "ya! 1 acts the of resfaons. fnr Imninu chm: hum... s- _-_... 2- An - `- |R1!. nun am JBHN A. munoxun. * nun:-.:uz.x.y or A Venn-r saw us, aouon. or a cunt uumnn. ` fhoworthnndcbmmon souojottho Do- Inlnlonolcsnada Groototho cinema: -.lLI_ Z:I._.-l__-. -l.. O-I__ 1-_n--1... as "an uuauuuuuuly uzu'ru;u. Senator `Plumb then proposed the adoption of an aodress from the `Liberal- Conservutive party of Ontario to Sir John, which was seconded by H. E. Clarke, M. P. P. for West Toronto, and carried. uuv vlnvuv Dsusuula Ull vuuu. Mayor Boswell then extended a hearty welcome to the members of the convention to the city, and proposed as secretaries Messrs. Usrruthers , St. Thomas ; Mc- Guire, Kingston; and Pepler, Barrie; whnoh was unanimously earned. ' Rnl\At1\I' -pl||uu.|u 6`-nan -~--- --~----` `L- -n::'o......."".'.;..";.":.:.`......""o......"'i vatlvenlen tor Ontario-'.I'he Banquet --`rlndrandestrclltlcalbeluuetrnti A clear bright morning ushered in the 17th December. This was the opening day on which the people of Ontario as- sembled in Toronto to do honor to the ghieftain who had time after time led his party to victory. The city was alive with a gathering of the most respectable people, in the Province, and, indeed, of` the whole Dominion. Representativea, were to be found of almost every Riding of the great North-West and every county in the Maritime Provinces. Nor was the Province of Quebec at all behind` in add ing her quota to" the thousands who wel- comed the chosen recipient of Imperial favor of the Dominion of Canada. All morning the committee rooms were crowded and the Secretaries were busyin endorcing the credentials of the crowd who came to cheer, to hear and congratu- late the here of a hundred political ghts. Long before the hour-one o'clock-when it was announced the doors would D be opened, a multitude of earnest, thought- ful men packed the sidewalks and road-- way around the entrances to the Grand Opra House, and in a few minutes after the doors were opened, the house was packed from the orchestra chairs to the -mper seats reserved for the gods, while t-hose favored with red tickets tilled the stage tlll there was no room to pass. Amoilg those ohaerved present were Sir Leonard Tilley, Sir Hector Langevin. Hon. Mackenzie Bowell, Hon. A. P. Caron, Hon. John Carling, Hon. John Norquay, and others ; many senators and members of Parliament and the local legislature. The first proceeding was to elect a chairman, and Dalton McCarthy proposed W. R. Meredith which we carried unununouely amid,-at cheering. Mr. Meredith he-inu mo.........a n.....i... ._.- .--- uvvuuu vv reruns I I "ya u uusulvllill auuupla cueurlngo fmmr. Meredith briey returned, thanks, and explained the objects political and national of the convention. He also took ocassion to reply to the charges made in the Globe against Sir John. Munatu `In...-ntll Art... -_.A--J-J - 1 ----`- 1 ll| I IDIIHHH. 1: is with % age ufaotionv TOT? W with :nuuuum-su- Joli: awkw- nuronyrunocmtouarubuouan --'.l'hoAalruuI8howorodUpon8un- In L-nnlnnbign `D A I llm--.I 5...--- we have learned, ......wu.ln-uuu us uapxunu promems. And we, your followers. your friend,- cvunting our years from old time. and count ing them only long enough to qualify us'for giving vou the support of our citizenship .- wieh on this occasion to express to you our joy in your `restored health, 'onr`go-aticucm to the grown for the honors `bestowed _on you`, our on era to he__aven forllehqtb of days to yoursn yours, for continued health and pro. | IV! I` V W Ulrle The indiiduel citizen has recognized` in you one A whose interest in even pergang rights has not been lessened by the comma; contemplation of national prob1em3_ And W. vnnr. fnllmnm-n ........ :_:-_:_ -- -r--v -- r--~--- While vonr opponents have been decept- ively proclaiming their own alleged success in obtaining a judgment from the Privy Council favurable to the territorial claims of this Province,.the public records show,~and the public memory indelibly records that you stvongly insisted more than ten years ago on an appeal to the Privy Council for a nal, legal and permanent settlement of the boundaries of Ontario ; that vonr opponents then refused your advice, and did for ten years thwart the appeal, thereby depriving Ontario of her just rights during that time, deceiving the people with false cries, making vain pretense of seeking tor a settlement, which they. in fact. wished to prevent, and unfairly inging on your shoulders the blame of their own needless, factions and nnpatrio- tic delay. Youradvice. when taken at last, under the stress of legal proceedings, result ed in a territorial gain for Ontario. Had it been taken earlier the gain would have been greater; your opponents policy resulted in ten years of loss and delay, which can hard- ly be recovered and made good to this Province in the lifetime ofthe present gen- eration. ` * . fI`I_-'N_.,_,!,,,'I . `I ' ` CICUIIIIII -The Elnpirehal witnessed your eb;-t. to make it greater still; and our Empress. Q0981! has l'vynl|v_ rewarded you with honors which all men pnze. RV:-itnnlu 19354:-mg: Inn... __._,..,9 u By the side of the Great Republic which revolted from British rule . you have been mainly instrumental in raising up another British Dominion, with a constitution found- (d upon the British model, , and framed ini express avoidance of the weakness which time has discovered in the republican consti tution of the United States; and for the space of twelve out of the seventeen years of its existence, you have labored to prove that this British experiment could be a brilliant success. Those who have most wisely con- sidered the ill effects which flowed from the want of a balanced constitution with a States, will `most earnestly defend the wis- dom of your policy. and mcst sincerely ad. mit the success of the Canadian constitution. While those who were for, a brief period entrusted with power in your stead refused, in times of public distress, to risk their po- litical fortunes in any experiments for the relief of industry and the employment of labor, your administration has been remark- able for thenumber and the courage of its national experiments and enterprises._ The building of the A Pacific railway, the en- couragement of national industries, and the development of the Northwest, have been undertaken with an energy in which your opponents, who did nothing. have discover. ed recklessness and needless -haste, but in which labor and capital , commerce and manufactures, agriculture and mining, Par-. liament and the people, have recognized spirited and statesmanlike ebrts for the in- crease of public prosperity. ` - I'IYI_I- _`_-.___v__._ ,_, I I u E strong central government in the United! em_sh. e.;..;;.., of conferring shone ~x71oi_r honors ` wujusisted at b the illultrionu Liberal Premier of Great titlin, am} that Oh: ruluinfn nf Elan I-3-Gnu-in an-npunun nnrtv DUGIIUV In a confederation in which the people are divided by very earnest and - sincere differ- ences of opinion in race, religion and political -sentiment, unity of action and harmony of thought have been maintained with striking success by the wisdom, tact and true liber- ality with which you have made alike the cabinet, the provincial executives, the bench. the bar and the public service. bear witness to your forethought and care for the inter- ests of races, oree-is and opinions as part of the forces by'which nations are governed, and by the wise conduct of which they grew strong united and prosperous. a. runny: vs uncut us: can -u-v ;.iiTt:`l:'1.efs of the historic Conservative party joined with their diatingnishedj:-i`vals-even in the midst of a litical conflict in which the future of the mperial constitution is in- voked--in doing honor to our chief, whole bestthought was always for the ood of the empire, whatever rty was uppermost in the Imperial conncsg. - l...I!A_ 9` I 01_),I -__IL- I LUUP HID IIIUIIJUT 81139!-ls The hopes of mperial, and the policy of Canadian statesmen, to found a strong and lasting confederation} of the British North American provinces, might have been pre- vented from early accomplishment but from your unselsh conduct, `your generous recog- nition ot the sincerity of political opponents your willingness to admit to your counsels men of genius and skill when the service of the nation was paramount to the service of party. And history will record with impar- tial sdnnration your agreement in policy and your continuance in friendship with Brown and Howe, with Hincks and McGee, neat`-nan-er:-ens -\|\nQnn II: nun:-u:A-n -nkdnk unilu ZJp".Z22`u'LZ;."$2pi{2.ii"iI2,f`$iZi the quick aympsshy qf genius, you concilia- I ted as a time of main to the service . of the state. _ . T And it id with a. feeling of prideful exalte- tion that we reeot that these added honors and thus happy: ooouion occur at utimo when, by the voice of the electors of Can- udu, you have been. for the fourth tune since the foundation of the Domimon, called to ndan :5. Aanbdn-rd nun.` nun-nun. {Cg cunning '`{Jfe".i'2'u' "3a"'i$'.'i" ae2pZ.Tp12T bile all part: 0 the Dominion and 311 sec- lll 0|` Clan I\Ann`n Innn kn-n `n:`|`n` `II (In!!! vunuavl WU uunu IIU IIIUWGI DI UIIII UIIIIII Irv record `our satisfaction in thinking that your friends in Ontario have been in an especial manner faithful to your fortunes and jealous for -`our fame. ` - _-.._... -1 ..___-._ .__-__ __..`.- `can: Illa VIII" lIlllUs i . ` t A_ _ w ran ear y non you i uaoJ1:bo., Sari}. `grown with your creasing years. The forty years dur- -ing which you have labored in our service. and for our good, may seem short to you, as all men : livoa do when looked back upon from the summit of high aooomplishmont, after warn of labor that have been too full of events to allow of thouht as to their l::`gth; but within that space t are have ooou all ' the political and national triulnpha of which the present and dcgartiug generations are proud '; and with l of those memorable events the historian of Canada must alwaya most honorably connect your name. `nu. I..'...m ......n.. .3 n..::.t. sun`: in Nm-th IIIUID llUll_Ul'IUl 00113801? yllllf llIlllUo . I The happy results of British rule Ill North America, be u when the polio of Pitt was accomplish by the valor oi olfe, would hang Innnn :llII\1|m-.1115` 5` Ian` C-n-hunbn kn`: I-VI VUV VYIWIUI IUIHUIVIIU WIIIUII VU U-VV IV. nearly half s century msintsined, in spite o unjust and unpstriotic criticism, with the great men who have been the chiefs of the loyal Canadians of Quebec ; and on that oc- cssion we would mingle with our felicitutions toiyonrself a tribute of grateful remembrance of Cartier, whose statue rises in another citv to bear witness to his public deeds and to keep his memo green.` oflymperisl, l'V-._-_I_'_, _A._A.__,,, _. ___... -_.l .a;.;;'::`a:;'.; L_._._-.. __- _ siond of fh`J;36B 'ie'1IivZboon_'"{tlfni i:o'your banner, we 0 be allowed at this time to tannin` nan -.6:-Cnnbigun u- 6In-L:-- 6|:-Q nnnn, lu|U|l U UIIU VCIUI VI 7' UIIV `.VV"` E}I33"'b"e'3 in erfeot, if not fmutraed, but for the cordi relations which you have for I\nA`l|`I_' Q nnnnuu Innhvuninnn` `II -nin A` ` -........ ,,....u .u out! uiuory or our conn try. 1: had the effect of bringing both sections of the-population to their senses, and caused the reaction which ended in the union of all the provinces into one grand confederation To-day he had no warmer friends in the country than his French-Canadian fellow-citizens Of the 65 parliamentary representatives of the French-Canadians, all but fteen gave him a cordial suppur`. God forbid that the diaunion of the Quebec and Ontario Conservatives should ever `like place; but if it did it "would '-not be the fault of the French-Canadiani. Shoitly. after he eiitered public life he was asked to enter the Draper mmisti-y, being told that he mun.t e.aud_or,fall with his party- When he entered that ministry he knew lthat `it was tottering, and that his ' Th-';vi'd'ence, a good constitution and Sir I I ' credit had not diminished. Thus, when `i `I `I .| I bill- Ans! one-4-I. -wlvunv IIIU uvulivlu IUD! UBIOIJIU UV Andrew Clarke, his physician. he. came back to them almost` as good as new- (Laughter). He had read in a newspaper. during hisabseiice in England, that `flf Sir John's stomach gave in, the Grits would get in; and if it held out, they would stay out. . He had good hope that four more years at least, they would sta out. (Loud applause and laughter). The premier then referred briey to his long pnblic career. The old Reform party. to which he had been opposed, and with the leaders of which he had formed a coali- tion, were real Reformers, and not Grits Those were men with whom an honorable man could work satisfactorily side by side, and they were honorable opponents. When he first entered parliament the French and English sections of the Con- servative party were in deadly hostility the one to the other ; but now what do we see l--our French-Canadian brethren in the lower provinces joining hand in hand with the Conservative party in On- tario in the furtherance of national pro- gross and the cause of good government. Since he had entered public life our na- tional progress had -advanced in great strides. In 1844 the population of Ca- nada was only 1,600,000 ; now it is nearly 5 000,000. The public expenditure than $700,000, had increased to $9,500,000" Though the expenditure had immensely increased, vet this increase had resulted in the good of the country. When Com- modore Vanderbilt ran his ferry boat from New York to Brooklyn, his expendi- ture was about $5 a week. Before he died his annual expenditure` was hun- dreds of thousands of dollars; but be- cause of his increased expenditure his Canada was very poor she could not bor- row money at all ; she could now, when the wealth of the country had increased, though her expenditure had also increased, borrow money in England at such a low rate as 3; per cent. He had seen several periods of depression during his public career. _ But these periods had always been temporary; the inexhaustible re - sources of the Dominion had always on- abled her to recover quickly from tem- porary commercial stringency. Durin his forty years of public life the marine of Canada had increased wonderfully Forty years ago the amount of tonnage that we could boast was onl 3,273; now it amounted to 915,829. Canada stood third among the nations of. the world as a marine power. in propor- tion to her population. While in 18451 there were only 41 lighthouses, now there 321--Canada being excelled only by the United States and Great Britain in the number of lighthouses. During the past 40 yearsthe commerce of the country had increased marvellously. `The imports had risen from $33,500,0U0 to $230,000,000. l J The amount of exports had increased. nearly 1,000 per cent The exports of manufactured goods alone had increased from $6,220 to $3,500 000. The postal regulations of the country and the carry- ing trade ol the country had undergone a complete revolution When he entered public life there were only 16 miles of rail- way in the country ; now there were near- ly 10,000 miles, In the number of miles for each head of the popluation Canada was excelled only by Great Britain ma the Unitetf States. Canada had 104, Great Britain 107, and the United States 112. The amount of money deposited in savings bank was $6 500,000 in l344jgnd 3101-000.000 in 1883. The amount of bank circulation was in 1844 86,000,000, Id in 1333 .$45.000,000. The great principle of responsible government in Canada was fought for by the nld Reform paitv. to which under William Lyon Mac- kenzie and the Baldwins. father and son is due the chief honor for this precionii principle. Our municipal institutions, in which we are half a century ahead of the mother countrv, were initiated by the late Chief Justice Draper and completed by Hon. Ropbt. _Baldwin--the two great` leaders of the old Conservative and Re-' form parties. The question was settled before ll0_(Sll' John) entered parliament and hehadnot the merit of supporting it or the. demerit of opposing it. Early in his nublic career the feeling between the French and English races was most bitter, and their liostilit culminated in the burning of the psrlyiainent house at Montreal, on account of the of the :- A..L uu.vuv5vQ| Uu OI `DC We of the Rebellion Lou-`:30 And yetthin cast- utrophe, now almost forgotten, was 3 turnin point in the-hiuox-fy of our conn t.xy.! t ef_fec_t o bringing I ngeu 0W0? ma TOJIIWBII Qpporilllyluuu vs l;)en_evo11:nt.u;d brillisnt atgtamgnghnp. We oonolude by expressing our oonvnotioo *9 language which it was your privile 09- leenius to employ, that there has. never ..'.a _ C-'|I- `I-cu!-u man who his nivnn mar: 0 I emu: to employ, inn "mare nus uuvuv | gain the Ind-1 manvwho has given more 9! his time, more of his henlth, more of In! heart, and more of has intellect, to the nor- vicu, of thepeople-of Cansds. " - so nI,__J Vlww, Va Inov_yvvpv V5 ya--qn-up Sir John was visibly aected by the ad- dress. b He said inreply ; "I would in- deed be_ ungrateful were I to hear these sentiments and see this magnicent gathering before me, without deep unio- tron. No event of` my life has produced_ such. profound feelings of gratication as this. After forty long years of public life, after all the triumphs I have achieved, and the contumely to which I have been subjected, I cannot but feel the greatest pride over this incident. But this present event, he said, was a solemn one. He could not but have ' sol- emn feelings when he thought that he, no doubt, had addressed the grandfathers of- Inanypresent, and that this would be. one of the last public welcomes of his life, and that his public career was reaching its close; .(A- voice-You. ll A never die-:- Laughter.) He hoped that this would be. the prayer of his opponents (Laughton) But he feared that no such ions ejacula- tion as the one uttered by is friend in the callery would unite with the prayers of his friends in the 0pposition. He was glad to assure his hearers that, thanks to -..I--...` .. ...--..I --.._L:L..a.:._.. ._.I Q}- ' .' _----- --I-U I-llCII{ Ill-ru expenditure was iegitimately increased in eleotions. `increased in the purest constitu- encies. But the public mind of Canada, was momeuta_ri_ly- turned ty the howl raised 57 the Upposition press ma orat- ors, and the Conservative party `was de-' Y I | I : , serves, P ` party then formed, aliation should be maintained ; that various provinces should ` be confsderated into one grand nation ; and that a na- tional . commercial policy should be adopted, Upon these lines the Liberal- Ooiiservative party was organized, and along thesellllel had moved ever since Sir John referred to the desertion of Hon. Robt. Baldwin in 1854 by his supporters. Desertion of their leaders was a charact- eristic of the Grit party. As they had deserted Mr Baldwin so had they desert- ed Mr. Mackenzie. ow diferent was tlieraction of the Conservative party with regard to him. When he was the mark of a whirlwind of obloquy at the time of the Pacic scandal, his supporters in Parliament stood by him, and though he had sufferel defeat the Conservative party had in 1878 reversed the decision of the country and triumphantly return- ed him to p war. The Codservative arty was a party of gentlemen-not kid- gloved, silked-stockinged gentlemen ; but warm-hearted, noble-spirited men. `nature s real gentlemen. Referring to the union of the Union with the Baldwin Reformers, Sir John said that that union had never been severed ; but that the uniting all the best qualities of a political party lived to-day in the Liberal-Coneeri ative party. Touching briey on the clergy reserves question, Sir John said that Mr. Brown and "his followers opposed the 59-VI WWI? 0 with the mother country II VIIIIIC measure for the secularization of the re- as they opposed `nearly every measure introduced by his government- blindly and merely for the sake of op- position. The measure for the abolition of the seignorial tenure was referred to l`he French oanadians, said the speaker, were a thinking people. and they knew that for the liberty they now enjoyed in respect to the land they had to thank the Conservative party. The abrogation of the reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada was the `act of the Washington Government, owing to the hostility between England and the United States at that time. But it was decided . at that time that Canada could not be seriously affected by the action of any power, while we_ had the liberty to de- velop the inexhaustible treasures of our country. Another treaty was about to be discontinuecl-the Washington treaty. Already, some foolish persons in the mar- tiine provinces were talking of annexa- tion to the United States on account of 1 the iiijuiy to the fishing interests which , plause). 're_ason to be ashained `connection with the P er. they think would be affected by the abro- gation of the treaty. Such talk is wild and vain. It is not probable that the shing interests would be seriously and permanently injured by the abrogation of `the treaty. At any rate, it was very un- wise to display any undue anxiety to se- cure a renewal of the treaty, especially when we had to deal Vwitli such an astute people as those of the United States. They were a proud people, and aspired to control the whole contiiient. It they thought that theses- istenee of our natiomili y depended on the renewal of the Wusliiugton treaty-.- that annexation would result if it was not - renewed--depend upon it, it would never be renewed. In any event there would be no annexation. We would not swerve in our allegiance to the Queen (Ap- Atter referring briey to the two days administration of Mr. Geo Brown, Sir John passed on to the defeat of his Own government over the militia bill in 1862. The bill was an eicient one, and it may be said that everything suggested in that bill has since been car- ried out. The leaders of the Reform party afterwards he.ped to carry out the militia system which they voted against in l862, when the country stood in the utmost need of a thorough andvaicient militia. In 1864 the coalition took place, which resulted in the confederation of all the provinces. A question had lately arisen as to whom the chief honor of the confederation was due. The first sugges- tion was thrown out by Mr. Howe, of Nova Scotia. Confederation after wards became a plank in the platform of the British .North American league. The honor of suggesting the larger confede;-3. tion which was afterwards can-ied one did notbelong to Mr. Brown. as had been claimed ; he opposed this broad plan and wished merely the union of "Upper, and Lower Canada. When the delegates went to England tosettle the terms of the British North A~nerica act they had not, the; assistance of Mr. Brown who had unwisely withdrawn on account of a dif. ference respecting the reciprocity treaty. Confederation was consumated in 1867 and since that time with the exception of ve yam. the new Dominion had beengov- erned by the Conservative party. The prin. cipal event of the Confederation was the -Pacicrailway slander, through which tha Conservative party lost" `for a time the control of the country. Looking back on theevents of that time he could say with candor that he nor his collescues had any of-_ theirconduct in aoilic railway chart- Thiiirovernmnnt mm at... ..i.-...;_ -.- I I i l l 1 ,-.-- -1`: want? UIIDIIUF 0` that railway neither to Sir "Hugh Allan or Mr. Macpherson. Sir Hugh Allan, whose immense eet of steamers were to be fed by the railway, sent a private con- tribution to the legitimate expenses of the election oampaxgn-just as the gentle- men of the Carleton club subcribe liber- ally on behalf of the Conservative natty in England towards the expenses of elec- tions. Everybody knew that their large expenditure was iegitimately A A 333V 033!8'I'KLI. Thia year Chriatmaa fella on the publica- Ion day of Ta: Anvaxcn. Ite greeting to in eeheoribere. "A Merry Christmas," is therefore peculiarly timely, and it in with more than neual pleasure that it again utters the beautiful and eublime meeeage which heralded in the birth of Ohriatmal eighteen hundred and eighty-foxir yeare ago, On I rth Peace, Goodwill toward Men." It um-eta that its space in` too crowded this week to permitan indulgence in recollec- tiona which the advent of this day evokes ; but it cannot paee it by without `expreeaing the aincere hope that in every home in Ca- jada the loving, benecent epiiitof the day will reign triumphant. On our aecond and third pagea will be found material which will footer the spirit eo deeirable at thia aeo- acn, and, in commending the contenta of W ipe page! to the readers of the paper. Till. Aeuxca wiahee them one and all A Merry Ohriatmaa and many returns of the joyous `VUAIIIVVBIUII wuau lall raolno rmwy ch. er. Thugovernment sold the charter it All nlt Mn . Innnl. .... -._ K` "` ` ` 9 term `of V Ania would Livfjiahort. `it was oposed toosll principles of `self- iuterest ; but looking back on this action liter: lapse of 37 years, he was proud `of it. The ministry was defeated, and from 1847 to 1854 he was in the cold shades of Opposition. During that time he was repeated] ' thanked by Messrs. Baldwin snd onta_in_e,. than leaders of `AL- ..__.-..._...-..a. I ........ .. '..'.:L'l.. n........ in oice;. IiI.I\I_WIIl uuu uunvuvusuv, uuuu nu:-nun vs "the government, for joining ivithi them in opposing the Grit party" (which was then ejult raising its head), and voting down the extreme democratic messures _ intro- duced -b the representatives of that party.` Applause). When the Rebellion Losses bill was introduced it met with no sympathy or support from the Conser- vative `fosecure the defeat of thstbi t e British North Amercian league was formed. Then great resolu- tions were adopted by this league, in 1.850. These resolutions were: Thin , A!!I2_L2 __ ___LI. 1`, Hei 1;; `when the`Premier sat down, the who vast assembly rose and cheered, and W hl'illlI was continued for seven! min` l Then Mr. Mackenzie took power. He had to can ml rnauy diiculties--rst, . an Opposition; but--a greater dim 1"! >_- than,-that--the treachery of his 1,-5? and nally he was d'1 " Deserted in his utmost need b By these his former bounty f9d_ Mr. Mackenzie worked "hard `bu. . power, and was probably guiltless of 1} sonal corruption, though he winked hard at the corruption of his follow ii A great burden on the government its nancier, Sir Richard Cm-t,,,i 11 whose succession of decits secu, gt p I 1 him the well-earned title of lliixzl-1 3,; muddler of gures. Mr Mackunne wold have strengthened his g(,,.m_ ment by regarding Sir Richard 3. , Jonah, and casting him overboard, 3, he wal true to Sir `Richard, mi Sir Richard is now true to..M, Blake. The National Policy in, then referred to, and Sir John declared i, had been ~ the policy of the Conservativu party ever since 1856. It had provod grand success. If there was any in PM ent the suffering was from having to, much rather than too little. There had been over-production. The cotton mum facturers had been working, not Wing], . ` but too well, and they were sutfei-ig slightly in consequence ; but their good, were selling cheaper than they ever did be. fore, and all tiiat was necessary would b. for them to stop manufacturing for 5 while and change the qualities and style. of their manufactures He laughed at the statement that the National Policy had been injurious to the trade of in. country. He Dlllpd it to the mast, if was willing to stand or fall by the N P_ (Loud Applause.) With reference to thr- Pacitic railway. Sir John said that, in spite of the senseless and virulent and factions opposition of the Reform leaders, that road would be running to the Pacic ocean in the autumn of 1885, and by the spring of 1886 it would be in operation from the Pacilic ocean in the west to-Qie I bec, the summer port, and Halifax, the I t l l i l winterport, in the east. (Applause). = Lacking areasonable ground of coin pliiint, ' the Opposition was finding fault with the company for building the road too rapidly. and said that 100 miles per year was its enough. (Laughter). But the rapidity of the growth of Calgary in the far wee`. was a suicient justification of the com- pany s action in building the road as rapidly as possible. Then. again, the rapid construction of the road was called for by the existence of the immense cosf elds in the far west, and the sploiidid V timber belts on the coast, which needed i railway to develop. The Northwest was the great country of the future. It was a glui- ious land, and despite the determined min- representz tion of the press and oratnrs, it would grow and ourish. It was to be hoped that even Grits would be open tr reason, and would cease their BUll8L`l5/ opposition and misrepreseiiiation. ._\`;.- John readabrief extract from a lli,'v"3 paper, in which it was stated that whet the road was completed the jouriwy it-~:. London to Yokohama would only iccw; 24 days, from London to the new city ' Vancouver only 10 days--a lllll(,'ll all T32 time than by any Ullwl` rouri; 3:." throughout} the journey the ti`-`.'~.I+.' could never be off Biitish soil oi` ' .' sight of the Union Jack. ;\lllH!.,'j :2. next-iinportant qllestlnlls with mini `: had been connec.eil, Sir John ."i'.'l. iv..- the Washington treaty. -'llii llgll )1: Mackenzie had vi-ileiitly 8.l'l&l(.'i\'t' liilll : account of tlieiclause by uhicli An -:ll .`3Z` fishermen were allowed to nah lll iv-ir waters. the value of lislllllgiciallsina f z`;- treaty to tliiscoiiiitry was showii by 2`:-r agitation now going on in tho .\1:iri`;:: Provinces for a renewal of the tint; The United States gi)V6I`Lllllr`ll't li.H 2 t lied usilhat` the tl'c8.t_y will ii: I :v: :- iiewed; but he promised tliiit illi V be done that was possi ls. an-2. with the lllglllly of the C'illl;lI'_`_.', 2o 4 cure CUllllDe!`C1a.lI`t:liLll(illS min l". btates. But the Cziiiiiiliiiii \__"'t(l iniigiiilicent dinionstiation lll his in It I Proud as he was wlii-ii lier iii:._ii.-:_v " Queen fast-iied on his breast the .~::.ir . one of her most honorable Ul`ilcl`.~`, he still proud.-er to-night at this ;_ liil`l~l2:l tr. bute from his friends. lie was rt-iiiiiidei that it was iiine to close and would only say how proud he was to have been treat- ed in the handsome manner in which I119 people of Canada had treated mm that day. and concluded his oi-anon in thee? words :-My time cannot be long, ball. as I have said in my remarks to-day, 3 have the consolation of feeling that th! Conservative cause, that is to say Ill? cause of the country. is in safe hands is being in your hands and in the hands _o`. those who are to be governed and be It ueuced by you. I appeal to the younll Conservatives to put their shoulders `W the wheel. We old men must soon dil- appesr from the stage, but we want Y` feel that we leave behind us yoiiiist V180" ous and strong men who will tfght Ill? . battles as strongly and zealously, uud._ - hope, as successfully as we llitvi: done iv.` forty years past, and if that is so, th I shall not be here to see it- (.-\ voice Yes, you will l") I shall rest Ill) hi-a3 on my pillow to-night with coiiti'di~noe. feeling that when I am gone the C0. servative cause will be safe, the cause 05. the country will be safe in the liaiids 0- thuse I now have the honor of addre` Inl would not sue like ii. l)t ;.{'_;:ll'. -_i. it z; plause) Sii'Joliii CUllL'lllilt,l l-3, i ;i.x` lug his tliiinks to the C(lllVt`ll`.iI`ll 17-: II` TB! 8800211) DAY. The convention opened at 10:30. Th` auditorium of the Grand Opera House W nearly lled long before the hour of 09?` mg. and by the time Mr. Merodi took the chair the house was full T3 `89 "3' 39811? II crowded as it WI! 4" day before. ' 1111.3- ___2.2, g .. -: ir ""'l' Uyylllulv. _ for T50-Manitoba delegation then calm . W375`. Ind Mr Norquay presented a bl"' fully engrossed address to the Premier and ' t1Bl_'8phio address from the Liberal-CW THE NORTHERN Aovmce,` tlin. . During the delivery of these remark! E3 John cgme in. and was received vmh tum ' Ltuons agplnnse. . Th nnu`O(n`\n -n`A`n;--`:An `Lon mam . While waiting for the appearance of 5 John._ the meeting was briey addressed 57 Hon. Alex. Mona, who was followed Hon. J. A. Oheplean, Secretary of SW` who madea ringing speech of about foul` ` five minutes, in which he Spoke of the d' votion the French Canadians had 31"; manifested toward: their great leader f". the proof of which had been given bl P" ovm personal love and esteem for his 0111"! uh. ' December 25,1334` j-> `was g chin; t.1i!);_ EVCZ L-:l\'A `i*ng, th unnu: .cu;y In of On . triota s and rd and th; Duriv dny, Ln boxes, n III outhu house rm from sun meqt. IJU did ovum lights, :- nnsnnn t :1 ., A . cum-n ` Ontaru tnriu ON the 4th December the ADVANCE wrote And printed an article on the " [Inspection of Leather and Raw Hides. The Orxllia Packet, knowing the authorship of the ar- ticle, deliberately transferred it to its col- umns without credit. Last week it charged 11: with stealing from its columns. We ac- knowledged the oh urge. We deliberately and intentionally took from the Packet everything we chose since it stole the article referred to ; before that we always credited our oontemporary. Until it acre fairly with an we will mete out to it the treatment which is the just due of all literary piretei. 1-j- Abayix} all to men, l'C((:i\`t and 01] the n . leader, organ I 2 aorupu} LL _`. \, grand d hearts 0 would that ho fhlt 1 rr) ` }'3`;;d`1'.3 well be friends 1 2 I w Mr. D the repu vise the vstivo U the A380 tsblish. Mlvnnta orgamza The re md, mt In our 2'3 In,, .3, A \J U11 ' abou t * DUI uyux that ha their m thing n 3110065 bean in "' "_"_I`\IU'\,I TIEITIV INIJVFUIVVE * " An '0 run. on oouuuu Nunvnpor. T I! Pnblhhod tron the 01500. Dunlop Stroot. Barth. In tho County of Simone. the Pro- ` vtnco of Ontario. Canada. every Thurs- day morning. by union; wnsunr. 1-nornilrron. ` WBBEI` 1 I_>Allod_.fo itenting T , , i.':`n}'- f Qtoefn 1 hold in_ ` glil L ohoqen ll 11 WIVICU Ll 8ir . of the thanks Si.'ii.'u". winch it ' pm-sued them mo ion: tow been his word, an tndeu of _ _._J -"5, -~ - and t-lug house. loud : uvunuu vThe P by enthus Mr. -1 v 9 an DL`nII Vilbbll` I THE Canada Gazette c0_uta.'ns the procla- mation of the meeting of the Doxmniun Par- liament for the dispacth of buamess at Ut- tawa on the 29th January, 1885.