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Ip 'the ifollowinf;pa~pes the .~estion of Con ederati~,~~ •~ . ~;~ediepd bn i~f! n~tg; #, ,~ive of 0~d ~ ~'

and free from those feelings of anta onism ~~, personal g and atrongparty bias that have so deeply tinged much that has appearedin the newspaper, press, on bot$ sides of the question. Tothe writer of this pamphlet it is less important that this orthat political factioq should be, triumphant, than that the

truth ébould bé t4l~, ap0! that tib~O m~'©!~ ~tbe pg~ppj~ should.have in their hands the data by which they may be able tojudge fairly of the merits of this great question, and so beable to give an intelligent vote at the General, Electiontnownear approaching. For it must be remembered, that'althoughthe Act of Confederation W passed the British Parliament,it is still a duty incumbent upon the people of Nova Scoti a

duty they owe to theto give their debisian'i*ori it :f' Tb+is

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government and Parlid, who have been kept

in ignorance of their iea with respect to thissubject=f,o the governt and New Brunswick,

thât have been tiere e nt Nova ~cotia

has received--a tdica ion of their rightto eZercise those cons eâ_which have been in

this most important crisis'*ith614firotn them.(- ~ .1& .i

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10" ` . Y . MOUS, x~tb wbom he coma iin oo6laat.If irie wi~ tb ~ 7-04t hny impOrbant projeat, or fo overooadeOAY difficakjrlutcbebruotti out pa*we nsi~ral]y~oeic a~o~ted

;Mien oed L .an ' -,71 n ia aeucaes d i s

INTROIiUCTORY .

Ws~t we find proverbs, oatchword i and party cries,aubstitute~ for reason and argument, the tendency is toexcite distrust of the cause in behalf of which they are used ;or at .the least, thinking men are prompted to enquire intotheir merits and meaning, if they have any, and to ascertainhow f*r they may be fairly made to do dut7 in the serviceinto which they are pressed, , The old aphorism that ." unionis strength," a trite saying; true in itself, yet far,,frpmbeing of . universal application, has for two yearsunsed as the moet convincing argument, in one of thegreatest questions that has agitated British interestsin Aerica for. . the last eighty y+,rs . in point of fact" Uni " is not .alwaya strength . 1 A,union between personsof incompatible temper; can never be prosperous or happy--a partnership betweer~ men of diverse business views, is notlikely to be Iastin$ or profitable ; anc~ aï political connectionbetrveen Btate s of antagonistic interests,whose people are nothomogeneous, whose statesmen are ani~mat+ad by differentpolitical instincts, and whose geo$rapbical . position promptsto a diâerent'commercial pol icy; can never ba' productive oflasting advantage to the pQOple so united. Such a union mayperhaps be $'8trong' ► in the seuse that it may enc~ure for atirne ; but this can only be by the domination of/one partyand the humiliation of the other--by the complet~~ absorption9n )the part of the stronger, of all the power which shoulde beén sbaired -eqa~►llÿ with the weaker part~~ to the c~on-t. ,And it, hne always been found, in the w~hrld's history,that the eni~orced anion of two or m~re States of nearly equâpo wer;`8n~1• of aq~tagoeistic interesta, has been of short - dura-tion, with too -often a :~i~strous ending. .

Nothnnq is more common with a certain set of 'theorists,than - to mistahe, the p' ~iuoipal of coo-operation , foa~. union. . No~: ligbs 1or hinnkli,~One, but eve ms $ -

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' derived. And where the wealth.or adrnin~trative ability ofan individual is insufficient for the accoripliebment bf a greatenterprise, thé principal of co-operation is tried, and partner-ships and oint stock companies, by a combination of effort,perform what would be impossible to any of the partnerer inthe qpsoa'tation„ tvorkit~g separately. But this principle ofcaoperation eatel ► de only to the immediate purpose for whichthe association is formed, leaving the parties to it in everyrespect free and independent ; and it is as far as lweaible'

removed from that ides, of a union, that involves the surren-der of all inde pendence in its eeveral members, and subor=d tes the will and , the , interests of the individual inina

us for means to augment our power , an~t~ \we streng then our

position by very co-operative aid within our reach. In the

pursuit of ~alth, f9r intt%nce, the more extensive fhe trad

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erations within tbe natural laws that form ,tbe ~dundivork

.11 comrinercial transactions the ' greater' are the ''profits,

4 CONFEDERATIQN.'\ .

everything to that of the body corporate . The same principle

holds Food ,as regards'communities and Nations . What oneState is unable tfl'accomplieh by herself ; she may accomplishwith the union or ço-operation , of her neighbors âatd allies .

A few yeart aFo, England so tight to extend her commercialintercourse with Vrance, and with aid of the latter, thecommercial barriers ezistin ~ between the two oountries wereto a large eictent remved, . to ' the mutual benefit of both .

A few years ap France and En land eombïned to oheck * the

power of Ruesia in the East, and succeeded. Such historioal

facts as these, proving the value of united national effôrC, not

only illustrate the truth that 11 uuion is strength, " bu t they

also serve to sho,* the only, kind of union that nations of

diverse interest and temperament ever can safely adopt: To

effect theee:grand objectsy it was only necessary that pheeé two.nations, should unite in a comrrion effort for those especial

pur g, .and not that eithek~ or both should . surrender their

• pe ect autonomy, and fuse their go~erp~nW institutions

into a single : set of l .egislative and admin'ietral,ivs inaChinery

holding sway at London or Paris ., This ls ►t1er, in the kind of

Vn3on that ,has uafortunktely been thrnet `upon tus British

American Provinces ; but it is such a union as the . statesecten

of Franoé and , England would never dream' of - e&otifig

between thwse , twa èonntriee, and would be certain to .lead , to

the dowafall .sud aastrnatioa . of both; if stténofptié8 ; Iti : this :

sense Venice wéa , n►nitéd.to Austria, andiPolltid-,4o the m,oflv

povrerfal. nationq.aràtn~l 'bear i but no '%body '-eTer ,- he~ , that °

the happü~r~eind~ ~eperiDj►. .of the $olar is d'XétièUsad' *a;e

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much enhanced by the chan$e. Belgium, too, played the partof a subordinate in a series of ; unions, extending over 'aperiod of three hundred years with .Austria, anrLwi th Spain, andfina lly with her nearer neighbor ;Solland ; and it is onlywithin the last thirty five years, when she has beenfree flrom encumbering and . enslaving ' politiçal unionswhich are not strength-when she has been a free,self-governi~qg State, regutating her own commerce, dieburs-ing fer own revenues and caacentrâting the ener~iea of herpeople in developing her manufacturing capabilities andmineral reaources, that her people have begun to make anyreal progrebs in material prosperity.

4 prQceedin& to diecuss this question of union as applicableto' Nova Scotia i n connection with the other British AmericanProvinces, it is not necessary to reyert to . .thè * nnoti*es orco0sisteocy of individuals who have taken a leading part oneithex' aide of the conti:overay . , Personal allusions, andarguments based upon the opinions or policy of politicians,nauab have a tendeacy rather to distract the attention from

• the m4in ' features of the su,bject, than to aid in their eluci-dation. , A qarqful, coneideration of, the position of NovaSastia, o f her resourceà, and what is . nebessary for theirdevelopment, is all . that is required to show whether she islikely to be most benefitted or injured by being " confedera-Wd" with Canada, a ud whether the majority in the ProvincialParliament acted wisely , or the reverse, in forcing by violenceand in defiance of popular rigbts, so great a change upon thepeople of this Province.

.. ~THE POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF NOVA SCOTIA . ,

Fe~ oouutriee in the world are more favorably situatedwbethor as regarda political freedom, geographical positionor the natentand varietyof their natural, resources, than NovaScotia. - Fprming. that portion of the ~ American oontinentneaest,:to Euroee, and being almost an island and poeisepsingnupqerous tpagnificsAt harboM she is in a pâei,tion to partiQi-pate larOy in the trade and commerce of both heminpherea.A breci,pg climate giv,ee vigor . and beedt►h to an enterprisingpop*~. Qf •tbe ,oohstry, anen~o>~1,+~9a yielde 4 1~rfflfF4 314WM t4 .Min xaburs .« the

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ployment to thousands of operatives. Her streams and thewaters around her shores teem with almost exhaustlessquantitiee of fish, which form a profitable art icle,of exchangewith other countries . Being a British Province, she hae - allthe advantages that such a connection with tbe,~e~st powerfulempire in the world can ~'ve her-the blessin g of British

h coenme~r-laws, accese to the trade ogf every country that sa

cial intercourse with Great Britain, and te protection of theBritish flag for her merchant ships in every sea on the faceof the globe. These advantages have been so frr ûnprovedof late years as to place the inhabitants of Nova Scotia amongthe most proeperous _peoplé on the earth . In the ten yearsbetween 1851 and 1861, the 'population increased in ,numbertwenty per cent, and in the- last six years it is believed thatthe ratio of increaee has been btill greater. Living at peacewith all countries, Nova Scotia has been quietly b'at indue-triously and vigorously following her own pursuits, cultivatïngthe soil, .pausing the wilderness to givd place to waving fieldsof grain, catching fish which have been sold at a profit to ourüeighbor$, building ships which go ab road for sale, or ô toearn rich freights in, the carryi,ng trade of the world, bui

glding

railroads, opening mines of Coal or gold, 'and in all thehQavocatïons realizing a rapidly increaeing wealth . Manu-factures, too, have bognn to start into existence, as capitalaccumulated, and many useful articles are now being , pro-duced wit4in the Province, wh'ch formerly were obtainedentirely from abr'oad . So proe ernue has the country been, .w,that the increase of wealth has een much 'greatet than theincrease of population, as ifs cl rly shown from the returnsof trade and revenue. Und~r a tariff so light that itsoperation has not been felt by/the wpeôple; the revenue of the,Province frôm all sources, ha8 gron from $E91,015 in 1856 ,to $1,708,655 in 1866, an inçirease of 2 50 per cent, under theperfect system of self govornment whicb the Province has

rsessed for the last twef~t~i yea'rs, . and the great value o fich the .people were but beginning to réali ft atid appreciate

when "it is rudely snatched from them . - These revenus havebeen in the main wisely applied in develo ping ~ the . resourcesof the countrq, and in Anch a wa~ as to etill further augmentthie progressive prosperity. Railpays haire been Opened up,east And west, to grasp the tradè of the St . : Lewrenee and ofthe Bay of F unday. Li

Me Motiees h~re be bn built, Rivers

bridged, névn liaeè- of ~bade pen{etrat~ the ' count^ . f n e~es±ydirectiori, Poet~OfHteb have been ests~blished , in eQery~rlllagdi ►t!dsettlesnent ; Adueatlorr, hks 'beén A ibeiAlly prdVid#d forr, ; -lbarfp

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gmtè have been $iven to Steamboats and Packets conaectingwitb the neighboring Provincee, and all this under a taxationthe lightest in ezistenoe in any coantry poseeesed of répresdn-

âfflA institutions .

a tbe ProvinoQand ana, h its resen 'p t poe ttlon. ._.apo~F that,~f ~inch~ged, Ri,~ the certain promise of stillRreater, p,rogperity in the future ; and yet it is when Nova~°tia ls In this Vroeperom 1 position, the object at Once ot'e envy and admiration af fier neighbUM, that the eystsm ofaelf govermmnt which has produced all thie: proe~erity, andP~red the way for still more rapid stndes in mate rialadvaturement is to be thrown Mide, and the ddubtfnl éxperi-msnt thrust upon her of it political • uniqn with other Provincesin whiroa her. po"r of golf governmeet will bè destroyed, andshe muet eaàrnit to the• rule ON larger and it is to ,be feerednot ' too kindlr population. What is there in this conditionof things to clea~etl such a change in the ~political conditionof ' Nove Sootis, or whaat advantage is this Province to reeeivein e:change for the surrender of her politiéal freedom, i nvolved, in 'thé ' pdiicy Of . 41onfederatidn? The advocates of thatmeasare will reply,=. .w® shall have it larger country, we shallhave free trade, with three and a half muions of people ,the

unifnrm postal systsm and currency,etrerr~tb of the- Provinces for purconsolidation of e

poses of defen Çe, the Inter-colombie al and ~ tnin Railth

, *it h h otber benefits of a somevrhat nndeflna-racteyr . If . extent of territory weredispensib to - national . greatqees, there iniaht be someforoe ih sôme of'th,,,,'- $ug~tlons. But the history of theworld givesso nikny.proo to the contz<ary'bf this, that itwôuld be idle to reason at any length upon it . Greece andRome afford notable eaAmples of `he greatt~e~s to which States'possessed of b~C•t ti~{ll térri'tory ~- nb.7 'attiin, and also of thedanger and weakness that may lie in atl,enlpting to governwidely. . ea4tide,d

regibne of eountr Orir ~fAther land ia~B~O~t illtieti~tiotir if there were ô : other in existence, thate3t tent~ -of• -territoiryr -ia , not riécessarq 'tô natirnSalw+eèilt ekt~ne~s - -. that, power, and the most Potënt .inf}uénce'•iW- the► ~~ ~~ R~dd; ' doew flot depeed upon the nihmbér ofàcres

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pe~~' bdt' on the r edtét~irist,~~tlirt'rtade ', andp etm'oft}i6r'~ l$.'~ Let a~n nD ~i7r cidt~ce'â, , elé:►r pigétedPo~I

d►1 ' t~otid6lih~t, ~réfully bomid;r th•oi~ ~' ropoeed, " . ,a ~~éMikie~r 'the, ' >ib~iehe~g : 'v!• ta~jÿ • :ât fe nto~

t d ~d)Lâia,~• ,, ~°~ b* e~ NW~►e► a7lbt~ niti~l~!drti►Ah f1â~e' 'popü 1atf~ti

WW •t F%*it,d, .~~~~~r ~wét~,•r~1t! t~é ~o~i~ d , . . , a

cotiom between t,hem is iaaterseated by a far riore .srnmerouepopulation, belonging to a ioroiga osuatry, a~ad ihen ~r, iftbeeq hoped for advaatagqs ero . lilrely to fQmn SA . eq~►irr~lént

he revenuesNovsj O otit. is oompelled tp atwrreW ear in eXc}ukage far lthem .

But it v o► uet , -be re nemberqd, that UWnV,er greect . thea&aAk tag" of-free tr s►do aad all the other proia~ie~ bb~itgen Ay be, tbly , are such a$ migh~ *4 he. Qbtsiued ! byr tha b k,indof co-ope~ca;i~e 'effpFt ~luead~r r~eferrod t4, ~pd ~1~uowt tbeacrii,6e ôf her politiol i nstitutioAs•Novo, Boo" miast,mlJceunder Confederatiop. There lias been. free twaâK bekivoepibeFrovinpee, fpr twelvn yearsi in Q the attural pAroduetioni ofthe Aeld, the forest, t} ke- raipp , ' and the no& ... The es6egonerraua epicrit of liberal legislation that produpd AWd con-cession from the o14 oxclusive system t of tre4k if a►llmed tohavo awayj could eopilp ezteud t)w kw list to aayor certainmanufactnrao as well as nat:tiral i(Ow3tipA4, if e" extapefionwere d,eémad advieable, a nd wittout p&y one Fraviqes bbiAgcal~ed qn to aae.ri~ ber xight of self go~siç~a~p~~t.i~ ~oc~►fo,r • it. Undeir . thwe circwmtmm, t)f►es i maylt nn~ witrath be emid that oonfede,rabion is at ~est a d©nbt,fol andhawdque experiment for Nova $cotiq~. _ '.

Precedents and illustratiopa of the pdva of unionh4ve been e#►gsr)y sought after in the . ♦ ~ hiptq~ry ; by. no"thuwé 'Who have deeired to tunite this : roqlnçn tp Cpa4da.Cmes closAlg parallel are not , eaay to And, aE»d ,th,e mew►erthey approsch the conditions of the British Xorih Q;mo t+ nic*P{ovincQap.the loss grôund do they give - Nova,"an8 tohope for prosperitk under the union . . .Perhapp

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• ; Furt iAhes the - +t "t illuetraticiu 4 tbé qv ila 4.4*.A p4i~ ► 1cond4tipn a$ that on wlioh nova $cotiâ ip :*#~q . y~#!t,e; ,, A~t

néarly, psr~1~1 ; . hcan . b~ ~unc~,„ ► Th~ c,aaea arerevR}~d a~ ;o , t~e ordef ; 01~; t~e, çb~~q t 1~ . A W.L~r coi~t}..tpt#ou ' . Nova 8co~à . l~vqa .A~,e~,a~mraf aLçp,qat unekamp)j~ pirpeppxity ,èqy ?yed ,ut~lq~ç . ~aar, o,~[n, jr~e$4~Terna~iént, ta try,ûex,ç~~c~ eie a fira~iavna}aRArt :n~~A t~40"3F) . Whoe prij44 ipaz4*4 iAtAFy ,Boo~e !~ ,t~q, lio for, any groOrepi4f ~8A'4i~ rAfi, ~u~~~u~Pi~! t~l~}rL~?e~rahipt~~$ 3wr9 ~ #ouR tbs . e rPP~ 0 ,.~►ay~ A_L

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not been~i,fale to e 4f ai~p ip the thiep hundred yeare that ebe '10"44d e. part of ove or anotJier; gmt ,Eqropean natioo . - Thetwo ooupttiau ara n~eeurl 7 'egW in eztint ; •11 e4iqm beildgrwroewh $ L, ihe l"Pr and the more populous of the two.Lik,e Nova $Oqt*, ,Bel unagi poveeeaee fAir ; agriayltuaral(wpabili-tiee, aa" minet, W*W th. : i4 iron and aosl ; with.~ T"ble foreqts in the nnountain ous parta. ;Fxoin the ûfteoathc4,ntury, e~e .îor~qed eucoBsNiv11Y, ~ar,t of 4e dominiQne , of

over enjôyed the blesaingsof roaponaible eelf government,

The re4ult .oupl4t t~o ète►rtle those people in Nova S,oatiâ . who

A14466 qnd . $pain, who oQ10trolle,cf her lavr,e, levied her. taiesand, ,ezpended )x*r reae4uea; d®Tr,p to 1706, w hen she f.ellunder the power of France. In 1815 she was aonsxed to '$011+y04, 444 eoAti#usd to, be, cored~rate ; with that countrydopvu~ to ~8?0 . Iri tha~ ~e~r nbe galne~rl° ber 'rndepéndenceaf~,r a brioE a U. c~d al~aoet-bQOdl,enn revol~uti~op, asti esEa~ ,'4 ooaaatitatjonal mùuar~Cby, qnder which ebe ; b~as ever ; ,boep > most •haFi~Y ~verued .We baye bLhi010 oe, of th

r: or à, refarq,2 ~ia " pttryy , ver ,~ttJe larger , 4than Nova $ootaa,and '~e 1 ;of : The same, d~Mriptlon of i~atnr41 reaourcea,a# e;perie" of, wer tlw►ee - huadred• yea,re, :utider a, oonïeder-~°7• sp,# f~4t~A~~1 pqrt qf on~ Qr appther «g~t nation,,' andth ►rtyrsix year4 'of Rhat aim a qople; ~eex etwhat bae beer,ia trpth tlp c*1y

as ieolati~"T,thirty-six ,yeaxs ..in -which she

wit,h ! the powsx, of di®bpr,ewg, her • p~„n revepu~ for thedeve~opiriept of b~pr pwq commercial and, iqternq4 reeburoes.

~te been ¢aptivaod , by. the et~leqnn . nonsense eo itrduetrzOwlç~~qolated about the advanl thscit ~nuet result to a aalc9U1~t~y frou~~,eing unit~ed t~pa ge~r one . A.Il .$elgiu~,'s, greï►tuai}iral - woelth WV at but 1ittle aae.lo her, 'Whi1e .: eh,e wasWithpui the power ,4 qqntrQl apd direql its dayeto enj. :° In*I$â0, W4aa,,4he', ; fi~+eed horaélf f from the . c lea ,of ac:onfederacy, wbose blighting influence-she badin Qap sh~peor anoth,er felt for over th'ree centûriea~ she had scarcely a :mile of railrôàd, her manufactures were of limited exteat,her foreign couteerpu 1aqpi~dj~l ; }~pd, r~or~ agriculture wasnot proeecu ted with vigor . As eoon • as hër freedom waees~bly}>

. 04*, e, W$414 44 O t,or.W ;io►parQvewent~I 4y~ ~Vqr*m"lt• di AC"WnA eimilar to that~gMU46d in fo~r,~~a .~~t ~wrry~+ ~p~s~b~t P~1~ ~ca>~e~p~ i ~1~~ I,

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Auiohean . - ns,tion - h.aA eYperieneed t in . ~ the • ean~ré • ti nre~, ; herim~ porte ana exporta hkv+in i~clressed, - flrorn~ '£10;T70,000 in183ô, to £9712$0,®4~0, ia1l~t1~d~increaeing h~er'produotein thirty yoats uder ,a :ftre► e vnd i indsp4ndi h~ gdte'rdt *nt, to

111o! ►rly'ten ~ tlares r,the'flgqrs••thdy, ~.iad•t ~re+~chëd'' Qrtad I the. . tht~ee ~ hundred yeare : ehé I ~rsw uk~d~rr (~~on~eiddratitm . : '~Tfiisiimmensb trarïe; whieh o tlll conti tiues ta expand, it tnâ~ "lybe sAid, ;,m ld )bot have #ee ehed its prseen.t raagtri ficent~ ~ropo~rtiuns for tnât~ ; ~►bare, in~`ler bhb 'politic~►l eystem by whiâhthe ener ién of that e fiterprleing~'people ~wire' for oentarfes

• re . - .' ;'r • ,r ; ~ , ., , 'ere~ then, inr that Uii ,bpear► K 'in Adcm~,'nn d in this Dritieh

-Av rev ican GJolonj,' we have two illustmtioné► of the 'advat0~0s ,of' self go irérnment in small - obantries' •poss~ma3 of petluharregnurces, w•biohttbe people'ef~tUi~► ,pror► intie 6horile~ ;c ftfualyponder. , ~3elgi~ini emerges front th~ree, c el7►txlxip'e of oonfefl~er~i-tion vrhi"ch''to ho w®re th reé bund ted ~aYe df' bov'etty f~rIdof servitude' to open her ~oal min~s, bufldl~e•r rari~Fo►adb, uiçdexpand • hen ;"manufact~u~es • by t ► " • rvibe~ - 6x0enditut e- ' 1 wnder

ther own free k"0=64i-of thtum •revfentt4 *hidh .nnddr'•theforute9r , , system *eht ~into 'the, treaeuOÿ of - t1ho - gr~eeit nationsot which she formqd ~ a:pârt: •? - Nor4 86otk , ifter , preving for

, flfteen or twebty . yeatb " :the kt,qat Rdviah~.►ge~'of the s~m+~ s,y~ atem of flred ' gduérnmehtf i s; aeirted to ab sintiod tha. pIolicy

, .• thWhas p~►QV•ed''so sucoesefxl, - and -to ~ddpt th-at'sycbbeifi o f• cbnfedera Mon with a largur po aer, that thé histoty n9t onlyof, Belgi6cn but of evbrj a tna11 Qob htrÿ , that ever tém pbeditj~has proWed0to be an ruldoue td théirbeétin~re •• ~•tfie

'expqriment iti her case proveé an~ihing , elw- than d iea~lrbus,

iznd more for ~unato` than her ; peoplej t' they -bonv s~1ppt~rd thein~►tuated •gamaatél•e ~hhd h~~ ctriagged . 'her i Qnto elt'oh'~ril,

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• ~ :. ; ► t : ►rH~E~nI'E1~M~~O~Pti .aPNiON` : , ; ,c~~~ •,~ ~ r~~ .; :' .~i •'~ ~rt' . ~, i •t,•~~ ". i f1 . ., . %_ .'1~~,li•I IÎ ; .'r! ,~if► 5!t :i . )'i"~ .ii+ i

`, t ► 7a :1ir' :, asti#AtVdf b1bT-~fdr'üi~ie+~e ► th~~blf~e;~No' ina~c 4'hpirit# fialmtd ►h1 bfl~bb~~i~hôûlti'fe~'~r'~nd~di}t ►~yrie$d- hi~ ~cèse~arthordttr: ; ~c•We~ld~~üpt~id~~ tl~it~ thèy . ; ml~h~llbaf~y`~djuat, "d in"~le ydtW alitehition f6b gn t Wobeti fidkvtNk .it t~ iaa~ I tet 'tijje> ;"j*,Opl~eé~li~I 'r~rt1's tlib I~FA~►I a~i~é't:~ ~~ ~~h+e: ~rr►~n ~~' " ~~f ~ ~~..~,~ : 64iiw v t> *j iat

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Upper -Qanada,' 1 ,898,091-•Lower Canada; 1 ;1~1,6~6

New Brunswick, '22,O47Nova •8ootia, '330,857

Thiegiyee • to Upper Canada o17,026 of populat ion

. ne reprea+èntative to eveiy, td Lower Canada, to 17,10

to Nov* Scbtia, 1`' s"'17,41~ ~• „to NeN► ~ Brunawick, 16,803, '

Nova Sco t~iia bas , ~ ,tUet'e#brd t] d *Alleet ' repteeen~atidnaccord ,ng to her po00atio fi of ady of the ]Provinces, 77 413Nova $cotSfta being cou pted 'orily equal lf~ ' 17,028'Cadad iane.'This h'dwe*er rvould , ihido be ~$ matteX . ' ~ztùc~ com 1 itltptovided bhe poPOtrtidn '-of the Prbditice vrm1cbrrti ~ôu 'that j6,, if they laid ~!i e by aidè` anil heh~ ~da~tl~i' ïtiterrg, ui sé'their.l 'e~t.t~ri~et~éts lht1Aa40 ink -ànd'actin t(po!h e*kh'otherso that when tUe representativee of pnb . tldti dbn b~t aidfrbbM~ ~ Dh~ g+ov~eriimént for ~irp , Ytndert,altit , t~ep ooul~ ~unttrpon the aeei~ftatiicè bf néigAbbring' I rb eéntativéb r~hoéeoo~ietiti~én 6 w6dld' , be~ lbc4lly benefite ~~h~e ieby, i btrt W1eeCaroely pbdsihlè tô concervé territo lrq ynore*'diejointed" inilbrokefi up' intô eeparate intbreate thtan British Amer ic~►,NoVa lotia lies almost seperate, frot~i New'Brunbwick~ bwater. Thet) New Brunswick ie .again eepara~d itom Lq~verÇa4ada; by "a 'fbitgt• of 18,000 equaré Miles ; while â greatpart! bP Lower Canadà, 21,000 éq 6H miles" in Àxtènt, bieworee) than a hoWlip ,vrildernees;' being'I nliabited' bp I s people,viho have no e~moathétic conriectlon with ub'eit~hhrin tlr8ir ba'bits, ~tâ'eit pnreuit d, : tbeir ziationaliEy, or theirlan_ Magei .' '

Tt~ • ' 1 C ' •' ;e very at of , union prhvides; that both thb P#édoli and~t~lleti latlg ~a ea'ehbll be used i n the Mtènl iil ,'to hnsfte ita'vb ~abel: hie iM~ant ofhomoE;eneouéoonne~tf6t~ .betweeethe l~V~iid'' part& ''makée - the qneetieri of otlr' fepfi+eeéhtatiobde~etid ~bnt~tél ji d~bn nùmbere `prid 'wheti Nre - ~lbo~t :Ii6 tlieeaw~''grid' we are- bnt~qmbëd 8 tb'1 1 by, jC1a,hddi ~~ ( '~Mhitdit~rt,ttbll~ placM! 4`4V Lür' ~~é liue' ,t?iere ié~ d' 11~rgi~ fpib0drt~on - ,atldwed i ~at3' i t e>tiiè Oe ; ~but thd ~ate; aar ~►~are aware, will h'apq no wer over the r~venuee. As (1~ r~i~rn; 6ha q}~ t~!`e' ~tb~fhe

;.- ef'~e{~aébec~ , ~â'e ' ~~b~bs~i~~~~ r1~baidK 11 ; LI ,T.~ •, . . . ,

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to the 4ej5t with 04 each Provip4e .goeo ~pto thQ Oonfed-erac , ~►e see on the p;tface, , t}~e *a~ P~ar~Ce Qf fair~.~pI~3', buton examination, the' grq~seqt io •petice . . CAWa ia to takeinto the partnerehip qL debt, of 62j tnillipps, vix . ,$24 .92centa per head of the population by last census. Nova Scotiais to be allowed $8,000,000 , bsiug for, the population of the,

~aa~1e year $24 .17 being a dif%rence in favour of Canada o f7p qtie . •But the groat injµstice ~is . inAho,oharàCter qf the

his ~f~!apl~ euv~ roee; mierepr$peQtations ;• z qQV1 . hov~"r Ae

debt, and the assets,' or property whic4,acept~npar~iee the dejrt .The Nova Sco64 -debt is'wholly created by Zhe building o fRailways from ,HRlifax to Windsor, and from Halifax toPictou, which with all ôûryublic bUildipga np,d public pro-perty of every deseription, beoomes the property of Canada,the, i{~cotno goic~, ~~pl,o t~ye gc~n,pral 'revenue, ,at~d diepoeed ofby ~lre people ' ; who bold. ,tbe pyrse strings,

ay year this iqcôrrio is, ate~}iily ipcre{}$ rq g,' and wesha~~aQo~i see ou,r ~ilway~a p~iying rtleir ownit~teroat.and be inreality {~P dab~ ut ,Uow diHerent .i$ i,C ,wi~t~ CiAeada, , Herde~~,,whxch ahe,,take$ in the paytnsreLip ;ie nat;ao¢ompapQby -,Pi'operWr, ;WhACh . ca , ever .,yield,,O thq , Tt;epeuuy,' anypro~pçtrtipoa,te r~~rn;,to our `~ : 1

I h~ve only, n, ;e,ble te„PbtrAiq the îull• ~iuànoial returnsdf the receipta acfd payrpept,e•for more ordinary, s0rviq~ ,in .Caqâ4 down to th,q qlc~e .âf the financial,year ofrl$Ga, .~I} d'Î'find, going back Niu4 yqar#, that ia,all, tfiai, ti,cue ;, CAuu~dabae .pQt been able,$'ôr one hour- to pay her waÿ. ; /acid Weacapm~lats~i deSoieuç:y of those nine years, for inerd ar4i4aryae,rvjces, amQwit)d to 18,298,073, over ; two. tniljiqps e. ,yearof debt, ja~sides ,other ~ebta created for loane to Uuqlcipali-tie$, and auba►die~e to I~►ilwaye, which also can netpryiqld AY .retulrnr ,,4 ., Novaicotian in his - pam phlqt says, the Uailvifay eof;I~ana4a yieldec~,Abqu,t $11,0(~0,0,9~0 14at ~rear, az~d,, tb~ ►t the

penope were $7,000,000, leaviQg ~~ eurplue capabio o~ pt~yipg~per cent.' on the capital ; htit with that'remarkable, wAqt ofv#o4pp : ."91 ~RpeP ► ty, wfiiQh cbaraQteri~e the whole ~►mp~let,be dR nq~, add ~4l~e .whola trrutla, an,d eay Pp~ulq a~ ~4W he ~âuld, that ~ariada doee P4 . own a mile of~l not o,qe 4014Y of t~►e W . inge of x4e,r*q nWlftl,ortiheT~eüi~.~ 9f .~~di~ A fe y~ Agp wq you~d , J~,' with*~R#,Rewep~,~, r~en}be~c of arli#waer}t eendiug abaro$~~}nc~pr

~IAvP :Ç0#Ml 'fi@ W #14.4!64 at, 0~ #4¢to pf ; û1W. 9t ,0~_rJr) ;'r ': r,z ,ltt '> >r• ;11 l' i '~ . :~• ~

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.~~~~m ~rutl~' ~, ~~ ►~>i p~%AVaA 9f AA 44 ti ;Rf4W4' is~iK Qy. . ~° . .

oc~►~~~a~a~"r~r: . • 1$but loàned in etiell aI vvaytbat. all the rivate e `are to r aceive ful l fnteredt b'efotb - the gô!~i~ti~ ~~veâ

eàcént,'and the arre~re of inberéet ôa the loan td~thé 30th Juno1866 were nearly '$2i,(~p,000,1~b

that there is not ri'ehèidop►of hope that a eécitl Of, thd ldâa •or ihterest for it 4 ill 'ever bë -returned. The btockholderer''mAy have rèceived •a - $rtialldividerid, butt the rqad has enflbt ed for neceasary repairs,Muoh as to be qaité unsafe to t,raltrél;. th" having been ôn iti&fifty the accidents eince the comm'et~ceutietit 6f th is ~ear. . . suchchar Qetèr of the whole CAngdiàn debt, being for loansthat will nev+er be repaid, 'and for dnficieneiee ih~ o1rdinaryeerv icee c a~sed enormoua exlarieg to ôfficiale. it ie justas if two men frn►mnd h parfnership,• the one with heavy debtscreated by feasting and dtihking; and thé othér *ith a debt

theCubtôme ahitt SYéfeo evénuè!A of t1S'e Provibcb ;

the rettirne'f , ; thé' ~ lih8&'1 i èet, and the't~i ping, ih'.18ô~;it~ee ah inctlme of t i1 1 .76 ' ~,é!e~li inhabitafitof

~ created 1br a valuable fhrrii, * h{ch with all its prdd bbe w.edri Rto the pal;ëneréhip . ' • ~`hë prddiga1 eon im fdrgivén by hiefather wnen ho repea~éd;'but v►d do ntitr'rehd that his brothertô4k h im into partnerstli~ ~dd tfeàarqébdund to p' ti•~i hig dbbts •bttt'we are to be fo`rcecf iriticY ('and kR `t' :ih if `th~'~e1e ~teé ,theixfriende are eleôtec~) ~ parrnergh~l

P and beoom© bontid itei~her débte ae "well asorir or+iri >' bqf ,have the ~,caet eviiiéh~, that ebd hae rep~entèd of bér ~att~àv e gant; côurse, or 9hewiikàigrt~é hf ainend mwntras6e el~t., :~A ;

.,rFovsfecbtianahd ,ae .he finde -r►e pay U .fjt~' Cénti inore eer he~ld thisti tlleCakladiane, h~~ théretbte ssaerte~ thi;t t,~~àtkh id~ brfl rb q,8o1liewhat'lower t6n•in° IrTti,►A Igcotië' ~ holelmge 15) On the 8up~68ttitlfi ' tbwtl tfië, pieoplâ bf~0, at ~~~relworer and do hot atàieutn~ eaciselslé articleë ttl' iiearlX t~saméextent, a position, bë aAab, ~yhich ~ hWhr 116 açAi~ceij+ bâ S%ëtéde •e grantA it Gê ;At', ttze fact is i1ldi~putttble.' "Takè up the laattl~enhub'rtt~urdeAf Nova rj„nti ,~ 'aljd' (YAh ; .and yba ►$nd' dëAgiidulture,

Mines ain brcbé9 bf indtré t

0,aaà~da; wbllolhe incof~he of'eaèh inh ibitant 6f ~drg . Q~aoui~cee aVe ' ee ~BB?07' a►►h t

ja ftotn' the e>~1i~bincxfine of d Qâ adi~nr~ ~d; being n@arly, doublé ~,-, . . . ., : .~bie with tue'ea2►tifb~ of oûr eh'

. te. enableamoiré. geod8 fo► , éoba~i ;~o~' ` hd~he uà to pqrchïse é

importe dCdutietble ~nab .e~ , ~►t`~~~. .beirig' in` 186b ~â~,16 1 b~t4er bearljr doubQe"t Q

~~~ Ca~ ltdd~qto ô(~h' I i~ ~~h thé aam~'~o~[enb`rVé

I64 ~tlI t~in ~ tbf#~~r~,j~~l1d~ A t~dr éI

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" vi4o are .to,4old the purae p ' " The-A~t,orpeÿ (~enérn . • .a . few weeks . ago veqturéd ip . ë uâe af ,¢~epmb~y t

o t ho aseertion, which Nov *al~ea, th~t our tariff i sLigi}jor than the f?anudiau, whepMr . ]Kcim, Jlan prompilyroaea~d ohowed from the actuAi retnrne of, the q,uaRtltiee, ac,nsu M

. od in NIVa$côtia 1ae,t year, of, fôgr arti;clea; Viz :, Tea; ~ugar,- Dâolaaae$; and Breadstu&, that our taxation on the9e articlee / /alone, would, under the Çapadian duties', be increased $31 0

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& ,auu wupu wu auµ, w vule Lne lncreaaa un uearry ai tot er goads, we eha,f l find ourael van year by year imppvorished13 y heavy dutiee on all the neceeserieg of lifQ, for the bQne~itof . Can}iiane. For exaiuple, the duty, in . Npva $cotia on apôµpd, of tea is six' cents, w~ i jet , the Canadiaa 1erifT, abarRoatb4D8en cents ; . we` pay on pente on ; tqbaCool--the Can"aw HpÀy ûfteen ; we tax s4gar a dollar and a , ~'aWper , hundred .

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po~}p~s--i~io' Cnnadiape ; tax xt ., two and , a 1141f, . doflara ;Nova, - Scoti,atis pay five cents W,gallou on molaeaes--the(~ar~adiana pAy!,twelve çQnte ; we charge, aq advalorum d tyof teà per cgnt ! on çlotha; cottona, k ►ardware, etationa~y,manûfucturea of leathqr, &c.-Cauatila,t,axes the same class ofarticlee fifteen per cent ; with -us' the, duty,,on a bundle .ofCotton Warp is : thirteen aud, one quarter ; cents--under aCanadian tarifl' . °vve ahould liav© to ~ ►y 40 peAis .

Thé diû►culty . in the Gov©rùpaqqt , of Canada, has longboèro r,that one aection - of the conntry ao qsuiued few dutiable

' gooda, and p*a çQt~payitivq nothing iptp t4 revonue, aadyet Leld power , ôver, t11e ,istribution., ;,~he poeitiou wi ;hua .. will b t}l1 more aggravatod ; we wilf . ay largelÿ, but bewit~oût the power to disposa of a doll~ar,p~t~aa, rOvQqqe ,

A. .t' vi' years s~g4 oue of theCanadiRn delegates, Hon .Geor Browa, in l~e, paper the- ;%`,G}lo(ae' ; epeaking of eever-

'ing~ ;.•; union of Lower an4 U,pér ; . Qanada, said, ' 1 ,Thedepaaud for a3ï die$qlutiqn o#' the j~~ion, , tj~en, originated : notin w~ntonnc~~e, but noCeseit~y, ~;~eQpda were reall~/: tin'ad-van (x of. the politiviana,upon e cc¢, ;And' w}~en the latter,

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ie lding ,to arc~ma,tan 7o ~ ~i ceg be nx oontrol j claimed for,pper Canada emancipation froln arl, ~unnatural, impolitic,

and unendûrable alliahcé, a chord in the popular heart wasetrqçh which sent foxth no uncertain aouna. .,' $y)n . lawfti :msausl , . the people say., let this. , ihipg . aalled a,,[nion be '

i * aevere,~, , we .will baw dowp , to,T jower Canada uo more ;, wé •wÀll . inappvensh ouraelvpa ng, .rypro ;~or, ;i6q bonefit; ', Of the,i~àe, therp . c~tp bé no dpuli~,', i','And ~qs~ eo 180ur naee orill 'thg v4}~e frQai tl~ pqpul~ b~i be '~~W will no~ ;bow,daR+~ }to,.~~yda; Wé; will qqf„ 1WPAvexm

,Qur~vpa ;gr; ber,b~~, , . .

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. CANR MARRA2Y( fi1 . ) r • . 1$;By any laOwful meana let, th:e thing oalled a Unioa be eevered .""Novasap6ipn ;',' uafortqnouly , pfor h imvelf,,referp to the Post ,OflSQ~ and ;o1~►ia7e it aa a~eotiroq of ,~ir~~e, théure being but!few, ost and Way ' Ocee tompored :tp , *ovn Baotia, ; thereturng as given in their ~oii~tnAla ~~io all . P4peri Vol. _2f,,~ No. 1, of ~ 1866, iti valÿ, 'show , ah a1. in cl g pOcàrriage o f mail b 1~►ilwa ~~ risAS ofthe•~ay©ar ~86 ',Of &#17Y773.96~

'~eiis t;n ao al deficieai n~rithatandingthey t,axed ne,w p~r4 $9p,040, aee seesianal pexe Vol. 26,No. 1 of 1;1~6, whtilo • we in the +~apap, yeiar • ,ed over sixmillions Of, neWapaptrp .free ., : ; 14, QanA, they; e bu l one !office to 1 ,141, ot popvla,tian. ► ., ;`Ne W ia the se~eai~eto each 606 of populatiou ~, we ►bNd ~ono to. eaoli 31 ec~ ,â o m,lesof .ter~ritpry,, they had c~,nly ,. one : to each ]„ô0 milee. is ua©lesa for ~Tov~►ocof~i~n or . any d~,e e,~pito argue, t~utheCana liaq fariff ; ia lQss tbaq ours in the face of the tampDaty.. Thora ls . no e;ople,~n e,arth that would',submit ta,, thepetty and "rpetual~an6Ayaaoè af, boing oon~polled to ram on•every. now pf hand, :bilj x~p i pt, and le

éal docum©ueed, if tl~ey had ~-lo Iv rate of~xa,tion . .Qtlterw,e. ~

THE I3ÉNEFIT$ T0A3Fi ~ZFt~LZZED .

for 1 Y01 a, b"x , Wi 11i mNr - 4o"W ibd on ;~i► .

Seeing, then, that the . , UIi1Qn ibnrt,h®c 1a , it MAY very n~a,turally ~~ûea upoa~,us'suoh l,eavybenefiFs, political And opinmeroial that'here aredefy , !,o ~ol~uta t but wethe advQcaGes of Uoion to qa me them, to.do •môr~ thana"l to, the imag414k tiiQn, or i ►tdulga in vague i m probabili-, ;t ies. • The I,osRes we sball ipcur ;:iu tho . aurreudear to .,tl,eCanad jaas of all - our , reva nùee, aqad .t.hQ,power, as the UnionBill expreàel sa,y*, 4o Lw.ufiechaoee are l' any . mOde~ w', syetew .Ohoy

de6nedP n and ~anife$tç,hnd just as plain and cle& ly, '4QUId be the b,en6ût,e to over .balattce . thoae losses:The iuteraoloAial ~lw~j' has been beld up ag .he $rent,OOmP~~t:~i buli a ove~ 1~,¢oA iaa vitb .a liitle uniateuti ;

Oonilhoneet~,, iqfofirnrn$ wa.,t~b~~ ~a~ada, to patrd apd develop~ herresotrteets 84W furtl~er, ,add W e~ac~ire ~h,er self frortih8e~ .ta .b~ild oatilitÿ,

,~ d~dr jna~e ~com mon CattAe 1~v~t .b► ue .~ .•, ~4hRre aXd vk7 j1w ytho~ *i lt dollaid9r•,it~a 64c~ient• .b~o~ïn tQ, :u~► • , to_ ~avt9r~ 41,er .i~rqee' V1 Cavada, fut dkyelope& by .win s~ tbe Q,a,ladifn A .thepawer 4a 1as,pa bh~erp . i WOh

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sum we - eh'all pay tindéc ' donfede>tatioh. In. 186i; deleg~tenfrom ' Nova 8ootia, . New. I~#upsroviuk j â~d~ Cjunoac ; ;"fnet ,in

tL'ondvn, and- bbfA ined fr66, the British Govertment ; e, ~ ►r: 'antee for the mot~y , thén , epnaidered `üèceeeriky buil~theroad at 8 J, pQr' cent, and - a eintin~ fana' te ~~orxmence 1enyears after, the road was buik;--+- ov+a' Boo6ia; to ` bear 34 :twelvthao( bh4 ettm; ► This arraq"eqt, Wi,d&tJterv_►16rdec

and the sinlCip ~ land ., to ' corntrietic~~ ï~t * -,g~ o" ; we have nosurety bult' that - eh~, will -again violt►te , her eugagétheùt; - ~~ "But let ue ! 'tarn or atfkntion .to tho henoStg -4e mity be

eappoeed . bo , reap from the, i(ter~tolonèal if ~eb~er' bc~ilt . ' We• are told in the pamphlet, ! thüt we badll , have acros' 'Ntav

Brunw'rvick, and into , Canada, • . oodtiection ' with the D'nltèd 'Statee railways . - W kratever -,commercial advani*m wb areto receive from the extension of the Main Ti+un#t railbpay,will reeult from the oohnéction with the U. p: railw~ÿs ;- butsurely thig is' & round about woy. W~ hn#o - only to b6lda few miles I eÿônd A ~herst, : : to have , that oohnecti0n,Companies are no w at, workj -,connectirig B~►n g"or *ith 8t.John, and buildin$ from Moncton to the N. S. Bor"der ; and,but for Confederat ion we should now be busy at work buildingthe - section front Truro 6' the bord4 on gomè of 69 routes 'aurveyed. But suppos© the intercolonial is even cornmenced

runder . , confedera.tiop, Câttada onl y*, 1 de8ït~és donnetition withthe Atlantic, and bejng the ; ruling i power; will first builddown from River du T.QUp, to St. Jo3~asi ' '

Fleming in lis repoit at the survey . made in 1804, plaçeethis in .the, clearest pohsible - :ligli6. Où ; pago M pf his report ,in seseiona~,p~pers, ï~ol; ~25~~he saye) ' ;~ . ,; , • .

"A distinction tnust .neceeeartly be ` dtavOn beZ*eet►through freight, and through paeser~gbr traffio, " ''.'The Po~rtdof : Montreal, and, Quebec j when o0en to ee~ goiVng~: ~reeeelaiare undôubtedl~r the inoet cotimn t~ant for, th ',~h ipmont bf'heavy, fro`ght frorf~ Canada to Farop+~) ~bti the* ' areperiod,~cally closed du~riing the ari~tier'~ .eda~eom J J By : 'tho pro-~ected ` linee` fo~rtihe ;•int~rca~onial rai~~ay,>~t,~~ ;At~~ti~we ;

. and 5t. ~ .Johne; '~ oh the, =Bay of J Fundy : ard ~b neareecopem win% ber ' Porter to - M7,a~ ~ ~titbid), :B¢ItJ1h' - T4ri_ . ,and ~ th®qj i would thoreibtraj,,- be ' *e ,1*4 Glwyails►bl~ out_for ('lc anadian ' pY6du0j' l.whilè "Other•' Y~br ~tortg ~. ~emlaidcle4ed ., ' ; .At •~theid&oebt , timPei l0anadiAtt~i 4iWducÂ, it,ay .beehipped'during pi~~e r{~~ütbouiti reet~ot~liV ~ 1~t ~Tnited~ 8t~tett 'Ports.' • '1'he - •a"tt/Unitedi ftsuis ',p*t UaTa,roa*l 4 (3+herM ;

_ Yotk ; ~ the n~t•.~r ~~o►~lttved :~s~~tB►~dT IIA~~ ehattls~~/ , ,

00"BnX1W1Ptox. ~,.

. d ieGw'oeé ibetwéen A}ie tbveral '•rta réferred to ares ae foll6j*,•' From Toronto to New Yordirect. : . . . . ., ; 540,milea i •St► 'gndrèwe-4y river du Lou '88g, '

to to Ot:'Jbht~a, V River du I~oqp ' 91$ +From Montreal•tw Pbrtlaod

toBt, Andrews by Riverdu Loup 559 „ f, St. John liy 'River du Loup 583

,' ( tq'Salrfa~ wbuld be 266 miles furthe )It is evident, therefore, from the favorable poeitiou of NewYork and Ptaitland, - that, they will continuo to be the mobt,• cwnvenieptwrinter ontleté fôr CanadiaR frei qht, . eo 1ong, as,• the ; GFovdrnment of the United '$tabes, abstains from'plaein grestrictions on Canadian , commerce . Of, this y re , may, resteatisfied, , if the oondtruqion of the Intercolonütl Raalway,by opening'out an j 4ndependant outlet to ' the ~ oceaninatrutnent4l in ieiping down the borriers to Canadiai~ 4~nde twhioE our neighbord'have the -power th ereet, it , might : in~~reapeQt alOne~, be oousidered of the hig~hiat ; commercial'- ;~'to,0m)~vIii. . And in'thiâ ; view; ~ the .contemplatedRatlvi4y m~y fbiriy be : c~o~}aiderëd, eelyecially by,t,he people •of Canada, ~Peet ôf jldontr eal,, ofthe greatest value to.1hwhen leaeti eeu lo po 0°°~~=dJ ,, .; ,~ ' in , tbe transportation of produce to theatâ`well 4helastsentenoe;'rememberin at~thesame tiqae that it is the - deliberate record8d opiniozi ôf Mr,Fleming i!- tho ~ Engiueer of t4e'. Canadian partyj that thé 'Inter-oolnnial.' ' Railway to "the ; pqople of Canada, west of •Montreal, mby ; be lfiir~

ooneidered . of. the :grtatest value to*e4 ~EX ; zassr EltiogM with t,,a,s~pnrtattionduos to ~ tbe esaboa~rd.'' ., ', ' ' 'Of

~°'. t . ..From thle'it .iu'sviA that the verymoei--the Canadi~ ,' °re5aire, is a rou,~} td At. JohnA ; and Mow we haie the very beetevidenoe, thaC i thie is, 6,11, they.--purpese building, . Tto Fleming'e r'vport, *re find he made his aqt•veÿ in~ wô ,=aec'o~ne ;1 the Lut embracing •froin : Tri4ro to Moncton ~ i ahdthe ee~oonll frobi Ri~x1du Loup to 8E, - Johns, and on ~pa~e66 ho ;~i vee his +rtd► ma4e' of, the coat.-vas -follbv►e.' ••, 1. .~ :'.91,t F."~~ ~t•ft ,'i . ~,, , ' { ~

Tr°r0 ~ ;O l Mesoton~ ~ . Nov~► âcotin division, of the eureeyA . ~ . . j,~~ . ,-

, •~ . .:4 a

~rolmile~é~eb~g~eetintoted 109~nibee.t., . ,•, 1 , .f 1 . ! .r~ .~ . 0 1 1 : I ,I•Vf rW1

, , ; . , ,

, B~ . ~d ~ _ . . . . , .., , .nn ► ~ . : . ; ~ 1f ~ .~ , ,g~ne.. ~ ~ g~ngv •~' ~ $ ~,~,~ ~ ; , ~, ; ., , .,~•, , 'n ~ r.t~ ~ .' ,

t, ;1,' y Lrf:, ï!~ ~ t f. r'?~ . . ., .:,~ ~ ,~' .~1,'~' ;i11: ~f~ .(~,~ :r •r~ ~ ' . . r~~di'i ~r > >1 .

.t üt .• :~,' . I~t • :i''lif':,~'~i• . • , . ' ~•

i ritifer du E,oup.' to Apohaqhi,+ Now. BruWwioicj:smd jdan&Ad i,divi iion - dfi thre . aurvey.'. . , ' `~-. - r i ;i ; •n, .15[ .•

, . Uni~n} mi9sa'ge ohirgba . ~84~1 miled,~ at ; 2;3y00Q l

t~ridiaq ,m~j .ï~ )$2QOQp

Brldgingf !7 j61'$,6UU,$1.6,435,600

' , : ~ ► t . ~ ~ , ~ ; , : . ; #2Q►645,500.I.T iNu4 'TV{RU

, , .+~t . +, , . : .i• , ~ 'if'.+~+i J' )

Hera~the ooet v6 oonatruèticm `Ii6tn,, Danida,Adot,rfi , to blretrdpohaquS etatioh, ' ie"g iv+e~i at '$~i,48lSj5QOy • butr :on .; ±paie►,' .wQ'6nd that to gt~ 3dhner direot , is:17 knilts legsj v!bi¢h viOuld :léarne the coet; frd&, Alier .llâ• Loup ; . to ~!@:+ J~ihrra f .direob j ~e !ne~p~rLnè p+besible flfteon snilli4n' doalatv~ - Now thé t em i wh ibb,the ,doegabea> haW, iaveited in , r bhe gawanteet k»llr,~h,tare~,milicon poùnde dterlm~,` ~ flftth~n +~nd il on ; ddlare~ ) ~ uetsum t~bçeasaty for that beutioniof' 4De~ Yroi-k; léaj~i~ng b~a+ Wopk,Scotia section, wh'ieh will i oet• an, Wbove, ~ ► ~r`ApWr* I ~unpxo'vided for. , TaWtig . - the :faat that a Y ,flropa,<Biiimbrda Jkou~ ,t6;Qt . ; Johnb; eervoafaH't,hé purpvee4bf tha,Ca~adia mj (in cyohnectiod with th veum , idlh►o guardAtaéfbitlt;j aab oovrer*-, :ings; tho es4 inia4d. cost of thst aectiokl, we lase:'*oed ~ to a,hé/, .conolueion ; - that•~the , (brnadiane_l onlyr i ih~ftleud iJto ► -builti f,to $t,Johris : :, - ~ WSith !aiX dblegates l in $ri land reigbt tlaobtba, 'at w.endtmoda coet; 'ib is really' eur~rtie~ng that puN int4rerita i Frerr 4not better idwed for; that p+e~Lbiob waa nAti ud~~db £or~~ beildnirrgblie Navaflao,ti»tt s~ctiàn . F' :~,irr~led~ina<6u~,he Ina~ial:.I~niqri`~at~ and i~ :,t&e~ g1~a~ax~e bilh : rdealsring,thot the',work should be commenced eimultaneouel f, an;,h cwh_ oeoaiombl,of rtw'roag+, wôultl 'havW+eecur~e d ' ndr ,riatbcee tA i. j i ThMA , *le►not sfi 4mertdd ; prdveo ~ithairn that i .be* , tlelegbMe ; tjR gled* Itl Viir idûty, ct~~~t6bit~ they~:qmrq ea+ifnely., ;ali thdi m~e~+ay, -oH!dier 'Canadiâna, w But thbn , d}ya i eim¢lei+rx& sairrg• .jof~ithe . guAmI i1bs t

• bI11~dQee tu~0~~neato~he hhi~Cün~ Qfièitbe!r.aedoM sdL4eav d:, N.19v kddhrley, in :intncidut ingr fib ;1fi11, • ,iti 1d ehe# t Kovw, 6f ,

Commons, uses v .tiyeeè ; .Woade:, a!! Ae~ ltbési , ;b~èügiven until the Canadian Parliament ~aed` aa b1 for .the aer %t&tWN6h'. ' of io the i itini,~ :i~; +d~rttp~rrttegi/aba~rvts t~the we of the line, by Ho M'ajeeCy'a troopa, and for td c

. ii-paymcnt ,3f . th!!i m~! 11, -) 4& Oo / tal0keaginthe - TibrorialParliament has paei"AÀe hill, it is not to come into opera-

until the QanadilAPskQ* enV;a*" W ,conlWosi[ theroa&j)ka4W, the terme o ( payment, by a"sinhing fund,and we h$ve absolately no eecur ity that the Cadadiané, Dow ,

• having a$ they think, got poeseaion of the Ï,ower Provinces ,

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wi#l~nbt ; do juet a~ thoy di(l, in 1,g6$, :w.hen having ètttetred b~r the:r dele~gatels inta Menin aegt+eemient rvith . the -fro~rthe Iovior provinoes, in coh'ündtioa with the ~ ofNewcastle, W build the roc~d on h ia gaurante~e of the r~ptyey,afWwardid repadiated thei jr .abligati~ ia their , parliadlbnt,on the •4ro6nd that t,bie.éinkiqg.ftind wLioh v ae to 06Mu6poein th~% yearet v as, too h©av ae Qbligation, ., g1~VLereai . thepaytnent of theeinlting fund,,~1.,60,ppU.ayeat., ~eidebinterestprovided ! . in this. b ill, wpamenoe . immed iately on ., ., the . . .completion of the road, . , No doubtAuring • the e6etiooe a host) bfetripling. enrveyers , wil-1 Pe. epread all -over ,Qctmberriland - :and parts o! Qalcheutetr, to inapire the . belief .: tbe►t the ,•worb ie - to be 'linderitakap forthw►th ; bu0 - depend i upon it, if,ev;ef, built; the Canadians will tAkA' , their ~awb time i far . , th•Nova Sqotill eec koq.. , . $ut ► oupposa . thia ; :e®aatios! ;iè• -In thecodree of time truilt; Will any one undertakb to éay that : thebene8ta , promiaed , : will ~ev~ : lue"; xea.► li;ed - : 91s . reeouroee , ofÇana&s ,,wp are told,, e►ra ; iuRipal ly,, td~oee . :af ~. thd field amd •foreet :• , . Now auppoae lun~n#%om,the fwre~ or , rthe fteld j•ie brou ht dm~xn over ~ grain from : :

8 the lnt,etColo as ~►r, - aa ,Sb- Johne,'or eay' the ! Apohaqui station, 37 miles fronq ;$t .- ,Johns, '`üll . it ~ ! shipped,, at kit, Jobna •'whioh ; in sly►Aysan open port, - ôr b~ : carried .250 by • . railroad - tt~ , HAl ifax .Wbiild $nyman aving a cargo of lumber or aoj w .ay~Johna, on the prewt railroRd, within 37 miles of it, ' thinh 'for a moment of sending it for phipment by railroad toIIalifk~f: .! Not - uf~TeW 'bQ'Na~d a v►4dMA6. ,-;Wtiéd I ir'ie ► bl~ilt,in time we shall prob~blÿ,' have i1 ~ibr,~~dr of - the pasaengertraffic to and from Europe, but passenoere côme and pasa' offin~the; QunAt~d ete$mtorly with0ut !'urn whip M. ~oh ~p Pment~f ,aac, ,bene~itin~r :aby oAe Qxoept .,t;he~ .~oWkpeper v,ugw~.,theRn s nieal, ~u: ~ex+g.•; ;~rtiAlea f9r. t,po .~u~ ~ofHe 1iîa: mar)ce~ crf•~nore,value .qnt~ +~' ;luaabsr t-or i8ou ~"t~ ~t~An:rr,8uoh : As butter., and ~pork,;lwill - np .do~;bt , .to broâg~t av4. ~ the !ro* bu~t~,uot far ~sô► ipm.ent. ; f3t.4oha . . ;wil l i beabenefited if ;laratber ; aad flwtk VUV broa8htpner, ► t~heroaEi fvr ahipu~ic, ~ tb~ey .are bulk , .ureic]se`t'tple~Qt ~o :th®~ahoure~,, and th giQ~~etp^mAana:fbr ~tr~~epert~►tiopl That City ~tc~ lr~►d . i~j 4ro~~n~ ;,awat m►é~ , ~igarbGd ra~a igAOwt~l t~1tAn$dlif y W~~

xboeâs:e td~e ~ ► r ~ ►pd aril~ ~qt ,' fr6oeig~• tM&, bf tliR "rQol~al,i l~tillr vri~lif '~' codne~tiBh i8 nta~,twit~l ., I~oRa ,$~ppEid, ';~tt,IC~OA ~.ft4,~t ~, .thel a~ld .~ade : ~+id .~iia► o~i 1►11~t~t ~Yr:}~ A 4h ~f ,- ttba . aid ~, ~~e► ' ' .. il.Fnad~,~~, ?~► rr ~éJ;~ct~r,,f~ :ât~ligrirfv~leotJ~ ~e~d~,w~d. . ~,. .

CONFBD J1AAT1ON..

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watér sheds, so to speak ; and the traffic on* the ot ie aidewill gravitate to St. John, :and on the other to Halifax, justas naturally, aas the rain which ~la on a house roof, desoen~ •on either stde of the ridge.

A Nova gootian claims that "În terprovinoial tari ffs being, .removed, the markets of the larger province, will be /hrownopen to the enterprise of the emaller. " We have had for .many years, free trade with Canada ; and the resnlt is, thatof all the articles we have for export, Canada does not afforda market for either our coal, plaster, potatoes, fish, or - anything we have to spare. A propositYon was made a fevr -'yaars ago, to have free trade in manufactureé, and the Cana-dians urged it ; but on enquirp it was found that we couldnot compote wfth them, and that the reeult • would be only •,to kill our infant manufactures, and consequentl y the propo-sa,l. was declined . ' Furniture and wooden ware, is a branchin which we have some growing factories ; but there are '&Vplaces in the world, where furniture is so cheaply prod dcedas Canada ; conaiderable quantities of it, are even ex ported,thence to England . The same may be said of boots and ehoee, .and the coarser kinds of cloths, that the . effect will be to,retard, if not deatrpy our youn6 faotories in those articles •

Paeaing on to the consideration of the next propoeiti~t iathe pamphlet, •. , "

of p"lCager 01 butter, and : cart O eo of fi-; eah : . rk~ i The o ,

•' WIIAT UNION WI L DO FOR THE FARMERB . •~"OF NOVA aCOTIA . ". . .

We find so many grosa absurdities, that it seems almost •a waste of time to reply to them. Agrioultural produce, beef .: .por1E, butter, rain &c. has always been lower in . Canada

%k than ire Novagrain

and whenever you by railxoad .or steam.ers, facilitate the getting of . these articles brought down atlow, rates ~,~_ you reduce their price in the markets of Nova .'Scotia .

.We have eqme little experience in this durin g the ;

paat year. The Government, assisted by Mr. Arohibald; . ;imposed a duty on American '8our, so as to encourage inter., ,• :couttie with Canada .- The result has been the establishment ,of a line of steamers between , Portland and Halifax, - which, ; ; .in . â,ddition' to flour, brought during the winteir, hùndredh • ,

re4nlt ' has been , that. every : fatmer in! Nova ~"wha f+hae , brought a tub of butter or a caressé of potk~ 1ti>> p~ketj t~hai' ~lecieived oonaiderahle lebs for it - than if thels itiihfedéra~ ;, . .

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CONFME$ATIOlr. ' .21tionieta had not ben able . to put their policy iq practice.'It might~e 1bl~rat, fjaimed, Chat as the Oanadian tariff'dMeW av~ry odrrel of mèal, an well as ~ everimported,•a ~half a dollar, that it wôuld be â~etelelono~~e, fhrmer ; but it is not so. - The climate of Nova $cotiaseems umfavorablo to the growth of wheat and.oorn, and it is

found'that the f~rmer can more profitabl}r employ his labor,in raising other prodûcte, and b uying much of his flour andmeal. Coneequently when eonfederation compels hi mhalf a dollar tax on every barrel of flour, and every bar~reiof ;nea l -he buys, and at the same time gives him a leas pricefor his ,pork, butter, and homespun, he will boa p t to, thinkthat the doings of Union are not at all * 1profitàble ttf 6im .One of the main inducementa for ' the British . Government toassent to this "unnatu.ral .',', Union, was the belief that,the newdominion - will provide for its own protection, and enabl e themto withdraw their trot)the lato gov©rnmént ~Mr' ~la~~e, the leader ofin su ortin th ',

in th? ~ouee of Commons, in his place,PP g e bill to gaurantee the money r uired*forpart of the intercolohial, said a few weeks ago, ._'It was the-overshadowin power, and design, and determination of this•'country, whic formed , our colonial system, by placianus the reaponaibilit•y of it. de enoe.about a d}ferent etate of things-f-and ~~ehatie to b~~

t~nctl atated nnot be too dfo-y , that it i8 in thia view that we look upan theplan for uniting the provinon of 13riti8h North Amma .The evil which attended the old e stem casting the burden por~eibility~ of colonial defence who1 1wholly on th ié' cou n try, is not to be 'meâeured ,~ÿ' th

or, almoste amoup tof pecuniary drain On our reaouroes . Even if wo were eo tolook at it, it is a very serious thia . I we anda g were to reckon~ pp ~ior~., the charge of our m' itary eatirnataar~ b3l ,` ►~eeptiru,~- a .Britiah force in these~• provinôes ~itwPecld ïtacrtle mcinr~ Son. ~iembera. It is a very heavyorge indeed, and it is our du in , eiuery way to 9~ rid

Does any intelligent farmer require plainer proof, that the' defe IhiCh thél; ~ a eaheme, and e ro mises oftesmen of England a~ccept as a usti~g e =8cation in w,lthc~raWi thir troope. It' is,a v n~t, t~t,'imtaediately, on the p" e o t ~~g i~~°t>Bi1h the B,~ti~ Glovernment telegraphed . an orderato~ towork e~1 th ~orte ~►t (ieorge .Ialand ; aad .the , dég ' is bot Airdiet~id; w1,~~ and+~r t✓onfedèratïonlap~ o! th6 red c~oatd in ~►ti~~h~11 have~ 'tèe

g bf

. cOxIVnBRArroPrA

meRne Oo purchuse At . --Ii ;Qanada, requured pwy Ï o~ q,gri--cultuxal products, and if Ooufe4eration wv~pld us a

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beef aad motion, for t1~e-su pPly~ c~: ~be ,troep~ ia ~►1irfa~K ~sabaeu~ ~the " m~iiu~taÿ of - the .#e~r+~ar' d v~e~ ► -ii -taken&~iay, ,t~will not matt,er to him, ~i~~ t~ 8for getting flour from Cir*dej ;. for be', wi11,. be ~ the

more any on tAeir r~flou~r,More duty on thQi~r ~olapeee,

•

. atarkét t ere, " then th e writer of the pamphlet - migh t with:roprietg , , eay,'thaA the, ~idt o .Feet of the faptnoliea in 'Op 4-

c ; but . when it is .a4,pWq,pnd clear as ~ï aun!beaw,, that jue~t thQ roveree is tbeoas~►, 1,10 pqly iAqnlte the ~in~lli-

ge~ce of the farruere, who qee clearly wb4t Cqpfèdei~WQ~ R+lldo ; fpr ~ thôm. ~It will Jowor the price, of every•" ar~ xo1~ o

f p~pduce they have tosell, and Will, oonlpol tberü to pay ,more dpty on't4oir tes;Uoro duty on their eu ar ,

More duty on their meal, -

Moro duty pn eporythinR tuoy ptuobaoo.

for tho oatonéion and aggrandizomec)t " bf ' Ctanada ."• Cqritpol

Who *i11 ' be - liablw to be "eqllûd % awi<y 4'eit' i ►t►T tittid ` the

It will transfer to a Parliament eitting at Ottaw a , in whiobthey will have but - 19 Repro#entativoe, out qf 18 1 , the rightto •" tax -thom by any mode lor- eyetem ", •, (,aoo 91st. cla4se, of.1In jon Bill,) and for any purpoee . . , It will compal • tbo,ln ,~opny fpr .Cafiadian Canale,,aud . 4hanadian defopeos, and 04ifloa-tions--for the b ienin$ .up of " the Northweat}' Torritory, t6opurchaso of the Hudson Bây Torritory, a~>?d àU ot~ér . bchooaèa

them to paya etamp duty on all deodd; loâeee, noto d ; ' s'ooolptshe. and a postage tax' on -every ' norvepapor they rïicetVo .And not lastly nor loawt, : it will make the Nora - BaQtianfsrmer, .« dread the .apprôaoki ..-to manhood "j ,o€ ;hie eon!s,!1 as the .period, " wb►ioh under Confedaratidnrrgiu,4e4 the C1►na-diana the power to ordor them awAy fox Mjjjq#4ut, ;on,p,eypart of trhq 1,500 miloo. of ,"exp.ovTi frontior , ;G~n, as~ omatte{~ how. ~nprq;toa~Epd tl~p, ppr©pt~al ràof. ~qs y~éaàme may be enumerated, ae among

. .~r l a, . , • , . , r . . ' . " r .' . ~ •l~~l : .'IYI" :l .v,~'

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I" ADVANTÀG}PS VO THB! ?t rT1P. ;' IM-BR yflo ï •

. " : ` . i . . . . i . ~r•~' . 11r~ri .,~4.Î:C,~f,' r

• Cknadiana pleaüe ; ". to do naval ' :dut,p oi i~ ,_ the i h~i~~•,'~~ehavo , betona ~ue , q" epeeoh, by . one . a oV ther .4►tiadla&, d*di►sae ,

l fb, Rh icl'

~ be .)6&ÿ.h ,th sit : auppda , g~ . an ,f4TprWa .0 theil* l eoil,40A rWA OMN j •1tAAt'n1 .A~i 11~ A#A '1h * FAa , i A;woilW • .b!Qfof' gr!~` + Oy~4g~ (ta ~"fha~a :>~±~Q~ 4 ~4~~R4e

, More duty on their 3•ârn ,. More duty on tbeir dr7 goode, ," ; ,

123• Frovin .~~~q o~ app~r, fen, ea<eb ,ail ,rw~dqsn ~. it .a~ *°~0~` Bà~t .cwha~t aoznmeir-

e& ip tite~$aheta~sri t Fon rml~y~r41 tbwdra " hee~ : Ne . tisade . :iu : ~ t~~itb Censu, :b►Rtby+~~beild us, more cthaa i .r tbe~r . . bpy. ç'liand : bdw, :Qonibde.. rilàioti ~e' to ab; ,tü s~ açted . givb na a•fidme me~cWst~ iedbine. the~As npb et in iea ~ 4t rey rn ~me-' '''doesmc~lseriotael meaa àa w~+übru,elY the',suthor

4"41 U,in i opening marhétp tai our6ay

r6s, tban

Ida, moro ineaie»egIrotoctron .qf ti apd w~ iboW,'tha`• • eubaiitt:ed to the House ~of;A sylemblq. - by , Dr.!û?npper, show, oonalrreivrely . that the Can,~• dfane I éal#gested a►ocL aarriedr thé pArb lan Of rsioewink AMerin~n' ernnee;~r w trigin~ edaa; 10 : )parGi,~üpate ih,rour flsWeciveRhitet:, ,

tfioirr4wn ~rnment~ ;ts od i•enorlnouely, the6shcaugbt by the Nova, i$doüAh the, nwmb,er. of ane

: . 1 No, Cs~6sderaGcan fvrill notare~i, Sah, aorW ®i avhorae , or fore n tnar.+a~i aor'y.et, 'proteat tiW Qsherman his .ri6 ~1 . ~ ~ ~•r• ^ v . t :~ ,, b

tg•

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. ~ '• : .r ~".~$~ aBTIZAN,A:BrDr ~.e~©R,ER,,,, . ; ;

f ~QRh, #bat :;

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(~onfedbrn{io ►n n{io►n w ill tead to impove~riehrüodr'farrhyerr arid'~ebèrmlin~i•t followe that it must ,prove ini a.nw,rto, the ~nieohadio and- leiboror, whose Intertiste are entwrot~,d~teàdent on the, proep~rity r o~r ~he . ruer. Our., rorenbee

short di ttit~id' eha~ll ~ei bé,ndcn+ Clncrsdi~id rale, 'tbst t.L~t ►>~ridet

- im Wnown bkndod mror to ;che,Conadialae , H~o ,have ~ W msnr

-andoétakingewf ►ttielr o~in tô' aoaomplieb, wb ' âonnot hope~fv` any~aid in fur0~bh carrying on pnblid'worke, or for aiding inthe devolopment of our r©eourcee. In the paet fewj ►oary•t,bemecbanio

or laborer, ba8 had in Nova t5cotia, but littlo causefor comp laint • ho has found ready employment at fair wages ;and

.bad i~ié~t~ibtc66*d( Wdi}re`,ennee,~wbib~léVe yearwere increasing, we ehould have boon able to ai4 euch p blioabâartxJri<ng~i ~g iq►tmld! h~që veareadploy +meüt to 'ill. •~ eoAt`40" Coâfbc#es+iste►i :aw04upüutàdrrvit~ thert~rme, aldltt~dodled'g►ee•tNsO ive rebMt not hade mbrd th9~d f~ lfthe lenm"4br '

,Obkdel andbd+id`g~ th"*i~ ais now. -able 'tb n ~i fl~etrltien `~►iiu , ve iorh' ~ t , Ta arteert t1~s0 Cod.!~ ~oynsont to 904 ; 8aocianer; In mtihtlRcturee, is eiruply prepoetéiso%W '+rd>lr► r 1ower in . QAq4t1a, Ahan• h©ro, • and èhiv 1~q Iws 9dl~br is etl r n~(tiéh

rriarvell~ 41 1

64460'with her~0►,~ater ower~ Li~e ennblod : *A ro~ly to faroutetrip (pA,lp münü~~ti;ree. .I.ci~or uthax in ct~ othér piirt'of 1i~ortli 4~ p~ sp' ~anada,

. t ~• • . • '• ' .~ilt~ ~ .'>r ► ' ), •c,~ . . . . . . .• . . . . . . . .~~ . ; . . .

Â~~ON. . . ~.r ;, ~t ;, i , •~, . . RNxB. OF.• ,;•r;,~ j Y. >~iLm.~lt~, :'~ . , .

N~.b. . . ., . . . . . . .Unaeti aivg our . .Papapblstsex . a*~sr thatJVLADY III",ofUVS+-ma►w, and high intelligenoe, look npon. ~ ;l~î+:i1i •« ~

. el~e spproaq6 of.Cbàf.e,derAtion bith Dndiaguided apptebensioiy,"bit assei~i, .thstcrit is baQauee th ey dread being.broegbt into

. dompetitibn *ith V*pital .,' Doee }~e not know tha* `Capital is, . • ~ moro abuadant :in Nova: Bootia, tban' in any otb,or ioB the• : Riv= •

vlnooe of the Confedeiaoy ? How:theirban bankérs,coacapitaliste ,

content with .a smaller per cnntage, ' thee-very . zoversewil4 i be

and - merobante dread Cônfederation :oa thin gi-bien8 r,,rmhe "'• intduOtnenté for inén .of inea tis who havemoney to put outj:mre

very stronq in, fi►vo`r'of the scheeae . :• At rèeent, no , man . inNova i8èotia is,perntitt0d,• under heavy , ,pénalty, .,tô' chargemore than eix per ôent . intoreet, for , gtonèy loaned ; or -deltte

• due; but in Canada tbere •in no such r©etriotion, ~ a ;)d: •the ; :oüa-sequence is,whon a man once gete in deb~ ;•, .his ose is avér .i~ftor kopt to'the g►rindstone, : by having to •paffY•om'aeven,to ton per bent interest on his liabilatios. ~~ ; ;• t.-••Aofar from oar~nôn of,mvans, our merchants, hwi~eg to .be

the caee : for unc~or Confodoration evnrX banker will be per- .mittôd to Charge a•heavior discount, and every merchant whohas hundr©de b~arinore dntl mechanics indebod to bim, ' willbe permitted to, chargo thom a heavier interest than bcr©to-iore. .-Thst eb• an an of them have been -able to withstand thistemptatiop to . go ~or Confoderation, : ie yi`,lï' ,be attribntdd , tptheir " high• intelligence, ". - and shrewd business : aâpwoity,which makee it clear to thenA, that 6 per, cent is bettet, Erokn 'ouatomere will ing and able to paf a largei rate than austosae re

• vimpoveriehed,by heavy taaationi a4d r©stribtions which Con-feàeration imosee:: • R'hb?r motto is, 't ems),l••per cent~e withsure returns. . ••. ~ , • • • r I~ , ' •• c .'~" ,• ,: • -• . • •t

Every Nova Scotian,,feols a deep inbere8t in this paxtof tho

posed;,o~ ; Waking the financial returAS of 18661- .1 ~ind;, ;t,4ef4~ln.ing . ume would . bavo - been paid, in /to the Canwdia n

aoousl,roturns should be taken, thst all spay kaowi to a qe,rttaiA--ty, bow the pooplea4honey will, urrdcr Cpnfederatiun, ,be dis-

euljev6, and it whould not be t,roslted in .'s probabili<► iqs, "

Gloverntnent, by us undqr -'our tariff.. . .; . • , , , ~ ."• ~~~ ) •

"'' Mà~ilt é 'Liaenea, . . a .. : . .1 . : .14,J8Q

. ~ ~

., : ., .%Oubtotne ein¢ R COiee, . . : . . . . . :, :`. . . .$1}~83'902 r

ig t pat , . . . . . . . . . :87 687 ''.1101 1~•~ ~~ ,• , +

(~Ÿ~t11 irl•r)~ ~~~1 .1•'. •~~~ ~~ . . ~~ . 1~~_C .v~~{ .1'~

•, : . . . 'V inheri~.. . : . . . . . :~.r d :~.1 . .°:i . : . . : . .r.a: ;i :i .~1852:~'lal ►

. • : ... . ' . • . • Qi . • .- . , „ ti'.~, 1 . • . ..j~t .~l, .

t ~, :• . . ;t . , , . 4

Ti$R . DISTRIBUTION OF, $EV-ANI?F I f~', • • . ' • ' ~o . ,~ . • i i.• ,, .

Kailway. Rov©nuo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . .199,789Board of Revenùo, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . .2,4001`S,►blkrT+aG~frid, .'.'. ► : . . . . . :.~,.:. : : . ►'z 1. J114.275Fenitentiary . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . .y 1b96(j r 1

. . . . :•.Post O ce Rebenaee, . . . . . : . . . . :5 . . .8A0t0,/" '~ .

. l,bti~,7V~1 ~

. , .0Û C~03~1I+~$If~.►l~i,~l`i~~ ~ ` ~ _

! Out of thig tbey'would have paidAnln. . .. ..A- t r_t_ . .. f ~. .-J •,. -wyw Vvernor, . . . . . .s16 ~ - ! aJudges, . :: . . : .': . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . .1T,660.~ '

,

Peelo~s, : . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . .: - . . .4,800(~overnoré ~gAnr"Ir n,•., , .. ...

Jf . . . .r . . .• . . . .lyGUV 4 i t tl re Statistice . : . :. : . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . ., . . . . : . .2,~4; • Proeecutiede ` ~, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1r,814 . 1 t,; , , ~ .-1 Inteï~est ~of► 000 ,000 debt11Arf Air . .+ ~1. J _ ~ f

- --.v 14 I^UViLoe . 'otos witl~out intorest and par tin $avin

,gre B~nlr at 4 . ; .^ pr~,,,, . ; .,,. er cent.

' ieVOnüe ~Y v r~~'"0 uiu>se ~!o(/,1yg2f A ,

,., Pen8e8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,874 ;DrawbaokA-~ ~ - - .

- . irwNiway

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1b,ybE , - - 't 'P1jrtpbn e'0s, . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . .

. . . . . . . • . .165 ,67ESable Island, . ..! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 10 789I►igbtrRrousee,C

8Penitentiary' `!,.'. . . . . . . . . : .'. . .

: .98,. . . . . . . . . . .~. ~

t9teamere hnd-'Paek

% ', .. f " , e qE30: ., G . '~ ,

ostving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . .~i$a,417liïs the Fec~éxal Gôvernmet~td thu 00u1 , would h~ ►v4 IGovernmq~; 08 80 centia

et

.ôf t~,000 ~ ~824,OQ0, ,ioad - A llowsncn qi; ~ .

Militiw, ~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . . .6,000.,•• :. . . . .• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y04,d00; Post C)~co .Exeeaeog . : . .; . . :: . . . ~ : : . . .86;127Jpdiaiary p 1@l~rr.. ., .• ., . . . . . . .• . . .,,.~ .1,b7b, ; i1,028 92-t .J .r .,` ,

Miecellaneoaè:. : . o g . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . : . . .10,40p~ :' : :

.~ • ~. .•i.., . . r ~, . , . Rotr.in g, . . .t . . .,~ . . : . . : . . . . . . . . .a2Xb~41~.

Fro& thelm' Al, . ...~-- . . , +Giov'ornment; *ortld have•retained two` fiundred

"6e (M

adiacithousand dolhit~a, bût if we-hAd boen under theïri+às ég$~;ôour Paymnte- ~+~iould hiave * bosn' very '~uuQh lnrgel~, t tlnd tbeamount they'wuld have left in hand

of our m.one would beour

least, throo quart~i1e 6f~' milliorl,dnily

ara. ' Year by year ascountry growe; and our rovonuos increase, the amountpaid int ,6 :thé ' Clanetüan Troasury wiilbeoomé*reuter; but~ouirrev+ennoe will ztèv Ai : Avdfte~ the : 80 oente'a bead,~ ~•=0 400edule aud thé $8p;b00, although thé loeiwt ► dvantb oPtbp. ~wllô~laqet - inoréâae, with its population . . Bven at the pi~~i~►t time- the~ loWrl' revenue ~ ~is 4ntirely inedeqaate to ..p>~vide for 'tbb 'ioW iervie" in the eanïe libel•,►t mauser we have hitbwtddo6&' ;' i • ~! t'ii t t ! . ,'t~~akp'1~he Itbv~baô ,

4 :11

' + ~ , ~ ~:, ,1+ : :1tt~ . . ►"F. 1rom rninôe, in

'~}POrü"YIi . . :il• .• .L~ti.~ .i~H ., .'iI ~v

., r ~W~•~n1+,. .1 .. . . •M/~~w~

r , {l0vO11A ô1~lV~I,t .~l t ~ . .' . . : :'l ► 00;t~ .~ ~rti~ti~,, tr•kd ~ . ~ : r•j.

.t : ;:#~j .!i'Nilij l► ► n i :.e ., . . . .~ ► •• ~1•ü{I•^~~i• . .LW1~\~i

.r!s•~~tiLUN~i~ iAnd 6om this deduot local e.spenditnre, as pade in 1, ► -

(

Hducatian j4 . ; A ; . . .•: ., .. . :a . 9 9 , . :, . . .r . . . 4 , .ti .1 ►183,605-, r,! $408,028

Making•dQ$oiQaoy o f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 4i .4047,753It tp be ~i&' ; and ~pcrl~ape - juètip~ -'thkt 'tb'd' ~1~ ' res

to which W" paid .in X8Bf3.-lioade. . . .~274,428 .~ - .Leaving. fpr~:roade, .bridgee, & education,odly $160,27 0

. . ,

Hospital for Ineana, . :~:~ :~ :~ : .,;1 .'. ► .~ :~~~8i 27Q . ; :i,l+~, ~ :i+ .i ' .Province Buildirl+g : ' ' a ~ .l~, A, . : . . . . ~. .a,•; . : ► :,:~. . ► ,•t 0~~~ ~,~t,>i.i„- .

Government hi4uao. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . aPoorTransient PooN,::,~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~, : . ►6;786~>(~ . ; ( r ; ; ~ ► . . . .

Ferries . . . . . . . . . . .t : : .,: . : . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .,, . .,, .. .. .b,0A0Navigation Sc~luuritieà, .eay. .. ..,,,•;,,.,., . .35,A04 .t , :,,, ;St: Petere Canal,• . . . . . . . . ;, .~ . .!! : . .~a . ;~ ► Q1k841 z,,i ; ~Proportion of Logislative'gxpbpcqe, . .8.A,00U. i Ei :/ ,~, , :, .• ,,~ : . . . . Dcpartn~eq~s,: .l :~ra . . . .•16,OA0 : , : : :';; r ;i :s r .

.~ ~. Printing, . .;a . . . . . : . . . .:. i' •,,; .~Coronora~hüc~ue~ta, .alrr .~• .:la .~ . .r ►4 s• ► .wai•1 : 1 W4 «V~

A~ricult~;81.}~•.v.••a• • . . .aaaa .a. .a .a . .1 .r :1~~~Ÿ(VV :} .ii' . Ji l

M~scollaneôuA SQrviG©e,•, . ., . : .a•. . . . . ., .,000 .'iImmigra~4ivu~,.,~aa,` . . . . ., . ► ., . . . . : .a . .a . . . . . . 0ti000 r, . ~i2C~,020

ori' somd'bf th'ello~ôal-eorvicoe-weire uniMNdeitrÿ, .' bfiVottil the ni00©;y wetg-thero for local purpoees .sud if not all roquired fo r

tBobe'borvicee ; :eh,oulck have bevn ap~ii'o`pria~od to oduçatiob or °roads and tridg+ee• ' In . the above AWA*it th©ré i" rgofor interQst, on any e~rCeéé nf ~ibbt`th 4'~-ri1i~ btr ove t}~© ifiglit ,m~lliôtt4-; and as it is ptetty woll 'dn~M%tood ;~ ftZ thër©''willDo .stl0aët hatf a million ch :lrgoalllô a ainet the . local legiela-triro, br S25,000 for interest anddüllp; ~hie will make tho do8ci-

,aqbr, W2i70: •,Wow vuppvei 6g ttWere Is a redaotion madQ,W thepi~d~~!rlQeAl>~rviqos, eay $50,000, ~,t•hero ►will, ati,ll . be . ;222,

-•76►8ctobo,dAbqlod •frQm the gra3nta•, .to, edacs►t:oyn; and radiiaüd':bri•,dgoa, og tqb;o.provided!by direottAxation:, , . . .

i . ~ 1. '~ 1', . ~ ~ ; ` ;:r ;~t'• ;' ,. . •~ , . .M .PQLITICAkIA'ASPBrCT.

.Î~ • .1 - 1 ~ '( ' . . 1=~ . r a'1 . 1 :'1 . . . . i l', r . r .,} i„~ ' , ~! :i •i, :1 : •.

; r upQil.'t~jA 6pbbeAav,Qf a0d1fu4ie~AtlQa'~vaA Onn~nml~Ated~ N.ov,a180041a . vRae,jq, frAesolf.governing co+nt,Qity4 in dlreot~mn/

` • ;nin"im,WAth tbe~ ;~n4perialrAqtt~aritiQe.~, :~4`h►e:bumblpet4~-Qid1, ,dieutip~od i wit~out caqeer thel' pioore~ : man , :in . t,ba ~ p~• .

•vinQe,'i wbQ •bp~ recei,~ved ü~juQti~,p' At ,the ihAada .of tLh4 : Lodalt+t~m~tame~t{ bad . th,e miglho o€'ioppe&l : t,o t,àe ; Qyeeki•:, •- U.ndarConfederation, your relations with the Xot6er Coumtry ,

You :7Rilit bHve ,vO -,lOingor.', thep+~ti~ .o~ .~►xoaa''~i~ag .awr g~ra~iuus .Soper.ei~a~d`d~ euxwdreee1~!g}~tR6l~Q@4, .QAt.i~uA~i~wrr~T ~lr pmplaintr,W 4bA Utpor

► Gianetm l, .aL Ottqwa You oease to be a selfgoverni ColonyQ~1~1~pd~ yoR . At~ ~nade Gl«a~di~iDe . ~f, tAp6 eà'P '~►ment ,- • ,.ty~ .l (~.~',~1r• . .7i v:: .')ii~ . , . .'J . .• .~ fl,~i~lJ'1~~ :r{ :~~ . . :tj ii;• a ..l~i .

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Npd Muei• •eabmit . to the ra1e i ,q~;c;cl~hieh 'ytoa~a►cd r~prosent~ed ,~y ; .l tn~c~r ôu~i~of ~~1~~~- . .

s~dQ#' a ►Cove~nmen,t~,in •w~is~►~ySA~j ,yp rNG,~►, k~ave-no, rapreeentAti~res, at Ail" ~~

THE NECEBS)<Tj89 , j,, ~~ , IV I

fJ~ Îp~,Althon~h the'~bi,tract cjaeht~pi~lbr ~cilpt~i~al IItiio~nf ~âd~titine to 4ime, beéQ ~discuesed - M -the ~~~+itrfdvurEi ' n~1t i'~ from t,heplatféttn, t~o" a6tiompt vin s , maÿe~''td! gibe'ib'~fdrm ~{id h po

until the t~idoting~'bf•'Delé a~+' c~iiMo' off 46 iiebeb;' in,'the ~. autumn ôf 1864. -'The,' qtiësioA j Had' ~t►ébiotrèly' be~ti ttti►q~,pdb~► Mir public inon'rathe t• for tNb ~ie}~jft3eA tif r3~ ►~ttorfioAl c}iAlils ►; - and ~fine ~ritTng in the pnperei : tiran: ~~é a n1jsettré~'bTf-praCtSOaj I -~ 'tititity. It trlio, tUât a rb"ii wae , àdtflSVèti,itl~Hd Hozre ô! of Assembly in 1- 861 ;'but i te'tdi'rth ~0

ore io'ia ui~~b~ed-dndeAned 'that i't'Côrimmitted tlô' ôrie 'tb ~ieY pA•ïi}W}t~•rM ;of union ; ortôany'thing but a àéclaratio~ tin ftivofr. oi' ► dieCUbgiotri : that - iho .question 'tnight ' èo I!°sot e►t toet:' It ',Odi;e brought' 4u p' ai aconvention of Delegates ft tn the thro© ~°t+t~v+S'tleéë gt, ~deb,tic ~ia 186E, , w+heci - it was , ttbar~~n ty 8dcided''~bhat edoni: itsdiscuss ion vras " prom~itnro;' n8 the'qu~rionr dé éve+4► +`-mhethon tti~ottght,• wite, so t .flt , roet. ~ind'èôijiwtNikW 'h~,ArqolDèen butfor thb~ ncëessitiee .tif an>àdn.'',A,~,er` a èueoesetôn 1 ► OF : ~I~d. looks ~1i~d ''bhangee' oF'~dtniniatratiob, "*hitilh~' WMA tenod"toniake Parliamoptary Govornmo qtimpoqsibi~e in th t coun try,the echonté'bf'coefedoratittg~ri~hit~~e {cné Oibvincoe wae~. suggoQted,.~ I tbo aroadjost • a► ; de, of;roJ~evi*gl : ;~#A from a, : O tato~ of,pdlltio,~1 aa~;cflnanpial .eur~~emQ4~,~,t .~`~ ~►l~ kqpw.what f~lowqd t-•,-Tbe ' mpeticng•cqf -1)o1QgaO9 at. lpPoyiy4wpn1.IslaP d-•tbo aonvar ) t ion at, Q► iebeo,+t1 ►e, W t.ra ~ oA ,d~ r x ig~,ts

, ,~F, :o .u~ • own Lngielat,~~o, ~+yi ►►► i±~aun~~ïlà;~~~, S~91Q tiyVA ,to"~nO la4d ~ .u{~y} the p,aea~,g►e' rof 04040, ~PapQ111i~l 'A144 1atuq wae .fQrd~, ~~_~+'tb}supoor ,i~e t~A~9q!~A~Afj ~an.M~l~,~~Joibcvq thô •tuoet umpla ~pqf on t

men in that Province, rankly admitted tkp ' RAocQ~,'t~4,at}~q~t,,raotiioe pphin ~'Arlipmpp= on the Conf©demtion Bill . pUeefrankly and .kindly lôok at it as a greaCmo f syro Prypgb tdo w n for the purpogo of,,troliepi~ng• ; Capq~4a .,~-prn d~ ra

if~. d~r~~t this I~omeni ; ~1~dA ,qRAtl~ip ,~pdvpher c~1ad{~,is~A~lp ~»~r,s¢, ltutc Crctpfj~d~cratp z

.W 9' ~15~!c ©~ , .ra n+~R1l ~~r Ir: fi+ad tp 1►~ e, f4r, 440 d.QO1~Xit n t~_$. ~? Ae

~itq lO Wt~fi ~r,pviq4oes are 1 A ;m c Y Op I cr~~d,~o= !ocal Ao9r. v .RT1n. heoo NAM

.>~4t~c t. na ~ ~}~r,~ ►.~oet1. ~i c i PRA P W~t?41114ti~©ci It4 R c; i~P~#'q ts _,~oul4i have•to reqrt .tA*r.* tlg~,c, t4

, oE~ôvaScotia never dreamed of any~anQ° }~I e,&1" ~~~ ~

, .Fh~Ah qA~!Q4~t~►Fe deRlp ir~ ,iR#atl Af,Rs ,~~~g~e of: .we #'- C110>44 4 ~!;~uuo++~d ;t,àrei ;: *1 ~r.~c 4 ; j ►AIA« . ,3a .s„~~;pQ~pr

•,

I

28 0oWPI9DBRAa IoN.

arging b~tr Ccratnoroé, improving and 'beau'tif~ing ,'tbe~ Conntr ., .d ~ .

~a1~Eii0e: "~oyal;', ~weful,' and !"oontentedanl

we wore . eteadily'

y, rspi #y ëatanding our- ro ad

e and railvftays, uhder~he é;- M, tarif Y in Amorica• But al~thoâgh' natarally•.un-W illing to surronder tho polittical control of our affaiï~s to th eCanâdiane, dr to l~nj! b'ther , people, we were not averse to4losor amdpio~•e in;timate. 4~cai and ' commercial . arrangementswith o,nr ;fello~,,Q,onïats . ~~o the free exchange of the pro-duetè qf tl~,,e ~fqreat, tl2~i $old, the mine, and the sea . we had noobjpctiori ( qxGqpt thd.` fe~r that bur ' infant , i4duqtrios might$yffor) to.n,dd froo t~ra~o in-the manufaotureQ of the sôveralP.rovinpeü,.,,,to an assi ni~lotiôn of ou? Currenoies---to uniformbook, parCel, aud ,lpttor pos~go--to closer cor~n®otioti by- rai1-waY, to *qy , and ,evor~y tlii,ng thpt would promôte the tradé aqdintereste ,of,ull, ,, And hor lot ns on qu ire if it was i~nperativo,that w© rnuQt,ooï,fodorato, ~th, & t we ahould surrondor our pros-peroue rovonu©s, and .subplit tp incr©asod taxation, for any .orall of, thooe tnoaguros; oven if thep wore far more , valuablethan't}wy reqllÿ are. Would England, for ' the sake of freetrado with 30rance, ox a railw#y. coonecting the two Couutrie t;

et,4qr, wpr,a t4at possible, bo content to mergo her identityau iradep"cjen,op, and booomô an qutlyid~q dopond©nAy of her(~allio, n©i bo,ur P No one imàgi~i,oe anyt6inq sô absurd, andyet we N~g S,eq,t,,qps arc àsked to do something very like it .

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onb W .-Slie Mbrihcrnlito incldenee of our pbeilibn; and a

• / tf 0 bonmn onî~eIw : , Tiie r~i~ay ~+eaid cob~ a g~ôd 4w' of~ .mpney, D~ni it

y M 1-n tt on to'~ltüU6â ~l~Jf,lttea Mtid tii4~ dè ~idgnt ~i~+ d t tli I'

, t',W1é'~~ërreu~d+QKI ditno~t ooiftinteroü ►ll d U è

V. , Ia pnorDer ~fllhe Govërmm"t - on- site , fo. 4 1 ~ g ~(

idttory. Tüe ;i•ailway ",thon,' wbieh woul onnble the

a a ont A~►ve , lrdbklv adtitttlted`1that, whether Confodera-te4'nN't~i~c; *;41st hbte the Intercoloni arl Railtvay.

Canatiian to, dhos e fl~n this etaté -of thmldom,fe a nioaeuroof primè hoçoé~tt ~ddibpeneablo to hie eoourity~ his dignity,

d ündepe)AdeNaA: , . •l .~ Fromftlénti'4enlbo~ of the, Canadianr! ~n

nioatlan with the ouior worid, oaëep t through a' toroign~ K d

Treérity, vue $r;et your we )aro Contedoiited, would bo .lLllyôqual to'tihià 66rePrt on'tho ontire eQst of the . road . Much Aswe desir~-tbo Itailway, we an livo without it `;, Q4ur Countryid surroûndéd,by•bhe sea, our harbonrs are opon all the yearround, - aiid"dut' Merchants and Marin ro have accees to ovoiypart of thb globo t it 'adl'soaeo n's. Thd\ case is vorÿ difl'eréntwittt Catiuda: 'I, With her ports closod bice for Ave . monthHin the yéhr, she is but ôtf durinR that ~imo frônrall~'ooininu-

Botter far tliat'wo si?ioulil çonetrdot the Intoraolonial Railway'~ourgoivèé,~'for - the - morep we nlust 'psy, into the Canadia n

T-VE, .INT~RaQLONIAL RAILROAD.

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MNB spim$~s~r~oN. 29,.~ ~Colonel garoltsip, also a,pvominentenppox},qr,o,ftho 4jaistt.y,spoke out even more plainly ; .._

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and defensive purpoeee,'► Q~!~R►ereial, .aooial ,Withthese op inioae anim$tin ,

Parlianient; and the columoe of ~e Can~ da~a pCesse i~ i~ B~ ~tfolly to tAlk of the railway .being oon,tip Qat~ onration of' the Provinces. Canada cannot ~fPord oebo longerdopondont on a forejgn -ehut po!wqr, whiQb ~wA~y, , at any momept,out 'ber praducts ~om, the ~narketa of the, world for fivemonths in every year.. She muat ; bavo . açoesa to the seattrroug British Torrito~y,

and a wiàter port at oither Hal#fazor St . ~ohn. Colonel Naultain, s eaki nof Canada, , truly eaid,"

~ ;We must have~hô râ ÎrUoaâ~ad a tfor it whether we have politiaal union or not." ' p y '

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most succeesfully with thoso ôf N~ôvs isonnâ°uld c°n'p°~

If, by a littlo tact and flrmnow, ' ''IntorcoloniA i Railroad without••Côn éderâ ion~the way to &00trgde was even môre oaey. Over and over again the Canadiangovormmn t preesed Nova Scotia and New Brunswick tooatablieh intoroo jonial trade botwoon the Provinces, and atthe very timo w hen they thorneolvoqt4q dp~l.,discussion of ~~od . tl~atr ovqu the. quoetion of Cplq~ri# I Uponthis point tlro ovidonao isclear prPmatare.appear from the 'report made ~ r' ~~ a4 o~ueS~►q,

Secretaryr to hie goQ©rnmont~ iv ~` t Ap~ap tb°q Flnaaoialenappondrx,of the Jou~n$la of igag,~0

; will be fd ' iq thediscussion of the eubjo 66 by tho ina,nc~6 :t'p~t~~rQ~~Cai~ds ;

94dBrunswick and Nova Soqtra, 4r.~Annao,d ~mar a : :~Thô prevailing aentacuQnt a t bptb~ ôf . i ll oèe; eptilqg$ wasrn the highcxst dogroo favor4U io to t~o adoption o it i"roo tradepolioy between the British Nôrtsh gnnorrcAn r'v'reprosontativos of+t~ô governmvnt

of Canada, prôbâ6lg'9fü©j n othat many of the manufactures of that Provrncoa tariff more or lose proteo~ i 4• ~ , fostered

wrox, W rA ,ci iro New Brune. ~A ~ ue of~iving iwrnedia~,e o~~et to t~o oliopundoa cn.paidqratioi~•- he FiqaQco Iff iP~e of II

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.16" l I :'.$ft t6att , id donëAqtieri8e• ; of'ttre! recoab'diminusion of ; ,thd J tnat+6* iobs~ ~6f ; ttte )rôejiéqtibe F~b~doae ;'kri4igg'out of the:war in the noighbbrin ~ Ybpëbtid,Midtho' incret~eod'liabilitios~+ !incur•rod by the additional obligations necessary to theconstruction of tho 'proposed road ; the Dolegatos from NowBriinswick and Nova Scciits 44krétr'6"t'thoy are not at thi

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~ . . ,CONFEDERATION . 31

That ' l the 'case of Belg ium '.' instead of fqrniebinN an~ argument in favor of Confederation, in perhaps the best illus.tration that can be given in fa~ ►or of our retatntng~unimpairedthe priceless blesaings of golf-government,which we now enjoy .Belkium confederated with a neighboring nation, and it wasonly âfiér an o=perience o8fl,eén years, that shè broke awayand declared her - indepe once,. since which time she hasbecome, although a small, " isolated" Cout ttry, one of themost prosperous of all the European Kingdoms .l .,That the terme of the proposed Union are manifestly un-juot, to th© p©ople of Nova Scotia

. A larûo portion of thedebt of Canada has arisen from expenditures which yieldnoaioturn, and from $nancial deficits running over i long periodof years : while the debt of Nova Scotia is roproeQnted . byproductive works, which now pay a srnall per contage upontheir cost, and ip a short time may be, reaPor i ably oapeetedto pay the interest on the price of construétiôn .That bythe surrender ofourehiof revenues to the Dominion ofCanada, - the appropriations for the local wants of the Countrymust be roduèed about a quartor of a million of dotlare per, annum-a larger amount than was granted for the enti>oroad and bridgo service, at the lnst session of the Legielature .That ' ander the Canadian Tarif% you would, if Con-iedoratod, have paid on articles yôu •condumod last year,at least $500,000 over and above th6axe8)-oà reallp, didpay, every cent o( ,which * would have -gone into the Cana-dian Treasury, along with a quarter of a million of dollarstaken away from your local improvomonte .That, by a littlotact and managoraent, .yoit might have,secured both Free Trade and the Intercolonial Railway , bothof which are more necessary to, and more desired by, theCanadians, than by the people of No %+a Scotia .But 't may be said--" Confedcratibn is now a fied fact," that a Bill foruniting the • Provinces has received th;' assent of theImperial Govcrnment, and that, whother for good or evil, we mustpatiently submit . Aull so we would if the mcxeuro had over beenapproved by the pe( •ple. ', Carried its it was through the ImperialParliament by misrep resentations most foul-forced as it is upon uswithout our consent, it may bo' our true policy, if not our duty, evennow to give the Confdderation sçheuie it fair trial--to oxiimin

nandinquire if there is any good hi it-and to so amcud and itnprove'the measute, if th itt be possible, so as to mnko it acoeptuble to thepeople of this count ry . But before all, and rabove all,. the first duty •of the Llectori of Nova Scotia is to choosè, both for the DominionParliament and the Loes&Legialature, tried sud trusty men,-menina+~pable of betraying their doïtrest rights,-.-men who, whetherabeent or reee p oty will .never forget their obligations to the psople, .and the fat" of the Province committed to tbuir charge .

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