Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-03-25
PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT.


RECIPROCITY TREATY.-ln the Legislative
council the speaker announced message from
the Legislative Assembly informing the Coun-
Gil that they had appointed Committee, THE
names of the members of which were given,
to consider the subject of the Reciprocity
Treaty with the United States and requesting
the Council to cooperate by the appointment
Of a Committee Of their own to act in con-
cert.
Mr.. Walbridge moved for correspondence
on the subject Of the Reciprocity Treaty and
the Bonding System, and Mr.. Ross asked
whether the Bonding system existed by vir-
tue Of an act of Congress, or merely by De-
partmental regulation; to which the Finance
Minister replied. that the Bonding system
was based on an act of Congress, passed by
the Americans for their own purposes but be
did not think it became US to discuss the
chances of being Inconvenience by the ac-
ton of the United States, who, doubtless,
had perfect right to do in this matter what
they pleased, but who, he felt sure, would do
nothing in opposition to their own interests.
At any rate, we could not prevent it. The
Government had information which fully war
rantcd him, however, in saying that there was
not the slightest reason to believe that the
Bonding system would be abolished Mr..
McGee said it would be we'll for the country
to note the fact that we were at the mercy OF
our neighbors, a stroke of whose pen was
sufficient to put an end to the system Mr..
Dunkin deprecated discussion on these points,
as being most likely to bring about what we
did not want. Mr.. Brown said that it SEEM
ed to him the time had come when Canada
should be in some way represented at Wash
ington. Doubtless Lord Lyons was watch
full guardian over British interests, but some
thing more was needed. He felt certain that,
were the real truth fairly put before our
neghbors. they would not do as they now
threaten to do 1t was amazing what igno-
rance existed on the subject of the Recproci-
ty Treaty.
STATE OF FEELING AT WASHINGTON
We understand from gentlemen recently
returned from Washington that very deer
feeling of dissatisfaction with Canada is en-
tertained there, which will be very likely to
tell against us materially in negotiations con-
corning reciprocity, or anything else. This
feeling is entertained not only by young and
exctable politicians, but by old, calm, reflect
ing men, who are especially indignant at the
vexatious treatment to which their Consul
General was subjected here. The nature oil
the prosecution against him, and the kind OF
characters who promoted it, are pretty well
known there and the prosecution itself would
have been rated at its true Importance, but
for the action of our Judges in granting, upon
the application of an unknown individual, not
even alleging any certain cause of complaint,
OF showing any positive damage, an extraor-
binary writ of arrest on Sunday against an
aged and infrm gentleman in the high posi-
ton Of American Consul General, and hold
ing him TO the excessive bail of thirty thous-
and dollars. This, we presume, was the
most extraordinary course ever adopted by a
Canadian Judge; and it may, in one way and
another, cost Canada thousand times the
amount of that bail. We may, Of course, say,
"Who cares " Canada is not dependent on
any other country" &c., &c. But rejecting
men know the value of good neighborhuod
and friendly relations between adjoining eoun-
tries Montreal Witness,
PoLASD.-The Emperor of Russia has
emancinated the aerfa NJ Poland