, 1865-01-13
CA n ADA
Opposition to the Confederate
Scheme In Prince Edward
Island and Halifax.
Ministerial Crisis in Prince Edward
Island-Resignation Of the Premier.

p1ssEss1t1~s w 71sa ..o-TEnEH.r1ox QCcs.
rloN-KtsIdfA11oS OF THE PREMIER.
Correspondence Of the Toronto Leades.]
cuAnIo7TE1owS, P. E. l., Dec. %, 1861.
resignation Of Col, Gray, tIrst minister in tnI;
Island. The causes which led to thfs stcu had
Tor some time been apparent
You will have seen by the papers how the
union question Is received here. and how the
quarrel began. Mr.. Palmer differed from CoI.
Glay and Mr. ". Pope, two Of Ills colleagues
in the Government and brother delegates on
Of the opposition, are also opposed to one
another: Imay s1}fly say that nine.t e.tenthsofh The
Eeopte Of our island are s.rv,,y'y opposeI TO con-
federation In fact, We are So very differently
situated rs compared with Nova Scotia anil
New Brunswick that, Willie 1t may succeed
and answer we'll with then, NC have nothing
to Eoin BY it. ,.,
pe1led MIR: Palmer TO conc out IL Print, as
also did Colonel Gray: When Mr: falme7
spoke at their particular request at tue 70.
ronto dtjtuner, they well knew, and 50 did oil
the Canadian ministers present, that hc enun-
ciated merely the sentiments Of the majority
Of the island delegates What they witnessed
In his conduct at the conference sufficiently
scheme rs regarded our Island. Indeed, while
Tue conference sat N .Chaflotteto"n nc a.
ciafeo ne Nouio never astee 70 tne Rfmeipiss
OF representation oy p'pulatou. as u "ouio
give US mercy nonllfss s1epfesentation ta1s
ne tc3tefalca ~ lne Conference N Queoec,
BESIDES, "9 were p1omlsea I1! mucn lalseF
numper n u. upper a naapg ho LIZ - "ch nch p'oa'-
ise was lo1eotten wien Ut eot ~ t<oepec''
MINISTERIAL CRISIS In PRINCE EDWARD Is
LAND:
From ae Toronto Globe, Jan. 81
Ihe latest Cbarlotleto"n papers !eeelTeu
bring news OF ministerial crisis ID fr1u:e Ed
ward lsland; Colonel John Ham'lton Gray,
prime minister, has resigned JUS scat IN the
Executive council, ana Inc Lientena1s GOV
Gray Is At some palns 10 SaYe ms reasons ior
retiring from the Office Ihe substance Of his
statement is that nc eoula not continue 10 s!t
III counell "1tn NJ, EaWaIu Ia!lne:, Tue A.
torney Genelal o1 tne province, n!1e' the con-
duct Of lint gentleman respecting tue con
federation scheme: AT the tofono ae5eanef'
Mr.. PaluIer, speaking On behalf # big pro"
yincc, declared very strongly in iaJor of con
federation, but on getting back t9 frlnce r.
ward Island, wrote very long Litter 70 ne
neWsraLeIs, SENS mhhng .he stneme retn o. tns
conference Wn1cA no aad eaaofsd at ioroniu.
1t has since transpIred that at tae tlmc the
conference vas slt'inss-b:1ore tie occaslon
OF the Toronto 5peech-he "1ote o lettel ~
one Of tho Char!ottetown editors, IN wnlch,
after expressing fears that hii island was tobe
sacrificed, and pointing, out some Of tne oo-
5ect1ons TO the scheme, he sid
IL sault, ana Laof1usIl' uisSust aa ~ ~
eoulse 5nlnss naSe taken n2re' ann mgasu ~ ~
olslone1 ~ sit " w "a.sIs " pa ,ai:nJ ,saos
ne Womb h. ken n 'I hr ;nc scheme.
Colonel G:nv ountes a;so Mr. Palmer's SUBJ
eeonen, ;nsiif;c,44io] 4 .ss II. 1oro11to speech,
thr yolue of which viii he ycry vel seen from
fI1e fo1lo,rf,,g srn,cnc.
d. not dscIn M consistency called In
oncst;on I,v ,rhot nv have falle1 from me
d.,T;n~ an - nnstm3;,.1 a ;:an,nimsntary speech ut
= 1r;r;;ner War; eonf rnlersv was neither in
%it,d NJ, "uv axn.ct'1 tu1''g nd Tonld have been
deemed mt NJ n,nrc If introduced and where
It was inya1oh]v a1 oi Ifu th nood I fashion, during the
Whole tour. for every slS one who was called On
to Tct,,rn ti,anse to,;+he nrincely hospitality
shovr ne IT, rccin1ac.tr m far as possible,
what wasmost n1e,ssnt and agreeable 10 their
l;nd hos1a
''1f Tf;s "reueo f.o1ona, G,aV professcs to re-
oa - % as 9sS'r35er IN s,,1t not oFlr to the gen.
iicm.m 10 ~ ~ Tnrontn ,a anf narticuiarly 50 to the
dc1eoatca fro1n 4he ather nrovinces, and cal
cu,ofad ~ hrino ~ ITO contempt the people
i. a,,a .,e-a,.,+a ~ @ - +h;e ieIanA J, Ho CON
c,,dss ~, sau;n.. " th,t pe1a he to continue in
-oyer9meHt ~ s;t1' = 'wh;ch sJ Mr. Palmer Is mem
heT Ic mIsht y he " sr1nnosed s 10 countenance
t.t.nn3nct e. t,oh1r rsrrrehcnsible.n and that
~. dut1 h" n,r!Ss y himseifn nnd the people Of
the ;sIa1d oh,;gca kin to withdraw from tho
araaniina eua aTrGna "pAess NIL ~
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