The Portland daily press., 1867-10-15

ane KEPT IN It by force, so surely will we have
o.r states right conflict, and a bitter and se-
,.o ou. III 4ne u VIII be- We speak OF it not thai
n,;ofors,,no ~ ~ eo,ne m TO pass; it would be q
,.iS'oi'une 10 all the colonies alike. BlIt the
temper OF the people here, and the onts;do .nl
sistance they could at once Command in tbo
event OF any real conflict, lead MS In haiia,o
that, though they may remain for few years
sullen discOntented subjects of the Dominion
they will finally throw of their allegienee ,o
it. Either q repeal IF the Union, ,so' a S,eecp-
ihg change in he terms DO,0 tired, il dbSo-
Iuteiy necessary 10 preserre the Dominion.
from The eUits OF Internal strife
The Halifax Citizen, whose editor ana pro-
prietor is Mr.. Mcdonald, one of the newly
elected members OF the Local Legislature,
holds the following language:
In brief, the British Government aud Par
lament must be asked to undo the great
wrong that was done TO Nova Seotiato re-
hese this Province from system OF Govern
inent that Is certain to prove injurious 10
nearly all its industrial interests, and to which
the people never cave their consent The
statesmen ot the Mother Country were trick
Ell aud trapanned into their hasty action on
TINS measure, and when this iact is made
plain to them, as it will be, ii they do not take
the earliest opportunity 10 retrieve their er-
ror, their refusal to do so will eflectually dis
pei that faith which Nova Seotians ha al
ways repOsed liz their manliness aud love OF
fair play. This should, and we believe will,
be the policy OF ftty-four out OF the fifty -sev.
en- members OF Parliament elected in this
Province, and the more speedy and direct the
means they take TO carry it out, the better.
In such a policy as this, there is neither
treason nor disloyalty. While the Ccntedera-
ton Act is law, it ought to be Obeyed as any
tI,ar la.. sa
faithfully discharge all their political obliga-
tiOns as subjects OF the Dominion, as long as
the Dominion lasts, and may still, while thus
temporarily accepting the situation, Iise all
fair and proper means in the exercise OF their
privilege as British subjects, to have that law
repealed, and the constitution OF their cou-
try restored.
And the Pietou Chronicle boldly declares:
The first duty of our elected representatives
is to carry Nova Scotia's protest against the
Confederation scheme to Downing Street 1--WE
don't recognize Ottawa authority, and there
respectfully yet firmly ask that Nova Scotia
may be restored to the position she occupied
previous TO the passing of Confederation.
Here are certainly evidences enough of
coming trouble; but what is likely to be the
complexion of events, it is as yet idle TO pre-
u'et. bue IuliS, however,, lS especially nOticc-
able. The Nova Seotians, with all thsir dis
content, are mainly loyal to the crown and
institutions of Great Britain. The "manifest
destiny" idea gets little encouragement from
them. The Annexationists have never had
the strength OF corporal's guard among
them. In New Brunswick there are twenty
AnnexatiOnists TO one in Nova Scotia. 1t is
true that comparisons between the new CON
stitution and those of the United States and
Great Britain have been freely made, and
that an Immense majority. not only of 4um-
bers, but also of the wealth and intelligence
OF the province, esteem the new constitution
as unsuitable to their country, and detest the
means by which it has been established; but
as for disposition to take any other charac-
ter than that of British subjects, we confess
we are unable to see it. We shall await the is
sue OF these new complications in the affairs of
Onr neighbOrs with much interest, and with
the most cordial wishes for an amicable set
tlement of their difficulties.