The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-15

tine Of 900 miles was kls,rse er mey uss IA Ion
as Brush poWv and enterprise attended along one aide
ttts boundary line tpald be ispassitk for ne Uste
Sfates 10 pursue wlat mga be catd Japdie1 policy
put the frontier ne became the sen coast wnat
oe looked for them Scarcely three years ma
elapsed since Mr. Golden declared that II Their
had not been o plentiful harvest ~ Ameucs
pc did not know where food could have been pro
eowpe e ls people o. TINS COUNTRY ~, y Of
auctiveness. Did England not wish preserve this
W.. storehousef Hear, hear During the late war
AmeIica would suffer no cotton 10 be exported 10 this
country Suppose that Canada belonged 10 America, tn
!ne event OF quarrel with England there was nothing
70 shs United States from declaring that not an
ounce q FOOD should leave Its ter.ores which would
then extend from the Arctic regions Gulf OF Mex
CO. ne mad hoped that upon this bill every section OF
the Rouse might have been found in Cheers
II was no use blinking the question This would be
decision affecting Canada merely We had sympathies
alike with Australia and the other colonies II 1t
were seriously proposed that England should denude
herself OF her possessions, give up India, Australia
North America and retire strictly within her own con-
nnes. 70 make herself happy there tho same result
might DO brought about much more easily We might
become citizens Of some small country like Holland and
hear But he hesitated believe that the people Of
England did really favor such policy. If any ono
the he did not believe that one Der cent Of The
people would adopt IT, He believed that the people OF
England feit deep attachment TO their empire, and
flag Of England had once waved would be
abandoned by them without . cogens reason. Every
up Canada which lay within eight days 81 our own
Shores wold apply spiA equal free IN he case Of Ire
land i As people Of 1s 1aisd states CHOSE q demand
give up Gibraltar, Malta, Heligoiand ali ts Outlying
stations, merely because some strong Power took q
fancy to them? Hear, hear) As 10 the argument OF
expense, Canada chose TO pick quarrel her own
account clearly she ought to pay the b but II she
were involved In war on imperial considerations, then
he maintained that the imperial revenues might prop
erly be resorted to. The British empire was one and
indyisible And what was the principle upon which
Of the Union was touched there one Of its citizens
who would not be ready and forward to defend It
Should thcn be less determined to maintain intact
tho greatness and the glory Of the British empire
(Cheers.)
Mr. HADf1RLD condemned the haste which had been
shown N pushing so important measure through Par
lament was read third time in the House Of Lords
only ON Tuesday night and two days after thoy were
called 70 give 1t second reading that House That
bad precedent to establish and might produce III
effects ct another time II the bill had been delayed
only for few weeks the people of Nova Scotia would
have been able express opinion upon it. He had
had time to consider either the bill itself the
papers the subecy which had been put into his hands,
Nj. MARSH was Of opinion that II would have been
better that the Lieutenant Governors should be ap.
pointed directly by the Crown and not by the Governor
OF the Confederation, for that the appointed
would be less likely to be Objectionable local grounds
AZ Tar as Nova Scotia concerned u would have been
better to have waited little time until they should
have learnt the IL OF the general election upon this
particular point andev II unwilling rs. he had no
Confederation afterwards just those States of America
which d not join the Union In the beginn ng after
wards came H. he wished to say one word to our
military expenditure in colonies. Honorable gentlemen
not perhaps aware that the protection
cost very much more in places which not colonies
than in those which were. For instance expendI.
tuss in the Mediterranean, China, Japan and South
America for the protection OF trade was enormous
whfle II very light regarded our great trade with
Canada and the Australian colonies
The bill Was then read second time.