The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-13
RECEPTIONS.

TAau Proprietor NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, Washing
tlJ. d. G.
RECEPTIONS.
We are authorized to announce that the ladies'
Of the Executive Mansion, Mrs. Patterson and
Mrs. Stover, will be home on Monday evenings.
The evening has been fixed In lieu OF the after
noon receptions, as they were last season.
SPEAKER CoLrAxs receptions are to be every
Friday evening, from s. to II p. m, commencing
Friday, jan II.
The receptions OF the Speakers mother and
sister, Mrs. and Miss Matthews, for ladies, and
gentlemen accompanying them, Will be every
Wednesday afternoon, from l to p. m. Resi-
dcnce, 7 Lafayette Square, Sixteen-and-a-hslf
street
Mrs. PosrMAsrER GENERAL RANDALL will
hold her receptions on Wednesday afternoon OF
each week, at No. io2 l. street, corner Fourteenth
aud l..
MRs. SECRETARY McCuLLocu will receive
her friends on Wednesdays from II M. to p. m.
TUE LApIEs of Secretary Browning's family
will receive their friends, as usual, on Wednes-
days, from u to Z o'clock, p. m. Residence on
Montgomery street, Georgetown Heights.
THE NEW DOMINION IN TROUBLE.
Royal institutions don't flourish on this con-
tinent. The attempt proved failure In Mexico.
The Canadian Dominion, from present indica-
tions, will soon fall TO pieces. That Confedera-
ton embraces Canada proper, New Brunswick,
and Nova Scotia. The latter colony was forced
into the scheme under a solemn protest from the
people, who were not consulted. At the first
general election OF members for their local Leg
ialaturc they rejected the party who eonfeder-
atcd the colony with Canada, and returned men
who arc opposed to the measure. Their Legis-
lature convened n few days ago, and one OF their
first acts was a resolution to forward an address
to the Queen, I" informing her Majesty that her
loyal people of Nova Scotia do not desire to be
in any manner confederated with Canada, and
praying her Majesty TO revoke her proclamation
and to cause the British North America ast to
be repealed, as far as il relates to the province
Of Nova Scotia" In every county, city and
town throughout the colony public meetings are
being held, at which resolutions are passed cx-
prcssive of a settled determination to sccede,
with orwitho out the will and consent OF the Queen,
aud asking their representatives not TO return
again to their seats in the Ottawa Commons.
At least nineteen-twentieths of the people OF
Nova Scotia arc resolved to be relieved from the
Confederation. Says a paper published in the
eastern section OF the colony: go The time for
Cancellation has now passed away. No compro-
misc tcH noU be accepted. The people are dc.
tcrmined to have repeal sren at he risk Of cutting
all connection trih Great Britain" Says very
influential gentleman, now upwards of so years
of age: BE assured Nova Scotia piH not yield.
She and all the world knows that she has been
very unjustly dealt with; and she also well
knows that England would not like either to
part from or try to force her on this wretched
measure. If troops arc sent TO these lower prov
inccs, for the purpose OF overawing them and
forcing confederation down their throats, the
mistake will he great; and should battle OF
ia in . nha.
bly, soon be followed by another flag than the
Union Jack floating over the lower provinces
and fully do / believe that II violence begins
multitudes from Massachusetts,, New Hamp
shire and Maine will rush into Nova Scotia
through New Brunswick, and take part In what
we would all deplore, and what, may a kind
Providence avert. Boston is already the Liver
pool of the sea-bohrd colonies, and New York
the London, and their interests blend them much
more than they can with the Canadas."
New Brunswick is very little behind Novs
Scotia in her determination to get out of the
Confederation, and Is only awaiting the action
of her sister colony to follow her example.
The Cabinet at Ottawa, the telegraph inform,
us, is to be rcmodelcd, In order to extend more
conciliatory policy TO the disahected colonies
But 1t is too late The people of Nova Scotia
are intelligent They were forced into scheme
to which they were always opposed. They were
VIKING 10 give inc Hhttcr iair lrial. lheii
representatives went to Ottawa and sat in the
Commons to see their tariffs raised, excise law,
passed, and a stamp act put in force against thci
united protest. As they anticipated, their taxe
have been nearly doubled, and will be furthe
increased, without any equivalent. Under thcs,
circumstances they have sOlemnly resolved, a
whatever cost, to be absolved from n contract II
which they had not been consulted, and agains
which they protested before its consummatio
The Queen will respect their memorial, but
strong appeal will go to the British Parliament
from Canada not to repeal. II, in listening tC
the latter,the prayer of the Nova Scotians is dis
regarded, that colony will certainly drop out o
the Dominion into the United States, and New
Brunswick will come tumbling In after, leaving
Canada to follow their example at its leisure.