The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-03-19
THE NEW DOMINION.

Important Proceedings In the Provincial Pnr.
Inment-Debatc ON the Action OF the
British Minister NJ Washington in Declining
% Have Mcdonald Released and Upon tho
Proposed Amendment to the Extraditi0n
Treaty.
OTTAWA, Canada, March 10, 1858.
In Parliament last night Mr.. Mckenzie moved an
address for the correspondence regarding the abduc-
ton Of Allen Mcdonald by the United States officials.
In doing so he said he hoped the Minister Of Justice
was now in position to state whether the
report In the newspapers was true or false;
that after the United States authorities
had admitted the illegality Of the proceedings Of
their ofrlcals the British Minister at washington
had declined to accept the release Of the prisoner
who had been Improperly abducted from British ter
rttory.
Sir John A. Mcdonald said the papers would be
brought down. He was bound to say the answer
q ven BY the British Minister at washington
to Secretary Seward was what had been
stated; that without having communicated with the
government Of Canada he had stated that he would
not ask for the liberation Of the party under the cir
cumstances The papers IN this case had been sent
by him to the government OF the Dominion. He had
been greatly surprised to learn that the person
illegally abducted had been allowed to be retained
In the United States without being sent back to Can
ada 1t was due TO the House and TO the country to
have some explanation Of the extraordinary and un
precedented conduct Of the British Minister at WASH
ngton. Hear, hear We shOuld not permit any British
render the rights and liberties Of British subject
whom American authorities had no right to detain.
The motion was then carried.
Sir John A. Mcdonald introduced bill for the ex-
tension OF the extradition treaty. It was, he ex-
planned, known TO the honorable members that
rial act should remain In force In all the
colonies until the colonial acts had been
Where such acts were satisfactory to the imperial
government that then such colonies should be gov.
erned BY colonial and not By imperial act: such an
the statute book. In Nova Scotia and New Bruins
wick the imperial act alone applied, and its working
dicisl. The United States, TN giving eject TO the
imperial act, provided at once most COM
prelensve measure with easy machinery N et to
subsequently adopted an act almost similar. AS
the measure remained In Nova Scotia and New
the desired sf end as the United States or Can
adian measures. whenever felon fed from
Nova Scotia for instance 70 the United States there
had TO be an application to the latter government
for his surrender. That application had TO be con-
sdered and an answer returned; and all this time
or two would be spent In this way, much TO
the hindrance OF Justice. IL such felon ned
a ~ ,ns eerae oeee
specified In the act OF Congress the man should be
arrested and held for two months, II necessary, In
Canadian government to the British Ambassador at
Washington to obtain rendition OF the criminal.
The object OF the present blu was 70 extend the pro-
visions OF the act OF the province OF Canada TO the
whole Dominion.
The bin was then read for the FIRST time, and the
second reading was ordered for Friday.
Hon. Mr. Ross introduced an act, the object OF
which Ii 10 assimilate the currency Of the Dominion.
In the event OF England and the United States not
carving out the recommendations agreed to In Paris,
then the bill bringing the Nova Scotia standard up to
the standard Of the United States and Canada
would be put In force by proclamation; but II the
recommendations were carried out by the United
states and England, then the act would be put In
force which adapted the currency OF Canada To that
now prevailing In Nova Scotia, and which would
then prevail In the United states.