The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-07
DAILY PRESS.
ND.
Tuesday Morning. January 7, 1893.
Dominion of Cauuda.
PORTLAND.

! Dominion of Cauuda.
| TROUBLE BREWING.
The effect of the new tariff regulations of
tue Dominion upon the people OF the Mari
time Provinces, proves very much what we had
anticipated, except that the QUERY of dissats
faction and anger is more instantaneous and
vehement tha1 we had expected. The news
| papers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
are loud in their denunciations OF the change,
while the anti Union Tapers OF Halifax
| employ the most extreme language to express
| their detestation of the new order of things.
| The Halifax Sun and Advertiser says:
| The blessings" of Confederation. 20 long
| promised, are coming down upon us with
| lightning rapidity. The obnoxious Tariff of
| Canada has been forced on the Province OF
Nova Scotia. The telegraph lines were en-
gagged on Friday morning in telegraphing the
disagreeable intelligence to all parts of the
Dominion, and the monstrous burden was
| Immediately placed upon the people With
out a moments warning-without the Slight
est intimatlon being given to our business
men-this detested imposition was put in
force, and the Tariff OF Nova Scotia was swept
away-but not forever: We shall have our
own Tariff again, and that before long. or we
shall know whether we are serfs or treemen.
Well, what is to be done? Are the people
OF Nova Scotia willing to be overburdened in
this way by taxation? Heaven knows, we
have had enough to bear without placing this
additional bu. upon us.
This detested union must be repealed, AMI
the members ofour Local Parliament Should
be summoned to meet without any unnecss-
sary delay. Let us get clear of the hungry
Canadian beaver, and once more free, we
shall make our own laws and have our coun-
try governed according to the wishes of the
people.
This is strong Ian yuage, aud it is hardly to
be wondered at that the hungry Canadian
beaver" resents it somewhat The papers of
Ontario and Quebec express astonishment
that the Maritime Provinces should object to
bear what they are told is only their proper
share OF the burden eli the new nationality
from which all are to benefit so largely. This
view ofthe case might be sound and foreible
but for the awkward fact that the people Of
these malcontent provinces did not desile
the new nationality; and in the case of Nova
Scotia at least they are in the Union agaipst
their will, and so have fair right to COM
plain that their liberties are infringed. 1t has
been said of late by the friends OF Union, that
the oppos ton feeling as dying out, and that
Nova Scotia like the other provinces would
soon settle down into passive acceptance of.
the situation, and end by approving that which
at first she so mnch disliked 1t is evident
however, that tue only change of sentiment
is one OF deeper and more determined opposi-
ton than ever. The Pictou Chronicle, an.
other Nova Scotian paper, discusses the same
subject in an article the tone of which is
equally decided, though more moderate in
expression. We quote a portion Of this arti-
Gle, which undertakes to answer the ques-
tion, "What is to be done:"
There was never a time in the history of
our country when people more anxously ask.
ed themselves this question. The prosperous
and happy Province OF two years ago is to- -day
scene OF anarchy and INFUSION. A Prov
lnce which always had an overhowing treas
ury Is today literally bankrupt. The former
ly yindcpendent Province of Nova Scotia to-day
sees her autonomy destroyed, her liberty
swept away, her institutions detiled by un-
clean hands, her revenues collected and ,is-
bursed, her public works appropriated and
controlled. her people insulted and tormented,
by the emlssaries and hirelin9s OF a distant
and foreign Province. Nova Scotia-the
Kingdom by the seattle richest OF all the
Provinces in varied sources OF wealth-is to-
day the pupp"t of distant half-irozea
Province in the wilds oil America. Her sons
first In literature, political intelligence and
statesmanship-are asked to bow to oppression
" to Kiss their fetters and smile at their coun-
trys dishonor." II Nova Scotians were plac-
ed IN this degraded position after being hon
orably beaten, they might be expected for
time-however unwiliing-to accept the
situation" But when we recolect that our
constitutional liberties were treacherously ta-t
Ken from us-that political corruption and
political peridy did the work which disgraces
the annals OF colonial legislation that our
own representatives were our betrayerS-and
that the statesmen OF the fatherland the men
on whose sense OF honor we relied to shield
us from injustice, consented. nay assisted, to
force Confederation upon us,--when we rec
ollect all this, we feel that to ask the people
OF Nova Scotia to accept the situation"
would be adding keen insult to deep injury.
What is to he done? All the evils of Con.
federation we instiEctiyely dreaded are com
ing upon us like flood The increased bur
den OF taxation is stern fact. The predic-
ii IN that our interests would be sacrificed to
those OF Canada has been verified to the let
ter. Are we to accept the situation ?-to
remain III COnfederatlon where we have no
influence and can expect no fair play-where
positive ruin stares us in the face? Such
proposition we must Indignantly reject. The
act must be repealed so far as this Province
is concerned. That is the only answer we
can give to the question-What is to be done?
The writer goes on to propose immediate
secession. He says:
The Local House should meet without de-
0no9rA lodi tif1r, null
so far as this Province is concerned, kick out
every officer appointed by tie Dominion Gov
| ernment, collect our revenues and disburse
them. We must ask the British Parliament
to grant repeal; ii they refuse, we must re-
peal it ourselves. We cannot afford to wait
for British red tapesm," aid see our colln-
try plundered.
Further oD we have this passage:
A gentleman writing us from Halifax, says:
The late infamous tariff imposed CD US is
enough to drive men mad. The feeling of in
d'gnatlon here is, may say, extremely bitter.
This is no time for glove work: we
must strike hard, and knock off the unhojy
letters that bound us pro TEN to the Domi-
mon. hold now that we should in
stantly demand repeal, and If that is not
granted, let us so peaceably over to the Uniied
States. There is no other alternative. Con-
nected with Canada we are ruined
4halIels aIe SetlinS qulte exciting here. The
appearance OF SO many Custom and Excise
d--ls, among us, from Canada, made many
OF our good men swear"
The Chronicle is not quite prepared to 60 so
far as this; it recommends that annexation
be the last atternatiue," but insists that the
act OF Union must be repealed so far as Nova
Scotia is concerned" The Italics are not
| ours. .... -.
1t is very evident that a crisis is approach
ing in the affairs of our northern neighbors.
| They have found their South Carolina at a
very early per cd of their career, and revo.
luton is in progress which, unless arrested by
some unforeseen event, must lead to the de-
| structon of the whole Confederation fabric.
snui Among thc Propchts.
The particular Saul referred to is VIM. H.
Simpson, editor of the Belfast Republican
Journal" The past year was not one OF so
many startling occurrences as some of its
eighteen hundred odd Christian predecess ors
have been; yet it had its surprises. 1t saw