The Portland daily press., 1872-03-22
THE PR ESS,
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH ss, 1879.


Our neighbors across Inc hno seS'.a " -
quite as much stirred up as we of the olates'
or as ''the old folks at home" are. In On
tario the old government has been displaced
by a liberal and very vigorous one, under the
able leadership of the Hon. Edward Blake,
a rising statesman of fine promise. Mr.. San
leader of what is known in Canada as the
''patent combination, "seems to have lost the
strong hold upon the confidence and respect
of the people which he formerly enjoyed.
The late session of the local Parliament was
bitter and stormy one. The coalition gov
ernment bore its defeat with exceeding Ill
grace, its members revenging themselves upon
their successful antagonists by hurting charges
of corruption and fraud with the utmost
recklessness upon the leaders OF the Liberal
party. Much of the time of the session was
wasted before committees of investigation,
and in bitter personal debates. But the 'pa-
tent combination" party as signally failed to
make good their charges, as patent comosnd-
ton gentlemen in this country-the Schurzs,
the Tiptons, the Bayards and the Casserlys-
have done in their assaults upon Gen. Grant
and the Republican party.
In the Province of Quebec new national
party has been organized which is said to
mean mishief to the old liners. The wisest
statesmen and the ablest men in this prov
ince, such as Sir A. T. Gait, Mr.. Hunting
don-(a gentleman who would be conspicu-
Gus for ability and eloquence in the Senate OF
the United States MIR. Dorion, Mr.. Holton,
and others are the avowed or reputed friends
of colonial independence. r. .do a
In New Brunswick fierce war is going on
in the local Parliament and among the people
on the school question. A new school sys-
tenn has been provided which does great
credit to the people of that noble Province
but it is bitterly and even fiercely opposed
by the ignorant and the stingy of all denom-
nations, and by the Catholics especially. Up
on this question the government has been at
tackled in the House of Assembly upon a
motion of want of confidence. The debate
was going on at our last advices, but it was
believed the government would be sustained.
1t is as if the Catholics of Maine should
make war upon our common school system
and denounce it as Goddess because it was
not sectarian. Gov. Wilmot, whose eloquent
speech in the famous Portland Convention in
1850 is remembered by many of our people,
is the present Chief Magistrate of that Prov
ince. In religion he is Methodist and in
politics a Liberal. We are confident the
cause of education in that Province will not
suffer, if it is in his power to prevent it.
In Nova Scotia, whose people are nearly a
duplicate of the Yankees, Sir Hastings Doyle,
bright Irishman of 70, but who would be
taken for not more than So years old, is the
popular and successful governor. There, the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are in power, the Hon.
Mr.. Annard of the Halifax Chronicle, being
the leader in the upper House, and the Hon.
Mr.. Vail, an able lawyer of Digby, in the
lower. A very animated and personal debate
has just terminated in the latter upon the
Governors address. The government was
strongly sustained Nova Scotia was swim
died into the confederation, and the Domin-
ion leaders have not been able to dragoon her
people into silence upon, much less into
appreciation of, that outrage. One of the
men most hated by the government party is
DIR. Tupper of the Dominion Cabinet. He is
known to be able and adroit, and belle yed to
be false and corrupt; and if half the stories
reported of him, some of which seem to be
strongly supported, are true, his connection
with the Dominion government is a scandal
and disgrace. .-,..- -.-,...r
Prince Edwards Island, though not of the
Dominion, is also the theatre of rumpus.
Railroad questions, contracts and alleged
frauds, here and there, have stirred up the
people from one end of the island to another,
and altogether the government has been driv-
en- to dissolution. This Province and New
foundland have persistently and wisely kept
out of the confederation-all efforts to in
new government have signally failed, and the
people are rejoicing over their freedom. The
time is not distant when a railroad, crossing
Newfoundland, will be the line of large
travel between the new world and the old.
The communication between Portland and
st. John, N. B., has been easy and frequent
by means of the International Steamship
Company's excellent vessels, and will be in
creased by the opening of the European and
North American Railway. By the Carlotta
and the Chase weekly and semi-weekly inter-
course is had between this city and Halifax,
and large trade has been opened. A new
and elegant side-wheel steamer, the ''Fal-
mouth is to be put on this line the coming
season, and the emperor" is to be placed ON
the route between Portland and Falmouth,
Nova Scotia. Falmouth is perhaps the most
thriving city in Nova Scotia, and is but ITO
miles from Portland. We are anticipating a
large and profitable trade between these cit
les. Our connection with the Canadas by
the Grand Trunk Railway is already close
and important; but additional facilities for
intercourse with them will be furnished upon
the completion of the Ogdensburg road.
From our proximity to the most of these
Provinces and from our special facilities for
intercourse with them our people ought to be
well informed in regard to their condition
and prospects, and interested especially in
their business movements and enterprises.
We hope to give hereafter brief review or
resume of Dominion and Provincial affairs as
often as once a week. -r-- ..
Mast VS.. SchurZ.
Senator Schurz is unfortunate in having a