, 1873-07-16

|
that the bottor courBo waB flnaily ndoptol.
| Tho Committee mot In
TIE COURT OF AprEAr8,
~ r. MMontrohl on tho t1ay following tllc co1obrs-
Tho shouta and braying OF bands which Ind
| uBlored out OF oxistonce tho nnttonal holiday
were Scarcely died AWAY, and tho bombaEtio worda
OF i1lnumorallo orators wero yot floating through
ondloas alaco,-tho Saskatchewan Valley md
| tho Fertile Bolt, to eny nothing Of 1iudson'a
Bay anl tho 1ioclzy Mountains, aro immense
territorlos, You lnow,-wl,on tho frat tlny Of 4
eW s working sh,na yssr salizo BY the aong
! Into the cliargos lnado by Mr.. Huntingdon
against tho Goyornment with regard to tho
granting OF tho Pacific 1tailrond chaTor," to uHo
tho oiiicsal lanEmago. The sceno wae M Inn
preBsfvo one. Tlloro are five mombors Of tho
Committee, all ab.o mon, md aeleotod from tho
bost dobatera and most clovor lawyers having
soats In tho House. Tho Chairman is tho
HON. JOHN n1LYARp CAMERON,
q. G., NJ. T., otc., at ono time the head OF tho
Orange Aeaociations Of this hH nhtivo Province,
and tho loader Of tho Bar. Ho Ia D man OF go1l-
tlomnnly, appearance, rather affected oratory,
clover rather than substantial ability and az bo-
! er-up Of the cap whom tho name Of tho groat
and good Quoon iB mentioned, and toyout
hatcr Of oil schenlerH and re6ols Ho Ia plons-
ant speaker, and haa no conscience. Tho Min-
has much confidence iu tho belief that, ,shatoyor
God may hayo in storo, ]. II. Cameron will
Always n no we'll aplo to take caro- OF J. Fl. CAM
eron. There arc, perhapa, only too many peo-
plo IN thtB world Whoao theology resolves itself
,,o ,nso rno aano htfaln: t mo oter two members
teo,-the Ministry having q majority Of one, Of
courao, IN Koeping With gu constitutional
preceaents,-afo air: James hlcDonald an ablo
partlsen, ana iair,to-middllng lawyor and
hfr. Blanchot o willy little Fronclman, poaaosu-
Ing no mean character as m apt tool to do my
Kind OF mean WORK With. Tho TWO remaining
members or tho Committee are selected from
tne Opposltlo1l. aht! are tho Two ioadora-tho
hon. Mr. Darion BONG t1e chiof OF tho A9nge1
OF Lower Canada. while the Hon. Edward Blake
is the head OF tho drlt majority from Ontario.
botE arc men OF great ability, both lawyers at
cue neaa Or their respectlFc lloe, both IN a prl-
Yato mattors fer beyond roproach, but both
| about equally afflicted with
TIE MORAL aANonEHE
which IL tho curse OF. the politicians Of thfH
country Whatever may bo said, There are no
statesmen to DO found in tho Dominion. Party
reigns supreme; and It il M nnnttorahly sad
fact that. howoyor much may be admitted in pri-
vato, In all public uttornnces tlore is m entiro
failure to give crodit to onos opponents Of even
common honesty. MesBrs: Darion and
blake poasoas minds cankoreu by many
dofcata. They hnvo for years been tho under
dog i'll the tight, and hnvo grown 60 accustomed
to snnrling that it has become second nature.
they cannot SOC particle OF lnstico or honesty
in thcir opponents, ana 1'evor fail to toll tho
thoy have been ab'o to riug good many cllangoB
in the form OF their tiraueB, but it haB always
amounted to protty much tho same thing. "put
,ls at tho head Of the Government, and thon look
With Committee constituted OF such oppos-
inc elemontst 1t excited no wondor that q row
should onBuo at thcir very first moeting. It did,
anu III worry pretty way. Tho olu-faahionod
eo1'rt~roou IN which Of yoro have bcen uttered so
many elaborate decisions Oh tho intricate points
OF French law. in which tho wise old gray-bearda
Of Lower Canat1a llavo settled the vozcd quos-
tions Of papal supremacy over the Canadas, and
wiped out forever tue hope TINT is said still to
lingor i'll the minds Of tho French Ronlan Catlio-
lie Hierarchy Of governing tho Donch az we'll az
tho politicians, wns crowded with q notable as-
eemply. There wore prosont no nemlors Of the
Government, for it might haro boon construed
INTO pfoacn OF otlQuetto 1of them TO haVo ap..
Pearea po1ofe the prailmharlea OF their trial
wore aGroou upon, ailo low mon care 10 DO PROF.
ehs voluntarily when tGoy AnoW their characters
aIo a 70 oo asaalloa ana tney po"orleHs to reply;
nnt, ~ the seats got aside Tor counsel, reBosvod
ceases whoro the popnlaeo were allowed, but
Iesey 1!l, cafcu 70 enter, 10 tho open space which
dl'ideu Judicial DIVINITY from oosoechng la"yor-
dom' were crowded como OF tho
AT tnelr paSk Sat lafEe number Of Tho French
popuiation' Wno, s'fico tnog haSo achioycd the
9o"Ds1M victory q aeieatla6 thelr great but now
1"t n'eote ienoHt 'f nootgo e. Garor ~ tue
.Ato otoS.Aotit "'o 1"ae = lAt.o tl4an ptet WARM
interest III pollteh! a'laifs. b!r H. Il. Gnt, erst-
" WHILE flnnnce Mlnlster, vas thoro, With all the
aiming radiance OF his benevolent faco, frosh
1na drom 1Ao sweet nxmries Of n1s summon rotreat.
Ihe lion: Louis Holton yes there,the tall, url-
galnly, 9nt prelornatnra!ly-shrewd lawyer, who
can sec further into point Of order at critical
moment than most Mon could if they had spent
TIE day with Mary's Constitutional Practice, aud
wnoso aolemnly-nttorcu words Of warming havo
driven more memners to tue reffeshmont-room
70 tho basement OF tho Parliament House than
the prayers M ct nl! tue :, Chaplains in the
army The Hon. John Young, the leader Of
the Independence movement, Montraals great
commercial representative, was there, with r
sairoWd eye watching tho ganbols Of tie mon
VINO have been 40 i''tll,atrio.lhly paving the way
for the accomplishment Of tho one grand aim or
his life. .-......
SENATOR y. a. MACPHERSON,
OF Toronto, WIS .!tlore, and. AZ tho promoter OF
tue opposition railroad, as one who had boon the
most egregioYMh!yy Hwindled Of any, as one WHO
s.1Ga, ,a,, ~ to nSnt o. tho revelations now made
10 looked with bitter eye on the asaemblage. |
ho %as appointed to his Office by Sir John a.
macdonald. anu hnB nlWlyH RuDnDrtf1 tim 1riv /