, 1873-05-30
THE NEW DOMINION.
The Parliamentary Session,
and the Pacific-RailWny
Developments.
A Canadian Credit Mobilier---Amor-
lean Gold Among tie
Kanuoks.

Tic Dcttcr.Timcs Agitation, and
Prince Edward Island..-The Late
Sir George Carticr.
From Our o,rn Corresnondtnf.
OTTAWA, Ont, Mny "a, 1873.
THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION.
Tho Parliamentary nession, which has now cd
journed, Inns beon, beyond question, tho herccst
OF tho many lerco struggles which havo oharac-
terizsd tho practical working Of the Confcdora-
tion not In the Dominion Parliament. It is to bo
regretted TIM: the personalities and general un-
plcaEantnosB Of Canadian politics Ind become
proyorbial before tho day when Sir John A. Mnc-
donald, by olevor shystering, waa enabled to
grasp tho reina Of Government Of a United
British North America. Tho poculiaritios dis
singutahing Kanuck legislators, and tho rnarlod
charnctoristicB of Canadian parliamont-hal1s,
wore not then, 1t Is true, much hooded south OF
tho lakoa and line 40; but, in tho Imperial Par
linment, colonial questions were always hold to
bo moro boresomo' than Scotch gauo laws, or
1ral1 Unworthy difficulties The .patriotically-
minded inhabitants Of tho New Dominion,
as soon as tho scattered provinces had
thuu acquired goucral titlo, hoped to
SEQ wdo BtatosuanHhip developed With tho
now noccsstics Of the situation. They looked
for good, oyon out of Galileo. Aftor six yoars'
experience. with oYery province OF tho Colonial
-E1aniro undor ono svvay, with but one exception;
aud thnt on tho ova Of being included III the
band Of brothers, it is l1umiiating to confess
that, 30 far Us political lifo Is concerned, wo
stand to-dny precisely. whore stood our fore.
fathers. Tho arena Of our conflicts has boon
enlarged, and tho number of combatants has
boon increased; tho prizes in tho lottery aro
more valuable, and the mees Of pottagc for which
we aro occasionally bribcl to botray tho truo In
forests Of tho country-and 1t Is to bo regretted
that tho bribe hna moro than once Of late boon
accepted-iB more highly seasoned. But human
naturo in this Dominion has remained the aamc.
Thoro wore, indeed, q few, Of tho aanguino
temperament, who would believe in an insurance
canyaasor and credit tho gag Of tho
bool-pcddlor WHO hoped to sec better State Of
affairs. They pinned their faith on tho pro-
grcssivo character OF tho race, forgotful Of tho
fact that Darwin's philosophy allows for tho
work Of several centuries in giving tho mule hia
superiority over tho moro patient jaokass. Tho
events OF tho last two months may, with truth,
bo gald to. havo otfcctually destroyed all suclt
ideas. Those who had held them, ashamed Of
their previous woakncss, are now among tho
loudcst-voiced of tho corner-Bhoutors, and show
| themselves gftol with so vast power Of hind,
| sight that it ia no lougor remarkable that ,thoy
failod to bc ablc to look clearly aoad. Tho chief
rock on which this blind confidence has gono to
| ruin is Tie Developments TINT hAvo boon nado
public respecting tho way in which tho charter
| OF
! THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
authorized by recent net Of Parliament, and In
| cludod in tic tol1nB OF agreement on which Brit
ISL Columbia edlercd tho union, has boen be-
! atowol. Black % arc many of tie pagoa OF
Cauadian history, soilod aa aro the names Of
many Of its most ominent men with the bribe-
money Of enterprises in which they bartered
nway tho rights OF tho people for song, tloro ia
no point on which tho Canadian Of today feels
80 bitterly aoro on the disgraoeful frauds per
potratcd In tho matter Of tho Canadian Pacific
Railroad. Tic question Inns occupied much oi
tho tirno Of tho Parliament 1t has figured, SANE
intormsaion, in tho editorial columns Of the
daily nnd weekly journals 1t has furnished
speakers matter and writer's subjects through
otherwiso dry season, The memorandum o1
Oaken Anlcs waB the godsend OF American nowa
paper men,-tho disclosures Of tho defeated
cliquo Of politicians who did not got tho Pacilt
Railway contrnct havo dono tho samo kind ser.
vice for uu. The facts Of tho caEo aro ver,
brief. The Government of Sir John A
Macdonald, 1t tho late election, wns
~ ''1i ,;;5e1 oS III tin aa,,a Ma' tt",
very evenly dlFiooa' ana tAo fesult, no mater
vas ac4noW!eugoa, IN private, to oe ratnor doubt
m: In this M alnlonna. tne VAST po;Mers, con sI
ferrod upon the dovornm9nt respecting tho m be
stoWa! OF INC chast9r ano bonuses 1or tue con On
easiest, rs M woil as most tempting and aur'
moans oi elcltng snhpors. Mnat INC result Q
tio 9eEotanons whieh took plas,o %aa, Mr
Mcalulll1, OF yonr c'5y: mas aIenuy hIatoa 70 IN
world: ITO eaiu, IN niaei, thas tne lnnnence ans
SUPPORT or SEVERAL AMEnIcASs
had beon enlisted 10 tho uMdottak'ng, to the *
tent of rendering them Wiling to pay out TIL
sum OF gSO9, ,oo9 : towards the g oiGcnon.luna ., OF