The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-23
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.

strong Plea In Favor OF Sir John
Observation-Disclosures tho Great Leader
Bought for q Few Dollars
NEW YORK, July 20. 1873.
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE HRRALD:-
SIR-In Saturdays HERALD you publish q COM
munication that does injustice to the Finance Min
lister ana the Prime Minister OF Canada. As
friend Of the latter gentleman ask at
your hands the favor Of publishing some
statements In his defence. As / have no
interests whatever In Canada In the Pacific
Railroad, or in Sir John Macdonald, ask you to
believe that write under sense Of justice to
man OF eminent ability and position. The Pacific
Railway OF Canada has been made subject of con-
tention by political actionists. The reckless asser
ton incident to partnership here holds in full force
on the other side OF the lakes. It has been carried
to an extraordinary height in the OF the Cana
dian profit for railway to the Pacific. The head
ing and the text Of the letter sent you the SUBJ
ject from Montreal Ia reproduction Of the exag-
gerations Of party violence, and should therefore,
be taken by all just men with more or less sus-
picton.
Mr.. McMuen publishes Sir John Macdonald's re-
that that money was paid, like the money paid to
Sir George Carter, for general election purposes"
Few men Of sense will hold that the receipt Of
$4,000 for election purposes by the head OF great
party engaged IN political contest throughout all
the provinces of Canada, reiec!s in any wise upon
double that amount, for the same purpose, suppose
any discredt to the memory Of Sir George Garter.
the G sns ss s
general election in the provinces $350,OOO. This
outlay, even though actually made. is not con.
cannot be held fairly to involve question Of his
personal integrity Its amount is probably not
contest for the Governorsnip Of the single
State Of Pennsylvania That company,
sIse nana contract mens t. probably
the Canadian government should have deemed
proper to keep that government in the hands OF its
ture OF one-eghth OF one per cent Of the amount Of
the contract, involves neither surprise nor culpa-
was lent to Sir John Macdonald and $4,000 70 Sir
Francis Hincks. These alleged payments your
corres I%'1 defines as money placed where
sion is declared substantially by McMuilen
himself to be unwarranted, for he admits that the
to be AnS ssn
suppose that even though Sir John Macdonald and
men to be they
sum SO paltryP II these advances Of 81, 900 and
$4,000 were made at all they evidently have been
general election purposes"
IT, after these explanations, any faint remains
OF the eminent men he accuses Of baseness, let it
be met by comparison OF the accuser and the
scrbes Mr.. McMulien as one Of a class Of men very
cSarn IN the o0ees Of legislative
the other hand, an Irish gentleman, who,
having served with distinction as Prime
Minister of Canada, was honored for
his fidelity by promotion to the government OF the
| Windward Islands, Sir John Macdonald ia q life
long Canadian, who, having controlled the gov
eminent for nearly twenty years, has been re-
warded for his devotion by the special favor OF his
| sovereign. Is Mr.. McMulen's unsustained state
| ment SUFFICIENT to blur the fair fame of two gen.
| tlemen who have been declared, after lifelong
duty to their Queen, good and faith
fH servants : disappointed or CASTOR
adventurer, as Mr.. McMullen appears to be by his
violating the reason Of things, to personal spite
against Sir Francis and Sir john even though
those statements did not receive the lie direct in
the public fact that Sir John Macdonald, after
quarter OF a century OF almost supreme power in
CANADA, Is to-day virtually poor man. M. B. q.