, 1875-04-21
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To the Editor Of the "St. CrOiX Avis"
Dear Sir,

you, Mr.. Editor, beng one OF the members
elect, are IN some way involved in the
awful responsibility Of disappointing a
man like that. Fie upon you, Sir! I say
you are involved, for although it is a no
torious fact that / could count the cleo
tors of this town on the fingers of my one
hand who would vote against you, still |
see from Mr.. J|ollift's letter that the can
vassers in your and Mr.. Hanson's favour
had to "giVe a false statement" to the cleo
tors to get you in. What peryersity!
Nay, really how is it possible so to ca
lumniate a man? What stuff can canvas
sers b. made of that they should be such
liars? l know as an incontestable fact
that Mr.. Jo1llfe, who has an eye to BUSH
ness, has been for the factories (much
good may it do them) ever since his grand
scheme for the association of planters
against both factories and merchants was
laughed out of existence. 1t 10 Just posi-
bfe that the canvassers (why cannot a man
do his own canyassing like the indefatiga-
BILE ex-member), it is possible, l say, that
the canvassers were not as we'll informed
as I was on that head, for which some ex-
cuse may be found in the fact that the
late member was a man of few words, es-
p~eciaIly in The Council, where l am told
he has only been missing In about half the
sittings during the who'll OF last year. |
saw the retirement into 0bScurity Ut a man
of the ex-member's attainqlents and per-
severance, not mentioning so many other
glorious qualities, is a public calamity,
the effects of which can a9ly he compared
to those Of an earthquake, a tornado, or the
failure of the potato crop. In the Coun-
Gil he was grand when he rose to give the
law, in which he Wed, successfully it is
said, with the honorable chairman, quot
ing to a terrified house the awful 10 of
the Rules of Business. On such occasions
the honorable members virtues shone forth
at their brightest. Otherwise he main
tanned that noble silence which suited him
30 well. Only on one occasion did the
honorable member rise to muster all his
energy and read up his grand proposal
alluded to above. On that memorable day
the doors of the Council-hall remained
open to ordinary mortaIs, in spite OF the
honorable members request tor their clio
sure, and thus it came to pass that the
grand scheme was d~ivulged beyond the
sacred precincts of the venerable hall,
a fate which it would not have attained
other wise, for it was never published in
the Proceedings of the Council, owing,
1 suppose, to the perversity of the Chair
man. But the honorable member was
u staunch voter on the right ticket. You
remember something Of that, | suppose,
Mr.. Editor, from the times when the votes
were published. Bad times they were,
and I am glad to see that at least IN one
respect have we made progress. Never
mind the importance of the VOTE the
elector shall not know it. But about
canvassers, such is the iniquity, generally,
of the whole corrupt genus that l enter
tain not the slightest doubt but that the
statement which it is said has been "gIven"
long ago, that the ex-member's votes
could be attributed to motives originating
in the peculiar position of the voter, can
be traced to the unlucky canvasslng genus:
I am down upon canvassers certainly, and
am ready to believe any thing about Them
but otherwise I shall not join the honorable
ex-member 10 attributing bad faith to any
one.
/ remain
your humble servant