Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-19
CANADA.
A Tempest in a TeapOt-WiId Threats
I of the Provincial Pfess-Her Males
tY's SOn-in- Law. LOrne, ROundIy
Abused-The ssOId Flag no
better than an Old Rag.

Chicago Tribune: Our Canadian neighbors
are working themselves up into most I'M
comfortable condition of mind. The new
government has, in the first instance, got up
a new tarlf-one wholly inconsistent with all
Canadian experience, and wholly hostile to
all British policy. The new government, by
way of propitiating Canadian preludices, an.
nounced that the new tariff was intended as
'retaliatory" legislation as against the
United States; but even that has failed to
excite any enthusiasm among people who
witness the comparative indifference shown
in this country concerning the retaliation,
and who are beginning to feel that under
tariff which adds twenty-five per cent to the
cost Of living, which adds nothing to
wages, which operates as an export
duty on the natural products Of Canada,
the people of the dominion are the
real victims of the policy nominally aimed at
the Americans. While complaints of this kind
are coming up from ali parts of the Dominion,
ID new and startling disturbance has grown
out of what In this country would be styled
an attempt to violate the inherent "sover-
eighty of a free State. Under the previ-
Gus ministry, liberal one, Mr.. Letellier was
lieutenant governor OF the province of Que
bee. The provincial parliament was conserv-
ative, and Letellier dismissed his local con-
servative or tory ministry and appointed and
kept in office liberal cabinet. While these
Is
general Dominion election took place, result
ing in the overthrow of The Mackenzie or lib
eral government and restoring Sir John A.
Macdonald and the tories to power by an
overwhelming majority. 1t was then pro-
posed by the tory party that the governor
general lord Dufferin) should remove
| Letelher, but Dufferin put it oft out
of Difference to his successor (Lorne),
who was then preparing to take charge. 1t
now appears that Lord Dufferin suggested
also that the question of the power to re-
move be submitted to the imperial govern
ment at London. The triumphant party,
however, demanded the decapltation of Lee
| teller, and, after long eVaslons and equlvo-
| cations, it has been at last disclosed that
| Governor General Lorne, with the approval
| of the tory ministry, has referred to the i'm
perial gov rnment of Great Britain the ques-
| ton whether the free and independent gov
| eminent of the Dominion of Canada can re-
move from Office defiant lieutent-governor
| of one of the provinces OF the Dominion.
These revelations have been accepted by the
conservatives of Canada as indicating such a
degree of treason to the party as to Justify the
most frantic suggestions that loyalty to Bri
tain may after all be fraud. This hostility
to British or imperial interference In the at
fairs of Canada seems to be shared in largely
by the conservatives of Canada. Two griev
ances exist: a. The tory party has enacted
tariff against which the British govern
ment may protest or may declare hostile tx
| Great Britain. ~ The reference of thu
| question of the removal of Letellier to the
home government Is an admission of tn,
right, and an invitation for the exercise of th
right, of the london government to direc
and control the Canadian government In the
exercise Of its powers of self-goyernment fol-
the people of Canada. Upon these two ques
tons the whole Tory party unite In holding
the Marquis of Lorne responsible for the be
trayal OF Canada into the hands of the i'm
perialists. Here is the way In which LIE Can
ddieH, French tory paper, discusses tn
matter:
The act of the Marquis Lorne is one of arbitrar
interference in the exercise of responsible govern
have 10 bid adIeu to popular liberties If the will
parliament be thus fettered continually by hiI
and devotion which we have for the principle
ministerial responsibility makes 1t duty for US
, repeat with energy the strong protestation whic
was raised last evening in the midst of the house
commons. The Marquis OF Lorne could not inaugl
rate his regime in a more unfortunate name
Nearer to the crown than any of his predecessors
= alliance which surrounds him with pIestis
his conduct that the representative of her majesty
Canada Is tina first and most respectful protector
the rights OF free people THIS attitude Of Il
tional liberties of the people of the Dominion. OF
duty Is to condemn IT, and condemn 1t resolutely.
La Minerre, another paper of the same clas
: thus goes for the queens young man."
connection" but threateningly and defantl,
VIC nave now two outrages IuSIead OF one. That
all, and the young man who represents the queen
: Ottawa Is no better than the pirate who represen
! the queen at Quebec-and England demands our a
: lection! Is 1t anywhere unknown that the regime
the whip Is passed. and that colonial subjects fe
f themselves intelligent enough to conduct their oS
a affairs themselves? We hold to the terms Of Of
and to dismiss our acknowledgements. We do n
know the part Great Britain will take In this afIai
aud We are ready TO accept the struggle In the ne
4 | land. whittier the government has uSt
whatever may be the extremity to which it may lea
i w.
a The Ottawa Herald (torY) says:
!. The whole thing only serves to show how anon
= lous Is our neutrality-suspicious. position, and how
: any moment the attenuated bond of British come
ton may be snapped apart, We are not amor
those who are afraid to look this issue squarely
e the face; 1t mqst come sooner or later. Psrhal
g 1t is in the London Herald, however, tn:
g the tory feeling finds full vent 10 j
j assaults upon the Marquis of Lorne person
: ally, and apologies to It's readers for not MOI
g roundly abusing him, on the ground that /
s Is partially protected by his relation with til
9 royal family. Here is the way it speaks:
e young man of mediocre ability and no lagisIativ
expert an0e, he was sent to Canada 10 remove hi
!, from the very unpleasant position to which eou
sons he could not walk beside his wife, and dare n
even venture 10 SIT down n her presence were ar
d spite of our protest, Canadians, without respect
p pO les OF went INTO spasms Of loyal
question to the home government he did not az a
shake the foundations of responsible government
Canada, but he made rather humiliafing confessio
of his own utter inability to fill the important and r
sponsible position In which he is placed 1t fo
tunae thing for Lord Lorne that his connection wit
the royal family precudeS his being made the sui
Ject or hostile criticism. Were IL other WISE he w1ul
2 probably hear some very unpleasant truths aboI
} himself IN the course or the next few weeks.
, If the marquis were exposed to "hostil
criticism, " it Is question how much furthe
the criticism of this tory organ could hay
been pushed. The Toronto Globe the lead
ing liberal organ of Canada, pertinently asks
What does all this mean? Is it intended
like the utterances of Patrick Henry in tn
, days of the American colonies, to prepar
, the people for a struggle for Liberty 0
| Death?" Does it, theiGlobe asks, mean tina
! Canada has drifted into the mid current Q
revolutionary agitation without previou
, warning that the moorings had rottet
awaay?" It is but few days since the Maj
declared that those who opposed Canadial
legislation because it was injurious to Eng
lard were given to sentimental drivel abo1
the old flag"