, 1881-01-03

l3TlllSlJ Elk4E NllBtii ~ lEftlNCtt Vb ~ III
tho Commissioner of Fisheries rsW,rt for
1871? Tho case md tiS 'supM,rts l,,lf fMGn
nrrangg!t l!y the uIiefstE'Hul In arcor'la,re
with tf1!ctnl t,lstrActIon.s ma were sub.
tioycrnn!unt t,he !lnn. Dir. AlaeGfnzIu's).
4sccoHi-Tllc iIslt.trnalp ;aEles i,i the secfGt
np'N1dix r'iernHl M ~ !I'y iettGfs 70 ti'o
yenrs. Were tssc tlsti.tr,de tables frt,n, i%,!
To 15i0. usmt by ipN during ynur trnln,lEstl
*t,!y ri Washington when neEoitat!nE ,1l9
'i' II yoii i eaii,,'t ahsaer J"t of ti,ess acs.
tloiiN without self.cntlGnlintlOn, what Il
fenrful n!ntivu ,u!t must have for bnrktnK III
| uufry Hiul sll0wernK asiNisDiiS, nHhrt fItltl
atS a st rae @ aa tat Sol! are afraIi t" Iinss ut
| .ttcn uni impartial Parliamentary lmvesltg!-
| fH1r M1Nl 0i,eli court
cry Of htacknla!lcr slIcltcr yol! frn!l tho r..
sIK,lfstll!Ity of II thorough and public lnrcs.
| t!Raliun Into tlle extent nnl qualifications ~
the gr!'sscst corruption among. the s!lhortlI:
masGs Il. the snvef1il departmental! orcs ut
the tlOvrrntncnt-.tO-wlt: IN tic forgery and
Justification Ut fishery sta,istica; IN tho prrs-
rntAtio!l of these furRcll statistics IL II. jual.
fial tEll1 , o oa t, IL reptn,cins 7, @
tlGr your e~li Cye nlnt fur y sppeial purpose
trtlcse nrc fncts which s1iakH The hnsl'r and
the credit Of my couiitry until atonGtt for;
! lEELA Which EuHIHA I've lEluAHI4 "ItCtl HE
vastly Injurious 10 thu mnrl.Elne powers, md
wl1Eh, II p,1ssc,l over, lut,cls Mt NIL lU1lor III
the Government a,Ml ill faltfi ~ law. VIII
yOl now afford mt ut nttce fnlr ,ltid open
fore i parliamentary committee, where yuu
Gan ttfsscct thy character .ltitl examine my
motives to ni,y extent YOU Glismso?
Tllu first cttlsctirnc.s OF ,yt''r lt1nnflly
| wUrl5 Is tho iI'hetlnle publication! ut my
lgilers tu the GUvtlllUr.tsencrna atlu tho pub
liz announcement Of the cxlstrilce 0f It secret
MpITndix. with III 1t lts weight al HliaiitG. !
hssr as y9c cp s9Ess E rsS t., te M pf1Tssi E2ss1 s
enrty ID Jan,,ary to Oltaws, and Inyite ,uunIy
critics to llenstlrN your Elso. ~ blackI!iniI
witt the rivers 0f black siisi'ouos ntid eri,ia
i,nve the honor to be.yolr oim.ltent serv-
mt, HESnf iuILE linn.
e9ast s II e 'ne III sSx 70 ''0 'sa
The 1t. lion. Sir John a. Macdonald. Of
tawu.
ANOTHER LETTER To THE aovEnSoI'-uES-
E':A1. FisUst at!l. 1ttSp.
HALIFAX, N. s., Dec. m.-.rllu following
additional letter relative to the falsilietl due
| nnIents bearing OIL tic 1lnlitnx Commission
nnder tho Washington, Treaty, by Wl'isl, thc
Americans were swin1!ed out OF S5,ON, ,o00.
W1Si,st,l.. u. s., U,.e. :,s, 1sso-srAY IT
| PLEAs1: Ynl,It EXCEI.l.ENCY: lllAye tlle ll0lur
70 ncknowlGdHe tho receipt OK 4 lutter bearing
as msc tt2 yor EYegi!sis stg
letter oi the 15slI Inst. Ind been referred to
the Minister of Marine aful Fisheries. AT
illly 0tler ttno Should have considered that
THIS intlMntlot was quite sufficient tO arrest
Excclle,,cy Will, ! believe, i,ow recue-
,lExe thnt until the words used by Sir
John \. AIucslonal. In the 1la',sc Of
Commons Oil tile :a)tll inst nrc Withdrawn. III
~ public nlanner as they were used, this
,,aittr M,ust gn on from bud tu worse. 1
iiold myself Is, nothing IN thc matter, but
tho words ,lsed ly Sir Join give II false col.
orins tn The subject. and aaord craven shel-
ter to dishonesty and crlnlc Ut ',a,lotal l'n-
port, There il, therefore, no middle cOnrsc
tnr ,lig to purSio under the circumstances,
ai,a NY first duty Is to in'int out to your FIX
and Fisheries, the 1lol. james G. Pope, llls
Aln.sclf been mntlu thu unconscious victim
of embarrassing tie work eliminating FROM
l{ea the golutsa puh;S p; Gce: ~ ,,4ai reEsrs tle
the ID ut February, 1877, the Hon. james e.
Pope, in tue capaclty .of. Il member Of tlso Ex-
ccutite Council Of Prince Edward lsnnd.
KsTfy rca.tse an u II, axtraofinapy iS aG brs d
Ut faith in the part Of tho United Stntcs Gov
rrntient al@lnssstrd In drafting III address to
tic Queens lllt,s. excellent Majesty in. :roln-
lsla1lsl for tho rufuId ot duties. OH tisll md
tisli-oll Imported frnln l'rnc9 Edward Isnlnl
lntU the United Sihtes iil tBH. rle nepart-
n|snt Of Marine md fiSliergs 1t Ottawa as-
!'taEloil, together with numerous other Items,
from nlnuii9 fish nlnl tho products Of iisl ex-
p1rtod 10 tho United Suites, for The p1irr,se
ot frsasng the H., nonf ct olaFs ~ fh9y
fax ~ compensation fur Injury donc to Can:
pta by ti,s fishery, clauses of tic Treaty OF
Washington: The British ngent niid the DE-
partuctt actsaly submitted to the er.4sure
nf ti3I1,fltI fir flf4 ntUj fhn
nut forward BY the,ll sworU tllAt theru wits no
iisI,;oil exportel from thy isla!Ml to thu unit.
c1 States iron, 1870 to ls7ss. lilo sucret n.y.
pp.Nllx shows this without a,iy tloubt.
lilo whole history Of tho AiiuIr Is seen IN
ApprntIix. +, being the documents ,lle,l in
support IT Tic nrltts|l. case h 1871, lolntly
w.l VIII , to seeT9t @ apd % sn!s II gw a 4
grave cllarge of breach vi lnitn. I'll tlle part
1T the United States. government urt tu bo
~ S ;n y fr tie ~Sanpofs ,y'a s.n Of ths
struck out, Oil. tntEesS7 tn ~. tho testimoMy
of tic ialse witness, which covers the liable,
and says y lncl.;Hes tlsll-ot| is f"Ht4l n1
page 4:r Of tie British eyLtGnGo, md thu
The locliurnt t, l,o sought lor by tic tntstur
u Marlla ,uld Flslleflcs y tho lotter of the
lion; Peter s!ts!'sIi, addressed 70 Mr.
suited IL slr; cgrrie furnishing tlle
port statistics from prfncU Edward lsl1li,d Il,
the United States from 1850 to 1871, III which
sal.tun (evcepting 1s37|, preserved salmon,
lnstnrs, ote., uila tis.oll, wero aal struck out,
although these Items Alu enumerated III tll9
trntle aid navigation ret'ar,ls Of the island
prnsfncu.
AtnMy load[n; faets In the dark htssury OF
tu manufacture OF forged trado tables
sworn tn III evidence truce bnck tU tho yenr
l8Tjj, H1ltl tue conception ut yAst wrong. n1ld
| Mueh tnfan,y appears to lave ll,.l Its itMwn
IN that year. .DHt tles9 are minor matters
c0ripArGtl Will the natlonnl !l9nor involved,
aud the interests Of tlIe Maritime l'roylncpS
imperIlcti. i now lcavo ti.oin to call your
Excelleney's attention 10 two iMipnrtai,t
facts uf nntl0ln.l Import, 0'lu nt which shows
tho depth to Which dIsoImrubte transactions
aud crime will drug inen down IL their ell
denyora to cscalM f,oiM responsibility:
Ftrst-AVlluls Prof. Bnl,l IND Mr.. Fostur,
United Stah.x Agnrt,. propnsetl tilut n!l Thu
documents Of tile ConllatSsion sl.ould bv
| placed tn my hnrnfs for analysis tni ilttlex-
l1ig, lNrecl'iel thu trust viii. III, uxprusslon
ofmy Iuter!alnntint u 10 Justice 10 but.
| silns, British md .tMcrtcnn. Ny otl'eIul il-
fyftts1 1krtft4, uf1t,l,f my, ,t-