, 1881-01-26
Letter from Prof. Henry YouIe
Hind to the Governors
General.
The Professor Exposes the Character
Of the Assaults Made upon
Him.
A peltincss md McAnncss OF Attack Un-
worthy OF Even Canadian
sssse Arbitrator.
Hind Promises an Early Formulation Of
Ills Proofs Of the Fraud Of
- Tiyo Millions.

Sptttdt Disratth to Tht chieaen 7ribAns.
11ALlFAx, n. T.. JAN. 21.-Thc following Is
published ltcre:
WfSpst,i N. g., ian. 90, 1asl.-NfAy IT rr.rAsE
YOUR Excz,LrxcY: Swiftly following tho mis-.
ientlIng transformation OF my qhnrgcs by Sir
,loln Il. macdonald, IN j,antari. appcnrs tho
letter Of tho HIM +. Mitchell, In tho Montreal
Ga1cttc If tho 18th i,ist. Tho statements em-
bodied III these documents nre Ro like III thor
effect Mnd "a calculated 10 throw tho pcorto OF
tho scent that tboy suggest concerted origin.
Mr. Mitchell snys: "rrof, Hind charges ttat
from the fnil OF 1872, reports Ut tho Department
werc wIIlfulty nsltl deliberately fntsfleand TINT
fraudulent returns und statistics wcro submitted
by tho Minister hnving chnfso Of the Dcpart-
,nCnt tSIr Albert ]. Smith tor tho purpose of
such nwHra. 10 not bcllove such abatement
to be tr,,c," otc.
NIL MlTcIIE1L.'s WAY or PUTTING TIL: MAT
TT.1i
Is nrtfN1, icu.lnE. aud very untrue. IIo III.
vents n misleading statement, and then hypn-
critically anys he does mot believe It, Mr..
Mitchell knows perfectly well my charges nt
fraudulent alterations OF tho "Ncport Of tho
Department. Mt Ottawa. hy nlcans OF fnlse cn-
tries, reror almost exclusively To tho Dcpnrt-
mont Of Customs, over which tho Hon. Mr.. Ill
Icy prtsdcl III la71, 49,, uni 1873. aud tho Hon.
Nr. Iaurpco In 18TH 1675, 1s7D, aud ls17. Mr..
Mitchell declares that tho case Of her aiRjcsty's
Government wns his own work. and TINT
Sir a. J. Smith woars hts plnmrs.
hut Mr.. Mitchell based tho must intpor.
fn,"ni s.e,t.,",, ' ~ H., ~" - a',s,' -.
cries alleged, but nntruthfutly, tn 10 cotnpilcd
n'st, ~ .,,"".' ~. ~. ,a....s.
s,, ,s'o 7o!n a .., ts., .
s",., ~ .'a,..e.a .,a. As's' ~. ~" 49,
lSi1. having ncceptrtl aua
USED TlfEM At lTAL1FAN,
~ et ~, ~. =, .''1n 'l'''' h'hIca MS inquiry IN
~ "s;n, ~ o, ,n"' !or rapSts Ienl,R 10 ING pSne'
" %im1"' W 'ne "lech VI tno .Iostoht III Decen
lo,e. ior Sotk "oto III 1otl' lo'". ana lo', 10
'ts 'cs'if'aato and pfnrcr Issue. this matter
Wou'u V ~. ..1t ~" w nR.alllH tne Papi'e' Mr.
uc1cf MHchell pfohhbiy KNOWS thaf, bad rs afo
tue !aisii!ea hth1'stics ol tna nom'fon 1sh-eatch
, "se" IT. ''Hn'"3' 'neS "fo Af'hes compared win
tAe
--. FALslFlEn TIsAnl: TABLES
sworn 10 IN efhlcncc, nnd tho numerous false
en.rles ttat were tnaao IN eilsto'hs returns NJ
uttawn from yoas 10 yohf' hll mo way from is1l
10 'o''. III eohilcttoh win this subject, bcE
to a"y to your Esee''cney that haro rcod tho
report ~ thc lial'laA fH't'td of senator Amons
reccntFe't'afks oh thls great question, II ttcs-
ton when nlects the honor asid Interests or tho
'a.'o"s' "s'u 10 VI nrst lhpoftahco. senator
"'"o'' 10 ''I"'e"i l'Hen1'oictt "ho n"s noVcr
nee', n.oM " 'I'o !" eise Mno'c n''Honhcfy or
r,oAla es' "a tno eNete'ao or pubic dHtics or IN
~, ,.u u'seussson W ina HIeu lela'es 10 tfutn'
1'o Seo''S ~ ''Ae" ptu'nlhen! part nn'onG
1hs'sE POLITICAL! DECofs -.
"noso o'lca IS 70 'hso" tlast IN tho cyes OF Tho
pubic anu obscure M htroclons Official
heai1ua! WIN it!'ollty hnd ,mpnf'ty. Ills ding
nosls ot tno "equaw lnbro9iio, nccort'tug to
thn report. ~ IN illustration OF MS mental
cna,ote anu mo tirhoi us nthd. NY "qnnrrol'
"'u the very Iuscrona fF'no'nal ufant about
Hauaw. 10 'whicn senator Aimon reccntly re-
1cfs i'll the great 'Cotfhcal ot tho Nation, md IN
eo"hcet'oh WIN the ha!ttax hshory trnnhF,
Mroso itol'' tuo lho1 tnat ai5putcd tho right,
nFet' oi
,.,l.,l hh ''t.t. tnlS"aiA1' ~, oNAA!
IT, ~, 1h..o"uco lhso MS 'iAFcta on INC dfont
"ess' pnpishen ~ d7oa .'of"a. III Slay, l8'f. n
nu1hoor ol ''us1FAslons 1hitcn wlthott ncknowl'
enahic"t from ny nhrFaa'Fo nt Canat!,nf expo
ultlons W tue Holtn"cstt puoNshca by Long
lhhhs III Iet'' sccnhA! peci'1se deJcctod to tho
!tos: i3"lelI'al h'tef'l'R TUG nauonhsatt or IN
1hdihE W0nhat whose photographs ! had
published ns Il tyro of n1,c JuIltun tribe Mt Red
liyor. pbtectrtl tn tim my. Irlrr1nni n rant