Evening star., 1885-11-17
AvrEn RIELs. EXECUTION.

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TORONTO. ONT, ,Nov.l7.-The Globe nlberaDso
day says: Another act OF the terrible northwest
tragedy closed on Monday morning and on the
zstn. II Is said, eight Indians viii be hanged Al
these horrors might have been avoided. IL sir
OF the interior and premier OF Canada there
would have been no rebellion, and Canada
life Which Is Ses" national n M dssrsce s anu Which
appears to be a national Judgment The
animosities OF race which were smouldering,
and which all true friends OF Canada hoped
would soon be quite extinguished. have again
leaped into n flame which may consume much
Ne now see In ,Sa SinSsses Saus and Ss' aS ,rss,
wasted the enmities Of race revived some Of the
balefnl effects OF restoring power TO men who
had shown how greatly they could abuse IL.
The Moit conservative says: "Riel met his
fate yesterday like a man OF courage. He
Setrayed ed no signs OF insanity, but, on the com
meet his God. Now that justice has been done,
the excitement in Quebec appears 90 have sub
work, but the good sense and patriotism OF the
peorle are not likely TO be disturbed by their
base appeals"
The Nesns independently says: "Thers is but
one act in the drama stu TO be played. This
act will take place at the next session Of the
French members will join In - caucus % ana nd
demand payment for their submission TO Sir
head he viii have to give them anotber suss,dv %
before their patriotism and their love of Riel
and the Motifs can he queted This will be an
appropriately disgraceful close OF their whole
The World independently says: "while we say
plainly that those French Canadians who have
Identified themselves with Riel and his cause
advertise themselves as unreasoning and unin-
teligent slaves OF prejudice, and as men not NJ
70 be entrusted with any position requiring
breadth of view and frmness Of touch, we can
understand and excuse them when we can
neither understand nor excuse those English.
power on Riel's hearse."
QUEBEC Nov. 1.-THE Chronicle says. ssRiei
deserved his fate Not even his strongest ad-
mirers will dispute that he is not q martyr to
gain a professional liberator. He has paid the
penalty OF his mad act with his life." The
Etccfeur attributes the execution of Riel 20
Orangemen, and calls upon French Canadians
TO abstain from any intercourse with them
lie O1nadicn says that blood In q poor cement
for confederation. The Orange lodges IL says, are
danger To the imperial crown. The Orange
men of Canada are following a train to break the
confederation, and make England lose her pos
sessions In America. At a public meeting last
night most OF the speakers treated the execu.
ton as murder. and stated that Sir John Mac
Donald had consented To IL because of the pres
sure exercised upon him by the Orangemen of
Ontario. A series OF resolutions In French was
adopted. saying. in effect, that, considering
that Riel had been so often respited; that he
was recommended by the jury TO the mercy OF
grievances against the government which have
since been redressed; that Gen. Middleton
treated Riel as a military prisoner and prom
ised him protection; and. furthermore, consid-
ering that the punishment OF political offenders
by death is no longer practiced by civilized na-
tit ms, the meeting condemned the execution OF
Riel as barbarous outrage, and condemned
Orangeism as the worst enemy of the British
Donald as a traitor. Those present pledged
themselves TO never again support him.