St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-17
THE WOES OF NOVA SCOTIA
Unwfl1ingly Forced Into an ALI anc
With the Dominion,
She Can Find no Way to Secure a Po-
liticaI Divorce.
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OTTAWA, Ont, June 16.-The result of
the elections in Nova Scotia is not signifi-
can't of anything more than the continued
dissatisfaction of that province because of
its connection with the dominion. The
people, by considerable maj ority, had voted
in favor of seeding, but in 1867, before the
confederation was half a year old they voted
unanimously, excepting only i'll one county,
to the same end, but were told that their
conduct was reasonable. They carried
their repeal petitions to the foot Of the i'm
perial throne, but found no redress. The
facts are, Nova Scotia has no power to
leave the Dominion compact The province
was legally and constitutionally joined with
the confederation. though directly against
the will of the people. The Tory govern
ment was led by DR.. (now Sir Charles Tup-
PERI Topper was in power in the province
at the time the measure was carried.
It had not been submitted to the
people and they had had no opportunity of
pronouncing for or against it. A legisla-
tive union of the maritime provinces had
been agreed to, but the scheme of fedora
ton with the upper provinces had not been
introduced. However, when the latter
measure was presented to the Upper gov
eminent they
EMBRACED IT ENTHUSIASTICALLY
and carried it through the legislature with
consulting the people. Later, after the
measure had been carried in the English
parliament and when the first elections
took place under it, the people gave vent
to their indignation by electing opponents
of confederation. But the constitution
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had given its consent to the act and by that
means the people were bound by the strong
est claims of British law. The present
movement will likely give rise to consider
able trouble, nevertheless. The province
has constitutional method of procedure.
Its government thus freshly commissioned
may approach the British throne by both
petition and delegation, setting forth the
difficulties and hardships under which the
province labors as the result of the union
with the Canadas, and praying for separa-
ton. 1t may Go the same in respect OF the
Dominion government and even go so far
as, through its representatives to
present resolution to the commons
and senate of Canada expressing the wish
of the Canadian parliament that the I'M
perial legislature may grant Nova Scotia
the right to secede. But this done, Nova
Scotia's resources will be exhausted.
EXCEPT SHE TAKE UP ARMS,
which is not at all probable. 1t such re-
solution as named was introduced in the
federal house it would be voted down and
it's authors denounced as enemies of
Canada; petition to the fed
eral government for separation
would be treated with contempt,
and a delegation sent to England would be
referred back to Canada. Nova Scotia has
really no prospect of getting a release from
her marriage with Canada, and it was
probably not expected by the leaders of the
Liberal party in Nova Scotia who have been
reelected to Office by the issue, that any
thing more would result than victory at
the polls, and subsequently, further con-
cessions from the federal government in the
way Of increased revenue.