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York Herald, 18 May 1860, p. 2

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them on their cornuground. ~Aid us in getting a special. act to confer that authority to pay an honest debt, and if our bill rendered be not correct, let the, arbitrators cut it down to .tvhat it shoull' be, and the counties willflcease to com. plain. The city should be satisfied with the $93,176previously gained through Acts of Parliament, , which virtually allowed them to pay what they pleased during so many,years prior to 1857. Thefiity Chamberlain complains that. no return. hasbecn made of the profits; arising fromthe labor of the prisoners.“â€" r In. reply, we say that the laws have never placed ,the labor of the prisoners at the disposal of the county authorities; but; we are aware that the jailer has otferedl the labor of the prisoners to the city authorities at different times during the' last ten years, if they would provide ma- ‘ nAESi'Wszuvv at" Henri-arm'sz its-'OW‘Q . ,_ New Advertisements. 'l‘o Joiners. Assignment Notice tin. 7th a a l’t’lCllMONDJIlLL. MAY 18.1860. rift AN AS'I‘OU-NDlNG REVEL- A'lllON- There’s an .old saying “ that inur-. der will out,” and our cotcmporary, the New Era, having no revelations to make againsttbe Aurora J;I”s., rlieralds the “astounding” an- rnouneemcnt that we are “ an im- terialend supeiiritend the work, but they declined to accept it. The counties have receii'rd no benefit from their labor. Do they complain that there are no proper, buildings in which to work? We re. ply that the counties several times ofvi fered to increase the buildings to any required extent if the city would agree to coeupy for ten years on terms; but all these propositions were rejected; (See Council Reports from 1850 to test.) Still another objection has been urged ' against the payment of our claim. The Chamberlain state that they (the city authorities) 'haVe no means of lLDOWltl-g' whether the cori'iniitinents to the jail charged against the city are correct, and request that the name of each prisoner be furnished, and the time for which he. was committed. In reply,l have only to remind the Chamberlain that the whole ofthe desired information is quite within his reach. The police and other magis- trates of the city that have sent prison-‘ ers to the jail, are doubtless able to fur- nish the name of each prisoner, and the time for which he was committed; lJc- sides, full access may be had to the jail- , m‘s books at any time. where all of these particulars are carefully recorded. But I submit that it would be just about as reasonable for the Chamberlain to ask an account in detail of the quantity of pea- soup and oatmeal-porridge that, each prio; soncr has consumed. and the quantity of soap that has been dissolved in scouring ‘ his hide, as .to ask the name and the per~ ticular number of hours during which each prisoner has been maintained in jail. Such details possibly might be furnished ! but they Would involve an airaunt of lau her that would render the attempt simply Ridiculous. Enough, however, I imagine, will be found in the subjoined tabular statement to satisfy even a corporation. ~ It should be further observed, that the Government grant is exclusively to meet “ criminal justice expenses,” under which , head the city prisoners would be entitled to a comparatively small sum, while the county prisoners nearly all come under this head, which would entitle the counâ€" ties to a larger comparative proportion of the grant than the city; yet in this stateâ€" ment it will be seen that the Government grant is deducted from the gross ex- penses, thereby giving the city an ad- vantage it could not legally claim. The Chamberlain says, that for the year 18:36 the city paid $5,000. Here he is iii/error, as the city paid for that year only $3,800. He further states that in 1849 the arbitrators awarded that the city should pay $3,000 per aniniin until 1855. Here he is again astray.» There never was an arbitration held he- 'twcen the city and counties until 18:38, when Tires. \V. Gibb, Esq, of Oshawa. acted on behalf of the counties, George Boomer, Esq., of Toronto, on ochalf of the city, and John Langhill, Esq, was appointed umpire. These gentlemen dev cided that the crty should pay $5,000 a year for the use of the county buildings, as so muchrcnt during 1857 and 1859; but they did not take into aceumt the care and maintenance of the city prison- ers. The solicitor on behalf of the city, Clark Gamble, Esq., contending that the law did not contemplate the payment of anything for the care and maintenance .of the city prisoners,.the question was Freferred to Chief Justice Draper, and he agreed with Mr. Gamble.â€"~~Although the equitable proportion due from the city for the cure and maintenance of their prisoners for these two years amounted to over $17,000, over and above the $5000 a year avvarded as rent for the buildings, yet it was coolly said, andl the Clrarnberluia repeats the words, that the ‘- law ilkl not appear to contemplate the payment of any sum for the mainten- ance of their prisoner-s.” \Vith justice the Legislature might compel the counties to feed the Mayor, Aldermen; and Councilmen. \Ve complain of the! gross injustice-dire legal robberyâ€".suf- fered by Upper Canada from Lower (3a pads, but no act, l venture to aasrrt, in the history ‘of the‘united Provinces corn- ; parés injustice with that law which chives. that the counties shall feed, wash clothe, provide with beds, medicine, &c.,, &c., the 60.0 prostitutes and 1,400 Harry Heavies of'I‘oronto, without inuneration. .1 _ Now, if in view. of all these facts, the; Legislature refuse to pass a declaratory ,i not to legalise an equitable settlement of} the counties claim for ’57, and ’58, we} must apply to that body to pay thel amount out of the provincial chest. The $93,176 paid by the counties for the Liv-i. riefit of the city of Toronto, previous to3 1857, is quite enough for the counties to ‘ lose, without some $17,000 more being} added. Though long satisfied that the 1 counties were unfairly dealt with, yet; rivever until i caused this investigation toj he made. did I suppose our lots to be one: fourth of what it now proves to be. ‘ Yours. truly, D‘AV l D RE ESL ii. i A piece of scantling fell. from the un- i finished steeple of the Presbyterian Church ii,i;,-: Prescott, on, \Vcdncsdny, fractrirfiiiir.r the arm of James Keller». J . ., y I +t,correspondent. of the A. Y. 116mm,! reckons tlie'Snni total of spoilsmcn in the 3 wake of Stephen lluugliis at 130,439.. ' equitable ., equal . ipudcnt body.” Ain’t this awful l szit to proceed, as proof he says, 3“ that during the whole of the dis- cussion” our conduct was never called in question by him. Perhaps liii his wisdom, lie-will explain the lrcasoii u: by he did not take us to ' ask ', tiioonly why and wherefore, 2that we can imagine, for his not , interfering with us is that wetter-Tr lbcfore wrote a line either. loner against the J.l”s,. therefore it was impmsible for him to say anything to us. But how an iiiipossiblity can be a virtue we. are at a loss to conceive. As his virtues howevvr rare allowed to beliko his intellect,“ below par,-â€"we can excusehis claim- ing his conduct to us as a virtue, on the plea of necessi y. It the New. Era really desires to know the reason whywe attacked him, we will be candid and tell him, that it is because for triepast twelw months he has constantly attacked and al,lowc-.l,__otlicrs to attack better men than himself, and when called upon to prove his charges like a man, he cowardly: backed out ; alâ€" though. when challenged to produce his proofs, he had none tooflcr, yet ‘lrc refused to retract a word he had lwritten. For such a man- we can lfccl no respect, nd if to. hold. up such a one to public scorn constié ltutes a “ busy. body,” we assure. him ltliat we are. rather pleased with the lappelation. We shall certainly Emakc it our business to expose such gbaseness, and no mere abuse will *deter us from doing a public duty. er. Mosley and the Aurora J.P’s., idarc him to make any “revelations” and, if he does not make them, he :shall reap the reward he so richly gdcserves for attemptiug maliciously to libel them. As to the "rod in ,pieklc” that he has for us, all that we can say is, that he is welcome :to use it,-â€"-\ve will take care that, i l «his own back. “mm-«cm» 04% ~ ~. ’1 HE COUNTY AND THE Cl'I‘Y. We are sorry to loan, that Mr. lWriglit’s bill for separating; York and Pool from Toronto for judicial purposes, has got a six months glioist. We were in hopes that so iroquisitc a bill would have been al- llowed to pass. Who, after this ‘will say that the interests of the tCountics’, Ridings and Divisions lare identical and can be represent- fed by City i’i’icmbers. We hepe the l'clectors of all shades of politics iwill remember that the great anti- lcorruptionist Brown. and the Con- rscrvativo Robinson joined hands rand voted down Mr. Wright’s mo- ‘iion. Neither of them saying one word on the way we have been ,cbeatcd by the cit}. So much for lBrown's.pretended purity and hor- mm of corruption iiiuny shapes-v l’I'hc public will know, from hence- ,forth, that where his interests. are iconct‘rned, r‘3ii’i‘iuptitiii can be con- iirived at. Mr. itecsor‘s letter (as igiven or: car/first page), exposing the manner in which we have been cheated by Toronto, was inserted i in. the Globe without. comment, none of the city journals liaving‘the cour- age to defend the right when their ‘interests are at stake. 'l‘hereforc to the electors of Kings Divison, of all shades of politics, we would say, if you wish to have your in- terests well attended to,,elect no liireling from Toronto, but elect a I’t-‘Sldfinl man Let the late action of both. Conservatives and Clear Grits on the seperation of the Coun- ties‘ incur the. City be a warning to you in. all future contests. ~~~~~ mr-«iwm , Til E MEE'I‘I NG AT M“ LLIKEN ’S CORNERS. r"... we» intended in our last issue to thrive given a frill report of the split among the Grits. {It the “1001ng at gage outcftho Savingfa |laizj¢:iit.'t‘oron,to f.â€" .‘tlie above place, but as the Oshawa Vindicator (a Grit. paper) has given a lcngtlicnt'd report we publish the same, it little abridged, with pleaâ€" sure. We are persuaded, that_ this ircport will fully bear out our rc- unarks in. our last. The report, {given by Mr. Orr is a correct one as no one will dispute, although he 'has not inserted some of the harsh language made use of Mr. Miller and one or two others. “’0 are sorry that our space forbids our in- serting Mr. Orr’s excellent remarks on the meeting. They shall how: cvor appear in. our next. 'it shall recoil with tenfold force on: l r i l I We wish it to be distinctly understood, that r ! which I wish to draw- public attention. Bit-fort- J. Drintuinb, Esq, M.D., J.P. (lllo'llll"4lll inst., Jacob Baker, of Markham, was summoned by his \vifr-Ltlathorini- Baku r, and was fined this dollars and costs, for abttsing her. ‘ ' Orr the lltlr inst, before the aforeâ€" said tiiiigistrritc, 'l‘lit'fltitis \Vilkin- son, of Vaughan, \vassninrnoned by Samuel Usier, for ,uii ,assault, and Was llllt'ti one dollar aritlocists. m v ~~M>fi <un----â€"-~-- YONGE Atlltltlbljl‘URAL SOClF/I‘Y'S SHOW. Wiehopc our intelligent yocmen will notflforget to pay our Fair a visiton..,Vt"ed‘ticsday next, the 23rd inst. We, have ,always had first. class shows herg- and we doubt not shall again. Of the utility and ad- vantages of such “shows we need say nothing, as ,vre have in past issues dutch ort.tlris.;subjc(:t. a _'FIIE_ nilit'i‘n, nay. ‘ We are happy to be able, to an- nounce. that arrangements .liave been completed, both at Richmond Hilland. Aurora, to celebrate Her. Majesty’s birth day, in a suitable mannerr ‘ av (l3 1] r r i ii an iiâ€"hru r r. ....._ we do not hold} ourselves responsible for- opinions expressed by. corms pendants through our columns. ' ‘ [For the York Herald. “ MARKEAM: ECONOMiST “n‘W-HAT IS IT? The fungus that has grown on tiie'trunk of tliatniost scurrilous prostitute. the old North American.--long since deadoand “ toad that i has appeared on the limbs of that nasty i-ng-wâ€"whoti the North American concernnhgvaame banlt‘rupt‘. and Bill McDougall sold himself, body and breaches, to Mr. George Brorvrr, of the Globe. whom Bill had maligned in the most rancour- ous ant’ villainous nihnncr, iGaorge got the goodwill of the paper and subscription list, on Bill in fetters of iron. impaled him and the stool ” draggs,phiin ever; to this dfl)',tllr0'l>gl1.JDII‘G; and from the villifier is new found to be the humble parasite. Mr. l)avid;:Reesor became the owner of tittyprsfiéggdltzg‘eh I The twain had each: an ,elpoct it: ,vioviq, Bill, entertaining the most fiendish hate to “George Brown. bar- gained with 0an that he ,slgould be geyiiiittod to pen those hutch-articles,thst~__appears hr the little rag~eclypt Economist, Dave, onilre other hand, was desirous~ of ,hringigginlo notice, and 'Georgetown svfindk, tho Collingwocdbabble and tho Malvern juggle. The question was often asked by the few who read the Eeaito~ mist, whole it who writes? Some say Bill, over the signature of “ John Smith,” others say Pete, wlto had many months experience in the negro quarter in “Burton’s” 'l‘heatre. and from thence transferred to be the mani- pulator on the banjo. at the negro fundangos m “ Calypso Theatre,” New Orleans, and is celebrated, to this day. for his fund of nigger palming on .tho niryvgig‘, the .x: wit. Others again any that Mr. David Iteesor, Reeve. Warden. .94 Captain, the hero of the Sally Clendennen case, is the veritable editor. I assume that he i; so; and he have ing been allowed for a length atoms to say 11 great many iuipertiiient things, and to do a great many mean actions with impunity, he fancies himself invulnerable. Turning up to the Economist of the 10m inst. 1 find a mass of veryclioico, language, and I elevate him on the pedestal afibis awn choosingâ€"â€"“a toad stool,” and place him, titers, for an rumination: and! call up his friend‘, philosoe plier and guide, to the witness stand. Come forth. Wiiggle and give true answers. Your name 7â€"- Sainmy \Vriggleâ€"I’lace of abode '1 --Markham Village -()ccupation Ilaâ€"Specu- later. runner and general ‘ftunkey. Is the business profitable? we, no.2; ill-last}, are your prospects? Sheriffship, when, Mr. Reisser is elected to the Legislative Council.-â€"- Just so, Look round and tellv us what you see; what it is and who it is? “thy. win; ltoisser. as I live, on. tho "' toad-stool," in the shape of a venomous toad. thick lips, African extractionâ€"horns. howâ€"horns 2' yes. sir,â€" Tiina and opportunity offering. l-what SI.l‘-v.l can only, say father, as a preacher used to do these thipgs, and beast of the clevor exploit. True, sir. I assure. you. So, so. Mr. Reisser, you live irraglass house and throw stones, foolish fellow. I come'now to the particulars tn the [Semiramis-ref thanlifitbinst. youwill find an im- pndent, illuamtured r and pompous article on the “ Moderate Party,” in which Mr. Reissor, not satisfied with generalities, condescends to particulars. and from at party: almighty gentle- ineii,-singles out five, Mg. Berni, Registrar. of the County of Ontario, lie charges with extor- tion. in the shape of fees \t’lllCBiléQlfl-SVB do not allow. Perhaps this may be. so. Mr. Barker, Postmaster of. Markham, is accused, of making money out of the 3". pigeon holes ’v’ in the Post Office. Perhaps this may be so, but I rather guess that seven-tenths of the “ pigeon holes ” in the Markham Post Office are of equal commercial value as seven-tenths of the subscribers to the Markham, Economist, arid,.,tl)at. I, fear. is 1m}. But, supmsiivg them to be ofrgrood commercial value~ is it less ho- norable than the borrowing of money on. the credit of the Municipality to pay private debts? Let the l’teevo answer. Is it less honorable than the Frankfiiajor jugglein the George- town _ Mortgage 7 by which a certain Warden raised a large sum of money on a bogus mort- ls this uwiudlingr or“ casual, advantages ?”â€"â€"- 1 Pray lot the Reeve be heard. Poor Fi‘ajik,‘ who was cheated and swindled out of his all, and. if report be true. David the R-eitaser. aided bv Salinity the \yiiggler, aratlie guilty parties ! Uh fie ! would-be-logislator. would,- bo-sheriff. gnilt‘v ofswindliug. Oh no-â€"ouly casual advantages Frank, thepoor silly, fel- low, a young and inexperienced youth, fell into the band's of these sharpens 3, They bor- rowedâ€"Ahoy stole. got every cant be pos- sessed, and he is. now turned adrift. ponniless. J l lforo, between Clay and Chamberlain. llast named person’s tender-was the lowest. . LINES ON THE CLEAR GRIT MEET- ING A'l‘ MILLIKEN’S TAVERN, TOWNSHIP OF ‘MARKtIAML" HELD ON WEDNESDAY Tl-lE 8m MAY, 1860. ’T was closol‘olf day, the month wgciMay, All nature’smilod serene; ' ‘ 1 Tire ‘fieldshad donned their beapty, Each rivfgie} did sing, ' While all the“ woods in harmony,“ Were fiereiiading springs The sun, a. cloud did overshrowd. And scarcely could he view. The briglit’ning earth that ’neath him lay, Keé’reélied by morning’s dew ; ' Oh“! Freedom, nattire surely. gave Existence, first to you, Asthus I gazed,- with eyes'npraised, l lidafd riiy Stumbling steed, ’ And turnin r down a pitying glance Tosee’mhis’poor sides bleed, l. spied a welcome countryfiinn, ‘For'man and beast to feed : With opened eyes of deep surprise. 1 looked around me there. To see no man i iisigliboprs'me'e‘t To taste the Landlord’s fare- Red Farewell from the South did strut, And Boll, that legal bearâ€"- Young Reesoi‘. tall, admired by all, From Markham Village came. ' To show his friends he was not slow In adding to his fameâ€"- 1. faith he's like to Analr’: son, A man of proper frame, ' m iriinti, ._ 'I‘o pack this iiieotiiig; he t0ok care To bring the friends that he: could trust That in his victory they might share, And grind poor Farewell in the dust, V Although the: action-was not fair : Also a man of cunuinrr To become the Clear Grit nominee. He had fairly set his mind ; And all upstart Whitby rivals He would qpiekly, leans. behind, Unless by chance the Ontario men Should o‘f'liis dodging got the wind. ‘To carrv out his; hold intent. And friendly delegates lie inightnotlack. He thought if. was for host to take _ 'I‘lie_\:eiisus of" some text. yearahack. And this friction to secure, ' ' Youthful Miller was the back. This bareface’rl meanness had the offer 1, At last to bring‘bold Farewell out; Then at push other pro and can, The two (fist: guns did ruve and spent. \Vhilst at them [tell did sit and laugh, And the Chairman he did look about. One Miller. too, I there did view, ilis checks were rosy red, Ilia brows were indicns of thought, He had a. stately head; The only faiil’tjl‘tat Leonid find, YVas in lirs,_Qtieei'-shaped bead. Some seventyvfourmnnd maybe more, Fiom York. both East rink W'ostu Reformere true. from many a farm, To Choose from Grits the best ; Methinks I’d like to see the one V Could staiidranlicuest test. Ontario’s stockâ€"â€"Farowoll and Flint, And sundry other Grits, Did come to speak of delegates, And sharpen up their wigs, At .loasf'l .i'aiicied so. to bear ' "l'li-cir wretched pointless hits. A woe young Scot the chair had got, And looking“ all aroundh Spgirg of, his in'cfl' ’ l l l . ‘95’370? . 'I‘o'occnpy the ground: . Altlicugli"twas plainlv to be seen “Ti/ii;- rosy beak [did Farewell speak, 'enn‘iiat they were to do, Now all must be unanimous: And keep Reform in viewâ€"- I saw the. rose on Miller’azlieek. _ Tarp to}: dipgy‘ b138,, For he’s an oily tongue, A seeker after siuecures, Like Brown, the Clear flrit gunâ€"w Mv sides began their usual Split 'Whepsvpr theysep faint, At Format-it's close young Milli-r rose, indignant to reply, The flush of pride-\vasondiig cheek, And iiznnhood in his eye, ' There \vas‘a something in his look \Vliicli said he’d do or die. Great. Qfillgi,l}2g35~‘f01‘l}l.' repelling storm. The strength of ltlilgltil‘lyllt, I I The glorious Burke antirfolioridan, 'l‘hnse souls of mirth and wit. \Vould 21‘] have trembled {in their brogges, Have made their bown‘aud quit. ' If tliev had seen that sapling green, child of during heart. Breathe on" defiancohto the, $975557.- Aud inanv a re":r Import, Egad ! it did my stomach good To see‘John Bell’s eyes start! . His words so chaste. and soundly p'acad., His voice of iiistcliless tone. Those bursts of kindling eloquence Belong to him aloneâ€"- For why 'lâ€"he is an Auctioneer, And language is his- omn. lla,_said,‘f let's war-k,” my men of York, Nonstandso calmly by, These men from South Ontario Are deuced deep andsly : And as. for these three Z(t(i__er3,.l‘.10{fl,i l’ll bung 30m in, the, eye, "f'was even thus, this noisy cuss.“ Did wear the time, away ; And Johnny Bell dioks‘ilcnt art To hear him bowl and bray ; Them“ rep;by-pcp " stuzk in tlgqircrcg), t‘.,,t.hpt’eventfuldzgfl. ’, ' Disgusted quite. I left that night, Arid now am. when I think. That men will act no foolishly, \Vhen just on danger’s brink. To the Editor of the York Herald. llo’d watcli’d it-‘lik'ua hound. Siri.â€"-l.n reply tosoiire" remarks in your last I issue by'a personstyliug himself ” .lusiiee,”l and calling loudly against the. extravagantl manner in which, the pul’rlicfnndslare, squau. dered. but more especially those of School lSection No. 3, Vaughan, I must state inl return, that the whole-is a gross irriiieprsentaâ€" l 'tion. Being One of the Trustees of said, since tion,l can rendin give you the real facts, which are follows: 'l‘hore was a school; ' house to be built, for which tenders would be , ireceived until the first” of May. ' New tlier ‘ great abundance of tenders mentipnptlby Mr. i 'Justice amounted to three, handed in by, Elijah Dexter and id. Cliainberkzin, and Then Clay. of T‘liornhill, Dexter'withorew at once. pleading want of means. It retriaiiied, th'eple- re but for want of confidence in him. and having to involve the section in either a law suit or an . arbitration, I declined. thinking it it’oul'd'uot, be doing j-astice to. saidseeiion. although Mr. Lawrence. one of the ’I‘rizsteOS. was much in favor oil the lowest tender, which made it necessary to call on the third Trustee, who was not present, and he agreed. with me that i it. was better to give a little myre toe. compo.- teitt person, and one who' thoroughly under? stood‘ his business as a builder, who would not be likely to involve the section. l~ feel certain that. bind Mr. Lawrence known the person a. Then Ixarewoilcoased,the crowd was pleased, The last resolvh thatniot success. l \‘Vns “ let‘s go out auddrink l” g man lan extract of the Census of . 1851â€" .delcgatcs,"bui he thought the number KING‘S DiViSio'N.'_ IMPOB'I‘ANT PRELIMINARY ELECTION“ ’ ' 'MEETiNul From the Oshawa Vindicator. ' As may have been learned from the papers, it iwas‘ resolved,-,at a meeting held in Markham Town- ship onjhe day of the late great Plowing Match, that a preliminary meetingstiduld take place at Mil- ligan’s Corners, Markham, on Wednesdaynhc Qtlr inst., for the purpose of making arrangements sion, to select a candidate, initlie reform interest, for the honorable distinction H of representative of King’s _ Council of Canada. GEORGE I’. DICKSON, ESQ, of Richmond Hill, was ‘ appointed chairman, and, the writer," Score- tary. ' ' ' It was then moved by Mr. I'Imvnv NIXLLER, jl‘., (if Scarboro’, and sec» Guided“ by M3,. Graciion FLINT, of East \Vhitby, That arrangcn‘icnts be made for. the selection of delc~ gates to' meet in convention to agree upon a Reform candidate nimously. "Moved by H. P. CROSBY, Esq., and seconded by WM. AIKEN, list}. boih ot Markham, 'l‘nat. tlrebasis for the selection of delegates, be the certified Voters Lists of 1959,”that one delegate he charted for each one hundred voters. and where odd numbers are over fifty. their one ‘dtl- ditional dcligatc be chord-ii. 01F. FAREWELL rinse: to offer a few rt» marks upon the resolution. against the l iimpOssiblc to raise the slightest objection. ' lie was not of the opinion he heard ex- pressed by some that the i'cpi'osr,‘ritation iwould be too large. The rirsiiiotioii, ttliouglit, would give something between 00*-tttid 70: "One of the best steps, in lris' opinion, was to get .a pretty large convert» .tion. The basis laid down by the rcsnlu- the best one which cri'ld be adopted. it was as fair far one municipality as another. In concluding, he said ition before the iiicetino. was, he thought, l his iiiottr: in at‘ which it was possible and right to do, and then ifch l)t‘.’ilt'll could not charge ourselv‘es as being to blame if there was Otlt‘ innit: vote to be put and we vvcre h iatcn, r273: did n01 13,9. best could. (Applause) I Mr. H. MILLER, .lr., of Scarboro,’ hort- took the floor to move an arnvndineirl. and amid cxpxi-siiiona cf astoirish‘ni'iit:pro» ceeilrd to attack Mr. Farewell for liarâ€" aiigiiig his friends. as he called it, with a View of svvarnping the center and western yportious of the Division.â€"' He concluded in taunting and ill-lininorcd speech by mov- 7irig an amendment, seconded by hlr‘.‘ Adam l Armstrong, to the effect that the basis for election of delegates, be the census of 1851-2 Lmtl that each thousand inhabitants at that time send one delegate. blr. FAlti-H‘LJZLL, in rcply,said thatlest there should be” oilcra present, who, like Mr. Miller, mistook the spirit of lzisrc,» marks, izlg“v:'piii;,sriy' lbatit turned ou't‘that there was nobody here except himself and one other, from East \Vhitby, and only two from Oshawa. In this meeting and throngghout the contest, we should know no east, no west, no cciitrc. {Apple ) i‘rlr. MILLER said in reply, that he came 3 here, and he knew others who did so, to bring downnthe candidates to a level with other peeplcl were too many [dun/62's in the [loose al~ ready, andwe did not want anymore there. IF it his part hewar. he; in favour of any of the gentleriii-n mentioned, but would prefer l\lr.chslie, of I‘Oi‘oiito. Taking the basis “of the original resolution would \Vi'i'C \‘v t.‘ .1. i.,tr I I V.“ seqiieflntly all‘ih‘ltlt‘lflltitf; candidate would not stand as'goiod a chance as one from the ‘east, and besides tlicrcwas no true copy Iol the number of, voters ii". each munici- pality present. By taking; the. population at the last census as a basis, we could tell at once, how many dclcgatcscaeh inuiiiri. pality should send. ' I Mr. GEORGE FLINT rose to ask Mr. h’lliller it the adoption ol the original reso- lution would in any way interfere with the calling out of James Leslie of Toronto; Mr. MILLER did not.atternpt a reply, i and wasreseued from the dilemma by. ' hlr. Davin. iniss’son, of Markhaimâ€" i editor of the Economist, and a prospective candidate rising to support the amendâ€" lts chief rncn'imendation was that was on hand, and the number for each munici- pality could beat. once determihed, while by the other plan, this could not. be done. lfit was thought that the rastcrn portion ofribe Division had increased in peptilation more rapidly since the last census than than the \"tSit‘l‘il, lic Wetiltl have no objection to giving, Soutii ()ntudo one or two more would be quite sufficient if based on the last seiisus. the main resolution provided for too many delegates, thereby many By the z'iinendmcnti might be absent. there would be only about. l0. win. is by the original motion there wetild be 60 or up- wards. Again, there was no otlicial state- ,ment of the number of voters in bioutlij 0'0 approatiblhg Ontario, before the iiirzc‘ting One man (meaning, Mr. Bell, of 'l‘oronto,) said it Was greater than in the [tidings of East and \‘Vest York combined. it that were , so he thought it would hardly be. satisfac- tory to the electors of East and 'W'est. York to adopt the Voters Lists as the basis. lie was certain it would not be satisfactory to give to. one Riding more thoroughly, he would not have hesitated a mo- witli adeliente wife and. two or three small children. The time is at hand. however, when a fearful expose will be made of this dark chapter, in the history of our would-b0 Legis- lator and Sheriff; it is unpleasant; but the truth mustcome. out. So may it ever be.-_- You will hear from 1th again, Yours truly, - i ' JOB. l lleadford, May 16, 186'}. mom in vielding to my opinion. I now leave it to the Ratepayers of Section No. 3 to Judge for themselves, and vvould- strongly recom- mend Mr. Justice to abstain fer the future from ntert’eriiig in matters of which it is plain be either knows nothing. or else "wilfully misrepresents. . ' Yours truly, , ' 'T’HOMAS BOOTHBY.‘ Vaughan. May 16th, @501 ' object might be defeated if, through a me . poiiderance of delegates from the East, a‘ man should be sclcrtcd who was it delegates in [lichOIlVCHlIOIf than another, or birth combined. .The delegates from \Vliitby and bickering would not fairly re- present the people in the. westerntowusbips. The object ‘iirselecting; a candidate should be to put him into the Council, that lilili for holding a Conv'eu;ti0:1_ (incision. gates from all portions of the Divi-' , not, for the life of him, understand how Division, in “(the Legislative for King’s Division.-Curried uria-‘ the; principle of which, lie apprehended, it was, by i eluction centcst mus, to di tet‘vt')’llllll;{‘ Wt? ' Everybody knew there. 'give tooinucli Weight to the east, and coir» : not the inhabitants of the Divis ' exercise it, and who would exercise it when in the western townships. He heartily agreed With all Mr Farewle had said in fa- ’ vor of going to work harmoniously and de- teriinne'dly. In East and ' \VeSt York, il'tlfey use not quite as great a population, they" harlitfinore property at stake, and a larger territory than in South Oa- tario. , If it Were desirable to be scrap-U louslyiicxact, the p'an would be to take .siiiiply the number of“ l‘itSfOI'lTI electors in each municipality, as they do in'The Statés but that would be paring the thingidow‘n so nicely .,-tli_at hp‘tliouslit no one would v urge it. “ ' Mr. GEO. FLtNr said that Mr. R’cesor seemed to intimate, inthe course of litigio- riiarks, that. the Voters Lists, as a iii-495, would noti give the western part ofthe‘ Division a fair reprewntaiion. , He could that could be the case, because if" that basis was perfectly fair for each 100 clccfâ€" :orsxin the eastern, it was equally fair fiir 10‘0 in the thslt‘t’ti portion It was only carrying out the principle for whi:h w; had for, so long contended. If we'tlirew . a. should have the power of selecting the candidate. ’ Mr. BELL.â€"â€"I said that if it hadL3 or 4.00 more voters, they should‘be re re seated in the convention. w Mr. Banana replied that it amounted to the same thing. South Ontario w’onld 3,». If the. select their; man as a candidate.» corisulted,"fliie' feelings of the people of rule thecgnvention, audits delegates would, 2’ best interests of the election at stake were East and West Yolk would be regarded in such a' manner that they would be given a little larger delegation "tron South Ori- tario alone. The legislature-had wisely given the different ltownslrips the same rer presentation in the County Councils, not-3 withstandiiig ililfereiices in population, and this was rrghtf whiny ether principle would be unjust to the smaller: townships, because otherwise carry everything their .own way. the larger ones and cities. and towns would; And when was it known that the people complained of the want of rcpresentatiori, accoromg to population iri‘the Connty Councils? '\'Vhen bad a‘ petition ever thati‘principle overboard in this action,iw‘e should he stultilyinc; ourselves. If Mr. Brasher thought one delegate to every 100 electors would be too many, let him move an amendment giving one to'every 150, or one. to every 9.00, and then We sliOtilfli understand him. if it Were feared that there 'vveiri‘e not as many Refer-triers in l . number of voters, asvin York, lilitiiitthaffftlf say thatat'th‘c'lan general election, when g frlr. Mowatt‘ conic aiiitizrgk'thcmn perfect . stranger“, ll: i‘cturrii-d by a. ‘lllit'llx'll‘llj’ of‘ l Vich li'ailii‘garned b c l i e vii; , . l 800.,“ Vaizd: he i or ril't‘ltglil sincd their? .\lr.”fFARE\\'t‘.LL rose to notice some re- inurksiiifr‘clzitidu to liiiiisrlf, and his coriâ€" rrcetron \vi'li the original resold!ioir,‘\vlrit:lrE fell from i‘tli'i' Milli-r when llt‘ lull Spi‘vki'. gin any way whatever. than any but); i he. in ltlie room, and far be it from lriiii to taki- uny action, oi" lc't'liril one word that .‘iltttllil 3give rise to illâ€"li:eiiiig. (if C’llli‘St', if We; ‘saw anything going" strong). _ I ' that Wt: should speak plainly ‘to inch other, but Wi- should be carniul about making; it was right ' liinpulzitioris or out iiitirndas ‘ L1 i llc was not aware uriil llt‘, i l | i l iir'ort l".’ l :a linoctiiig, that. South Ontario had been iii- : r. i came to llit; r , .,. .‘ . '. I. '. " , . i (teasing in popuhitroii tailor t.:;;.i the “Vest :i'ir SPCllOli. He had l)('\'t.‘l' in»; '11 it isiatcrl before, and rr--ver thought of the lipiestitin of tlurizi relative pr'ipnlziticii or i _ l i ‘ r-‘y'. _= illlltllllr'l' o; voters, all all. He had ll“l 5011111 Ontario in pi'opmtion t0 the i‘xlt'olc f l t _ . , I tle had no more to (it With trial rcurluimn "- gone 'to, Parliament againstkttre existing " system. ‘ lle contended,iii'éonclusionflhat’A territory and Wealth should be taken into account, as Well as pepulation. '- “9“ Mr. BENJAMIN Process Ania-ire had made, and he was t't‘l'y' much anruswd will: he understood that they had he -n very busy ell-etioriceriug in Markham and hads‘ uruiiilcstcd.¢4\\\'licn he saw such things, it looked io‘ldii‘i ad if geiitlcnit'rr liad tlr'c'i‘r:W eyes set upon some object, and were de- termined to cai‘ry their point at a‘ll‘haZards. Before he Casino to ‘tiic inceting,“lie felt " that he. t'tJltltllf‘ttfitt the tvlit-lc b t .. ~ .v -‘.. ‘H ‘ i‘v ~ o‘r< u the day l. 2 moi-ids in Markham, but he and 'rr'i'gwrn r‘ltit‘ cause. to change his i i- ' . ‘tllllttl. ire people here seemed to be prai- tiiis nl :i'mriiii Ontario. {tirisirtt M- Not a liit of it.‘ ii-K .nglsbi. 7- it in. vi-ry plainly thittl‘rlft‘filetl”. ‘r'lr. lit-«stir, in the generosity of his licarklia‘l said he would give (South Oi: inr'io one. or too delegates inore'tliti‘n tlié" :ci'imrx of 1357 wood pin: it, if the pcoâ€"‘ ’.l.~,iltt:5\:é_ of“ .1 been eyeing some of his friend»; up here, i‘ as well as listening to some of tire speeches ‘ whet imitative. and lmartl.â€"â€"-Bcfore coming,“ I ,. got quite warm, and he now saw it plainly ‘ . .,, ' ple of the crst ih'rirabrlit they had not 3?“ fair number. ti ii‘tii tin-in. ‘ (south Ontario wanted only aviiat it was fairly and honorably entitled to. according to its strength and would be contented h {1.5 e with nothing less. ‘lookcil at. a voter's list in any of the. ' municipalities, and at no other assiwsm ‘ltl ' roll.li.;.:_:,,_tlii;t ofitlre ville-goof (,‘Vlriwn , And from;th first irii-iiti'oii iifliis :‘uitffr: in connection with llll‘ contest, lre'irarl dir- crmincd net. to becornoa Cililllltl.tl'..' for illi' ' representation Iffiiigs > Division, 0 or in.) i r other, unlcss‘il could'Jei‘doue dpiiiily, fair‘ly ‘and with the entire: ‘apprfilin'tiurr and con sent Of the ficfoii‘ti}. party, in the Division, whose priirrzip‘lcs \th‘t‘ttitl-disiiglit‘tl to be illl‘ rsalvation of this country, and with which party he had always acted. hit: “his: sorry to hear of the eastern, the \‘i't‘sit'rll, and, the Center par-tot; tilie”‘l3*ii'isirri‘i-. As. to} the basis of representation in lilt.‘ cont-en» tion, he had thoung the basis ’li‘flllthtltl in the general resolution so perfectly ‘fairauil equitable that no objection corrld he pos- Isiitly raised to it. It was plainly the pro» per way to take the popu at‘itiiias it was at the tirzre you proposed to take! action . and- :iot'fl’i go back right or ten years. shrub liliicli time nations, as m ll as cities, towiis and villages, had risen and fallen llis fi'ieiidihi,i:.“'i\_lillcr. whom he hoped to see in a better Iruinor before the meeting ' was ov'er,lli;j.d ritltl seinttinng to tire tffeci ' that he (Alf‘. If.) waif-ia- liwyer. ll. never made a greater inis'akc. lle fully 5 Ia_¢rced with him that layiiy;ci‘s..vittri‘e far too plentifufiiitrtlzc "cor " .i‘iiity. and that llto agriculturalists (of the country had not. ai fair representiation in either Houses of Parliament. the had had the pliasure of being brought up on a farm, and his whole life had been spent there, with the cit-- Ct‘pllmi of} some fifteen years which, some time since, he had devlopcd to mercantile pursurtsf Ile would not have it and stood that he was a legal geiitli-iiian, itliougli he: “should he most happly had in: r the encellcnticducution possessed by manyr members of‘tlieflbar. As for the choice of the convention, no matter who it might he, no iuancslio‘uld work harder than himâ€" St‘lf to elect nim. ‘ lVIr. BtiLvlulof Toronto, said he had not i come to the meeting with the intention oil takier any active part, and he had bei'n very rn‘ucliiiriiterested in the proceedings this far. He, had taken Mr Miller’s fling at lawyers as referring more particu- l lorly himself, but he was not aware that it Was any crime to be, a- lawyer. ’I‘Ie owned a, number of farms in the Division, land had therefore a considerable stake in l it. As to the question under discussion, it, did appear to bin that the registered list of voters was the only true basis upon . which delegates should be chosen. \Vh’) was it that finally elected the representa- I tch to the Legislative Council? It was r l l l l i .\p_r l 3 those very gentlemen whose names were 1 and 5,,c3,,,j,,cy"13';." “7,”, recorded on the certified voter‘s lists, andl ion in 1,851. l Who then ought. to beepmulteil about the . matter? Ought it not lie. the very inen l who exercise the franchise i" "Certainlv. l ll South Ontario had three or four hand-i red more" votes to“ cast. that _ East andi \Vest nounpn ,of soundisensc should say ll:_2],':z,l.llt)‘llztjtt who had ‘ tbpse votes-to! cast ought iigt to be cpiingl‘ted; lie sup- posed it was contrary to his interests in p I _ convention to have the voters of South Ontario fully l't‘l“it‘t‘.St:litctl,i out iietgzirtli'dleSS, the voters lists were thel only ciorrcgt) biasing! It vial-.Toiily giving the franchise to the men who had the right to the final struggle came, whether it were refused them new or not. ' ' l ' for him lOi‘COllilci‘lttlz, with two soch clever gentlemen as Messrs. Farewell and Bell. lt might be that even the wrong, shouldI they unfortunately take that sid appear the better. Their statements lid and deserving of more consideration. npopular it -.-.‘.t had been stator/{hair it Shirth|0,iita;’ ‘ fillOttltI have. twir rip .x..,.‘.l..; t at: 5:3... 0"?»â€" ‘tiiit-i'y three villages in Canada had been h‘lr. Robson sair’r'it might be tlSeleSs . . r t lull vi the indie ‘t'Oltitiyll. ,5- \llllilil’) lllli not t.0.t.‘1‘ quite as many acres, iltlr'y had some strong puns, down there win-ii it ‘LLaiirc to ill t‘lt'cll' tl rontest, .lll'nilf‘.\lil-£\\'i;l.l._. i‘l ri'ply to Mr. Iicc~ son’s ri-inaik that if liars! and \Vi-si York. did not grist tr liigrr tit-ligation in propor- iijiiziljgptliis v "tors llrziri South Ontario, the; piroplc of linst anal \Vt-st York would be Ontario would not." C its dealt" iUSSllH‘ the iieol‘vltr of York that if South ,iiitlignaiitws rid: ‘l iiirir sup, (use). the inert-H fling did 'llOl give justice and fairness to ,boulli tlritario, u 11‘ l-llt‘t't‘ no danger of the people of that l'iidEng being tlisszitiSiit-tlâ€"â€"- i) and they, it sh-‘n‘l or: ri'rni inlicrt-d, had the tract; :i‘..,’..i'n_t'rof eon-rs, so that tha" Cilllfitz‘qllt'l'Ct’h inirgli! llt.‘ irinzzh worse. 'J‘liat iti';iiiiit-iit,i \‘i'tdtitl be seen, cut both wa: se the gciitlciiit-rr pres! at from South Un~ “‘ lill'l’)~(fi\'t’l'_‘.' one of lilL'mâ€""WOUltl say that: if linxt and \Vcst York were L‘lllllllftllltf the number «if their voters, to ten or twenty? titlirf'lelLKi l.‘,\.l't‘ ri.r.jr .\,outh Unlnrio tho alioiiid lli‘t‘itf-‘lillt’lliir without a \voril. ’ (lid hope that the frii-nds of the ltforin interest who were present, would insist upon giving”r a fair representation to every» portion'of King Division, without rcfei~ (JUCGHlO ci'li diffinliiig‘s or municipalities. Mr. linusou.~~r\ll other things being equal, \voiiid give to South Ontario re~ presei'itation according to the present p0~ “ pulzilion; but the cast: was d‘.fibl‘€lII.-* ' Dtlttll‘ flitt‘clriol had tiol the We ltli of liast and. \Vcsf Yor k. Mr. .l‘i‘.«.itnwr‘.i.L.â€"~ Can you prove that, 2’ l fry; much doubt it, N i,'l..'..-J_:lilS‘.t)it, said everybody knew that tifltl‘lll'lllig property was more valuable‘ than villas-ye property considered in r‘elal- tioir'to the i.tiiiiber of voters. ‘ Those vil-~ lagtis‘and towns which had sprung up in South Ontario (iii;th not, to have eqpalf", weight in convention with the same popu; lziiion in the townsliipc.---â€"'l‘here was more importance to be attached to the vote of one fainter, than thrcc‘totes in a village?" Aiktlie rotten boroughs in England were villages and small towns, and two out of: t ‘ I}. purchased and could be again. ' 'l‘be amendment was their put_to vote, and the votes having bgen counteda the result was announced. as liillbvvs: Year‘s"? Nays; 20. The remainder _of the.‘ eighty persons present‘ abstained from rot-5' iiigfp‘rbhabfyi because' they did not wish to force the amendment upon South Oil-.3} tario. in opposition to the views of the only live persons frorn' that Riding pré?" sent; ' , ' ' ‘ ‘ So the ainendintnt, basing representa- tion, in convention, on the popélt‘iiioti Of, 1851â€"12., was pronounced cafiried. _ i i" It was then inoifed,by lIeiiry Millerjr., Eckardt. Esq” 'l'liat the Convention bit irstyuctcd ,to-re'l ' quire‘t‘liia different candighi‘tiisi who might be dpclgrn lot-Tho Lit-i» written ariswers Id” written. (pirstions, giving their vieivs'b‘f” a]. great questions now before the coun try. ‘ ' ’ i ' ’ " ‘ Mr. “I. ll. ORR said he could not, lsce the thPl‘lffly of introdueing: such a' resolution: "the delegates met iii cotlvcrfi‘l tion, being the picked men ‘of the av’bdl‘é' Division, ivould. surely know what chitir’se” to take selecting candidates better' ‘tha‘n" Such a meeting as the present oife‘ Pen" hapshlr. Miller was l'itltf‘t'lll'tlt‘e that in," all sricli bodies, it was, customary, first, to" agree upon a certain platform which would; express the general sentiirient offlie party"‘ in the constituency, "and; their w‘hatbvei‘i candidate \jas brought into tlii‘ fieldi'viotilii?‘ stand upon that “platform, anti no 'o'lbcr‘.‘j d Mr/ i\’.l!I.l.Eit preceedetlli to reply amid animated conversations in'dilferent po'rtidnd' of the room, en the’su’b‘ject oi the vote; 9, WOUI‘lljust previously taken. Mr. FAREWELL bald that he was just i-‘l’l’eal' film" Plalll‘ll’leibllt thereiwas 31" writing out a protest ori behalf oftlie‘ other view of the case, equal,le plausible, people of no”,in (imam, There Welter" h but five persoiis' preseii't‘ from t‘lfe I leastbi'ft it i ‘i” ‘ .. inoiiiéiml llkflvli that outli Ontario ha ' d been most uujumly .~ 1

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