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Still, Sir. Richard's words cannot be recalled. Conservative. in the best sense of that word, one is at a loss to know what prompted him to utter them. \Ve greatly fear “that they are the outcome of a mo- ment's intense dissatisfaction with the present administration ofafiairs. The dissatisfaction, certainly, is just and well-founded. The work of the last session ofthe Dominion Parlia- ment may well cause fear and dis. ‘may to all lovers of their country. But, Sir Richard will do better to ‘imitate the patience of Mr. Blake. rather than follow the example of Lord Randolt Churchill. Power is good and pleasant but a party cannot be too scrupulous in the means it takes to obtain power. The platform ofthe party of Inde- pendence may well make us stand aghast. Two of the demands are universal suffrage and the election of the chief officer (call him Govern- or-Gencral, President. or what . you wiillwho must be a Canadian ‘elect- ed by the direct vote ot the people; in other words, the legal encourage.- inent oflaziness; scoundralisin, and unbridled,shameless ambition. Bet- ter, we say; that Retormers ‘should remain in ‘op'pos1tion' forever, than‘ that they should gain the treasury1 this very love of independence. The great and magnanimous Bis- marck felt where lay the trouble, and he gave the cure. To-day, in- stead of being a prey to intestine broils and iOreign encroachment, the North German Confederation is the arbiter of Europe. .avail. The people should be made .to clearly understand the nature of the change which it is proposed to make. Unfortunately, and we use the word advisedly, undue promi- nence has been given to the matter by the utterances of Sir Richard Cartwright in a speech which he lately delivered in Toronto. It is true he spoke very guardedly, that .he did little more than indulge in hints and suggestions. Yet sufli- cient was said to convey the idea that henceforth independence was to be a solid plank in the Reform platform. In ‘The VVeek' ABy- stander lauded Sir Richard's words, and regretted they had not been pronounced years ago. But sooner or later, all parties -Wlll be called upon to speak out plainly on the question. Neither reticence nor hood-winking will long The cry that Canada should sever all connection with the mother coun- try has been sent forth with renew- ed, if spasmodic. vigor. In it, how- ever, we do not recognize the voice of the nation, but at most of that in- considerable‘ band, lound in every clime, whose distinguishing trait IS the desire of new things. General» ly, the only part of the public press which has taken' it up is the so-call- independent journals; Reform pa- pers have maintained almost unbro- ken silence, (Lonservatlve papers have stoutly combatted the idea. RICHMUND HILL, Thursday, June 19. ’84 Concrete Houseâ€"Wm. Atkinson Great Burgumsâ€"J.M. Hamilton. Executors' Noticeâ€"Wm. Butcler‘ 31w Qilihmtl. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. INDEPENDENCE. Thomas Myers, Bracebridge, writes: “Dr. Thomas’ Eclebtric Oil is thy; best medicine I sell. It always gives satisfac- tion, and ‘in cases uf coughs, colds, sure throat. etc” immediate relief has beén re? ceived by those who Use it.‘ " The plan proposed by the Hon. Ed. Blake in his address at Convo- cation last week 15 the leastbad that has been ofiered for the use of the Bible in schools. \Ve say least bad, for we consider that such introduc- tion ofthe Bible is hedged in with immovable difficulties. Already, in many cases, there is shown a dispo- sition on the part of Boards of Trustees to favor candidates for mastership on the score oi denomin- ationalism. Let the Bible be used as a text book, and that disposition, now carefully concealed, would as- sume definite, unjust and ugly form. It is useless to insist on verses being learned without note or comment ; the insistance would be often disre- garded and, in the minds of many, would be held to be disregarded even when scrupulously observed. However desirable that the spiritual instruction should constantly ac- company secular, 1t is not teasible in our public schools, constituted as they are. We may deplore the fact, but not the less does it remain. Home and the Sunday-school are the only places available for religi- Ous teaching. Against stupidity the gods fight in vain. Who can refrain lrom de- spair after the maudlin sympathy extended to Louder and Tompsett, cold-blooded murderers of Lazier ? The evidence against them was 0- verwhelmingly complete; in rebut- tal of that evidence, there was no- thing but the reiterated and persist- ed-in denial of the crime by the prisoners themselves. But people ask, would they, if guilty, doggedly maintain their innocence, thereby endangering the salvation of their immortal souls ? Certainly, they would,because they never altogether abandon hope. Confession of guilt is by no means the rule of men on the gallows, and if denial of the 1 crime he a prom of innocence, we shudder to think how many Judicial murders have been committed. Yet of idiots there is no end. It is a pity that some of the scoundrels who are the objects of inawkish,cra. zy, wicked tears could not be let loose on those who shed the tears. We are 01 opinion that a very sudden revulsion 0t feeling would be the re- sult. The Executive cannot be too much commended ior its firmness in resisting the silly efforts that are continually being made to secure the commutation of sentences which are just or unjust only because they are not sufficrently severe. Coleridge has somewhere pertin- ently remarked that 1116 truer and higher a man's thoughts become, the more musical and exalted will be the language in which they are expressed. In other words, noble thoughts tend to produce noble lan- guage. \Vho now can ever doubt it after perusing the above ? Yet, the taste of those who enjoy such writ- ing is, to say the least, peculiar. “ A Hindoo will lie without feeling that he is doing wrong. A Thug will murder with areiuicing soul. A hoodlum will up- plaud an indecent joke Without. a question as to its marulity. And the social experiences of Messrs. Hardy, Pardy, Frarer & Co. and their advocates have never taught. them a higher code of honor than that. l~y which they acted in this afi'air." “There are four mainly engaged in this en- quiry, Messrs. Fraser, Hardy, Purdee, and Mowat. Anyone may see the social equals and fitting companions of three of them any evening at the corners of the streets. spitting tobacco juice and talking Grit politics be. tween horns of whiskey. They are simply low fellows with a corrupt political majority in the Assembly. As for the fourth it would be impossible even in satirical literature to find his equalin cunning, in cent, in hypo. crieyI and in a talent for whining falsehood. How these people can impose as they do on decent citizens is a mystery that intelligent men explore in vain." We commend to all lovers of de- corum and the amenities oflife the following choice extracts, taken from Monday's Mail. The article of which they are a part, apparently owes its origin to a territic fit of rage caused by the formal openiug of the Royal Commission to investigate the Bribery Case. The organ pre- eminently of gentlemen thus gives vent to its fine lrenzy:â€" LOFTY THOUGHTS IN LOFTY LANGUAGE. Here, for the preLent, we con- clude, but it is our intention to re- turn, at a future date, to this ques- tion, and endeavor to show how de- structive of all law and order would he the realization of this vaunted Independence. benches by such a total abandonment ofprincxplcspfthat unswervmg loyal- ty by which the party has been dis- tinguished in the vast. Em Em <3 3%. E IM Call and see it. The second for the season. 25 per cent. less than Toronto prices. Mixed Paints, Brushes of all sizes, BQiled Oil, Raw Oil. and all Palmer's Material, White Lead, Low in Price, TWEEDS, WURSTED UGATH‘éGS, 81.0.. Cretonnes, Sheetings, Cottonades, Shirtings, and a Mag-J nificent Stock of PEOPLE’S STORE! 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