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The question ot Exemption is rapidly becoming paramount. and the powers which be will soon be compelled to take cognizance of it. To us, it is hard to understand how there can be any difference of opin- ion on the subject. The plea that certain properties are held and own- ed only for benevolent purposes, and therefore should not be subject to taxation, is tantamount to saying that there are certain charities which ought to be the recipients of government bounty. Now to draw the line between such aid and State assistance to religious denomina- tions would bean impossible task. Yet the advocates of the latter are units, while its opponents are thous- ands. Pertect toleration,_ bounded only by the aCCepted code of moral- ity, is all that any government ought to grant. for anything beyond this is the first step in a rapid descent to dissolution. Simple honesty is no. where more imperative than in less, and often malicious chance. But when we consider how great is the danger to the State when the choice is left to iaction ; when we cmsider the magnitude of the loss to business, the fury of the passmns raised; when we consider, in fine, the perfect demoralization sure to ensue from such a war of parties, we must congratulate ourselves that we live in a country where heredi- tary succession holds good, where no lawless ambition prevails, and where peace and certainty are cert- ain, even if at times some sacrifice of talents and character are inevl~ table. 'Io Canadians, the demsion across the lihe 13 not without importance. The accession of the Democrats to power most probably means such a change in the fiscal concerns of the United States as will prove most beneficial to Her Majesty's loyal subjects in British America. the head of a n-ation, simply because he is the son of his father. ‘Such election of chief magistrate may ap- pear too much the work of a care~ Blaine went into the contest, hampered by public record which ought to have annihilated his every chance of success. It was proved by his own letters that he had on various occasions prostituted the huh and responsible position. ivhich heuheld as speaker of the Senate, to purposesofseltenrichment. Cleve land, indeed, stood well as far as his public acts were concerned, but hisprivatelife, which his enemies did not tail to rake up and gloat over, was tar from being exemplary. It may seem, at first sight. very absurd that any man should become Although the vote was taken more than two weeks ago, the result was not practicallv decided until Satur- day last. It was indeed. morally certain that Cleveland had been elected. but it was not morally cer- tain that the followers of Blaine would not succeed in frustrating the \‘erdict of the people. Eight )ears ago the Democrats elected Tilden, but that did not prevent the Repub- licans from installing Hayes in the “hits HUUSC. Then the country stood on the verge of Civil war. now only prompt acquiescence in the ofiicial declaration can avert it. army of those who hold office was arrayed against the army of those who sought to grab their places. The Civil Service of the breat Re- public comprises abuuc a hundred thousand servants, and (her: a change of government meansa com- plete change of all officeholders. N.) wonder if the battle was fierce; no wonder iia whole nation went wild. Astonishment, it not disgust, must cease even at the most term ClOLS and most ruthless means taken in secure victory. Vituperation,. slander, calnmny, all held high car- nival. No story was too nauseous tolbe vamped up. or even to be in- sented, provided only a rival poli- ticxan could thereby be injured. ‘ Tlie polificak issues at stake were comparatively small, but the person- al Issues were tremendous. The The advocates of the republlcan term of government would be sorely puzzled if they were asked even to extenuate, much less to defend, the scene presented by the recent presx- dential campaign in the United States. For months that struggle has raged with a fury and a vindic- tiveness to whrch its re-occurence every four years fails to reconcile. n on the rtain pr Rncumus» HILL. ’Ilhutsd THE PRICNIDICNTIA L ’ 121 I GN. @111: @591th is hard be an} e subje ropertie for be :fore sh n, is ta EXEMPTION Nov. 20, '84 CA 1‘] - .mzmwvwfi .’D.' Lb ‘- KIWI-P: Esq“ Niagara Falls. and Peter Wardlaw, Esq” of Etobicoke. Her sons are all in affluent circimrstnnces, and with their children, and. children’s children to the fourth generatiorn six‘ of the procession being g. g. grandchildren, followed the remains to their last resting place. Deseesedienjoved, during her long life, exceptionally good health. and .up to the last. possessed afl‘vigor of,budy and mind seldom seen in ,people a quarter of a, cen- tury her junior. Her hands were never idle; feneeveraliyenrs herltime had been mostly occupied,_ when not writing to some are of her many descendants, in knizting and reading her Bible, which she could do even the smallest print without the aid of spectacles. A few days before her death she caught Cold, but thought little of it. and on Saturday, 8th inst., she visited Mrs Rowntree, a 3. grand- daughter, some half a mile distant. She however, gradually became worse, and breathed her last as ubUVe stated. Tuesday, 18th inslqv was a red letter dav in the Presbvterian congregation here. the occasion being the induction of their new pastor. Rev. \Vulter Reid. 1:3. the evening. a comfortable tea was served. by the ladies. suitable speeches by local outside talent, and the. whole enlivenedl by it cnmpeient choir, winch made the occasion boil] pleasant andyrotitable, Eran) our own Correspondent. Dmm or A CENTENARIAN.~â€"At the residence of her granddaughter, Mrs. John Torrance, Thistietun, Etobicoke, Janet Wurdlaw, relictnf the late Peter “’erdlaw.Y0rk Township, aged 101 years. Deceased was a, native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and came with her hUsband and family» to this country and settled on lot 7, Gun. 4, York Township, just 50 years ago. Deceased was rmce married. First. to Mr. John McLellan, and had issue of twu sr~\is,the eldest,Johli McLellan,Esq., of Etnbicoke. now in his 8155 year. still survives her. She afterwards married Peter \V'ardlaw, and had by him nine Children, five sons and fuur daughters, the only survivors being James Wardlaw, Esq” Niagara Falls, and Peter Wardlaw, a proper combination of words and well-regulated sentences, our ideas are presented in a 1eadahle form, so that others can understand what we Wish to convey. Few, however, have the-patience and perseverance to acquire an art of such real and permanent utility unless a stimulus is held out as an inducement to effort. A tangible reward is now within the view 01 every competitor, and we hope that the young people 0t our village will show their ap- prec1ation of this “ golden " oppor- tunity by each making an earnest effort toseeure this valuable reward. ‘ we call the attention of‘our read- ers. especially the younger portion of such, who reside within the limits of our corporation, to the valuable 'prize ofi‘cred by the ofiicers of the temperance organizations in this place for the best essay on “ The Evils of lntemperance." \Ve hope there will be a large number ofcom- petitors, and that their literary pro- ductions will be so good that the judges will find it diflicult to decide on the best. One, only, can be a successful candidate, but no young person can enter earnestly on a task like this, and draw on his abilities, natural and acquired, without being intellectually benefitted. An effort to compose an essay helps to con- centrate the thoughts upon a cer~ tain theme, and all our reading and observation is made subservient to the elucidation of the‘subject under consideration. The mind being full we will find a way of relieving it hy dotting down our impromptu thoughts and gathered suggestions in crude and unrounded sentences, but unlike a fleeting thought unde- tained. we have them last. ‘Ve‘ study them, we shape them, and by i church affairs, and no congregation ought for one moment to contem- plate the acquisition of property for which it is unable to pay. Taxa- tion is one of the inevitable attend- ants on property, and no valid ex- cuse for its non-payment can be made good. It is urged, indeed, that the thing is as broad as it is long, but this is not the case. First, i because the charity struggling into exxstence is placed disadvantageous- ly with its more prosperous Sisters; and then. even it we grant the in- diflerency of the matter to the whole Country, the injustice to the special municipality remains. It exemp- tion be indefensible in the cases of church property. still less so is it in the case of all other kinds. \Vhere no exceptions are made, there can- not be even a suspicion of unfair- ness ; where exceptions are made, the municipality as a whole is cer- tain to suffer, and its component parts are not likely to be satisfied. \Ve trust that the Mowat Adminis- tration will give no uncertain sound in this question, whatever may be the consequences. However great may be the importance of the con tinuance in office ot any gOVernment, the framing of just and salutary measures is of infinitely more. THE PRIZE ESSA Y. 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W. .RIGHT 8a SON- AT TORONTO PRICE OE“ GOODS. BY GOING TO IS ON HAND WITH BARGAINS ISAAC CROSBY. AT THE G. SAVAG E. Can and E2 nd r pl‘iCPR‘