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To one grievance we desire to call ,attention. The Franchise Act ofl‘ers .admirable tacilities for the manu- facture of fagot votesi Nor were )LhGSC facilities overlooked in the late (campaignl Thousands of votes were manufactured in the interest of Conservative candidates. The n0n~ residence clauses of the Act were utilizedltovthe very utmost. This .day there are untold men who now do notioer a foot of land, but who, The most exasperating feature in {the recent defeat of the Liberals is thezeertainty that a majority of the electorate was, and still is, favorable to their accession to power. We had to fight against tremendous odds. Practically, we dld not re- .ceive an invitation to dance until both hands and feet had been se- Jeurely tied. The manaciles used were the Gerrymander and the Franchise Act administered by the Revising Barrister. When these were found to be not strong enough, as was the case in several constitu- encies, partizan Returning Officers andiDeputy Returning Officers made good the weakness. The wonder, indeed, is, not that we failed to score ,a victory, but that we did not sufier a disastrous rout. RICHMOND HILL. Thursday, Mar.24, ’87 As the news of polling in the Northâ€"West comes in, further light is thrown on Macdonald‘s art of l<eepinglin power. There thevoting was open. Government officials did not hesitate to send letters in which the wretched electors were told that a record of every vote cast would be lorwarded to Ottawa, and that if they wished life to be cndm‘ahle,they would do Well to vote properly, that is, of course, for the government candidates. The result was exactly What might be expected. The Lib- erals were beaten to a man. liven the unhappy Metis were goaded into voting against those whom they know, and have often declared, to be their best lriends. We might enlarge indefinitely on the black means taken to compass the defeat of our party. But to what purpose? As well whistle to the winds. Yet we are not alto- gether without a ray of hope. The {act that the Liberals succeeded in reducing the government majority to a third ofits rormer number is inâ€" dicative of great Liberal courage and of great natural spirit. Had the combat been lair, no sane man can possibly doubt what would have been the result. our electoral contesrs. Fifty years ago the founders of the Liberal party discovered a way ot obtaining constitutional government. It will be strange it their successors can- not discover means of prexrenting constitutional government trom con- tinuing a dreary, sickening farce. \Ne do not indicate in what direct- ion we must move for that object. But the contest just ended furnishes abundant proof that the people of Canada can and will before long achieve by peaceful means the ob- ject so necessarv to our national exv istence. Move the Liberals must. Our present position is intolerable. XVere we the objects of a great and Jatriotic tyranny, consolation would not be wanting. But to be galled and scouted by a Macdonald and a Tupper, surely degradation has no deeper abyss. Chungeeâ€"Wm. Atkinson when thelCourt of Revision was in session, swore that they were bona fide pOSSessors of real estate. And here we think that the time has come to secure fair play in all Just now the rage of the Quebec Tories is vastly amusing. For years their organs, notably the Mon- treal Gazette, had laid down the doctrine that to the victors belong the spoils. Another principle on which they loved to insist was the right of Macdonald to redistribute Ontario constituencies inthe interest 0t Tories. But lo! :a Liberal min- ister is now at the head of affairs in Quebec. And those precious Que- bec Tories thiul; that they actually see signs that the Hon: Ionore Mercier is actizzg or is about to act on the magims laid down by their own pens. Their very wits are daz- ed by a report that Mr. Manger is about to gerrymandm Quebec as Macdonald did, Ontario. A‘VV‘Yhy,‘ they scream, shall be, kegt ‘ln NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 112 gm“. THE 0 TH E 1% OX G ORED. A DEEP AB YSS. SIiL.â€"In the way of tree-planting if I may remind your readers‘mf it, there is a method whereby we might easilv, and with very little risk, of our labour being lost, change the scattered useless little evergreens which cover many a. pasture, here and there throughout Ontario, to valuable rows of trees. protecting the farms against. the winter winds, and greatly benefiting all crops. For while in winter the fall Wheat and clover are aided and often indeed doubled in value, by sheltering trees, in summer the great ad- vantage of preventing the too rapid dying outof the ground, and securing the rotun- tion of the favorable influence of showers is also given. I do not remember that I have as yet mentioned this 'metlrnd to your :eaders. It is as follows:-â€"~ in early spring, when the ground has thawed ont,,select some time when, as often happens, a sharp night has again frozen it to an inch or smdeep. Then is the moment. Get all the aid you can and cut a circle round as manv young evergreens as you need. Cut it about nlne inches from the stem, and the slight fresh will hold all together so that you can move the tree with a thickness nf from two to four inches of cahh round the roots. Place them at unee where they are to stand, fill up the gaps around with the best mould ynu have, and so contrive that the roots \Vlll not shake much with the wind, eithvr hy stakes, (but avoid chufng 01‘ by earth, which can if too much after be partly removed. Plant at- iLS old level.' An evergreen gives more huld to the wind than a7 de- ciduous tree, but, on Lhe other lmnd, it should not be nearly um hill, “advâ€"r ihâ€"rwr feet being best, though I lmvu lumwn nix ui' SPVCH feet. do well. They Should new:- be trimmed. The above nnlhmi. if the pi'uiier time be hit, has in'm'ml \‘igry sure and rapid, but if the lime, puss, then :i built the end of May will do wry wcll. Those tree rows will undniilitudly use- some valuable land, but the hm; St) in curred is very trifling to the hunchL vi" their shelter, especially if we CitulLl mulm such planting more general. Yours, eta, The truth is that Hon. Mr. Mer- cier has no intention of doing aught that is not strictly constitutional. Yet it must be borne in mind that he is a practical politician. 11 Mac- donald tries on him any of his pe- culiar tricks, he will find Mr. Mer- cier to be fertile in resources to baffle him. But when did exger the Macdonald-Tupper combination dare to lift a finger against Quebec? Ontario is the patient plug that has forgotten apparently how to kick, and whip and pitchlork are reserved for Ontario, and tor Ontario alone. To the Editor of THE LIBERAL W'est’s World’s Wonder or Family Lini- ment. Useful in every house for cuts, burns, scalds, bruises, neuralgla, rheuma- tism. Always gives satisfaction. A11 druggists. Tree Planting in Early Spring \Vest’s Cough Syrup. the household rer medy for czillglxsl colds, sore throat, bmn chibis, asthma, influenza, wh()opin<_r»c«')ugh comsumption and all throat and lung dis- eases, 25c., 500. and $1.00 per bottle. All druggists. Toronto March 17th 1887. To the Editor of THE LIBERAL DEAR SIR,â€"\Vill you kindly allow me space in your paper to apologize for sign. ing a petitinn in favor of a Past Ofiice be- ing established in our village, without. first curlsulting the York JIx’I'ald, or other ratepayers of your village, on the subject. The fulluwing is taken from last week’s issue touching on the matter:â€"~ opposition for ever.’ ‘Why not,’ might well be conSIdered a sufficient answer to these persons. But theft is not to be atoned by theft. Knav- ery would be but poorly punished by knavery. “ Have the ratepayers in (his village (Richmond Hill) no vuicv in the matter ’l It appears to us they lime, and we trust no Post Qflice will be established so close to us \i'itliuut our opinion being at, least invited in reference thereto. * * \Ve would suggest a petition being sign- ed, to be presented to the Government, giving the views of the ratepayers of this place,” (f'c. But, Mr. Editor, we have a better opinion of your village and your rate- payers than to think you would throw any such obstacles in our way. \Ve be- lieve if a petition Him that to which the York Herald refers, were presented, no honorable men in the village would sign it. We would scorn to think there are many in your‘ midst who are altogether destitute of good-will towards their neighbors. I think we are entitled to a Post Office“ as we have a store, an hotel, a blacksmith shop, and a. tnnnery which employs fox-.9; men all the year round, and the petition which I signed contained I15 signatures. Elgin Mills, March722rnd, 1887. However, I must admit, our course wasa rash one, and if the rest of the xesidents who slgned the petition feel they have done an injustice to Richmond Hill or the Hearld, they should, and, no doubt would, ofl'er an apology at once. it is with pleasure that we recommend our readers‘fio try west’s Cough Syrup. 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