Correspondence and Negotiations Connected with the Affairs of Nova Scotia: Laid Before Parliament by Command of His Excellency the Governor GeneralHunter, Rose & Company, 1869 - 71 páginas |
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Página 29 - ... population reached the total of either Upper Canada or Lower Canada in 1861. When these arguments had been questioned and debated by the Dominion authorities, the provinces fell back upon a final grievance, " the want of a sufficient sum for local services." As John Langton admitted, this point was " a most important one for Nova Scotia, and is indeed the basis of the whole question between us.
Página 2 - I trust that the Assembly and the people of Nova Scotia will not be surprised that the Queen's government feel that they would not be warranted in advising the reversal of a great measure of state, attended by so many extensive consequences already in operation. (Quoted in H. Wade MacLauchlan, "Accounting for Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Quebec Secession Reference
Página 4 - Ido, the Repeal of the Act, I must confess that I am less sanguine. I used to believe that in a case involving vested interests. Constitutional rights, and great sums of money, British Statesmen and Legislators would do justice though the Heavens should fall. With deep sorrow and a sense of humiliation not easily described, I now am compelled to acknowledge that I have cherished a delusion. Whether it be that the British Ministers yield to the representations of the Governor General and to the paramount...
Página 66 - Canada with interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum on the cost of that building, until it shall have been placed at the disposal of the Dominion.
Página 3 - Province, or any other gentlemen selected for the purpose, should visit Ottawa and sit down with the Finance Minister here, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any inequality or injustice exists, the extent of such inequality and the best remedy. And I now reiterate the assurance I then gave, that the Government here will consider the ques...
Página 3 - Scotia in the work of the new constitution. We will enter upon this enquiry whenever it suits your convenience, and the Canadian Government engage to press upon Parliament, with all the influence they possess, the legislation required to carry out any financial readjustment that may be agreed upon.
Página 4 - I am quite aware that persons more sanguine of succes swill entirely disapprove. I have shown your letter to a few judicious friends here, and shall show it to others, including, of course, the Members of the House of Commons as they come up to town ; and I intend to make no secret of the fact that such a Correspondence is going on. I am asked every day if I have taken office, or " accepted the situation,
Página 70 - Scotia for the years 1868 and lSb'9, in conjunction with the gentlemen representing that Province, and he believes that if the arrangements proposed are carried out, Nova Scotia will have sufficient means at her disposal to meet those services which devolve upon her by the terms of the Union Act. provided they are placed on a moderate but efficient footing. If on the contrary the Province has to depend on the provision made by the existing terms of the Union Act, no inconsiderable deficiency must...
Página 5 - O'Connell. My position is certainly not a very profitable, or a very enviable one, but I prefer to hold it just now. I have been driven into it by a sense of duty and by the force of circumstances which I could not control. The responsibilities resting on me are not light, and I can only relieve myself of them by maintaining, for the present, a position of personal independence. As regards the present Government of the D 'minion, I did not last winter factiously oppose them. Should I go to Ottawa...
Página 4 - ... have accepted nothing, but recognizing the obligation imposed by the Imperial upon the Canadian Government, I mean to discuss the whole subject with them in a frank and earnest manner. Some of my friends here are apprehensive that the fact of such a correspondence going on, will weaken their chance of getting Repeal from the new House of Commons. If I thought so I would break it off to-morrow, but, as it must close long before the time arrives for making that appeal I am content to continue it,...