Excerpt from Confederation, a Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon: Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies The Hon. Charles Tupper having made a Speech in your Lordship's presence, and addressed a public letter to you on the subject of Confederation, it is but courteous to him and just to your Lordship that both should be reviewed. In assuming this task it may be proper to explain that I have been for twenty-three years a Member of the Legislature of Nova Scotia - that I represent now the East Riding ...
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Excerpt from Confederation, a Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon: Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies The Hon. Charles Tupper having made a Speech in your Lordship's presence, and addressed a public letter to you on the subject of Confederation, it is but courteous to him and just to your Lordship that both should be reviewed. In assuming this task it may be proper to explain that I have been for twenty-three years a Member of the Legislature of Nova Scotia - that I represent now the East Riding of the Metro politan county of Halifax - that, associated with my friend Mr. Howe, I have been sent to this Country to oppose the pro posed scheme of Confederation; and that we have been charged to press upon the attention of Her Majesty's Government the addresses of eight of the oldest, most populous and wealthy Counties, whose Electors, convened in open Public Meetings, have prayed the Queen to protect their rights and institutions and that we are also charged with Petitions to the House of Commons, signed by the great body of the commercial classes in all the chief towns and seaports, by the proprietors of land, by the enrolled militia, and generally by those who have astake in the country, or a right to exercise the elective franchise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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