A FAIR ANSWER

“to say that this House would be taking upon itself “to deal with matters with which it ought not to “deal. Te less that we undertake of matters pu- “rely and wholly of a Dominion character, the ‘ belter it wiil be for all of us. (Hear, hear)

Et ce qui fait qu'il refase, c'est la raison que j’ai donnée, qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'un cas ordinaire, mais qu'il s'agissait d’une question touchant l'aiministration de la justice, Il revient là-dessus dans trois ou quatre endroits da son dissours. Il prend absolument l’article de l’Acte de la Confédération que J'ai cité tout à l'heure. Il dit : ** In a matter outside of this Province, in a matter having nothing to do with the admiuistration of justice in our Province, e.c.”

I! ajoute :

“We could of course make a recommendalion “thal merey should be shrwn as any authorilive “body might do, ei her within, or might say, with- ‘“‘oul lhe Dominion. L can see by the smile that ‘“ beams on the faces of some of my frien is op- ‘posite that they think they are going to gain ‘ some party advantage by bringiug into what ‘““apjears to be a recommendation of mercy some- “thing which may be made use of elsewhere, in ‘order to show that we had pronounced upon cer- ‘“tain other matters, ul 1 saythat when we, as a “ deliberalive body, will be called upon lo rronoun- “ce as Lo le justice or injustice of whal may ‘have occurred in the execution of the law, il is “perfeclly plain, that before we can come lo anu ‘decision —supposing it is a reasonable thing to ‘“ diseuss the question at all— We must have

(ALL THE lACTS BEFORE US. ”?

Il continue :

‘“ Our recommendation to mercy may amount tc ‘something, but our pronouncing uron th:se other ‘“ matters will amount to nothing at all. And there- ‘ fore Î say that the honoruble gentleman who has “ moved this amendment is not actin: fairly in the ‘“‘interests of those for whom he profusses to want “ mercy. [he wants mercy ani ciemency to be ex- ‘“tended to these prisoners ; if he wishes for peace “and good order, and all that mav follsw from a ‘“lenient carrying out of the jaw ; if he wants this ‘“ House to make an unanimous recommendalion to “mercy he is not lakingtherighl course (Applause.)

‘ He is subverting that purpose to serve some party “end, (Cheers, ) [do not supaose there is a man ‘ia this House, Whatever his politics or religion, ‘who would not willingly join him in a recommen- ‘“ dation for mercy. But when one who