ESPRIT

the burdens of indepen-

while we had no means of making our voice heard for or against peace or war. But there was nothing in this measure to

warrant the gentleman in sa: & that we assumed these burdens. Mr. HOLTON :—Was not the province to pay for the Militia? Mr. HINCKS:—Certainiy: to pay the expense of our own Militia. Mr. HOLTON : — For service abroad.

Mr. HINCES : — Well he was quite ready

to join the honorable member in taking out anything that might seem to impose the pa

yment of an army to go abroad... (206.)

Mr. GALT ....The great rcsult intended by the administration was the creation of a volunte - is € that might be made available for Purposes foreign to the interests of this ju sce......(207)

PRÉ SE TS At tñe same time it provided, that in ense of war with the United States — which though it would deluge the country with blood, might arise out of a quarrel in which we had no concern — it provided, he said, that we were to be at the expense of keeping a militia under arms, He did not believe that Great Britain could have asked this colony to incur all these expenses entailed by a war with the United

States, and even after the war to pay for the relief of all that may suffer in the connt. (207)

Mr. POWELL... After replying to Mr. Wilson’s defence of Mr. Holton, he denied that the bill gave any authority to compel the Militia to serve abroad, though it was er, and the measure

Mr. RANKIN :-Mr. Rankin supported the bill, which, so far from a Tory, he regarded as a natural {[national?] measure, and one which led him

to the tim< when all the North American Prov « being united together, we might be not annexed to the United States, but : &

England oniy by peaceful means and with mu. .od will.

a most important step, because it threw the Province upon its herself, as all other

He looked upon this as

@) Mr. Merritt.

{2) Mr. Holton.

Le 21 mars 1855:—

Mr. RHODES #—Mr.

+0 much a war force, tary tothe pol the country... Y enforce obedie

Hon. J. 8, McDONALD:

eur own defence, and Pay for our own defence, us to ourselves. ays herctofore felt t

d be stretched forth t:

would flow frecly Now, that feelin shaken also :

“More annexation.”) …....Thew kne by the mother

the mother country,

country should n troops and experience

to rally, to fight

Troubles might drawn in by reason

Mr. SOLICITOR GENERAL SMITH : +... With regard to the clause allowing

present act, but in “to territory conti-

the militia to be marched out of the country, that existed in the transcribing it, some words had been, by accident, omitted, viz : auous [contiguous] therewith.”..….. .. (209)

#—said this was a measure to provide for the effective defence of People—it was s0 stated to be in the introducti

ndertake that defence

coun t representation —

Mr. PAPIN Les CT eee to resort to arms to s disposed to fight to.

should involve us in

EP MR RS TES re SE se TE AN SR TENNT EG SEL ÉRTaS

we had a Canadian feeling —

an interests would place the

see no necessity for this outlay of money......(210)

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