ermon would no lonfjer be v.itliout gnpplies, that 

 our labourers wouM be employed, our us yet hidden 

 resources iu the minerals of the Colony developed,^ 

 and A«;riculture receive a now impulpo. Third — 

 That union is strenfrth, and that, by joining tho 

 Dominion, we shoulii form part of a great Empire, 

 whereas now wo are ** isolated." Kourtli —that 

 we shall then receive from Canada flour, broad, 

 pork, butter, manufactured goods, &c., duty free. 

 Fifty — The groat field that Cana<la oilers to the 

 rising and aspiring youth in which to attain to 

 eminence. And, lastly — That the Canadians will 

 build a railway throuirh the country, and at its 

 Western terminus will put on a line of Steamers 

 to bring passengers antl goods from Canada and 

 the United States to St John's, there to join ano- 

 ther line of Steamers for England ; and in like 

 manner from England to Canada. Thcso are the 

 reasons given by the Confederates, who no doubt 

 fancy that the people are such fools as to believe 

 them. 



Let us now calmlv and reasonablv consider and 

 analyze these amusing but nevertheless treacherous 

 arguments. 1 will take them in their order. 



First, — I assert that there is no condition what- 

 ever, in which a man may be placed, however bad 

 it may be, that he cannot be placed in a worse 

 one ; and that great as is the present temporary 

 suffering of many of our poor fishermen and others 

 of the labouring population, caused by a reckless 

 and unfeeling government, and excessive as may 

 be theTmancial burdens of the Colony, yet if they 

 go into Confederation they will be in a very much 

 worse condition, — for the reason, that they and all 

 the inhabitants of the Colony will then be still more 

 heavily taxed ; — they will lose their self-govern- 

 ment, and with it every check against the extent 



