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to4iints, when so required, call into American pbrts 

 on their return voyages from the West Indies and 

 Brazil to bring such produce as may be requisite. 

 Under a Reciprocity Treaty our trade with the 

 States would be far greater than with Canada. In 

 fact it is so now without that Treaty ; whereas, 

 as I have stated before, with Canada, it is com- 

 paratively trifling, and almost wholly out of the 

 route of our commerce. 



The fifth argument is a subject that interests 

 seriously the youth of this Colony, and all those in 

 it who aspire to any public office, or to enter into 

 political life, whether here or in Canada. The 

 Confederates hold out as a bait to them the pros- 

 pect which Canada offers to the ** rising and 

 aspiring youth of this Colony." Now, as I assume 

 that these young men have some brains wherewith 

 to aid them in their aspirations, I would put the 

 following pertinent questions to them : First — 

 "What is to prevent their going to Canada and in- 

 dulging in their aspirations at the pre. ent time ? 

 Second — What chance under Confederation would 

 any young man in Newfoundland possess of filling 

 an office even in his own native country, when 

 opposed to the political aspirations of the natives 

 and residents of Canada ? And, third— Who 

 would be enabled to commend most effectually that 

 political influence which would be indispensable to 

 secure such appointments? Would it be those 

 living in Canada, backed by their 147 representa- 

 tives, or those of Newfoundland, backed by their 

 eight representatives only ? If the replies to these 

 questions do not satisfy them as to their fate, let 

 them take warning from the treatment the inhabi- 

 tants of Nova Scotia have received at the hands of 

 the Dominion, in whose Commons House there are 

 1 J). Nova Scotiaus, and 15 members from New 



