"kot, aiui every appliuin.-e iiicideiiLai to tlie lislieri<is 

 — all are paitl for liy Lho fiih that the fishermau 

 takes out of the water ; and the salaries and \va;:jes 

 of those not actually eHi;a<;od iu the ti.sheries are 

 more or less regulated by tho uJiount of taxation 

 that is imposed on the country. Consequently, it 

 13 those who are enr-iged iu the fisheries who havo 

 to bear the burthen of taxation in the end — and 

 this fact cannot be controverted. Such being tho 

 case, why sliould not everi/t'iuv/ be exempt from 

 duty, jind why should not our necessary taxation 

 be limited to the uses of this Coluny solely, to be 

 expended under the ctuUrcd of our local Govern- 

 ment, instead of being sent to the New Dominion, 

 for the boncfit of others ? If th*; catching and curing 

 of the (ish be more cosily in th*? uL-gregate than tho 

 net price obtained for it at market, those immedi- 

 ately engaged in catching it must necessarily have 

 uuthiug loft to support themselves. Such liaviDg 

 been the case of late years is the cause of their 

 present poverty and destitution. Now, if the fisiie- 

 liescaiuiot be sustained under tho pro-r-nt taxation, 

 how are they to be sustained when the increased 

 taxation is imposed by the Dominion Clovernment. 



It is evident from our experience that the only 

 object Canada has in view is to wring all the reve- 

 nues she possibly can out of us —else what is her 

 motive for her strong desire that we should join 

 the Dominion ? If such be not her intention, lej 

 it be understood that none of the money raised by 

 taxation be sent out of the country, but that tho 

 whole be expended in Newfoundland. This would 

 be a proper test that they are disinterested, — but 

 none other would. 



Before I conclude there is one more subject to 

 ^Yhich I wish to call public attention, and more 

 particularly that of the working classes, who do 

 not possess the means of relieving themselves from 

 the annoyances, the difficulties, and the fstill more 

 serious inconveniences to which they will be sub- 

 jected under its operation. I refer to the recent 

 militia law of the Now Dominion, which makejj 



