every maii^of a given a^<' liable to servo in their 

 army or navy as militia men, or in the regular 

 Dominion army. IfdrafLcJ they jnust serve, unless 

 they have the means wherewith to purchase their 

 exemption; and any militia raised in this country 

 under that hiw, wuuhl, at the dictum of the Domi- 

 nion War office, be compelled to go to any part 

 of that immense territory, should the Dominion 

 Government embark in any war with their neigh- 

 bours, while those who might be drafted into the 

 regular army could bo sent to any part of tho 

 world. So that, after all the sneers that have 

 been attempted to be put upon the ** bleaching 

 bones," it is more than possible that Newfound- 

 landers may yet have to leave their bones to bleach 

 in a foreign land. The people of Newfoundland 

 do not and would not object to give their services 

 to that military organization requisito in every 

 country for the defence of their own homes and 

 shores ; but they do object to the military law of 

 Canada, which will take them from their own 

 country to be treated little better ihun slaves. 



In conclusion, I will ask you, Mr. Editor, and I 

 will ask your readers, wholher there be any one 

 among you who has ever seen a vulid answer to 

 the question that T, in the first letters I wrote on 

 the subject of Conroder;ition, put to the advocates 

 of that measure, namely — " What one single sub- 

 stantial benefit is Newfoundland to receive from 

 entering into Confederation," to balance all the 

 grievous ills she will have to suffer, and all the 

 sacrifices she will have to make, on entering that 

 Confederacy ? 



If any one has a knowledge of such answer, or 

 can name that one substantial benefit, I shall feel 

 obliged if he will impart it for my own information 

 and for the information of the public. As yet I 

 have seen no such answer. 



your obedient Servant, 

 • ' ^ C. F. BENNETT. 



St. John's, Nov. 23, 1868. 



