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Excerpt from Speech Delivered in the Legislative Assembly: During the Debate on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North American Provinces
A great and mutually beneficial increase in our commerce with Canada was the natural and pri mary result of the treaty. Many causes of irrita tion were removed, andda large accession to our trade was acquired, through the treaty, with the Maritime Provinces. Arguments founded upon the results of the treaty as a whole, with the vari ous provinces, have a valid and incontrovertible application against the unconditional and complete abrogation of the treaty, so far as it refers to provinces against which no complaint is made. The isolated and disconnected condition of the various governments of these provinces to each other, and the absence of their real responsibility to any common centre, are little understood. N o fault is found with the acts of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. These separate provinces and that of Canada have each a separate tariff and legis lature, and neither of them is accountable to or for any other. An abrogation of the treaty, as a whole, would therefore 'be a breach of good faith towards the other provinces, even if it were ex pedient to adopt such a course towards Canada, but no advantages gained by the treaty with the Maritime Provinces can be admitted as offsets in favor of Canada. Each province made its own bargain, and gave and received its separate equi valent.
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