Sir John professed to hear a universal demand for the reinstatement of himself and colleagues in office. It was not doubted that some sound had reached his ears, but Grip’s view was that this sound was but the echo of his own anxious voice. In this Grip was mistaken, however.
Grip, July 14th, 1877.
WHAT THE CHIEFTAIN HEARD.
“WHEN I WAS IN THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS, I HEARD THE CRY ECHOING FROM ROCK TO ROCK, ACROSS THE BOSOMS OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL LAKES, AND OVER THE EMERALD FIELD,—‘COME TO OUR RESCUE, JOHN A., OR WE ARE LOST.’”
Sir John’s Speech at Montreal. See the Mail, July 9th.
LET US HAVE PEACE
The Globe exerted all its influence to allay the bad feeling which had been manifested in connection with the Montreal riots between Orangemen and Catholics, and which existed in many other parts of the country. It was strongly opposed, however, to the policy of prohibiting party processions by law, as this only tended to intensify the evil.