No. 14.
“Wanted, a Good Stout Boy.”
There were those, of course, who saw an evidence of weakness in the Governor-General’s use of his prerogative of prorogation in accordance with the advice of the accused Ministers. But perhaps a “stouter boy” would have done little better in that difficult and delicate case, and certainly few “boys” could have done the work of the “place” generally so as to secure more of the peoples’ respect and admiration than Lord Dufferin enjoys.
September 6th, 1873.
No. 14.
“WANTED, A GOOD STOUT BOY.”
Canada to Britannia.—“IT WAS KIND OF YOU TO SEND HIM OVER, MOTHER; HE’S A GOOD BOY ENOUGH, BUT HE’S TOO LIGHT FOR THE ‘PLACE’!”