There Seem To Me To Be Very

The Real Truth Is, The Number Of Convicts Is Too Overwhelming For The Means Of Proper And Effectual Punishment. I Despair Of Any Remedy But That Which I Wish I Could Hope For - A Great Reduction In The Amount Of Crime.

Public Opinion Is A Compound Of Folly, Weakness, Prejudice, Wrong Feeling, Right Feeling, Obstinacy, And Newspaper Paragraphs.

Much Is Said About English Severity, But Not A Word About Irish Provocation.

But After This Natural Burst Of Indignation, No Man Of Sense, Courage, Or Prudence Will Waste His Time Or His Strength In Retrospective Reproaches Or Repinings.

My Object, Having A Surplus To Deal With, Is To Consider How I Can Deal With It To The Greatest Advantage To The Consumer - How, Without Inflicting Any Injury On Canada, I Can Secure The Most Substantial Benefit To This Country, To The Manufacturing, To The Commercial, And To The Agricultural Interests. The Real Way In Which We Can Benefit The Working And Manufacturing Classes Is, Unquestionably, By Removing The Burden That Presses On The Springs Of Manufactures And Commerce.