[6] From the Viscount Monck to Mr John A. Macdonald, dated London, May 24, 1867.
[7] Sir John Rose, dated Ottawa, February 23, 1870.
[8] Not the smallest reflection upon Sir Richard Cartwright's personal honour is sought to be conveyed here. Sir John Macdonald himself had been connected with the same institution for many years as shareholder, director, and solicitor, and its failure did not compromise either of them. At the same time, it is obvious that to appoint as Finance minister the president of a bank which had recently closed its doors (no matter for what cause) would be to invite criticism of the most caustic kind.
[9] From Sir John Macdonald to George Stephen, dated Ottawa, December 1, 1869.
[10] From the same to the same, dated Ottawa, December 9, 1869.
[11] From the same to the same, dated Ottawa, December 13, 1869.
[12] _Memoirs of Sir John Macdonald_, vol. ii, pp. 85-140.
[13] From Sir John Macdonald to Sir John Rose, dated Ottawa, March 5, 1872.
[14] To the Viscount Monck, dated Ottawa, October 11, 1872.
[15] For the full text of this letter see Pope's _Memoirs of Sir John Macdonald_, vol. ii, pp. 174-89. In it Macdonald points out:
1. That Canada was under bonds to construct a railway from (say) Montreal to the Pacific.
2. That the House of Commons in the session of 1871, during his absence in Washington, carried a resolution, at the instigation of the Opposition, obliging the Government to build the road through the agency of an incorporated company.
3. That two rival companies--one under Sir Hugh Allan in Montreal, and the other under Mr David Macpherson in Toronto--were formed with the object of securing the charter.
4. That the Government, with a view to removing the great sectional jealousies which had developed between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, in relation to this matter, endeavoured to secure the amalgamation of these two companies.
5. That while these negotiations were going forward, the general elections of 1872 came on, and, among others, Sir Hugh Allan, as he had done previously for many years, subscribed largely to the Conservative election fund.
6. That Sir Hugh Allan was told before he subscribed a farthing that his railway company would not get the privilege of building the railway. He was informed that the work would only be entrusted to an amalgamated company, under the terms of the Act passed in parliament; that such amalgamation would be effected on terms fair to the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as agreed upon between the representatives of the two rival companies, and that such amalgamation would take place only after the elections.