Abstract
part of either the statesmen or people of Canada, but was the fruit of a purely opportunist move in the political game. In 1858 there was held in Toronto a Protectionist Convention which deputed a committee to make representations to Mr. Cayley, .the Inspector General of Finance, for the establishment of higher duties, and in the Budget of 1858 their demands were partially met. It fell to Sir Alexander Galt who added further duties in 1859 to vindicate against the protests of British Chambers of Commerce and the Colonial Office the right of Canada to set up and maintain her own tariff system. His despatch of October 25, 1859, is a constitutional document of the highest importance and its most pregnant passage runs as follows:
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