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THE FEDERAL COUKCiL.
T o e fo rm al o p e n in g o f (h e F e d e ra l
C ouur.il (b is m o r n in g im p a r le d a
liltle im>re life in to th e pro ce ed in g s,
a n d 1he bpe-cclit-s t h a t a rc Inking
p'.ncc i n th e A d d rc ss-iu -R e p ly have,
u p to th e tim e of o n r g o in g to p ress,
1 d e c id e d ly io te re b tijig . I t, how -
, soon b e ca m e r -v id e n t th a t th e re
a tt u d e n c y on th e p a ri o f soate
m e m b ers to a llo w tb e p ro p o sed Concm
ion to o v e rs h a d o w th e prese n t
fusion of tb e C o u n c il, b u t fo rtu n a te ly
so m e of th e m e m b e rs a rc n o t p repai
10 coD titiuc th e ro le o f scH -ahueg
a iio n . I t is 6u ro ly tim e that, th e
C ou n c il a s se rte d it« d ig n ity o n d io
d e p en d e n ce a n d a c te d a s a
p »rly c o n s titu te d b o d y sh o u ld
a c t. T h e m a n if e s t d e sire
so m e q u a rte r s io m a k e a su p rem o
t-u rre n d u r o f th e p riv ile g e s o f th e
C ouncil b e fo re th e o k a t-o f a nebulo u s
F e d e rsiio ij, th e p ru sp n e ta o f w hich
a re decidedly th e n -y e ra e o f hopeful
is not c re d ita b le c ith e r to th e m em -
h e rs in q u e stio n , tb e I’a r li a n n a ts th e y
re p re a -n t, o r to th e F c d e is l C ouncil.
I t is high tim e tlis t th e C ouncil to o k
u p its p ro p e r p o s itio n — o ith v r th a t
ease the fa rc e th a t bag h ith e r to been
p la y ed . I f tlie o n ly o b je c t o f the
o u n c il's HKsemblmg is nu-rcly to k e ep
ts e o u siilu tio n a liv e, (h e n th e sessio n s
f th e C ouncil a rc n fa rc e , a w a ste of
im e, and a m o c k e ry o f tb e F e d e ra l
p ir it. T h e re a rc , h o w e v e r, hopefu l
'g n s th a t a t le a s t so m e o f th e m em
i rB of th e C o u n c il a r e p re p a re d to
o th e ir d u ty , a p d to s tr ik e o u t in to
c tu a l u clivo F e d e ra l w o rk — it
e hopc-d t h a t thiB B p irit w jll n o t h e
rn s h id .
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