A Bill before the Canadian Parliament proposes to punish as criminals all railroad officials who shall be intoxicated while on duty ; and to punish by heavy penalties any railroad that shall employ any person known to bo in the habit of using intoxicating liquors. In no country in the world is the necessity of some barrier to more popular caprices so fully recognised as in the United States. The most autocratic despotism in Europe dare not keep a Ministry in power in face of great and general unpopularity. Yet this is often done in our own country, and though it has its evils it has undeniable benefits. In America the established theory is that though the people are sovereign at the elections, they must not expect to fetter the hands of regularlyelected executive officers, who stand responsible for their acts. Philadelphia North American,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4433, 4 June 1875, Page 3
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