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To the Editor of the Herald.

$in,—Although a staunch Conservative myself, 1
eanuot belp regretting that the placard, calling th:
late meeting of the Conservative ciectors of Charlotte-
town, excluded yourself aud other ** Liberals” of
vour advanced ideas from attending that meeting;
because it would have Leen as highly amusing to you,
and to all lovers of fun, in the downfall of their
political enemies, as it was huniiliating and disgusting
ao overy right thinking and independent Conservative
mud who witnessed the alinost fiendish display of
personal animosity there exhibited, :

Mr, W. H. Pope opened the proceedings in a labored
speech of long extracts from the published debates ot
the Assembly, and Journals and Newspapers, from
avhich he made a neisy comment on the Attorney
General and his conduct on the Confederation question,
and other things quite apart from what thy meeting
was supposed to be called fer, Of course every one
who knows anything of the hopeful career of W. Hi.
Vope for the past few years, can easily imagine the
nature of his attacks, where ‘* brass" and uproar ma)
ve hoped to pass current for solid sound argument or
truthfulness. And I am sure, Mr. Reilly, You would
have been highly amused to hear the said Wy I. Pope
attempting to prove to the Chairman, Mr. Brecken,
trom his (Mr. Brecken’s) published speeches of lasi
Session, that he did not mean what he said, and that
he dd not uaderstand the nature of his vote on the
Covfederation question, and that he (Mr. Brecken) and
Mr. Davies voved for one and the same thing, although
they divided against each other, and Mr. Davies
mating one of the celebrated seven to whom thr
mighty address of the ninety-four was afterwards

gloriously awarded; while Mr. Brecken’s name con-
spicuously stood on the majority list of foenty-two, so
that a bye-stander could seareely know which to be
most surprised at, W. H. Pope's effrontery, or the
voolness and good nature of Me Brecken, who ap-
peared to be quite willing to let such ** special pleading”
pass for what it was worth, perhaps not supposing that
one out of every twenty of his hearers believed the
astounding hyperbole.

The aoa gubite speaker was Mr. Samvuur Barr, who
‘made the house so quiver and vibrate with bis sledge,
that one of the windows was knocked into smithereens,
and several in that vicinity changed thelr standing
from ‘‘ in’ to ‘* out,” just the same as a rickety Goy-

' ernment may be sometimes seen to do.

And now Mr. Reilly you may look out for your own
share of the sport. The Leader of the Government,
after belaboring the Attorney General, Mr. Beer, and
some others, told his hearers that he was not to be
trifled with; that he must have Mr. D. Davies elected
for the City of Charlottetown, he cared not who liked
it or who disliked it; he knew that perhaps nine-tenths
ot the electors were against Confederation, and opposed
to Mr. Davies on account of his vote on that question ;
but, said he, ‘we (the Popes) don’t care for that, if
you don’t elect the man of our choice we shall turn
round and elect Liberals, and you, Sir,” (pointing to
Mr. Brecken,) ‘* shallrise or fall by it. If youattempt
to elect any but the man of our choice, we shall break
up the great Conservative party. Only think of that
fellow, Laird, the printer of a Protestant paper called
the Patriot, who, in his very last number of that paper,
said that Edward Reilly, who is a Roman Catholic.
and a candidate for the district of St. Peter's with Mr.
Whelan, is a scholar and a gentleman. and that he
(Laird) wished him success, und yet, (said Mr. Pope,)
that same fellow, Laird, has the effrontery to call him-
self a Conservative.” So now, Mr. Reilly, I leave you
and Mr Laird to treat the Leader of the Government
to a pinch of your editorial snuff.

AN HONEST CONSERVATIVE.

Ghe Herald.
canes, February “43, 1IS6r.?

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WNOTICE.—All persons indebted to the “ Herald’

Office whose Accounts have been furnished up to January,

1867, are hereby notified that the same must he paid before

the 1éth of February next,
EDWARD REILLY.

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to resign in his favor, what an uproar would have been
raised! Mr, Clark might then bave some excuse for

~ |appealing to the bigotry of his Presbyterian neighbors,
A Catholie constitu.

as he did at James McDonald's,
ency never takes a candidate's religious principles into
account—a fact which can be proved by referring to the
First District of King’s County, which at one time bad
the Hon. Joseph Hensley aud Jobn Knight, Esq., for
its representativés. The Second District has always
returned a Protestant, and had Mr. Sutherland been
alive to-day, we would not be in the field as a candidate.
The Hon, Janes Dingwell bas always been returned,
and the Third District of King’s County will be certain
to return two Protestants at the forthcoming elections.
Mr. Clark threatened that, if he were rejected, a bad
fecling would be excited (by himself, as we understand, )
between Catholics and Protestants, which would extend
into other Districts, The man must be mad, and the
threat shows his real disposition. Supposing a Catholic
candidate presented himself to the constituency of Char-
lottetown or Belfast, for instance, and threatened that,
uf he were not eleeted, a bad feeling would be raised in
the District between Catholics and Protestants, what
would be said of him? He would be deservedly laughed
at; and the best thing Mr. Clark and his friends can do
is to sink religion in political contests, as Catholics have
always Cone. He must make up bis mind that, if he is
defvated, it will not be on account of his religious belie!
Cif he has any), but purely upon political and personal
yrounds. Asto the Patriot's recommending us to the
Second District, all we have to say is, that we have no
control over that paper. Scarcely three months ago
we were going to bring Mr. Laird into the Supreme
Court for gross libels upon us, and we would have done
so, were it not that be publicly retracted the imputations
upon our character; but, as an anti-Confederate, no
doubt he would ike to see us returned upon that ticket
in preference to Mr. Clark, in whom nobody seems to
have confidence, even as an anti-Confederate, except
Mr. Whelan, Mr. Laird knows well that we are opposed
to him politically, and he stated so in the paragraph out
of which our enemies have attempted to make politieal
capital against us. As to Mr, Palmer, Mr. Laird, and
Mr. Herderson, who are said to be our friends, we ap-
prove of their anti-Confederate policy,—nothing more.
The whole country does the same, but that is quite a dif-
ferent thing to entrusting them with the reins of Gov-
ernment, If Murray Harbor can return two staunch
Liberals, we shall be delighted for that District to do so;
but if it cannot, surely it is no evidence of Toryism in
us to wish Mr. Henderson (a half Liberal) suecess over
Mr. Prowse (an out and out Tory), The same with
Belfast. It does not make any difference to us or the
Liberals whether Belfast chooses Mr. Laird or Mr.
Duncan; they are both tall Tories; but as Mr. Duncan
is the biggest Tory, we should rather see him defeated,
If possible, we need hardly say, we should like to see
both defeated. Now, these are the contemptible grounés

(PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THESECOND
| DISTRICT OF KING'S COUNTY.

Last week a series of pelitical meetings took place
in the above District. ‘The first was held on Wedues-
day, at Sutherland's, Head of St. Peter’s Bay, and was
largely attended by the electors of the immediate
ueighborheod, as «!so of Bay Fortune, Bay Fortune
Road,the North Side, Morell, ete. Hilary McIsaac,Esq.,
was called to the chair about 12 o'clock. Upon the
platform in the rear of the building, were the Hons.
E. Whelan and J. Dingwell, the Rev. Mr. Crawford,
(Presbyterian Minister,) Martin Mclunis, Esq., Messrs.
Wm. McEwen, W. E. Clark, E. Reilly, and several
gentlemen not personally known to us.

The Hon. Mr. Whelan was the first to address the
meeting, which he did at considerable length in
defence of himself and Mr. W. E. Clark, His past
political history, iu connection with the Liberal Party,
and the many good measures introduced by them, was
placed ia the most favorable light, as also his conduct
in reference to Confederation. He pledged himself to
oppose that Scheme. Mr, Clark he declared to enjoy
his confidence, and his yote in 1857 against the Liberal
Party was represented as a trivial matter, as much the
fault of Mr. Coles’ ** roughness” of manner as Mr.
Clark’s stupidity or petulance. Knowing the generous
nature of the true-hearted Irishmen of Bay Fortune

Road, Mr. Whelan made a special appeal to them to
support his ** dear friend,” Mr. Clark. Here somo ot

the independent Fortune Road men teld Mr. Whelan
to mind himself and let Mr. Clark fight his own battle.
As a Protestant and a resident of the District, Mr.
Clark was, in Mr. Whelan's epinion, entitled to their
support, and while Mr, Reilly, who was young and
inexperienced, ‘ pretended” to be opposed to Mr.
Clark alone, he was in reality striving to drive Mr.
Whelan out of his kingdom with a lath.

Mr. W. E, Clark was the next speaker. He apolo-
gised for having lost some of his ‘* teeth,” and on that
account no show of eloquence could be expected from
him. He voted against the Bible Question, and
therefore was entitled to the gratitude of the con-
stituency, He stated that Mr. Reilly grossly mis-
represented him in the matter of Mr, Palmer's resolu-
tion, but he admitted, at the same time, he did wrong
in voting as he did against his Party in 1857, The
whole fault, however, was attributed to his own bad
temper, over which he acknowledged he had no con-
trol, He was sorry for having done that wrong, and
he did not know that anything more should be re-

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Government, These facts, he thought, even in ordinary
cirenmstances, gaye him a claim upon any constituency,
which Mr, Clark could not urge; but when the past
political lustory of that gentleman was taken inte con-
sideration, it would be found, that having once ruined
tho Liberal Party, and bartered his independence for a
salary of £300 per annum, no cenfidence could be
placed in him hereafter, when, perhaps. a Confederate
Government, in order to bring this Colony within its
grasp, might find no other means to accomplish that
object than by corrupting yenal politicians,—as in the
case of Nova Scotiaavd New Brunswick. Even at the
commencemect of this contest, Mr, Clark has performed
so many summersaults to get into the Legislature—
speaking bitterly and working against Mr. Whelan one
day, and the next haranguing and working for him—
showed that no reliance could be placed upon his
stability or principle,

Mr. Clark repiied by insinuating rather than asserting
that Mr. Reilly was the nominee of a Tory faction—that
he had once said something in favor of Mr. Palmer,
because Mr. Palmer was opposed to Confederation ;
and in the Districts of Belfast and Murray Harbor had
expressed a preference for one Tory more than
another! These mean and false insinuations were so
ridiculgus and transparent that they did not do Mr.
Clark much good, for when the division wag taken
upon his nomination two-thirds of the meeting yoted
against him,

Martin McInnis, Esq., spoke next, and in a brief and
pointed speech referred te various subjects of local and
general interest, and cautioned the electors 48 to whom
they should honor with their confidence and support.

Mr. J. J. O'Reilly then began to explain to the
wages Boa y object of his mission to the Head of the
Bay, which was to ascertain who its choice would be,
so that tho olectors ot tho Western section of the
District might unite to support them. He had searcely
time to explain this matisr when he was treacherously
struck from behind and threwn from the platform,
Some confusion then ensued. Mr. MclIsaac vacated
the chair,aad Martin McInnis, Esq., was called thereto.
Before a voto of thanks was accorded to Mr. McIsaac
for his impartial conduct in the chair, Mr. J. C.
Underhay presented himself upon the platform and
read two resolutions, which he attempted to palm off
as the unanimous wish of the electors of Little Pond
setlement, ‘These resolutions were in favor of Messrs
Whvlan and Clark as the Liberal candidates for that
District; but Mr. Underhay very dishonestly, in our
opinion, withheld from the meeting at St. Peter's, the
fact that these resolutions were concocted by a little
private caucus of eight or nine persons, and that three
of these were in our favor in preference to Mr. Clark.

_ We regret to say that the Rey. Mr. Crawford made
himself busy as a canvasser for Mr, Clark, both at St.
Peter's and Morell; but we suppose that as he plays
second fiddle to the Rev. George Sutherland fh all
things, he felt bound to oppose us, both as a Catholic

quired of him in the way of reparation. He also said
he was the first in the field, and had the best claim
upon the constituency, and it was understood that!
when the late Mr. Sutherland would withdraw from|
polities, he was to step into his shoes. ‘This was
about the substance of Mr. Clark's speech, subsidised

upon which we are sought to be set down as a Tory;
but every intelligent man must laugh at them, and des-
pise those who use them to defeat us. ‘The active sup-
port which we have rendered the Liberal and anti-Con-
federate cause is before the public, and we think every
impartial person will admit that we have done more for

We now give the correspondence alluded to :—
CuanLorretown, Feb, 11, 1867.

Dear Sir,—At a Public Meeting at St. Peter's, on
Wednesday last, a person accused me of being the
‘*nominee ” of a ** Tory faction” in Charlottetown, and
declared that he was mformed of the fact by yourself.

ask yeu if you stated anything of the nature above im-

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Heraid Office, Charlottetown, Jen, 23, 1867, plied: + sckala' tte.
eo cegeneaeeererneereenerstereterenteerennes ——— Yours, very truly,
THE CAMPAIGN EDW. REILLY.
Goes bravely on. From all sections of the country eee + pp

we hear that the stream of popular dissatisfaction
against the Government is inereasing in power and
speed. The Hons. Col. Gray, J.C. Pope, W. H. Pope,
D. Davies, and other prominent Conservatives, despair-
ing of success, have given up the contest as hopeless,
and are about to withdraw altogether from political
life. ‘This has discouraged the fraction which remains
of the Conservative party, and gives renewed vigor to
the Opposition. A re-organised Liberal Party, anti-
Confederate in policy, and determined upon economy
in the public expenditure, and reform in the various
branches of the public service, will soon be called upon
to take the reins of Goverument and guide the Colony
forward upon the path of progress, But let not this
conviction cause the friends of the country to relax
their efforts for a moment, but rather urge them to
strain every nerve until the evening of the 26th shall
close their labors with a decisive victory. The financia]
and political condition ‘of the country are now in such an
unsettled and unsatisfactory condition, that a change ef
Government is imperatively demanded. Ifthe Hon. J. C.
Pope were right in ejecting Mr. Henderson from the Ex_
‘ecutive, on account of bis declared intention of not offer.
ing again tor his vacant seat in the Legislative Council, to
be consistent,he ought to resign himself,since he has come
to the conclusion not to run the election for theFourth
District of Prinee County. Will he do so, or will he
hold on for a few days longer to the purse-strings, for
his brother's special benefit, until the people's represen-
tatives shall kick him from the Executive? We shall
wee; but from present appearances we would be inelined
to think that his of personal respect cannot be
very largely developed, or otherwise he would not be
holding on, as he is doing, to a position which he has
clearly forfeited, Dr. Kaye 1s in the same position, and
he also should resign. We shall, however, leave the
“happy family,” known as the Government of Prince
Edward Island, te the tender mercy of the people, to
be dealt with in due time as they shall deem proper,—
whieh will be to put them to the right-about face in
quick time.

A LIE NAILED.

' ‘Tum subjoined correspondence will explain itself. It
fully settles the mean and false insinuation that we are
the ** nominee ” of a *‘ Tory faction” in Charlottetown.
The story is so absurd, that none but a knave or a fool
would think of circulating it, As the Second District
of King’s County does not contain more than one hund-
red Tories altogether, and someting like eight or nine
hundred Liberals, we would be the greatest simpleton
outside of a lunatic asylum to become their ** nomince,”
and to expect to be elected by their united support.
The truth, however, is, that the Tories of the Second
District will almost to a man poll their votes for Clark.
He was put in vomination at Morell by a Tory and an
office-holder; andat St. Peter's and Bay Fortune he‘has
Jobn MeLean, Esq., and other prominent Conservatives
working hard for him. He hae also the Presbyterian
Minister of the District in bis favor, Had a Catholw
Priest taken the stand in our bebalf like Mr. Crawford

be
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where with an
nominee of a

made any such statement to that effect.
could not have made an
considered you to be ot
Whoever made the statement you allude to was wrong, | forced to
and entirely mistaken, to say the least of it,

CuanLotrerown, Feb. 11, 1867.

Dear Sir,—In reference to your letter of this date, I
& leave to state that I have no recollection of baving

ory or any other faction, or of havin
Indeed,

y such statement, because I never
Lenwies than a Liberal in politics,

Yours truly,
JOSEPH HENSLEY.

Mr, E. Reilly.

MISREPRESENTATION.

Tux Editor of the Zzaminer seems bent to misrepre-
sent and oppose us. It would manifest more generosity
on his part to take a young man by the hand, instead of
attemptirg to crush him upon a mean principle of pro-
fessional jealousy. We would tell him, in all candor
and with due caution, that he is injuring himself and the
Liberal cause by his unwise attempt to force an unpopu-
lar candidate like Mr. Clark upon the Second District
of King's County. He knows well that Mr, Clark’s
nomination was not approved by a ‘‘ large majority” at
the Head of the Bay, and that but for Mr. Whelan’s in-
fluence, Clark would not have been listened’ to at all.—
A “large majority” was decidedly opposed to Mr.
Whelan's ‘‘ attempt” to couple Mr. Clark’s nomination
with his own, and the voices were neither few nor far
between which unequivocally told Mr. Whelan upon the
spot to look out for himself and let Mr. Clark and Mr.
Rielly fight their own battle out. We hope the editor
of the Examiner will reserve his tears for us until we
are defeated, and, even then, we think we possess such
a large fund of philosophy that we could very easily
bear a defeat and dispense with his sympathy. The
electors who attended the meeting at the Head of the
Bay can judge for themselves of the reliance that is to
be placed upon Mr. Whelan’s representations as to the
tooling of the District and what it is going to do, from
the account which he gives of Mr. Clark's nomination,
While upon this subject, we may notice a communication
signed ‘‘H. Mooney (Robert's son),” wherein Mr,
ooney denies that he seconded our nomination at
Cardigan, and insinuates that the Hon. F. Ke!ly intro-
duced us to that meeting as an opponent of Mr,
Whelan. Our decided opinion is, that Mr. Moone
was the seconder, and that he was the most vociferous
supporter we had. ervey, however, for family
reasons, ahd a natural hostility which Mr. Mooney
cherishes towards Mr. Kelly, ‘* Robert's son” found it
necessary to change his coat on account of Mr. Kelly's
partiality for us. In justivéto the latter gentleman, we
must say that Mr. Mooney’#statement is at variance
with the truth. Mr, Kelly, in ivitroducing 9, said dis-
tinetly that in doing so, he did not bring us forward in
opposition fo Mr. Whelan, and if he thought that that
was oar intention, le rae t have attended the vd
ing at all, Every person who was present can testily to
thle fact. Mr, dee Treanor, of Johnson's River, who
accompanied as to Mr. Kennefec's, can to it, and
so also can Mr. Kennefec, in whose house the meeting
was held. Mr, Mooney mast also remember this cir.
cumstance, and if he —— 4 spirit of common hon-
esty and fair play, will Jo Mr. Kelly justice in
the matter.

has done, and ae doing, for Mr, Clark, and requested us

Believing the statement to Le false, and with the view of contained in his printed address to the electors in ore,
placing its falsity before the public, I take the liberty to|last No. of the Examiner, seemed, however, to be re-|D

forward and proposed Mr. Edward Reilly, requesting
that he be heard previous to the division being taken
auy couversation either in Charlottetown or else-|Upon Mr. Clark's nomination. Mr, David Lewis
person relative to your being the|seconded this proposition.

Y | defeat if he could.

afterwards by an insinuation that Mr. Reilly was a}
Tory in disguise,

Tho Hon. Mr. Whelan then insisted upon having two
Resolutions carried by the meeting before any one else!
should speak. ‘The first, which was propesed by Dr. Me-
Phee, put Mr. Whelan in nomination as a candidate for’

the Liberal cause than ever Mr. Clark can or will do.—|the District; but before it was subuutted, Martin Mc-| Confederates, ma

Innis, Esq., the Hon. J. Dingwell, Mr. Jas, J. O'Reilly|

(a Delegate from the Back Farms, Morell,) Mr. Wm.
McEwen, and other gentlemen made some remarks in
reference to the advisability of Mr. Whelan’s pledging
himself in writing against Confederation, The pledge

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garded quite as binding as any written pledge could!
be, and so, after some brow beating upon his part
towards Messrs. McInnis and O'Reilly, the Resolution |
was put from the chair, when a majority was declared |
to be in favor of it,

Mr. W. E, Clark was then nominated. John Mc-
Intyre, Esq., of Cable Head, immediately stepped

Mr. Reilly was about to address the Meeting when
Mr, Clark attempted to interrupt him, but ho was
greeted with such s storm of indignation that he was
slink to the rear of the platform, and allow
M.. Reilly to proceed. Mr, Reilly said that in ap-
pearing before the constituency to ask the suffrages of
the electors, he committed no offence. He had been:
requested to do so by many influential persons residing
within the District; and it remained with the electors
themselves to say whether he or Mr. Clark was best
entitled to their confidence and support. Not wishing
to divide the Liberal interest of the District, however,
he stated his determination to abide by the decision of
the meetings then called, and if he found a decided
majority in favor of Mr. Clark he would retire in his
favor, or vice versa. He did not covertly oppose Mr.
Whelan, as asserted by that gentleman; and if his
intention had been to oust him, he would have taken
last Summer to work among the people, when Mr.
Whelan’s popularity was ut a discount among them.
How different was the conduct of Mr. Clark. At one
time he opposed Mr, Whelan, and got his horse's mane
and tail cropped for his pains, and at another he pinned
himself to that gentleman's coat-tails when he believed
him to be reinstated in the people's favor. This, how-
ever, was indicative of Mr, Clark's political jugglery,
as evidenced during his parliamentary career. The
old saying that two of a trade can never agree was
manifested in Mr. Whelan’s preference for Mr. Clark,
who was likely to prove a very subservient instru-
ment m the hands of the former, He regretted
to have a religious test brought into the contest. The
subject ought not to be mentioned. Me appeared
before them upon a set of political principles, and by
these he wished to be judged, and not by his religious
sentiments, If a candidate had no other qualification
to recommend him to a constituency than that he pro-
fessed a certain form of faith, he had better stop at
home. He would not have opposed an honest, con-
sistent politician, in whom confidence might bo
reposed; but Mr, Clark he was determined to
Tt was true he was a non-resident
of the District; but if Mr. Clark succeeded in his
election, and obtained the office for which he so
anxiously seeks, he would be forced to leaye his
Millis at St. Peter's, and to take up his residence in
town, and, therefore, upon the score of non-residence
there was no difference. Upon Confederation he had
been consistently opposed to it for upwards of two
years, and, by his writings, had done much more than
Mr. Clark possibly could do to defeat that scheme in
this Colony, and to defend the rights of the people.

and an anti-Confederate. ‘The Presbyterians and
Conservatives of the several Districts, however, who,
while pretending to be very much concerned about
Confederation, manifest a disposition to unite in oppo-
sition to us, require to be teld this truth, that if Mr,
Clark be elected, he will be « mere tool in the hands
of Mr, Whelan, and that if he is defeated, no one out-
side of his own settlement will kuow of his defeat,
whereas if the editor of an aati-Confederate journal is
defeated, the fact will be blazoned all over the Pro-
vinces as an evidence that Contederation is making
rapid headway in this Colony, and so far as we are
concerned, we should be inclined to accept a defeat in
that light. The Rey. Mr. Crawford, and the Rey.
Mr. Sutherland, as well as Mr. Whelan, who are all
y desire this very result; and it may
be an aspect ef the case not unworthy of the special
consideration of intelligent and influential Antis like
Mr. W. McEwen, the Messrs, Dingwell aud others
that might be mentioned, as well as of the independent
cloctors of the District. We have no tear of defeat,
however, and we await with confidence the decision
of the 26th,
On Thursday, a meeting was held at Mr. Jas. Me-
onald’s, Morell. ‘Chore were about fift present,
mostly personal fronds and relations ef Mr. Clark
Mr, James R. McEwen was appointed to the chair, and
after addresses from Messrs, Whelan, Clark and Reilly,
each was separately propcesd and seconded. About
twenty-five divided off for Messrs. Whelan and Clark,
and about fifteon or twenty refused to vote at all, al-
though most of them had privately promised Mr,
Reilly their support. Mr. Underhay had been mis-
representing the sentiments of the other sections of the
District, in reference to their choice of candidates; and
Mr. Clark, in a state of semi-intoxication, made, pre-
vious to the appointing of a chairman, a successtul
appeal to the prejudices of his Presbyterian friends
against us. This appears to have determined that
meeting ; but he will find, on the day of election, that
his triumph in his own immediate neighborhood is not
indicative of the real sentuments of the people, who
are every day ant more and more ashamed of
him, according as they begin to know him better.
In the afternoon of the same day, meeting was
held in the Burns’ Road Schoolhouse, at which the
three candidates attended. Mr. Thomas McLaughlin
was called to the chair. The meeting, which was fully
as me ge as tit at Morell, was first addressed by Mr.
Jas. J. O'Reilly, who reported the state of affairs at tho
Head of the Bay, and declared it, as his opinion, that
Messrs. Whelan and Reilly were the choice of the
meeting at Sutherland's, He then proposed Mr. Reilly
as a candidate, Mr, John Daffy having seconded the
proposition, it was put by the chairman, and carried
almost unanimously, with the exception of two or three
personal friends who accompanied Mr. Whelan from
orell, Mr. Reilly then addressed the meeting, and
was followed by Messrs. Clark and Whelan,—the latter
gentleman or an in the most reckless manner, that
it was one of Mr Reilly's friends who pushed Mr.
O'Reill y trom the platform at St, Peter's. tr. O'Reilly
again spoke, and passed in review the political conduct
of both Messrs, Clark and Whelan,—Mr, Glark on
aecount of his vote and conduct of 1857, and Mr.
Whelan in reference to Confederation and the Tenant
Leaguo. Mr. Clark's excuse for his blundering political
careor—namely, an uncontrollably bad temper—was
very happily disposed of. Mr. Clark admitted that he
Was & most passionate man, and Mr. O'Reilly wished
to know what guarantee the constituency bad that his
Pamee B od betrayed him in 1857, and which he
imself said he could not control—would not betray
him again and again in a similar if not a worse way
if he were once more elected to the House of Assembly.
He also wished to know trom Mr. Clark if the apology
bearing his signatare, in reference to his conduct and
vote of 1857, and which appeared in the Kraminer of
that year, was written by tr. Whelan? ‘This he could
net deny. Mr. O'Reilly, as well as the meeting,
seemed astonished, ag well they might, that a man
who could not write an ordinary letter for the press,
and had to employ another to do it for him, should
have the assurance to ask an intelligent constituency
for its support in the present enlightened age.
excusing himaelf for the the third time, for the loss of
his teeth, which he assured his audience had a great
effect upon hie oratery and mental powers, a stardy-
looking Irishman exclaimed: ** Faith, an I'd advise yo
to get an artificial set to brighten up @ bit.” Mr.
Robert Mooney was the only apologist or friend Clark
had, and, finally, both Messrs, Clark and Whelan left
the meeting in a dudgeon—the former imploring
his friends to give him a few votes, and tho latter de-
claring he did not want them, as he could get in
without them—withoyt being able to procure even a
mover and sovonder, Mr. Harry Mooney made quite
a sensible speach upon Confederation, and finally the
meeting adjourned with three cheers for Mr. Ref iy—
whom they unanimously resolved to support—and three
oP al Peter Duffy, who threw his influence in for Mr.
eilly.
Thase meetings, taken altogether, are decidedly
romising for Mr. Reilly, and he-has to thank his dis-

He was a Liberal from conviction, and scarcely a
No. of the Hunaxy appeared without containing some
one article in oxposition of the extravagance and
corruption of the Government, He had spent time,
money and brains in defending the rights of the Colony

interested friends and the electors generally for the
kind and hearty 2 gage extended tobi . Their active
support is respectiull

his election—which he contidently expects—he hopes
to prove by his conduct, that their confidence has not
been misplaced, nor will their interests be overlooked,

by his opposition to Confederation and to the present)

When)

y solicited, andin the event of

| Wa bave received, but not in time to publish in fi
in to-day’s paper, an Address from Mr. Jas. J. O'Reil)
to the Electors of the Second Electoral District ;
King’s County, in reference to a choice of candidate
jnow before that constituency, Mr, O'Reilly, it will by
iperceived, isa vigorous and polished writer, as we bayg
occasion to know from previous contributions received
from him. Me 1s a friend of Mr. Whelan, and intended

to vote for Lim, and possibly will yet do so, notwith-
standing tho uncalled-for abuse of the Editor of the
Examiner; but in reference to Mr. Clark, Mr. O'Reilly
jthus addresses the Electors ;—

‘‘Gentlemen;—-At the Head of the B;
Mr. Whelan undertook to®propose to the meeting as
a fit colleague for himself, lis very pliable and accom.
modating friend, Mr, W. E. Clark. Now, let us con-
sider this matter for a moment in the present critical
state of public affairs, Mr, Clark has been satisfactorily
— to be a gentleman cither of a very India rubber

ind of conscience or no conscience at all, and Mr,
Clark would have no chance of success at the
Head of the Bay had he presented himself on bis own
merits, But Mr. Whelan, anticipating this, told his
audience that he'so loved Mr, Clark, politically speak-
ing, that he desired they would elect him, even if they
were to reject Mr, Whelan’s self. The only claim which
Mr. Clark is assumed to have on the District is, that
jsome time ago he was promised the first vacancy in the
District as colleague for Mr. Whelan. Now, my
friends, have we a right to permit ourselves at this par-
ticular time, to be bullied into acce ting a candidate
not of our own. selection, bat of Mr. Whelan'’s? Io re.
turning Afr. Whelan to the House of Assembly at the
coming eleution, we are doing ourselves, at least, a
doubtful service; Ut, in returning his nominee, Mr,
Clark, I believe we wort? do ourselves a positive ins
jury. Mr. Whelan tells us ibat Mr. Clark is more en-
titled to our support than Mr, E. Keilly, for the reason
that he could better attend to our local wants than the
latter gentiemen, who is a resident of Charlottetown.—
Now, Mr. Whelan confessed, at the Head of the Bay,
that 1 always left our local wants to be attended to by
his colleague, and Mr. Clark admitted that, in case he
would be returned to the Assembly, he would again ac-
cept office, As an officia!, then, Mr. Clark would
necessarily reside in Town for four, eight, or twelve
fears, or during the period which his masters might
sold the reins of Government. Could he, then, as an
official, under these circumstances, attend to our local
wants better than Mr, Reilly, who, in his capacity as
publisher of a newspaper, could almost at any time fully
enquire into and look after the wants of his constituents?
Mr, Clark would be fattening on an office while Mr.
Reilly would be earning a livelihood by the sweat of bis
brow, and who would find it his interest, for many reasons,
to have a thorough knowledge of the state of the coun-
try. 1 have undertaken to prove, in Mr, Clark's pre-
sence, at a public meeting held in this section of the Dis-
trict, that he is incapable, through lack of education and
want of independence, of making either a successful
official or representative. Neither he nor Mr. Whelan
could, by any amount of prevarication or sbuflling, get
over the fact that he was incapable even of writing his
own famous and disgraceful apology to Mr. Coles on
the occasion of their quarrel in 1857. Some of “Mr.
Clark’s own immediate neighbors assert their opinion
that he is not a man of ordinary independence. He has
admitted at all the public meetings lately held in the
District, that he is the slave of his passions; and is it
wisdom in us to elect as our representative a man who,
on any future momentous occasion, may betray us by his
vote given in the heat of passion, or for the lust of em-
olament. A man of irritable temper, such as Mr.
Clark coofessedly is, is not capable of calmly and dis-
passionately discussing any important subject, and yot-
ing thereon by cool judgment.

“Mr. Reilly know to be a young man of superior
education, is a talented writer, and not inferior to that
** great gun,” Me. Whelan himself, in style of diction or
general information, and his four years’ experience in
public life as a journalist has proved him as well entitled
to our f bag tented and support as any other man in this
Colony in the arena of politics.

I remain, Gentlemen,
Respectlully your friend, and
Politically your well-wisher,
JAS. J. O'REILLY.
Burns’ Road, Lot 39, Feb. 8, 1867.

ay meeting,

et ttt

Mr. Ciark attempts to deny that his vote and
apology of 1857 had any influence in defeating the
Liberals in 1858-59, Now, the public, as well as
Mr. Whelan and Mr. Mooney, know well that the
religious cry had not made much headway previous
to that election. Political principles mainly decided
it. The most successful platform which the Tories
had at that time, and the most taking Party cries
were retrenchment, free land and no office-holders
upon the fleors of the House. The evils and
dangers of having office-holders in the Legislature
were sounded again aud again, as we could prove
by hundreds of extracts from the Conservative
Organs of the day, and these appeals were always
clinched by a reference to Mr. Clark. The latter
cry was so successful that upon the formation of a
new Government, office-Lolders were rigidly ex-
cluded from the Legislature, and the majority of
the public offices of the Coloay have, from that day
to the present, been held by gentlemen outside of
the Legislature. With these facts before the public,,
we are astonished at Mr. Clark's hardihood and that
of his friends, to attempt to dispute the disastrous
covsequences of his vote and apology upon the
Liberal Party. It is the most foolish thing in the
world to brivg him into political life again; but wa
have too much confidenee in the good sense and
independence of the electors of the Second District
to suppose that they will commit so suicidal an act.
Mr. Clark, as a farmer and a miller, a good
neighbor and a private gentleman, is well enough,
but, as a politician, he is emphatically played out.”

Thomas Dodd Esq., is to be the second eonserva-
tive candidate for Charlottetown. P. W. Hyodman
Esq., is also on the carpet as an independant ficket,

The February number of the Progress Magizine
has come'to hand. It is fully up to its predecessor
in point ot variety andivterest. We heve it for sale.

A meeting of citizens was held in the Temperance
Hall on Friday night last, to discuss public matters.
The propriety of the Legislature passing a Loan
Bill, to prevent the drain of money from the Colony
‘for public lands aud also the question of a bounty to
jencourage the fisheries, were the principle topics
that came. up for consideration, The te bf
peared to be in favor of both the Loan and t
Bounty. Wehave no doubt they will come up
ia the Legislature for discussion, and we have no
hesitation io saying that they are deserving of
serious consideration.

j

To Corrrsronpents,—‘ In Terrorem.” We fear
that the publication of your favor might not answer
the purpose for which you intended it, The appli-
cation of the law is the. most efficacious means of
suppressing the nuisance of which you complain.

The Royal Gazette, of Wedoosday last, contains a
despatch from the Earl of Carnarvon, Secretary of
State, to the Governor General of Canada, inform-
ing him that Her Majesty’s Government has ap-

roved of the general principles of Confederation ;
Gat is in no way committed to tho details of the mea-
sure. This ought to be satisfactory tothe Provinces
which are desirous of forming themselves iatoa now
nationality, The information in no way concerns

the people of this colony, who will be allowed to re-
> their independant autonomy as long
like.

as they