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Operations durmg the past year were everywhere un-
precedentedly unprofitable, showed a very favorable re-
sult. The Company declared a dividend of 20 per cent.
on their paid capital; after which the following persons
were chosen Directors for the current year, namely :—
Messrs, Jobn Cairns, J. W. Falvoner, W. ‘T. Morris,
Benjamin Williams, John Ross, James Barrett,and Jolin
Quirk.
J. W. FALCONER, Sec'y.
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REPORT OF |
~ CHANICS’ FISHING COMPANY.
Tn sobmitting the first annualjReportjol theic working
forthe past year, your Divecrorsare happy to be able to
Appear before you with so favorable a balance sheet,
showing the amount of £300 in fayor af the Company,
as the result of our operations during the past year,
Considering the various difficulties with which your
Directors have had to contend, this result is mast grati-
fying. Your Directars would ask the Company to bear
in wind that, in undertaking the management of your
alfairs, they did so with bug little experience in sach
joatters, and had, on mauy points, gradually to feel
‘their way, and perhaps occasioually learn something by
bitler experience. It must be borne in mind that fishing
‘operations on our coast have been followed during the
‘past year with unprecedentedly poor results, no Com-
pany; so far as known to us, having paid even working
expenses, and many private individuals, who were thus
E DIRECTORS OF THE ME- ‘invested with full
arctan, > sp geenapinit
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intercepted correspondent,
seems to tike particular delight in misrepresenting and
ridiculing the
gravation whatever, Mr. Warburton is
man, a gentleman who is regpected by all ¢
Ipeople; and his return at sy late election woul
jbeen certain were it not for lon. ¢?) James
Ledger,
That big “Ledger” keeps the noted clerk from at-
tending al political meetings, and for this reason he has
a hired reporter who attends them, and is consequent!
ones aaa sy
n honorable
vo's
er to report with minuteness a
the proceedings, The reporter is a sea-capthin—so-
valled—who, Lam sure, has about has much navigation
48 iy requisite to pilot a boat from Egmont Bay to West
Point. ‘That thys beardless reporter, whom others style
the * phonographie reporter,” misrepresents the delib-
erations of a meeting to bis master, need not be won-
dered at, when we remind the reader that he uses
neither pencil nor paper to record oveurrences; nor do
I believe that he could use them, even if be were pro-
vided with them, He should not, in any case, trust bis
dilapidated memory with lengthy details, for the observer
can readily perceive that that faculty has passed its
meredian height long ere now.
This distinguished reporter has friends very much like
himself, although they hold no such honorable offices as
he. The Ledger causes them to go through thick and
thin for Mr. Yeo; but notwithstanding all that they
will do, the day is not far distant when they shall be
cient to
engaged, have alyo lost heavily by their transactions.
‘In addition to these drawbacks, your Directors would
stmply remind the Company that they have been placed
at.a disadvantage, when compared with past years, from
the large amount of duty requiring to be paid on account
of the abrogation of the Recipreeny Treaty. The large
amount of £250 has by us been paid as duty during the
past year. : ‘
’ In view of these and many other difficulties which
might be mentioned, your Directors consider that they
may well compliment the Company on the satisfactory
position in which the affairs now stand, :
No doubt your Directors have had their shortcomings,
and have, in some matters, failed from the want of ex-
perience, But, trusting that you will make that allow-
ance to which they are entitled from the difficult position
in which they have by you been placed in managing the
affairs of the Company for its first year, and hoping that
their successors in office may profit . their experience,
and that next year's accounts may indicate a still more
favorable state of matters, they beg leave to ‘subscribe
themselves,
On behalf of the Directors,
JOUN CAIRNS, Pres.
J. W. FALCONER, Sec'y.
January 25th, 1867.
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Correspondence.
PUBLIC MEETING AT SOURIS.
Pursuant to’ notice, a Meeting of the Electors of the
First Electoral District of King’s County was held at
Souris, on Wednesday, the 23rd inst. Our late repre-
sentatives, the Ion, Joseph Hensley and the Hon. E.
McEachen, were present. Notwithstanding the severe
snow-storm that prevailed that day, the meeting was
well attended. :
Tho meeting was called te order, Mr. Gabricl Me-
Donald in the clair, and the undersigned appointed
Secretary. The chairman. ed the objvet of the
meeting, which was to select two fit and proper persons
t6 represent the suflrages of this District in the forth-
coming, Parliament.
The Hon. Mr. Hensley being called upon, rose, and
in a very able address, reviewed the most important
— of the day connected with our Colonial Par-|in order to divert their minds from
j 5
ament. He reviewed briefly the proceedings of the
Government, and spoke at some length on the import-
land; he likewise spoke of the Eeycation Act,
agentioman spoke byieily and pointedly, and during his
“SS, he ehowed himself eb
Administration, and a decided opponent to Confedera-
tion, He touched briefly on the doings and misdoings
of the Conservative Government,
The Hon. Emmanuel McEachen addressed the meet-
ing at considerable length. He reviewed the questions
brought betore the Government during his term of office
—justified his own conduct as a supporter of the Gov-
erument. He gave a brief account of his ‘ steward-
ship "—declared himself as firmly opposed to Confeder-
ation as ever. He likewise spoke of the Education
Act, and considered that it wanted remodelling, and de-
clared himself a moderate Conservative. :
Alex. Beaton, Esq., and Mr. McPhee addressed the
meeting. Mr. James Mosnagh read a very spirited ad-
dress. On the whole, the Liberal clement greatly pre-
wailed.
The following resolutions were then put to the meet-
ing, the first of which passed without a dissenting voice;
the second did not pass.
Moved by Mr. James A, McEachen, seconded by Mr.
James Moynagh—
Resolved, Vint the Hon, Joseph Hensley and Edward
Kickham, Esq., be nominated by this meeting as the two
candidates of the Liberal party, and that we pledge our-
selves to support them at the ensuing election. This re-
solution passed unanimously.
Moved by E. B. Muttart, Esq, M. D., seconded by
Charles McEachen, Esq.— .
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meeting that
the two members who represented us during the last
session be nominated again as candidates for the suffrages
of this District.: This resolution did not pass.
A vote of thanks was piven to the chairman, alter
i ti eaceably adjourned. :
Wee am OU CNIEL Me NALD, Secretary.
Souris, Jan. 23rd, 1867.
PUBLIC MEETING AT ROLLO BAY,
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ceording to announcement, a meeting of the eloc-
th of Rollo Bay and Mage 4 was held at Rollo Bay
Cross Roads, on Taesday, the 22d inst, Mr. Daniel
MeDonald im the chair. The object of the meeting was
to select two candidates to represent the District at the
forthcoming elections for the House of Assembly.
The Hon. Joseph Hensley, the late representative of
the District, was called on. This gentleman addressed
the nreeting at great length, and touched upon all local
political matters of importance, and at the close of his
address was loudly applauded. Edward Kickbam, £sq.,
then addressed the meeting as Mr. Hensley's colleague.
He spoke briefly—deelared himself an anti-Confederate,
and opposed to the Govervment. The Hon. Emmanuel
MeBachen also addressed tho meeting. _ He spoke at
considerable length—-reviewed all questions of import-
t came before the Government last session, and
ipporting the Government as he
mi MeWader £94. Hreosts. McPhee, Stephen
“and James Moynagh, each addressed the
meeting.
Ok resolution was then put to the meeting,
BS con x but one Coventing vows co
t the Hon. Joseph Hensley and Edward
tg be the two Liberal candidates to repre-
this District at the forthcoming elections for the
House of Assembly.
‘Messrs. Hensley and Kickham were greeted with three
cheers. by the baa . After the usual vote of
——. to the chairman, the meeting quietly
Tinade to pay for the “whistle,” This is »
seem to have at length reached their last ditch,and in the
religious discord in their own behalf.
tain their positions, and to draw the wool over the
eyes of the public, a writer in the last Islander, who
dates his letter from Belfast, but which might more
truly be dated near ‘Mount Edward "—the classic
residence of the Pepes—contains a long rigamarole of
violence in’ reference to the defunct Vindicator and
Protestant, The plea that is put forward as a justiflea-,
tion to excite the passions of Catholics and Protestanis,
portant political questions new pefero the public, is,
ant question of Colonial Union, bearing zon this Is. that au rtp journal in this city, in giving
; ° & list of the .¢xndidates for the various districts,
Edward Kickham, Eso, was the next speaker. This incidental ‘mentioned our name in connection with
St. Piter's, and hoped that we would receive the votes!
SpptaRw Laethye
show that those who voted for Mr. Yeo are neither
** free nor independent ;” if they were otherwise, Mr.
Warburton would have been returned by a very large
majority.
The Reporter and his (riends are Joabs in the state,
and piercing thorns in the Church, where they will
neither lead nor drive unless they have their own way in
all matters.
When I shall have a more convenient season, perad-
venture I will retarn to the subject again.
Your own servant, in humility,
JOUN O'GROAT,
Grand River, Jan. 18th, 1867.
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Wednesday, February G6, 867.
NOTICE.—Ali persons indebted to the « Herald’
Office whose Accounts have been furnished up to January,
1867, are hereby notified that the same must be paid before
the 16th of February next,
EDWARD REILLY.
ILeraid Office, Charlottetown, Jon, 23, 1867,
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‘THE LAST DITCH.
Tux corrupt Confederate faction, at present in power,
very throes of death seek to evoke the demon of
Tn order to re-
4) em eee,
ue various im-
The wriger to wliom | refer
on, James Warburton, without any ag-
es «A the |aspiresto be one of her representatives, must be some-
ave
ee pe
knows; and we fel assured that $t, Peter's will teach
him, whem this struggle is over, that the man who
t more a bankiu jan, and that his
poliffoal mnatiohen or prineiples must be something more
satisfactery than mean attacks upon our private
character, and unworthy. appeals to the religious
prejudices of ay section of people—somethin more
practical than allusions to. our haying once published
and edited a Catholie paper.
ee ee eet
sane pe a |
YORCE, OR NO FORCE?
Tux Confederates, in their advocacy of their pet
scheme, have always loudly disclaimed against fraud,
force or artifice being employed to bring the Island
into the Confederacy. We always doubted these pro-
testations of sincerity; but it was rather a difficult
matter to prove the Confederates hypocrites. Of
conrse their actions were often inconsistent with their
words, and by their actions we arrived at the con-
clusion that if the Confederates possessed the power,
or if the chance presented itself to them to betray or
legislate the Island into Confederation in opposition to
the wishes of the people, they would not hesitate to do
so, The history of the Quebec Convention, the
secrecy observed about the Quebec Scheme, the fate
ef Nova Scotia, the hurried calling in of troops, and,
last of all, the history of the $800,000 bubble proves
to ua that the wishes and interests of the people would
have proved a slight obstacle to the consummation of
Confederation, if foree or fraud could be successfully
employed. But fortunately at this important crisis in
the histery of our affairs, we have more positive proof
of the treacherous wishes of the Confederates, if they
possessed the power to carry them into execution; and
at a time like the present, when a Confederate faction
ave making the attempt to raise a religious howl for
ther own especial benefit, and are engaged in the
impudent attempt to force a Confederate upon the con-
stituency of Charlottetown, we are especially delighted
that we have the most convincing proof at hand of the
treacherous designs of Confederate plotterr. If the
people fail to give this proof a careful consideration
while it is yet in their power to de so, and blindly per-
mit themselves to be led by their prejudices into voting
against their convictions, the consequences be theurs,
It matters little to us personally—as we have time and
again shown—which Party is in power. We do not
depend upon a public office for a livelihood, nor have
we any ambition to obtain a life office at Ottawa at the
expense of the people, and therefore we can haye no
object in advocating anything which might prove
injurious to the country, nor can we perceive what
benefit we can derive for deceiving the public upon
public questions; and therefore in producing the fol-
lowing testimony we hope the public willfake these
facts into consideration, and serftously ask themselves
if the same can be said oLAhe leaders of Confederation.
Wella good Ceabhas recently been heard of a pamphlet
upon the “* Gonfederation Question,” by W. LL. Pope,
but, a3 the book is a sealed one in Prince Kaward
isiand, for the reason that its author used the utmost
precautions to keep it from the public eye in this
Colony, and sent it to England and the Canadas for
circulation, The reason for this will be obyious from
the extract we are obout to make, and we aguin beg
the clectors of Prince Edward Island to contrast the
language and arguments here empleyed with those
of the slander, in the ‘Temperance Hall or elsewhere,
in stump speeches, as to the honorabie Intentions and
of all the anti-Confederates—both (Liberal and Con-
servative—of the District! Truly, this is a cogent
reason for the country to go into convulsions ot rage, |
and to return Messrs, Pope & Co. to power! Com-
parisons are said to be odious, and if we felt * dis-!
poged”—as Mrs, Gamp would say—to follow in the!
footsteps of the insane writer in the Zslander—we could!
make some of our Confederate friends wince again on
the score of consistency and companionship; but we
forbear, because such a proceeding has no bearing:
upon any public question. At the same time the
people at large must note the fact, that while the Con-
federates, for their own selfish purposes, can forget
their deadly feuds, and fraternise with each other, and
‘* grease each other's palms,” and play into each other's
hands, a8 a matter of course, which no body sheuld
object to, an anti-Confederate cannot use common
courtesy towards a contemporary without being
slandered and misrepresented in the most villainous
manner, and tho whole country attempted to be set by|
the ears. Both the Vindicator and the Protestant are
now dead and gone; their faults ought to be buried
with them; and no one but a fool or knave would sock
to resuscitate them. The country has a more important
duty to discharge than to discuss what Mr. Reilly may
or may not have done years ago; but it is rather a
singular thing that both 4 Belfaster and ‘‘ W. E. Clark,
St. Peter's, and also the Editor of the Ecaminer,
seek to base their political salvation and that
of their respective parties upon our connection
with the Vindicator. Mr. Clark thinks we ought not
Catholic newspaper; and for tho same reason a
conduct of the Confederates ;
‘* There is in Prince Edward Istund a small minority
—consisting for the most part of educated men—who
‘have the independence to avow that they consider it
the duty of the people of the Island to assent to the
Confedvration deslred by Ler Majesty's Government,
as well as by a majority of their fellow colonists. The
masses, however, are hostile te any union, whether
legislative or federal, and it may be assumed, that ao
‘inducement will cause them to give their assent to
union with Canada. ‘The people have been led to
believe that the Home Government will not force them
into Conteideration; and they console themselves with
the reflection, that if forced into Confederrtion they
will at least be allowed the benefits offered by the
Quebec resolutions, and will lose nothing by their
opposition,
The writer assumes it as highly probable, that in a
few months an act for the Unton of the British North
American Colenies will be submitted by Government
to tha Imperial Parliament. Will this little Island of
less than ninety thousand inhabitants be allowed to 1e-
main out of a Union, which Her Majesty’s Ministers—
the British public—and the great majority of the three
millions nine hundred thousand, who, with the people
of Prince Edward Island, comprise Her Majesty's
jsubjects, inhabiting the Atlantic Colonies of North
America—consider as absolutely essential to the pre-
servation of the connection of the Colonies with the
—the developement of their vast resources, and their
advancement as a great commercial people? It is
very difficult to believe that Her Majesty's Ministers will
hesitate to legislate THIS INSIGNIFICANT BUT MOST
TROUBLESOME DEPENDENCY into the Union on terms jnst
and fair. The
Contederacy weuld be deprived, were the Island to be
allowed to retain its independence, would be very
trifling indeed, but not trivial would be the evils,
to get in for St. Peter's, because we once edited a) which, in the event of such a contingency, would re-
‘sult to the Confederacy, One of these evils may be
mentioned. ‘The Island, which !s separated from the
‘ Belfaster ” thinks that Mr. Clark ought to be pre-
a more unfortunate position than we are.
peppered upon all sides ; both Catholics and Protestants
are attempted to be set upon us; and if the country does
not unite to a man in abusing and kicking us, and
rewarding the Confederates with the fat of the land,
besides finally sending them to Ottawa for life, it isn’;
because the Jslander and the Leader of the Government
fail to recommend such judicious course. The
** Leader,” on Thursday night last, made a violent
harangue in the Temperance Hall, wherein the very
profound, honest and consistent legic of a Belfast
‘Elector ” were used by himself. In fact, we are
strongly inclined to suspect that either the Leader or
his brether is the same individual as ** elector,” whose
letter is dated January 28, but which must, to secure
insertion, ha¥e been in Mr. Ing's possession previous
1o, or early upon that day! The air, scope and
tendency of the letter are so disreputable and dishonest
as to be certain to meet with the disapprebation of,
every intelligent man in the country. The violence of
fhe pretended elector will assuredly recoil upon his
friends, who are forced, as their only chance of
deluding the people and holding om for some years
longer to power, to resort to such unworthy dodges ns
the present. In conclusion, we would remark that if
Mv. Clark is boiling with zeal for the Liberal cause,
d wishes to use the Vindicator against ns, ashe secks
to do, amiong Mr. Webster's friends about St. Peter's,
he ought to leaye an ayowedly Liberal constituency
v
het ven fe and perhaps secure
ii eleethn in thusadd one ta number to the Liberal
y. But we rathe: think, after all, that even if ho
did ad the course here ted out, and gave vent
ot and | cunning that aro in hin
ferred, and the Confederates ought to be returned to ithe basis
power. In fact, there never was a poor ‘ fellow” in'serionsly effect the~ revenues of the Confederacy.
We aro) There is another consideration which, in the writer's
like’ the Second of King’s, and betake himself to Belfast}
‘jor Malpeque, which he represéated before. In either
" lof those Districts he might use the Vindicator to his
continent by a narrow strait, would assuredly be made
smuggling operations, which would most
opinion, should induce the Home Government to annex
i “al hy would bo an unsuperable
ve Ay pte ee is the case, - well
mother country, and of their Monarchical Institutions!
pg on Sa wane, interfere with his prospects of the Queen's Prin-
act ree oe aera msn
THE $800,000 BUBBLE.
Wun the $800,000 first started into the view of an
amazed public, the proposition was represented and
believed to be a bona fide offer emanating altogether
from the Colonial delegates in London. Sometime
afterwards, however, the Canadian Ministerial papers
began to blab that the proposition originated, in the first
instance, .with the Island Government. Knowing the
composition ef our Executive to be largely Confederate
at the time, we were not disinclined to believe the
Canadian papers; Lut we never, for a moment, imagine’!
that the Hon. J. C, Pope,—tho “ Leader” of the anti-
Conteteratss of Prince Edward Island,—the introducer
of the ‘no jerms * xesolutions of last session, was the
father of the whole affsir! Recent developments, how-
ever, tnken in connection with thé fact that he was
all the year round.” Perhaps the Rev. grutionns who
suggested the tunneling of the Straits ef Northumber-
land—and who, by the way, is a great Confederate—
might point out to the East Pointers the way to the
ization ot their wishes in regard to removing Cape
Breton from its Biya tion, as nothing appears
difficult or impossible to his mighty imagination.
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION ON THE PART
Or THE GOVERNMENT.
Lasr week we alluded to a scheme of bribery on the
part of the Government which, bad it been successful,
would have led to the expenditure of a large amount of
public money for electioneering purposes. The circun-
stances of the case, as we have learned them trom the best
authority, are, that the officers and men of the Char-
lottetown Artillery Company virtually demanded from
the Colonia! Secretary (the Hon, Mr. Maviland) a re-
determined to submit the scheme to a special session of
the Legislature, and without the direet consent of the;
people appoint delegrtes to proceed to London to close
the bargain, have proved conclusively that he was the
prime mover inthe matter, The refusal of the Canadians
alone fortunately spoiled one of the most cunning designs
ever formed to deprive a people of their liberties, and
saved Prince Edward Island. ‘The escape whish the
Island experienced from being served in the same way
as Nova Scotia has been, was almost miraculous, Mr.
Pope's own confession, in a recent No. of the Patriot,
fastens the responsibility of that treacherous and incon-
sistent act upon him. He admits that he was at the
Alexandra Hotel in London in November last, and that,
in conversation with the Colonial Delegates, he suggested
that a money grant of about $800,000 would gain the
adhesion of the Island to the Quebee Scheme, alecideng
or business, of course, drove him to the ** Alexandra
Hotel,” where the delegates put up; and accident or
business, of course, also drove him to speak about the
Financial arrangement of the Quebec Scheme in its
bearing upon Prince Edward Island. The ordinary
reader, however, cannot fail to observe that as Mr.
Pope was committed against Confederation upon any
terms, and was invested with no official character at the
Alexandra Hotel, and therefore had no right to offer
suggestions or hold any communication with the
Colonial delegates upon the subject of this Island's dis-
senting to Confederation, No doubt remains upon our
tind that Mr, Pope's conduct was a stealthy proceeding
so commit the Island to Confederation. He adopted a
sneaking, round-about method to constitute himself a
** self-appointed * Delegate, for the purpose of playing
into the hands of the Confederates, ane to betray the
Colony. His own conduct and admissions, ag well as
the testimony of Canadian journals in the confidence of
the Government, conspire to prove, beyond the shadow
of a doubt, the Leader's * treachery ” in the $800,000
affair, It therefore remains for the people to decide
whether a ‘* Leader" who has been once proved of
treachery towards the Colony, is the person to be again
safely entrusted with power. ‘here can be no doubt
that if Canada had acceded to the proposition, or even
coquetted with it for a time, the Island would
have been included in the Confederation" Bill as surely
as either Nova Scotia or New Brunswick; but to her
prompt refusal to modify the Quebec Scheme—and to
that refusal alone, are we indebted for enjoying self-
government to-day, and possessing the privilege of
recording our votes for our future rulers, Let the
electors of Prince Fdward Island remember this fact on
the day of election, and ponder upon the risks they have
already encountered from base deceivers, and those to
which they will be subjected in the futuré if proven
traitors are again entrusted with the reans of Government’
THE EXAMINER AT ITS OLD TRICKS,
Tur old saying, that two of a ‘trade cannot agree,”
is illustrated in the last No. of the Examiner, which af-
fects tu regard asa *‘ good joke” our offering for St.
Peter's. The real fact, however, is, that he regards it
as anything but a joke, or he would not devote three
special articles to misrepresenting us; ‘and we think,
the result of the election will show him that mean
falscheods are a poor stock-in-trade to go to the coun-
if he desired it, and that a few kegs of bad rum could
buy all their votes. If Capt. Flinn, Martin M’Innis,
James Hogan, Esq., or any other honest Liberal had
been chosen as his colleague, we would not have en-
tered the field, but these gentlemen were too indepen-|
dent to serve Mr. Whelan’s purposes, and he may now,
be very well satisfied if he gets in himself without his
amiable colleague. He has reason to thank our for-
bearance, too, or he wouid find St. Peter's too hot to
show his nose in. ‘The secret of all his * feverish |”
anxiety” about us is, that our prospects are really so
good, and that, if we were elected, we might, per-
tership; but that we are not the nominee of any **fac-
tion” in or out of Charlottctown, he does net himself
seriously believe. Upon ® charge of this kind he
leaves himself so utterly at our mercy, that we are as-
tonished at his hardihood to attempt to make it. The re-
| sult of the election will show him that there is no joke at
all in the matter,and that abuse of us is no more going to
| serve his prospects in the futare than in the past. ‘The
duction in the price of their new clothing, to the tun
of sbout £3 per man, accompanied by the threat that if
not acceded to, thay would record their votes against the
Government at the forthcommg elections. Mr, Havilard
was allowed until Monday evening to determine in the
matter, aud he, without consulting His uxcellency, the
Commander-in-Chief, or the Exeeutive Council, imme-
diately wrote lo Col. Smith, authorising him to issue the
clothing upon Capt, Morris’ conditions. Of course, if
Lieut.-Col, Haviland’s instructions to bis superior officer
had been complied with, the Artillery Company would
have received an equivalent of some two or three hundred
pounds to which they were not entitled, and if the
same bride were given to all the volunteers and active
militia whom the law eventually contemplates to partially
clothe at the public expense, it would only cost the
country about £3,000 to keep a corrupt Government in
power. The bribe having been made known as the act
of the Teader of the Government and the Colonial Se-
eretary, the captains of the various other Companies in
Charlottetown very naturally applied also for a similar
bribe or consideration for their men; but Col, Smith,
who has charge of the clothing, considered these de-
mands 80 extraordinary, that he deemed it bis duty to
refer them to Ilis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
As His Excellency was in profound ignorance of tho
whole affair, the corrupt attempt at bribery was fortun-
ately nipped in the bud for the present > for, although
the presence of Col, Haviland is awaited for in the City
as necessary to a final decision in the matter, yet we
have every confidence that His Excellency will not sanc-
tion any squandering of the public money so liberally
placed at his disposal by the unanimous vote of the Le-
gislature last session for purposes never contemplated
or provided for, much less corrupt political jobs of any
kind. The law is, that a sui equal to. about one-half
the price of the clothing, be grven to each man, and that
bonds be required from the Captains of the Companies ;
but if these bonds are to be dispensed with altogether
or lowered every time a threat is made against the Gov-
ernment for the time being, all law and all regalation in
reference to the matter becomes a farve. We must say
that such a glaring attempt at bribery, on the part of
two of the principal officers of the Government, bas
never been practised in any colony, and it only goes
more fully to show how corruptly the monies are likely
to be squandered by the faction who usurp the Govern-
ment, ‘The £50 given to Mr. W. IH. Pope for inspect-
ing the barracks or the drill-shed, is only another evi-
dence in a smaller degree of how the publie revenue is
wasted in dirty jobs, whilst Education and the other
branches of the public service are permitted to become
ineflicient for the want of adequate support.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SECOND
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF KING'S.
COUNTY, :
GENTLEMEN ;
Having been nominated at several influential meetings
held in your District, as a candidate for your suffrages
at the forthcoming Elections, and the House of Assembly:
having been now dissolved, I avail myself of the earliest
Opportunity to say that I accept these nominations. In:
politics, I need scarcely say that I ama Liberal from
conviction, and to that party I will give my hearty sup-
try with, and that the time has gone by when he could| PO" in the future as ia the past. All measures having
boast with truth that St. Peters would elect Black Bill|® tendency to ameliorate the condition of the people,
and to promote the prosperity of the Colouy, will re-
ecive my warmest support. Believing that se!f-govern-
ment is one of the greatest privileges that can be
enjoyed by a people, [ have been, and still am, opposed
to the Quebec Scheme of Confederation. I am, mm
‘fact, opposed to any closer political connection with
Canada than that which already cxists in a common
allegianee to the British throne; but if the Impenal
Government should hereafter submit for our considera-
tion another plan of Colouial Union, based upon more
favorable terms thar those of the Quebec Scheme, 7
would deem it my duty to refer the same to you betore
taking any definite action thereon.
Should I succeed, Gentlemen, in my election, whilst
I shail always be arduous to serve, to the best of my
ability, the general interests of the Colony, my attention
will be more especially devoted to the local wants of
the District. In conclusion, I will say that, if at any
time during my representation, I should be so unfortu-
nate as to forget your confidence, or act contrary to
your views and wishes upen any question of local or
the Island to the other Colonies : It is the ap roaching| object of our opposition, as well as that of many of the/8eral interest, I would deem it incumbent apon me,
equalization of the political parties who divide the
Colony by their contentions for power, which, in a
few years, will result in dead-loeks, and thus render
impossible all useful legislation. In 1859 a general
election was followed by the return of a party -
porting the Government of the day, numerically
veater than the party in opposition by one only.
Fire writer opposed the introduction into the Colony
of Responsibie Government, and after fifteen years
experience he is satisfied that his opposition was well
foundod.
Under no other system than that of self Government
was it desirable, or indeed possiblo that the larger
Colonies could be governed, but to allow seventy
thousand Colonists, chiefly without education, to elect
representatives under a yan of universal su e,
and to introduce Party Government, under which
every office in the Colony ofthe value of five pounds a
year is bestowed as a reward for political services—on
the republican principal, that ** to the victors belong
the spoils,” was not calculated to secure the enactment
of judicious laws, or to promote tho interests of the
Colony. :
The opidton nerally obtains among the advocates
of Confederation, that the financial adjustment of the
nebee Scheme is not just to Prince’ Edward Island.
his ret is not, however, shared by the writer.
The Dele
it is assum ing to reconsider this qu
financial) pdinriment, and in the event of the
being legislated into Confederation, it may’
be assumed, that Her Majesty's Ministers will n
ction injustice to its people
elector who places the sl confidence in Messrs
and the wishes of the a ty
‘avery verdant pumpkin, that deserves to be
down for his cred +. and
animals of the field, ©
on of
representing the other Provinces are,
ted, willing to.
* Comment upon this villainous article is unnocessary,
and we shall simply concludo by observing that the
Pope & Co.'s honorable intentions, with regard to
Confaleration of hee be
nibbled at by the yery
electors, to Mr. Clark, will be more fully made mani-
fest in due time,
—— see a earnneine gps
Tuv Mecuanic’s Fisnixa Company.-—The report pf
this Company, which will be found in to-day’s paper,
shows the Company to be in a most prosperous con-
dition, Considering the many difficulties with which
the Company had to contend, the result of the Com-
pany’s operations for the past season are more satis-
factory than could reasonably be oxpected, and the
dividend of twenty per cent.. which has been declared,
Augurs well for the future prosperity of the Mechanic's
Fishing Company. The Company did not commence
operations until the season was pretty fur advanced,
and most of those who comprised its mombers had little
or no .experience in fishing. If, under these circum-
stances, a dividend of twenty per cent. can be declared,
what may we not expect in the future from the successfuj
prosecution of a full season's fishing? We sincerely hope
and believe that the organization of the Mechanic's
Fishing Company will prove the dawn of a new era in
the history of the prosperity of the country; and that,
ere many years, Prince Edward Island will possess a
fishing fleet which will rival that of the astern States.
AN esteomed correspondent residing at Sourls,
writing under date of “January 25, 1867,” says:
You would be surprised if you were to see tho ap-
pegrance of our coast. The tlarbar in Guns ohdae, aad
separate Nova Scetia and the Island of
tion, a then we would have an open sea all the
round,
catches and stops
with ice. Perhaps
manage to do it, an
not the size of your St Ste ve Be iete i say
direction. Now, if ‘the Con would only
Breton is about to be honored with a balf-a-dozen candidates,
about twelve miles apart, I would go in for Confedera- card
The passago is so very narrow now that is
they could
thus give us an Gpen oduameres
upon being unequivocally notified of the fact, to im-
mediately resign-and place my seat at your disposal.
lam, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
EDWARD REILLY.
Charlottetown, Feb, 1st, 1867.
P. S.—As it will be impossible for mo to canvass you
all personally between this and the Election, I therefore
purpose holding a meeting at Mr. John Carey's, St.
Andrew's, on Wednesday, the 13th inst,; and at Little
Pond Schoolhouse, Grand River, on Thursday, 14th, at
8 o'clock, p.m, E.R.
ELECTION NEWS.
Tun Patriot recommonds a meeting of the anti-
Confederates ef Charlottetown to nominate candidates
for the City. This ought to have i done 8 ore
; is not yet too late, we the
tal “eid beteurried oan without delay. and
there can be no doubt that two staunch anti-Confeder-
ates will be elected without any trouble.
The Hon. T. H. Haviland has been electioneering in
Georgetown for the week. Ie met with consid-
erable opposition. It is believed that two anti’s will
be elected fot that constituency—the ono a Liberal and
the other a Conservative.
Cardigan, or the Third District ot King’s County,
—the last in the field being Mr. Munro, whose
will be found in to-day's paper, and L, Owen, Esq.—
The Third District had better look sharp. and unite to
return two good Liberals, anti-Confederates. If those
have already been nominated, stick to them.
big
t
}
vege eg McDONALD, Chairman. °
rae To the Editor of the Horald.
ben nsppemacrmmompeniere _mrmees 2 yr nana ea
Operations durmg the past year were everywhere un-
precedentedly unprofitable, showed a very favorable re-
sult. The Company declared a dividend of 20 per cent.
on their paid capital; after which the following persons
were chosen Directors for the current year, namely :—
Messrs, Jobn Cairns, J. W. Falvoner, W. ‘T. Morris,
Benjamin Williams, John Ross, James Barrett,and Jolin
Quirk.
J. W. FALCONER, Sec'y.
~ ~~
REPORT OF |
~ CHANICS’ FISHING COMPANY.
Tn sobmitting the first annualjReportjol theic working
forthe past year, your Divecrorsare happy to be able to
Appear before you with so favorable a balance sheet,
showing the amount of £300 in fayor af the Company,
as the result of our operations during the past year,
Considering the various difficulties with which your
Directors have had to contend, this result is mast grati-
fying. Your Directars would ask the Company to bear
in wind that, in undertaking the management of your
alfairs, they did so with bug little experience in sach
joatters, and had, on mauy points, gradually to feel
‘their way, and perhaps occasioually learn something by
bitler experience. It must be borne in mind that fishing
‘operations on our coast have been followed during the
‘past year with unprecedentedly poor results, no Com-
pany; so far as known to us, having paid even working
expenses, and many private individuals, who were thus
E DIRECTORS OF THE ME- ‘invested with full
arctan, > sp geenapinit
reas
intercepted correspondent,
seems to tike particular delight in misrepresenting and
ridiculing the
gravation whatever, Mr. Warburton is
man, a gentleman who is regpected by all ¢
Ipeople; and his return at sy late election woul
jbeen certain were it not for lon. ¢?) James
Ledger,
That big “Ledger” keeps the noted clerk from at-
tending al political meetings, and for this reason he has
a hired reporter who attends them, and is consequent!
ones aaa sy
n honorable
vo's
er to report with minuteness a
the proceedings, The reporter is a sea-capthin—so-
valled—who, Lam sure, has about has much navigation
48 iy requisite to pilot a boat from Egmont Bay to West
Point. ‘That thys beardless reporter, whom others style
the * phonographie reporter,” misrepresents the delib-
erations of a meeting to bis master, need not be won-
dered at, when we remind the reader that he uses
neither pencil nor paper to record oveurrences; nor do
I believe that he could use them, even if be were pro-
vided with them, He should not, in any case, trust bis
dilapidated memory with lengthy details, for the observer
can readily perceive that that faculty has passed its
meredian height long ere now.
This distinguished reporter has friends very much like
himself, although they hold no such honorable offices as
he. The Ledger causes them to go through thick and
thin for Mr. Yeo; but notwithstanding all that they
will do, the day is not far distant when they shall be
cient to
engaged, have alyo lost heavily by their transactions.
‘In addition to these drawbacks, your Directors would
stmply remind the Company that they have been placed
at.a disadvantage, when compared with past years, from
the large amount of duty requiring to be paid on account
of the abrogation of the Recipreeny Treaty. The large
amount of £250 has by us been paid as duty during the
past year. : ‘
’ In view of these and many other difficulties which
might be mentioned, your Directors consider that they
may well compliment the Company on the satisfactory
position in which the affairs now stand, :
No doubt your Directors have had their shortcomings,
and have, in some matters, failed from the want of ex-
perience, But, trusting that you will make that allow-
ance to which they are entitled from the difficult position
in which they have by you been placed in managing the
affairs of the Company for its first year, and hoping that
their successors in office may profit . their experience,
and that next year's accounts may indicate a still more
favorable state of matters, they beg leave to ‘subscribe
themselves,
On behalf of the Directors,
JOUN CAIRNS, Pres.
J. W. FALCONER, Sec'y.
January 25th, 1867.
eee
Correspondence.
PUBLIC MEETING AT SOURIS.
Pursuant to’ notice, a Meeting of the Electors of the
First Electoral District of King’s County was held at
Souris, on Wednesday, the 23rd inst. Our late repre-
sentatives, the Ion, Joseph Hensley and the Hon. E.
McEachen, were present. Notwithstanding the severe
snow-storm that prevailed that day, the meeting was
well attended. :
Tho meeting was called te order, Mr. Gabricl Me-
Donald in the clair, and the undersigned appointed
Secretary. The chairman. ed the objvet of the
meeting, which was to select two fit and proper persons
t6 represent the suflrages of this District in the forth-
coming, Parliament.
The Hon. Mr. Hensley being called upon, rose, and
in a very able address, reviewed the most important
— of the day connected with our Colonial Par-|in order to divert their minds from
j 5
ament. He reviewed briefly the proceedings of the
Government, and spoke at some length on the import-
land; he likewise spoke of the Eeycation Act,
agentioman spoke byieily and pointedly, and during his
“SS, he ehowed himself eb
Administration, and a decided opponent to Confedera-
tion, He touched briefly on the doings and misdoings
of the Conservative Government,
The Hon. Emmanuel McEachen addressed the meet-
ing at considerable length. He reviewed the questions
brought betore the Government during his term of office
—justified his own conduct as a supporter of the Gov-
erument. He gave a brief account of his ‘ steward-
ship "—declared himself as firmly opposed to Confeder-
ation as ever. He likewise spoke of the Education
Act, and considered that it wanted remodelling, and de-
clared himself a moderate Conservative. :
Alex. Beaton, Esq., and Mr. McPhee addressed the
meeting. Mr. James Mosnagh read a very spirited ad-
dress. On the whole, the Liberal clement greatly pre-
wailed.
The following resolutions were then put to the meet-
ing, the first of which passed without a dissenting voice;
the second did not pass.
Moved by Mr. James A, McEachen, seconded by Mr.
James Moynagh—
Resolved, Vint the Hon, Joseph Hensley and Edward
Kickham, Esq., be nominated by this meeting as the two
candidates of the Liberal party, and that we pledge our-
selves to support them at the ensuing election. This re-
solution passed unanimously.
Moved by E. B. Muttart, Esq, M. D., seconded by
Charles McEachen, Esq.— .
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meeting that
the two members who represented us during the last
session be nominated again as candidates for the suffrages
of this District.: This resolution did not pass.
A vote of thanks was piven to the chairman, alter
i ti eaceably adjourned. :
Wee am OU CNIEL Me NALD, Secretary.
Souris, Jan. 23rd, 1867.
PUBLIC MEETING AT ROLLO BAY,
ee
ceording to announcement, a meeting of the eloc-
th of Rollo Bay and Mage 4 was held at Rollo Bay
Cross Roads, on Taesday, the 22d inst, Mr. Daniel
MeDonald im the chair. The object of the meeting was
to select two candidates to represent the District at the
forthcoming elections for the House of Assembly.
The Hon. Joseph Hensley, the late representative of
the District, was called on. This gentleman addressed
the nreeting at great length, and touched upon all local
political matters of importance, and at the close of his
address was loudly applauded. Edward Kickbam, £sq.,
then addressed the meeting as Mr. Hensley's colleague.
He spoke briefly—deelared himself an anti-Confederate,
and opposed to the Govervment. The Hon. Emmanuel
MeBachen also addressed tho meeting. _ He spoke at
considerable length—-reviewed all questions of import-
t came before the Government last session, and
ipporting the Government as he
mi MeWader £94. Hreosts. McPhee, Stephen
“and James Moynagh, each addressed the
meeting.
Ok resolution was then put to the meeting,
BS con x but one Coventing vows co
t the Hon. Joseph Hensley and Edward
tg be the two Liberal candidates to repre-
this District at the forthcoming elections for the
House of Assembly.
‘Messrs. Hensley and Kickham were greeted with three
cheers. by the baa . After the usual vote of
——. to the chairman, the meeting quietly
Tinade to pay for the “whistle,” This is »
seem to have at length reached their last ditch,and in the
religious discord in their own behalf.
tain their positions, and to draw the wool over the
eyes of the public, a writer in the last Islander, who
dates his letter from Belfast, but which might more
truly be dated near ‘Mount Edward "—the classic
residence of the Pepes—contains a long rigamarole of
violence in’ reference to the defunct Vindicator and
Protestant, The plea that is put forward as a justiflea-,
tion to excite the passions of Catholics and Protestanis,
portant political questions new pefero the public, is,
ant question of Colonial Union, bearing zon this Is. that au rtp journal in this city, in giving
; ° & list of the .¢xndidates for the various districts,
Edward Kickham, Eso, was the next speaker. This incidental ‘mentioned our name in connection with
St. Piter's, and hoped that we would receive the votes!
SpptaRw Laethye
show that those who voted for Mr. Yeo are neither
** free nor independent ;” if they were otherwise, Mr.
Warburton would have been returned by a very large
majority.
The Reporter and his (riends are Joabs in the state,
and piercing thorns in the Church, where they will
neither lead nor drive unless they have their own way in
all matters.
When I shall have a more convenient season, perad-
venture I will retarn to the subject again.
Your own servant, in humility,
JOUN O'GROAT,
Grand River, Jan. 18th, 1867.
eo nose cremate ntti
Uke Bera
Wednesday, February G6, 867.
NOTICE.—Ali persons indebted to the « Herald’
Office whose Accounts have been furnished up to January,
1867, are hereby notified that the same must be paid before
the 16th of February next,
EDWARD REILLY.
ILeraid Office, Charlottetown, Jon, 23, 1867,
SE a
‘THE LAST DITCH.
Tux corrupt Confederate faction, at present in power,
very throes of death seek to evoke the demon of
Tn order to re-
4) em eee,
ue various im-
The wriger to wliom | refer
on, James Warburton, without any ag-
es «A the |aspiresto be one of her representatives, must be some-
ave
ee pe
knows; and we fel assured that $t, Peter's will teach
him, whem this struggle is over, that the man who
t more a bankiu jan, and that his
poliffoal mnatiohen or prineiples must be something more
satisfactery than mean attacks upon our private
character, and unworthy. appeals to the religious
prejudices of ay section of people—somethin more
practical than allusions to. our haying once published
and edited a Catholie paper.
ee ee eet
sane pe a |
YORCE, OR NO FORCE?
Tux Confederates, in their advocacy of their pet
scheme, have always loudly disclaimed against fraud,
force or artifice being employed to bring the Island
into the Confederacy. We always doubted these pro-
testations of sincerity; but it was rather a difficult
matter to prove the Confederates hypocrites. Of
conrse their actions were often inconsistent with their
words, and by their actions we arrived at the con-
clusion that if the Confederates possessed the power,
or if the chance presented itself to them to betray or
legislate the Island into Confederation in opposition to
the wishes of the people, they would not hesitate to do
so, The history of the Quebec Convention, the
secrecy observed about the Quebec Scheme, the fate
ef Nova Scotia, the hurried calling in of troops, and,
last of all, the history of the $800,000 bubble proves
to ua that the wishes and interests of the people would
have proved a slight obstacle to the consummation of
Confederation, if foree or fraud could be successfully
employed. But fortunately at this important crisis in
the histery of our affairs, we have more positive proof
of the treacherous wishes of the Confederates, if they
possessed the power to carry them into execution; and
at a time like the present, when a Confederate faction
ave making the attempt to raise a religious howl for
ther own especial benefit, and are engaged in the
impudent attempt to force a Confederate upon the con-
stituency of Charlottetown, we are especially delighted
that we have the most convincing proof at hand of the
treacherous designs of Confederate plotterr. If the
people fail to give this proof a careful consideration
while it is yet in their power to de so, and blindly per-
mit themselves to be led by their prejudices into voting
against their convictions, the consequences be theurs,
It matters little to us personally—as we have time and
again shown—which Party is in power. We do not
depend upon a public office for a livelihood, nor have
we any ambition to obtain a life office at Ottawa at the
expense of the people, and therefore we can haye no
object in advocating anything which might prove
injurious to the country, nor can we perceive what
benefit we can derive for deceiving the public upon
public questions; and therefore in producing the fol-
lowing testimony we hope the public willfake these
facts into consideration, and serftously ask themselves
if the same can be said oLAhe leaders of Confederation.
Wella good Ceabhas recently been heard of a pamphlet
upon the “* Gonfederation Question,” by W. LL. Pope,
but, a3 the book is a sealed one in Prince Kaward
isiand, for the reason that its author used the utmost
precautions to keep it from the public eye in this
Colony, and sent it to England and the Canadas for
circulation, The reason for this will be obyious from
the extract we are obout to make, and we aguin beg
the clectors of Prince Edward Island to contrast the
language and arguments here empleyed with those
of the slander, in the ‘Temperance Hall or elsewhere,
in stump speeches, as to the honorabie Intentions and
of all the anti-Confederates—both (Liberal and Con-
servative—of the District! Truly, this is a cogent
reason for the country to go into convulsions ot rage, |
and to return Messrs, Pope & Co. to power! Com-
parisons are said to be odious, and if we felt * dis-!
poged”—as Mrs, Gamp would say—to follow in the!
footsteps of the insane writer in the Zslander—we could!
make some of our Confederate friends wince again on
the score of consistency and companionship; but we
forbear, because such a proceeding has no bearing:
upon any public question. At the same time the
people at large must note the fact, that while the Con-
federates, for their own selfish purposes, can forget
their deadly feuds, and fraternise with each other, and
‘* grease each other's palms,” and play into each other's
hands, a8 a matter of course, which no body sheuld
object to, an anti-Confederate cannot use common
courtesy towards a contemporary without being
slandered and misrepresented in the most villainous
manner, and tho whole country attempted to be set by|
the ears. Both the Vindicator and the Protestant are
now dead and gone; their faults ought to be buried
with them; and no one but a fool or knave would sock
to resuscitate them. The country has a more important
duty to discharge than to discuss what Mr. Reilly may
or may not have done years ago; but it is rather a
singular thing that both 4 Belfaster and ‘‘ W. E. Clark,
St. Peter's, and also the Editor of the Ecaminer,
seek to base their political salvation and that
of their respective parties upon our connection
with the Vindicator. Mr. Clark thinks we ought not
Catholic newspaper; and for tho same reason a
conduct of the Confederates ;
‘* There is in Prince Edward Istund a small minority
—consisting for the most part of educated men—who
‘have the independence to avow that they consider it
the duty of the people of the Island to assent to the
Confedvration deslred by Ler Majesty's Government,
as well as by a majority of their fellow colonists. The
masses, however, are hostile te any union, whether
legislative or federal, and it may be assumed, that ao
‘inducement will cause them to give their assent to
union with Canada. ‘The people have been led to
believe that the Home Government will not force them
into Conteideration; and they console themselves with
the reflection, that if forced into Confederrtion they
will at least be allowed the benefits offered by the
Quebec resolutions, and will lose nothing by their
opposition,
The writer assumes it as highly probable, that in a
few months an act for the Unton of the British North
American Colenies will be submitted by Government
to tha Imperial Parliament. Will this little Island of
less than ninety thousand inhabitants be allowed to 1e-
main out of a Union, which Her Majesty’s Ministers—
the British public—and the great majority of the three
millions nine hundred thousand, who, with the people
of Prince Edward Island, comprise Her Majesty's
jsubjects, inhabiting the Atlantic Colonies of North
America—consider as absolutely essential to the pre-
servation of the connection of the Colonies with the
—the developement of their vast resources, and their
advancement as a great commercial people? It is
very difficult to believe that Her Majesty's Ministers will
hesitate to legislate THIS INSIGNIFICANT BUT MOST
TROUBLESOME DEPENDENCY into the Union on terms jnst
and fair. The
Contederacy weuld be deprived, were the Island to be
allowed to retain its independence, would be very
trifling indeed, but not trivial would be the evils,
to get in for St. Peter's, because we once edited a) which, in the event of such a contingency, would re-
‘sult to the Confederacy, One of these evils may be
mentioned. ‘The Island, which !s separated from the
‘ Belfaster ” thinks that Mr. Clark ought to be pre-
a more unfortunate position than we are.
peppered upon all sides ; both Catholics and Protestants
are attempted to be set upon us; and if the country does
not unite to a man in abusing and kicking us, and
rewarding the Confederates with the fat of the land,
besides finally sending them to Ottawa for life, it isn’;
because the Jslander and the Leader of the Government
fail to recommend such judicious course. The
** Leader,” on Thursday night last, made a violent
harangue in the Temperance Hall, wherein the very
profound, honest and consistent legic of a Belfast
‘Elector ” were used by himself. In fact, we are
strongly inclined to suspect that either the Leader or
his brether is the same individual as ** elector,” whose
letter is dated January 28, but which must, to secure
insertion, ha¥e been in Mr. Ing's possession previous
1o, or early upon that day! The air, scope and
tendency of the letter are so disreputable and dishonest
as to be certain to meet with the disapprebation of,
every intelligent man in the country. The violence of
fhe pretended elector will assuredly recoil upon his
friends, who are forced, as their only chance of
deluding the people and holding om for some years
longer to power, to resort to such unworthy dodges ns
the present. In conclusion, we would remark that if
Mv. Clark is boiling with zeal for the Liberal cause,
d wishes to use the Vindicator against ns, ashe secks
to do, amiong Mr. Webster's friends about St. Peter's,
he ought to leaye an ayowedly Liberal constituency
v
het ven fe and perhaps secure
ii eleethn in thusadd one ta number to the Liberal
y. But we rathe: think, after all, that even if ho
did ad the course here ted out, and gave vent
ot and | cunning that aro in hin
ferred, and the Confederates ought to be returned to ithe basis
power. In fact, there never was a poor ‘ fellow” in'serionsly effect the~ revenues of the Confederacy.
We aro) There is another consideration which, in the writer's
like’ the Second of King’s, and betake himself to Belfast}
‘jor Malpeque, which he represéated before. In either
" lof those Districts he might use the Vindicator to his
continent by a narrow strait, would assuredly be made
smuggling operations, which would most
opinion, should induce the Home Government to annex
i “al hy would bo an unsuperable
ve Ay pte ee is the case, - well
mother country, and of their Monarchical Institutions!
pg on Sa wane, interfere with his prospects of the Queen's Prin-
act ree oe aera msn
THE $800,000 BUBBLE.
Wun the $800,000 first started into the view of an
amazed public, the proposition was represented and
believed to be a bona fide offer emanating altogether
from the Colonial delegates in London. Sometime
afterwards, however, the Canadian Ministerial papers
began to blab that the proposition originated, in the first
instance, .with the Island Government. Knowing the
composition ef our Executive to be largely Confederate
at the time, we were not disinclined to believe the
Canadian papers; Lut we never, for a moment, imagine’!
that the Hon. J. C, Pope,—tho “ Leader” of the anti-
Conteteratss of Prince Edward Island,—the introducer
of the ‘no jerms * xesolutions of last session, was the
father of the whole affsir! Recent developments, how-
ever, tnken in connection with thé fact that he was
all the year round.” Perhaps the Rev. grutionns who
suggested the tunneling of the Straits ef Northumber-
land—and who, by the way, is a great Confederate—
might point out to the East Pointers the way to the
ization ot their wishes in regard to removing Cape
Breton from its Biya tion, as nothing appears
difficult or impossible to his mighty imagination.
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION ON THE PART
Or THE GOVERNMENT.
Lasr week we alluded to a scheme of bribery on the
part of the Government which, bad it been successful,
would have led to the expenditure of a large amount of
public money for electioneering purposes. The circun-
stances of the case, as we have learned them trom the best
authority, are, that the officers and men of the Char-
lottetown Artillery Company virtually demanded from
the Colonia! Secretary (the Hon, Mr. Maviland) a re-
determined to submit the scheme to a special session of
the Legislature, and without the direet consent of the;
people appoint delegrtes to proceed to London to close
the bargain, have proved conclusively that he was the
prime mover inthe matter, The refusal of the Canadians
alone fortunately spoiled one of the most cunning designs
ever formed to deprive a people of their liberties, and
saved Prince Edward Island. ‘The escape whish the
Island experienced from being served in the same way
as Nova Scotia has been, was almost miraculous, Mr.
Pope's own confession, in a recent No. of the Patriot,
fastens the responsibility of that treacherous and incon-
sistent act upon him. He admits that he was at the
Alexandra Hotel in London in November last, and that,
in conversation with the Colonial Delegates, he suggested
that a money grant of about $800,000 would gain the
adhesion of the Island to the Quebee Scheme, alecideng
or business, of course, drove him to the ** Alexandra
Hotel,” where the delegates put up; and accident or
business, of course, also drove him to speak about the
Financial arrangement of the Quebec Scheme in its
bearing upon Prince Edward Island. The ordinary
reader, however, cannot fail to observe that as Mr.
Pope was committed against Confederation upon any
terms, and was invested with no official character at the
Alexandra Hotel, and therefore had no right to offer
suggestions or hold any communication with the
Colonial delegates upon the subject of this Island's dis-
senting to Confederation, No doubt remains upon our
tind that Mr, Pope's conduct was a stealthy proceeding
so commit the Island to Confederation. He adopted a
sneaking, round-about method to constitute himself a
** self-appointed * Delegate, for the purpose of playing
into the hands of the Confederates, ane to betray the
Colony. His own conduct and admissions, ag well as
the testimony of Canadian journals in the confidence of
the Government, conspire to prove, beyond the shadow
of a doubt, the Leader's * treachery ” in the $800,000
affair, It therefore remains for the people to decide
whether a ‘* Leader" who has been once proved of
treachery towards the Colony, is the person to be again
safely entrusted with power. ‘here can be no doubt
that if Canada had acceded to the proposition, or even
coquetted with it for a time, the Island would
have been included in the Confederation" Bill as surely
as either Nova Scotia or New Brunswick; but to her
prompt refusal to modify the Quebec Scheme—and to
that refusal alone, are we indebted for enjoying self-
government to-day, and possessing the privilege of
recording our votes for our future rulers, Let the
electors of Prince Fdward Island remember this fact on
the day of election, and ponder upon the risks they have
already encountered from base deceivers, and those to
which they will be subjected in the futuré if proven
traitors are again entrusted with the reans of Government’
THE EXAMINER AT ITS OLD TRICKS,
Tur old saying, that two of a ‘trade cannot agree,”
is illustrated in the last No. of the Examiner, which af-
fects tu regard asa *‘ good joke” our offering for St.
Peter's. The real fact, however, is, that he regards it
as anything but a joke, or he would not devote three
special articles to misrepresenting us; ‘and we think,
the result of the election will show him that mean
falscheods are a poor stock-in-trade to go to the coun-
if he desired it, and that a few kegs of bad rum could
buy all their votes. If Capt. Flinn, Martin M’Innis,
James Hogan, Esq., or any other honest Liberal had
been chosen as his colleague, we would not have en-
tered the field, but these gentlemen were too indepen-|
dent to serve Mr. Whelan’s purposes, and he may now,
be very well satisfied if he gets in himself without his
amiable colleague. He has reason to thank our for-
bearance, too, or he wouid find St. Peter's too hot to
show his nose in. ‘The secret of all his * feverish |”
anxiety” about us is, that our prospects are really so
good, and that, if we were elected, we might, per-
tership; but that we are not the nominee of any **fac-
tion” in or out of Charlottctown, he does net himself
seriously believe. Upon ® charge of this kind he
leaves himself so utterly at our mercy, that we are as-
tonished at his hardihood to attempt to make it. The re-
| sult of the election will show him that there is no joke at
all in the matter,and that abuse of us is no more going to
| serve his prospects in the futare than in the past. ‘The
duction in the price of their new clothing, to the tun
of sbout £3 per man, accompanied by the threat that if
not acceded to, thay would record their votes against the
Government at the forthcommg elections. Mr, Havilard
was allowed until Monday evening to determine in the
matter, aud he, without consulting His uxcellency, the
Commander-in-Chief, or the Exeeutive Council, imme-
diately wrote lo Col. Smith, authorising him to issue the
clothing upon Capt, Morris’ conditions. Of course, if
Lieut.-Col, Haviland’s instructions to bis superior officer
had been complied with, the Artillery Company would
have received an equivalent of some two or three hundred
pounds to which they were not entitled, and if the
same bride were given to all the volunteers and active
militia whom the law eventually contemplates to partially
clothe at the public expense, it would only cost the
country about £3,000 to keep a corrupt Government in
power. The bribe having been made known as the act
of the Teader of the Government and the Colonial Se-
eretary, the captains of the various other Companies in
Charlottetown very naturally applied also for a similar
bribe or consideration for their men; but Col, Smith,
who has charge of the clothing, considered these de-
mands 80 extraordinary, that he deemed it bis duty to
refer them to Ilis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
As His Excellency was in profound ignorance of tho
whole affair, the corrupt attempt at bribery was fortun-
ately nipped in the bud for the present > for, although
the presence of Col, Haviland is awaited for in the City
as necessary to a final decision in the matter, yet we
have every confidence that His Excellency will not sanc-
tion any squandering of the public money so liberally
placed at his disposal by the unanimous vote of the Le-
gislature last session for purposes never contemplated
or provided for, much less corrupt political jobs of any
kind. The law is, that a sui equal to. about one-half
the price of the clothing, be grven to each man, and that
bonds be required from the Captains of the Companies ;
but if these bonds are to be dispensed with altogether
or lowered every time a threat is made against the Gov-
ernment for the time being, all law and all regalation in
reference to the matter becomes a farve. We must say
that such a glaring attempt at bribery, on the part of
two of the principal officers of the Government, bas
never been practised in any colony, and it only goes
more fully to show how corruptly the monies are likely
to be squandered by the faction who usurp the Govern-
ment, ‘The £50 given to Mr. W. IH. Pope for inspect-
ing the barracks or the drill-shed, is only another evi-
dence in a smaller degree of how the publie revenue is
wasted in dirty jobs, whilst Education and the other
branches of the public service are permitted to become
ineflicient for the want of adequate support.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SECOND
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF KING'S.
COUNTY, :
GENTLEMEN ;
Having been nominated at several influential meetings
held in your District, as a candidate for your suffrages
at the forthcoming Elections, and the House of Assembly:
having been now dissolved, I avail myself of the earliest
Opportunity to say that I accept these nominations. In:
politics, I need scarcely say that I ama Liberal from
conviction, and to that party I will give my hearty sup-
try with, and that the time has gone by when he could| PO" in the future as ia the past. All measures having
boast with truth that St. Peters would elect Black Bill|® tendency to ameliorate the condition of the people,
and to promote the prosperity of the Colouy, will re-
ecive my warmest support. Believing that se!f-govern-
ment is one of the greatest privileges that can be
enjoyed by a people, [ have been, and still am, opposed
to the Quebec Scheme of Confederation. I am, mm
‘fact, opposed to any closer political connection with
Canada than that which already cxists in a common
allegianee to the British throne; but if the Impenal
Government should hereafter submit for our considera-
tion another plan of Colouial Union, based upon more
favorable terms thar those of the Quebec Scheme, 7
would deem it my duty to refer the same to you betore
taking any definite action thereon.
Should I succeed, Gentlemen, in my election, whilst
I shail always be arduous to serve, to the best of my
ability, the general interests of the Colony, my attention
will be more especially devoted to the local wants of
the District. In conclusion, I will say that, if at any
time during my representation, I should be so unfortu-
nate as to forget your confidence, or act contrary to
your views and wishes upen any question of local or
the Island to the other Colonies : It is the ap roaching| object of our opposition, as well as that of many of the/8eral interest, I would deem it incumbent apon me,
equalization of the political parties who divide the
Colony by their contentions for power, which, in a
few years, will result in dead-loeks, and thus render
impossible all useful legislation. In 1859 a general
election was followed by the return of a party -
porting the Government of the day, numerically
veater than the party in opposition by one only.
Fire writer opposed the introduction into the Colony
of Responsibie Government, and after fifteen years
experience he is satisfied that his opposition was well
foundod.
Under no other system than that of self Government
was it desirable, or indeed possiblo that the larger
Colonies could be governed, but to allow seventy
thousand Colonists, chiefly without education, to elect
representatives under a yan of universal su e,
and to introduce Party Government, under which
every office in the Colony ofthe value of five pounds a
year is bestowed as a reward for political services—on
the republican principal, that ** to the victors belong
the spoils,” was not calculated to secure the enactment
of judicious laws, or to promote tho interests of the
Colony. :
The opidton nerally obtains among the advocates
of Confederation, that the financial adjustment of the
nebee Scheme is not just to Prince’ Edward Island.
his ret is not, however, shared by the writer.
The Dele
it is assum ing to reconsider this qu
financial) pdinriment, and in the event of the
being legislated into Confederation, it may’
be assumed, that Her Majesty's Ministers will n
ction injustice to its people
elector who places the sl confidence in Messrs
and the wishes of the a ty
‘avery verdant pumpkin, that deserves to be
down for his cred +. and
animals of the field, ©
on of
representing the other Provinces are,
ted, willing to.
* Comment upon this villainous article is unnocessary,
and we shall simply concludo by observing that the
Pope & Co.'s honorable intentions, with regard to
Confaleration of hee be
nibbled at by the yery
electors, to Mr. Clark, will be more fully made mani-
fest in due time,
—— see a earnneine gps
Tuv Mecuanic’s Fisnixa Company.-—The report pf
this Company, which will be found in to-day’s paper,
shows the Company to be in a most prosperous con-
dition, Considering the many difficulties with which
the Company had to contend, the result of the Com-
pany’s operations for the past season are more satis-
factory than could reasonably be oxpected, and the
dividend of twenty per cent.. which has been declared,
Augurs well for the future prosperity of the Mechanic's
Fishing Company. The Company did not commence
operations until the season was pretty fur advanced,
and most of those who comprised its mombers had little
or no .experience in fishing. If, under these circum-
stances, a dividend of twenty per cent. can be declared,
what may we not expect in the future from the successfuj
prosecution of a full season's fishing? We sincerely hope
and believe that the organization of the Mechanic's
Fishing Company will prove the dawn of a new era in
the history of the prosperity of the country; and that,
ere many years, Prince Edward Island will possess a
fishing fleet which will rival that of the astern States.
AN esteomed correspondent residing at Sourls,
writing under date of “January 25, 1867,” says:
You would be surprised if you were to see tho ap-
pegrance of our coast. The tlarbar in Guns ohdae, aad
separate Nova Scetia and the Island of
tion, a then we would have an open sea all the
round,
catches and stops
with ice. Perhaps
manage to do it, an
not the size of your St Ste ve Be iete i say
direction. Now, if ‘the Con would only
Breton is about to be honored with a balf-a-dozen candidates,
about twelve miles apart, I would go in for Confedera- card
The passago is so very narrow now that is
they could
thus give us an Gpen oduameres
upon being unequivocally notified of the fact, to im-
mediately resign-and place my seat at your disposal.
lam, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
EDWARD REILLY.
Charlottetown, Feb, 1st, 1867.
P. S.—As it will be impossible for mo to canvass you
all personally between this and the Election, I therefore
purpose holding a meeting at Mr. John Carey's, St.
Andrew's, on Wednesday, the 13th inst,; and at Little
Pond Schoolhouse, Grand River, on Thursday, 14th, at
8 o'clock, p.m, E.R.
ELECTION NEWS.
Tun Patriot recommonds a meeting of the anti-
Confederates ef Charlottetown to nominate candidates
for the City. This ought to have i done 8 ore
; is not yet too late, we the
tal “eid beteurried oan without delay. and
there can be no doubt that two staunch anti-Confeder-
ates will be elected without any trouble.
The Hon. T. H. Haviland has been electioneering in
Georgetown for the week. Ie met with consid-
erable opposition. It is believed that two anti’s will
be elected fot that constituency—the ono a Liberal and
the other a Conservative.
Cardigan, or the Third District ot King’s County,
—the last in the field being Mr. Munro, whose
will be found in to-day's paper, and L, Owen, Esq.—
The Third District had better look sharp. and unite to
return two good Liberals, anti-Confederates. If those
have already been nominated, stick to them.