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WHAT THE ADMIRALTY THINKS OF TIE MIANTONOMAH,
Tn the house of Lords ov the 8th inst., the Duke
0: Somerset, iu risiug to move for a return of the
uumber of ships added to the royal navy by building
or purchase, stating the toovnage of each vessel, from
the year 1860 to 1862, iuclusive, said :—My Lords,
T have thought it right to bring forward this motion
because there has been, as it appears to me; grew
miscogeeption throughout the country as to the state
in Whieb the uapy has beeu left. 1 do net know
whether T can ascribe that opivion to a few words
which fell from the present First Lord-of the Admiral-
ty ia avother place at the end of last session, Cer-
taiuly the notion has spread uutil it has been statec
iu ditfereut parts of the country, and has been re-
peated for many moaths, that wo have at the present
moment no uavy Whatever, although there has beeu
daring the last six yearsa large expeuditure devoted
to that portion of the public marysies amounting to
nearly $/J,000,000,. Your lordships will see that
I have Jost uo opportunity therefore iu ealling for
returns showing what has really been dove during
the last six years iu the way ot building ships. As
many ships, I believe, have atleast been constructed
during that period as duriug any other six years of
peace. In those six yeaca we built 240 vessels of
diferent kinds, That is a considerable amount of
shipbuildiag, Not ouly have we done this, but it
should be remembered that our path has been beset
with difficulties. A great change hes taken place
both a3 regards wooden ships aud irou ships. aod
wheo the trausition ia all departments was so great
1 felt some degree of respousibility in regard to the
amount of money which was being expended on
shipbuilding, I telt, on the ove band, that it was
necessary to be prepared for auy emergency ; while
oo the other hand I recoguized the folly of builting
a vast number of ships which, though they miglit be
usetul for the momeat, would probably ba superseded
ina few years. bd ° ng . a
1 cannot see, therefore, that there is anything to
Llame as far as the construction of our ironclacs is
concerned, *. ° * * » .
Before the arrival of the Miantonomah, we were
compression, and so the traveller is compelled to go
The Herwta,
‘Weaneaday, April 3, 1807.
“EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN. EDUCATION.”
emia
~ We gommend to our readers the following admirable
Lecture delivered in New York on the 12th ultimo, by
iJ. F. Magaire, Esq., a gentleman in every way qualified
\to deal with so important a subject as Education :—
lam rather taken aback at the solemnity of my in-
troduction to you. It is very true that Ihave been ar-
rested by the command of the Archbishop, but Lam not
inclined to sue out a writ of Aabeas corpus, but shall
simply pray for a geod delivery on this oveasion.
Coyrecspondence,
se at ei hy ey
To tux Epiron or 1H ALD.
Dear Herald,—Through the falsehood and double-
lealing of my enemies, and the treachery of some of
ny friends (save the mark !) Jam not im thepposition to
speak and act as I would like in betalf of the destitite
people around me, and for the good of the Island gen-
vrally; but the confidence I have in my friends—I
mean the victorious Liberals who have been more for-
tunate, or, perhaps, unfortunate, than myself--prompts
mie to sayen word to them in behalf of the people
whose representatives may not be aware of the state of
the country, 1 think 1 am safe in asserting that there /FLaughter and applause.) -Now, my-time and-yours is
ave hundreds in thiy district (and I presume that this is too yaluable to trifle with. It is not my intention to
not the only part of the Island where the weevil, the speak to you on the general question of education, In
; fact, it would be a very idle and bootless mission on my
rue and the rot bave rendered the people see) part if Leame to New York for the purpose of telling
without the weans to obtain a little seed and 00d thy people of New Yurk, which is the brain of America,
necessary for the coming Spring. Now, Sir, perhaps chat education was necessary, was useful and beneficial,
you think that Lam going to advocate running the Is- I am not going to indulge ina epoken essay on the be-
land in debt in order to buy bread and seed for the Pefits of edavation. You understand those quite sullir
: : ciently, ‘Lhe mauy noble institutions which are a glor
people, Ob, no; it is possible, and even probable, that), this country, pe which are the pride of all SPAN hg
such a course will be necessary before harvest ; Lut, at! ations that go to form this great vation, which is, per-
present, T only want the public means husbanded, as T)haps, now one of the greatest and vastust in the world,
sould like 10 see the people husband their resources in- 444 Which bas the mightiest and
i andest future before
dividually, and ‘expevded in that manner and at that i-—theep spwak with a sulivivntly eloquent tongue of
ume most certain to benefit them. I would recommend
the appreciation by the American people of the value
a very liberal grant for the road service. ‘This can be
and the advantages of Education, [Applause.]
Therefore, 1 sball rather endeavor to point out to you
(lone if our friends will fulfill the great Tory promise of
Retrenchaent, and the labor to be performed as soon
what is the principle upon which education is based in
as the frost is sufficiently out of the ground, in order to
S26 sau sary.. .. | Lp gamen ) _|derful campaign which changed the whole surface of| From « perusal of evra corivopanii-uce convained
in the last Islander, it appears to usthat Major l'ollard
has been very unfairly dealt with by his mihtary
superiors, We are not prepared to give the corres-
pondence in this day's paper; but the facts of the case
are, that upon one oceasion when Col, Smith was
absent from the Military School, Major Pollard was
requested by one of the Drill instructors, who com-
tide of battle in favor of Prussia as the needle gun. plained of sore throat, to drill the men for that night,
Let us now go to another Pretestant count If Major Pollard complied, bat, on the fact being com-
there be any country in the world that boasts it is & municated to Col, Smith, he declared it to be a violation
Protestant country it is England, on I have heard of orders, and as such reported it to the Commander-
pep she Me eeseta) hitien pres hear of in-chief. A General Order shortly afterwards speared,
Oxford converts? You may perhaps have heard of seme posted ap in the Drill Shod, eensuring Major Pollord's
Europe and raised Prussia to the very culmmating point
of European power; for now, agi with the exeep-
tion of pa 2 she is ‘the first military power in Europe,
asT veuture to say America is the greatest military
power on the face of the earth. We did not hear of
any treavhery on the part of Catholics in those terrible
confligts where they were arrayed against a Caholic
monarchy and Catholic soldiers. o; they fought
shoulder to shouldef, and did quite as much to turn the
gradual tendency among them Romewards, and of action, without directly mentioning bis pawe. Major
some ow and holy men going out of that 6ld cloister pyjard very naturally felt indignant, that for havin g
and adoring God in’ the same manner as great an
o system simply, and upon invitation, taken Command of the
in “England? Purely denominational. Why, in battalion to relleve a drill iustructor who was indis-
London, under the very shadows of the towers of posed, he should be dealt with so sumnatily by an
Westminster, L know a Catholic school, with crucifixes officer who received £3002 year fromébe Government,
eo walls, ar, and ar unishe: ) . : :
the sign of Fe prc yor fom oa pre virikes.. Thorw had be been wrong, Major Pulland was entitled to
are numerous other Catholic schools in all parts of thanks rather than censure for discharging the duties
England, which are subsidized by the State, and 1.of others, who, though paid for their services, were
have never heard a word against them, unless from one absent or incapable ot fulilimg tem; bat, besides
of those miserable bigots, who are rather objects of ore
ridicule than subjects br controversy. But, me tl this, Major Pollard denies-that he exceeded his duties
enough, we have the mixed system in Ireland, You or violated any rule or order whieh he ought, as an
know the idoa that Treland never can be regenerated, officer, to have observed, aud, upon this ground, he
ycomd = —_ ~ the hg down together, brag bh applied to the Commander-in-Chicf, through Cols,
think the lion is very dangerous com or the), . ’ > aan
lamb. ‘There is an idee that we must be pampered, 4'ay and Haviland, for a Court of Inquiry to investi
and nursed and treated in some extraordinary way in gute into the alleged vivlation of urders, Lu reply to this
order to prevent our cutting each other's throats. It is application, Major Pollard reecived a communivation
holy men centuries age. But what is
Europe, and slightly refer‘to the system as I understand
it in this country, and 1 shall then address myself for a
give the people an opportunity of getting seed and food
enough to eat while sowing and planting it, and thus we
short time to the object which more immediately con-
eerns us here, and whieh is the impelling motive of your
should receive more benefit in one year than is now ef-
fected in five; for I consider that it would be better in
charitable presenge on this occasion, [A age
Now, I myself have been a member of the Meuts of
nine cases out of ten to allow the roads to go unrepair-
ed than to follow the old (and should be obsolete)
Commons for fifteen, years, and during that time the!
subject of Education bas forced itself oc my mind far’
practice of merding the roads with dry dust and sods,
to the great anncyance any inconvenience of the travel-
more than it ever did.at any previous period of my life.
I have beard the question debated by the most eloquent
lug public through the whole of the suceeeding summer
for, when first laid on, itis tov dry and hard to admit of
men, and I have seen the manner in which different
men have endeavored to deal with that difficult question, .
But I believe most solemnly vow, from a thorough con-
viction arising from observation and experience, that
there is ouly one system that is consonant with justice,
and that eventually must be acceptable to all classes in
the community who really respect treedom of thought,
jolting over this apology for repairing until the falljand who also desire to respect the consciences of
singular, however, that the only part of Ireland which fon Lieut.-Col. Stewart. informing ‘him that His
has been disgraced by the deadly conflict of her own... em : "
aie ia thes so in which the mixed systents obtains Excellency regretted that an officer of Majer Pollard’s
That part of the country is not, at any rate, a very Standing * should have committed the very serious
peaceable or loving part of the yng mek and we find breach of all wilitury usages waich rendered necessary
that there are men. in other parts of Ireland that love the General Order affixed iu the Drill Shed.” Major
each other quite as well, if not better, than in Ulster. ,, ), ce ‘ te "
The evil of tho wixed system’ was aol 46 apparent, Pollard perceived, from the Adjutant-General’s letter,
however, in Ireland as that which might arise under that the offenee of which he was charged in the General
more favorable circumstances. ‘The reason is thatthe Order was much more “ serious” than at first sight
mass of the population is Catholic, ‘The last census appeared, and, as bé was in total ignorance y! the rule,
showed that of its pepulation of 5,600,000, 4,500,000 order, of + military usage ” of which he had committed
were still of that faith, In Leinster, Munster and i : »
Connaught, three of her provinces, of the 400,000, breach, again demanded a Court of Enquiry to con-
children who attend the schools, 338,000 were Catholics vict him if guilty, or to acquit him if inneeent, The
coutinually being asked why we did vot build au reine cect im, whepr it ie all at once turned into = quag-
impregnable vessel, whose sides should be but ttle poe ey shite i ate be I have “ — si
nbove the level of the water, of great speed, carry-/*0Me WIN Say, nA ett le gored 908 arate
ing one or two heavy guns, atid requiring but a few the roads in seed time. Not 50 fast, my dear sir; 1
men for her management. I was very glad when|Prepese no such athing. There is always from a week
that vassel arrived at these shores ; because it at once |'0 ten days, and longer, in the Spring, before seed
became appa ent to every oue conversant with ‘the time, before the land has dried sufficiently, to do any-
subject that it was impossible to make a crew com-|thing in the way of cultivation, when it is just in the
fortable on board suck a ship. The crew of the/fight state or condition to repair the roads with, when
Miavtonomah were not only exposed to every dis- there is what evan igy § — a — spell, when
" ; : A poor men are waiting for the land to dry up. This is
comfort, bar they ‘gon liable to be smothered iq the the time that such men should have an Bates of
event of anything happening to the veutilating en- :
Y . 7 repairing the highways, and, by so doing, prepare seed
gine 80 as to preveut its working for a few minuets.|(or their land. If something of this sort is not done in
I was iutormed by one of the officers on board that/order to assist the destitute torthwith, 1 aa positive
ship that on one occasion the egine had been stopped |that hundreds of acres will go unseuded this Spring in
accidautally for a short time, and that the erew were! King’s County alone,
: F ; : The above may appear to those who care little and
saitig: Y's Wee betacal hat Mk wtwed nine A Mg know less about the condition of the country, far-fetched
: . {and overdrawn; it is, indeed, gloomy, but nevertheless
possible to send such a ship ou a three years cruiselirue, See to it, then, you with whom rests the respon
to auy part of the werld, and therefore we could not sibility. Yours truly,
have obtuined any great reduetion of the number of : CUARLES CLAY.
seamen required for mauning the wavy by the em-| Dundas, King’n County, ,
March 26, 1867,
this country. And those who are the advocates of that|#’¢ committed tothe care of the dissenting ministers.
can offend no man and give justice to all men
Now, leaving these counties for a moment, let me
come to Austria, which is by enlightened Englishmen
and enlightened I'rotestant lrishmen, and perhaps
enlightened no-church Americans, manirs as a,
priest-ridden country, where there is no liberty for the |
Vrotestant. Austria is a Catholic country, with a small
minority of Protestants. Does it interfere with the
education of Protestants? Does it offend the. con-
sciences of thé minority? Does it despotically say to
Now, l ini . inati . them, * Such a’ system of education you shall have,
ow, Lam of opinion that the denominational sys Nothing: of the Seok de thea
tem is the right system. (Applause:) It is the one, aud none sosher.' ’
in my opinion, most consistent with the principles of Parishes of the Austrian ‘nih Cl where there are any
liberty. I believe it should be eventually the system “issenters from the Romanish Chureh the education ot
ibat experience and a sense of justice will force upon, their children is not directed by the priests, but they
others, (Applause.) Ihave myself, in the House of
Commons, Witnessed the most absurd, and, I would al-'
most venture to say, ridiculous contradictions exhibited
within the course of one night. For instance, I have
heard the Minister of Instruction, as I will call him, for
he represents that departinent in England, advocate the
denominational system, and the very same night the
Irish Secretary assured them that a mixed system,
was alone the salvatioti of Ireland,
systent here have only to look to Earope in order to fonl| These latter are empowered and required by govern-
the ground arene under their feet and to derive from) ment to provide for, to watch over, and te promote
experience and the practice of Murope the best just ifica- the educvtion of the children of their own srct, in the
tion for their advocacy of a’system of education whick|S&aMe Manner as the priests are required to do in the
Now, education of the children of their faith, That is all
this country is, so called, a Protestant country, though] We want in Ireland. Austria 1s now marching in the
I heg leave to have some litle difference on that point; tue path, and has recently given Hungary a free consti-
for L have heard-rof course Linight be badly informed | tution. [Apphuuse.) As to the liberality in other States,
—that there are some few Catholics in this great Re- the Rhenrish provinces and others, all the children
public, (Laughter and applause.) But those who are; (vere have been brought up under denominational
the majority are yery much inclined to Europe for; *4ucation, and without any offence to any sect. It ix
only reply he received to this last demand, so just and
reasoua ble m itself, was a verbal one, informing him
that the Commuander-in-Chief would not continue the
correspondence any further,
Now. the belief is general throughout the community,
specially amopg Voluntecra and Militiamen, that the
Major has been guilty of no offence against Military
usages, and that he has received foul play in being
coudemned without a hearing. Why should he be
denied a Court of Enquiry? 1 the luspector of Militia
had a good case, why should he hesitate to have Major
Pollard legally condemned? ‘be faet appears to be
that there is some imean pique at the bottom of the
whole proceeding, and, in order to graufy it, the
aitempt has been made to sacritice the Major upen the
merest pretenee. In whatever light we look at the
affair, it seems mean and contemptible. It is contrary
to the principles of British justice and fair play to
condemn a man without informing him of his offence ;
and itiv injudicious ynd ungratetul to treat an officer
like Major Pollard, who has dune so mueh gratuitously
to intuse a spivit of miliary ardor into the young meu
ie
ili
gue
ployment of vessels of that description, With re-
gard to avy general reduction in the expenditure
upon the navy, I may remark that out of the seventy
millions there were at least forty millions expended
upon objects with which nogovernment could in-
terfere,
ST. PATRICK'S DAY, 1867.
Wuitr we write, the Irishmen of New York are
marching in procession through iis streets, with
banners flving and drums beativg aud music filling
theair. Their civic societies, and military societies,
and charitable and benevolent societies, and tempe-
rauce societies parade their thousands and teos
of -thousands before the eyes of the stranger in this
great semi-Irish city o: the New World. Their
banvers , with names aig; devices dear and familiar
to themselves, but strange and meaningless to others,
flutter gaily in the sun-bright air, aud the music
that thrilled the hearts uf bygone geacratious of their
race, '
“———— in the green valleys of their native land,”
echo to-day far and wide through the populous thor-
oughfares of the Empire City, aud away over the
broad bosom of the waters that gird Manhattan
Island. Many an Irish sailor climbs the rigging of
his ship to-day on the beautiful Hudson or the mag:
nificent Bay of New York to catch the far-off melod-
ies that his mother used to sing milking her cow or
spionieg her wigel iu the home of his innocent child-
hood. The anwon.ed tear moistens his eyes as he
caiches faint and tar sozve notes of “The Girl I
Left Behind Me,” * Patrick's Day,” or ‘* Molly
Asthore,” or “The Fxile of Kriy,” better kuown to
him as * Savouruces Dhee'ish.” o |
And when the evening shades cover ihe earth,
around many a festive board in this and other v.ties,
the sons Of Ireland will meet to talk and sing o.
“Auld Lang Syne,” and the dear Old Land to which
all look back with undying affection. Every sue-
cessive recurreree of the patroual festival of the Irish
race brings the same rejo cing, the same tacit agser-
tign of Ireland's undying uationality—the same pub-
lic profession of her Christian faith, her everbiving
hope that-the God of nations will one day restore
her to her place amongst the nations of the earth.
What St. Patrick's Day shall witness her triumph,
her1eurrection ? Who may tell.save Him who holds
io His Almighty land, the destivies of vations as of
men!
It is worthy of remark that the procession in New
York o4 this particular anniversary is larger than jt
has been for many years. It was two hours and a
half in passing the City Hall. —N. ¥. Tablet.
“The Lo Times says that the grogtest misfor-
* tune w eniasisin has brought on Ireland is the
destruction of coufidence amoug the landlords aud
py roman For nearly two years, gloom or.
hension has been settling on all that is industrious
aud enterprising in Ireland.
“ Aquatic..We see by a New York paper that the
Ward boat crew of New York challenges any four-
oared crew in America or the British Proviaces toa
race for any sam from $1,000 to £2,500 a side. A
His Grace the Archbishop of dulifex arrived here
by the R. M.S. China from England en Monday
General of this Province,
mg +f ring New Brunswick, were
e ‘s" : ew Bru ah
| oo. 8 il ot paper. Mureh tt,
aibenoniee cot eae t so viele
is
guidance or lessons derived from the experience of Eu-|W"ong to work out a base triumph atthe expense of
ropean countries, Then America is very much inclined
to take a lesson either from England or from Prussia,
two orthodox Protestant countries, These will just
answer my purpose for the present moment. Now, in
the year 1850, there was a certain constitution—the
constitution of the kingdom of Prussia—which was pro-
mulgated in that year, arid in that constitution, among
other things, was laid Jown what was called "the
rights of I'russian citizens in reference to education,”
It was distinctly understood that the educational system
of that country ought to be, should be, and must be de-
nominational, In fact there was a provision (article
21) providing that the youth must be educated by public
school that if the father did not educate lis child, the
State should educate him. In fact, the people of Amer-
icon never held a more exalted opinion of the value of
education than the people of Protestant Prussia did,
An adequate provision was to be made for the education
of all classes by public schools. But by article 24, in
the management of these public schools ‘the confes-
sional relations were to be kept in view as much as pos-
sible.” By these ‘* confessional relations” were meant
the religious denominations of the parties, Now let us
see bow this was carried out. There were three classes
of schools in Prussia, Iam now rather speaking of
Prussia up to the year 1859. ‘The population of Prussia
was under 18,009,000 at the time. There were about
7,000,000 Catholics and 10,000,000 .or 11,000,400 Pro-
testants. Well, there were three descriptions ot
schools—the elementary schools, the gymnasiums and
the normal schools, The elementary, of course you
can ensily Understand what these mean, were for giving
the elements or rudiments of education to the younger
portion of the population, The gymnasiums or
gymnasia were of a higher class. They affurded a more
advanced character of instruction, and the normal
schools were for the traning of teachers. All those
schools were strictly denominational. Now, let us say
something, for instance, of the normal. There were at
that time, and there are now, Catholie norwal schools
for the training of Catholic teachers, and Protestant
normal schools for the training of Protestant teachers,
In the Catholic school, all the teachers were Catholic,
and the president of that school was the parish priest.
He wae appointed by the King through the minister, but
unless approved by the bishop of the diocese no a
intment was made, for no recommendation wou
Gon been ventured upon. —( gen Now, the re-
ligious books were prescribed by the bishop. All the
class Looks in which anything might appear dangerous
to faith or morals were examined by the b/shop, and he
had the veto upon their selection. And the pupils, al-
though successiul in eowpetition, would not receive
their parents or diplomas, unless with the concurrent ap-
probation of the minister representing the crown and
tie bishop of the diocese, (Applause.) Now, as for
the effmentary schools, there 1s no mixed sehool in
Prussia, on Ve in 29 instance of this kind, where the lo-
cality is thiniy populated or there is not a sufficient
To the Editor of the Herald,
Dear Sir,—On. taking my usual rounds on election
day, Lacrived at Montague Bridge in the afternoon of
that day, I found the squire and Sam at their post.
L observed many beardless boys. recording their votes.
Any person could sve that they were no more than
eighteen or nineteen years of age. Strange that such a
pious Christian as Kenneth Henderson could see such
wrong and fraud practised even although in his favor!
I drew near the wustings and beard the returning officer
whom all said was a very impartial pony express bis
surprise ata boy who came forward. ‘+ Ly it possivle
you have a vote?” said he. The boy said ** Yes.” At
the same time, a squire’s son (and who sometimes calls
hunself’ @ squire) said that “ she was going on her 22nd
year,” and without any more ado, the boy’s vote was
taken, and that without any one demanding his road
certificate, This excited my euriosity. I enquired how
this cane, as 1 had visited other polling places and saw
the election laws carried out very minutely. I was
told that **Self-Rowe ind Sam” were GC urnish men,
and would not oppose, no matter who was sacrificed ;
and further, that Mr. Henderson and the above party
entered into an agreement that all the bad vutes should be
divided between the opposing candidutes present. low
ig it that between 20 and 30 bad votes are recorded for
Rowe and Uenderson? and what is the reason that
Thomas Annear—Mr, Fletcher's representative—did not
even object to one solitary vote during the live long
day? Poor, honest Fletcher, you are an ill-used man;
and well might you say, ‘save me from my friends.”
Every honest Liberal in the district felt proud of you;
you fought a manly battle; the weapon of logic laid up-
wards of one hundred Conservatives prostrate at your
feet, the Conservatives acknowledged ywur ability and
worth; but you are defeated, for no fault of yours—
the treachery:of friends,
Now, Mr. Editor, it ie very evident that if Mr. J. H.
Fletcher was properly represented, even at this division,
Mr, Henderson would have been defeated; or had Mr.
Fletcher's man been half as active as the squire,
(who never failed to sing out "she is a goot vote for
ler "arty !") the case might have been different. But
the Lu, crals of this district have missed their aim.
Probably 3s. F. will never offer here again, and I defy
them to get a 4.% who will poll the same number of
votes The’ Libera’ Were either careless or deceitful,
soe yess Cigar A THAVELLER,
King’s County, 1867.
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POLITICAL MEETING AT. OLD SA,VMILL
BRIDGE, COVEHEAD ROAD.
Pursuant to public notive, Hon. Mr. Coles met a
large number of bis constituents at the Old Sawmill
Bridge, on Tuesday, 28:b inst, The meeting was or-/number of people or of children to form separate
genioetl by appowting Geo. Law i be ty ha chair, ne ae schoot has a local inspeetor and a
and the undersigned as retary. Mr, Coles then ad-/ychool commitice, The lovai {vapector is invariably the
dre the meeting. plained the nature and parish privet. Thoreare districts of schools, and forty
formation of the present Goverument, the offivial ap-|or fifty schools in @ district, These districts are identi-
he consciences of other people.
same here as |
that is to let each denomination have a right to its own
element prevails, the superintendent writes; * Five
school and elect trustees, even though the teacher of
the common school be Roman Catholic.”
also relieved from (ie payment of all common school
intellectual]
of this community, ia the summary and upjust manner
indicated. If officers of merit and long-standing are
to be treated thus, what hope can be entertained of
securing that esprit du corps so essential to efficiency
in military organizations? We do not uphold Major
Pollard if he is wrong; but we do assert that neither
to himself,his companious in arms, ner to the public
at large, has it been shown that he has violated any
military rule, or order, or usage which ho ought to
have observed. In the interests of the Volunteer,
movement Major Pollard’s cuse ought to be thorough!
Investigated and made as public as possible. iG
wrong, his past services might plead in mitigation of «
harsh sentence, but, if right, some reparation is due
him, Will not the Volunteers endorse this view? If
so, they ought to manifest it by demanding a Court of
Enquiry, as desired by Major Pollard. Let justice be
done, and our military organization will be all the
gainer by it.
If I was a legislator in this country I would ask the
‘lia in Lreland or weuld in England, and
means of education, and yet be so tenced round as to
be intact in us purposes. [Applause.] In Upper
Canada the l’rotestant element predominates, and in
Lower Canada the Catholic. ‘The laws of the latter,
uaranteed by Act of Parliament, never oppressed the
‘rotestanis. In Upper Canada, where the Orange
Roman Catholic heads of faniies may at. their
pleasure cail a meeting and establish ‘a rate
They are
rates. A boy should be trained religiously as well as
y in order to withstand trials and tempta-
tions. Lsvpenes.) lMlere there were more trials and
tep)ptations to be encountered than in any other
country, and therefore there was special need of the
denominational system to give religious culture.
They educated thirty thousand boys in Ireland, and
there are two thousand three buadred boys educated in
the Christian. Brothers’ schools of Cork, and the highest
estimate is placed on the valae of this denominational
instruction there, There is an attendance of 350,000
of those educated in Ireland at the schools there per
year, Of 2,300 children on the rolls of the Monk
schools in Cork, 2,100 are in actual attendance, Their
education is of the highest character. Te Protestant
Cominissioners bore testimony to the efficiency of the
teaching in these schools of the Christian Brothers.
Catholics in this country might have, as well, the same
system, and the Sta.es might well consider the strong
claims of the Catholics. Until that time Catholics, for
the honor of themselves and their religion, will have to
pay State taxes and make large pecuniary sacrifices in
order to preserve the faith of the Catholic children of
this country. [Applause.] There are mean enemies
who strike those who are down, those who are oppressed
by poverty, They had met here to assist the dis-
tinguished prelate of this arehdiocese—[great applause}
—in his grand and successful effort to stem the tide of
proselytivm and to baffle the wickedness of kidvapper:
and child stealers, [Loud eed I have visited’
the institution of the Reformatury and was well pleased,
*Conreperation Consiperep oN 17s Menirs.°—
This is the title ot a pamphict of 35 pages which we
have recently received from Halifax. It contains
nothing new upon the subject that we can perceive,
ahd why it has been published, unless to gratify the
vanity of its unknown author, we are ata loss to know,
It is a pity that all the pamphlets that have beon
written within the last two years in favor of Confed-
eration, could not be collected into one volume, and
preserved in the archives of the new ‘ Kingdom,”
for future reference, Some of their authors might
then learn to blush at the false premises and
falser conclusions with which they attempted to impose
upon-an incredulous people, The roseate hues in
which they love to paint the future of the Confederacy,
may dckle our imagination, but they do not appeal to
our reason, nor have we the remotest idea that these
taney sketches will ever be realised. Upon the main-
land, the introduction aid employment of a large
amount of British capital in building the Inter-
with its iaahapelval, with the hearty merriment of the Colonial Railway, will, undoubtedly, stimulate industry”
immense number of fads there. The noble prelate has ‘in all its branches, and inaugurate an éra-of prosperity
Riven up his energies to the moulding of the minds of of several year's duration. But, in the ¢ourse of time,
rie Magda is ming pga when the increased and ever-increasing butdens'and _
severe manner the Gaon of prostlytising PH eneg difficulties implied in a * New Nationality,” come to
which he understood was practised to a great extent in be fully experienced, our pamphleteers will baye litle
this city, Children, he had learned, were gathered up reason to congratutate themselves upon their attempts
upon the screets, taken into these homes for little: at propheey. United Lraly, with a homegenous popu-
wanderers, and when their anfertunate, drunken, de- . i \e
based, yet still loving parents came te svek for them, lation of twenty millions, has found the task of self
they were lost to them forever, their names changed and ZoVernment NO easy one, The difficulties of the new
they sent fur away into the West. He related several Kingdoui will be more Complicated than those ot italy.
stories of shost painful character in illustration of the With Nova Scotia betrayed and dissatisfied, with an
fanaticism, if it even deserved that title, to which the’
men were animated who perpetrated these foul wren yo SBingonians: om. FOR Sarena eee Serie &
in the name of religion. Having mercilessly handled J¢alous and powertul neighbor upon our border, even
polntments, etc, All present seemed perfuctly satistied
with the explanations given. The Hon Mr, Haythorne
was then ‘upen to address the ing. He
spoke at considerable length, very ably reviewing -the
rinvipal pablic topics now before the Publics ag vat
arly the ee estion, Free Education, ee , the Road
Service, etc. He gave some excellent ideas on those
momentous questions, Mr. Bovyer and others also
addrewyed the meeting. All seemed well pleased with
the policy porsued by the Hon. Mr. Coles; The follow.
ing resdlations were then put from the chair and carrivd
unanimously. ' us Emit
‘Proposed by David Lawson, Evq., and weconded by
cal with the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the dean, and
the Catholic dean isthe head inspector of the virele o!
Catholic schools. Now, as for gymnasia, it is only ne-
vessary for me to say that they are still more strictly
Catholic than the others. In 1858 there were og or
ninery Protestant gymnasia and forty Catholic. At)
that time there were something like seventeen normal
schools for the training of Catholw teachers, masiers
and mistresses, with an attendance of between fifteen
and weventeen hundredy etl out
‘There is a defect in the Prussian system, no doubt,
that is, flat theré are not separate universities; at any
jrate, there were hot at that time. But jf there be de-
fects in the system, or if the system be not fully carried
: : - ge vy. fotit, Catholics may well hope in the wisdom and benefi-
Resolved, That we highly apptove of the Won. Geo!lCN.. ar that euunety for giving then full nod ‘ample
Coles accepting the office of Col. Seeretary and Leader init ce, #ueh as'are acceptible to the libetty and con-
ol shia Government, andl pledge ourselves to support bim tutes of Catholics af well as Protewtante, "(A
at the coming election. o qo ce plauae.) Foe. Bt ws ped avk vee you nave pied
M Mr, Geo. and sevonded Mr. jof any e rom prev . or t
Le enn ener ain of he devamiatin
: system — re
That the procwediogs of thie mecting be published ia t teve an ig 4 =the Sh
the: and Herald wewtpapers.; >. leat there | “no lags So invovfletng? We pues
\6
this kidnapping system as an unworthy institution of a the consolidated resourecs of the new Kingdom will
jreat city like New York, he concluded by making an be scarcely sufficient to keep the complicated and
earnest appeal to the audience to protect these unba ent machitde
waits, there children of brutalized and walorbodete cr tyy cag ne take - ta Prt i
parents, victims of poverty and sin, from almost worse Oder. However, g
than death, the ie ria arn n yy toa home, granted, and, if we are to credit our anonymous
where, however weil it might provide for them, they |phampleteer, we are nearer the mileoniam than is
were taught to despise the meniories of their unhappy generally anticipated. In faet, with the emancipated
gored, | ae ne OF By giving op Abele means contraband, we must come to the conclusion that, with
to aid the ress of the aad work initiated
in the beh nth of the Corkebe Reformatory, the dawn of Confederation,
Tt mutat be now the Kingdom's coming,
wre "And the year of Jubilo.”
Tue Patriot of Thursday last contained a short edi- a :
torial article filled with gross misrepresentations of| Iris gratifying to novice the change for the better
A sermon pfeached in St. Dunstan's Cathedral on the| which has come over the Conservative 6 sincd
Vth March. Aathe Very Rev. Dr. MeDanald has|they have been driven into opposition, and no longer
taken thé matter in hand, by addressing a letter there »njenjoy the patronage of Government. From being
to the editor of the Patriot, we deom it unecessary to|the apologists of extravagance, corruption and op-
say anything upon the subject until his letter appears— | pression, ie et suddenly become the purest of
further than this, that the article in question, i so far as| patriots and the most unselfish of mortals, They now
it imputes ** Fenian” or ‘disloyal ‘utterances to the) advocate for a reduction of taxation, which was raised
Moved and seconded that Guo. Bovyer do take the
ian the ceutre of five thousand miles of
railroad track
a.
chair, aad that a vote-of thanks veo to the chair- OF ¢ None. Take the Inst
March 98, 1867, nae oe hntaithfal to their fag,
* young” preacher, y Inks the * essential ele-| while thelr friends were in power, and they are equally
ment,” truth. Witieat reported otherwise, either|clamorons for an incredde of the teacher's salary,
na disloyal orcould not understand the English lanjcsye, or is aj which was reduced by the Government thvag consistent
¥y you all know the won-|knave and toady at heart.
organs supported. Free land, a bounty on fishing, the
i
Tn the house of Lords ov the 8th inst., the Duke
0: Somerset, iu risiug to move for a return of the
uumber of ships added to the royal navy by building
or purchase, stating the toovnage of each vessel, from
the year 1860 to 1862, iuclusive, said :—My Lords,
T have thought it right to bring forward this motion
because there has been, as it appears to me; grew
miscogeeption throughout the country as to the state
in Whieb the uapy has beeu left. 1 do net know
whether T can ascribe that opivion to a few words
which fell from the present First Lord-of the Admiral-
ty ia avother place at the end of last session, Cer-
taiuly the notion has spread uutil it has been statec
iu ditfereut parts of the country, and has been re-
peated for many moaths, that wo have at the present
moment no uavy Whatever, although there has beeu
daring the last six yearsa large expeuditure devoted
to that portion of the public marysies amounting to
nearly $/J,000,000,. Your lordships will see that
I have Jost uo opportunity therefore iu ealling for
returns showing what has really been dove during
the last six years iu the way ot building ships. As
many ships, I believe, have atleast been constructed
during that period as duriug any other six years of
peace. In those six yeaca we built 240 vessels of
diferent kinds, That is a considerable amount of
shipbuildiag, Not ouly have we done this, but it
should be remembered that our path has been beset
with difficulties. A great change hes taken place
both a3 regards wooden ships aud irou ships. aod
wheo the trausition ia all departments was so great
1 felt some degree of respousibility in regard to the
amount of money which was being expended on
shipbuilding, I telt, on the ove band, that it was
necessary to be prepared for auy emergency ; while
oo the other hand I recoguized the folly of builting
a vast number of ships which, though they miglit be
usetul for the momeat, would probably ba superseded
ina few years. bd ° ng . a
1 cannot see, therefore, that there is anything to
Llame as far as the construction of our ironclacs is
concerned, *. ° * * » .
Before the arrival of the Miantonomah, we were
compression, and so the traveller is compelled to go
The Herwta,
‘Weaneaday, April 3, 1807.
“EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN. EDUCATION.”
emia
~ We gommend to our readers the following admirable
Lecture delivered in New York on the 12th ultimo, by
iJ. F. Magaire, Esq., a gentleman in every way qualified
\to deal with so important a subject as Education :—
lam rather taken aback at the solemnity of my in-
troduction to you. It is very true that Ihave been ar-
rested by the command of the Archbishop, but Lam not
inclined to sue out a writ of Aabeas corpus, but shall
simply pray for a geod delivery on this oveasion.
Coyrecspondence,
se at ei hy ey
To tux Epiron or 1H ALD.
Dear Herald,—Through the falsehood and double-
lealing of my enemies, and the treachery of some of
ny friends (save the mark !) Jam not im thepposition to
speak and act as I would like in betalf of the destitite
people around me, and for the good of the Island gen-
vrally; but the confidence I have in my friends—I
mean the victorious Liberals who have been more for-
tunate, or, perhaps, unfortunate, than myself--prompts
mie to sayen word to them in behalf of the people
whose representatives may not be aware of the state of
the country, 1 think 1 am safe in asserting that there /FLaughter and applause.) -Now, my-time and-yours is
ave hundreds in thiy district (and I presume that this is too yaluable to trifle with. It is not my intention to
not the only part of the Island where the weevil, the speak to you on the general question of education, In
; fact, it would be a very idle and bootless mission on my
rue and the rot bave rendered the people see) part if Leame to New York for the purpose of telling
without the weans to obtain a little seed and 00d thy people of New Yurk, which is the brain of America,
necessary for the coming Spring. Now, Sir, perhaps chat education was necessary, was useful and beneficial,
you think that Lam going to advocate running the Is- I am not going to indulge ina epoken essay on the be-
land in debt in order to buy bread and seed for the Pefits of edavation. You understand those quite sullir
: : ciently, ‘Lhe mauy noble institutions which are a glor
people, Ob, no; it is possible, and even probable, that), this country, pe which are the pride of all SPAN hg
such a course will be necessary before harvest ; Lut, at! ations that go to form this great vation, which is, per-
present, T only want the public means husbanded, as T)haps, now one of the greatest and vastust in the world,
sould like 10 see the people husband their resources in- 444 Which bas the mightiest and
i andest future before
dividually, and ‘expevded in that manner and at that i-—theep spwak with a sulivivntly eloquent tongue of
ume most certain to benefit them. I would recommend
the appreciation by the American people of the value
a very liberal grant for the road service. ‘This can be
and the advantages of Education, [Applause.]
Therefore, 1 sball rather endeavor to point out to you
(lone if our friends will fulfill the great Tory promise of
Retrenchaent, and the labor to be performed as soon
what is the principle upon which education is based in
as the frost is sufficiently out of the ground, in order to
S26 sau sary.. .. | Lp gamen ) _|derful campaign which changed the whole surface of| From « perusal of evra corivopanii-uce convained
in the last Islander, it appears to usthat Major l'ollard
has been very unfairly dealt with by his mihtary
superiors, We are not prepared to give the corres-
pondence in this day's paper; but the facts of the case
are, that upon one oceasion when Col, Smith was
absent from the Military School, Major Pollard was
requested by one of the Drill instructors, who com-
tide of battle in favor of Prussia as the needle gun. plained of sore throat, to drill the men for that night,
Let us now go to another Pretestant count If Major Pollard complied, bat, on the fact being com-
there be any country in the world that boasts it is & municated to Col, Smith, he declared it to be a violation
Protestant country it is England, on I have heard of orders, and as such reported it to the Commander-
pep she Me eeseta) hitien pres hear of in-chief. A General Order shortly afterwards speared,
Oxford converts? You may perhaps have heard of seme posted ap in the Drill Shod, eensuring Major Pollord's
Europe and raised Prussia to the very culmmating point
of European power; for now, agi with the exeep-
tion of pa 2 she is ‘the first military power in Europe,
asT veuture to say America is the greatest military
power on the face of the earth. We did not hear of
any treavhery on the part of Catholics in those terrible
confligts where they were arrayed against a Caholic
monarchy and Catholic soldiers. o; they fought
shoulder to shouldef, and did quite as much to turn the
gradual tendency among them Romewards, and of action, without directly mentioning bis pawe. Major
some ow and holy men going out of that 6ld cloister pyjard very naturally felt indignant, that for havin g
and adoring God in’ the same manner as great an
o system simply, and upon invitation, taken Command of the
in “England? Purely denominational. Why, in battalion to relleve a drill iustructor who was indis-
London, under the very shadows of the towers of posed, he should be dealt with so sumnatily by an
Westminster, L know a Catholic school, with crucifixes officer who received £3002 year fromébe Government,
eo walls, ar, and ar unishe: ) . : :
the sign of Fe prc yor fom oa pre virikes.. Thorw had be been wrong, Major Pulland was entitled to
are numerous other Catholic schools in all parts of thanks rather than censure for discharging the duties
England, which are subsidized by the State, and 1.of others, who, though paid for their services, were
have never heard a word against them, unless from one absent or incapable ot fulilimg tem; bat, besides
of those miserable bigots, who are rather objects of ore
ridicule than subjects br controversy. But, me tl this, Major Pollard denies-that he exceeded his duties
enough, we have the mixed system in Ireland, You or violated any rule or order whieh he ought, as an
know the idoa that Treland never can be regenerated, officer, to have observed, aud, upon this ground, he
ycomd = —_ ~ the hg down together, brag bh applied to the Commander-in-Chicf, through Cols,
think the lion is very dangerous com or the), . ’ > aan
lamb. ‘There is an idee that we must be pampered, 4'ay and Haviland, for a Court of Inquiry to investi
and nursed and treated in some extraordinary way in gute into the alleged vivlation of urders, Lu reply to this
order to prevent our cutting each other's throats. It is application, Major Pollard reecived a communivation
holy men centuries age. But what is
Europe, and slightly refer‘to the system as I understand
it in this country, and 1 shall then address myself for a
give the people an opportunity of getting seed and food
enough to eat while sowing and planting it, and thus we
short time to the object which more immediately con-
eerns us here, and whieh is the impelling motive of your
should receive more benefit in one year than is now ef-
fected in five; for I consider that it would be better in
charitable presenge on this occasion, [A age
Now, I myself have been a member of the Meuts of
nine cases out of ten to allow the roads to go unrepair-
ed than to follow the old (and should be obsolete)
Commons for fifteen, years, and during that time the!
subject of Education bas forced itself oc my mind far’
practice of merding the roads with dry dust and sods,
to the great anncyance any inconvenience of the travel-
more than it ever did.at any previous period of my life.
I have beard the question debated by the most eloquent
lug public through the whole of the suceeeding summer
for, when first laid on, itis tov dry and hard to admit of
men, and I have seen the manner in which different
men have endeavored to deal with that difficult question, .
But I believe most solemnly vow, from a thorough con-
viction arising from observation and experience, that
there is ouly one system that is consonant with justice,
and that eventually must be acceptable to all classes in
the community who really respect treedom of thought,
jolting over this apology for repairing until the falljand who also desire to respect the consciences of
singular, however, that the only part of Ireland which fon Lieut.-Col. Stewart. informing ‘him that His
has been disgraced by the deadly conflict of her own... em : "
aie ia thes so in which the mixed systents obtains Excellency regretted that an officer of Majer Pollard’s
That part of the country is not, at any rate, a very Standing * should have committed the very serious
peaceable or loving part of the yng mek and we find breach of all wilitury usages waich rendered necessary
that there are men. in other parts of Ireland that love the General Order affixed iu the Drill Shed.” Major
each other quite as well, if not better, than in Ulster. ,, ), ce ‘ te "
The evil of tho wixed system’ was aol 46 apparent, Pollard perceived, from the Adjutant-General’s letter,
however, in Ireland as that which might arise under that the offenee of which he was charged in the General
more favorable circumstances. ‘The reason is thatthe Order was much more “ serious” than at first sight
mass of the population is Catholic, ‘The last census appeared, and, as bé was in total ignorance y! the rule,
showed that of its pepulation of 5,600,000, 4,500,000 order, of + military usage ” of which he had committed
were still of that faith, In Leinster, Munster and i : »
Connaught, three of her provinces, of the 400,000, breach, again demanded a Court of Enquiry to con-
children who attend the schools, 338,000 were Catholics vict him if guilty, or to acquit him if inneeent, The
coutinually being asked why we did vot build au reine cect im, whepr it ie all at once turned into = quag-
impregnable vessel, whose sides should be but ttle poe ey shite i ate be I have “ — si
nbove the level of the water, of great speed, carry-/*0Me WIN Say, nA ett le gored 908 arate
ing one or two heavy guns, atid requiring but a few the roads in seed time. Not 50 fast, my dear sir; 1
men for her management. I was very glad when|Prepese no such athing. There is always from a week
that vassel arrived at these shores ; because it at once |'0 ten days, and longer, in the Spring, before seed
became appa ent to every oue conversant with ‘the time, before the land has dried sufficiently, to do any-
subject that it was impossible to make a crew com-|thing in the way of cultivation, when it is just in the
fortable on board suck a ship. The crew of the/fight state or condition to repair the roads with, when
Miavtonomah were not only exposed to every dis- there is what evan igy § — a — spell, when
" ; : A poor men are waiting for the land to dry up. This is
comfort, bar they ‘gon liable to be smothered iq the the time that such men should have an Bates of
event of anything happening to the veutilating en- :
Y . 7 repairing the highways, and, by so doing, prepare seed
gine 80 as to preveut its working for a few minuets.|(or their land. If something of this sort is not done in
I was iutormed by one of the officers on board that/order to assist the destitute torthwith, 1 aa positive
ship that on one occasion the egine had been stopped |that hundreds of acres will go unseuded this Spring in
accidautally for a short time, and that the erew were! King’s County alone,
: F ; : The above may appear to those who care little and
saitig: Y's Wee betacal hat Mk wtwed nine A Mg know less about the condition of the country, far-fetched
: . {and overdrawn; it is, indeed, gloomy, but nevertheless
possible to send such a ship ou a three years cruiselirue, See to it, then, you with whom rests the respon
to auy part of the werld, and therefore we could not sibility. Yours truly,
have obtuined any great reduetion of the number of : CUARLES CLAY.
seamen required for mauning the wavy by the em-| Dundas, King’n County, ,
March 26, 1867,
this country. And those who are the advocates of that|#’¢ committed tothe care of the dissenting ministers.
can offend no man and give justice to all men
Now, leaving these counties for a moment, let me
come to Austria, which is by enlightened Englishmen
and enlightened I'rotestant lrishmen, and perhaps
enlightened no-church Americans, manirs as a,
priest-ridden country, where there is no liberty for the |
Vrotestant. Austria is a Catholic country, with a small
minority of Protestants. Does it interfere with the
education of Protestants? Does it offend the. con-
sciences of thé minority? Does it despotically say to
Now, l ini . inati . them, * Such a’ system of education you shall have,
ow, Lam of opinion that the denominational sys Nothing: of the Seok de thea
tem is the right system. (Applause:) It is the one, aud none sosher.' ’
in my opinion, most consistent with the principles of Parishes of the Austrian ‘nih Cl where there are any
liberty. I believe it should be eventually the system “issenters from the Romanish Chureh the education ot
ibat experience and a sense of justice will force upon, their children is not directed by the priests, but they
others, (Applause.) Ihave myself, in the House of
Commons, Witnessed the most absurd, and, I would al-'
most venture to say, ridiculous contradictions exhibited
within the course of one night. For instance, I have
heard the Minister of Instruction, as I will call him, for
he represents that departinent in England, advocate the
denominational system, and the very same night the
Irish Secretary assured them that a mixed system,
was alone the salvatioti of Ireland,
systent here have only to look to Earope in order to fonl| These latter are empowered and required by govern-
the ground arene under their feet and to derive from) ment to provide for, to watch over, and te promote
experience and the practice of Murope the best just ifica- the educvtion of the children of their own srct, in the
tion for their advocacy of a’system of education whick|S&aMe Manner as the priests are required to do in the
Now, education of the children of their faith, That is all
this country is, so called, a Protestant country, though] We want in Ireland. Austria 1s now marching in the
I heg leave to have some litle difference on that point; tue path, and has recently given Hungary a free consti-
for L have heard-rof course Linight be badly informed | tution. [Apphuuse.) As to the liberality in other States,
—that there are some few Catholics in this great Re- the Rhenrish provinces and others, all the children
public, (Laughter and applause.) But those who are; (vere have been brought up under denominational
the majority are yery much inclined to Europe for; *4ucation, and without any offence to any sect. It ix
only reply he received to this last demand, so just and
reasoua ble m itself, was a verbal one, informing him
that the Commuander-in-Chief would not continue the
correspondence any further,
Now. the belief is general throughout the community,
specially amopg Voluntecra and Militiamen, that the
Major has been guilty of no offence against Military
usages, and that he has received foul play in being
coudemned without a hearing. Why should he be
denied a Court of Enquiry? 1 the luspector of Militia
had a good case, why should he hesitate to have Major
Pollard legally condemned? ‘be faet appears to be
that there is some imean pique at the bottom of the
whole proceeding, and, in order to graufy it, the
aitempt has been made to sacritice the Major upen the
merest pretenee. In whatever light we look at the
affair, it seems mean and contemptible. It is contrary
to the principles of British justice and fair play to
condemn a man without informing him of his offence ;
and itiv injudicious ynd ungratetul to treat an officer
like Major Pollard, who has dune so mueh gratuitously
to intuse a spivit of miliary ardor into the young meu
ie
ili
gue
ployment of vessels of that description, With re-
gard to avy general reduction in the expenditure
upon the navy, I may remark that out of the seventy
millions there were at least forty millions expended
upon objects with which nogovernment could in-
terfere,
ST. PATRICK'S DAY, 1867.
Wuitr we write, the Irishmen of New York are
marching in procession through iis streets, with
banners flving and drums beativg aud music filling
theair. Their civic societies, and military societies,
and charitable and benevolent societies, and tempe-
rauce societies parade their thousands and teos
of -thousands before the eyes of the stranger in this
great semi-Irish city o: the New World. Their
banvers , with names aig; devices dear and familiar
to themselves, but strange and meaningless to others,
flutter gaily in the sun-bright air, aud the music
that thrilled the hearts uf bygone geacratious of their
race, '
“———— in the green valleys of their native land,”
echo to-day far and wide through the populous thor-
oughfares of the Empire City, aud away over the
broad bosom of the waters that gird Manhattan
Island. Many an Irish sailor climbs the rigging of
his ship to-day on the beautiful Hudson or the mag:
nificent Bay of New York to catch the far-off melod-
ies that his mother used to sing milking her cow or
spionieg her wigel iu the home of his innocent child-
hood. The anwon.ed tear moistens his eyes as he
caiches faint and tar sozve notes of “The Girl I
Left Behind Me,” * Patrick's Day,” or ‘* Molly
Asthore,” or “The Fxile of Kriy,” better kuown to
him as * Savouruces Dhee'ish.” o |
And when the evening shades cover ihe earth,
around many a festive board in this and other v.ties,
the sons Of Ireland will meet to talk and sing o.
“Auld Lang Syne,” and the dear Old Land to which
all look back with undying affection. Every sue-
cessive recurreree of the patroual festival of the Irish
race brings the same rejo cing, the same tacit agser-
tign of Ireland's undying uationality—the same pub-
lic profession of her Christian faith, her everbiving
hope that-the God of nations will one day restore
her to her place amongst the nations of the earth.
What St. Patrick's Day shall witness her triumph,
her1eurrection ? Who may tell.save Him who holds
io His Almighty land, the destivies of vations as of
men!
It is worthy of remark that the procession in New
York o4 this particular anniversary is larger than jt
has been for many years. It was two hours and a
half in passing the City Hall. —N. ¥. Tablet.
“The Lo Times says that the grogtest misfor-
* tune w eniasisin has brought on Ireland is the
destruction of coufidence amoug the landlords aud
py roman For nearly two years, gloom or.
hension has been settling on all that is industrious
aud enterprising in Ireland.
“ Aquatic..We see by a New York paper that the
Ward boat crew of New York challenges any four-
oared crew in America or the British Proviaces toa
race for any sam from $1,000 to £2,500 a side. A
His Grace the Archbishop of dulifex arrived here
by the R. M.S. China from England en Monday
General of this Province,
mg +f ring New Brunswick, were
e ‘s" : ew Bru ah
| oo. 8 il ot paper. Mureh tt,
aibenoniee cot eae t so viele
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guidance or lessons derived from the experience of Eu-|W"ong to work out a base triumph atthe expense of
ropean countries, Then America is very much inclined
to take a lesson either from England or from Prussia,
two orthodox Protestant countries, These will just
answer my purpose for the present moment. Now, in
the year 1850, there was a certain constitution—the
constitution of the kingdom of Prussia—which was pro-
mulgated in that year, arid in that constitution, among
other things, was laid Jown what was called "the
rights of I'russian citizens in reference to education,”
It was distinctly understood that the educational system
of that country ought to be, should be, and must be de-
nominational, In fact there was a provision (article
21) providing that the youth must be educated by public
school that if the father did not educate lis child, the
State should educate him. In fact, the people of Amer-
icon never held a more exalted opinion of the value of
education than the people of Protestant Prussia did,
An adequate provision was to be made for the education
of all classes by public schools. But by article 24, in
the management of these public schools ‘the confes-
sional relations were to be kept in view as much as pos-
sible.” By these ‘* confessional relations” were meant
the religious denominations of the parties, Now let us
see bow this was carried out. There were three classes
of schools in Prussia, Iam now rather speaking of
Prussia up to the year 1859. ‘The population of Prussia
was under 18,009,000 at the time. There were about
7,000,000 Catholics and 10,000,000 .or 11,000,400 Pro-
testants. Well, there were three descriptions ot
schools—the elementary schools, the gymnasiums and
the normal schools, The elementary, of course you
can ensily Understand what these mean, were for giving
the elements or rudiments of education to the younger
portion of the population, The gymnasiums or
gymnasia were of a higher class. They affurded a more
advanced character of instruction, and the normal
schools were for the traning of teachers. All those
schools were strictly denominational. Now, let us say
something, for instance, of the normal. There were at
that time, and there are now, Catholie norwal schools
for the training of Catholic teachers, and Protestant
normal schools for the training of Protestant teachers,
In the Catholic school, all the teachers were Catholic,
and the president of that school was the parish priest.
He wae appointed by the King through the minister, but
unless approved by the bishop of the diocese no a
intment was made, for no recommendation wou
Gon been ventured upon. —( gen Now, the re-
ligious books were prescribed by the bishop. All the
class Looks in which anything might appear dangerous
to faith or morals were examined by the b/shop, and he
had the veto upon their selection. And the pupils, al-
though successiul in eowpetition, would not receive
their parents or diplomas, unless with the concurrent ap-
probation of the minister representing the crown and
tie bishop of the diocese, (Applause.) Now, as for
the effmentary schools, there 1s no mixed sehool in
Prussia, on Ve in 29 instance of this kind, where the lo-
cality is thiniy populated or there is not a sufficient
To the Editor of the Herald,
Dear Sir,—On. taking my usual rounds on election
day, Lacrived at Montague Bridge in the afternoon of
that day, I found the squire and Sam at their post.
L observed many beardless boys. recording their votes.
Any person could sve that they were no more than
eighteen or nineteen years of age. Strange that such a
pious Christian as Kenneth Henderson could see such
wrong and fraud practised even although in his favor!
I drew near the wustings and beard the returning officer
whom all said was a very impartial pony express bis
surprise ata boy who came forward. ‘+ Ly it possivle
you have a vote?” said he. The boy said ** Yes.” At
the same time, a squire’s son (and who sometimes calls
hunself’ @ squire) said that “ she was going on her 22nd
year,” and without any more ado, the boy’s vote was
taken, and that without any one demanding his road
certificate, This excited my euriosity. I enquired how
this cane, as 1 had visited other polling places and saw
the election laws carried out very minutely. I was
told that **Self-Rowe ind Sam” were GC urnish men,
and would not oppose, no matter who was sacrificed ;
and further, that Mr. Henderson and the above party
entered into an agreement that all the bad vutes should be
divided between the opposing candidutes present. low
ig it that between 20 and 30 bad votes are recorded for
Rowe and Uenderson? and what is the reason that
Thomas Annear—Mr, Fletcher's representative—did not
even object to one solitary vote during the live long
day? Poor, honest Fletcher, you are an ill-used man;
and well might you say, ‘save me from my friends.”
Every honest Liberal in the district felt proud of you;
you fought a manly battle; the weapon of logic laid up-
wards of one hundred Conservatives prostrate at your
feet, the Conservatives acknowledged ywur ability and
worth; but you are defeated, for no fault of yours—
the treachery:of friends,
Now, Mr. Editor, it ie very evident that if Mr. J. H.
Fletcher was properly represented, even at this division,
Mr, Henderson would have been defeated; or had Mr.
Fletcher's man been half as active as the squire,
(who never failed to sing out "she is a goot vote for
ler "arty !") the case might have been different. But
the Lu, crals of this district have missed their aim.
Probably 3s. F. will never offer here again, and I defy
them to get a 4.% who will poll the same number of
votes The’ Libera’ Were either careless or deceitful,
soe yess Cigar A THAVELLER,
King’s County, 1867.
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POLITICAL MEETING AT. OLD SA,VMILL
BRIDGE, COVEHEAD ROAD.
Pursuant to public notive, Hon. Mr. Coles met a
large number of bis constituents at the Old Sawmill
Bridge, on Tuesday, 28:b inst, The meeting was or-/number of people or of children to form separate
genioetl by appowting Geo. Law i be ty ha chair, ne ae schoot has a local inspeetor and a
and the undersigned as retary. Mr, Coles then ad-/ychool commitice, The lovai {vapector is invariably the
dre the meeting. plained the nature and parish privet. Thoreare districts of schools, and forty
formation of the present Goverument, the offivial ap-|or fifty schools in @ district, These districts are identi-
he consciences of other people.
same here as |
that is to let each denomination have a right to its own
element prevails, the superintendent writes; * Five
school and elect trustees, even though the teacher of
the common school be Roman Catholic.”
also relieved from (ie payment of all common school
intellectual]
of this community, ia the summary and upjust manner
indicated. If officers of merit and long-standing are
to be treated thus, what hope can be entertained of
securing that esprit du corps so essential to efficiency
in military organizations? We do not uphold Major
Pollard if he is wrong; but we do assert that neither
to himself,his companious in arms, ner to the public
at large, has it been shown that he has violated any
military rule, or order, or usage which ho ought to
have observed. In the interests of the Volunteer,
movement Major Pollard’s cuse ought to be thorough!
Investigated and made as public as possible. iG
wrong, his past services might plead in mitigation of «
harsh sentence, but, if right, some reparation is due
him, Will not the Volunteers endorse this view? If
so, they ought to manifest it by demanding a Court of
Enquiry, as desired by Major Pollard. Let justice be
done, and our military organization will be all the
gainer by it.
If I was a legislator in this country I would ask the
‘lia in Lreland or weuld in England, and
means of education, and yet be so tenced round as to
be intact in us purposes. [Applause.] In Upper
Canada the l’rotestant element predominates, and in
Lower Canada the Catholic. ‘The laws of the latter,
uaranteed by Act of Parliament, never oppressed the
‘rotestanis. In Upper Canada, where the Orange
Roman Catholic heads of faniies may at. their
pleasure cail a meeting and establish ‘a rate
They are
rates. A boy should be trained religiously as well as
y in order to withstand trials and tempta-
tions. Lsvpenes.) lMlere there were more trials and
tep)ptations to be encountered than in any other
country, and therefore there was special need of the
denominational system to give religious culture.
They educated thirty thousand boys in Ireland, and
there are two thousand three buadred boys educated in
the Christian. Brothers’ schools of Cork, and the highest
estimate is placed on the valae of this denominational
instruction there, There is an attendance of 350,000
of those educated in Ireland at the schools there per
year, Of 2,300 children on the rolls of the Monk
schools in Cork, 2,100 are in actual attendance, Their
education is of the highest character. Te Protestant
Cominissioners bore testimony to the efficiency of the
teaching in these schools of the Christian Brothers.
Catholics in this country might have, as well, the same
system, and the Sta.es might well consider the strong
claims of the Catholics. Until that time Catholics, for
the honor of themselves and their religion, will have to
pay State taxes and make large pecuniary sacrifices in
order to preserve the faith of the Catholic children of
this country. [Applause.] There are mean enemies
who strike those who are down, those who are oppressed
by poverty, They had met here to assist the dis-
tinguished prelate of this arehdiocese—[great applause}
—in his grand and successful effort to stem the tide of
proselytivm and to baffle the wickedness of kidvapper:
and child stealers, [Loud eed I have visited’
the institution of the Reformatury and was well pleased,
*Conreperation Consiperep oN 17s Menirs.°—
This is the title ot a pamphict of 35 pages which we
have recently received from Halifax. It contains
nothing new upon the subject that we can perceive,
ahd why it has been published, unless to gratify the
vanity of its unknown author, we are ata loss to know,
It is a pity that all the pamphlets that have beon
written within the last two years in favor of Confed-
eration, could not be collected into one volume, and
preserved in the archives of the new ‘ Kingdom,”
for future reference, Some of their authors might
then learn to blush at the false premises and
falser conclusions with which they attempted to impose
upon-an incredulous people, The roseate hues in
which they love to paint the future of the Confederacy,
may dckle our imagination, but they do not appeal to
our reason, nor have we the remotest idea that these
taney sketches will ever be realised. Upon the main-
land, the introduction aid employment of a large
amount of British capital in building the Inter-
with its iaahapelval, with the hearty merriment of the Colonial Railway, will, undoubtedly, stimulate industry”
immense number of fads there. The noble prelate has ‘in all its branches, and inaugurate an éra-of prosperity
Riven up his energies to the moulding of the minds of of several year's duration. But, in the ¢ourse of time,
rie Magda is ming pga when the increased and ever-increasing butdens'and _
severe manner the Gaon of prostlytising PH eneg difficulties implied in a * New Nationality,” come to
which he understood was practised to a great extent in be fully experienced, our pamphleteers will baye litle
this city, Children, he had learned, were gathered up reason to congratutate themselves upon their attempts
upon the screets, taken into these homes for little: at propheey. United Lraly, with a homegenous popu-
wanderers, and when their anfertunate, drunken, de- . i \e
based, yet still loving parents came te svek for them, lation of twenty millions, has found the task of self
they were lost to them forever, their names changed and ZoVernment NO easy one, The difficulties of the new
they sent fur away into the West. He related several Kingdoui will be more Complicated than those ot italy.
stories of shost painful character in illustration of the With Nova Scotia betrayed and dissatisfied, with an
fanaticism, if it even deserved that title, to which the’
men were animated who perpetrated these foul wren yo SBingonians: om. FOR Sarena eee Serie &
in the name of religion. Having mercilessly handled J¢alous and powertul neighbor upon our border, even
polntments, etc, All present seemed perfuctly satistied
with the explanations given. The Hon Mr, Haythorne
was then ‘upen to address the ing. He
spoke at considerable length, very ably reviewing -the
rinvipal pablic topics now before the Publics ag vat
arly the ee estion, Free Education, ee , the Road
Service, etc. He gave some excellent ideas on those
momentous questions, Mr. Bovyer and others also
addrewyed the meeting. All seemed well pleased with
the policy porsued by the Hon. Mr. Coles; The follow.
ing resdlations were then put from the chair and carrivd
unanimously. ' us Emit
‘Proposed by David Lawson, Evq., and weconded by
cal with the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the dean, and
the Catholic dean isthe head inspector of the virele o!
Catholic schools. Now, as for gymnasia, it is only ne-
vessary for me to say that they are still more strictly
Catholic than the others. In 1858 there were og or
ninery Protestant gymnasia and forty Catholic. At)
that time there were something like seventeen normal
schools for the training of Catholw teachers, masiers
and mistresses, with an attendance of between fifteen
and weventeen hundredy etl out
‘There is a defect in the Prussian system, no doubt,
that is, flat theré are not separate universities; at any
jrate, there were hot at that time. But jf there be de-
fects in the system, or if the system be not fully carried
: : - ge vy. fotit, Catholics may well hope in the wisdom and benefi-
Resolved, That we highly apptove of the Won. Geo!lCN.. ar that euunety for giving then full nod ‘ample
Coles accepting the office of Col. Seeretary and Leader init ce, #ueh as'are acceptible to the libetty and con-
ol shia Government, andl pledge ourselves to support bim tutes of Catholics af well as Protewtante, "(A
at the coming election. o qo ce plauae.) Foe. Bt ws ped avk vee you nave pied
M Mr, Geo. and sevonded Mr. jof any e rom prev . or t
Le enn ener ain of he devamiatin
: system — re
That the procwediogs of thie mecting be published ia t teve an ig 4 =the Sh
the: and Herald wewtpapers.; >. leat there | “no lags So invovfletng? We pues
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this kidnapping system as an unworthy institution of a the consolidated resourecs of the new Kingdom will
jreat city like New York, he concluded by making an be scarcely sufficient to keep the complicated and
earnest appeal to the audience to protect these unba ent machitde
waits, there children of brutalized and walorbodete cr tyy cag ne take - ta Prt i
parents, victims of poverty and sin, from almost worse Oder. However, g
than death, the ie ria arn n yy toa home, granted, and, if we are to credit our anonymous
where, however weil it might provide for them, they |phampleteer, we are nearer the mileoniam than is
were taught to despise the meniories of their unhappy generally anticipated. In faet, with the emancipated
gored, | ae ne OF By giving op Abele means contraband, we must come to the conclusion that, with
to aid the ress of the aad work initiated
in the beh nth of the Corkebe Reformatory, the dawn of Confederation,
Tt mutat be now the Kingdom's coming,
wre "And the year of Jubilo.”
Tue Patriot of Thursday last contained a short edi- a :
torial article filled with gross misrepresentations of| Iris gratifying to novice the change for the better
A sermon pfeached in St. Dunstan's Cathedral on the| which has come over the Conservative 6 sincd
Vth March. Aathe Very Rev. Dr. MeDanald has|they have been driven into opposition, and no longer
taken thé matter in hand, by addressing a letter there »njenjoy the patronage of Government. From being
to the editor of the Patriot, we deom it unecessary to|the apologists of extravagance, corruption and op-
say anything upon the subject until his letter appears— | pression, ie et suddenly become the purest of
further than this, that the article in question, i so far as| patriots and the most unselfish of mortals, They now
it imputes ** Fenian” or ‘disloyal ‘utterances to the) advocate for a reduction of taxation, which was raised
Moved and seconded that Guo. Bovyer do take the
ian the ceutre of five thousand miles of
railroad track
a.
chair, aad that a vote-of thanks veo to the chair- OF ¢ None. Take the Inst
March 98, 1867, nae oe hntaithfal to their fag,
* young” preacher, y Inks the * essential ele-| while thelr friends were in power, and they are equally
ment,” truth. Witieat reported otherwise, either|clamorons for an incredde of the teacher's salary,
na disloyal orcould not understand the English lanjcsye, or is aj which was reduced by the Government thvag consistent
¥y you all know the won-|knave and toady at heart.
organs supported. Free land, a bounty on fishing, the
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