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THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE EMPIRE,

nt

aad

nY Tif’ HON, JosFrm NOWE,

Unider the Providence of God, after centuries of la-

borions cultivation; the sacrifice of much heroic blood,
and the expenditure of @ vast amount Of treasure, the)
and

yearly in contain Of Our late Cir War, and though aumetimos tinged | British Empire, ae it stands, has been get together, and

‘ dienes with’ die, they may still, considering their great abili-|the question which is presented to us, i.sqme form of |

Adrverticemonts inserted at the usual -ates, ty ) diferent #tand-points from which they are writ-'Parliamentaty or Wate aper disputation almost every
sl i ten, ba reall and studied with advantage by the people of | week is, what i¢ now to te done with it?” *

JOB PRINTING, thi country, of gvory:cesdand party, Two epmions Appia to Bierdt. A ae tay per

ofr devofiption, performed with neatneas and despacci: TERMS POR 1866: sons are content té/drift on without: forethought or

. pod yi ree terms, Uenann Office. : : statesmanliko provision for the future, bet others hold

path tl ~~ cieatle See ct (Payable in United States ouxrency.) a a it is the auty of the parent state to: prepare the anh

TD sy per annum. jjaying provinces for independence—to 80 group and or-

ALMANACK FOR NOVEMBER. For any one of the Reviews, © - ° 2, 04-00 guise ts to inspire thetn’ at the earliest possible period,
MOON § PITASES. a 6S i : 8 1 gy with the ambition and the desire to dissolve the Nation-

New Moon, 7th day,Gh. 12m, morning, F. Pat all four of the oe Sa ag | gw gglog tt connection and set-up for themselves.” They think

First Quarter, 15th day, 9h. 2m., morniog, S.E.| Por Blackwood's Wa A : fi : 4,00) *bat Great, Britain, . reg praiem a, Mf own kare,

< last Grantor, 20h Spy Ste, SOm.s averting, Hei For Blackwoo. por ben Fare) eee soned is.e0 per byothe separation, and that she will share their

: sux {High Moon! 3 |For Blackwood and the four Reviews, — - - 15,00| prosperity and be seeure of a:moral and-politival intlu-

PAT | ogy wer. e % cant rye wi pet ears. pe qty in peeponting te noon ual

MONTH, ‘LUBS : of her conduct and to the sacrifices she, has made, his
penile Ae Biel ed WA | . = : A ancont of eeny or cot wil be allowed fe aiabe of wey . —— wo Ha 4 Me een wae
Out or more rs. us, four copies of Blackwood, or)take a lower and more sordid view uestion—who

2 enarsday 6464 42,8 2.0409 6&6 jet ono, Review, will be sent 2 obs frm for $12.80. “Four |think that Great Britain would hardly want an army or a

2 |Friday 47 40) 8 58) 1 44] 38 | copies of the foux Reviews aud Blackwood, for $43,00, and jnavy, arsenals or dockyards, if sho had no colonics;

8 Saturday 49| 87.9 49) 2 4at ag}to who charge them with sums borne on the estimates, but

4. {Banda 50) 86.10 86) § _ POSTAGE, . . . {never ¢redit them with their consumptien, or with the
anday 7 ' 45) 46) Wher sent by tithil, the Postagx to any part of the United | sacrifices they make to deferid'the interésts and to up-

© Ploedey 52, BRIL/19 4.45) 42) States willbe but Twenty-four Cents * year for “Black- | hold the dignity. of thé Kmpire;—T’he parental relation

6 ee, 53 83,11 57 5 42). 40) wood,” qnd-but Bight Cents « year for cach of the Re- |, probes 5 sanction thig policy. Young men grow,

7 0 ing ee yo mworn.| sets 36 Tr taen Saicies, OR FORVIOUS! TRANS we, wee, are of Ate marry and i) up for, thepa-

8 (Thu ® 16: 5 50 34 SDUCE >» , J ARS. {selves, and why should not colonies do the same? ut

9 Friday y 57 os 1.17} 6 82) 32 Subscribers may obtain the Feprints immediately preced- me annoy pe compe “es ane he not hold

‘ 99 | ing 1866, as follows, vis :— all the married members of a la amy, DOr one G3.

2 arwsere in { as : = 7 16 29 “plachasoot from Colombes, 1864, to December, 1866, inclu-|tate maintain them. ‘They wala that they inay live.
unday 7 1 26) 2 86) 8 Bl 26 hive at the mate of $2.50 a year, They are kept is Siendyhin i ; i

Ar \ 5 he y , Y plein giendsuip, by the damestic affections,

13 enday 2.25) 3°16) 9 O23]: The North British from Farruary, 1863, to Decombér, 1865, !and pezsonal ties, which, in respect of distant commu-

13 _ /Tuesday 8} 24} 4 2) 9 56). Bh linelusives thes Hdinburgh”* sand the * Westminster” trom |nities, do not-exist; atid bt the death of the founder of
., Ad | Weduesday 5| 28) 4 45/10 54 Lay April, 1804, to December, 1865, inelubive, and the” London lhe family thore is am estate to tivide,

{6 Thursday ; 7 22) 6 4011 56) “15 cor ys ie Rotite 18Gb), ab Gio rate of 91.50 a you | “Noe go with Colonics... ‘Their life begins at a distance
AG {Friday 8) 21) 6 38imorn.| 13) tyr Actow vopids yet remain éf'all tho Pour Reviows fo | om the homestead. ‘There are fow personal, altach-

17. |Saturday ' 20,7821 O} 11 1863 pt $4.00 o set, or $1.60 for any one, ments. There is ‘no estate to divide, and no security

18 |Suudey 10} 19) 8 81)2 8 9 LEONARD SCOTT & CO., that when they separate they may not drift into antag-

19 |Monday 12) 18) 9 80) $17 Ps : Pudinmnes onism to each other, and to'the-parént country. The

¥ 3 policy, then, of rearing thom, with the thought of separ-

20 | Tuesday 14 1710 29) 4 28 8 88 Walker Street; New York. “lation ever in. their minds, of prematurely . preparing

21 ||Wednosday - 15/4 1611 24/5 42 Liou ne eo them for separation, or of rudely casting them off, ap-

22 Lyeriay 16 ee rises | 59}, 1+ 9, & Co. alaa publish the weal to wie | Ba udivond policy. trata to be cuiti-

23 0 |Kriday — 18; 16).-4,10),6,:18); 57 vated, inatead of that of the parental Yelation, with its
/ 94 Saturday’ 90) “15, @ 407, 16) -wSS FARMER'S GUIDE, inevitable, termination at the close of 4 vory Hentt sd
: By By Hennt Sreruuxa, of Edinburgh, and the Jate, J. P.!period should rather be a ership, which lai

25 ‘|Stmday 23) 44} 2 53).8 28) 53 : H Pele pagel PArtnaRehi py wareb usey to 8
cage thtonae oat 341.6471 9-98) 54 ton, of Yale College. 2 vois, Koyal Ootayo, 1600 pages} for centuries, and need not terminate at all, so long :.:
+ Sool SRORGAY | pad nunverous Engravings. . itis mutually advantageous.

27 'Tuostlay 25! 13) 442/10 32:8 49) , Pesce @7 for the two volumes—by maf, post-paid, $8. That Colonws havo the right to break away and set up
eo pWednesday 26} 12} 5 8711 37 | Wee LOOK HIRE. for themselves, sf they are oppressed, will not at the
oo 9:. |DLhursday 26} 12/6 42)morn.) 45 pel a ia resent day be, denied, thee they will do this, if

80 Friday 27 , 12].7°27] 0, 88}. 40 cen Subscribor ofters for, Sale at the Kent Siiet indly and fairly dealt by, Thold to be the Inst ** not

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OrmaxtoTratowx, Nor, 23, 1866,

tremely LOW PRIC following articles, viz ;-|the conviction, founded en our daily experience, that it
"het, ( bef ibe Provisions eaeett o Lut » the 1a Toa is og interest to ps fogethor.
De its H ter, ‘ 24d to 5} ; » + 4) TC is sometimes thought that tho Empiro was weaken
Pork, (catcass 4d todd Cornmeal, Salt, ed. by conceding to the Colonies the system of respons
® x, 3 « sible goyernment. ;Lhe..very revers@ is true. The
Do* (vinall) 7d tod Sugar Rice ta teovicabtt y
utton, por Ite Bdito 6d . ’ would inevitably have been comereet, sooner or later,
z } Ib. 8d to Sd)’ Kerosene Oi, Molasses, _}oatit-notebeon eonevdedl?’ This was a great consery a
ee', J av dihe 14 , . by tive measure, ag woll ag) a gubstantial reforms So far
m, per Ib, to Tobacto Pork, sah =
fitter (fresh) ts 1d. io 1s 84 ah bp ) 3 i Ha as - an North A at Provinces,are concerned,
To br the tal, ls to ls id Soa ee : ’ ‘00 the cortectness Of this opinion was iven in &
dels, be thy 4d to 6d/STARCTI, and almost avery other article to be found)!etter which I addressed to Rarl Russel in 1846; Ample
“Fallow, per Ib.” Bd to LOd}in a general Grocery Store.—Parties will find it toj°vidence has becn accumulating ever since. Not qaly
Lard per 1b: their advantage to call béfore purchasing olsowhere. were (he Provinces presently saved by this concession,
‘Flour, per lb., 364 to-34d " JAMES PEARDON, [8 geratiraly Bh A mnt ay ssl ad oa
gaia per 100 |bs., 16s to 16.864) Kent Swot, April 26, 1966. sas Ty, ME aan Golacien Gl
; : that in some of the Colonics this system
Beys, CORED. Grain. , en mes waet" wit) X does not Appear td Be worked very adroitly. Bur it
Barley, per a ae 9 889dto 4s)‘ * JOHN BELL, “oa 9 - = —— - it is taught ina horn
: : 9 ‘ : 4 - ny ook, but has to wr out with temper; tact and
on. ber a Vegetables, a MANUFACTURER o F CLOTHING skill only to be ruined Kom experience. roe called
Peas quart, : N all its Dranches, thankful to his Friands and th-|te the'task of self-géverument, few of the public men
Hrereh oe por buthe}, 1s Gel to 1 9d I Patrons for past favors, begs leave to inform them/in any of, the, Colonies,were accustomed to tho responsi-
Poultry. and the publie generally, that ho is still to bo found at came - eng’ Put the system is idly trainia
9 Se lhis them, and, as the circle widens, there will be less bland-
Torey each Se rad be : Or, D. 2a)? AN D y ering, loss temper, more wkill, and é higlier appreciation
Vowls. cach; is to. ls 3d Queen Btreet of precedent and authority,
Docks, 1s 3d to ls 6d ; , Though, withthe power of the purse,. the right to
' Fish. and is prepared to make up all kinds of garm ents enjhave a Eabinde-reuponsiblo to the House of Sti a is
Codlishs per qth, P 20s Lo 308 ltrusted toyhim in the. latest stylo and improvement of genelatiy absuinecito have béeh won by the people of
pt om per eat fra fe er fashion. bagland “ ta Wy: te ah yes hardly porayts er the
ackerel, por dozen s 0 ' Terma Cash. system very intelligibly worked, own. to the close of
‘i i » * Liniben | Ss Okte 4 ‘tar Entrance:at the Side Door. ie reign of George tlle Thitd: ‘The tndue pressure of
he” Ger) tp ta 54] Quoen Barept, July 11,1966 Covbrmar ore sndea preva ft duos a
“Do if 009 SOT ment in some’ of the Colonies, may be the difficulty
Shingles, por M, tae _-, 138$0 18s BT 5 LEA COUAS, now; but the, aysten = altinnat-Ay controlled ri
: Sundries. Ritiinel’s _ Peele Colas Bouquet, prerogative will contro! Govarnory and demoergcies. A!
7, por, to, ; Bicone "ae marae {78 < f aT eenian © this [man is a at 7! the maga Provinces Romy Rog
traw, per c 8 a ed Artiste, uts forward pretensions whi canhot justify by Par-
imothy Seed es none Her Levey hangs upon thecheek of night, iamentary regord ;, and-ao .it will ‘be, ssoentiy; in all
lover Seed, per Ib., Fi rete ., Af.a Fich Jewel in Ethiop's ear, the Colonies, as oxpericyco and good senso fortified by
ee. ng had ia : ee ‘ +1 Perfumes for the Handkerchief. arama Aas mp vagerly drawn into tho public ser-
Hides, pers, x a Painnes at Wales, Somat Fe ee atte’ |. Stgland.bas not,been woakenad by thove) manieipal|
Wool le to 1s 8c : "ood: Vi “*Y land parochial organizations, whi
— : on Jockey Club, Wood Violet, Millefleur and p ganizations which assume and exercise
Sheeoneking, age 1e6d tots Dd) 5 oekey, Bouquet, Patohouly, van authority within eertaif well deffhed limits, and do & vast
age adit tg i, Rerdnt dtr Navara dn. [etc sees a oe rane
{ P i & ° : ‘ ‘ t well. if it could; i
' - GEORGE LEWIS, Market Clerk. Ge Getogun Pivtle favesihee’ Watee nBoss Sygethem Ban the Empite be 7 akened by throwing upon the Provin-

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Auctioneer & Commission Merchaut

MASON'S THREE-SZORY BUILDING
DORCHESTER STREET.

Charlottetown, P. E. Island, July20, 1666

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authority. .This-division of laboras now universally

speaking inhabitants; vapablé of sell-government, the
system might be extend
The prosence of a foreign population, as in India and
elsewhere, will for'a long time mike it doubtful to what
extent
hardly imagine any state of soeiety which the people
might not be
privileges wit
the powers conferred. upon the English speaking Colo-

6
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external pressure,.and danger {rem without, we might

al tranquility, and may soon be set right by a little firm-
heag, and diserétion.
upon the assurance, that the outlying portions of the
Empiro are, p
could be maintained, the people of (England, annually
enlarging their trade and reducing their taxation, might
be soritent to Keép up, af they have hithorto
ordinary atmamhenté necessary fdr WiliehAl police, arid
the security of the seas, without @alling upon the Colo-
nies to aid them.

roven.” I would act-as though it could not be proved.
d disc ce the idaaot jon, -Lavould
~—in bur

tto: count for something) even less than in

Russia and the United States

of twenty or thirty millions,
ence as well as her strength, it may be wise to remem-
ber that the German emigration to the United States
has been ne extensive as the Trish, that Gormans swarm
in. the sea-board cities and in the Western States, that

during the civil war, and that the s
Great Republic and the Fatherlan<
apparong to be overlooked by diplqiuatists ia any pru-
avnt caleulation of forces,

come here to see the wonders of the old world, but very

once with an unfriendly population, soon fake a hostile
tone, and as they keep up-correspondence with fronds
at home, the Mother Country is weakenod, in Ireland at
all events, by the disaMeetion that those emigrants can

ciat Legislatures:and Oolonial Manicipatitics all the re)
sponsibilities andslabors of Government that do not!
conflict with the general laws and regulations which can

only bo wisely framed arid nduittiistered by some central

recognized and apprecmted, and if all, the outlying)
sessions of the crown ‘were peopled with Bnglish

to, every part of the Empire.

itical francluge can. be conferred; but T cau

gradually trained to the use of municipal
t advahtagé. “ Aysuming, thon, that
nies leave them, as respects domostic administration,
nothing to desires and that, as regards Crown Colonies
and foreign possessions and dependencies, our present
stem, subject td modifications from time to time, ‘ts

best that can be dovised, it is apparont that bat for

o on as we ave without any material change, The
{aori question in New Zealand, the land question in
Prince Rdward Island, and tho ‘tacking” question in
Mulbourne, ate but ripples on tho surface of the.gener-
Asin general rule, we may rest

rous and contented; and, if peace

ve hithorto done, the

propagate and encourage,

mates more highly than Ido, the accumulated wealth
the Ia
Grent
or who better knows with what heroism and-self-
devotion these Islands would be defended against
any foreign attaék, But yet I would be sorry to see
them, even now, without any support from the
ontlyio
United
that twenty years hence their position will doi mach
more perilous, and odds against them vastly more
disproportionate.
combined with either of the great Military and Naval
Powers of Europe, the most sanguine lever of his confine themselves to the exposition/and defence of thosa
country would scarcely desira to see her strength!
tried.

doubt or apprehehsion, aud prepare for wll oveat-
ualities, by such an orgauization of the Empire as
would cnable the Sovereign to command its entire!
physicial fore,
States is involved in war to-morrow, the revenue
and the manhood of the whole territory are at the
disposal of the Executive ; while, if we go to war,
the whole burthen of sustaining it falla upon the
pedple of these two small Islands,
and, what is worse, our unprepared condition makes
warvat all tines possible, soietines fhimineut.

But we have no security for peace, or if there be any, |

it is only to be sought in such an organization and ar-
mament of the whole Empire as will make certainty of
defeat a foregone conclusion to any forelgn power that
may attempt to break it.

This-‘conviction was forced upon my mind, while en-
deavoriug, under instructions from Her Majesty's Gov-
ernment, in 1855, to draw a few thousand soldiers from
the United States, while not a man was moved, of the
millions that we had to spare in every quarter of the

lobe, to reinforce, it might bave been to save, the gal-
ant little army fighting and perishing before Sebastopol.
This subject has ocoupied many a leisure hour since, and
Lhave never dwelt upon it without feeling that the ques-
tion of questions for us all, far transcending in import-
ancd.any other within the range of domestic or foreign
polities, is, not how the Empire can be most easily dis+
membered, not how a province or two ean be strength-
ened by a fort, or by the expenditure of a. million of
dollars, but how the whole Empire can be 80 organized
and strengthened as to command peace or be impregna-
ble in war. ;

Many peoplo’have, since 1855, been driven to think
of this:question. Passing over all the second and third
rate powers, which: possess no navies, and. whose
armies may always be neutralized by being balanced or
broken against each other by skilful 3) pga bi France,

| ie with our growth, and

loom up before the mind of every thoughtful British

subject, as standing menaces, warning him to prepare
for any eventuality.

o Prussia is now coming forward as a fourth great
ower, and will presently control an extensive sea-
oard, behind which there willbe a warlike population!
In estimating her influ-

Frankfort was ‘the chief mart for National Securities
yrpstay heiween the
ig an clement. too

A’very distinguished person said, at the outbreak of

the Crimean war, that our, fece institutions were about

to be put apon their trial. Quy free institutions were
really in no danger, what was upon its trial was the
mode in which we organize the physical force of the Fm-
pire, and that, as we have, all since been compelled to
acknowledge, was found to be sadly defective.

Combined with France we could only bring Russia to
terms with half the fortresses in the Crimea frowning
defiance at us; but the quostion naturally arises, what
would’ wa 20 were France and Russia. combined against
us? or should that,combination, so familiar to the Am-
erlcan mind, be formed between the fleets'and armies of
Russia and’ tho United States for the humiliation of Eng-
Jand? With France as an ally wo might still have no-
thing to fear, but we page to have something more se-
oure to rely upon than the eccentricities of French poli-
tics or the life of a single man,

Russia, controlling so large a portion of the earth's
surfaces, inhabited by seventy-four millions of people,
obeying-ono mind with reverential awe, and in close
neighborhood to ovr Eastern Provinces, is a formidable
power, aud the deveropment of “her great natural re-
sources, inspired under 1L¢ porsonal freedom recently
socyired,| may make hor yet 1: 9te formidable,

. wis ora 64, Spb)...

France, with 4 martial populsfica of thirty-séven ni
lions, 2 vast but compact territory, resting on two sea-
boards, witha powerful navy and a naval yaserve, fos-
tered with politic’Hberality on the banks and coasts of
Newfoundland, would be a dangerous neighbor now. that
steam has bridged the Channel, eyen if we had, in that
country, the ordinary sceuritics of Constitutional :Goy«
ernment for the preservation of peace. But we have
them not. The will of ono man controls all thesa vast
resources, ‘with a secrecy and directness which, in dip-
lomacy ‘and war, give great advantage over our system
of check, acceuntability and free diseussion; and al-
thougli, at this moment, our relations with France are
most amicable’ ani friewdly, a death or a revolution are
events not so improbable as to justify the asguranca that
they may not at ahy moment occur, 2

‘Turning to the United States, we find oor most for-
midable commorcial rival, and, as matters stand, per-

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bi

: ; — ete ae ee 2
by propouading the policy, by discussion’ and argu-
ment, to be followed, when the publie sentimeut is
prepared for it, by wise legislation.

I foresee the difficulties; in this‘and in all other
cases there is a certain amount of indifference, of
ignorance and of selfishness to be overcome; but [
rely upon the general intelligence of the Empire to
perceive the want, and upon its patriotism and public
spirit to supply it. Surely ifa Russin’ serfean be
got to march from Siberia to the GCrimen to” defend
his Empire, the Queen's subjects att ‘bo ediveated

j

ito know and feel thatoit is alike their duty and their

i

interest 1o march anywhero to support their own.
The young met: of’ Maine and Massachusetts
rushed to protect: their eapital from + reéllous fel-
low citizens; aud 1 am sure, when onco the poasibi-
lity of 4 requisition is:made familiar to the colonial
mind, that the youths in our outlying Provinces
would rush as engerly.te defend London from the
foreign foc... Lut it may be said shat.¢he Reesian
obeys a central authority that it would: ba: to
dispute, and that the American fights for-his pertect
citizenship, which includes the coutrol! of his foreign
policy and representation jin tho matienal “council.
This is the weak point in our-caso, byt let us spe if
it cannot be met by such reasonable-concessions and
appeals to the good sense of our people assuit their
practical turn of thought, aud would give to the
Colonles prepared for it a direct) imfluente ‘in’ tho
national couneils, without. disorganzing the’ polit®
cal machinery already avorking so well.: ;
The House of Commons; whetevor-may be its
defects, enjoys the respect of the Enopire, and I as-
sme. that, whatever may. dome hereaftory nobody
Wishes to see its composition and character tory
materially changed. Ilew>:far ‘representation in
Parliament cau,bo safely conceded to the outlying
portions of the Empire, by what modes these’ mem-
bers should be selected and distrisuted, to what ox-
tent they should be permitted to interfore, are ques-
tions. besot. with difficulties whielyI'need not linger
to state, but which have been pondered with somo
anxiety, during the last ten years. I can see no
solution of thom all more simple and eaty than this,
To treat all the Colonies, which have Legislature? ,
and where the’ system of responsible Governmert ja
in operation, as having achieved a higher’ ¥,9})1)- al
status than Crown: Colonies or foreign domega- >
: « aud to permit them to send #0 the Bouse” of Gom-
mona one, two, or three’ member of thr,4, cabiaets
acgording to their size, population git felative im.
portance. .
The advantages gai
assuming the prine,
to be aanctions%, a

1. We get rid of all questions at anc
aud the modes of-election, which pnp aaee
correspond to those Which obtain in dagland...,

2. We are secare of mep truly represouting,tho

ty in eaeh C lony,, beca sation ieee speak
Ake namie aud bring with them the autherily ofho
Cabinets and constitimmcies they represented,

3. We have no trouble about ehanging them, as
they would sit till their swecassors, duly accredited,
announced the fact of a change of administrations

4, We have no contested -elnctions or questions
About bribery and corruption to waste the tims of
Parliament,

5. We are secure by tliis mode, of obiqining the
best men, becaueeonly tho best can win, their way
into these Colonial Cabinets, of whom the flower
would be selected by their éolleaguus to repecsoat
the intellect and character of cach provinee on the
floor of Parliament.

6. We do nothitg more; in fact

ved by this mode of selection,
ple of any sort of sepresentation
re various. - af

» than permit

haps our least reliable friend andeally. I am mot with-
out aome hope that by prudence; ‘firmness and good hu-
mor, and by systematically sotting public opinion right.
through American ehannols of: .errculation, ‘a9 to the
power, the public sentiment, and the designs of this
country, we may yet. be able to inform the masses who
control the Governments so as to make war with’ Great
Britain nearly imppeaibla but, in the present teniper of
the Republie, we have no seeurity for peace, aad we tay
as well, then, survey with disermminating foreoast the
strength and resourees of the nation with which we may
have to contend, i
Assuming that undor our present organization, or as
matters would stand were the Colonics thrown off, a war
werg to break out betweon these Islands and the United
States, the Republic would have the advantage in num-
bers now, of thirty-four millions to: thirty; Dut the dis-
roportion must annually increase, because they have a
oundless territory to fill up, while the British Islands
are occupied from shure to shore, The incroase of the
population in Ireland.goes to the United States, and
every twenty years they draw from the Mother Country
as many people as there are in all Scotland, ' Visitors

few remain... Besides, thoso who go out. mingling at

Perhaps there is no living Englishman who esti-

experience, and the perfect diciplipe which
tian can bring to bear upon any contest ;4

"Be

provinces, engaged in a -war -with the
atés; and I cannot disguise from. myself

&

But if the United States were

New, I would lift this question atiove the range of

If Russia, Franee, or the United

This is not fair,

Buty may bo" wtkod, “siippose ‘this thing to be
désirabie, how is itto be done? And I answer, as

Colonial Ministers to defend their polity, and explain
their conduet before Parliament, as British Minis-
ters do'now, thus training them in the” highest schol
of politics for the better discharge of their duties at heme

Technical diffiéulties of alt sorts may bo-xié; i
the adoption of this proposition, but, Ga acum
will assume that these may be overcome, if it is scriously
entertained, Zo die or two objections, involving prin
ciple, 1 would for a moment invite attention,

It oe be said that the introduction of these new by
this mode. would destroy the symmetry ahd violate th
general principles upon -whieh. Imperial legisintion jn
based; but I would respeetfally submitthat all our tegien
lation springs out. of a series of compromises. ‘That this
would only ve another, and one quite in accordance with
the general spirit of all the rest. ‘ ot

In tho House of Lords the three kingdoms are variously
represented, and the Dissenting interests are without a
spiritual representation at all,” The House of Commoyi
presents but little simplicity of outline, bat is the result
of a series of compromises, between thoge ‘already i
possession of the seats and the growing wealth, popula-
tion and intelligence outside. “Lo distribute a certain
number. seats, among great provinces, peopled, hy
Englishmen, prepared to discharge all the dative of
loyal subjects, would seem to be only a moye in ‘the
same direction asall the others, by ‘which a workin
legislature, representing all interests, but the cotonial’
has been seeured, and surely the millons who aro now
claiming an extension of the franchise wil hardly think’
it ren that the millions beyond the seas, who are bound
by British legislation, should have, in’ the ‘Parliament’
which can. at any moment plunge them into # war, n0°
representation, atiall, >

Butit may be asked, would you allow those men.to—
vote on English, Scottish and Trish questions? This te
a matter of detail of easy adjustment. If I were a re-.
sident of these Islands I Seatild say yes, let us hear what
such men as Mr. Verdon, of Victoria, Mr. Galt, from.
Cadada, or Mr. Tilley, from New Branswick, have to.
say even on domestie topics, because their leatimany
would be all the moré valuable as they would have.no
interest in the matter, But if pernitted to express
their opinions, good taste would probably restrain Col-
onial gentlemen from mingling, but upon rave oceasions,
in purely local controversies. They would probally

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meastres for which they are at once responsible to the pro
vincas they represented, and to the august assombly
which mist thon Porn, tts 1 docs now, the bigh court, of
review for all Colonial questions.

Matters of foreign’ policy, they should not.only be
pertajtted, but invited to debate, Bc ng upon the wise
adjustment ef these, depends the preservation of paace,
in any breach of which the Provinces would be direct!

compromised. What more appropriate theme for Britis

Ameticans to discuss than the relations between Great
Britain and the United States? And Iam quite sure
that an earnest minded mag, speaking good panes on ,
any of the varied questions that. these relations rele
would be Historie’ to with respect by the Hogse of Com-

mons, atid Wodld not be without influence, ea great
coufitey which It might’ be sound poliag regs Me lias
But take a purely Provincial quéstion, an wloct

ofe at random, because it often attracts « good deal of

all other good things are done in this free country,

ublic attention.—There are 60,000 Baglishmen in te
f'otony of New Zealand, who hold a portion of the bs-

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