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toast gunn sivety and gg! that a
rogramme been made.
done, however, on the principle of

members speak first, as was the case in
He wast us novice In public affairs, havi but

a n the Legislatare andthe Executive.
Be ene tee Ma chia e prea deaivideal. He

had lately read an essay on * The World's Development,”
in which the writer asserted that, In the three great
particnlars of light, locomotion, and communication, all
the great had been arrived at during the last
fifty years. Daring that period. the railway and the
steamship had been brought to perfection, while, as re-
garded communication they had cheap postage and the
tric telegraph, ‘The writer went on to say that,
probably. in the matter of lodging, clothing, and food,
the présent Inhabitants of the etvillzed world were lit-
tle, If at all, beteer off than the Greeks, Babylonians,
or Romans. Having attained tle great results to which
he (Mr. Haythorne) alluded, was there nothing left,—
nothing for the present m to aAcgomplish?
Were they to sit down like the t Grecian conquer-
or, simply to enjoy themselves? No, there was an im-
portant work fon the people of the American Continent
to achlove, That work was Free Trade and Reciprocity ;
and the teamen who might accomplish that great
undertaking were as worthy of honor as the great engl-
neers, the Stevensons and Branels, to whom the gallant
General on his left had atladed. There were difficulties
in the way, ft was trac; bat had any ‘great object ever
‘accomplished without encountering difficulties ?
‘The chief difieutry in the ease then auder cousideration
be ot psn and of that there was a vast mountain.
eee eee have to be got rid of,

not by the tannel of the engineer, nor by the bolder ex-

ment, ov the platform, in Lhe press, and on the floors of
As an example of the pernicious
conpnaaet ees, resulting from existing system. he
menthoin! that he had heard it stated by one of the
guests that coal in his vicinity sold for nine dollars per
ton, [* More than that for some kinds!” by Mr. Derby.]
while it could be purchased In the neighboring Colonies
as low as three dollars, It was eaay to conceive, then,
that the enhanced price of coal entered into every detail
of domestic economy—of manufactures and locomotion,
and warranted his assertion, that he who might establish
Reeiprocity deserved well of his country. Were nothing
else accomplished by the present movement in favor of
Reciprocity, it would, at least, be the means of ventilat-
ing the subject, and, possibly, of opening the eyes of the
Government to its vast importance. He was well aware
that other gentlemen were anxious to address them, and
would not, therefore, detain them longer.

The Caarrman then proposed “ The Army and Navy of
Great Britain and the United States,” coupling Capt.
Meryman of the U. 8. Navy, and Lieut. Col, McGill, who
represented the military departinent of P. E. Island, with
the toast. When the war was proceeding in Chiua, he
(Mr. Hensley) recollected that on a certain occasion
the crew of one of Her Majesty's ships were in danger
of capture, when the Captain of an American sloop of
war, who happened to be near, rendered such effectual
ussistence in the emergency as was alike creditable to
his own bravery and the country whichhe repres nted,
showing conclusively, as did the warmhearted and de-
elared fecling of the gallant Captain on the occasion,
that » blood was thieker than water;” and he hoped that

he Armies and Navies of England and America would
hencefor h aever look each other in the face again with
any hostile or unfriendly fecting, but would continue to
hall each other as friends as long as the world lasted.

Capt Merryman, of the US. Navy, briefly returned
thanks on behalfof hie countrymen; as did also Lient,
Col. McGill on behalf of his.

The Hon. Mr, Parmer, Vice Chairman. on rising to
Propose the next toast on the proganune, viz., * Success
to the negotiations for Reciproeal Free Trade ” said be
had very rarely spoken ona subject with greater satix-
faction than he felt on that occasion, He never theught,
until very lately, that he would live to see the day when
any pertion of our ettizens would assemble in the Levis-
lative Halls of the Colony to discuss, with the gentlemen
whom they had the high honor that evening to welcome
as their goests, the important question of Reciprocal
Free Trade. or indeed any other question, These genties
men were vot the representatives of ony wereantile or
commercial Company or association, however respectable
or infinential. They were the representatives of the
snereme Legistative Body, the Congress of the United
States, and were, doubiless, eminently distinguished
statesmen. Could this movement, then, be looked opon
in any other light than as a most auspicions beginning?
He thenght not. Hany one had told him, three months,
or even three weeks since, that they would hear the voices
of Geveral Batler, ond the other gentlemen to whom they
had just been listening with so mach pleasure, within the
walls of that building, he would have almost thought the
mati had lost his senses. He was new proud, however,
to acknowledge that his ineredality had entire y vanished,
and the initiative having thus been so happily taken, he
sincerely trasted and believed that success would be the
result. hat was more likely to bring about the re-
establishment of Reciprocity than just such assemb ages
as the one he then saw before him? Nothing, certainty,
coud conduce more directly to such a result than direct
personal intercoarse,—free, open, tidential ¢ i
cation with one another,—a genuine reciprocity of feel-
ing and sentiment such os they enjoyed that evening.
The Congressional Committee had, of course, come to P.
¥. Island to advocate the interests of thelr own country,
and he (Mr. Paliwwer) would have thought very litte of
the gentlemen composing that Committee hed they filled
to dy xo, -they would hav: il dischatged the trust re-
posed in them hed they neglected thix important part of
their dutv.—each party however should not refuse to
repose confidence In the honorable and tiberal intentions
of the other. He was sanguine enough to hope however,
that the matter ander considermtion would speedily be
adju-ted to the satisfaction of all parties. Let them look
at our fisheries, There were shoals aud swarms of fish
in our waters. and but few of our own people engaged
oe hing then. Why, then, should not everyone use

7 iuence wud see that these fisheries were at once
thrown open to the Americans, provided that no other

interests were interfered with? Some of their friends,
iu appea had ave sudicteus Cynadenue ta eet: auitty

to accomplish the end in view,—some well-meaning colo-
nists wished to have it believed that it was all labor In
weir lost time In short—to trouble themselves about a

watter which must eventoally be sabmitted to a higher

ower, © We are,” say they, “ the subjects of Great

ritain, and owe allegiance to her; Canada, too, would
have to be consulted,” ete. None, he hoped, would for-
et his allegeance to the Queen. Before any Act could
decome law, the Royal assent was undoubtedly necessary.
A British Minister, by a shiaple stroke of his pen, could
defeat all their Sci This was fully admitted, But

he (Mr. Palmer) could not bring himself to believe that
an Act authorising Reciprocal Free Trade with the Unit-
ed States, duly paxsed by our Legislature, and provided
such Act did not trench on the rights of any of our ts-
ter Colonies, would fail to receive the Roval allowance.
Eveu should the Canadian Government, for the present,
not pass asimilar Aci, that would be no valid reason
why this {stand should not, in the meantime, move in the
matter.—tar from it. Tt had often been in effect said te
us: “You are a small Colony, and you cannot, therefore,
be allowed to exercise the privileges you are secking to
obtain.” Those privileges had, however, been obtained
and they were now in the full enjoyment of them. The
truth was a right once conceded to the larger Colonies
could not wel! be dented to the smaller ones. for they were
Jost ax much entitled to consideration ax were Jainaica,
New Zealand, Australia, or the Cape of Good Hope. tie
trusted, therefore, that the people of P. K Island would
not supinely He down in despair. He (Mr. Palmer) en

tertained no doubt as to ultimate success; but even should
our efforts prove abortive, the simple cireumatance of so
many American gentiemen coming here,—looking at our
Island,—speaking of us on their reqarn, and thos making
os known to their countrymen, would be of incalculable
advantage to P. E Istand. ‘The velue of the friendly ine
tercourse ko happily subsisting between the United States
and the Mother Country was pleasingly illustrated in the
adiniration with which a Longfellew was received tn
Great Britain aod a Dickens tn America. In discussing
such a,subject as the one in question, they wust recollect
that they were not about to drive a bargain with ajockey
on & race-course. | were dealing with a vreat and
important measure, wita men of high charaeter and
position.

The Hon. E. H. Denny, of Boston, remarked that
they had already heard from the great Nation of the
Wert, Gen Butler, the ex-Chief Jartice of
Vermont, avd the successor of Henry Clay. He was
indebted to the politeness of Gen. butler for his pre-
ga with them that evening, and he begged to nesure

Fee se present that he would lave great pleasure
in doing all that lied in hie power to promote Licipsc.
city and Free Trade. had heard fromthe Great
Republic, but he had come tw this Ivland to represent
the little State of Massachusetts, which nel menn.
facturep of various kinds to the valaw of £100, v00,000

E

the result of his observations on bis return,
n lod'to etudy ite history somewhat rao
and attentively than he had previously dene. He foun
that it was now about four centuries since Sebastian
Cabot landed on these shores. Being strock b ee
beauty of its harbots—the principal of whieh («
Charlottetown) was one of the finest in Ameriea—and

‘the gently undulating and fertile character of its eurface,

he conferred upon this [stand the name of the beloved
Apostle, St. Teed —aalbe as euphonious, he thought, as
any Royal name that could have been given to it.
8a vently, in the war with France, they raised two
regiments of militia in) Marsachusetts, and oaptured
Lovisbourg and ite Island-garden (0. B. Island) Re-
ferring to the Bubject of Reciprocity, Mr. Derby here
presented, with the view of exbibiting the great im-
portance of the ‘trade resuling therefrom, some
statistical information, whieh, however, oar limited
space compels us to pass over for the present, This va-
liable trade, he said, wae almost entirely to be accriha-
ted tothe Reciprocity Treaty which had become defunct,
Since then, however, the United States had been aub-
jected to the ecibeof civil war, aad during tis continu.

“anoe the people of some of the Provinces had exhibited
‘feelings which, as manifesting an anfriendly spirit

towards the North, were deeply to be regretted. Lo
remembered, however, that during the war, an exprea-
sion of aympathy onthe partet the poaple of thie Island
wae couveved, through their representatives, to the
President anu Congrese of the United States, From
no other Province did’ they receive any token of
sympathy, He gladly embraged thar opportanity,
therelore, to acknowledge the kindly feeling manifested
by the people of thie [stand on the ovcasion referred to
—at a tims, too, when they experienced burt little from
other quarters—and he most heartily Ghanked them for
it, The old Treaty had passed away, and great pro-
gress had beeu made, he was glad to ovserve, in the
principles of free trade since the period when that Treaty
came into operation, Thies Island possessed a fertile
sot, and the United States possessed great manulac-
tories —the terme of the new Treaty should not, theres
fore, be limited to the mere productions of the aoil, bat
should embrace menafactared articles also. He (Mr.
Derby) had alluded briefly to the history of the past.
Massachusetts was a small State of about 4.000 000
acres, and when all their eterle land, as well ae that
used for manulseturing purposes, wae deducted, there
would be very litte left. They made one great mistake,
however, when they took Louishourg and St. Joho
(P. KB. Island), ‘They should, be theaght, have at
once annexed both these places to Massachusetts,
(Laaghter), The French residents of St, Joho returned
to the [Mand atter ite capture. where they lived long,
and, he presumed, Were frequently no minded of St. dobn
of Pannos, Whether the tithe leland was, or was net,
inferior to the former in many respects, he would not
undertake to aay: bat for saluprity of climate St, John
was be had ne doubt. a great deal better than Pateios,
A previous speaker bad ob-erved that the soil of PLB.
Ieland could be made to yield three times aa munch av it
now produved ; bat be lad ne hesitation in giving it aa
hie opmnon, that ix tines a8 much could be obteined
from it with but comparatively bute additional effort,
Besides Which there was scarcely a spot. ou ita surlace,
he ander-tood, utore than three or four auiles from the
ebb and flow of the tide. tay Magsachueetts. they had
brenght almost every portion of the State within four
miles of a ratlway station. bat then they had to par. in
the shape of tole, ete,, pretty dearty for the privilege.
Here, however, euch were the wonderfal facilities pre.
vided by nature, that the collection of tolls could be
altogether dispensed with, Here they might have
fog: but, in the States, they had their savannas, In
the States they contd produce Indian corns here they
produced potatoes, hay, oats, barley, wheat, &e. He
had looked inte the reports, and he was surprixed to
find that the Island could raise 40 bas, of oats, 40° bas,
barley. 30 bush. of wheat, and 250 bus. potatoes to the
acre: aud. ata proof of the excellence of the latter,
he stated that he had newer made a better breakfast: in
his lite than he hod that morung on batrer and porta.
toes, Maseachtssetia he said, desired Reciprocity.
And although the people of the Leland were not su.

weme, there wie Luly at the head of afftirs in Bog.
and whet they agreed to a svetem of Free Trade
and Reeiproenty with the Americans, woud net, he was
sure, obstract ther wishes Tle (Mr. Derby) eared not
whether D'tsracli, Glatstone, or Bright held the reins
of powertm Bagh (though be might, he admitted,
prefer the latter). tor he questioned whether either of
them woald be very desirous just now, of giving further
catine of «fence to the inhubitante of any portion ef the
British dominions. Mr. Derby concluded au exeetlent
speveh by giving. a# a sentiment,—

* Sneeess to the Mission of the Great Republic to
the Island of the Apostle.”

1. ©. Hall, Esquire, on being called npon by the
Chairman, said he was surprised, after the many able
sperches they had already listened te, to be called up-
on that night. He felt a lithe embarrassed alen. for
General Bather seemed to regard the business in whieh
he war engaged as a species of gambling, On further
consideration, however, and cepecially when he remen-
bered the feet that this Island was payieg $200 per
barrel for the privilege of sending her mackerel wo the
States, he saw their unfortunate position, and intended,
he had no doubt, to give them a respectable character
oo his retern to the United Sates. © It js a well
known fact.” said Mr. ball, jocosely, ‘that our fish
don't bite well now,—they have got to be large, respeet
able fish; and itis now's be supposed that fish of that
character will bite who they lave to pay $200 into
the Usitul Meatoo T ry for the privilege af Leing
eaten! Tbeheve. haw r, thatthey will begin to bite
soon, ‘Theee fish ky .w exactly where the three-
mile line is located ; and there never has been a season
When they moved ined of that line unul the present.
When they heard what was going on, they had, it would
seem, resolved not he canght outside ; for they are now
Fore eae ¢lose to and around our shores.” “He (Mr,
H ) believed that they had now commenced a moves
ment thar would, ere long, give free trade to the people
of P. KB. Islands and while be held that he ought not to
have been called upon for a speech, he, nevertheless,
fully realized the gravity of the position they now eeen-
pied, for he felt itm bis pocket. He bad lived here for
reveral yerrs, and he hoped ere long to eee the fish of
thie Ishind agar fod their watural aud moet profivable
market in the United States,

The Chairman said he had arrived at the happy position
of boing able to propose, ax a toast, © Our Gpests,”—
coupling therewith the pame of Mr, Latliny-aud whist
doing so, he could not help expreasing bis high apprecia-
tion of the observations of Mr, Derby. He could onl
express the wish that they had as able a financier tn V’,
E. Island as Mr. Derby, a gentleman who could state in
amoment the amount of the imports and exports of
almost every country in the world, without reference
to any document whatever!

To this toast there was no response, although there
Were several gentlemen present who, had they thought
it necessary, could have dene so wish good effect,

The Hon. Mr, Hensley. on again rising, said he was
thankful to say that his duty as Chairman was drawing
to & Clone. ay far, at least an tousts went. The last toast
on the, programme, he found, was © ‘The Bar of all Na-
tions.” and with that he would couple the name of the
Hon. Join i.ongworth. It was acurious cireumstance
that the gentlemen who had spoken that evening, with
but two or three exceptions, were alllawyers. ‘The Bar
might. as was al » beu Har; but when pe
ot into difficulties they w have, notwithstanding, to
avail themselves of ite assistance, which was always free-
ly and independently accorded.

The Hon. J. Lonawonrn, on being called upon to
spond to the toast, * The Bar of all Nations," walal he i
xtetted exceedingly that the duty should have devolved
upon him of responding to that toast, Inasmuch as he
pain yal himeeif Ha . hod Boy task so unex.
pected signed wim. He remem! a remark often
name yes n pr friend (Mr. be henssn , to bes effect that

ere & hecessary evil,” as wi they were,

doubtices, regarded by « good many. But he would ap.
Peal to that audience, and he woukd et
rn they were more deeply indebted than to the
r? “Look,” said Mr. Lo “atthe Chairman

of the Congressional Committee (Gen. Batler,
the rad vapor the Ber My

men as distinguished iu

more minutely —

_ Island's greatest drawback,

wiki
wughteto Convince the most sceptical

wielded by the Bar, without referring to suck mep
were to be classed amongst the highest ornaments. of Be ci
profession in Ken J fr or bere cone pee pln i

reatest ininds thas the w, produc.

a a by the great orators of anclent Oreeée and Rome.
he would only advert to that great lawyer aud
phik rv ofour own country, Lord Hacon, a man wh:
coll mind grasped ajl subjects and cou
knowledge; and although bis name had heen tarnished
by the commission of dark offences, he steod forth as
one of the greatest — of wn htt Cctanaloe niet nat ot:

. nd, notwithstandin, ‘
his race. And hae ely

agalnst them in the public mind, the Bar
posed its reputation in all.ag s of the world. Of
Bar of P. E. Istaud he need say nothing further than this:
if not distinguished by high oratorical powers, Ite 6
probity was anquestioned. Ou behalf. then, of the
of the United 8. ares. and also on behalf of the of
Great Britain, he retarned thanks for the toast Jost given.
Aud with respect to the question of Reciprocity, he must,
before closing express the hope, that the negotiat) ois
then in progress might prove emlvently successful.
Reciprocal Free Trade with the United Sates had oper
ated very favorably in P. BE. stand, and a'though, since
its abrogation. (at least as faras P. E, Island was ¢on-
cerued.) a good trade had, tortunately, sprang ap with
Great Britain, t was admitted on all hands thata renewal
of the Treaty, upon a just and tair basis, would he
mutually ioonbenagy iret both to tie Vues Siasee' oy se}
Kiritish Cotoules; abd he trusted that upe

the whote question would have a teudency to thst desteed
result.

AvcuipaLy MeNer.. Esquire. on rising to .
as a voluuteer toast, * The Press of Great Britain and
America,” remarked that the Press would have to dio
cuss this matter fully, Mach had already been done tn
the way of enlightening the people on the subject of Ren
ciprocity aud Free Trade, but mach still remaiued to be.
accomplished in that direction, Some of tae previous
Speakers had told them that, a to their visit, they
knew little or nothing of P, EB. Island, bat, now that
they had seen it, they appeared to be highly pleased
with all that they had seen, This ignorance was the
It was not known in Great
Britain, or even in Canada, until very recently. The
question of a union of the Colonies. however, brought
it prominently into notice; and they had, reason to think
that the negotiations now going forward would pro-
duce a similar result in the United States. The thirteen
Colonies rebelled —justly rebelled against Imperial tax-
ation. This Colony was still a dependency of Great
Kritain, but was now cut off from the other Provinces,
for she was not in the Dominion; and he would like to
ask the gentlemen of the delegation whether they
thought P. KB. Island worthy of theiradiniration on that
account, and whether they would give it. in case of
need, a place under the Stars and Stripes? He (sir.
MeNeill) did not, however. mean to say that the people
of the Island would accept of their protection even If
otlerved. The Anglo >axon race would undoubtedly, as
had been afirmed by Gen. Butler, govern America, Was
it to be supposed. however, that the Mother Country
would oppress litde P. EB. Island? P. BE. [stand was Jost
as independent as Canada. and her people were, he
thought, equally as competent to enter into, negotiations
with the United States on the subject of Reciprocity as
were the people of the New Dominion It was quite
trae, as had been observed by one of our ablest lawyers,
they could net pass an act to prevent the going at large
of hogs or swine in Suminerside without the Royal per-
mission; bat In the name of every man. woman, and
chitd in P. KB. island, he woul. protest against any uo-
due tnterference in our local atuirs: ile rewarded the
visit of the Congressional Committee as one of the great-
est events that had ever happened ip connection with
this Island,

Davip Lainp, Esquire, Editor of the Patriot. in re-
sponding Lo the toast proposed by ‘ir. MeNelll, ob-
served that the Press had, he thought. a little claim to
consideration. Lawyers might be the fathers, bat--If,
s0—the Press was certainly the mother of their 'iber-
ties; and they all knew that the mother had a great deal
the mort to do with moulding the character of her
funily, Just +o soon as Urituin and Ainerica lost a
Free ress. so soon would their liberties begin to
dwindle aud die away. Reference had been made to the
© Sta.s and Stripes,’ but he (Mr. Laird) did not think
the people"of V. EB. Islind were prepared for such
amovement. He, however, was quite ery | that the
* vespectuble mackerel” of which they had heard that
evening should have free acecss to the United States
tiarkets. ‘They came, it appeared. within the limits of
V. i. [stand now, and he was perfectly willing to hand
them over to the Americans, ‘The Press, he believed,
woud do its best to further the movement,—quite as
macu so, lideed. as the Bar, e pecially when they alone
could give to the world all those statistics of which Mr.
Derby had giver them a sample that evening.

Gen, Bail ¢ then rose and intimated that the time
Was drawing wear when it would tw necessary for bine
eelt aod the gentlemen who accompanied him to lift
their anchor avd tke an unwilling departure for their
homes, He begged. therefore, to take leave of the
geutlemen present. and whilst doing so, astared thei
that the delegation would, mmoediately on their retarn,
report te the proper quarter their high appreciation of the
howpitality and Kinduess with whieh they bad been
honored whilat here, concluding with the hope that their
Visit would prove to be bat the beginning of the end,
& reciprocity of trade which woald be highly advan-
tageous to all parties concerned in it,

The Hou Mr. Beek, instracted by w young: member
of the delegation, jast wished to say before pariiog—

“To heaven itself we'd ask no more, &.”

The party then broke up.

{A portion of the above Tipers appeared in this
Journal on the Oth instant. and, bad our original inten-
tention been carried out, the rematoder would have ap-
peared in the following issae. We eabseqnently deem-
ed it advisable, however, to gause the firet portion of
thie report,—which had, in the meantime, been diatri-
bated,—to be re-set. and have now the pleasure to pre-
sent our readers with a Sopplement containing the
whole of these interesting speeches in one connected
series. —Ep. eran.)
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