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ing Farringdon street—~another striking con-
trast o the day of the pirates” exeeution,
when it was Rewessary to remain housed un-
til afer the cutting down. But after the

j Vid Paily had been left, in edurt and in
alle, Im street and in ginsbop door, were
seen the watchers of the night, They might

a be easily recognised by t! oir pale sodden

: faces, blear eyes, and wild talk, and ae they

came in contact with the stream of busy life

on its way to homely duty and honest work,
it was as if the contents of a frtid sewer
had been suddenly let loove. There were,
ef course, besides thieves and prostitutes,
working men of different grades. and philan-
thropic and professional observers at this ex-
ecution. But after carefully estimating the
behaviour of the crowd, we declare it tu have
beea earth!y, sensual anddevilieh. We can-
not recal a single redeemiag incident, or
quote either a word or a look of pity for the
soul gone to judgment ; and im reeurring to

our experience vl the night, we do ao with a

sense of shame and unatterable loathing and

bamiliation, sach as would be evoked by on

— Spectacle on earth. — London Daily

avews.

RENE

Give our young m

the lovers of freedom and the industrious
needy of all nations hasten to our republic to
people our towns, to clear our forests, to cul-
Civete our prairies, to man our ships, and in
& thousand ways to develope the vast resour-
ces of this magnificent country. Yes, your
children and mine will live to see towas and
cities spring up in the midst of the yet un-

trodden forests of the West — they will see

borne upen “the hosom ‘of the now s>litary
waters of this great continent, unvisited ex-
cept by the screaming water-fowl and the
solitary Indian, myriads of vessels freighted

| With every covimodity that ministers either |
t the comfort or to the pleasure of civilized}

man. Weare destined to be a great people :

, 2° power On earth can arrest our progress.’’

‘friend.

It is one of the moet melancholy

Once the most suber-minded and calculating,
| ave become the most visionary and unrea-
jsoning, This Utopia of yours will,
| very outset, be engulphed ia the qguicksands

| of National Bankruptey. The intolerable

en bigher aims and our may indeed “ en
indasiry a wider field, and, mark me, we} tended te our Isiand; but are we to infer hence
will accomplish wonders. Besides, will not, that we are to gain nething by the great inter-|

OTL ARO EERE TE RE ee Ae

- — _ eee

pen that the railways be never ex

In order toe answer this ques

' colonial railway ?

| Signs of the times that those men, who were |

at the}

new thriving and prosperous little town of Sum-
merside owe ita rapid growth? Js it not mani-
featiy to the great inerease of trade caused by

'

and St. Jon.
100 aniles should have had the effect of augmenting
| the trade of Summerside so mach, what wust we
not expect from the great juter-colonia! railroad ?
|} When we study the results of union in other
parts of the globe, and when it is manifest that
union has almost everywhere produced beneficial
results, we eau then, 1 presume, a pare, draw the
sale inference that the Union of the British Pro-
vinees will not only be beneficial, but, according
te the order of things, it cannot prove prejudicial.
| Every intelligent reader is acquainted with the
| poor, miserable, and uncivilized state of Seotiand

If, then, this railway of only about

Dreama, dreams, all dreams, my honest | before its union with England, and again, the

| subsequent rapid strides it has made in the path
j of civilization, wealthaad prosperity. The Lrish-
j man will now, no doubt, stare me in the face,
jand ask ine what “ poor ould Erin” gained by
| the union ? Candidly J aver it gained nothing,
nor did it in a certain senae lose aaything; but
the bulk of its misfortunes were due to a number

| of other sources alien trom the union, ef which it

the construction of the railway between Shediac | port his bare assertion, — he haa net given even | report.

CORRESPONDENCE,

[POR THE EXAMINER. ]
A DREAM ABOUT TOE UNION.

A few evenings ago, alter Naving puzzled
myself ever the finuncial articles of the Js-
dander and Protesians, | tel) into a
and as [ dozed, I dreamed. | fancied myself

doze : j

j}load of debt with which it will be burdened, is not my intention here to write an essay. An-
will wink it deeper and deeper each day. It) Other person will probably ask me, what gained
‘may drag ona feeble, short, and miseratle| Cape Breton by its union with Neva Scotia?

existence, but its final and irretrievable ruin! reed « we are to give eredit to Mr. Mauro's
cannot belong delayed. The good things which | history of that Island, we must admit that it is
| progressing rapidly since its re-union, previous to

| this favoured land most undoubtedly possesses | which, Mr. Munro says, it waa making but “slow
j wil be enjoyed by a more reasonable and a} ydrances in civilization.” After these, however,
less bigheminded people—-a people who will | aod sundry other objections make the round, the
establish its prosperity on a more secure! wily anti-Unionist will again bring into action bis

ém # strange room of a strange house. A | foundation ~one who will not abandon a | old weapan — Taxation — and he will inform us
eheerful @ood-fire was blazing and sparkling 'roal and tangible good for unreal, shadowy, | that the present system of taxation in Upper
Sa) '

im the wide chimney.
the Sre was made were supported by dog. |
irons, but they were very different from the
rough resty concerns | had seen in my boy-|
hood. The upright part of them was of |
brass, handsomely ornamented, and highly |
polished. The turniture was much more
tuassive than that now in use, and not at all |
showy, but the way in which it reflected the |
flickering light of the fre showed that it!

The sticks of whic |

and ungertain advantges. JI. for one, will
have neither lot nor part in this matter. 1
will not assist, howcver, indirectly, in what

verily believe will result in the ruin of my
country. I will sell what worldly goods I

possess, and seek a home where | way enjoy |

the gifts of Providence ia peace. I have a
friend in the little Island of St. John, in the
Gulf of the St. Lawrence, who tells me that
I may there with industry make a living for

Un the}

must have been excellently kept.
walls, which were destitute of paper, but

dazziingly white, hung quite a number of
gene al various giges, and a brace of pistols
and a sword were suspended above the fire-
place. The door, | noticed, was of oak and |
plentifully studded with nails, and the win-
dows. which were faw, were very narrow!
aod barred with iron. Nor were the occu-|}
pants of the room less strange in appearance |
thaa ita furnitare and surroundings. Two
men Sat near @ table, on which were a de-
esnter and glasses, and an e.derly woman!
eccupied a chair beside the fire knitting

Near the cleanly swept bearth, and appa-
reuily enj»ying the warmth of the fire, lay
two fine dogs of a breed | had never before
eeen. A glance showed me that one of the
mea at least was of the pure Anglo-Saxon

Trace.

myself and my little ones, afar from the din| Worth searehing for,
the Upper Cauadians are somewhat heavily fas: |
} sessed, this is not due to the Government but to

ot strife, and undisturbed by the contention |
There, perhaps, you too,
my friend, when your visions have been dis-
peiled, way find a peaceful home, unmolested
oy the frequent but unwelcome visits of the
tax-gatherer.”’

* Not Il; my country is mine for weal or|
for woe. If it prosper, L and my children
shall enjay the good; if adverse fate befall
it, | am content to endure what thousands of |
better men will have to bear. But I have}
few fears. Take care that your children|
may not in future years haye cause to re-
proach you for burying them in a remote!
and insignificant place, where they can find|
little occupation for their talents and a nar-|
row field for their industry —a country in-
which they will have to endure all that we

of the ambitious.
|

| Canada is extortiouary and insupportable, and
j that, aiter the union, eur condition would be per-
tectly assimilated to theirs. But to persons pro-
posing sueh absurd, subtle and fallacious argu-
|} wents, [ would reply that they are either totally
| unacquainted with Canadian polities and Cana-

| dian resourees, or that they wish merely to lave
| Something tu say ou this all engrossing tepic. ui
| tact, the reason of their arguimeuts resembles a
j good deal two grains of wheat lost in two bushels
jof chaff: when they are found, they are pot
Sir, we all kuow that 1

the municipal bodies, who, keeping time with the
spirit of progress of their enterprising neighbors,
tax themselves accordingly.
longer be upheld as au
against the Union,

Betore bringing to a elese this communication,
which has, I tear, already trangressed tie DouNds
generally allotted to a lucubration of this nature

argument

I will pass some remarks on the opinion enter |

tained throughout the Island with respect to the
Union. It ia commonly rumored in Charlotte-
town that the country people are in general ad-
verse tu the Union of the Coleuies. Now, the
reason Of this is simple, namely: that the bulk of
the Protestant population receive the Protestant,
while a grest number of Catholics read th

Herald, aud as the editors of these two journals |

earnestly labour to impress on their minds the iv-

which English writers of any character under-
stand —- that ‘ prepositions govern the objective
case.” We will let pass, however, the flagrant
violation of grammar ia the above quoted sen-
tence, Mr. Coles’s letter is important to us in
this particular —which Mr, Palmer has taken
precious good care not to notice—that it ‘“estab-

lishes” the tact of Mr. Palmer not having been

”

stituted the sin against “ parliament and people!
Phat is the logic of the person who wishes to be
considered as keeping * Whateley’s Logie” for

hourly reference, and who will reward skilful

disputants who foil him in arguinent by presenting
them with copies of it! Truly, we bave in this
intance a powerful argument against Confede-
ration !

members of the opposition), and the Hon. Dr.
Tupper, Provincial Secretary. We are indebted
to the Halifax Morning Chronicle for the fullow-
ing synopsis of the speeches.

The Provincial Seeretary informed the audience
that it had been arranged that the Hon. Attorney
General was to be the first speaker, bul owing
to iudissosition that gentleman was not able to at-
tend.

side we may safely eount upon
men, who are evidently asa Body in fe

an union, One reason for the {vor it meets
from these may indeed be because Youth
loves change of any kind, and re Lot
whole averse to a Change just for
change. But deeper than al thig
feeling Of our young més thab

He observed that Hon. Mr. MeCally, one

room. “Their instincts tell ‘thera

want
as truly

seen or heard by Mr. Coles making any effort Now, we turn to our friend the Protestant. In

This, then, can no} ; | )
militating | 8eeme weiling to divide with bim the honour of | land would not sit as members of the Conference,

Whatever in support of the resolution,
Mr. Palmer, evidently staggered by Mr. Me-

t

| Donald's straight-forward and honest testimony,

seconding the resolution. He says:—

“ Supposing it to be a fact that Mr. McDonald,
at the tine, did say ‘1 second it,’ dees this ren-
der it any more likely that I did not, at the same
time, use the sameexpressian ?) How otten does
it happen on a metion made in the House of As-
sembly, that two members simultaucously say
‘I second it.’’

torbey General at last—that be did no more than

last Saturday’s issue, the editor — the pink of

of the delegates, bad couseuted to address the
meeting first.
Hon. Mr. MeCully then rose to speak, and was

exaetness and “evangelieal” truth—says :—

“ At Quebec the two delegates froin Newfound-

because the Legislature of that Colony bad given
no authority for their appeiutment.”
Your stalement is not true, Mr. Laird. The |

| Newfoundland Delegates were, in every respect,

on the sane footing as the ether Delegates—they

sat at the same table, met at the same time, join- |

received with loud cheers, He spoke at cousider-
able length, and lis eloquent aud forcible address
was listened to with marked attention. He ex-
plained fully and very clearly the nature of the

ischeme adopted by the delegates, and showed the
| advantages likely to flow from a Union of the Co-

loner. He ably combatted the aagument put
forth in certain quarters that the proposed num-

ber of Nova Scotia representatives to the Gene-

jral Parliament is too siwall, and showed that by

the tefins ef the scheme, the Lower Provinces

jed as others did in the discussions, aud voted as | would enjoy, comparatively, a larger representa-
Now, here is a confession foreed from the At-| others, when votes were taken. We will convince | tion than « ither Ireland or Seotland had in the

) you of this,if yon wish,by handing you our printed

| linperrat Parhament. In

referring to the ele-
ments of the general scheme of Federation, he

any other member of the Island Delegatien might | authorised copy ofthe Minutes of the Conference: pargued that Nova Scotia would reap valuable ad-
have done, and possibly did, without rising from }and indeed, Mr. Pulmer could have told you the vantages frow her connection with Canada. He
} jshowed that in the details of the scheme local

[his chair! And this is the gentleman, forsooth,

that this change will be a boon to them ag
the sensitive apprehensions of moneyed men
tell them this change may not be for the
good of their pockets. ‘Hundreds ‘of our me.
chanies would try: their fortunes in New
Branswick and Canada rather than in

| States, if Confederation would not give

jmore tham they could do within
borders. Our voung men know that alifax
| must Increase ip population, and have eonf-
dence enough in themselves to believe
they will tind opportunities for adyg
their own interests much more surely in the
jnew order of things than at present, Qup
| mechanics then, and our young men in genes
ral, are in favor. Moreover, the » read
ness of the conception chimes in we with
the aspirations of youth and of manhood ig
its prime. And, accor all, it is by the

neh ce a ees i Pie ‘ } i i Se Og ee veary of the assuranee solely for the purpose or re OVINE ura y en the are o —
-| Palmer insists that he did second it. We adduced | by e—when eertain writers have grown we ary “ ther powerful argument against the Confeder- Which cannot Eapeeve’ ae ae change eages
‘the names of four delegates, and the direct testi- | their passionate appeals to popular prejudice, anc . aan /Mmay cause them to do not as Lat ater wee
| . Fy — a ‘lear— . |
.| mony of three, all of whom sat close to Mr. Pal-| when the publie mind shall be calm and aa r* = ight instance ether absurdities from the | Many of our merchants are ¢ watts er
1 i. ‘ “ ~ — — “ 2am ati .
tion, [ would ask my opponents to what does the; mer, who aver that the Attorney General was | which side has had the soundest sense anc b sy ms fi a ite * venousoys and up- | ponents of union because union io ete - - < Nort
“ al dinformation to support it, without taking, | Protestant, written Im I i mation means more | an
| not heard doing what he says he did. Mr. Palmer | most solid informati ' daah *2 ety ainet Confederation, but ‘ le . usiness
{ : ‘e iy ep eee : auxiliary, a common lying street | grammatical” style again ’ competition, less profits nore
| has not brought forth a tittle of evidence to sup-| in any case, asan 3 : on hb towshew the | they age natural) ’
Our present purpose is to give specimens | we think we have produeed enoug 7 ne ret dcdad 4 a to all these anwele
: ‘onfederati ro | nunerility’’ of ite “ productions.” Mr. Laird | © «8. ur dr s It!
| the name of any one who heard him, who would | of the arguments used against Confederation. We s aor rt te at the person he styles opposed to an union bosalt ee Pe Bee vente
ibe likely to corroborate his statement. Then,| make the selection almost at random from the last | takes p Le ft! Convettion.” Mr. I aird jew age eiere lasoh hhis ne
, . re “ee 2 rig th . . . 4 — .
has he a better right tu be believed than four] issues of the Herald and Protestant. Our first | the at, A, #5 Whelan ia engaged in compil free ae and an ines? Pt nit
: : awara * . “li 2 re -| 2 e ~
other persons, who were quite as attentive as he | extract shall be from the Herald, Dec. 14, and is | is aware that Mr. ue x *é oe - ' . implies the necessity for . n é
j gsi a ing a little book which purports to give the sub-| capital to carry on business, hy, h larger surpr
to the business before the Conference? Alluding | as follows:— ‘ : Delegates | the larger wholesale } y» OW eM,

, : : ; «“ History farnixhes wany instanees where poli- | stance of the publie utterances of the Delegates | z 10U8€8 Bhould be bane
to Mr. McDonald’s testimony, to the effect, that History furnishes many instanees w - ee -» Canada. Should} 108ed, we do not see. In Montreal ines, alu
be (Mr. McDonald) believed himself to be the ‘ ticians bave stabbed the hberties of their coumry, lin the Lower Provinces and in Canada. Sh duty has led to consolidati Pegged

a : . or sold it, Judas like, for so many pieces of silver, | \1 yr ton be sneered at fur doing such a thing ? . on of hast
seconder of the resolution, Mr. Palmer trium-|i.¢ we are happy to know that their nemories Mr. Wh 4 ry goods trade, in the hands of some oe ‘i
phanily asks: “Now, if it be true that Mr.] have been branded ae ee. ee a | If he a See deserves to be sneered a perevpe, supp lzin other dealers
atta : ; with these examples fore us, hesitate to brand) for printing the book. 1 a crease in dut dewt
srt ~ “om ee es ae : as conspirators and traitors men — have ueurped | EO fore Hyg etl. and will, tina of th
ye Was hot heard to du so ¢ r. Paliner surety ar ‘ ‘ivileges of parliament and the | omen ’ + t, do the same here, th :

“* | the rights and privileg | . IR O af DP?) YATT tent, » though couw
knows that this is the most flimsy of all special peaple, who have tar exceeded their authority and rHE CONFEDERATION CAUSE IN of importing fortnightly by steamen am he *
pleading; it ia travelling very far beyond the re-| powers, and who have, intentionally or meres HALIFAX. lessen the likelihood of thi. Tete May
. , tionally, sacrificed the interests of their country.” | lc tion, more direct i =e ate, m ern
cord, as lawyers say. We are not trying the : : gdh ag lap me aida to be | PPOPOF ion, ™ porters ig . ne
@ ; he , Donald } " din By way of anewering this “ hi-faluting” writing, The eause of confederation appears to be vhan in any of the large Cities of ape lig
ones pet verti — M e “ae Zt x ; let us ask was Mr. Palmer one of the “ couspira- | progressing nest favorably in Malifax. A pubhe! nent. New York, for instanee, is ati. whi
the seentation F ae wae oo oe eed , re tors and traitors?” Iu the estimation of the | meeting was held at the Temperance Hail there | by comparatively a very few bonuses he our
deing oh Weep a - sap cg Herald now—for reasons best known to itself— ee Friday evening, 9th inst., the Mayor presiding, pe peer ns cept the 8 How
- ao ‘ove g 247 vu ‘e " e ? i. » ° r " °
7 apie mop eee sive _—o Mr. Palmer is the embodiment of all that is good | called for the purpose ofenabling the Nova Scotia reamgye eer Bees ies dees im the Boodg to }
ee veh oneness NS 8 | makes @ sad and patriotic. Was he ove who * usurped the | Delegates to explain the prineiples of the pro- the opposition of the fai? Ads
5 Aarne { Ney nera ‘th | ' . — . > “ 4

of ymjcods ‘ vere a — Mr. Coles’s | Pights and privileges of parliament and people,” | posed Constitution. The leading men of the Pro-| with these, however, it might be well to Gov
attempt fo put such a rr dessa, alae | Sal exceeding his “authority and powers,” by going | vince were present, including the Chief Justice.) guise whether the plan in vogue ig > 4 rep
arid ose Hagil shot A ig | to the Quebee Conference? It may be replied _ Archbishop of Halifax. besides other clergy- vasidpcotion dene coed fd oe
sulyect, i t iis oO Se. e “ee? a : “ae The $ et a ock =

bp Pitas folie whe he. Shaan hed that he went to guard the interests of the Island. men of different denominations. The Hall was through ansiety ae out the | debws Made De

Ait. Cale etter, ¥ war, B . ° BS Dh ee 2 -legate ns 5 hy a r
also published, establishes what I before informed | The same reply will be as forcible in the mouth | crowde d to excens, ann a a” eben ae nae interest-—witheet mentioning othe; Py 1
you took place between that gentleman and I,” &€.| of every other Delegate. But the mere going to enthusiastically received. ‘The speakers were the This enumeration wil} we think, j an

3 : "
Lennie and Murray both Jay down this rule, Quebee, and taking part in the Conference, con- Hon. Mr. MeCully, Hon. Mr. Archibald (both almost all. the opposition. On the the

ge ee

There was the buriy fourm, the was
sive head, the raddy complexion that distin- |
gxuish the genuine John Bull all the world|
ever. The nationality of the ocher was not}
80 apparent; he was lean and sallow, and}
the melancholy cast of countenance ¢on-|
trasted strongly with the jolly, good-hamored |
expression that beamed on the face of his

companion. The dress of both the mea and

the woman was very different from ours. |
could have laughed at the slort-waisted |
dress, the scanty skirts, the high-heeled |
shoes, and singular head-dress of the lady, |
had not her gentle mutherly look, her quiet
thoughtful swile, and her matroaly dignity
of manner won my respect, and made me ia-
s’antly forget the

il

| have endured, and at the last to struggle for | justice of forcing them into a union, and the heavy

what ia now within our grasp.”’ “Nay."’ | axes they must necessarily bear, itis but natural
Just then a cry from the baby awuke me. | te suppose that all sueh readers (aud many there

and | found I had been dreaming jare) should be opposed to union ain every shape
. =" and form. 1 opine, therefore, that the editor otf

“ONFEDE! a N mi TI E ee 2OVINCES ! the Herald ia w rong ti supposing that the coublry

cod “Dp RA 10) Os 1 i PROY N¢ ES | people are generally Opposed te Confederation
: c ir ante ‘ 1 wou'd rather say that they are in a state ot
To THe Eprror or THE Examiner. } -

vineible igvoranee of this all important question,
Sir; ; which requires the fire and eloquence of Mr

It is net my intention in this letter to dwell on} Whelan, or some other warm adoveate of union,
the moral necessity of a unien of the Colonies, as} to arouse them, and instil in their minds the true
have touched on this point te a considerable} tenor of the question. Moreover, I do not hesi
length in @ previews oommunication. I may, tate to add, that should Mr. Whelan pass through

| however, observe ea passant that there are copious | those districts, where Mr. Reilly drew every ove

and cogent arguments, which should naturally after him by his great eloquence and logic, and

and, oue would suppose, irresistibly determine the | deliver a lecture, Mr. Reilly, 1 apprehend, would

British Proviuees to cowe together and to form | find, on a seeond visit to the same localities, as

eeuliarities of her dress, | one grand and illustrious whole out of their several | man y tratters as he had adberents the first time.

The men wore stockings and knee breeches, } distinct and independent parts, viz: theireommon| This, indeed, is only natural. The leading states.
z ale F ys ¥ ' dsc
{ard these became my stout friend wonder. | history, their common language, their common} men of England and the provinces prescribe

fully well,) thei¢ shoes were ornamented |

allegianee, their common ambition, their mutual! union as the ouly means of effecting permanent

with large silver buckles, their couts wore | affection, their mutual sympathy, their mutual! peace and security, and will P. E. Island, already

straight cut and single-breasted, and the } tereata, and, in geaeral, the lofty desire inherent

a!

back hair was gathered into @ que which |
was tied with a bit @f narrow ribbon,
whole scene was quiet and home-like, and!

The}

so small, so insignificant, aud se contemptible in

} thon.

4

u man of eccupying a nobler aud worthier posi-
These are, however, but internal arguments

| —argumeuts of the mind and of the heart; but,

vesides these, there are exteraal forces, which will

the mea had all the appearance of being old | force us te a union of some description; and, if

friends.
my mental vision in this my **superiorstate,’

Indeed, such was the keenness of | nut presently, the period, Mr. Editor, is net far!

listant when absolute necessity will drive us, |

thac { knew instantaneconsly that they had | »lens rolens, tu this identical stage of policy, which |
Jong esteemed one another, and that eacl;| many at present discuss in public and private,

had the most unbounded eunfidence in the | CoUSer indifferently, and finally throw aside
ja mere political shai.

integrity and disinterestednese of the other.

demonstrate that this scheme will prove the
ruin of these flourishing colonics.’' nag”
oo, go on, Jet us hear what ‘
say,’ said the stout man.
the other, ‘‘are a w
ever a large ex

a =
"you have to
We,’’ resumed
Sak people scattered
hs of country. We now
tection of one of the most
nations in the world — her armies |
our armies, and her fleets our fleets

Our taxes are. comparatively speaking, ex-
ceedingly light; still they are as heavy ae)
we can afford to pay. What grumbling we}
hear every day x sant the difficulty of mak-|
ing @ living in these Colonies. Mow many |
are constantly complaining of bard times |
end heavy taxes. Now, if we rise ia rebel-|
lion, io the first place, many of our best men |
will be takea from productive oceupativns |
and become a charge on the country. Wars|
ere ruimously expensive things. See how)
they have burdened and impoverished almost
every couatry of the Vid World. How)
must our taxes be increased, and what a}
strain must be pat on our resourees in order |
that we may be able to maintain this con-
templated struggle with anything like «
ebaace of success. We will have to increase |
our pablic burdens tentold, bat even this)
will nut be sufficient.

enough to lend it tous. And thea suppos- |
jog—what isin every way unlikely — that)
we dv achieve our independence— that, con-

} measures do not seon be taken on tha’
Shortly after I entered, the eillow man | will all bear testimony but too al Bul

esid—as if resuming @ coaversation that had/ rivus aud unenviable att van to the preca-
been begun before 1 came in—*'] have well! in by our Yaukoow
considered this matter, and [ think I can| present war ge *

bet

;

trary to every probability, we. an vowarlike, |
undisciplined people, a)aost destitute of mi- |

litary resources, will be abie not only to)

withstand but to overcume the disciplined | ne of the States that compose the present Sou-| the basis of a Constitution

hosts of @ warlike nation, which tus at com- |
mand inexhaustible resources both of men |
und material—suppose, | say, that, in spite |
of all these maniiest disadvyantwges, we do}
succwed in establishing our independenc:, how
ean that independence be maintained? Low
oun three millions of people, impoverished |
ead weakened by a long war, deeply in
debt, support the most simple and inex; en-
rive form of governmert but by « taxation
so ruinously heavy that it will paralyse our)
energiea aed exhaust our resources? How!
ean such @ people, so situated, mumtain a|
luce in the taguly of nations? inere will |
armies to arm, pay and feed; there will)

be Gevte to build and to keep in & state ol |
efficiency ; fortifications to raise and equip

in every part of the extensive territory vi
the republic; president, governors, and pub-
lio officers of all kinds to pay, and relatious
with foreign powers to keep up. | ask you
how are all these things and many more w
he dove by # weak nation of simple farmers,
surrounded by powertul and jelous neigh-
bours? The prospect, my inend, appals
me, and makes me believe that those who
encourage the people to resist, either bave
not counted the cost of what they are about
so uodertake; or ambitious of diwtinctions
and cevetous ef power, they Care noe tur
the bappmess aod wellare of the pevple,”’

*» They are hupest men, noble mep, ’ imter-
rapted bie friead. ** Du not impeach their
motives. Yuva de not understanc them ;

perhaps you esanot understand them, but
they are patriots, sir, patriots. 1 grant yuu
that the prospect does appear gloomy when
seen from your post of view, bat were it
ten times gluomier, 1, for one, would nut the
Jems cheeyiylly engage 10 this contest, l'y-
ranny must put be endured. We would be

unworthy our race if we tamely submitted

to éhe exactions of Britain. ut let me

| ~—s hint, my friend, that even you way be mis
«taken in your caleulations. You buve made
: “po allowance fur the increased energy that
ee (peedom and independence will iniuse into
oe vf soqiety and inw every brane

eo. You have not suffeientdy con-
— M peyier efficiency that Uvion will
our exertions, both podlw aod

“pn ell restrictions will haye

“p our trade, when native

i ‘yet extensive sphere of
Pane may aspire

od bea yery dif-

- hetia, unambi-

Yes, Mr. Editor, iio

Ge active
ject, we

ide we will be placed
~teighkbors at the close of the |
ie No doubt exists that whatever may |
ee" Cre fual destiny of this monster offapring of |

| Mars, who has deen devastating for the last three

or four years the rich and luxuriant fields of the |
once United States with fire and sword, the Yan-|

| kees will ever be a constant source of apprehension |

and awe tous. In the first place, should the South |
gain ber independence, as no doubt she will, the
North will be always obliged to maintain a large
standing army in order to be at any moment pre-|
pared to repel any Southern incursion or disturb-!
ance, for we cannet suppose the Southerners will |
easily forget the sad and lamentable seenes of |
bloodshed aud desolation, poverty aud untsery, now |
everywhere present to their view in their once }
fertile and prosperous territories; aud no doubt |
the time and occasion for revenge will ever be}
preseut to their minds. On tbe other hand, should

the North be so successful, or rather sv fortunate, |
as to overcome the South, te bring them back te |
the Union, to place them in bondage, or in some |
bumble situation, opposed and repugnant to the |
spirit and nobleness of the brave defeaders of |
Southern liberty. of Southern rights and Southern |
inpstitutions—then, a fortiori, must the North sup- |
pert a standing army not inferior to that of the |
first European powers, in order to erush all jurk-|
img spirit of sedition and rebellion. Have we not |

entertain but little natural predilection towards}
us? = Itia manitest the Colonies muat be defended, |

mous expenses; but England alone is incapable
ot affording us the requisite protection and secu- |
rity. She cannot spare Usa sufficient quantity ot}

troops fer the internal defence of the country. serve,every matter connected with the Couterence | his despatch, a sentiment that re an abiding would try and get the additional support required |
Some effort, therefore, tiust be made by the) at Quebec; and I will endeayour to untold, for} P!4ce in every well constituted mind

Colonies.
nothing, for of what avail would it have been for

Separate, however, they can effect |

thern Centederation alone to have resisted the
numerous and powertal legiovs of the North, had
all the other States kept aloof and attended solely
to their own defence? But what prodigies ot
prowess and valor have they yot performed
clubbed together? How often bave they not re-
pelled with shame and confusion their more
numerous and overbearing antagonists? This,
my readers, is an exact unage of our military
situation alter the consummation of the Union.
Each Provinee will then have at heart the inter-
esta of the others, and will fly on the swift wings
of charity and fraternal affection to bear saucer
tothem. Thus Confederacy, aided by the gigantic
naval powers of Great Britain, will deteud the
Colonies row any atiack whatever of the Yankees.
The blockade ot any hostile American port could
be rigidly entureed, and English ships of war and
gunboats would cover the lakes intervening be-
tween Canada and the United States; and all this
we ean easily accomplish through the Confedera-
tion, tor we will then have a pepulation of 4,000,000
as brave, hardy and robust people as are to be
found op the face of the globe. Many of them
are already trained to military exercises, and
already understand how to wield their swords iu
defence of their rights, iu defence of their liberties,
aud in defence of their country. Yes, Mr. Editor,
I know that the soos of P. E. Island at least will
not shrink trom any danger; and no doubt it wil!
be a happiness for many to learn that should their
services be ever required, they will have an pbie,
experieneed and world-renowned leader to head
thei and lead them to the charge in the person
of Sir John Michael, K. C. B.

Haviig wow expatiated to greater extent than
[ at first designed, aud than was perhaps neces-
sary to show the necessity of a union ina military
point of view, I am now obliged to pass over
very cursorily many ether objections that are
daily hurled aginst the union machine. The first,
though, in fact, the least injportant, objection of
the anti-Unionists is the increased taxation ~ g
uatural consequence, say they, of the union — ty
whieh the Colonies, P. E. Island in particular,
will be subjected. But. those who adopt and
cherish eo ardently this principle, do nut dive
sufficiently deep into the true philosophy of the |
question. Apparently they do not appear to Ute |
Tooter how a person with an income of £1000 |
cay were easily liquidate a bill of £20 than he!
could £40 with ouly a revenue of L1UG. This!
will, howewer, be precisely our situation after the |
coysumwmation of the Confederation. Although |

our taxes may be somewhat angmevted, yet we! Mr. Palmer is, evidently in bis own estimation, |! and can say to his beard ~ * Thou art the

shal) alsw possess reavyrges to meet them. The!
evcouragement givep to eommerce and emigra-|
Hon, the tactories established syyong us, the rail- |
ways eonstructed along our bighways—all this, |
wy readers, cannot fail to cayse fo gyise an over- |
flowing souree ot riches aud pruspevity. Some
there are who will here % 6 that the railways)

. Aah ity ied by

¥ &
: is

i

+ei's

et their |

will most probably never
Island, odd are the inhabitayta of (bis place to
coutribute they share towards a coneern which
ge never to beveditthem? ‘This isa iallacious argu
tent often employed by the leading anti-U uioniste
»erder to delude aud distract the people. If)

|
|

the eyes of our neighbours, render itself still |
more so by its deterwination to remain isolated 1 |
No, such, I presume, shall never happen, and the |
day is not far distant when we will bail the Confede-
ration of the Provinces as the dawn of a new
of social, puysical and weral culture
With the intengj
next Week
~ —y

ae

era

orn returning to the subject
I remain, &¢.,

WILLOCKS.

a
—".

Se «Charlottetown, Dec. 16, 1364.

Che Examiner,

Charlottetown, December 19. 1864.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SECOND |
DISTRICT OF KING'S COUNTY.

——

| GENTLEMEN—

IT am aware that an attempt is being made
(and, indeed, the intention of making it has been
avowed), to create an impressien en your minds
prejudicial to me es one of your Representatives,
on account of reeent political transactions. J
bave been stigmatized by a paper which is said
to have some circulation
“traitor” to the country and a “ conspirator”
against its interests, because I, in common with
other politieal fiends, thought proper to connect
myself with the Quebee Convention, and to form

and

objects of that Convention.

entertain an independent opinion of the

It is not my purpose to reply here to the per-

| then, my readers, every reason imaginable to fear | S008 who thus stigmatize me, but I merely |
| those powerful and revengeful neighbors, who! ask you tosuspeud your judgment on the question

of Confederation, and my connection with it,

We will be forced to or else pass under the galling yoke of the Yankees, until, in the course er next month, I shall do tutely: dec einiile poitiels weit-tity thish Yao irs
ind : une 2 their auxiliaries in defrayiag their enor-| myself the honour to address you at public meet- | OUTE’Y, 00 Sensivle person Will say that The laws) ‘
borrow money, if we can find any vne fuolist | and be thei silarics Csy eg Vee Cuor-| wys doped : 7 tose eb country should not be respected at ali | tien was fully and fairly discussed, looked aa it |

ings, at Morrel, at St. Peter’s Bay, and at Grand

River, when I shall explain to you, without re-

your information, the principles agreed upon as
for the proposed
Contederated Colonics.

1t has been my constant intention to do this
ever since my return from Canada, and nothing
has prevented me from carrying 1t out but the

bad state of the travelling, and, I may add, my'|

jut I feel assured that
the explanation whieh I shall give, when given,

own imperfect health.

will not be unacceptable, or show that the asper-
After a
political connection with you of more than eight-

sions of my opponents are justifiable.

een years duration, in the course of which ] have
had many proofs of your confidence, and during
which it cannet be said that I, for one moment,
abandoned any one political principle favourably
announced by me at the commencement of my
career—I think I am not asking too much in re-
questing you te wail te listen to me bef re giving
auy attention to the falsehoods of my revjlers,

I will give printed potices of the public meet-
ings, as to the time and place at which they may
be held, whieh | think will be about the second or
third week in January; and [ desire to say that
should any iuterfereuce be attempted at the meet-
ings by persons whe are not electors, it will be dis-
countenanced, as my explanations will be address

| ed only te my conatituenta, who will believe that

I am, as ever, their
Obedt. humble servant,
EDWARD WHELAN.
Charlottetown, December 19, 1864.
pa A ANE at i
MR. PALMER AND THE “SUBSIDY”
AGAIN.

Mr. Attorney Genera! Palmer has made a
further attempt, by means of another letter in
the Herald, to shew that he was the tenants’
triend jn seconding, at the Quebec Conference,
Mr. Coles’s resolution regarding the subsidy for,
the purchase of township lands. Mr. Coles’s|
action in the matter is completely lost sight of. |

the only patriot in whose honour the tenantry |
should toss their hats into the air. The subject
is quite unworthy of the space that has been al-
ready devoted to it; but we have no intention of
allowing Mr. Palmer to praetise, without check,

ekteuded to P. . | 84ch special pleading in the matter as might leave |
our Veracity open to doubt, aud therefore we!

return to the subject.
We stated that Mr. Palmer was pot heard se
eonding the rea.Jution moved by Mr. Cules. Mr.

}
winters, on the voor of the House, that the des-
| patch referred to was the basis of a “ compact” |

}same thing, if you took the trouble to ask hitn,
| who desires to have it proclaimed that he was, | before committing yourself to the rash statement
| par excellence, the tenant’s friend on the oceasion above. The Newfoundland Delegates are not fools
referred to! enough, any more than ourselves, to believe, that
Mr. Palmer bas drawn into this controversy— | Parliagnent must authorise, by vote, a delegation
ou any public question, before the Delegation ean
set about its business. ‘The Canadian Govern-
ment, consisting of twelve members, every one of
whom sat at the Conference Table, had no autho-
rity from their’ Parliament te hold the Con-
ference; and we thiuk—without intending to
disparage the Canadian Ministers by the compa-
prefer against Mr. Whelan in connection with the | risou—that they are quite as well learned in con-
despatch referred to:— stitutional law as the Editer of the Protestant is |

}
Surely Mx. Laird has not read so negligently his |

(but what connection it has withit weare at a loss
to discover)—an allusion to Lord Grey's despatel
relating to the claims of the proprietors, which
Sir Alexander Bannerman brought to this Colony
} in 1851, when he come here to assume the Govern-

ment.

We will allow Mr. Palmer to express, in
his own Incid way, the iusinuations he would fain

“Mr. Whelan was one of those, who, as has
{been clearly shown by some of his new-found |
friends, in the year 1851, entered into the com- |
pact with Governor Bannerman, by
ponsible Goverpment, with its
jed departmental system,»
ou condition that thee
to be preserved ¢

¥ u
net.

Sy, re
Tuich Res | ry eer pr i
Srazen aud erowd- country vere that constitutiosi prevails — and

yas given to the Colony, | the Colonies hate47% similes of it—may send
Tights of the Proprietors were

Ptitution, as not to know that the Minigteey 1
ah a eaty of a

. | their ambassadurs o Yelegates wherever the
. mvivlate at the point of the bayo | their ambassadors or Delegates whe esht 9e tl ey
oir. Whelan was one, who, for his gene- | please, on any emergency, when they think the

, rous feeling towards the tenantry, aud the trifling | public service requires it; and they trust to Par

inducement of getting the office of Queen's}. , be a core Ae" “a eal
Printer, consented to this arrangement, and having | monn other eanction ¢ ir proceeding. If Parlia
l obtained his office, faithfuily carried it out by | nent disapproves of it, they know the conse-

| voting for the raising and maintainance of the
| celebrated Ragged Regunent.”

We deny most emphatically, as Mr. Coles and
| Mr. Whelan denied it iat

quences. ‘They took the responsibility, confiding

in the support of Parliament. The Cabinets of
Canada, Nova Scotia,

foundland and

New Brunswick, New
winter, and in previous Prinee Edward Island, were all
alike as regards the powers they had for holding
Their
When jments did not authorise it by vote; but we are
the leaders of the Liberal Party took office in|

the Quebee Conference. several

fur securing Responsible Government.

1851, they had no knowledge of Lord Grey's des. |
I atch. «It was not produced until asked for in j and we are confident the several Legislatures
But ifit bad been produced, it |

would have had no effect upon their ininds so far as

Mr. Paliner }

stitution in sending Delegates to that Conference ;
the Legislature. will take this view of the matter.

So much for another “ arguinent.” against Con-

jrights and privileges were duly protected and |

kept under the control of those most jaterestea in
them. In framing the Constitatiwon ef the Con-
tederation, he said the Delegates had carefully
and, be thought, suecessiully avoided the rock
upon Which the American Union had split. He
Was aware that there was a diversity of opinion
in this city upon the propriety of the arrangewent,

and he was glad of it, because such leads to grave |

consideration, and he was satisfed, that atrer a
minute enquiry and a ful? understanding of the
subject, the people would approve ef the plan
agreed to by the Delegates. He maintained that
the fact of Colonial securities having advanced
more than 10 per cent in Great Britain, inme-
diately upon the arrival of the news that a fede jer
tion of the Provinces was contemplafeds, Was
potent argument jy SHI fort of the propriety o
the Union. Mie distinguished between the advan

De Lolme, or any other work on the British Con- | (Agee ST a Federal and a Legislative Union, and those wirgee. ios ts are most aflected> that

showed that the former was preferable. Mr

sat down amid much applause.

McCully spoke tor about an hour and a balf, and
During his ad-

per cultivation of these noble a iratioas
) that nations become’great and flourishing.
Our manufacturers as a class are in avor
of the proposed union. Through it they see
the means of obtaining wit they’ have
longed for—a larger market thag
Scotia offers. Some may deem their hopes
t

jfallacions, and may base their

; upon the statement that Canada is already
| well supplied with manufacturers, that i
fact the Canadas have a greater Dumber:
than they can now support, Dries Statement
we doubt. But even *% it were true, there
is still the feet. of rapid imeresse of popula.
flion creating a rapidly increasing de

' per ewbm whebher lallagioueor in waded
'| Believed by those who ought to know best—

- -—

a oo one &

union will develope ‘Gar Wunulucturitig ine
sterests. aaa
Our Lawyers are in favor of anunion. It

Parlia- |

; sure they were violating na principle of the Con- Province from the American States, and become

fereate markets for the productions of this Pro-
| Vinee.

-may be that the prizes whieh glitter beforg
their fond eyes have something to do in im
pressing them favourably towardsthe scheme,
We are not, however, willing to concede
that this is, the only reason for the position
taken by the best legal minds of the coun-

dress the sentiments he expressed were met by
a display of much enthusiasm om the vart of the
audience. :

Hon. A.G. Archibald took the platform, and ex
plained fully and clearly the financial aspect and
character of the Federation scheme agreed npon |
at the Quebee Conferease. He adduced argu- try. Our hewyers are undoubtedly the men
ments to preve that we could have Federation | oy . .
without involving any considerable cost, and con-¢ "0 28¥e Biken, aod are giving, the claags
tended that the avantages that would naturally attention to the science of government, be
accrue fiom Union will be fully commensurate to | °4U8® Wany are actually engaged in goverm
| the expense, and besides place Nuva Seotia in a ing, and many more expect their wrn
| far better position commercially than she now oc-| Come soon, and as such shold. hae eunailer-
| cupies. After presenting the fuancial features of able influence oa the minds of the country”
jthe projeet, Mr. Archibald proceeded to show} The same may >e said of the Ministers ant*

that it was probable, when Federation was etfect-| Physicians. “hese are not under the suns
jed, that immigration would flow largely into the | influences that mould ous commercial mem.
Whether trade fourishes or decays, their
work remains. Not subject to the same
luctuations as other men, they have Jess to
fear in a ¢hange like that contemplated on
the one hand, and less to hope on, the othem,
There is therefore less likelihood of theig

contributors to the general revere. He argued
| that Nova Sevtia possesses all the elements that
are required to constitute a great manufacturing
country, and showed that Union would tend te

Mr. Archibald’s véry able speech was

amongst you, as a

changing their policy or principles.
jonce declared inthe House that he had not mueh
respect fur the despatch of a Colonial Minister,

| for, said he, the Minister in office to-day may be |

} succeeded by another one to-morrow, and new
| principles may be set forth in a new despatch.
| We agree theroughly with the Attorney General
on this point. Despatches cannot be regarded as
possessing legal and binding power. ‘They are,

generally, nothing more than were words of
| advice and opinion, expressed for the guidance of

the Lieutenant Governor.

Now, as regards Lord Grey's despateh, what
is the real character of it?) It is merely an in-

junetion te the Lieut, Governor ta use his autho-

land advising him (a matter upon which he re-
quired no advice), that resistance to the law
| should, if necessary, be met by military force.

lof the

|hazards. Lord Grey was merely expressing, in |

}

federation.

Avother “argument” of the Protestant had a
j colouring from a religious (so-called) point of
jview. To arouse Protestant zeal against the
{measure in localities where the schoolmaster's
| visits have been few and far between, it was only
| necessary to hint that Confederation was likely to
ibe approved of by the Catholic Bishop and
Priests, aud it was proclaimed in tones calculated
| to excite great alarm, that oue of the Delegates,
| shortly after his return from Canada, actually
| visited the Bishop at the Eyiscopal Residence!
| This was dreadiul! But who the Delegate was,
and what was said during the visit, are things
| about which the Protestant is mysteriously silent.

rity in upholding the claims of the proprietors, | [The editor thinks it was a “deep plot,” concocted | Perts ef the Maritime Provinces that induced the

‘in Canada by Pope and Whelan, to secnre suecess
Ite the question of Confederation in this Island.
Ihe editor of the Protestant says :—

| 'Phis running to the

{the object was te bargain with him for the votes
jot his flock, while certain Protestaut champions

sishop before the ques- |

well received, and upon closing he tevk his seat
amid cheer-.

Ihe Hon. Provincial Seevetary followed, and
spoke at length in bis usual forcible style. He
pietured the prospective benefits of Federation,
and in the course of his remarks argued that unless
the Previnces assumed the attitude of consolida-
tion for the purpose of mutual defence it was not
limprobable that they would ultimately be absorb-
}ed by the neighbourmg republie. He recounted
the circumstances that led to the Conferenee at
Quebee, and to some extent explained the nature
ot the various questions there discussed, aud an-
nouneed that the construction of the Internationa!
Railway was a positive condition in the Colonial
Compact. He believed that the Scheme, when
understood, Would fully satisfy the publie mind ot
this country. He observed that it was the desire to
participate in the advantages presented by the sen

| leading public men of Canada to seek union with
j them, and for this privilege Canada had offered a
(full equivalent. Tn, his closing rewarks be di pos-
led of some of the objections that had been urged
jagainst a Colonial Union.
The Provincial Secretary having finished his
speech the audience dispersed. All present ap-
‘peared to tabe a deep ieterest in the proceedings.
| The meeting may be termed a decided success.

> | There was much enthusiasm manitested.
We have | o—rseerdnlebiel tndantl,
reason to believe the whole thing was but the} : : : ig
{The following sensible and well timed

| developement of a deep plot concucted in Canada, |
| the proprietors should be protected, Mr. Palmer by which Messrs. Secretary Pope, Whelan, and l artiele appears in the Halifar Reporter of the

should not, we think, regard that as a legitimate | ove or two othey ambitious gentlemen could ad- | it in . 3 i
: q| vance their owm, and npt the people's interests.” | 10th instant. The able reasoning of it will
: : | This is one of the silliest objections to the |@pply quite as well to Prince Edward Island
person who made the suggestion, or against those | i ; : Nova Scoti
; wp | Awestion of Confederation, that a gentleman ip | 88 $0 Nova Scotia.]

|
; public life caunot visit the Episcopal Residence, WHO ARE FOR AND WHO AGAINST
} and $859—and has the same force and effect yet |” : , j | FEDERATION:

| as it had in 185); aod Afr. Pabuer did not | ¥* ag be FE pone of having his wind eharged : It may som cancer ec ean to point out

| : . ts -q |W 2ep-laid “ ” against his ¢ 2 é asse i 3 selv
| seruple to take office in 1854, and again in 1859, | piss See if: — 1" beast) Pu: ihe ; ae idl ? bs fa = ‘ a parse
janud lad to hold office yet, while Lord Grey's | that he goes there to bargaiu for the yotes of the | We One side and on the other in debate upon
j aud w glad to hold office yet, while Lord Grey's F See te Laggan yee ab ac this most important subject. Still indications
despatch ix stili fresh in the archives of the| Sen sa oP See Paekial wanting by which we may trace the
e, | Would, hedend, be puerile wa! the extreme. I!) line of demarkation that separates the pros.
| ** Messrs. Secretary Pope, Whelan, and one or j}and the cuns. Perhaps, also the attempt at
classifying may serve to show the futility of
factious opposition by showing the power
possessed by those in favor of the constitution

As regards to ¢arry it among the Protestants.

the suggestion of the despatch, that the claims of

ground of complaint against the distinguishe
| who respectfully listened to it.
} referred to had the same force and effect in 1854

The despate
jeither in the way of courtesy or business, but that
|

Yatholies !
Council Office, and possesses all its original virtu
| whatever that may be worth. a2 7
It is unfortunate for Mr. Palayer that he is eo | #2? other ambitious gentlemen,” plotted in Canada

weak as te let his anger get the better of his judy- | OF 8494 here else to get the Catholic Hierarchy

judgments being warped by interest. Their
judgment is, therefore, at the present time of
peculiar value.

Those who are against union are, then,
those whose fears are excited lest pecuniary.
loss should be sustained. But take all those

and what are they, or what their opposition
when compared with the great bulk of the

be advanced by union.

Tae London News of the World, of the
the 27th November, brought »y Tuesday’s
Mail, cantains the following short article in
reference to the Quebee Convention, approv-.
ing of the scheme there adopted.

THE NEW AMERICAN CONFEDERATION

It isone of the contradictions of the day to
find the scattered colonies of the British Em-
pire in America taking steps to consolidate
themselves into a Confederation. On the
very same Continent we see the people of the
once United States engaged a fearfu! Oivil
War, the object of which on une side is to
sever, and on the other to preserve, & union
of States ; and yet on the very borders of the

the American war still left under oar sway,
Canada, leading the way to a political and
administrative Union, cluser, and likely to
be more lasting than the Union fuunded by
Washington, Hamilton, and Jefferson, Jittle
more than seventy years ago. We have be-
fore us the Resolutions adopted by represen-
tatives of the British Awerican Colonies. who
seem to have adopted the notion of Union
less from any absolute necesity than from the
expediency and convemence of a eommon
centre of British political action on a conti-
nent where Republican institutions threaten
to prove a failure. These resolutions begin
by affirming the common loyalty of all tbe
colonists to the British Crown, and it is taken
for granted to be the desire of every colonist

whom we have pvinted out as opponents, -

people, whose interests will, we are assured, |

f p> ‘

Northern States we find the eolony. which ©

went, as he has done in elluding to Mr. Whelan | and Clergy on their side, it must be frankly ac- |
being swayed by the “ trifling inducement of | knowledged that they have been eminently sue-

recommended by our thirty foremost colonial

to remain a British subject. Starting from
statesmen. Not that we mean to deery oppo-

this point, the representatives of the several

getting the office of Queen's Priuter.” Quoting
Mr. Palmer’s words, as we do, we are not re-
sponsible for their grammatical construction; but
we beg to ask the learned Attorney General was
there anything improper in Mr. Whelan’s takiug
and holding the office of Queen’s Printer when
hia party had a majority in the Legislature? He
held the office with the clearly expressed sanction
of hia constituenta—held it in the face of day, and
discharged ite duties faithfully. He was not like
acertain President of the Exeeutive Couneil—
not now (or yet) President—who pocketed on the
sly a portion of the salary which appertains to the
| office of Attorney General—who pocketed, be-
sides, heavy fees as Queen’s Counsel, when eviini-
nal gases in Court—properly the eare of the At-
torney General—were transferred to hig hands,
for hig pecuniary advantage ; and who—not satis-
fied with all thesa gains—sti!l craved the Ex-
ecutive Council to give him a salary of Three
Hundred and Fifty Pounds a year as President
of the Executive Council, witheut having to ap-
peal to a eonstituency for an approval of the
salary. Does the Honourable Edward Palmer
know the person to whom we allude? Weknow

man.”
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|eessful. In truth, the Hierarchy and Priesthood | sition By no means. Better to have it in
| of Canada, and we believe of the other Provinees, | superabandanee than not at all. But let us
are warm advocates of Uniun, and would be so |a@t the same time earefally discriminate be-
iif “*Seeretary Pope, Whelan, aad one or fou trees Seseseemre a a —
| other ambitious gentiensen™ (not nawed) were [Constitution hana peer pha whieb i oe
jsuuk to the bottom of the sea. If this fact be! result of fear, or self intereet, Nor do we
alarming to a few timid, and not well informed | mean to insinuate that the advocates of eon-
Protestauts, we cannot help it; but fact it is, sideration are possessed of any means which

Another objection urged by the Protestant bow 4 Pi ha Th es fairness

‘ og a , é n e

agaiust Confederation is, that Mr. Seeretiry | Abode their oripanenes is that’ Weick “Always
Pope belps to write the editorials for the Ecami-| belunge to the right side. Yo bave a bad
ner. This is great news to us. Alluding to an| ease, as everybody kuows, is a most effectual
article published in this paper of the tb inst., | Check to success, no matter how much ability
headed “ Mr. Palmer's Plea for Deception,” the | OF Ve? genius is brought to bear to ensure
Preleatend. etanter | the suecess desired. While, on thejcontrary,

cuoloues declare that their, interests will be
best consulted by a Federal Union under the

Union can be effected on principles just to
the several Proyinces.’’ That the principles
already laid down are just, may be inferred
from the fact that the French Canadians, as
cordially as the British population, unite in
the effort for such a Federation,

It is & new experiment in political history
to find a Governor: Ganstel, adesiaishering
the uffairs of |monarehical Confederation.
The idea seems almost to be as anomalous at
first sight as a Republican Monarchy, and
et the fact is not impossible if the solution
is set ubout in good faith. In England we
have 4 Monarchy, and a form of Constitution-

|to have @ good case is to pogsess a moral
“ : . Secretary P. 2» j affir s |

! It Mr. Seere tary I ope Ww ill affirm that he had | power that goes further to ensure conviction
nejther part nor jot in writing, supplying, or SUZ" | than the weightiest argamentati ‘ d thi
gesting any of the remarks in that article, he is i © f a: Ars a
more Innvcent than we take hun.” : ve Supporters of the echeme undoubtediy

| bave,.

al Government which gives us all the advau-
tages of freedom sought tor in Republies,
whilst Seotland and ireland, differing from
England in many respects, in law and ip re-

Crows of Great: Britain, “provided such a_/

Mr. Pope had about as much to do with the |
“writing, supplying, or suggesting,” and so ain |
as Mr. Laitd; byt suppose the case was different,
we cannot see what that has to do with the Con-
federation question.

Another weighty argument against Confeder- |
ation is, that Messrs. Pope and Whelan are “ fast
triends.” An announcement of this stupeudous
“fact” is made with tremendous emphasis aud

SOME OF THE “ARGUMENTS” AGAINST
CONFEDERATION,

solemnity in the editorial columns of our con- |
| temporary on Saturday last, Jisten to the dire

the easiest thing possible to raise an objec-| the Monarey. ‘There is, therefore, no reason
tion ip a single sentence that would re-|/ to fear that the representative of the So-
quire pages to contain a full answer thereto, vereign may not rule a contented people,
the only wonder is that the ubjections raised | once divided, any more than we need fear a
have not been more numerous and more tell-| convulsion in England. The British Ameri-
ing. We honestly declare we have not seen, cans have laid duwn a basis of government

juny objection raised that has not received an with great liberality, They attaeh due im-

answer full and complete.

Let us, however, look at the opponents of
the plan. Who are againstit? Our capital.
ists are as a body in the front rank of oppo-| Legislative Councilé to be appointed by the
sitiun. ‘These are 8o because an union will) Crown, and yet the power of the Crown is
disturb their present arrangements, and) limited, becauge the members of such coun-

| portance to Parliamentary functions; but
they have instituted a check upon the possible
excesses of their representatives by providing

For when it i8 considered that it is|ligion for instance, are contended perts of |»

modify considerably their future plans, An-

cils are only to be appointed on the nomin-

THE opponents of Confederation frequently

meut in the discussion of the great question, and
that not one solitary argument has. been advauced

for the present. The people will discover by-and-

in favor of it. We will jet the latter assertion pase

town.”

| intelligence :— |

Mr. Whelan assures us that the “ arnvinrarm” | vehemently op
| feat never occurred at any time, and be gives |

"That be (Mr. Pope) jg Mr. Whelan's fast other reason fur.their opposition is, because

bosst that they ate the only people who use argue prin in some respect, may be judged from the | they see that the influx of further capital

act that he has been seen walking arm in arm
with that geutleman ip the streets of Charlotpo-

will influence the state of the money market,
and will increase their difficulty in investing,
All moneyed men are, as a rule, eyery where
posed to change. ‘They are
doing first-rate—can hardly do better. Na-

ation of the local Governments; but even
the loss! Governments are restricted in theit
choise, for ** due regard is to be had to the
claims of the members of the Legislative
Council of each Province, and of the Opposi«
tion of each Province, so that all politi

| parties may, as nearly as possible, b- fairly

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