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Speech ot Hon. J. © Pope, Ov the the working expenses ard the wear and tear,
Railway. between the narrow and broad guage, which la

adil. aid to be about 40 per cent and 70 per cent, re-

te theanewer modo by thle Menve, fo the | *Pectively, of the earnings; and in thie way, ase)
speech with which Hie Houor the Lieatenant | mira our traffic to be equal to that of the
Governor opened the Session, we expressed con- Shediac line, our Railway would not only pay |
currence with His Honor ip bis suggestion that working expenses, bur leave a net profit of over
we should consider the expediency of deepening 6 per cent, equal to the full interest on all the

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Charloistetown, April 3, 171.

Breten on the East. These are worke of great im
portance ; and the measures adopted by the Legis. |
lature ure such us to ensure the construction of |
these rai’yaye which are essential to the pros-|
perity of the country at large. Go ahead Nova

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ia.
What says Prince Edward Island, Old sleepy) ~~ cite nin oe
hollow seems to be still asleep om any great, We are beginning to find out that any
public measure for its impreyement. A Govern- journalist, who departs from the trodden

Tet ) ith this change will! yoke of proprietory bondage. They have
i ba Laden weights audjever been the supporte:s and udvocates of the
| meaberes and do away with the old ‘style of | proprietors and the evemies and the detractors
| sellin goods and merchandize by the ewt,of the tenantry, They fought against Kes.
(112 Ths) instead of the nett 100 Ibs, which is ponsible Government ; they opposed the ex-
\go much more easily figured under the Decimal | tension of thw franchise; aud they have been
Syate ‘either the open enemies, or the lake-waru
| vi st + es ‘friends of popular education. The pore

. ; ‘on the other hard, have been the persistent
LIBERALISM. ‘enemies of the leasehold system They have)

‘endeavored with migit and main to resist the

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aume

Than jar®a kind memento;
Bat how the bab ject-aheme may geug,
Let time an’ elnace determine ;
Perhaps it may tara ont @ sang,

Veruaps terpeg ut 4 sermon,

, oh
Ye'litry the world fa! soon, my tad,
Au’, Andrew, dear, believe ine,
Ye'll find mankind am Maco equad,
Au’ muckle they may grieve ye:
For care an’ tronble set your thonyht,

the waters in cur harbors, aad of constructing a
rallroad through the Island, and declared our iw- |
tention te devote to those important subjeste our |
earcest consideration.
ed to the House that on this—the day of the|
Patron Saint of the Emeraid Isle—1I would sub-!
mit a resolution resvecting the CONSTRUCTION |
OF A RAILROAD,

money invested in ite construction; and, couse- ment measure for the constrnetion and commence’ ways of conducting & paper here, that 19 per-

quently, be no burden upou the country. As | ment of a Kailway from Cuscampec to Georgetow Xs! sonal matignity, partiean pal

before remarked, tie population of New Bruns- bas been brought before the Legislature by its

Last evening } jutimat- | Wick %® the square mile, is only one-fourth that | Leader the Hon. Mr. Pope, whose

eloquence

of ours. There i# much of the land along their |*¥4 enlarged intelligence showed the utility and

| necessity of such an undertaking. Thia has creat-

line which Is rocky, barren, and unproductive, |
nevertheless, it is a fact, as shown by their re- |
I shall accordingly move a turns, that over 95 per cent of all the passenger |

led an ayitation from one erd of the Island to the
other, got up by Suarlers, Read side Pedlars, and

jilheit Grog-sellers, who have existed and fattened

Resolution, It ie not my intention to make a | ‘affic of the Shedise road, is wayside or local \on the proceeds of Revenue arjsing from Roads,

long speech, as J, on a fermer occasion, address- |
ed the House ou this subject.
it is admitted, are insufficient for the increased |
traffic, and the transport | our agricultural and |
other products, It is almost impossible to make
roads over our soil, euch as will stand the wear

and .tear of heavy bauling, particularily in the

spring and fall of the year. It has been a very |
difficult matter tou get the productions of the |
sountry to market, with such inadequate facilities
1@ we have at present, and it has already been a |

necessity to expend a large sum of mogey in| %# it weuld, more work, the population being | parison |

order to enable our people (o carry their surplus |

traffic, and less than 5 per cent through traffic.

one-fifth passes through, As our country is
settled all along the proposed line, and as we
haye @ much denser population to the equare
mile, than New Bauoswick, it is but fair te as-
sume that we should beve more traffic, So that
if we take thie as the standard of cowparison, I
don’t see how a railroad through this Island

| could fail to be more reu:unerative than a rajl-

road in the neighboring Provinees—receiving as

much greater to the equare mile, and pur pro,

products to convenient harbor, and the question | ducts three times greater than they are in New

which forces itself upon us, is, whether it is most | Bruaswick; 60 that, instead of the road ruining |

advisable to spend money in wacadamizing and
improving eur common roads, or in bui
line of railroad through the Island? This a
question which deserves our serious consider-
atior, and should be taken up by this House, and
dealt with upon its owa werits, It is a fact
seadily admitted, that we bave no loose stone o:
granite, such as ie found in the neighboring Pro-
vinees of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, suit
able fer the construction of roads, and the cost
ef macadamizing with imported stone, bas been
found to be so very heavy, that it is quite evident
that we never can prosecu‘e that mode of road-
making to any great extent. In this country
labor is becoming very scarce, and the farmers

our people, it would be the meana of adding to

lding a| their wealth, by the benefits which would re- |

| sult from the increased facilities for the traasport
| of their productions, and the bigher prices which
| they would obtain for them, In all progressive
| countries, railways are looked upon as necessi-
ities. Tbe United States are interseeted in every
'direetion by lives of railway, and the people of
that country were looked upon as aimengst the
most progressive and enterprising people in the
world, Upper Canada, New Bruoswick, and
| Nova Beotia, are following in the same progres-
sive path, and why should we lag behind? A

substantial proof of the success of railroads in

| New Brunswick, is given by the fact, that they

| Bridges, and Statute Labor Acts. Those parties

}

Our roads, Of the freight traffic, four fifihs is local, and only | see ina railway the breaking up of their mono-
| plies—the craft, as of old, is in danger, and they |

the outs, and a few time serving demigogues have
set vp such a disynal cry of disaster, rujn, and taxa-
jtion, thereby scaring a part of the United Wisdom
of this enlightened community almost intg fits,
and causing the eaid Government measure to be
| set aside, which all men ef intelligence and enter
| prise could hai! as «a harbinger of prosperity,
| thereby placing us, in a measure on an equality
iwith the Provinces around us. Alas fer the com
Yours,

Raliroan.
| Albion Bay,

OPINIONS OF THE PEOPLE,

To THE EpiroR ov THE EXAMINER.
Sir ,

A short time ago I wrote a letter, which was
published in your paper, on the injnstice done to
the French Acadian population of this Colony in
the distribution of Public Offices, I see that my
letter bas done some good, Gilbert Buote, Esq,
of Tignish, has been appointed Commissioner for
taking acknowledgements to Deeds, &c., but that
is not sufficient, there are more important offices
which ought to be filled up by some of the Acadians.
There are two French Acadian members in the
Honse of Assembly, both strong supportera of the
Government and, no doubt, those two gentlemen
| represent the views of the majority of the French

are becoming better off, ond markets tolerably | were now running a line from Fredricton to) Acadians in this island, and why not appeiut one

good; ready cash is to be obtained for products
of all kinds, The moment harvest is over, far-
mers begin their threshing, andjafterwards com-

| River de Loup, in Canada, With your permis-
ision, Sir, I will now allude to a letter of Mr.

| Derby, of Boston, which appeared in our lecal

mence to bring their products to warket; in | newspapers a short time siuce. This gentleman
macy cases travellirg a distance of 30 or 15 miles 1g admittted to be ove of the first statisticians in
Thie takes much tune wh ch is wanted on the | the United States, and he says that, if the coun-
feym. We all know that time is money. The | try would furnish 50 tons of freight per day, each
expense to the farmer of getting his products to | way, or its equivalent, that is, 25 tone and 25

lof them to a seat in the Executive? and why not

| vive the other the office of Collector of Excise for

|Charlottetewn? Iam sure either of the two gen: |

tlemen above referred to are better entitled to it
than the officer, who, four years ago, deserted his
constituents for the sake of the office, and who is
If the
| Goverument continue keeping their political ene

no supporter of the present Government,

mies in office, they may expect their friends will |

defematicn, will bav> a havc road to travel.
‘Last week some parties on ihe appearance of
‘the Exeminer, performed a series of “ ground
and lofty tamblings’ that were only equalled by
‘the impertinence of others, to allof whom, we
| will pay proper attention in que time,

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OPINION ON THE RAILWAY
QUESTION.

Tux Capital has spoken out in favor of the
| Railway Question in terms that can not be
| misunderstood. Mr, Davies, one of the
| representatives for the City, is one of the
| most careful of legislators in sis words and
‘actions. He intimated that he would like to
| know the feelings of his constituents, Io a
single day, nearly @ thousand voters ex-
pressed their desire to him that be should
support the Railway poliey of the Govern-
ment. Tbe unanimity and willingness
with which this expression of opinion was
given, show that Charlottetown is stongly in
favor of the movement. All classes—rich
, and poor, youagand old, went in, as one man,
to ask their representatives. This exhibition
shows that tLe Railway is a popular move-
ment, aad that it does nut emanate from
| few politicians, or from any tyrannical fac-
tion, as is sometimes said by the oppoeers of
the Railway project. For Chariottetown to
so unanimously approve of such a progres-
sive movement, is certainly a singular phase
of the signs of the times, Charlottetown,
that used to ostracize the liberals, and stone
to death the prophets of progress in days
gone by, to go in so beartily for the greatest
Islanders, in

proof that its

| progressive movement of
day, is @ sure

foasi's are depariing, and that its old
fogzyism: is gone forever, Toryism always
‘looks to any changes in the future with fear,

| our

| THeRE have been men m every age of |

ities, and general the world who have hated oppression and) eal landowpers. It has ever been their aim

| wrong,

| Some

and who, some in one way and

in another, have endeavored to

| ameliorate the condition of the masses of | wilderness. They have eymyathised with the |
‘These have been men of keen) people, aud have been, in consequence hated |

mankind.
‘discernment, possessing a strong sense of)

and of indomitable courage. Their sympa-|
thies have ever been with the weak, and
suffering; they never could see cruelty in-
flicted on the defenceless, and keep silence.
They saw abuses and exposed them, and |

they entertained no respect for hoary

to right what was wrong in the world, and |

well, but fearlessly and perseveringly.

preciated by those whom they were toiling
to serve. But they were men strong to
suffer as well as todo. They endured the
scorn and contumely of the great with for-
titude, and the misrepresentation and in-
sult of the lowly with patience and hope.
They worked for a great end, and to reach
it they sacrificed every thing that men hold
dear, the respect of their fellows honor,
wealth, position, and even life itself. They
were volunteers in a great army, and they
went to battle knowing the danger,and coun-
ing the cost. Sometimes they have been
victorious, and have received for their re-
ward the tardy plaudits of those for whom
they toiled and suffered, and quite as often
they have been vanquisked in the unequal

justice. of generous self-saorificing spirit, | jand to this day?

would not rest themselves, or suffer others, were for the most part humble men contend-

. i » were abolished. They}
to negty- ate they ee may” al ; Y} cunning enough and influential enouzh to pre-
had no toleration for ancient tyranniés, | judice the minds of the people agaiast those who

abuses. They felt that it was their mission | policy of

‘ : | true to their instincts.
they did their work not always wisely or| age among us does not remember the obloquy

;
Tyrants feared them and hated them, and)
jthey were not a’ways understood, or ®P-| abused and slandered in every possible way.

i exections of pretended aod é :
neerpe® ane o8 f Ew’n when your end’s attained ;

An’ «’ your views may come to nought,

to secure tothe tillers of the suil the posses-_ '
Where ev'ry uerve # strained

sion of the lands wich they have at » great

expenditure . ae ae “ 1'ii no say men are villians a’;

The real, harden'd wicked,

Wha ha’e nae check bat buman law,
Are toa few restricked ;

Bat, och ! mankind are nnco weak,
Au’ little to be trusted;

If self the wavering balance shake,
u's rarely right adjusted !

by the Conservatives, Why is :he vame of |
escheator a reproach and a bye-word on the!
Is it because it was!
wrong or unjust that mea should be com-)
pelled to give up land upon which they bad)
expended no labor, when they had failed to
fulfil the conditions upon which it was im-
properly and wastefully granted to them ?

; Yet they wha fa’ in fortune’s strife,
By no means, It is because the Ks -heators

‘Their fate we should ua censure,
For still th” important end of life,
Then equally may answer;
A man way ba’e an honest heart,
Tho’ poortith hourly stare him;
A man my tak’ a neibors’s part,
Yet ba’e nae eash to apare him.

‘“‘ Now listen to the good advice and true
worldiy wisdom in these two stanzas”—

ing against a powerful clique who were

labored to set them free, This bas been the
the Tories of all countries, and of
all ages, and the ories of this Island were:
What man of middle
that the proprietory Tories heaped upon George
Coles and Edward Whelan and their co-

. Aye free, eff han’ your story tell,
'workerg of the old Liberal Party. They were

When wi’ a bosom erony;

But still keep something to yoursel’
Ye scarcely tell to ony.

Conceal yoursel’ as weel's ye can
Frae critical dissections.

Bat keek uirough ev’ry other man,

They were persecuted by the Family Compact
clique while they were rising into power, and
every obstacle wus thrown im the way by the
Cunservatives to prevent the people ‘benetit~
ing by their services But they, in spite ot
the sirenous opposition and bitter social per-
secution of the Tories, won tor the people the |
only victories they have obtained ou this [s-
land ‘They gained for them Re-ponsible
Government, thereby obtaining for them an
infduential voice in the management of their}
own affairs, They broke up the tenant
system, and undermined the political influence
cf laudlords, and they diffused amony the |
people the blessings of education. heir
successors have ever since found amole em- i ‘ -
| ployment in carrying out what they initiated, “See the philosophy ia this, about getting
}and improving and impairing what they es-/a certain portion of wealth. Isnt ita
jtablshed. The peopie of this Island, and | whole volume, on political economy.”

| peoples everywhere owe a great debt to_
| Liberals. We know that there are some!
} among us who to find a pretext for inconsist-

Wi’ sharpeu'd, sly inspection.

The sacred lowe o” weel plac'd love,
Luxuriantly indulge it;

But never tempt th’illicit rove,
Tho’ nuetuing should divalge it:

J waive the quantum o’ the sin,
The hazard of concealing ;

Bat, och { it harde: s a’ within,
Au?’ petrifies the feeling !

‘fo catch dame Fortune's golden smile,
Asriduous wait upon her ;
An’ gather gear by ev’ry wile

strife, and have Gedioated ui— talents, | eney endeavor to cast a reproagh upon Liberal-
wealth, fame, and life long labor to the; ism, and to bring the profession of liberal |
good of their kind, apparently in vain. principles iuto disrepute,

They draw a}
/horribie picture of the erimes and the teach-

| liberalism looks forward with hope. Char-
lottetown has become liberal then, for she

. ‘4 » > “ s ; b? >| . .
Lhése have been the world’s Liberals, great | ings of the lawiess and the licentious and en-|

That's justified by honour;
Not for to hide it ina hedge,
Nor for a train-attendant,
But for the glorious privilege

OF being independant.

desert them in time of need. Now I would like to

market, under existing circumstances, is equal | passengers, the railway would pay working ex-

tu three times what it would bad we a railroad.
Had we a railroad, cur farmers weuld be en
abled to spend upon their farms, in preparing for
the next year’s crop, much of time now coneamed
in hauling their products to market, As the
country growe older, and as farmers cultivate

their lands te a greater extent, the more wii! the | from Cascumpec to Georgetown, at a cost of
want o/ noproved communication be fel’, Under! £5000 a mile, (the distance being 120 miles)

these circumstances, it ie evident that, with the
increasing prosperity of our people, something
wust be done to give them corresponding
facilities of transport. Now, as I have said, the
qnestion is, Shall we undertake to charter vessels
lu bring stone and gravel from abroad, with
which to macadamize our reads or shail we
undertake to build a railroad? I know some
hon mewbers are opposed to the latter expedi
ent, because the line will not run down to par-
ticular districts, Along the western part of thy
evuntry, for many miles, there +s no harbor, por
means by which the ivbabitants can previde
"hemselves, by water transport, with many
articles indispengably uecereary to the ecm fort of
their families. They have frewood in abundance,
timber, staves for makicg barre’s, and many
other things, required in oiber parts of tbe Ix-
land, the sale of which wuld go far towards

| penses and interest, Now, every hoo member
lef the Committee must be eatisfied that the
freight and travel would double the amount | who go umong the people misrepresenting the views
numed. There can be bet httle doubt, therefore, |of the Government, with respect to building a
‘that the work would pay, and would be no bur- | Railroad in this Island. They tell us, oh! Pope,
“Nowlan & Ce., will ruin tLe Island, they will
diive us into Confederation, or some otber ation,
they want to speculate and make money at our ex-
pemse ; but in the same breath they tell us, put us
in power, and we will build the Railroad for you.
Well thut is all very fine talk, bat it is rather
slippery to be depended upon, Another advice I
wish te give you, beware of those parties who go

say a word to my countrymen onthe Railroad. I
am well awure there are a namber of cunning men

t
then or expense upon the country, The railread |

| would be £600,000, Right of way. say £10,000;
| Engineer, say £2250 for three years; Cowwie-
| sioners, £4( 00; Appraisers, £3000, and say, an
| additicnal £2750 for Contingencies—the total
| cost would thus be £622 000. During the first
| year of construction the expenditure would not
-exceed £150,000; and as the expenditure would
extend over the whole year, not more than six
' raunths mterest cou'd be estimated, viz: £4500
| The secord year we should have to provide for | ‘
{the interest for twelve u.onths of the £150 000 joe your euccess i. having puta new 4ress on the
expended the first year, and £200,000 expended EXAMINER, continue to advocate for oar Rights,
| the second year for six months, amounting to
£15,000. ‘The third year intereat of £350,000
| for twelve months, and balance of expenditure,

round uskiag you to sign a petition for a Railroad,
aud afterwards they put the petition through a
physical process, and it turns out to be a petition
aguinst a Railroad.
chose Quacke,

Now, Mr. Editor, allow me to congratulate yon

I tell you again Leware of

our Liberties, our Constitution, aud ‘ust, not least
a Railroad, and my countrymen will continue to
patronize your valuable paper.

| As the muil is just going away, I meet close, I
say £272,000 for, say, three wontbe, equal to | .4)) return to this subject soon aguin, in the mean
| £26,580, In all, £46 080 iu three years. Two
and a hal! per cent on the imports, would amount
in three years to £45,000,and balance of interest

time
I remain, yours truly,
AN ACADIAN,

must have great fuith in the success of the
railroad when she is so ready to tax herself
for it. If the expenses of the railroad are to
be met with an impost tax, tien Charlotte
town will have to bear a large part of the
burthen. The citizens of Charlottetown use
|@ large proportion of the dutiable goods
|such as cloths, earpets, wines, sugars, and
‘other luxuries which peopte in the country
|use more sparingly. We hope that the
generous confidevce of the Capital in the
success of the Railroad will be abundantly
realized. re long we may have direct
steam communication with England, and
though the impost tax may be greater, yet
the goods, thus more cheaply earried from
Evg-and, may be had at less cost than now
to the consumer, Since competition and
cash prices have commenced, we get several
articles very much less than even when the
|duty was not so much as it is now, so we
may find that with railroads, and steam com-
/munication with England, we may get our
| goods cheaper though the taxesmay be higher.
We will review the expressions of public

Whereever we see a man courageously
| battling with tyranny, there we recognize
a true Liberal. The man who vigorously
protests against injustice is a true Liberal
Ile who advocates the caus> of the weak
against the strong, and who, when he feels
that he is right, wili not be put down by
the crushing hand of authority, is a true
Liberal. ‘Ihe man who contends for justice
to all, who is determined to see that in his
time and in his country the rights of all
classes shall be recognized and respected, is
a true Liberal. The man who does not
measure the rights of his fellow citizens by
\their birth, their station, or their numbers,
| but who «s readily renders to the ignoble,
‘the lowly and the few their full due as to
the high-born, the great and the many, is

is a wrong to be righted, an evil to be re.
medied, an abuse to be swept away, there
the true Liberal will be found hard at work.
It is to the labors of Liberals that the masses
in all free countries, and in countries which

| professed and practiced, is true Liberalism. | ©

a true Liberal. Where ever in society there |

enabling them to pay for their lands, a!l of which | on this amount, say £600, to be added. So that,
are vow useless to them, by r-ason of the want) whilst in the years of construction £46080 |
of a railroad. Again, we bave been told that | would be epent, the 24 per cent would realize |

Tignish, March 23, 1871,
(Written for the Examiner).
KICKSHAWS.,

opinion or the Railroad Question throughout are not yet entirely free, are indebted for
the Island next week. In the meantime we/the freedom they enjoy. ‘hese privileges!
must express the belief that Charlottetown ‘have in different ages, and in many ways, |
has spokcn out generously, and uneelfishly | been wrong by determined Liberals, from |

‘and humble, and the creed which they | deavor to persuade those whom they oddoons |

| that they are depicting Liberalism in its true
jlineamenis, Nothing can be more w: fair or
|more dishonest than such a course. What |
| good thing is there in this world that has not;
| been abused by misguided and by wicked men ? |
| Are we to denounce Christianity and to be |
i blind to its transcendent merits because foolish |
jand bad men have, m all ages committed |
; crimes in its name, and pleadec its authority
for the perpetration of the most pernicious
practices and the most indecent exiravaganccs?
Are we to rest contented under tyranzy and to
bear injustice and Wrong with slavish and un-
manly patieuce, because history tells us that
meu jn asserting their liberty, and im fighting
for their freedom, have been guilty of deeds
of the most atrocious wickedness. No,
Cbristianity is ho'y and altogether lovely, not-
withstanding the evil deeds and the follies of |
too many of its professors, aod liberty is most
sweet and most precious though men have
sought to achieve it by crime aud bloodshed,

“ Then there is nothing in all sacred elo-
quence that shews us the duty and reve-

rence we owe ovr Divine master better

than these noble verses. ’

The fear o’ hel.’s a hangman's whip
To band the wretch in order;

But where ye fee! your bonenr grip,
Let that aye be your border:

Its slightest towehes, instant pause—
Debar a’ side pretences;
Au’ resolutely keep its laws,
Unearing eonsequences.

The great Crea’ er to revere
Must sure become the creature ;

But stil] the preaching cant forbear,
Ax’ evs the rigid feature:

Yet ne’er with wiis profane to range,.
Be complaisance extended ;

and have when they obtained it, made it a!
curse instead of a blessing. So Liberalism is |
a pure, a noble, @ generous creed notwith-|
tanding the faithlessness the inconsistency, |
the folly and the wizkedness of too many of|
those who profess to be guided by iis teach |
ing. As long a8 men love liverty, as long as |
generosity, magnanimity and self sucr fice are
considered yirtues, so long will |.berais and |
| liberalism exist. True Liberalism, we admi*,
is as different from the practice of some of our |
[eland pc liticians, who, in former days pro- |
tessed to be guided by its principles, as one |
pole is from the other, Let our readers im- |
agine, if they can, the high-sogled Grattan)
selhng his country for a title, or the lion

An Atheist laugh’s a poor exchange
For Deity offended !

When ranting ronnd in pleasnre’s ring,,
Religion may be blinded ;
Or if she give a random sting,
It may be little minded;
But when on lif we're tempest driv’n,

A concience but a carker,
A correspondence fix’d wi’ Heav'n

—ee

Is sure a noble anchor !
“ Then see how grandly and affectionately
he closes this glorious poem.”

Adieu ! dear, amiable youth,

building a railroad weuld bring ruin upon the
Colony. Those whe say thie apparently contra-
dict themselves, for nearly all the resolutions

£45,600,—only 480/ less than the expenditure— |
to say nothing about the saving in the Ruad Ser- |
vice sod Post Office Department. One of the |

Spoil'done. Ma! thisegg don’t taste nice !
Muet I eat it?

in favor of the Rafiway movement, and we
feel certain that ere long se will sit amongst

passed at public mertings, although they express papers published in this City the Patriot, stated

Ma. No my dear it will do to scramble, | the cities of British North America the

_oo- -— =

| ebaut que and a half per cent upon the cos

= meng £8! Take again,

opposition to the undertuh ing, nevertheless, ad- a few days ago, to the effect that the Goverte |

mit that ali countries in which railroads have | mevt contemplated levying a tax of 3 per cent |
been built, have flourished. So, if we take this |on the importe, 24 per cent on the advalorem,
for granted, these objections are untenable, and and 14 per cent on the exports of the country,
the facts which these opponents of a railway ad- | [hat state:nent was incorrect, and without the
mit, are amongst the strenagest arguments that | shadow of truta to support it
can be adduced fox building one, It is adwitted| At the close of his wpeech, he submitted the
then by the epposition, that railroads are, in al! | follewing:—
countries, beneficial. Tbe uext question is, bave |« jyiercas the Trade ard Export of this Island
we the resources adequate to such an under-| have wuch increased during the past few
taking? My ewn opinion is, that our peeuniary | years; and whereas it is found almost iw pos-
| sible, inthe absence of stone or gravel, to keep
resourees are, not ouly equal, but surpass thote | the roads jn an efficient state of repair, to
of our sister Provinces And bere I may be | render easy the transport of the productions of
pardoned f.r making allusion to the prees. There | the Colony; ar oe Sens a
wade ere rigid big! an eet 9 the.aé- | Tetaud. Weuakd reall facilitate he trade: de-
vantages of a free and en)ightened press than | velop its resources, eularge ite revenue, and
do. 1 glory in tha liberty of a manly and mde | open more tr quent and easy comup4n ication
pendent press. But there are sowe people so) with the beigL boring Provinces and the United
fout and invidious, that no slander is too glaring ee, therefore, That the construction of
or falees 00 insinuation tuo vile; nothing tow bad a first-class Raijway, of three feet six inch
to be put forth by them ox fact. 1 say, I glory gauge, from Caseumpec Harbor to George-
; ‘ town, calling ot Summerside and Charlotte
is the Mberty of o free prone, and | would bo very town, With branch lines to Souria and Tignish
sorry to interfere with its liberty; bat 8! the cost of which notto exceed Five Thousand
licentious press is a curse io the ceuntry in which | = Pounds, currency, per mile, is worthy the
it eniste, The inference these calumniators of | 8¢hUs consideration of this House.”
thetr country would bave (beir readers dr, is
that we have no rescurces for such an enterprise CORRESPON DENCE.
Now, sir, what, in al) prebability, would ¢ rail-
road cest us? It is well known that a first clase oh mapa
railroad cau be had here for £5000 currency per
wile for construetion, inelu ding all the ay paratus
whilet in Erglard, they cost £39,000 sterling ov
the average; in Scutland over £25,000; in ren |
land leee. Of the earnings of a railroad, the
only proper way to judge i» by comparison; com-
poring witb ours the resources and population of
of thoee countries where railroads have been
built. If we take New Brunswick, we find that
the gost of constructingsth¢ Shediac line of 108
wiles, wes $44 00 per mile, whieb, taking their
them popolation at 194,000, amounted, on an
average, to $24 per head, ‘or every man, woman
and ebiid ip the Proviner. Our railroad, frow
Cascumpee to Georgetown, 8 distance of 120
gatleay at £5,000 per pile, would ceet the people
of the Island, an average of $26 ahead. No
nsible map can be found im New Brunswick
be will say that ibey could do without their
ruiwayr. The question then arises, can the
people of this Island as wel! afford to have araile
pray as the people of that Province? There,
nach of the country ie barreo and woribless,
aud thelr people are large'y engaged in the luw-
ber trade, and that, uot enf.equently, faile to
prowe remoNerative; cone queot!y, the people in
geveral sre yuor compared witb ours, -ybo bave
fice fertile jands, 904, by their indurtry, are
growing rieb from the products of ther farms.
This is ® strong arganest io favor of the con-
thie, the population per equare mile on thie Is-
Jand, ls much greater than in any of the other
Provinces. In Upper Cacada, at the last census,
it wag 11.57 per square mile; ia Lower pegespeny Nova Scotia says, since the opening up of ruil-
£29; Nova Scotis 17.72; New Brunewick 9.295 way communication with the interior of the Pro
¥. E. Island 37.20; Newfoundland 3.5 4 thus, yince, the cities and towns have increased yapidly
waking owt populations per square wile, WOrF | sy 5 pulation and wealth. Bince 1853 Railways
than three tines that of Upper Canada, seven | pave bees im operation from Halifax to Windeor
tunes that of Lower Canada, double that of Nova! on the Bay of Fundy, and from Halifax to Trara,
Scotia, four times that of New Rrunawick, and at ibe bead of the Cobrquid Bay. Tbe latter line

To raz Evitor of vue Examiner,
Sir,

Yon will, perhaps, allow me acorner in your
valuable Examiner fora few simple thonghte on
the great topic of the day—Railways, It is suid
that © Comparisons are odious 5” and the foliowing
will, in a measure, go toshow the trathfulness ot
the adage with regard to Prinee Edward Island,
and the neighboring Proviuces. Canada says,—
There was never a time since the agitation in the
eoustry for the construction of the Grauk Trank
Railway, when the public mind was so keenly
alive to the necessity of Railways and other
public improvements #s the present The new
railway projects mooted und on foot, are almost
beyond cumputatioa. Some fifteen different lines,
allto meet the great North West traffic are now
being opened up. The improvement of canul and
river navigation is alouttu be entered upon on a
seale of unusual liberality, as provided for in the
estimates; nud the several proyinces and mwunici-
palities, vie with each otber in their eflorts to im-
prove their respective localities, Canada never
before presented a more prosperous aspect. Even
taxation itself, usually )soked upon as burthensome
to beur, and inadequate to the demands upon it,’

a, aeused to give concern, except as to tle disposi-
tion of the funds it produces,

The Dominion Government is reported to have
a lerge eurpius from the last financial year, and a
etil} largey one acoruing during the present, The
prespe** iso cheering one; and all the more 60, as
the pert centious aud far-sibted cannot ebow any
reo*Mabl. grouud for imputing these exterior
&gds of progress 4 a tetaporary inflation. These
great undertakings for the development of the
country’s resourc®. ars to be pushed forward with
great zeal. Good for Canada.

'with a little lemon, for our evenig party,
The Broad-Awxe 1s said to have given an

unkind cut te its own friend. Tae cut isso

extensive that it will require several stitches

most prosperous and happy, as “be is the
most beautiful of them all. If she fly “wishes
the whole country will reap the fruits, as the

Tbe Hon, Mr. Gravy madean oily speech
in Lard Hall, about Greece, to a melting
audience, Ther: 109 above zero,

Baldy says, He is not distress’d at 25 per!
cent f r Hair dress’d, and so dves not care for
the Barber 8 ring.

When is my dear Mam’ma like a suil of a
Ship? When she isa Spanker.

Which one of the High Joint Commission
is not in his element? Bish, (out ot water)

Can you neme a piece of household furnish-
ing thee answers tv an eight day clock?
Bedticking.

In what way is the caption of this ;aper
jnodervus!

Because Kickshaws, is corruption of
Quelquechbose, corruptly brought unger your
sensitive nose; and is yulzar, coarse, unre-
fined and offensive to your jolished miud.

i PaiGGINs,

|

SIR E. THORNTON.

Secretary Fish writes tha following letter in
ref-rence to the supposition that Mr. Sumoer’s
dismissal was ceused by interference of Sir E
Thornton.
: Wasuincton, Marcu 12, 1371

To The Editors of The Evening Post:

A special despatch, dated Washing ton, Mareli
11, introduced with s'artling headings, which ap-|
pears iv the second edition of your paper of last
evening, requires a contradiction, rather from
the character of the jourval which is made to
give currency to @ malicious invention, than from
apy probability of truth in the statements of the
despatch. .

No person who knows the scrupulous delicacy
of Sir Edward Thornton (the British Minister in
this capital) in bis official relations with the
Goverwment to whichbe is accredited, wil! fur a
wowent credit the statement that he has attewp +
ed cr suggested any interfrrevce with tie organ-
ization of any part of the machinery whereby
the business of any brauch of this Government
1s conducted. And no person who kuows me, I
venture to hope, Will credit a statement that any
representative of any fore'gn power would ke al-
lowed to approach we with a suggestion on that
subject,

‘The entire statement of your correspondent,
so far as it relates to any conversation express-
ion, discussion, or allusion by Sir Edward tn
ton to me, or by me, to, or with him, or with the
Britieh Commissioners, or avy or either of them,
on the subject of Mr Sumner’s position on the
Comittee on Foreign Relations, or with respect
to any organization or conetutution of that, or of
any olher committee of the Senate, is trom be-
ginning to end witbout the slightest foundation of
uu bh, 1

Neither Sir Edward Tho-nton, ner either of
the British Commissioners, ever, direetly or in
directly, by word or in writ.ng has expreesed or
intimated to me aby opinion, or wish, or appre-
hension, or objection, as to Mr. Sumoer, or any
other person being on any Committee of either
House of Congress, or made any allusion or ref-
erence fo the organization or composition of any
Cowwittee of either House of Congress.

Of the transparent object and probable source
of the statement which your ourrespondent has
written to you, I bave nothing at preseut to say.

But ae the effect of the statement, if not eou-
tradicted, wouid be to misrepresent the conduct
of Sir Edwavd Thornton and bis colleagues on
the British Comission, and to prejudice pending
begotiations of great public interest, 1 trust you
will give place to this depunciation of the entire
falsity of the alleged diselosures.

Very respectfully,
Hamivion Pisa. |

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‘weive times that of Newfoundiand, Tbe returns is now continued to Pictou Harbor in the Straits of

|
: *. . 4 d a
Pea in jac road for the past yeus. gare, Northumberland, where it bug already attracted
' a Ghee ‘ / t of large trade from the Gulf of St. Lawrence The |

penses | Windsor line is to extend to Annapolis, 129 wiies |
cuastrudties, over — : } ed 2 af from Halifax. The lutercolonial Line is veiug ra- :
But, if that read bes porn cause ir y pushed forward, and before the close of 1571!
Sit Gru, instead gi vit. Gin.g and had cust sand lifax will be in wahroken commanication with |
000, per mile, instead » $14,000, the same) | VL 6r Provinces and the United Siates. The

su.ount of work would hav« boon, verformed, aud ‘extension of the Railroad in tae West to Digby :

A Liverpool joarnal is authority for the |
story that a wealthy Englishman, Thomas
Duttoa, recently deceased, left £200 in hia

wid to the late General Robert E. Lee.

The latest dissipation of Victor Emanuel 1s!
said to*he ten-pius, towhich be is much devo-)
ted. He enjoys the game, for he believes it.

| America, and thereby greatly facilitate busi-

‘ gught not to be admitted a legal tender, for

protperity of town and country depend upo:>

each other.
a eh ++ me se oe

DECIMAL CURRENCY,

Ix view of the early adoption, by the Gov-
ernment, of a Decimal Currency. We wou!d
recommend the Canadian system of fixing the
value of the Sovereign at $4,863 cents, thus
with the assimilation of the Nova Scotian
currency, on that basis the dollar will be of
uniform value throagbout British North

ness intercourse between the several Provincee.

It will be advisable in framing the Bill to
make the American Eagle, double eagle aud
half eagle, also a legal tender,—and to annul
the old establisbed value of Doubloons gene-
rally, all kinds of which are now a legal ten-
der at £4165. Gd. currency, although the
Spanish are worth about a dollar more tha
the various South American and Mexican
commouly distinguished in the United States
as Patriot Doubloon.

English Silver ought to be made a legal
tender at 24 cents for 1s. sterling, the same ae
in the Dominion, but it shou'd be removed
from ciroulation as soon as practicable, to give
place to a coinage of our own, say in 5, 10
and 20 cent pieces, together with an i sue of
Fractional currency zn devominatior of 25 and
50 cents scrip, which will be found more con-
venient for all purposes. American Silver

it being at a discount both in the United States
and Canada it would be imported here at a
protit, and become aouisance. This, however,
would not prevent it circulating at its proper
value, aud no doubs would readily be taken by
the Banks and Public Offices at a small dis-
count, [tis hardly necessary to mention that
the Spurious Copper Coias now current to the
disgrace of the country, and past ’egislation
should be immediately withdrawn and replaced
by a convenient sized 1, 2 and 3 cent pieces.

It is argued. in objection to the proposed
change that, the rentals on the old land ten-
ure leases, being payable at 1-9th advance on
the sterling, the calculations would be mach
complicated, and cause imeconveniense to
farmers and others throughout the Island. The
new system, however, will simplify, rather
than cofmplicate, euch calculations for cur-
rency, adding 1-9th to the pound sterling, and
reducing to Dollars we have the old par of
exchange $4 44 4-100 cents, the basis of all
sterling exchange calculations in the United
States, Canada, and elsewhere.

The rule for reducing sterling to currency.
is ag follows: Multiply by 4to bring pouncs
to dollars, add ]-9th then to the produc, add
premium (8, 9 or 10, as the case may be ) and
you have the answer.

The Sovereign, at $4.86-1003, is equal to
94 per cent premium on the old par of ex-
ebange, therefore thut rate (94 per cent) is the
present actual par value of exchange.

Banks and Merchants dealing in Sterling
Exchange seKiom, if ever, require to make
much calculations, as exchange tables. similar
to those sold here, shewmg the relative cur-
rency value of the Dollars at 6s, and 6s, 3d.,
are universally used for the purpose.

With the Bovereign, a legal tender, at $4
86-100§, the free sterling value of the Dollar
will be 4s. 1}d., instead of 4s. 2d., as the
Union and Summerside Bank Notes in circula-
tion now Lave it,

The D-lar at 43, 2d. stezling, is expedient
to exchar.,e at 8 per cent premium,

The introduction of Deoima! Currency will
n@‘urally cause some inconvenience at the oute |
set, until persons not familiar with it get ace
eustomed to the change, and learn therelative
value that one currency bears to the other.
There will also be a little trouble and lebor in|
transferring accounts from pounds, shillings
and pence to dollars aud cents, but such im-=
pediments will soon be gotten over and fore

the profit would bave bees 4 per ces!, instead of aud Yarmouth, wheve $300,000 has Gaep subscrib- postpoues the approach of apoplexy with gotten, as the alvantages and simplicity of
the diflerengojp the e¢ to getéhese line in operation; aud to Oape

which he is now threatened, ;

the Decimal System becomes apparent,

the strong hand of power.

tism, has ever held with a most tenacious

free men hold dear, Liberals have had to

you'd Ire'and have been to day were it not
for the labors and the sacrifices of her
s, to whom al! honor be paid. Who
‘are they that have labored unceasing'y to
unrivet: tie chains, which in past days
bound the uxbappy Irish peope. Toryism
or Conservatisn wou'd have he'd the Irish
in degrading sery ‘tude to the end of time.
It would have kept x.'pon the Statute Book
Penal Laws that were a disgrace to the hu-
manity and the civilizatior of the age. It
would have held the peop'e of Ireland ina
condition to which Russian Ser.dow was
comparative dignity and freedom. It
would have denied to the Irishman we
rights of the meanest citizen of a free coun-
try. It made his re‘igion a pretext for de-
nying him civic rights, and 1t wou!d have
kept him the oppressed slave of a cruel
and exacting Landocracy. What have
the Liberals of Ireland and of England
been fighting for the last hundred years,
and what have they gained for its peop‘e?
They have procured for them the repea! of
the crue! and degrading Penal Laws, they
have won Catholic Emancipation, they
have abolished the tyrannical Church
Estab'ishment, and they have enacted a
Land Law which is but the first instalment
of justice to the really bleeding Tenantry
of Old Ireland. We all know that the
Tories or Conservatives of the day made a
stout resistance to each of these reforms,
and they persecuted even to the death
many who endeavoured, often, it 1s admuit-
ted, by ill-judged means, to sdvance
them. Who does not know that in the
days but very late'y gone by, it wasa re-
proach and a disgrace among Conserva-
tives to be a friend to Irsh Liberty?
Who are they who have gained for the
English peop'e privi'eges which are now
dearer to them than /ife itse!f? Who are
they that havo diminished the power of
the aristocracy, aud increased the influence
of the peop'e? To whom are the people
of Great Britain indebted for a Reformed
Par iament, for Free Trade, for popu'ar
Edueation, for Household Suffrage? And
why is the list of English Reforms noi
greater? The Tory element is strong in
Eng'and, It has kept the masses in ignov-
ance, and has in a thousand ways impeded
the progress of Freedom. In America, too,
Toryism would have made slaves of co’ onists
would tax them and worry them with
vexatious trade restrictions and tyrannize
over them in a thousand ways. It was
Libera ism that shook off the yeke of tyr-
anny, and established on this continent a
great, and a prosperous Republic. It is
owing to the spirited and successf{u' resist-

Libera!

grip whatever it has possessed, no matter
how obtained. Every right which we as

siruggle for, as for life and death. What!

Toryism, or a8| hearted O'Connell Letraying the cause of his
it is now the fashion to cal! it Conserva-} Cv-religionists for a place in the eabinet.

———_— +

CROSSING THE STRAITS.

ae ee

| FROM ST. JOHN TO CHARLOTTETOWN.

li.

From Sackville yeu can now go to Am-
herst, a distance of about nine miles, on the
Intercolonial Railroad. About three hun-
dred persons were returning in the Train
rom the Coneert in Sackville. The Con-
cert did not come up to their ideas of musi-
cal excellence as might be easily Jearned,
from their sharp criticisms. The Concert
was not all I thought it would be myselt,
from what I had been led to expoct from
the reputation of the Sackville Institutions
About thirty young ladies and ten young
gentlemen were the performers- A few of)
them were very pretty and all weie elegan-

iiiv dressed. Some ofthe young gentlemen,

as well as some of their fairer friends, had
their hxir tastefully curled. That was the
chief exhibition of brains that I could ob-
serve. Indeed the Concert was a poor
affair, so far as 1music was concerned, al-
though financially it was successful. I was
glad to get’o Amherst. This town stretch-
es along a marshy plain, “pon which the,
farmers raise a great quantity of hay.
There are in Amherst about 1,50 people,
five Churches, three Hotels, several Stores,
a newspaper office, Railroad depot, Tele-
graphic office, Shoe Factory, and there
other adjuncts of civilization—a jail and
some taverns. There are also some schools

which I had not time to visit. Mr. Black,

the gentlemanly editor and proprietor of
the Amherst Gazette, kindly shewed me
the prominent places of the locality. He
isa gentleman of not only hterary, but
musical culture, and seems to be quite en-
thusiastic in promoting the public good.
In the Hotel where we “ put up’’—and we
had to pul up with extremely cold rooms-—
were some gentlemen engaged about the
Intercolonial Railway, and one could not
but observe the keen, sharp business like
character of the old Nova Scotian settlers,
contrasted with the sleepy, slouchy simple-
tons who came from abroad to * lay out
the road.” Their style isseen by the order
which they frequently give—** Wait-ah!
dem me, bring me brandy and wa tah.”
After tea some old stagers—not in the mail
or theatrical line— but in social or politica]
life dropped in, and soon the conversation
turned upon poets and general literature.
The national predilictions ofthe conversa-

the pinnacle of literary fame. This was
called in question, whereupon one of the
speakers took up a volume of Burns’ poems,
and read with glowing comments the poem
which he said was Burns’ musterpiece, and
the noblest literary composition in any or
«jl the literature in the world. Was it
“The Ootter’s Night ” or Tam o’Shanter,”

ance of the ear y American Libera's that

we as coonists are permitted to exercise
the rights and privi'eges we enjoy.

In cur own little Island the name of Liberal
ought to be dear to every lover of his country,

The Conservatives would have held us urder |

the petty, but galling tyranny of the purse-
proud, pampered family compact. The Con-
servatives would have tastened upon the

Lncckg of the tillers of the soil the degrading

jor “A mans aman for a’ that ?’ “ The

| Epistle to a young Friqnd” was the poem
he thought most worthy of admiration.
'“ Can any description of the wor!'d be truer
than this,” he went on
I Lane ha’e thought, my youthfu’ friend,
A something to have sent you,
j Though it should serve nae ither end

tionalists gave Burns the highest place upon |

Your heart can ne‘r be wanting !
May prudence, fortitude, an rath
Erect your brow undannting !
In ploughman phrase, “* God send yor speed,**
Etill daily to grow wiser:
An‘ may you better reck the rede
Than éver did th adviser !

He carried all before higs with his elo-
quent elogiums on Burns, xm not antit
| after the company had sung several Ssotch
songs, did we break up.

ee

THE COST OF NARROW GAUGE BAIL-
ROADS.

Wer find by the British Colonist of March
23rd, that the Question of Nurrow Gange
Lines of Railroad are being mooted in Novw
Scotia. It will be seen from the extract,
that we give below, that Mr, Otty, Civil
Engineer, after having made a survey, esti«
mates the probable cost, at about $7,369
per wile. This is not much more than
what jit would cost to macadamize our
Roads throughout the Island. After the
first outlay for Locomotives, Depots and
other expenses attending the commence-
ment of the work. Narrow Gauge Lines
can be constructed here for about £2,500 per
mile. We believe, that it is only a matter
of time, when we will have Railroads
spread over every portion of the Provinée,
as it will certainly be our interest to have,
if they cost only about the same, as maca-
damized Roads would cast,

(From the British Colonist.)

“We welcome with unnringled gratifhea-
tion the strong public opinion which js find-
ing expression in al] parts cf the country
in favor of the construction of Branch Rail«
ways. Bad Roads and slow travelling ave
at once very expensive and anneying. The
weur and tear of human life aud of an
carriages, &c., 18 very much greater than
an ordinary on-looker cculd imagine. Bad
Common Koac’s are in the long run much
more expensive to the country than Rail.
roads, although the latter should involve
largely increased taxation. Our people,
east, west, and north, are heginning to un-
derstand this. and they will not be content.
ed until the Legislature make an earnest
effort to carry out their views.

“Among other enteprises now before
the public and seeking Legislative sanction
and aid, is the provosed Narrow Gauge
Live from Pugwash to the Spring Hill Coal
| Mines. ts the internatioval Line at
River Philip. Mr, Otty, C. E., has made
a prelimipary report upon this line, show-
ing that the probable cost will be $7 369
per mile, while it cannot exceed $8.000.
The length of the line is 80 miles. The
total cost would theye‘ore be, say, $240,-
000,

“The proposal appexrs to us a remark-
ably feasible one. ‘Lhe expense is by no
means extravagant, and the prospect of
| traffic to sustain the line 1s bright enough
to encourage any one who hes in the
future of the noble County of Cumberland.
The more railways the better for the Coun-
try. Cheaply constructed, economical!
they will add immensely to cur wealth
comfort. ‘lhe day is part for sneering at
railways, or doubting their success. We
|hope the people of Cumberland will do
justice to themselves in connection with
this proposal,”’
—_- =>

THe second Concert given in the Athen-
zum, in aid of the French Relief Fund was
‘musically, fully as good as the first. Some
| of the solos, especially, were rendered al-
/most faultlessly, and deserved the hearty
‘applause with which they were received.
|The amount of musica’ culture shown on
Monday evening, was very creditable to alt
concerned.