a a ape emg ecat err trust in the muteal wants, and procure the various To rune Eprtor of tus Examiner. o~ and generous commander, of people on that question, and his friends will remain masters of ** the arrived at the conclusion that a Federal Union ot i ee ee Seach gciemani ' that Mr. Palmer! This Conference, after lengthened deliberations, | I believe thet it will have your support. and the suppert and approval of the entire community. | Ee SRL CE Pe PS SOE tn | into the adjoining States for the purpose of arsen and robbery — it is such a gross violation of the govord-will the United States government ameliorations appertaining to the provision Dear Sin :— we i ke these Provinees was feasible and desirable, and| (Cheers) It now remains for the Legislatures | ubligations of neutrality that they owe, while bere, : : sh 9 "ag r conmnes te Sanhane Sie jon Cae Cuenres Cleverneeres, sec Shue yer Tt editorial article of the Protestant of a Yours, THOS CLAY the result of its labors is a plan of Constitution | of the respective provinces te decide on the courre to ow’ Government, that every loyal citizen should A Ka oe nag New Orleans seveded with) revenues would be no more lost to us than). | he : " r len to the Confederation ns : i “"* | for the proposed anion embodied iv a series of re-| which they will adept. and the ultimate decision | fee: it to be his duty, if ~~ izaut of these plang, iW the < , and was swallowed up in all would the moneys of the different countries ° ~—s eld ve - Tem eramee Fall on Dundas, Jan. 23rd, 1865. sulutions, whieh, with other papers relating to| will be reserved for the linperial Parliament to immediately —_ such information to the ay. ¢ a brens wish that Butler might dis,) when placed in the common chest. But we maaan - e! : nt - : : anole te “ ts . "| the enbject, I have directed te be lad before you.| (Hear.) But [think yea will agree with me that thortenes as te . en ible thew to prevent jt, 4 ai and in some bg ¢ resolve to kill Wino The’ ean possess none of those advantages of Bri may Premnks caine 7 a > ene _ tig ° | The general design of a union, and the particu. (at will be a very satiataetory day for the mother Our country ee hot — made a sanctuary for , , nior sh & pois realth and pr rity. unices by Union we|* bich, in justive to the Charlottetown De- eh {> : wiyiier lar plan by whieh it is proposed to carry that in- country if those communities which have grown | robbers and murderers and meendiaries. There if pia mite . - = s = " pe \- ’ aith « ‘ P rie. ri 7+. a “oe ' a bh “ *s bating Society, as w el! as to the Hon. Mr & ¢ Xa ve | tention into effect, have both received the cordia! up under hertthrene shall be united into a great was a great, a selemn national duty in posed Upon ? ; gaa Aye ape cheney wight e ‘ vid h : ee A a he on a mt } age waa Haviland, who is unjustly accused of * call- “ “ * day. a + -* he . elias fers and for writing sharp letters) marks of want of patriotism or of that pro- |!" AS reg to “i! soastedtcam? td °F | hes been published to-day, tperiog the wwii) and to your own reputation as patrivts aud tage; and Ib weve that Eugiand may be ered be : uy be would always clan the right te judge j - PS ine of Many an innoceat cals! found effection we ought all te entertain: for stating that he had acted tn con’or myty WIth of a conierence at the highest tu ee ne ; van statesmen. jto be the parent of such colonies, and that the | tor biuseil. sabi us ie 4 me \ A ig ‘gag Sircihety My | peboay a 3 birth: but | presume | “he 8trangements of the Society. Mr. Laird) the purpose of discussing the manner in whieh ie Rea i isn oe come when they will be both id : : Tagg FS wt ween few Crees rere es peg cia ce dye Sige te Teannat point out to any rule or precedent in| the elections to the Diet of those provinces are to Parliament was adjourned from Thursday, the | able and willing to repay the assistance and pre- | ANOTHER CANADIAN OPINION OF MR et pn ty igang ll apt WA "PE. I ee eee gb! ci ad pes gop gag PO nee of his conduct, neither can he fall | be conducted next spring. } 19th until Monday, the 23rd; and then when the! tection which they have received trom the mother PALMER. Guy iar ¢ttior bw pen Ss name,! to . & island, that the value of the rakes; *~"™ : re ' es , ’ . i } , eis . . “ountry. € ’ cuglan< speaking as : : LJ fi va lents, became t és threads of asatire|and hoes, the shovels and the forks, the | #°k on any arrangement ma le by the Con- THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. | answer to the Speech came up for discussion, the | erecta Weis Suteel onaumaniioe, oon 03) - taf aerpat th + Peeps + oy mittes or i of proe ‘ | : cicty m extenuation of. hia un- that not even & harness and the ploughs of Canada is quit oe , : 5 | -edings on that occasion, heard BucHARE-s,Jan. 20.--The address of the cham-| matter was disposed of in one short sitting, and | will be glad to have her quiver full ot them, and makes the following allusions to Mr. Palmer's de- sivape of & Ma) t-generai deserved to shie.d| enough to pay thed beof the four Provinces T : M Eu that M David! Der, in reply to Prince Couza’s speech at the) the answer to the Speech adupted by a majority | sbe will net be ashamed when she speaks with ceitful conduct in reference to the Quebec Con- the writer from the same sort of punishment) with a residue of six millons of dollars; and ; i pats Sank wes = hole int ri uF AOD pening of the session, was pre nets d nae Prine of 70 against 17. Ouly two members in the | Wet enemy at the gate. (Hear, hear.) Sintedesiie once 82 bountifelly administered to him by aj if we count the live stock at its value in| ‘“t'F was the only man fou ; eth eee Be o-day. All the members of the chamber accou- +o the anti-Unionists who would attempt to re- pant d the deputation tothe palace to present the Legislativ e Assembly —Messrs, Dorion and Dun-! }A LEARNED JUDGE ON CONFEDERATION * AUTHENTICATED.” —This was the singularly turdy ber yer in his rden at Lowell. L861, it woul every farthi he ; * " . . ; iy tok diel wa os Ne A ic ie k ig f on my omery °! — oe * , ply to the ab'e address of the Llon. W. LE. | ad iress, and made & Warm dewonstration of de- kin—spoke against Confederation. The former | iiss chosen word used to expan the inteution of the Unce, and once only, within his own di-idebt she owes, Nuosz only that, it would | : ia , signatures to the Quebec protocol of the proceed- Pope, he therefore rendered the Socie'y, of votion to the prince. | | gentleman preposed the following amendment to | Tue Honerable Judge Wilmot, in alate charge main, 4 military court-martial repaid him io likewise pay the debis of the Maritime Pro- “igs P dent, subservient to th Be ings of Conference. Usually the Chairman or kind by sentenging a poor wreteh of @ negro, vinees, and still leave a surplus sufficient for, 79" © bs rst te AB PRUSSIA. the Address in answer to the Speech ;—** This | te the Grand Jury of the County of York, New) secretary “ authenticate” the report of such Pass f } eehig j r . 1 ‘rests ol 5 purty. | : “4 4" . | . _ bs rae . * as: ge 2° i . eanen, . s idier, on trial before them, to **bard labor) a handsome eapital for P. E Island to ecom- a4 she solr cai am 'y er ggg GA ee Rings Berun, Jan.20—In to-day’s sitting of the Low-| House deems it a duty respectfully to express to Lranswick, gave utterence to the following ad-| transactions; but this report received the signa- ry ' ‘ ‘9 ‘ , o his Ciumsy atiempe ¢ ap g oS i . . - : - | “on j . are » « " . . on Vuteh Soup Canai for iile. mence business with. Yet we are gravely; .°"% err : » er tlouse, Herren Fwesten and Assiwman presented) oy eed ! mirable observatio yn the proposed on of | res of the members ot the Conference. The ; ot ; : s - | his conduct to the meeting, he modesi/y stat- your Excellency its firm eonviction that the peo- | @irable observations on the proposed union ¢ wloyment of the word is now explained by M ‘Sweet are the uses of advers:ty. The | informed (or rather misinformed) that thie | °" “Te i Prat a report, in the name of the committee, on the ad- ' CI ploy UEeRe . . eXplainea by Mr, ed that as he had stadied the question better than any of the speakers on tus side, he felt that he was the best qualified to reply to the uldress of the opener ¢ ! The Ilon. Mr. Haviland, so far from eall- sters|'™S 11 question the *‘arrangements of the Seciety,’’ emphatically stated that if Mr Laird’s conduct was according to the rules ‘ty he would ** bow with submis- disaster that shelved Butler, however sock.) mig! ty country (Canada) is just approachin ing at first to the nation at large, is at last) the verge of bankraptcy ; that we shoul worth more to the nation than e@ victors repose no confidence in it; centre no h pes To every adverse tide that rolls euch fluod-| nor entrust to it our future political, social wood high and dry upon the shure, t ind moral condition. Rather shouvid those eountry can well affurd to be submissive.) id'e thinkers s¢ down and weep by the w lew York World, of Babylon, that the day is apparently so tardis:ant when these visions or contemp!ated , i of the Soci g that the draft of an address in-| Pe Of this Provinee, fully appreciating the bless- dress, proposin troduced by Herr Reichenspeiger, and also the | ings of their existing political relations with the thus voluntarily come forward in support of se ene introduced by Herr Waguer, should be re- | jected. The discussion on the address will com-| % é is ag inence on the tull sitting of the House, on the 24th, | S°&*® Bot wish to create a new nationaity. As great Empire of which they form a part, ueither Tie Committee of -the Upper House, on address, would hold a meeting this evening, at which Herr von Bismark had been invited to be preseut. other member spoke in favour of this amendment; , aud the overwhelming majoriiy in favour of the the Colonies. When an Archbishop and a Judge great a measure, We may rest assured that their deliverances will exercise a great and well merit-| | Colonists :— | After refering to the light daties devolving upon | the Grand Jury, and expressing bis satisfaction Paimer of Prince Edward Island. He objected to sign the report lest he might by se deing com- wit himself to an agreement with the resolutions it set forth, and several other delegates were of the same wind. He was, le says, aciually pre he| we have said abeve, only the mover and one! ©4 influence over the minds of their fellow | paring a protest against them when he found that i | the original form of the document was altered, and the following sentence propesed in order to have no dissent apparent of the tace of the paper, CORRESPONDENCE. dreams of the unionists are to assume thé aie m DENMARK. oviginal address shows that Confederation is se pashan io Babee ca eee eae | and at the same time a its contents from hade of reality son ) the urrangments. ve : ; ‘i i gel ; a ial ; ‘ d s é at seeing % iend ce, his honor 8 athe! being binding upon the eouduct of any of the CONFED! R . ri wey 7 Y TH E PROVINCES. -— - ré nest & ‘aes stat So much for the truthfulness of the Pro- ioe ENHAGEN, Jan. 20 Pr ip to-day’s siting of the practically settled in Canada.—In the Legislative! would not be doing justice to his feelings if be |G oners « 8 4 , mein . ‘ 7 sfar 1e pres : niv mark , } Vouncii Ww > ‘rs spoke agains ader- | Were to say bething mere on the present oceasion | ae - es the Provinces through the Union, and of the | {¢5/4"4- For the present I will only rewark | jroposing the abolition of all trausit duties in Den- | V° » two members spoke against Confeder-| : F ' “ vax Eoitor ov tue Exawiver. very pleasing effects flowing from it, | pass to Sik. ;—( reamatances unforseen at the time notice sundry other advantages. Our fish- of my last coumunication have prevented me erics will be protected and general'y and gen- inark. | ation, but when the Address was put to vote, no SCHLESWIG-IOLSTELN. Krier, Jan. 20 —Ata meeting of Holstein Land , _| division was called for, and the Legislative Coun- | | In that very ball he bad laboured as a Represen-! | tative fora per tod ot 16 sears, at din concert with | bis colleagues bad successtully contended for the authenticated by the signatures of the delegates, and submitted by each delegation to its own Go- vernment, &c., (as above.) : ; SA eee ‘ : | cil may, therefore, be said to have unanimously : ; : ogg RR RT Dy AE ae line efforts’? of any | Propricties. held at Holenwestedt, ou the 18th inst. 7 er ' aay 1 “ After this alteration, it was agai - from paying, as I had promised, earlier at-jerously patronized by the Canadians, who |“ SHO, “Pig Souading eberts of any) |. was determined to present an address to the So-| affirmed the principles of Confederation | the people of this Province. The questions ther aah by | ia to sutisiy the nas wher. we tention ty the iarther ventilation of the Con- | will setcle along our coast and be the means o! | P&TSY8- Yours, &e., | vereigus of Austria aud Prussia. The address com- : jsettled were highly important, but when com-| ee a eee be xe ok di Gente Al i federation Scheme ; but, althoagh a consid. - | d. fusing among us large quantities of money iam anes ui A MEMBER rable time lias since elapsed, and although | Readers of Canadian -hiswory are well con-| Of Me Charl ittetown Debating Society. had the oecasion of hearing various arguments vineed of the fact that while P. E. Island] Monday, Feb. Gth, 1865. pro and con the Ucion, yet, | must say, tha / . + . : fan overwhelming wajority ofthe population. It Council of that Provinee, has resigned his seat at hen urgentiy requests the convocation of the es Hatheway, a member of the Executive the Board, stating, as bis reason for dving so, } From New Brunswick, we learn that the Hon. | pared with the question of Colonial Confe-j deration now before the public, they were oi sinall moment. Never before in the history of | these Provinces had a subject been presented fin | the consideration of the Provincial Legisiatures politieal rights and constitutional privileges ot j 1 i j the delegates beside myself, that our signatures i should not bind us tothe contents of the report, aud with this asswranee all the delegates sub- gcribed to the report.” Whatever the merits may be of Mr. Palmer's 2 tofficiently stromag reasuning to convince me) of Nouvelle France, furmed a rapid and ex-| Sirk :—In your paper of the 16th you re-| 4 desires of Sclileswig- Holstein to exist under ae pre ee “er Kntiesation. - wea i — eee ean -, 0h ee. = ed ea phere a presen ere om tc 4 e 4 Net’ tlanted asker ove totri-| naneiee etrain of emis : tinually ebb-| publish an article from the Toronto Globe, | “eit ow8 duke, as a part of Germany, be granted | of Assemb'y of New Branswiek will be dissolved | POtt@ut Issues. In bis er ie ate tier wa eh Ge 8 ‘ i “oe a6 Vonlederation 13 going to prove Getri-) pansive strain of emigration continually ebb- | F ‘| without restriction. | * cousolidation of British interests, and the per-| Uf all that he says be true, as we dare say it is, 3 mental to the best interests of this C lony .| ing ty our shores, bat which began its reflux | which you think 7 roper to style a disposition mae : jon W ednesday next, to give the peeple of the} maneocee of British institations and British liberty | a subterfuge Was proposed to him and he aecept- x On the other hand, | have been wonderfully | at the surrender of Quebee to the English un-| of Mr. Palmer's objections to Confederation ;| THE RUMOURED DISPATCH OF TROOPS | province a chance of expressing their views on | on the North American Continent. The question | ed it. Whatever the strict grammatical meaning ie confirmed in my former sentiments, to wit: der Wolfe, Nor shall the increased namber | and in your introductory remarks you say| PO CANADA, ee nee that Mr. Tilley— | W@s not pew to bin; tt was oue to which le gave | of the werd chosen, and one easily comprehends Be hat the Confederation of the British Pro-| of customers mar our markets, but will, on/| that **as his silly objections are repeated by The London Globe coutuins the following para Sr tgs ig Oe Ay Rae wae’ * big z J much consideration wlile a Representative. Aiter| that there was a special reason for choosing this oh vinees is desira‘ le politically, commercially | the contrary prove beneficial to them, forasa | other people, a refutation of them may serve aa of peengtsnen baa ns vate a gap rowing - pags o ie) Roemer, Gane of he Perens, me having eceapied tor about two years bis present | word, the effect of the publicatioa of a set of re- e and socislly. Pohtically, because it would) merchant can trade to better advantage with to prevent his delusions from spreading.’* | rumors end pe ndyres. Bir bate sine wanke a udomitable advocate of Confederation.and the vir- position, he was solicited to resume his political solutions, signed by s number ol gentlemen, with e enable all those ving ta the Provinces to b: 100 customers than with one, so will 80,000 Now, without attempting or wishing to de- | about to embark for that couutry to meet a pursible tuous depository of the power by which the Parlia- we, and meso himself to be again elected as a} no rerts 9 seen um any, re - ees aoe be~ subjected to one government and to one con- Islanders merchandise with greater suce~ss | fend Mr. P., | think you could not have pub-| War with England, which is to result from the re-| went of his Province ean be dissulved—would | yt! agement” Ee onece Pne ek a ha ar rt eine om pages that to which ab hed ‘a’ Reeiene th aelll kn. cognition ot the South by England and France, and | jouly one question that could ever induce him} set their pames. Mr. Paohmer mest have known with the 4,000,000 customers that wil! attend | lished anything so well calculated tu ‘*serve"’ our markets from the other Provinces. But/| to increase the spread of **his delusions’’ as the anti-unionists, still desirous of opposition, the Globe's article, as it amounts to n thing insist thas on aceount of the more rapid in-| wore or less than an admission that Mr. Pal- _ crease of population in Canada than in P. E |mer’s arguments are qnite conclusive. It Island, this latter place will be lilterally| merely disposes of his argaments tins far : ewamped, and its representation will loge its| that it is unreasonable fur us to desire to| relative importance, But far from this being | enter the Union on any other terms than an atituti mm; commercially, crease Our Commercial facilitic $— trade wi then be as free between Quebee and Char jottetown, as it is now between this latter place and Summerside, and by means of ti Intereclonial Ra:lway, travellers will be onl. 30 hours distant from Montreal. In tl third places, is desirable Socia/i; Union ihat the same reports werecurreut at Washington | Tesert to a dissvlution at this season of the year, We have uuthority for stating that these reports are | unless he was fully confident that his Province absolutely without foundation. : : ety | Would pronounce a most emphatic opinion in ta- - - ote ee —— ' NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THE PROVINCES. ; Your of his pet measure. As regards Nova Scotia, there will be no dis sclution in that prevince to test the question of again to enter a political arena, and that was the Uvion ot the Provinces. At that time there were so many difficullies in the way that be des- paired of its accomplishment. Many circum | stances had conspired of late to make it desirable, jand leading statesmen from the several Provinees } had been convened to deliberate on the subject, and well and wobly had they done their work. Hy that that was the object which bis evlleagues had in trying to ebtasn his signature, and in giving it them he. theretore, consented to mislead the pub- le. A great political movement ean neither be made nor resisted by such weak arta as these. Mr. Palmer's cause may be thorvughily right; but he proves hiuseif to be thoroughly wroug. ee : it ' , ; > : , We received by the Mai! P Saturday night! ,, : e as delighte now that gent 1 " i saat Me beeauss it will procure us that intimate | the cas, our opponents, by this process of | equal footing with all the other Provinces ; ; od é ed by the ‘Malls of Saturday: night Confederation. The Report of the Quebee Con- + asin sages Pay 53 inh aeptione . an a THE PASSPORT SYSTEM ci . — a . le of those P ‘ ; st . a _ ‘extensive files ’ Canadis ape ] é rovainees Coul tome CLL EELE io, ib Lhe short space ad aun ‘ a e intercourse wh ch the people of cage Pro | feasoning, tear down, both roof and fouunda-| but does it dispose of Mr. P.’s arguments § 9 sive files of Canadian papers, from all of ference will be submitted to the Legislature of| of time taken for deliberation, could 3 a tad vinees, draw ng tucir blood from the sam! ti m,the whule fabrie of theis arguments. | Woerein he shows clearly that for us tu enter Which we learn that a good deal of discontent Nova Scotia, in the course of the present month, ; scheme so mast Tue beantifal passport system which the source, have a right to expect Nor shal! for as much as the population of Canada is the prop sed Union on apparently equal exists on the frontier wit or 2 reaten- : : ‘ ve frontier with regard to the threaten and the Government there have no doubt that it erly , eo coimprehbensive, 80 Coler- | ent, and displaying such a thorough acquaintatce | United States Government have adopted to ex- ~* this conncetion with Canada resemble in the | augmented, in the same proportion shall our | terms would be decided! disadvantageous to ing attitude of > Uni states Gove . with the great eousittutional principles invelyee ' iat . eae : : : a Jeast that of England and [reland, as th: taxes be diminished. in stare to equatize our | Prince Edward Is/and? ’ ob no; 80 far from ae 1% deol speed pa a Fa will be agreed to by a large majority in both nied apt at ns onal gti meat Sie : — sritish Colonists mtavainninduabbiainn. b is nob 7 anti-cnionists assert. ‘This latter union was! shares. But, instead of marring our present this, it virtually admits the truth of Mr i nee a " se Apia cwenuamian ner er Thapentg: i Ilouses of Parliament. This is doing exactly as} British Ameriean nationalily. Ir is assuring te | OMY likely to make travelling into that country esventially Legislative ; and when the ques- | state of improvement and prosperity, we will, P.’s arguments, but wishes to dispose ot of theirtutention to break up, at an early day, CEP | the Cdnadiihi Governiient propose to do, so that" all that we have the men for the emergeney | difficult, if net impracticable, but whea Cousular 3 tion was first moved in Ireland, the force « ym the contrary, ameliorate it. Here then is them on aceount of their unfairness. | | friendly relations that have so long subsisted be- | tue consummation of the measure may not be re hs ae rats Clneing Srionae We “Peer Ageuts will graciously permit it, travellers wiil 4 pypular sentitavnt was 80 strong against it | country that is worth the ambition of our| should wish to ask you, Mr. Editor, where | tween Great Britain and the United States. The | bel * : , Ba 7 ra om res A i and a wate a i ¢ om ther | have to pay smartly co the lusury. There are “g in that country, that the measure was in-)| young men. Now, thousands are fertilizing | does the Globe dispose of those of Mr. P's abominable passport nuisance is euforced with eo oltanicniae {one i % otra Ww cams yarn te i 2 pe very : id pes rt here wt ink: 4 ee at intly defeated. Is was, however, passe the plains and valley sol the South with their bj ‘etions, of which he g'¥''s us & Summary relentless bitter : s by the A:eric: authorities rs ot + re Pia ? oe sami a arama a etn a mc Th Kd % i AE * petepe RN vs K9e a into law the year following its first proposal) blood, foreed to leave therr homes fur want | tn the following words: ** Ue is disposed to) 900" dead «x 2 . o an authorities, | With respect to this blessed [-land, we eannot sil al dieeia ae se soe a bag oa spy tte the United States would be preferrable to = by the extensive use of ‘pen and undiszuise f means of enrployment; but the Confeder- | insinuate that the Can sdian Ministers bum- | 2? “#2. fraveiuing between the Provinces and the make any favourable report of the prospects of) iy i: 4 , weer rs . mecsptey iis bt | Cenfed ‘ration To be sure annexation would bo berbery of the mem*ers of the Irish Parlia-| ation of the British Culonies will afford a/ bugged nearly all the deh gates from the | States may be said to be practically at an end.) Qouyf, deration. A good wany well meaning people When the Loyalists of 1733 songht refuge in| relieve them from the passport system, but God ment. T us was Ireland deprived of it h me to our young men, will give them a/ Maritime Provinees—the astute Mr. Palmer) The towns and cities on both sides of the border are wuder the impression that Canada and the other this then wilderness land, they Were fustered and | forbid that our lot should ever be threwa in with liouse of Commons and Uouse of Peers, an! ficld sufficiently wide to satisiy the cravings |! course excepted — but he thinks those of | are of course suffering extensively from this bar-| eieh oc,..:, ti ELTON E HE! SREY Sa EN protected by the mother country, Por many that of ~ountry where se vile and deapoti : atandened 9 the merey of her most inveter of the most ambitious, whether ina pr xfes- | Nova Scotia and New Brunswick made pretty pando 2 . the W pe ee i jo n provinces “ the continent ary tuedilatiug a years a large portion of the expeus+s of our Go- mitef a country ™ re se vile ar ‘ waputic a a uteenemy. But such shall mot be the cas! sional, I plitical, or military line, and will | go0d bargains, Mr. Lilley, of the latter Pro- |" _ P ers ae 2 Pe : a wry rover) foul design against us, and wanting to get us te) verument were borne om the esiumates before the j Sy etem can be put in force, at a moment's notices, : with P. EB. Island respectively to the cor finally be to them a shrine of pe we and secur-| vince, being especially sharp when mon y ment. But the autocrat at the White House, help thea out of their financial difficulties —to pay British DPertiament. “They had grown and in ) and at the Mere caprice of one irresponsible indi- - templated Unies. We will have a hand ir ity. But for this we require alarge revenue,| Was in question, These two Provinces gei and his servile Minister Seward, are deaf to the | tyyir debts, build their railways, and fight their |“ came snaanlas ts a A BN Aaa aud it Wis) vidual. The following order from the Depart- e framing the constibatt m of our tature govern- | yea, the united revenues of the several Pro-| the Intercolonial Railway ors oe Mr. P. | voice of reason aud insensible to the proinpuugs | Hattles on the frontiers. Thus Shininides such silly | aS wid to tho fiasco tae oe a i ment of State at Washington will show the cost fea | meant; we will possess a local House of As-| vinees. The canals and the railwars that | smartly pute it, the Grand Trunk Railway—) of justice. | apprehensions, we stlet Prince Ed % -d Isl: d As the Provinees now were they bad all the} if not the difficulty, of obtuiming a pes : ‘ 27 rembly tu provide for the individaal govern -| are to be extended far West, will be most ef- | so, af they are to be heavily taxed, if they The practieal repeal of the Reciprocity Treaty te “ eee = — oe a cupric weakness of disunion and pe itieal isulation, ans binds i : js My zy segs sta errs 4 ment of the Island; and our representatives, | fectual in augmenting our common resourees | are to be swallowed up by Canada, they will sce i ” peal “— ' a . diy w? enjoy its sap in its * sleepy hollow,” uatil a touch n'a fie dat Wkdredin Gs ceubbiee Was Sediie 4 Derar TMENT OF STATE, ie : aiter having eonsulted the feelings of their) The object of the canals is that all sea-gomg | have sumething to ebew for it. But poor P y a large maj sah in the Pederal re from the other side of the Atlaytiec wave—if not) would be a pledge that we were prepariag to do W achingten, Jan. 14, 1505. § a constituents, will I presume, be superior t) vessels should be able to penetrate the whole | E. Island, of ail others, gets nething but the the avowed inteation of the Americans to put 4 sense of duty—shall arouse it from its supine | our duty as a part of the great Empire, not only Consular officers in territeries conterminions fi bribery and treachery. f the way to the interior of the Great West:|;rospect ot handsome taxation. She is to! gunboate on the lakes, as svon as they can possi-| and degraded sundited in the preservation of Constitutional liberty and wie the { nited States on their aerth and berth- 4 The gteat obj -¢tion that the advocates o that the men whose avocation it is to be the pay out large sums of money tor purp 8e8 bly do so with regard to existing treaty stipula- : : | the development of vur vast seeuurove, but in the | Pines ee ob ~_ bs ae cain wt ¥ union contmmuaily hold oat to the people in | carriers of the world, should have enlarged | actually detrimental to her mter ste; ste is tions —~ and their demand for a repeal! wf the ex- |. ; ; ic: pronation See ee eee fm an ted ovbaitas easier Sek: Psi. aball oi ae i, order to deter them from yielding their facilities for shipping : that instead of un- | to pay « tariff of 25 per cent. in place of 10, t in ti treaty all ye , ni : » i 7 ’ THE COLONIAL MINISTER ON CONFE-| foreign ee co. ae . ‘ ia force Sinbrila , acted eat on Pee rc mee A adhesion to this grand movement, is the | loading and transhipping their cargoes in| 48 at present; her brave sons are, in the sip se pies Paw ~e tal oy agp DERATION OF THE COLONIES. He believed that s @ hg Se = ited five dutisien ae yh for ge Fi st a aia Oo puncten 4 additional amount of taxation—a sure eon- the lower ports of tue St. Lawrence, they | event of war, to be drawn away from her hostilities towards these Provinces and Great | ee be tie yt rt ar BF ae en a oon sean ts Manan oe “sa Faas i Nolen Aes wequence, gay they, of this Confederation | may proceed dircetly and without interrap- own territory tu fizht in defence of Canadian | Britain. The Parliament ef Canada, now in| Tue Right Hon. E. Cardwell, Secretary of | rm sate Regen tee ase Bers caioaii loreign countries with a consular fee of one dollar j. But nothing m more mdicalous than the idea! tion to the great marts of the West. Thus! soil; and in return for all this she is to vet| session, are not insensible to the danger by which | State for the Colonies, lately addresaed his eon-! yo Gis and deep of a vreat Hritish American |? addition, The existing regulations by which a that the Cauvadmne desire the Union sviely t| the produce of this latter place will pass/absvlutely nothing.”” Now, L ask, where all the Provinces are alike menaced and are | stituents at Oxford, referring to certain publie| Nationality depended upon ourselves. To remain | COUSUlar agents were forbidden to give passports, re entail in as exorbitant taxes and oblige usin' down to vur seas through the Canadian | does the Globe dispose of the above? It cer- aking sucl iii ion for our ¢ lef @ | affairs, and in th . ‘si se of bis speech, spoke in|“ We Were, seperated from each other, was oui | #76 rescinded for the period above mentioned, it the end, a# many will ussume, to sell our! canals, not, ag at present, through the canals tainly does not in the article in question, or | """ i ee ee ee wens Ageempgemen sem z ee ee ee ie question, and it would be strange if the! Tf any person shall have been charged more % farme and ieave the country. Is not every | and railways of the Northern States, enrich-| if it does, [ am really at a loss to know where | @ Will have she effect, we trust, of teaching the | terms of bigh laudation of the scheme of Colonial! people were trightened out of this Confederation | {ban the regular fees, as they are herein inention- aa one aware, that the Constitution of th: ing their treasury and impoverishing our own. | to find it. { American Government that intimidation, blnuster,| Conlederation agreed to at the Quebec Conven- by the ery of taxation, That Was the “raw -head | om, ing nye. _ be retendnt se him by the ig Central Government i« so framed, that if th [ now come to the last and most mnportant The Globe does not deny that Prince E2-| and positive suspension of international friendly | tion. Tbe Right Honorable Gentleman said :— | and-bloody-bones ,” Which politienl 1urses em- | eer S 7s an oe ph tem ms ~~ yi 3% Canadian legislators wish to impose an as- pomt which | purpose noticing in this com-| ward [sland will be taxed to help to fortify | relations on their part, will be allowed to pass for | ben B Good ped o0 fags cs | ployed tv terrify their chidren inte obedience. | 8 ae same ir vi is ox aan yas ire ee. sessmcaron us, they must assess themselves munication, viz: our self-defence. All must aed defend Canada; but, in answerto Mr.) ,,, ac at kh oe een a iach Pred ith tctle oe Tan ey that it tha propueed ke xi0e mip the Hgut-ot- saan Passports to idea Seok” rorutene wail na ng in like’ ganner ? In my bumble estimation.! admit: that there exists no lounger time for | P.’s arguments, proving the same, says:— what they are worth on the British side of the you ave ooked with great Eshrrent to, the news ation to an irresponsible power, there would be | pradmuety tadial War Nike De Cte ad ae be be the opponents of Union resemble very closely | balancing, as the tide of desiruction, hi -/** Dreadful, is it not? If fortifications are !ines. The American Government and people | which yus' have teovived from the Nortuern | something in it, but when it cumes fo taxation by | Pmpiy BSNS wt tee al sg heceeswe Plein omg as pponen + Viton remem e Very Ciuee! eAnCINE, re NaS Gesiruction, horror + Is Ht not; rtifcations are : ; : | States of America, not-only because you view] representatives, and a continually recurring | ‘iva in accordaace with the passport regulations, oe cerain parish vestries discussing a rate in| and desolation is rolling rapidly to our! to be built at alk, they should be built where | look with a jealous eye on the proposed Confede-| with deep sy:upathy and regret the sufferings responsibility of the Representatives to their con- | (Signed) W. H. Sewarp aid question. They appear to me to attac!|ehores. At what time our crimson blood | they are most needed.’”’ Now, we are aware | ration of the Colonies, but they could not hasten| which the continuance of the conflict in that | stituencies, the security against over taxation re-| rere ileadbains’ 4 iinet sa tit ubledevacion of the Ciilunive ho other !'m Ly flow, we know not; but this mach we/that fortifications will be most needed in that: meaaune-eiere effectually ~ they could not | Country has occasioned, but because you have) mained with the people. To say that we should | [> By reference to the advertising columns of of more important yrounds upon which they | have, by the close obsertation of recent. Upper Canada, and I ask why should the ecoteel BG Recent hilt citiai, been shocked to see that danger has been antier | be oppressed aud ruined by excessive taxation, | si eke: Band if Se Eig - i can view this project than that of mer-| events, been able to appreciate, to wit, thai) people of P. EK Island voluntarily take upon I a , Or eantepent | pated lest friendly relations should be interrupted | therefore, was worse than a fallacy ; but if we} pebe sy , we - — agen o Grand finance. In fact, the philosophy of the at what time sovever vur Yankee neighbors | their shouldezs the burthen of assisting tu of loyalty, and a profounder loathing for the Go-| and other countries be made the scene ot prepar | should be called upon to contribute a Tittle more | Military Ball is to be given in the Drill Room, iu qaestion, according to them, may be resamed! shall put an dud td divie'déotructive war, sv fortify end defend Ganeda when ¢e can do| vernment of the Northern States than are te be! og ager x ea ip 6a a friendly Power. | to the revenie, we should gain tenfold inore than | ihis City, next Wednesday evening. We are in theme tew words: If the prop sed schem-» soon shall they rush on us like blood-hounds, much better without it? If the Canadians found in the legislative and executive acts of hos- | st Ao eh 1 oilpeted coe . bane ry a 2 gpageean iu the increase of the general alan | assured that it is contemplated by the Managing of Confederation can by any tnathematica| and woe to us if this war, heretofore con-|are in dread of Yankee invasion —whieh t (ility which have lately been committed at Wash- | ” arisen, but I have no: nectar ners weal om) ¢ It we were desirons of putting our country in Committee to make it a great affair. of theoretical procesd of ratiocination, b | a fered only asa by-goue danger or as im- | believe they are — why let them fortify and | ington against the British Provinces, and which you of iny entire conviction that no men are wore | the best condiiioa to resist luvasion—it we would | RNR -ceinadlRsltags discovered to involve a few more cents o! probable aa a volcanic eraption, should defend themselves. without the assistance otf be at a ly at s sensible than Lord Monck (the Governor-General | give a fresia opulse to the manufacturing skill Weather permitting, the City Volunteer Com- taxation than what is already borne by the overtake as unprepared. Shall this [sland (miserable little Prince Edward felandjand if; "°*" °** " wag pep applauded by journals that of Canada) and his advisers of that which is due | and industry of the country— if we wanted a panies, and one or two of the Companies neur inhabitants of this Island, then let all! become a second Gibraltar—surrounded by }old Eagland thinks we are worth defending | represent the views of the American Government, | to the honor of the British Crown and te the in-| more exiended field for conmeree—if we would | Charlottetown, will be i scted by tl ’ ’ 1 further investigation ¢r enquiry into the| defences and excluded from all communica- and protecting, she will do it, and if not,| but threats of further vengeance hare been freely | violate neutrality of the British territory. (Heai )| impart new lite to eur Elucational institutions | er-in-Chief t3 : no eon ate matter be laid aside ant indcfinitely negleet- tion with the rest of our sister colonies, or|she will give us up to those who will. | uttered by the sane journals, Ii a quarrel should You may be certain that if the present law iw —'t we would keep at home our young men ot | , . : %, ape on Wednesday, 8th February, ed. A persun. poxsessed of sound jodgmenc| shall we become tree and seeure by being} Again, the Giobe says: ‘* The other CO8=Funfortunatcly be foreed ‘bs silk ivciah' thtivate be al Canada be adequate they will carry it toto ex- skill and talent, and give them a greater seope for | < wie Thee’ oe i; hae ’ and commun sense could searcely ecunceive i united to the Confederacy. United or not, | plaint is, if possi bie, even more preposterous. | ati bi i " J : : i é een ay te and le som and teat o i effort and reward—~it we wodld have teilwny nth, School will be anette and Doaidoal of the rs more absurd non seyuifur, and surely no one! we will undergo the same risk and danger on | Che people of the whole Confederation would | 2200) Which, after owe st has failed ha re? oS er ace ~ mete thas ea te z sua? ne | Net ee eee pte oS 4 gprs age moiy. The School will close on that day. would bs so rash as to reject, even in ease of | the partof the Yankeca, for union or dis-| be quite as much bound to defend Upper | due a so-called “rebellion” in a portion of its own) 8A Menckni pee = eth A by aoly «Gita 4 ie er sealer tent Gare : wh ed m Bs OF a lool ge the admimion of the above premises, th ‘union with Canada does not deprive us of | Canada, in case of need, as they would be | so-called territory, where, at the commencement | eta tis British North yprter sng presented bs thal ere: ital - cebbaicitg secure nro peter att The last Royal Gazette contains a Proclamation scheme oul thoroughly satisfied that tt ‘| our conneetion with the Mother Country, and} to detend Prince Edward Island, or any of the strife, the so-called “rebels” had neither an| world. ‘They have seen in the last 15 or 20 years | of all those ends as the proposed echeme uf Con- | aro | we er rg ate ae 5 tor the Dre. Union did not possess remunerations more! our consequent implieation in the supposed | other section ander the same circumstances, | army hor a navy to assist them —we think that | »¢arly every throne in Europe shaken, and they | federation. mn sd Business, on Tuesday, the 26th day of thin compensating fur its cosc and unattain-| grievances of the North. But there are per-| but not one whit more’? But does not the | Great Brits p Ki pina aS ag "| now see the great republic of theirown continent | Doubtless men would differ on this question,| * ane ee sbie im any other way. In the first pluce.| sons tu allege that the Colonies should not | editer of the Globe know, as well, as evory | 718 OFNME Das no reason oy ear ee Serer ©!) the scene of civil convulsion aud of civil war;) for every mar hada right to his opinion; but he) peg, pp ted in iia Wa unionists will not admit that we willbe mueli| be obliged to make any preparations of de-| other wide-awake Canadian, that in eonse- | 4 contest, should she be foreed iusto it by the bad | they remember : with pride and gratitude that believed that the more the matter was discussed, Bie ead i gs * a ke aa ae know not on what widte heavily assessed. But people, whos! fence against the Northerner, as it was Eng-| quence of the geographical position of the j temper of Brother Jonathan. | they are the subjects ofa throne as ancient as! and the better it was understood, the more cer. | Mae oy aiioas % Boe ster pay oe, are minds have been deranged with this mono-| land, and she alone, who laid the first grounds|two Provinces, P. E. Islanders would be! — | the oldest European monarchy, and they live| tain would be its approval aud adoption by the | The rumors of nsiieaee: ~ she “ “a oH j Mi yh mania, ery out in shallow aetrains, that) for provocation. But this w a grievous bound a great many whits more to defend | The Canadian Parliameat met on the 19th ult., eoner ee ae fine as any thet ever were | people. | stouniied lately wera He a shoo no a Canatla pays 29 per cent on what are calle | error. The English Government has tirough-| Upper Canada than they would be to defend | as our readers were apprised in our last issue by | coca = tithe ok bi Soper ag oa Ly Foes ke sone seta 9 ape that even now, i Our! in Washington. Te a despatch to a New York ef talorcm gwids, while P E Island pay “| out maintained a strict neutrality, weprioen bade theis owe proviaces, and without Con-| telegraph. The Speech from the throne is chiefly | to sated, i woaturé rv jon a Undine Haste ’a | san? suk calnele? dk "agen as paid paper it is stated that “ England has for some boe4O per cent; therefore the Canadians are thereby eonscious of having afforded no just federation, as a Colony, we should not have eccupied with reference tu the existing eres nation divided: trom the allegiance cstliads nl a ode Whee oar position atm i tine been quietly organizing a military foree in overdurthened with tax tion—their ralers| cause of offence to the North. Bat have not|to defend ourselves at all, as Britain Nissen Cindi dnd Wik Yes i F owe to the British throne, nor seperated from the| in 1539, Nova Scotia spoke out manfully. Her Canada, and that an erder peremptorily refusing extortiotiers ant tyrants. Nothing, indeed.| private individuals assisted the Southern |‘ wooden walls’’ are quite a reliable defence |” NO. peor nates +e Renverpen mort ay the institutions under which it is their pride to live. | Legislatare, amidst cheers and acclamations, re-| leave of absence to officers in the best regiments was ever better calculated to delude the} Confederacy with money, ships, aminusition for us. Jou, § transportation of Volunteers to the frontier to) nor estranged from the associations and attach- | solved to place the whole available rabbebines of ot the British army has been issued.” In the- country ,—better for such people ty sit down of war, ke? Trae, and it is quite navaral.| Perhaps many will say that it is injustice | preserve neutrality—the organization of the Mi-| ments whieh bind them to the mother country. | the Provinee in the hauds of the Government to Poa eres agen nec 0 —: ta gai ae ealmly, tr fleet seriously, aad carefully com-| Every man bas his own prejudices and his! for to require the ** Mother Coautry”’ to de-| jitia,—and the proposed Federation of the Colo-! (Heara hear.) Gentlemen, L bave had the ep-| assist us in case of emergency, and no doubt she denen ee Cos ual gen oe ne pare our respective tarifs, Now, it is ao own sympathies, over which the law of the/ fend as against @ foreign fue ; but I tink, sive On the latter subject, Lord Monck dwelt | wt ram: Aes reading able speeches made by| would do so again. Was it right, then, to keep 20. Aid aber vanee-<-Ctiams Cae abwulute feet, that, although im Canad, land has no jurisdiction. In this manner,| accord ng to your own reas ‘ning in your! PE gy ial gels dc Bo nyt ; fe ene che North America to their eun-| such people apart. We sheuld be under one Go-| dima there are certain articles thatare taxed with) the English peuple entertain their vain ideus | articles on the ** Land Question, that Bri-| a t tt RRP er eae I or pace" fa Ate a poh —. What poreNneN, oud cunlipe our energies and our re- | The City of Quebee was lately the seene of a 25 per cent, yet there are a number of) of right ard wrong w'th respect to the Ame-| tain isin justice very much indebted to Prince | Federation forces to at the Quebee Conference. | thal the Puesident deities iadeaalh af Coeadlid th, bie ee Ps ee i a os ws rr i most brutal murder. The victim is a pereon | others fur whic they pay only 10 or 15 per) rican rebellion ; tiey therefore favoured the | Edward Island, and as there is no bope ol His Lordship’s rewarks upon it are as follows: livers his speeches to the deciave of Guin’ casks while the a “ea me wget hg — wt named Jean Julien, who kept a cabane near the ee cent; while again there were &0 articles th ut Southerners, and even aided them turgely in| our getting our just due, in the manner! — At the close of the last session of Parliament! when he was in tuis country the other day 1 ask-| by a most atthe civil war; but Nai i retine Elangtnl. Abent the hour uf midnight * bd admit of oo tariff. In fuct, one-half of the the prosecution of the war. In fact, who.) which you argue tiat we should, it is surely | [ intormed you that it was my intention. in cou-, ed him what sort of a place Oxtord was, and he | many indications which warn us that we sake a ve oe caine to; bis bunseand demanded : imports are duty free; and the reason why { ask, that has carefully watehed the whole | the least we ought to expect that she should | junction wich wy ministers, to prepare and sab-| replied to me, with pardonable pride, that Ox-! to do what we can to prepare for our detence, ge eg ee Fae souner gpened pe certain imported goods are su heavily taxe!. course of their actions, would not sympathiz’ | detend that land whose people she bas made) wit fo you @ measure tor the solution of the) ford was the garden of Cauada; and I said that) and what had we done? He had said betore the | one of the diane tana ted i a Non any a Pe ‘et is in order to operate as a prolubition. No with those brave and intrepid detenders of |slaves. Lt your reasoning is sound, and if cunetionsionnl problem, the discussion of which | [ hoped when he returned to tis country in May | Militia Commission in the presence of members| ang fired. By steaging he ues rd ~ thee : duty wae iaposed un home wanutacturce in| their homes and altars? “No man of the | England is in honor bound to emancipate wap firs ae a sg oe Ant a, he would visit with me the gardens and buildings of the Government, and he would then repeat it,| seeond was immediately fired, which took effect Le view of protecting a.l those who should) smallest pereeption can then justly attribute | her slaves im P. B. Island hy a grant trom PSs het mou 0 at, me ra a so af ancient Oxford (cheers) “and then,” “you! that he was ashamed of his native Province, be- entering at the upper part of the nose parsing be 4-sirous of embarking in this trade.| to England any blame or reproach as to the| the Imperial Treasury, which: hunot the has] that wes Probecter tnroase or oa priate pc sd may report to your constituents, from your owu ease of the littl that had been done to prepare | under the skull to the right temple, The nee ~— Thus while Canada was sm «ing and drinking war that menae’s us; but, on the contrary, violated by withholding said grant, surely it. articies if mot all, atleast but lightly assessed’, let us all unite, perceiving our Mother Coun-| is not tou much to expect that she will d2- we were paying highly for the eonsump'ion try eutangled in various difficulties, and us-| fend us against a foreign power. It that of the same ints our treasury. Henee we sist in our own defence. Sie will not and money is due us, and they will not grant it, way safely inier that with regard to the cannot be expected to protect us alone; and | why let us get it out of them the best way dill-renee of our respeetiwe tariffs, we shall if we make no efforts on our part, we may | we can. nut be suff rers by Union. There are, how- | rest assured that our doom 18 sealed the mo-| We are nearly all against the Union duwn ever, sone whe entertain the erroneous idva ment our Parent Country leaves us to our) here, Mr. Editor. and I hope our Represen- that all our revenue is to go to Canada, aod misereble and well-merited fate ; while there | tativesawill not betray their trast and rashly then be lost to us forewer. But will pot is letle danger of our being defeated, should decide and vote upon a subject for the settle- rade ty fask, give up her rey nue? M)-6 we present to the enemy 4 front of people ment of which we did not return them as undoylitediy she wii, and our Separate | well armed, disciplined and watehiul, fight-| var representatives, Nobody represents im sesgurees will be unicd and eonsolidated, ing for their rights, théir laws. their bberty, | Parlia.aent the people of Prince Edward Is- wince we wil draw in order to pay the and their country. WILLOCKS. [land on the question of Union; and [ am jptesest of our common debt, provide turvur, Charlottetuwa, Jan 23th, 1300. sutistied, if an appeal be made to the. : experience. how worthy 1s the city whose name | opportunity net merely for the seUlemeut of a| you have adopted, aud how great is the reputa- | questiva of Provincial polities, but also for the! tien which it enjoys among the cilies of the simultaneous creation of a new nationality. ancient world.” Bat, as [ was saying, ina spirit | Prelitoinary negotiations were opened by me! of the most fervent loyality to the British Throne, | with the Lieutenant Governors of the other Pro-| in a close attachment to the British Crown, and) vinees of Britisa North America, and the result) in devotion te British mstitutions, they have de- was that a meeting was field at Quebec, in the) sired to form all the northern provinees of the | mouth of October last, composed of delegates) eastern coast inte one great confederation. An! trom those Colonies, representing all shades of | assembly was held, composed of delegates com-| political party tu their several coumuaities nom. | prising all parties, who adepted unanimous reso-| mated by the Lieutenaut Governors of their re- lutions, which resolutions were reported to the! spective Provinves Who assembled here, with the | Government of their Sovereign. I believe it is sanction of the Crown, and at my tnvitation, to) well understood by you that the Goveruwent | confer with the members ctf the Canadian Minist ry | of this country lost no time in expressing to thew . Provinees of British North America. i ceedings which had taken place at the conference, on the possibility of effeeting a union ot all the their cordial sanction and approval of the pro- | hostile to the Federal State our people to take part in defence of the country. | We were behind all the other Provinees in this respect, Betore long the necessity for calling oul) the militia might arise, They will be drafted and | sent to the front, and they will go—undisciplined —uuprepared, and 20,000 men will not be equal to 5,000 disciplined men, and a terrible penalty wil be paid. They wall be thrown into confusion and slaughtered in heaps for waut of discipline, | and the fault will lie at the doors of political | econoirts. ile did net wonder that our neighbours were irritated because of a reeent raid executed by men who for the time were living under the pro- | tection of our Govermment. If persons who are | | 8 domicile with us, | ‘and take eeecasion to plan and execute incursions | | bleeding on the jee, derers then decamped, leaving the peor man gon | He shortly afterwards died of the injuries received. No clue has yet been discovered to the perpetrators of this most atro- cious deed. Tue Mextean Quesrion.—When the Diplo. matic Appropriation bill came up in the Senate, Senator Wade moved to amend the clawse mak- ing appropriation “for diplomatic and consular expenses in) Mexico,” by inserting before the word “ Mexies,” the words “the republic of.” He said there were two governments in Mexico, and he would recognize none but the “* Republic.” We had nothing to do with the “ Swpire.” The amendmept ef Mr. Wade was adupted, The bill was then passed.