HASZARD'S GAZETTE, APRIL 29.

-Pembroke hay is sellin for £9 and £l0 a _ton, and oats at 5s. per ushel. If farmers do not make money this year the markets cannot be blamed. When the Pembroke folks get a railroad, it will make a change. P riot

—orontoat.

A PROVINCIAL Aiuiiv.—--The Journal de Quebec says, the Government are going to apply to Parliament for £70,000 for the support of a Provincial Army.

Biouana or run RUSSIAN Poe-rs ox rin PAC!- rrc.—A letter from Washington published in

- the New York Express, states that the British vernment have notified the United States, that unmediatelly on the eommencment of hostilities giueymwill b ocknde all the Russian ports on the

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HASZAIINS GAZETTE. Saturday, April 29. 1854.

Wiiurr the contemplated change in the Govern- ment of the Island was tirst mooted. serious doubts arose in the minds even of these who were anxious for the measure. as to whether there was as yet in the Colony a suflicient amount of intelligence, combined with the requisite integrity and abnegation of self, so as to render the proposed experiment benelioial to the bulk of the people. If these doubts were well found- ed, there was great danger in furnishing unskilful hands with a weapon of such power, the misuse of which would inevitably be attended with disastrous consequences ; particularly as the principal doubt was, whether those seeking the change were not actu- ated by the desire of seeing the power then possessed by others transferred to themselves, rather than from any settled conviction that the change would be attended with the beneficial effects they were in the habit of predicating. That, in short, the hopes of participating in the division of the loaves and fishes wae—though of course not the ostensible-—ths real spring and the governing motive of their exertions. And that these doubts were not without foundation we shall, we think. be easily able to prove. In the United Kingdom, theoretically the power of legisla- tion is shared by the Queen. Lords and Commons; practically, however, it has, by a series of encroach- ments and innovations, the result of increased intelli- gence and a better and juster appreciation of the rights of the many, settled down and became perms- nently fixed in the Commons alone. In that body, the Crown is represented by its Ministers; and the Peers themselves rely much more on the power they exercise through representatives, generally consisting of immediate or near connections. elected by their tenants and retainers, than that wielded by themselves in virtue of their independent and hereditary right. But what most atfectively renders the Commons the principal, if not the only source of power, is the sole and undivided right of originating and appropriating the Supplies, without which the Crown is powerless and the House of Lords a mere cypher. The conse- quence has been. that a measure of any importance carried in the House of Commons is never negatived in that of the Lords. It would be, as Earl Grey well observed in a speech made at the time of the passing the Reform Bill, productive of the anomaly beds- scribes :—“ If amajority of this House (said the noble " Earl) should have the power of acting adversely to “ the Crown and the Commons, and was determined “ to exercise that power, without being liable to check "or control, the Constitution is completely altered, " and the Government of the Country is not a limited "monarchy; itis no longer. my Lords, the Crown, “ the Lords and Commons, but a House of Lords, n -- ,_.,_ - "_ -- ;- _ ’ _ ‘ ' ', the others.” Now if this be true of the House of Peers. who hold their seats, not at the pleasure of the Crown, but by hereditary right, what shall we say of a body which is so faint a resemblance of it as to be easily—ua in the present case-—by the injudicious conduct of its members, liable to be converted into a caricature? If Earl Grey used this bold. though clearly constitu- tional language, in the presence of the metropolitan substance. what will be the style in which his suc- cessors will sddress the colonial shadow, when it is setting up a claim to a power not only never exer- cised by the Peers, but never heard or even dreamed of 2 When. we ask the hon. mover of the address, was it that the House of Lords ever addressed the Crown, calling upon it to dissolve the House of Com- moss and issue writs for a new election, because the majority was not composed of men of whom the House of Lords approved i Who ever saw an address by either House to the Crown, in which there was the slightest nllusicn made to the proceedings of the other, or the least animadversien made on the con- duct of that other? The veriest tyro in the know- ledge of the proceedings of Parliament is aware that even in the heat of debate there is in either House a guarded silence kept as to the proceedings of the other; and that it is a breach of order even to antici- pate the fate that a measure will experience when it leaves the body in which it originated. But the hon. mover of the address is not satisfied with the Council taking notice of the Bills sent to the Legislative Coun- cil for its approval, he must also include in the address a sweeping oenssre on those Representatives of the People who also represent the Government in the Lower House, for not passing a Bill in accordance with their expressed intentions in a memorial to the Liar. Governor previous to the Session. He might at least have waited until near the end of the Session. But the whole of this address. and the arguments of the hos. inever of it, go clearly to prove that the first of the doubts above alluded to has been verified.- that a want of intelligence. and a tlioroagh want of knowledge. not only of the British Constitution. but of that of the colonies, pervades the whole of the party of which he is a dbtluguisbed member. The hon. gentleman fluskly eoafosses Responsible Govern- ment and Departmental Government with him mesa see and the seats thlug,—" unless the money is t'orthoomlag—-aalmsl feel the career popeoilc ( we can quote Latin. too) sliding over my palm or weigh- isg down my pockets. I see no this in dsvoting my time, talents and industry for the benelt of a people whom I never saw until within the last few years,- aad If it were not for a large family of boys and girls I had hoped to get provided for, in some way or ether, I seversbsuld "have eeen,—-and whom. if I could do better. I would leave without regret to-mer- row. I have nethlq to chain are down to the soil; for I don't own a but of it. and most probably never sbsll. What, thee. isiemuas are taken interest is their fate, salsa I Q paid for lt.—ays, and well

v-r-v-I-rn eielysytssnsseosussraseepna. an h

a man with these open and uadisguieed views, and actuated by selfish feelings alone, a tit man to entrust with power .’ We think not, — and so thought the people, or rather that portion of the people of Prince Edward Island whose sutfrages he sought to gain when be vacated. in 1842, and again in 1850, his seat in the Legislative Couiicil in order to secure a seat in the Assembly. Why was he ever allowed to resume it 3

But this longing after Otiice and emoluments, is not peculiar to the lion. inover of the Address, all alike, feel and share his fervor and love of gain. But was it to effect a mere changeof men, that the Colonies with one sympathetic movement strained their ener- gies.’ No. Those who looked further said that the time had come when the Colonies would no longer submit to be ruled by n Governor appointed by a Secretary in Downing Street, who. generally ignorant of the wants and necessities of the inhabitants, was liable to be imposed upon by the misrepresentations of interested people, either in England or the Colony; and required that the respective colonies should be allowed to govern themselves, in all matters relative to their internal welfare, and not conflicting with the general interests of the empire of which they formed a part. And in order that this self-government should be complete, it was so far to be upon the model of that of the parent State, that the Executive Councils of the Colonies were in future to be so composed that the Representatives of the People in the Provincial Parliaments should, form the decided majority, and that the Governor should, like the Sovereign. be guided in all his Acts by the decision ofa majority of this Council. who will be truly responsible, not to the Governor, not to the Legislative Council, but to the Assembly, to the whole body of the Representatives of the People, in Parliament convened, and conse- quently, to the people themselves. Ifthe majority in Parliament lose confidence in the Executive, they at once express it, and they, as a matter of course, are replaced by those in whom the people, through their representatives, place more reliance. And this is truly Responsible Government. The circumstance of their holding otiice, or not, is a matter of no conse- quence whatever. That it is much better that a seat in the Executive should not depend upon the holding of an oliice connected with the representation of a constituency. the experience of the late administra- tion suliiciently demonstrated.

The Hon. Jos. Hensley was obliged to confess that he had tried for a seat in the Assembly, and had been honorably defeated, and what was the conse- quence.’ He was thrust into the Legislative Council, for which situation he was wholly unqualified, not only as respects age, experience and property, but from the very circumstance that having.—sccording to the principles of Responsible and Departmental Govsrnment,—been rejected by the people to whom he had made his uppeul, and declared by them unqua- lified both to represent thesn and to fill the oflice of Attorney General: and in continuing Mr. Joseph Hensley in the Otiice, as well as intruding him into the Upper House. the late Administration were trai- tors their own cause, and to the cause of the people. Why, we would ask, is the appeal to the people made, if, when the decision is adverse to the ap- pellant, the Admiuistration turn round and say “ notwithstanding the verdict of the people as to his unfitnes for Oflice, notwithstanding their declaration that he is a man in whom they have no confidence, and one to whom they will not give a voice in the passing of the Laws that are to bind them and their children, we will not only continue him in Office, but as a punishment to the Constituency who rejected the man of our own choice; and, as a warning to the people, not to give themselves airs for the future, we will elevate him to a station in the Legislature, where his vote shall have double the weight that it would have had, if he had succeeded in getting a Seat for a Constituency." It is in effect, telling the people of Georgetown " see what you have got by rejecting the Attorney General, he not only holds his Otiice, but looks down upon the man you have preferred to him with contempt, and may say to him, ‘ pass what Laws you like, I have the right to pass my veto upon every one of them, and that too. in a place where my vote is as one to twelve, and yours is but as one twenty-tour.’ " Now, iftliis be not treason to the people, if this be not flying in the face of all upright principle, and a practical abandon- ment and renunciation of those of Responsible and Departmental governments, we should like to know what is. We ask. is conduct of this nature, consis- tent with the ct! repeated declaration, that the beauty of Departmental Government was, that no man could hold Otfice, unless he was in the confidence of the people .’ Was Joseph Hensley in the conti- dence of the people. when he was continued in the Oflice of Attorney General. was it not in violation of the principles of Responsible Government, when he was refused by the people, ll place in one branch of the Legislature, to give him a seat III the other! We pause for a reply.

Mu. Naauswrifs Lac-runs ois -rrru LIQUOR Tnars-rc.—In recommending this little work to the favorable consideration of the public, we are per- forming an act of justice, and at the same time grati- fying our own feelings. There are none to whom the reverend author is known. who do not feel the high- est respect for him. Deprived by the dispensation of Providence of one of the principal inlets to the acqui- sition of knowledge, he has, with an energy ever the accompaniment of true genius. attended by an indo- rnitatable perseverance which is not so ollen its com- panion, so far overcome the obstacles in his path that he is able, by means of his various and extensive knowledge, to impart to crowds those gratiticaticns of the mind which he himself on alone receive through the medium of books. The lecture in question was delivered. in the Temperance Hall, to one of the most respectable, and at the same time the largest audience that ever met in Prince Edward Island; nor was there one. we firmly believe. that was not gratified with the eloquence of the lecturer, even though he failed to be thoroughly convinced by his arguments. We select the following passages at random. and pre- sent lhem as a fair specimen of the manner in which

°llr. Nsrraway has handled the subject :-

-rrnu wauicuun reason is run sotmniriorr or iscsrcunasau surrnnro.

This sulbrin is not intiieted merely upon the miserable avss of inteinplerance. but also, upon all those conneo wit them.

Who can depict the heart-woe that embitters the weary existence of the drunkard’s wife! What untold anguish is here, over whose trust- ing, faithful heart, in spite of all her cherished hopes of mutual happiness through switt-lly-

yesrsof a golden future. comes ed conviction that her fate is indissolubly linked with that of a slave of intoxicetin drinks! Ahlit were well if those who gar poismesp with roses-whoa iusottsnd sllhss pbrsssof the lowing burnper.snd the

s rkling wine—it were well. if, when the circling song, “ and musio’s voluptuous swell,” and the ringing echo of convivial cheers have died away, they would re ir to the home of the weeping wife, where s e kee s her sorrow vigil. waitin the return of him w ose presence

he dreads— ini who hath scstteredhis altar- vows to the winds of heaven— im whose curses full faster u it her crushed heart, than did his words of ove and tenderness in her

oung. joyous, maiden days—him whose drink-

v. tten cowardice hath dared to prompt the vil in’s blow it inst her feebleness—liiin to whom she yet 0 ings in the sacred mystery of her woman s love—it were well, I an , for the a logist of this awful trnflic, to visit t cjabodee o sorrow, to survey the wreck of all domestic happiness, watch the progress of the and tragedy, which closes in despair and death. Does not this vile trafiic render the marriage tie, like the cruel connection of the living with the putrid carcass of the rotting deadl--the horrid mode of torture once ractise by hideous tyrants, at whose deeds shuddering nature stood aghast.

Little less than the drunkard’s wretched wife, suffers the widowed mother of a drunkard son. Oh! u may measure time, measure industry, measure wealth destroyed by the agency of the liquor trafiie—-but you have no standard, no sorrow-meter by which t gucgo the bitterness of despair —by which to fathoin the abysses of misery drunkenness creates.

THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC ALSO INEVITABLY LEADS 1'0

How could it be otherwise?—intoxicating drinks, while they deaden the moral sensibili- ties, and subvert the reason, bring the will beneath the tyranny of the worst passions of our nature, stimulated to their utmost strength by maddening droughts. Hence, Jud es, Law-

ers, Generals, Jailors and Chaplains o%Pi-isons, all testif that three-fourths, in many cases, nine-tent s of all serious crimes against: ro- perty and life are directly traceable to the use of intoxicating rinks. ‘ "d o Anderson, “Drunkcnncss is the most fertilo source of crime, and it‘ removed, the nssizes would be more nullities.” Judge Pattisoii said to o. Grand Jury :—“ If it were not for drunkenness, on and I should have nothing to do.” An ut a few weeks ago,that most eminent and amiable mun, Thomas Noon Tulford, who wore the tri le honours of Poet, Orator and Judge, ve his dying testimony to tho some ctl'cct—— or while lamenting to the Grand Jur of Stafford, the hundred ciscs of crimewiiclr stained the calendar, and pointing out with pathos and patriotism the causes of such a. enrful state of things, among which stood preeminent the traflic in strong drink, he fell suddenly forward, and died upon the judg- ment seat.

ririi Liqrzoit riurric coins I.\"l'O coLt.tsr0‘.\' WITH IIE wi1or.u rayon or c.on's LAW.

That law says:-—“Thou shalt not kill”- this trailic kills vtist multitudes, dragging them through protracted I). ny to it dishonoured grave. at lnw criet , “ Woe unto him that givcth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and niakest him drunken also." —That lnw conimunds:—“ Thou shalt love thy nei hbour as thyself" and it asserts, “Love wor eth no ill to his ncighbonr”—this ti-atiic is divorced from all human love, nnd it in- llicts. knpwingly, deliberu.tely,—not under the unreneonin impii sea of fierce passion,—not through the heedlessncss of unguarded moral weakness, but under the intlucnce of cool, clear-headed calculation of sordid gain, in-

' u ii in rinds of immortal me ' measurable an irretrievuble evil. enjoins: “Whntsocver yo should do unto you, do ye even so unto them, for this is the law and the proplicts"—this tr liic, as experience everywhere demonstrates, enriches itself at the expense of all that on- lightenod men hold dear——it strips its victiius of wealth, of health, of home, of friends, of intellect, of heart and of life. Iluuiun laws may foster and licence und protect this trade. But human laws cannot repeal the eternal luws of God. lluuiun laws miinot wipo own the curse with which the Creator of men liatli lirnnded this traffic that makes men drunken. llunian laws cannot trainsniute the principles of eternal right into the principles of over- lnsting wrong. Human luws therefore ought not to shield, to foster, to le lize n tratlic which in all its aspects and results is rohibited

by the enactments of the Kingof ings—en- inding upon lnw-makers as up-

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actinente as on low-keepers.

Thus have I proved that the trallic in intoxi- cating li uors destroys the public wealth, weakens t e springs of the public industry, tends directly to paupcrism, debnses the minds and petrifies the hearts of its victims. impels to terrible crimes, destroys innumerable lives, and wars with the suprcinu laws of llvrtvon; and from these considcrutiniis do I lIf‘(IIl('.t) the proposition, thnt,neitlior directly nor indirectly, should the spirit of our legislation favour the existence of this terrible trade.

But, Sir, secular governments would ill discharge their duty, if they contented their

oflicial conscience with simply not nidin and nbettin a tratlic so destructive to n the muteria interests of the people. If the law-

making and law-executing powers withdraw their sanction and assistance from this dread- ful pursuit, and then stand aloof with folded lninds and averted eyes, and deeming their duty done, permit the tire-flood to rush over the lan unchecked, those powers rove recrcant to the high pur so for which men give them oliiclal li e, and ad permits them to exist.

Of the necessity of putting a stop to the pro- gress of into ranco there is not among na- tional men the east ditference of opinion. The only uestion is as to the means to be ado ted in or or to ensure this desirable end. an the prevailing opinion seems to be, that there is but one way to efl'eet it “ Abolish the trade." It is a severe alternative, but desperate diseases we are told require desperate remedies.

THE PRINCE IDWARD ISLAND BAPTIST

associa'rroN.

The Introductory Sermon was preached on Sab- bath morning, tiie 26th March, by the Rev. John Knox, in the Baptist Chapel, Charlottetown. The Delegates met on the morning of the 27th, and spent upwards of an hour in fervent supplicatiori to the God of all grace, for direction and aid. The Council was then formed, of which Rev. W. Hobbs was appointed Chairman, and Mr. James Desbrissy,

Ierk.

The Chairman then addressed the Council upon the advantages of anion, and the propriety and expediency of forming an Association; and he was followed by a number of brethren, upon the some topics. Atler dbcussicss and deliberations, whim occupied the Council for upwards of three hours. Is Delegates suaaimcesly resolved to foriu as Associa- tlssrlleleptsstism abs Chsrebsstsekthelrssah

as members of the Association, and the Constitution and Rules of Order were submitted, item by item and agreed to without one dissenting voice. ' .

The Rev. John Knox, was chosen Moderator of the Association .by ballot, and brother James Desbri- ssy. Clerk.

The Rev. W. Hobbs was appointed to preach the next Introductory Sermon. and Rev. J. Knox to be his alternate.

The Rev. John Knox was appointed to write the tint Annual Epistle to the Churches.

Pastor John Knox was appointed a Delegate to the Nova Scotia Eastern Association, and to the United States. Pastor W. Hobbs to the Western Nova Scotia Association; and Rev. J. L. Read to the Central Association.

A Board of Missions was then formed,_ otlicsrs chosen. and a Dsputation appointed to visit the Churches.