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llon. Me. COLES—Mr. Chairman, f have listened to a con- sidyrable amount of eloquence from the hon. member who has

i rst sat down, but, Sir, | never heard more humbag in an equal |

wpace of time, As to the allegation, that the statement sent to England was not intended for genera! pudlicity here, he knows well enough that it would have been brought down to this House, and published in the usaal manner. The public accothts were before the House of Assemly in 1857, and if they were not correctly made out, if they misrepresented our financial vosition, why, | ask, was uot the error then pointed out and corrected? "The fact is, Sir, that.the auditors oaly gave credit ‘or what funds they found in the Treasury ; and although they sharged the Island with £18,000 of debentures, they gave no credit for the lands, for the parehase of which those debentures had been given. Suppose the case of a merchant wishing to ascertain the state of his affuirs, would he consider himself

| what arrangements would be proposed as to the manner of disposing of | the lands of which the fee-simple wight be bought up.

.“*T ghall be happy to receive from you, In tho meantime, ony suse tions or information which may tend to promote the satisfactory settle |

iment of this difficult and protracted controversy.” | The Bill prepared in accordance with the sugyestions of the | jdespatch was before the House of Commons for a portion of two years, and when introduced by Lord Stanley, the measure

was characterized as matter of justice, not of favor. He ad-

mitted that serious evils had been inflicted on the Colony by

the manner in which the lands had been disposed of, without

consideration or regard to the future interests of the inhabitants,

There was then every prospect that the measure would be

carried out; and now that it has been frustrated, no detinite

reason is assigned by the present Gelonial, Minister. The fol-

lowing is the langaage of the Despateh communicating the

abandonment of the Bill :—

“ With reference to my Despatch of September last, acquainting you | that I had communicated the correspondence, respecting the proposed ‘Loan of £100,000 to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, I have | now to acquaint you that in the present state of the finances of the | Colony, Her yMajesty’s Government are of opinion that it would be

hopeless to attempt to obtain a guarantee from the House of Commons. | “The whole question, however, of the Land tenures, together with } that of the Fishery Reserves, is engaging my most anxious attention ; and it would give me unfeigned ploasure to receive such suggestions for the amicable settlement of these differences as could be accepted by the |

worth only the amount of cash in his ull, without taking into | Imperial Government.

account the goods upon his shelves ? Could a man purchasing | a farm, on which he gives a mortgage of £500, be fairly said to | he in debt to that amount, without being credited with the value | of the farm? Sir, if the late Government, mm making up the) tintncial statement, to which the hon. member referred at such |

length, had estimated their assets at too high a figure, why did |

“Jt bas occurred to me that if, within the Island, an impartial Com mittee could be formed, composed of members fairly representing the | interests of Landlord and Tenant, they might devise modes of settlement | consistent with what, in this Country, are considered the legitimate rights of property, and which would obtain the concurrence of both parties.” | Now, Sir, we have heard a good deal about Despatches, and |

my hon. friend, Mr. Coles, quoted some observations of the ,

. rary ? They e }, lany a} es J ian ne not their opponents set them right? They could not deny the} hon. Mr. Palmer in 1853, ridiculing the idea of respecting |

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Se ae Nae ens | ich state papers. With reference to this one, I will not pay ° - atte ’ ° Oa) , ny iT}- . ‘ : : state whether there was ang: Stein af Gente PRES, 8, SAI | so poor a compliment to the Minister whose signature it bears. | some thousands.

cation. that statement has been before the country for two}

years, and is to be fund in our journsis, Surely, if it merited the eharacter the hon. member has given it, we would have}

; St as to suppose for a moment that it ia his composition. It bears | conclusive evidence of being the effusion of sone underst:apper |

} . ' she ? = | lin the Colonial Office, who knows as much about the [sland as)

7 . a ’ 3 . - o ati} are “ ; a . ae heard it before this time. Allasion was made to the setilers on '! know of him. But. Sir, where, in this Despatch, does the |

the Worrell Estate, and the hon. member insinuated that the ‘ate Government had manifested a spirit of favouritism and un- due lenity to parties whose payments were in crrear, and he | said that they had refused to pay. Now, Sir, I deny that any of them refused to pay the instalinents, but the Government caused notice to be given in the Gazette, requiring the parties to pay the amounts due by them respectively. ‘This course was pre- |

ferable to handing them over to the Attorney General, and er-| tailing: on the poor people the heavy expenses which such a | proceeding would necessarily involve. The hon. member well knows that, if any of them refused to pay, they could be com- pelled to do so. But these people are well aware that the late | Government conferred great benefits on them, and they are quite willing to pay their instalments, but they have had unusual difficulties to contend with during the past season. The car'y sett- | ing in of winter prevented the vessels, on board of which they had shipped their produce, from proceeding to sea, and a large por- tion of their cargoes has consequently been cestroyed, and it would be cruel injustice, under these cyrcumstances, to send the Sheriff to their homes. But, Sir, to revert to the alleged mis- ‘Fepresentation, I gask the members of the Government if the compirative statements of the revenue for eight years, ending in 1856, is not correct? If there had been any intention to de- ceive, wou'd the late Government have sent such a document ? Why, Mr. Chairman, the Hon. Mr. Haviland, when the public accounts for 1856 were before the Hlouse—and he was Chair- man of the Committee to examine and report upon them— stated in his place that the £18,000 of debentures for the Worreil stete should net have appeared im the public accounta, until the affairs of the Wstate had been woundup, Sach declaration, made by a prominent opponent of the late Government, reflects great credit on that gen'ieman, and is a sufficient answer to the sophistry of the hon. member, Mr. Longworth. {f the accounts did not charge the £18,000, we would claim no credit for the land. I true’, S.r, that the Committee i3 now convinced of the correctness of the statemert+senthome. Astothe final result of

'Governor by his late Council, and forwarded to the Colonial |

| proprietors and conservatives, as though such combination had

Government find aucht to justify the charges of deception and | misrepresentation which they have so lavishly preferred against | their predecessors? Woes the Colonial Minister say that he | was deceived 2? Nothing of the kind is alleged. How did} such an idea first dawn upon his mind? Where are the docu- | ments to prove that the statement submitted to the Lieut. | Office, was erroneous? Sir, when hon, members on the other | side of the House affect surprise that my hon. friend, Mr. Coles, | should have charged the Joss of the Bill to a combination of |

never existed—I ask, did they not unite in opposition to the one-ninth Bill, and various other measures of public utility and benefit? If the Colonial Minister did not place reliance upon the official statement transmitted to him, he must have bad some other information which instilled the suspicion into his mind. From what source, then, did such intelligence emanate? From whom but those whose interests would be mest affected by the Biull? A considerable amount of virtuous indignation has been expressed by some hon. members, at the allegation that the loss of tie Bill involved a breach of faith on the part of the Imperial Government. I say, Sir, that a more gross breach of faith was never perpetrated, and the documents I have referred to fully warrant the assertion. ‘The working of the Worrell Estate has been made the subject of a great deal of harmless abuse of the ‘ate Government; bat, Sir, where is the proof that any loss has | heen, or will be, eustained from that property? The affairs of that Mstate are not yet closed.

Hon. Mr. YEO —No, and never will be. (Laughter.)

Hon. Mr. WHELAN—Perhaps they may be brought toa close for the benefit of a certain geutleman who prefers a! claim of some £6000 against it—when the lands shall have been sold at the upset price of even four shillings per acre, it will be proved that the property has been self-sustaining :— apart from that consideration, whoever visits that estate will perceive that the increased prosperity and comfort of the |

the operations cornected with the management an | disposal of | the Worrell Estaic, { do not say thet it will realize the exact | amount paid for if;—it may fetch something more or Jess, ac- |

i cordingly a: it is treated. Perhaps the present Goverainent }

may mismanage it, and it is probable that they will.

Mr. COOPER—I consider that the Loan B.ll has been made |

use of as a bugbear to frightenth> peop'e. The amount wae not to be repaid for 20 years, and I am decidedly of opinion that re- payment would not be required fromthelsland. Lord Stanley's admission of che injustice with which the people of the Celeny had been treated, is sufficient to justify the Government in e1- deavouring to bring the money into tie country, and affords good resson for the belief that we would never be called upon to repay it. , Hon. Mr. WHELAN—Had I been in the House when the paragraph before the Committee was read, Mr. Charman, [ would have submitted an amendment, which | will now read :—

It is likewise with surprise wo learn that it is not the intention of Her Majesty’s present Government to propose to the Imperial Parliament the guaranteed Loan contemplated for this Island. This measure was ad- opted at the suggestion, aad with the concurrence, of a late Colonial Minister, (experienced in Culonial affairs), and advocated in the House of Commons by his successor, the Right Ifon. Lord Stanley,—thus pledg- ing the faith of the Crown to assist the local Legislature and Government to mature a measure so well calculated to allay public discontent, and promote the welfare of the people. The Secretary of State’s Despatch- es on this subject will reevive our earnest deliberations.

I will not occupy much of the time of the Committee at pre- sent, as it is near the hour for adjournment ; but | must say that there ia ample reacon for the exprsssiom of surprise atthe withérawal of the Bill, in view of al] the correspondence on the enbject. The Despatch of Mr. Labouchere, a statesman who had devoted more time and attention to Colonial affairs than to any other branch of the public service of his country, who, years ago, held a distinguished poe tion in Canada under the jate lamented Lord Durham, certainly gave assurance that the proposed guarantee would be accorded. That Despatch was as follows :-—

‘Upon entering on the duties which Her Majesty has been pleased to confide to me, [ could not avoid giving my most serious attention to the correspondence which has recently taken place with regard to two Acts of the Legislature of Prince Edward Island, to which Her Ma- jesty’s Government were unable to advise Her Majesty to give hor

assent. ** have, at the same time, found it necessary to review the scries of

transactions, extending over a long period of yeare, which are marked

by the continucd effort of a Jarge portion of the resident inhabitants of \vernment would ask? No, sir, their object is tomake money | bed of the starry Mayflower ; wear and admire it, for possess 7 a ’ ’ ~

the Island, either to abolish altogether, or materially to curtail, the rights of the owners of landed property.

**T will not now repeat arguments which have been urged on various occasions by my predecessors, it will be sufficient for me to express iny decided opinion, that, whatever character may properly attach to the

_ circumstances connected with the original grants, which have been often

_ employed against the maintenance of the rights of the proprietors, they could not, with justice, be used to defeat the rights of the present owners, who have acquired their property by inberitance, by family settiements, er for valuable consideration.

“Seeing, therefore, that the rights of the proprietors could not be |

sacrificed without manifest injustice, I feel that it will be my duty steadily to resist, by a)l means in my power, measures similar in their ebaracter to those which were recently uader the consideration of Her Moajesty’s Goyernment- .

“*T desire, however, at the same time, to assure you that it war with much regret that Her Majesty's advisers felt themsetves constrained to oppose the wishes of the people of Prince Edward Island, expressed through their representatives, and that it is my earnest wish to be spared the necessity of authoritative iaterferenes in regard to matters affecting the internal administration of their affairs

** With regard to the main object which has been frequently proposed by a large portion of the inhabitants, namely, that some means may be provided by which a tenant holding under a lease may arrive at the position ef fee-simple proprietor, 1 am anxious to facilitate such a

change,’ provided that it be effected without injustice to the proprictors. |

“There are but two ways iu which such a change could be effected. The first is the usual and natural one of purchase and sale between the tenant and the owner, and no reason appears as yet to have been stated, why, if the tenants offer to the landowners the full vatue of the right and interest of the landowner, sales and purchases cannot be effected. It would seem probable, that at all events, ia the cases of non-resident owners, such fair offers would generally be accepted, and as the lands are usually let upon leases of extraordinary length, and at a sma!! annual rent, there can, it would seem, be but few tenants who could not find the means of offering a fair prive for buying ep the aunual rent of their holdings.

“The other method would be, that the Government of the island thould treat with such of the landowuers as might be willing to sell, and that the State, thus becoming possessed of the fee-simple of such lands as might thus be sold, should be entitled to afford greater facilities for converting the tenants into freeholders than the landlords themselves tight feel an interest_in doing.

“An srrangement of this kind could, probably, not be made without

® loan to a considcrable amount to be raised by the island Government, upon the revenues of the island. But tien m wa HTM ae fie. ee Chairman, the subjects ) o take into consider. | rred ta in the paragraph which you have just read are of “ten of thie “= — yen _ ay to them, showing great importance to the people of the Island They were pre- “< sucd loan could Incally i ( ad tal op] ; ; ; . ally bo provided for, and | ‘ainent topics in the addresses to the different constituencies

toe interest thereof to be charged Mer Majesty’s Government would not be indisposed

settlers afford gratifying evidence of tne benefits the action of the late Government has conferred upon them. There is no part of the Island where the situation of the people has so much improved; formerly, they were but tenants at will, ‘without leases frem Mr. Worrell, the pricea charged for the purchase of land were extravagantly high, ranging from 40s. to 60s. per acre, and at such rates~it was almost a favour to be allowed to purchase. Under the management of the Trus- tees, the condition of the tenants was something better, but } they were charged highly for their leases, and the arrears of | rent were secured by Bonds and Warrants. Contrast their present situation with what it was at the period to which I have referred; the traveller now sees new and comfortable dwellings, extensive clearings, good and substantial fencing, and in fact every indication of inereasing prosperity. As to the other property purchased by the late Government, Lot il, it has not been asserted that any loss will accrue to the public from that souree—on the contrary, I believe there will be a small surplus resulting from it.

Hon. Mr. THORNTON— Mr. Chairman, notwithstanding the doleful predictions concerning the Worrel Estate, I am happy to find that no one expresses any feur of a loss ensuing from Lot 11. ‘There can be no doubt that the present Govern- ment would have included that property in their budget of grievances, if they could have found anything to complain of in connection with that purchase, {fhe Worrel Estate, it must be borne in mind, was very pecaliarly situated, the ten- ants had been verv hadly treated, o»d it ic berdty rar for hon. members to draw general conclusions, as to the policy of the Government in purchasing other properties, from the condition | of one Estate, which has no paraliel in the Island. Instead |

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of taking the affairs of that property, as making a case against the late Government, 1 will suppose that Government had) purchased a well-managed Estate, for instance the Selkirk or | Seymour properties, to show the motives which induce some | hon. members to denounce the Loan Bill. By that and the | Land Purchase Bill, it was never intended that the Govern- | ment should derive a profit from the sales of the land; the | purchasers would obtain their lands at such prices as would | barely cover the costsand expenses of management. But, sir, [| ask the hen. member, Mr. Douse, if while he can go to England, | jand another gentleman, Mr. Pope, can repair to the United | | States, and buy large tracts of land at 4s. or 5s. per acre, they |

| would resell them to the people at the rates at which the Go- |

| for themselves and not to benefit the tenantry. They can get |

their 2Us. sterling an acre, and more than that: aye, as much | as 50 or 60 shillings. That is the reason of such strenuous | | opposition, for if the Loan had been obtained, their opportuni- | | ties of speculation and the profitable agencies would cease, | and they would soon find that, like Othello’s, their occupation | would be gone. The real motive of much of the opposition to the Loan Bill, is to be found in the desire of certain parties to | keep the management of the lands in their own hands, and | |_ perpetuate the present cursed monopoly, for really it deserves | ‘no better designation. They would fain keep the people in a i state of serfdom, chain them down to the condition of mere | _hewers of wood and drawers of water, as was charitably sug-

gested in a certain newspaper. As to the fear of general tax- | ation, on account of the purchase of lands by Government, it will be time enough to complain when the evils so confidently anticipated shall be experienced. For myself, I can only say that I have no idea that such a result will occar ; but even if it should take place, a loss of £15,000 or £20,000 would be ‘raore than compensated, by the conversion of tenants into | freeholders--by the elevation of slaves to the position of freemen. | The improvement of one class of the community acts with be-

, neficial effect upon all ; tke poorera people, the jess their spirit and energy, raise them in their social position, and you raise them in their own estimation, they feel an ambition which

before they knew not, aad redoubled energy is infused into

‘their industry. The assertion that the Bill was introduced in

1856 asa mere electioneering maneeuyre is not worthy of

| Rotice ; the same cry was raised by the same parties, in their

Opposition to the Kent Roll Bill, One-ninth Bill, &c. and the

other important measures introduced by the Liberal party.

| ‘The following paragraph having been read by the Chairman,—

; mo i satisfactory to know that the i

E question of the Land Tenures and Fishery Reserves is engaging the attention of the Secretary of State, /and so soon as the documents containing his suggestions for facilitating the equitable adjustment of the question, shall be laid before us, we beg to assure your Excellency, that we will be prepared to give that careful consideration to the subject, which its grave importance entitles it to” —

‘secured by bonds, as good as any inthe Treasury. These

previowely. to the late elections, and al every meeting ge ests that when the present Government came into porns pe aT be finally and satisfactorily settled. ‘The power 0 an a pow it their hande, and it is their duty 10 dispose ¢ ugh such a way as to benefit the Tenantry. | trust — : aa and | can asgure them, Sir, that any measure which they e introduce, calculated to effect that object, shal! poate cordial support. In saying Uns, I do not wish to ra = pes as intending to separate from the party with which - ee have been connected. We tried different measures fo redr the evils so long and so seriously experienced, and, — measures were not acceeded to by the Imperial Governmen : and now that our opponents have succeeded to the eneneeey { feel it my daty to support any good measure on she. a # the Land question which they may introduce. Whthre mae to the observations of the hon. member, Mr. Longworth, ~ that bone of contention, the Worrell Estate, we al! know _ use which the present majority have made of it—to damage the | minority before the people. We have heard that the boon con- ferred upon the settlers on that Estate would be at At nay, ruinous, to the country—that, the property, 80 far from being self-sustaining, would not pay its working expenses, and state- ments to tlrat effect have been made by the hon. member 10 this debate. Now, Sir, although up to the present tune the property may not lave realized as much as, at one tine, we may nts expected, yet it is not to be supposed that the result to the country will be such as has been predicted, It should be re- collected that, in the purchase of that Estate, the late Goveru- ment were anticipated by the intervention of middlemen, in consequence of which they had to pay a great deal more than thev otherwise would. They were anxious to obtain it as cheap as possible; but while communications from them, on the subject of the purchase, were suppressed in England, parties went from the Island and bought the property for the at pet of re-seliing to the Government, which they did ata profit of . 1 do not blame those parties for so doing, | they had an undoubted right to make the best bargain they could, but I mention these circumstances to shew the reason why the late Government had to pay so much for the Estate, which was the only one offered to them. As to what may be the ultimate result, when the affairs of that Estate shall be finally closed, 1 do not say, but we know that £16,000 are

Bonds have been given for the purchase monies of which the first instalments have been paid, and the remaining amounts, vesides the persona] security of the purchssere, are a first caarge upon the Jands themselves. The hon. member has also referred, at considerable jength, to the genera! state of our finances, and without much trouble or loss of time, I shal! show the Committee what our position, as regards the public debt really is: On the 3lst January, 1858, there were—

W errants on the ‘Treasury, unpaid, £30,594 1 94 Treasury notes afloat, or supposed to be, 11,500 0 0 Debentures issued under 16 Vic., Cap. 18, 20,550 0 0

£62,644 1 S4 To meet this there were— Bonds in Treasury, £25156 13 34 “ in hands of Atty. Gen. 3,067 2 Il Cash in Treasury, 4550 1 43 Balance against the Colony, 29,870 4 4

£62,644 1 93

Thus, the actual balance on the 3lst January, 1858, was —

To which add the Expenditure up to the close of the financial year—up to Bist January, 1859—~

£29,870 4 4

£43,210 2 10

£73,080 7 2 To meet this amount there is the— Revenue of the past year, £33,292 2 3%

Due from Worre!! Estate

and public lands, 16,000 0 0 £49,292 2 34 So, our finances were in this state on the Ist January last, — Dr. £73,080 7 2 Cr. 49292 2 33

Leaving as the real debt against the Colony, £23,788 4 103

This, Sir, is not quite equal to £70,000—the amount alleged as being due before the late elections,—and of this sum the 30,- 000, or 40,000 acres of land remaining unsold of the Worrell Estate, in addition to the £16,000 of Bonds secured on the land sold, must be considered as ample security for the cost of the property. The debt, then, is not so serious an affair as the present majority represented it to be, and we shall wait to see the great reductions which they promised to make in the salaries of the public officers. At the public meetings held throughout the country before the late elections, great promises were made tothe people on this aubject, and the late Govern- ment was censured in no measured vérms for having fixed the pay of the officials at too high a figure. I: was said that al! these salaries were to be reduced, in order to meet the falling off in the revenue. I presume now, Sir, that the Government will be prepared (o redeecn their promises on this subject and the land quesiion, towards the equitable settlement of which | repeat iny readiness to give my support.

(To be eontinued.)

For tue Examiner.

My Dear F ;

Equal to my promise, I present to you through the Examiner ** Mayilowers.”’

The delicate gem of the wilderness—the Mayflower—is the favorite of all; the maiden wears it in her bosom—fit emblem of herself; it adorns the drawing-room of the matron; fasci- nated with its beauty, childhood and riper youth bear away its tiny blossom ; and stern man, subdued by its loveliness and personation of innocence, wears it on his brawny bosom. It is prized for the simplicity of its form, the exquisite delicacy of its tints, and sweetness of perfume. It deservedly is the Queen of our Wild Flowers, and the emblem of our couutry. It ** blooms amid the snows.’’

Continue, my dear F , to pay your visits to the mossy

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Mayflower. MAYFLOWERS.

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= Bedford's ambient tides and verdant shores, Spangled with hamlets of the honest poor,

| April and May, is again on our table, and sustains its es taining monthly publication in America. Professor | (our familiay friend, the Autocrat of the Breakfast Ts (Continues toembellish its pages with his lively and witty fsa while Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe (authores Or rambling where the sounding Sacville rans Vacle Tom's Cabin), continues her ¢ mee _** Minister's Wooiag.’’ On the whole, the contents of the , before us are of the most interesting character.

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Though Art, and Beauty, Pomp and Power decay, And shrines beloy’d the fatal fiat know, Thy home still stands in nature's ancient fane The wilderness, in gorgeous vestments clad : Of foliage bright, and myriad flowerets fair, °F And sparkling streams, and — singing brooks : Where ‘mongst the woodlan ny the merry birds Their joyful anthem send up to the sky, In greatful tribute to Almighty Love ; : , Such scenes among, with bright-eyed laughing once Of Memory’s fadeless dye to sit and dream, Or saunter musingly by mossy mounds, Or wander free by stream, and grot, and dell~ List’ning the linnet’s and the robin’s song, And gentle voices of the gladden'd trees ; . Stirr’d by the breathings of the soft west wind,’ And gaze on virgin leaves young spring unfolds, And gather flowers, and blend in offerings chaste, And glowing garlands weave of aueenly May, For beauty’s brow, and bind them blushing there,. While beaming eyes unfold the soften’d soul, And accents dear in mellow feeling fow From roseate lips, oatglowing summer’s sheen. Are joys the heart athirst would quaff again, So pure, so chaste, so lovely, more than dear,— Sweeter than cooling breeze to burning brow, Or generous water to the parched tongue, Sweeter than evening’s perfume laden breath, Bearing aroma from the blooming trees,— Sweeter than flowers the valleys’ bosoms bear,— Than evening chimes,—than tinkling bell a-field,— Than lambkin’s voice, and merry chanticleer,— ‘han melody of soft meandering brooks, And sparkling fountain’s song in mossy dell; Or holy calm on burnish’d mountain’s side, When down the west the smiling day deciines, And sun and sky look gloriously on earth. Old scenes, ye come and flit in transport by— The past, the present, mingling in the mind, And smiles and sighs in swift succession flow, As beat the pulses of the quicken’d heart. Those speak of joys, these ask in solemn tune Home what of thee? Our hearthstone circle where ? Where happy faces and the ones beloved? Yon wither’d tree by fiery lightening rent, Throughout its shatter'’d trunk replies—Behold! Those scatter’d leaves befitting answer give— Speaking with wither'd rustling tongues, of Time's Mutations, and the wrecking surge of years. Hail, souvenirs of scenes the heart enfoldg! Pure as thy tints in softest harmony— Remembrancers vf elevated joys— Embosom’d deep in treasury of the soul— Unrivall’e ones in Flora’s garden wilds, — Come let me drink your aromatic breath, And drinking, kiss your spicy gentle lips, And to my bosom press your lovely forms ; While with the dew-drops ov your tender breasts The azure wept from midnight’s solemn founta. 1 mingle tears o’er those blotted from life, O’er hearts of truth beneath the king-cup’s bloom ; And down in ocean's fearful dreary deeps, The faithful souls, the noble, gen’rous band Who dried the tear and brighter made the smile— Ww se words no mockery nor deception wore— Whose proffer’d hand was potent feeling’s pledge ; . No bates show, no Seeai na heart belied. Lurk'd meanly low within the honest palm ; Nor eye averted fled its fellow’s gaze ; Nor down dark look, seeming to fear the light, In frown of conscience and the bosom’s taint; Nor bastard smile; nor spurious silken tungue, With sovereign quackeries of deception full, Which loathesome gangrene spread in social halls— Poison the mind, and drug the victim man— Deform the foram—soil the market place, The shopman’s counter, and the merchant's desk— The puffy patriot swell, and fire the tyrant’s will— The senate halls with public frauds imbue, Till mangled justice bleeding prostrate lies, 5 And subtly too the sacred pulpit stain, & And mock his office in some Reverend knave. Oh, hallow’d shades of honor’s blood and b!oom Ye, scorn’d, contemn’d, dishonor’s ragged sons, And oaths cheat, and creeping hypocrite, And man of subterfuge and holy fraud— And friend of poliey whose fayor tarns 4 On serving self—his patriotic ruale— And he who lives by calumny and lies, And base perfidious villian will exalt To gain foul power, and sacrifice the right, onan the dark intriguing scum of earth ; e shunn’d and pass’d—at lengthen’d distanca ‘d— And high as Pindus peaks snteel in clouds, pone You lived on lofty Trath’s great eminence, And downwards ooking from your noble height, Ye pitied those of foul degenerat: clay. But I have wandered, gentle flowers, from you, To muse on those who erst with me had royed, In bounding heart and soul elated brain, F The bowers and flowering wilds of happy home And cull’d—how fondly cull’d—thy kindred’s bloom When life and hope in’orient morn rejoiced. ; Yet I return unto your verdant shores— The magic strand, enchantment’s thrilling ground— To pass one hour illamed by feeling’s burnin lamp,— One calm and pensive hour with you, dear Flowers, Who shone s0 lovely im your ear y birth, ’ Array'd in beauty’s chaste unfolded charms,— "Till lurking frosts, and snows, and bitter blast Breath’d in your bosoms’ cores a deadly germ And rudely nipp'd your virgin early bloom. : Smote by the ruthless foes, you droop your heads Smiling in death, and dying perfume shed F Upon your buried sisters wilding tombs, And strew your petals over their sweet greves. Your time concluded, and high purpose served Which caii'd you into lovely existence, : The hour, the last, the parting moment’s here Embitter’« by the joy your presence gave, Stirring the fountains of the heart with joy And sparkling floods of tender memories, - Elysium days that gem the fervent past, Away afar in otver dearer lands, Beyond the broad Northambian deep. Yet, lingering, pensive, o’er your fallen bloom, I weep that lovely oney soon pass away— . That tender natures sink in early canbe, And bid te you withtwelling heart adieu, As | have bidden thase belov’d farewell.

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