I-IASZARD’S GAZETTE. APRIL 2.

Do yo remember the day of your oopouoalo, tho manly arm to which e oooliliegly clstsg. tho heart-thrilling vows so tuna y hot truthfully taken, the flutter- log hops cfhappy years to come.’ Ah! yes; 'and ye vomombortco ltcw the smile gradually faded fro n yosr bo¢ead's feast how tlto love-hosts was qIoocII- od is his eye. how harsh aad orool words come hiss- ing from lips that had sworn to love you. and harsh deeds was wrought by tho ltitudo that were destined for year oopport and protection; htwv the lteatl.-crosh- " ago cams o'er the spirit of" your early

3. its." till ho:hq'bod won your life-loog affec- ths vfioor b prontiso-giving rnttnhootl. be- estsooo brsial and hateful that there was none left spos the wide earth to love him. save your devoted selves,-—ssd ovoo yo. lnflyosr ony. whliod him dead This rocltloos 'l'ra c hiitlt blighted your lives, blasted your happiness, and doomed you to indescrib-

;—is it starts?

And thus! poor lonely. desolrrto-hearted widow. who to weep. to relieve thine over-chiirgsd hoort. ooarly wore out with sorrow. over the gra vos of hohotsd sad sort. slain by lntouipotanco; standing staid the nice of thine household gods. surrounded by

thy too-well-roriiernborcd anguish; tsll es, before thoo bottco—ls this ‘raise right I

No! Mr. Chairman; it is wrong. all wrong,-‘tis " ovil. only evil. and that continually."

Now. if this traflo in intoxicating liquors be wrong, sat-‘glucose and destructive. is it not right to stop its further progrus? 0 ht society to look on passively while t -toe wslerso death are dolttging i e lurid?

Aoso ly not. No man contends l'o that. But there is great diversity of opinion respecting the tiiode of

tcoiluro by which Society ahoul.I seek to protoc: lllnr from the evils ovtgstitdttfcd by this putituil. .\l Issolatioa declares that it is oxpadicnt to prohibit It by Law. Bat, sir. can society constitutionally resqrt In tho coercion of law in this momentous concern.’ I believe it can and oogltt-that it must and will. I wave all moroly religious considerations tltese ttitty be loll for another pl-tt.o, and for another time. I Illltll have reference, on the civil aspects of the question. to tho truths of Political Economy. and to the spirit of Constitutional law. Secular governitiorits tire for secular rposos. u toss include the tone- tiott of ll: and property. therylucation of tho ‘young. and tho preservation of tho ublic heolth, diefeitce against foreign aggression it d olivcrnnce frorii doriics. tic slavery. In shorl.I gritty observ- tlitit seculttr governments should guard tho initlictttibln rights in sun which in tho words ofe celebrated lristorir-.ol document. are " life. liberty and the pursuit of hoppi- soso." To gssrd those rigl-ts—to accomplish lllusu

rprvsoo lit the ond of civil government fulfil uont of that end laws are ntmlo mid executed. ottfrrcol by v-tviotss pen'ilIies—ooin-it Liking life slum

puking property, ottd sumo abridging tlte personul

ty.

Now sir, tho trrtflc in intoxicating drinks cortflicts with ovary and and purpose of civil governmeni—ii wastes tho public wealth; it oops the public health; it oondscos to public ignorance; it unfit»: for liberty oi hotvte. and woskvns the defence is uinst aggression from abroad. it incitos to number eon crimes, and destroys inoutrtsnrnle lives. It is tlomrfore the porcu- li.tr provinc-t of civil govevtttttcilt to nrrcst this inriiic to stay its fearful ritvatges frotii which no family in tile land to soft ; and with the proviso of my resolution, wltolly to " prohibit it by lavr," enforced by deserved sod wiooly adapted penalties.

Besides. sir. tho Legislature interferes with tho rntle

in general; with Arsenic. Prussic Acid and

These restrictions are intended to guard the public agaisst thodostrnction oflife by poison. either through tsvilico. or by carelessness ; and to provide these don- esbstancos for the donttiods of medical i-ciertcc

and mechanical arts, to both ofwliich. to akilful llittttls, they may beof see. Why should itttoricntiirg liquors ho withdrawn from the wise supervision which is oxorchod over tho trndo in kindred poisons? 'I'lliere B so fact in Chemical or Physiological ocieitco better ostablishod thsvi tho fact that the cliemicrilly combined bnlttu ea or ich gives to inebrint-

ing drislts their powelrtof intosicntiug, is ts.ptIl-tin,‘ that tbecaiise her manly son to spare

h no form. no co tltotr, no quantity. to nutritive, or in wise than hartful to s hrmlthful hurnnn hotly- it racy. indeed, its tnay arsenic. in okilful It s be soofal in controlling or varying the course of diiteatitn, bet in all ordinary cases ito otfects are poisonous on the human frurno.

Moreover. it both proved to he the most destructive of all poisons. Nuiiiht-r till the poisons lit-side tlnit have been drawn from flower ond ftotv, lr-rlrooil root, from minerals and Iltll orgotiisins, l'rom e.irt'i or area, and Alcohol. in the ondlecs ctttttlogno of its tlctittlit, will transcend them all a hundred frild. If llteti I.-as destructive poi-one are to restricted in their stile its to be almost harittloso occnpsnts of the Chemist's -helf, why should Alcoholic preparations be uermillt-tI in goats about under the sanction of the law. " flinging abroad firs-brands. arrows and death!"

llat. air, in point of foot. tho liiw does interfere. though iuolfeetuslly, with tho manufacture ttttd sole- with tho trafic in intoxicating liquors-the whole

gem of licsncing the soleol' such liquors.:ind of prohibiting their sale without a licence. ond of refusing to grant a licence at all under certain oiruuttistiiocea. Is on oniboditnent of that principle of lr-gislittiou for which we covtten . or the systctn of licencing rests gpors tho boliofthttt if every person under airy cin:u:ii- stances, or ondor all olrctlttlstttnceo were permitted to engage in this trallic. the victims of ioteniperonce. sad the sccomponing evils of itttetnpcvoncc would be so fsarfolly numerous so to outrage all some of endur- sacs. Thus the licence a stem is a positive restriction sfthio trsflc, ond isitsol an sdrtiission thtil tho trittlic ' And there cotmot ho tho least i would accrue rant on untrttrnuteled liquor trullic are materially loosened by this legislative inlotfaroncc. flopposo tbovt. for arguments sake. that in any given osvnrnonit tho unrestricted tralllo would make four hundred tsnltands. bet that under the lic»-nee law system this number is dirniuisltod by one half. so that only two hundred drtiskords are made. does it follow that if it be right for tho legislature to interfere by low to save one half of fosr ltstidrod. it incst be

sally rlgbt tooave tlis other half by the sittnc agency.

‘noon be made available for the purpose.’ We . no oatrs-constitutional interference from

5 .°.

15. seosctog of the nod" of intoxicating liquors-— rho principle that it is oty and prerogative of the are to a rsutrist s trnllio whic '

is. or b ddr i the l' ad I if th ~' --......'“ "«‘~°--.-'.'°~.==~ ocbsew tobsr‘ t ort cg‘ taro.

of licence. to prevent this trslbc from doipg ofovil. it ssnont be w for tholegiso so cortltto itto lto nloluon o evil. by an ostsaslso tltoosrao cteess—lsgsl rostristlea.sono- fiodby

flslsotpssaltias. Aodssw. Ilr. bay: fiondoo

sa- 9' '1

shows that the Legislature

oovtotitstioool power of pro-

low k tvslo la lotoslcsting l.iqooro,for

fin Idlolssl sod hloshaoical , whslw h is so

st'Apsssbl , ssweo "op majority of its lYyr‘u’olvod filrt whether it oo.lt h lsospsdlest at this time. msmpttopst ltlortb. I.foreoo.llr,donotist- ” 3... to thy y for so _vtsg-for we gggmtnpsst moatovotosgsiasttltolr.oort_- osovtstlsost oer.srssld soohs vsts.I|'st- to ooooo of'I‘otn-

Ir. 0bobno,ls order that the srusaosres rs-='r'sl:q=' fr’: .. gfi 3-llnatpnsat sod osttsoty.

9"“ and strong drinks have 5. littlo good; but, at the sen Ims. tho strongest

and brotherly sympathy and oncoarsgomoht have been plontifully made use of by the Friends of the 'l‘stttporatico cause; and by the blessing ofllcavolt. ntitny lliousttnds have in various parts of the world. ‘ t’0ll| "- ‘“ ' , ‘ " "Interoper- aitcc: but still more thousands have hopdouly perish- ed by this tralllc. unroschsd bly ttrgtltllonlr IIIMVOII by ontrooty; and in our own and tncn are still por- nwllllll yoiirly, nny, rtltno-it monthly. through IllIl|lIClI- rion—onr cuts nirny of those who are enslaved by this fearful evil be rescued from rr like fols, save by tho totnoviil of temptulion from their Ilt.

tis expedient. in order that the youth of tho- r-.o|oot- be reserved altogether from thi- tlroa-lful tbraltlotn of the raging passion for stroou drinks.—l'or thoug the evils of lntempersnce have been portrayed in the dnrlteot colours. and tho wortiing voice of em rsnco cfliirls hath swept trnmpltst-ton-__-ued through the land; though myriads have taken vvarning—_vot year by year. has the place oftli» reclaimed drunksrd been filled up by a new recruit from the ranks ofthe young. “The Heavens may cry to the earth. and the earth cry to the vine. and the vine cry to the "corn of “the vsllqv of Jt-zrecl"—-druiikord melting will not cease while tlte liquor trsflic shall continue.

But, Sir. we are told that such a Law as we ask

the enactment of, would be an intolerable and reactions intefercnco with the social habits of tho cotnniunity—lhst it woul be deserving of the etecrstion which we extend towards the tyran- onot legislation which in other days over-rode, titttl ittiw. it. other lands. trsmples in the mire of infuriated bigotry the lllttll. sacred rights of htiman consciertce—or that this law wotild be classed with those contempiihle stattiies, so provocative of irre- pressible laughter. wltich in puritan England and alue-lawed (.'otinec:tictit prescribed the color of your coat. dictated the length of your hair and the not of your heard. atid lorbade yoti to kiss your wife on the s:\hb:ttli day. Never were objections of less force pressed against city just and benevo- letit tneasnre. This is tioquestinn of what crcetl you shall profess or at what shrine you shall how, of what shall be the length of your capillary attractions, or the form of your hirsute adornmcnts —\VllPllIl'f voti sliull patronize or practice " flflbtll I’:-itlrno-ly." or shall t'llt‘l'l3ll your sensibilities by lilting ttll ancient Ballad of " Giillatit knight tttid ltttlv frr_vre." No, Sir, the question is, shall a iraflit: which uuncrves the energy, wastes the l’8SIl'.Il'f'.e!. :tr:l do-troys the lives of the people-— rtvaffic wlticlr leads to crime. to povertt , and to tittnltr-rnlrle inisr-r\'—it Iralllc which is opposed to an the just rods of set-iilar guveritu eirt, conferring on bettelit an-l iiifllcttcg imiiteasttrable and innu- merable injnrirs—elia|l tbls trallic be permitted to continue. ifthe law. sustained by the intelligent sympathy of the people. has power to prevent.

Ab‘ ut. we are assured that should an Anti- Liquor Law be enacted and citrrid out, it would be inevitably succeeded by such it reaction of the public suntiinent and practice. as occurred when the imbecile Stuarts succeeded to the re- pressive swiiy of the saigucious and brave heart- ed Oliver. Sir. there is no analogy between the cases—the Puritan sou ht by at-bitary enact- ments which trttvelled eyond the province of secular Authority, to repress man of the natu- I".II itnd harmless instincts of the umitn heart, but drunkenness is not natural to man—the love of Strong Drink is not is nittural instinct- it is ll.lll)gcl.l1l.'l‘lI.I‘l.IIIlcIlll;lI.lltI the truflic by which iilono it can be fostered, endangers, either di- rectly or indirectly, the peace of the whole com- munity. But from what quarter is this dread- ed reaiction to come? Will it come from the grateful wife whose husband has been given luck to her respect and love, after dreary years of dospiiiring wretchednessl Will it come from the widow whose heart doth “sin for joy ' from the

pangs of intempcrnnce‘. Will it come from the grey huircd sire whose sober, filiul pro ny are

gliiddening the days of his “ sere an ellow

lcnf” with acts of reverential love? ill it tcoinc front the liberated victims that shall be ‘delivered from lll0"HI‘€S of this Tophct? Will the patriot who cxults in his country's ros- pcrity sigh for the return of the rel rn of um itlld i-obb.-ry—.)l'vt'uc iiiid poverty? I‘ will this terrible recoil come lmc u on us from those who may be compelled to is ltlndon the Liquor Tritdcl Sir. I tliink otter of our common hu- manity than to yield to any such fenr.

Irupettt that it is expedient to prohibit by Ltiw tlic Tnillic in Intoxicnting Liquors for it may be done. There may be dilliculty in ob- taining suchu Law, you must expect op sition. l‘herc is no need of sensitiveness on this point. Ifvour facts are not trite, let them be disproved —if your arguments tire not sound, let them be refutcd—-if your irqppenls tire not well founded. let them be rt-jecto . Give us discussion, manly honorable discussion, free as the winds, but divested of personal virulency and pure from the tinge of political strife. I‘ this cause can- nol: maintain its fooling when “the storm winds do blow " let it fall—if it cannot float "upon the water floods” of agitation, let it perish beneath the wave. But, sir. you ask for nothing save a clear stage, fair ple , and no fu- vor. God defend the ri ht! is still the battle cry of the Truth. {in the truth will reach ingcnuous ininds—will ultimately triumph over every opposing influence. ' ere will also difliculties thrown in the way of executing this soughbfor Law, when it shall be enacted—but the same ins be said of every Iatvr on the sta- tute Book— or Society is not omnipotent, never- theless . if Society shall do its duty. armed with the Anti-Liquor Low, it will extinguish the flames of the Bitcchsnnliiin Gebcnns.

It is ex dicnt for it has been done—-o kin- dred peop e in ii neighbouring land have demon- slrittcd this Witness Maine.and Massachusetts, and Vermont and Rhoda Island and Michigan --another year will add to their number from Slater States.

Yes bii-, and it must be done. Patriotism do- iiistids it! Humanity pleads for it! our Future requires it! The day is not for distant when the sroused and earnest People of this Island, with almost universal scclsinatioii will declsre their will which is Low through the mouth of their Government. oil will determine that

curse-s ' Trade shall cease!

Mr. B. Daviss.—l came not here. Mr. Chair- man, with the intention of olerittg any observa- tions on this occssiotr. I came for the pur obtaining information, of hearing what could b. said in favor of rectal , dad of its principles : I came for the pttrpose ttfhourittg of the good it has done. and of what it is likely to do ;—not to offer any obstructions to its rational progress, but rather with a view of advancing tsmporsto opin- ions and tho toinpersncs cause. I acknowledge I learn with pleasure how much good not only the sdvocatos of tsrnpsrsttoo hove does, but also those of otsl abstinence, especially is this wootors vr d. of which we forst s port

It h sotl ly ll. thot exsltio " ws£:ss'h evil, and he's

sdvosstes of total a lessee sad it! the resolution now before the tlteotlog. prohtbltury of its reass- fscturo and lrnportatlon,-of its use is stty.vrsy, except as tttediclns.-—sdtItit that, at certain tlttioo, it it useful. Well. Mr. Chairman. it is olfltlst so with ‘II the accessories and comforts of life: no dalgo is any to assess. sad they bsstimo host I. Osolit eo.tbos,for fssrttevil. dsttrsgbstb

evil and the good! I thisk not. Is so doiag.wo condoms ourselves: for non. [lie nolllul work of croation,—lc thought. is act. Ill word.- propooderstes towards doing ill: and even among the boot and vrlsoat of mankind. could we wotgh their evil actions in the balance against the good, I fear the latter would be found wanting. But. Mr. Chairman, what I wished particularly to speak to, is. not only to the Resolution before the rnoetiog. but also to the observations which bart- fallen from tlto propooors and socootlers of the rltfll-reiit resolutions. all of which. either is a greater or less degree. tend to cast odium on the popular Branch, oi‘ the Legislature. of which ltsvo the honor to he a member. for not carrying into law a lleoolittion. of which this one it w bo- fnre us is a counterpart. So short a period of time has elapsed sinu this insttorcamo before the House of Assembly. that I conceive the public generally. or oven the majority of this meeting. cannot possibly be aware of the reasons by which the House were actuated in declining to sanction coercive measures towards the actions of tom rato men. lsay, Mr. Chairman. I eonsidert is meeting prematurely rsllod together to pronounce cundoinnstory opinions on tho sotion in the House of Assembly. before the press had published, and the people become aware of the objections of that body to establish what is called the Maine Anni- hilation Liquor Lsw. I, therefore. think it unfalr. not only towards the Assembly, but also to the minds of the men who coin this large and rcspcctsbly attended meeting, to call on them to denounce the measures of the representatives of the people, without laying before them the ob- jcctiuns the House ofercd and acted under, when a resolution of the nature of the present one was laid before them. It was to state these objections, and to lay before this meeting those reasons. thro' which the House considered they acted wisely. that l rose, Mr. Chairman, to trespass on your time. I feel myselfcallcd on, not only as a per- son in the majority of the Assembly, but also as on individual of this meeting. to explain and lay before you some of the reasons and objections to carry tog this resolution into Law. Sir. this mat- ter, when brftirc the Assembly, was not treated irrevercittly. or liglilly, so has been insinustcd; but. on the contrary, with the most serious consi- deration. lt was, independently of the objections to the basis of its principIeo.dcetnod impracticable. from want of means. to carry out such a law as the resolution called for. Sir. in my opinion the leaders of those advocating this measure only half did the duty they were entrusted with,-—l apply it to those pressing this resolution on the Assem- bly sttd on the Government, as well as on this meeting and the public,--inaornucli as they neg- Iected to point out a way through which a revenue might be derived to carry their desicletstum into effect. Wouldjt be wise in adeliberstive body to enact laws. without first consirloritig the means through which they were to be csrrtr-cl out. up- held, and sup cried! Allowing the Legislature had passed a ill of the nature reqniretl. with- out having taken stops towards preventing smug- gling, or having provided for the appointing of persons to put down the contraband trade which would. as a matter of course .-tries, and which the many would rather enconnmo than dt-press. — what then \\'(lulll have been said! Would it not be it burlesque on the prohibition imd on themselves? I think, Sir, when this mcetin consider these reasons, with those which am sbout to sdduoo, they must decide the House acted with prudence and foresight in rejecting the ineasure.snd that they acted wise- ly in considering the loss the revenue would sustain tliorcby, and in estimating the probabi- lity of the annual expense in keeping up on ax- to

tiensive coast guard. If tli I revenue alone was the only consideration to arise so ob- 'cctionsble towards our ing out the Bill. I be-

ieve the House would dove bee repaired to sttcri £6000 annually if it cool have been clearly proven this fscinsting thin was so very destructive. Sir, the House consi ered, before countcniincing so srbitrarya measure, as the Mititie Liquor Law. which shuts up at once, all the breweries and distillories, and all the mouths and titslcs in the country, without ol'er- ing filly recompence to those who have embarked their knowledge and capital thoroin—the were acting indiscriminately for till olttsses in the community. If any port thorcofwere called on to give up a calling. or make it sscrifioc for the pa lic good: they were, I conceive, entitled to be remunerated for the losses which they might sustain by so doing. And, Mr. it-tnsn, the House thought, supposing ever other obstacle were removed, that there woul remain the in- surmountsblc difliculty of the Counts-y’s having

to so art: a numerous coast guard for electing th0‘pl'L‘V0n£l.0lI which the Bill or rather the reso-

lution r utred. Take u . Mr. Chairman, the Chart of t 49 Island, truce its tics-boot-d,and you will be surprised to find that the course of its crooked indented coasts is equal in extent, I think I may venture to say, to the Sea-shores of the total-abstinence States of our re ubliosn neighbours. Do you suppose that £1 annu- ally would defray tho expense of the preventive service for su pressing smu ling in this evil spirit! The onset thought at cfiectnslly to suppress this evil, that sum would be required and they knew of no source from which to de- rive so oonsidcrsble an amount, to thcr with provision for the loss which woul fall on the revenue, and com nsatlon to Brewers and Dis- tillers. for the actual outlay in their manufac- tures. Thcse. Sir, are the reasons, why it was deemed impracticable to urge this measure by the House upon the notice of the Government, allowing that other obstacles to the o ration of its principles were overcome :—-end. r those so roaso no, I acquiesced in the propriety of doferrin tie attempt to five legal elect to those pr oc.pleo; sad, I t ink, this meeting would act vvlsel in also scqulcsotng in the pro- priety of that etsriniiistion.

COLONIAL LEGISLATURE.

H008! 0!’ AIIIIILY, Tossoav, March 8!.

Ir. .Iscsclsy's Iroglslstlve Oatm-

Mr. Msoatlsav. I would have been inors gro- tidod had the important duty of scstainltzg this measure fallen into more competent bands: but having seen no inclination on the art of an other member to tours in the matter, vents on it myself, however inadequate to the acconipllshrnent of carrying out my intentions, my humus slitting. may prove. [crave the indulgence of the House is proeuislng to ask for their tttibissoorl nrl -. ._,,. ost consideration of the subject I wv-nlr‘ r.riri- trotluco this or any other matter to the r-om dera- ttoo of the legislature because a messing under the some same was letrodoood elsewhere. I score slavish ltsltotloos of say otan‘s split witboot wolghlog the prtoty of oosb opln oos