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THE EXAMINER.

American Indians were so remarkable. Such a tres- had procured a short knife, and was cutting Up — ass upon their most cherished resource of food, was and while drawing the blade towards him, In attemp'|

: : é' an . : ine to cut a knot off the stick, the knife slipped into his unpardonable. The ancient warrior above mentioned, body, causing almost instant death.” Now, Mr. Edi-| whose name was Nemiguanoga, again rose. ‘tor, fraught as I trust 1 am with Christian Charity, though | “The white man is a thief, a dog, a slave for Manno- | with feelings intensely painful, I should be made of woe

* enetrable stuff, sensibly and awfully affected by an)

wanto. pel ; 1 = ed What-|

Thi event that I am unhappily the wretched victim. _

This declaration, by the oldest and most venerated | |. may be my extended charity,—however wide may brave of the tribe, was equivalent to an excommunica-|he the range of my benevolence, or syripathy wel igious sects ; and their pro- ‘those connected with the perpetrator of the catastrophe, t Ihave a duty I owe to myself and the deceased ;

i were [ not the sufferer from the sacrifice of my son, |

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tion by some of our own rel phet was immediately summoned to give the necessary |Y®

jane , as | 'T should be wanting as a member of the community, did)

ments as the above ar-

religious sanction to the rite. | rt s Ls 8 alpable misstate a en cn eee Sr nggytte gph i gircsbrswnierban which have been EEC Se cenenen.] made to pass current with impunity, or without comment. 'The shedding of bJood, either maliciously or otherwise, THE GOVERNOR’S VISIT TO CANADA. _ |ealls loudly and imperiously for strict and minute inves- tigation. ‘The members of an inquest, however .10nor- ‘able, or however pure or immaculate their intentions, | Sir;—In common with many of the public, Iam very are not infallible—they may be misled, imposed on, by) much surprised anc disappointed that you have not re- ‘divers —— = eee we Se ae ij : - ly vas on such a statem lieved the general anxiety respecting the journey of the one and sein with error. It would not, Mr. Editor,

Governor to Montreal. We understood that you were 4/56 consistent with those views of charity, that I would kind of demi-official Editor, and would do the work be desirous to entertain to accuse the juvenile perpe- which, under more regular governments, is usually, trator with the wilful murder of my child, but that he

‘slew the infant, in my mind admits not the shadow of a

when there is such a thing, done by the Gazette, bY | doubt. And if indubitable evidence had been taken,

which 1 mean that as there is no organ of the Govern |; ppactially investigated, and wisely digested, as most ment, or that the usual organ is employed by the oppo- decidedly it ought, it would have been clear and sition, it was hoped through you we might get a hint or'manifest. I do not think that the Coroner’s Inquest an occasional peep behind the curtain. Now, Sir, if ‘was conducted with that regularity that tae Laws of the

ou really possess information, you are the most perfidi- island requires, or the importance of sush 8 CAn0 80 ba y yp ation, y P ‘periously demanded. The true statement ;—the child

ous, cruel person in the universe. How can you, if nad been cutting a stick, a piece of smooth shingle,

you call yourself a Christian—though you may be only about eight inches long, but without any knot on it, as a back-stairs one—suffer so many of your fellow crea- ‘described above. He had endeavoured to fabricate a rude tures to undergo all the pangs of cruel suspense on the | figure or doll, when the other boy took it out of his hand

e : ‘and cut off the head of the figure. The child, perhaps one hand, and hope deferred on the other? How can'eyincing some impatience, desirous of recovering the you conceal from the expectants, vhat offices are to be/knife, when the other boy, Dugald Cedy, threw it at

vacant, or from the delinquent ofiicials, on whom the him. It entered the breast about an inch and a blow is to fall? Many and painful are the apprehen- alt = — yer = 8 — 2 eer sions; for though we cannot expect Sir Henry Huntley’ ee ame ; pi oe as sian eta : . } cd : ’

will spare those who make no bones of trying to subvert dle stiff. It appeared by the blood that adhered to the! him,—and though we know the official obligation under | blade to have gone the whole length. ‘The child pul- which Lord Elgin will find himself, yet we know nothing ‘led the knife out of the wound himself. The only words: of his disposition. How can you, Sir, if you know any bn ee ee ay nee ‘the boy who had inflicted the wound). The boy Du-,

of these things, be so heartless as not to communicate | gald was sitting on the bars of the fence, about two feet’ them? 1 had hoped better things of you; and 1 begin and a half from the spot where the child stood, his sis-| think it is all a flam that you know more than your er vonage ae by ay pomgett ypsre em saps neighbours. You affected to tell us that certain par-. pti ee ee eer eee 7 tine Bad formerly set up the “ ilaibicninissdsie Teal nae es senipa we eve _ aoe rm ~ eee ; that /and the blood issued from his mouth,exclaiming, “Dugald,

they had fought against the Government at a late Elec-| you have killed him.” The boy Dugald fled home, and

tion, and done many such like things; but you do not met a girl coming from school; told her that Donal tell us who the parties are, or whether it is they of

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER,

had fallen on a knife, and he was afraid was killed. The he Gov : child was carried to the house by his brother, whiist the whom the Governor 1s gone to complain, or whether he sister was screaming out to her mother that Donald was is gone to enter on his own defence, or to be instructed killed, and that Dugald Cody had done it. This, Mr.

about Responsible Government, or to learn to carry out Editor, is the unsophisticated truth, and the other a mere | fabrication, unsupported by evidence.

the new views about the abolition of differentia GEORGE OWEN.

duties, or what the devil else he is gone for. Now,| N. B.—The sister of the deceased is 14 years old, the

Sir, for the love of humanity, tell us all about it, and. ' boy Dugald Cody, tl ife, is 12 when he is coming back, that we may set our en 5 nae 9 ov ERED: HPP

in order accordingly.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1847.

Yours, A SNATCHER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER,

Sir :—I have observed with surprise, in the report of |

Mr. Montgomery’s speeches delivered at the Malpeque RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT.

Meeting, published in a late No. of the “Examiner,”| We remarked in a recent No. that the events of the that he stated that he had “during last winter, been late Election for the first District of Queen’s County,

offered office and refused to accept it.” Now, as Mr. lafforded a practical illustration of the working of Res-|

Montgomery is, of course, opposed to “ secret communica- | ponsible Government, as an existing element in the

tion” between any member of the Assembly and the! British Constitution in the Colonies. Lieutenant Governor, I wonder he did not inform his , ' It will be admitted that the r ibili i ssditian: aft a at e esponsibility of official aie aes a ca ee ead has had people, Ministers, as it were, of the Crown, and particu- . , cularly the members of an E iv oer ; — an Executive Council, sworn to a are as oon Bi re - oe to/advise, and (tell it not in Gath!) to éinpiiii nothing I 7 e en a oe Islander, | from the Representative of the Crown—is of a twofold on the subject, — ot as it now stands unex- | nature : they are—that is, ought to be eaiiiiiitle ri lained, appears doubtful. ak 8s eter i es P ’ ours faithfully, oa to the Crown, and that responsibility should be xhibited, as the Lieutenant G has i i ‘bi etenn , overnor has explained in September 14, 1847. OR OF PRINCETOWN. | his Speech at the close of the last Session, in immedi- , ately quitting the Council or resigning any official post, whether of emolument or otherwise, when the holder of

; office finds he cannot honorab] ienti lee ie eaten ah te R esur y or conscientiously co- Mr. ; 8 30th Au-|incide, (we do not mean on any isolated or unimportant

t, I perceived a statement of the fatal accident of occasion. but in princ;

sie , n principle or general line of act i

my child, as follows a edeacaae Death.—On Tues- the Head of the Government; on the other aa =

day last, 24th inst, a child six years old, son of Mr. G. ‘ponsibility must be a responsibility to the Peiple and

om of re Royalty, - with a ae il in a Colonial Government this will haye its Aiton singular manner. appeare i

the following singu ppe e child on public measures, by means of the necessity in which

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER.

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its Head will find himself, of appointing to his Council a due portion of persons in whom the People’s Repre- sentatives have placed their confidence, and demon- strated that confidence by usually supporting them in the Houses of Legislature, more particulary in that Branch which contains the Representatives of the Peo-

le. Without these, if things took a due constitutional course, it would not be easy for a Government to work, and it is the approach to this which the appointment of Mr. Coles to the Executive Council, and the consequent proceedings at his Election have brought about, which induced us, in speaking of that election, to say that it afforded an illustration of the subject. We are aware that there is another definition of Responsible Govern- ment, which it is customary to speak of, more particu- larly in the neighbouring Provinces, and which em- ploys the terms, “ governing by heads of departments.” We cannot readily discover the practicability of this scheme, for Heads of Departments can be changed in England as often as different parties gain and lose as- cendancy, seeing that there is no department, the inter- nal business and details of which are not carried on by able and business-like men, long trained to the particu- lar trust, who never or but rarely change, and who are not responsible ministers of the Crown, but their subor- dinates. Now, we have no such class here, and the principals are, for the most part, necessary to the due performance of those official duties, of which they have long experience; but that such parties should so far forget the principles of the British Constitution or their own honour, as to think that they are to retain their offices for life, without gainsay or hindrance, and open- ly oppose the Representative of Majesty, or controul the voice of the people—cannot be tolerated; and the short-lived inconvenience of finding them successors, who will act in a more constitutional manner, is nothing in comparison to the evil of submitting to an imperium in imperio, to be practised both onthe Crown and the people. Ifsuch a state of things were permitted in any Colonial Government a guarantee of safety and perpe- tuity of office would be given, even though the views of the holders were ever so opposed to the Crown and people, and indeed ever so selfish and unpatriotic,—and the latter could enjoy nothing like the shadow of the influence which their fellow subjects of Great Britain peaceably exercise at every general election. The practical nature of the responsibility we seek must con-

ee . d sist in the Lieutenant Governor making, not on slight,

personal or frivolous grounds, but at proper times and seasons, such changes in Councillors and other officials as may become necessary, and as shall be in accord- ance with the state of the representation ; and the sys- tem of office being only tenable by its occupant, “ Quata diu se bene gesserit,”—that is, so long as he is well conducted—must be better understood.

It seems hard that any person to whom the Queen has delegated her authority, should have so limited a choice of his advisers as the present system permits : it might be, that during the whole period of office it never would occur, that he had to appoint to a vacancy. On the other hand, speaking of responsibility to the people, unless the measures of Government emanated from the Head of that Government and his Council, or were in accordance with their policy, it becomes a mere name: if they did so emanate, then before they could be car- ried, a, majority of the People’s Representatives must be brought to approve them. In other words there must be something like a coincidence in views between the Government and the Houses of Legislature, which coin- cidence has been lately, and in a wholesome and consti- tutional manner, made known by the appointment of a member of the Assembly to the Council, carrying with him the approval of the people, expressed at the time by their Representatives, and since with tolerable plain- ness by themselves. But be it understood, we have written these remarks not only as the subject may af- fect ourselves, but as applicable to the condition of other Colonies, too small to admit of the entire working of the Responsible System, as it works in Great Britain by Heads of Departments,—nevertheless, every one of them contains enough of its necessary elements to set on foot a very near and salutary apprcach to it—saluta- ry as respects both the Crown and the people—saluta- ry as shutting the door against the monopoly of office by one set of men, however originally well selected, and the enforcing one only view of public affairs—it might be in the very face of a large majority of the