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the other hand, the gextry and nobility have everything to gain, aud nothing to lose-—and, whether weare deferted or triumph, their sons come away from the field ‘enriched with spoils or pensions. ‘Their pay umd rewards, also, are taken chiefly from the poeketa of the working men and women of the day; so that additional taxation, to meet the expense af the war, does not really cost them a perany.

The following epitaph, which we be- lieve is ingeribed on the tomb of Lady Pembroke, is the most perfect and beau- ciful we have ever seen:

« Beneath this stone doth lie,

As tnuch virtue as eould die; Which, when alive, did vigour give To as much beauty as could live.”

What kind of essence does a young man want when he pops the question: Acqui-essence.

In the cellars of Barclay, Perkins & Co., are no less than 116 huge vats. con- taining beer ina condition for use. These

average 2,000 barre!s of 36 gallons each, |

and the largest contains 3,100 barrels : xo that there are actually always 232,000 barrels of beer on hand.

Liserty oF Tre Press in THE U- mitepD States.-——The Post Master at Eufala, Alabama, has notified the editor of the .Vational Era, the abolition paper of New York, that he will no longer de- liver the paper to subscribera in that vi- cinity, because he considers it an incen- diary publication!

FLOWERS.

Dear friend, love we}] the flowers ! Flow- erg are the sign

Of Earth’s a! gentle love, her grace, her youth,

J THE BAANIMSM. iv a KN 3 sf A we us a him in that point of comparison, In lite-

| Wednesday, November 27, (859.

Colonial Politics.

Unascr to grapple with the details of the Hon. Mr. Howe's letter to his constituents, recently eopied into the PxamineR, the hired apostate of the Islander, in last issue, has called to hie assistanee the misrepresentations of the ‘Tory Colo- nist, Which have been scattered to the winds by the Liberal press of Halifax. We could answer Maclean, thoroughly, if we chose, by transferring to our ‘columns the reply of the Morning Chro- ‘nicle to the Colonisi, on the subject of Mr. Howe's letter; but we lack the vanity or ambition which has prompted Duncan ‘to shine in borrowed light, and shall,

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therefore, reserve our space for matter

‘more generally interesting. The facts contained in the Hon. Provincial Secre- ‘cary’s letter require no elucidation from veither the Chronicle or ourselves; they carry conviction to the minds of all who

‘appreciated long after the puny attacks of the Colonist and Islander are forgotten. A refutation of these slanderers would bring no blushes to their brazen cheeks, but impel their hardihood and rascality to

thus prolong the discussion ad infilum. Grossly and blunderingly as both papers

read them; and will be remembered and

the concoction of new calumnies, and,

Her endless, matchless, tender gratitude, have lied through long columns of print, Whes the Sun smiles on thee,—why thou the Colonist and Isiander have been

rature, science, Statesmanship, or gene-

| ral knowledge, comparing the New Lon-|

| don turn-coat to Mr. Howe, would be | like comparing Tom Thumb to the Cape | Breton giant.--’Pouching the sland+r in Focark to the Exeise, no man who has

Jott ‘read the Nova Scotia press can have for-

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gotten, that during the existence of the party were in power, a hostile majority in the House of Assembly were unable to substantiate the charge of embezzlement against Mr. lowe, when he challenged the inquiry, and by its result silenced his calumniators of the “opposition press,” who have not once since alluded to it. The favour of his Sovereign—the unim- paired and increasing confidence of his countrymen—and the humiliating defeat of hia political adversaries, in every con- test since,—will always supply the best answer to this infamous emanation of Tory spite and spleen,

The reference to the Toronto Globe, which Maclean asserts is the paid and fed servant of the Ministerial party in Canada, is, perhaps, the unhappiest hit that Duncan has ever ventured. The Islander attributes to us aspirations after Government printing, and states that Similar aspirations have been realized by the Globe in Canada, and hence its read- iness to defend the principles of the Liberal party there. The very opposite (of this assertion is the fact. If we are to ‘have no more of Gevernment patronage

than the Globe enjoys. our Grandmother

art glad:

But when on Earth he smiles, she bursts forth

In beauty like a bride, and gives him back

In sweet repayment for his warm bright love,

A world of flowers. born

On any day in April, moist or dry.

You may see them

forced to admit that the present Goveri- ‘ment of Nova Scotia is conducted some-

of the Guzette maay make her mind very

— ED

—-—.

gimal] matter, he will not scruple to be

equally #0 in reference to an important one.

“In truth,” concludes the Islander’s ‘editoria}, * the people of all the Provinces ; aw y } elves '

have been dec eived with regard to Res- /popsible Government, and are how pre- paring to Tetrane their steps, Canada leads the van; and in thig Colony howsoever parties may eontinue to differ in other respects, all disinterested per

his tate Parliament, when Mr. Johnston's! gong who take an interest in polities: are ’

agreed that their Representatives muey not hold Government appointments.”

There are just four falsehoods in the above two sentenees :—

Ist. “That “the people of all the Pre- vinces have been deceived,” &c,

2nd. That they are preparing to retrace their steps,

3rd. That Upper Canada leads the ven, in the retrogade movement. And—

4th. That parties in this Island are. agreed that their Representatives must not hold Government appointments.

No. i—Have “the people of all the Provinces” shewn by any act, remon- strance, complaint, petition, publie meet- ing, or other channel of communication, that they were deceived? No! Ne! If they were deceived, is it likely they would silently submit to the deception? Is it not more than likely they would have assembled together in their several Districts or Counties to express their in- dignation at their deceivers, and demand an immediate return to the old state of things? Most assuredly they would. That the people of those Provinces, wherein Responsible Government 18 in full operation, are gratified with the

essay on the subject of the Queen’s

change, is avundantiy proved by the faet,.

‘what more economically than the preced- Privtership. Two or three months ago|that the Parliamentary majorities in sup-

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ing one: but the Is’ander—readicr at Our Canadian eontemporary denied inthe'port of it have materially increasec. } > ’

‘shuffle and subterfuge than its ally in *'rougest terms that it has received any| Self preservation would prompt members SD - : ”

Halifax—presumes that the saving was !avour from, or is under any compliment, ol Assembiy to conform to the wishes of

‘forced upon the Administration by Sir

to, the present Government, and its:

their constituents, and oppose the system

As bright as are the Heavens that look on John Harvey, and affects to believe thot columne constantly present the most un-|if they thought it produced deception.

them ; Some sown like stars upon the green sivard ; some As yellow as the sunrise ; others red As Day is when he sets; reflecting thus, In pretty moods, the bounties of the sky.

est thou best ?

derful : Than any that have bleomed on Orient thrones :

emall,

Besuty and infinite sweetness sweetly dwell,

Inextricable. Or dost dare prefer

The Woodbine, for her fragrant summer breath ?

Or Primrose, who doth haunt the hours of,

Spring,

A wood-nymph brightening places lone calumny about Mr. Howe embezzling trine, that an Administ

and green? Or Cowalip ? or the virgin Violet,

‘bat nun, who nestling in her cell of ?

leaver, Shrinke from the world, in vain ?

Yet, wherefore choose, when Nature

doth not choose,

Our mistress, our preceptress? She brings forth

Her brood with equal care, loves all alike.

And to the meanest as the greatest yields

Her sunny splendours and her fruitfu! rains,

L.ove all flowers, then. Be sure that wis- dom lies

In every leaf and bloom ; o’er the hills and dales;

And thymy mountains; sylvan solitudes,

W here sweet voiced waters sing the long year through ;

In every haunt beneath the Eternal Sun,

Where Youth or age sends forth its grate-

- ful prayer,

Or thoughtful Meditation deigns to stray.

{Household Words.]

ithe records of the Executive Conne:l

mistakeable evidence to the truth of the

No, 2—May be answered by asking,

. 7 nh} ] r ‘ } « a , ° ‘ « j . . ter 2 : ; . ; : I 1 ° ‘supposed, there is is not an atom of evi. Yeruzement to be found in them; and we say again, there have been no complaints

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,dence for the presumption and belie!

frequently meet in the pages of that very |

—nor petilions—nor remonstrances—nior

We have always noticed, that whenever Paper which is falsely said to be the paid public meetings—which would be the . ® } a a iA ser 4 ; } sate . °

And now, of all fair flowers, which loy-| Duncan finds himself cornered, and ny and fed s rvant of the 1 afontaine Minis (oF y reliable Signs of preparation for a

difficulty as to the means of effecting an ITY, strictures on their policy which retrogade movement.

The Rose! She isa queen, more Won- escape, he wriggles himself about til! he appeared to us to be characterized by)

| . ‘fancies there may be a loophole some-.

undue severity. The fact is, that whilst

No, 3.—W here ie the proof that Upper Cansda leads the yan in seeking for s

where, which no mortal eye can diseover the Globe supports the general principles return to ihe old state of things? A few Sabwean Empress! in her breast, though or hope to see. ’Tis al] fancy, however, of the Reform party in Canada, and gives discontented ‘Tories in that part of the

for Duncan ts still cornered, and cannot

escape,

‘very equivocal compliment to be com- pared to Joseph Ikowe ;” and thereupon

the Ministry credit when credit is due to

Province, who were deservediy deprived

|them, it does not always defend the of honour and place, for their insane : : ae : fags: . : . Maclean says “he would eonsider it 4 oennnnt of Ministers, and is now, and has attempts to subvert the Queen's authority,

- | been for some timé, engaged in a contro-

clamour for annexation to the United

versy with some other of the Liberal|/States. But the Tories of Upper Canada

alludes to the oft-repeated and oft-refuted papers of Canada, in support of the doc-|€O not more generally represent the

|public money while beheld the situation

gent man in the two Colonies but would think he was grossly libelling Mr. Howe's ‘character if he comparad him. with Dun- can Maclean. There is one respect, hewever, in which, it must be admitted, \duncan has the advantage of Mr. lowe. orany other man born of woman—and that is, that no ore can match him for furious, systematic iying. In this ac- quirement “ none but himself can be his paral.el.” A habit peculiar toa]! your great liars, is brought to perfection by Maclean: he will assert a dozen falsehoods to-day upon any given subject, and upset them all to-morrow by a8 many upon the oppo- site side. As Brother Jonathan would say, Mr. [lowe can’t “begin” to emulate

submit its measures to the test of public

the Administration” do not appear to think neeeseary. The Globe complains, th rn the good acts of Government are rather the acts of Mr. Lafontaine and his et leagues, than the acts of the Reform party of Canada. Than the paper in question, a more ably written and inde- pendent Journal does not issue from the Canadian press. Maclean’s ignorance in reference to itis, indeed, a “very small iatter to the people of this Colony—(and it is more than probable he knows ag little about the Toronto Globe, as he does nbout the Pekin Menitor)—but we de- sire to shew, by inference, that when a man will venture to be blindly ignorant and impudently presumptuous about a

ration should feeling of the Proviace than the Tailors

of Tooley Street represented the people

f Collector of Excise. Respecting the, Op!nion, before bringing them into Par-'of England. Besides, clamouring and comparison, there is searcely one intelli-,liament—a test which “ the gentlemen of hankering after Repablicaniam, is no re-

tractation from Responsible Gorernment. ut the Tories of Upper Canada in office,

junder any Ministry, and their opposition.

would instantly cease. They were never loyal, but whilst they were weil fed at the public exnense.

No. 4.~-Where ig the proof that the people of this Island are screed, that their representatives rust pot hold Go- vernment appointments ? When, where, and how have they signified any such agreement > Donbtless the patrons of the Islander are-agreed that none of the majority of the present House of Assem- bly shall hold Goverament offices if they —ihe patrons of the/s/ander—ean pr2vent them. But tie patrons of the Islander are not the people of the Colony. The minority of the present House can num- ber about six—sever at the most,—their principles are known to be reflected through the eclumns of the Islander; y@t