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jeact Y74 per cent tor the future vith the greatest propriety, F may be asked, what ground I have tor making such a statement,

te an enermously inereased expend) ture

| + in contemplation by Canada, With much

ian re, T will state the grounds of auch belhet int first place, | beg te read from the Cana- dian Legialative Journal, for 1864, a8 follow s:—

“ The select Commitee appointed te consider

the practicability and propriety of conatructing a Bi} p Canal between the Georgian Bay and Lathe | Ontario. via Lake Simeoe, have the honor to res | purt, ete, ete. To the Province the project is no} jess than vital.” The Committee then go on to give the answers}

tu quettiont put by them to Kivas Tully, Eaq., Engineer of Toronto. A part of his anewers is o Let us examine for a afoment the cost of} these lbeprevements Georgian Bay Canal, $22,170,750 Caughoan aga Canal, 4,267 390 ‘ tain Canal, estimated, 6.000 00 laiprotewment on the Hudson, say, 2,000,000 st. Lawrence Canal, estimated, 6,000,000

$ 10,43 640 But suppose they coat $50,000,000, where I

1 ask amoug the hundreds of milhons of

we s BOA

dotlara that have been spent in public mprove

meats, eould you eelect the expen@iture of Bov- 600.000 the benefits of which are so widely dif-|

fused and promising such vast results in the fu- ture. as weuld the completion of these tm prove- iments under consideratwot Let the c Canada awake to their true istefests; le uhite heartily inthis great enterprise ; and : is, tt can certainly and might wasily be accomplished It wauld secure, weyoud : sture, fur the cities of tae St. Lawrence,

ies of them great

as it contessedly

a peradves "lTurento, Montreal, and Q iebee, a teadiag and a

commanding pesiiivn Upea the American Counti-

" “pW lnoew quote an extracf, taken from the | likely one or two Secretaries tay be tuken from Toronto Glebe, the organ of the Hon. wworge | this Island. : All these will undoubtedly be well Peawn Premiere of Cede. Tp jacdated, Dee} paid. The Lieut Governor will probably get from is. Isat | £2,000 to £4,0C0 a year ; a Legislative and Execu- | ee idieies ill wt : ie tive Councillor, combined, would certainly not get GUSEGSTS OF THE LARSS. less than £1000 a year. A secretary and laniele- Fhe announcement of Mr. Lincoln that his{ tive Councillor, combined, would certainly get the gorernment baz given the requisite six months | same, Canadian currency. But 1 do not gather, from potice for the tertwination of the treaty between anything I have read, that these situations are | Great Britain and the United States, which for-| likely to be conferred on those who oppose Confede- | ~ bids either party having armed vessels upon the{ ration. So, gentlemen, there will be some advane | Lakes, between this Province and the United| tages; but, unfortunately, the benefits are few

Siates, is

sery seriously to be regretted, Te Ca- nadians especially it i a matter of the Fery gravest Under that treaty th

ave been free trem vessels of war; and we Lave been saved from any necessity of expending our eur money in building and arming beats, to watch supilar preparations op the otber side. prospect is that this is all to be changed, and that we are are to be left vuly achvice between a large outlay for naval purpeses and the anpleasant al- ...-If, therefore, the pre-

torment.

ternative of insecurity

sent purpose of the American Government be tully carried wut, there can hardly be a doubt that it invoives the providing of a number of ex- pensive guubeats for Canadian defence.”

Add to this from 17 to $20,000,000, the esti- mated cost of the Interculouial Railroad, opening up the Northwest Territory, fortifications, stand- ing army, and the annual expenditure of the Ge- neral Government uuder Confederation, and, 1 think, you will most readily admit, with ie, that the amount is not over-estimated, but rather under-rated. The Colonial Seeretary, in his ad- dress on Friday last, very exultantly alluded to these startling figures, aud quoted the UJth see- tiew ef the Quebee Report, to the effect that these ggaube undertakings were only to be pi ceeded wth when “the finanees would permit.” I think it no difficult matter to decide upon the

when “the finances will permit.” I will quote again from Mr. Galt's speech on * Cunadian Fiwanec” :—

} i

“THE PROSPECT OF UNION ALREADY IMPOVING | making a good bargain in behalf of those whom| which they think Confederation

OUR CREDIT. ;

“One of the advantages ta which we certainly t te look forward. wider the Union, was} the whole country would be} iz that of any of ise parts aml rat the}

evera!l Government wagld be enalled to obtain} vuey Prov.nce « muald on] itx owa reapousibility alone. Events were already bevinuing te ehew the tre¢h of this state : ontd be seen if we looked at the marked advance

the ¢redit of

On Casit t las than any

i

went, as

within the last three or four weeks. According to{ te official advices from Euglaud, since inv lligence | had t hed that eeumiry ef the probalility of Dinieu heing effeeted bere, vur securities, whicl liad beer wre ully depress: d, bad risen neo less than $5 per t, being now quoted at 90 to 9 Dhiat | guixl be received as uu indicatiou of what the] guune) ed werld conceived to Le the healer x04 arty Canada wauld exgoy ander a Upion, awd we wight well accept it as aa evidence of the prepic! y of the

course we were now taking, when that which was} ,, unimpeached 1m the eye of the World? What| ly a@ possib.e, tu the Report of the Cunference. |

the most senstttve of all interests—the pub ite credit ~was beveficially affected even by the int slgeuce

oft ti ecetll t the Colonsal Delegates

} I new bey leave to quote the 69th section o the Quebee Report: i * The comma ttions with the Nerth West Ter ritery, aud the tmprovements requited for the de

ment of the trade of tle Grea. Wee with the rlave negarded by this Conferene- ae sub-}

j igbest importance te the Federated Provinees, and shall be prosecuted at the earliest | I Lthwt tue slule of tie Guar

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Memes rhe pt leg “ex Wi

Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I think you will

fave no d Mieulty in coming to the eouclusion that the © earliest possible perio!” will be imme- | diately the Contederation takes place. Canadian

eredit will then be so improved by the finances of | New Brunswick, Nova Seetia and P. Eb. Island! being laid vader contribution, that the work will be ne longer delayed, and a consequent iicreased } amount of taxation eu the whole Conteéeretion, But [ have omitted to nelice the great boon we are promised ui der Confederation, whiet: is to re-| au Lb pense Us fur agreeing te pay four shillings | taxes ou every twenty shillings’ worth of geeds | imported, instead of two shillings, és at present ; | and the pretty certain prospect of a heavier tax in the future. We are promised by the Colonial | Seeretary—ior i amounts to this— that if we! agree to the terms of Union contained in the dQue bee Rep wt, we shall have the Islar 1 flooded i with a vile stuff called cheap Canadian whisky! or whiteeye. L trust the eulouists of P. E. Ls-| land will know how te appreciate suc tan offer | ae thie, We have lately got rid of the trade im Awerican “ white-eye.” by eucouraging a direct trade with the West [udies, from whence we ed :

superior sugar and wolasses, al@®, a aeperior ar- tele of West India Ram, for those ubo bavel a taste for spirttavus liquors; they, the West In-| diane, taking from us, in retura, quantities ot) horses, catile, sheep, pigs, poultry, bay, vats, puta-| toes, fish, &e, &e. Under Contederation, a pro- hibstery duty ot 100 per eent and 15 cents per a ou Gin; and that to encourage w hite-eye; the Canadians requiring none of our produce in| payment, cash being the only thing they would! take froa wu. our West Indian trade; and that for the sole be-| nefit of Canadian distillers. 1 ask Unis :atelligent | audience, will that be any advantage to P. E. {s-} land?) Yet this is about the vuly equivalent we! are to get for surrendering our ewvnstitution and our nybt te elf government to the Cauadiana.

I cannot help notieing, just here, a most re- markable chapter in the Colonial Neeretary’s address cu smuggling It ts not tor me te judge the motives that cowd have induced such state- yuents being put forth te the public, involving (as J conevive) a very questionable morality, to! deseant upoo the facilities with which smuggling | could be carried on, and the opportunities there | would be for procuring Tea, Suyar, Molasses, | Tobaceo, &c., &ec., duty free. I do vot say that | he held thes ont as an inducement to enter Con- tederation; for, 1 may be told, that bis remarks ou that subject will neg bear that coustruction ; and, if ( remember eonreetly, they were edged about with some sert of qualification. Still their) purport was-—] thought—rather too transparent |

j and anti-Republican also; for if the same principle

Lakes ;

N ow the |

) statesmanlike ' Sine | themselves and the Culony to which they belong ; | : , ' HN© | but, at the same time, they may be deficient in| of the Confederation question, because

| of a Legislature).

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i therefor of comeiKatory political support

| Gentlemen, to

“ which the Local Governwents had to administer “were purely of a local character, not at all im- “ perial in their nature, it was felt there was bo “ necessity whatever for their being in communi- “cation with the Lmperial Government; bat “that, on the eontrary, very great mischief might | “arise if they were permitted to held that cum- | “ munication.”

Where is the man with British blood flowing ia his veins that will tamely submit to such humilia- tien ? }

Again, Mr. Chairman, the representation of the Is. land is to be so flagrantly unjust, and we shail be so ecmpletely disfranchised, that our influence ino the Legislature will be as a drop in the bucket. Sir, in almost all other confederations every sepe- | rate colony, government, or state, has an equal re- presentation in one branch of the Legislsture, se that its influence is felt ; but here the Delegates from the Maritime Provinces have been so derelict | in their duty asto allow themselves to be com- | pletely overreached by these * wily Canadians.’’| Truly they must have been labouring under some |

i talismanic influence, or they would never have con- | sented toa representation that was both anti- British

}to which they agreed was carried out in Eagiand, | | Londen would have a larger representation than | the whole of Scotland. | And, then again, oar Local Legislature is to be | | completely shorn of its power and strength. It | | will just have the privilege to enact laws for the | | regulation of tavern licences, to prevent the running | at large of swine, geese &c., & , and, also, it will | | be entrusted with the division of the smal) sum that | may be available for roads, bridges, and wharves. | Do I bear some one ask what benefits are we to | | derive from Coufederation, you have said so much against it ? will none of the colonists of P. . Is- land desire advantage from the proposed Union 7} The question, I admit, is one of importance ; and, | in answering it, I would observe that it appears to | me the benefits—if any—will be restricted to a few | individuals.

{

| Legislative Councillors ; possibly one of them may

have a seat also in the Executive | Mr. Galt’s speech that there will probably be a | Lieut Governor taken from each Culuny and very

and not of a general character.

One of the advocates of Union addressed the meeting on Friday last, ia towes most powerful, almost equal to a thunder clap, and with gesticu- | lation most fearful, almost intimidating; but, i gentlemen, after all, his arguments

i

| weak.

jvanced a seatiment to the effect that he was} quite willing to leave the terms of Union with) pointment of the Hon. T. Heath Haviland to |

| tue Canadians, trusting that they would do us | justice in the matter. Centlemen, to my mind | i that sentiment, iu connection with a subject of | lsuch vital importance to this Colony, is one of | } culpable indifference, such as would not take | you by surprise were it accompanied by a want | of good management ang economy on the part of } any one who would give it utterance; and I shall } | not be surprised if there are to be found among the advocates of Union, in the Maritime Pro- vinces, many men, Whe can declaim most elo- | | quently on the subject, who can almost thrill an | audience with their passionate appeals, and who | can, and do, write most clever and plausible arti- | | cles in its favor, and alsv on must public ques- | | tons that come up for discussion~men, who can | | take and handle the majority of subjects in a/| manner, highly creditable to

'

| the managemeut of Lhe own personal and finan-! hig ey'leagues, except Mr. Secretary Pope, | | cial affairs, aud conaequently equally deficient in | : :

the management of the public finance or in the

they represent (supposing them to be members Sull they are no doubt con- | scleutious, as well as staunch, advocates of the Union; and it is impossible for them, or any vthers, to shut their eyes to the fact. that there | will be a few prizes iu connection with each Colo-

i ny, and that there is uv probability of these prizes |

being awarded to these who oppose Counfedera- |

tion: consequently, if the Union be consummated, |

of our securities thot had taken place!“ to the victors will belung the spoils.” All right | the Union question. Bat the Government |

that they should have aud erjoy the “ spoils,” if they succeed. But the public require to be very cautions to whew they entrust the making for}

} them a bargain, the cesulta of which will mest! gates to the Quebee Conference will oblige |

seriously affect the pockets of every lumily in the | Colony, for all time to come. A few words aore |

lou the sentiment advanced ig reference te Jeaving jesty’s Colonial Minister imperatively ealls |

it te the Canadiana Lo do us justice in this mat- ter. Is it because their political integrity stands |

du bey au af eel uther? What taxes Ton, G. | Browa say of the great finance Miulater of Caua- | da, the How. A. T. Galt? Allow me to read a

| quotation trum the Toroute Glube of March Sth,

aul. “ Hau. George Bagwu adds: Dat perhaps the

| most guteresting part of the Report is under the

head of ** General Remarks.”” It is there stated, as

the deliberate opinion of the auditors, that the pre- |*

seut embarrassments of the Company have arisen chiefly from its connection with the snecessive go- vernments of the Pereviice, and tie

Lgcesolly

Under this head they appropriately place Mr. Gaft'e have swindle in the purchuse of the St. Lawzeuce aud Atlantic Railway at 37} per ceut premiam, when it micht bave been purcliased at 60 per ceut dis- | count; the leasing of the’ Portland end at 6 per} ceut annaal juterest ou its entire capital, when its tock was selling ata very lurge discount. Another swindie of Mr. Galt, by which be realized a for- tune, is added tothe list. The loss to the company, through the specalations of Mr. Galt and his friends, s set down uy the auditors at $6,000,000. The murder is out at last, upon the authonty of the, company's own auditors, that Alexander T. Galt, | our worthy Finanee Minister, and John Ross, our | equally worthy Minister of Agricuiture, have umde enormous fortunes; but at an expense to the Grand Trunk Stockholders of six millivua dollars.”

|

Are these the men in whom we shall place im- | plicit confidence to do us justice for the tuture? advoeate Confederation en snch terms, and under such eireumatances, is to advocate political serfdum; uay urore, to advucute political

suicide |

To Englishmen. to Scotchmen, and especially to| Irishmen, I would say—If you wish to save your-} selves and your children from the trouble of ayita ting for a repeal of the Union, raise your voices ayuinst it now before it be tov laic.

{To the hon. gentleman was aceorded, with one or two interruptions, & very attentive and respectfal | hearing; and, on the couclasion of his address the | cheers were very generous } |

{fo addition to what appears in our pre- |

allou would be placed on West fudia um; the | sent No., the speeches—besides the remainder sign the office of Attoeney General when he | Crown. The result of their deliberations will

of the Hon. Mr. Coles‘s—which the Reporter | has ready for publication, are those of Mr. |

the teadeney would be tw evipple| A. MeNeill, of Henry Haszard, Esq., of the disinterested patgiot! — is, however,

on. E. Palmer, of the Hon. Daniel Davies, | and of Benjamin Davies,Esq. These apeeches, | with the exception of Mr. McNeill’s, are ali anti-Union. Ii possible, they wil) appear in

the next No. of the Eraminer. Meanwhile,

struggles made by that superior political econo-

friend, Mr. Coles, and his liberal assuciates

| contempt which it merits, such a question,

I gather from |

were very | One of the speakers on that occasion, ad- |

ito the Report is to recommend its aduptivn |

| should think, advise ite rejection. With the |

question stands 2 better chance of receiving

TT —

George Beer might have been the result of inca- ‘ment to a seat in the Executive Council, we

pacity in this community to discover power and

; shall only say this about it~—that it would point in all or any part of the gigantic anti-Union

have been very easy to find a better man in ithe ranks of the Conservative party, and one

Unto the = string, ‘having very superior claims to the gallant PRO BONO PUBLICO. |Sergeant; but if bis party are satisfied that he is ** the right man im the right plece,”’ it To tne Evrror or tae Examtner. | would be idle for us to make any complaints Str ;—The Editor of the Hera/d has, in his jon the subject.

last issue, propounded a question to you, Sir, asking if you have abandoned your political

mist. Dear Seru,

~ — 000 oe ~

ee ea MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE.

And presuming that you will treat with that) «5. Legislature will meet to-morrow, as most

. s > ar . pub ae ” coming from a person who professes to be the | °f our readers are no doubt aware, “ for the des

‘ehampion of the Liberal party ; buat who, | patch of business.” Whatthe “despatch” means jat the same time, extols and clings to the |1s pretty weil understood by intelligent people

skirts of the Hon. Edward Palmer, the most who are in the practice of attending our Legisla- determined opposer of everything Liberal, | sive halle whea the Heuses are in Session ; but and who would sacrifice his houor and politi- | teeta table sh tabla le cecianieh diated cal standing—still holding on to the silver— | ae ae A : ee, a to retain the little proprietary influence which ‘business’ of the forthcoming Session will be. he, among others, have usurped in this Island, | The Land Question is, apparentiy, for the pre- thereby endeavouring to rivet tighter the | sent, out of the way —so, the wearisome discus- chains which bind the Tenantry. Does the} jong of that question, which have occupied se

insignifice ores pose that the in : nie :

tellpeent farmers of thie Ielond are going to |'2Uch time every Session, will not now be a drag put any faith in what emanates from his | the patience or time of “honorabie members.” selfish cranium, when they behold him kissing | The proposal for a Confederation of the Colonies the rod that lacerated his back, and fawning | will, no doubt, be discussed for, perhaps, two or around the person who is now using him to | three days, and then it will get the “‘go-by.” A eerve hie own ends, and who would take | Militia Bill will, we presume, be brought down

delight in crushing him after he has served " his turn? We want no men of straw to | by the Government; and in refererce to that arrogate to themselves the right to act as | measure the Tory and Liberal Parties will, in all

champion for the Liberal Party. We feel | probabilty, assume their old positions. We feel

I gather from the Report that four| assured, that at the proper time the Liberals, | a..ured that a Militia Bill would be of no use to persons from this Colony will be nominated for life,|as a party, will be advised and counselled by

jus, but rather an expensive sham, in the absence

the men who have for years stood the brunt! ae : jof centralization and consolidation, such as a

of the battle, and we fee) satisfied, did cir- e ' cumstances require it, they would be found | Union of the Provinces would affurd. If we i shoulder tu shoulder struggling for the rights | should be obliged to throw in our lut with the of the people; and the would-be ebampion | yther Provinces, in the general plan of Confede- | (Rielly) of she Herald, would cringe befure | ration—as we think we will — we certainly can- the frown of such men as the Lion. E. Palmer, | : u ot and do their bidding | nut do without an organized Militia, such as— Yours, &c., according to our territory and population — the

A LIBERAL OF TUE OLD STAMP. | other Provinces will have; and we firmly believe | that our proportion of the expense uf maintaining

| sueh a Militia will be less in Confederation than jout of it We hope, then, a Militia Bill will not ibe pressed by the Government until we know ~ | whether the other Provinces will accept the Con-

Canal a ‘ Che Examiner. Charlottetown, February 27, 1866. | federation scheme; but if pressed without regard ~~~ | to that measure, we hope it will be defeated.

| THE LATE APPOINTMENTS. —_—

|THE LONDON TIMES ON CONFEDERATION.

| | —

We were amused at reading in one of the

Sorry . : ‘ hi tow ‘ ‘ the office of Solicitor General ; bis ap;oint- | Charlottetown papers, a fow days ago, « the London

| aby 2 2 fF

ment also as one of the Executive Council ieee aad - co oa Oe d and, furthermore, his appointment as *‘one of bce is opposed to a Confederation of the »» | Colonies on the plan proposed at the Quebee 'Conference. We have no intention of en- clit iy , the Government are puzzled to know what is | ee eee wis the Faper ze

iferred to; but lest any of its readers should be misled by its gross misrepresentation of

the Times, we quote from the latter paper,

Tue last Royal Gazette announces the ap- |

Ler Majesty’s Counsei learned in the law. People living out of the charmed circles of

meant by this shower of greatness on the head of one gentleman, at this particular pe-

riod. We as well as others will try to guess | ~~ : : ah the mutive which. prompted: the. Govern- of the 4th instant, received by the Jast Eng- ment to make these appointments. Itis cer- | glish Mail, the following highly compli- tain that Mr. Haviland has not been called to | ™°*"Y allusions to the Report of the Quebec the Gusenment on ccesust of bie adgecany |Coufereace. When the Times refers to that Re- alj Portas a document ‘which for good sense and /moderation has been rarely equalled,"’ it is differ with him regarding the principles on extremely silly to represent a journal bear- hand Gis img such testimony as an opponent of Cun The presence in the Council of a se- federation. It would be a matter of no as Mr. Haviland | 27@8* Consequence whether the Times was opposed or favourable to the measure — it

based. cond *‘red hot unionist,’’

styles himself, must tend rather to embarass |! will, no doubt, be consummated regard-

would attempt tu shirk the responsibility | °* 7 eT mnie tet ” wbich attaches to them ia dealing with j that every English paper of any note has spuken in the higest terms of the measure ever since the meeting of the Delegates at Quebec, and the Times more especially on several occasions; while we have not seen ticle f i i them to do it; and the Despatch of Ler ee eee | he eee | press opposed to it. ; ; ; | ‘The article ia the Tim i upon the Government to give effect, as prompt | 4 , of mi, from which the | fulluwing is an extract, refers at some length . : oa | e sreech delivere ne Gov i They only way in which they can give effect | ap tas Ses — . by tap Meveanee Ge ‘neral of Canada in opening the present Ses-

than strengthen the Government, if they

must bring that question before the Legisia-

ture. Their own act in appointing Dele-

ision of the Parliament of that Provinee :—

They cannot, we | : ,

This Confederation, of course, is the main sub- ject of the Goveruor General’a speech. A Vicerey Coloaial Secretary and the Solicitor General has never had a more noble theme on which to zo% rorti ; oe J] Con. address the Legislature of Lis Provinee. An-

alously enpporuing te the Couneil Con | other great Union is to be added to the Powers of the New World. With a population larger than that which established its independence of the British Crown, with all tiie advantages of moders civilization, with the protection and as- sistenee of the foremost European s.ate, and with a political connexion with eolunies scat- tered all over the giube, the Provinees of Britich | | North America are about to unite in une com-|} tive for Mr. Haviland’s appointment is easily |sunity. If the conseut of all ean be gained, “| they will possess a territery extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the American frontier as far northward as human life can be maintain-

vernment. He has, through cireamstanves °4-, Their climate, though rigorous, is healthy, . 5 -s

by the Island Legislature.

federation, and with the half-and-half sup- port of two or three other members of that body, we may safely assume that tle great |

autheritative support now than it did before Mr. Uaviland’s appointment. But the real mo

seen in the disfayour with which Mr. Palmer ie cegarded by hie late colleagues in the Go-

Government ; and the latter felt, no doubt

Mr. Palmer, and performs the duties which the latter ought to have discharged. office of Solicitor General is not at all neces-

leader : jand far more suited to Europeans than a great which it is urrecessary to detail, been obliged | part of what was lately the American Union. to abandon his position as law adviser to the | /licy have uo éeauses of disscusion among them ; jthe conflict of race has ceased under the ‘}intluence of extended knowledge and wiser that it was necessary to have an offiver to administration. They have lately siown a unity : i ihe ial i ha jof purpose aud a faculty of cowbination which take his - 7 the Cabinet. The place of | their best friends did not expect. Delegates Solicitor General is, therefore,revived. Mr. | trom provinces which lately were independent} Llaviland, in teking that place, steps before |! each other's support and careless of each} ' other's destiny, have met and have prepared a scheme of federation which fur good sense aud The | moderation has beeu rarely equalled. Men of jail political parties have agreed to a compact : : | which will insure fer each previnee its share in sary to the workingof the State machinery— | the general adwinistration, and for each existing it bas been in disuse for many years—and iparty a temporary representation in the new egg cet siide ad, ete | Legislature. They have been couvineed that might be an obsolete institution forever, jthe best reform is that which dors not change without the least disadvantage to the Colo- waooeenara aid have, in consequence, main- ‘ > ‘ 2eene , |tained all the powers of the geueral Govern- ny, if Mr. Palmer had had the deeency to re- iment and roan’ the fuil eatharity of the

vacated his place at the Council, which any jin a few weeks be submitted to the Legislatures re jofall the Previnces. The scheme has been so

wan of spirit would have done. He—the| welj drawn that there ean be no doubt that it the | will - accepied. Then will take place in the sis “tl }words of the Governor General, “the crea- means of entailing an additional salary Of tien of a new rationality.” Lord Monck was the Colony. The Government eould not able te announce that the plan of Consti- very easily dismiss him without some graye | tution had received the approval of the Impe- diveliction of'Guty in his dfllse “of Attorney Innnisany re ee Mey. | Ministers were prepared to intreduee a Bill to

His longing for lucre was too give it validity as soon as it had been effected | jby it. To the Canadian Legislature he com-

General.

they are available for putlication in any o:| great to allow him to give up the emolu-| the other papers, the editors or proprietors. ments of office after the honours whieh be- | of which may think proper to apply to the | longed to it had departed, aud hence the ap- | Reporter for his reports of them.—R. B./ pointment of Mr. Haviland to the ollice of | (avina, Reporter.] Solicitor General, which used to be consider- | ed an inferior offive to that of Attorney Gen- | eral, but is now virtually the superior one, | ag a deat in the Executive Council is associ- | ated with it, which is not the case at present | with the other.

We eannot see how Mr. Palmer's late

CORRESPONDENCE.

An

{FoR THE EXAMINER. } Desk ScRU; I had all bot lapsed into melaneholy, in the

|* Empire; or whetherthe several provinces" shal.

mitted the consideration ‘of it se far as it re- garded the province. The question, is, indeed, whether the vast tract of country which the people of British North America inhabit “should be consolidated into a State providin “for the security of its component parts on “contributing to the strength and stability of the

‘remain in their present fragweutary and isolated “ condition, powerless for mutual aid, and incapable ‘of undertaking their proper share of Imperial ‘“ responsibility.”” A few years since isolation would not have been felt as an evil, and reaponsi- bility would have been dreaded as a burden. Security would have been though complete with-

But let us pot be decewed in this matter; for, 48) pelief that you had forgetton “Pro Bono Publi-| long as we purchase the greater part of our goods) ¢ ." and I felt that the sin of ingratitude appear- in the cheapest market in the world, Enuglaud,| eg to mar the beauty of your character ; imagine there is not neuch danger of amugg'ing to anY| then, my delight, in having dicovered you (sweet extent; and, unless people should aguin take a) rogue) in the Mowiter, above the pleasing name fancy for American W hite-eye, sumugy ing willbe) + fujlee And such a nige letter, so cute too, on a very limited seale. For the sake of argu-| one of your happy efforts. Ab! Seeu, there is ment, however, we will suppose tlic Colonial genius in thy composition, a mine of intellectual Secretary right on this subject. May be not, power, and the gems crop out “ amaist before ye with propriety, have stretched bis imagination a ken.” Your pleasant wit is of the order attic little farther, and that net beyond the bounds of| combined with salt. You are, Seru, delacto a probability, may be net have imagined hinaself in! « pgr¢ gris in terris,” and not ove of those whoee | seleinn conclave at Ovtawa—having been nomi-| peads are like 2 squeezed orange, and carry their | nated to a respectable position there for lite—! brains in their stomachs. “ Fruges consumere nati.” the subject uuder discussion, by the Genera! | No, Seru, you are always rare, vivid, witty and Goveruwent, is suuggling in P. Lb. Island, and! pogned, a voluine of amusewent, and prodigy of the consequent evasion of the payment of duties: print, a literary “ multumia parece” Excuse my the result of the deliberations being oa order for! eulogy; do not think it fulsome, and pardon my the immediate fitting out of three Revenue) gineerity if peradventure its ardour has offended Cutters to be permanently stationed at P. FE.) your excessive bashtulnesea. Pray let me bear Aslaud, gud that the Island to be debited with the! fom you soou agai#, and contribute the black cost uf yutlit and maintenance of seid Revenue | diamonds of your sparkling pen to the dispersion Cutters, thereby lessening the amount of our) of the ennui that sometimes haunts an unemployed | receipts from the General Government, possibly | pour,

£4000 oc £5000 ayear. In vuin the By the way. Seru, did yeu not feel a pointed

jeolleagues ig the Executive Council could | Empire” would have been the subject of as much

Islanders protest against this bigh-handed mea- sure; for they are not allowed to petition the British Government against any messure ever so unjust, and even their Lieyt. Governor is not to be permitted to bold intercourse with the Britieh Government; the only alternative being, either quietly to submit to the degradation, or petition the General Government in Canaga. Dues any ove doubt my statewents on this head? J beg leave to read, from Mr. Galt’s, celebrated speech, as follows:

“It was intended that the econ munication

« between all the several Proviaces aud the Im- * perial Government should be restricted to the “General Government. Jaaswuch os the affairs

injustice in the fact, that no vote of thanks was even mooted at any of the eity meetings heid on the Union Question, to the Hon. George Beer, fur his brilliant anti-Union efforts threugh, and by the press,and in a mass of matter of statestnanly magnitude, read by that Hon. Gentleman to, as I thought, an appreciating public! “O tempera, O mores.”

This rank injustice to the high-minded and accomplished Houerable George Beer, I take leave tw opine, must fasten upen the citizens of Charlettetuwa a gross ingratitude towards that meek and modest Hovorable Geutleman. On viewing this matter from another stand point, 1

jout anion, and * the strength wane stability of the

ee hostility as good wishes. But these times are past,

have more effectually humbled himin the eyes | und the reasons urged by the Govensor Gusenac|

of the world than by reviving the office of | will have their fall weight in bringing the Canadian

a : y s t Leyislature to a favorable decision. Solicitor General, at this juneture, with a sotireindc nes

THE NEWS.

seat in the Cabinet. [t is a plain intimation to him that no respect is entertained for! We haw had several Mails from the Pro- him, that no confidence can be placed in yinces and the United States during the past him, and thet his holding the offive of At-| week. he evacuation of Charleston by the torney General is merely tolerated to provide | Southerners appears to be the only item of him with the means of subsistence. He may news of great importance connected with the not see it in this light—perhaps some of the war in the States. It is referred to in the wise men in the Exeeutive Council may not yelegraph despatches. A detailcd account of see it in this light—but every person of sense ‘the event has not yet come to hand. and iatelligence cannot help perceiving that The Prowincial papers ure, ae usual, Mr. Haviland’s appointment is the Suishing | rammed to repletion with speeches and re- blow to Mr. Palwer’s degradation. ports of public meetings on Confederatioa. Mr. Haviland’s seat in the House of As-| {he Report of the Quebec Conference has sembly hae beeome vacant for the present, | been adopted, without ony alteration, by an and a new election is ordered for Georgetown. ‘overwhelming majority in the Legislative The nomination will take plaee ou the 7th Council efCasada. It is expected that the March; and the election, if a contest should [Jouse of Assembly of that Province will pass arise, will be on the 24th Mareh. We do it by an equally large vote. not believe, however, that Mr. Layiland will be opposed, indeed : an opposition would be futile ; and being ‘ a red-hot Unionist,”’ we may fairly hail his re-election-as a little triamph to the cause of Confederation.

Se ta Ix consequence of the large amount of space we have beep reguired to give to the speeches at the Town Meeting, on the ques- tion of Confederation, we are compelled to

same question, which we intended to give this week ; and, what is of still more im- portance to us, we are very reluctantly obliged to leave out many of our advertise- ments—an omission which we hope our ad- vertising patrons will kindly excuse.

LATE AMERICAN NEWS.

The telegrams deprive the American papers —received, by the way, in the most irregu- lar manner=-of nearly all interest. They are full of rumours and conjectures about the peace movement, which we know was a fail- ure, the South not yet feeling so weak as to receive the terms which the North would dictate, viz., uoconditional surrender of their independence, not only as a Confederacy, bat as States, and the abvliticn of Slavery. The Boston Post says :—

** When Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell, the Rebel Commissioners, through our lines, there were shoutings and acclamations by soldiers of both armies. The bands of both played national airs. Dixie was met by Yankee Doodle; and so the shouting went on! A Petersburg despatch says of these tunes, ‘ they were appropriately responded to by the two armies alternately : but when the bands struck up ‘ Home, Sweet iiome,’ the opposing camps forgot their posi- tions and united in vociferous cheering.’ And these brave men are set to fight each other! Was there ever the like of this seen in history ? That old familiar tune awakened feelings akin to other days, and was a peace commissioner of the right stamp; and that response had a meaning which those who are dealing with Peace will do well to poader upon.”’