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EDWARD WHELAN] Chis is true Liberty, when Free-born Men, having to advise the Public, man speak free——EuRIPIDEs. Vou. VI.

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1857.

. ee OE A OO a a. aS ada ara ——————— on tn re - = Mricinal Poctrn ‘the subject, from which most of the honourable members who | Address before you, Sir, because, he says, it contains a pledge | there would have been any discussion on that part of Ais Excel- 7 -" have preceded me have thought proper to digress. Wehave had to support the Loan Bill. Now, if 1 understand anything of | lency’s Speech, untill the Bill was brought before the louse.

a werner enene enenencuwnenananensnrarmoururerueveverevewraewuu~wrnr 4 long discussion on the principles, and even the details of the | the meaning of words, [ must entirely differ with the hon. and Tho’ he would vote for the paragraph in question, he would pot dae. «: Baim. Loan Bill, as if that measure were actually before us ; and some ‘learned member. ‘There is not a syllable about the Loan Bill | support the Bill, unless it were what he thought it should be,

When I look into thy face. love hon. members, of an imaginative turn of mind, have presented in the whole paragraph. I was on the Comaittee who pre- | He therefore meperted the parngraph as it was. So youthfal, mild and fair, ’ us with a very glocmy picture of the disastrous results of such | pared the Address in answer to Uis Excellency’s Speech, and Hon, COL. SECRETARY wished iy say one word on what And seo each varied grace, love, n Bul. [ could | not help noticing the peculiar, and, without if there was any one paragraph to which I objected more than fell from his hon. colleague. He did not like to aliow him to That blends so wwustly dba. niending any offence, I might say —the artful and designing another, tt is the very one under consideration, because it does state, that all his constiiuents were opposed to the measure in : manner in which the Hon, member for Princetown—(Hon. T. | give no pledge—no opinion of any kind,—because Ut Is so in- | question ; for be must say uvat all that hon. member’s con-

Swatemeiaeaaec love, H. Ha viland)—introduced his amendment to the notice of the | definite that it can hardly be said to mean anything. ‘The | stituents whom he (Hon. Col. Secretary ) had met did not agree The lofty pride I feel, ee: committee. The ameniment itself is ingeniously drawn up, argument against the intended Loan which the hon. and wal that hov. gentiemen in his opinion that the measure would Toda 0 Week 00 rare. althouvh it contains no expression of opinion; but it is so | learned member for Charlottetown sought to deduce from his , not * afford general sotisfaction.”” He would also remark that

5 framed as to lead its supporiers on the other side to expect calculations, can be of no weight whatever, until he convinces | last session his hon. colleague voted against the Government,

‘that two or three members on this side cannot help voting for| us that bis ealeulations are correct. He sets dowm a very} because they would not put one word into the address ; but if it, and by that means give to the minority all the moral large sum for interest, and says that such will be the first) he had broken up the Government, would that have given advantage of a very litle triumph over the Government. The| charge oa the revenues of the Colony. Now, it has been)‘ general satisfaction’? fe hoped that his hon. colleague hon. member from Princetown said, that if he had been in bis | already shown by my hon. friend the Colonial Secretary, that the would not vote against the measure, because he could not get Oh! then how rich a prize, love, place last session he would have voted against the address to! interest, supposing the whole amount of the Loan were taken/ one word changed. As to the hon. member for Georgetown Thy euileless heart must be ; the Queen on the subject of the Loan, and yet he now asks | up, would not amount to more than half the sum set down by being surprised that Mr: Cooper was abandoning the agitation No-treasere “neath the skies, love, this House to join himin thanking his Excellency for the infor- | the hon. member for Charlottetown, But whoever dreamt that | of escheat, that hon. member (Mr. Cooper) might also turn Is half sa dear te me. mation he has given to us, that the subject of the Loan has met the Government would be so rash as to take up the whole) roand and say, he was surprised that (he minority should have Wow Glanand. ‘tubich ib: 105% J. Mel with the favorable consideration of the British Government! | £150,000 at once, unless there were estates to exchange for it! become advocates for the establishment of a Court of Escheat. New Glasgow, March 10, 1507. . McL. We are asked to evince our delight at the receipt of what he immediately 2 We know that many proprietor? will not be) The hon. member Mr. Cooper had once introduced a measure + —————---=== | considers bad news—to thank the Government for a favour | willing to sell at the prices which the Government will be | of this kind into the House, but since he had fatled to obtain, Co! onial feaislature which he thinks is no favorat all! But, Sir, | think I perceive | authorised to pay—that they will hold on to their estates, to| what he desired, he hada right to fall back on another measure eee sete a ° ‘the design of the bon. member in alluding, in his amendment, | squeeze as much as they possibly can out of them, until | similar to it. {The hon. member here read an extract from the SRNR RRL ELL AANA AAA AAA NANA A AAR BY pointed’ to the addr: ss of last Session. Three meinbers | tuxation, or other causes, drive them to a reluctant transfer. | Bull referred tu, introduced by Mr. Cooper. } That bill made HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. | who usually support the views of the majority voted against | This being the case, the Government will, of course, only take | provision for calling upon the Home Government to parchase that address, and perheps it is hoped that direct reference to it| up so much of the Loan as may be required when about to) the righte of the proprietors; but it also provided, when the Moxpay, March 2. may renew their aversion, and induce them to oppose the| effect the parchase of any particular estate, as, for example, | tenants had purchased their land that they should pay for # subject of it in every shape. ‘I'he hon, member did not fail to| the purchase of the Seikisk property, which is about to come | again. As the hon, meniber had not confidence, at that ume, in purer ael «some 5 remind us that the address was opposed last session by the | into ithe market ; and the interest of the money invested in| the Island Government, he made provision in the Bill tor ADDIEss IN ANSWER To THis Gi VERSOMS gentlemen to whom I allude, and whom be eulogised as zealous | Such a p@ghase would be no great burthen to the country. | applying to the Home Government to purchase the land ; but advocates of the teuaniry of this Island. The hon. member | Besides, Hie not i> be supposed that the land will remain on | since the introduction of Responsible Government, he had con- ( Concluded.) ‘from Princetown presents hime lfin an entirely new character | the hands of the Gevernment, but will be resold to actual | fidence that the Island Government would make a better bargain oa this occasion. He eulogises the public career of three | settlers with all possible dispatch ; and provision will be thus) with the proprietors than the Home Government would have members of the majority, on account of their long attachment | made for the oayment of both principal and interest. We have) made. {f now the hon. member fell back on his old principle to the interests of the tenantry. I must, then, suppose thet he! been told that the Government purchase of the Worrell E-- of purchase, when he felt sausfied that the extreme measure of is sincere in his adauration, and cun only express surprise that tate has proved a very bad speculation, and that we ought not | escheat could not be obtained, he (ton, Col. Secretary) did not ohn = eyucl. That hou: meme humseit so long opposed the policy and principles of the | to encourage such another. Now, { deny that the purchase in} think the hon. nrember should be accused of changing has nee ber’s coll-ague (Hon. I. H. Haviland) who had been elected gentlemen to whom he has referred. [The hon. member then | question has been attended with any evil results. It has given | Ihe Commuttee thea divided on Hon, T. U, Haviland’s ite ib i: 2g Fe sapere ene saad. if. be had:dmen hese read the paragraph under discussion iw the original draft, and | the greatest satisfaction to the people settled on that Estate, amendment, as fellows :— ee ne dn | ikek welneeee = bak that | the amendment proposed. He tnen continued, ] Now, Sir. | most of whom have now become freeholders; and this i ot | Yeas—Hons. T. H. Haviland. Palmer, Longworth and } } 1 |

Lhis world is cold and drear, love, And loving hearts are few ; ken those we hold most dear, love,

Are oft most faithless too—

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ion. member no d al tt! oud’ t. that he could more effectually | ©2" 8€¢ nothing in the paragraph of the address, as proposed by has been obtained withoat entailing a single farthing of ad- Montgomery, Messrs. Yeo, Heath Haviland and Laire—7. ae iii cial , a A tee ae ea Nays—Mr. Macdonald, Hons. Welan, Col. Secretary, Col. »bstruct the measures of the House, by being away in Bng-)) ee . , exoedemse tnt thenkfuineds ti no lex sn i 2f, , ..| Treasurer, Wight d Moonev, Messrs. Clark, © sine his influence at the Colonial Odico. Now, |" ast objection. It merely expresses our thankfulness that the | expense has bee u incurred In managing the trauster of that ex-| Ere wearer, SS ge man and Mooney, SSCS. B jack, Couper, cal fatled shiat 0 ‘tion. he had come | British Government intends to aid us in onr endeavours to | tensive property, but it is not just of fair for hon, members to | Macintosh, Muirhead, Munro and Dingwell—I2. ad ee tn the Big an the leader of the Ob-|Chaoge tenants on this Island into happy and contented make the bold assertion that a large amount of money will be} So the amendment was lost, ' : at eile) i liters as aa a freeholders. Surely, if there is anything for which we ought suck iu the transvetion, or that extravagauce has been com-| Mr. Laird then moved to amend the said piragraph of the : aaa. . tives? | to be thaukful, itis for that. And we suy, moreover, that the | mitted by the Government, when the accounts of the Estate| Address by striking out the words * cannot fail to’’ in the When R nathti Clorernti seas shiishaa in tha. Colony. | 680s SY which we expect to bring about this desirable result, | are not yet before the Llouse; and if they were, I am satisfied fourth line, and inserting in jieu thereof the words, ** we hepe the hon. o mber (Mr. 3 eaid® could #@in the country : ** cannot fail to afford general satisfaction ” This is an ex- they would not warrant such an assertion. If it can be shown will.’ , . : and he had never sod harping on that word « ruinit- | pression which seems to vive the greatest offence to hon | that fraud or misinanagement has been permitted or counte- The motion being puton the amend.nent, it wags negatived on : mbers in the opposition, ‘They jump to the conclusion, ) nanced by the Government, they, the Government, are Lere to} the same division as the previous one, R. Laiap, Rep.

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Vi. Aa al it about the Monachans; but fromeali that wi hout seemg a Bil or measure af any kind before the flouse, paniges for it, and to be punished, if necessary, by the loss of On the reading of the 4th paragraph, which read thus— he could learn that hon. tleman should wot speak’sd lightly |!" me mesns Which the Aduvernment itent he prapire, prt di = een expressing ie watt of gonfidende in Chem.) 4 Tyg gratifying to learn that the revenue is in a vi them. For his part he had always thought it an honor to |will mad“ give general satisfaction.’ Liow can they know? | have no doubi tie miuorny will be only too glad to discover satis/actory condition, as that is a sure indication of the win the cor vy of that hon. gentleman, since he hear | ; onc ‘ ‘ ee ay a, Se YM ; wey aa 'y - aly ey a get the Loan Bil', with all is details, before us Tam inclined | justice, alike tell us we should watt for this discovery to be increasing prosperity of the Colony,”

+ : - jwade, before we condemn the Governinent, or set our faces lion, T, H. HAVILAND.—I do not think the present Mr. Mooney’s) countrymen’ were in the habit of going to |'°S ! against a further purchose of proprietary estates. At all state of the revenue warrants the conclusion that it is in- England to reap the harvest. and beine wel! fed on the roast | Me perciase of proprietary estates, with the view of abolishing | events, ewes be quite Lime enongh to enter on the mer ts of creasing in prosperity. [ deny that it is increasing in bact or Uld gers and, thie strong are, ond, proverpiaily Prive teatehott tenire, and tT tain see no o her“ 7eRHs” of doing | this question, When the Loan Bill shall come before a? What prosperity, afd would ask for proots of t rtion. The

the commitiee, to which any hon. member should make the) ditional taxation. It is no doubt tru®enough that considerable |

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Surely, it wi | be time encugh to diseuss that point When we | the smallest instance of frauds but reasun, common sense and

ito think that there is no subject apon which we have ever yet retstated calculated to give more “ general satisfaction,” than

na build he resembled them very much. As many of his { aor ti . he | hall His E yes : a 2° Fai cnt ec . a ‘i . tha bas baie ” nt nar - a vial . é i k ; ae phe con hs ‘ . . a | 2 . speaking, fond@of the ladies, some of the little Monachans | '® utthan by borrowing money under the luperial guarantee;| we have how to Consider is, Whether we shall answer fis [.x- mr say fact . had shak on ha Js vith his mother: hy . » the fri ris! - land when that guarantee is freely offered to us, | think we |cellency’s Speech in the manner proposed by the special Com. paragraph ae - ay the ae " a 7 tl ‘| 1 fi i k ala at monge 5 tie Wiehneentiomen have. good reason to be thankful. It is al Lf a 1 nittee, or whether we shall ad put endinent drawn up by | dition, ‘and there It stops—witlout ‘a singre argument for rey ha 1¢ hon. member. hatever that gentleman |" a 7 or ee . 6 BBSUre OF Shy eee ne —— = _ = Swenewe ee ig a¢ i might say - j} member to object to the expression—that the measore in view [ile hon menber from Princetown, for reasons best known to | sich a conclusion. 1 therefore move that the latter part of * saragraph be struck oat.

y em, they were very clever men. It might be} ; all very g rion. members to rise up there and say, that | OY the Goverument 448 such as eivinot fail to afford general bunseifi PF shall most certamly vote ayainst that amendment. | the f reece .

the Govern wanted to ruin the country, and to rain the| satisfaction.” Why, the Goveraiment— ind not ouly the Gover: =| Mr. HEATH LAVILAND.—Iit is rather amusing, Mr.) | Hon. Mr. W HELAN,—The latter part of the paragraph people ; b ere was the hope for the people—the people ment, but the minority—even hindi idual members, oeting | Chairman, to hear the bon, meinber who spoke last say, that all | is necessary to the first. His Excellency says, the revenue is who were [28@ripg to reclaim the forest, to clear fields, to | Without reference to party tles—well say the same thing of | that bas been said was beside the question. But [ take it to be | in a eatisfactory condition, and we merely respond that we are plough them up, and to build go xd fences? There was none,| ®very measure brought into the House ; they will, each avd i tit because the great champion of escheat had taken up the | pleased to hear it. If the revenue is satisfactory, and we if it did net arise from that Louse—-there was no relief fur|2!!, declare, thatsach and such a measure ** cannot tas! to atford jsubject, that escheat was to be no more agitated. I do not lave the Governor’s word that it is, there ean be no grounds

e snless it was afforded by the protectors of the riehts of | general satisfaction.”’ It 1s quite edifying to notice how | wouder at it, for it was well said long ago that * the men of ae . them, unless it was alurded by the protectors of the rights of | £ ~~ ying oF > SAM ye | for objection. But the measure will come up before the protect the freehulcers ; of course, with the protection of the lof ihe tenantry! What if they did oppose escheat at a time | proofs of it; vet 1 have never, since] wasinthis House, thought |

T \T ie had been just where they were thisday. There was just one re- | Measure since adopted by the Legislature, to ameliorate the con- | since that time to this moment, sad who scouted the rights of llon. T. H. HAVILAN D.— Admitting what the hon.

wane m . Ba . iS ! ‘3 the people. The hon. member (Mr. Palmer) saido we must | 29*!0us some honorable gentiemen are to secure the interests yesterda are not the men of to-day and we have several - ' on Se one —— ‘ r a | Hou-e by and by, and the hon. gentleman will have an op- Tories, whatever might be the nature of it. Last year, they (when it was practicable? What if they did oppose every | that the great champion of escheat, who stood forth as such | portunity to agree to it or not, . - ’ ' - z deeming quality in the speech of the hon. member for Prince- | @:tion of the tenantry ? Is it not patrivtic now to save the unfor-| proprietors a8 if they had po t.tles—1 never expected to see | gentleman says—which still involves a doubt—ean it be said town, (Mr. Montzom sry) ; and that was, that he did not | 'Unate tenantry from the sad condition to which the Government | him cowe forward in less than twelve months, and hear hiw | tg be indicative of increasing prosperity ?

come out so fie ce as he had done before. However, he (Hon. | '8 aisposed to burry them—that of becoming freeholders? Aud} publicly announce that escheat was no more to be agitaied.| Jon, the SPEAKER.—TI think the Address is merely Mr. Moon ¥) did not see that much had been gained by the | who are the alarmists? W ho are they who indulge in such ilow lung this may last, I know not I cannot support that) oy aalie to the Uusereer's Speech, and theréfore move that long speeches made by the Opposition. Talk indeed; but | dismal forebodings regarding the prosperity of the country | paragraph of the address, especially that part of it relating to a | the word “ tmorensed” be siruclt cut, ana maa 4 al” that talk was throwing chaff into the eyes of the public. A junder the extended operations of the Land Purchase Bill? | pledge. I thought from an hon. member having so much to du | “* a 1 _ UCK OU, 2OG ee Vee Oe man might be in the Assembly hall, and hear the hon. mem-| “ho are they whe tell us that tenants and freeholders will be | with the address, that there would be a pledge in it, but Lt wall) substituted. é a

i say thatl will wash my hands from it, and will mot have the! The amendment was then agread to without a division.

> ber (Mr. Palmer) say, that £6,000 a-year would be required | alike ruined by the increase of our public debt? Why, they

to pay the interest for the proposed loan. and he inight get |are the very persons who have a direct personal interest in least to do with giving my sanction to this measure. It it said, The remaining paragraphs were successivel y read aud

hold of that statement, and leaving, before anv explanation | kreping up the present very unsatisfuctory state of things— lit will be a boon to the tenantry—every person will admit that agreed to. ; 5 |

was off-red regarding it, he might go ell the wily ty the East | Land Proprietors, eae and Pyeng ” is the interest} —but let us - how it is to be — This esnanen is al The House then resumed. Point, and communicate sach information respecting the pro- of proprietors—at least such of them as do derive pecuniary | premium upon idleness —a tax Upon industry. Another question . : . ceedings of the Government. But if any of the Government | advantages from the possession of estates in this country—to | as to the loan+it is not merely the interest of the loan that | Hion, T. H. Haviland presented his amendment to the

bad ‘ , } i<¢ > . © } 2 * 1c . te went to the country, they would’ be believed in pre- keep the Government frum making extensive purchases, because | would be a tax upon the country ; but the taxes now paid on | second paragraph of the Address, and it was negativea on a

erence to that hon. gentleman. He was surprised that the | the Government will resell te actual settlers at a lower rate | land, would be lost, and of course the amount lost, would have | division the same as it was befure, with the exception that mninority came out in that manner. If they were opposed to than they are willing to do—because if they do not compete |to be paid out of the general revenue, At this stage of the; My, Clark, instead of the Speaker, voted against it.

the measure, let them say so; bat if they said that the Go- | with the Government in the sale and transfer of property, there | proceedings, it is too much for the Llouse to expect to discuss; FJon. Mr. Palmer then moved to amend the said second

vernment wished to extort the money from the Pa >; such | will be discontent on the partof the tenantry, a growing hatred | the contemplated measure. | paragraph of the reported Address, by striking out the fol- ‘ his intenti © was such the i j ‘ | of the leasehold tenure—-and perhaps epositi anifested Mr. COOPE ‘ished to answer the hon. mber for, . es

was not his intention, nor was such the intention of any hon. | of the | ) id p ps, a disposition manifesied to! rf. COOPER wished to answer t 10n. member for | lowing words thereof: “by such means as cannot fail to

member. |imerease the taxation on wilderness land, as a punishment | Georgetown, as his remarks were intended to apply to him.| 1 entinfeation.” Hon. Mr. MONTGOMERY said, the hon. member was yery | to proprietors who will not se!!. It is easy to perceive | Although he supporied the Government to purchase the land Sfiord general satisfaction. , el

ready in attributing motives to hon. members; but he had |how extensively the Agents would lose by the Gevernment’s | and sel! itto the tenants, yet he was still of opinion that the | The amendment was negatived on the same division as the heard motives attributed to that bon. gentleman, that the|becoming possessed of property now entrusted to their land was forfeed ; but when the people did not see that as he | former.

reason he would not support a measure for a Court of Inquiry | managemem , and the speculators would miss brillant chances | did, they would not be likely to support him in what they did) The Address, as amended, was then agreed to by the was, because he had become possessed of landed property |ef making rapid fortunes if the Government should be | not understand. If he could not get an escheat, he endeavored House and ordered to be engrossed, and is as follows :— himself. He thought it would be much to the credit of that; permtied to leave them no estates on which to speculate. | to obtain for them the next best terms he could, to enable them | , a ee a :

hon. member, as well as others, if they did not manifest so/ The hon. member for the first district of Prince County (Mr. | to purchase a freehold title. For such reasons, be thought it| To His Exceilency Sir Dominick | y, Agni, Lieutenant much hostility when measures were passing through the Yeo) appears to be mgre disturbed than any of his brethren in| better to accept tne proposed my asure, than set out, and keep} Governor and Commander-in-Chief_in and over Her

House. Heneed not say that he intended to oppose the loan ; the agency of land, at the awful prospect in store for them. /up an agitation from year to year, if the people did not believe | Majesty's Island Prince Edward, and thé Territories and he had aright to rise and make any o}jections to that | Influenced by his own fears, he represents the country as in| fim. With regard to the Land Purchase Bill, the first Bill thereunto belonging, Chancellor, Vice Admiral end measure, without having motives attributed to him a state of great excitement on this subject. Three-Tourths o. | was different from this one; for the British Minister was for Ordinary of the same, &c. &c. &c.

Mr. DINGWELL said there had been a long contest about | the people of the whole Island, he says, are decidedly opposed | buying up the land from the proprietors, if they would be willing ee ee these words ‘‘ general satisfaction.”’ It might appear that | to the scheme of Government Land Purchase, unul they are | to pay a certain sam to the tenantry for what they had paid up. | May ir Purase Your Bx« er : there was an argument set up by the minority of the House, | satisfied that the purchase of the Worrell Estate has not been [The address was such, in his opinion, as to give satisfaction to| | We, Her Majesty’s faithful subjects, the House of Assembly

that freeholders were afraid they would be taxed in order to} a ruinous transaction. Now, Sir, F must tell the hon, member | the country, ‘of Prince Edward Island, respectfully thank Your Exfeliency ~

bay property for leaseholders. He believed, however, that that I do not believe his statement as tothe popular discontent. Mr. LAIRD said, they had had the land question very well for the Speech with which you have been pleased to open the €measure would give ‘‘ general satisfaction’ to the free-| 1 do pot think that there is one district in the Isiand—not even | explained ; and he would only say a few words on the subject | present Session holders in preference to leeches ingeneral. The free-| the district represented by the hon. member bimself—where | under discussion. He thought the paragraph of the address |! st ith 1 : eive the information that Her olders, generally speaking, had large families and were | the people are dissatisfied with the policy of the Government! would have been very good, if those who prepared it, had not | s = a ema hae he determivation to aid anxious to make then freeholders; and when land came into on the land question. In iIny own district, | know the peovle | inserted the words, ** cannot fail to afford general satisfaction.’’ | Majesty s Government have come tot e de -. . 4. 0 - the market ata fuir price, they were the first to step in and |are too well pleased to offer the slighest objection to that}He had doubts about its giving “ general satisfaction 5” fur Our endeavours to convert the Leasehold mand UOE Re REN, sctze the Opportunity ; whereas the poor leaseholders could not ‘policy. If, in the other districts, an agitation prevailed, such | not any of his constituents with whom le had conversed on the | by such means as cannot fail to afford general satislaction, pay their instalments, and consequently could not purchase | 48 the hon, member says does prevail, surely we might expect ‘subject approved of the measure. If these who prepared the! The sooner that desirable object can be effected, tae more it and. some indication of it before now, in the form of petitions. If} address, nad said, * we hope nt willafford genera! satisfaction,’ | will encourage the Tenants to reclaim their Lands and im- Mr. COOPER.~In reference to the “ general satisfaction’’ | the country is so fearfully disturbed, why has not even one ‘he would have a pproved of the paragraph; butas they would rove their ornentodii, which is a sure sign of a prosperous Mentioned, said it was only a matter of opinion. As far as district spoken*out against the Government’s persistence i their net likely change it, he would vote for the amend: ent. The P try and a contented people. When the Despatches on this he had been able to learn from the country they would be! present policy? One might suppose, on listening to the hon. | majority need not expect hon members to vote against their | COURT) shall be laid before us, as well as the measures which willing to support the measure. He believed it would never | member for the first district of Prince County, that he would | consciences. He might be decetwed, but he did think the | Subject s es a . BRA have in contem Natio 1 di . come upon the freeholders of the Island to have te pay for the lenforce his opposition to this policy by producing pockets ful! | measure would ¢€ afford general satisfaction ; and therefore he + @Br Excellency & ee gg r a On, 1D order tenantry ; and that the very object of the Government, with | of petitions against if; but there is Rot one, even from his} would not vore against bos conscience. | to secure to the inhabitants o TONS Of Sent Jabour wud Y Mr. MACINTOSH said, before the question was put, he industry, they shall receive trou us the most deliberate atl wished te say a word or two onthe subject. He thought ifwas sideration; and we trust it will be found that we duly appreciate

regard to the measure was, that it should not distress the| section of the country,and I doubt very much if he could

country ; while he was of opinion that it would both pay the | succeed in getting up a petition in xecordance with his own

interest and principal, and that the Home Government would | views on this subject, notwithstanding the great influence he | plain that he had not been at all times favorable to the low" $ the paternal solicitude of Her Majesty’s Governweut, in cou-

rather give up a portion of the money than that the scheme | possesses generally in the district represented by him. ‘The | bat thus far th-y bad n tsuceeeded in obtaining escheat, and 4! nection with so important a matter.

should distress the country. ‘Land Purehase Bill has now been on our Statute Book for | present he was rather favorable to the proposed loan. Silt he | It is gratifying on: Descihitiee’ Chie, Mimeneie in a satisfactory Hon. Mr. WHELAN —I am gratified, Mr Chairman, to bear | several years, and the Government have purchased, and are daily | was not very favorable to it, and if it was not from necessity, | coudiciconptuliiebie nates Sidlentins ote general prosperity

the declaration just made by the hon. member for the first | reselling, in accordance wiih its provisions, one of the most) he would be almost afraid to support It 5 but he was also afraid

district of King’s (C . Cc é be OS J ; oe ’ . : ; aM oe oe ! be the means O 2 Jounty (Mr. Cooper), because there are| valuable estates in the country. If it be such a very bad |to oppose it; for if it would When ‘be caw that, if they did} Your Excellency may rely upon our giving a car bat bi

certain parties who expected to see him vote against that para-| weasure, as we are told it is, why has not the country peti-| pecpie, he would support it. Syehe : . graph of the address under consideration, end thereby set | tioned for its repee!? When the hon. meniber for ihe first! pot agree with the Government on that measure it might be tention to the Accounts for the past year, as well as to the himself in opposition to the contemplated Loan. Butthe course | district of Prince County will condescend to answer that |jost, he would say of two evils, choose ihe least. Iffe saw a Estimates for the current one; and we wj!l cheerfully make sun to take upon this important question is bighly question, we may be inclined to listen to his representations desire on the part of the propr Sate to ee we cot tad oe a adequate provision for the maintenanee of the public service.

eto his judgmen", a3 | ain confident it wil! be acceptub’e | «bout popular discontent in reference to the Working of that! procure a freehold property of thetr-own, ' Weare well aware that the establishment of Municipalities

to his constituents, | , ah | : Por (4 ‘ ) : ‘ - bui he felt strengly opposed to those | - . ee ms, shall not trouble the committee with} Bill. The hon. and jearned member for Charlot etown, in sup-| much opposed to them; buih z vow t | nd wai = extenctamel the caine many observations on the subject of the paragraph under dis- | porting the amendment of bis hon. friend from Princetown, | whom he saw manifesting no desire to give the people free throughout the Ls ould be an exte o t’ P

cussion, but with the few I may offer [ shall confine myse!f to; cautions hon, members against voting for the paragraph in the | land, when they had a good opportunity. He did not think | of self-goveroment, and would affogd tu the people among whom

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