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IS HONOUx THE LIEUTENAN’ I GOVERNOR will hold a LEVEE » Government House, on THURSDAY, th First day of January next, at One o clock. Each Gentleman paying his respects to Hi Hononr is requested to be provided w ith | card, to be handed to the Aide-de-Camp waiting. Entrance by the eastern door. Morning Dress. JAS. D. IRVING, Lieut.-Col. and A. D. C, F. P. CARVELL, Lieut. and A, D. C. Government House, | 27th December, L890.

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THE DAILY EXAMINER

dec 27

DECEMBER 30. 1880

Strong Drink—Its Use and Abus«

THERE are meny:). «gs in the psmp' t just issued from the pen of Mr. F. W. L. is not

which everyone who

For

Moore, with fanatical must agree. instance, he says that ‘‘the question touched upon is so mixed that it is quite impossible for al! to see eye to eye on it; and it is therefore most necessary that both sides should ure forbearance.” Then he quotes the words of Locke, whom Sidney Smith classed es one of the greatest of mankind: ** The best way to come to truth being to examine

things as they are, and not to conclude they are as we fancy of ourselves, or have been taught by others to imagine,’"—and **look the matter

The wisdom of his

asks his readers to squarely in the face.” quotations from the sacred Scriptures nv one will, of course, dovbt; though there will, perhaps, be found persons who may question his application of those texts in an argumert concerning the liquor traffic of this day and generation. Stimulants are absolutely necessary in many cases of i]* ness, and, therefore, they must never be put beyond the reach of those who need them. We cannot, however, admit that they are necessary to social enjoyment of the higheet kinds. Mr. Moore states truly that one of the principles on which the English constitution is based, is that ‘*every man shal! be free, so long as he in- terferes not with the rights of others.” But he apparently overlooks the fact that the drunkenness which results from the liquor traflic necessari!y involves an interference with the rights of others,—an interference with the rights of wife or children, or father or mother; an interference, more remote, with the rights of the community at large. Consequently the community may interfere to prevent a man from becuming a drunkard by putting that which ‘* makes drunk come” beyond his reach. According to Mc. Moore it is, logically and strictly, as wrong to enact and enforce a license law as it isto enact and enforce a prohibitory law; for all license Jaws limit to a greater or less extent the free- dom of men to obtain intoxicating drinks. The conclusion from Mr, Moore’s argu-

ment is that these drinks ought to be as freely and easily obtainable as any other ‘‘good thing” that is bought and sold. Those who appreciate

fully the great public evil of intem- perance will not concur in this con-! clusion. Mr. Moore himself is compeiled to admit that the liquor traffic is a ‘“‘danger- ous business,’’ and, as such, ‘‘ requires re-

striction, regulation and inspection.” Re- striction to the drug stores! Regulations

to place intoxicants beyond the reach of all who are drunkards! We fail to see why these restrictions and regulations could not be enforced without interfering unduly with the individual freedom which is a ‘*‘ basic principle” of the British Constitution.

But such regulations could not be en- forced because temperance sentiment is weak and temperance workers are inactive, inconsistent and afraid. We cordially agree with that which is stated by Mr. Moore in the following paragraph, —

“The powers of our Legislatures are almost supreme. They can enact pretty much what they please, so long as they have the executive power jto compel obedience. And here is where they have to be very careful, for to put # statute on the books which for any reason fails to be properly enforced, is to weaken the whole structure. As Macaulay tells us, ‘The habit of breaking even an unreasonable law tends to make men altogether lawless.’ So that, before passing any new measure, it is necessary to enquire, not only whether it is just and right, but also whether it is capable of being carried out in practice ”

There is much truth, also, in the follow-

lng : —

‘* Constantine, with afew strokes of his pen, made the Roman Empire in name a christian nation. But his decree could not make Roman citizens true Christians, nor save the empire from the ruin to which it was being hurried by their corrupt and sin- ful lives No more need we to-day expect to make men virtuous against their will, or to convert the world en masse. That must be done man by man ; and the process is slow, so slow that some feel like giving up in despair.”

Mr. Moore’s pamphlet is a timely contri- bution to the literature of temperance. It

ought to be carefully read at this juncture _——— 3+ +o __—_—__—

—In view of the result of recent bye- elections, the Empire says that the re- sources of the english language are miser- ably inadequate to express Sir Richard Cartwright’s feelings at the present junc- ture,

A New Featuxe.—Halifax Chronicle: Sty Patrick’s band assisted the choir of St. Patrick's Church at 10 o'clock mass on Christ- as morning, and the innovation was very favorably commented upon by the large con gre zation present.

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The Canada Temperance Act.

Tue courtesy of His Houor the Stipen- ary Magistrate, and his efficient Clerk, Ir. Hedey V. Palmer, enables Thx ‘XAMINER to furnish its readers with a ibulated statement showing what has been one under the Canada Temperance Act im his city since it became law in August, .831. The statement shows the number of formations laid, the number of convic-

ions obtained, and the amount of fines vilected since the Act went into force. lere it is : | No. of No. of _— Year. | informa- Convict? | Collected. tions. tions. ae a es oa 1SS2 42 Fy) 965 42 a 2 7 430 00 1884 Lll4 49 2,500 00 1885 63.—Ciéz 36 1,450 00 1886 . 66 i 34 $50 YO 1S87 164 5S 1.9°0 00 1888 228 60 1,389 30 1889 80 97 1,000 00 1890 43 Ci Dt 1.200 00 ee “OAS fos 3A9 cae $12,648 68

Che record for 1881 is, of course, only for he period between the time the Act came n force to the close of the year. Of the otal pumber of convictions obtained, THE EXAMINER learns from Mr. Palmer that 243 were for first offences, 65 for second of- ‘ences and 61 for third offences. During he time that the Act has been in force, 125 persons have been actually imprisoned or offences against it, of which number 46 vere for one month, and 77 for two months.

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Lecture at Emerald.

A large and highly respectable audience * ssembled at Emerald last night to hear Prof. Caven deliver his popular lecture, “Two Scenes from Canadian History.” The Professor handles his subject in an able and scholarly manner, and consequently he secures the attention of his audience from beginning toend. ‘The sketch of the first scene treats of the terrible devastation to and and property in the province of Quebee by earthquakes upwards of two

hundred years ago ; the second describes the chivalry and heroism of the early French settlers in the defence of their

country against the warlike and savage Indians of that time. The lecture was very interesting and instructive, and the diction used was the choicest. The Rev. John J. McDonald, P. P. of Kinkora, presided and introduced the lecturer by a few appro- priate worcs. Remarks eulogizing the lec- ture were made by tne following gentlemen, viz: John H. Haslam, Dr. Wall, Peter Duffy, Esq. , Michael McKenna and Daniel Haslam.

There was also in connection with the lecture a musical entertainment conducted by Mr. D. J. Cameron, which added very much to the night’s enjoyment. A hearty vote of thanks was passed and tendered the Professor, to which he replied in his usual happy way.

Education Items.

Certain misconceptions have arisen re- garding the late regulations in reference to vacations. With a view tu correcting these, it may be stated that the arrangement for the remainder of this school year is only temporary, as may be inferred from the circular, and that while a midsummer yaca- tion is to be the regular system, there is no intention nor desire to force it on a district contrary to the wishes of the majority, as will be seen when all the regulations on this head ate published. By «a recent order ef the Board, the Easter vacation will be taken during May instead,— between dates which will ,be specified later. The new series of Canadian Readers will be introduced at the commencement of the next school year, July Ist, 1891, The change will be effected without loss or in- convenience, as a new Reader will be given in exchange for a Rvyal Reader in actual use and fair condition. The particulars of the exchange will be made kuown before the month of June next, during which it will be carried out. In the meantime teachers will see that no more uew books of the old series are purchased than are abso- lutely necessary for the proper manage- ment of their classes. Royal Readers in the hands of local dealers will be bought up at wholesalé price. Enclosed in the school papers addressed to Trustee’s and Secretaries will be found a copy of the new National Song, ‘‘ My Own Canadian Home.” This is intended for the teacher, and has been gratuitously fur- nished through Mr. Morley McLauglin, St. John, N. B. The object is to have it taught and sung in every school throughout the Dominion. Fresh copies can be se- cured from the donor at a very reasonable rate. A letter addressed to him will elicit any information required. We would like to hearofthis song being sung at every school closing in June next.

——— noe —TnHe Examiner published, a few days ago, @ report concerning the number of grog shops and brothels in Montreal. It seems that this report was greatly exagger- ated. In respect to it, the Montreal corres- pondent of the Toronto Globe states that on the publication of the report the press reporters of the city set towork with the police to arrive at the exact facts. We quote the correspondent’s words :— ‘- They prove that the detective was lying, and that the Citizens’ League was imposed on. They show that in point of morality Montreal makes a better showing than any American city the same size. If a contrary opivion pre- vails it is because all the vice appe*rs on the surface. The statistics furnished to-day show that there are 109 houses of ill repute of all classes, snd 27 houses of aszagnatior, instead of 500, all of which are watched by the police; that there are 52 beaneries instead of 400, and 45 of these are of good character, and that there are not more than 100 places ia which liquor is sold without a license, instead of 1,200 as alleged by the detective in question. This result is very gratifying to those to whom their city’s reputation is dear.”

Jamaica Exuterrion.—H. F. Coombs is pre- paring a series of views of Maritime cities for the Jamaica (West Indiea) Exhibition. The series will include Halifax, Moncton, Truro and Cha:lotletowp. Our city fathers cannot do better than invest a few dollars of city funds in thus advertising our city.

SawTeL_Le Must Hane.—A Dover, N. H., devpatch of the 26th says: The,jury in the Sawtelle case came in at 7.30 p. m., after an absence of ] hour 51 minutes, with a verdict of guilty on the first count—murder. Saw. telle was sentenced to be hanged on January

forcement. can only be educated by experience; and |

Bishops and Polities.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. re ARCHBISHOP O'BRIEN ON THE Dt TIES OF 5 oe RISUOTPS IN CONNECTION W tH The Adoption of the Best Law. PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The following correspondence, taken from alate issue of tho Antigonish Casket, Is Archbishop O'Brien's reply to the attacks made on Bishop Cameron on account of his circular letter three years ago, refating the statements made by the opponents of Sir John. Thompson that his Lordsh)

had withdrawn his confidence from tha gentleman :

Sin, —There has been a great deal of useless discussion as to the number ef con- victions for drunkenness recorded uoder the old License Law and the Scott Act, That intemperance is de creasing all well-disposed persons will gladly admit ; but the claim advanced that this is largely due to the Scott Act, is 4 gross misrepresentation. The increasing temperance of this and every other com- munity is founded upon a growing appre- ciation of the evils which tollow upon an undue indulgence in the use of intoxicants | Yo attribute it to the Scott Act, instead of | the gradual increase and diffusion of know

respectively.

Archbishop's House, Halifax, December 5,

1890. My Dear Lord Bishop : Regarding the circular issued by your Lord- ship on February Ll, 1887, to the electors of

; : Antigonish County, and about which some ledge, is to utterly misapprehend the pro g ig, aig Se ings ain, 3 dation lest : . - |mewspapers have been lately saying ;

per sphere of restrictive legislation, and in} silly things, [ wou!d wish to give your ' ord-

very deed to put the cart before the horse | ship my views on the matter, It should not

simply provided as machinery by which the} gent interest in the political life «f his coun existing sentiment might find expression, try, and to use, shonid he deem fit, all 1 giti and if the latter in operation fails to pro-j} mate m ans in favor of thore he, in bis duce the desired effect the former is not} opinion, are most likely to benefit the com thereby materially affected All that such | munity. In the petty squabbles of mere party failure entails is either that the existing | politics, the bishop will net, of course, mix him- é ’ * solf . hot by ' .. } > ‘ Act be amended or discarded, and such a} ® ee, but " “ ane bes aes yon great . t ria) as 0 8e2 m 108 sae an > may rove most natioha gioun S new measure adopted as may pr | men returned to power. L'he catch ery start. practicable. — : “A : Sa ti led by Kuropean infidels, that the clergy The question is asked : Are we, in Lie! should confine themselves to the sanctuary, meantime, to go back to free rum?” Sir, | we have free rum in Charlottetowu to-day | good Catholica ; and laws enacted to give it Whatever causes are operating to lessen | f5;c¢ will be assuredly despised by the hier- the evil of intemperance, and, thank Gud. | archy aud clergy of Canada. We may freely cannot be classed as one of them. eve this last is a load which taxes severely the | allow ourselves to be muzzled From this it ; ! . s » ys . . strength of the temperance cause to carry | follows that, so long as Your L rdship used it In this city, there is to-day no indi- i no undue intlue nce, you we're quite justified In endeavoring to secure the success of the

vidual who oe ostate, Pi ae ong ;man you held to be the best mau quaiified for slightest difficulty, any intoxicants @ Tey position, Does not common sense tell any quires, the respectable citizen from the |i-| reasonable being that you, a man of ability, censed vendorsand thedisreputable from any | of wide experience of men, a bishop with a the hundred or so of illicit grogshops which | full sense of your responsibility, could form a abound everywhere. ‘The farce of obtain-! nore correct estimate ot the r lative merits of ing a doctor's certificate has practically | the candidate than men blinded by partizan- been dispensed with. Meanwhile those | ship, ov the more siily prejudice of nationality? whose eyes are not wilfully closed with ser- I see no trace of timent, or party bias, realize that respect |cular; you correct misstatements regarding for the law is being seriously invaded, and | your views, and you advance reasons for your the morality cf the community disastrously | line of action. In my view, the only rogret- affected thereby. = poiat about the affair is that in @ county

The Scott Act supporters most unwar- ike Antigonish it should have been necessary rantably assume that the battle to be fought Wonae te te on the 8th inst., is between the advocate | —e "+ Oho of temperance and those of intemperance. : ; : Seung > Se ate iacata Sasuiaunes aoe |'To His Lordship the Bishop of Antigonish, timent is wholly independent of the legis — lative enactment known as the Scott Act. The question to be decided is the utility or the non-utility of a certain law. Men are not to be made righteous by act of parlia- ment. The scope ef legislation is simply to restrict the liberty of the individual to the extent his action is damaging to the community at large, and the means to be adopted are those which suggest themselves as most practical, having regard to the state of society as it then exists.

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Personal.

ies, is in the city on official business. +udge Peters is s»mewhat better to-day. Hon H. L. McDonald is also reported ‘‘a little better.” —_— 2.—anper- §-

Masonic. — The officers of Victoria

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als cannot upon

grounds, nor is the enforcement of such | 5¢°retary B. W. Higgs and Past Master

. Silas F, Hodgson, the latter acting as yenalties calculated to impress upon man- 81 ’ os E eof. i Eee Grand = Marshal. Right | Worshipful

kind the beauty of mercy and loving kind- ness, Yet any sane man will admit that the legislator did right in adopting them, because he had a defiuite aim in view, and had to deal with society as it is, not as it shoul be. So with the Scott Act. The leg- islator’s first consideration should be, not what morality does it teach; but, is it etlicacious in effecting what it was aimed at? Plainly, in our case it is not, and therefore fails in its chief object. And why has it failed? Not so much from any fault in the law itself, but because the community is not ripe for it. A very great number are in favor of the Act in so far as it is directed against the abuse of intoxicants ; but their support of it is but half hearted, for they still hold that the use of them is permissable. I include in this class those who use intoxicants as 4 beverage though they excuse such action as authorized by their medical advisers Now, the Scott Act can only be properly supported by a total abstainer and only en- forced by a community believing in pro- hibition, and, as this class forms a smail minority of our citizens the law however To the Deaf.

gocd in itself is not valuable, foritsenforce-| 4 person cnred of Deafness and noises in ment depends upon its possessing the | the head of 23 years’ standing by a Simple hearty sympathy of the great majority. | Remedy, will send a description of it LkEE to It is useless to here raise the point! any person who applies to N cuorson, 177 whether the use of intoxicants is permiss- | McDougal Street, New York.

able or not. The fact we have to deal | Sep dy law with is that the majority ef iudividuals| aeonnemnenes here believe it to be so. Hence, the true | issue is not prohibition, but the restriction | of the gale of intoxicants. It will be seen, then, that the only wise | and Catherine Ki ig, aged 12 years,

course opento us would be, to adopt aes {Funeral will leave her father’s residence for the best law, but the best obtaia»bie law | ge punstan’s Cathedral at 845 to-morrow which will carry the suppor: of a sufficient | (Wednesday) morning, thence to Roman Cath? majority of the community to secure its en- | olic cemetery. | ™ Communities, like individuals,

Brother, Dr. Geo. A. Baynes, of Empire Lodge, London, Eng., and a number of the brethren of St. Joha Lodge, Nv 1, were present. ‘The officers are as follows: --

W M—Dunean MeLean,

S W—AS Urquhart.

J W—C Howard Dingwell.

Treas-——Jao W M orrison.

Secretary —J R Divison.

S D—Pope Clarke.

J D—D W Montgomery,

S S—James D Taylor.

J S—F Beers.

I G—S Moore.

Ty'er —J Hobbs.

Organist—L B Miller.

Trustee—S F Hodgson.

excellent

to an oyster supper prep:red in the con-

style by Mr. Fred. E. Rowe, at clusion of which there were speeches, songs and recitations. Ali felt that the evening was one of the plessantest the brethren had§passed'together for long time.

DIED.

At her father’s residence, F:tzroy Street, on

four or tive months of unrestricted sale of | *’ Strong Drink, its Use ond intoxicants would, as an cbject lesson, be Abuse 99 weil worth all that it would entail, if by it | : oe

L. MOORE, Barrister-at-Law.

our citizens were thoroughly awakened to! WY F. W.

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relative to his views on the liquor question, so that your readers may be fully able to! understand the meaning of His Lordship’s

reply. Ch’town, Dec. 30, 1890.

S. W. Cranes.

en ——AT THE—— Scott Act Evidence. ¥ —— 2%, 3 Sir,—Is it true that the Guardian is not DIAMGHD =e BOOKSTORE acting fairly in the matter of reporting the evidence given in Scott Act cases; that while ——WILL BE SOLD——

the testimony of some witnesses is given in full that of others is only touched upon, and in some cases omitted altogether. I trust that the report in circulation to this effect is not true. Perhaps the Guardian will let us know whethor it is or not.

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Temperance sentiment necessarily preceded be nect ssary to «aesert and meintain that a the enactment of the Scott Act, which was |b shop hus 4 perfect right to take an inte li- }

aud best | ishould be, as it surely will be, unheeded by |}

they are many and powerful, the Scott Act | choose to hold_ourselves neutral where vital Indeed, | questions are not at stake, but we will never |

undue influence in the cir- | for Sir Johan Thompsen to stand an election. | Edward Hackett, Eeq., Inspector of Fisher- |

Lodye, No. 21, A. F. & A. M., were regul- meeting held last |

: ala ail -: |night, by Most Worshipful Grand Master, bie ee f sha John W. Morrison, assisted by Grand |

city, |

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the 29th inst, Fiorence, danghter of Michael |

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