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The followiuglsthe Resolution eubuilttedlast evening '50,‘. ,(u, ehadlistsuod with ccneluorable patience one. did not wish to go to them for a Maine Liquor by the non. the Attorney General: "4 are to the remarks Gaza;-‘gOhl.t]$II w he w; he wonltll much Esthzruzse lltztll iutioducs another %. 15“ ° ' _. P.-oeeded him; buthemusteoe t . notyet n tuoesuro,nsme y, vote y s I. an aura y, it’ we were tavcsmsfiet fair‘: ‘the «iii; 'b,I:)BO’I§lf):—lI‘: couvia_csd ofthe e_ecsssity of pasls1ing.adlaw he ' h‘iil;it :._he h0tl‘:'C|°I0 ftfllow themhin or: casenwu lpereueqowy bound Mg gngngmg .g,._.¢|,. mg. g.,e,unpesta- tr-alctnlut_oxic_eti'ng liquors‘. h e. b up‘ so Vince; to M Iw kt pm in I e ct er.h ut e ( r_. .) would go“ ‘.1... of . , Mgr geeping speiety .1: its preeenod sfte. u_t ewe: con! n r oo| . ‘pr precedetistpwtoht at country which, as Eng. Liquors, except for medicinel,chomical and mech_an - the the tip: nogearriv. nor padsosiutgopiuc s _aw as ftsumen, rashmcn pa k to tnpn,k_we are ell proud to oelpui-poeee, end the seeredordinanoe of Religion; that. He to disttno yun rs asoastingno o ow. an ewou as , on 00 in over the annals of

end else to prohibit the keeping of such Liquors disps merit upon that noble bend of reformers, the tlint country, whether the advocates 0 this measure could .1.‘ “up, fo, ,5, p,,,.,,.... .1. Sons of cmporancc ; but he must say that, in his estima- point to s sipgle greet statesman who had _given hie name

3,, no". 35...}, . ,......u. time ought to he allowed to tion, the cour::“whtch they wererncw tatipg. in advoce- parhis sa‘nctton to Ital; a measure :1 “III; Not one of

. “'"’".r« ,5. °.,,.m,,;.,.,g .i...fe. ‘rho petitions. ting the imm etc enactment o a pro 1 ry Liquor grsa shtesmen evcrp rcoa _suc ameasnre. erettio House ccsteissdiho signatures an urge nsaitier of the law, was not calculated to promote e cause of Tom - But, foreooth, becatisea fanatical man like Neel Dow or

Inhabitants, whlh sons were l.0°0i'0d 0' I“ °PP°"'° ‘°"d"'°Y He concurred with some honorable members who had spoken, so hr, at least, as r an extension of time, end there was en. in ' which he would wish to make on the minds of lemon. namely. that a serious ctfort should now be suppression of drunkenness. and especially the use of what was commonly designated “White Eye," a liquid which wee doi iucalcnlshla injury, end which. he could not designate way than as a rank and deadly poison. hon. Mr. Macliacisuir wished to be distinctly under- stood. The only reason by which he was actuated in voting against the proposed Resolution was, because the people were not prepuredfhv it. The ple in general had not petitioned in its avour; and he laid it me as a Rule to he guided in a great Isuasure h the wishes of his constituents. The petitioners in fe- voer of th measure. formed but a very small minority of the in- bsbitsnts. end if the prayer of their tition were acceded to, a in amount of Revenue would be out, and iuportaticn would stil continue. Such were the facilities afl'orded by the _ positicnof this Island. that even if the Tratfic were pro ibited, many parties would still continue to import ss heretofore.

Mr. CLARK was surprised to hear the retrterlts that had just fal- len from the hon. member for King's County (Nlr.M‘Eachen_),moro especially as the Return of Duties collected upon ardent spirits in the District which he is esents, wee very small in e H (Mr. Clerk) believed, that if the Act were passed end in opera-

' uantity of spirits would be smuggled then at pre- sent. He wee c opinion. that if the Act were not to come into operation until the yertr I856. the business would b that time be com etely wound up, and the capital hitherto cinp oycd in that way turned into other channels. But even should the law take ect sooner. no great loss would be the result, such would be the saving to the country in time, dtc. At all events, this was no solid argument against a measure of this nature. He was satis- fied that there was no man carrying on any branch of industry in the country but would soon experience greet advantages from the operation‘ of the pro , in the saving of titne and the enter prodnctiveneee end skill of the men in hie employment. is a necessary result of this improvement, a large increase in our imports end exports of really valuable commodities would talte place. accompanied, alter a very few years, by a great end por- msnent increase incur Revenue. | Mr. Yuo was not apprehensive of any loss of Revenue, eris- 1 in from the suppression of the liquor trsflic. Man families were i as ' , end many, within the sphere of is own perso- nal knowledge. (I parted with excellent Freehold Farms, in gra- tify their insatiable love of liquor. Nothing was more in'urious to this country, in hie estimation, than the numerous smal stills which were everywhere springing into existence. Sons were fre- ' usntly known to rob their parents, and servants and apprentices illsir masters, for the purpose of procuring Ii nor at these sets- blishments. He ( Mr. Yeo) had fully tested t a matter in both we I. He had for years abstained entirel from its use. end he he at other times indulged in its hahitua and daily use; he had travelled extensively, both by sea end by land, in England end in America. end he wee convinced, tltet he was never better able to transact hie business then w he never tasted intoxicating liquors of any ltind. At such tirues he felt that he could go through hie business end return to hie home much better satisfied then when he had pursued an opposite course. He thought, hon. rnsmbers need not be afraid of c ending their constituents by de- priving thorn of rum. Mr. Gore said, that if the passing of u prohibitory Law would prevent drunkenness, the sooner they passed it the better. For is part. he felt proud in recording his vote in favour of the Reso- lution before the Committee; and he felt sat’ ed that if carried out, it would confer greater gpcd upon the country, then any other measure that had been touched within the walls of that

House. He tho ht, the House ought to anticipate the wants of _.

theccnntry; end e. for one, was not afraid to go bnck to his constituents alter supporting a proposition of this nature.

r. MecLuon. last summer. gave hie Constituents to under- dand that he was in favour of this measure, end whet wee the result? He wee returned at the heed of the Poll. (Hear.)

Mr. Buss wee led to rceivc that a Reporter was in the desk. He u not as why the Re rter was not in hie place last evening. Hod the Maine w been in opera- tion here, hie wife would not now, in_ all probabtltty,_bo found at home almost heart-broken, whilst_ he was making a beast of himself. As re ed the Liquor Trefic, or otherwise-suppose there were but from five to ten mer- chants to be found throughout the Island, to purchase the farmers’ surplus rk, butter, oats, barley, potatoes, &.c.. for exportation. ch a state of things would a great disadvantage to the farmer. There being but little compe- tition amon t the bu are. the Farmer would obtain ut very low prices, for w at he had part with. The great- er the number of persons engaged in _tbe purchasin of ag- ricultural produce the better would it be for the armor. I Were there but from five to ten merchants in the Island, having such an assortment of goods for sale as the farmer required, the latter would have to pay a much higher price therefor then he now does. The greater the number_ of merchants. the better for the farmer. The same doctrine would hold good with reference to tradesmen, such as shoe- makers, blaoksniiths, wheelwri hta, saddlers. &«c The more there were the better. An if the Liquor Traflic be e useful Trefic, the same doctrine would hold ood here also. lfit be for the neral good that there shoul _ be top distil- leriss on the I and, would it not be better still to increase the number to one hundred! end if it be for the cncral that there should be it hundred licensed overns throughout the Island, would it not be much better if there were a thousand such places! Surely, if these establish- ments were. at all,tbe more we have of them the better. But where wee the men to he found who would advocate

the whole train must be a bed one, t rid of the better. He thought sup ted b the country in com- ing to the Resolution before thzrm. that an extension of ‘the time wee quite uncalled for. i _

"'M.s.‘Dsvtm said he wee happy to rceivc that. there wee so fair a t of the pea or of the Petitioners. then I ing on tde tm, being ;_ Ind 110 '10 W9 m " would now brin forward a Bill for that purpose. Ifthey did so. they ehou have his sup . . _ .

Eon. Mr.Wnst.air said, if he maintained hie tactturnity much lon r, hie conduct might be misrepresented out of doors. is bad, for the last hour, been debating with

1 d previously formed of letting the matter as wnizolutornesiark from him. But there appea to a degree of nucleation coun th this matter which

this course next to impcssiblmmlt we: ilk; thswsethsr nwhiclievsrypsrsoncou open an units, or rope: the observations of others. as trusted“

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° hesitation, state the grounds of hie objection to th

upon their ' to retard then to fcrwa

respect for the bod generally, that there was evidently

a great amount of naticiem connected with their mo_ve-

mcnts in this matter, end perhaps an overweenin desire for political influence. When he recollectsd that t econ-

sideraticn of this measure had been staved of from day to

itit professed friends end advocates in that llouee

day b , they lhroibly reminded him of the timidit of a bride, when

first approaching the nu tial couch ; an he could not but express hie surprise at t c evident reluctance with which they a proacbed this subject, notwithstsndin the pro- mises, th publicly end rivatsly given, the ad Illttit with reference thereto. me honorable gen omen would make it appear that the had no fear 0 any counter expression of public opinion, and had dwelt upon the number of Petitions presented to the House as a most convincing er ument in favor of the law pra fo For hie part, even ad every elector in the Island attach hie name to those Petitions, unless he were convinced that the measure was right end politic, he would 0 se it with ell hie might, end he would, without the s ightest e mea sure. The various arguments advanced b those hon. members who had preceded him, might be c seed under the following beads :-

1. Evils to individuals.

2. Loss to the Revenue.

3. The example of other countries.

4. The numerous Petitions belore the llouee.

He would reverse the order end take It the last first. it had been stated that there were over 5, si stores a pended to the Petitions then lying on the Tab e of the

ouse, comprising those of men, women end children. These numbers bore, he thought, no roportion to the mass of the pppulstion. “But,” said one hon. mem- ber, “althoug it is true, that these numbers bear no proportion to the mass of the population, yet, when it wee found that the remaining portion of the inhe- bitants had not sent in a single adverse Petition, the House was fully justilied in viewing those who had not petitioned as being favorable to the measure.” e wee surprised to hear such an argument advanced, especi- all h the hon. and learned member for Gear town (. r. Haviland)—a ntlemen whose real or the rights and privileges of t e inhabitants, was, doubtless, highly appreciated. Because a large prolpirtion of the inha ihnts had not petitioned the gislaturo against the Maine Law, was it theroforcto be inferred that they were in favor of the lew! Such an idea ought not to be entertained for a single moment. He must con- fess, however, that when he heard hon. ntlemen advanc- ing arguments of this flimsy nature, in so port of the measure, he could not divest himself of t e idea, that there must be other end ulterior objects in view, so re and apart from those which were more obvious end ap- parent. He thought, too, that there might possibly be, on the rt of some hon. gentlemen, rather too much deference paid to popular clamour in end about Charlotte- tewn. although. in expressing this opinion, it wee uite possible that he might difl’er widely in opinion from ti.

ntlemen on both sides of him. Hon. gentlemen were well aware that althou h the Bill might pass that House ' doubtless would—it would not pass in the other and of the Building. But what was the tenor of the Resolution before the Committee? it is expedient to prohibit by lew,” &c., (See Resolution.) This was, he thought. cntircl , a matter of opinion—e matter of belief, possibly, wit the boys and girls, men and women who had si nod the Petitions; but before legisluting on a measure 0 this im rtance, the House ought to be ' possession of somct ing more solid and substantial then the mere belief of these parties. Before attemptin force a law of this nature upon 75,000 inhabitants, t ey ought to be in possession of something more weight then the more belief of Mr. So-sud-so. or of such-an -such per . ° ° ° ' " The example of other countries had also been referred to. It was not, bowever,quito cor- root, as had been stated more than once in the course of debate, tlietslaw similar to that pro to introduced here had been passed by the Ligis aturc of Nova Scctis. Such a Bill had, it was true, been introduced into the House of Assembly by Mr. Johnston, but it had gone no further, for it had boenlost there, on a division, by a ma.’ rity of one. luded to by hon. gentlemen when advocating this measure, having himself travelled through a great pert of that state, some time since, his way to etch, he could a with perfect confidence when he sfiirmed that the provisions of the law had not been carried out, even there, and that it was far from being true that intempersnce had been driven out ofthe country. He. however found thcrcuvice quite as detestable as that of drunltenncss—ths vice of lying. tricltety and deception, in every shape. and much as he deprecated the loathsome vice of drunltetincss. these were and ought to be much more severely condemned and depre- ted. And as to Massachusetts, there wee not a State in the American Union where the total disregard of the Law had been so openly and unblushingly manifested as in that state, and he ventured to sflirui that if hon. gentlemen would talte a trip to the States, a short walk through the streets would convince them that abundant proof of the most shameful disregard of the law could everywhere he obtained without the slightest difliculty. When, recently. he had occasion again to pass through the State of Maine. he observed that liquor was as freely drunk there as ‘on any former occasion. Yorli, too, had been cited. But there. again, the act was not in cper:ition,for. after passing both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Governor lisd vetoed the Hill. and, in doing so, had given sundry very cogent and valid reasons therefor. He (Mr. Whelen) thought many ofths statements in the Rev. Mr. Narrawsy’s tore at the Temperance H.all tolcrably correct, but his conclusions were. decidedly, not well drawn. Here the Hon. gentlemen read a lenghty extract from a ew York psper, embracing Governor Seymour’s Reasons for vstoeio the Liquor ill, and the editor's comtnents thereon) e (Mr. W.) might. did time permit, quote many other extracts to the same purport as the foregoing. but, at that late hour. he would not eteisths Cotuuilttes by doing so. ltwss a subject. doubtless. is which great

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tics man in ew York had done follow their example and tread in their footsteps! ' ° ° '' e loss of Revenue had also been a varied to. He (Mr. W.) ll-enkl acknow- ledged that he did not oppose the measure on t c ground of the loss that would accrue to the revenue from a mea- sure of this nature. He oppo it solely on its own merits. He opposed the measure because he believed it was wrong per so; but he was prepared also to shew that it would sad to bad results. It had been argued that the capital now am loycd in this business would direc into other e annols: but it was easy to rceivc that that could not be done immediately. Stil he did not consider the anticipated loss to the revenue an insu- perahle objection. He thought, however, that it was in- cumbcat upon the mover in this matter to provide some means of meeting that deficiency. " ° ' a topic he should notice was, the evils resulting to indivi- duals and to society from the Liquor Tra c. t was far from his intention to plead any excuse for the drunkard. He re rdod drunkenness as an oflbnce both against the law 0 God and society-as one of the most disreputable ofisnccs a man could be ilty of—e. vice which the Logis- lature should undoubted y use all proper and legitimate means to repress and punish—yet he could not believe that the measure before the Committee presented the best mode of doing so. He could not, fora momcnt,admit the propriety of passing a law to suppress the whole trafic in intoxicating liquors, sim ly because there were a few black sheep amongst us. a to those drinks being

isoncus, if that were true, they must, he thought, be very slow poisons indeed! And he was as fer from be- lieving that society had attained so thoroughly demora- lixcd a cute as to require the passage of sumptusry laws, as that it was necessary to as a law to prevent a men from kissin his wife on a Sunday! All such Laws, if seed, wou d very speedily have to be erased from the tatute Boo . be present state of society is, it would be la:.nfiitted, vastly dilfcrent from what it was but a century drinkin be its and customs of the present day. it mustbo admit ,ooutruated mostfavorably with the drouthy habits of our progenitors, only a quarter of a century ago, when no man was considered rospocbsblo, unless he was three-bottle man, and was genorall carried home from a cerouse on a shutter. He (Mr. .) thought we ought to be satisfied with this progressive improvement, and the exertion of those glorious influences which had al- ready wrought such wonderful changes, without attem t- in%t:t 'vo them a sort of go-cart, in the shape of an ct ofurr

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. H. Barium) said there had not been a Session of the Le 'slaturs, for man years. durin some part of which on. members he not attempted, in a certain sense. to make men virtuous by Acts of Parliament; the

to parties who raised this ob‘ tion could not surely mean

what they said. One on. gentleman opposed this measure because be deemed it an unconstitutional Act. Surely it could not be deemed unconstitutional to take up any subject and pass any Act calculated to improve the morale of the community. Another objection was upon the circumstance, that the Law, in those places where it had been tried, had not been carried out in its integrity. But be (Mr. Haviland) did not care if its porovislens were openly violated in every State. It would their duty, if the princi le were adopted era, to render the law so explicit an so to frame its enactments that it should not bcevuded. He gave the hon member (Mr. Whelen) credit for sincerity when he said that even if all the constituencies of the Island were in favor of this measure, he would vote against it. [Mr. Whclan here explained more clearly his meaning on this point.] Mr. Haviland said he was glad to hear the explanation just given, for the News per which that hon. gentleman conducted a peared to hold very dificrent opinions, when ppeuking o the hon.membors for the first district ing's County (Messrs. Mclilechcn and Macgowan.) ‘Hon. Mr. Whclan: ‘ But I did not say, that if I dilfercd tom A'a A I I)

my _ “' 'itmy dutytoresign.'] With respect to the authorities quoted by the hon. ntle- men, he would only say. ‘net then, that be (Mr. .) was fully prepared to dovotai them with others, of at least equal weight, of pnito an opposite tendency, but time would not admit 0 his doing so ; and with respect to the hon. ntleman’s observation, to the cflect that even if in that House, it would not obtain the sanction of “ the other end of the Building,” he would but just remark, that if that hon. member coul stand up and authoritatively declare that such was the fact, the sooner the second Branch of the Legislature was swept awe and an elective Council, as in the United States. chosen in its stead, the better would it be for the people of this lslund. They would then cease to be the miserable cbstruotives they are at present.