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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

lslderabie merit. but lacked energy land 11m wit: to work 11s b11111 u" be 111113111. lf his willingness to work 111111 1111-11 euuar to 111s 11t..111c.111u capacity. he might have become u -1111111 of considerable powcr and lu- lhucnce. 11c “‘:1.- u “well-rend 111111. gird luiesionaiciy’ tond 111' 111111;l1-. lit-

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11» 1111 .11111.t j11r1111 11nd c11t1-rt11i11i11g t-om-‘oiher 1111111 111111 ‘uppczirctl 111 1111s

flime like 11 10111111. 111 1111: Juuiuialis- 1: 11ky~l rcf1-r 1o 1111* 111-v l icplicu G. Lawson. H1- “'11s 1-r11i 111 1111111c, 11111 :1 'l‘o1y in

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1l1~‘\\‘$p11[\t"'l with 1111" 11\"o\\"1*1t ohjcct 1111' aching 1111* \\"Jl'ltl right. 111- “'11s ggoiug" to 111 politics 11.111 make 1:111 mcu C111 n1: nccordl11g to his 11111111132 1111 wasn't lining o1 work until he 1ii~11-o\"c1"1\11

§‘"1"ot'11 11" as 11w other. 11nd that 1111* '1"hu1"1-l1 he :11l111-rc1l 111 woul1lu‘t 111l-

poli|i1-.~; 111111 “'11: 1111 activc 1-1111111-11111111 111111 1111111 11111111111013: he “'11s hcrc t0 him when 111* thundorcd pion 111 Fouietiuraiion, the Railway, 1l1*.rot1-d 111111111-1-1" 111' 111111. llurid and 111i 1111- 1111-111=111'e.- instituted by 1111111-11. 1111'. L:1\\".~"o11 \\1i.\' u \‘cr_\‘ thc (1)11.<1-1~v1111'~.~1; party, M11 Mc- 1.11101" puhlicupcukci" but he \\‘1l>‘ :1

Ncill 11 11,-; not 11 polished writer. lie paid 111111» 11111 ntion 111 the Titles of

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thing 111* 111111 to say in a careless and perhaps r111her slovcnly munn~ er. 11111 he po>11c11se11 1111t1rl11g "it and splcndlt] speaker. 111s

ready t'low oi’ nuguage made l1i111 a vnluablc acquisition ut political galhcrings. H11 onjoyed u joke, and while not a humorist in any senor. 11nd still the. facility of producing 11 laugh when he so d1:- sircd. idew 1111-11 hud greater power 01' inrcctiru. 111111 11111ny un oppon ent was 11111110 to wince liitdcr it. Z111". .\-i “N's-ill “us one 11f my carlicsi teaciv-rq, 11m! nlthouizh he often 111111111011 1111- without gloveu. yct he was 2111 uitublc- 111111 agrccnblc 111 tinars thut he airways occupi=1l a promincnt 1113')" 111 my affections.

1 hnvc 11 1li~1i11c1 recollection oi‘ a merting that was 011111: held In the old .-\ih1"1111-211111 1o 111111-1111» 11 quwtiou ut "BQllcP terms" thnt h111l horn oitcrr 11 1111- l~1111nd 11y the l)o111i11i0n (l11\"111'1-1111-nl. Mr. '\l1-.Nci1l and the party to which 111* belonged “W-re- 111 furor 01' accepting 111-3111. H011. L. ll. Dorie..- 111111 tho Mbernls \\'1,l‘€? 1111051111 to thcui. Both parties 1-111111-11 1111111" ion-es- for the occur ion. After several l1ot speeches Z111". McNeil] =111cc1"01i1:1l in gaining the platform. l-le hogan by roast» ing" the uutis in his best style. He at length paused 111111 said. “l will 11o“- usk you uuti-coufetleraton n question. Arc there any terms that c1111 11c offered that yo11 \\"ill accept?" 'l‘h1-.-ro “'11.: no answer. Everything “"1111 m silent 11s a gravcyaiwi. Raining his vnicc again he rvpcatctl the question: “Are thcre any terms which can be 11f1'1*.1"1:1i 111111 you will accept? l paint.- for 11 reply." Silence again rcigncd. And then in louder tones than ever he thundered. “Ah, ye dumb dogs!" This expression set one hull‘ of the 1101190 in the wild- rest rage and the other half roar- ing 11nd shouting. The uproar be- came so great that the meeting had to 111- adjourned without coming to rm’ rote 01' the 1111121111011.

1'.11out this period there vrere puhlishtul nt (‘harlotiotown The Exanniuei". 01111151] 11y p_ R_ “Qwers; Th1: lsl1-1111ier. 01111.01] by the gme Judvc W. 11. l’op1-; tin- Putrinh p; 110:1 l). 111111-11; "‘hr- Urn-app by Edward ltnilly, ti) Shortly Mtnr. Tht- lslzintlor h“ n11 the pro~ D6111’ 11f M1". A. E. liit-Dougqp Wm, 111'. .lo.~1 F. ltrcnnun r11 oditorr The Herold pagned over to Prob-psor- Caron 111111 Tho Exnmincxr t.o W. L. Cotton, 121111., Mr. Bowers then es- tablishrri The New 11m, nnd- the Emu-rend Stephen (l. Lawson appeared above, the journalistic horlu-n with The Presbyterian. Whr-n Mr. Laird wan appointed uow-rnor of the North Went Territory, Mr. Hcnry Lawson suc- cecdcd him a9 editor und publisher of Tho Patriot.

O11 the death of Mr. Edward Ricliy. Professor John Gavan be- camo editor of The Herald. The Professor was n native of Scot- land and n recent arrival at that. He wns a ripe scholar and u versatile writer. Hie longer articles, however. were better adapted for the magazine than for the ordinary newspaper. He was a fine logiciou, a careful thinker, and many ofjiitt‘ productions were conspicuouc for their vigor and eruditlou. Moreover,

' he wielded n aurcnatic pou when he

chose to indulge in that rein. which. undertbc p _ of party excitement. no uométt 111a. Yet one nMta brightest ornaments who uotwitwudigdiugmenlleg; It'll:- illbln r6hﬂl___OlI,ll;-Q ' In an "hi! offfouj’! ' kitten.” He enjoyed o Joke and actually 11120110110111 1101111 piece of nun.

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pain-111 side by 1,1110. 81111111111165 we s11“- eyc 1o tye, 111111 somctimcs we 11111 not. When we 11111 “e \\'cl"£* 11s sociable {lg lovers; when we didn't 1111* quurrclicd like strange cuts. Now thiit our fighting is over, and he has gone 111 join 1111* “grout majority, i desire to g0 on record 1111 testifying to his nobility of oul 111111 honesty 01' pnipose. l .1111-.1\ thought he “'11s a 1l1111g1-rn11s .1111u. i1ut whcn 1 saw his attach- ment to his houn- 111111 tzuuiiy. 111111 lore 1111" childrcu. l hue“ h»: could not 11c 11 111111 mun.

H0 prized a good hook above rubies 11nd riches. His style o1‘ ivritiug “'11s elaborutc and graceful. racy 11nd 111111111111. but ticither liftfllﬂlllilfl} vigorous 11or original. 13111 111= 1111111 unquestionably one of 1111.- most "prolific cdltorial writers .11 the hlaritlme P1‘0\'ll1t‘l*S. ills mukc-up wus intellectual rather than spiritual. l-lc possessed nn ex- traordinary cntizicity for litrnry drudgery. and “'11s never huppier thunhrhcu poring over a bundle o1 nxchnnnes-i. . . . Mr. l‘. ll. llmrers pluycd 11 rather i111pu1't1111t_p11rl iu l’1"inc1- Edward 1.1111111] 1011111111151“ in my tiny. I 1111- dcrstnn1l 111111 111- went 111 lire in Nevriouutilund. Ho was at one period Printer to Her hialesty the Qurcn. which iznre him some stnndy 111g in the community, and he sought to take. advantage of it by running for the Legislature on two occasions. 11111 “"1111 defeated euch 1111111. .

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He never trdublcd hiuuelf with

{his pltillipirs against others. 1111'. Lausou was :1 simzulni" 120111110111111. Ho. was nurci 10 understand. Hi.» convictions were sincere,- but he took a strnrgc wny‘ to impress them on others. lie 111111 no 10m for Catholic-innit. and yet his bent friend; were (‘111110111-5. lie wun u faithful disciplrvoi‘ John Calvin. and it‘ he had been present when‘ that 01111 gentlemen b11rned Servctus. he would huve stood by 11nd joined in singing. "Praise God from whom uli blessings flow."

Mr. Lawson was a larue mun. powerful n111l couragcous. Physic- 111ly. he was 11 prodigy; intellectu- nlly a curiosity and rcligiotisly n co11u111lr111r1. Although 11o‘ would pursue n political rlrnl with nn un- relcutiuiz §r~r0rit_v. yet he “"1111 r-vt without the “milk of human kind- ness." He believed in “muscular Christianity‘ and looked upon every 1111111 who opposed him a5 ‘fan enemy." Some one insulted him at nubile meoting. and the lute (‘hicl Justice H9001 niterwurd Said lo him 111 the way of a joke.

"Mr. l1nwson. l am stirprisetl that 11 big mnn like you would take that lnstilt."

"Well." replied Stephen, “if it were not for the love of G011 in my heart 1 would hare put r1 holc through him in a 1111011111."

O11 anothcr occasion, when n political mcctlitg was hcld in the Ulgg Schoolhouse, liir. _ William Welsh. afterward a member of Parliament. pirbliciy pledged him- selfio whip Mr. Lawson when he-re turned to Charlottetown. if he did not retract u certain statement which he made through his paper. Mr. Lawson heard of this threat

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Mr. Welsh. As soon as he got back Mr. Lawson went over to Mr. m“ “m” w“! mum"? In" PM" wemfs omce and “m. mtnence as p writer, 111111 good 1111. v “Mr. Welsh, 1- hear that you "mud “ewapaper “m” pledged yourself, at u. public meet- - , ' 1mg 111 Uiga. to whip ma‘: 1.11111 11ml‘ WQM-A“ s MNGERWS 1°" retract a certain state ent which , uppcuretl in the Preubytérian, Nuw.l Katherine Nemm- U‘ """-"*~‘ ("'1' sir. I wluh to inlorm you that l whgme Bammgs mm l“ huh “s. $30 have no retructfou to make and that a ‘my’ l“, °°“”ld“"‘“1_ "“*’ "l ‘he [you Wm névm. have a better 09pm“ mostcxpert welders 111 1111- lulled mum’, m beg“, your whipping States. Mrs. Nelson, 11>- 11 1111110 11.1111 r11tl1'"11 thuu now. You can draw “lint-Ben Yeﬂrs "B91 it“ _"\‘li 1'11’ "iii" ‘your whip 11nd strike me on one 9111711913“ [rude ‘by "B1111 4 11H i111!- chetzk them i will turn the other to “and l" u" Emu?!” - "he" h“ you. but when that is struck l shall (‘@111 she 419"!“ 1'1 5"“‘~‘"| "$5 °" have complied with 11m command an ocenn liner. Eventunlly .-i11-\1~1=111 oi‘ Scripture and thcn it will be "let l0 the liuitcd States. s111- 11111111111111 sup the (logs o; wary» 11 machinists job in 1111- 1-‘.~r112 1111111 Mr. Welsh 11111 11111 11111111 11 best “Y 511°!” l" -'*’-'*"»* (“Y m“

to carry out this "went um‘ mﬁileurneti welding 111 111-r 111111 1110- bume “may 11101118, and about thrct- _\"1~11r.- ago

As n writer, 1111-. Lawson u-uwﬁoblnined restllm" e1111>i1>.\'111r1Ii_wit" rough und vigorous. Theré was no a ‘biz weikiins compiuu. r111- 11. $0 polish 111 his sentences and 110111" 8B l8 KIIOWIM 111901"! ""1111" l" order of symmetry in his style. it "IE 00111117)’ 79911111111)‘ Plwlillrli "i was s1rong,rough~—hewn and bitter. 1181' trade. She i5 ffvilllrlltl)‘ 111111111 11c trau- not particular in the choice on fo1- Jobs which 1111121 11111-1- 1l1*c1d- of his language but generally used e11 11's too difficult 111' 111111-401111115; the first word that uoctu-red to 111:1 in tunnels and ships, 1111 1111111:

mind. I do not know that 1 would towwrru- anywhere 111111 111-11- critlciso Mr.Lawso11 in this munn- where.

er if I lived 111111 11i1n. but at this distance it is a safe undertaking; Her Order

therefore i speak freely. He: Why did you 111l\"i.~1* Miss

When I concluded to leave the Roberta to go abroad 111 $111M Island for good 1 sold the Argue to 11111810? You know sh1- h:1< no 1111911!- the Examiner. then managed and Him: Yes. llrnowmhut llivt- nrXi edited by W. L. Cotton, Esq. who at door to her! '

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