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Li's : : TS aa yee ' Rt : de A ——— ‘harm, last they should lose their Lite, | society are proauctive rice mpey | cnwaeten ‘ rad : oi | sonal. ” he sottled ax recommended in | estate hed umdergene i investigation, (hes ought ¥ Sprietors against the tenauts, and have | have een found to ve 1m ae ni » inebriates from the error t rid wie land qviestion Was io slave sv b on fit to stand any investigation by n jury tr any c Government coutrary to the politica! | bave nod had the effect of (art 1B a. wi ° tue lospatch—* an equitable arrangemen . se Dut the Attorney General admits, that be made no inv nunity : of their’ ways, and’ Guat therefore a pro! itory ‘aw — : k bat the most popu’ar nrea fy the Pslomi al —e a | gation of the titles of the Worrel estate; his report ax to “" WILLIAM COOPER. | passed. 1 will ask the hon. member for Charlonatowe be, mn ie never givew amy hopes.of an eschext to Cistr Sone Cle San Mall ain a mers | supporting such antarguamcut, he meats Toray that lwodtive : y hid Jearned.all fhe’ old despatches, rasonizemy 64 9 »'Ehe conditions of setthment in ail the grants are the} Co ir hae a oe a fraction, and! a very stuall fraction of the commun! {+ ail? e : vr pers and a gaits’ the tenantry. mr ir cD forthes usual conditions, ard being known to the Government, L have te cn, foalonial £eqislature. Soe ok*will aioe vofrain Shee oh Taal indulmotise ttf : c ould give them the :e: so i ff lege Ti xy deemed if unnecessary to advert to theur jn the foregoing) adh ieee oad spirituous liquors, therefore we are to pass a law placing not’ ‘ 5 it Cowu an vs at tuan the Usurpers1he:s seer: oe ne : ” | cartel aL LA LEA AA AL LIA : ee } -hole uni ior) ae Be ens load from. the uzun; as at a.price tiat they | 2 atyact. ; | nny = pore 7 afroets | THE MAINE LIQUOR BLLL. tht wae mene but Ti = ie ety ye weeny of ot ‘ , , . 11) vt. ond gel} it again to the| lar GY y has said that th : { , ti | ; whom are men ot strict j temperaic ha vi 8, Or e | 00 ie on AY TIE eer as a1! teh dell tel to the Go-| the well-beitig’ of the people tore than anything ed 7 Weonespay, April 4, ing? Phe majority of the people of the Island: are nob i's people at | pA tin Pivot sae ant t Government grants declare the forfeiture; amd the fust..200-a8 er | "at nad last drunkards, nor are the majority of mankind; and I for yp ' 4 4 Creare Xs ali (hen taev Wi ” { a tire pe “a as j a cd a the al requires the titles to be investigated ’ but as ae (Cqntuner from cour last.) will not conscuit by vote of mine to nut the two classes ona : cake ys sub’ wonte, Government knew all that, it wes en 7 sa tai 1 Mr. Larnp.—Mr. Chairman, the hon. member for nee: level—to place the sober and respectable man in the Safe f owe ; - th eo li all the neupie, it. ‘To enable you to judge for yourselves in gu ? eerie | Tottetowr has certainly made an able and eloquent oad | position as the’worth!ess druakard. 'There is one point in . Sai v aud oan re hey oc - pus sg co ‘nsert below the thirtieth section ¢ f the K ye nstrac ee ‘and L do not dispute his assertions ; but his resolution wn this matter worthy of” consideration, namely the loss of the sin BE Koop tengse. VES OB | eee ny opty of the Jast | It is mot a dese'tful despatch from Dowsing peters SF ri oT | not, ia my opinion, cure the evil. The remedy he proposes revenue, Which would bethe result of prolithiting the im” oe at suea Ogirp2t: 25 " Th i ry Ril mae a tol . | of usurpers ; it is Her M ijesly the (ue hi é Instructions wiver falls stort of the disease, I do mot intead to make a speech portation of liquors. Whe public ‘agcouais shew thot last pateh+ rary ‘0 i . ¥. BON Pr re" Oct Karl: her court at Windsor to the Governors of her Colonies, and —but I will move a short resolution. It is unnecessary sor ear we received from that source nearly £12,000. The d cod sy tot 1e : Jers ot me pm al tana ae the is as fullows:——* Tt bc ing of the greatest importance 60 ee |me to go throug!y the able appeal the hou. member has made, friends of the proposed law may: philzntkrophieally exclaim - Org eee a Ae oiled th * litical and | service and the welfare of our plantations, unt justice bey nt I will move this resolution ;— --* What is the revenue in comparison with the public’ ouese(t'eme of tnat question affected tne be , 7 (nes every where speedily and duly administered, and that all dis-| Resolved, Phat no spirituous Fquors be manufactered, imported, or morals ? Why trouble our heads about’ pounds, shillings’

soe'al well-heing of the communtty.

Sunth, wor the Currency, nor the Tenants ns PF

vmprovem nts; Mo, ner Ls ®is for 1 ree rh

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tension of tac Hleciive Franch'se, that aifected (h

It was the landed tenures,—and to find out |

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i ul rey meant by the at led . ala i i. | do likewise yer vs of the ten years agta-| © se |}

I Mpensat i n for

Mae orders, delays and other undue practices m the adn ‘ton thereof be effectually prevented: We do particularly require you to take especial care that at all courts where yeu are authorised to preside, justice be impartially uduiinistere

and that in all courts established withir Prinze Edward, judges and other persons therein concernee form their several duties without delay or

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. ‘ : v ‘ ’ was instructed to reler to tae pape Fle stt fer 2? . Shinada om er Majesty's iastructions to her Go-| ‘om af! af which related to the ferfeiture of the lands; and! partiality.” Such are Wer 3 oe he grants of this} t on, a4 4% Walch Telaticu ' } Then we niust bear in min l that the gran so

tror if Goyernor Daly had tn-| pene, ‘ iis Island were t to have exnosed his Islan let e | property | Council, and were not intended to make British subjects ten

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- fants, but for a Gi were not introduc

‘¢ looked mueb be fof sach matters, and nm

: art ear ee ae mt the ** vabidity of the tities to Janae d proy :

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in this Islond.

: SE eat thn yd, of’ nasties cannnl be altered, evs rs : pa Eurl Grey . 5 tac Tig. t a I tu oF >) ¥* oe but \ Pf ited, and the grants to be roid and of no € fiect. ‘| ben,

vw 9: ere te » Pre re? } » i y e t Lilt 4 ~~ ~ i * ° wie . dy an conitaile arrenzeucnt. We will ag , nvestigation of such titles, |

‘arain, the Purchase Bill for the 1 uch titles received Her Majesty’s confirmation by au order in Counet { a-halfago, and Earl Grey’s despatch, from

1, is only about four years old, while the y read, to invalidate

then we wi!!l demand and insist that their rgats, 1 they bays any richts, shall be ascertained by au iuvestigation of | ss; and if they bive uo ts, we have a right to

? P : . a’ 2 cial ine he make then refund their ill-gotten gain, especially since the

about a year av: which ¥ have quote: despatches which the Colonial Seeretar

Sates ate! viat taer ti rigs

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made in like manner by an order of the King in|

erent class of persons; and as such persons | ed or settled, the lands are deelared to be

| near my own views on the subjcet—but it had better be put

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} sold in this Island, after Now, Sir, this ifcoming to the point, and all who want te ‘a , a oa P . _— m : eG au ae sa for or tient ; _ in grappling: — — ip | SRFOw, EPCS, SES eee eae ike this, we don’t want declamation—we want’ facts. Tho then send it aboat to ede af agree rhe traffic in liquors is as legitimate as the traffic in‘any thing Se ae 'else—it is nearly as ancicot as the traffic in any thi he the last fifteen years. I jomed the temperance body, and | +) i. as ae as any branch of trade ever faneath call continued with them three or four years—but I found a the oldest, most enbightened, most civilized, and ‘naar many hypocrites among them, a good many who woul ‘\y,, | countries of the universe, permit it to be carried on, and to” ‘between Saul and David (Laughter.) And IT say, Mr.! jake it the source of a large revenue. For the followers of ' Chairman, that no honest advocate for total os can! Neal Dow to say that the trade is taiied Mithote oppose this resolution ; they ve eT profess to ese | pregate, does not prove it 0. aeneul iuaehale “ : Se Cadinemed the resolution pro-| re: — — nor it “ not the oe that - at en ee pine ‘fault—it is the frailty of those who eannot subdue their t > e re y . « aie :

posed by the hon. member, a3 an amendment, comes pretty | vicious propensities—and who often, from beitig great drunk > jards, become for a time great temperauce orators,—and be- as a rider to the Bul. a a al cause they, and many others like them, think there is a pro- Mr, Cooren.—I have listened, Mr, Chairman, very atten- bi jity of relapsing into their old habits, they would faiu

and pence, when virtue and sobriety are at stake?” This is* ll very fine for simulated patrivtism—it is an excellent.

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. 3 : eee iba .-] Grey aaYs 7 l tively yi yttctown, who has certain- | - . ‘: : Li La had warning from Earl Urey. Karl trrey ? Ws a ai ih Roval Auth ity above, is from ten to twenty | tively to the hon. aw = 9 A rf ‘ W Hite N | fasten the door oi the hotel and public hvuse agatust sober ” ~ } ’ ! oe the Gl, é > IVE . ‘ ‘ ae - ° ‘ 2a YW ’ ‘t ‘ ¢ > > . . 1” ne soti-factory arralzement sit nld mow take pi ri CBE 4 i i Potts Te Baha te hewn Laiabdl by Respon- ly made a very forcibie appeal on ona b the pe hd kas C people as well as against themselves, ‘Abolish the trafie : y ” - . ‘ — “s “Pars Id. 2 g es » abla ii u ue . j ¥ oat 1a hun & « 7 ‘ » > ‘ c z a os ny This was sail four yezrs ago, and you have a right to de- | yea = ¢ ees ' (TL Md ics tes gad enon ‘man doubts his sincerity in advocating t ae € . een | in liquor,” say the enthusiastic followers of Nea! Dow, “ bes 1 » 46 ° . : ‘ . Yon s1Di 6] vyernimenb ¢ u c rnS VACA ) CS, i | " , amnt 1 a y ave . . . ae + - mand of the Government why th’s arrangement has not PA a - tan sented v the Law | UTse! to a lopt, -and T entirely agree were to the ex cause its continuance leads to: drunkenness.” WHat if it I ’ 4 +] spity of such despatehes, and in violation of the Law| "© -s . 1 . 1 } : ioe authority Of sucn espa Ces, ANG i iO. : a : tent of the evils arlsing from the traffic In liquor. I know j ; d k : Bey . h A eee . | 2 : guade; it was due three years ag. + ¢. a. land Roval Instructions, has taken’ upwards of £20,000 of| © ig arising te I ay t aleo | eo runkenuess carries with it its owa punishment, an ft . of . ‘ ta trie e cis- | ane wove : C >, bak as os ° os . 2 Si . also | aa . ° . . TT Se BEARS . WHS. 2074 PU SIUM winder Tpit | th blie money to satisfy Pope and other persons for land nothing eae by Reena na a : saates . | cannot legally or constitutionally be noticed by the govermny U ; eine ‘ : ait inl ne publie & satis thet . oT a ae « eteanen , al. ‘enders S > ’ " » .* . - , obeying his instructions, let us suppose how he w ould aerend | oa — : eae sie or proof that they had any state that the situation of the Island renders it impossi ‘ °| power, unless it interferes with the rights of others, Wa i his conduct. He could prove that he passed the Parchase | ¥! mes on 38 it = J he £0 4 : nm the Worrel estate| prevent the importation of it. On our shores a boat can land at) have no more authority, and should have no more authority t ames oe i : ; , + pe ig peelye It; 3 1@ tens ry upo st estate | i Be alias } ; : . . ‘ ill, which was to investigate the titles of land; and if upon | Ve ut to recelye | : an : ” - ot = tat hathieiliaas ‘almost any place; and I would ask what would be the expense | to punish the drunkard than we have to punish the glutton, a : . ftod take the | nave ‘ a ngage to pay thelr Soares i 7s) 2 a a : . - ; j ss " ° : : t such investigation they were proved to be forfeited, fake the | oie ee : a Pa a i med ‘over aaais 60:F bemand'’ of guarding our eoasts, so as to prevent the illegal importa ‘unless either or both invade some acknowledged right or pri- } ° - 1 : ' rnMears * Ful teres . y F rhe ve i i ? i j ot \ , +A: ir ° . . vil . Jand by escheat, instead of purchasing land from usurpers ; | ¥th intere t, . hey will be turn : ’ : ot 7 a 3 ba | tion ? Hfow could you prevent American fishermen smuggling vilege of the others in th: conmuauity, L.ankenness per se } ae : ° al um stp im teed | Ot. MaLsy:s: SOG 2 t may come to your turn bex PT ws , : ; - ‘ I ; : :. a . . ani the same Act provides for sctiling the tena stry tn tree-| : es ie as — a et 5 = ceunletion tated | spirits 2 They would do so in spite of any means you might | i, not a erime—it is a vice, and only a comparatively emall . , : : : oa "a aad ated 3 e si anner. oposed a resolati 4 > . Hi alt : , : ? a | hold st.9,, Jom, piiee: ie Spetr, tend ;ithe {teenowerns SMRE) ae ; ‘ ry : be If a v ; ; r that a court | 24oPt : If a law should pass, preventing the importation, portion of mankind are degraded by that vice. Are we then > eee ae a ee use of Assemiy, on beh: 0 1© tenantry, that: : Vase Sg nn ; >a) re tae , : so 2 ; | already settled, cuwnot be distarbed, Land!ords who did not ro iy ae Vieti ” t : - +. ~— at th you will only encourage smuggling. Tbe best meaus for the |juctified in seeking to restrain all maukind, because a small ‘i . ° ’ . i on 7 2. . 2 : isdhie ‘ > anim s { ves 2 e} A ; _ : é e - ie ee > ~ ehoc “2 to make 2p offer of their ] as to Government, knew 0 cee Juri etion " bpp me ; , inve e - p | Sons of Temperance to adopt, to extend their principles, Is to | portion of them happen to be the slaves of that vice ? if we ' ‘ : , > 2 ' y seenrniine He ’ = » ‘ ( a or ’ » - - . . - . - that the Gove. nment wou!'d no longer defend them to recover 5a Bill: - to <a tras one oe n° 1 a | eal! meetings, and instill into the minds of the people a con-| thus carry our notions of moral reform into the domestic N adr ake _ ih cage in fe eee. ee i vay fee!| chase Biull; but a majority of tae members, inciading the]. |. iL iis vera P ‘ 2 ee ; , : : : ! rents, ani Courts are epen for, any. person who May feel) a ome “pag et aca who brought aed svreed to viction of the evils of the present system, and that the total ‘eireles, and preseribe what a man sholl drink, we may go V themselves aggrieved te appeal, aud it was in my power to| mem rn . Fenn e ea tl staging ‘ eal Mot suppression of the traflic is the only remedy. Before the law | further, and establish our dictum as to what he shall eat, tia 1 LnNO; oe Cet of Beheat and Forfeitures at any time whe that Act two years ago, votta agaist that part o 1c AAC he . ie ae . ‘ seonle sho id | ; The Po i Ma Shi at, eppoint a Court ot Escheat and Vorfeitures at i Pe Fe ing into operation. The Governor signifies in his speech asked for could be effective, the worn ake le e oe lorder that he may avoid gluttony or what we may consider } ~rnree le iynt af opresentatives * the people were op-| SUS ‘ PAL . ii s : St - S aaltes i awake eo , i re- | - : - require]; but if the representatives of the people were Oj Fhe canals Risen Lineal the ‘titles of lan@:is-a be satisfied as to the propriety and meceamsy OS: : Pre-| unwholcsome food; or establish our cano” as to the cut and a” pose] to stteh proceedings, that isa matter between them ‘Hal a Pe hee. ee 1. O...., | sent, the country 1s not ripe for the lay—and China affords || uality of the clothes he may wear. in order that he may a an’ their coustituents. | Court of Meckent;, consequent yyina Bee Majesty the \jacce | a striking instance of the effects of a law which the general |g ‘the viees of vat ity and extrat iganc . But to sition - e a > s 4 3 , *s au , a) “at: ri "2. Di p t a

has been graciously pleased to authorise an investigation of ave seldom the means and| She titles of land, a Court of Kscheat ought to be established, ; ; ; oe rae swe ee iia ea “ . venin ; ; power to bring them to trial; but they must uot, on pain of | that Is, provide 1 we are under the government of the sath, deceive the sovereign, whe is the fountain of ‘ustice | Queen (?)—for, when a Government can set Acts and Royal .32 ’ cv 35 igt, al a , gts a Diss. } “ee ee . oo iad nud honos, which must be kept pure. Therefore, an Act to} Lostructions aside, ant plead old despate pe in es usurp ° : ; a ong : . ; hate! ‘ » 5 > Wwe purchase ava pay money lor lan ls for the Col nial Crovern- | ers for $0 dk mg, it 38 Gilhe u.t to know whose aut ority we ment, which are presumed to be forfeited, could not soneine, are under, : ey f the Royal As-ent without a clause for the fuil icvestigation | . The Governor, bus expressed his approval a oe vn : 7¢ . . ay + ; . = a e of the titles. Lut as the objcet appeara to have been to de- the majority of the House of ‘Assein)l y, Opposing ae P It : | aS an ah ae a! lands. oration. . esive the Sovere'gn and tle subject at the same time,, “ie Mvestigation of titles to tar : - s Sead . Laccording to a precedent aid down by Governor Fann‘ag, to | might suit the character of the p 000 ann aa es & . : a - > fas inaie’ yb! ‘ mabe “ar n destroy tue Act after it had received the Royal Assent, the! his Zang for a successful rob ys ’ a . ; =. . folowing words were introduced in the Pure! Bill. viz: | from the hard-earned property oF ne te. a ex- . 1.2 £ Y " cor ‘That it shall be the duty of such the Commissioners of , pected a different speech from one who is L | cana ad Public Js to investigate, or cause to be investigated, the | gracious motherly Queen 5 and strange as it may appear, ap tt ’ ah He IVC pAe ¢ BUC |S es 7 : a a titles of such lands, and he shall make a report of the resuli | Create More © eee a suthority wey a of such examination and toa tion i :| are under, although they had a majority, and yoted against } g Ul é aes a Dii ah Va . 7 hose words sufficient. fur honor of the Crown, to receive the lio: al Assent. Bat it ears to haveheen kent he niboled and quibbled avay by those who intended it should | not be acted upen; cunning peopl frequently found out |

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are the : or amend the Act, nor to enact the despatches into law. You must utderstand that the purchase of the Worre!

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of Assembly have voted in such a manner that the Govern-

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i ; ; oe : ; via ay purchase other estates without an investigation of by the actious of their coudjat Men who would seli| ete Oa a et ; opie them:e! wo leclare their ob 7 . bata we a »ss the peovle themselves declare their ob- their constituents to usurpers were unlikely to pay regard to} the titles, and unless the peop ate "Re , ¢ a

| jections in time, it will remain a precedent hereafter. what Junins says on such matters 7— « Both liberty and property are precarious, unless the pos-

th of scereey; no man would have purchase]

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an mSsuYrance yn + ¢ c ; 0. dia | sessors have sense a smi ’ o Tut m. an investization was not to be acted unow. Worrel could not | 8&55°°S have s¢ nee and sp rit enough to defund them : know that. He had piv a Ee eative to trestenn for baat. Let me exhort and conjure you never to suffer an inva- OF af tly baad given u 1s estate fo trus'ces to s " . ¢2,% . Og ono delta Bat J ) Pane | F t} ta of ; he Council: ston of your political constitution to pass by without a deter- is. 2ut JOs*ph ve knew the secrets of the Council,)°": . ; : / ' ae te ; mee ser er | mined persevering resistance. One precedent creates aucther. he was there to plan and prepare tie Bill; aud Im ine Liouse | ‘ o

‘ roe } - e ” : They soon accumulate and constitute law.

that body, and by his son ‘hey 8 mUsi ;

he Government, and bought | L have pointed out what is authorised by Law and the Royal 1¢ Government, au POUL | ; ; : 2 sg . J | Authority, and that the Governor, amd more especially the ‘the Leader of the Government, have declared in favor of the

wus forti- | Old despatches to support ti: pretensions of usurpers in op-

of Assembly to pass it throug took an advantage to forestal! the Worre! estate for £500; and many of the tenants being in arrears for rent, their houds and warrants were demanded unde hreat of being elected; and Pope being t! de: és . me fi it ute Ht ee at nants, threatened to put! Pos tion to Law and the iicyal Authority; and if you are e j Die r over ti enables Ae bin . . vd $ me . owe ere So 1. tha Government | Setisfied in your minds that our Liberal Government are still the bonds and warrants in force, unless the Government) : 5 ait er 1a ten Wi brihe of about’ £13,000 over and above’ under the power of traitors iu England, and usurpers here, ould give hima bribe of abo 2, D and an : a WOU PF to ed aan , ast have been danger |0F that they intend t Landlords themselves, and divide wuoat was allowed to W orre!. Pix re must haVe been anzer | a ~ ¥ f a dizel hen Pove could threaten and bully the Go- | the spoil, and that you asc « sincere desire to be under the . zelosur “ilo HG Cou‘ Ye aha th ae } in i Of a Gicneure © at baal 2 Te - rather than inves-| Ws and maternal Government of Her Majesty the Queen, vernment out of £13,000 to conceal it, or ratuer than inves-) "> i te v6 tha ‘it will be necessary to meet and consult how that object can igate the titics, pend | faa . ry « 1 > als « 7 seal , “Tf the tenantry upon the Worrel estate had been willing: he best effected, and with as little delay as possible for you eS lischarge the debt of Worrel’s have no eucouragement to plant or sow while usurpers can to pay a price for their jand to discharge the debt of Worrel’s, | g ! a + fair that they should pay £15,000 to brile Pope to|¢ome upon you und take the increase. We are entitled to was 0) - of the. people's representatives: and the ave a Government who will carry out the laws and Her conceal the treachery of the, peopie's repres es; and the Mesecty’ eerie. Tent Fl en | tenantry are told, unless they attern to Government they are | * dajesty s gracious Intentions, an He, OG t not to remain a to ha turned over to the tender mercies of Pope and his disgrace to the great empire of which we are a part, through partners. Is this the egnitahle arrangement recommended the ovate of traitors and PPO: and the pusillanimity of by Earl Grey, which ought to ‘oc been in Operation three the inhabitants to submit to tue oppression. years ago; ure these the sweets Goveruor Daly promises | I believe my constituents patrouizs all the newspzp From the Parchase Bill, if you will refrain from agitation? |#"d L bave seut a copy of this to all the publishers, iu hopes ‘ ° ° c . eg is ) amnaeay * ory ; 1 ares » 7 « That you may have some idea of what is constitutional | ne my endeavors to serve your interests may meet your ap- and unconstitutional, that is, right and wrong :— | provation. : Yi c e | >. The titles of Townships mean the grants, and when they | have become void and of n> effect, if they are bought and sold | fifty times, that makes the titles no better,—they are vo'd still. ‘Nhe last purchaser is bound by the conditions the same as, the first grantee, The Crown cay give en indulgence where a grant is m to one party, and no other party interestel or injured by | , ¢ ne . " ; 7 - < ) is j a hy i tat such indulgence. But the grunis of this Island being made | i — ©. wn a arr " the Bill for proprietors to to a grantee in behalf of other persons, the Crown cannot od ( ro a, . rh ’ tit! forfeited rill t th give an indulgence to one subject to deprive other subjects 4] i. f ane “ me a ei ’ - — of their rights; the Crown is bound to protect, and not in-| es ae of a 0 purchased land from them be for- jure the meanest of its subjects. Sixty years’ possession of cited in like manner’ lands is held to be good against the Crown; but sixiy or a| ist A. The Bill for proprietors to put their titles upon hundred years for one class of subjects to oppress another record was lost in the Couneil. There are six Townships class of subjects, gives no right to continue the oppression, | that, have no grants recorded, and the Bill might have given If complaints had been made as carly as they eotild be made, Tlic to the tenantey upon them. - the length of time the oppression is coutinued is an uggrava | 2d A. The grantees of Townships were to settle 100 per- tion of the ofeuce. : The pesple cannot lose their rights if 50s, and graut or sell to them 10,000 acres of the Township ‘they continue to agitate and derand them ; and when the |r furfeit the grant. If he settled 10, and gave up 1,000 oppressor continues the oppression, after due warning, it js|#¢res to them four their settlement, it is good; but the grant not sufficient then to be Jet aloue; the oppressed have a right |'§ forfeited, because he kept 19,000 acres to himself, and ito (satisfaction, | cept 90 persous in bondage to clear that land and pay him Tue Attorney General and Commiss'oner of Public Lands Tent for their improvements; and therefore it is necessary were Members of the Council, and they, bein

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And I remain, with-great respect,

Your faithful Representative,

: WILLIAM COOPER. Charlottetown, May 12, 1855.

P.S. People from the ccuntry have put the following ade questions to me :—

pbunal. had g a secret tri-| for the Government to take the land to settle those people. ? no investigate the ti > : : ; power to investigate the titles of lands they| If the Jands had been settled as required, tie Government

sere to purchase for the public. ‘If the titles of the Worrel! would have beor under the influence of independent freee

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‘an Act in favor of despatches, they did not attempt to repeat |

estate relates to every tenant in the Island; and as the House |

‘opinion of the community does not approve. There the im- | portation of opium was prohibited. What was the conse- ‘quence? There was bat one port open at the time, now ithereare five. It is perfectly futile, Mr. Chairman, to say that this couatry can prevent the importation of liquors as long as the people are disposed to use them. { cheerfully sive credit to those individuals who have procured the sig-

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(to the financial view of the question, the more reasou- rable and the more thinking advocates of the prohibitory ‘liquor law should be prepared, before coming be‘ore tho ' Legislature, to point out some feasible means by which the ‘deficiency in the revenue is to be made good. Que idea is, jthat the closing of the shops and the places where liquor is a ; : : . sold weuld have the efect of calling habits of industry int» natares to the petition, and who have impressed the minds of | more aehibotepbrésion,-and thet enutegslentiy we'sheuld,. the people in favor of their views; and 1 would be the last :

: i i 1 Gale & eco not directly, ut least indireetly, experience an increase of < t e oti y i ‘i es < { - ; . * , . . , . 1an to discourage them in their endeavours to Wnp ‘revenue. The probability of such a result, aud the degree of

viction of the existing evils on the minds of all. I have al- ‘eredit to which the assertion is entitled, are, however, mere _ ways been opposed to 1 temperance—but I caunot believe | matters of opinion, and the men who press sach Jine of argu- that we can stop thepimportation of liqubrs, and if we ment should at least be prepared with facts and fizures to pass a law to that eff 9 We will = cpeEee that the prove the corree nevs-of their opinions, Noth'ng of the kind e cure is worse, than the disease, © t l move a resolution 45) has been attempted, al:hough the question bas now been de- 5 an amended, which I hope will’ be adopted. The hon. | bated several Sessions. The only dictum ia proof of this x ‘member conelaged’ by reading a resolution, eulogising the! view of the question is, that if the people do not use intoxieat~ Lh efforts that had’ been made by the advocates of proh-bition in ion liqners,; they.srill. ecnenme tums o seniidiedenened- aie i extending their principles, but stating that the insular Po dutiable astinlen, and that cousequently there will he no ulti- rE of the Colony rendered a impossible to prevent Emportetion, ‘mate loss to the revenue, 1 want something better than t! and recommending ut towards disseminating their views. | conjecture to convince me that this would be the ease— : Hon. Mr. Wuvtan.—I regret, Mr, Chairman, that I was ‘to convince me, in short, that people do not now use as much £ ‘not in the House when the hon. member for Charlottetown | tea, tobacco aid other dutiable articles 2s they would require i ‘opened this discussion. Not having heard his arguments, 1) yy dor apy circumstances, I now, Mr, Chairman, advert to, os ;cannot of course reply to them; but the principles involved another argument that bas been used in favor of the cause of fi in the resolution.which he has submitted, I shall take leave | tho petitioners, namely. that the size of the petition, that is, fi to consider and controvert. But I will first turn to the re- | the number of signatures, shews it is the wish of the people * solution submitted by my hon, friend from the first district | to prohibit the ie of, and traffic in, liquors. Now, Sir, I say e. of King’s County. (Mr. Cooper). I camnot subseribe to all’ that there is ne evidence before the committee to warrent a. \the propositious it contains; and the conclusion ou which such opinion, This argument I have heard before, but no b it is based is, in my opinion, wholly inadmissable. 1 will | cing man can honestly say that the petition is expressive of a not dispute the justice of the encomium passed upon the tie will of the majority of the people. IL assert, Sir, that it 5 sons of Temperauce for their efforts to abate the evils result- | pears the signatures of hundreds of persons who really have A ing from the immoderate use of spirituous liquors, but I |no will or opinion of theiz own on this or any other matter— a eapnot believe that either the Sons of Temperance represent | j¢ hes been signed, for example, by youn o notin cee girls, tr the mejority of the people of this Island, or that the names! 1,5 put their names down for i oalacnelt tien novelty of ; subscribed to the petition now before us are those of a ma-| signing a petition to go before an august body like this, or ii jority of our population. That our shores are easy of access, | because their friends or acquaintanees asked them to do so, a and therefore present great facilities for carrying on a cod- | and they could not well refuse compliauce with a request that f. traband trade in liquor after the probibitory law would go | ooeasioned neither trouble nor expense. ‘The petition is also d into operation, is another reason assigned by my hon, friend | signed hy men engaged in the importation and sale of liquors, po in his resolution for opposing the measure, That is a mere) _“snq when I see that, I ask, do they desire a law prohibvit- hb quibble, unworthy of my hon. friend, who usually takes a ing the very business in which they are engaged, and by Ss candid and straightforward view of public questions, and can | which they have made, and continue io make their living 2 u only have been thought of as an excuse for giving the ques- Mr. a onenieh a 6° Bs tion under consideration the “go by.” We all know that! pfon Mr, ates ani Si hon. member says, “ yes.” I tk smuggling would prevail to a great extent, if the Maine Law ask for the grounds on which he iene a a itively, t! were put in force; but this might be checked by an efficient Why then, sir, if the parties who are engazed in’the liquor ow preventive force, ii we were disposed to give the law a trial. toate secensinoset tn putting their names to tine petition now in Smuggling uow prevails to a very considerable extent, but | pofore the Committee, they must regard that traffic as an t} pas quer er ’ rn psalm Wg re immoral and pernicious one, and should abandon it, without t cise duties t . + £02"' | waiting for the Legislature to prohibit its continuance. Bat. c offer no such reasons as those advanced by my hon, friend ia) when they affect to say that such is the character of their x opposition to the enactment of a prohibitory liquor law for trade, and siill pursue it, it is quite reasonable for me, or ti this Islaud. 1 will eNf my stand oy ea rt [= jany one else, to conclude, that in signing the petition they h jane oP & higher and broader ground, but 2 wi ‘st have acted with the utmost hypocrisy and duplicity. To d give one moment’s attention to the resolution submitted by| sow the way in which many signatures are obtained, I will 5 the hou. member for Charloitetown (Mr. Palmer). It ap-| vention an interview which I had, even this vory day witha an x pears to be a copy of that which was before the Assembly intelligent person from the country, I. wea. aoked: by him 0! last year. 1 shall psa gf wo +" 7, penosag ener | when I considered the petition ‘would come up for dis- e ment, if my hoa. friend from the first distriet of A1vg’s! cussion, As L[ ascertained that be was not in favor: 4

will withdraw his resolution, as I fcel assured he | 0es |

County of the law, thoug': he had signed the petition, I naturally

va ott ~ ee joat the one I am about to read g (asked him to account for the evident inconsistency of his more directly to the point :— Bi jcouduct. T said, “why did you sign the petition for the Resouvep, That it is inexpedient to prohibit by Law the jaw, if you do not wish it to pass?” He repliod—*« Oh, in importation or sale of spirituous liquors, inasmuch as such pro- | truth, I was so pestered for my name that I ee glad to sig : ) ; int ow 2 ’ So . . ee , hibition would be a serious infringement of the private and | it, to get rid of the importuuities by which I was beset.”

inalienable rights of individuals aud society at large—would | ay, . : age age : : entail an excessive loss tu the revenue, to meet which no pro- | that, Mr. Chairman, is far from being a solitary case. There ithin my own knowledge ia which

vision has been indicated, ahd further, inasmuch as there is no are several instances: Ww evidence before the committee that a majority of the inhabitants | parties have been fairly bothered into putting their names of this Island desire a prohibition of the sale, manufacture or|to the pétition, not that they desired the law, but because importation of spiriiuoas liquors: nor have this committee any | they acted under the infuence of gu amiable desire io gratify sufficient reasen to believe that Probibitory Liquor Laws have | the parties who applied to them, and also that they might prem proctie of anf material ndyanage in those pai of th glove themselves from ost importanato solicitations. At

e P put them 1) wr Cisairman, | understand that the petition now before us

practice—no part of Her Majesty’s dominions having yet uni- : : : =. tated the example of the United States in this respect. , purports tobe signed by children i aye, Sir, it bears the names even of infants who cannot wriie.

If we carry out the resolution proposed by the hon. member i tae . fur Charlottetown, we perpetrate au invasion of the rights of Mr. Cuars.—THow can they sign it if they cannot write? individuals and of society at large. “The argument used in (Laughter.)