I'mz-n the New l'url: All/imi-

t or. Annular QUZS’I‘ION.

ll\' .\ l‘tNtlll \N.

Permits me to l'cply briefly to your eor~ respondent s liltl‘l'hll titxtiittx itud Novt N'uttix iiltt‘ll'~. 'i‘oilm first. thanking idiii tor the coitrtcfiy ot’hia tlttllt‘t‘. I havi- ulil_\‘ to aiy that tin-question of annexation in.. two tllll'l‘f‘fi and the objections to lt-.xt tiiczt~titc may be ranked under two heads. naiut those which are addressml to Areas.- , these which u'r-wwd tot'ic sentimentot'mcti—nty lcttcr

a"... iltli'utlv'd lu l'vlet‘ hululy to the fut",

liter.

The ltilll‘ at the 1. tier ofynurNova Sco- Iiati cu.n-~pon:lr-nt iii .1 not. do honor to lii- teinpci ,\'t.t bl- . however. rcdticetl to vitup- ration for luck of argument. I shall not imitate him by charging; my op- pntwnt witlt all-honesty or untrutli.

lil‘llllN tlt‘f'l'll't'S that my arguments are soph‘iory. and my tacts iuitrnc; he truly harks that many persona are deceived by soplii~try; but it is no less certain that Ill'llt_\ pi-t'siula :ll’lt led into error by the use nl wont.- whit-i they do lint understand. fir-~iti ;; to avoid this error. let us define sopbldry to llll':lll urgnittcnt apparently Stilllltl and plau~ible. but. really lallaciou llating made thcso two cl gee of t'allat and talschnod. it was surcly incumbent on iirntus to show tltat at least. soinu ol‘ my arguments wcre l‘allacious and sonic of my marrow of lllt'l untrue. ’ Not in any (llt' inslance.

Your correspondent objects to my ar- gument :N ttnsolltlll by reason of tin erro- uunnsassumption thutnll liritisli Americans are opplm'tl to annexation. l bclicvc, in- deed, that this austun itiou is true. or near- iv trtic; btit it thrmci no part of my argu- ilicnt. I d that Canadians are :ulverwfi to annexation because they dislike the. American system of government. ()l I‘titll'<t‘ any man of coitttilou sciisc will llli-= dcrsiand thit as it “'lH ille:tnt——n:nncly, to, n to llll! vast lll'l_l')l‘ll\' ot t‘auadiuns. A l'mv di<appuintctl Nova Smith as cannot be: :dlotvvd to it‘ it l'oi all t'.t . my more than the t. . . rs ot”i'oo|cy Street tor: all linglaiiil.

it‘lll'i‘. bic'ever. having failed to show the uni-nth ot nor ot my Matt-merits ot'tact. ‘ ' llt‘ll'l‘tl\:'lt"l “hit some lac ‘ of his

- ' he says that there iv an. p'xi'ly iii (‘auuda and NewI lil’tttl~\‘.l k. If by the term (‘anada llt' moan; lii- l‘rot' ccs' tit Quebec uutl (hi-

i deny the fact. :I'Ill respectfully in- til” [it show' the proot of it.

one :uiiievrtti-iiilst. wlto moved in the as-

sembly all mine

tztilt-tl to Find a . indcr; after which he

timi to the. United States: to hide from the general cxccratioii ot his countrymen.

lat our amiable censor-goes on to sty

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that people lll ('anad I. a rtioi'rnpt. as we as people in the finiteth deal.

Has he done.

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.-\‘i to; New ilriinswiek. l bclicvethat it containctll

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‘ until they shall make rill tltcir wildci‘ncn tulinurish like the ""0. in this we see what we wish miraclvca'sitcccsslully lt- lilill‘llt’. bttt we. are not deceived as to the eat «of these cvcntswwc do not think that we shall prosper heritage we. live un-

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have prospercd liccau-io they preferred a republic. We attribute the success of the English race to their capacity tor politics. ""‘e'l’ilillinn and government; to tlicir iri-

' in short. to thnsi- qualities which Icmlcr it . impossible that they should be badly go -

_Icrncd under any form at governtucitt;

which madctlto English nation prosper undcr such sovereigns M (‘barleil :iiitl James. and under such republicans nu Oliver Cromwell; atitl which has enabletl the Americ us to irospcr in sptto oi uni- versal suf‘i' git—4 to worst term of govern- ment known among incn.

The last article of ilrutus. which I find space to notice. is the only one used by him which uicrits tiie name of n sopliisui inasmuch tlti it has a stipcrliviiil appea mice of soundness. but. i: in reality biliaciniia. ' is wllcl'u he compares the povcty and

at \vartliicss oi Nova Seotiit with the wealth and civilization of Massachusetts. l and :ll'l'ttt‘S that annexation would speedily l raise. his province to an equality with tile 1oldcst Stan-s ot'tbo l‘nion. (luv f end is. however. lill<l1|kl a lit this—\vtaltlt and civilization are. plants of slow growth. Nova Scotia. it” it had been settled as ‘ly as .\lass:icbn<ctta. would now be far richer and more civilized. it possible; for the natural richesot Nova Scotia excel-d by an inculcniable aluountthose of Massachu- setts. as our American friends are well aware. lint. at prcsrnt. and for malty generations to come. the effect of anal a- tion would be to reduce .\'ova Sco . to . the level of the new States and territories ol‘thc l'nion—conntri alike. Arkansas and

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Mississippi-ochlocracics. or mob govern- ssassbinlion; her

meats. tcii-pcrcd by regionstccmllc' with all sorts o wealth woti.d lit Zl'tls wouh

agricultural and mini. overrun Wllll rulllviae; her ci

. be elbowed out at their legls .itive llnlls by

law-makers of the newest. and most. mar kctzible pattern; :tnd the orderly lniiti

i~'ll‘ limit of her laws would be replaced liv ? “'7'” “‘1” “1'th “ V” I"’imll" Wlulllill‘lll'

the i gime ol the bowe knife and revolver [ will now take leave of your corl'cspnu tlcnt Drums. 1 cannot indeed flatter bin by c: ling-.hh arguments sophisl that would be to pay them an cxti igan compliment. but I am U lll'ltll to him to

tlcinnnstratiiig the excit | mg liadiicss ol'a

caa<e which can lind‘no bcttcr argument to defend it. ll. ___._....______ ligrnee war: received in this city or

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_ latt- “'cdncsday last of the dc

ulliolic llishopof ll'

inlliillill—IIJ'. l'..v1u'r v.

{titan C l Ncwlot

-H . ‘ . _. ‘ - “wwwu . v i ibc Steamship " ticrliluliy arrived at me examine his panacea—bin ltital about. one all remedy.

Quebec on the with nit. with thousand IQ and thei "unifies. lroiu London.

UMMERSIDE JCURNAb. d

dcr flill()2ttll‘l‘ll. nor that tho Atticrieanst

dotnituble courage. energy and llltiil!li‘_)'il

l. lot

. . . ith (from appri- """” "“""ll“‘"“ “'lm'l‘. pit-x3) of tho llight itcv. llr. llalton. lln- )or (trace.

litigt'uuls. mostly working men ;('01 fideiicc he asserts that the reattth why

'aml othcfl who have mine nppreelutloi) uftlie 'inquiruiucc of public qucntiouti. and who know tin: value of time and itcwupitpor (pace. the trouble of exposing llitt vtiiraricit. and making lhiia conteiuptildc in the eye: of the public. Very truly you”.

UNR Wilt) KNOWB.

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To 1m: i-inivoit or rttii Jucits.u.. Sta:—

’I‘ltc subject of Education in undoubtch 'itn important one, ttud ll well worthy tiltl no one consideration of all rctlectitn: iiiliidl. 'f‘lie ‘1'05!"fulfil.lil‘pill‘llilt’lli. lit the present tbnc.‘ t is a large item in the public cxpendltti -. V ‘latst v 1r it uiiiuuntctl in L'l'JAlilt l't's. ‘ . , . or nc'arly one-third of the whole revenue p - i Dt‘z‘.“ 3"“ . . .

For "f u... Unholy. With the incremc of file hmnuurr. in it! input: of the 10th iiilt.. gsciinois. ct‘ untru- lllld will proptil‘ilultllt'l’[L‘flllltlllls a rinitilbirly stupid, hire and ltifl’l‘lvl‘ ‘cxpun-l, and an the ausculnlvul .m |..n.| [hi-editorial. which is wholly tit'l'tllt‘tl'ltl tile. lliiil l school purposes amounts to only .f.'i.ti‘.ll :is. ilflllljnal “1'5 "i ll"? fll'lllt'ffi‘il f0? "It‘ll Inllfn‘ lld.. it will deer ale each year an wildcrucc -cnvi:ihlc notoriety among ..\cwrp:ipcri. llte lauds bet-nine cultivutcd. “therefore roll'iw foodies which control it in the capacity of that it will soon be a serial" question. who" ‘ writers. appear to be totally regurillcra of the funds are to conic from to maintain our lrulll- Since November last. l have been re- school system. “1- cannot "an" that "tr-flittatcdiy and violently attui .. bylthiu lcur- inlpust duticl will keep pace with ll|t'il|(‘rt'.1\-ll‘llllui sheet The next attack prior to the ing px tense-i of yqlucluiun. and even it‘ they one of Monday hull, was made ltllllc. two .n.|_ Hum" wmmunimnon' "humid", ptlat months ago. 1 then, on the principle at r -ll- offices, roads. bridges and wliarfn.—wltieb are l defence addressed it letter to the JtitillNAL- its essential as schoolliuuucs.—must also be ; Since tliattinie the h‘rttmr‘nrr deemed it. pro- Itt'litllalttctl; and their can, we have every lwr- at least t'nrnwhite. not to interfere pith reuron to believe. will iiicrcusc rathci- titan me. But. its “ pent up " rage burnt. forth decrease. l'ndertliciccirctlmatutters—which lanai-t in its h t issue ill a furious titiret ttpnn must he patent to the "It‘lllil'ht capacity—vibe "It‘- Tllb‘ “'I'm‘l‘ “all l'l'i’m‘cl'lly "’9‘ "H W“' financier nt- statesman who on“ who it... trol of in: tctnpcv. flu chute» and tenant itiid problem otherwise than by tho lnqmlum. of" it‘otlta at the month. lurcvly illt'fi’flfl‘l “IX “It”n lllllflt‘y l'UI' St'lHlUl The Iz'mnu'nri‘ labors hard to pallintu lite ,pnrposes. will be deserving of the wunncnt conduct of the lioard of Education. hi refer- Ithanks ot'tlie whole community. An extrtior- mice to my letter of tile 18th of March last. dituiry emergency has ever brought forth the The poor fellow. if he thought ill little about ' raertlinary man to grapple wait it; and an the matter as I do. would not waste ito much 8 iii this isc. l‘ortcrity will not. have to ot‘his sin-ugh upan what I believe the public ibor under the some difficulty in catnbliibiug condemn—Ills puny til‘orts to the contrary tlte exact locality of his mid cc, ill in the -' tititbwitlistanding. I believe tlte tncntberiiot case of Hunter. nor will ambitious \'ill.lgt'l i'e l the Board. who were preuciit when that I'll- pcrmittcd to contend for the liniior of giving l innua flu-solution wail patucd. feel ashamed birth to the benefactor. New London has the i of themselves, and well they or ' genius really made. who can remove all the: t. we “mug”. tum» he a“) . u “m u“. ills to Wlliot'll‘lll‘.‘ body politic is how; not “I” letter was not written by liiinaetl."-—ot course I": l’roscr'l'll'm '5‘)“ “'9 W‘m’" ““ ox‘m'l’en' . not. I should be very ungrateful indecd, liml Ipy: in one particular he litekn_tlicclinrltt:tcr-‘ I my mum] mu". up my pupil. to my nut... lbw" Mime 5W‘Itnfl'l “'7‘ “"1" l'° “"0” crime in the task of writing it. li-ltnll not ; h” “’“mm‘m‘""“rl'n f'“"”".‘""““' ‘ilflfflwr‘b ; soon forget. how sharp and Illrlcl'llllllllllillfl‘ he il-“l'fjlt‘fi “3 ‘l’l'llk In. the name of “ t'lt‘ thcil‘ faculties were in detecting the ignorance it""i’l‘" “ ‘ "X l"’l’“|| 1“ "'0 "'h'll'wundmfi'. oi the ltcctnr. and of which he made such a mi.“ adnlm‘d l'y. your L‘.“""“"|"!"‘“t'“‘- “‘3 "‘ sorrowful exhibition the day he made an t't-lilcllliy acquainted with Latin, and} hence I “Hump, "t omnmfiug the pump, “rum Gnu“. the classical patrolliyilnc nftlnl New London t “H”. school, ex ioncnt of the popular voice, who ver lt t-l . t _ - u . . . . prilipriately finds his way into print on [lie llti " I, _“ 5"“.1’9, 53")? ‘1'“: "‘3 fufilf "f’lci‘l‘fi‘lhn iit'April. Collipui‘uttvcly ilpcuking. the bttrdcu‘ x" “I m l 'l' ' "LM'U‘ '1 u“ "" u I" '

. ' - ' ' - i ' ‘ll'fl." llc which Atlas was forcc‘l to bear wait "I ~r “w”? "l ("immuumd kn". l‘r‘“ ' 3'“ “ ptlllllellt's it in tall, and itnliiazcii those por-

tions of it: which he courldcro ungranunntiet This will not do. He evidently wiidicii to de- ccivc the publicly such small tricks. My diort note is strictly grommet ' “Speak out" venerable scril- -—~\vlio “ mg no cqua in this colony as a scholar and examiner" t?) tell me what rules of grammar are violated in the tint“ referred to. You appear to have fupcciul ml for Lennie an a granitic v lln tcll me, on his authority. what are the rules of' grammar that l lutve “ violated." i til-.tiutuiu that what i have, written in thatnote

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April 1869.

To rm: Eiiimn or run Juvuxan;

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be hcttct' 3 there is no cl would more independence ( l bio and lltlrot‘iotl 7 important prof. \Slllll.

He contends that teachers ought to ' 1 than they are. He bi rig.it,:nnl iii the community whom I My placed in a position of

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c inutcusurnte with their linin- vet highly renpniiiilile and

i know something: oi their qiiahti ioni uinl lfllllll‘tl, and i licuttale 8 not to say t It they are poorly remunerated. ll would candidly litiitc in any passable M'llt'lllt' ‘ot'lcgisiatiou which would improve their con-

, is graniuiatleal; unit ulltil you produce better

,“q . t). .. ‘.' ‘. .-, . l . I i " I h 4 authority titan your owti iii the tiinltcr,l shall

:1...§:‘.:.;:|:,:lt ).,;‘n:.:l(.:,::‘:l§ l'lli‘? “Kan?! .“i’fl: 1 hold you up to the gaze of the public as it

‘ H - ,1 1 ~ " . _ n I, l "2'; l" ..'{; l‘ cuntcuiptibtc iuipostnr iind disreputable vtlitl-

: U“ ‘1 is f“ "Mum’d "u .. "3 "in" er. ltisntnattcr of wonderment to ltttl that

is " not \\'lllll|l the roar of llll nits of it. Id" 5 um “ scribe" of mu memm. “(mm "(n he , , h . . . .

mm (“nllprcveuted by a sheer senile of idittme from

lninking the slightest mention about “Bl'llllh

nialicut" errors; but he ippcars to be altov

gctbev unconscious or his own ignorance.

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With the ntinovt llippattcy lint

ltctlcltcrs are not better paid are

titlitéoit‘rLMAY

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“.369.

This ll't‘lfll like a very common-lens. plan: but there are those who object to it. The Government refuse to more in the matter. They any that there are in- herent difficulties in the bunincn. which they do not: cure to face. Odie-rs lay the colonieit don't want the want and least: provident part: of the nation ; what they want are what we cannot afford to low : :he young. the intelligent. the Ikilled lu- borer. Others, again. any that there i- work enough in Great Britain hr its whole population. if the hboren were fairly divided; for. though in some lo- culitics there tth more band- tbnn there in work for. in others there il work for many more tlitin can be procured. It in said that. the country which cunudd to its capital £I50.000.000 steriirg. annually. cannot be it poor one. Neither in it. The sum in enormous. When caving: of u nation amount to this unimaginable sum. it. should not allow its workers to live in want and misery. The men who make this money ate the toilch in the field. tliomine, the factory, the ship: these are the men who produce thin cnormotm wealth; and a pity it in that many of them reap so itmull an advantage from it. Looking at this emigration scheme from it colonial stand-point. we think very well of it. “'litit we want in there new coun- tries. is labor; the more ofit that we can procure. the better. If laborer: are sent here. who have been merely unfortunate at home. they will be welcome. We certainly don't want thievr it and prostitutes in it new country; but if honest men and women come. who are willing to do a fair day's work for a fair day's wager. they

.Suiimtnsidi <i’fmirital.

M Wuaom

136$

“m (Mono—Wh.

THURSDAY. IA? 13.

No notice can be taken of'tmnonynuiuv corti- iiiunicallmin. We must know the tunnel and mldre‘ne- of our correspondents an it guaranty of their good tnitli. We cannot nuilci trike to return communication: that are not ulcil.

” lion: news.

Tin: contents of the English newspa- pers can. in these days. hardly be called news to us who dwell on the western side of the Atlantic. It is indeed surprising to find how little that ill really new. in to be found in their columns. Not only has the telegraph anticipated every inipurtaiit item of intelligence. but the diligent newspaper reader's knowledge of current events is very considerably in advance of what he can learn from the Old Country sheet which he holds in his hand. \Vliilc the steamer was slowly and painfully ploughing her way across the Atlantic, the telegraph wire at the bottom was flushing with tho liglitning's speed, a record of each liour'n events. fltl they occurred. Mitch. then. that was speculation and conjecture with the Brit- inltjonrnuliat, is a matter of history to his truns-atluntie reader. “'0 knew long ago that the lriali Church Iiill had passed through its most. dangerous stages. and that the majority in Parliament for its disendowmcnt. and disestabiislimcnt. was a very large one. \Ve see in the papers before tie the whole history of that. great measure. There are the arguments for its passage, and the niguments against it.

: liliillU know".

1. Apart from the bad grammar of tlic rcn— (.2)‘ Here is “mum. “aluminum,” “Speak

rm,ellilz‘g-IT;:illli’klimlniillil'C'ifilltflg/gzalé.t V m ' M V H s 1. That .ClOt‘iO is wasted in public printing. Even his article in which be no unrelentineg "" ' " " ' ‘ ‘ . ' ' s. a. “over and above wit it it ini ht Until" he ’ ‘ ‘critisizctl" in note abounds in “ rumma- si-li s :tl'll ltlicrcl'orc :illtlll’iltll not. oiglect tt'o ‘ am. i “mm for... ‘ 3 * “up, mumlmly ’ u

v - ' i .- - -, ' ' -o> . : . . . '1‘ Ti", I” 1]“ “l” :u lump“ c damp ~i > '2. That a great deal of money i! wasted in 1"" “‘9 “"“ucm‘m OUOMJMWII" ""‘h‘n lint .Ilt “c eoiiupt iii Luanda. \ As any , . , h ' ,. . t .

r . ' I I. . I W _l r _ H I London. May F. l gunscllzs umpgauum. once ninrt. Mr. iahtor, i shall refer them to 3"“! "l “‘“l l'n‘l H i1" fl “Lin.” m (titlilul'lt In the [lump rf('ttmmtms this owning. .. n . .lllu elegant composition of tile Eritiiiiiiu‘. Jun-amp? oi ll~|'tl lll \cnaltty. usotit Iit‘ll'll:311.. ("mun “ml”. S‘Ivrvmly fur Furriun ... lliatlialt-a-dnzcii messengers art-cinplnyo “instance, be my; the questions which ell r; . ()t course the answer to this. I). 1 _- l . ._ )l m m mun”, hum, ed to wait on tile .’\l.l' l'.a during the[wereflwm"Wimp"...unduunm “pump, ‘l""~‘li"" 'i'"'5 ""l l" “"3 INN! “mm “"3 in". \tblylx' mil“. .' "1 'Il1 [yr . Isl ~ I' )1 II' ll “Sunni! "film lfl‘ttit'lflllll'c." witcli lt-ss unre almost ‘I'U trivial for notice" Re. To i-3'”'""M- “"1 “s H i‘ immducml' howcu‘r' i lillt'il Isullii id‘tlldllhi'ti‘jtf \1 ; um" “"c‘l“‘l{“'““l" ‘1" "'l““")' “3 “"Il- lwltut clnas of words illicit " To " belong to ill

.~ ..._1 “ Xv- ‘ « t ' i: -. ,. . . I . - . .. . urn”)? l} "hnul'i I"! “"f‘u“ 1" .lh' u rid in reward to the intro of tho liriirl 4- “ml “ " 11““ Fi‘C‘c“ll “WWW, “W k“P'- 1 “ll-“oil” m "him it .1! “Fraud in "m "u". ttgztiisaprt-dby uilenial. .\c\ctthc-. V n I 7‘” I I I, _ H L 15.. in up“ "much-i tatioi . Lennie tiayii that adverbr quality

. for sake til argument. lct tls supposr- i ‘ ""1/ "m" ' ml“ “‘3 “’u ‘ “0 "0w “'1 ludjectivcs.

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part ol the t'anutliau debt was used . wiptly; is that any reason for annexa- lion 1’ My reason against. annex drawn from the corruption of our llltlgllv

hours. is tbid. lint. that. part. of their dcbt. ‘ was used corruplly, but that their omciuls Mayitootli College. frpin tho (.lutrcli funds are t‘lll'ttlpl. and lllclr legislators capable be stricken out. “elected by the follow: or purchase. tlllll that. these evils arise int: vote: for mnembnmit. “)2; llgflllli'ltl

front universal snfl’ruge. Will your cov- respniidcnt assert. llitit in any legislature in the lhnnininn of Canada the pas re. of :in Act til l':n bribing thc lcgifllatoru 2’

Does he not know

pt-t'lccily well that such xiii attempt. Would 3 slon, the House. again divided with the

re use his -int destruction of all parties en- gaged in it? docs he not know perfectly xvcll that such things are common else~

where, and that the price of legislators in .‘ proposed were then withdrawn; and clatt-

certain States ioz almost as well know the pile - ol l-li'io stock in Wall St ‘ '

r\ "it. our frich from Nova Sf‘l . that thc dcbtoi the United . .iicsii diminishing. and that our debt is increas- ing. Are we to judge ol the correctness of his other lactit by the truth of these? “'ba' lint"? the Secretary of the Treasury . :‘no lcsa than this. that. on tho lst January. lh'lifl. the public debt. of the. lTnitt-d Stat is was liliccn lllltl a half tull- lionv more than it won at the date of the lad. statement. This is diminution with a \ t-namunt-c. A4 in our Canadian debt: no