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ae saps 7 cnet : ee , i, e s ao . . i ° ° e . ai . . ae coi ipatible with each other and as I consider this to be zealous he may be in his efforts to maintain it~he must description of the “ constitution” from any of those Af iv « as .
the immutable decree of Providence, so likewise I think se prepared to listen to the murmurs of discontent from one side or the other. Every whipper-snapper of a Tory ‘in the country recognizes, or pretends to recognize, in — His Excellency, a friend—every man of adverse princi-
peaeece SHUT A GEPTESETEIEem _—s_: I plesh h ta foe. Lead the * Clique”
RITE THE UGA AY WOT NE ENE Gt 8.0 ‘pies hopes he may not turn ou ‘Ss ” q AVELIY THUAN | P 1 Stelter
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{“ Observations” No, 2 in our next.]
MONDAY, MAY 29, 1848. fluence respected—suffer them to encourage the hope, =——— SS {that they shall still be the channels through which the
POSITION OF PARTIES. favours of official patronage must flow—wwhen the time Knyowine that very many of our Subscribers regard |come at which His Excellency may have that patronage THe Examiner not only as the Organ and Exponent 0 give—convince them by a er disposition to “let of a certain set of principles, but as the channel through | bygones be bygones,” that no legislative Caquity or no which much of their political information is,or should be, popular enimadversion, shall distub any of them in their derived—it may not be injudicious to describe—if des- employments. By doing this, Sir Donald Campbell may
cription be possible—-the relative Position of Parties, |secure the friendship and support of those by whom he
When the present Representative of Majesty in this| 8 constantly surrounded; but would such a course of
; policy be hailed with any degree of satisfaction by the eee eee ene A arene eo POUey * thousands who compose the populatiun of the interior ?
his predecessor’s administration formed, as we all know, : : ets eee, 4 Those who call themselves the Libera] Party will be
the chief topic of discussion, as well in private coteries ‘dar vioits fold, if thdedutlinely' fakd Gals ° ° gr as in public journals. Two years before Sir Henry V,/S"'"'Y 29 or ys ee arms and await whatever changes chance or circumstan-
Huntley terminated his official career, parties passed |
‘ ; ‘ be conten through what appeared at the time, a singular metamor- °°8 re ee ae ad iis al nae phosis. ‘Those who censured, praised ; and those who) ee eS ee Seen . a
| . *,e . wot . praise, censured. ‘He was obnoxious—and deservedly | °f 80cial and political improvement—to listen to the
so—to the former, because it appeared to be his desire °'Y of Democracy 'affrighting Toryism from ite strong- holds in every corner of the Realm,—and pause to
to strengthen the hands of a class of individuals who, by some means or other, possessed themselves of every i" prowtflite sere — oe —s ow _ ee _ ‘official station in the country--swayed the Le gislature| 4's Excellency s fire-side? Does our political system —controlled the judgment of the Governor, and uni-|Teduite n° improvement ? Has the sound of reform be- formly opposed any and every change sought to be in- °° too offensive for our delicate ears, or shall we troduced into the management of our jocal affairs. Any Verily the reproach of the Colonial Minister, that we i man who spoke of “reform” was pronounced guilty of ‘°° deeply steeped in ignorance to aspire to the privi- “‘sedition”--any who dared utter a reproach against /€Ses of British Rule ? ;
official delinquency was declared an enemy to the peace} It is no fault of His Excellency that his Government of society, for whom no punishment could be too severe, |S 62d. It is not his duty to break down an old system,
Time wore cn apace. The enemies of Sir Henry be ‘and found a new one. ‘That is the business of the . *| i a came his friends—his friends, his enemies. Those people,—Kings and Courtiers, Ministers of State and
hailed him as a convert—these vilified and storme q, Administrators of Government, are not often celebrated
because he withheld from them his confidence—because '" Teforming views. ‘The veriest official up to the che whispered in the thoroughfares of ‘Town the secrets | Mighont — “ee — ee eee ae of their misdeeds—and recorded them on the pages of Hd to let things remain as they are. Overturn, if ye his Despatch Book,--and because he not only listened C#" the pernicious system to which ye, Men of Prince to the suggestions of those wko never darkened the Edward Island! alone ofall the Colonies still cling. threshold of Government House, but invited them to a Her Majesty’s Representative can, in justice, censure participation in some of those minor official honors which|Y° "+ By doing so, ye not only right yourselves, but his authority gave him power to bestow. Some accept-| ye place the Governor ina higher and prouder position ed office; but their acceptance involved no change of ~Y° place him beyond the machinations of intriguers to principle. A few—a very few—of their own friends| “ich © ver side they may belong—-ye emancipate there were, who thougit otherwise, ‘This silly thought Bim from the trammels of party, and shield him from led to estrangement—the estrangement grew, in time, Suspicion.
to enmity. And hence the origin of the term “ Snatcher.”
Loyat ADDRESS TO THE QurEN.—Agreeably to Sir Henry left ougshores—the distinguished Baronet. ates : : ition Pa iad testi ii ihe (a Requinition addressed to Francis Longworth, Ksq., . = ” — - (High Sheriff of Queen’s County, a Public Meeting was ery gradually grew faint--now it seems to be forgotten. held at the Old Court House on Wednesday last, over Vv ye of Sarcasm investe 1: ‘ae . ; Yet, he whose love of sarcasm invested the term with 4 which the Sheriff presided,—and an Address to Her
emporary popularity, coquets wit » De ; : ; : P ; is P o> 2m witht the party who are Majesty—prepared by a Committee appointed for the very day demonstrating lites | purpose—was presented to the Meeting, and signed by If the desire for “Tice was tie main cause of dissen- all who were present. The Address assures Her Ma-
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ication to themselves,
/, is not now difficult to deter-\jesty of the unshaken loyalty of the inhabitants of this
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mine with which purty that desire is the more apparent. County to Her Person and Government—their attach- Ne fied the oficial junto and ¢ ‘riends . esioue’ . j ;
We nan - official junto and their friends dogging the ment to the institutions of the Mother Country, and their
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steps of fils Excellency wheres ever he goes—prompt readiness, “under any circumstances which may arise,”
to support Her Majesty “in preserving the integrity of
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praises of his merits—their nu.sinees and depencents in the Empire—the succession to the Throne in Her Ma-
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es auvocating an addition to his salary—their jesty’s august House, and the inviolability of our beloved ass < : 9 > li i i ae . ° 93 °° ’ ° as
vassals out of Parliament meekiy tengerng their homage, constitution.”” Whist we have no wish to find fault
in the bestowal of their blandi: nment—generous in their
ple who are so ready with their professions of loyalt As for ourselves, we venerate the Monarchy of Englang and would wish to see it ever maintained in its integrity and purity; but we abjure from the bottom of our a the pernicious influence of a dominant aristocracy in England—let it be Whig or Tory, it matters Not whic) —by which the Monarchy has been unhappily made subservient to its uses solely, and the very best pring. ples of the original constitution annihilated,
THe Assistant Jupee.—Why is the Assistant Judge not appointed ? The’question has been put tor” several times, during a few days, but'we have been yp. able to answer it. We have heard, however, to-day, ag a fact that may be relied on, that the appointment vwilj not be made until Her Majesty’s assent to the Bill te made known; and it is stated that the Steamer which will bring this information will also bring out a gentle. man to fill the office—one, distinguished for his legal acquirements and talents, who has been seeking for a length of time some official employment in any one of the Colonies.
Mr. WarsurTon AND His Late Consrity- ENTS.—It is with much pleasure we hail the expression of opinion given by a portion of the late constituentsof the Hon, Mr. Warsurton. His straight-forward anj independent conduct in the first Session of the present Parliament—his prompt and unwavering support to every political principle advocated by the Reform Party during that Session—has given hima claim toa renewal of the confidence, with which he was entrusted at the General Election, which all the malice of his enemies cannever setaside. But if there were any argument required—and we know there is not—to convince all the Electors of the First District of Prince County of the wis- dom of the choice they had in the first instance made, it is, as the Public Meeting shews, une unfair and un- justifiabie manner in which Mr. Warburton was exclu- ded from his seat, atthe commencement of the late Session—leaving the whole District to be represented bya gentleman who aided the partial disfranchisement of his constituency,—and —no doubt from conscientious scruples—followed up that step by changing from being a reluctant supporter of the principles under which he was himself returned, to an ever ready opponent of them. We do not complain of this circumstance: Every man has an undoubted right to follow any particular line of conduct which his judgment sanctions; but if he does so to the manifest injury of his constituents, and wholly contrary to their expectations, he cannot but expect to be told of it, and perhaps rebuked.
THe GovERNMENT AND Quzen’s Purxrer or Nova Scotia.—Mr. Crosskill—Queen’s Printer of the Pro- vince of Nova Scotia—is permitted to give up his com- mission, because the new Administration are not disposed to tolerate the absurd practice which obtained in this Colony fora length of time, of allowing the Printer of the Queen’s Gazette to aid and assist the enemies of the Queen’s Representative and Government. In order that our Government Printer may be prepared for the change which must shortly take place in this Colony, we recommend to his careful consideration Lord Grey’s Despatch of the 3ist March, 1847. Under the new order of things, we have no doubt that we shall be enabled to announce Mr. Haszard’s conversion to tle
and frowning upon all who dare to think and judge be-' with the Meeting for offering an expression of their fore they act.
= loyalty to the C ueen—it is a very harmless proceeding, Whilst we hold ourselves wholly independen
ae t of His and entails no expenditure of time or money—we cannot > a reid and prepared to recognize him, not as Sir help thinking that the step was an unnecessary one; N AMP ¥ ia - o ai ‘ . ONALD ti but the Representative of ourjbecerse the loyalty of the people of this county or of e€ ‘ } g } ”~ * | . * . z 4 and to form our estimate of his character solely this Island, has never yet been called in ovestion—nor ne mann i cercises hi ity—we ' the; ll ete 7 0 eee te which he exercises his authority—we their ettachment to British institutioas in the slightest cannot but admire the easy triumph ke has won over the | dec; . , loti ss = : ' om pal rine degree awakened by the revolutions which heve toppled adversaries of his predecessor—a triumph gained with-‘thrones in the foreign States of Eurepe,
out any material benefi ' As to our! : y erla ane t tothem, or any violence to Support in preserving what is called “the inteorty aft the feelings and opinions of thei iin.
: i ot their political a the Empire,” we could make but a sorry display if our!
“a , services were really required; but they a ‘anes adil
Can the spirit of party long continue in this quiescent, they likely to be lek this year at ore — aaah or expectant state? Will Sir Donald Campbell be the/ the inviolability of “ our beloved censtitution,” it would | first of Governors to work out a miracle—eface political) not, perhaps, be difficult to shew that it is mere ian: distinctions—bury old feuds, and reconcile men shine, particularly if we mean, when we use the as hitherto conflicting minds? His Excellency may hope|the “constitution” which was duilt aati etal sad in vain~if he hep> at all—for such a foretaste of the|and heuds of the Russells, the Hampdens, the Sydneys,
wilenium. However he may covet peace—however|the Marvels, and the Pyms, We should like to hear «
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principles of Responsible Government.
INCREASE To ovr Garrison.—In compliance with a request communicated to the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia by His Excellency Sir Donalds Campbel!, the number of Troops for this place is to be increased to 120 immediately ; and, after some necessary arrange- ments snall be made, the whole force will be augmented to two full companies.
To CorkesponpEnts.—We must apologise to 4 “ Liberal Protestant” at St. Peter’s Bay, for our omission to announce the receipt of his communication, in an earlier No. We thank hice for his generous vindieat of our character agaiast the aspersions of one or two
unprincipled assailants ; but he will be good enough to excuse us from publishing his letter, as the subject upon which it treats has been well-nigh forgotten, and as we dislike to make our own paper the vehicle of our ow praise.