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‘PHS ts PRUE LIBERTY WHEN FKE®-BORN MEN—HAVING TO ADVISE ‘THE PUBLIC—MAY SPEAK FREE.”—Mizton’s Eurtrrpes 26 — ~ petegeianasaetpntapaoneaehifinmnnnahelianitdeiaigedenaheoeldonerd opp -—anoe—-oonaeeponabicebennatecd onde e na ae Dame aiehelbadoamennonm ee Ean , = New Scrics. CHARLOTTETOWN, NOVEMBER 9, 1850. eee ie mcrae lta ttn iiererenenttectneen cited AAI al dod Sirieinncnee Letter from the Hon. Joseph There being no efficient Inspection of | less than nothing. The Telegraph will

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TO THE FRESHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY UF HALIFAX.

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Having been charged, by the Lievte- gent Governor, with a Mission’ to Eng- land, involving very inportant Provin- ein} interests, [ shall leave Halifax in the Steamer to-morrow, and will proda- bly be absent eight or ten weeks.

During the last Summer, | visited every gection of the County, and believe that there is nothing whichany of you have confided to my care, or to which my at- tention has been called, that has not been dealt with as you desired, so far ag the means at the disposal of your Repreaen- taiives would admit.—Should any casu- alties occur, prompt attention will no doubt be paid to anv proper representation made to the Government, through my Calleacue, Mr. Mott.

Aael have not bed an opporiunity of pabliciy addressing you, since the pre- gent Administration was formed, it may set now be out of place for ane briefly to enumerate the leading measuresto which gta sanction and support have been viven, end the questions which have been ho- pourably and permanen lv setiled,

Responsible Government, administer- ed through Heads of Departments, hoid- ing their places by tenure of public con- fidence, has occupied, es you are quite aware, a conspicuous place in the puble discussiona of British America for the Jast ien or fifteen vears. Sustaited: by your sympathies. 1 gave.asa public four. melist, some years of life to its advoracy, al a tine when there was much ignorance and inudiffurenee on the one side, an { the whole weight of Executive and Legit tive auther ty on the oiber Exeiuded from the Ad:ninisiration rs 1843, |

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asserted, in every hamlet you inte by end in every County of the interior, the rinciples for the security of wlth ty or and myself retired 5 snd wh i) with the aid of the Liverst Majorny teturned in 1847, We es Wed, as Slew

ders of Adsaiistration, te csiehisn. Ph days of te) and nighrayo! nen at anxiety

which ev minenut man of our party ased long that lene contest, w of tose sozaged in it ever likely § to forget. We nave lived, wever, 10 | see ther

gee our princip'es trimer! pecognized afier ful: deba’ y the Lords end Co:ntnons of England - to see them @learly exanciated by suecessive Secre- taries of State: and in Canads end New Brunswick. +o Jess than in Nova Scotia, supplying wew securities to itberty, and fresh vigour to every branch of Aduit- istration.

The vid svetem of Government notu- mally gener ted extravagance, and cou- pied with the general Constitutional questions, was the subsidiary but yer wnportant matter of economical reform The People of Nova Scotia never did grudgea fair ren:unerntion to those who transacted the public business. ‘I'he Libera) party in opposition, therefore, pledged themselves ouly to thet rational measure of reduction, which, as a Go- werninent, they were prepared to yield Let us see how these pledges have been redeemed.

Until recently consolidated and remo- delied, the principal Departments of the Governmeiits cost:

Two Land Departments £2010 17 3

Pwo Revenue Depart- ments 12610 8 7 "The Treasury 82130 8 The Secretary's Olice 212 10 O £17,525 6 6

Accounts provided for, As the Depart- mental system has been now arranged, the entire expense will be

The Land Department £850 O 0 Receiver General’s Depart- ment 891 10 8 Revenue Department 5401 1 O Financial Secretary’s De- partment 800 0 0 Provincial Secretary’s Do. 1400 0 0 £9342 11 8

Making a reduction of expenditure on these Branches of the Service, contrast- ing their cost in 1847 with what they coset now, of £8182 14 10 To which may he added

other Savings, effected

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Bill, amounting to 1412 10 0 £9585 410

Deductinz three Pensions from the above 995 0 0O

Diikdibeladdntbtlided The immediate Saving then is £8670 4 10

The uliimate Saving, when the Pen- sions fall in, will be £9595 a-year.

Coupled with the question of the Civi Liat, wae another which touched the Registry of Deeds. Ths never could be settled while the preseat Opposition were ip power, the retirement demanded for Sir Rupert being greater than the House would consent to give. You wil! soon fee! the advantage of a final ad- justment of this vexed question, and ia a few cays after I guit the shores of Nava Scotia, the cost, all over the face ftransierring property, ard can- froaine tries, will be reduced to nearty one half what itis new, Thos Bol will effect an important saving to all clacses ; to the poer, whe often lose thetr vo or have their rights endangered hy the expense of Registration, it will prove an bean, for consolidatins Lead Departments, withbeld by the Co- lontal Seeretary in 1845, was conf ned » R49. Besides the saving of ex cense, : concentration and eficiency have heen secured, M ios, showthyer the orant- .d and ungranted lands,in every County,

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these are comp eted, other ‘improvements, of winet this Department ig susc: ptibie, will be introduced.

Asa necessary part of the Departmen- tal system, the Bill ta enable inembers to vecate their seats, einer upon tne eallof ther constitaents, or otherwise, wi!) be fornd useful and convenient,

he Act passed in 1848 “to render the Judges of the Supreme Court and the Master of the Rolle independent of the Crowp, and to provide for their removal,” thongh ret with much clamour at the time, establishes » salutary control, with- out impairing the dignity or weakening the moral influence of the Bench.

The construction of the Electric Tele yrapb gives you. onachean ecale, an apt illustration of the principle whieh the Lieutenant Governor now seeks to apply to works of greater magnitude. Bui't by the public funds, and managed for the public security and advantage. it already pays the interest on the capital, its work- ing expenses, and a handsome profit, to be applied to the return of the capital or to the extension of other lines. Ii is clear then, tiat we get for nothing the profit of all the labour and employment that the constrution of the Telegraph cave—all the social and commercial) f. cilities which rapid communication with the great cities of this continent, and even with the West India jsande, gives

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pay us fer our entightened appreciation of its value. Let us apply the same principle to the Railroad, and trust in a kind Providence fora like return for our expenditure.

‘The want of an accurate Census ofthe Province has long been keenly felt: un- der the law of jast Session an enumera- tion of our population and stock, will be obtained in 1851, and the returns pre- pared will present to you a faithful pic- ture ofevery branch of our Provincial Industry.

The Consolidation of our Laws is steadily advancing. This is a work of great labour and Importance, honouratly engaged in by acute minds of both par- ties, and so far ripening to maturity, that in 1851 you may have in one porteble book all the laws of the Province, now scaitered about in many volumes, and actually inaccessible to the great body of the people.

It igsometimes said that the Goverr- mentis notdealing vigorously in refer- ence to Light Houses and the Isle of Sable. ‘Those who indnige in these attacks cannot be accurately informed. During the past Summer a muss of va- lnabie information Jn respect to our Light Hionses was forwarded to England, which cannot fail to secure the co operation of the Imperta! anthorives in placing om Colonial fights on the very best footing which modern science approves. ‘Two or three new Light [fouscs have been built during the pist season, and an equal number will be ereciedin 185).

As regerds the tsie of Sabie, ever since the inquiry inetituled into ite manage- ment, in the winter of 1848, (he Govern- ment bave never lost sightof this branch of the public service. Mr. Townshens’s Keport was followed by a searching in- vesigation, which led to a change of viuagement, and to various improve ments; and Thave just laid betore the Lieutenant Governor the results of a personal inspection, which TP trast wil! oy and bye satisfy you that the public inferest, im this Gepartment, is not ne glected,

ftis probable that both these services may yet be combined under one Com- mission, as soon as the sanction of the Legislature is given to an Actto be sub- mitted for that purpose.

The improvements made in ihe new School Act of last Session are, [ believe, working beneficially. For the first time inour history hasan Officer of the Go- vernment passed over the face of the country, reusing the people to the im- portance of Education, and imparting iformation in regard to it. He hae not, of course, yet penetrated into all the remote sections, but the stimuli applied 10 the more populous and Important cen: tres, will soun be felt at the extremities.

As soon as the arrangemen'? can be completed, One Thousand Pouidcs worth of valuable Books will be distributed over the Province, and formed inte Schoo) Libraries, giving perhaps on an average IGQU volumes to every County.

‘These, my friends, are substantial fruits, yielded to you by a liberal admi- nistration, and springing from the patri- otic and enlightened legislation of the men returned to Parliament in the etirring contest of 1847. * By their works ye shall know them,” and truly of their works the gentlemen with whom I have been an humble fellow jsbourer, need aot be ashamed. Political opponents of course abuse them, and political and per- sonal friends love to show their indepen- cence by finding fault, but Jet either maetch the messures of the past three Sesaions, from the records of any ten to be found in the political history of the

history of party in any Country, one that so fully carried out, in office, the pledges made upon the Hustings, '

One measure, and one only, to which the Liberal Party hive pledged itself thev have yet to perfect—I mean the revision of the Post Office, and the re- duction of Postage to an uniform rate Over the causes of the delay we have nocontroul. The Imperial Government have informed us they are not. yet pre pared to make the transfer. e stand ready to discharge our honorable ob- ligations, and to perform our duty, wher they do. :

I need say little of county improve- ments—these are before you and you cag estimate their value. The two or three remaining Sections of the Guysboro’ Road have been finished thie Summer— twenty eight miles of the Harvey Road, along the Eastern shore, have also been

‘completed; half a dozen important Bridges

have been constructed, the damage by freshets has been repaired, and the Crosa Roads are steadily improving.

While faithfully applying the publie funds to in‘ernal improvements, we have not been unmindfal of measures neces- sary to the extension of our inter-colonial and Foreign Trade. With all the sure rounding Colonies a reciprocal interes change of productions has been esta- biished, and seven or eight new Ports of Eniry have been opened for the accom- modation of our Vessels tradiug on the open seas. The best. preof that our Clammerce is reviving and extending, Ie io be seen in the merease of our Revenue which | bave litle doubt will, by the close of the year, show an increase of £15,000 over that of 1843, the year thag we assumed the controul of public affaira

Our efforts to establish a reciprocal trade with the United States have not yet been succeastul. ‘The failure is fair. yatributed to the mfluence of Class Interests in that country, over which we have ne controu. A charge is often made agaiugtns arising out of thie ne gociation, upon which it is proper for me to meke a single observation. Jt ie said thet we have welded up our Fisheries to be Americans for no corresponding ad: vautage, To this charge T give a flat denial; and when the Correspondence is submitted to the Legislature, treet me you will percewwe with what jealous watchfulnees vour nphts of Fishery bave been guarded. and what substantial equi- valents were demanded in return for the concessions we were prepared to make,

Anether charge sometimes brought against ue by our friends is, that we have not displaced the eubordinae occupants of office. — ‘This is truc—but it is equally true, that not only were the Laberal Leaders never pledged to do this, but that, at every Public Meeting I attended, fiom 1848 to 1847, 1 repudiated the practice, with the approbation, and amidst the cheers. of thousands of Liberale, of whom those meetings were composed.

From this brief review it is apparent that not only hes no public pledge been violated by my friends, but thet every one civen to their countreymen has been honorably redeemed,

The past, with al] its valuable resulta, is before you. But no political party— no a€ministration, indifferent to the énties of the present honr, and unmindful of the future improvements, can live upon the fame of past achievements, and grateful reminiscences of by gone labours, how- ever honourable these may heve been. The cry and the great want of Nova Scotia, at the present time, is further In- dustrial developementi—acive employment for ihe people, new and iproved facil ties for business end sccis} intereoure

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