HASZARD'S GAZETTE. MARCH 7.

' being driven‘from

‘S to . T mJe'ri,llilinded

' oficial conduct of t 4. introduction of the Responsible System, have

peo le, their vessels and serfdom were unifiminiahed and um eviated: the state and condition of the commonalty were, in no way.

‘E0178! 0!’

Marina, February 13. '

House in Conn-res on the Anoams in reply . - . . - vedb t, nl i’ th f ll rs E.'..‘£§:.*.--m~.s........--oi»-»ns«r~»~« 2.'1“’.'.:’.......{ '..:..°"..';..:;, '2.§.l;_,l.. ' - ' . ted ti t . so e l‘'- '°"'““" “N 0'--is 2%}-’.T’.".".m3 {...‘.’J'..‘.’.. ..‘..‘.’...':... ........i.

(Continued from our last.)

_ Xe. Davin. The position of the Govern- ment. even upon the very ere. as they are, of power. by a successful, although unprinciple . faction, is one of which they have every reason to proud. Not one charge has been, or can be, preferred against them to prove that, under their management, one pound of the people's none has either been inisapplied : or cannot besatis aetorily account- ed for. '1‘his is, indeed, a day of triumph, of exultation to us. rather than to them. The present prosperous state of the Colony is, in a great measure, I am prepared to maintain. owing to the introduction of the Rrsponsiblei hey who deny this proposition, are to the truth, by their own narrow- iniuded selfishness; men who e always opposed any extension of the rights and liber- ties of th pie, and who, out of a mistaken regard for t. eir own individual, or class, inte- rests, wouid—hed it been permitted them to do so -have ladly narrowed and lessened every p: ular right, even far below what it was ore the race ition of the protective princi- ple of responsibilit on the part of the govern- ment and ollice-hol ers: men, in fact. who know not that the natural fruits of extended freedom and increased rights to a people. are superior efforts and success in ever branch of industry, trade. and.ceuimerce.'—t e nellis of which are seen and hit by all classes. Contrast the e gentlemen who, since the

themselves against the tyranny and encroach- ments of the Crown : and if, in securing, by the M. bu-ts, ‘ nliar rights and privileges, the stipulated for _au extension of those of their followers and retainers also, it was only that they might, by so doing, increase their own power to resist the Crown; and by no means proceeded from any d"!ll'0, on their rt, toloosen the chains by which t y of the common people were held in bou- ge. 'I‘he procuring of the Magna Charts was one step towards freedom. I admit; for the

and tieir retainers from the tyi-anny'of the Crown, was not exhibited to the people in VI!!!» little as it was intended to benefit them; al- though it was not until after the lapse of centuries, that their perseverance for the attainment of popular freedom, and tire just extension of the ri hts and privileges of the people, without istinction of race, creed, or station. was crowned with any degree of substantial success. I sa a in than the people of England, Scotland. and Ireland, have much more reason to venersie ihe Emanci- pation and Reform Acts, ilian Magus Charis: and, l’If‘s'id9U'] feailesly maintain, that Responsible Government has bestowed upon the people of iliis Colony what they ought lo have had from Magus Charts. Until ihe establishment of that Sysiein, Magus Charla was bui asa dead lelier io iliem ; and if ihe ban. and learned member knew the real reason why a copy of Msgna Charis was placed abort the Speaker’: chair, he would know ilrsi it was placed iliere in shew that, until ihc es- iablishmeni of Responsible Government, ihe people of Prince Edward lslsiid had very little, if any,

filled the cliiefollicefs in the Colony, with that of soiue of those who held the more important oficiul appointmeiits. under the old or Irres-

cxam is of the Barons. in freeing themselves"

£ sriiealsrly by the has. Ismher fer Bell‘sst_(Ml’- llouu) iiiu, uaeogsi the road cuinmiiblonm appoiuied by the peanut Government. lhlml In many incapable of a proper dllclistlo. 0' ll” duiics ofihcir ap latmeateo No dolllfl IMM "0

noiso well qaaliled as others. and some may’

even be calpably segleetfiil ; but the roost glaring neglect of duiy,on ihegart of a r -eoiamisilonef. which has come to my keowllggs. is chargeable u u a Commissioner si iio---n0l. 50 ll observed. a libersl—-but one of the party I0 which ‘ ,_ 1),...“ i,.|..g.,._ Ann ulveriing io ihe Education Act, eulngiling the measure, and connneiiiing wit some severity upon what :he called ihe selfish 0 position, made to its becoming how, by ihe proprietors ands few oihe_rs. _ hon. member in-st slludsdloihe Franchise Bill. and spoke of it as I jllst sad necafllty ||'li9|||l_Wi designating those who opposed li ‘as sneinies progress and the liberties of t _ _ He then concluded thus: Nuiaerieslly speaking, ii is very true that we, the Government party, are now in the minority in this House ;but I can tell our opponents what they will, perhaps. be

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surprised to hear, and what. ldouhi not, they yect

will be very unwilling to believe or sdmii_;s_nd that is. iliat we, the minority, represent a majority oi ihe eleclors. I have taken the trouble to consult ihe proper records, and I lied that the ion on lllll side of ihe House actually represent 303 elecioi-s more men voied for the fourteen or fifteen who signed the Requisition to His Excellency; and, ilierefore,ii is plain that ihe Gosernrueei, alihough in the minority in the House, are sus- iained by a msjoriiy of the electors. But it we credit ihe sialsinents which have been made, and ihe repcrls circulated through the country, concerning the professions and promises made by cerisin hon. members in the ms'ority, they ouglil to have voted with us; and. h the doria so, we would have been the inajoriiyiu ihe ousc, as well as the representatives of a large majority ofihe electors. Wiih respect in iwo of those hon. members. an Address has been presented In

ihem, by their constituents. accusing them of

ry, and declared to beopen to every one. No the Assernbiy-snil ilisi ihey were opposed to up

man was allowed to safer. in his rson, free-

Depsrtnienisl System, because they were opposed

doui,or pro rty,.uuless. b the judgment of lo every thing like corruption.

peers. an according to t e law of the land. _in the realm, and freed from all arbitrary im - sitiona; and all freeman were allowed ull liberty to enter or quit the kingdom :-sn_fact, such was the encouragement worn by it reign traders, that, -on, its establishment the little star of Free Trade, it may be said, a pen- red 0 the bcrison. The excellence o the

u merchants were protected whilst with- 1

(1b be continued.)

R. B. -Isviiie, aaezannm oaznrra. Tuesday, larch 7. use

_...__.....__ .._————.._.___. , 'l'Ha'r the array of voters at the busiings of lo-Iser.

373655 C0l|"ltlWl0l1 ll deflwd from "'9 M“8"“ 3 row will be such as to do credit to Charlottetown, we

Charla; and. for ages, it has served as the great bulwark of English ‘liberty. Look to the contiiienml kin oms of Euro , and, _co'n- sider how much ess desirable is the condition of the people—ovcu in the best governed of ’tbem—than that of those who ve under British Government. In none of those kin - dome has an such Charter been obtained ; an , therefore. 0 le are still more or less sub’ 1‘. to despotic or arbitrary rule.

dd: Dsvixameintained his view of the sub- ' Iasserted, said the hon. member, that,

whilst the barons secured themselves against the arbitrary exercise of power, on the part of the Crown; and even secured certain_ rights and priviles to their vassals ; no protection was extended to the most numerous body of the people—tbe serfs, slaves, or ivi'Ilai’ns—wlio w_ere eft, as formerly, at the mercy of the nobility. To none but those who were already free, did the Magna Clicrra secure freedom, or exte d any especial protection. Till the passing of such measures as the Emancipation and Relorm Bills, the t body of the people were excluded from all sh:-‘e in legislation.

Hos. Mn. Warns. The latter rt of the amendment is clear. plain, and inte ligible. It is what I ex ted. lion. meiubers in the majority woud not sleep soundly to-niglit, unless they should carry that rtion of the amendment. To me, however, t ie amendment does not appear complete. It fails to carry out

onsible System ; and how great the difiereuce! few. every public ollicer discharges his dut to the fullest extent of his obligations. Now I ub- lic Oliicers are always to be found at their posts during oflice hours; and when any man—wliat-

practical experience of the benefits conferred by Maiinri Chsris.—-'l‘he hon. member then proceed- id in noiice ihe charges preferred against him by Mr. Douse. and declared them in be totally without foiiiidiiiioii in fact. He then adveried lo l\lr. Douse’s declaration, ihat the people were

their avowed sentiments and intentions; an , therefore, to supply the deficiency, I move that there be added to it words to the effect, -——that they are decidedly of o inion that, in order to ensure the integrity of t e Legislature,

deception and political sposiscy. Thai Address remains unanswered ; and, till the hon. members shall have answered ii iii ssaiisfsctory manner, it will only be natural forimpsriial persons to conclude that the accusation has not been prefer-

. - - b h h ‘ 21:; ll: :“,:'£,l:.l:,i::,Le:,":‘,:Ztw°;:xoisgsabflgg i iiissaiisfieil rind impatient under the tyranny of ihe n..s,,'to tmnsact wig}, any of them, he is not ‘overnuieni; aiid._ in doing so, said, .s Sirfllex. told to call again to-morrow, and lIlC0ll\'UllIGflC- a"“°' B‘“'“‘"","" " ‘hi’ 'l“"‘ l"’l’r""‘; mm "' ll” M by the Nicer.’ being either in the country shsiid :‘fo_r lips lvyelllkniiii n.‘ and ' ree ylsnd grate. on it pleasure excursion, or unable to attend to '“ ll 3 lllllle f. by i iehpeop e. .1)!!! He tprepcbni the discharge of his oflicial duties. froiu his Ial’l’l' "““° " L5, ""3 "3 ’”°" "':’“3 :h ' having to re re for a dinner party;as was "’_?""“"‘f" .' ""';I’, ‘Ely’ ‘ “. ° ' °r" I ‘."° °""“ ‘ ° °‘‘” ‘"“’°' 9"‘ °l‘-‘ l”°‘l’°"”"”° l’i1'.§".'i'i‘Z'l.II.r.'I.ii.lli’i.i’l'i..§ '°.. i'."°..°i'.i.".ii. l’s'.'.'3’..i.’. hys~mm' And’ What Is this “upmvel-Dim meni and ilieir an orieii:-‘but liell hiin Ilie owing! To nothing, I say, but the recognition I r h Pl’ I‘ ' . h .' ‘_ of the principle of responsibility‘—the leading '‘;'‘.°‘“‘°‘; ‘ ' fl'PJ‘'°l'll°8"&°l"l °'3l:illlll:'l,-‘

incip e of the Departiuental bystem,_whie " ‘l'° P9"P:e "‘_'““:‘ 9'": ."'{‘""‘°"‘ ,9" ll 3".’ . ion. members in the majority are so anxious to '9" 3''b" l.” . ‘;“‘"d '" '° "l'l""‘":" I '"l.‘" "T" destroy. Departmental Ofiicers, appointed T"'°’°°"'. “'.'°‘.”‘° ‘‘}:‘‘‘’'i§-’rm'°‘P9‘P 9: il" "9 from the Assembly, being dependent upon the E-la‘? ° ":,"""l‘ I °'_ 9! ‘ll 'l:l,l1'£'l W qoiueof the people for the conlirniiition of their?‘ ‘‘ "lflfia "I? .'',9 ’.‘“'° '° ''f,“'"'‘. ‘ ° .bu"":|" .;,..,..n:mfie_-;;,_«re. ~;hen,w».,i»~ve gig;-;,ed ..'.:;.....:....::':.::‘:'::.2:°°°°.. ...".‘.":.:'..:::"...'.“..'? lit ‘on on sr n . . v practice of fidelity. diicgnisliltn triiildcean obiig‘: ‘" I “"’ I‘ °""l"li ll” °‘°l“'l°" !"""' ins; civility in their dliices, by.t ie consideration ‘hf l"‘i‘°“‘d A"‘°"‘l;.ly'h °,f[, M" Tl.'°'"“’('i'- Jill‘ of the source of their appointments, which, :','|:‘ “|‘ °"":°e ",';1"n°in‘ °w "t'iIYe"l"' 17- '2‘ :"“.V'

‘ 0“ I1 0 "S! I ,'_;§f,‘;“,‘,',{,',,l:,'°°,§’;’,‘_},,,f:§;",.,‘§;,,§’°°g‘,}§- ,;~;:,:~:;; .-...... ’.......... ...“..“...... ....’..l’......‘...°.....‘?» ‘ P‘ - y ' ’ ' he hon. memhi-rihen concluded by saying, The

red without suliicieui cause of complaint. With respect to the sisiemeoi which] myself have join made, I leave further in say, that, if any hon. member d puies ii, I am props to con- vince him of its correctness, by reference to the proper documents. As respects my own more iiidividusl interests, I care huiliiile about the governmeni's being in ihe minority. I have but liiile to lose: bui.were iisver so much.l would mil sacrifice my poliiicsl principles to retain it. Willi respect in the Government themselves, they are certainly not free from fsulis; but I honestly hi-licv-—and think the majority of the people believe aIso——ihsi they have been the best Govern- ment the Colony has ever had. [ML Mscautsv. They have been the best for yiiu.] l have, it is irue. got something by them, butlsnd oihcrs, who have received up ments at their hands,

will, in all prooebiliiy, beivsry soon deprived of

them, in order that they ins towed ii

ihe hon. member (Mr. Mscsulsy) and his poliiical associates and l'riends. What we shall lose, they expect to gain; and, if we have had satisfaction in the reieniion of our appointments, they who

it is necessary that a l salaried Government Ollicers shall be excluded from it. Mir. Cnaax. I second the amendment.

e. Mooxzv. It is not to bc wondered at that, on Thursday, I said this stone building was weeping for the downfall of the Liberals ; and now that by the carrying of the amendment 'ust submitted by the lion. and learned mem- , (Hon.Mr. Palmer) their overthrow will be made complete, I might o well excused were I to say, as the Israelites of old did, when about to desert their leaders, “ '1‘o your tents, 0, Israel !" The hon. and learned member for Georgetown (Mr. Haviland) has said, the strug- gle is who shall offer most liberty to the peo- ple. But the stru gle, on their part, has been. not to extend thebiiberties or protect the rights of the pee lc ; but to secure power and emolu-

do not for an instant doubt. That the bulk of the

4 intelligence, respectability. and wealth is on the side

of ihe friends of order and real improvement. we are icerlsin. We are noi the least in elsrrn as to what will be the result of the polling‘. notwithstanding the Meetings of the opposite party. But we are anxious that those who are interested in ihe welfare of the town, and of consequence, in that of the Island gene- riilly, should te-mcrrcw make such a demonstration of their strength as to show that ihe metropolis is not to lie at the mercy of a deinsgogire, who, ejected by those. who. having tried him, and on trial found Iiim wanting, ihiuks to raise himself by means of liberal Iibslions of whiskey, into being the “starter the people of Charlottetown, and Idling than know it." There are ihcse who have not forgotten Mr. Coles's conduct in the matter of the Engine House; the con. iempiuous disregard paid to the wishes of the Town Meeting. and his using his power to have an Act passed directly in the iseih of their resoluticne,—aii Act which more than any thing else sliewed ihe utter unfiineu of such men us George Ccles for holding the reins of Governinent,—-an Aei meant to frighten the town, and force them into a measure they disapproved of; hui which was set at nought and rendered ringe- lory by ihe spirited conduct of ihe 'l‘own Meeiiog,who refused to liix themselves to please ihe Dictator. We had thought that ibis repulse-—eo disgraceful to all w in were concerned in the fabrication of this infa- ! iiions law, would have operated as a warning, and , that Mr. Coles, at least, would have felt, that. of all l places in the island, rharloiielown was that in which E be hsd—or oiighi to have—lhe least influence,—ex. cepiing, indeed, iiinong ihe rciail sellers and drinkers of whisky. Over such, Mr. Coles may boast an almost unliiniied empire; they are his true subjects. and will willingly obey his belicsts. It is with sin. lccre sorrow-for their own sakes. only, however I —iliai we nee some, of whom we had hoped better things, from sheer party spirit, linking themselves to the degradation that is the inevitable attendant on being seen in such society; and, on ihe oihcr hand, nothing can more provoke our mirili—if. indeed, we can be said to indulge in mirili where we feel supreme coniempi-—ilian to see ihose caliing tlicsiuliics Sons uml Friends of Teiiipersnce. lending their aid to cle- vale Distillers and Ruin sellers into places of power, ilisi ihey may ihersby be enabled to thwart or ini- peile the progress of Universal Temperance,--" e

meets to t emselves; and, if possible, to 5CCsasu them in such e we as may ensure to them the enjoyment of theiu against the will of a deceived and incensed ople. The clian e which the majority are a ut to effect will e ii lvlvglit to the hopes and pr of the eoplc. It will

roiiiiiiciation of it, will also be renounced all direct oliicial responsibility to the o lo; and the consequence will be, that there will be re- ’vivod all the oliiciiil neglect and arrogant‘ independence of the people, by which they wercj so long insulted and exasperated before tho] introduction of the Responsible Dcpurtmentnll ' Syst-sin. And yet, with such facts and truths- before them, lion. members in the majority liuie

amendment proposed by the ban. and learned member for (lliarloiieiown, is nothing but a misera- lili- --fading of ihe question at issue.”

Mr I)-use. I have not made asingle stale- IIIPDI uhii-li I am not prepared to prove.

Mr ('i.iiii< The smcndineni csrrics contra- 1lli'l!'I'i upon «ho face of ii. ' he Requisition or .\l--.nuri.il oi" Jolv insinuaies ihst ihe couiiiry is

the liicc to tell us, that the subversion cl i‘w- s :1‘ “hp |ri-ill iiio evils arising from ihe ma]. Responsible Depiirtinciitiil System will pun!) ...:.n .. -~ mi v=i puhlicsli'<irs by "he Government; the Assembly, and tcnil to the better pI'0l'ii:i“.;l' ;rn.l pl.niil_i puliilrl out ihe Departmental System, tion and lurtlioriiuce of the people's rights .1 l ... ill - allooing of salaried oflicers of Governineni

interests: and that the people demand l~'l:;.. t iingc, iii the belief that such public l|(l\'ll.l‘lialgcS will result from it. As well might. they tell iis,tliat ii. sensible and experienced} iiiziu would rather that his cat-.ite, or iiliiiirs] should be managed by an individual of iiiiotlier' person's appointing. than by one ofliis own! choosing. in the belief that such an abandon-i iiiont of his right to elect his own agent, or’ somint, would ten most directly to his own nivantoge. Such iirgumenta us these lion. inombcrs il(I\‘l\llc8, in favor of the cstablisliiiicnt of the old oliicial ii-rcspoiisibility to the people, and against thiit rcpousibity by which it has been supcrceiicd, are nothing but ii iuoclrcry-— as much uiiiockery as ii lawycr‘s preaching froin, or upon, the book of Job.—’l‘he lion. an l.,~..i-ned uieinlier (Doc:-)r Conroy) was pleased. the other day, to direct our attention to the copy of the Mngna Cliarta which hangs over the Speaker's cliair. and to call upon us to shew our vi-ricration for it, as the great charter of the poo lo's rights and liberties. But in what way dill, he wish us to manifest our a proba- tion ofitl By asserting and an porting the people's rights and liberties! . 0; but l) conseiitin to a subversion of them, by exclu - iiiga can idatc who was chosen a ineinher of this llouse, by a majority of votes, and admitt- ing—iu virtue of an irregular Return-him, as a representative of the people, who had a minority! lndc endently, however, of the lion. and learns member’s misdirection, in this case, as to the best mode of manifesting. our regard for the rights and liberties of the people. I widely diller from him, as to the amount of veucration which we, as the people‘: representiitivci-i. and as a port oftlie people our- aclves,are bound to en tcrtain for the ii agna Char- ts, 'l‘lie Maigiia Cliiii-ta is,in my opinion, entitl to much less vencration from the en lo, than the I‘ilIlBl1Cl ation and Reform Bil s, y which aornany mi lions of them were dieenthralled from legal disabilities, and elevated to the true stun of men. by being enabled fully and openly to obey the dictates ofconscienee, and to exercise the long-withheld ri his and privi- lu set‘ free men. As for thellngna Charts, it ndeed conferred the rights and privileges of

.o luau: so-.ii.~. in the Assembly. as the main source of iliosc evils; and now, ihe sinendmeni.—proceed- ing from the very individuals who signed that llcqoi:-iiioiiniiil Meirioriiil,—staies that they are noi quiic certain that the Depsrimenisl System is so bad as, in July. ihey reprssenled ii to be: and that, before iliey can arrive at a proper con- clusion concerning ii. iis principles must be full

deb:iied_ by the Assembly. ‘ow my opinion is, iliai ihe lion members who signed that Requisition or Memorial, should either have admitted lhe iruih of-what is set forth in His Excellency’s Speech in favor of the working ofihe Responsible System, or, in their roposcd amendment to ihe Address, have freely and boldly siaied whai are the evils which result from ollice-holders‘ being members of ihe Assembly. I have never known a government In be put out of oliice, except on susiaiiiing a defciii, in parliament, on some measure brought forward by them; and ii is ceriainly a new and strange mode of proceedin

lo siieiiipi to supplant ihe present Governuient of this Colony by means of an ambiguous sineiid- mcni to a paragraph in the Address in answer io ihe Speecli—whicli paragraph, whilst it in reality afiirmsnoiliing, is yet evideiilly intended in be ihe iniroduclion lo a vole of want of confidence in the Government. This amendment is submiiied as an snswerio that paragraph of His Excclli~ncy’s Speech. which not only denies that any evils, demanding an immediate change, have arisen fromihe adopiiori of the Departmental System, hui also shows ii in be in accordance wiih one of our own sisiuiea, passed before ihe inlroduciion nfihiiisysiein, and still in force. And yctilie anii=iidincni—ilie reply to this portion of Ilia Eircr.-llenc_v‘s Spec-ch—ie neither a candid acquies- cence in the truth of what His Excellency states l’!'r4p9clll|fl ihe working of the Departmental Sysiein, nor yet an honest negation ofit. liis iriily nothing but pitiful sublerfnge.—As lo the measures of ihe Government. every one of them