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thet—however coarsely you may be assailed by the sinking and despairing corruptionists and their too-s, and however unsparingly you may be taxed with place- hunting, selfishness, and ambition, you and your friends who, in the foremost rank, bear the brunt of the battle, are exposed for their sakes, and that the more re for the promotion of their interests, the more dark and foul will be the torrents of foolish and fierce abuse directed against you; and, in their strong conviction of the wisdom and honesty of your designs, they are determined to bear you on to victory, whatever josg and inconvenience their noble and generous deter- mination may occasion to themselves.

You and -your party in the Assembly, Sir, are placed in a high and impregnable position; where you may look down, with contempt, wpon the futile slanders directed against you by a fustilarian, such as “an Elector,” who may be allowed te load and discharge the light artillery of the Islander. You and your party, by the honesty and cogency of your policy, and upheld by the favour of the People, are placed far beyond their reach ; and, therefore,

“ Serene, like Heaven above the clouds,”

you may continue to prosecute your great and noble de- signs for the amelioration of the condition and the exten- sion of the privileges of the People; leaving your exas- perated opponents “ to have recourse,” in the language of the last Editorial of the Royal Gazette, “to false statements and personal abuse,” by their adoption of which, it is already become apparent, that they are on the weaker side.

The writer of the last editorial of the Royal Gazette, whatever pretensions he may lawfully make to being a ‘‘counsel learned in the Law,” is certainly not possess- ed of the skill of a true political tactician, or he would never have led on his “ facts and conclusions logically deduced from these facts,” in so unskilfal a manner against the enemy, as, by his movements, to put the very boast of his ‘Tory obstructives, either hors de com- bat, or to flight, with an Elector, sorely wounded, lying helpless upon the ground in the midst of the first, or with the mock Dictator M‘Lean flying at the head of the second.

To this mistake of the writer inthe Royal Gazelle, a parallel is to be found in the last Islander, wherein Mr. M‘Lean as the champion of the Officials, madly, if not traitorously, dares the Liberals to particularize their charges of peculation against the officials.

The gratitude of certain of the officials, for this feat of daring in their defence (?) by Mr. M‘Lean, must certainly far exceed that felt by himself and an “ Elec- tor’ to their ally inthe Royal Gazette, for his “clear and lucid exposition” of the style, character, and strength of their writings.

If ever men, hopelessly weighed down by an oppres- sive sense of the obligations conferred upon them, have had occasion to exclaim, “ O save me from my friends ;” in that burthened plight have certain officials been placed by the voluntary service of Mr. Duncan Maclean, and he and “ An Elector” repaid in their own coin, by their volunteer ally in the “ Royal Gazette,” may with those officials—all alike crushed beneath the weight of undeserved fayours,-—in dolorous chorus, justly and pathetically cry aloud, “ O save us from our friends !”

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I am, Sir, respectfully, A CHARLOTTETOWN LIBERAL. May 29, 1850.

© (We are obliged, reluctantly, to make two parts of our Correspondent’s Letter, owing to the fact that we are required to publish several other articles of great length in the present number. On Saturday we shall give the second part of this able Letter.—Ep. Ex. ]

SCHOOL VISITER FOR PRINCE COUNTY. To tue Epiror or THe EXAMINER.

Mr. WHELAN ;

Sizn,—The following Communication was originally designed for publication in last Tuesday’s Gazelle ;— was subsequently sent to the Islander, but the Proprie- sors of those papers having declined to publish it, I shall feel obliged by its insertion in the next ee

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE ROYAL GAZETTE.

Sin,—As the present School Visiters’ term of Office will shortly expire, I would beg leave, through the Gazelte, respectfully to intimate to the authorities with whom the oppointment rests, the propriety of selecting for the post some one resident in Prince County. We have many individuals amongjus, ‘I am happy to say, fully com- petent to the task, and no necessity exists for drawing our supply from Charlottetown—distant as it is from some of our District Schools at least one hundred miles!

A feeling of dissatisfaction is abroad upon this mat- ter, and I trust that the next appointment will be more in harmony with the wishes of the Inhabitants. Atthe same time, it is but just to remark that the observation is not meant to apply to the present holder of the situ- ation personalty. I, &

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the Communication, we would not be surprised at its rejection, but it is only a plain and courteous expression of opinion against selecting the Schoo] Visitor for Prince County from Queen’s County.—Ep. Ex.]

FOR THE EXAMINER. SONG.

Tuxne—'THe Barp’s Lecacry.”

O raise the gluss to my ips Once more, Round the festive board come Jet us join, We'll sing for the good old days of yore And toast each friend in sparkling wine ; Once more with the friends of my childhood dear— To the days of our youth let us drink and sing, And he who first falls from his arm chair, Him, him we will crown and proclaim our king.

Go bring my harp, like this breast forlorn, Neglected, unstrung, upon yonder wail ; Like this heart, its liveliest strings are torn By scenes that pleasure can never recall. Yet, perhaps, in its chords though unstrung and forsaken Some notes of its numbers may still remain— | may touch some chord that may yet awaken Those dreams that 1 ne’er can recall again.

But, Oh ! when the summer of youth has faded, And vanished away from this care-worn brow, And this heart in the dark cold tomb lies shaded One tear to my memory then bestow. O then take the harp, let it be my pillow, When o’er my slumbers lovd tempests do rave— Beneath the waves of some weeping willow, But raiee not a stone o’er “ The Stranger’s” grave ! P. M‘PHELIM, Jr., “Tue STRANGER.”

Victoria Hote], Charlotte- ? town, June 4, 1850. ,

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Nor content with assuming, over every body in the com- munity, superiority to his own views on politics, and total exemption from error on matters the most productive of error, Duncan Maclean has next become ambitious of setting himself up as our instructor in classic lore. In a short article published ia the Islander of Friday last, and repeated in its penny edition of the day following —characterized by the enormous impertinence and pre- sumption of the writer—we are taken to task for ap- plying the word “Pretorian” to some extra guberna- torial proceedings lately adopted by Sir Donald Camp- bell; and are pompously told by the sciolous editor, “ that the office of Pretor in ancient Rome was judicial, and not gubernatorial ;” and that “ Proconsular was the word we were in search of, but could not stumble upon.” We beg to decline the honor of availing ourselves of the proffered instruction upon this point, and to observe, that if “ Donkey dear” had been better acquainted with Roman history, he would not have placed such entire dependence upon kis English Dictionary as he appears to have done. We contend that the word which we have used (‘ Pretorian”) is much more applicable to the office held by the Governors of this Island—who are unquestionably civil and judicial officers,* than the term “ Proconsular.” The Proconsulship was more of a mili- tary appointment than otherwise; and as those who filled it were often engaged in tedious foreign wars, Pretorst were appointed as coadjutors in the Govern- ment, and more particularly with reference to the admi- nistration of judicial and civil affairs. Perhaps, strictly speaking, neither term is altogether applicabie, but that which we have selected is the more appropriate, D. Maclean’s authority notwithstanding. Further—sup- posing the office of Pretor to have been entirely judi- cial—which we have shown it was not, the office of Governor is likewise judicial, so long as he holds the

*As Donkey appears to have been in a fidget for an opportu- nity of showing off his classical learning, on this late occasion, and may be so again—we present him witha few illustrative notes, to save him from too closely resembling the veritable animal of the long ears, should he ever be silly enough again to dispute the meaning of the word pretorian, which he really does not understand :—

PrR#TOR—dictus qui preiret JURE ET EXERCITU—A military and civil leader,—Quod populo preiret, because he governed the people.

In old times, after the expulsion of the kings, the Consul was so called, One with kingly power both for civil and milita- ry affairs. A Proconsul id: Tacitus.

Pretorious—of or belonging to the Pretor or chief officer.

Navis pretoria—an Admiral or Flag-ship.

Pretoria porta—that gate in the camp whereat they went out to battle.

Prince County, May 25, 1890.

+ Long afterwards, when these Prators were engaged in war,

Judgeship of the Vice Admiralty Court, and the Chan- cellorship.

We have megnanimity enough to pardon, in a hoary- headed and wrinkle-faced sexagenarian,’ any envious allusions to our juvenile years.

Previously to the opening of the second Session of the present parliament, D. Maclean attempted to shew that the Lieutenant Governor might usurp legislative power, and appropriate certain portions of the public money to the payment of the officia] salaries. At the close of that Session His Excellency did not appear, from his Speech, to have derived any instruction from Maclean’s hint; for, without an Appropriation Bill, he claimed the power of making appropriations for two purposes only, namely—-Education, and the Interest on outstanding Warrants,—the money for the former being a separate fund, ard specially appropriated by Statute to Education,—the money for the latter arising from the general Revenue, though its payment is likewise fixed by Statute. We pointed out, at the time, that His Excellency was in error, as respects his intended as- sumption of the power to pay the interest on Warrants; inasmuch as that the money for the purpose could not be taken from the Treasury without a violation of the 35th and 50th Sections of the Revenue Act, and the consequent entailment on the Treasurer of a penalty of £1000, and loss of office. If he could seize the public chest, and pay the interest on Warrants, in direct con- travention of one law to carry out the intentions of another, His Excellency might likewise pay the official salaries, which are fixed by Statute, as D. Maclean, in the article above alluded to, says he should and will do. If this were the case, why does the Government include the salaries referred to in the estimates annually sub- mitted to Parliament? But His Excellency—annoyed though he is with the Assembly, and ready to avail him- self of any Jegal authority, by means of which he could shew his contempt of the Assembly—will never venture on the dangerous experiment suggested by D. Maclean. Donkey’s recurrence to this matter—after suggesting in numbers of the Islander before the last Session was opened, that the House ought to pass a Revenue Bill, and if they thought proper so to do, fo tie tt up, is only another of those hlunders into which his glaring incon- sistency of conduct is continually driving him. It isa blunder, however, which clearly demonstrates that Mac- Jean has no public principle at heart—that his object is to promote the interests of the officials, on whose behalf: he is hired and paid—to secure their salaries at any risk, his opposition to Responsible Government being merely a blind to cover his real design.

Every number of the Islander, pathetically laments the inconvenience felt by the country constituencies from the stoppage of Supplies, which circumstance he declares to be proof of incapacity on the part of the majority of the House of Assembly. Now, we do not know of one country constituency—nor of a dozen in- dividuals in a country constituency, represented by a Libveral, who complain of incovenience on this ground. No public meetings have been held—no expression of opinion, in any shape whatever, has been given, to jus- tify the conclusion at which Mr. Maclean has arrived. If the Tories think the country people adopt their views on this subject, or value their synipathy, why do they not cal] meetings, and ascertain the facts conclusively ? The reason is, they are afraid to have their falsehoods exposed, and their mock sympathy publicly rejected with contempt. In 1846, Donkey Maclean, in a card to his constituents, threatened to stop the Supplies should Responsible Government be refused, and the Land Question left unsettled. Donkey’s threat was never heard of after the Election—whether his courage, like Bob Acre’s, oozed through the palms of his hands, or whether he was afraid of Josing the £30, is a fact with which we have not been furnished. But—adopting the style of argument with which Maclean usually labours out his editorials—he either meant to make his promise good, of voting for a stoppage of Supplies, or he meant to deceive his constituents. If he was sincere in his intention regarding the Supplies, then, according to his opinic as of legislative capacity at the present day, he was most unworthy of being entrusted with any share of popular suffrage, because the intention to do a bad

‘The rejection of the above short Communication by | another officer was appointed to assist in conducting the go- : sis

ne Doumiadia of the Gazeile and Islander, is a fact) veTsment, styled, “ P retor urbanus,” and to whom was com- ar -_ os ay cee = eaoean ——

which shews what little value is to be placed on the|Mitted judicial power. (See Latin Dictionary.) —The word] Was not sincere in the declaration he made to his con- er : P |was made use of in its original and more ancient meaning |gtituents. he was unworthy of thei fid d

impartiality and independence of those Journals. If, which corresponds more closely with the official responeibili sina y 9% CONSEORES One SAp-

there was anything obnoxious In the style or matter Of ties of a Lieutenant Governor than any other. port—incapable, through perfidy, of legislating for them :

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