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A WEEKLY JOUR}

VOL. XVII

VAL OF POLITICS, LITERATURE

Phis is truce Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.’ --- Euripides.

AND

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1865.

NEWS.

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My seul roams abroad o'er nature's free sod, we admire it when we remember that the author |

Bending spirit nor kuee to any but God,

ORIGINAL POETRY.

tl st LP tly, - —w™ ~ ee OP

FOR THE EXAMINER.)

MY COT.

Ry a close copse ot fir on the side of a hill,

W hose due is the homage of man.

O, dear is ny home by the wild forest groves, is united with a church of the same denomination | approbation of the principles and policy of the | : J 2 - ” Where freedom’s proud spirit undauntedly roves, With the gentlemanly and learned printer of said Leazue.

As pure as the air, and as broad as the wild, Journal, which warns the public against her book.

Where the voice of a streamilet never is still And firm asthe rocks, and the mountains up-piled, It: order to prove to you the disinteresteduess, And spruce, pine and hemlock, unchangivg in Looking into the arches of heaven. purity of motive, and magnanimity which prompt: | . :

; jing. They, regardless of the consequences to sheen, ed this gallant printer te call the attention of the | sae has i Still be thou my home till the day I shall die, |themselves and to their party, washed their

Bear t

My cot by the wilderness stands

r heads to the heavens eternally green, puble te the unposition practised by the circula-

And then let me sleep where the stream ripples |hands of the whole affair. These, whoever |

tion of said book, it will be necessary in the first ; ; Pes 7 place to state, that said printer keeps a Si w bovks whey were, acter the traly patriotic pert. They |

[ rejvice in the scene which blossoms around — : : referre > , ein ~~ a’ F on hand for sale; and in the second place, that | preferred the good of their country tu party or |

[ts murmurings will blend with the forest’s wild From the bud to the leaf till it falls to the ground— ia : : a cea ea } : shia ra - wave, he never saw the book entitled “ Nurse and Spy,’ | pe rsonal interests. These open, manly and | Nature s Held speaking Volume owns the presence

of Ged '

In the lite of

And sing their dirge notes o’er my bed in the grave, having promised the lady to call and examine the honest politicians were, we regret to say, by no And my requiem tor ages repeat.

WERAND

work, but failed to keep his engagement. | means uumerous. By far the greater number This is the first book, to our knowledge, that | retained a very prudent reticence on the sub- has ever been sold on this Island for any noble Jeet of the Tenant Union.

and bevevelent purpose; and we think we are

s borders, and the grass of its sod The insect which creeps and creature that Smeal

Some, fi rs if) — ak Die Gta é Some, for want of | oe moral courage, feared to incur the ill-will of

PSALM

lear tine, be and ~¢ that «p aneo ‘ ear “ITD ov sMOrnmT en saving at it i 2 . ‘ as | a. s . o,e Hear vine, bush and tree that spontancously bear THE 299n VERSIFIED. | Safe in saying, that it is also the only one that bas | the tenantry by offering the slightest opposition " “ r been attacked by a public journalist in Prince |to their fondly cherished scheme ; others, from . cng Edward Island, before having been read or ex- Ye mighty ones, your offerings lead

fo Zion's sacred fane,

‘ : r rams that sweetly feed

Tbe red mountain tea, and the pale maiden

at

The biack, and the blue, and sweet hurtle berries.

he | | the fear of pecuniary loss, refrained from ex- Thew red in clusters and blood colored cherries amined ; therefore, we would wish to make a few : ca ' Yield stores for the bird Pod ; . | posing the the delusion; and, shame to say, iela stores fur the birds and for me. inquiries with regard to the matter, simply for | > a '

; i | the hope of political advantage to themselves ‘Mid the gray mountain moss on the plains, clow- “a } t's sage i i tied the hx ex nesied tha ae

veaililiad : " By thymy hill or plain. Is it because the Author is a Lady, and a} -_ hand and muzzled the mouths of many an ; | who were in a position to offer effective resist-

r ' : . \ it. | ative of our sister Province, New Br rick ? The May flower blooms sweetly of flow’rets thi Ww . , : ive of our sister Province, New Brunswick | ance to the baleful infl f ti 7 ‘ rahern ar irenc ; ‘ sani } 2 > atefi aNnee oO > anes Queen— orship and strength to Gud ascribe, | Or is it beeanse she comes so highly recommended, | ueTul miuence of the enant ~ With ho s justly duc both as regards her personal character and that | League leaders. Those who fear to risk an Ia tne Valiey the violet—the rose on the h ‘ ? | lavtle i I f | Ww} “ale ereaticn di or s : . lf-im- |@vanescent popularfty in the cause of rizht can And aovamed and unsung the fair Jow'rets that a " ae of her bouk, and is not tov proud and colf-im I PI : a, — ' fi Omnipotent and t portant to come here in person, and introduce | possess but little strength of character or . ’ ay rik « y 27 soundness 7 nin een! aa , ot .. The garden of nature around iif, her work among us? idness of principle those who, for a mor

ing sea at His command And upon further examination of that thoroughly | sel of bread and a bit of silver, can see the laws

' i dis . article t “rhe 7A ar arti. | e:oletad a: a le : coe ° ‘ tillness falls! | desenterested article of the Journal, we are part. violated and their fellow-citizens ruined without

| Warning those guilty of such wickedness and

| Th ray

Ere the morning star pales in the herald of light,

When the eve dies away in the shadows of night— ee ‘ tl a indeed j cularly struck with its beauty and significance, : iS awlul thunders through the lan rl ‘

n the bash of mute nature, distinetly aud shrill oad he » recs i { > cire ance | g; , P .

in tt ly iat atid when we recall to mind a little circumstance | such folly of the consequences of their acts—

The lone bird of the eulitude sings whip poor-will. which took place, a short time since, with regard . PE ch took | , g jmust be dead to every generous feeling, to

to a horse (not a book) which was sold to Sandy But 4 u 1ey who

would suffer the country to be plunged into

In deepe st recess of the wood 7.

i His glorious voice the tempests wake : , every patnotic sentiment.

Here the lianet his matin presenst to young day oe nents Sa Allen, by a certain sanctimonious and devout | ie it ait "Ths Oo young day,

And the warblers exult in the pride of their lay ; And their v« spers in eadence the red robine«

\ here 4 bh’ s . ains rer, young man, who e op Pp © “ i \ Y I eo nons mountain wer y i h tak 8s coppers in a certain Church . . disorder and misery merely that their own

political consequence should be increased, ean

nA all areRatic ee re hreal * . » .

And tall majestic cedars break, on Sundays, and looks after the fires, lights, and

siny aa ‘ . | Or bend betore its

, . power. * baptismal bowl,” Gccasionally stands up iu | On the tall spreading pines till the woodlands all ’ ’ 1} : ‘

. . | be compare ‘ 30 ‘ oii ae dan ¥, | class-meetings, lays his hand upon bis heart, and | e compared only to those inhuman wretches, a — Like unicorns, or hinds at plav } proclaims humself to be the real pure. j}wao, when a fire breaks out in a city, prowl

And twilight bis mantle has spread. , ares onus oun mizen . | . g sant J Thal ae andin oles. I'WIN BROTHERS. | about the streets to rob the unfortunate suffer- The partridge drums roundly for his mate in the From Sirion’s heizhts are borne away | ers of the scanty portion of their effects which

| they have been able to snatch from the devour- |ing flames.

Kien,

And the wood-cock is springing from his |auats For our own part, though we are

Che Gxaniner,

Charlottetown, November

the fon. or . = ‘ ; i r i Fr i in the fen hat michty voice === } not fond of making professions of superior

And lurid lightning flies 13, 1865.

Qa the whirr of his pinion the snipe mounts on | political virtues we would rather spend our

high,

‘ ; In flashes o'er the mountains | days in the most obscure situation, and exist

fds #8 an arro f ay he s f ee ere ee From dark empury PUBLIC MEN IN THEIR RELATIONS TO | 00 the merest pittance, than raise ourselves to vit. THE TENANT LEAGUE.

lo gambu! of nature and leve | power and ease by such base, such unworthy

That tyrast of air, the proud eagle alone, The solid earth unheav: }means. Men who fear to incur “ill-will and

sand quakes

Ir is interesting to note the attitude assumed

Perch‘d high on the smitten tree's withering cone, len Caden Qeenrta drone’: }odium’’ may speak of the Tenant Union in rear; i a i IM a Ek a ae | : Peale vut bis hoarse scream on the airy tide’s Tie Cibiadiw’ Wadd Uiieeaiidt tbat by our politicians at different times towards the \measured terms and with bated breath. and Hy : es! asta fe | Tenant Union. This organization has been a}, : : : , : —- Hs Aid Sills the heart with fear. Pena ' ea ~ | those who are impatient for the spoils of office And afar it is borne o'er mountain and dell, | sort of touchstone by which to try the strength | 4. stand in awe of an infatuated and a wi vine. ) J ” | may ste awe ar atuated and a mis- nd frighted birds hide in the wood. : ir moral courage, the soundness heir} _- : . And frighted birds bid » the oon Her still 1 oe id hind of their moral couraze, the yundness of thei ruided people—but we hope it will never be ae ‘ ‘ i , : . ; yrinciples, and the depth of their sagacity.|,.,~ ..- . a ; Here the bare on hie fern form reposes by day, Reluctantly forsakes, — , ‘ a |truly said of us that we sacrificed our convie- ‘ ' : : ’ While the Union was young and weak, it was | ,- oh ‘ And at moonlight he leaps o'er the wild sward And seeka some sheltering spot to find hile th _— ae ' : {tions of right and our sense of public duty to : ! at ae s lit Sa’ A ay: ' kine 1 nost universally regarded, in poutical circies, | . : away ; Within the woody brakes. ae te mee : asin jany considerations, whether party or personal. And the sleek-coated squirrel, in spreadit . beach ‘x with indifference bordering on contempt. It | se ied ’ sil ale ae ‘ + ] crs a st P TA ’ TOTeTPw rl tree, i ee ake } was pre dict d that it would rag out a hort | POLITICAL CONSISTENCY. Sits erect. cracks his nut. and chatters at me, With j : , ind feeble existence, and then share the fate of | : ; ith JOY his peoyue meet, wc i mn ‘ ‘ aie red i Casteied fo. And bounds o'er the dangling spray. fi : i “tien all visionary and impracticable schemes. The It would be easy to write an instructive essay * matchless honour to declare ‘ ; : . — . ae , , , ' nen who orizinated the Union, and the princi- | on the Beauties of Consistency, The man who Here the wild-cat and loupeervier, prowlingly, fo worship at His feet 3 \

les on which it was founded, were alike sup- | at all times pursues a uniform line of conduct ream : x : . . ‘

x. es —who regulates his demeanour by unchanginy But they tremble and fiee from the path of my osed to be unworthy of serious consideration. | ‘ ae oe

Above the waterfiood, in state,

When, contrary to expectation, the Union as- | moral precepts, is, by saint and sinner, deser\

° Dias’ ed aa ¢ > ‘ sumed formidable dimensions — when its mem- | edly commended as a model man.

home ; And Reynard, displeased, barks the spleen fit

A king upon His throne.

= But, alas,

He ever sits, renowned and great, ke sei er pe oe ie

| hers began to be counted by thousands — poli- | !% pohtes consistency is almost impracticable ; ticians of all parties looked around them in }and in that turbulent sphere of life, if consis-

XI. | { ‘ + " ‘ é * 3

; ' | startled amazement. They saw at a glance that | NC) be persistently maintained, it almost in-

world can ne'er best Ww, } i i ‘ oe ™ i on

: be |the principles of the Union were such as they The

He FTAciOUSILYV imparts, | ?

away, eo : 1 ‘ i In glory all His own. And the spertive Raccoon, like a kitten at play,

Ie skipping in frolie and mirth. , . si peace, the - a : . variably becomes a nuisance and.a vice. Far away in the wood lies the dark sullen bear, :

cag ' se i ‘ a .y | consistent Christian is just what he ought to While the stormy north howls o’er the desolate; And strength to meet each deadly foe. could not, they dare not, embrace; but they : J

ihe : | also clearly saw that by opposing these princi-|€; the consistent man is a darlmg; the con-

year, i And nerve our timid hearts. i : : : fs ee ratte . When Spring swells the life tubes of verdare L. C. J. |ples they would draw upon themselves the | Stent woman is—no more than every woman is.

veh “I ° ‘ 4 weve ¢ ... > sHanse - syhGs fe canna ‘heavy weight of popular indignation. This But the politician whose principles are un- - ' . * ent ae eee CORRESPONDENCE was the case with politicians of all parties— | changeable, who will not swerve a hair’s breadth 8 } with men of every shade of political opinion. |rom line of policy dictated by rigid abstract OEE we .

: : sd s ‘ . » | The ultra Liberal—provide 2 were ¢ est | reasoning, is a dangerous public man—unfit to fo THe Eprror or THE EXAMINER. | The ultra Liberal provide d he were an hon }

With the mouffle upborne, and blown nostrils

apread— The eyes flashing spirit and antler graced head, | entiavte ‘nétiond in the Times,.of Octeber 4, a| The Moose and the Cariboo, proud, free, unsub | comparative analysis of the high order of talent dued, i and intellect of the minority of the Electors tor ond : : ; : ae 3 7 , si In nature's wild majesty range the deep wood, the University of Oxford, who honored themselees principles embodied in the Constitution of the | for public men! And mountain and morass and plai at the last General Election, by registering their |

votes in favor of Mr. Gladstone, with that of the | P27TY politics. They struck deep at the root | this paragraph, and reflect for a moment on

| And feeds on the herbage around. | '

and an intelligent man—found it quite as diffi- | conduct the affairs of a community.

ye Cise «....¥aaeni ; sible » | ‘ oe : “| ’ bs ° oy My pear Sik ;—Deeming it possible you may | 43 ¢ reconcile the principles and practices of ‘* What corrupt disciple of Machiavelli,”’ ex-

| the Tenant Union with his conscience, political 'claims the reader, * propagates such doctrine ? moral, as the ultra Conservative. The |One code of morals for individuals, another Will the reader for a mo-

Union were removed far beyond the domain of | ment abate his or her horror at the morals of

On the lakelet before me the soft lilies bloom, aps : oe ea : bite ‘ And the bride crested wood duck sits basking in | majerity who voted in faver of his unsuccesstul of those first principles of civil government on | the history of the political party to which he | antagonist, I beg, herewith. to place in your | Which politicians of all classes are agreed. All} or she belongs.

noon, Yes, to which she belongs.

And the fly of the sunshine disports there in play, ‘hands a copy of that date, containing a letter on | this was seen with more or less clearness by the | All women are enthusiasts in politics, and de- And the trout of its bésom takes him for his prey, | the subject, over the signature “ Lincolniensis,” | thinking men of both parties. In this strait, | light in the discussion of political morals. In

And darta to the eddy and shade. | for your ewan perusal ; and, if you choose, forthat| what course were they to pursue? To side | our duller moments we often rejoice to think i in hi i of the many readers and admirers of your inde-| with the Unionists was to barter their political | that public affairs are not beneath tle consider-

The fisherman mink, in his marginal cell, 4 4 i aaa |

i f the ruck delighteth to dwell— | pendent and popular Journal. } reputation for party advancement and popular | ation of the sex.

Mong the eaves of the rock deligh c | We must allow, dear Sir, that it is a source of |

The lake ia a store-lhouse that grants hi:a supplies, |

And be seizes the rat of the wild for a prize,

And the law of his instinet obeys.

Often, when the spirit of }applause; but to oppose the Union was to sa-|the Editor is soured by political disappoint-

ie nigh gee erifice both to right principles and to the public | ments—when his ambition is flagging because leading Universities in the world should have | abil . 5 | TOOK

regret to all diberal-minded men, that one of the

; ; There was not the slightest doubt but} of the unsympathizing, dishonest nature of | indelibly disgraced and stultified herself, by re- | i f : en es " :

mq : Bisa . ; | that the welfare of the country demanded that | many of those for whose pleasure and profit he Here the beaver nature’s untaught will engineer, | jecting as her Representative the first Statesman | 7 but may thank God though he has | : : oe ; | raise his voice against the pernicious teachings |

Without saw, or hatchet, nail, hammer or | in Europe ; every man of influence and intelligence should | writes—when public indifference checks every ‘ithout, axe, 0 sBut, » fh a jin : " thought fit, within so short a period, to deprive motive to exertion—when he is ready to throw

square, ies ; er ; It was by this means only | down in disgust the quil that traced so many

Yas built up his house mechanically svat, ce is ; ‘Gainst the storms that may come, his winter ‘of such pre-eminently leading minds as those of | that the character of the Colony could be pre-| wise maxims for the guidance of the public—is

of the Unionists.

our country of the matured and honest judgment |

retreat, our late Premier, the Duke of Neweastle and | served; and it was by this means only that the | his soul cheered and quickened into its wonted

Where he lolls like a lord of the earth.

Lord Herbert — that the Liberal party in Great | many evils which the tenantry were bringing } actiy ity by the reflection that when the thoughts

th ti iohbors a Britain, has many, and to spare, among the! on themselves could be at all mitigated. The | of his jaded faculties are committed to paper, All theee are my pastime, neighbors, |

and theme, From the fowls of the air to the fish in the stream— The tribes of the forest, of peace and of prey, I watch in their habits of various display, And read what creation bas writ

Noblemen and Commoners who grace its ranks, | path of duty was in this case, as in many others, } perchance some fair one who takes pleasure in | worthy to sueceed those whose deaths not only | 4 rugged and a thorny one; but it was the only | the turbulent discussions of politics, will admire

| Europe, but the whole of the old and the still! tonorable, the only safe one. This was, in our the tact with which the Editor recommends his , - © y ~ ! . . ' called new wor ld may deplore. | opinion,

4 \ “i one of those situations in which a \ public policy, or overwhelms an opponent. But

7 rou, my dear Sir, may long be spared to). oo . ae , ee » ‘ . ‘

| abet yo cad sy fe a ‘* al middle course is not admissable. There were | the acutc mental faculties of the enlightened lady

; » pen you have so often and so ably used | ; , a : i wield the ; 2 f 4 liberalit 4 f 'but two paths —the right and the wrong one. | peaders of this paper require not to be reasoned way from the dia and the follies of | fe, in favor of loyalty, order, iberanty, and of a) oe hi . . ; sie i

mae o iook passively on while the’ people of the jinto an assent to the point of political morality

general statesman-like view of the many momeu-| a , Ee : . | Union were ruining themselves and their coun- | laid down in this article.

From wasting ambition, ite struggles ood strife,—

Content in my cottage a)! these I esehew, tous subjects that engross the minds of the fore- Let us then suppose

itry by their folly, was to strenghthen their | the one who doubts its orthodoxy to be of the hands for evil—to participate in their crime. | male sex, and a Tory besides. The point to be | To allow them to plunge the country into inex- | reasoned into the head of such a dogged subject

Yours faithfully, ad _.. | trieable difficulties, and to bring ruin upon |js, that Consistency in Politics is impossible.

( Ss] EPHEN SWABEY. Scalia merely for the sake of hampering! If there be a political party on earth that may Yhar , ~ “> 7 © 4 ite « 7 Charlotietown, Nov. 10, 1565. ; » a elmscelsiie aw edited | : : ay . the Government, and of eflecting its destruc- arrogate consistency in politics, that body, in

And stern independence bear proudly in view, most men and deepest thinkers of our somewhat

Which hallows my bowe in the wild. advanced and progressive age, is the sincere

. : wish of Secure in my cottage, I smile at the gale—

The cloud dashing torrents and frost rounded hail— Spruce, fir, pine and hemlock my shelter are still, And the sung of the streamlet that pours down the hill Is eweetest of music to me.

To the Editor of the Times. tion, was a policy base and unpatriotic in the England and the Colonies, is that venerable

Sin,—The subjoined analysis of the poll-book | extreme—a factious peddling policy unworthy |one ycleped Tory.

| of the Oxtord University election may be interest-| | any man at all deserving the name of states-

ling to sowie of your readers. It shows the .

i numbers of voters who obtained first and second- | Man. — ar |

class honours in the final examination. ‘eenary and factious, an organization, the prin-| Hence we should expect Consistency among Some omissions may have been inadvertently |

made, but the general result is, I believe, tolerably

One principle seems te

i i have directed all its movements, and that is, To permit, from motives merely mer- | resistance to change—downright, heavy inertia. The tempest may rage in the might of its breath, And the thunder belt speed on a wessa ce of death—

The lightning may burn and the elewents reel,

| ciples of which no politician of any standing dare | such a body, if this virtue can at all be in-

What, then, was the course pursued by our | perpetuate principles and measures which h’s) Commercial changes in the shape of the is a Christian woman; and her book is being sold | politicians in this crisis of our afairs? A few, | party in former days considered anarchical and | abolition of the Treaty regulating the trade of for Christian benevolent purposes; and that she indeed, boldly and openly expressed their dis-| subversive of the Constitution. In a word, the | those Colenies with the Union, are additional }

history of the Tory party, like that of every

jtimely warning of the danger attending the tency. Such illustrations as these prove that |

what they may consider abstractedly right— they must abandon principles which they for- merly advocated, and they still believe to be_ right, and adapt themselves to the exigencies | of the occasion. In short, the conduct of the

purest and most patriotic public man must be

guided principally by expediency.

The lives of individuals, as well as the history

of Party, prove that Politics is not yet a science,

but merely a mode of proceedure in public af-

fairs founded on expediency; and hence the great-

est politicians often are, in fact must always be,

inconsistent with themselves. In public life the aets of to-day often clash with the precepts The lives of such men as the late Sir Robert Peel, Lord Palmerston, and Mr. Gladstone, illustrate this position; but the

of yesterday.

story of their political lives is too long for this article, and too familiar to require more than a passing allusion. A case in point is to be

The Tory Party in this Island resisted most stubbornly the introduction

found nearer home,

The same men still live, and carry on that form of Govern-

of Responsible Government.

ment, somewhat modified. The same party resisted the Land Purchase Act as a most un- righteous measure, yet these very men, being yet in power, exercise and extend the provi- sions of what they formerly denounced as a most iniquitous act. The same party taught, a few years ago, that it was a thing incompatible with integrity for a representative of the people to fill or hold an office of emolument,—yet to- day whe more snugly or with quieter con- sciences than they discharge the duties of re- presentatives and pocket the emoluments of office? This should convince us that consist- ency in politics is a rare jewel—or if inconsist- ency in politics be a vice, that our “ God-fear- ing’ Government is corrupt to the heart’s core. To be consistent the Tory party of this Island, immediately they got the ship of state under their control, should have relinquished Respon- sible Government in every particular—repealed the Land Purchase and Free Education Acts— abolished Universal Suffrage; and what is more horrible to think of, resigned their places in Parliament, or refused those offices of emo- lument that many of them now so complacently enjoy.

The history of politics abounds with similar From these considerations it may be inferred that the policy of every honest

illustrations.

public man must be guided chiefly by expedi- ency. The man who pretends to perfect con- sistency throughout a long public career—who pretends never to deviate from the princi- ples of his earlier days, so as to accommodate himself to the ever changing and changeable events of his country’s history—is either a fool or a knave—one who deceives himself or wishes to deceive others.

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CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE STATES.

To the mind editorial, weary of the mono- tonous littleness of the local squabbles which have to do duty in the Island for political ques- tions, the restored Union of the States presents subjects for contemplation as important as any that ever occupied the thoughts of statesmen. The collapse of the rebellion, all knew, must leave a mass of social wreck and economic con- fusion; but the additions to their inevitable troubles which our energetic cousins have vo- luntarily made since the “wayward sisters ”’ were re-admitted into’ the happy family, afford strong grounds for the presumption, that John Bright’s friends belong to the party of peace at no price at all.

Not content with the excitement of four long years of the bloodiest fighting known to history —not yet satisfied with the hecatombs offered on the pleasant Southern soil—

** Making the green, one red,”

alarge portion of the men of the North are clubbing their purses and their brains for the achievement of the trifling episode of dismem- bering the British Empire, by wresting Ireland f-om the Crown. The utter futility of such an enterprise is so apparent, that ridicule would be the most appropriate weapon with which to combat the delusion, were it not for the suffer- ings which hair-brained enthusiasts may cause to their duped followers.

Although the matter be, per se, foolish in the extreme, we augur consequences from the Fenian organization prejudicial to the interests | of these Colonies. .

A closely united body, numbering its hundreds of thousands, and having its ramifications ex- tending over all North America, cannot but have a vast influence on the destinies of the countries whereon it decides to operate, and the notoriety of their existence, the open avowal of their objects, show that the Fenians are a power in the States, and that they are aware of

their position. Were it not so, the American

friendly power.

Lik enttl dilican Site tnaiiting teal | correct. openly advocate without let or hindrance to | grafted on Politics. Yet, with Tories political a p ae ie i<ge Pei, | ¥ , aglie® . . ° ° . | i pre a a her fia ae ware 1 am, Sir, your most obe eet ‘take deep root in the community, would for maxims have been continually changing. The | ‘

Oct. 2. ‘ever blast the character of statesmen of wider | good primitive Tory who preached passive obe-

By my hearth’s humble blaze at ease I recline— Gladstone. Hardy. reputation and greater ability than any whom | dience to the Sovereign, the pillory for Dissen- A book that I relish-—the Poet, Div ine— ee ein — . re < ‘we can boast of. It would be a crime against | ters, the penalties of a Praemunire for Catholics, The gay, grave and witty, art and vaturein turn, | Firsts .. i .. 227 ‘i 78 | political integrity and enlightened patriotism, fines and expatriation for Jews and Infidels, lighted I read and enraptur’d I burn i Double seconds te zl “s 6 which future generations would neither forget has, in ourday, scarcely a representative among O'er the page of the mighty in dust. noe ie i dace ae nor forgive. The plain duty of every lover of | the large and influential body of that party in|

In thee my loved cottage in health [ repose, | To THe Eprror oF THE EXAMINER, his country, then, was not only to hold himself | the British Parliament. The Tory of other Far irom Sycophant’s wiles and malice of foes— From the slanderer’s fang with poison imbued,

And all the defamer’s mean, slime-creeping breod

Who prey on.the virtues of life

Dear Sir;—In looking over the columns of the Summerside Journal, we were quite interested iu an article relating to a book entitled the “Nurse and Spy.” We admire the style, con- Hers, tyrant nor slave, nor a courtier am I— | The smiles of the world I nor barter nor buy— | terise the article throughout; and especially do | principles into practice.

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aloof from any direct complicity with the men ‘days fought, tooth and nail, for restrictions on ; of the Tenant Union, but also actively to op- trade, protection to manufactures, and against quite pleasant. . tis pose the spread of their principles—to avert if, the admission of Catholics and Jews to Parlia-| But the omnivorous eagle 18 not satisfied. possible the diszrace and ruin that would most| ment. The Tory of our day sits cheek by Ponderous correspondence, with dimly looming scientious tone, and christian spirit which charac- | inevitably follow the carrying out of those . jowl with Jews and Catholies, to preserve and | Shreate, indicate that Britain must SOE lconserve things as they are, that is to say, to for the il! deeds of Southern cruisers, or !

he future policy of the United States.

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‘their specimen of the Bird of Jove from dying | The late war has, among other bless- | which there obtains to a very great extent, will on be much lessened, if not altogether superseded ; | out of faction and unnatural coalitions, which various branches of industry will be fostered | have threatened its destruction. These hope- and encourazed ; merchants and their customers | ful, but sober words are as follow: “The will receive jmmense benefit from the change, | shrewd good sense of the Italian people, quick- and the entire population will be more pros-| ened by a lively thankfulness at relief from perous, and will be able to vie in wealth and foreign. ascendancy, and a wholesome ex-

influence with their more fortunate fellow-| perience of the positive benefits ensured by sclf-restraint and moderation, that shrewd good

of ennui.

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Government would have long since put a stop to the machinations of its people against a

We think that the American authorities may ultimately be involved in disagreeable compli- cations resulting from this association, the ex- istence of which is incompatible with the main- tenance of amicable relations with Britain, and which will be able to exert a vast influence on

Our neighbors have one or two other plea-| share of justice. sant affairs on hand which will probably prevent

ings, bequeathed an agreeable little Bill which ‘will occupy the financial powers of the State ‘for a few happy days ere everything be made

3 , ‘ : ' ingredients in the cup which our Brother Jona-

They gave the people faithful and | other political party, brands it with inconsis- than delighteth to drink.

But let no quiet-loving dreamer of Utopia

| courses which they appeared so bent on pursu- | in Politics men cannot always be guided by | suppose that our ‘eagle towering in his pride

of place” is satisfied with the present state of “most admired confusion.” Flapping his wings at Imperial Maximilian in the South, and ‘‘cawing defiance in the skies”? at Canada in the North, he must provide himself with a pro- vision of trouble in futuro, lest at any time his supply of the delectable article should fail him, —and we think his object will be realized. Notwithstanding all that was said and done in the manumission of the Slaves — notwith- standing the ink and blood so lavishly expended on behalf of him who was so tenderly known by his pathetic interrogatory —‘‘Am [I not a Man and a Brother ?’’—the friends of the negro in the North have not yet allowed his claim of kindred. Not very long since, the expansive love for the oppressed African could adopt the chaste and holy scheme of miscegenation. That idea may yet be carried out to its glorious con- summation, and hereafter ‘black spirits and white, blue spirits and grey,’’ may contributc their quota to make a population as varied as a pigce of mosaic.

But although the liberated slave may be ad- mitted to al] the privileges of the highest social status, he must not approach the polls —no voice in making the laws for a freedman in a country, par excellence, the chosen abode of freedom and equality.

Seriously speaking, we think that the present state of the enfranchised negroes is fraught with danger. Suddenly let loose from the hereditary bondage of centuries —with minds undeveloped and dwarfed — with no previous training to qualify them for their new life and its duties, and still branded as a degraded race —their exclusion from full participation in the political privileges of their white fellows wil] have the effect of inducing them to herd toge- ther; and as they will naturally seek a warm climate, the lands of which in servitude they tilled for their task masters will probably be selected for the production of sufficient food to satisfy the appetite of the lazy freedman. Under these circumstances, the four millions will go on increasing and multiplying, in the words of the song,

** Because they’ve nothing else to do,”

until a formidable body shall exist, foreign to the class surrounding it, and treated as aliens and pariahs.

From such causes danger must some time or other ensue; and although we might extend our reflections on the subject to almost any length, yet we may sum them up with the advice

to Brother Jonathan

‘* Hie niger est, hune tu, Romane eaveto.”’

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KING’S COUNTY.

WE regret to say that King’s County is not progressing in a commercial poiut of view as much as we would desire. Its inhabitants are intelligent and industrious; many of them have free farms ; they raise large crops of our staple produce ; yet, in some districts at least, they are not in better circumstances than they were fifteen or twenty years ago. This is due, in a great measure, to the waut of facilities for ex- portation. As an instance of this want, we may refer to the fact that, from St. Peter’s to the East Point, a distance of some forty miles, there is not a single harbor of any kind. In consequence of this, the farmers are under the necessity of carting their produce, at great ex- pense and loss of time, to Souris, Grand River and other distant places, where they seldom find a ready and remunerative market. We believe, too, that King’s County is treated very unfairly by the Government; for, whilst its inhabitants pay a proportionate share of the large amounts which are annually paid by the Island for Steam communication, they share in none of its advantages. The frequent inter- course by steam between Charlottetown and Summerside, and between these ports and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the United States, has procured immense advantages for Queen’s and Prince Counties, the farmers of which can at any time get the highest prices in cash for their surplus produce, horses, hogs, sheep, butter, ezgs, fowls, and whatever else they have to dispose of. The natural result is, that with the exception of those affected by the odious rent system, the people are prosperous, and many of them becoming wealthy. Summer- side has, in a few years, sprung up, as if by magic, to the dimensions of a respectable town, in consequence of the impetus thus given to trade and commerce. In many parts of King’s County, on the contrary, business is in a languishing condition ; little or no cash can be had for produce or stock of any kind; industry receives no encourasement; Inany of the young men have left, and are still leaving for the United States, and the resources of the country are neglected. We hope that this state of .| affairs will not continue long. a change for the better, we would suggest that Steam communication be established next