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COLONIAL LEGISLATURE, |

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

DESPATCH ES—CONFEDERATION. (Continued )

Hon. Mr. Hevxrerson: Your honors, when [ consider all that has been said al- ready within the walls of this building, as well as ovtside, on the highly important question of Confederatien, | would not deem it necessary to extend my remarks on that subject to any great length. But on the other hand, the magnitude of the interests involved forbids my giviog a silent vote on the Resolutions before this House. The | conditions on which it is proposed that this} Colony should enter into Confederation have | been so thoroughly canvassed already, that the subject has become threadbare; there-

| fore my remarks and your honors’ attention shail be chiefly directed to points that do bot so directly lie within the trodden path ‘as those already indicated. Confederation has received its guietus, for the present, in New Brunswick, but its friends among ourselves appear to be so captivated with | some grand ideas connected with it, as to | be willing to “ compass both sea and land | to make some proselytes’’ to this their favorite scheme. Aud assome of them at- tribute the opposition which that scheme bas to encounter, here and elsewhere, to| “ignorance and prejudice ” on the part ol | | anti-Unionists—-assertions which it is their | daty either to prove or retract—I, for one }will endeavor to prove the contrary to be| ithe case. It is not only our undoubted} right, but also our positive duty to ourselves |

. . i and to our posterity to enquire as carefully |

i as we can into the character and institutions |

of any people, whether great or swali, with | whom we are called upon to cast in our lot, |

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hononrs, in this single admission and its | the better pleased. The defence question is |of afew years we would probably lose one} corrupt as they sre represented to be their appendix, which is buta sample of the many the next that ells for serious atteution ; and | of our representatives, then another, and an-/| credit would not be worth a rap in England. | modation of a wharf if we did not pay for

negatives in circulation, we have a clear/|on that also the Unionists and I are at is- proof that the more positive and substantial |sue. For while, like their protetypes in arguments in favor of Confederation, as far Canada, they represent our American neigh- as Prince Edward [sland is ooncerned, are | bours as prepared to * gulp us up” at an as few and far between as the indirect | early date—unlike Canadians in regard to benefits which that scheme would confer|Canada—they discourage our local efforts |upon us would be. Had the Conference | for self defence. Whether that is true pa- given any positive proof of a disposition to/|triotism I will leave it for this “Mouse to

| ° . . . . . . j}make any due allowance, in a financial | judge. Buttime forbids my entering large-

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oint of view, for our insular position, as } ’ =

ly into the subject. It may be remarked,

lifferent light.

| the advaatages they would derive from the

| swick would be the very first to participate

| they did for Newfoundland — I, for one, | however, that in view of what the Govern- | would look upon the whole scheme io a very | ment of Canada have lately done, aod what But when the very reverse | they are still doing, to strengthen friendly of this is the case, what conclusion can we! intercourse between the two countres, we come to but that, while Newfoundland was | may reasonably couclude that, if auy serious co be virtually purchased, we were to be as/differeaces should unfortunately arise, it virtually sold, aud made a mere convenience | wi!l be occasioned by disputes about points of for the Canadians. The Hon. George | of international law or policy between Kag- Brown, of Toronto, in one of his speeches | land and the United States. In that case, delivered at Halifax, I believe, affirmed, in | Kogland herself will not shrink from taking most emphatic terms, that it was not their! ber proper place ia the quarrel, and these own political necessities that induced them | Colonies would do their best by her side. io desire a Federal Union. Let any ove| Whatever the British Goveromeat may ad- compare Mr. Brown's speech with the| vise us to do to strengthea the many ties speeches of the Hon. Mr. Galt and the| which bind us to old Kaglaud, and to her tlon, Mr. McGee delivered since, in Cata-| noble flag which has, for a ‘‘ thousand da, on the same subject, and they will, [| years, braved the battle and the breeze,” 1 think, fail to discover any harmony be-| trust that we shall do it in a way worthy of tween the former and the two latter./our origin, and of our present advantages. [he New Brunswickers have given a most} These being an outline of my views and sen- emphatic verdict agaiast confederation. | tiwents, how could L do otherwise than give fois is very extraordinary, in view of all/my h:arty support to the Hesolution belore ithe House ? It would enhanes| Hon. Mr. Anperson: Ido not intend to The | detain your honors long, but this 1s a ques- 'tion of such vital importance to the fucure | well-being of this Culony, that L cannot give well as the demand for manual labour of la ailens 450s upon it. Lthink it would be every description. In fact, if any genera! | very imprudent for us to go into the proposed advantages were ever to flow from the con-| union upon the terms which are offered to us. templated Union, which would extend be- | Wat could we gain by it?) As far asl can

youd the Canadian boundaries, New Brun-| see, there is no clance of gaining anything, but there are many chances to lose. | think

Intercolonial Railway. the value of every acre of their land. price of every horse would be increased, as

tronage extembed te him since his comm: cncement | ** jor better, for worse,” before we perant

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| any sach compact to be consummated. Que | jor two brief extracts from the history ot | |; Canada may serve as an index to that) jenquiry, * A division of the Province into Upper and Lower Canada was effected ia | 1791: Mr. Pitt, the Minister of the day, jobserving that there was uo probability of| jre-uniting the jarring interests of the in-| | habitants but by giving them two separate | Legislatures. For many years the experi-| | ment appeared to succeed. In 1837, how- | ;ever, a rebellion burst forth, headed by | Papineau in Lower Canada, and McKenz’e| (ia Upper Canada.” The historian adds: | Probably there never was an insurrection | attempted with less reason or fewer gricv- jances by which it might be justified.” At|

Coustitution, aud the dissolation of the

‘> ss am jwe Legi-latures, Lord D srhutm was sent | a ' 4 | Out to assume the reins of Government.

© SS Pro mer | suppose that all your honors kuow something = cp a i jot the eveu's that followed —that the rebel- 5 ise ts ) “4 | liow was crushed, order restored, and the] = Gg = | preseat Union effected on the basis of an | a ae ia Sinenied _ Act passed en the 23d July, 1840, whew 2 oy <i | mm [ore. Paompson, afle. wards Lord Syden- = rane a ‘er | lam, was Governor General—tbat some ol = — A . ‘# | tbe more hot-headed of the Montreal folks,

my -— 2 — 2s) ro | several years afterwards, made the Parlia- o ad — _, ww | ment building too hot for thir legislators, |

fe ‘~ wv” | 5 = so that it was consumed to the ground with

= ih cc ‘A nearly all its contents. At a date still

= & rs Rae ts later, Rogulty was so little respected in the

yy ~ = - same city, that the Governor General was

ie ae =! {> > perfumed with rotten eggs in its streets, and

= i gz) ae the * Stars and Stripes hoisted up to the

G 2 2 3 ee em | breeze!” The population of Canada West = * @ se SG ‘er | have so outgrown the basis of their present | ~~ °° . 3 oer Union as to have brought the Goverwental | L— 7 os mej juffairs nearly to a dead-luck for several | es > uw a Ee» oom: a years past; so that they bad 10 fewer than | € re $8 | five Administrations during the short space | s =. © Q tol "2 \of two years. Then came to the rescue the | re 3 << | os coa ition project as a provisioual palliative e° a. ae tenet ~ |rather than a permanent remedy for exist-| s <i = | ing evils—au arrangement that may enable | a & - b TJ2 |them to hold together while a sense o!| 2 . = peg = danger from without tends to keep internal

- — as pent differences in the back ground, and stil] > ee me" | further, while they are straiuing every nerve

"3 t< laa Oe | to Bccure Confederation as a sovereign re-

7 fy p= wedy for all their difficulties, present and eM i on. | prompertive. Bos ia order, co fares [em NOTICE! } concerned, to repel the charge of * ignor-

LANDS FOE SALE! YHE subscriber, as the Agent of Sir

Samvuest Cunarp, Bart., The Richt Hon. Laveence Sccctivas, and Mr. Enwarp Cunanp, has been directed to diseontinue the eystem ef LEASING LAN DS—hevretciore pursegd. Yor the future these lands willde SOLD onthe terms :—A deposit of Twenty-five per cent. of the purebuse money to be paid down at the time of signing the agreement, and the residic in ten years by equal instalments. The price will be from Twenty shillings (20s.) per acre upwards.

Further particulars made known at 4he Subseri

ber’s office. G. W. DEDLOIS. Ch'town, May 15, 1865.

SPECIAL NOTICE!

TINUE undersigned have ap-

pointed Mr. H. J. RICHARDSON, of Summer- side, their AGENT, where TOBACCO can be had at the

SAME RATE as in Char- lottetown. LOWDEN & RICHARDSON.

May 1, 1865. tf

RARE CHANCE. FOR Sale, a very fast BLACK PONEY, 34 yeurs old, perfectly sound. ALSO, | set

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tollowing | Of Canadian affairs and character as that

Box Sleig it, 1 Dog |

| ance,’’ and to cast it back injthe face of thos: ; who prefer it, 1 may state, at this poiur, | that [ resided iu Canada from the latte: end of October, 1838, until the first of August, 1848. Duriog that time 1 was in positions to make fully as correct an estimate

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wuieh some of our Delegates occupied dur- 'ing sojourh in that great Province in the month of October lust. For, while they jappear never to have looked beyond the | sunny side of any question or prospect pre- ;sented to them, I could and did examine facts and events, so to speak, from Groflin- |ton, as well as from the lowly mountain ; | from the lovely suburbs, as weil as from tic \QJuebee citadel. And well do L remember | some of the more prominent scenes enacted ia Griffinton during an election that came off in the year 1844. Ou that occasion ihe ‘leading rowdies of that place attempted to! ‘earry all belore them; bat when the 93rd Highlanders, then im garrison, Were cailed lout, they very soon compelied them to | draw.in their horns, but vot uusil they had | succeeded ia thoroughly smashing tbe win- | dows, ete., of a Wesleyan Cuape! in that | section of Montreal. These hints are cal- culated to give us a bird's eye view of Caua- | dian polities aad their general proclivities The way being now clear this far, it may b: asked was it wot right that the able siates- meu of Canada should seek a safe and suit-

fin them.

ld sadvantages, to accept the terms cfiered ? | But I suspect | called * Correspondence relating to the [n-

japon the subject. Ina letter from Governor

} the follawing oceurs:

‘approved signature, is to be regarded as a | thing of no weight, what Provincial obliga- | tisn may be looked }cannet suppose your Excellency’s advisers ‘can be iusensible to the responsibility at- | taching to the assumption of such a position ; | ;uor will L believe the people of Canada— even those who disapprove of the engagement | of 18

i risk of

| injurious—tat, in that country important | much

| fixed principle, but are taicen up, trifled

| plain fact is that the peopie of New Bruns. | our independence

Now, if it be still admitted that

the offer is something like this: if we will

other, till, in course of time, we mighs lose| People in England know the standing of| it.

them all. I have heard it argued by a good politician, or rather one who [ thought till now was a good politician, that five repre- sentatives were as good for us as fifteen ; but 1 cannot see tie propriety of this argument. It five are as good as fifteen, then two are as good as five, therefore this reasoning is false. [ would oppose Confederation on the proposed plan, because while it might be a benefit to a few, it would be an injury to many, and we are bound in justice to support such mea- sures as would be a benefit to the great masses of the people, and let the few do for themselves. It might bea benefit to the few who would get into office, but it would be an injury to those who would have to pay taxes to support them. ‘Therefore I would oppose Confederation on that ground. In regard to the tariff and taxation, we would be put upon the same fvoting as Canada ;

and we know that from the circumstances of the people it would bear very heavily upon them—that it would be injurious—and not only so but positively ruinous. It would also be unjust, for it would be taxing our people for large public works from which we would derive no benefit. Those railways per- haps be a little indirect benefit, but not such

as to induce us to support them to the ex- tent which we would be ealled upon to do.

And besides those large defensive works would cost millions of dollars, but they would

be a benefit to themselves, for the works would be going on, and the money expended ameng themselves, while we would receive no benefit from thea in that way. ‘Lhere- ! fore I believe that, while we are in a pros- perous way we shoald try to keep so, and

not jump into Confederation, which we would

repent ail our days, and our children after

us. I do not like to give a silent vote upon

this question, though Ido not profess to go

through the whole subject in ali its bearings

as some do; neither do I think it is necessary

to go minutely into the financial part of the

scheme again, as that part of the question

has been so well explained by your honors

who preceded me.

: r > . ’ give up one-half of our revenue to the Cana- in this the New Bruaswick people have not | diane, and allow them to tax us as much as acted contrary to sound reason, | ask would | they please, they would then take charge ot it not be perfect maduess in us, with all our/us. We fought hard and contended long for Responsible Government, and are We now go-

ing togive up or constitution and say we are not able to govern ourselves? Ido not think that any man or any body of men in Canada can know the wishes aud wants oj the people of this Island as well as we do ourselyes. Ani are the people of this Island, | which is marked out by the great Finger ot | Nature to bea separate Colony—parted trom | the other Provinces by an arm oi the sea— and bound up by ice for a great part uf the year, are we, I say to be called upon to as- sist in building every mile of their Railway, and contribute to the opening up ol their; Canals, which are more than a thousaod miles away from us, and which can never be any benefit to us? If we had been tuld that they would not ask us to contribute towards their | Railroads and Canals, and lor opening up the | communications to the North West Territory,

hat the fo lowing extract tercolonial Railway,” will throw some light

(rurdon to the Governor General of Canada, ‘* If a solemn agree- ment, deliberately made with two other Provinces, calmly considered, voluntarily entered into, coufirmed by your Excellency’s

l upon as secure? |

pene es dst si iad | but that they would expect us to contribute J—uavsire to see it overthrown at the to the ceneral defences uf the Colonies, the spreading abroad a suspicion which, | scheme would be looked upoo in a much more I, tor one, would not be so

even if unjust, cannot fail to be generally | favorable light. opposed to it. I heard some of the

interests of a permanent character are| triends of union say that, if the Colonies were

a ° . oi ki all-n . i é icles ‘ id \lightiy deakt with. and grave questions of | ited, all productions of, and articles manu

. , > ; , ‘ Fl tek t sighbering Provinces would inter-olonial policy decided, not on their | 'ctured in, the neighbering Pro =

w seréie c. sondance with an} be admitted here free of duty, and that, they ow ’? ai . dan . a _—, el tag Be agains re ¥ | thought, would be an advantage; but if it

' . ; J“ | would, why could we nos admit them tree with, and abaudone, to suit the political | now, without going into the Uaion? Can ecigencies of the passing hour.” The| we nothave tree trade without giving up ? Look at New Brunswick.

4 : a ee a Bie ol : Sak ; wick have no covfidence.in the politicians of | Which stands es ges eee .. erive

Canada. And when to this is added the} for going into the ; —. oe “ i. Bcitich baste with which it was astetant. 1°" advantages from it which we would

- British haste as attempt- v rey

=r ae : tie. not, being bounded by Canada, they can

ed to force this schese upon these Colonies, | carry on their commerce and intercourse by

aroused to no ordiuary degree.

| their own constituents, maintained by some

which saw wo immediate necessity for 80} railroad, in winter as well as in summer— radical a change in their constitution, as it | the question has been brought fairly before was natural for them, their suspicions were | the people, and, as far as we have heard the I would re-| result of the elections, they are decidedly mark here that the autagoaisin to the wishes, | #4ainst going pte the Union. Some of the aud | would say to tbe best interests, of | @08t popular men in the Province have 7 y F jrejected. Why, then, should we go into the | Union when they, to whom it would bea | much greater advantage, are opposed to it? i shrewd thinker suid as illustrative of ine | We had better act cautiously, and not take gratitude. It was to this eff-ct: ** when|astep in haste which we might regret for you band a ladder to 2 man to go up, he years, and which might be a misivrtune to

. . | - 7 . " «9 fe unmediately turns his back upon you.” [f | those who will come after us.

. . Mr. *‘Lraren: This, your honors, [ were asked to describe a consistent re-|, [on Ir. McLraren: This, y

aad ae i ceee. deal is an all-important question, but it has been a ee ee thoroughly discussed that it is one reason he should be a miniatzre of bis constituents ;

. why it is unnecessary to Say much upon it at or, in other words, that-he should reflect the | the present time. Another reason is, that

lawful, constitutional, and weil ascertained | we happen, for this once, to. be all of the wishes of his people. it is true that, in| same opinion. It is well known to your ho- these times, important changes take place in| Nor’ What brought this et a - the course of a few short years which ma-| Phere was @ delegation authoriged ag ir

. Bet by a Legislature last session, to conter with dele- terially changes peer SPOR = piace ea gates from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick the aspects of pablic affairs ; but still, under upon the subject of a Legislative Union of sach a cuntingeuey, the poiitician’s path of| the Maritime Provinces, and out of that

eeu

of our own politiciaas, reminds me of what

| for their heavy taxes.

duty is a patient one. He should use the best means ia bis power to convince his sup- porters that his views are right, and condu- cive to their best interests; or failing in that, he shou'd either keep bis owa views practically in abeyance or leave it optional with his supporters to ¢!:oose another repre- sentative. ‘The * glory argument,” as it is

termed, is largely dwelt upon by our Uniouists to a man, in pressiog the

claims of their hobby. been well answered by his honor the Attor- aey General, in his address late'y delivered in the Temperance Hal!l,iu which he showed that, with an independent gentiewan from Kozland as our Goverver, our young men of taleut aud education find a more direet

motion than they would under Conielera- tion, when their chances would be, at the very best, but equal to 5 in 194. ha fact, those who lay uudue stress upon such arguments in so far as [ am concerned, may just as well try to make us believe that Jonai's gourd at Nineveh was superior to the palin trees of Paiesiine. Now, your hvoors, |

lion. Mr. Lory: For my part [I am not prepared to make a speech, nor do [ think it 13 necessary, four there has been such a great deal said already both for and against this scheme. However, I will support the reso- lution before the House; but still, though I have heard a great deal said, and a great many calculations made, [ consider a great many of them to be visionary ; for mstance, the expenses of supporting the Federal Go vernment. The caleulations respecting those expenses are mere supposition. The best statesmen in Eogland could not make such calculations with any degree of certainty. It is all well, however, to keep on the safe side. A great deal has been said about the heavy taxation of Canada ; but see what they have to show for it. It is not a few bad roads and rotten bridges. None of the Bri- tish Colonies have improved as much as Ua- nada has within the last few years. If they are heavily taxed itis for the purpose of local improvement. I have a brother in Canada, and he docs not complain of paying heavy taxes or assessment. He says the advantages of the climate make up for all their disadyan- tages in that respect. I merely allude to this to show that there are none of the Co- lontes which can compare with the Canadas in permanent and solidimprovements. What was Canade a few years ago? Why, before the railroads were opened up, and the com- munication on the lakes, it would cost emi- grants more to go from Quebec to Canada West than it weuld cost them to come from Germany, or wherever they came from; but now they can go from Quebee to London, Canada West, without moving their luggage from the ear. There is not a word now about the debt of this Colony—no, people’s minds are drawn away from that; bat 1 maintain that, according to population, the people of this Colony are taxed as high as they are in Canada, including the rent. And where is the money expended? In Canada they have many noble public works to show We bear a great deal about the Canadian politicians being a cor- rapt set of men; but I just let these asser- tions go for nothing. I am not afraid to assert that the morals of the leading states- men of Canada will compare favorably with those of the statesmen of Prince Edward Is- land. Iam willing to let that statement go abroad. But withall! this Lam not prepared to go for the Union. It was not the delegates who made the great mistuke, but it was us who voted for that resolution last year to authorize the appointment of a delegation. Give these men aa inch and they will be sure to take a yard. What has the delegation done for us? It has cost the country up- wards of £1400. Those gentlemen pocketed a nice sum of money out of the public funds. [ have not examined the public accounts very minately, but [ suppose they had six or eight dollars a day besides their expenses. ilowever, though I do not approve of the de- legation, [ will support the resolution.

fun. Mr. Beer: [ think it isa pity that

i sprung this question now before us—a union

his honor would vote for the resolution after

|with Canada. A delegation was asked for iby the Governor General of Casada to con-; speaking the other Way.

|fer upon the subject of a Federal Union of; Hoa, Mr. Lorp: I did not speak in favor the Colonies, and that request was granted | of confederation, but | spoke against those l by the Government of this Island. There | gentlemen who make assertions and allusions ‘are some who blame the Government for| withoug foundation. The subject has been taking this step without the consent of the\torced upon us by those famous delegates,

That argument has)

and sure path to recommendation and pro- |

| Legisiature ; but L cannot see that they did janything improper. Before those who are }inclined to censure the Government would i say much, they should apply the golden ‘rule, and ask themselves what they would | do if they were placed in sidilar cireamstan- There are very few, L believe, who | would not have acted upon the same principle I must confess that [ am not favorable to Con- | | federation, but, at the same time, | would! | not be very bot against it. I would take

| . . . | the subject into cool and calm consideration,

| ces,

jand weigh it without bias, and with a desire todo justice to advance the intercets ofall par- | Ges, The Convention was held in Quebec, jin October, and the result is before us in this |Report. It is an able and statesman-like | dveument, and is worthy of recommendation, a3 lar as those who drew it up are concerned. il do not think it is right to censure those genuewen who represented this Culony in ithas Convention. I caanut accuse them ol

but af they bad to pat their bands in their own pockets te pay their expenses they would not have gone to Canada.

Lion. Mr. Hznperson : Your honors I have no desire to aet the part of a resurrectionist by exhuming anything that should be allow- ed to rest in oblivion; nor that of an ** Old Mortality’’ in chiseling afresh the memorials of painful events any further than to deduce from them the lessons of caution and instruc- tion which they are well calculated to im- press, in regagd to present and future duty. Bat if his bunor from Prince County (Mr.

| Lord) chooses to question the correctaess of |

my remarks in regard to Canadian politicians | and their proclivities, | beg to assure him that | haye more facts in etore than I intend to parade this evening. I may be told that ** those who live in glass houses should not be the first to throw stones.’” [ admit the axiom in all its force, bat would add in reply, that the less we multiply such political

must covfe-s that when the “glory argu- any intenuon to injure this Island ; bus oo |

Cart, will be sold — a barwain.

scriber at the ‘ Examiner’ Oilice. : F. W. HUGHES. May 15, 1865.

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Easence Boquet. Patchouly, Violet,

Weat End, New Mown May, Love's Myrtle.

Tie Bard of Avon's Perfume, in a neat box; Sydeubam Eau de Culogne, Treble Lavender Water, Extract of Lavender Flowers. Verbena Water, Tercentenary Suchet, Perfumed J ereenten- ary Souvenir, Shakespeare Golden Scente! Locket, Extevet of Lise Juice and Giyeerine, for making the Hair sott and ylosey ; Rose Leaf Powder, an improvement on Violet Powder; Bloom of Ninion, for the complexion; Depilatory Powder, for re- movig cuparhoves hairs without injury t) the skin ~-Napoleon Pomade, for fixing the Maostacheos, 4nd jastantaneous Hair Dye, for giving the Hair and whiskers a natural aud permanent shade with- out trouble and danyer.

: em a Rose Water Crackers, a new and amus- ng device for eveuiny parties. me WM. R, WATSON. City Drug Store, Dee. 19, 1864.

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able way of escape for that Province from} | its internal, aud of defence against its ex- iteroal troubles? It is right that they | sbould do all this, but we deny their right | {to seek or obtain our huable assistance to jany euch objects without our receiving good security tor a fair and just equivalent in returu. Does the Report of the Quebce Conference secure t@ this Colony anything

able to do it with impartiality, fairly weigu the sweeping powers which the new cuu- stitution would place ia the hands of the Federal Government, for the imposition of high tariffs and every description of taxes, and theo, as a true patriot, affirm if be dare, that the terws of the Quebec Keport are * just aod liberal to Privce Kdward Ls- land.” Some of our most ardent Unionists do acknowledge that the Quebes schewe “ offers to us nothivg that could, with avy show of reason, be refused to us ;” but they say that, on the ocher band, we wi rive so many indirect advautages frow the Union as would wore than make up for the

like justice in view of our peculiar position | and circumstances ? Let any one who may be |

would de-

ment” as itis laced by afew of our Unionists, and their other tactics are taken together, they bring to my recollection the kite in tne fable, which reads as follows :

*«Onee en a time a paper kite

Was wounted to a wonderous height,

When, giddy with its elevation,

It thus expressed self aduiiration :

* Bee haw you crowd of gazing people

Admire my flight above the steep.e ;

Jiow would they wonder it they kuew

Ail that a kite like me can do ?

Were I but freed I’d take a flight,

Aud pierce the clouds beyond their sight,

But, ali { like a poor prisouer bound,

My string confines me to the ground ;

I’d brave the eagle’s towering wing,

Might I but fly without a string.”

It tugged and puiled while thus it spoke, ' Yo break the string—at last it broke. Deprived at once of ali its stay, In vain it tried to soar away ; Unable its own weight to bear, It fluttered downward through the air ; Unable its own course to guide, The winds svon plunged it in the tive. Ab! foolish kite, thou badst no wing, How cuuld:t thou fly without a striag ”

The elevating “string ” in those lines I take to signify the peopie’s suffrages, which will not bear every degree of violent force without suappiog asauder ; bat if it shuuld

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disadvantages complained of. Nuw, your

be a cap that will fit no one , 1 will be ail

‘the other hand, [ believe they did their daty |

‘+ glass houses,’ the more we will inerease the general safety. We all know that party

those men better than we do. They have borrowed about two miliions of dollars for public works, and pay four per cent. inter- esl for it. That does not look like losing their credit. Let poor Prince Edward Island ask for a small loan, and the answer would be an emphatic no !

The House was then resumed and progress reported.

The Militia bill, and a bill to authorize the appointment of Clerks to Justices of the Peace and to regulate proceedings had be- fore them, were read the third time and pass- ed.

On motion, a bill in further amendment of an act to incorporate the Royal Agricul- tural Society was read a second time, com- mitted, and reported agreed to without amendment.

Adjourned till Monday next at ten o'clock.

Monpay, April 3. APPROPRIATION BILL.

Hon. Mr. Lorp: | object to the ar propri- ation of £60 for wharfage for the Mail Steamers. ‘Those gentlemen are very accom- modating to themselves, indeed. One of the public wharves was reserved for the mail service, and now, because certain changes have taken place, the Government must pay this large sum for their accommodation. f consider it one of those party jobs which are tuo apt to take place at present. You will also find charges in the accounts for travel-

and perhaps we would not have the accom-

I do not think it would be good policy to question that item. But there is another item which calls for an expression of opinion, and [ must say that there is great force in the remarks of his honor from Prince Couniy (Mr. Lord), that it would be an improve- ment if the Appropriation Bill, instead of being eent up as it is at present, were sent up im separate or classified items. It has fallen on me to speak on this question before, when this house was not elected, and the

period of our political history, it was, per- haps, well to advocate and adhere to the principle of the House of Assembly having control over the expenditure of the public money. At tha time it was, perhaps, right ; but there is great cause for consideration now, when the members of this House are sent here by the people. It now becomes a question whether it is right that this branch of the Legislature should have some control over the expenditure of the Colony, because, when we are sent here by the people, they will reasonably expect that we will exercise some control over the appropriation, other- wise there would be no check upon the ex- penditure of money which the country may think unjustifiable. As it stands at present, it is useless for us to seek to check the evil, and I do not wait to canvass the propriety of certain items, for the {principle is of ten thousand times more importance to the Co- lony. I think is is a very proper time to express our opinions upon this subject. The House should wake up to a consideration of

ling to inspect the building of one of the steamboats. What have the public to do with the inspection of a boat for a private company? [ have travelled on a similar service myself for the benefit of the country, and I never received a shilling for it, nor looked for it.