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     COLONIAL LnGisLATuRE. 
     
     (Debate on the Delegate question continued from our last.) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The delegate, then, had not so much to complain Ofthe disadvantage 
     
     produced to himself in not being able to communicate personally 
     
     with Lord John Russell; nor should he complain oftlre effect of 
     
     His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor‘s private Despatcli on the 
     
     subject, which had been ouce’ortwice alluded to by honourable mem- 
     
     bers, with much meaning. Contain what it might, and what, be 
     
     (M r. Palmer) knew not, (never having heard of it until the answer 
     
     to it was published in this Island,) it could not be more, ifas much, 
     
     than the other side ofthe question, so as to prevent a total as: parts 
     
     statement. In Nova Scotia, the Lieutenant Governor had sent 
     
     home counter Delegates. Confidential as the Despatch was, how- 
     
     ever, if the delegate considered it an obstruction, such is the 
     
     perfection of our constitution, that it was, and is still liable to be 
     
     examined into, and, on a proper application, might be delivered up, 
     
     ifsupposed to contain any thing unconstitutional; but this he had 
     
     no reason to suspect. He (Mr. Palmer) thought the delegate lost 
     
     a great deal of time, last spring, before setting. out on his mission ; 
     
     be, however, arrived in London early in July, and the Parliament 
     
     sat until the 27th August; and yet he took no step towards applying 
     
     to Parliament. Why did he not remain in England till the Cor- 
     
     responding Committee informed him of the answer sent to his 
     
     Excellency here. Nay, what was to have prevented his remaining 
     
     there all winter, and, if prosecuting his duties with any success, 
     
     trusting to the Legislature here to supply him with additional 
     
     means, should those which he had run short? What was his hurry, 
     
     then, to get back to the Island last autumn? Was there any magical 
     
     or other particular attraction in that cushioned chair which he saw 
     
     before him? (Hear, hear!) Was his patriotism for his country, his zeal 
     
     in its cause, so over oivering, that be was afraid to trust that chair 
     
     to an other indivi ual member Of this House than himself? He 
     
     (Mr. almer) thought such an apprehension need not to have hurried 
     
     him back: lie, for his part, considered that there were others in the 
     
     house who were far more competent to fill it than the delegate; 
     
     and those too of his own party. With respect to the Law opinion, 
     
     his excuse for not having obtained it was by no means satisfactory. 
     
     He (Mr. Palmer) knew well that had such an opinion been pub- 
     
     lished in this Island, it would have had a powerful influence on the 
     
     minds ofthe tenantry; it would have been “ a light to their path.” 
     
     The delegate himself, in private consultations With the (country, 
     
     at public meetings,aiid through the publichapers, was constant y 
     
     representing the disadvantages they experienced for want oftlio 
     
     advice ofable and impartial Counsel. Look, Mr. Chairman, at his 
     
     opinion of the Bar and Bench of this Island, as expressed in the 
     
     Colonial'Herald of the 22:! December, 1838, It was not, he! says, 
     
     any part 'of his instructions; but will this miserable excuse be re- 
     
     ceived? Ilis' instructions were the best he could possibly have 
     
     :carried for himself. They were a perfect curte blanche. He was 
     
     not tied down to any thing. Were, be (Mr. Palmer) would ask, 
     
     the subjects of Education, of Private Notes, ofannexation to Nova 
     
     Scotin, any part of his instructions? NO! he would not their let 
     
     him pass off with iliis pretence; no! no creeping up the lubber-hole 
     
     in this way; no gliding down to leeward: he (Mr. Palmer) would 
     
     bring him up totlie wind-turn him to the gale of truth, though - 
     
     it should even be mingled with a little hail. If the Counsel's 
     
     opinion was not a part of his instructions, why had the late 
     
     delegate stated in ,his letter of the 20th September, addressed 
     
     to the Committee of Correspondence, “ that he should employ 
     
     Counsel, ifliis answer proved unsatisfactory; that he thought the 
     
    
   
   
    
     . whole documents wopld be submitted to, the law offier of the 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ‘ \Villiam Cooper, Esquire, l5, Saville Place, Mile End. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     way, if there is a way. I cannot promise much for advice; you will see 
     
     in my instructions that I was allowed £300, currency, in a warrant, to cash 
     
     which, was only £190, sterling, for my expenses. But if you could 
     
     obtain an opuiiou from one of the most able Counsel upon that question, I 
     
     would Williii ly give £10, which I, hope would leave you half for your 
     
     trouble. I s all endeavour to call upon you on Saturday, and am, 
     
    

    
     * Sir, your most obedient humble servant, 
     
    
   
   
    
     . Wm. COOPER. 
     
     Scott Tremain, Esq. 5, Foley Place. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     5, Foley Place, October lst, 1839. 
     
     Dear Sir; I am pleased that you have been so fortunate as to procure a 
     
     passage. I saw Mr. Taylor yesterday, who came over in the Fleta. He 
     
     is satisfied with the vessel and master; he paid £16—if you have not con- 
     
     cluded your bargain, I mention this as a hint. I have. examined your 
     
     papers, and feel much interested for the tenants. \Ve must not conclude 
     
     that. Government will not grant equitable terms. I have a. favourable 
     
     impression ot‘Lord John Russell—he has a. master-mind, and I hope he 
     
     may pen the answer. If a forfeiture is not insisted upon by Government 
     
     upon terms, and we are driven to a court Of law, We shall require much 
     
     ingenuity and perseverance, and a firm and impartial judge. I fear much 
     
     injuryin this case has arisen from the slumbers of the Attorney General of 
     
     the Island, who ought to have sought aforfeiture on behalf of the Crown 
     
     years since._ I agree with you, and by no means admit that the duty was 
     
     '10 be performed as to an individual. The Crown for this purpose is a 
     
     Trustee of the people; the leaning Ofihe Crown Officers and Government 
     
     ought to be with us; it would be so were I Attorney General. Intrigue 
     
     and interest has operated upon the government here. You are desirous of 
     
     a. legal opinion; I am much at. a loss, and am like a mariner without his 
     
     compass—the use of a good library is indispensable. Mr. VVhiteaker, my 
     
     professional friend, is in Kent. I should like to examine the Commissions 
     
     Oftlic Court of Escheat in N. S., the Records, the Provincial Statutes, the 
     
     Orders in Council atP. E. 1., which were laws. I am obliged for your Offer 
     
     of pay—I will not take it from you unless to do your cause a service, but 
     
     should wish to see ; you_need not be afraid of occupying my time, it 
     
     cannot be better e ~ed; I doubt if any correct and decisive course 
     
     can be pointed out hout first seeing what the Government intend‘to do 
     
     or to decide upO 2’ must beg you will take charge of a large parcel for 
     
     me, to be deliv‘ at Halifax; if I am compelled to go to N. Y., I shall 
     
     wish to get rid 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
          
     
         
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Your obedient servant, 
     
     SCOTT TREMAIN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hon'. Mr. POPE remarked, this was like all that was done by the 
     
     honourable gentlemgn. He had told them he would satisfy them 
     
     that he had discharged every duty of his mission, as far as circum- 
     
     stances would permit; and he had just read them two letters which 
     
     he wished them to receive as partly corroborant ofliis assertion. 
     
     But how did those letters hear him out in his affirmation? From the 
     
     copy of his own letter, which he had read, it did not appear that he 
     
     had been seeking, but giving an opinion. No (Mr. l’opc) had heard 
     
     the Speaker say, in. this House, that £160 would be sufficient to 
     
     defray all the necessary expenses Of a delegate to England; but he 
     
     had had at his disposal nearly twice that sum, and yet could 
     
     afford to offer no more than the paltry sum 0f£5 to a counsel for 
     
     an opinion—£10 between two—£5 for the opinion, and £5 to an 
     
     agent for procuring the Opinion. Had the delegate lived in so 
     
     expensive a style, that, out of the ample means placed at his dis- 
     
     posal, so small a sum, for.so important an opinion as was required, 
     
     was all be really could afford? ’Mr. Scott Tremain was certainly not 
     
     known as a man of high standing or celebrity at the Bar, even of 
     
     Nova Scotia; but from his letter he appeared to be andronest man, 
     
     that raw art's, an honest lawyer—he would not take a fee where 
     
     he had done no business. Had he (the delegate) gone home from 
     
     New York in the saloon of the Great Westernsrand, on his arrival 
     
     in Londdn, had theil‘t’aken up his rEsid‘ence at ope of the fashion- 
     
    

    
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     CHARLOTTETOWN, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1840. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ an aristocrat: “ Vile scum, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     EDWARD ISLAND‘ADVERTISER. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     was a gentleman with whom he had been acquainted nearly all 
     
     the time he was in London, and from whom he had received many 
     
     civilities; he was a professional man, and one whom he thought 
     
     well qualified to lend him that assistance ofwhicli, before directly 
     
     applying to aiiy eminent English Counsel for a law opinion on this 
     
     case generally, he stood in need. He (Mr. Speaker) had thought 
     
     that such a‘ gentleman as Mr. Tremain would know much better 
     
     than himselt how and what questionsit would be most suitable for 
     
     him (Mr. S eak‘er) to put to a Counsel, .and, influenced b this 
     
     opiriion,lie iad,therefore, applied to Mr. Tremain, (explainingtbe 
     
     matter to him as well as he could,) andtendered him a fee of £10 
     
     for his assistance. , 
     
    

    
     ~ Mr. RAE observed, the opponents of popular rights asserted that 
     
     the delegate had fallen short of his instructions. They next asserted 
     
     that because liehad fallen short, therefore the real representatives 
     
     Of the people, the liberal portion of the Assembly, were wrong in 
     
     sending him, and should, thereafter, do nothing for their own relief: 
     
    
   
   
    
     as if a lawyer’s mismanagement of a case would be sufficient to , 
     
    
   
   
    
     prove the cause was bad. They attempted to kill two birds with i 
     
     one stone, and, by one vote, to get the House to declare that the 
     
     delegate had not used the means in his power to Obtain justice, 
     
     and, by the same vote, to declare, that, as he had not used the 
     
     proper means to obtain justice, therefore there was no injustice. 
     
     Next, said Mr. Rae, they had a beautiful tirade from the learned 
     
     member for Charlottetown, about the labouring class of society 
     
     being always in a state commanding commiseration. There were 
     
     poor in England, in Nova Scotin,in Newfoundland, and,therc- 
     
     fore, says the learned member for Charlottetown, the farmers in 
     
     Prince Edward Island are. entitled to no redress. Nay, more than 
     
     that, he maintains that they ought not to look for ll-"tllat they 
     
     never will Obtain it. Why? Why because my Lord John Russell 
     
     has said he will not escheat the lands. But does Lord John say 
     
     that no redress will ever be given? No: on the contrary, he seems 
     
     in dim vision, to see that they must have redress; and lest, like 
     
     the unjust judge, by their continual coming, he should be wearied, 
     
     he proposes, or at least considers, three or four difi'erent modes of 
     
     redress. But, supposing he had said, in the insulting language of 
     
     e shall have no redress! Beasts of 
     
     burden ye are, and shall remain !” Supposing that this man had. 
     
     given utterance to so arrogant and insulting a sentiment, would it 
     
     be our duty to submit and yield a dumb compliance? Is my Lord 
     
     John Russell immortal? Are the dicta of a Colonial Minister like 
     
     the laws oftlie Modes and Persians? Would such a decree, asked 
     
     Mr. Rae, backed by the opinion of the Lord Chancellor and the 
     
     whole Privy Council—would it guide the plough? No. Then, 
     
     continued be (Mr. Rae), if it was found necessary that a rational 
     
     being should guide the plough, then was their complaint of ancient 
     
     birth and Ofenduring existence; for, at all times, rational beings, 
     
     undebased by actual slavery, had complained when required to 
     
     raise the wheat, and eat only the bran. The learned member for 
     
     Charlottetown‘and‘his helper had given them a long tirade against 
     
     dcmagogucs, and those who.stirred up the people. According to 
     
     such honourable gentlemen, they who had advocated the rights of 
     
     the people were the enemies of the people-the tenantry were well 
     
     and happy till those people made them believe they were unhappy‘! 
     
     Vain and insulting language. The people were stirred up by't e 
     
     extortionate demands of proprietary claimants, the pettifogging, 
     
     insulting management of land agents, and the friendly vrstts of 
     
     constables, to take the beef and leave the bones. Escheat had not 
     
     been obtained, said these honourable gentlemen, therefore Cooper 
     
    
   
   
    
     , and his friends had led the people astray. The fact was, he said, 
     
     . ML-Cocper arid. his friends might have been warm,bigoted,vio- 
     
    
   
   
    
     lent, but they had done much mor o 
     
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     letter Ofilie 2d Octo er?’litrer~it%‘ili— furtl'efi M" Chd'rm“"* "'- ["5 
     
    
   
   
    
     ie es 's be had a lied to Counsel for advice on behalf of the tenan- 
     
     iiryguihich adviitgiie hoped to bring with him. Why,then, let age 
     
     ask, has he not done so? . Had he done so, he knew it must 'e 
     
     published; and, if'published, full well did he know the client it 
     
     would have in operating a change upon the minds of the tenaniry 
     
     -—a change which he by no means desired. Look at his letter 
     
     bftlie 20th September: see the anxrety lie therein betray: on this 
     
     account when he says his hopes depend upon the peoplp’: If‘ they 
     
     were 'to change their opinions, I could do nothing. Oli .er. 
     
     Chairman, what a sad piece of news it would have been for um, 
     
     on his arrival in this Island, had he been informed by some of the 
     
     wortliies who went to gieet him on the shores of the L\Vhite bands, 
     
     that the people had changed their opinions, and agitation no longer 
     
     existed : then, indeed, might be have said— 
     
     ' ' 1“ Farewell ! a long farewell to all my greatness! " . 
     
    

    
     Yes, Mr. Chairman, well might be dread the edects which a 5|]le 
     
     and sound law opinion would have produced on the mindsl pfht e 
     
     people; broadly, fearfully, would it have contrasted ivit Irtl pse 
     
     statements of his own which he had been so constantly pub is iing 
     
    
   
   
    
     as law; those garbled extracts from Chitty on Prerogative, and from 
     
    
   
   
    
     lackstone's Commentaries with which he had been so long mis- 
     
     gading the people. He flushed, then, that such miserlable excuses 
     
     would not prevent the Corgmittee s candidly pussmg t ieir opinion 
     
    

    
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     othif grifacifzighereiose and said, he held in his hand a copy Ofn 
     
     letter which he wrote to Mr. Scott Tremain, a gentleman of the 
     
     law, then in London with himself, and that gentleman s antsuipr 
     
     thereto. He said, with permission, he would read éllem )IOf]. 
     
     Those letters would clearly shew that he did apply-to ounce or 
     
     degal opinion, although it did not form part of his inst‘ructions. 
     
     And this Committee would hear in mind, that he had lnot t Le remt; 
     
     test idea of the correspondence which was taking place etyyteem 
     
     Downing Street and the Colonial Government. d hiis ougd he 
     
     weigh a little with honourable members. .It hal-l eenv sag ised 
     
     ou-ht to have remained in England this WII‘IEEL. e was a v N 
     
     h lI’Mr. Home and the gentlemen from Nova bcoiia to.retulrn to “It: 
     
    

    
     olony; and Mr. Hume assured him that he could bring ma ee 
     
     before the Imperial Parliament as well in his absence .is i Vhite :vgrl- 
     
     to wait for the rcassembling of Parliament. He did not Wlid o It: 
     
     hle the Committee with any further explanation, but won t ltfiel‘fh); 
     
     add, that the ate 8 which he had taken appeared to hlfltll' 0 pm“ 
     
     Wisest; “and oftIiat he had been more .convmced. Ellltéel is {eusteé 
     
     when he saw the Despatch from Downing Sireet, in” ie‘ ir that 
     
     the House would not lose sight of the advantages 6 V ou in 
     
    

    
     en atch. _ . 
     
     D e following are the letters above alluded to :— 
     
     r 15, Savillc Place, Mile End, 30th Sept. 1839. 
     
     Dear Sir - 
     
    
   
   
    
       you desired to be informed when I engaged a passage to Halifax, I 
     
    
   
   
    
     H the Fleta' she will 
     
     ' ' f rm on that l have agreed for a passage in _ , 
     
     gzbewrelii‘do to‘zail until the first of next week. The vgsssltishiméill, 83:1: 
     
     .cousequemlyy the accommodation for passengers confipe , due 5 w“ e as 
     
     dobe a well built new vessel, and if they do not loa too ep, 
     
     .7 1 er vessel. _ 
     
     fiagehaaqv: rgdgived another communication from the Colonial Office, to say 
     
     «that Lord John Russell regrets his inability to return to my applicpaiiorzv 
     
     indie! answer than .that already received. Inrcga'rd tohthe l2: viggdmom 
     
     you were to give, it will be necessary to bear in mind t at: t8 cwn as an 
     
     ‘am osed by the original grants were not merely a duty io‘t e I"). d the 
     
     individual persmi,but a. duty to the Crown in behalf ot the peop t? , an ve 
     
     Crown refusing to proceed against the grantees according to apt, gs d 
     
     them the ower to oppress the people, by elxailz‘tmgc exorbitant regisseozoagu, 
     
     - ' ' ' 'belon ed to the public. ' ft e rown can re . . 
     
     fi‘iflifgfiz, to regest forfeited lands in ;he Cream, to alfforp Jugs: t: 
     
     V 't must be inconsrstent oriie rown, iy I'SJU ., 
     
     giigeplgbdbcgiiidgigsgainst the tenautry, in favour of Such proprietors whose 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' .elaims ori inated by the Crown refusing a Court to exact the performance 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' ' ' wn rants or the forfeiture of the land. Mr. John- 
     
     riffohmyifii‘r gbdidit‘bti'lgigiera , said, that it was the parablp offlihe pings; 
     
     ‘ l d in the New Testament; buiour case is more iuipig‘oiisb  a ; 
     
     Iiigjgra’ble: the lord of the steward for ave him lhis It, e iislaebized {to up 
     
     lexaeied the utmost farthing from those W were ega >3 extendingindul; 
     
    

    
     ' ereas the crown, withholding a court of Gobi-2311):?“ ubnc properly 
     
     gone to the grantees, enabled them in impose 8 e that?! obligations u; 
     
     and ita pears most unjust to release the grantees fromh “we. and me 
     
     the public,and authorise them to impose a debt upon (ti ? Pfive ifiminis‘ers 
     
     laws and constitution ofGreat Britain mus} be Very me e" 9 mm amho_ 
     
     an refuse; court to do justice to the p_u , d, a! e W? the gnaw), 
     
     fig. a, count" do injustice to the public , 18, l0 P139991; ed, a muff of 
     
     “'M‘ymfilfim for which rent is found upon “1‘? ema . : con" 0,. 
     
    

    
     Wheat- N _ , I, think that there, mum. be a way to agraforc: tithe fig!“ 
     
     oi, mafia main questionof'ndidce would be; ‘0 W 
     
    
   
   
    
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     iliat hi; means, if not too small, find yet barely'heen sufficient for 
     
     his ersonal expenses. But when they should hear that this had 
     
     not can the case, but that, on the contrary, the delegate had pro- 
     
     vidently and wisely taken a steerage passage in a timber ship from 
     
     Halifax, and, on arriving in Lpndon, taken tip his qu‘arters at .Mile 
     
     End, in the uiifasliionable vuunagepof Wappmguld btuirs; wnere, 
     
     iflie lived according to the frugality and economy which he ng. 
     
     Pope), from the significance of the name—Wrapping Old DIZHI'S— 
     
     would be inclined to think was generally observed there, he could 
     
     be in no great danger of out:running his means; they, the House, 
     
     would surely imagine any thing rather than that their delegate had 
     
     not had it in his power to rocure a competent law opinion, from 
     
     any lack or insufficiency 0 means to make, eve'nvto a lawyer of 
     
     liiuh standing and legal reputation, a tender ofa suitable and hand- 
     
     soiiie fee. In order that no excuse of this kind might have to be 
     
     made, £50 additional had been granted to the delegate, almost for 
     
     the express purpose of enabling him to obtain a‘ law opinion.  
     
     (Mr. Pope) had himself moved that the delegate should mke Wu] 
     
     him all grievances, whether of old or recent origin, that not even It: 
     
     nest-egg might be left wliereon to lay new. Ones; and that for: soc 
     
     purpose he might have access to everypublic office, and have copies 
     
     \of all papers, documents or records which he might think necessary 
     
    
   
   
    
     to the furtherance of his views. The eXcuse of the delegate was, _ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ o the Laws of the Island to lay before a CounseL 
     
      ii]: "HfdeILW that c0pies of’ the Island laws were kept at‘uie 
     
     Colonial Ofiice, and that there he might have had them, han he 
     
     applied for them? Did he not know that there yere .many persons 
     
     residing in London, who are proprietors oflands in ibis Island, and 
     
     who havinnr copies of the aws of the Island, would have beel‘n 
     
     glad,to accriinmodate him with them? Many of these indivrdim 5, 
     
     had they known he wanted a copy ofthe Island laws, an}? parncu. 
     
     larlv for what purpose he wanted them, would not only av: Deedn 
     
     ready to send them to him, but they would have had them loun , 
     
     lettered, and gilt for the Occasion. He  not acopy Ofthe ayvsd. 
     
     What a frivolous, paltry excuse was IlllS...‘ He‘ll/Ir. Pope) Wis ie_ 
     
     to divest himself, for the time, of all feeli gs fll‘lfllflg opt oi a consi- 
     
     deration of the escheat question. He, at that time, Wished to clout; 
     
     fine himselfsimply to the enquiry whether or no the delegatel in! 
     
     faithfully, according to his ability, discharged the dutiesw iipi 
     
     devolved upon him in that capacity. In that cqpiicnyd tlie 
     
     speaker went home to perform certain duties, and, to thiat en , is 
     
     was provided with certain 'means. The House andht e countkry 
     
     have a right to ask, they have a right to know, whet. er pg nq‘t thie 
     
     delegate did his duty,and how the money gracing in rail] or hits 
     
     mission, had been expended. The truth, iffully roug it to ig , 
     
     (the delegate's conduct in the matter. wholly Oit OfIhebqlleSltlt‘ént?) 
     
     would prove to the people that the hopes they that: glen le. s 
     
     entertain are hopes which will pe’ver be rgfilrsedggcfit  reggme 
     
    

    
     i lit to- re er are c I 
     
     blitiriidlvzlgdglbze;liiiufifiie, tha‘t’ further agitation would be wpirsie than 
     
     useless, and could tend only to bring down eul uppp‘l eir owg 
     
     heads. Let those who know this to be fact, and [who eit e;- pref;- 
     
     to be, or are, in reality, the friends of the peop a, earnesthy eno Ie 
     
     vour to impress this upon their minds. Many‘amongt e peipto 
     
     themselves havebopculedi theird eyeiiieglgy‘ ggflgtfilen t'rpl'grgqg m“, 
     
    

    
     »whichthey had een e , an are . d‘ I . .H B “Sh Ame- 
     
     said a more rosperous Colony, at this fly, 151a n. I 
     
     i-iZa, than Prin‘be lEdward Islpi‘iid; =11;riggczhgséietjopfyfiefiLimit 
     
     t those Wio are mos eep . 
     
     :‘iss‘ii’ illiist admit the fact, wlifat rrpgllit no; Illilifltzlfgsgettiegizsdtfiggy 
     
     oftlie Island, had it put been on ie 3306: dqh natural resources 
     
     the industry of the inhabitants and its a (lilo. pm the embers of 
     
     se dema 0 lies who were ever-rea y i r . 
     
     gihritlilritent andgrogiise the. flame of sedition? til it pphtisbgir‘iufpr 
     
     ~\tlie mischievous exertions of deljnagogqisgntgztgignz q‘appy of Hey; 
     
     i ld have now been among t e mcs I 
     
     thlesty’s subject: bit 'iisf {Scab ouyai‘lgtlyeérq lgltewfltrlicp Igggfilfbetgie’ 
     
     Plecipice 1'0 wmc ’ m 0 ,l ey ] f their unliicky guides, and a 
     
     that nothing but an abandonment o l ,7 b en artfully ‘ed 
     
     urn to the nth from which they are e ‘ 
     
     iffzdflfltle path of lliersevering industry, nudist slteady,erp:a;p its; 
     
     simp e.honesty—will ever lead them htO £th a 3121:“ of which 
     
     réspeciabilitv and independence, With t e .e pfipstpSte towards 
     
     they have, liithtfe‘rtlo, b‘pep vainllybgll:;‘:tlllz 32:15:; unreserfed decla. 
     
     ' char 9 0 um -.i y mus 7 ; . 
     
     ildfirildsof ogur o inion Of the conduct of our gate gel?gfll§_e\iveh::|i;: 
     
    

    
     England, undo our conviction that the ODJEGIS 0 tie g 
     
    

    
     were and are utterly unattainable. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Mr. Sruxsn here rose and observed tint Mr. Scott Tremain ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     _ K , r . . o ues'an deceived peo- 
     
     ple,arid that sort of slang, which seemed to intimate that who- 
     
     ever sought relief from oppression, or advised others to seek it, 
     
     must of necessity be a fool, be (Mr. Rae) felt easy; for he knew 
     
     that all the words of the English language, ho‘wever aptly strung 
     
     together, would fail to persuade the people OfPrince Edward Island 
     
     to put themselvesiand all their concerns under the management of 
     
     the learned member for Charlottetown and his honourable 
     
     colleague, with their coadjutors. I 
     
    

    
     Mr. PALMER said, the Committee could not risewrtliout some 
     
     Resolution; and it was his intention now to submit one. In ad— 
     
     dressing himself to that portion of the honourable House with 
     
     which, lie regretted,it was not Oftenerin his power tO agree, he 
     
     would beg leave to remind them, that, although the celebrated maxim 
     
     of Lord Chancellor Bacon, that knowledge is power, had now 
     
     almost attained the force of an axiom, yet the converseof that 
     
     maxim, that power is knowledge, was very far from meeting With 
     
     the same general admission. He knew that, numerically, they 
     
     were sufficiently strong to negative his motion; bu_t,'as on this 
     
     occasion he thought there could be but one real Opinion enter- 
     
     tained, and that favourable to his view of the case, he felt a willing- 
     
     ness to believe, that they would—on a questron,the.dec1s1on of 
     
     which was likely to have peculiar influence upon the minds of the 
     
     people—shew themselves superior to that spirit of party which 
     
     frequently engaged men in the support of principles in opposition 
     
     to private conviction. I think (continued Mr. alnier) this is the 
     
     course the delegate ought to have pursued. He ought to have 
     
     remained in England till he had received‘an answe_r from the 
     
     Committee of Correspondence. He should have staid until he 
     
     had spent every fartliing Of the money he had received, in the 
     
     furtherance, or, at least, in attempts to promote the furtherance 
     
     of his ostensible designs. Had this House seen that he was 
     
     making due progress, and that he had properly applied the funds 
     
     entrusted to his management, they would, undoubtedly, have 
     
     been ready to replenish his exhausted coffers as soon as apprised 
     
     Of their condition. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Resolution, to the adoption. of which Mr. Palmer wished 
     
     to lead the House, was read, and is as follows 1—- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Resolved, That this House, having had under its constderation lhe/Eeport 
     
     of William Cooper, Esq., the delegate appointed by this House in its last 
     
     session to proceed toEnglaud, to represent to Her Majesty 5 Government, 
     
     and, if necessary the Imperial Parliament, certain matterscotinec'ted with 
     
     the state of this Colony, and also,.havmg had under their consrderation 
     
     the additional statement of the said delegate, desrgnated his “ defence to 
     
     certain charges” alleged to have been preferred against him in this ~House, 
     
     in reference to his said mission, as presented to lhlS House pa the l7ihlof 
     
     February instant, and beiii actuated by a sense of their only to the m- 
     
     habitants of this Colony, w ose interests’thcy represent, have. to .express 
     
     their dissatisfaction at the result of his said missmn, and their disappro- 
     
     bation of the Want of energy, and the inertness shewn by the said delegate 
     
     while en 3 ed thercu on. _ 4 . \ ‘ . 
     
    

    
     'I‘hat git gdoes. not lzippear to this House, from any thing contfiineidén the 
     
     said Report, or the said subsequent statement,or from any of 1 ko i ftartar“ 
     
     explanations offered by the said delegate, in his place, as bpea er 9 t ii. 
     
     Ilouse, and in debate on the subject of his report, whilein Committee pd 
     
     the whole on the state of the Colony, and while in Committee On‘tihe sai 
     
     subsequent statement, that the said delegate. took such procee mgs, or 
     
     used such means as were within his power, while in England, and as might 
     
     most materially have advanced the progress_ of. the different matter: 
     
     entrusted to him, notwithstanding the determination of_ Her Majestys 
     
     Ministers on the said subject was post oned, to be given through the 
     
     medium of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of this Island. _ 1 
     
    

    
     That this House, recurring to the Circumstanceof havm , at its ast 
     
     sessron, appointed a. Committee to correspond with the said drilegateci 
     
     during the prosecution Of his duties. in England, consrder that Ahecsai 
     
     delegbte was not warranted in returning to t islsland until the saiv f pints 
     
     mittee had communicated to him the determination or. answexii O uer 
     
     Majesty’s said Ministers, as received in this Island by His (Epic;I eucygsée 
     
     Lieutenant Governor, and published by_ authority up the? l H?“ H h- 
     
    

    
     That had the said delegate remained in England ' at his (is , h an i e 
     
     received from the said Committee the said determination; haf lie t fireupon 
     
     immediately proceeded, with the advice of Counsel, if be e tlsuc 35515:; 
     
     ance necessary, to prepare and procure to be printed, a lilljofie‘lj y arrange 
     
     statement of the various matters and eVidence Withh w to e wig? pro; 
     
     vided, in support of the claims of the Colonyy for t e purpose 0 aymg 
     
    
   
   
    
     « before individual members of the House of Commons of Great Britain 3 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ ' ' ' d influence in respect of the 
     
     dtherewrth have solicited their support an _ ' 
     
     :di'l claims - and have adopted such other preliminary matters and arr-auge- 
     
     ments for duch a course of proceedlngda; gelpasnin might gggr‘t‘iiirliphti: 
     
     ' ‘ n in , 
     
     . u est or necessarily call for , an a e a 56 co .. _ 
     
     “iiiizsuifil the said Parliament assembled, and In correspondencfi w‘ifih 
     
     ilhe said Committee, in ordersto have been the betteli; alaldetto spppfiymae 
     
     ' ‘ ' ' ' one in - 
     
     t r of the said claims'in Parliament with sue a it ' 
     
     i‘lbiiipodnilsexplanations as mighmn all probability, have been occasionally 
     
    
   
   
    
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