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     ALIMPSES AT THE PAST LIFE 
     
    
   
   
    
     oF A POLITICAL JUDAS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We have 
     
     last two or three ye 
     
    
   
   
    
     bie pi 
     
    
   
   
    
     given fo the public, during the 
     
     ars, 30 many irrefragi- 
     
     oofs of Mr. D. Macileaa’s political 
     
     profligacy, thgt it may be deemed a waste/claimed that the ploughshare of ‘Time 
     
    
   
   
    
     ef time to write cnother sentence on the 
     
    
   
   
    
     subject. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Maclean, as an individual, | ' 
     
     Mr, Maclean, linea 
     
    
   
   
    
     we might treat with the contempt he me- 
     
    
   
   
    
     rite; but es he has been constrained, by|dently attempted to force himself. 
     
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     mercenary motives, to become the mouih-| 
     
    
   
   
    
     piece of his fermer adversaries, so the 
     
     aftener we expose his impostures the more 
     
    
   
   
    
     serely do we weaken their 
     
    
   
   
    
     pasition, by 
     
    
   
   
    
     shewing the straits to which they were 
     
     geduced when they had recourse to the 
     
    
   
   
    
     services of such a hack. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In nearly every number of the Islander, 
     
     from the period of his assuming the edi- 
     
    
   
   
    
     torship of that paper upto the present 
     
     moment, he charges the Liberals with 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BRAMINER. 
     
    
   
   
    
     sible Government. What a credulons, 
     
     simple-minded, unsuspicious, verdant 
     
     creature was the new born patriot of 
     
     New London! We take it, that Mr. Mac. 
     
    
   
   
    
     some fifiy winters—and his brow pro- 
     
    
   
   
    
     passed not over it without leaving many 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     finance, if persisted in much longer, must 
     
     bring ra to the country. We have no 
     
     available resources like the neighboring | T'ax, 
     
     Provinces, by the produce of which we! 
     
     lean’s confession of verdantcy—while his|can pay our debts almost immediately ; 
     
     locks were whitened with the snows of: but we think a method might be devised 
     
     by funding the present unpaid Warrants, 
     
     with the consent of the holders, to pay in 
     
     tnoney all demands upon the Government, | 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     an indenture there, only proves his utter 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ‘political leader, into which he so impu- 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1347—through spite for the then 
     
     ‘Lt. Governor—Mr, Maclean opposed the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     V. Huntley quarrelled with the Compact, | 
     
     and espoused the principles of their| 
     
     adversaries. His opposition was accept- 
     
     able to the Tories, and as they flattered, 
     
     and fawned upon, him, so he abused and 
     
     vilified his former friends. In 1850, when 
     
     he lost his election,’his bile was stirred to 
     
     its inmost depths—the Liberals were a 
     
     set of knaves—-Responsible Government 
     
     was clap-trap,—would be a source of 
     
     corruption, though he says he abandoned 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     as they would arise, after a cectain period. 
     
     pacity to occupy the position of #/This, in our opinion, would be a sound | 
     
     system of finance—would meet general | saving to the Gove 
     
     |approbation—and save upon ail Govern- | fected in th 
     
     ment contracts from. twenty to thirty per | pe 
     
     ceat; while, at the same time, an end 
     
     ‘views of the Liberal party, when Sir H./ would be put to the present disreputable 
     
     expedient of borrowing money by the 
     
     Government, in an indirect manner. by 
     
     means of Warrants, psyabie only at con- 
     
     venient seasons, Even as it is, one im- 
     
     portant class in the community should 
     
     not be subjected to the expense and incon- 
     
     venience attending the Warrant system. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Teachers, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     mained due 
     
    
   
   
    
     107 
     
    
   
   
    
     LL, 
     
    
   
   
    
     We allude to the District and other 
     
    
   
   
    
     The produce of the Land 
     
    
   
   
    
     out of which the ‘Teachers are @; 
     
    

    
     rected by Statute to be paid, is receiver! 
     
     by Government in cash, and finds its wav 
     
     to the ‘Treasury before the grant for Edy - 
     
     cation 18 voted by the Legislature ; 44. 
     
    

    
     if the small half yearly payments of th: 
     
     Teachers were to be made in money, 
     
     | much inconvenisnce would be avowedsi» 
     
     these individusis, and a considerable 
     
     tnment would be ef 
     
     eshape of interest, Tt will be 
     
     ceived that the sum of £982 12s, 2). 
     
     | voted for the’support of Education. re. 
     
    
   
   
    
     on the 3ist January fast 
     
    
   
   
    
     We think the Government is decidedjy 
     
     wrong in sufferiny this item to be added 
     
     to the public debt; but, as we have ac 
     
     hope of any good emanating from the 
     
     present Administration, we trust it wi!! 
     
     become one of the first subjects of con- 
     
     sideration with the new Executive. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ae eaeeeeeetenrineisetineesiedenndtiniiiebeticieeen 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Guneanetnasstelitasneunaneresoesmanetieee ee anaes 
     
    
   
   
    
     Treasury Warrants 
     
    
   
   
    
     unpaid, 3st January, 18 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     j m their principles, and deals in|the cause only because he believed its ISSUED PREVI- aoa ; TUTAL AMOUR? 
     
     Ee tabbibles nai of his/#dvocates were distonest, and not because, °* WHAT AccounTissuED. a lw pha oy foreach parties. 
     
     he believed the system itself to be bad; pee. 3, 1847. ’ lar service. 
     
     own consistency. It is no uncommon and as for the sins of the Proprietors, - 2 oe De & & a PY | 
     
     thing with persons of notoriously bad |(who were, of course, still linked with the Roads, Bridges, Wharfs, 1,094 18 0 4478 7 3/2495 3 § |8068 8 ]1 
     
     fame to use the strongest professions of ny) fo me! he pots sraceaed . terpenes ty je : non a ; ite 2 v | eat © 
     
     : m, their names were never heard. er centave | 
     
     ogard for decency and —— if they Mr. Maclean is now an advocate of Academy Minera’ and : : "8 4 
     
     were the paragons of propriety, which/ Republican pructices—his former hosti-| School Visitors, 4418 0| 49617 9| 3290 7 2) 82 2 
     
     they would tain have the world suppose lity - or 1s forgotten, z= ee nen . apna yo 9 8) 48815 0; 24 8 OF ase 12 §8 
     
     ‘iy ay’w be a jr/80 that the very principles he fought! Pu dic Mails, 7819 6] 956 | O} 98018 0/2415 18 6 
     
     a m - _ _— — coat tet auainst in “37 and °38, he tights forin’50!} Printing & Sta’ry,! 171 6 108) 643.16 6! 991 7 9) 1866 It i 
     
     imteres’s bs observing a discreet 81 ence; We conclude these remarks by quoting Chief Justice, " 25 0 0 595, 0 
     
     larelc one» to every accusation, and suf-|from the Journal of 1846 extracts trom Master of the Rolle, 127 10 O 500 0 O| 687 10 6 
     
     fer the 2eneral tenor of their lives to be|@n Address to Her Majesty. drawn up; Attorney General, 22615 7] 34613 8] 603 9 3 
     
     their best recommendation. under the auspices of Mr Maclean, and | Solicitor General, 4613 4 Se, 
     
     We are informed that when Mr. Mac-;unanimonsly adopted by the House of Prothonatory Q’s County, 165 10 6 | 2311 64) 452 2 Oy, 
     
     jean came to the Co'ony —we do not re- Assemily, praying for the intreduction Do. K’s County, 46 8 4 90 16 7 an 8g 9 166 3. g 
     
     member ihe suspicions and eventful period |Of Respoasible Government, and eulogis- Do. Prince C’ty, 5h Ds 57 12 95! 108 17 @ 
     
     —he had just washed hie hands clean of img the advantages resnliing from its|Queen’s County Jail, 280 2 0] 149 8101 459 10 Ie 
     
     the Canudian insurrection, his heart overation in the United Province of Ca-| King’s do. do., 26 310 42 10 0 38° 2 0 106 i4 16 
     
     brimfai of Joyaity, and his mighty nada, wherein, according to Mr. Maclean’s! Prince do, do., 118 1t 8. WD O G M8 tl Gy 
     
     soul Bursting with love of British Tnstitn-|testimony, the principles advocated by Sheriff's salaries, 82410 9! . & i0 O 
     
     tions Phe objeet of the insurrection) him in this Island, are now producing the; Disbursements, &c., 182 51] 298 9114, 480 15 1) 
     
     was to fiybt the old fashioned Loyalty out/o=t mischievous results, We hope we! Leg, Council Clerk, 185 19 11, 2241510) 41015 » 
     
     of countenance, and to substitute for Bri- Sha!! be informed that we have not sick- Do. Usher, 41 0 0 s © © 7a 0 0 
     
     fish, Republican Institutions. Mr. Mac-jeved hm by compelling him to swallow Do. Messenger, | 799 9 7 108 18 9! 388 & 4 
     
     lean felt a dread‘u! horror creeping | his own dirt :— Do. Reporter, 50 0 O 50 0 0 
     
     through his veins at the approach of Bro-| © We yone Majesty’s loyal subjects; Deo. Door keey er 3117 6 2415 0 56 12 6 
     
     ther Jonathan-—he disliked the swagzer|the House of Asseubly of Prince Edward Do. Chaplain, 40 0 0}° 40 0 0 
     
     aod dlaster of the Yankee, and patted|Islind, have to submit t> your Majesty,|U. of Ass’bly, Members| 9519 6) 542 2 8] 667 10 8 | 4,805 12 40 
     
     {metaphorically of course) the good round |that the people of this Colony receive Do. Clerks, 210 0 O | 270 0 0: 480 6 O 
     
     velly with “capon lined,” of old John} with the highest satisfaction, the declara-| H. of Ass’bly, Sergeant 
     
     Bull; whether he shouldered musket and/tion contained in the Despatch of Your} 8nd disbursements, 281 | a4 29518 G! 57619 8 
     
     bagnet to drive the intruder from British) Majesty’s Colonial Minister, of the 16ih|H.of Assbly Messenger, 3116 € 25 2 6 x0 19 0 
     
     20i', 18 a circumstance which, nnfortu-! October 1839, to the effect, that Colonial Do, Reporters, : 30 9 6 | | 300% 
     
     sately, history does not record: yet ru-|Governors were in future to guide them- Do. Library, &c., 11 0 @ 60 0 0; 170 0 
     
     mour avers that Duncan was no “ sympna-!selves in matters purely Colonial, aceord-| Colonial Building, 46 3) 0 o2 2 2 138 & 2 
     
     thizer,” but a atickler for Torvism and jing to the well understood wishes of the} Vo. Furniture, - 300 8 114 JOC & $23 
     
     British authority in all their primevil as-'people, as expreesed by their Represen-|_ Do. Watchmen, 49 14 104) 40 14 1104 
     
     eendancy. tatives. Board of Health, 206 0 0) 400 0 Q] 30415 14) ' $04 15 We 
     
     “British authority” wasto Mr. Mac-| “The very ful! expositions of the prin-| Colonial Secretary, 300 0 g| 400 0 9 512 10 0 1 1,0t2 16. © 
     
     lean, however, on his arrival here “a ciples of this system, made by successiye| Do. * "reasnrer, 125 0 0} 575 0 0] 300 O © | 1,200 0 Q 
     
     horse of another colour;” the officers of!Governors General, carry conviction of Collectors of Impost, ' 7 O O 360 0 LU 8955 0.0) ey 0 Y 
     
     Government were a set of vampires, |their beneficial tendency ; and the practice, Adjutant Gen. of Militia,’ 1815 O 938 15 0 a 0 0) 187 10 0 
     
     whom it was his first duty to exterminate, jas evinced in the United Culany of the Ca- Messenger Ex. Council, 10 0 O 3 0 Ft 30 0 0 90 ¢G 
     
     the Land Proprietors, whose interests | nadas, proves that the plru is, ia general, Market Clerks, :: 10 8 Q 40 0 0, 45 @ 0 95 90 v 
     
     Mr. Maclean contended were identified |eficient and constitutional. own Major’s dis'ments, 2811 6! #2 410) 4016 54 
     
     with those of the officials, were a greedy,| “While the Representatives of the Apprehending deserters, im 8s 16 0 0 
     
     grasping, voracious set of feliows, solely | people of this Colony believe, that no form Auditors, : 70 0 0 | 45 @ 0; 15 0 0 
     
     bent upon ruining the country, and mak-!of Government exists, in which oceasion-| Assayer of weights, C. T. 5 0 0 oe 6 0 | 15-0 6 
     
     mg slaves of its inhabitants. An agita-jal difference of interest or opinion will Wharfin zer at Ch. Town, ' 45 0 0 | 38 0 Uv 79 0 4 
     
     tion shop was instantly set in oon produce some temporary disadvanta- Hillsbro Ferry, S. side, > a 00 00 
     
     by this new-fedged Junius Brutus, from ges and impediments tothe course of Agricultural Society, 210 0 & JO 0 0 o10 0° 6 
     
     which were weekly fuiminated fierce! public business, they are UNANIMOUS in| Seed Grain, ! — 0 Or; aes 0 0 
     
     ilippics against every body fownd wear-|the conviction, that were the principles of, Poor, | cee bbc 262 5 0) 240 9 0 oan 14 9 
     
     ing the Queen’s livery, and all their! Responsible Government in operation in| Light aonthetl aan wo G0 0 118 15 0 Le geet . 
     
     “ders and abettors ‘in authority,” in-\this Colony, they would greatly tend to ex- Do. Nova Scotia, 48. 9 19 Bi 3 5} cu 4 4 
     
     ing. as of necessity he should, the in- |pedite bublic business, tu further public and) Lunaiic Asylum, #58 1449, 350 0 0 oe  * 
     
     ‘orrigib'e Proprietors of Land; together! private improvement, and to pramoie Buoye and Beacons, : 9 1) O | 98 8 6 OS dae Mi 
     
     with macniloguent manifestoes in favor|amonest the people a spirit of conten!, and Shediac ! acket, 30 0 0 Js 00: WH OO 60 Ss 
     
     © Escheas, Responsible Government,'o/ aliackment to the Imperial Government,” | Georgetown | acket, r oF 10 0: im 3 1G 
     
     td every other principle or measure, Govt. Louse repairs, tet? 0-0 a7 0 4 
     
     Whose value rose in proportion to its vios Government Pews, Le Ol ae ee w600 (0 
     
     © of excessive radicalism. In 1846 THE PUBLIC DEBT. Meclianics’ Inatituze, | | Is v0 O IS a 4 
     
     declered to his electors that he would iv ig a matter of some importance that Taking the Census, , 106 16 0 | 3 “ ms 4 
     
     ‘ote for a stoppage of Supplies, if Respon-ljevery person, interested in the welfare of|Compiling — do., t e fo OO} 2 : : 
     
     thle Goverminent were not put into im-|the Colony, should be correctly informed Drawback, ae : 3s 2 4 | = 2 4 
     
     mediate practice, and the Land Question as to the particalar Services for which Bounties, Ses} Fisheries,; » 510 9 ; wa it ¥ 
     
     | itled in accordance with his wishes./the Public Debt has been contracted.| Sale of Book, | 46 7 td to z v4 
     
     «Mark! Mr. Maclean was then for seve-|'To supply the information so desirable, Return of Licence inoney’ 10 0 | » = 
     
     | years a settler in the Colony—a mem-|we publish the following tabular state- To the Indians, — pie 2 a 0 | 29 o z 
     
     of the Parliament elected in’42--and|ment of the objects for which the out- N. Anglo to Meridian line: | 2913 8 we a a 
     
     Not Buch * greeu-liorn as to be unable to|standing Warrants have been grented, |S'r H. V. Huntley, Lieut, j ne : 
     
     mate between right and wrong— jtogether with their respective amounts; Governor, foes, ; |sit o io ii o 
     
     “een kneveg and honest men, or foolsand4 in doing so we are actuated by the! Medics] attendance, Be! | 4 “0 
     
     Md Wisg ones; for in the Islander of last | hope tliat come means may be devisex: fast, ; GQ 0 #8 f . 
     
     Pale he cele up the pittfal plea of being a either to lessen the annual expenditure. Govt. Farm Surver, ' : ot wy bie 4 & 
     
     . hig oo the Colony,” and of believing or to incresse the revenue in order grady. { Cama'ts Preasury Beoven, | wre 10 11 , O28 10 it 
     
     ‘at ttor® to be “ honest and wellially to liquidate the Poblic Debt; far it bane ete omit on [ee meme mene feet neem Stee | een en een 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     MRR wen” while adeogat og Reagen-lie qrtsclesr that ths present system off 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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