»> • 4 •i * * .i f I ■!>' # • » '- >- CIHM /■: Microfiche -> t/Series *, - "*■ (IMonogmphs) =-^ % J- hf .7 ICMH *Coflectipn de microfiches (monographies) ^ '^.y\ ^ A' Canadian tnstituta for Historical IMicroraproductiont / Institut Canadian da microraproductiona historiquas V t'k W / ) , -t.-': :f IS hittoriquM The Imtitliit* hM ammplid to otain tlw h^ ortflMl co^ aMil«Mt for filmint. FaatufM of jMi^eopy ptiidi may Jit bibUofraptiieitiv oniqwi. wMdt iltay aMW any :af Mm MMfM io thf rapraduetion, or wite Hiay •ifnifkantly eliMfi «Im ommI nMtlMd,M filMtnt. ift ^k NotH / MotM tadmiquM at Colourad Couvartura da coolaur Cowara daiilMad/ Goovamlra iiidoHyii ; a|ii ^ " ':-: Covara raitorad aod/or lamimatad/ Couwartiira raattoria •t/9!t |Mllieui«i Co«ar tiHa mininp/ U tHra da coiivartuta manqua □ CMouradoMfM/ ',' ';'-;' Cmtaa tftographkiiiai an eoolayi^ □ Colourad ink (i.a.ptliar than Mua or Mack)/ Encra da coulalir (i>a. autra qua Maua ou nbira) □ Colourad piatas and/or illintratiom/ iPlanchas at/ou iliuitratidiM an eoulaur Bound with othar matarial/ ; Rati* avac d'autrat doaumanti Ti#ht bliidint may eaui* ihadom air distortion along intarior margin/ La raliura larrte paut cautar da I'ombra ou da la / distortion la long da la marga int^iaura D / D D Blank laa«as addad during rastoration may.appaar within tha taKt. Whanavar possiMa, thata hava baan omitlad from filming/ II sa paut qua cartainas pagas blanahas aioultes tors d'una rastauration apparaisaant dans la ibxta, mais, lorsqiia c«la toit possiMa. cas pagas n'ont pasMfilmias. Additional oo^mants:/ CommantaiMs supplimantairas: ■,:'^- This itam is f ilmad at tha raduction ratio chackad balow/ Ca documant ast f ilmi au taux da rMuction indiqui ci-dassous. tOX 14X 18X 12X m 16X aox i'lnttitut a miCfofilm* la maUlaur awampla t ra qu'il iMi a M po s sibi a da sa prooirar. Las d*taHs da cat ammplakra qui sont pauf4tra uniquas'du point da «ua i Mbliogr a phiq u a . qui pauvant modif iar i raproduMa. ou qui pauvant aKigar una modHteation dans la m4thoda normala da fiknaga tont indiquai ei-dassoui. r~~n Colourad pagas/ 1 1 Pagas da eoulaur • ■ - ■ -y i ' ■'■'■-" .■'/'■-.J'' 1 /IfagMdamagsd/ « L J Pagas rastaurias at/ou paNicullps .* rri Pagas diseolourad. stainad or foMd/ ^ ' * Pagas dacoloraas, tacnatiai ou piquaas '..: " f' I 1 Pagas dataehad/ 1 1 Pagas ditachias .-■ ■ ' y ■;. ■ n~| Showthrough/ ■-■;■»:■ a Quality of print varias/ Qualiti intgala da I'imprassion I I Continuous pagination/ • I I Pagination continua □ Includas imiaxlas)/ Comprand un (das) indax Titia on haadar takan from:/ La titra da I'an-tita proviant: □ TitIa paga of issua/ Paga da titra da la livraison □ Caption of issua/ Titra da depart da la livraison "[ 1 Masthaad/ Ganiriqua (piriodiquas) da la livraison 22X 26X 30X >' 24X 28X 32X . < Iv- Th# oopy fNmMl hMss hM bMn rapfodM|PM thcnkf tB' tliA iOMMMalfir' of : ' Mttrepot,! t tan Toronto Mf«r«nc« Library Baldwin Room Tha tanagaa a p paa ri wg hara ara tha baat quality poaalMa aanaMartng tha aamlHIan and laglbUHy of 'tha atlglnal aaiiy and inlca^ne wfth tha fNinlng aontracft apaolf loadona. Odginal aoplaa In prlntad papar oovara ara filmed baglnnlrttrwtth tha front aovar and ondlng on v tho laat paga «vlth a prlntad or IHuatrataJI Impraa- alon, or tha baak oovar whon appropriate. All Othar original eoplaa ara fHmad baglnning on thi flrat paga with a pHntad or llluatratad Iniprot- •loin, and andkig on tho lf»t paga with a printed or llluatratad ImpiinMalon. Tha laat raeordad frama on each microficha •haM eontalatha aymbot-^- Imaaning "CON- TINUED'1. or tha aymbol ▼ (moaning "END"K. ndlilehavar appHaa; Mapa. plataa. oharta. ate., may be fHmed at dHfaiant reduction ratioe. Thoee too lerge to bo entiraly Inoluded In one expoeure ara filmed beginning In the upper left hand comer, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as ' required. The following diaiirams iHustfata tho method: J ' ftaemplalre fHrnd fut reprodult griae A la - g4n4roait*de:V Natropolttan Torontb Rafaranca Library •■. BaldMin Room ' lea Imagae sulvantee ont dli reproduHaa ayeo le ' plue grand soln. eompto tanu da la eoodhion et do le nettat* da roNemplalre fllm4. et en eonformhi avac -lee oondMone du. eontr^ do . fMmege. *"Lee OKompleiree orlginaux dont la oouverture en ^ pepler eet Imprim4e sotit fHmte eii eommen^ant par le pfamlar plat et entermlnent sett par la demMre page qui eomporte une ampMnta d'lmpreeslbn,ou d'lNustration. soH par la second plat, salon M cae. Tous leaoutraa oxemplalres , origlnaux spnt fllm4e en oommenvant par la ' pramiare pege qui eomporte una emprelnte / dlmpreeskm pu dllluetratlon at en'tarmlnaifit par la dand#ra paga qui comporta una taNa . aiiniprelnta. ' . • » Un das symbolae sulvanta appareltra sur la damiare ima^ dq cheque microfiche, seion le cas: le symbole -»>,slgnlfle "A SUIVUE". le eymbolp ▼ slgnme "RN". Los cartas, planchee. tableaux, etc.; pauvant ttra filmis i dee taux da reduction d l ffirems. • Lorsqua la document eat trap grand pour ttra reproduit en un soul clloh*. II ee| film* A partir da I'angia supArieur gauche, do gauche A droite. et do haut an baa. un pronant la nombra d'images nAcassaire. LAe diagremmaa aulvants ilfustrant le mAthode. \ 1 ^' 2 - / / ; 3 ^ — , — ^ ^ «v • ^ t ■V. .;2.., * 3 < ** 4 »s^ 4 - -'sv^'- 6 • MKxocorr R^kHuriOK tbt chart V (ANSI ond'iSO TEST CHART No. 2) *# / J >jPPyEp IM/1GE Ini 1653 Edst Main Strtet 5?fr»*'**'''' N** York! 14609 USA (7t^) 482 - 0300 - phone (>16) 288 -^ 5989 - jFgx -^ .>*;-r»*^ '^I5f- ..i: TUB riiwiTS IJF a»r wo* JOK 1^ v' OBi SKCOIOrTHOUOTTsiRE BEST. ..*^- %. '^ mtle tract relatiniWPrin^^ 'n,- ■/ ii„«Xj(ft««'« «»«"<*»«*•-* '"""'"^■^ ^ ^ 1^1 '<■ r- T \2 \">tX / warranf «>i.V '^^ fia^N THE Well. >^^ \ ■'/ PIC T U : l^rinted at the eolonial Patriot Office. 1827. ■'M^.: - ,, •> — * ^av Mt- .' ; « • %. ■d . "^ 4.-- 1 tX.--.^ . if'!- THE •.-< FRUITS OF KEFLECTION, &c. Without any formal preface I beg leave to iubmit , SSnTnarra.W.^remaxks'^tije^^c^^^^^ of the public; now th^t the General Eloction tever , ha^^d*^ and tnuiquU refleetum tmmeiM ^' For some years before md "ft*' "S*"^ Jf^H ^ into Sd,Wh wa,.mtb«ye5^1^,ahj^^^^ obtained here of strangling "he characteta of praw lionersof the law; it was earned on with "r^'^' ereeof science; ther« JRerebut two (som^imM -&) Gentte"«»» «»f *e]Bar here; rap«e and. m^ ^prfy prevailed much iw »•»« 'IS'""'' "ilil »t * Seffi of that system could ^^ ^Vf^^l^. Sie Bar, they had little else to conqu«rft»to fear, t Set ithe fanK,«s fee actis to« ,tam to ren- der any comment on It necessaiy. Jet tt manw^^^^^^ tl^l altogether «i an absolute ?roh*to^v &^ S to time -individuds «f '•|«3™*^^'ffi:^ their dutvtoward their chent with zeal aM mtegriT {y «.e Sreath of the opposing partywa. to .ucU S^ first offered to them; Aey refiise^^ wear *, and SZeSiS feH the nKlj they were >^^^ j..«*. nfliHRvits were filed, appueanons 5Z^"".S- i-Siti Mew the trin,Jr«f .hm- J^?^_S^|kSted and back stair influence *«^ ..J" . •►■■■•.:" I. THE '.»?'•■„. '■Vx- .*•■ /. .-■■'^ ^. V used, and one inan rRVm 01- RKPLECTIOK. ^tcr anolher was ' > "ftheiglandr "T" "f"^ «»<'««• was driven out wore Jikfilv #rt fk!; • ^ stubbornness, but fur formerly was- Bi,7n,7r :. .• u *" ^^ ?'">'«•' "'ai> it intelligent Mi° ft''?"'":'' become far more formofumea*^'' «'what rbr.°I '^'T^T'^' "•«" '" easily taken out of the fl..i. »^ '^ ""' ''™« '« "»t convulsiv^g^onheoMT'^ "' ""^ occasional the futility InKXt^o^^f :;'.""':: '•■standing P-me^ourt'oScre a?raL?|'^^^^^^^^ ef in for thS.S^frSwiofoHl:""'^'^^*-'^ pie, and I tooS the«Z^v fo'low a bad oxani- mr eIfa,'iSj*^Pf2l:ro7m?f'-"^^ Panied meltem ClwlittrTwS. X. '*"''? ''<='=<'"•' food on the e^en^S KtZfetJ f - ?i'''°"^- iast; the^Dowingday WM dSt^i^r?'^^"^'"' rain, andwttere was nn^Jj.^^ with mcessant wereobliiredtos^r«lHr?i. °^ ° George ToWn we wet as>TwehiT.^,te™''Mr\'^"^f'' f "'y'i« posed brMr.lichardMfiTclork unXrfe 1^^'°" Owe„,and seconded by M,. Sn^tZ',^:^ •* ^Wven out cxccpfioi^ ^^ell roasted owing poH- -ss, but fur 'era at the «^ less ad- ^ed than li lefarniorG ed^ than in one is not > stijl fated occasional ^ hstandin;^ r present mostpro- f the Su- ^Term. itly been 3eofAs- selves in ectionsit ngly. » Cfeor^^ dexoni- ofTering accom* i^hbour- August CGssant >wn we >7 land ■arlyas aspro- homas sheriff: TBI FRUITS or ^FLBCTION. « ^ I I i i I was proposed by Captain Butterfield, and second- ed by Mr. Nelson. The purport of my address as well as I can recollect, was as follows — CJohgratulat- ingth? country on the multitude of |>erson8 assom* bled either to support or oppose me; — ^threats, I understood, had deterred so^ne of my well-wishera from attending, and there were many persons pre- sent ivho had come from different parts of the Island, for the purpose of hearing argument on both sides. I entreated that those who niight hear argu- ments would treasure them in' their memory, re-^ port them as far as practicable through the country; and induce other persons again to repeat that re- port in order that thus the meeting and opposition of the day might be the means of mforming the Go- lonyfat large of its real state, which had been artfully concealed front many of its inhabitants. - I said that my opponent, as a candidate, wa.^ a gentleman little known to me, but of whom I had heard a most favourable character: I believed him to be a man of ability, and if I thought that in the prei^ent alarming state of the Island he could ren- der it more service in the^House of Assembly than myself, I fibould be the first man to support hun, but never were practical ex|ierieiice and minute local knowledge more necesswy to be used than at this critical period, Avhcn our public finances stood at a melancholy ebb, unexampled in this Colony; when our taxes, in^rovjui^Btly rfuLsedyhad heea lavished away, oiir treasury draiM and jgrofiningun^cr mon- strous incunibraiices, and our private resources each day becon^og ind^ inefficient, this 0|^ipn was rapi4iy spneiading in the country at laKg^^ it was tes- tifi<^ by tlie signatures of several thousand persons to a petition vdu^ iv-ould «hocl\y lie preciented to his Eiecelleaey^ ^^jfvftf^ Sm a dissehitioji of the present Hous^ofAssesAh^. At Vut^w»iPewf(> I should very prob|d>ly be jWjipiis Wyup^ hut^ lit Aht' IF isi. * * . : J^ t ., ■■ - \ l^^^^-l ■■\-- I.. • ■ ■ ■\ • •l.t -. . . \ ■; ■ \ *;**- .1 TBI rRUlTSLOf RCFLBCTlOlf. »t present I posseted advantogCR to which ho must bo a stranger. This, I said might bo con^dercd egotirim; It was bold Iflnffuage, and such, as I should conai^tentlv be prepared to support, but I held in my hind the printed copy of the warrant bpokcon- Jainujg accounts of payments mado by the treasury from 15th October, l$25,to the 6thMarch, 1827; an accoiint of this nature had been originally furbished at mV instance on a formpr occasion when I was at an election accused of fingering the public purse, and .refuted the accusation with as much eaae as I could refute any other imputation upon my public condiict; continuing my address. I went irto charges m th^ warrant book during the foregoing period from 1 823 to last March, inade for services not heretofore -. T-"'-.~» »>. ^£290 and upwards, for Fan- ning Vbank; £ 150 for the first year's reV ofGovern- ment House; the uriSxampled charge of J2 1200 for ihe Assembly besides jgeo for books for do. now in the Attorney General's 6ffice,andthe expenses of the ornaments of a seat in church,tiMfc^cnrfen<^on»rf^^^ I had chosen but ^. few prominent chaises,— the warrant book was w^U woithy of investigation at lei- sure, m some trivial instances the committee of inves- tigation had been woikdcHulIy economical particular- ly if the Surve/or G^n, was concerned in the charee, m wheniB50 had bienaUowed to one John Stewart TOT a single trip with jhe mail for jpictou, in his schoo- ner,when;£5wa8Mr. Sihith'susual charge for the same service, we hjive na exjf»lanalton afeJo the cattseof the '" -;s a s tiu8y that the Ich ho must cniiiiidorecf 08 I should t I held in I b<»ok con- he treasury h, 1 827 Jan y furnished I\vri)8 atan pursC) and ea$e as I my public to charges )eiiod from heretolbre 200, to the JOOto the ^0 had tak- rnment; — hthecom- Jdidpatch- tce;ie5for , for Fan- ofGovern- e 1200 for Jo. now in ises of the f printing, ^es,— the Uonatlei- Bofinves- articular" le'charge, n Stewart ^isschoQ- ;e for the • ; 1^ .to the that tho ^ : "i \ I / iTii» frOits OF RirLCCTIO.f . ^ Bchooncr toU his Excellency across on hisnnssngo to Knclandlso we paid to tho Governor and hia new tmtabirHlimcit more than £700 A year during ihc time that he had remained with us (^«rjic had not yet been heie two years) and wo naid jE60 for BenU- lu'' his ICxcillency rway from W- - . . I said tlui the better to ertable us to chuso a proper represontntivc, we l>ad a right to consider rho weight ai id nature of the duty he would have to encounter, a id consequently to examine the conduct of the Memllers ainouj,Mvhom he would be placed-- it warf n constitutional and a vital enquiry. Mr. Nelson's cc se was aa follows— the Sheriff suffers one Burke ft prisoner in execution to be brought to the Bar of the House by virtue of the Speakers . warrant.*— The plaimiff Mr. Vass of Halifax comT mcncesan action a^ain^t the Sheriff, and because Mr. NclsotJ happen^ to be the plaintiff's agent here, he is thrown into Charlotte Tawn jail, and there iept for several days away from his business; from his family, ahd from his wife, whom he had very nearly lost blr the affair; Mr. Binns happened to be the Attornfeyf v/ho issued the writ, he is brought to the Bar of the House of Assembly and examined m to his mJtives; I advised the action to be brought,^ and whenjl am in Judge Haviland^s hall, entering his chambers with my brief in my hand in support 6f Mr. Nfel$on's application for a discharge «nder a Habeas pdrpus, I am knocked on the shoulder by a man wild tells me ' I am his prisoner, and who it appears (w dis the messenger ofthe House of Assem- bly: I ajsoj was examined at^the Bar ofthe House, where 4 avowed that I haC advised the action. And thi House of Assembly enters into a resolu- tion tof iriflemnify the Sheriff in the sum of blank :■># [ Fi) .1 *Tit?r^wtrk arose from an alterciUionbeUeeen ./tfr. .^i-'V im- if F*- ' : •■,; :■'■ : rut wwn or,«Hp»icnoK, ' ' ^- KiAed their riaht ^ SL Fr""*;" ** '"»« «««»»- which, thcgh^e W*^"^/"' ""' •"'««='■'«' of debted to tiSm ■ ' ^ '^"'* "»° «"« feel in- • cacy ofthe ilatme w«„^i .i?"^- .*« «"tmer effi- . frittered and drawn Wl*' Hh'^ay.has been road, or bri^geg for th* i^oJli"'"' "'. """"Mient , place faw whehM thev . " .'"^r.'" ""J the »«y »Mhed^2soSi^?1;»vl'•**^•«'- P•'d« John a Gn^ho^'vV? ''««5«°W. was P»«"^. Weheartaboot^l^'- *t ^P«aker'g ne-'' «ettfe«':*rai|«. had been r^tiJ iI-° ?T "f *« *own KweaiiBir Jil»wit!v "*?'«'" have cou«ga«,rt.™|* • •" ""enhon of offerinjf en- ceeda the certain in»«».^ ^ " *''W«nd ex- Mwdi not o3 Tfe^^^^^l^f^- In 1 • .% ' THE FHUiTS OP'REPLEfctld!^, rnalg, by i in to be pounds. Bt estab- rcise of feel in- en prin- lereffi. B8 been venient ites oif a gen- all dn id the «/ino- d, was a) for •'sne-'^ ^ncou- situ- t^tfce have gfeq. aainv lex- gits ere- * In uud,— .7 icial"' ned * t to ors ' en, ■' many of whom, but the other day, would not bo ad- mitted jnto a gentleman's hall; (^ehtleinen hanging on the skirts of other ^e»^/etnen of probably equal con-\ sequence in England; I noUced the downfall of the bubble banks there. Our treasury in 1 825 was worth between four and live thousand pounds 4n cash and good securities. Store the dutiable arti- cles until the hnporter can pay the duties as they do in England, aiid then wo lioid out no lure to in- duce merchants to overburthen themselves with ru- inous personal obligations. The Treasury Note Aet is a master ^iece of mechanism; by the 7th clause one woiild suppose the outstanding notes were all to be paid on the 24th day of March next, in gold or silver, but by the 5th chiuse the Lieuten- ant "Governor is authorized by warrant under his hand (mthout advice df Cotincti)t9 require the trea- surer to re-issue notes, received at the Treasury, and the aforesaid 7th elause directs the payment of ail outstanding notes out of the monies in the Trea- sury wAen iU)t spetijically appropriated; it put He" rods Herod^ts operation is mdeterminable. ThiB mode of calling in the retognizances to the treasuiy, (Bomls they /are ighorantly called) is highly imj^oper; they should be paid in succession accordin'g to their dates; they should bift enrolled in an office open. to public inspection^d search, as judgments and other incumbranced are, else who can buy land, or in fact pay with safety for any other property here^ ', ^ The Attorney General deniedthat any thr^s had ■^ been used to keep • bapk voters^ this was con- tradicted by Mr. Chappie, who stated ♦hat Mr. Job Creedjwho was in debt to Mr. John Stewart, had, ^ beetithus kept back by means of a 'letter written ^ ^ "by Mr, Thomas Owen; Mr. Owen said hcrhad ne- ver written a letter on the subject )^ JWr. Creed, and that he certainly had never yvritten a l(^e#to ■.-■. < IS .' .. •/ 10: WE rRVtTB^r befUctioit. V, ■■'-/.- ^ny Virion coaUdmng' a threaiaa in v#rfm» ia ..... JDeor Sir, • , ■. I am yours, truly, «..,k •. .L^?.''*"*'"'*'^ei* he had it from eood nuthontyfht Creed h«I been thre«tene?"y Mr M'Donald^oD Uieotiler «de, Mr. M'DonaU tavb* LT^oZf /Zl'' '.k'^"' **"."* "«« "»e!iti«.,ed 2>o-. r» ''»**. (here there was loud layirhter^ Younir however w«i pMjjeed and denied Sf^^U^"'^ concurrence with Mr. Creed «»Bra«iu PiL^!°Iir*'5"^ ?» Ihe crime of tampering with £lect«i, md endeatoured to explain the ^anhiff eLS:^"!'^^'^' -^ '•« Atty Mr. iiaving the At- edJDa-, Young tion ill \ with saning ftlpror to his needy j^ igenr ces to QiakQ : TJIE FRUITIOF HlFIfcCTlOW. V J j. it worth his while to do so; that as to the expendi- tures on Fanning's bank, they were for the advan- tage of aH succeeding Goyemors; that the members ol the Assembly had much trouble, and ouffht tobe riBmunerated; that as to the Mmtrip rtf Stewart's schooner it was not the House of A^Membly, but the town Major who had agreed for it : thUt it was not yet determined that the House of Assembly bad promot- ed an escape by sending for Burke tob« examined at their bar; he denied that the rond system b»d been turned to jobbing ;—he travelled the country and he sa-w none of thiMe/a« %^ roiidi ^Iwut the Com- missioner's house— the iinprovelnent mi^t have ta- ken some money out of ji^ pocket, but the hitt^ had been papi% improved sinee the fcttt i>(nitt act was piiseed; he had before n6w been neii^ly s^amp- ed withjns horse on tho rort* lendliip toward George Town. The School Bill had an e3i«eileiit^««^t; itms not intended to issue graiite at Georgt. Tdwniiiitil the lots were improved:— And as to the ^Mip^ cur- rency, It was cme of the best phuis e^erfr^meted m this Island, the surest pr«*f er'iiHiidi,iite«r it was cwiclusive, was this, that theii^ tli9 >Mdei>e of Treasury notes twiy by the mkt^mStf^ pay. ment at the Treasilfty iit Mertaito tiiMe,i«rt»if &eir do not obtaini«uA4b# tbem «hef »«r HiwdotlNw^ viz. k)d^ f hem «ftd reeelw 6 per eeiii irptoitltem: neverthelesa the public tho)%ht ^ te% eTtlieti^ preseftt^aeciirity, thut n&t^ma^^fSmm»f*Tme had yet been fonded; «at artfi^i^awiie discovered ^ be in -teni$||i|^«| cfpemnh stances.: ■ ■■.- : . ■ ■■ ■ .■■ ^..-:,■v^ ... :. " ,:' ' ■■: . « • 1. » » u I .1 U: N. t3 ' tHl FRUITg OP RMTLECTIOX orthe whole Go1e!™^:/^r / caJledTor « diasolution/ had agreed toi£rv^rif7'^'f'' •^''•^CoKncu/ nir murt d^Tf '^'^",'1^ Lieutenant Cover/ -c.ionedfe*:'^'?^!^^^^^^^ thereunder. andhArl no«ol>*i; '^e ol the moneV oe ydWefc^trr^^rfc;!^^^^^^^^ plied with the oraver nf fi^r^ *V^^^ ■''® «««»- Oen^ concI„'Jrb;o^^X'^^^^ Lewellyn: be «aid he I..J T* ' j *® '°'' % he would BwLft but orftfct !???':'»'?'««• «?al ■ ■ oLo^t^Tn^t^"'"^'': The Attoriey /fflfr-XeweWaTA^"^^^^^ were tbere at tbe iaWe oSrin^Sf •''^"'^ sopportera wereeouaed wi;L wiT. iT^^teS't^ih 7 change our oiiartPM cL-Tu- l ^ ®" 'nclmed to repute fte tSv cL±iv ''"^^"•'"lined to BagWaU co43f v^r?Lr^"':M'• Jaw** complimenti-n. ^ ^, «n"nated reply. !,» «'«»>i^wffl^1SJhJK"^r."T»«'«' be found TfT<^P*' *'* vJ7^ THE FRUITS OP REFLECTION. 13 leveri un- ►^ny of 9^ ^ Assein-^ »ponl the lissolution/ 8 Cojincil/ It Goverf ncy hajd '© mon^ (niJlain^d he cott]. Attorney for Mr. md thai preseht- hour/for attorney ichti^e begged aajority jir^ de- ? porters but we ned to inedto James \yy yy I acted upon' was about found of the . !cess- g of:. JOpu- •m^-y,' lace asserted their privilegey and t was soonvOfrmy Teet. Some little sharp shooting occasipnally took place; but I will venture to affirm that there was never an Election in this Island where such a keen opposition was patiently and uninterruptedly heard by such a large concourse of people. That evening wedme out the wet atTjjKee River9,where the prin- cipal inhabitants shewed a 'competition of kin^esa and hospitality towards us, and the next day I had the pleasure of receivinga cannonading dinner from my friends in Charlotte Town, where the fourth sen- timent drank was '^-A speedy dissolution of the House of Assembly." As I declined to reply to the Attorney General at the Electibn, I hardly think it would be fair in mo to„ do so now, and I shull only express my hope that the decorum which was observed there will opertite as an instructive lesson at future election^ in other pMceSj particularly towards the westtvard. I If there is a crime that^ viewing it constitution- ally, depreciates man more than an other in Society, it is jthatjof using undue influence at elections. ' ■ On^f the persons who voted^against me cleclared publicly that he would tell as many lies as he could invent, to induce any man to vote as he wished at an election. I shall not mention his name, in the hope that he is already Sufficiently ashamed of himself, or that some of his friends will reprove him, but I do most earnestly call on every man to set his face against such monstrous conduct, and m particular, I conjure landlords, agents,* and i^er- chants, to let tKeir tenants or debtors go un- shackled to the hustings. I am about \o give my readers th e copy of a letter, the o r ig i naf of f N \ B 14 THE FRUITS OF REFLECTION, *"* •r ■■ ^;r •i Ce?;^^^^ af the Colonial S^cre^arx of I give it as a c^^d' aiift^. ~ '^'^otheElectm^8Mabitant8ofL6t^4. :v Gentlemen,. ■■ ^ - .^ . ' : *' ■ T^J^T% Election comes on at Charlotte Town on Monday the 6th instant, and as agent to fJL?"^^^ ^''"*«?^^^ *^»^ '^'•others and tlie nend of peace and good Government, anxious for the general happiness of the Island, I have ear- nestly to recommend, and solicit your votes and in- Cambridge, Macauly, Canjpron, and Hyde. An opposition to them has been set up by Mr. Samuel ^n, smce he lost his electiL L ChS 1 own. rhe object of those who have brought Mr Nelson forward IS, to prevent the House of Assem- nS^i^'lS- M"?"*")^"^ -in resisting the Ministerial project of giymg our late Lieutenant Governor a pension, at the expense of the people of this Island, .which was proposed to me in tondon, and which I Resisted m behalf of jhe Island, not thinking it just fliat^ after ten years* oppression and misru^ of all fcinds, that we should be taxed to give him a pen- «T'iPnif^® ^ Nelson had the audacihr to 8^ #the Clmriotte Town Election, that we should all repent, before seveii years, having signed the petitions to the King, for his ren,oval,^nd Sid all in his power, while they were irt course of «iffna- ^re last year, to prevent every person he could in- fluence, from taking part with the country, to ob- tain the removal of the intolerable grievances which the colony so long suffered; ,1 trust that ypur knowledge of me, and what I have done fqr the country, will induce you all on this occasion to support the interest of the gentle- ineit I have mentioned. I shall ineet you alf at the '^ ■/■ I A-:-^-. v* ■•■■;-:■ - THE FRUITS O^ RRFLECi lOX. 15 reJar/ pf 4.; -;• Charlotte agent to and the ixious for lave ear- s and in- , Messrs. le. An Samuel Charlotte ight Mr. ' Assem- inisterial ernor ii 3 Island, which I g it just lie of all 1 a pen- acity to i should led the id all in «igua- 3uld in- to ob- 3 which : (vhat I I all on gentle'^ 1 at the i '|mll, and if it is agreeable will go there Jjt tbo lieud of the Electors of Lo;t 34. ' I ain, Oentlenicn, - .>■■ Always, ^ ■; , ' ■ - '> ■. Your/aithful huniblc serviinl, / J. STEWART. Charlotte Town, 2d Dec. 1827. Happy Island! possessed of such a Libcralalory who would take the trouble of appointing himself Colony Agent in England, merclu to treat with the Sccreiarji of' SlatCy and to rtf use his proposal with indignation! Thus it would appear from the Attorney Gene- ral and Mr. Stewart's statements, that we trade in Governors Jit London, and it would be very un- grateful to doubt any' thing that one hears at An ■Election., >../-' ..r^-.:,v^..,,'\ '/^ ; I am now to treat of personal concerns; there are two charges recorded on the Journals of the Ilouise of Assembly, one against the present Speaker, the other against myself; /lis has many years' priority of mine, and therefore I shajl mention it firat^ By reference to the Journals of the 28th and 29th March, 17S5, and the 2d of April followirig, it ap- pears that Mr. Stewart is accused of inducing the clerk of the former house to alter its journals relat- ing to a most interesting point, ten weeks after the dissolution of the House. The charge was brought forward by the late Judge Curtis; it was supported by the public examination on oath of Mr. Graig, late clerk of the House, and then one .of its Mem- bers, containing 16 questions, and the like exami- nation of Captain Stewart also as a member; in their places before the House, and by the produc- tion of the journals. It is fully stated in the Jour- nals, and it appears also that M5, John Stewart waa in Charlotte Town at the time" ofhis examina- ;) p.'-* :/■ ■" ', 1 ■ 16 ■ ■, 'i ■ »H1 1'mriTS Of IlEPLECTIOX. «he House. I'he oath t»£rr"\ P"'™""'"" of House of Assembin ih^?" ""'r,"?' "'•^'' of tho « veiy P«rtiX,^fo W.tre°„?' "'•P°'"'r'«' cuments. ' ""™ of papers and d and allowed theVw oC^arc hLr '** 1°-" P'''««<="«ion, ^"^toinstitS^iH^fteg-^^a^^.^ # 4^< THE FRUITS or liEPXfcflOX; IT Js from the M inserted!' «i9sion or ^k of the 5ointmeirt, rs and dcH •', ' ' * " ' ■■-.'^ ■ nferenqe; aiact not »t myself iceiy, by n impro- » create past, se- 'ed, but to the ^s have iJ where ' equity •e men- 'Oncery. ders of 1 have ircum^ ',Jnas- whom in im- niade pelled in ad- lowed ution, )rde- t^ould / bo very much disposed to favour me; they have had 1 the advantage df legal opinions at Haliftix, and from England, as it is said, and I have not been very remi83 in my endeavours cither to obtain an investigation or a dismissal of the affair. It is cx- i tre^?fiely diSagreeabfc to me to pubHsh the following i letter (being ^one of many) a^diessc^ by mc to his * Excellency on the subject,but I a|>p^ehcnd that any pej-sonwho reads it and chCises to understand it, (Vill pretty well see the natui'e of the thing altoge- ^ * " Recess, Sd September, 1827. ^i I am again under the necessity of imploring your Excellency's protectidn Ifrom the experimen- tal attack which has been miwle against my profes- sional conduct as a member k)f the Chancery Bar. To see the jurisdiction ofjthe Great Seal upheld in its purity in this Island lias been my pride dur- ing a period of more than twenty years past; en- gaged in what is here termed extensive prictice, and while I can with gratification review mj con- duct on every occasion that affected the constitu- tional basis and high character of the Ccurt, I must from the same motive, and in the^an \^ de- gree, reprobate any attempt to sway t«ftcliarac- ter, or coloursly encroach upon such hal owed ground,* although, I may be personally the i iject against whom such attempt has been direct^ I hope I shall always conduct myself with due sub- inission and respect to his Majesty's representa- tive, but I also hope it mdy not be considered as inconsistent with that submission, when I state my opinion that a gentleman, long the senior of the Bar, should not be suffered to remain nearly thrfee years siiEject to the attack of any wretch, who, be- ing occasionally threatened in rapacious or disho- 18 THE Fill ITS OF IIEFLKCTIOX. ncHt views, iiKiy Hlieltcr liiin«elf bcliind n pciKliint inrtiunmatory charge, which when prefcrrcMl, win nnswercd iJirectly with firnincHH, promptitude anil candor. \y uwcr J vourc cy J *^*^ I offered a fair iHSue to my accusers — I coiirtrd no favour. I importuned youCjExcellcncy with perpetual ontreatics for a decisionT^ The Law Of- ficers of Nova-Scotia were consulted upon the suh- ject, and then, after the cloud had beeu hanginjr over me about nine months, I received hopes from the President of this Island that the matter would be constitutionally investigated—since whcrt, lour issuable law terms have elapsed, and no mention whatever has been made of it in any of his Majes- ty's Courts; The period of my existence in this life is frail and uncer7 entreat that i may be released from further persecution on the subject first alluded to, or (which would be far more conge- nial to iny wish) that it shall be brought to a spce- dy, impartial, conlpetent and constitutional inves- ligation, where I may be v called upon to aii- '•/■■ t ,Ju-. .'**^. ■%'' •■^ S.^'W^IJffc 19 ^ lliavo the honour lo be, Most obedient scrvaiitj^ PALMBU. ^ u- 1 KUFxcrllcncy with his usunV attention, Goveriiment Hon«^, Sept. 1, 1821. \ co,r.munication ^'''^^^ JXw^' yo" «» '''"= ""^ „„ai.«hanbegU.dto peakwj.. 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