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Las diagrammea suivants iliustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 V ^OVASCOTU PROVINCE HOUSE ^ r\M'^ .» I fije9Li'-> XB€T0R1 kmm OF TRUM J I IT ri' 1^? C 0-^??U'v-7 CHIELJLIN'S ADDRESS, WITH HTDiTB NOTES. *"'• ^\ — As a respectable majority of you have already on two occasions honored me with your support when a Candidate for • seat in the House of Assembly, and having ieen agair* sohcited by many of high respectability among yon, to offer njyself for vour choice at the approaching Election, and Mr. Hirani Lyde having offered his services to you and claimed your Suffrages in opposiiion to me, and published a pamphlet full of sound and fury, not only against myself individually, bat agamtt the Government of which I am a member, I am tempted to give that person the gentle castigalion which he has been earning for himself this some time past. Hpde.-— The " sound" will be a solemn sound to Mr. Creelnian, because the truth is there, and if so, it miTSt be the death knell of his political life. Mr. C. — Mr. Hyde, though n servant of the Government, seems to act upon the principle that he is privileged V bully and abuse its members whenever and upon whatever occasion he pleases ; and it is quite time that he was convinced of his error, and made to understand his position and the estima- tion in which he deserves to be held. £/■.— Mr. Creelman denies (page 7) that the House of Assembly " accepted his (Hyde's) oifer;" how then is Hyde a servant of the Government 1 The contract I have been under the last five years, was not made with the Government of Nova Scotia, but with the Post Master General of England; therefore, if a servant of the Government, it must be in consequence of the arrangement made with me by the House of Asaembly. As to bullying or abusing the Government, shew one single line of abuse in my letters or pamphlet ; the truth in plain English is there and nothing else. I am not in the habit of smoothing over men's iniquities because they stand high in the scale of society, nor am ifp f 4 OIIILMAM'S AOMIM, I over rash to my fellow man because he is a servant. All men by nature are eniial. Honesty and justice are due to the servant a^ well as the ruler. Mr, C. — Mr. Hyde makes groat prorcaiionsofdUintcrttted* ness and patriotitm. Let us exuniinti his ciaiois to ibese amiftblo qualifications. He is a« I believe, a Yankee, not of the old heroic race, whose high standard of moral excellence, and whose pure and lofty affections won ihem a fame embalmed in an ever enduring fragrance, and whose achievements ren- dered even Yankee Doodle bearable, but of that modern breed which Sam Slick so well describes, who go about the world chaffering and scheming, boasting and bullying — never fo puiTed up with vanity as when they have taken somebody in, never eo indignant as when they meet a man toe stupid and self-willed to be cheated. These men are to be found in all the Southen. and Wesltrn States driving Stages, trading horses, and willing {7 do any- thing for a living but hard work, and about as many of them as have been profitable have betimes found their way into various parts of this Province, in which may be inclndtd iha most of the Scltlsments in the County of Colchester, and thos«) who have purchased Clocks and paid something more than ten times their value, and who have been ruined by cost y litigation when they resisted the fraud, will require no further illustration of their hnbits and propensities. Mr. Hyde comes of this stock ; every movement he mak^s shows the strong family likeness to scheme, to boast, to bully ; and always be riding about at somebody's expense, is the business of his life. //. — I sincerely regret that my opponent has stooped to so low, ignorant, weak and vulgar a position, even were it strictly true; but I trust there are few who will believe even Mr. Creelman, that " the businessi of Hyde's life is to be riding about at somebody's expense;" and Mr. C. goes on imu^ediately with a list of my labors, showing that few men have done as much, even were all the "sapheads " inckided. Mr, C.—H'2 tells us that he was brought into thin Province by a very respectable man, but he forgets to mention that the cost of the importation was rather heavy; from 1841 to 1845 Mr. Hyde drew Jei937 lOs. per annum from the public funds, during the four years that his Contract continued he pocketed over Je7000, a sum quite as large as all the " sapheadcd'' J i i i^:- '^'':P. f • •a*- '4 WITH RYDtt's NOTIt. f inftnibers of i!i« Uovernmnnt hava received since ihe Liberak came into power. When this extravagant Contract (entered into wiihcil the content of the Provincial Government) came to a lernnination,* Mr. Hyde was left in the enjoyment of a very libernl appro- priation for convoying the Mails, which has given him a monopoly of the passenger traflk on one of our most product- ive lino of roads over since. His charge for conveying a pas- sengcr hence to Pictou, for a long time, was thirty-five shil- lings, at present it is 253. — while a passenger on iho western line- can be conveyed to Windsor and back, about the same distance, for ten. ff. — Why, was this " extravagant Contract entered into withoiittheconscnt of the Provincial Government7" Because it was for conveyance of English and Cana- dian Mails as well as Colonial, and was paid by the British CJoverntncnt. How criminal then for Hyde to ipeiid in this coinitry £7000 of Englisli Sovereigns, iuifc " Hyde was left in the enjoyment of a very liberal aonropiiation for conveying the Mails, which has given him a mtnonoly of the passenger traffic on one of our iiio:»t prcdiictive lino of roads ever since." This is noi true. When this contract terminated, the mail.' o"er tl.is i-ne, were put up to public cmnpe- it(h?„, and IVir. Hyde got it because his tender was tiie low^esi. The mails did not go with coaches, and therefore '^avo i.."> monopoly ; the fact is, Hyde's superior line of stages has kept all others oil', and will continue to do so, until his opponents get smarter nifin to help them than the Financial Secretary. Mr. C. — It is quite evident then, that Mr. Hiram Hyde has ijeen ) this country rather a costly importation, h is like- wise equally evident and clear that he has been maintained by the public from the day he honored us with the light of his countenance. How well he has thriven and managed his own business, with all these advantages, may be gathered fromth« * Mt. C— By a clause in tha Contract, if the Government saw lit to dis- continue it in any tune within eight yearc from the dateof it, theraiQor£77A sterling, or ±968 t5s. currency, was to be paid to the contractor. This sum was paid in 1816. Will Mr. Hyte inform ua who received the benefit of that? //. — Mr. Hyde inform* you that l»e received every penny of it. Th« Bri- tish Government do not repudiate their contracts, Bor cancel thtra without tht consent of the Contractors. 1* 6 CMILMAN'* ^UORIM, im^ po,iiion 1.0 occupied ftbout a year og., when it appoared ihat jcme person, got raihcr ausplcou, If hi. n.tegri.^and gtJ 111^^""?^'? Si'i'Jand gcnilomniilvr paraRr.inl,. probably r County af Hnlifux, somo time siticc, put mo in iail lUKler i,eculiQr circnmstanccs. Tl.o year after the tc mnmtum of my Knglisl» Mail Contract, Merc was a ;jreat scarcity of breaa..t,,fr, so nn.ch so, .i.atthc whole my iccoiptJi for mails and pas.songors did not pay for tMc nran. my horses ate, consequently I lost that year nearly two thousand pounds by my staac line. The followmg yea, the hay crop was neatly a'totH failute mnL . i ,Y'"''^ ' ''^^^ prcnously bought hay for six &all ^c'cci^fs/'"'' ""^ ''"^^'^^"^ pounds over and It will be seen then that I had to make money some ray to keep up the line. 1 entered into dillorent specM.- YoTunJ'- ^'%'' f- *'"''"-^' Newfotuulland.'New Snnn nl ^hc fo lowjng year, by whom 1 lost money, lleecTfron. r't^^"^ '"^^^'*^^ me, iheamom.t thu onnl i? ^^ ^'"'^ f^"'"'"-^' ^"^''^ ^v^^r eleven hundred poimds m one month, ana this being the year of the sndZ ^'""l"; ' '""f "^'"eed in cotisSquence of he for tim^ ^ir nf" f ' '''''^ '"^'^'^' ^« "^'^ "^V creditors tin 'V"""'' "'"''' ^'^^' ^^^'^ ^vilhng to grant n lull , I refused to do so because I considered 'it dis- clamis. I offered to divide what cash I had on hand ^'inong all creditors, and pay all I owed in three ad MX months with security, iut these two would not do Ji, and rather than do a dishonest act. I went to tl^at one of the parties who sued me, paid all court ex- penscs, took security for the debt, and sent a carriage or me to rido homo in. And now all i have to say fs' If I owe anybody just call for it and you can liave it 4 Willi UVDBJt .'tOTCI. 7 li I have " ittkuu any man in,' i will restore him lour i'lAd. U I havu iieglucltul to A-ed the h'liigry, cloth*; tho nnked, or m.'gle<;ied to provido lor. the support of thu ichgion of Christ iimotigoiirsci von or othf^rs, it was only bccuujio I could not gel iny hand on tho cosh togivu. Mr. C— Sorno limo n;,'o Mr. Ilyilc tnnnifcsied a very (ItHin* tortsicil ami pnirioiic desiiru to unilm oiirroiuls os well oj drive «»ver ihem, not saiisrujd wiili the ikil! orul iniegriiy of such hjen as Scoit, Shultz, Dowling, Parker, Sniiili and oihcr?, ha • otnmonccd a cru^nde in iho newapaptrs which every body interpreted to mean just this : Hare ntn I, Hirnut Hyde n most disinterested, »kilful, and pntrioiic person, who would liktj to expond all ;li<« rnoni-y on ihe Eastern Roud if iho Govcmntanl nnd tho l.c^Mslauire who nppoor quito liiind to my eminent quoliticntiotis would only let me. — This scheme proved n fiiilnrc. //. — Mr. Hyde's 'dosiro" was not to " mnUe onr roads," but to condemn the corrupt practice of taking the people's money to hiiy votes, than which nothing can be more base and demoralisina^, the e/lect is seen m the dishonest mann»'r the tJoveriiment have broken their written acrecmenl with me, dated 2(lth May. 1S.51. (See Mr. VVoodgate's letters, my pamplilct, pages lU and 12.) . Mr. C. — Mr. Hyde's ne.xt e.xploii was to erect a Telegraph from Trtiro to I'ictou, in conjunction with n CoMipan\- whom ho induced to subscribe a large portion of the funvls". Here again he was a Contractor, ana his disinterested labors closed xviih his pocketingr a considerable sum of money, while not one of the Shareholders bus received a Sixfence down to the present hour. H. — The Pictonians took a " large portion," very. one third, while Hvde alone took nearly two-thirds of the whole stock. He made money out of a fair open bargain with these celebrated wise men of the East — what a sin ! ! Mr. C— Last winter Mr. Hyde came before the House^of Assembly wi li two grand schetries, one of which would secu • to him the Carriage of all the Mails on the Main Routes lo the East and North of the Capital, and by the other he ex- pected no doubt to got the control atjd management of all the Telegraph wires in the Province. A modest Yankee this, ■verily, is he not ? m m 4| rtftriMAN'l ADDRtt^i U- y^ hat is mpuui Uy " mum roiii- •. ^ When Mr C nmudH tho uratil for " main rouUs'' »» ?<>«« «^» «7 iho mails on such routes as that, ihcrcfuro his s labc ihcro is but thrco rMutracls on tht. '^«'''.«%» «f»^f^'* i"r, besides mine, an.U wa. w.lUng to U'vulj « I h mouev I ffot umontf those contractors ft/mtlly. nut ini.H r uul nofdl, Mr. W^^ niighl sej-uro a ^<;^^^>^^ for t!,om. but nu.st give then> a httle "-fV*'^) I, '^ "'^ liimscll' or c!«o tt '.vill show ho ih uikrcMtvd. ll«e '<'l»-- « a h Iiu..st.on will answer for itscU; the ""«« ''"^.I^J.^ mmrly finishod to th«(;.ii of Canso, and more tlianha warto l.iv.npool, wh.le u comi>etent ^i>;B''-;;^ "^ „,en arc now oreciin;^ towors and n.a.ts o cro.s « (i,U. and thn whole hnes of th« l*'^"^'"'^^ J ' ''^ Z'^^^;^^^^^ hands of thi. enterprising company ''» ^\^' " %"f^f„: unless the (i<.vrr.nnn..t agn.n v'-la « l^^'«P!' ^'f. """ cinlos hv acting cotiirary to a rt-uolntion oMhc House. ^Vr. cZto ;nnUo hin/to carry one of iheieihrdujjh Com- ,„,U.e.Mr.H,.ieen,a,ca to .ccuro U.« con.en^^^^ au d.o Courier, no . w th« cmploymcl of ihc (.oyev^umM. ;A.— This is false, I l-uvo already explained it m my pamphlet^ ^^^^ ^^^^^j^l^ ^^^ j^^ . ^^^,^ ^f , c i,r, pro esied agninsl such a di.rcgnr.l of their equ.mble nghi. m ?avr o( a stranger. The Oovernn,enl wcro con^p.lkul. herefore. to do an net of absolute inju^uco ^o ih^-^e^^-^^^^ ^ am over their lines to Mr. Hyde, or lo put all iho hue., h. nvn in Ud-1. up lo compoinion. They dciernuned 10 ndop e il'er cou .se%nd then Mr. Hyde's patriousm ^nd sense ol fr nl V were fairly losicd. Ho cnme whuung to the Govern- no.a i nbo' t th. i«.ju.uce of puuing his lineup lo compcu- ;: 'altho' ho ihoulhl ii perfectly allowable lo se.ze upon «verv body else'^ line wiiho ,t any con.pet.t.on ^halcve //.-•Any unbiassed n.ind, thread the ofrcrs in adc to the.e paHies, rnnst sec that there ^vas -n tmd r ur- rent working somewhere ; ^»^/^''«" 'Vm l^rsrvvoi l< nnp of those contractors rom Tfuro to Amherst wouiu Z take the same as Mr. liydo offered to do the work In, wmct; wonld be about ^'-^^O. nor the oiler .^o.n Mr Hyde of £250, andhis co ntract to be given turn dire> ^i ~AfiTc.— ♦ See liis Letter 9tli Mof- : 'm. WrrR HYDBI NOTII. V from the fiovc.nmcm , wlulo m :lio tame tinio an orfrr in wriMug from ft rMpoiisihli) party \vi\» in ilic huiui:! oi the Oovflriimciil to do the work for KUiH) a year, ioinf. tiling mut^t lie umleriiealh. Tho fuct is, this pnriy, in connection n'itli M?. Crecimn I's friPSKb, in llnhfax nn ah)ng ittlktsdof oppouiiion to break nnlho ' monopoly Mr. ('rcclnian Kptniks of, and probuhly, rcduco tho fore >* 10 the scale on iho " Wes'xrn hnf, ' he swi\\» io lovf 8*0 much. .Hut if iho exporiincnt cost the pnhhc n«> many l<»3<, arm«i, nnd Uves, nx thn VVostrrn lino has. they would not bo vory proud of the h.fvssiinf. ! Mr, V. — Yiclilinjj lo his imporiunitie*. ;hc (Jovfrnmci". i*- fuoil an order diructing iho Po^* *U'r CJen-rnl to renew ili. Conirocu of all ilif Couriers (i.i 'in^ Mr. HyfU-V) provided they would carry out ilio Sc- ' .> ilie mnio citgnesitd l\ tho ['ust'OtHco Coiniuiiivc. //._So the tiovfinmiont • is8uc(' o.-lers to conirun with Hyde and tho oihci .ouriers." Yes, nnd Hy(li> rlosod with. thcCilovornmciit, and made his arranp^ nients tc carry out his contract, and thrcf! wct-ks ai'icr tho (io- vcrnmcnt, consisting of Messrs. Crceinian, '^ri)hin, Uol'. and Mc.Nub, in the absence of Howe, Uniacke, and tho Governor, broke this agreement made by Mr. IIou" through Mr. \Voodgalo, on the part of the Cloveri'mciii without giving ouo suigle excuse, except that ihf > wished to have tho mads detained at II;ililax till ^ o'clock in tho inari.ing, and dt'spotchcd fiom l^ictou at from I to 3 o'clock in the morning, a schomc which ihf Pictou Chronicle stigmatizes as the " derpc.sl depths ol absurdity."' Mr. C— SubscqiieiiUy, strong rcmonstrnnces cnme iVoin the people of I'ictci agaiii.st the schoir.d ilseli, unlorstcu diiTiculiics having prcser.ied thcinecivca. //. — But when did these "strong remonstrances" come from I'ictoul Not till over two weeks after these neat articles fur a (Jovermiu.it, had thrown up the agree- ment made with mp. Shewing dearly diey first con- I donmcd me to ruin, then sent lo I'icloUiflbr a " strong \ icijionstrancc,'' to help llicni out of the hypocritical m crbelman's address, ffl'IlSrse^n dtffi'cS'MrU Whit were they^ Mr. Creelmau \n ashamed to tell you ; ^^e fact is the Jovcmment could not get the work done, on tlie pbn they proposed, as cheaply as Hyde offered to do it 'I'hcy foimd it would cost more than £1012, Hyde s oiler: So Mr. Creelman drew up f^J^er scheme df- fcrins from the one recommended by the House. 1 his was In artful dodge, by which they hoped to cover up or myslily their dishonest conduct, but therr f"enfs u Pictou condemned their conduct in the strongest laiv Tn age (See Plcto^c Chronicle.) This is the unfor- Sdifliculty/' but it was not '' unforseen." Mr. H yde told the Government that this result would follow iXe thcv took the first fatal step, and explained clea ly in detail, the effect and result of the GovernmeiU p an But the udgment of a man who could "grow wheat among bushes, teach children one day and plough U e next," was preferred to the practical know- ledge and long experience of a "servant," or "stage driver." ^j,. c —The Governmen: were compelled to pause, and nccordin<^lv ordered delay :-noihing more, and in the mean- "ine Mr Hyde flings himself into personal opposition to me and bespatters ihe Government with abuse. //_«' Nothing more." Oh no ! Drawing up anon- .ensical scheme at varianr e with the one the peopie hv an imanimoMS vote of their Representatives, had 'io;:/, and "fusing to carry out their own wrUten a^neemcnt, is a matter of no consequence ! Ar^d, as Mr. Creelman said at the Gay's River meeting f Mr i vde iias lost a large sum by the ^^^^^"g^^f ' J^^.^^^^ made to fulfil this agreement, it is no ^^''^'j^''^^[^^^^ looses ihe puWc gnin^ This is a f "»^ P""^ P^^/J^^ lainly. Acting on it, I may steal all the horses anu Kov nder I wSnt from my neighbors, and reply t^^« n/l ris-ht " what you loose another gams. SpIenUia ? w for a ruler to propound ! This, thetj, is the first ^ofl^Tcreelm^ code. "^ But he has favored us with the first arlicle of the Creelman Creed, he says :— WHS son (page 1 tiously ( accordai I have I his own I pression J Mr. C Govern?! to show reads of ■WITH nyDES NOTES. n ) their i. into. they \ is, the le plf n do it. Hyde's 16, dif- This 3ver up snds ill est lan- ' imfor- ' Mr. follow, [plained irnraent [ " grow ly, and I know- *' stage luse, and he mean- ion to me ip a non- 3 people, ves, had 1 written And, as , "if Mr. it, he has ID hat he ciple cer- orses and iply, ii is Splendid s the first 3 with the yjr, c. — My first duly Uien, with your aid, will be to beat him soundly on the Hustings. H. — I have been taught that the " first duty of man " was something different from "beating," "castigating," (page !),«' inflicting," (page 8), those avIio conscien- tiously express diflierent opinions; but this may be in accordance with Mr. Creelman's religion, and therefore I have no right to doubt the sincerity of his belief in !his own creed ; much less to oppose his freedom of ex- pression. Mr. C. — And then to teach him a lesson in Responsible Government of which he appears to be profo'indly ignorant — to show him that though he may be at liberty to ride over the reads of Nova-Scotia at the public expense, lie cannot with impunity ride over its Government. Ji. — Now let us have the Creelman definition of Responsible Government. The first lesson I took at Gay's River from the Hon. Financial Secretary, I opened the Journals of iie House, and shewed an unan- imous resolution of that body, adopting a mail scheme ; this resolution was the " wishes of the people, as express- ed through their representatives," a fundamental prin- ciple of responsibility. Mr. Creelman indignantly spurned this principle, and said, "What! A GOV- ERNMENT bound to follow a resolution of the House. NO!! A GOVERNMENT may do just what they please!! ! They take the responsibility." This, then, is what the Government have done; violated an unanimous resolution of the House, and that too, blindly, without knowing how it would terminate, with no better scheme to suggest, no well digested plan to act upon, and although two months have elapsed, all the wisdom of Government, and their friends, has not, and cannot, produce a better scheme. What conduct for sane men ! Just like rushing into the Atlantic, without even a board to float on, and saying the "public interests demand it," I hope to get across the ocean. Another lesson I took at Upper Stev/iacke, from one of the first scholars of the " schoolmaster." He said, Mr. Hyde is violating responsible principles, by coming out and : offering his services to us without being asked ; when Id creelman's address, [4 wc want a man to represent ns wo get togeilier anu nominate one, tlicn we ask I.itn and ho comes out for /Me parly: this is what I call Responsible Government,.- Is this not rich ? What a blessing snch a Responsible f.overnment will be! -No man should hive the privilege of o.Teimg his services to another, or to the public, unless he is asked; and " a (government may do just what they please." If any one says "it IrnHol-^ se ; black- isive to his re me from acrificed, 1 rinciplB of d cost me e the prin- led, I take le Liberals nment are understood their repre- constituti- ponsibility, s the "ser- ; subject to )eople, pre- 1 resolve, ock in the I will start uld, but in d the next e, and put 10 was capa- ^ rintendeni of id pe:mitMr. | )rk which he )periy of the | prevent him ^ and the most | he fact. I fabrication, weaken my h, resorts to Mr. C. — There is a Law of England of which Mr. Hyde appears to be profoundly ignorant. It is that by which all (iovernment contractors are excluded from Parliament.* Should you be simple enough to elect Mr. Hyde, (but of this there is little danger,) he might find that a constitutional ma- jority would compel liim to choose between his contract and his seat. //. — " Profoundly ignorant," is a favorite exprcs? n of this dignified writer. Perhaps the motto is uy nature stamped on his own brain. The "simple elec- tors," so highly complimented by Mr.C, will not be very greatly ala-'nied about the doings of a " constitutional majority." Mr. C. — A. few words relati/e to pome of the remarkable passages in Mr. Hyde's " address." In page 3. it is written, bo it known to all, I have no claims whatever, except the res« pect of all men, and this I intend to command by bold, ener- getic, and upright conduct. I do not rest the result on either the perfections or imperfections of Mr. Creelman or any one else, but solely on my own merits, rough and unlettered as they may be, conscious of honesty of intention — unshackled and independent I stand or fall." Surely this is modesty, if not the very essence cf humility and the snirit of lowliness. Plain language this, not difficult of interpret uion ; as much as to say, 1 f liram Hyde, who have heretofore been like unto other men of Adam's race, having !Tiy faults and failings, not being universally respected and beloved, shall remain in this stale of mediocrity no longer, henceforth I am to become a great and mighty Exception among the sons of men. My conduct hereafter shall command for ine universal respect, I intend it. The result of my election, do not rest upon any thing good or bad in or about any one else. My own intrinsic merits are my hope. Thf principles and pledges of my opponent are nothing, I do not intend to make a slave of myself to your whims and opinions. I shall mpke no pledges — I must remain "unshackled and free." No matter gentlemen, what opinions you may form, or what con- clusions you may arrive at respecting my fitness to serve you as your representative, I will keep constantly befope my own eyes my own " merits" " stand or fall." Verily the "good time" is at hand, " we will surely live to * By the 22nd of George III. chi. 46, no person who stall hold or enjoy any Contract entered into for the public service, shall be capable of being elected, or of sitting or voting as a m^nnber of the House of Commons. K\ ^^ crbelman's address, Me ii." More than a modern Job hua announced himself ns about 10 appear amongst us, and the wicked men of this world, who have herntofore hated the jfood and persecuted the just, are from this time forth, universally to vield the homage due to this hitherto unknown and " upright' man, //.—This interpretation is great; and proves to a flemonstratioii, that there are hving crfiatures in the world unable to distinguish between a pearl and a polatoe, until they root it over, and then choose the latter. Rut truth shews itself even in the sounds made hy animals despised by Jews, and clearly illustrated in the following lino: "The principles and pledges of my opponent are nothing," That is a lact; fur further proof as to pledges read the certilicate at the end of this Pamphlet, marked A; und hv "principles" take his •>wn words and acts. Mr. C— Lot us enquire how Mr. Hyde has carried out his " honesty of inteniion." After the announcement of this copi- ous effusion of modesty he pens but a few paragraphs until he writes, «' The offer made by me to do this work for the same sum that is now paid for a very inefficient mode of doing It. was accepted by an unanimous resolution of the House of Assembly, the work to commence on the 6th July, 1851. In reply to this, I deny that any such resolution ever passed the House, Let Mr. Hyde prove his assertion. I will state the facts. The Post OiHce Committee in their report say, " that after deliberate consideration they have adopted schemes" (for the transmission of the mails,) '« copies of which are also annexed, marked A, B and C. This arrangement the Com- mittee have reason to think will be very acceptable to the community, and recommend the adoption of them." And again, " The Committee recommend that all contracts hereaf- ter to be triade for the transmission of Mail conveyance or Post Office Printing, should in future be open to competition, and entered into by the Post Master General for a term of years, say five years for the first contracts, and four years subse- quently with proper guards for their faithful fulfilment. See Jour. app. No. 55. H.—Mr. Creelman here "denies that any such reso- lution ever passed the House," but quotes the langnage of the report, saying that the Com.nittee had ''adopted schemes'' marked A, B. and C, Now scheme B. stipu- lates most distinctly for the carriage of these mails, and .1 WITH IIYOE's notes. 17 names the price. The Committer, of course, adopted the whole of " Hydo's proposition andarrangcinont" or nothing. Uead the following, from one ot the Com- mittee. GuYsuoRo, I7ih June, 1861. Dkar Sir, — I received yours of the 12lh yesterday, and liasten to reply lu it. I nin 8orry to Icani that a disposition still exists to up- set the arrangements mndo by ilie committee willi you, which is, as nearly na I can recollect, as follows : — Upon yoursclieme being considered, it was found to be the most practicable and satisfiiciory, as well as the cheapest ; and was, I think, unani- mously adopted; und the intention of Axe Committee was, unpquivocally, that you should have the Contract of the whole of the rides from Amherst, the Gut of Canso, and this place. The reason for its adoption was, — theincieased rate of travel- ling, — the accommodation by Conches, — and the saving ot some X200 involved in the adoption of Mr. Eraser's Scheme. . There cannot, therefore, be a question as to the intention of iho committee. The report, too, is, I think, quite plain. It refers to ar- rangements made, &c., and if it were the intention of the Committee that the service should be put up for tender and contract, would there have been any necessity to say anything more, than that i/iat should be doni ? It is no use for any parly to pretend that the report conveys, or was intended to convey, any other impression than the one just given by me. If, therefore, the contract be not given to you, the views of the Committee will not be carried out, and the unanimous action of the House, upon this question will be completely sinltitied. I hope, however, all will be right, when the peiitiiions sent, and to be sent, are properly considered by the Government. Our petition was forwarded some days ago, I am writing in great haste, as our court meets to-day. Yours truly, W. A. Henrv. H. Hyde, Esq., Halifax. The Committee speak of this " arrangement," as a thing final, settled upon, if it met the views ot the House ; which it did, after lying on the table three weeks. The Attorney General moved that the report of the Post Ofhce Committee be adopted by the House — passed unanimously. (Journ., page 796.) But Mr. 2* w CBKELMAN's ADDRBffii, KJ m Croelmaii quotes further from the report, thus,— "The Comjuuteo reioaiiiiuiiu thai all contracts //crc«//tT to be made should in/ulu/e be open to couipetitiou/' If the Committee did not consider this as an agreement be- tween Hyde and the people, why do they use the words •hereafter;' and -m fuhire:' Unless these had a siguihcant raeanuig, would such a man as J. B. Uni- acke, encumber his report with tjiem'/ Mr. C— On iho Report of the Post OtTice Committee being ic.id, u wns ordored that ilio Kepori be received, nnd such parts 01 it as recommend money votes, be referred to Commit- tee of bupply. Jour. p. 723. Report adopted, p. 796. //.— Why doos Mr. C. italicise the word " received' \ Because he has told liis friends, and they have reported ul! over the county, that there was no such resolution passed. He has also published in a pamphlet similar iVrtonJll"^^ ^'''^ '■^^^'■^ ^^•'^s ""'y Ri^CKIVED, not AlJUl 1 LD, by the House. But this falsehood was too glarmg; the fust pamphlets worn destroyed, a?Kf the language was altered; hence the quibbles and mj'stifications. Read the next sentence carefully :— Mr. C— The scheme marked B, is Mr. Hyde's— to which js prefixed hi$ explanniior.s respecting it, nnd then he adds:— •'1 will contract to carry all the Mails this side of the Out VIZ. between Halifax and Piciou, Gut and Guysborough, for the sum now paid for the service, viz., One Thousand and iweive iounds per annum, and toconlinuo for a period of five years." Here the action of the House ceased, and yet Mr Hyde lells you that, on the strength of what passed in th- House, he ordered covered Coaches, costinjj nearly six hun- (Ired pounds, covered waggons, &c., for the fulfilment of the contract. Do you believe that Mr. Hyde is such a ninny- hammer* as not to know that it requires the consent of two parties to form a contract ; I don't, but then he was, or he has stated what is not true. It is clear, then, that the House did not intend to bind the Government to contract with Mr. Hyde, as the Committee only recommended schemes, not the accevf- ance of any offer. And it Is equally clear that had the Go- WITH lIVDli's ^OTI». 19 i,—"Thc fter to be " If the ment be- he words e had a , B. Uui- ttee being nnd such I Commit- '90. %'eived" i reported Dsolulion t similar ED, not ood was /^ed, antf )Igs and lly:— ■to vvhicli 3 adds : — the Gut. •ough, for 5and and iod of five 1 yet Mr. d ill the six huH' nt ot'iho a ninny- nt of iwo )r he has louse did Ir. Hyde, le accept- I the Go- not at first 9 a hammer linj; lu the leir proper verumciii acted upon ih« recommenduiion of iht Commiitcc, Mr. Hyde's lino would oi this day be up for competition, //—Why say—" Here tlio action of tho Hou.st ceased "7 What morn could thn Housodo, after adopt- itig a renort of Committee, itichidcd in which is nydo'.s offer and nhiii to work by; all of which were accepted or adopted by the House. If the House accepted uuy purtot my "proposition and arrangement,'' they of cotirso accented the whoh;, in<;h»ding my olfor. Again, why did the (lovernment contract with Mr. King, witUout competition, to carry tho western mails, as per scheme A, for five years, if the Committee intended these and all mails to go up to competition, (read Henry's letter on this head bclorc referred to). Again. when Mr. [Jelcher wished to propose a plan for tho western mails, why was ho refused .« Hecanse members ol Government considered tho action of the Hon- : definite and final ; therefore, would not take any oth^: otFer. Again, if all these mails were to go up to com- petition, what did theGoverimientofler Hyde the mails for, on his own liiie, withont competition. (See Wood- gate's letter, 2()th May— my pamphlet, page 10.) Was Hyde's "whining" a sullicient reason for tho Govern- metit to violate their own principles, and act contrary to the instructions of the House. Again, scliemo A did not stipulate for the conveyance of the mails ; neither for a given lime nor price. Hyde's, on the contrary, did. Tliey give, then, to Mr. King what he did not stipulate lot, and refuse to Hyde what they twice agreed to, vi/,. : f.rst by a resolution of the House, and secondly, clearly, and definiidly, through tho Postmaster General, 20tli May, the latter having been made after Mr. Archibald's objections had been received, as well as tho first petition from Pictou— and by which Mr. Archibald and all the Couriers were left with their own lines, not interfered with in any shape by me. Here permit one word of explanation relative to Mr. Archibald's line. The Com- mittee have recommended that " all contracts m/«/wrt, l)e open to competition ;" therefore, if I had asked for my own line only, Mr. Archibald's would assuredly be up to competition ; particularly ae-the Attorney General shewed me an offer, made by a competent party, to do ','(• CRKBLMA.^ 9 AI'UHti.' Um/ t!in work on his lino for it:20() pnr aniuini, for which Mr, A. fiad Ktl\)\. Anotiier jmrty had said in my homing, that he wonhl tciuhr, it it wont tofompctitio?!, for .CloO i>nr annum. This lod mo to miilce un uflorf to secure Iho hno fni- Mr. Archibald; consequently, I ujciudod it in n\y ' pronositio'i" ; leejima; contideru thui tlm House would n»t ho likely to give iIk'&c two high priced lines without competition, I also added to tliein I wo poor lines, vi/., to the Gut and Gnyshoro', oil which I agr'^ed to pince covered Cfirriages, and rtduce the present tares utarly or qiiilo one third, liy this plan, — of which I tn-kall the responsibility of carrying uilo etfV.ct, — Mr. Anliduild's share of the mail money would ' 3 .C2:J(3 as. J.et it be also undcr.stood that i idlercd t(^ divide ecpiiijly among all the (.'ouriera, on u milage system, for distance ; I giving them the same luonoy for carryiuR a mail on their lines funrc a week, that I had for carrying it four times a week, on mine. Mr. Archib.ild not brini; satiafied with this, 1 otlered to fjive him £'^."50 a year and let him lake the coniraci direct from the CJovcrnrntiit, I taking both the poor lines. This boingrefuscd, I was forcod to the conolnsion that he was identified uiih the parties who were seek- ing 10 upset me, and gel np an opposition to my line of .stages. Why he slunild be so, however, is u niysterj to me; for I have cndoavoured to do him all the good in my power, ever since I'have been in No /a Scoiiu : and it was through mc he got £291 lor carrying the mail to Andicrst; had 1 not interfered in his k'balf, he would not have got over .Clf)(», as parties who had their tenders written, and were at thcofiice to put them ill for that sum, and less, at my request did not put ihem in. It is for those arts c{ kindness, then, that Mr. Archibald joins my bitter enemies, to work my ruin. In return, I only hope it may be in my power to assist him again at some future day. ir then, these mails were to be put to competition, and the Committee " did not recomvicnd the acccpiancc of a?ii/ oj'cr,'^ why did the Government not put them up to competition at first? why tamper about for two months, and then olVer ejjch of the contractors their lines at private contract 7 W-hy bargain with Mr. King WITH IIVDE'g NOtll. •I by private contract to carry the weatern mails \\\ accord' atiee witli scheme A, referred to in tho satiifi breath with n, by tho Cnmmitteo. Tim only ap^cial claim scheme A has over H, is, that, the wcstorn scheme A (Iocs no/ carrv tho mails in or out of Halifax any oftencr. when going by tho contractors coaches in tho morning, than ho was obliged under the <»ld plan fo carry them at night, — whilo the eastern scheme, U, carried the mails twice as often when going in the morning as he wa& obliged to under the old plan at night. 'The former then, a great accommodation to the contractor, is acted iipoi* ; he doing no nddilional wnr/c ; while tho latter is rejected thoupjii offering tf do rloublc tho work for the mme motiei/. Is there not, then, great need of a "ninny-hammer" somewhere,' I am called mi[)erti- ncnf, when I say to tho Government, " you have varied from an honorable course on this mail qncsiion," and am called a "saucy servant" when I ask for what tl-.ey agreed fo give me I have not said — i/our conduct is low. mean, and contemptible, and would disgrace any horse-trader in Christendom. No ! 1 leave it to an nnpartial public to judge of the kindnet.s of thoC»ovorn- meut to me, and of thoir high and distinguished regards as expressed by their acts. Mr. C. — But instead of that, by tho Government yiolJin;,' to his importunity, he is in tho quiet possession of it, and he, like the petted child, is scowling at its nurse for her kindness. Let us see in what wny he is wronged. He is now receiving the same sum for tho same service that he has been in receipt ol for the past six years, and he could at any time terminate the contract by giving three months notice. If it would pay no better to convey the mails to Pictou according to his own scheme than it does at present, then he is . . loser. If it would, then it can bo done for less money, and why should it not be competed for.' Then, until Mr. Hyde is actually dismissed, why should he squeak and squall so. If the Government had given Mr. Hyde a monopoly of all the mail lines hence to Amherst and tho Gut for five years, and placed at his mercy all tho other Couriers on these routes, you would have heard no complaints from him. He professes to be a Liberal, but it is to be feared' that the contiguity of Toryism, and the in fee* lious air of monopoly have, had an injurious cfTect upon him ; * .#f- OS CailLMAN's ADDIKM, *. ^ hfl \i'» the disvAMi taken ih« naiuml wny or by innoculstion ; tlia virus is in hint, ana ihert in «very nyrnptotn of ihernalody in iti mcM* virulent form. H« ia traniforined. if b^ do«a not dilfer from a Liberal in specitt ho do«a in gtnui. //.--" KiiulnoRs of the Ciovrrnmonlf" Supposing I were to knock a iimii oJF a wharf into tho wafer, then nut my hanii down, lay hold of him, an thotigh I were intending to pull him out, but instead of domg so I in^ld liim ihore till iio was drrwned, would it be kind ? Yol, this is;u8i what i8 don«< to me. Uut •' Mr Hyde is not wronged ; and until he is actually dismissed, why should ho squall so." If I were to agree to take 11 family from Halifax to Picto i, on tho 6tli July, and thny make all their arrangents, and wfieu ready, I say, never mind, I shall not take you till (ith of October, — would that ho honest? Yet this is just what the fJovcrnmcni havo done with mo. They apr'^od to give mo tho mails in thcmoriiiug, by my stages, commencing fith July; three weeks after this they say, no, wait three months, and ihen, what I why, we will see if we can come to a conclusion what to do. Really, I do not think Foster's I's.say on " Decision of Character " can be found in either of these gentlemen's libraries. But, "Hyde professes to be a Liberal; ho differs from a Liberal, either in .tpccies or f^cnusy If this is Liberal- ism, it really is "transformed," or I have been looking at it through colored glasses, and frankly confess I (litfer from it in one respect. 1 go for honesty, and doing as I agree to. jVf^. C. — Mr. Hyde tells you that two schemes were submit* ted to him by Mr. Woodgnie, one of them, which he describes as drnwn up by me, and says that ii was only his own " ridi- culously mutilnied " I deny ihnt such a scheme was ever submitted to him by Mr. VVoodgnte ns i.vj scheme; but he forgot to tell you that both the schemes submitted to him by Mr. Wmdgatp, differed from his own in one very essential point, attu la t nas they avoided all driving the mails on the Sabbat'), iJ hi did not. H.— Here is a plain, fiat denial of what 1 have asserted ; I now re-assert it, and in proof, call on Mr. Woodgate himself: > — rulstion ; e malady do«t not tosing I 3r, tlien I t wtrv. ng so I )0 kind .' r Hyde imitsad, I to talce ily, and yr, I say, tober, — 'hat the I to give iitencing )o, wait lee if we I do not it " can 8. But, from rt liibcral- lookine onfew 1 ad doing resubmit- dei^cribes vvn " ridi- was ever 8 ; but he him by essential Is on the ; I have II on Mr. WflW 9TDK's NOTtf. ^ OsRSSAi, Post Ofmci, Halifsx, Aoft. B, IMI. Sif ,— 1 btff ave Halifax at 8 o'clock, but instead of IcaviiiffPictou at /tro o'clock, as asserted by Mr. Hyde, it left at f/irec o clock ; and Mr. C. produced ihc original copy of his scheme. Thelirst ii;lance at it, convinced mc the fmur(^ ///'o had been scratched out and //irec inserted. J charg- ed hnii with it, and shewed it to the meeting. After choking awhile, he admitted the fact, whi.h was clear as the sun; but tried to explain. Hut pitying his awk- ward position, [ changed the subject. His friends moved an adjournment, and left for (heir homes to ponder over it. That meeting was called by Mr. C.'s triends to give him a chance to refute the charges in my pamphlet. They expected he would do so • a°nd were prepared with resolutions, which some of them attempted to move, but the more wise and scrupulous overruled the attempt. With reference to my scheme causing travelling on Sunday :— The mail now leaves Sydney at 3 o clock, p. m., on Sunday. Originally I had It to leave at 3 oolock Saturday, and lay over all day Sunday on the road; but the Committee thought It would be better to leave Sunday afternoon : I therefore altered it. Mr. C.~And now, Genfli'men, I must npoloQ^ise tor ihi^ k^ngthy notice of Mr. 11. Je and his address to you. If he had been content with his proper position auwng you, and satisfied by getting fair play himself, and allowing others the ^anie privilege, it would have saved him this infliction and you thi> intrusion. 1 hope you will receive it as it is inten"ded. I know you are possessed of highly honorable feelings, and would not hesitate for a moment to withdraw your support, no. only from your humbla servant, but from any Government that v/ould wantonly attempt to crush any individual, however humble his position might be; and therefore I dejmcd it but respectful in me when Mr. Hyde came before you with such wilful misrepresentations as his " address" contains to place not only the matter but the 7r!an before you in a true light, and having done so, I am not afraid to await your decision H. — It would look better, and more christian like, to apologise for your falsehoods, instead of the "lengthy notice." Where is the "fair play" shewn Hyde, and where are the " misrepresentations- t' Yes, where? So you " deemed it respectful to place not only the matter m0y-'H,:''^^m'^ :*^.# WITH iivDi.N \oTn«. i»6 ' II thf man in a true light.' .Saimiel Cievhimn's head IN «h(! "light"' hy which Hyde is to be seoii. I have seen (hirk laiithorn hcfore. and hlaolc looking ones, over dens of iniquity, where poison is retailed; and on the i;iathorn in capitals, uhuing in the light, was this des- ^•liptive inscription. /./>/7/or,'0//\v/e/-5, and Refreshments.' >^«) on thiii Creeiinan ■litrhl" may be read, in flaming / g liaraoters, as if lit with brimsto:ie, Hypocrisy, Deceit, •'alsehood. Thus may appear harsh, but 1 feel and know It is true. Mr. r, — Of inyscll 1 shall say but liille ; a self taught Cul- iicster Yeoman, boru aiaoiig you, I know what it is to grow wheal where the birch, the beech, nud the mnple flourished tlin year proviou?. I have taught your children cue day, and ploughed the soil the next; liung happily in n beloved neighbourhood, soliciting iin higher honors. You, in con- junction with other p;ir!s of the County, elevated me to the Assembly, where I have endeavoured to' represent you faith- liijly. The office to which I have been advanced 1 accepted Mnii) no love of lucre, but to strengthen thn Government in llowc'.s absence, upon a question of importance to you all, when Hiram Hyde was doing his best to destroy it. fl. — Bui to strengthen the Government in Howe's ab- sence, upon a quf'stion of importance to you all Thus clearly admitting, that you were pledged to support the ( lovernment in their views of building the Railroad. How doe.s tiiis look side by side with what you said Oil the Hustings, when yon wore elected? Mr. C. — That you will at this critical moment, when Mr, Hows and his friends are trying to bring the junction of the Stewiacke and the Shubenacadie within an hour's ride of Halifax, by Rail, cast one of us aside to make way for this '•oiicraer whose character you are no longer ignorant of, 1 have Tiot a moments apprehension ; but if the Rail Road should go oil, the mails and the passengers will go in it, the Stage Coach will bo ob.soiotc, and lioncc Mr. Hiram Hyde's virtuous and patriotic indigr.alion. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient and Much (Obliged Servant, 8AML. CREELMAN. //. — OiiL wonki .suppose thai Mr. C. would blush to make surli nu ns.'^ortion as this, in the most remote cor- o .) li 26 RF.EtMAN'rf .^0t)K^.!5S, ner of Nova Scolla; but to come tuTniru. whore every body knows how fal?e it is, and publish such a cool cahn, doUbefP.ie lie. -s really conlemptible. NN hen i. county meeiing was held in Truro, to select delegates to en to I'ortland, to get this same Railroad started, and that too, before "Mr. Howe and his friends ' ever touched it, who were named fnrdeloga'os I Mr. Crccl- uian's r -nd, Mr. A. G. Archibald, named the Hon. G. R. \oung; I opposed it, and nominated G. \\ . McLcllan. Mr. A. pressed the acceptance of Young, on the ground that he would pay his own expenses. In reply I offered to pay the wliole of McLellan s expenses myself, if he were sent. Un this, Archibald moved tliat Hyde should be sent ; passed unanimously. An effort was made to raise the funds to pay expenses; out of which, I got .C3 10s., the balance, £16 I paid out of my own pocket. Ever suice, I have taken all editors, and men on Railroad business, over my stage line, free. At seven public mc*>.tings in the district of Truro, at which there has been over one thousand people, 1 have expressed my opinion that Howe's plan for constructing the Road, is the best I have yet seen. Still Mr. Crcelmaii and his friends are telling to all they meet, " Hyde is opposed to u.g Railroad." Go on, your sins will find you out. Now let us reason together. While the Road is building, Hyde will make a fortune by his stage line; when it is built, Hyde's horses, &c., will be worth hall as much again as they are now ; branch lines for stag- ing will have more business on them than the main Road now has; therefore Hyde's only fault is, he is too sanguine, if possible, in favor of a Railroad. This has been repeatedly said, and that too, by no less a man than the Hon. Joseph Howe himself, as well as scores that now oppose me, and say, " Hyde is opposed to the Railroad." Now, my friends, tliis very case shews the necessity of a liberal education. Here is a " self taught Colches- t."»<^''^^fj^. »^ safety." A man q/Ve^ errs, the many *e/£io»n. We enjoy a liberal franchise, wonld it were universal. Make a// the people Sovereigns that are ot age; ^iid be ore hey become of age, give them all a.good Hnglish L.dncation. FiTJ^gratis^nstrnction to every child in the Province. We feld the bodies of the poor ; why riot the mmds : which are infinitely move valuable, and the moi-c neces- sary in consequence of the part they take in the Govern- ment of theit- country. If they have a voice they should be taught to nse it properly. A country s bless,xl and increases- as her people incvease m kno v- ledge. Spread it then, broad cast, with a liberal hand. Respectfully, Your obi. servant. II. HYDE 'J'Rruo. Ijlh August, IH51. Shiw. ^ \1M'K.M)I\. A " The atleiilioii ol tln! Coiiimittt't' lius bt en calli'd by lli«' SuliLiaili Alliance and numerous pelilioiis, lu ihe secular duties pcrlornied on the Sunday by the transmission ol' mails and delivery of letters on tliat day, and after deliberate consideration, have adopted sche7nes by means whereof the advantage of post conimunicaiion w',11 be greatly enlarged, and no ofiice be kept open or mail be transmillpd through the Province on the Lord's Day , copies of these schemes are also annexed, marked A., B. and C. This arrangement, the Committee have reason to think, will be very acceptablo to the community, and recommend the adoption of them." Again, page 211 : — *' The Committee recommend that all contracts Af»T(7/'Arf() be made for Mail conveyance or Post Office Printing, should infulurehe open to competition, and entered into by the Pcii Master General, for a term of years, say five years, ♦"or the first conlracls, and four years subsequently, with proper guards for faithful fulfilmen'.." Now turn to page 212. Scheme A is King's scheme for the western line to Annapolis^^ wiiich alters his hours of starling from evening to morning, enabling him to carry the mails by his coaches, leaving Halifax every morning and arriving every vening. The next pages are B and C, reading thus : — " Hyde's proposition and arrangement for conveying Eastern mails 1 i connection with conveyance of passengers." — the whole is too long to publish, but fixes the hours of departure, the sum for the service, and time it is to continue, y'a.,jfive years. Now turn to the Journals of the House for 1851, page 796 reads thus : — " On motion of the Hon. Attorne'. General, Resolved, — That the Report of the Post Office Committee' be adopted by the House." ill*' SiiliLiaili rrttirnied on »f letters on ' schemes by I be preally [ted thruugb es are also CommitleB mtuiilv, and T to be made tyre be open neral, for a four year? ;mG for the of stariiiii^ e moils by ivinff every 'astern mails le is too long the service, , pnge 796 ,— That the iouse." t U Tinje. Travel J ?| 2 S .% g g .3 Din. tarice a o ^ .S 1-^ <^ ft: "^3 S e So t I— I < s o OS a: o H ^ r^' • ''O o CI T (M — (T) Q C .. S IS 0 ?2§ »-• W CI o en i»' o> <3> »-' a I 3 rt a ■a ■c hI^"q§ o o a 3 - .« 3 < a 'S 5(2 ►^" 0< ^^MH^ffi c4 (a.M ri 'j^" 0,0, (O ^ CO ■* ^roT 00 ■<«f s O.AMraeJngiiBs5 el 13 •n u. 3 S o a -s 3 Qt3 a >< 3 O tx c If fell ca a kT => - = B' ca 3 £.3 >. «3 M . o 2-2 « S - i"? ^ % 111 u;,.«.. TiiPsdiv— CO 10 the Island WedneBdaj— oa ^" P- rnriCrsdav-f-ovefto il.e Islnn.l nnd back Friday, a I SaL/A. and Boais arfd Stages meeilrtg each other cau. day Uov rTnsefdof fr»B.o„e to four as ac pre""'. jb triousW otelrua, his ta.ine... Again, ihe "»« f 'l" ^ „nne"s are issued in ll,e raornins, convny.n.- li.e ial«( ». The", I. a" «„ulJ be p.'mted and despalched »•»''«■ conr ;i.ockr,ynll U,o Oiil. .h.s 't„ I'mL Id Pi'cJ uvran Halifax and Amliei^'nd between Holil" -oiiu r.c^ oT; l„d Guvsboro', for ltl& ...m <.o##i*f« the «er..ce, . Sue rho3 and Twelve Pound, per anuu,.. nnd lo « linuo for a period i.f five !»»"• ||. Hvnj \ ! r\