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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1' 1 t \ '• ■ 32X * 1 t l. ^ 5 6 INFORM ATION FOR THE PEOPLE- Heads of Departments. Mr. Howe's^Reply to Mr. Wilkins, Feb. 1846. Mr Bo»$ had eiamined the Journals of the Houie for tho last ten ]rears, that he might argue the simple question presented by this Bill, with reference only to the tacts by which its passage or rejection ought to be decided; but the •straordinary harangue Just made by the hon. and learned Member for Hants, compelled him to put aside the mate* rials collected, in order that he might follow the learned gentleman through the wider field over which he hid ca> reered. That p< 'son, said Mr H. warned his Constitu- ents (who less, purhaps, than any portion of our people, required his caution) not to je ' cajoled' by artful and eloquent members of this House ; but I heard him deliver the same speech at four or five public nheetings in his own County, and I had the satisfaction to see him flying from the indignant faces of his own Constituents, with volliesof hisses in his ears ; ori when he did not fly, sitting in mino< rities of half a dozen. We have listened to the same speech for eight or ten years, and I have again and again torn it to tatters, and I now return to the sickening task with feelings of pity and contempt ; nay, sir, I tell the learned member that he would not have been here to day to repeat it, had he not, at the last election, laying his band on the horns of the altar (for he spoke in a Church, and grasped the pulpit) referred to the principles of the man he defames, and pledged himself to support that man and those principles wben he came here. Mr VVilkins denied that assertion. The Speaker interfered — he could not allow this inter- ruption. The rule of the House was against it, and it must be observed. The Attorney General would support the Chair in pre* serving that rule. Mr Howe proceeded; It makes no din°'~''n;^e. I have heard the hon. member deny it before—- midst of his own Constituents — but more than thirty m immedi- ately rose, in all partsof the room, <>r,iiri.'> ,,. ..i.tly ch..rgcd him with making the pledge. The 'loii. aiA learned menit ber told us that,in the olden time, lersons went to the Co> lonial Oflfic?, and used bavk dnor influence to "htain patronage or promote their own intevests, and he would have us believo that the systeir* «as at an end. But, was there ever a more palpable misstatement ? The only dif- ference IS, that the Ofiicers are saved the expense of a foyage. Does he not support a Government, n single Member of which, by ■ letter that has been carefully cons eealed from this House and the Country, last year defeated a Bill passed by the three Branches of the Legislature, and by which a large sum would have been saved to the Province? There were back door influence and secret iU" trigue, yet the learned gentleman concealed the correspon- dence and justified the writer I Sir, I have heard many ■lavish harangues from the learned member, in which he everidepreoiated the talents and capacity of bis couutr."men, and sought to destroy their liberties, but never one so repuga niDt to the nanlj ipirit of periona! iodependene* which pre vail in England, orso unworthy to be propagated here. Ha tulls us that in the Mother Country every knee is bent ai the Sovereign passes along, and he would have us, I suppose, kneel to her Ilepresentative. and pronounce his name with awe. Why, Sir, do we not know, that the Sovereign, when surrounded by obnoxious Ministers— when governing by back stair influence, or personal intrigue, has often been hissed while passing through lines of averted faces, to meet the Parliament? And did not Englishmen, when their liberties were invaded by an incorrigible Tyrant, bring him to the block ? The learned member criticized the ve- hement gesticulation o', my Icnrned friend from Piclou. He, who never speaks without reminding us of the card men the children make, whose animation springs, not from any vigour of intellect, but from the string between their legs. The learned member told us that the Constitution of No* va Scotia was the work of a Colonial Secretary. I deny the fact. Our Constitution was worked out on the floor of this House — by the conflict of Colonial opinion — by (he energy and sagacity of Nova-Scotians themselves, aided by a com* bination of circumstances in the other Colonies. Lord Glenelg never yielded one concession till it was asked by this Assembly — Lord John Russell wrote no De^patchea not based on our Constitutional demands — and Lord Sy- denham, worked out the new system by and with tlie aid of the leading minds in this Assembly. Nor can a Col')nial Secretary destroy our Constitution — it will he guarded, expanded and preserved, by successive generations of Intel- Ii;;ent men, in .s))itc of the unnatural uitpnijits of sunli persons as the learned member for (Isnts. 'I'liut gviiliemJU tells us that iill impnrtnnt iippointmrnls Imve hctn ^Iven by the pro'ent GoverninenI to lU'uristniiuues if iho Ptnple — let us remind him of the three late appointments made to the Legishilive Council, not one ever represcntid n Con- stituency in Nova Scotia, though one had borne a high of' lice iti the municipality of Halifax. Ho (ells us that the Governor is * no where.' I do not understand his mean- ing, but may say that if he were any where else but in No- va Scotia, few would he very sorry. Tlie learned gentle- man deplores the selfish ambition, and absence of modera- tion, in his opponents, but wo can scarcely compare, in these respects, with the supporters of the present Govern- ment. Have they not grasped at every oflRce that has fallen vacant, and divided them among thcin ? Do they not seek to withdraw the recipients from this House, that they may hold those oflices for life unchecked by popular control ?— Were not three silk gowns given to three Lawyers in the Western section of the Province, the claims of seniors being slighted, and the Eastern Counties being lefk without Counsel for the Crown ? The learned gentleman exhibited some selfishness and but little moderation in claiming bis share of the spoils. He tells us that Lord Metcalfe and we arc opposed. I deny the fact. Are w« pressing for anything more than that Nobleman aeknow. icdgtd in Canada? Did ha not govern by a Parliimenlary '.^^ 7 C AC/) 2 mojorhy, working tbrongh Haadu of Departoiants ?— Did not Lord Sydenham and Sir Cherles I'agot do the iain« ? I do not bKlievf, that at this moment there is a inaa in Canadn, of any political party, who would mako so servile and abject a speech as that to which we have listened to day. The learned member is very anxious about the interests of tlii3 minority at the next Election— and asked what woulii become of them ? Why, what becomes of us? VVe have never excited his sympathies — awakened his solicis tudc. Here \v.. arc, n bcdy of independent gentlemen, bounu t \];cthfcr by public ties — resisting the blandishments of power — rejectin^j the sweets of office — taking our stand upon publia principles — supporting good measures, and opposing bad ones, :\nd liunourably discharging our duties to our Sovereign — to each other, and to our Country. We li^.vc asked fur nothing — got nothing. Let those who charpe us with r.'iibicion and seliishness copy our example, iind follow iti our fuotstcps, iftliey are left in a minority.—. Ifthi/y coj); us, tht-y '■vUi secure public confidence — if we copy them we are c rtain to luso it. Hut, Sir, should parties cli'i:ige sijec, our difiicullies will not arise from any seliislinesi or want of moderation in our own ranks — they will not proceed from ttie Manly and ili>interested Conser- vatives, who will g . Into oppoj-ition. Our difliculty will be to (k-al with such ■ 'oo'.e ft'SV as the learned member, who Wi.i support any Government — i'aid such men? Has he evinced any repugnance to take office ? Had the Governor to cln.^e him over the marslies of Hants, and to tie Ills legs, before the silk gown could be forced over his shoulders? Or did the learned member, the moment he saw it fluttering in tlu- breeze, leap into •\s fold^, with an eagerness that only evinced how ready he was for an office more lucrative and honorable? I will tell the learned member how a minority should be protected — first, by the justice of the p.irty in power ; and next, by the force of public opinion. A party may form the povcrntnnnt, but once foiined, it should discharge the Sovereign's obliga- tions to the whole country. By juDlicu it vill widen its base — injustice will narrow it — and if unjust, public opi- iiiiin will arm the iniciority with strength to overturn it. Let tne learn;jd mu'iiher take conifurt, then — he will not be witlimr lii^j remedies, The learned member reproaches me \\\i> sayinu Lnrd Stanley >vas shelved I said that the rt,M«,irn giv.'ii in M.igl.iiid f t bii removal, by the I'ress .i( all pi.-tiiv, w. IS tile misin;inngem.Mit of C>lonial afTairs. Whetiier llii:, be true or not, u Ciiinot So disputevi, that three C )loni:i! Sv'ctetaries, nvii-viiig mid .ijti'ig on 'ho prin^ Oiple< of ti.e member fur iiiinti, would sep.irRte North Ainiric.'i from the British (.'rort; , ;iii.l no pi)'\er her of this Mouse, would exercise a legitimate influenoe over the Executive. Why did not Lord Falkland carry his arrears the other day? Because three or four plain country gentlemen refused to sustain his Government. Had not this species of influence been largely exercised upon his Lordship during the last two years, his Go'vera- mcnt would have been scattered to the winds. Mr. Howe here stated that he did not wish to detain the house, as the hour of adjournment hi>d arrived, and on an agreement that he should resume next morning, tba House adjourned with the debate. Mr IIowc rose and said, that the very unexpected, gra- tuitous, and ardent personal attack, made upon him last evening by the learned member for Hants, had, he feared, betrayed him into a warmth of expression foreign tu tha subject before the House, and not exactly in keeping with the tone of calm deliberation which ought to distinguish the Assembly. Th'.: attack made upon him had been un- provoked by any thing he had said or done this Session, and had therefore taken him by surprise ; but, on reflection, he had come to the conclusion that the learned gentleman hud been nursing his wrath since the glowing days of sum- mer, and had hoped to recover here, with a majority at his hack, the laurel torn from bis brow in fair encounter be- fore his own Constituents. But, said Mr PL the sun raiely goes down upon my anger, and balmy sleep is a blessing sent by Providence tu calm the angry passions : I come therefore, this morning, to dissect the learned geotla- tnan's arguments without a tincture of excited feeling. The learned gentlctnan never wearies of denouncing tha idtyi that tha' " leading minds'' of North America are to govern tliesi; noble possessions, by the Constitutional forms, and in the some wise and loyal spi-'it of mutual forbear* nnoe, by which the dignity of the throne is upheld, and the liberties of the people are preserved by the "leading minds " at home, fiis idea of a perfect Colonial Governs ment, is a Governor to whom all knees shall bow— all in* terests give place — all forms yield, and tu whom, however wanting in temper or deficient in intellect, the wise and patriotic natives of the country shall tender no advice and uirur no resistance. Carry out his theory, and these Colo- nics are lust. But, Sir, has bis theory ever been reduced to practice here ? lonk back for forty years, and show me a Governor that two or three clever men did not rule — Sir John Wentworth, Sir Peregrine Muitland, Sir Jamas Kempt, Sir Colin Campbell, woro all either govemed or I lw« of libar' arent land — stem of s«]f- nron by their North AiD' ,nd manly in born on thu as they to y to have a rs. Tell me liman, would sarc advoca' "io] for they h we are now lesponsibiltty d and main- has talked to s the Govern^ rvative Party. — one of the water, coni- heart, who ice from the I the hour of urround him every mem> )ate influenofl alkland carry or four plain Government. ;t!ly exercised his Gu'vero- wish to detain rived, and on morning, tba sxpected, gt»- jpon him last lad, he feared, foreign tu tha keeping with to distinguish had been un- s this Session, , on reflection, ned gentleman ; days of sum« majority at his encounter be- [r H. the sun Imy sleep is a ry passions : I earned gentU- id feeling. enouncing the merica are to tutional forms, lutual forbear* s uphi'td, and ' the '* leading lonial Govern* I bow— all ina 'horn, however I the wise and no advice and nd these Colo> r been reduced and show me a not rule — Sir id, Sir Jaoncs tr govemtd or largely eontrolled by the adrott and alle men by «rhom they were surrounded — by the leading minds of the day. So it must ever be, because the strong mindi thnt nature produces generally stay at home, while the weaker ones, that can be spared in England, (he gleanings of tlie Peerafre or the Army, are often sent to govern, and mnst succumb to a range cf intellect beyond the elevation of their own. Who governs Nova Scotia at this moment ? The learned member will tell us — Lord Falkland. I tell him— the Attorney General opposite, to ns large nn extent, with as absolute an influence, as Sir Robert Peel, in Eng- land — aye, and with a tenure of power more secure, be« cause every Constitutional avenue of refuge has been closed. Tne learned Gentleman informs us that respect for Go« vernors is wearing away in Nova Scotin. I deny ttiu fact. The office is still held in high respect by thu people — if the individual who fills it has forfeited their esteem, it is much to be deplored, tliough on this topic I have no wish to dwell. The experience of the past two years has shown nil parties the folly of introducing the Governor's mime iato our discussions — it ought not to be brought hire, bicause it should never bo used ty influence deliate. and if nn used will ever lead to criticism .ind retort. The lerirned Gentleman has rnked up an old NL-wspapor, and charged ine with having changed sotnc opinions exircssed in IS.'Sj. Suppose I had, Sir — what then? 1 hhi ten years older now than I vas in ]835,nnd I hope n little wiser, nod if my increased experience had shown foms opinion to be unsound— some theory to he impracticable — 1 would come forward like a man (as Lord .John Uii^sell did the other day) and announce my recently formed, it mijjht he, hut my deliberate conviction. Hut let us see what, were those ttrange opinions which I expressed ten years apo? 'That no Governor in North America can hope to govern by pa- tronage alone.' I say so still, an;l if proof were wanting of the soundness of the maxim, it would lie found in the weakness of Lord Falkland's Government at this moini'iit, and in the fact, that, with all the patronage of- the Pro- vince in bis hand, for tlic last two jenra, he has not been able to seduce one man from the ranks of the Opposition. I om next charged with asserting ' that a Governor should have no psrtiians ' I .lay so still, A ('oloni.d Governor should have constitutional .idvisers. and he free to select them from any party, and to dismiss them when be pleases, but be should have neither enemies nor partizins, l]e should preserve a courteous demeanour to men of all par- tiei, and Iiavo personal auarrcTs with none ; because he knows not the moment when the honor of tlie Crown and interests of the Province may require him tucall to his aid those who have been the most active in opposition. When .Sir Uubcrt Peel's Cabinet was recently broken up, to whom did the Queen send a confidential message ? To Lord John Uussull, the leader of the opposition— the man who had oppoced the Government for years. Her iMnjes- ly h.id neither partiz;ms nor enemies. I.,ord Falkland could nut do this, for he has both — he has quarreled with one party and must rule by the other, ur throw up the reins and retire. What I said in is;i3, then, has been confirmed and not weakened by our Provincial experience. liut 1 said that a Governor should he 'just to all.' I say 80 still. Justice to nil should he the rule of every Admi- nistration. Tills was the principle upon which we acted wfien I was in the Government. Whenever it wns viola- ted, as perhaps it was in one or two instances, from a want uf local information, the reaction was injnriotis, ond it will be found that t^c present Administration has senlcd its fate by a policy which cannot fail to bring down retrihu' tivc justice. The learned gentleman tells us that ' the sagacity and intelligence ufour Governors are the best security for our liberties,' If these were our only securities, I should pity my Countrymen, and deplore the fate of their children— but I trould advise them to rely upun their own tagaoity tnd intelligence, as Frovldence may sometimes send thf m rntm with very little of cither. On what do we rely at this moment ? On the Governor — No ! but on the control which our own sagacity and intelligence gives us over thn learned gentlemen opposite, who arc bound to sit hers and defend every exercise of the prerogative. Suppose tha most able men in the Empire were selected, they must come here ignorant uf a thousand things without a knowledgeof which there could be no good government,— The member for Kings is a shrewd and clear>hcaded man, hut suppose he was called, at a day's notice, to govern a Province in India — of the language — the geography.— the statistics — the prejudices, of which, he was entirely igno* rant. Wtiat sort of Governor would he make? Nay, lake the learned meini.er from Hants iiimsclf. and send him as Lord Provost to Glaspow. Let a Herald go b if ore him and proclaim that a 'distinguished' Lawyer, six feet high, ileeply read in classic lore, had come over from Noith America to govern the City, and that the best security fur (he interests and liberties uf the people would he found in ' his sagacity and intelligence.' I think I see the Glasgow Haillies shaking tl.eir heads, and con-.iog to thu conclusion, that, ihoutih lie miglit lie n very fine fellow, as he must be ignorant of ten thousand things tlia: a Lord Provost slinuld know, it might lie as well to rely a little on tlieir own ' sa- giicity ;ii'd inlellipencc.' Now. Sir, 1 ri'ly upon my own Ctiunlrymeii (or the good gov»ruirent of Nova Scotia, and, witlioijt undervalnini! the roKrs who may be .sent, I may safely prophe"-) that tl.cy will penerally find hero moru intellect and itifortnati m than they will brinf!. The meinlier from liatils rrinde tlu' singular assortinr- that the present Governn-ctit had ndvixatid a nimh rate scale of salaries— hut he knows that they detiianded ,£1080 per annimi more than we would jjive tin m. and that the saving of (hat snoi iriist he jil^trid to iho cftdit of the 0^:« position, 'i he learned jientli'iiiiui |::i« di'.iin .^j'-ii'd to Lord Sydi'liham's private h-t'ers. to Rearcii for something af 'a* ri ince witli his rnlillc crls nnd 'irinriiilcs, .Sir, I iiave ever prote^li'il nnHinst ihe coiit") whleh oitr Coloni.d Tr?* ries b'vc lursu-d iow,,rds ihi? miircry of Lord .Sjii?!)l'am, in seeking 'c convief lii:n nf ilonhlt- di-«iii;g and iisii.iietl- fy — liy vhieh he wjiijd iipiieTr a Charlatan and not a Statesman. Wl.odenic tliat Lord Sy consider* the Canadian Govrrnmenf but as ' an expfriment.' Aye, .Sir, and ho minht have added, that if is an experiment that never would have linen tried if <.ucli saces as he could have interposed It is an experiment for the ?;ucccss of which he should pray duly night nnd mnrn, for if it fails, then indeed all is lost. Hut. Sir, thnt pxpcrimpnt will not fiil, either in Canada or here — nnd God forbid if sholiM, even though it may prevent the learned member from sporting bis figure in Congress, or discharging the onerous duties of President of thu United States. No, Sir, British Uepro" sentativc Government, fairly and legitimately worked in North America, will perpetuate our connexion with Great Britain. Depiivo u& of that, and establish tho petty des-* potism that the learned gentleman prcfcrf, and flceti anA •faitt vauld Im Mat aod railroadi •anitruettd io «*ln. Tha lenrned member was certainly not very continent, whcD, after he had attacked Lord Durhum who was dead, and the Speaker, who was nailed to the Chair, he reproachi cd ina with triumphing over a nobleman who was merely out of office. Now, if I had attacked Lord Stanley, the organ of the Government sets me the example of assail • ing Lord John Russell, because he is out of office. But I •aid nothing of the late Secretary except a general refer- ence to the causes assigned by the British Press. I never blamed Lord Stanley for the " pretensions " Despatch — misinformed by exparte statements, cArefully concealed, any man might have written it. But surely his Lordship, whether in or out of office, can never be quoted as autho> rity against Heads of Departments. What said he, in the great Canadian Debate ; " He understood by ' Responsible Government * that the administration of Canada was to be carried on by the Heads of Departments, enjoying the confidence of the people of Canada, responsible to the Legislature of Canada, responsible for the exercise of the functions in those depart* meats; and more, that the Governor, in propounding and introducing with his sanctiun, legislative measures to the Parliament of Canada, was to be guided by the ndvice of those whom he has called to his Councils, and to introduce measures upon their advice, they taking tiie responsibility of conducting their measures through Parliament." But I was told that I could not stand five minutes under the lash of the great Imperial Gladiator. I have seen the arena, and I have seen the men. and far be from me the Tanity to compare with their chief in temper of weapon or strength of arm ; but this I will say, th.it, if the cause were good, I would rather be cut down, and fall with my face upturned to the foe, than fly before him, as 1 have seen a learned Craven do more than once in the fertile County of Hants. Sir, I respect Colonial Secretaries and Members of Parliament, but I abhor that spirit of tuft hunting toadyism, which leads some persons to seek for infallible wisdsm under a Coronet, and to undervalue every thing in our own Country, and to worship what eomes from abroad. In thd matter of Lords, as of other things, we have laarned in Nova Scotia, thut sometimes * distance lends en- ehantment to the view,* and that figures which nver.iwe by their magnitude and proportions, seen through tl.c haze of the broad Atlantic, on a nearer approach are reduced to their proper dimensions. In the Mother Country rank is respected, and the artificial distinctions of Sociity are preserved, but there are Commoners who have outshone the Peerage, and taken a more enduring hold of the peu< pie's alTeetions. What Scotchman would not exchange, for Wallace— Knox— and Burns, the whole Peerage of his Country? What Irishman that d.tcs not prize Grattan, Curran, Burke, O'Connell, above all who were or nre their superiors in rank, but their inferiors in genius ? I turn to the Sister Kingdom, from which my stock springs, and am not ashamed to acknowledge that I am heart and suul ■ Saxon; but give me Hampden, Shakespeare, r>jilton, Pitt and Fox, and I'll give you as many Lords as would Stand between this and Fresh Water Bridge. The learn- ed Gentleman always reminds me of the old Jacobite Cavalier, who told his son to bow to the Crown if he saw it on a bramble. My reverence for the Crown is founded on the constitutional privileges and high powers with which it is invested — my veneration for my Sovereign is evoked by her virtues. In England the People look up to the Peerage, as the basement and shaft of the pillar may be •aid to look up to the capital, with a oonsciuusness of ■trangth which tempers admiration for the ornament they •attain. But, Sir, I WM lurpriscd to hear the learned Gentleman •IdmiDg for ttn* Wobleman all defcrenoi and respect, wkilt Inrapling upon tb« memory of another. I Lord Dur- one single eon* 'oad from Hali> ca rings at this fore the eyes of once realiied, by which their ed. Sir, such may affect to . because they let him remero-< :auie,'.' rations of North hese Noblemen the spots whers ght, and sweet grateful to the unded have laid and deep within ship saved to the s us ■ we are not would rather see e here discussed :e of (he Gover* epartments, and ded by the new on. He showed s perfectly com< in.] The learned erminate our al> !^ato required his that they might '. say, let us suck ugh my urnithoo xtenslve as those ' nn Engle, that carried with it a •Toriei of North Drms of Govern* n devuted for the leware, that suc< of the Gods,and to the merits of ' for Hants tells be ill this House, Dflice. He is a not his services e broad County ess to transact ? s committed by e been spared—* il before a Com* iltsof that invcK n, but if it shall for the faults of I eonibinstion of passions, but tn haps the lurned rih a lernn. Mj If, in tbs ehargas If* lo this ■■Itsr Secrrtar; '8 Office liegistiar's Do Nova-^'rotiaLonJ Offlee Cape I3reton Do Treasurer's Do FroTincial Notes and Saving's Bank Kxcise Office Auonit-jr General Solicitor General Let Ui (Ire Provincial Secretary Clerks— three ContlDgencios Fegiitratlon Land Office Clerks, Ac. Tension for Morris or Crawlef Collector of Excise Ut Clerk 2nd Clerk Attorney General Solicitor Csneral £ 1941 700 808 733 600 400 700 7S0 I2S « • S o 6747 1 -14)4 300 ^beesui8 there is no evidense la the papers beforo us of a cutiva Council. Tht hon member from Hants appeals to desire to east a stigma on the dead. The learned member Canada, but the Canada Act excludes Judges and Regis- from Hants sketched an imaginary character— a man of trars of Probate. Yet he, being a Judge of Probate, does talent, and eloquence, but devoid of moral principle, who not propose to withdraw; The English reason does not might hold the Excise OiRce. With the flights of his ima- apply to this Province, because there there are 9000 Excise gination I have no concern, but if he made the slightest Ofl^cert, who, if allowed to sit, would give to the Govern- shadow of a shade of personal reference to the past, I ment fearful power. In this House we have but three would apply to him the Latin phrase of * Parthis menda- Collectors, and one of these acts with the Opposition. Every cior,'* which the rules of this House forbid me to trans* body feels thas some improvements are necessary — many, late. on the Government side, admit that Heads of Dvpartmenis I, too, could draw an imaginary character.— a fiction are indispensable. The course I w cated a Bill of an ex poste facto character— the object of out and to revise the machinery of all our Departments, which was to transfer to his own family an Estate which and to suggest such improvements as would carry out the belonged to,other people — a Bill so shameless in its concep- new system — supply adequate checks— and, as I believe, tion, and so opposed to British principles and practice, that ensure an efficient transaction of the public business, with a the Colonial Secretary trampled it under his feet, and re* considerable saving of expense. We now pay, for fused to permit it to defile nur Statute Book, I will now turn to the Bill before the House, and to those tacts by which I conceive that a necessity for its pas- sage is abundantly disproved. I have opened the Jour* nals, anii examined the Public Accounts for the last ten years, and though (he time I have already occupied forbids me to trespass much further upon your time, 1 have marked a variety of facts, and shall leave the books in the hands of Members anxious for information. Mr H, then went back to 1635, and by a variety of references brought out these facts. That down to the period when the Reformers began to gather strength, and push their enquiries into public af- fairs, tite collection of the Revenue was conducted in a slovenly anti negligent manner all over the Province. That from many places no accounts or returns were forwarded —that at many others large balances were overheld from year to year. That persons, living at a distance, and not in the Assembly, had become defaulters, who, if on the floor of the House, would have been brought to an account. That but one defaulter had, within his memory, a seat in the Assembly ; which, so far from shielding him, pressed investigation home, and compelled the Executive to take a Judgment over all his property. That the Collector at Windsor, though not in the House, was treated with equal lenity, if lenity it could be called. That the applica* tion of the Responsible principle to the Halifax Oflice had improved it, and that he could show by reference to the ac- counts of an outport Collector, now in the House, that, tog* «nto the Treasury, when all necessary expensM were from the moment he took a seat here, his transactions had pM. been more narrowly scrutinized. The reason there was a This is my scheme, said Mr H. one that is safe— easy of loss at Pictou was, because the Collector's bonds had not accomplishment— securing perfect accountability— giving been renewed ; but no argument could be drawn from that u» efficient Heads of Departments, and infariot Officers fact, because the same thing had occurred in the case of the adequate to the discharge of their duties, and r- < .>f aible to Com-nissioncr of the Savings Bank, who was not in the the Government and not to their Principals. ..< ihey are Legislature. Mr. H. also reminded the House that the •«>«'• K^M* plan is adopted our difficulties are a', an end. irregularities at the Treasury bad been brought to light by If •* >» not, let not fhe Country be told that the Opposition, the Legislative action, and searching investigation, of the who seek to save 4'1300 a year, are seeking to create new Liberals themselves, offices, and incur heavy expenses. With respect to th« The Opposition said, Mr Howe, sreonly opposed to this Savings' Bank, I find that there are 649 deposits in a year, Bill in so far as it withdraws the Halifax Collector from and 349 sums drawn out, making on an average a little the operation of the new system, and aims a blow at Res- o»er three transactions a day. The whole duty can be ponsible Government by Hea^..^ of Departments. The done by a single Clerk, under the control of the Officer at Government appeal to the example of Canada, but they f'e Head of the Treasury. have withdrawn the Treasurer from the House, white tha Mr- Howe concluded by apologising to the House for tht Treasutei of Canada sits in Parliament and in the Exs- **"«>« ''« had occupied, and by an appeal t« the better feeU iogs of all parties foraealm and dtspa»ionat« consideratM* of the subject. £700 637 116 600 100 600 300 100 Mo" 300 800 400 900 fl • Present Cost Fropoied Cost £S7»7 6354 700 • 63»« 1 6 Learlng 1393 18 6 ■ A crsstsr liar tkan a PaiUilaa.