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 INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE- 
 
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 THE DESPATCHES. 
 
 Mr. G. R. Toung's Speech. 
 
 FThe following Speech was delivered by Mr. G. R. You"g, 
 
 Assembly, on the 15th February, 1845 :J 
 
 in the House of 
 
 Mr. G. R. Foanprose, and said: — I have listened, Mr.] 
 Chairmiin. with the utmost patience, to I'.ie address of the 
 Hon. Member for the County of Colcliester; and am forced 
 to confess, that bis whole lino of argument appears to me 
 innomprehensitile. First, argued the Hon. gentleman, 
 Lord Sydenham did not grant to this Province the Bcspon- 
 aible System, in its plenitude and vi<!onr. Next, that the 
 distinctions of Party were liere unltnown; and, of course, 
 that Parties did not exist. And after maintaining these 
 two strange and anomalous positions, he wound up by as 
 serting that the present Administration were actually work 
 ing out the Responsible System. We had, therefore, accord 
 injt to his argument, a system and no-sy^tem : we had tht 
 H H of Responsibility, although the Responsible System 
 hi ' not been yielded to us; and again, in opposition to 
 the Hon. gentleman. Lord Stanley had declared that Re 
 •ponsible Government was synonymous with Party Go- 
 vernment—and, that wiihout Party, Uesponsibility could 
 not exist. I leave the Hon. gentleman to reconcile these 
 •trang- and conflicting positions; and proceed to ask the 
 «ttentiot) of the Committee to the real points which 
 have been submitted fnv consideration. 
 
 And Brst, let me here remark, that we come to the dis- 
 oussion of these Constitutional questions, in very different 
 temper, and under a different aspect of things, than they 
 were approached in last Session, When the House then 
 met, whatever opinions were entertained by Members of the 
 Oppasitiun upon the Constitutional virtue of Party Govt,, 
 all were willing to yield what was then called an abstract 
 opinion ; and to give their support to a Coalitinn— provid- 
 et -t were constructed upon fair and equal terms. The 
 Leaders, upon both sides, wpre disposed to extend to each 
 other the language of courteous observance. A« for the 
 Lieutenant Governor, ha was surrounded by every guard 
 which the Constitution confers; and treated with the sacred 
 respect due to the Representative of Her Gracious Majes- 
 
 \y to long as the Prerogative is exercised for its necessary 
 
 lod useful functions. How different, sir, the circumstanees 
 
 iwl Party Government, then denounced and proscribed, 
 
 now openly -dfooated by the Opposition, and even the 
 
 jpporters of tho Government admit, that it is not only 
 
 Indispensable, but benefieiaU Fierce— tye, inde'-ent Ian- 
 
 said, that all our past changes have produced lio fruit* 
 comparable to those of the good old limet-that the errors 
 .nd foibles of the Liberal Party w.re wr,lt«i "P"" «h? 
 ,.ill tops, a, clear as a sun beam. The Hon. and Ie.rne4 
 Member for Hants has tauntingly spoken of the different 
 names, and, as he said, the different and .rrecoiwile.ble coo- 
 "tructions, given to what i. calted Responsible Government. 
 I In hi, critic.sm upon the Hon. 8|'«»''" V''"''''' '* 'J;' 
 Toronto Dinner, be would not venture to decide whether 
 > could he compared to a virgin or a harlot, ■ b'ush.ng 
 bride or an old worn out hag ; -nd a now PO"*'"" h'* 
 been taken-that we had not in this Province, ««»«« «ould i«A 
 have, the Responsibility conferred on Canada, and reduced 
 here to practical operation. I mean, Mr. Chairipan. - 
 
 ere to praciio«> opei. .•"•■• • •_- ; . .L,— 
 
 » Member of the Opposiiion. to inquire to.tley wft^lgT 
 those assertions are true or f.lse-to state to. Priaei#^ 
 which we ar. ready to defend-to lay down our Con.tlta- 
 .ionai positions— o c.k the most scrupulous enquiry i for 
 if the principles themselves will not bear the moat '\e^»» 
 and searching examination, the Country have • "B« *» 
 ,ay that wo are seeking their support for that which to 
 aot tangihle-for that "vhich is delusive, . 
 
 Sir, there are here three questions before t Cc>n«»»t- 
 tee-fir.it, were the ex-Councillors justified in refusing the 
 offers made of returning to the Conneil in February ud 
 July ' second, can the Government defend themcelves upoo 
 .ound principles of Constitutional law. for "'"•'n'^** 
 thev have done, in their incomplete and conJ»»s«|. 
 ly weak position? and third, has their policy durtng 
 the past vear, confirmed the pledges which they made, 
 and followed out that attractive but delusive theory wp^ 
 euliarly their own, 'f,fdoivgju,ti>x(oallpart,e$?J»hM 
 treat these three questions in order ; and as to the Brrt. 
 let me say, that I am prepared to defend the conduct of 
 the ei Councillorc in rejecting the offer in February, upon 
 four grounds: The Government party proposed to receiT* 
 the three ex Councillors back, with the addition of a mM». 
 her from the Catholic body, giving four seats to our |W«<f . 
 „oA retaining f«* to the Conservatives. They were justi- 
 fied in rejecting it, because Mr Almon was to remain; Md 
 if after ri ring ow aeco«»<of his being noroinat/d, they 
 had then gone back, their reputiition would have been for- 
 
 indispensable, out oenenciai. rierce— »j», iiiii»'«i.» -.- 'j'" "j .. „„Mi«mM But it is aoDarent. from the 
 
 puag'e, is cast from one aide of the House to the ..her ; ever damned JJPg*;- "^ ,She intTded for th. .,- 
 
 „nd a. for the Lieutenant G.vernor-ala.l how <^»«" '-T°*^T;'^,7,,,,„' , ,uat they could not have gone back 
 the sanctity of hi, position ha. bee. broken down^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 ssnciiiy oi iii» pv».».wM »-• «* w , -.- . ^ j 
 
 itend, entirely by the indiseretior; of those whose duty itl 
 ___* to shield and defend 't. Who, sir, is to blame for this 
 Angular and lamentatle change? I admit that I approach 
 titit question under impressions of a grave and anxious 
 *»»}>,-flsibilitv— that the tone of thought is sober ; and yet 
 my feelings ire indignant. Sir, opinions have been inoau 
 ■j»ly broached, and assertions made i> this Debate— 
 S«.h, if tmc;' renders all our past struggle* a vain and 
 
 with the cordial support of their party, because a portum 
 of them bad no confidence in the hon Mr Stewart a* a pub- 
 lic man, and refused to give their sanction to any Counetl 
 iif which he war to be a member. But considering ih« 
 state of public feeling, and the balance of the two particA 
 in the House, they did not consider that a Council mo mb 
 Mructed. was a fair representation of their influence. On* 
 hon Member, in tbecoursa of this delate, has taunlinglr 
 
 .... _ -.:.. ^m. HMwfta* KA^*aii«4i ora fln runt 
 
 Sch, if tr«e; render, all »"' f "» •''7«'" " .'f'" ' l^id ^arw. a « an uogrMb party, because w. dout 
 ttdowy dreate. M^ Hon. Colleague froi« Piotou hasllttid, that w« are an ungrasiuu. |i j, 
 
 ^l^SSSSm^^^* 
 
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 fami'Iy grid (ilaciilly S'lUtnU In ilffciit- Sir, tin- lUvUinn ii. 
 Iliis llousu cii'i'H not ri'|iresi.'iit, iis 1 tiflu'Ve, ciili-.-r tin 
 numbers or tlio iiifellijreiici' ot mir Cunstitunieics — I will 
 not tefcr to nleiljjfs violated — luit llio 'J4 mi'iii'jLrs wlii> 
 ciiiiipcisu till- (i)>(M)iilinii, r^'iiresi'iit 115.0(10 of our pM|iula 
 lino J wliilc till' JT wliu viitvJ last vimr willi llid Uuvtri 
 
 Molliir Country — it is nufflcient livre— the irorking of IliO 
 Cuii«tiinlii>n ri'ijuii't-s no nove! innovations. 
 
 Ami next, it serins tlicy wt-re c^illud U|)on to i)e){ativu a 
 rloctrioL-, u'liich I never yet heird asserted in Iliis As- 
 iimKly ; mu) wliicli no iii^ii, acquainted with cnnstitu* 
 lional mage, would lie wild eiiouj;h to maintain i — that 
 nient. were lie repn seiitauves of O.j.OOO only. 1 holiijtlie brititili inaxioi, •' llie Kinc can do no wronp, " could 
 lieie tile ualculatiuii in niy lianil, and kiiotv tliat it cannot bi i'le apiiliid tu our Colonial afrjirs in tlie same cumprelien-* 
 (lainsaved It is well known to e\ery Aleinber of llii'|lsive sense a.i applied to our Sovereign, when surrounded by 
 Jiouse tbut the r'.presentation of this Hrovinee, founded, Ilher Culiimt. Itut, sir, tlii, doctrine is not lo be received as 
 i.s it is, upon the tirritorial extent of Counti-.'S estaldi-lied! iltogetlicr inap|)lieab'e t.i our CoU nial affairs — it muvt be 
 half a ci'j.tury u;j ', has become unequal, and theref.ire un-! adopted h<'re iti a moiiified si'nso. And now ,'. will redeem 
 just. The County of Queen's for example, witli its GiiOO ilio plei);:e I give to the lii.n, nnri learned IMember ( t 
 
 inliabitants brinps three mtnihers to support the A;ioiiiiiS' 
 tration ; the County of Hants with its 1 1 COD yields four 
 out of live members ; Colchester, with I 1.000, yields ihrei 
 out of four;— while I'iotou, with its '24 000 has only 3 
 members, and llalifix, with its ^9,000 hut four. It is my 
 solemn conviction, //(n< the •tppoi.Uiiin n)w reprenent the lurt/i 
 vt'iJorifi/offrccholilLrsinthis ProviiK e, a\)ii if the opposi- 
 tion Acldrcssf. from Hants, Kings atid Colchester, be n 
 fair test of opinii)n, that wt' have an overwhelinitij; inajoti- 
 ty, 150,000 to 00,000. That. Sir, is enoU;;h tu give force 
 and energy to the Opposition, inciependent of this consider- 
 iition, that, if we are the advocates of prir<ciples which wc 
 believe to ho sound, it is our duty to raise our standard 
 iitid bear it bloft amidst every peril, and against a majority 
 however numerous or powerful. 
 
 llut there is a third and even sircnper piound. No 
 man ollaehed to the new system, or instructed in Consti^ 
 tutional rights, could have accepted a seat in Council, and 
 B;ib::crilH>d to the strange and almost ridiculous condition> 
 i nposed in the letter from thu I^ieutenant Governor to 
 Mr Dodd, which now, for the first time, has become a pub-- 
 lio document. By whom such a code of Constitutional 
 ]dv could have been suggested, I confess. Sir, I am utter 
 ly at a loss to conceive, but being now here as the writlen 
 creed of the Council's faith, we ara bound to deal with it ; 
 and I shall not shrink from examining in detail anr 
 
 laut^ Sir. Iiis 'ptecli war pretty — he often used choice 
 ind elegant Imguagc — it was poetical and shewy ; but 
 where were its arguments? i t reminded me of the soaj) 
 bubble, which, as it a>cended, had the powers of the prism, 
 and reflected the light in brilliaii' and changeful hues; but 
 attempt to grasp it — it dissip'ijd into nothing, eluding the 
 tauc'ii. I will here state, in languace not lobe misunder- 
 stood, oar diHnition of the Hesponsibility conferred on ui 
 >>y the New System. I deny that it is vague — I deny that 
 it is give t3 us only iii the 'jold abstract.' I will lay down 
 the principles ; dwd challenge him to give me '' that 
 
 neasure." in which I will not define, by clear and settlvd 
 
 loundaries. that which is retained by the Iii>perial State, 
 
 uid that which is our own. 
 
 In I.,ord Glenelii's Dispatch to the Karl of Gosford, 
 dated December, 1835, hu propounds this broaii constitu> 
 tioRal doctrine : 
 
 " Parliatnenfary I.,egislation. on any sni'jfct of exclu- 
 sively internal concern, in any British Coloiiv p<i?sessing a 
 Ilepresentative Assembly, is, iia a general rule, unoonstilu 
 tional. It is a right, ot which the exercise is reserved for 
 extreme casea — in which Necessity at once creates and jutt- 
 tifies Uie xcepiion," 
 
 As regards Imperial questions — peace, and war — Ihead- 
 justment of inter-nati<mal relations — the regulation of fo« 
 eign commerce ; all these belong to toe Imperial authority. 
 
 exposing to the Country the true and correct oharaet.'r oij| So fir from wishing to touch them, it will be acknowledged 
 these stipulations !t is the beiuty of the Biitish Constitu jj^hat they are more safily left tu the wis.iom and intelliger. . 
 
 (ion that it fs unwritten. The Defenders of the Govern 
 ment will indeed search long and search in vain to find 
 precedents for the dogm.is of which it demands a recanta- 
 lior. First, says His Excellency, and for this wo hold tlu 
 Council responsible to us, " It must he understood thai 
 no agitation must be promoted by IM>?tnbers <■*' the Govern- 
 men: on points offevlin(i the principles upon v ;li it is con- 
 structeii." I'is Excellency could not me^.,, surely, to 
 Bay that he would ippoint any nnn to a seat in Council, 
 whom he could believe capable of attacking the principles 
 of his Gcerninent, because such a course would be tnn- 
 timuMiit to Ire.isiin and want of allegiance to the Crown j 
 The principles of the Government, His Excellency cer- 
 tsinly has no right to lay down , — they are declared by 
 higher authority — by the Imperial State — or by the Legis 
 laturv', of which His Excellency foims hut a part. It 
 will not even he asserted here that his Excellency can do 
 more thi^n guard and sustain the principles which have 
 been thus. authoritatively settled — he has nopower to create 
 If, again, His Excellency meant that they were to pro 
 mote no agitation of the principles of the Government, 
 us these prinrsiplfs were developud hj its measures, and 
 were to be bound at all future times by his or the decisions 
 of a majority; '.hat, Sir, is a slavish submission, to which 
 no Briton, no Representative of a free Constituency would 
 rvir submit. His Excs'llency ouaht to liave relied upon 
 the Constitu'.iimal cheeks : — the right he possesses on the 
 one hand of compelling his Council tn retire if they will not 
 pursue such policy as be deems best for the public 
 intirts'; While the Councillors on the other, preserve 
 their independence, and tb*^ power of protecting their repti 
 tation, by relirinif if a policy is insi>ted on which they are 
 
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 f the Ministry and Parliament. No one herp has ever 
 ')een mad enough to seek to gra<.p them • " .f' we have now 
 I D.'spatch on our table from L'-.u Stanley, laid before us 
 this Session, which conveys v,". thanks of Her Maj.-sty 
 for the readiness with which the Hou^e responded last year 
 to the policy of „he Government, in the settlement ol the 
 new tariff. But I contend that our inieinal uffnirt, 
 liave been intrusted entirely to our owu management, 
 inder certain guards and limits — defined, tangible, and 
 known. Whf.t are they ? — for this question must be fully 
 ind fairly met : if is the point of our argun-cnt, and I 
 will here reason it out, to relieve it from every charge of 
 lieing either abstract or vague. The principles, sir, of our 
 late System, are no new political creed, 'l hey have been 
 sought for in Upper Canada since 1820. The Assembly of 
 that Province passed llesolutions embodying tbem as far 
 hack as 18:27; and they were claimed by Mr. Baldwin, in 
 the ahleand eloquent letters he addressed to Lord Gieneig, 
 while in London in 1836. And to show how analogous 
 the demands then preferred were to the llesolutions intrO' 
 luced into the Assemldy of Canada, in September, 1841, 
 under the sanction of Lord Sydenham, and in-iorporated 
 on our journals last Session as part of the Constitution of 
 Nova Scotia, I ask the atientiun of the House to the follow. 
 Ing extract: 
 
 •> I now come to the consideration of the fcurlhjremedy, 
 which consists of nothing more than havinu the Provincial 
 Government, aa far at rttgardt the internal nffaim of thi 
 Province, conducted by the Lieutenant Governor, (as Re« 
 nresentative of the paramount authority of the Mother 
 Country), with the advice and a«si«tanct of the Executiv* 
 Council, acting as a Provincial Cabinet ; and, composed of 
 
 nut priparid 10 defind. 'ibis is all that is required in thej,nen possessed of tli public confidence— whose upiniui'iB 
 
 and pnlicjr 
 policy of th 
 »Md before, 
 but M the o 
 
 under which 
 
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 " To cone 
 
 not only as i 
 
 the connexic 
 
 first, that H 
 
 nnce adopt 
 
 Gnvernm"nt 
 
 Province, shi 
 
 with the ad 
 
 acting as a I 
 
 on whicli Hi 
 
 eJ, should 
 
 Continuance 
 
 vlncial Cabii 
 
 The distir 
 
 is clearly r 
 
 Report ; am 
 
 which pervai 
 
 .orney Gene 
 
 leney's letter 
 
 Colonial Sec 
 
 are to have 
 
 ((uarded and 
 
 checks. I a 
 
 held respons 
 
 and to Parlii 
 
 the other im 
 
 intend our lo 
 
 enjoying the 
 
 jority in Par 
 
 or the cuunti 
 
 against them 
 
 language of I 
 
 and life of t 
 
 proof of the! 
 
 Lord J,>hn I 
 
 of theUth O 
 
 Stanley, in tl 
 
 the Mat' nial 
 
 I icy here *'u'h 
 
 lency Lord b 
 
 in several of I 
 
 dean Confess 
 
 the aflfairs of 
 
 ktooti mitkti o 
 
 it is const'.tui 
 
 fairt. in all q 
 
 nut affect the 
 
 Empire,' — fo 
 
 2ion — in shori 
 
 (lie principle 
 
 is no vaguen 
 
 have to desce 
 
 learned meml 
 
 and I will leii 
 
 it is, or is not 
 
 the right of tl 
 
 question, but 
 
 Government < 
 
 ment of our o 
 
 press terms. 
 
 Governor hud 
 
 Sovereign, be 
 
 local queation 
 
 will not viulut 
 
 ciple, nor brea 
 
 us, except on 
 
 knowing the < 
 
 people of Nov 
 
 any tuoh ques 
 
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 (ind policy would he in harmony with Iha o Mnions am 
 I'olicy.if the Repre-entmlves of the lV,.ple. This, a» 1 
 jitid before, I h.ok upuii not only as hu efficient retnudy 
 hut M the only efHi-ient one that cm hi- ..pplied to the evil 
 under which the Province is at pr.stnt siiff. rinir " 
 • » • • , * , 
 
 •• To conclude, my Lord, I most earnestly roc immend 
 not only a< expedient, hut neces« iry, for the preservation »l 
 the connexion hetween tiiii ciuintrv and Upper Cjn.da— 
 first, that His MMJesty's Imperial Ooverninent should at 
 once adopt the Knal determination, that, the Provincial 
 Onvernm"nt, as f,tr a» re-pects the internal af.ut.i of t/i,: 
 rrov.nce, should hec.ndiic.ed hy .he Lienfenani Governor, 
 with the advice and assistance of an K«ecutive Council 
 acting a, a Provincial Cabinet; and that the same principle 
 on which His M»je,.y', Cal.inet in this cuntry iscompo,- 
 eJ, should he applied and icteduponin the for.na.ion 
 continuance in office, und the removal o> .icli I jcal Pro- 
 vincial Cabinet. " 
 
 Tl.e distinction between Imperial and Local Interests 
 IS clearly msmtained in every pij^a of Lord Durham'- 
 IJeport ; and the purport of the ne* sy„em. the soirii 
 which pervades it-to adopt .n argument used hytl.eAt- 
 .orney Gener.d on a former flay, io reference to His Kxcel 
 lency s letters— and of the UespatcLes and lanRuace of fh. 
 Colonial Secretary, in and out of I'arliament, is. that w. 
 are io have the management of our own local alK.irs 
 Kunrded am. united l.y the known British Constitutional 
 check.. I admit, sir. the Govern .r is not, and cannot I., 
 held responsible to us-he is responsible to his S.ivereian 
 and to Parliament_hy the one I.e can he removed, before 
 the other impeached. IJut for the future, be is to super 
 intend our local afTjirs. ^nided and contr. lied bv a Comril 
 erjoying the confidence of Parliament, com.nandin.' a ma 
 jority m Parliament-and bound to retire, if the ,\ssemblv 
 or the country, on an appeal being made, ultimatelv decide 
 Bg-iinst them I have already read to the Committee th. 
 Unguage of Lord Gleoely-n.ave illustrated the principle- 
 and ''fe "f the new system; and if there were any othe, 
 pr<K>f «jf these rights being since acknowledged, wanted. 
 
 r".h /;:.". ^''"''" '"•'''"'■•. i" '"" celebrated Dispalcl 
 oftheUth Oct 18,39, quoted and confirmed by my LorJ 
 Stanley in the debate in the Common, i„ June ,«,',, i,,_„ 
 
 the Mat. rnal Government had no desire to maintain a p,. 
 my here ""•?,":* p«H;c upiuion condemns'' and his Excel 
 
 3 
 
 no danger either of misunderstanding or coiliiion Tbe«« 
 ."'"*; V^ '];,'"'"'"■ '" "'"i-" St.«tcsmrn_l.ut to whom dis. 
 tasteful? I othe friends of the old svsiem here. »ho. in 
 place of meeting a grave conitilutionfil argument by fair 
 ind open means seek to maintain an uuconstitnti.,nal and 
 ■xclusiveascendoney, nay. to d. fraud the people of theif 
 lust and acknowledged rights, frankly ,nd generously con- 
 ceded by our beloved Sovereign, by p,el ,;.ling that all i* 
 ■vrapped lu mystery, and ibat the new s, :.m is either 
 humbug or cold ah tract. Sir. it is they who wi,h to 
 nake the system cold, abstract, nn<l lifeless. Put iMr 
 Lh.irman. let us see if these positions nn-pmctkuV;, known 
 and rej.jjn.z-d at home. I will read here a short extract 
 rrom the life of the late Lord Sydenham, written by Mr 
 Murdoch, hi. Secretary in Canada, and edited hv hi, bri- 
 ber, Mr Scrope. a member of Parliament, and eminent for 
 'lis literary talents : 
 
 " Every one must admit that the first principle to bo 
 maintained in any part of the Prilish dominions, is the 
 supremacy of the Imperial Parliament and Government • 
 ind that this Mipremany ought not to be limited or bartered 
 iwayi;or any consideration whatever Dut it is equally 
 undeniable that th„ authority cannot be used for the ma- 
 na.-ement of the daily routine of Colonial Government, 
 both because ol It, d.stanre from tl.e scene of sclion, and 
 because of its unavoidable ignorance of local details." 
 
 After referring to the public documents and dispafche, 
 where the distincticm.s between local and imperial question, 
 are recogn^ed. and the unlikelihood of any Colonial 
 I.egislature putting Itself in collision with the Imoerial 
 Government on points like these, he proceeds : 
 
 "But in the daily routine of internal Government, on 
 .hat which comes home to the feelings and interests of every 
 individual, the metropolitan authorities can have no motive 
 to interfere; uor can any imperial question be afKcted by 
 !t. 1 hose duties which embrace among other thinas the 
 improvement of the municipal institutions and ofthe'local 
 ludic.ary, the establishment of .ehools. the assistarce and 
 irectiou of public works, the selection of the magistracy 
 the appointments to the militia, the nomination, to ofHce 
 ii.d other matters of. 1 like nature, are far beyond the cog,' 
 nizance of the home authorities, an<f mutt be Ml to Me 
 Governor and his advisers, " 
 
 Mr. Chairman, they in fact always have been-it could 
 
 F)tE:l> ftt horiv i>ii3 _ ■ >■ ..I.I *! ..>.-• 
 
 lency Lord FalkUnd in his answer to the 11 "lifax adHrp!." l! . '' ^ """?''"• V^^y ■'" f""' "'^ay^ ""ve been-it could 
 in several of bis speeches, and by his sanc.il of the D.'r''" "'"";'"^'^— ' "V.""' «" 'he Governor «ud the 
 dean Confession, has acknowledged that he is to a IminisTir a',"..' ' " '"T """' kV' ''"<'-"••■"«> -'"' « rod of iron 
 the affairs of the Government "according to th" u-TZTrl^l '^'"l"!]?"'':'^ '" ""^ ^ew system because the principle 
 i./«flrf «;.*«„/•/*-„...„,. .. ,v. . '^""""'.'^'-_«'« «'"/«'• I "f responsibility,, unsound? No sir, but because thev the 
 
 # -J • t ^ I ui-vui uing 10 int wen under 
 
 .loodm„keMofthepeop'e.-' What means this? Recollect 
 It isconstj u.ional Unguage :-why, that in our local af- 
 /<«r,. in al questions which are not Imperial, which «■ do 
 put afleCt tlin hf.nn> ..r .u . !-•_ I .V . ' . "" 
 
 11 ■ ,■ . . '•"='■■, "uv oecauseiney, tliu 
 
 .Id party, are by It to be checked and controlled in tho 
 distribu ion ..f the loaves and H.he.s, by ,^ mWority of the 
 Assembly.-that is to .say they like better '., enjjv their 
 
 p..t affvc. the honor of ^h;^^:^. .Ti ■;t;;rof th" i:r'"- 'A"""'.r '° ''i ""^^ ■■■'^ '^"^ •■• -^v •.,; ■ 
 
 Empire,-_for to aspire to these, ^ould be incioi m^ehi ^ I fi^ "T* '''".i'"' ^''""'^ ^"' "'»" »"'' P-^^""" 'l'- 
 
 2iuo- „ short, that in our locallegUI ion -eTre o atilTh . "Th ""V "'*'' ""''^'^"""' «i^''^'S of the people." 
 •he p/inoiple established by the Ilesolu on of Ifi^V Th ■ ^V"' '1 "«'""" «"&"^f'' »•> the public eve. The 
 
 U no vagueness in this po i.Lu.lto r^a orinciol T "^ " T' ^^ r"^'"""' ''""^''"W '" r-epuhlic .^ 
 
 have to descend to details' Again, I a k thri o'n 'and i^f'^Tr r~'"T' '''';'^''''" "fr^' '"«■"■ ""•^ the'ch.nee 
 learned member for Hants, to state Iny panicular lue's.i m ' bv .M 7 ",■■ '•""'• . '^ ""^ """"">• *'" •>« g""^''' 
 
 and I will le„ve the • cold abstract." in'd .ell l"„the;he;''eyVs lined "^ '" ' "' "''' "'"" ''^ "" "'"'""''' 
 
 ^"z:^xr^:^:^z.^:\r:!::i^--^^ the sys,em w„„ia 
 
 que&tion. but it is to be an extreme ease -X linoe ia bomp ,h ^?''"""'' '» ''." ".'o"'- Sir. the Sovereign at 
 Government can have no «ish ,o thwart u in ,l!e maZe ! oZ^ as s."f /h %""" ".'"'""""y ""<=i^" '•'» Political 
 ment of our own affairs-the Minister has said so i„ e, m^-s i, I .r.:! 1 ^ " "'"''''^' "' '''' '''"«"'' '" «''« ^'""'- 
 press terms. If an Act of Parliament were passJd-lif "e JhTr Cabinet S .'w':,;!!" "r"^' '^"""'^"' "^" ""' """"y 
 Governor hid an express and positive comrnand from 1 u' • 7 k- ^" """'''« ^'""""r here, bv his position 
 
 Sovereign, he would'be bound To act on ei.l.Tten „ '"f :T!'/-^! .T"""' ':^". "^ -i-'inCion, of" loc.l'rank-. 
 
 Sovereign, he would be bound to act on either, even on a 
 local que.,.on ; but rely upon it. the Imperial authorities 
 wdl not violate, without good cause, a constitutional pr^ 
 ciple, aor break an express pledge, or seek to eiirl. and fetter 
 us, exeept on some very extreme and flagrant case ; and 
 knowing the cautious temper of this House, and of ,ht 
 
 r.r.„Vh "'r ^'"'''"'' ' "■^"'^ " »'•'' '" -"po'-i^'^ thi 
 
 any .uoh question can ever arise-with moderation there i.s 
 
 , J -. -■ — "■■■"">•' "ins oi local ranK—.. 
 
 the deep inherent respect felt for the Ile„resentative of the 
 f>overeiEn in Colonies, so thoroughly British and loyal as 
 
 h^.r 1 "I r"? ':' "'^'''^►'"^''''•'•Putronage-the eon, 
 ,tituional checks be has over his Council -the reluctance 
 menu. Oftce naturally feel to quarrel wi.i, the Ilea ot- 
 he Government and to relinquish their honors and en.- 
 luments-woud all operate to preserve the IVrogAiive 
 ^...•mpaired ; hut as we live under a //„,/,,,, .>Ionarc y! 
 
,\ 
 
 and M tha British rula has been introduced into our local 
 aBaira. it does seem strange and indefen»ibl« to aiseri. that 
 it can be reducinjf a GoTernor, if we are willing »o yifl<l 
 to him precisely the same rights and .)rerogatiTes with which 
 the Queen herself is content at home. _ 
 
 To iaik about the third condition of an) parly in tha Aa- 
 aerobly. insisting that they had a right to ii<i reprewnted in 
 Council, in any numerical proportion, is one difficult to 
 tfeat with becoming gratity. I never even heard sueli a 
 right asserted ; but in tha structure ol a Coalition, »ur«ly 
 any Party has a right to say. we will give our support to 
 the Government if such and such Members of our I*rty 
 are r Jt in. to balance andcoolroul the influence of such an.1 
 auch names from the other ; surely they have a riRht t.. 
 aay, we will repose our confidence in these men. and no 
 others-admit them, and we will support your Govern- 
 inent: but if not, form your Government as you please- 
 and we will stand in Opposition. It was a bar-am ; and 
 to hate acceeded to these conditions, would have been tan< 
 tamount to admitting that in making th..t bargain, the 
 EaCouncillorsand their friends were to exercise no judfj 
 mentoftheir own-that the Governor was to Hictale. and 
 they were to yield. Where is the limit in this to absolute 
 
 '*°Bu't the last condition imposed a written stipulation, a 
 token under hand and seal -that which had created snen 
 confusion in Canada, that, before admission, they were to 
 aubscribe to "« frank recognition of the right ot the 
 Lieutenant Governor to select from each of the various in- 
 terests composing that body those who are to advi!.ehtm, 
 •D the proportions which expediency, the efficient conduci 
 of public officers, and the exigencies of the times seem to 
 him to demand." This is clearly a demand which no Co- 
 lonial Assembly could sanction, and would be an open s-.r 
 render of all the benefit which responsibility has conferred 
 If tha Governor is to select when he pleases, who he 
 pleases, and what number he p'eases, and this right is not 
 tX queationed- where is the limit given to His Excel - 
 Uncy's power? were tha Counc.llurs not to judge of he 
 lot? were they to have no right of retiring? were the 
 thre. Ex.Councillorsto admit they had ^one jrong in re^ 
 tiring because Mr Alinon had been appointed? It asks 
 the Ex- Councillors, and through them the Opposition, to 
 aive a cart, blanche to the Governor to act just as he 
 tilU-to concede unlimited and absolute power, because 
 they are to recognize his right unconditionally ; and it « 
 right-it they entered in on these terms, it would be a vi 
 oWtionof their pledges ever after to ;i"'=^»'°" ''^ /•'"; 
 was a »ort of responsibility, so undefined and cramped th. t 
 U cannot be defended as either British or Const.tutiona 
 I can fancy. Sir, the astonishment with ,'''"'=''«-»"'•'• 
 Statesman^of the high and distinguished ability- he 
 searching and profound sagacity, which nry Lord S<a.dey 
 POSSES ^ould read such an exposition ot Cons itutionnl 
 docuneasthis-ifput to a British Minister (but why 
 t%Z Lpossibili.y) it would he treated with scorn, and 
 even here cannot pass without ridicule. 
 
 These conditions were further ohjectionahle because 
 they abandoned that cardinal principle, the rtght of the 
 Executive Council being consulted b, '''^.Governor before 
 performed any act or adopted any PP'.cy which they 
 •s his advisers, were required to defend. This has now 
 Seen hroldly Admitted by Sir Charles Metcalfe, and is re 
 cZzeJ as tL rule in the Assembly of Csn.da. No one 
 
 3d .face the progress of. '" Vrr/rr Cha-le" Met 
 which had unfortunately arisen between Sir Cha.les aiet 
 
 r.l e and his late Councillors, without be'"K '''ff «''»' 
 His Excellency, in it. Utter •'•S'- f '^-^'d Jt firsf a '- 
 ilions regarding the prerogative *'\'='' *>« '''f 'j/, ^r 
 aumed In the oelehrated memorandum published by Mr 
 Lafontaine. and in which he detailed the c°;"-"- ^'^-^ 
 £;.ween himself and C.ptaia H.ggmson. he pr.«^ Se 
 cretary of His Excellency, it was obvious »h » "., f xcel 
 lenoy had at first dssired to manage the local aHairs by a 
 Suneil reflecting the different interests and opinions ... 
 
 nth* Assembly, and bound tneeiher by ni eommon faith iii 
 (heir public p.dicy. The right of previous consultaMon 
 was then denied. In the answer to the Gore Address, as 
 public opinion pressed upon His Exclleney, he admitted 
 that in following out the resolutions of 1841. it "'* •^' 
 duty to consult his Council on " adequate oeeaewne. We 
 had incorporated that expression in our own Resolutioni 
 of last Session, although both the hon. Member for Yar- 
 mouth and I fell ijreat doubts at the time on the propriety 
 ■.f adopting it. "Adequate occasions" leaves the rwht open, 
 vague.and subject to inquiry . if not to disagreement, on rmch 
 particular case. In a subsequent reply to the Addresa 
 from the County of Russell. His Excellency the Governor 
 General had admitted this right in distinct constitutional 
 lanauage; and had said that when surrounded by a friend- 
 ly and united Counoil-for that is a Party Government, 
 it was his duty to consult th»m "fln «H occasions. I will 
 not entrr here into the disputed point of fact; but it la 
 clear that Sir Charles Metcalfe aided, as '.le unquestlon* 
 Hlily has been, by the pres^i.e and influence of h>^ higll 
 pergonal character, is principally indebted .or bis late m.-- 
 iority and triumph, to hh .inoreope - and unreserved dec.r- 
 rations in favor of that very principle of crstitutionai 
 responsibility for the preservation of vluch t - F.x-l.oun- 
 cillors retired. A Governor, however good or ^ se 
 can neither be omniscient nor o.nnipresent,— h.» musi gei 
 advice from s -me quarter. 'J'ake it privately, say the old 
 purty-take it from us No, say the friends of the mcw 
 system, aw.-y with this secrecy— this dark and often mal.i?- 
 nant system of slander, for which the man who gir^s it will 
 not hold hiraselfaceountable-we desire that the Governor 
 should be g,tuM, but not bou„d. by advice from his adv.- 
 sers, who are responsible f.-r it to the Assembly anrt jfie 
 people. The one is open and mar.ly-the other ia dastard 
 It nnd unconslitutionsl. This, Sir, is one of the points of 
 difference between the Government and the Opposition— 
 md yet, they say they are Statesmen— we, demaeogues 1 
 
 This condition strikes alsoat the principle of Party Gov- 
 ernment. and would entail, for all times to come, the evils. , 
 I will almost say, the curse, of a Coalition. Under the 
 new system, the Council were intended to represent the 
 well understood wishes of the people." These can only 
 he ascertained by a irajority in Parliament ; but . he 
 Governor was su-rounded by a Council, monf-re/. as s 
 
 heen styled, reflecting «H interests and shades of opini- 
 on en public questions, hrs Council would not reflect he 
 ■well understood wishes," but the conflicting opinions of the 
 
 Assembly. VVe consented last Session. Mr Chairman, to 
 support a Coalition, because, from the state of public 
 opinion, and the balance of parties in the House, neither 
 party then appeared to be suflScientlv strong of itself to 
 conduct an efficient Government. We have since advan- 
 ced a stepfuriher. a..d it is now admitted on both sides 
 that a party Government has become inevitable ; and. as 
 predicted at the time, the error committed by the advisers of 
 Lord Falkland, in advising him to denounce party Oo. 
 vernment. has only hastened its introduction, I pause lor 
 a moment to lay before the Committee, frankly and with, 
 out reserve, the principles of a party Government, aa I 
 comprehend.andampreparod to defend them. 
 
 But. Sir. I cannot refrain from turning the attention oj 
 the House to the very extraordinary course pursuea by 
 one of the hon, and learned member, of the Government 
 !n his speech made in the Legislative Council last year. 
 relative to the Constitution of the Province. In tnecourw 
 of our discussion here. we. carefully observing the establish, 
 ed courtesy maintained by the Members of one b'»n<sh of 
 he Legislature to those of the other, preserved a delicate and 
 
 gentlemanlike forbearance in »"«='''"8 «»'• 7'":°"* *' ^"^ 
 Member, of Govt, who were not here to defend themseWe.. 
 Scarcely, however, bad our discussion been closed, hefrre 
 
 r 
 
 . Mr. Y. referred to the Hon. AVxr. St*""';-;";'p«t**of'ADrii 
 porteri by himself, <^ M-r... appeared in the Morning Post of April 
 
 6th, last .—£<<. 
 
^ 
 
 mmm 
 
 SI 
 
 faith in 
 ilta*ion 
 rtM, as 
 JmiUeii 
 *ai li!* 
 ." We 
 >lutinns 
 it Yar- 
 •oprietjr 
 Ut open, 
 on raeh 
 AddrvM 
 oTernor 
 tutionat 
 I friend - 
 rnment, 
 ' I will 
 ut it U 
 uestion* 
 li). hi|{h 
 lie m«« 
 d iee'tf' 
 itiitiona* 
 [-Coun« 
 jr ^ 'ie 
 nus' pet 
 f the old 
 the '"ew 
 n maliif" 
 's it will 
 governor 
 lis ndv»- 
 anr! J^e 
 
 dnstard 
 points of 
 ositiun— 
 ogues t 
 rty Go»- 
 the evils, , 
 nder the 
 lent " the 
 can only 
 ut !*■ 'he 
 
 at s 
 
 if opini- 
 pflect the 
 ions of the 
 lirman, to 
 of publio 
 le. neither 
 • itself to 
 ce advan> 
 xith sides 
 
 ; and, as 
 advisers of 
 larty Go* 
 
 pause for 
 and with- 
 ent, aa I 
 
 ttention of 
 rsuca by* 
 overnnnent 
 last year. 
 I the enurss 
 e establish* 
 branch of 
 lelicBteand 
 >na oi those 
 themselves, 
 led, hefnrs 
 
 I speech, re- 
 Post of AprtI 
 
 r 
 
 " The union of many In the same views, enaliles a Party 
 to carry measures which would not otherwise gain atten* 
 tion." 
 
 '• One of the (zreat aHv«nt«Ke« of Party, ia, that it arrays 
 n BtrenKtli ai;;iin8t b.id rulers, numberless individuals, 
 who, if leftaKitie, are too weali to produce any tiTect { and 
 that it brings (guod out of evil, by turninn the wealiness«a, 
 itnd even the vices of mankind, to the account of tb« coun- 
 try's cause." 
 
 Does the following apply here ? 
 
 " In a word, as every Ministry If sure of all the beneflti 
 iif Party union at all times, he who cries ?ut against fac- 
 tion, oiily means (Ai(< there thall be one fiction unoppoud." 
 '' That connexion and factian are equivaliint terms, is 
 in opinion which has been cnrefully inculeiited, at all times, 
 hi/ HncoHttitulioHal italetmen. The reasun is evident— 
 whilst men are linked together, they easily and speedily 
 communicate the alarm of any evil design. They are able 
 to fathom it with common counsel, and to np|>08e it with 
 united strength. Whereas, when they lie dispersed, with- 
 ut concert, order, or discipline, communication is uneer* 
 tain, counsel difficult, and lesistance impracticable " 
 
 " Certain it is, tl e best patriots in the greatest Common- 
 wealth, have always commended and promoted snch con* 
 nexioni. fden. sentire de repablica was with them a prin- 
 ciple grounii of friendship and attachment ; nor do I know 
 I'ly Dtlier capalili" of forming s fiiiner, dearer, more plea»- 
 inp. more donnrablc, and mure virtuous habitudes. " 
 
 The action and strii<!ple of Party are essential to the pure 
 working of a Representative system, because it is only in 
 ihis way that the s.afe popular check of a Constitutional 
 Opposition can be created. I can understand the tactics of 
 a Giivernor who wishes to be supreme, to be surrounded 
 by a Council divided upon every measure of policy. He 
 bahinces the opinion of A against B — in ca«e8 of dlfil(;ulty 
 calls in a third, and thus decides the collision of opinions 
 hy his own arhitiary will. But when these Councillors 
 jome down to the As«embly to defend the act, the voice of 
 Opposition is hushed, because no Parly can attack the 
 Government unless by assailing his own l«aders and 
 friends Such a system destroys the very esseiire of He- 
 tion, pray, ever defended thuintroductionof such obnoxious gp„nsibility ; and has been destructive of popiihr rights, by 
 Party principles as ^tatpd htre. I go to tho utmost limits gupportinga vicious and corrupt Administration, whenever 
 in denouncing the rabid principles of Party which prevail attempted. 
 
 in the iiited States -they are Auti British, i.npolilic,| ^^^ j^ j, ^jj „„ the opposite side of the House, the 
 and thoroughly vicious. Bull must a's" "''">■ "'»"''e; gvstein of Parties is dangerous by creating agitation and 
 combination of public men in the advocacy of sound pub.; ■■ l^ „„ j,,g g,y „f ,he good old limes, that, when, 
 
 lie principles— a u..i'; 1 of talent and shamcfer to accom-i ^^^^..^^ new Member coming into the House began to 
 plish great public cnds--a '^arty bound together by such., j^ curious and inquisitive in public affairs, the com> 
 ties as these, is either dangerous in itself, or at variance ^,^^,, „5sailid him ..s " a dangerous man." Why, Sir, this is 
 with British usage and practice. Aw^.y with the libeU ^^^ jocrine of Tyrants, and of the .snemies of free iustitu- 
 
 Ihe Hon Member referred to, departing from Parliamentary 
 usage, took occasion in his place in Council, to ta'int and 
 treat with disrespect, if not ridinule, the opinions which 
 had been advanced here. I and .-ther-, told the Govern- 
 ment thai in denouncing « party Government, they wen 
 Msailing the »erv/r«< principles— the pn/nory elements i' 
 theeonstitu'ion.' We referred to tin, great events which 
 had been achieved in British history by the action and 
 struggle of party. That learned Councillor, in place o( 
 being taught by the instructive wisdom these conveyed. thu^ 
 treated those constitutional references we were then cum 
 palled tr maket 
 
 " Gentlemen in another place have referred to British 
 principle and practice. Here they are, and they cannot he 
 controverted ; and really, Mr Pretident, I could ecarcely 
 repreii a imiVe / when I read the grave and eUborate re- 
 ference to the first principles of our nobli conititutfon — 
 for are they not understood by every schoolboy ? Are they 
 not all to be found in Pinpock's Catechism ?" 
 
 Our little learning, of which we made no rain parade, 
 eould then be treated slightrngly by that most erudite 
 Co'tncillor, because the Advisers of the Crown had hi- 
 .Sxcellercy and a mnj^ily to back them. How stands it 
 - ,>« ' I-ord Stanley has told them since, in one witherinj? 
 aRi:teii.;e, '' that R.usp(msible Govcrhment was party Go 
 '!crr>inent, of course ;" and the Governor's Advisers, of 
 ^[••ei- that !i!^n. c^nlleman is one, .ce now ready to fill ui 
 th»ir own Couicil from their own partv. to conduct the 
 Gove<-nmentby a pirty, and to hold office, by repodiitinj! 
 .ri ^raot'ce thai which we were then compelled to tell them 
 was unsou. d. "^he coiiolr> will jouge who now has a right 
 in smile, an.l! who t- I jni Finnock's Citechisin to the 
 
 B..t "n i'ltt cutriiv. harangue, "governing by a Party, 
 ic" said thit Hoi,. rour;-illor, •• giavely propounded as « 
 judicious ^ri.icifde to i^e introduced now, or at a fiilur 
 day, into this Co'ony, Ani' this is indeed an imporlan' 
 question. Tiie principle ie certainly not English — it i> 
 American, ana Democratic. In the United States, everj 
 officer, from the errand boy to the President, turns ou» 
 fith his Partv." And what Member, sir, of ibe Opposi 
 
 It is by I'arty that our Constitution has reached to such 
 perfection and pre-eminence. All the great Constitutional 
 writers, of the last and the present age, speak with one 
 voice in favour of Party union and organizaaon. Let me 
 solicit the attention of the House lo a few extracts from 
 Burke and Lord J Russell, as illustrative of the benefits 
 which Party union confers; and again I ask tliis House to 
 decide whether the hon. Councillors or such inferior 1 men 
 as these are the better authorities up<m a question such as 
 
 «' Party is a body ot' men u nted, for promoting, by iheir 
 Joint endeavour, the national interest, upon some particu 
 lar principle, in which they are all agreed. Men thinking 
 freely, will, in particular instances, think difTerently. But 
 still as the greater part of the measures which arise in thr 
 course of pablio business and in goiernmettt, a man must be 
 peculiarly unfortunate in the choice of his political eor.i 
 pany, if he does not agree with ibem at least nine times in 
 
 ten." . . 
 
 " The good efTects of Party in this country are numer 
 
 ousand weighty. One of the chief of them is. that it gives 
 
 K substance to the shadowy opinions of politicians, and at-j 
 
 Bchcs th(<m permanently to steady and lasting }>rinciples.'' 
 
 tional and constitutional riphts in every ape of the world. 
 Men in power do not like those who promote investiga- 
 tion ; but 8 vi^jilance of this kind, even if it lead occasi- 
 !onally to excitement, is as necessary to keep pure the actio* 
 jof a Government, as the play of the electric fluid is indig« 
 ^pensible to cleanse and purify the atmosphere Constitu* 
 tional writers, so far from deprecating this spirit of enqui« 
 ry, encourage and commend it ; and I hep to re.id to the 
 Committee a brief extract from Lord Brougham's late 
 worlc on the British Constitution, in which the duty of a 
 people who deserve to be free, is thus illustrated; for in 
 this, as in everything else, vigilance and diligence reward 
 and inspire the faithful and patriotic, and expose and 
 limits the powers of the corrupt and the indoltnt : 
 
 " The whole hiitory of the Constitution, which we have 
 been occupied in tricing from the ei.rliest ages, ebounds 
 with prno fihow easily absolute power may be exercised, and 
 the rights of the people best secured by law may be tramp* 
 led upon, while the theory of a free Government remains 
 urvaltered, and all the institutions framed for the controul of 
 the Executive Government, and all the laws designed for 
 the protection of the subject, continue as entire as the nio« 
 
 -w««3sS5r— ^spsaggRfgjgg" 
 
 "iiii lltet^r :,. 
 
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 Xhew are •. ch p»„.kc., ,n the l.iMory of our 0..vcrn.[| -irc oil in f:nor ,.r»l.i. Tori.*: .(ill, ,h^ w*, con,i„.||.,,l to 
 ntent M may «.«,! ,e,cl, .., ... .li„r.„t ..ll m.r. M,t,..,„ «"ili- .lu«. terlin«.-t.. r...plv.. ,1,. WI,TaV-!r, e e o 
 
 nuler.. « r.ll a, Km.^,, „,./,„;/ „■.„. ,l.e s,,„rt of^or,!,.! M.-lLorouRh-a,,,) ,„ r.reiv. ,l,e I).^«"„rr..rd Co"u« 
 
 the people nvver c«.. be ...fe w,tl,..ut a co„st u.t .l.tcrmin.. i r„..,m,.n,. Tl„. fcv:.,,^ ,.f Oeorge 3,1 t„ I*"tt i nr.. n 
 
 t.on to re..... u„,o .he aea.h. u, of.en .. .h.ir riKl.t, .,. „. .hiu-ry instructive to u^.'n,) .,h, b.^-n ar.'-hlcully .l^liZtJd 
 
 ...i. ... , . .ill tin two re»;ews ..f Mo uUy of the life of ilmt or»«» 
 
 «n.„ J!', «... T'^A V * ? "»""l'-'"' «■' 'he encr..Hcl,mc..,i 'rKumen. pre«.d l.y the learned Me-nl.rr for Hants-that 
 ofpo^ermidthedecl.rieof v.rlue in those who .re »p ll"'" '"'M'O'l'y «.'<l |.ro,.riptl„n of L,.rd FaUbnTto^v r.ll 
 pointed .0 govern; and thsti. i, the Rreat duty of a fre- 1^'' "o*e, w,., ,„'d..sce. d. .. nn ix cut 'rinheritHncP 
 peop o-,he only .afe^jtard o. ,l.«ir Lher-i.,. ,o'„,.u,.,e . |l'" '-- ^ucce^or-indictiveof a «piri. of venae irrj^^^^^^^^^ 
 ntiwer •• aZ »?;''"" iV" f ""*''"« "'^' ^'"^ "f — -J"'' •«,-'" "-' «-u.roM,y « hicirshould ever3 ,"r'c ^ 
 "ir, I • ;' n,"'"'"!"'^"'--'"-""' ''«■ "'"'Is; '^'h« t'r..«.n, I turn tl.c- aUvnlion of lt,e Commi.lee to one 
 
 «nll,lyi.. "^' "''••"''""'. "'^^^"' "^ l'"'y. "lave no. l^"" ^^imple in Col.ni.l hi^.TV -The 11.^ Mr DalT 
 
 «.l"«m-„ ^^''""'l■'"■"•."■'"!'"'""^'' '""•"''"• ""J '"••■-"i !i,\:>'-""i'"r''li-' .fLo.d Sydenham, «t a crisi,. in wh ch 
 drvtiTr'.nd'^l:r';T''r« •'""'■'''"''''"' «'V"Pon,ic,.l Hisr.:.c.lleocyl.it,e,Iyc„,nplainedVftl,eembrraJi^^^^ 
 knuT.L hevJ: .. '^'VT'' r"."^ ""'''^' '"""I i ;•' *'"'^'' " '""ii»v<.lv,.l UJ. Mr U. .v„s tlu.„ accused 
 «.111l„,'!r" *■;'"''""' "'"«"""»' lih.rtvan,l ".vh.,oppoa.n.sof«l.reach off,,'*,, and attaok.d with 
 
 national prospeiity. It i» from ihp h-m „..,^ /.,.........; , (ninH...,t ..f .l-^.i .:.■... ^ / anacitia wiin 
 
 the ililhj/ Ikut frttdom 
 ttrfHgth." 
 
 Inourown Awemhly we have already ,een .he benef. 
 ofanact.ve and «rKaniird(),„.o,itlonj for. Sir a larc. I 
 maj ,rity in the House are salisKtd tha. if the C.overnmen, 
 had no. been apHfebensive of resistance, they w.,uld neiM.er 
 have acted a. ti.ey have done in the ,,.ieslion of the Co.li 
 Wines or in .he reform of the Treasury jn.l Excise 
 
 I CO, le now to the proposals made in July, and thin)<l 
 the Op position would have Uen recreant to the interest- 
 F-^/l-" ^l"*"!^ «" Bu.rd, hud .hey .ceded to them 
 I J I. ' <-"U"<!'llo". hefore o' jeeled to, remointd- 
 
 w«„l!ll! ^,""" '""■■''' "■■''"" ""'" '^'"""•""i in <ffie, i.| , ;•— ™-.« o. newspaper .qu.t,s 
 
 would have been a vjr.u.l condeo.n.t.on . f ,;,„ „a„.j ,;,^,1 '"d a',o,,ymous attack. No one has been more often or 
 before made i.cW. we adhend to the opinion, tha. in '^'"""^l'««'y a«"S'd Ihan myself. 1 will not deny, that on 
 the coalition proposed, we had not an adequate reprtsm- ,'■'"%'"•'""""*' ' have wielded my pen in self defence : 
 
 t.lion. Utni, the Council was to be enlar-ed to l^.. ""' °^' ' ■' ' 
 
 number dangerous in our limited repr. s.nt'ation. .o"the 
 necessary pou^rs which the Assembly should ever retain • 
 and as to tliu Poll !.#. I .^r ..:.... i _ • ^ . . . » 
 
 .W......C.. eou.ions; men oi noble miml :|"" '"""■•" '"Pad involv, , I him. Mr. U. w.is then accused 
 
 l-V" ""' *'''I"'I"'P of national lib, rty an(l[|''>' '"""'PPon-n'S of a breach off,,'*,, and attaok.d wilh 
 tny. It x,fTom the heat and hammerhiq «/ """ '"'"l "' s'an.lers which a Compact ever deal out tn tha 
 'rttdomrect,vti,,t, form, iutemotr,a„d iV.v!!';"''l"-- '"«"• *h-,. thouah actuated bj a sense of public 
 
 j < uiy acts contr.ti- to their interests. Mark the result I 
 
 ,, ' -■. •■• ••■•■■ .■..»■»".-.. i.inrx loe resuiii 
 
 ii>H Assembly continued Ihiir confidence in .Mr Ualdvsin- 
 .nd .he hrst act of Sir Charles Hasot was to consign lbs 
 
 ^''"""""» • '"»" hi« and .Mr Lefontnino's hands. 
 
 So much for Conslilutional rule ; hut. Mr. Chairman. a« 
 10 il.o leasons stated for that proscription you have heard 
 ibe witty and el,M|ueiit defence of the Hon. Member him- 
 -t.'l»— the people of Nova Scotia will now jud«e of its 
 nerits. The provocations which the I ion. uentleman has 
 received were enough to excite a feeling of intense indigna- 
 tion. I will n..t defend here 'The Lord of the Uedcham- 
 >er for, sir, I urn not the advocate of newspaper squibs 
 .nd anonymous ntiaclc. No one has been more often or 
 
 I,,,, t • , r ••"■"..u ...T ^cii III aeii oeience ; 
 
 but I can assert, that I never in my past lile, made a gra- 
 
 f mtous and unprovoked attack. The causes stated, if thev 
 
 «„d». .;... r •;-/■■■• 'T'"'":/ "•'•"!" ever retain; ,f ""« ''"C'-i^ ."""'gftlur. largely palliate the conduct o'f 
 
 and.stolbeCouMc.lofnuie. Inev.r heardofit till ibi^ ,["'y "'•" (ri.r..i; and let it not he forgotten, .hat the 
 
 ra :'";!■ r"''"'"7 '"'■■''x"'"* "i« E'"-''ll»'"cv. and protected 
 
 i 
 
 j^ - — .-_ V •■- "^.r,,.,«_„y mat nrilliint and imposing i 
 
 ireo;«i'„7.- '" "■" '""""'"^ ""^ Sovereign and Her' , , / „ . --v -- » « man. .ne tioo. 
 
 lleoresentative, l,and le.rned Member. th« Leader of the Opposition, would 
 
 *«,„ . .7' ''7,''."."^"". »" are to have the British system./^V ? r''^"' !'"'' ^"'^ '^^ ''"^"'°" '" ^^ich it had plao- 
 Councilors who surround the Kxecutive. from sheltering ''"''"^"' """ ='"•"" he mad,- in public life ; in giving hi, 
 SeToiT v" 'V''""''"""^ '" -verioif the weaknes o'V 'T"'' '" l''" ^r '".""'^ "^""^ "'"^ ^ystLm. becau,^, t." 
 lnl7''7rr;.^?.l'::";\:'«'''''^--JL--.y"-''^^ 'J thec/own; ha yiefded! 
 
 ...r,....,.! I HI- «•••» r.iceiiency into (he tore-' 
 
 .Kround. In I'Hrliament. the name of Majesty i, never 
 <.e«rd ; and .be Cr .wn is preserved in that lofty Ld ^^Clre' 
 .position, that the personal feelings of the Sovereign Tevcr 
 Td^o^T'^A'" "•■■"''?"'- »'""'- -n. orto emharra. 
 Many oV.^;.!. fr""""'"." '"'""««'"'•"• "'..ublic aff.irs , 
 upon this point have been urt;ed already by my Hon 
 .nd earned friend from I alif.x, ( Mr. Do/re) J am 
 glad they occurred to him. becusl he was a ,e to drel: 
 uJZt-. classic point and elegance which I do not , e 
 tend to ,m. ate. There were « lew other examples. h„J 
 
 The';e uS"l'r""i^ ''''^'} '" Costitutional hiso,; 
 J here i. the celebrated e« unple of the Earl of Halifax wh, 
 had rendered himself obnoKiou, in .he reign of Chari;,;; . 
 
 n short, to the mandate of his Sovereign. 
 . ' ."" »y'np»"M''c. also, wilh my hon. friend from H.lifax 
 
 n his feelings when th,t despatch .ppi,..ed, considering 
 .he sacrifices he has made for eons.ituti..nal principle,, the 
 honorable nosinon h. occupies in this Province and inBri- 
 'ish America-hi, anxiety to introd.ree British institution., 
 ■nd to preserve a " n.-blo reputation ' a. a public man 
 
 I he loss of a imh would b,ve been nothing in co,np,risZ 
 'o .he accusation i. con.aiiu.1, o( attempting to " wrestTlie 
 ..rerogal.ve, ' of (lagrant ignorance of Constitutional prin- 
 uples -ave, of incipient treason 1 make here a oh^rtfa 
 .gainst the Atty. General, and ask if, when reference was 
 
 last s:l .;' 't; '° ""' ••"""""'*" "^ '^^^ 00";.";: . 
 
 last Sission, be did not coi.vey the impression, that it had 
 
 >»i.iiM> ■■■wi.w wptii 
 
 '■>■'> _ , 
 
■^w 
 
 ■ ppcari-d nriihdiit hU mmciiiin If. tli.'rcfi.rr, ilu- 
 
 ')^tfriiiii |iii xuliinit llivin, and niili liU clmrictpr fur !ngtnuoutn««*b 
 
 i 
 
 r 
 
 h.is br«n br .uifht tl.iwn iiiio h iiifrsi.iixl ci.nllict -Im iiiii«i;| l.i- C.ioiitrv will Vfl .-iiiiuiru Ixnv hr cuuld reeonoile it l» 
 htumc liKHdvisfrs. for ri.|iiHiii({ to ««siiitu- llif ri'H)t.iis|((i|iiy ,U own >viisu of ji, iikv, i.i llii- l.iva of fair d<i4liii«, tu liis 
 of Ihis »c'— to Miitf their ahivld for l,i, Knei-llirii-y', pr..-l f'rieiiil.hip (or llie Iv.iriird iiifinlpfr (or Cup* Jr•^ull, to 
 taction. Hul,«ir, Ifi it n..tlio.ii|i|)..td tliji ilitf .-xclii.ioi.i illo* li'" Kucellency » luiter, and the aoouMlion mada 
 of Mr H..we in ii,,* a .i.Milrov^rsy l.^iwffii iliit Ahukii.I.I* :|,.j{.iiiM tlia Kx-Council|.ir., ami Mr Howe, of • lalfith 
 und Lord Stmi'i-y — the Uit stfiiliiice of I, .nl S'-uiiuv's Jul || nid dunueroijn ambition. uikI jKaioHl iih who luatain them 
 tir of Ihu a4ili July «ays to I„.„i I'dkiaiid— • I Imv. j to ^o lo tlia Ti.roo.. to dil.iine «iid iijura (half and out 
 evtry coiilKluiicu in your 1. .rdshiii's judumeiil. I L;vt tn luiublic rt|iuiation, wliua lie had in hii handa ampU tTi> 
 lireli/ti) your own ikscrrtimi l/it teLtclioit iif tucii iiiJiuiJunh] dciic<t of rulutaliui'. 
 ui you th ill coiiiiJtr Ihc mint iHi/ihlf lo $eive in your (Jo \ ,, c- i 
 
 vcrnmeitt " It U reduced to a quo'iion IpoHvibii u^ mid hi.'- ' "■ ' """"' ""* •" ■"'••'" ''ratHfh of the ar);u- 
 
 Kxclleucy'* advi.stri,: and hiT.' kif, Itt me protest ii.'Miinil '"'"'• "" ' """ I"''"'*' *''"» "'^ Ciuveriinifnt. by thtir aoH— 
 Ihii freili ex imple ofu weak and iiii.(ll.!lei.t adiniiiisiriitioi' \\ '"" '"''>' .*'".*''' ""* '"''"" "" " "' '"' " yi'ur— hB»e violated 
 protecting their own uiitilreHH, livputiinn the Cveui .r i||r'^'^y |>niici|.!e of res!ii>iisibility. an.l bavc forfeited that oft 
 the (root, It in an old jjjim-— it' his luen led lo il,e H,.ori ; '"''1"^^" "'' (''•"''B" of iloin,; " e.jua. jouiou to all parliri. " 
 hceof many a (iov^rnor, and w i-i ih.- okuko of drivMijlh ' ''^ ""' '='""7'' against ihein i», that thtry have failed iit 
 
 peiii rout and pmd old soldier, Sir Colin C -hell, from! I'""!' »''i" ''""'"«'»•» "• Die Ciointry, and pcrfori^ing lh« 
 
 Nova Scotia. What in elleut ui. my I.-nl l-Mkland inn ^"'^ ^"*^ liinclio.n of an efHeient AdminiMration. The 
 be, IH yet in Ihu womb of tinu-. I do not say or io-muale ^"'"■"•'.v (i^neral ha-i comi.l.iined of tlit: frequent demands 
 that the Hon. Altoroey or Solicit, . r Oeneial will do mi. "•"'« ''.V "''"' "le'sufes »"'' Imi represented it a« a proof 
 hut if it should nllglit Mid remove his Lordsliii), Iiru-ii 'f" '"««'""""'"'?'"''''<?" '""het ihau of anxiety for the publio 
 when he has left, he will he spared the «neer ol' those, wli i| -'"'"' ' l'r"»e»t iinainst tlii< ctmslroction, for I have ever 
 have cieatedhis present difficulties liavin,. no reli inc. ji"'''""''"' "'"' "*»»«">« "f the hes-t features of the neir 
 on ihemielves. or on ui or the people of Nova .Sc .ti«. Ibey'^ -^",!'"'' "';*'' '"[ 'I' "'|. *'"'■'' '" l^* 'jdof the evils of hasty, 
 
 Mek the hentfit of the Col.mial Secrernry'sii|.|ir4iVHl. .'\l,irk!'' 
 
 how Ijord Durliiim, in hi-i Ue|i irl, denoiin es this sxs'em!' 
 IS utterly subversive of the peace ot a ooiii il .idioiiiis- 
 tratiun. 
 
 " Every purpose of ppular control mi^ht be onhinjd 
 with every udvai)la:.-e of vestin^f the immediate choice of! 
 advis rs in the Crown, were the Col.injil Governor to be! 
 
 i?;!itructed to secure the co opi'ration of ilie .Vsseinbly in! .... , 
 
 his policy, by entrustioK the administration to su h men as way. whieh.'whilst it has crea ed disH.tisfact. 1, has afford- 
 could coni.-rianda maj.irity; and ij he ii-nc </ 1 nr a /o u ,ler 'ed ihv Govern. lent no assistance or sirength whatevor; 
 
 llundiaesteil, and therefore iini.erfeet legislation, hy lia*:ni; 
 
 b..<ly i.f men Mirroundin;; the Ideulenant Gnvernnr ell'* 
 
 j 'yini; llie coiiliil -lice of tlie L.jfiO.ilore, and who, during 
 
 jihe rece-.s. would dev.ite t!iiir tune th'I talents to the pre- 
 piralion of II elul t^ell^llrls. I ask the attention of the 
 House to the (ollowiii;; 1 xfr .ut fr on a letter wiitten by 
 liord Sydenliaoi to Lord ,1 iliii Idn-ell, while in Halifax 
 in July, im,). " The def els in til.- piesf n» system aee.T. 
 to me to be, ilut the Kxecniive (;.',, cil is / Mnposed in a 
 
 tlanJ thai he Heed count on no aid from home in any differ 
 ence with the Assembly, th.'it should not I'lrtcily involve 
 the relatiuus between the Mother Cuuutry and the Colo- 
 nic*. " 
 
 And why, because the accused h.is no iqunl chnnce 
 The Governor and his advisers can yet up their own cise, 
 and the debate in Parliament on Canadian affiirs, as well 
 the despatch now befoie us, show, that in both ijuesiions.i 
 the decision of the Colonial Secretary has been founded on 
 an entile misapprehension of the facts,. The hon. Ally 
 Geiierjl had said we complained of the puhliealinn of the 
 despatcli — that the people were entitled to the uhole ci«e; 
 have thev got it? Have iiW the documents been submit.' 
 ted? Where is the despatch which induced I.oril Stnley 
 
 to accuse the Ex.Councillori ■■ of pietensions' Where 
 
 the letter relative to Mr. Howe, referred to h\ Hi, Excel- 
 Sency in his letter of the 2d August? And, sir, can any 
 doubt he entertained ;hat the ndvisrs of bis Excel- 
 leney conducted the whole neirociations to ohtiir. from the 
 Colonial Secretary, that for which his Lorisbip entreats 
 in the following siipplicatory lan^u<i(.'c: '• I vimtore to 
 hope you will give me the advinfaee of an expression of 
 that opinion,'' neseechinj;, in short, the aid of the Crown 
 to interfere in his Lordship's pergonal qu;irrels — in what is 
 represented in the de-patch hi x personal cimiest with a po 
 pular leader, Tlie letter to Vr Dodd of the 24th Feby 
 setting out a string of theoretical and indefensihle posi- 
 tions, repudiated and denounced by every rnember of thel 
 opposition, limits their reply to s simple acceptance or re-i 
 j ction— ye» or no.' Was this intended to exclude all ex 
 planations on their parts? But. sir, afier the country has' 
 read the letter placed hy the Ex-Councillors into the hand-j 
 of Mr. Dodd on the 29th Feb and since rei-iined in his! 
 possession; after they have seen the note sen*, hy Mr 
 Howe, and read on the following mornins; to the hon. Sol 
 General — true he says that he did not communicate then 
 to his ExcelluncT, but the ijuestion is, was it not his duiyj 
 
 that we do not derive from our ofHci rs that aid in the m«« 
 na.'ement of our public affairs, in the Le;!islature which is 
 shsolutrly indispen: ihfe for the eimdnct of them in the 
 Colony ; — that as a neces«arv result of this, the Govern^ 
 irent does not and cannot perform what i», In my opinion^ 
 ni.eo/'ti fiiit duties vh: — Propom nnd submit to thr. Le* 
 yhlalure with the full weight of its authority, whatettr 
 minsmi's mny appear to be called Jfoi , for the goni oj the Prg^ 
 vinve, and the very cunsidi ration ot wliith would devert 
 men's minds from the agitation of abstract points of Go- 
 vernment such as we have s..vn raised here." In the pefc 
 formance of this duty oiir Government have uttrr'y farleii. 
 f n the two l.is', and in this Session they have n.)t brought 
 down a sini:le public measure to test the confidence they 
 Ire-illy ei'i ly. At tlie present moment the i|iiestinn of edu- 
 'e»t»on, schools, coIle'?s, academies — the Election Law— . 
 the stufe of our po. / - ofllces, are all afloat — no plan di« 
 gested— no principle /olved.and everything as before, con- 
 signed to the care of individual membi-rs, or of Cn.-nmit* 
 tees often constructed by clia ice and without due considera- 
 tion as to whom the public husines-'is consigned. They are 
 not a responsible Coii:ieil Sir, tht prrsmt Council hold 
 office to di'pense office that it nil ; and as for their pretenda 
 ed regard for the independence of this Hmise, to h shrewd 
 mind it means nothing but a c lutious regard for themselves. 
 
 If short handed, they had and have this remedy let them 
 
 go on and fill up from tlieir own side — it will onlv form a 
 party Government of a larger niiinber— for a Party Go* 
 vernment they unquestionably are. 
 
 I must confess, however, that I di(' re^d with absolute 
 a<itnnslimint, the authentic report oT the learned Attorney 
 General's speech at Hridr;i-iown, where he vaunted that 
 •he opposition last winter S. ssion, " bid bee" bsar.en ni 
 every 'Ccasion " I never did deny that the leaioeu Atty. 
 Oenerii bad a mijorityto «ust'iin him: that is to ksep 
 the disposal of public palr-nace in his hands; but on every 
 leading quusiion, for tji^vmple, (for I cauiiat review then 
 
 |^^^U|l^^^^^^uUg|^^ta|>^ 
 
 ■■yj^r-.. ,.^> _^_^ 
 
**^^'^^»aM*« ?.*s, 
 
 \' 
 
 
 
 I> Ooorg,, ih» Cl.rk ..f th« Crown .nd oih« « ,i„ ! „* f V /"."" '■"•"■" "' "'"' "^o '- •"«» ^ur lli« p,r. 
 
 •*.r, di,i,i„„. upon .1,. !,,„,. „?,tc;77i J' 'V'^ «""•= »^ «;ne„r»..ey , ,o .i.Uh. Altorncy G.n,r.l t 
 
 r.cht h.nd ,t l.«t K'.il.n. re.oh.bl* di.t.not of lh« AHor- 
 ne, Oeuernl .n cm. h» >. o,c-,'..,dod with pul.li. bu.fnt.. 
 
 TJITT," '''"^'"r'r'""' '■""'""• Wh..w"udZ' 
 aidin l>.rli,m.mf. .f the Miniury h.d .d»i.»d Her mV. 
 
 ... ' ' "f" « ■'•■">oi in* L.1V1I I, It ha aiif 
 
 U MO '.ht " rhe'h"*V ""7 '••,•" '''"-'* •"•.til" .„,,| 
 •rrMr,. and th.i the f,of€rm»nt '.nd, now indebted U 
 I"?!.'*:"?;"" .'^''' '"?•'"" «'nic"" Which .h.J h.»r ..' 
 
 mean, to llq..id«ee. .nd «vl ich f .. I sV „ . '' r "," "''«*'" »'"li«m.mt. if t 
 
 had the {,ov>rn,r.«..l .."r-uid tl.u „oli:y „f ,|„. vvhit Ad 
 
 " -J'" I-«nd'« Lnd. or JohniiT 'Jroit'i 
 ho..,.. r,usht.r.) Ad.nittin^ fi,„e., ,.p,city, .nd 
 evry otbor re,,u>..t.-the distance of Sydney. 300 mile. 
 T"... tt.e c.,„ftl-ren.iered the «.,,,oint,n;nt of Mr. Doh" 
 
 Lord John U»<«llwa,d'j:.,:d^^'';,;f, :, '';;:;-^!«''''''y '!",'^f-"«"''«i -<1 re,l.,ned' ,b« G,?ve? „r „ • b. o 
 
 Ih. .ettlement of ,h.. Civil Li„, and con ^Z, I'ir f i'.' r'".'" """' T •^'" '""''' "' ^'' ^"""'•" ' ' «-•••-. -"• th.t 
 
 I'ut he ai.d hi. fri«..,U I ... :_ 5""-.'l "«'«''■. "' " ' .>dmir.. the m«gn«nimity of m> Hon. a,.d Itirned friend. 
 
 from l-um.„l,ur», (iut-en-,, H.nl,, and Kin;?', County. 
 "vl.,, ,.i,.p„rt the 0..v.r..ment with ...eh .te.dy rie.otion 
 ..r.or their respective ,nd sui.erior ola.m, to tli.ofHce h.r. 
 I...en trPHt.d wi,h .uc. open di,re«,rd Next eom.Ml! 
 .,.p...n.au.nt of .Mar.h,.! In the Co.ift of V,ee Ad'i.aUy!! 
 1.1 Ofhce of .r..,t,.,ul emolnmont.and which in the ^a^aof 
 w-r will y,. ,1 ,,, the i.ic.imhn.t a fortune. A good Con- 
 
 >l.,.. u 1 . . .^ ■ • •'" '-I-", una in consroiit 
 
 upon tV.' C n"":''' "•"'"'•'' ""^'' "■-«■•":<>'.. A«,.i„. 
 Z .„ ? ''" '•'."" T'«^»''"'. "'e lluuso will reo.^l.ei; 
 
 1.1 7: :""•'""„'.""" "" "—-'ta^suincd x::z: 
 
 the Government «««.., MiMained a mor, ifyin^ .l..fert Tb" 
 leader of the G,.vernmi..)t. it wa» u,«'| L„,,«.7, • , ' 
 
 hr„,!„J,- I ; "'**"•«'"-• «"d do nothing r,.,oln(io., 
 
 brouRnt II, by -he h.m and learned Me.nb.-r for Hanu 
 b.d thtn the honor of Huhmi.,io«. in b.h.lf of th ' , posi 
 
 s,.rv«t,v.. .Mr n,v..horne. i, ,/ co«r« nominated to fill il. 
 APHIM. .Air. Ch.irman. 1 iiegit to beundeistood I m:*k« no 
 . flectmns upon iIil- hold.- and .ay nothinj, agalmt bit 
 
 pchi;;;;i^:j:,,it:r7':,„;;:r:;;n:r::;:r^ ^e ^re trying .princiii^e, -t„ b,.i,;nc;thi. ,,, 
 
 whT. '"\<^*- "'•'P-'ke, p..r!,.nsoonte,np(uouslv o 
 
 What he was tbon iili>ii«<..l •,. «„ii >- "piuousij , oii 
 
 du.lv recor.U M f I """ '"/•"•"»' "> search int, 
 au.ty records. Before the aei.ite had ended.. ho Attorn.v 
 
 n.n>..i I J ,- ""' "«■ "enao eniied.lho Att( 
 
 General had e«tr..eted the ewence of our re ,-lufion' and 
 
 fiovfrnirent, lo gi./ » » . min« fairne-,5 to thVlr Wti 
 •hey appoint a l.a^ H-p„rter-an Office h.foreun'.nown-I 
 he toi.stitut.onal ri, l,t, to say nothine of the propriety of 
 •hi, nppomtmcnf. ha, ,,een openly r„uiled upon the floor, 
 "ftu. ...sernbly. Mr. Jame,, a Liberal, wa, nominated 
 'o .t i .( entailed labour a..d re,pon,ibility_graciou. 
 boon t -.but where wa. the p,,y? '^A m»j„rity%f this 
 
 cod by the member for •n;„t."rnd:;hrr,r;iro"rSK7 '-■'"; ^''% ^^ '"" P^X ? A mL oJiry^JZ 
 our re,olutinns in a ns* shape aBrecdVo 1^!', n •'^'! r "'^.- "'''' ""'"• "^•''''"PP"'-«"»<>fth» Covernment hive 
 
 of . Commi^ion to make the^earc "si, ll' 7/,^p ^^rTJ,; ""'^ 'T' "ti "?""" ''"" '" "^ -P-.e oT'p" inli"; 
 •hort was forced to adopt .,r policy. and^oconXr'tTh .?'^'''*' '"A »'•« ""^^n-n^nt have been de.e.t.d 
 
 je..„ches,uggested. and which. « now knoTn "„" i'! L '"''V "„"\'"'"':f'-''''"^ " •»'"y "iJ. th» Ad. 
 
 Hou,e. h*ve pr„ducc.d a body .>i evidence wMch w! I hi, '/,Hi, Kxcdiency had not respected the indepen- 
 
 '" "•■"""-"• - ■■ ^ """=*' "^ "";• " ^»:''| '*"«'? "f 'he Assembly, by eeekinif it, sanction before th". 
 
 an in.nor.nn. k • ' ""'"""ce, wr-icn wi have 
 
 obv ou, fie" the' I* ""T "' l'"^'''""' ^ ""^ «"" '"esr 
 .ft-. M . '"'""ed Attorney G neral, two months 
 
 of hi. r - '^ '3iKin/ of the AdminHtrative strength 
 
 ;iu.Hoe to aii^Li^- :-e::ili;;i„-:HiTr:;^;dL^':^ 
 tot ;i?y t'heTrrr"' 'h''""'?* ' ''"^*"'' 'h^'-'y- 
 
 a arty ends I do not deny that <he Opposition leel » 
 opeakership, there is not a single public Office of value in 
 te Offl'T ';''^ -'y " '^'''"''' ' ""'^ "'^"r the Speakership 
 mainut! ir"' '''•-' "'''''^'^ ""^ '' '" *''" known that ?•' 
 Tffort hr.h """/""P-'of the Government-fo. ever 
 .hS'?gr i„":ar'^''L*'; Administration to de^rad/iV. 
 -sserlionsi^I r'll ^^ ""' "">«" to rest my c«,e upor 
 kX .T7 ?" ^7 ''• ''*'""»■ ""d fi^t lo the Office ot 
 sSLv -n""""'- . ^'•^ """• ""d '^'""-d Member fo 
 falents^'o h""'. '^"""^""''"'^ -"" ' ' "-"'" deny h 
 ntTZet:r%''V ''" "^•' "'■" '"■" ''ffieeo^,„h, 
 
 !K;i:^rofr^=rc:zr-r;i:r^o;^;^* 
 
 novel appointment was .nade. The Con,ervati»o «U subl 
 smnco_,h. Liberal a, hadow; but , hat i. equal 'ju.tT.;. 
 My hon. and learned friend from Halifax ha, described the 
 patronage dispen. od in this County last year-four M«gi,. 
 •rates, all .rom the Conservative .ide. As regard, th. 
 County ofPietot..r.hich I have the honour to r^prAenV 
 »nere n..ye been two Magi.trates, one Coroner. ...d oni 
 Commissioner of .Schools, all belonging to the Party wha 
 oppowfl me at the last Eleotion ; agaiosi the other. I 
 
 t7^Tfr!''-J'"'^'"' ^""'"." '=" ''""•'" ♦" ^' obnoxiou. 
 Cny!. t~uT""^ f"' ^' '^"•' e»idenca before the 
 Committee which they believed to be untrue. But I have 
 yet to disclose a more extraordinary sample cf this pledge, 
 •of doioR justice to all Parties.' Under the Old Sy.Um 
 Ithe Government never attem^-ted to interfere witb the 
 to;i!l"M""u''^ "-r.^ Commi,.ioner._they wereentru.tea 
 Smith, and I, together with my Hon. Colle.gue, ut down 
 
 ".,rrrf ?"'"'7r ' ""—"d-f"' " I wa. Concerned" 
 
 r as... t that I acted from an hone.t and conwientiou. de' 
 
 sire to give nry opponents, as well n. my frif nds, a fair ,h«re 
 
 of loca, patronage. Pictou never will have peaee till 
 
 P"''"':." "dopted. We did recommend several men 
 
 T 1^' »^ ^r'i, '' ""'^ "fr »"» °' "" "PPointment. 
 .nly.my Hon C«l!c-ague, and I. had a ditt«renoe. Mr. 
 Smith, and I sent in our list, nevev suspecting that our 
 lecmon would b, touched by « Government acting upon 
 <uoh generous principle.. Mark the result i_our lUt wm 
 
 set as 
 
 Ks ow 
 
 re««rd 
 
 both i 
 
 whodi 
 
 the lisi 
 
 ft".! «c 
 
 tence, 
 
 Coverec 
 
 Ooverr 
 
 SelfishI 
 
 the sp! 
 
 Nov S 
 
 Govern 
 
 do inju 
 
 Falklan 
 
 ■pond ti 
 
 13 ut, 
 
 u,e a vii 
 
 the aclit 
 
 Irar/ H 
 
 charge , 
 
 lia.e adi 
 
 compete 
 
 formanc. 
 
 stitution 
 
 uf the Ai 
 
 views of I 
 
 nada rei 
 
 Session, i 
 
 have mor 
 
 Adininist 
 
 the Iinper 
 
 tc nsistent 
 
 The Il( 
 
 last s.'ssioi 
 
 gislature, 
 
 sent. So 
 
 'niagniiis. 
 
 bound to 
 
 inendjtion 
 
 was to lio I 
 
 the local p 
 
 Rupert di> 
 
 remedy ; | 
 
 ed .'lid seat 
 
 hnve a reif 
 
 siiiutinnal ( 
 
 of. How I 
 
 C> agiinst t 
 
 niits to the 
 
 favourably . 
 
 •luestion, tl 
 
 Now, if the; 
 
 they clearly 
 
 did not, (hei 
 
 •" the new g 
 
 nations in an 
 
 I'OriNbip's c 
 
 bill has been 
 
 fi jns, " we i 
 
 bon. Attorn, 
 tohl that a si 
 • lie » -.ion of 
 Colonial oflit 
 and Assuinhl 
 Loid Slanloy 
 ties.the Jteeis 
 u, becausH it 
 is to control o 
 of the old syat 
 ister--the l>ac 
 then [ confess 
 'fine, and of 
 
 X 
 
twlng (urrtndtrr-'. 
 ■. iiuttad of b«in( 
 III* pul 'iwrT'o*,' 
 •iun on our Jour« 
 r, intl fur ili« par- 
 It it to irivc idvica 
 lurncy Gvnoral in 
 ) l>«, if not ai iha 
 •no* of ih* At(or> 
 li pul.lia butintw, 
 ■ What would b« 
 adviivd Her Ma. 
 
 appoint • Soli. 
 >r Juiinujr ijruat'a 
 '« capacity, and 
 iydney, 300 milta 
 ent of .Mr. D.iHd 
 Jiivernor to ' b«e 
 
 cor.feis, sir, that 
 id Ittrned friend* 
 
 Kinpf'a County, 
 •tendy devotion, 
 to tl-'.aofiice hara 
 
 Next come* tl>« 
 
 'i»e Admiralty— 
 
 iuh in the 3a<« of 
 
 A goi'd Con- 
 
 ninalvd to fill it. 
 
 1 stood I ni:>ti* no 
 tiling ai^aimt hit 
 biiLinoe thl« ap. 
 
 devised hy tlit 
 to thflr acts . 
 fore un'^inown— 
 llifc propripty of 
 upon the floors 
 was nominated 
 bility — gracioui 
 najority of this 
 overnment, K.»ve 
 ense of printinf; 
 h<en dei'eated 
 •aid, the Ad« 
 d the indepen- 
 tion before thia 
 vativogeti sub< 
 •qual juslioe. 
 IS described the 
 r— four Mi\g't». 
 ^s regards the 
 ir to represent, 
 roner, and one 
 the Party who 
 the others I 
 > be ohnosious 
 eneo before the 
 9. But I have 
 cf this pledge, 
 t Old SysUm, 
 -fere witb the 
 were entrii«te<l 
 >fthem. Mr. 
 gu'i sat down 
 raf connerned, 
 iscieniiout de> 
 ds, a fair share 
 ave peaee till 
 id several men 
 appointments 
 -Krenoe. M r. 
 ting that our 
 t acting upon 
 —our lUt was 
 
 'if security thov oiifur il,., , j , "■'■■> — 
 
 ■niceu. '.(w.„.,y;i;e;-V:;;;,7 "-'•;;•• 'ohono.,. , 
 '">cr.lci and chilli,,. cxeluM.,,, ,., ^•"•'■«""" them 
 
 ■■"onet. I ,n«y he tol.l i.,. , i ' *'' ' '"" '"■''* with a 
 ""-'•-•^s a les, edocled Tnd iJ ! yV ''""■ "'"^ """ 
 
 nations i„ an Hour. The le..;Vp„r,o td S. l" ^'''r -""— "<•'- uZ7t^ .,i""^": '"-''• ■'"^-^. " " 
 
 swa^, to 
 
"S!^ 
 
 
 Id 
 
 ."•ii 
 
 •.art off lh« o!d ■Moclafions which fetter and bind Inem, to 
 le,»e the unstable structure their a5».,ci«te» ar« endeavor- 
 « to 8us,.in ere it falls with one fell cra,h-and to join 
 ih't band who»e names will ytt he handed down t. future 
 lenerations and whose ^mories will l.ye ,o be blesied. 
 because they have struggled at every sacrifice for the pr.n^ 
 ciules which • are strong with the strength, and immortal 
 with the immortality of truth.' These pnnc.ples secure 
 
 to us the Soe^timabl* rights of the Constitution— they 
 make public honors priies open to all— they eicite genius 
 and industry to their highest effort- they put an end to the 
 trade of the slanderer— they confer on the people the bless- 
 ings of a just 80(1 (rood Government ; and, 1 believe, will 
 spcure to us, for ages to come, the ennobling iDheritance of 
 • British name. 
 
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.they 
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