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" IV/icn thin romrth to pxss, (In. it trill comojthrn ahall they Know thai 
 a prophtU ludli becii amoiu " thi'r/i."-~Lzck. Xi: .*.>. 
 
 To some extent, nt Ie;«st, the wonls of my motto have I>epn verified 
 in th« ciseof liitn, \vli<(se iiairie ^r.icfH my title |iiiL.'e I' i* the ii.iine 
 of (ie'Tue Ik. Yoiuig — ;i name thfji wh« once ;i hnn,s<lio'<l vvonl in many 
 p irts of the Lower Proviiioen ; juiii, to-day, after the iapae of Xi years, 
 the very mention of it ijunes m my an oM I'ictaii '.varrio- to cock his 
 ears— " JVojaii and Tyiiaii,'" with jriateful anhmr, (;<»iispiriiig ti> do it 
 ho'iour. Tt\ti desis!ti of tlie foliowiiiy; pa es is to do jii<«'ije t(» his mem- 
 ory. Hilt previous to makiiii; my uiipretendinij .it enipt "Ins merits 
 to ilificlose," I must first refer to Nov i Scotia's inteUecual liiat<>ry. 
 
 During the last ioO years. Nova Scotia lias |irodiiced more than its 
 quota of "eminent men". And that Plutarch that shall yet appear and 
 writi their history will li'vl that he has his hands full. By the time he 
 shall have rehearsed ilieir nam"s, thoroughly mastered their literary, 
 t>rensic, and scijidistic attainmeiitsi, and recorded their achievements 
 as authors, ontors, and warriors, he will have the satisfaction of having' 
 done so iiHthinsr til it Micanly was never fib to do. In addition t'> the 
 McOiilloch's, Hlanc'iar l"s, Diwson'sand McDonah^'s of Pictou, he will 
 nn'et 8u h names as Toui^e, Simpson, Salter, Br)werfl, Charles U. Fair- 
 lianks, T. C. Halihuitcni, S. (j. W. Archibald, Bermish Mardocli. 
 Lawrence, O'Coiiner, iJoyle, two or three Uniacks, as many Wilkenses, 
 J. W. Johnston, folia Y 'un.; an 1 his three sons, Joseph Howe, Sir 
 John Li'^^les, and Sir Frfuwiok Williams, not to mention any more. 
 Here is a constellation of na-nes that would shed lustre on the annals 
 of any nation — that king loins would he proud of. Some of them w.'re 
 literally " sons of thuuder" — quite competent to wield any "Here 
 democracy", or 
 
 "Shake the Senate with a Tully's force." 
 
 Others, such as Ingles an 1 Williams, were "Thunder bolts of war." 
 The one, amidst the horrors of Luckiiow. and the other, at the seige of 
 Kara, performed feats of valour that secured for them the tlian\s of a 
 more il'ustrio is sen ice than Julius Cyeiar ever saw. 
 
 The very name of Youu'.^ is po^se^sed of its attra-tions. VVho 
 woul I not pr.;fer the bl )oiu of youth to th'i decrepitude ot age ? That 
 savdi^e bird tht eagle would be mire detested than it is wer.) ir, not tiiat 
 item p-rrio lie uly renew its youth. The witch of Kiidor herself may 
 once h ive had her admirers. If so, it must have been in the days of 
 her "swiet sixteen", when ag^?, auA repeiteil disipp )intments had not 
 soured her temper, and driven the last remnant of the " tender prssion" 
 Trom her I)rea8t. Even of the saints in heaven, it has been said that 
 they shall " fliurish in im^irtil youth." So let it ever he in Nova 
 Scotia, with the honoured name of " Youn^". So le'. it specially be 
 with him whose name and de.served fame it is the design of this sketch 
 to perpetuate. 
 
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 Almost livery oiio knows tliit iioov^ts 1{. You'm was the sou of tiie 
 oc'lehialt'd Joliii Young. Me wu.s itoiit in •Inly 1S02, nixl vM'iiltl tlinh lu: 
 in iii-i I2ih your witcii liis tulliL'i 1,.ii<|^m1 in liaiit.ix. in Ibl4. Mc W.I.S 
 «<iiiiu years tin; junior ot liiH »;lik-»L Uioilitr, Uie pitsiiit Sir William 
 Vomig, lo wliofti! alMlsties a 1(1 t^pkinlitl iloqiiciiuu Nuva Scotia lia.s, l.r 
 li.il: a ueiitu>,y \n:v.n xd imiuh n (ti;l>Ui). 
 
 I ho MiliJKi't of tltiH ttki': I w'oliiil no t!oiil>t p;l^» tlie most of liis 
 Ijoylioixl ill il tlifax. liut tiie tacD tliat A>:iii:ola wm.s hi.s talitti, ami 
 titat lii;» iiiotiior was a worn 111 ot laru ui;cum|)li.slim(nil» is a sullicitMit 
 i;uaruiiteu tli it lii.^ eilmMtioii wmuIiI ui.t l»t; iicgkcic-il. His coilfiro tiaiii- 
 iii:} l»o recmveil at tlio l*io'D'>ii A • nUMiiy. vliciiaul MtHJvillouli, Joliu 
 MuLt;ati, Jotliaiii lilaiii-liard, Hiimii lloh;*, Atimiw MuVjIillivuiy, ttc, wem 
 iii.s clusrt iiiatis. Kvcu then, lie gavu imlicui I'li.s «)f llist-iyle .hilitiis. 
 lie jiaiticiilarly ••xitlifd in cIochiliic*!. l'"V llii.-^ I.ilter assertion my 
 aiitliDi'ity i» the iaiu Kev. An;u.s Mdiillivray. I)i'. .Mu('iilloi:li waa ^i 
 ::rfat favourit*; with lii»'^stuil»'nts. To tliis luU; (it-oigc IJ. Young ia i^aid 
 t4» h.iM; W.'oii un cXe:c[)tioii. 'riitrie is a tiailitioii that tiie li'oLoi was no 
 favouiiiH Willi liiiii. If so. Mr. Yoim:^ wouhl have his own i»'a4oii8 tor 
 his ilislike. One thing i> eei lain. In llio^e Way.-* llieie v\,ih lillle love 
 li'Ht Itftweeii tlie YouiigV and ll.i- M* {,'iilli»i;irs. 
 
 I'^>r .sumi! tinn-, .Mr. Young \\a» a liar'l wm kiT on his fatioi'.s faioi 
 of Willow I'aiU, and 1 liave ii on good .lUlhoriiy tliat he was a tir.-l lute 
 |>lougliniaii. .\tthe age of .diont "Jii litf eo-ii neii.e I III*; piildi -atM}!! of 
 the Nova Suotian ne\» spapt r. ()l ll l^• pi mi diial, m> iMi.i.n:. in • or pio- 
 viacial history, lie vvii.i sole editor jo d propi ielor. in l,S28 lie sold out 
 t> Mr.' Howe. lie then, at the a^e of J,$, ooanii •iie^.-d tiie study of law, 
 ut the instaiiee of his hrotln-r Wiiliam. In l>s;]t, lie \ras admitied to 
 the har. Every oiio kimws that, his larmM-, as a Ixwyer, was a siiCv:ess 
 lul one. lu tome of the external graces of foieiisie e oqueuee In- m y 
 have been excelled by his own brother, as well as by tlie .lohnston y, 
 the (day's, and the Uuiaeke's of tlie day. iJiiC in legai aeami-n. an . 
 lirofound research into tlie most diflieiiii iiep.ii tnieii'.-» of his piofe.>>8i(in. 
 (leorj^e ii. Young was quite i-ompe ent to h..|(| ins own wi:h the hest <d' 
 ineiii. In lab >is ..nd iiuweriiied appheaMon In- oiiisti ipjini tlieiii ;dl. 
 IIn would have nothing to do witli defending a ih ui ifui ease li. tl.iso 
 iustaiiees he would advise parties to settle. But vi lien llie pat ty had 
 right and truth on his side, he would be the veiy man to see that his 
 client's eause would be conduer.td to a >ui:ces»ful i.-isue. Hard woik 
 with late or early hours h ul no tenor fr r (Jorge K. Youuij. While 
 his opponents lay s umbering on the beil of lazy security, he would be 
 laiisacking legal anth rities and preci-deiits. Messengers would 1 e dis- 
 patched to distant (ilaots for evi leuce beuing on th*} u »e And, on 
 the ensuing day, he would make his appearance in court with tlie in- 
 liications of victory depic ed in his very eoun eiiance. 
 
 Mr. Young, for a perio<l of 1) years devoted all Ids energies to the 
 duties of his profession. During tliis tji e he was distinguished f t his 
 ittudious habits, and for more tb .n ordmaiy talent. The iVora JSr.utian 
 was Conducted by Mr. Howe, but its eoluiiiiia were fnquently enrichi'd 
 by contributions from Mr. Young's pen. These we e possessed of muih 
 merit. For the art of couipoaitiou he had a ui^tuial facility. He 
 
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 he occjiH (iruilly !-')i\ (• ntlciuiice to Iiih tlnlllyllt^ in pinsagesof treiiieiuloits 
 power !iri<l la e Itcaiit^'. 
 
 Alxdifc tin; yc.ir IS.'JS Mr. Y'Hiiin visited Knglaiul ; .'iml while tlierc, 
 the. s.itii' anle'it tliiist Ujc knowlrd^i; ciijUiKttiriZfd his every inove- 
 ineiit. Tite priricip;!! litctary ui <l 8<:i<iit!ti(; instituti'Mns in Biittin 
 were visitf<l liy iiim. Tin- i<'>ult of t Ih-sh o'l.-ervations wa." sjieedily 
 conveyed t(j Nuva .S-otiins tlii-.inu:h the e diiniiis of th<; N»'ws));ipei8 of 
 tlie (lay, a.ti.| that in " rliiiii.'htH Hiat, lireatlie<l and wonis tint Surned." 
 Mr. Kowe fienneiitly rtMnindcd Ins patrons <»f then- indi'litf«,n!!is t'» 
 w hat lie tennel tlif " in Insui d |t!n i.f (icorge I!. VonnL'." In leviews, 
 tnag zines, etc.. I have re.id di .-oi iptions of <leliates ui ihelouxeof 
 Lordsai'l the Honse of Clmnnions, win n I.yndhnist, Hiouj:h;iin OlVtnnel 
 ami Stiinley \v^in^. the actor"" <ni rln- stage. Hnt tlii.s I <lii say: I lievei 
 !»'i<l anything so lifelilti! and -^ tti-factory aa thos-*' shetclu-s given by 
 Mr. Voiing. 'I'hu readt r wdl fin<l th< in at pages 2'2r»-'230 of his work 
 O'l Colonial LiteiMiuri-. 
 
 It was ill tin- year ISjIi that Mr. Young's public life may lie snid 
 to ]> ive p'opii ly o'-ntintMiot'd. In Decetnherof that year there was a 
 gt-n-ril rier.lion. Then, a often sinee, the lihetals of P'ctou were at 
 thi-ir w'ts end. A nntuj.f.s^ion of defeats was quenching every anpira- 
 fltion for snctn-ss. 'i'iiey were literHlly " pheep without a shepherd." 
 'i'hero were J. 1). 1{. Kra-t iV, \.l*. \io^»\ Primrnwe's, Patterson's and Mc 
 < J rf-^ora without ni\inh)r. .And, in the estimation of petty cliques at 
 Pict'Ui and New (il isgo.v, tlje.se were all prodigies —any one of them 
 were just the man to gain .in election, and drive despised Tories *o their 
 n itive woudrt. At one tinn' an Abraham Patterson is set \\\t to show 
 how Holds are won, So. one day in November, ISRO. he mounts the 
 fuistings ; but the next (biy he "vaur[uisel <|uits the field." In IS4(>, a 
 •lames Ma>(lie.;or com .s to tin; rescue. Surely hard hearted Kirkr^en 
 will relent now, wln-ri tliev si-i; the 8<mi of the apostle <'f Pictou. Tin* 
 U'lcircum'M.sed of N -w f/iri,', (riirloch, and Mount Phom will now 
 *■ hi<!e their 'Icniini-iheil hcails." Vain hope. The want of numbers i«« 
 something tliat neith-r jtarenKil sanctity nor filial piety can s-upply. 
 .McC Mils auil McLeans nu.;ht cha^e tha children of the Kirk like fiiiht- 
 ened sheep a'ou'.f the strciits. Ihit, at Merigomish, this same ecclesi 
 astical pioueny wnuhl return their candi«lates at the head of the 
 poll. 
 
 Sm-h w.is the state of parties in Pictou at the general election of 
 lSt3 Ir w IS t't couk; off in lieoeuibi'r. Hut what to .lo was more than 
 man ould drtvisj. So aftsr repeite I cunstuUtions, it was agreed to in- 
 vite Mr Young tocr>ute?*t the county in thi-liheral interest. Incompliance 
 With sai I invitation he came through to PiciMU at once. On horsel»a<'k, 
 and alone, he speedily visited diir-rent parts of the County. He sur- 
 veyed the strongholds of hi-" multitudinous opponc^nts. lie " f hook his 
 t'auutlet at their tower.--.' And though ho knew he had a mi^ihly 
 mtjority to contend with, it i.^^ to 1)(> doubted if the idea of being de- 
 feat (I (!ver entered his head, lie was then in the prime of life — the 
 \'ery pursonilioation of robust healtli. And to me, at least, it was one 
 

 of tilt! grent«"st creats .>f my lifo to *vu^ch his every j^eature. In referehce 
 to liini, ut tliis periuil, I uuulil apply iliu wih-iIh : 
 
 **I Imve seen the tiiiinli flock t> sun him." 
 " AihI tlie hliuii to hear him speak." 
 
 I'e< pit- then, for the first tiiir^ felt tlmt they hail oneoftfiemsefiVH to 
 ooMiluct til 111 to ail us.sureil viclnry. For tlir« e loii;» wt:. ks the liuttlu 
 laued Mitl Mr. Yoiiiig w;is ittmiuil with a majority of .*IS. Mr. Bliiuk- 
 ailai his I ppoiii lit [K'titK^ned liiu li gislatuiu uijaiiist iii» return. IjU') 
 .'if er the fullest iiivestigutioii ijy u qoiuinitti e of that tiibiiiial, Mr. 
 YoUii/:,' lithi Iii8 8e>t. 
 
 Mr. Young's iir8t "election in I'iot u was watrhed with much in- 
 tereut in o' her pan 8 of tlit; pi ox iiice.aiHl it is i>nt iliie to hii>' t<> ^ti.'^ert, uh 
 I lierehy do. that liis 8Uice>8 on tliat uco.^ion, was alto;;ether owing to 
 liis own superior gineialship. I al.so Btfirm tiiat the m;in tlvat eou'«l 
 :i<4pii: hiitJ!«oIf with ii.oie aliility, on tliat OL-ea»iioii. iliil not exist in 
 Niiv.i Scotia, eft^i if Iht-y ueie tiiu djiya of Homt, Doylf, and .J. H. 
 Uiiiacke. 
 
 From 184.'} to 1847, Mr. Young wms a man <f .«onie maik in our pvo- 
 \ iiicial par; iiinieiit. If not one of tht^ most flueii' , !)«• Mas* one of the 
 moat pjf'ertirf. ^lehnters lu it. He haW, hmg .igo, mnstHKl tliewiio'e 
 fvi»-iiee I f coiiaiitutioiijil goveiiiimnr. On quei-i ons n ijuiiing a know- 
 ledge of stitislics and liir.mon none woind. wi: h impmiir y, enter the 
 li^t.'^Mitli him. Even his hit teiest oppoiiiiits w oil d udnit that the 
 lights o*" his own coiLstitueiita were «ell Steii lo» a fact that can yet be 
 jitttsted hy hiindn <ls of li\ ing witnesf-e.s. 
 
 At th« g< nenil eUctioii of 1847, Mr. Young, was triumphantly 
 rHtuined for Pic'on I y «u oveiwh*- inning majority, and in January 
 IS48 lie cmiimitted the first mistake of his liie. He rame a momlier of 
 a Ik stile cabinet. From 1^4.") to 1850, he was the tudy public man in 
 Nova Scotia that interested himself in the construetion of R.iihvays. 
 In advocating this nuans of niooern improvement he laboured indefati- 
 gably and gratuitously. \\y his writing.^* thii ugh the piesi*. he did much 
 to awaken th« public mii <1. He also add ie.»«seii public meeting?, in 
 Queliec and off er plaeeii. More than once, and at his own private ex- 
 jK"nae. he crossed the .Atlantic to c nisult capitalists, and arouse Colonial 
 Secretaries in Downing Street, to a henst; of their duty to the colonies. 
 On these occasions, hia reports whetlier )iiinfed or oral, did not consist 
 of inflited rehearsals of the exploits of fathers or grandfathers. They 
 weie re[»lete with st-itistics, and samples of »;oirect reasoning In e 
 pursuit of his object ne may have been too .<iungiiuie But, sk far as has 
 ever been known to n e, noae ever questioiie<l the purity of his motives. 
 Ill this manner he labi ured for some jears. But all this time and un- 
 der his very feet, th.eie lay a dea<lh serpent coiled "in the grass." That 
 serpent was Mr. Howe. Up to ISTiO the latter di.l next to nothing in 
 the cause of Railways. But in September of that year, by an act of the 
 blackest treachery, he utterly >-upn'anted Mr. \t ung in his well meant 
 exertions to ."secure tlie bt nefits of Railway cfimmunication. From the 
 shock received Mr. Young never recovfrred, ami it is no wonder if the 
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 ir>ist»'k<* of liis life. H« «)ii<,'l)t to i»iiv»i re.Hiyned liis pluc« in HUch u cab- 
 iiiit His own latrcr jinl^'uu nt pr. nij)te(i him to «lo so. Hni iht* ud- 
 \ i*' of personal frii-mlR prcvaihul. Anioni; his ^npporters in Pictou, it 
 miwlit M'eli Ik- sai'i iliai "m <Iimh< rnkd tl-e iiour." At the ^oneiul 
 
 I U'ction I'f IKfil, Mr. Yoiinj,' received no ii<)niinHtion. At tht ditfuMon 
 <f one or two U'a(hr.s in l*iut<in too niUuli encovirii<,'ed Ity tiie siime nuni 
 l«. r in New (Jlusgow. lie w«.s given to nnder.stai.d that his services were 
 
 II ' lunger required. The man that had ^oahly lepreserted their (bounty 
 tor eight years, aiul led tliem fr<rn vit;lory to victory, was cooly laid 
 it ' !e. Three mdtoilies - iVter Hoys, .James Murdoch, and Amlrew 
 itolterteon — were HuliHtitut< d in liis stea<l. Hut declaration day found 
 t very one of thetrio wlure he ought to he- at the foot of the poll. 'I'o 
 llti.s day there are I'ot u few wlio think ami bpeuk with indignation of 
 the.»e doings. 
 
 During the nionthn of .August, September and October, 1852, Mr, 
 V <»uii|^ ;id(lresHed a series of im])assioiied kttei» to the people of Nova 
 •Si.-otia. The defection ..t I'ieton triends is tieated with much mihlncHs. 
 l>'it not so Mr. Howe and his myrmidons. TKese letters were published 
 
 III weekly, and contain s;MiifiiiH of inveclive, as .»>plendid as is to bo 
 found in the English langugjie. 'I'he l.ist of them vviis dated !>t Ant^'Jist, 
 and is exclusively taken up with ;i sketch of the career of tiie great 
 <;• nservative chief, J. W. .iohiisttn. As h piece of composition it was 
 t;iu!tless. not containing a^eutente tint could give umhiage either to 
 Mr. Johnsti n or the most .'<eiisiiivc of bis admirers. Any newspaper 
 editor that Mould, to dny, republish said letter, would confer a favour 
 on his re;id(i.«. It can !•. found in th<' liriiixh Awnidin JovrindiA the 
 d;iy. A new generation lut.i since, (-prunt' up, who knew little >i Mr. 
 Johnston but the n;ime. This Ict'er, in glowing periods, would shew 
 them w b t nuinner of man lie wa.s In the senate and at the bar. 
 
 Mr. Y(>uug complete<l a laboiious, honorahle and consistent career, 
 111 July, 18r»:{. ;tt the age of 51 He left a widowed mother, two Hons, 
 nf'd two lirotbers to lamejit the early «leatb, but to rejoice in the 
 (!'. served f-iine of one who was not the le.ist dislinyuisbed of a distin- 
 {.Tjt.shed fiMuiry. Motlur and .-^ons have disappeared in their 
 turn. The brothers stdl ^ur^ ive And inimerous friends to wh«an the 
 name of (Jeoige li. Yiuni? is sMil dear, will be pleased to know that he 
 lisniPelf still survives in the person of his i;randcbildren. 5)ne of these 
 !t, I oble y< uib, resides wnder ttic shelteiing protection of Ceorge R. 
 Y( ui g's eldest lirotler. And where is the Nova Scotian -no matter 
 what bis creed or c dour - that would refuse to pray that this youth 
 !n"»y long live 
 
 — " ICis country's war.s to wage" 
 "And rise the Hector of the future age." 
 
 Should this 3'outh ever see these lines, let him remember that 
 (jeorge H.Young may be siiil to have laid down bis life for his country. 
 In order lb;it N<.vji 8co it mightenjoy the beneHis arising fmni a con- 
 .stitutionul g vcinincnt, and a } uru literature, that her mines and iniu- 
 trals might be rescued from the grasp of a griuding aioiiopoly, aud her 
 
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 HslM'ricH prnf«ct('4), aimI lit* r ><uiii« mikI <laii^liter8 vinit otiu another with 
 railuuy i-(k'c<I, hv 
 
 " Livtfd lalt •rioMH (inya hikI ^'mirud tldi^litn." 
 
 It has hwii saifl titat (y<tiiu'i-oii of L'(oliU'l \va> tli« Ulyscf« <f ilic 
 liigliltinWs. (ii(»ige It. Vdii lit oiiK* ii^.H|<4'('t»i. UUM the i.onl iir«iii^'- 
 haiii <ff Nova tSuutia. AiJ<l. o ;• oti tain ^xunt, the. i>'m iiilila) ct^ was 
 ii<»t a little stiilviiig Ka^h was «l!still.l:lli^ll• «i tor Iiin Io^o No hii)(>rt>'<iH 
 htiKly tiixl <lt\<>U'<l;u>tt t»» tin: i^JitriiiU ot iiiiewtiiiK-. All (lit-i toitr-. 
 tioiis, whether patliaiiMulai-v, fi.reu>*i<;, or liidiary. It n.l^W t<» punM'K- 
 the w«rlfaiv of riiaiiUiiKl. rin<iuii;lt iiu- tli<y ueie purt^ueil aii<l (liisK-p 
 rc't-oiite<l liy honleit of vile «l*',tc,i<;t<»i«. Aliti- th<'ir «|»-:ih liuir umrli 
 was ap[irociate<(, ait<l the voice of cciiMiie uas chjiiiL.«<i iiit<» t>i..t>i>f 
 prais*!. 
 
 As to pei'80iial appeai-aiice, in coininon with the re"t of tht; Yoiin;; 
 family, he was eiiiinciitly p-ep sxt'KHifti;;. Kyeti I irjje a'i<l of tin- colour 
 of li<unei's Minerva.* Fair ii lired to the lawt. (><tui|ilex on H<t i<l. utt ' 
 inilicittiii^ ab^tenioiis haiiits and ijie htst of liestltli. Aiioot .'> ket II 
 iiiclien in liei<r|it, niiiRcul;ir aii«l KtroUjj in liiiild. Tli»'ie wna evei a 
 sauieiiess in his every ge«ture -even in hit* veiy «lrv^f, u hicJi wa« always 
 of the costliest texture. lie ever h ini tJie au' of one that u.is (;<Mi.xeioi.> 
 of liJivioL; lariifil, uliat he w<»i<*. 
 
 (Mice, and only <»nce, diil I con verst wiili hint auiidst the r»j,';.'<il 
 hills of I'ictou. Two years aftei wj nis wliat vas my ;^^«ton^^ll^lenl lo 
 meet liiiii on the streets of (Ireeiiork, (Ilasvow, and KdiihiM jjli. SiiliK • 
 (jHently I faw liim twice at his own Jireside, and <int e in lnsolHce ni 
 Halifax. I nt^ver heard him inakeaHpuch either in parlian>ent "r cIm • 
 where. But I used to read iiis spie.dies, t<tgetht^r witli Ins ennirdtuti os 
 to the Nova Srotimi in IS.'JS, his letters to Lore! Stanley, and Ids x< orlv 
 on Cid<»nial Literature. Most of idl, I Wiiis an attentive ohservtr of lii-^ 
 every movement during his Pictou Cajjipaign of \si.\. I»i thes*/: < ar. y 
 days, with ;x mind eliastene<l an<l rtlincd t y e(lueati<u.\ and ascnil all on 
 fire witii patriotic ar<Jo«ir, (Jeorge It. Young, in the estii:~iati«»n <•( inany 
 was "iHie (d natures n<dtlennn." It is unne<;e8sary to say tliat tins wax 
 my opinion. Forty yeju's have eiaps<'<l mm' e tin n, <lnriMj» tiiat linn- I 
 have repeatedly se n and iieai<J such men as ('anillis;!!. (Juiluie, Mae.tuiy. 
 Lord .lolin Russel and ("halnors. dn tlieic hest in Ui<' jiuljiiis, ; iid f,. ni 
 the platforms and hustings nf Kdinhurgli. Hiit this opinion remans 
 unclian<red. 
 
 As to the Urn eK of (Jeorge K. Ycunt', tiny were, in iruny respects. 
 the Ciolden A.t;e of tids piuvinee. Tiny weii i|ie d;iys of .Ic Im \. uiig, 
 Dr. M(Ciill(K-h, ami Mr. Tiotter. .As scindai .s anil a-^ Minhors in a me 
 of the departnnjiits (d literatutc, thrse s<nis '»f .'\nak had lK^•qual^. 
 Rev. Donalil Allan Fraser was nnnittelied as a pnlpit oiator. In the 
 columns of the Colonhil J'otnof, Jnthant li:anclii»r<l niaidnlly upheld the 
 freedom, of the press, and lanl haie tiie ini<]uit;e8 ot oiHiial corruption. 
 
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 The "Blue ey(!d Minerva," 
 
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 Mr. Yoiin^ ami Itisi ituoocHMur <li<l the aaiiiH in khn Nomi Scjtitin. 
 I'hron^li tlin I'ictou <H>Ki'ir<*r, K»fV. Kuniietli .loliii McKenzi*-, in uluxsiu 
 Kiii.'li«!i, lu.lil up I'ictou A«-»>l«Miiit;.s lu wtM-kly eonttMiipt, aii<] provetl to 
 •\ <loiii>>iiHti'ati()ii tliut i-i'.s|ionHiliio ^oveninicnt nicuiit reHponxiltlu hum- 
 Unij. lifv. .loliii M«:R,i«\ l)t?sii|e8 preacliii)^ tlio gospel of "peace und 
 ;;m»«| will Kt nino," luiil anotlu-r ^'onpei lor tlie Anlilnir^'liers. Fmiii 
 l>'Ve to them, he would keep tlii-ui in a furor ut inilijiiution hy IiIh 
 • «»rkly "tracks on all that wa»s vnliitiuhh- in the career of ihe heist and 
 l.<»!ii-.t of their niiiiisttM.s. I'lie Me(>nlloi;h".s and Trotter's uii,{hf now 
 ^(•1 tlu-n take up their pen to inltk-t nurited cha!>tiMCnicnt on these dis- 
 l ijliers of their repose Hut thi.s would not, silence assailanth, nor 
 p^vcnt the hated O/M^nvr from niakin;^ ii.s wetkly appearance- its 
 OOTtiUMis full (*f the raciest alui^e of all the Antil-U'i^her race. 
 
 In the uii<I.'4t of this " heaven upon earth," and to relieve the nion 
 «>i>>ny, like a tiiunden-hip fruni a ele^ir sky. came the dihruption. \\ ith 
 tlic disruption came the P'lee ('hurc)i. V\ iih the Kiee (^hurcli came 
 mi-ssingeis of pea«.e from Seotlau«l — liurn.se's, McNauyhtnn's, Meln- 
 tyve's anil McMillan's — 1<» prove tha' the Kirk was Aniiehrist, that 
 Aotiltiirghers were no lietter. Hut, in order not to he uncharitahle, there 
 wu.H one way of Silvaiion h-tt. Of that way, however, their church 
 heid H monopoly. Of fhe awfid atnfT, in those days, preached from 
 piii]>iLs, this W.I8 t' o often tlo* suh.Htaiice. 
 
 Ill thii arcn I of ]>oIitics tliere was also much life and a'unmtions. 
 'i'hese wep- the days of tl>e olistr'tutive Sir Colin < 'am|>ln'II, and the 
 hiMiLjIitv I'Mkland. Up to ISi:?, H(»'i. J. W dohnstoo had ni»t taken a 
 X" y a.'tive p.irt in |ud die a (lairs. Hut in that year Inr entered the lists 
 a.s I ().niy leader, and liurled his deH >n(.-e at Mr. Howe. Piom 1814 ti» 
 l'''4'<,wih a iiifijorirv ofonly oneat hifl l)ick,he held the Howe's, Vouna's, 
 liuiiliii^ton's and Uniacke'n at buw. Since the world was first inhahi- 
 W<\. mver did Ie;.'i dative hall rin^ with more tenific Philippics. It was 
 tJiily t^e liittle of the yi 'U s 'I'ne actors in the ilieadfid scene were all 
 it' thf pf-ime of life. Day and nigiit lol>l>ies and galleries would l»o 
 liH-'d t.-> suffocation In these feats of intelhitu d gladiatorship the 
 nnJjjf.t of this sketcli wa.s never backward Others niii»ht excel him in 
 tli^lita of imagination, (n the thofomjh ui,ist«ry of his subject, .ind in 
 ih-- ahdity to uefuud his poditiou by sound argument lie was e.xcelled 
 by none.