IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (M7-3) A 1.0 LI us 8 125 2.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 J4 — ^ 6" — ► V ^ A c/l Hiotographic Sdences Corporation # I*. ^ (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"), whichever applies. Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, an many frames as required. The followi. Mr. Howe, Ho» Herbert Huntington, .^. J ames B. Uniacke, and Hon. Mr. Young, KMmt Chief Justice, were the leading minds 0ving direction and tone to,— and controlling tts public affairs, of Nova Uootia. The great soateet of 1847, had just transpired, in which tka Liberal party had been triamphantly sns- ti^o«l bjr the oountry at a genera) ele^iim.- u aHoose of fifty-one members, twenty-aine Oa««*.iKL^--i »«j i^-_V T ----- -~— •»»''' r"^ " w«i Miigned M nod ridiooled tat m «mfBinent, and twenty two in favov. On tiiK and nioluuu^ «« BMpowibto Ilamb^ * the 22nd day of Janoary, 1818, the new Rom met. and on th« 2- ?.?«*^^»t<' »o'» Sootia. With sneers ai2 " w«i Mtigaed ai and ridiculed fof a ^ At OT«ry turn, wntohlnR »nd waiting for nj ftdTaottge that miKht olTtir, with siQ inaidiout- BMN and an uotiriug determination peouliar to bimaelf, Mr. Johnston inch by inch, itep by ■tep, contested the field— never yielding any thing gracefully, neter retiring, except for breath, to rene/r the attack with redoubled flerceneos. The firut parliamentary conflict I was engdged in aroiio out of the attempt on the part of ibeoppoBition to defeat the enactment of • / epartmental Bill. By way of anticipation. Lord Falkland had recently appointed the pre- sent Crown Land CommiMioner to the office of Provincial Trcaiurf r, vacant by the diBmin^al of the previouB incumbent — and by and with the advice of Mr. Johnston, it was attempted to make it virtually, an office of Ufa tenure, notwithstanding Enrl RuMerbfamov.iideepatoh «fOotob«r 16th, 1839. UITBODUCTION OF THB DKPABTMKfTAI. BT8TMI. In order to initiate the new system it became necessary to abolish the office of Provincial Treasarer, define and separate the duties, and instead create a Financial Secretary's office for the examination and audit of accounts, and a Receiver General's office to receive and pay oat all public money. To accomplish this, occupied well nigh two years of persevering efifort upon the part of the Administration. In the House of Aeeembly, in the Legislative Council, no means were left untried to defeat the policy of the Government, and so get back to the old irresponsible eyetem under which, fogyism flouriehed, and the voice of the people M expressed through their representativea was but as the wai'ing of the nignt winds or the ripple of waves op some lonely sea beach. The Departmental Bill passed both Hou'iea in 1848, »nd was forthwith forwarded to the Colonial office for Her Majesty's assent. The summer of that vear was consumed in correspond- m and expianatiops which ended in the Colt .%\ Secretary eventually deciding, that if the Le- gislature should, by an address to the Crown, signify p. wish that the Act should receive the foundations of the snperefructare whloh 80 much prize at the present hoar. ITS ErrEOTB. Had the eftortsof Howe and Huntington, of Uniacke and Young, then failed— had Mr. Johnston Bucoeeded in crushing out the nas- cent principle of Executive responsibility It. the germ, of what consequence would it b« whether this party or that had a msjority in the new House about to be eleoltd T Let this never be forgotten. Men of riper yeare ^^- member it— they never can forget how ar- dently, how unwearingly. Low faithfully, their representatives then stood rp and battled for their rights, for their just inlluence in mould- ing the institutions of the country. In thence- forward making and unmaking administra- tions. It is well that their sons, the young men of the present time, should hear It re- peated—should lay it up in their hearts till ere long the pen of the historian records it in- delibly in our country's annals. SETTLEUKKT OF TUB CIVIL LOT. One of the great struggles which, for fifteen long years, agitated and tormented Nov* Scotia, was that which arose out of the origi- nal reservation of the Crown revenues, and their commutation, for the present Civil Liat From 1834 to 1849 this was a vexed question. Long, and wearisome, and angry, were th« discussions it produced, but the introduction of Responsible Government, and the sledge- hammer arguments and efforts of HantingtOQ a' id bis colleagues, soon put an ond to their existence. Referring, lately, to the Joumaia of the Assembly for 1848, Appendix No. 80, 1 was rather surprised to find a Minute of the Executive Council of that day, dated lat of April, 1847, signed, among others, by Mr. Johnston, in which, alluding to the salary of the then Lieutenant Governor, Sir John Harvey, after giving other reasons for its allowance, it is said: "In addition to which, it is obvious that Earl Grey deeme S5,T Confirmation, he would submit it ac- £3,600 (stg.) as the more appropmteamounj 'jT ,_ A_ .jj_^.- ».. ™««o,i in «h. rfor the Governor's salary), and it u not oordingly. An address was moved in the Honae at the next session and may be found at page 211. of the Journals of the House for 1849. There, too, stands recorded side by side an amendment, moved by Mr. Johnston, de- signed to defeat the measure and crush out the new principla, but whioh was lost by a majority of seven. Of the twenty-one who TOted with him on that celebrated occasion, there was returned at the last General Eleo-, tion but one single man. Six of those, who sustained the B>11, were membera of the Assembly just dissolved. I am a little Srticular in reproducing the records of that y, because the men of that time were thue digging d«ep and laying wmin mm uSm u>v (for the Governor's salary), and it ie not more than His Esoellency's experience, and that of his predecessor!", indicate as neceisary to meet the expenses of the high station." And yet 80 lately as the 'Jind of March, 1862, fiftitn yean sxtbsequently, when our popnla- tion has increased fully cue-third, and our revenues more than doubled — in 1862, Mr. Johnston and his political friends, with a Tiew to clap-trap popularity, undertook to redaoe the salary of the Lieutenant-Governor to £2,500, sterling. (See the Journals of 1862, page 61.) What a comment is here upon eon- sistency ! In 1847 Mr. Johnston and bis Mends were in o^ce-i» 1862 thqp wate in ^ f / \ A>' ,1 I I t \ 8 ntPOBTART UWB BVOTH to B1 RlfilonD. Panilog to other autjroti, permit lue to re- mind you, geutlemen, that th« aot to tender the Ju<»*>y *Ugfc SSf^^ t!S^U^io!££ in= Rill— — wa^jjiKAy A# »l^gfc. Trstmenta of pnblio money ever disharaed, aa well for the prtunotion of peaoeAil, agricultural and ineroantiie pursuits, aa for military and de- fensive purpoaee,— when theee were projeeted and advocated by a portion of the aame ebilt of men who had e;ourod for us and all poate- rity, Cuualiiutiuna! Gf>v«rDmeDt, there was he at the head of bis forlorn Lope, reaisting, pro- tracting, misrepresenting, and aa far aa in hia power lay, defeating and counteracting their •florta. But the great reststleae tide of pub- lic opinion rolled on, nevertheleaa, the old landmarka were waahed out, and the oppoai- tion phalanx began to be thin and ahattered. Men of mark, who, aide by side, had fought hia tirat oaoipaigna and felt that there waa Re longer reason nor room for further resiatanoe, refused to again to enlist in such hopeleaa, fruitleaa atrugglea. Their country had better use for their talents, and cheerfully placing themselves at her disposal, one after another their services have been accepted. POUOT Z2TIB8KD. When Mr. Johnston found that his antiqua- ted notions and foasil ideaa of governing a young, rising Province like Nova Sbotia, were no longer viewed with favor by any olase, he then performed one of (he most extraordi- nary political somersets ever witnessed. He commenced to strike out an opposite ex- treme. From being the advocate of a despo- tic, irresponsible pc jy, at one wild leap, all of a sudden, he rushed into rampant repub- licanism. He now became the advocate of elec- tive Legislatife Councils, and with his own hands laid the foundation of the universal suf- frage franohial. This act, as may be seeq, originated in the report of & committee of the House of Assembly, dated 8rd April, 1862, of which Mr. Johntton tooM chairman. Mr. Doyle's aot, based upon payment of rates, had not given satisfaction, and a commlttfee, at the head of which stands the name of the member for Annapolis, referring to Doyle's Bill, re- ported as follows : •• They recommend in lielu of that franchise, that the House should sub- stituto a franchise based on universal sufragt, qualified by residence." See Journals of As- sembly, 1852, App. No. 87,— and in the satae year he brought forward his Elective Legisle- tive Council Bill, which was defeateioh required to be dealt with firmly aud vigorously, and an antagonism having arisen between the present leader of the Qoverument, and a section of per- sons of this denomination, with the leading men of whom he had been associated for a quarter of century, eventually ended in an open rnptore. llie enemy ever alert to improve such an oc- oasion to divide and weaken a party that bad become all powerful in the country and in the Legislature, industriously fanned the flames of rising discord. Not that Mr. Johnston hated the Boraao Catholics less, nor loved Mr. Howe more, but with the eye of a keen and prao- tised politjoi&n, he saw that the time bad now arrived, wbioh. If i-ightly improved, might re- store him to power aud possibly, nay probably secure him the priie at which he had been aiming for the last quarter of a eentory. Ha had himself originated the only religions war ery ever raised withiu the Province. lie had for twenty years previously beon denonnoing the Catholics as a dangerous class of people, and they had aa sealou^ly denounced him aa the enemy of their religion. Never m^n bad more effeotually uefied and alienat- «op to receive tbcio to his eonSJenoe, beckon them to bi« coanoils, ami afffot t« farget the ptit, whw every body knows he never forgets an injary, nor forgives an affront? Howoould he trample under fuot all the profe««ion!« of bis pist life, and anoept ofBoe at the hands, and as the gifl of a olasa of persons in his heart of hearts, he neither loved, honored, nor reapected— Eeraous with whose teachers and leaders b« ad been at open hostility for the whole period of his political life T Dn^ he could, and aa th« sequel proves he did. The priso glittered u he gas^d upon it. The ermine wis attraotivt. The temptation w.is irresistible. At the ooa- mencement of the Session of 1807, Mr. John- ston was prepared to make the saorifloe Ik was great, he did not underetitimate the cost, but yet the prospect. It was the temptation to which m 'No Nams " M^gdilen yieldeu under the manipulation of ('aptain E.-agga when she cnnaenteearity to oomp«l Ihcm. But it irt K.mrcfljr onlihli", ami y««e it In tfu«, that DO lets an iinia, to 1««t« « nargia uf ten p'r cent, to cover all extraa, but b*re wa* an «>X()i'i'S of nearlj thirty Mr will. ! Of thia larj^e iurn for ntr«s. but £!O.HHl 18^ 1M. w»ro pai.l hofore ih« Governiiifut nhniaed honda. au.tim'» abort H-JuiiMiatration— p»i(l out of i.V Riilway fund to rupaaious con- tr*e*orM, many t»f whom, like Liurie, c*me, , nobody kriKw whonce. »ud have g.iue, no»Knly knows wjjtre I k/»vfl never and, uor do I now Bay, tlmt no ptri of thia iinmenae auiu of mom-y w»h li^jhifully due; but I h ive aaid in my plttcH iu Ihw L»'j;i-)»ture, and I repent it b." >•, nolid l.v known it tn-tier than I do— I am f»nr!ir. wiiU ibo proofd— ih^y are undt-r luy !>and— r rt;/-M,t it — iho f«otH are ah 1 now y.vt) ihem. 'Vh u .-ro ild luve Jm^iu a fur and mop^r *i||owiMi,o to Iii4>e iii».Jn the oontriiotora 1 .-m aot prepai^d jo .,iy ; but tbia I da aay t j'ore the jt-op'e of No-a South, and [ ahitll e7*T pout'ud for it, f-.e ain «uut allowtd was -xorbitrtU' ouTHgtou , u,)d t.-.tirely indefensi- ble. ! alHioniJ K3 uiu'h upon the huat- loga ai the Jatt eleotiiu at Truro. I pub- liahed it in the orewnce "f Willi*m Henry and John J. .MirBh- ., both uietubera of the Ad- njini«tra(ion that hid made such havoo with our Provincial funds, and neither nf them ventured a d 'nial I rrpe-ited it a few days ago in my place in the Legislative Council, in the presence ^,( the late Ueo^iver G -neral, the Hon. StH'. y BrowD, who paid over this vast »um. I <;U tract. riled it then, as I do now. I held under my hind the proofs, as I hold them now. I threw down the gua^e, and no man has hitherto dared in mv presence to accept it. It has given mortal i ff .uo-^ to my political oppo- nents, as the people of Novahojiia are aware. —But why? Not beoiuse the statement was unsubstantiatf d, but simply because it was /rue; and the books iu the Railway (JIKie contain the written records showing when, where, how, by whom and to whom all the money was paid. In the Journals of the Assembly for 18G1, Aj)p^ndix Gl, tabulated details of what I now refer to are all elaborated, a o.>py of which I fuljain prepared, not by me, nor under my direction, bat at a tiras when I was confined to my bed, uncoupcious of what was going on in or out of the Legislature, in coiiseq-ience of iijiries received upon the Railway in the discharge of my dutits iu the winter of that year. Before passing away from the subject of the ^ztrss, £ i?iSae oiis further obscrviitiun. ilow oomea it (a paii that if I had made an or tub- atanti«trd titatemnnt on the huatinga at Tioro, why ia it that that :»atement haa from that hour up to the preaent, ao tronhl«iJ, irritated, annoyed and worn- d Mr. Johnston and Dr. Tiifment if it were unfounded and indefenaibleT Gentlemen, eli-otors of Nov* 8jotia. Iik>< the blood on Bluelward'B key, neither Mr. John- ston nor l)r. Tupper can wijaj the slain away. It is aimply b.causB the stateiuents I have mad.* on this subjot are true, that they oom- man I so much attention and I am h.>norcd with so much and such undeserved notice on their p.»rt Tbey are //ue— the books and vouchers in the Railway oliicH prove ihit they are Irtu. M ssrs. J>>hn«to» and Tupper know they are trut, and a vast majority of ih i pub- lic believe them to be true. A m.StPPHOPKlATION Of RAILWAY rOND». But the above, I regret to say, was not all, nor the wur«t part of Kiilway mismanage- ment, by a great deal. For although having Hccess to the boo';s, papers, and vouchera in the Railway OlLje, I had asjertained ths 8'ato of matters there, I did n)t iheu know what I have since ahcertained, and now voujh under my own signature as de- rived from the botks kept in the R.oeiver General's offlje, attd other puhlio documents, that a further sum of over £100,000, iotereat inoludv^^d, was abslracteii from the Riilway fund by the finanoial nffijcrs, Hon. Mr. Stay- ley Brown and J. J. Marshall, E^q , and ap- plie\ John MuKiuDon, tuetu^^crsof tbeQuverutueut, »)De, or nil of tboui were tb« depoHiton of thit jrand state teoret, and it hm well Icept. Uut It tmnRpircd at last. The vi|;ilaut, noru- tiniiinx eyta of tbo prraent UeoaiYer Oenentl •oou after he touk (flitse, diHOovend the fraud andixposed it. In prewocjof ibo liou. Htajify 3rowu, ii. hie place in l'4r!iatnvnt, it wae by Mr Andermai ohariji'd upuu him and tbo l>ite Ujv- •rniueut. Nudefeuoe wasiitteuiptitd: they wero dumb. Tboy couM neither dcfeud nur deny it. l5o iate aa the present 8<.*SBiou, in tuy place in I'ltrliament, I ngitin oharged it upon the lluu. Mr. liiowa, latu Uooeiver Ucu' ral, but he essayed no reply, tlefence, or exptan«' tion. Nutbiug, I fearlcsjily alFirin, in alt the past history ot this country in to be cu'iipared to this bigh-baudcd, unauthorized, conoeali'd. misappropriatiuu of such a vast amount of tba public money of the country. TUB PICTOU BAILWAY. As a political party, these very indiriduals an 1 their friends — the men who did this un- hallowed deed — are noi" canvassiog tbo Cuunty of fictou, modestly ask. ig the sullrages ot ibo electors, to enable theui > g'tin to got control of the tinauoes of the Province— again to manipu- late its revenues— again to take such unwar- ranted lil'erties with tbo public funds. Yes, the funds that should have been dislursod in extending our lines of railway— money, had it been well and wisely expended, suflijieut to have constructed nearly one-half tbe bransh to Pictou, is now irrecoverably gone, and they who spent it — have theircindidateB in the fitld at Pictou and elsewhere, asking to be honored with y uur coufi lence. Every nun of their party in the Assembly, leader and follower, Ja^i. Mc- Donald iilune excepted — and he looked well ni;^h frightened out of bis life as he sat among the Oovemuient supporters, for the first time in his public career — voted agiinst tbo bill to construct the tirst seolion of eleven miles of the Brunch L'ne ! A Uuiilway to Pictou, as the condition of political support, is in the mouth of every man you meet from that fiae flouribbiug county, and yet, strange to say, the pirty wlio unlawfully spent the money set apart to build it, who have uniformly op- posed it, who now oppose it with all the monfy, influence and meins they can bring to bear, oppose it as a party, oppjse it all but unanimously, have the consuience and the modesty, at this time of day, to ask the elec- tors of Pictou to vote against the very CAudi- datcs upon whoss the Government rely f.>r aid J to ena'ile them to eoinpl«t« the andertaklnf now h'tp/iil^ commmctil. TUM UUKBAU FN OPPOfirnON AND MR. JOBr- STON IN »(iWU. The liberal pronrfs^ive party hal lung dla- oharged the funotlont devolving up in them in power as a Uovernrnent. Th?ir p xition wai now revi»r»ed. Thoy wore honore I to conduct the npponitio i, a niuoh Ions oii**rou<), and a :nuoh less responsible duty. Hkw fh'7 dis- charged th<'«e furionons, I need « it tarry to reuount. Tbe only really unsotlled ()ii>-slioQ of a puhlio character which existed wh^-n they resigned oflice, was a long pcndiiig dispute with the Mining AMooiatlon, relative to the terms of an ou'stauding leaie i id providently grtnted to the Duke of York, hoi I by his cre- diti)rs and assignees. The diffijulties o>innoct- ed with tbo settlement of the matter, which had run over a long period of years, were all but overcome, and on the point of being fla:*l- ly arranged, when the Oiivernnient oh»ngen, dur- ing tho whole period of his politic*! cireer, or nearly so, had been tho retained oun-elof the As.'iooiaMon, sitting ii: Parliament and using all his itifluencc there to protect their inter- t'S's ILe own political supporters bad at last refused to sustain him in bs action longer, and BO makim; a virtue of necesaity for once in hit life, ho consented to co-operate with hi* poli- tical opponents, and terminue this difficulty. Dr. Tupp'jr and the Hon. H B. Dick.7 have on one or two ocousions bten Ketting up claims to credit on the pirl of Mr. Johnston's admin- istration for prom. iling a settlement of this dis- pute, lie himhelt ban never claimed credit ia tho matter so far as 1 know. There are too many resolutions and amendments rvcorded on tbe Journals of the L 'gisliture to ndmit of that, and he and they have just about as aip.ch right to credit in this case as the fly had, that perching himself on the e.id of««he coach axle- tree when the driver plied his whip and the wheels whirled rapidly forward, flippRd hia little wings, and cried out " see what I have done." Just about. This is abjut the caly matter of any mo- ment, which excusb.bly charsoteriied Mr. -Juhn^ou's QL>y<$rniuHnt dnrinir the three jmn tb«7 held oAo*. Iir TupMr elaimi •d tOftt k (jtl KKtion on whioh be aarTtd, MmmiatiitDmt to promote the coaitraotioo of the loteruulonbl K«ilw«jr, h»l given it " » Tkliuble liDp>i)bui lliic of bi>i ooU«»Kuea. in oppoaiDK the miljr fHtaihIe Hohenia tli%t hM ever oommeu'iv'i itaclf to » lukjirity of the nembeta of the l,cn\»\iHartti of the i'rovlnoee of NoT» Hooti* nnd New UnitiMwiek «re the ettleat oummeut etr>ril of the kio't of Hiivouacy on bin part of thia gn-nt meiHitrp. ilu nnt hie •aaouiKtea io the House of AMwiuhly, \!oFrtr< Uute and D>)iilcin, thoy thr)>o an 1 the two Le- gialative Couiuiillnra, Mfiutrs. I'ioeo and 'iokey, of CtiinlHti^ml, the only county in the Province, llnlit'its cicepUHl, that hn» two reaident Lt-Kitiiitive ('ouiioiliorM, they have DOW provetl lheinM>lvp«i Hiicnnproniisiug ene- mies and oppoueuta of thia great work. CUM OMIIOI.UTION AND OKNEBAL ELECTION Or IH5',). Eventually the poriuil for a dissoIutioQ cf the Aaeembly urrivcU. With a firm tread and a ooufident iitlitiid<>, atrong in the purity and integrity of tiit-ir prinuiplea, although greatly weakened umuerioally, tru»iing and cotitl litig, nevertheleHi, in lUe aoundui'.sa oftliopoliuy they bad ever aivo.ated, the old liberal pro- greaaive pnrty made their appeal to the couu< try. Their ipponontH then, na now, Htt'L-oterity in the llouao would hav« ottn 8* to 24. A ohang* of Ooverament ea- aa*J im a matter of ooura«, but never did poll- tloiadt part with power to rrluoiantly, aa did tbli oondamned adminlatration. 1 will not weary th« rvih iu our mem >ri»f , to need reoital. I will, thet'cfore, now shortlj call attention, hrictiy, to the atate of puhllo alTiira aa the oliy thia arrangenient. On assum- ing othce I found a Chief CouutiiMtiioner of Riilwayaand two asiiiatauta, reouiving :iii 1,400 annually fur managing the road. Thia I oon- eidered totally unueoosHaiy. The two aasw- taute having resigned, I declined tun commend sueoersorii, and a saving waa theril^y utfeoted of liiii.GUO per aniiutn. 1 found Mr. Moiae «t a salui-y of Ji^'JUUU per annum ; but »s the wo %. of construction ha I ceased, I had no ocoaaion for the services of a Civil Engineer, and I dispensed with him. I Ibuu.l that fur the year ItiO'J the eutite ea/nings of the road were not enough to pay its working cxpen^CH by up- wards of $U,OUO. What the opponents of litilways had prophesied, namely, that when tiuished they wouKl forever be a burden upou the Provincial lie venue, I found they were taking good care should be literally fulfilled. We had thus already got the first iustaluient of the predicted defioitno^. The road had earned $102,877 And the working expenies were 111,276 !iiiU,399 Showing a deficiency of for Ibo'J. I immediately proceeded to reorganize th« whole concera, and in nine monthn t'lom the iHt April IbGO, (nding on the Hint Docimber, of ibe same year, the road had not ouiy paid all its working expenses but a surplus of :^20,270 into Treasury. For the year Itilil, after paying all expenses, there was a net balance of f26,8<)2.78 clear profit, and for the year 186J, of i8i37.181 '18. Mark the progresi. Thus under the changed administration the difference has gone on increaiing so, .hat com- paring my last year IBO'^s with theirs of 1859, we have the round sum of $37,181. 18 added to $83'.)'J, making in all $45,580 48 as re- presenting the difference— the difference be- UHH twifB • rm>\ m«nt/^ oiki jftr an<}«r on* (Kfttrnm^Bt, tnd thr Mm* roftd m*a«gftl MMth<>r jri^r un>'J.O<). In four >Mr«, this would h«ve amounieil io f4'J6.Hl(M). WiU ueithrr the hiKdcst nor th« loWiKt of Ihfi >e»r« o! my ftdiniiii«ir»tion— U SB av.ri»ive working fxpeowa, rifl,ai»-'kd togrtbf , reprfm-nt ai renl gain lo the coui try, in on« department of the public (itrvice, mcurid by (he ohanne of Go?- ornmeMt, a euin iqual to *ii6(i80t. Theie •re oalcuUtiouH phs ly undt-ratoo-l, basi-d on data ertirely reliable, and inoHp*l)l8 of being contro./.rud. I aoiordingly eubscribe my aame to the ni, and hold myself prepared to tubitautiitto them, at all times and in all plao«s. It hiis been mRtter of snrprise to eomo per- MM how Mr. liiurie could have inorea^od tho eitrag r» he did. Let lue explain on two itenii only. When the contrsota were let, rook 3utt;n;^s wort tendered fe>r and taken to be excavated at an ai erage, eay, of a dollar » yard, racasurc I in m/u— that ie, in the solid rock — snd fill he oaind here, contraotora vere paid acwrdingly, and nolwdy ha i e- tr dream- edof any other principle. What dl i he doT Why, lu» HAid a yi.rd of eolid rock, if broken up, would nirtke a yard and a /ia//,-and so, instead (.f a dullur, he allowed fitty per cent, •dditicmil In No. 5 section he aided 11,1G5 yard., ; iu No. ;t he aided 13.36.5 yards ; No. 4, Windsor nmncli, 28,9'J(] yard:* - (see App. No. 1, Jijurnalu 181,0). Hero, at ^1 per y*rd, are extras of #78,561. The earth wks calculated by the yard at, «y thirty or tliirty-five cents a y*rd, and the contracts let hy the rneaiuremont before it waa dug. But he mt-asured the fiUs not ihe cut$, and ao earth shrinks after it is once dug, he allowed 8 per cent, for whaf he called shrink- age. This was another and a bright idea to line the contractors' pocket* at the expense of the Province. If a iii*a agreed to sink a shaft 3 feet by 8, 99 feet deep, jou would call that 33 yards of rook, cuVtio measure. Not so Laurie. He •Ma 16] more, measuring not the hole, but '.h« pil« of hiok'-n ston*. To get mes«7 Ml of the Pro»lno#. wbi'n thry hail i- cm Ihroftgk earth and fld up a hollow .hen *.« ravened the principle, and as tanh nhruuk wbiW rock I w«ltp.|, ha charged N.>v* Hootia par t«r o«nt. on ^ eingle contract, N.. 8 Mai* L years of my admin, utfation is conoerned, it is quite true that I leoelved iheHalary of my predecesnor. Uut when the Frovaoial revenuKt of IHiil Ml off, in ' sequence of the Am.riuan ditnoulti*«, ftl.uoi'gh the lUiUuy revenues did not 'I'lftVir, but largely increased, I stepi)el forward nevertheless, auri did what no lublio man of the Opposition wa* ever known to do— I voluntarily rcLiHi'ii-ihed t4(t!J per annum of my own sdary, »n.lly ! Le» the country, therefore, now fairly understand the true pos. ion of matters connected with the lUdway admiuisiration. Hut ti is the con- trast (/tf-red by a comparibon of things as they are in 18!i3, and as they were iu 186'J. But for the ddliculties with which I have had to contend, arirting out of the hostility of political opponents, my success in the administration of the Railway Department would probably have been still more trium[.hunt. But as the public know full well, everything that malice could invent, and toitined ingenuity de- vise, has been done, with a view of embar- rassing me and couuteraoiing my effurts to economise the public revenues and ensure » safe and successful administration of the de- partment over which I have presided. It baa been the chief point of attack tor the whoio three years, and every -nemy of progression, every opponent of the Administration, has seemed to feel that he had a special duty to discharge in heapi; « abuse, misrepresenta- tion, and obloquy upoa it. The public were admonished, cauiioned, warned, forbidden at the risk of their iives, to trust themselves la Hm ears; yet. tn »flt« vt til th«t «oaM bt tf«M. Mi«J, or wriiltn, ilie rou) •»(! iisniMtgt- ni«ill«vtit».|i|y won thfir w«jr lo|:iabli« )i»iirii(i of i l',)i»iiri)(i orijit*) MO prniil't h«f« , 1 oftr I..C hii.« nine* 1 h»T« luhl .(Mrg« •f lfc«lr luanaytnii-nt, Bua u&iltr Pro«^«ac#, R«J as arciii«i.»- iwi, sot CB«— k«a hapntvofd to ft tiogN |*Mwug«r on ibt tnint durlaf *ll Uut time. ma out AMU Tuc nkw tNuuii nomn. Mr. Laurie, •ii..ji|( uii.vr tliio|{t, l«n ni« aa ft J*f*«7 au uucutti un&uiahed atruoture, lo- tMKk4 lur Hti Ei.g niiHlieJ. toukiog notunlik* tk« raibii of a t.i.iiuM- joaa bouat. Cunif IrUd. it wunld h"IJ li.it fl«vt>ii .ngiim- -w« had twtatj-wiUiout aiw.f, tho wilU uiifiDi«b«a, U hftd coal tin- l'i,.vii)( c t)>er »IO, LKCISLATITE EXPtNaKS. Moasra. Johi aton and Tuppcr held the.Qot- emment for tl.no jcais, aud uoon careful oomparisor. I find ibat the cxp«-L-: -n of the Legialature aud fi»r salariea during the next auooe«'duig thne j<-ars were Icca by apwarda of $14,000 limn tlity wj-re during fbe three of their admi1ll^t^atiun, and Ijut tor the tire- eome repetitiouH i>nd rppca'cd constitutional debates each wrsiNion, furocd on and ktpt up for days an-i n nhtinirs a week at a tiuue hy the Oppobitiou leaders, these savings would hftve been very much gieater than they are. THB HEASIIBI'.H i}f THE APMIKIHTRATIOK. I obaei've tb«l ihtOpinsiUon Pi cm has lately been asking what has the present Ooternnient done and what iius tl>e ad ministration to ahoir ft\9 f ntt tht'A^i 1 <><»»•<• tVii\«> lka«*& l^r-l'l f.CCL~^ A rdeat, I reply— a irnod 4I, ^struotlTe policy oontiLUftll/ Utetr opponenia by (a the ti«faU D of IMIO, ea Inportaat Aal waa naaetd, " lntioi..ingaflcu«ff)n,ed, «nil unowh oh will supplant the uld ni«tbo!s, ft illitigs and pence. A Utll pa»st«Nion ** u prv^tide for the organitition of ft Volanto* 9 force for the dnetoo of th«) I'rotiuoe" Thb waa another vi»[ual.|» m«a*tire~lhe bftady work (,f the pr« » nt (iovernn:ent. The syiteia of thd Inltiatu.n ( f ni ii.ry »ivtef by the Kxeon- li»fl Qovernn .1' nti m Kngland and the alatet ColiinifB, w«J alh'ia vaiuabls r-iituureand well a-NntuI to protft the puolio intereati by aholiahlng what w«« known as !h* •• iog roll^ ttj/ •' practice. 'IhiH 100 waa thr work of iam li '(t «e««ion. An 1 r'ortunt alteraU.,.1 waa made In the La »a rrgulming the mwle of taking of ft Census, and duiirg tn« vacation that toU Lwcd a ('ointni.'idion conflating of the Attor- ney and Soliiilor Uoneral and *'. y FinanQial Becretary, with i.Tphrn Fulton. ' i.,aotlo9 aa th«ir8«crotary, compiled r. < the moal Taluable, relialh', and ^ Ai,Dt aeta of atalisfical tsbUsf, to bo ioui:d in any of tha Uritiih '^olonits. The original manuaoript returns, ait bound up, constit-iting a tnoel interesting rtcoid, ere deposited in iho Legb- latife Library in iraliri.x, accetaitle to e*ery3 body in all lime ^ jning. TUB TAC'.TION A.XD TUB I'BINCK'S Vlin. In the summer of ?8«;() 't'spitc all the ef- forta, both of Mr. Jvhnston and Dr. Topper, to war and prewnt, the jverniient aucoced- ed in procuring for H;8 lloyal i'lghneaatba Prince of Walea a ri,rht hearty, end njoat en- thuaiastio reception in Nova Sooti*. Attempt* to diitiurb the haruumy so much to be deaired on such a feative and j lyoua occasion, eballi> tions of iil conceakd ji-a'ousy aud apleeo, all weot for nothing. As the time approftched when the Priuue was about to land upon oar shores, —overwhi lined wit'.i cjnfunion aad shanf, they coull not stand entirely aloof, but t'leir faofiouf, frozen hearts were neTer fairly thawed out or gladdened all the while the Prince was iu the Province. They wera morfc auTiouii, — umcU — to have interviews with the Duko of Niwcaatle, prewnt political memorials, and loro him with their griefanoea than to aftord a joyous welcome to vhd Prince. The Colonial Secretary -'iclined to entertain their complaints, and tht. have never forgiven him for it — auj never will. Dr. Tupp.!r shortly after undertook to ignor* the status and functions of the Colonial Qean- tary by passing him over and pouring bis 00m- piaiuts into tiic eiiB of E*ri Kusael, the Fo- 10 > reigo Secretary of State, but he got ignor- ed himtelf, bis conmiuniuatiou was treated with oouteiflpt, anil he was ti"i,5u: p ' ' on ho ii not likily to furgft for tha reraaiml^i" of his political life. During the fnvi j«?ar Ib'^ Oo- ▼emnient set on foot nty'in' ' regarJ to the iDtercolonial ll*ilw»y, ■« ,n have even- tually tenninatijil in thi» Pro"'E.-"a of Nova Scotia ami Nl-w Biun«*iok, pan.^ing au Act identical in all its 'letnily, adapiol to conauiu- mate this long discussed nnl has prcj -oted measure. But of that more fully heieaiiler. DiSCOVIiRY OF oyi.J. The discovery of sfold in N iva Scotia occur- red in the year IbOl, and iuipused upon toe Government a deliOitte and uitii .^ duty, one for which no previous trniniug L*d nn-ilided any of the public nieu t f tho counl'-y. Id some localities gold was discovered on u^^grant- cd lands, iu others on laudn ^^autod, but iu nliiob the right to nil the mines 8' 1 minerals was reserved to the Ouwii. IIow to make these avdi'abic without di.if .3 injistict ov in- jury to the owners anii pj- !e. rs or the fioil, was the grand diffi.;ully, to t !,ve which, nei- ther California, Australia, or Columbia could afford a ray of light, or «> much siS a hint to guide. A gold bill, howev r, 'fier . reat la- bour, care, and study be.itowt . , jn it, was prepared and bubaiitted to the Lcjjislaiure shortly after its dpening iu lb6'2. Ih" extent of gold bearing rook, or of aliuvjal dopoaits, was at that time little unders^oo 1, a)\l tliu bill was framed upon euch iufiirm'tiu i us then ex- iflied. Throughout the sumai'^r of 1801, the only mode of maniging the gold mines, was by orders of Council, prepared unbr an Act which had previouiily pa.«a?d, adiptcd to regu- late not gold mines, bur r-il mines. As new discoveries were made, ttien- • rders ri'quired to be altered and modified from tima to time, and when the L'gisiature mot a biii waa sub- mitted. It passed, tlightly nmenJed, into a law. New discoveries aid firther develop- ments have since nocessitarid further modifi- oations, but moat of ihe leading fetturas of the Act of 1862, the rental cla lso excepted, are Btill retained, and are found incapable of be- ing improved. The prinoipip of a rctual, pro- vided by the Act of 18o2, hi.s now beta abo- lished, the gold fi;Ma are thrown open to enterprise aud specuhtion in the meat unrc- Btxicted laauDer. A royalty sidfiiieiit merely to cover the expense;^ of a vij-'lant j^uperinten- dance and admiuistratiouof the Dopartm^ut is ^mposed, and the le'dslation at present pro- 'yided, ia evidently giving (jreat patis; 'liou. The Gold Act, and auoiher for the incorpo- ration and winding up of Joint Stock Compa- nies, in addition to the ordinary legislation, were the leading valuable lu^sisurcs passed in the session of 1802. In addition to ihese the Adutlnistratioa revised, remodelled, improved and recast the whole militia law of tht ooub- try. Th's measure, although it has attracted but little notice or rem itk hitherto, waa ft most important and valuable labDt. Under the vigiliut eye of His Exielleooy the Com- mander-in-Chief, Ihe Volunteer and Militia forces of this Province are ipiietly asaom- ing an orgiiiizition and att^iiuing an effici- ency which at no previous period of the history of the Province ev.r characterised them. The prcccsa is necessarily slow; tffeo- tive drill is not learned in a diy; but if we should be seriously threatened with diffiaaltiea on our frontiers, as these provinces may at any unexpecteil moment be, thin the value of such organ izitions, previou>V hen the session of 1802 opened, al- though the credit of tl>e province had been sustiiiued intacr, yet a public debt of upwards of !ipl20,000 had ajcuuiul-.ted, to provide for, ami pay oil" which, without disarranging the institutions of the Province, waa well adapted to task the energies of men of the best minds of any country. Tho piinistry and their friends affirmed that the euibArrHSsmeuts bad arisen out of the civil war, aud from causes beyond their control, and, as trade found new channels, woull speedily pass away. Thui the Opposition denied. Tbey asserted that it arose from the incap.iclty of tho government, who ihould have foreseen if not obviated the war. They allege J that there was uo remedy for it now, but a reconstruction of the whole financial policy of the Province. The emergency was so vast, so alarming, accord- ing to the views of the Opposition, that faith must not only not be ke^it with the publio officers i.11 over the province, but the whole Civil List BCttkmeut must be broken op, public pleJgcs vi dated with Her Majesty, ftnd a new state of affiira inaugurated. But the men upon whom tho responsibility of the Government roste', took a very different view of the matter. They proposed that a slight additional duty of 2't per cent ad ^ li valorem b« impoaed, some epeoiflo duties be raised a trifle, new duties placed upon home-brewed ale and homu-manufaotured to • baooo, and iu three years, at the furthest, the debt would be paid off. Dr. Tupper then nioveii bis grand retrenchment scheme, which was voted down. The OoTernment policy was adopted ; and, instead ol three years, within nine months the whole debt was paid off— a handsonu! surplus remaining in the treasury — and the increased ad valorem duties act re- pealed again within a twelve month. The Op- position leaders were sincere, or they were not. If sincere, they evinced their utter incapacity to deal with such questions. If insincere, then their uutiustworthiness and treachery are not the characteristics which should commend them to the confidence of the people of Njva Sm'H. In either aspect of the case, there- fore, they prove themselves deficent of the qualities iad.apens&Me to the characters of statesmen, or firseeing financiers. At the beginning of 1863, the whole dtbt of the provious year was paid c&' — the ad valo- rem duties reduced down again to 10 per dent, the Kiwest tariff in America — the public #«rvice suitably provided for— and a grant of uo less than $140,000 given for the roads and bridges for tbe current year. Here, then, is a complete and triumphant refutatiun of all the malevoknt accusations and charget; of all the opponents of tho administration already urge3 00 • ; 1 •i :?^iM • r^ lO * -i M : w eo •T" 00 ^ 1^- O — 00 lO -^ O O C? 00 iO >o o ^ c-i >o u5 ; o en :eo eo • ■^ CO 1^ f^ (N 111 £ S r3 a '^ ; PI »• p2 fc.-3 p. 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