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SPEECH
nr
Provincial Sechetary,
ON THE QUESTION OF
COLLEGES AND EDUCATION,
•Woiiday. February 19th, 1840.
Tho Hon PRovi.four, SucRKrAnv .ai,l -
Mr ChB,r/r..in-hiiv.ng m desire to mingle i,,
the awmonicuD und fomoivhat ir-eguln? dis-
tiUMion ,vhioh, r,..T ihp laM four day*, has oe-
cupipd the atlenlion tXlhe committ.je, I hnvo
n<>t,,iterrer«,i_i,ulfr.linga dc-ep ,mere«t ^
ne impuaant subjeoi of .Jucatiun, I must noiv
perform the auty wiudi I owo to the Hon-..
to my couHlil.ieiit.i ,nd tn the country, bv the
»ree and nnres.rvcd expression of mv ;.■„,,•;
ments The nul.jpct we arr called ti 'consid-
er, not in Ihe s.ngle i- r-rtirnvhicl. it hw been
presented, but in ii, „u,rc enlnrjred and coni-
prehensive sensi^inv ,vea the hijrhe8t interesfs
ot thiB peonle, and ot^-rs the >^cbl,-st theme for
ine orator and "itntcsmnn. What is it, Sir '—
rHe Ldlcatios- or our Vci-th— of those
who are to be th.> coniJb-t and tlie solace of
Tur^eoi.nir^ vears~of those who are to be
the owners of the Hrnvince when we pasg
away, and the pnrent;< and "xninnlers of tlio
more numermi, race by ,vhich Ihoy in turn
will be eurcco.lH. In what spirit .should a
•nbjoct of (his ma^rni'udo and importance hf
approached' Th. ^Ufn.rc of oL roultn,
unitcB us as a band of t,r„iher«, VVh^o R,,,/.
lon./l?!?"''""'':^""'"'''"''- "'"J "urinte;.co.
lonial interests advance.;, tlie voice of faction
. <» hushed, and ther.. .s the union which pre-
•ages as it u beu cahulnled toensure success
.Ir!Si"" '^i-lv/'-honse, around our coasi
h. n ° , ■". " ^'"■' °' ff''"*'"' pol'cy and
T^tlP'''' '" ^''V'=''^'^"i-''tion of which we
rarHy disagree , nnd how Uonorabk. vas that
harmony displayed a fc,r days ago, when, by
TtU^u- ^*^P?^ " "'" '^'"'""5' where auch
•Xhibitions are frequent, and where the n^r,.
ticns Tor iJi^Mn aj« d,iig»ntiy (ought by a)i.~
«hta not tht. g,e„ ,„;,,«,. of*EoncAno»
then unite us ' Is ,t wise to approach it in •
'uodi. which cannot fail to arouse the passion,
witjiniit leading to any satisfactory resnli '
Our pop«lation now is estimated at 300,000
In 40 ypars nu.- country will conta n a million
ot pi'oplv. Our children now are G0,000 In
lt;6'Mh,.y will le 120,000. Before the close
ofthe century 200,000. Let us eontemplatu
Ill's numerous race, for whom we are required
to le^nslatp, trained, intellifjent, erect, self
confident, multiplying by science t.'ip pioduc-
lions of the earth-in^ finitely ex'.cnding their
strrnirlh by making the wat»r power of our
streams do tho work of many millions— traver-
sing the continent by Rnilro'adi, Ihe surrnund-
iiiff seas by steam- transmitting their thoughti
over a contim nt by electric wire— condena-
ing their pliysicai strength on assailable poinig,
lor national defence, and diffusing intellectu.
al life and energy over a progressive and hap.
KV country. Let us reverse the picture and
»ee them prone to hatred and civil strife
chooBinr education and other kindred topics*
not as common ground, on whi' h, as at ancienl
Icstivafs, deadly weapons are laid aside— but
•elected with the same feelings as tlie scenes
of those treacherous conferences of the Fronde
to wh ch men went armed, the "object beinir to'
stab a rival, not to secure the tranrjuilitv of'tho
state. A population so taught— so divided,
must he ignorant and weak.a mockerv to their
neighbours, and must ultimately be crushed by
the iron heel of the spoiler, issuing from some
of those powerful combinations which even now
overshadow our borders. This LcgislaturB
must decide what that future race shall be.—
To a Jiirgs extent their prosperity will be in
fluencrd i-y our T.neasurcs -they wiij be inspu
ed or cursed by our example. Tba time i«
commg, Sir, or \ am much misliken, wh«a
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tbli aubjcct will br ap;3roached in a ftirer »nd
» calmer spirit. I h-id lioppd thit tliat time
hart arrived. We liave lem toM, Sir, thm
Educxioii ii lii'iiopforwnrj to be the battle
ground of party— .nul that public mvn nre to
rlia nr lull — (o b>' clevntpd or <:vt rlhr .wii,
upon thin (ifld. wliicli slmulcl lie d.-dicalrd 'n
peace u:id pi'i-.f^roun o.\iTli<.n. liy God's
blessing tins slniU never be—! jt, Sir, tlie time
•h.ll coin>', wljon,it KJiiration s but inonlion-
ed hero, (action ^]\■,^\\ bi- liiisiiod— perKor.al ri-
valries I'orifOll.'n— ;ind a'.,bi'.ion .-liall pluino
herwihg lor noble Hiirlitu alow Ihe mire nnd
strile ot p.iiiy This, it may be mIJ, is strange
liingiiape m |r,ll lium my lips. I'erhaps so —
My own r.xample may be rpioled to nondinm
my precert, by tliose ulm misloolt /or a work
of choice the dire iiecessilici of my public po-
sition.
In this matter, as in many otiierd, my prin.
ciples and view* may h.ive been mi.^und.rstood.
f^trngglmif tor a Con,iitiition for onr countrv,
for (he defences nnd secmiiies of freedom,
witliOMt which rdijcalion, property, and even
hfe I'si-lf, nre ot liille v.ilue ; cnijros.-ied by i.ne
object, a-d (<»cpin.rr it steadily in view, t I'lning
my lace to the enL-my wherever lu; apj.i'aied,
it wa-i not p isfible t"or me alwa , » to einiose my
weapons nr my ijround. Like the soldier eoin-
baltinij in hot biiiol, whe:i tli? LitUr waters of
the i' ul were flirn d to liieir very ff.iinl.-iin, I
may have besu'jied the Temples, from h hieli the
enemy fired, and emote tliin Letween the
horns of the altir. lUi:, nuw that the alrifo is
over, (.ind that it is, tlie bilLs npnn ihe table
prove,') I (ViMiM be the first to repair the
walls— to wash liie slaina ot conflict from the
pavement, nnd, il 1 dare not .epi'ot of wlnt
thecaiit^e in which I was engaged lorbids ine to
regard as 6aerili.;^'f, my hearlinay vet ex'jit
when the foU-inn straiii.sof liannon'v rise airam
above t' e din of battle. ' °
Tlii-s iiiiestion, ab)ve ai' ethers, prepii.inent-
ly demands the eons-derntion, and the nniled
action of the iiovernmeiit. 'I'li,. time is not
far dislaiil win n it will l:e so reg irded,and the
measircK reijni.vite so matured. Hut, unfortu-
nately, at the pre.icnt moment it eanoot Ih>
wisely dealt wiili by nny pnriv, or set nf men,
«iat em aspire to comhiet an adminisirat on'
The jLLssions, the preimlici s,of H,-. past, have
not yet si;I)«:ded, and union of s>'nti:i}ent, in a
populat on so diversified ns ouis by eontrarlciv
of refjTinus opinion, is not easy of attainment.
I look alntio^ the ranks of the Opposi i-m, on
political questions sulfii-iently uni:ed— on this
they are a rope of sand; and,' jiid-lniT fr mi the
opinims ejrpres^ed by my own poliiTcnl n»«o.
cistes, in this debate, they are, even on (he
colleniate bran-jh of the su^'ject, which is not
the most importaht,divided into (hrre seetionse
My honorable hiend fromYarmoulh and some
others, are for no co leae at all— the Speaker
and his followers arc for a coUe^. in Halifax
at some indefinite lime after the others are de.
atroycd : while my learned friend from Pietou
18 for a college any where, but without the
slightest indication of when it is to be found-
• fhi Civil Lilt «nif D«pirtnenul Biili,
ed, or where il is lo bo With such a riiver«i-
ty of sentiment prevailinir in the province
Ihe Lieutenant Governor thus wisely "ailed
our fttienlion to the subject of Education inhin
opi niniT speech :
'' The ncis which provide for the »iip;.ort of
Education, n.id for the eneournBe,,.enl of Aj-
ricuiture, wl; shortly e.xpi.r, and 1 shall be
uratified it, m Ihe renewal consideration of
llicse very prominent interests, tl„ e.TprrencR
of Ihe pimt conduct yon to liarmoniguj and
successful lejTislation."
It is in filial ,.,,irit. Mr Chairman, that r ap.
proacti the iiiie.stion. Instructed bv the expe-
rience of the past, nnd convinced that il, by
mutual conce.q.sions, harmony can b' secured,
our labours may be siicoes-iful Tiie Bill be-
fore the house is no novi Itv to n.e. I have
voted f r it two or three times, and shall now
It w.is oricTinally inlroducrd by my hmi, friend
the late m-mbei for Loii.lond.rrv,' in 18-13, oa s
part of tho general subject, then under fiir
discussion. In l>!.|.->, when my hon Iriend for
Yarmouiii ajrain asked leave to introduce it,
1 v.iled with him. On neither <f those o-ca-
sions did I regard it nrre hi:,'hly than T do
now— as a detail of a aeneral ^iKsiion— a frnf-
nient of a great suiijeet -a hmb of ihe Tree
that we were to prune and water, but not the
tree it.^eif. .My objcetiens. then, have been
not to the Mill, but to the mode in which wu
have been irre|rulnilv, nd, ns I conceive, most
unwisely dracired inio an educational ciaci s-
Mon, by which at h.sl but on- question can bo
decid-d, nnd that in a mode iinner essirily in-
V Ul lus and uii;rracious. The learn, 'd intro-
ducer of this Bill, had he done me ihe honor
to ronsu't me on the siibj-ct, would but have
evinced ih- confidence displi.'ed towards him-
self and others, upon most iioporlnut eecasions.
Had he pans..,! i,, refl. ct that lhi.s to; ie m sht
have been discussed and disjinscd ef, with some
r-gard to the position of the hon. and learn-d
lead-r of the r.or-^rnm.'nl, ind to the senti-
ineni.-iliP was known to enleriain, he inhht
have f'.dt that Iherj were reasons for .'oin'^ into
com; iiliee of the wiio]- wh;e!, could be more
easily ima^^in-d than explained. JJut, what-
ever Ihe in, live wiiirh denied the ordinary
courtesy and to our fripud.s the advant,n<;e'of
the u-nnl consulaton— fir invself I make no
e.omplaiiit, I am ready to meet the question
now, or at any time-and ,.s to my learned
fremd and eollea?iie, wir.ther the Hill was
desiped, n.^ it was cnleula^.ri, to place him in
n lals=e poMiion, I rejo^-e that he has manfully
(Ie ended his favorite Institution, nni tliouijh di-
vided fr m, his pohic,;! supporieis, h.is thrown,
by his r, i;cilous elotjueiice, and graceful inde.
pendence, a charm over even an unfiiablo
position.
VVlien, on a former dav, !■ moved to ^o into
committee of the whole (in the general state of
tlie 1 rovince, to consider the subject of Edu-
cation, I did so, 1st, because to debate that
subject on this liill would be a needless waste
ofiime. Wasl right' Four days have been
spent, a sinj,rle point is not yet settled, and the
general subject scarcely approached. 2nd T
tcared that bj aa attack on a linjle Instiinima
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hLbillMT''''"-,^"''''"' vote now for
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«nd ilun a.-.l'"^-"' *™"^'^ '■H'-aiity first,
« d ins?,',,?, ''"'■ '7"'' '" '-■*'''l'"g in'-r^-^t^
cull fudT', '"t'''^"'^^^"' "^ »''<='"i''" i»«»-
theoo flie.i;;';""': .""'P"»»"'lell.a., a.nld.t
friends and " "T'""' "'"' "'^^•"^'' ^i"^" "f
oflV^. done ' • 7'^ '"""^ "'""<=• • "»ve
thestren/th V "^ ""■^' "^'"in-confiding in
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warn. nv!. ' -'. ' ^ '""'• "''""'"8 "''"''^ "
otTc'unt7a" cl'';,^ ''^'''"'-' '"' ^" " ^uven
turn to li,, q«e.tion without refetenee to Jer
.onal rivalries or party .r.mnph. Suppo,*
lh,s Bill beture u, burnt, and all tl,«t l,a. been
•«,d upon It forpoii,,,. u e blihtv i,r,d thn
worth of my vouo^t f,.,ei,d iro,n Svc-.,ev would
«t,llhea»«,nierely pn/.-.i I, sureiy cnnno,
be necessary in a.ld vv.-,;,|ii ,r, thf ch.lract^r of
niv hoii. trieod (run. V;ir„„.,i,h, that he should
w,n a per.oiiil ltiu„,pli m a p,.M,t .d'lnrn. 1
Ifleoed on a !or,i„.r .v.ninir "ilh niooh p;ea-
Mira to il„. .vp, nk.rs nar,:,iive of i|,.. e„rlv
Inst ryot K,„tr',CN,i|,.^„., i„„ , ,,,, ,„^ /j.
wf,:,tavi,|s .ii^renions :^r;'ii!i,e,ita hi-rv, if i|.po
'■"d but ,n t;,.. de»t.-i,rlin„ .,f .va-.i,,^ liistiiu.
t."ns, rt ill,, nit tue crciti.in tf any other »
nnd v,h*-ther he tl,i,ik« «•..> elmllnot deal
"ore ,M,,|y will, the M.-bj^jt of Kducalion,
I'V mutual ec.i,ipro„,,fO ai,d co-oprraton
ii«n by .plutionr tl„. liouse in halves, and
t^r,v,,/g sniiie id' the abltst men in it i„io
dele 1,1 nod opp .a tion - \<. ,. wniit ll„- learn-
ed Attorney Gi-ernI and the iearne.l mem-
her Ircin Aiin-ip.dis, wUvn we e.ome to
consolidate our lavv«. Do we not want lliem
now.' Ja there no ronii, ion ground- I think
tliere „, a„,| to huih tlicse i:rni:..;ii,.n 1 would
sny, t.'.at they must t>,! pr..pared to uiy^ up
Hou„.|l„ni, bof..re it ran bn wis.dy occupied
I take the broad sub|«et of Kdn.Miion— w all
n^'reo that roinnion schools shall be ni;iinlained,
«iid llml ,f tl-.e present law is continued, tha
largest ):o»»,ble s„„i shall be pr,i,i,rd We all
agree that the people should be Uft to elect
their own Trustees, and ll,at the n-,a„agemcnl
► hould be popu'ar. But we agree further. The
Attorney General and the member for Anna-
polis are rs enthusiastio as i,iy of us in favor
ot a w,der dillusinn of common school privile-
ges, i , fart of iNiivrrsiil Kducitioii. All ad-
mit the ditliclties-but united all mav hasten
on the period when br a v,Vron8 effort they
niiy be removed. All are iquallv antiou. t.,
e], vate our teachers as a ch.ss— all are agreed
I presume, that I he County Academies shall
be maiiii,ir,ed. There is mu-h cmimon ground
then, and if we differ on 'be collei/e questioo
I am not without a hope th.tL our ditferencei
mav, by the iippjicatioii of a simple principle
be finally adjusted. '
The iirst proposition to which I wish to in
vite attention is, the appointment of a .SuD.rm.
tcnilentoj Educiiion, whose business it shall be
to vi'iit every school it, the province in turn, ia-
speC. ,ts management— sutrgest improvements
and report (ads connected will, the conditioii
ot education year by year, for the information
ot the Legisl.niire and the Government. The
old school Hoard was intended to perform thit t
duty, a failed from its sedentary cliaracter
as any similar board must fail. Biit someihinit'
better is renuired. Jn ahnost e -ery county
almost everv year, un.scemly and perplexing
d,8putes aris;-, the merits ot which it is exceed-
ingly difficult to elicit by correspondence. Wa
have had these at Ann i polls— at Clare— tt
V\c8tport-it SI.elburne-at Arichat— at Mui-
quodobit, every where, and in some cases vein
have jfone by before the facts could be &:»eo.
vered and crog« injustice h^-i been dons for
want of .utfict.ut intbrmalion. Into all tuoh
controversie. • Superintendent would aniiuirf
opoti the ipot— miny ha would adjurt by his
ptcirnce and advica-and whore ha could not
do Ibii, hn would report the facti for the deci-
•lonofiheKxeoulivi' Bui a Supcrinlendcnl
would do more— ho would collect inlormatioii
and diffuse it. Without having power to in-
terfere with the popular control ot the truetee*,
or the independent notion of the comniitiioneri,
he would ficl as an u^J and counnllor to both.
He would cfftT, where rifjuired, valuable aug-
jeationa as to the lite, the couBtruelion, the
ventilation ofuchool houses— the furniluro and
•pparatua of the nchool roonu, the books in use,
•nd the niodo of tcachlnjf. If a good sriiool
existed in a county, with poor ones all around
I', he would turn altenlioa to its meriis, and
•levate the olhera to its standard. If merito-
rious teachers were found in obscurity, he
would bring them forward— if districts were
in want hj would know where to supply them.
If schools or academies did not earn the pro-
vincial allowance, he would at once report to
the Executive. Such an officer would do more
to systemati/e and elevate education in a siii-
jjle year than will be done by correspondence
m twenty, and the moderate- expense required
to sustain him would be repaid by value receiv-
ed ten times over.
I examined the other ovoninit the general
abstracts and school returns and foqnd them
full of absurd anomalies. There appear to
be three classes of Schools— (.'(ammar, .Sune-
nnr, and Commoa Schools. Why thetwofor-
mer exist only in some places and not in others,
«nd what are the distinctions between them,
no man In the provernment or in tliis house I
bchevB can tell. Tho counties of Cumber-
land, Guysboro, and Inverness have two
Grammar schools— there is one In Barrington
and one in xMargaret's Bay, but none in the
other counties.-tVhy ? East Halifax and
O.irrington township havef) iM/icriorschods-
tli -re are 7 in Ynrmoulh— a in Pictou— Hants
Colchestei- and Guysboroiigh have one eicli—
while Richmond, Inverness, Cuin[>rrland,Dig.
by and other counties, have none? Who c in
tell ihe reason ' In 3 grammar schools in
Cumberland there are 1U!» scholars— in 2 in
Inverness but (J7— in one in Halifax but 10
In Cumberland the people pay towards these
schools initio, draw £ho from the Treasury
and teach free schol irs. Jn Margaret's Bnv
they p.iy £.51, draw £20, and teach no freo
schol.irs. In Barrington they pay more than
pmind for pound, and teach four free. In In-
verness they draw two pounds for every ono
they pay, and teach none fr< e.
• Take the Superier Schools. If the abstract
IS correct and the term appropriate, there are
jiSb scholars in East Halifax, W -n Yarmouth,
las in Pictou, 153 in Queens, aud 166 in the
township of Barrington receiving a superior
education, and none others similarly taught in
all thB other towns ar.d counties. Can this be
true ? And if so who can account for these
Momal! 'B and distinctions .' For these gohools
the people of Yarmouth pay £4 for every £1
Ihey draw-the people of East Halifax over
40s,— the people of Lunenburg and Queen's
not 30s.,— the people of Gu/sborough not
Sill ' Surely a Bupermleodent is' wanted to
enuuire into tliis condition of things, and to
tell us Ihe reason.
1 turn lo the common schools, and find in
my own county that Thomas Wilson, at the
North West Ann, teaches CI child-en— tli»
P'npio pay £C lor the half year, and hedrawa
i-H, while Sophy Tliomps.m at the Plains
teaches Is", the people pay 20s.,— and she
draws £7. Take Annapolis. Icliabod Corhett
teaches 51 free scholars, and draws £19.—
Jsincs E. Wheelock gets £l4,(.nil tcachesonly
four free kiehird Harris draws £14 for
teaching 4!2 suholars eleven months. Uathi*
Robinson draws but £7 for teaching 47 a year
Henry J. Niixton get £17 10s. for teaching 44,
1 get.4 bit £14 Ijs. forteach-
whileJarvis Hirtt get..
log 91 ! This nny be all right, but 1 cannot
comprehend it, and I doubt if there is a man
in the Assembly in this respect much wiser
than myself.
Taking the aggregate amounts drawn and
paid for common scliools, I find that Halifax
and Queens pay more than £'J for every £1
drawn — Piclou £."?, Jtichmond a trifle our 15s. !
Surely, Sir, this cannot be called a system, in
which there is neither uniformity nor justice.
A Superintendent would do rnueh to iinprov*
it. But ho would do more. He woifld ele-
vate the chnrncter of thtf schools and improva
their internal discipline and orjianization. At
Musquodf.bit Hnrbftiir there is' fin admirable
school, wliich the tcaol er his brought up !o
its present efficiency by gencreus devotion to
his profession, and by intrndiicing morfern
improvements. The man who would traverie
the county of Halifiix, and, by lecturing to the
people, conferring wit i the trustees and teach-
ing the teuo!i. rs, elevate all the others to tho
same standard would confer an inestimable
blessing on Ihe county. An enthusiast might
do it for love of Education- but an efficient
man may bo got lor a moderate sum to do it
not only in this but in all the other counties.
Improvements travel slow in every country
— in a new one they are necessarily tardv.—
The value of Oat Mills, of composts, of'^pe-
culinr breeds and implements, may be estima>
ted in some districts, yet years may elapse be-
fore the whole population obtain the informa-
tion, or act upon it with zeal. Missionariea
traverse every section of the country to pro-
pagate religion and temperance— to rouse, and
to reform. Kven in politics we adopt the same
mode. The learned meiuber for Annapolis—
the learned Speaker, and myself, all became
propagandists in our turn. What I want then
is an Educational Slissiorary, enjoying the
confidence of the Government and of thia
house, without respect to Party, who will go
from county to county, and from school houie
to school house. On'lhis subject we ought to
a^ree, and I trust we will.
There is another well worthy of our alten
tion. 1'he establishment of libraries in connex-
ion with common schools. In the organixation
of these, (and £o would give a hundred useful
volumes to each district,) a Superintendent
would be of great yalue. Without attempting
to dieUte to, or control, the Trustees, fieel/
tl»ct»d bf thP poop .•, /,e fto.ilJ t,u jr, a^-ni lo
•duM. Ilo could fireclei,:ha.„,^.of bogk.
b't^t-n H, l,.,^nl d.Mrlri,-,,,, .1,. „•« county
could l.nve «rre„ ,„ ,1,„ wl„,l8. Th. ol-vation
t.-Ui'«i.., I l.rl .1 ,„y duty t. rail .1,.. .„..„, "n
Of Ihf ro,nn„„... ■,» ,,,,, ,„„„ ,fti,.u.nTy
r»r ut K-iit nil tlie .rarl;,.r, „f , ooMMtv in th'
'ice ?. '• ""•' :;''''"" ""■'^»"»'a^'"'on,a„d,d.
cIlMch.njr-,, „ „u,d cjicae »n fionorub.e prid.
«nd . ,p nt ot t»,K.rou. om„l,„i,.n. An,l «h,
wouMeiiianute (r..„i th^io liipaiiiL'i' I «-.,uM
r«,-m. ,.„.. or tw„ county ome..,, m ihe .,11 of
he f.xccu;,vc, a. tho n,. .r,.« of klnj; aud^ner
tonnu, ,erv.ce m tl,o noble ^rl of Tn,lruct n!r
the youns On .uch .cp,,-, «. ,i.i. ^Uor.'^
Oe n. .orrou. diiHgr'v.'iK-r.t (i, r... «„t, Sir
!r '" ""•■■";" ''"'"^h o, ,i.i. .„jec, ,i„ ;;. i
umted d..lil„.ra.,on, | ,. /^ , , , pr";;";,,,, .
the Muembly to found Free school for univ.rl
Mleducat.onover th. I,., gt|, u„d hr.ndth of
ed [IT"'" ,.""'' 'i''^' P' 'p-ili^n been nd ,;:
ted there would no, have bfen at this moMient
M uniMstrucled chiid witl.in it. A retpectable
rnmomy voted «,.h nu- .,.. lint occasion X
a maj.,r,,y, learlul „( ,he reaction , f i.n,o„nT
rejoc.ed the proportion. CircumHtincT^vore
not prop„,ou» when the School Act w,» r" v'.ed
iarrt. ,1,7 "'\*^ ''" "' """"^''' "^"^ «•«""'
carr) iius vast iniproveiupnt now ' Th." nro
f^ova fccoi.a, ,s estimated a, £ir,,0()0,000 -
AJdO.OOO. U„t we require no such «um. Wo
the t,?;L'' ""' f'-'-"'^" ''^"" '"^^ '"■aM.rv,and
'he people pay «h ,.u l,v,cp as much n.cro-in
A WO oi al, ve possess ; and Ihis amount edu-
ca e, „„,e ,ha„ h.lf our youth. Double '( ■
free schools would ho provided for everv cluld
hii h M^f""". ^^^ "'"y ""' venture -to take
..i "" '".''J'' ' '"""^"'^ly "nd to infin.te advan-
«fd» .. '"'''''^'t "''* propo,,ition to be put
"nd'bTr'' "1 '"'^'•''>' *"«""'"' ""^ school
hardl« ''P'*" '''°'''- '^"h'-^"l pressing
>ard|y upon any pct.ou of our populahon S
t>an wo not, by „ slight tax on pr. rertv drs
cending by legacv and inheri.anceTc eVte m
human race paw off the stage of life, and if this
wo descend, by legacy or inheritance every
y«ar. One per cent on tbie amount, which
th« Jrad Would nerrr Mii.stnd il„,,r heiri iT„u.a
cheerfully pay, would add £r,iiu(* a year ta
yourconiuion achool (und. I wo ih r cent
would ^ive i;iO,'X)U and, at properly would
inrreaH. taster than p .pulahon, a fund lo.el.t
oiRie IraiiJiiig ufall
liiu« be •fciired lor the u
Ok. youth ol our country. I'ardon ni:^, Mr
t hairiuan.d I behave that llwh,. topic, pionerly
belong, f„ the .ul.rrt upon which we have en-
l-red, and i( I .Mileriam the belief, Hui a n-w
hours nii'rhl have be. n well e,„i,|ovcd in dis-
oiissmdthcin in coininiltce ,,i ti,o whole h. use
I come now. Sir, to Ihe luor. ejciling topic
ol the fo:iejre, Whal.ver i„;,v have been
•aid or written by friends or 1-,.., I neither
created the Inslituiiont nor ihe dilficullies
which they have presented. Kmjr's College
was louiided before I wa* born When I was
a bov i|„. ,-outenti ni ubout the Cicton Ai'.sde-
my had been already br i-un .NU- first con-
neclion with it. In any ollioi^l capTcitv, wa.aa
a '^ooiinissioiier with Judire l)esi>irres to en-
quire into and report on its coud 'ion in Iri^-i.
It wa. then a wreck DiloouMe College, alto
built when I was a boy, was at that time un-
occupied • nd useless. Ily comli.riinjf the re-
source* of the two I hoped to found a frc«
eollegc in the capilal of the Province. 'I his
design wa,i frii«liiled hy the Governors of Ii»l.
housie, wh > placed tliree rreeb;, teriaii clergy,
men at the head of iis classes, pnsfiiii; ov>-r a
t'enlleni.in of acknowledged ab.lily, belonging
lo another denomi-intion, thereby (.•oiilVrringau
ex"!usive chnracler iijioii ilm /iistitutiin, and
diivinjr (he Biiptift b.jdy lo br< ak off fioni the
rest of the dissenting interests, niul enlarce
their Semiuary at Horton ( vi.ted for the
chart"!- to Aeadia VoUegr, upon tlie expreia
Condition tliat no 1 irijer grant phould be SHkcii
flian was then given to the Acaileiiiy. But it
was soon found that, to produce eqiialily, the
grant must be increased, but even that did not
Mtisfv, and anollter illOOO was demanded.
The St. .M.iry » Seminary », runjf naturally
from the desire of the Catholics to be equal
with other rdi^rions bodies. The HackvilJe
Academy, founded by an individual, wag adopt-
ed by -I.,.. Metiodist body, who rallied roundit
ahoi: ; , same time.
^V' 1 .i„..«,. Institutifins shrrlly alter 1 came
into the Legislature, we had to deal We at'
liist tried to sali.sfy all, and place their college*
on a lew), by raising tiie new ones to an equsl-
Ily with Kings 'JMdh mode was found to be
burlhensome to the TreaHury— the aectariana
w-re still dissatisfied and other Institulione
were springing up. We were then driven to
an aifempt to pfjualizn by the pa.-sage of Mc-
Lellan s Hill, by withdrawing all the grants
to enable us to f.und one central uriyer.ity
free from denominational cnnlroul. This led
to the fierce conllinis of 1^43. In that year
the question of one central university as op-
posed to sectarian colleges, was fairly presented
to the country It was discussed at Public
Meetings— in the Press-and in every viilsffn
and hamlet of the interior. The £lectioB»
loliowed, and, ai I have ever contended and
aaaert now, the country decided lo our favour
Biit tne que.Uon did not coma up for discu*.
6
•ion m tf t,.)^'nl«tur> umiI l^^^ in i;,,,
mctnlliii.' ftiH ,•(>»;. lion »:nd bciii i)u«< Ivd .-
The lonri,...! ni..inl...r Ti.r Ann"|ii)l.< hsd r.^.,..
•Mwil 1.- imrp (1,111 n v.-ar pri'vi-t*. it m.,|,„.
luily of ,„.r„Mi(».. ,i„| ,,„w.r. K,„n„ ,„p,„.
trr. who Imd b,.,.,. p|..pt,.,l |,,. cr.nsiiliimri,.*
rriiM,illy (,. ,>iir vn>-« |n,| i„.,.n «.m rvip, iin'j
K c-omi.irl m-.j ,rity «tM,.,| (...jHlirr l.v pninl,
c«l <;.,Mll .•i»,,|. r.„i, 1 y, „„ ,|„, ,.„||„^„, ,|„;„i„„
Hill we j:fl II Mow Ir iiTi nn iiiu yii"iUmI iiiinrLT
An.Tnhryorn||,.|, |„„| ^^,r„„^, „,, j„ |, ^,,,||
anil Illy l,nrii..,| (ripiul frmi thnt irnuntv'
Iho.iirli V..I111;. wi I, ,„ ni, ,|,.p|,„i,,rv r,.«,.lu.
lioni., lent In* rnmitri.nn.o i„ ||„. ,;„,.„, „.^
oppnir. _ by ncirpimir n /yrant ofXMu lortiie
U«o ol lii« iiwii i;iiilsl Iiiriiti
Mr. (', «. V, , No._.i.»„ y„„ ,ay ,i,^t ,,,|, j^
» KTlarmn iiistituiinti.
Mr llouK -I „y ,h.,t tliP PlrliM, niPml.Hr«
madi llif .,ii.|„nty „i lUf- Sv uliidi ihn .Trmt,
W(rprnrn..(l-||„ttli,.vHlii.rHiii|i,. ,,„,il '|||.,t
Kit' C'.tu;u.l .,(• t|„. !,.„rMO,l iiii-ui!.,r on th ,t
«;ci-a«:nii I i,,,, .„rr> to rmnll, nnd wi*h I mnUl
forcel. n wii, b: J iMnii;,!, Mr. iiinirmnn, i„
bf l.iat ti hy n frim' in.ilion ..( nrruri'siniii- -«
It wn^ worse I,-, |nve our frir-tnls Hinrc ll,e
plLTiiliT wih niir |.n.'iiii.« At IhiH :,u,p OnC
bnijsif WIS ri wr.M'k, ana clKijinled with tho
».p.Tt. ,-r,.vi.i,.d on all gi,l,.,, | ,r-„c,.|y
lli'.iiTl,' „| 111,. nihj,v.t.,fidii.'i,linn Irnm l-Cto
If-1-. H'.MirliiMOM pcrlir.pa, I lnoli,l^r,.,l i|„.
lop,; th.t"|li..r,. was n fowl Iniir. coii.ina '
It »na c ni,. nt last. 1,, \-i7 ihn co |,r,.
iHienlion WIS ri' I l,r( n- iI,p roimlry |n «o
UMBrtinj;, the li-aru .1 inoiDbnr (nr AiU)-pr.J,s"i!,
corrrrl. |i rii.iy iiave brou disrii«M. I inridrn.
tally, in « l.-w p!,„-»_bMl in m.inv was not
evpri infi,l,on.Mi,„Md iha rlccion., sun- run 0.1
•''"'"« I'" ['"■■il qnr..liuns of r... pmiiLniMU
inl«ivsl 13,11 it ,H hero i:ow ,-ind ,,„i,i ht- dealt
Willi It c;,:\.>, ,,, ui, imJiT i,ir,rp fuvoiirjblr
uMspir,., Dalhouai.. has h.-en rosciicd, nnd is
nmiiit to be broUL'l.t into activity. 'I hr e rv
pL>rM-m-o,i tcMrl.ns l-.ve Imtm .■„ga..rpd. and an
evcp lont ;nalh..|ii,iiici,!M. Wc h.v,. thrn, tin-
li">iiehis oi the c..iit,-iriplat,.d Kren Ce'l-m. ami
have now m lonHbitT wliirli is th- wisest
uuirae-to withdraw th,- -rants from t!if .-oun.
t.y »ooiii.an:'s, an,| hiii,i..,oinplv endow it, nrto
pfrmitil to g... uri.,birii,;vclv "into op.ra;ion
eoniinMinj: lo the .-xislin;,' instilnliMis a nm,.,.'.
r«lp allowanci., unl.l Its ini-irop.,! ia„ r,-.,n„rc(.»
•re dfyplopcd, and its rapacity to giv.- th,. in-
•tniction they now allnrd U Mty lo^ed I
conless that my own mind inchnps to 'he lat-
lartfo p, rl.nn o( our people lavnur t'le .Jenonii-
national nirde ol edni.alion. 'J'h.^tiah mv ov. n
opinions ;.r,. unchanged, Illiink ,t w.mij wA
be wise t„ revive s.aarian billerness in lh,>
country ayiir.iCii can he avnid.d. It would
be e.,u,Jly nnwise to breMt down seniinnr:es
doin<r ni..,|h ^ood before we have replneed them
by somethMig betler-to scalier clas,;,.s of
young men pursuing their studies, until we
have made some provision for completing their
education. If we denido to withdraw the
»mall grants now given we must at once li-rge-
ly extend the endowment of Dalhousie. We
eannot take one part of the scheme of 1843 and •
l-i.i: 11.. ..tl,, r-nc muft talf ihh whoU or
kIi-mix* .mr policy.
A. re,ip..c;< iri!.'iou..« e llegc, I Uf »\.
«\v« relie,),iindertf.K.d insn(.f,.Mi*rt, upon the
P:M.).|r...« w!„,.h ,,,rn^, „ aur.ilU from it« cun-
ira. p-HilKi, ,;, till li„..,in of ll,; mflro|,o:n -
Ih- I,..t,tiiti,n. at Windsor, llorlon. and
f. ikMlle h„w..v.r us.f.l or rr.i.ectnblf,
M.ind in thinly p.pijit d dislnols. de lilutof
h- ii,iii' ,iM •-•, .„d i-.ids to knxwirdge supple J
I'V Ih rnpitalol the Irov,,..,... T«rnly thou-
nnd peepl. si.rroind lJ,illi„uaie wiiliiti ,01100!
Ifoing di.tan.p <'n.. ihoii, ,: d (■nnihes, nthin
llliil .spare, cun alloid to send one boy .it UnU
in'oits el ,.^,s IlundrrdH of p.ri^H curiit
duly into ll.ihiit who p.i„ lb,. other tieinina-
riei on the r^vl, nnd hnndr.ds iiior, come by
watTlrom the i.wns nnd harb urj v »t und"
We,-t who never see iheiil. Supji.iM- out or
hofi of the Itiilroadi i„„le, iJie |.Mp.,Iati„n of
Il.ilil.x an, D.r iniu'li will be i'iO.DOOin a few
yoari.. Tins p,.p ■luiin.-i row huv n st una
chimonthel,.gis|,,i„ri— ma few ve.irs the?
will deinind that s.>ine provision iie made I, f
ticir Kdiicvion. Hut c n^rreginnl number.
are not the only advuiiligo |,os!..,ia,-d bv l)al-
i.puie If young men ar- dei.|,ivd ior the
liw, the rouinnre li. re-if f,,r the (hurelithe
pupil or.ilurs of all denimin.it. .mi preach in
Ihlilax fr >m lime lo time If i|,e medical
|iro(essi-.n iiprelerrd, here are ihc llospitali
and U.^peiisaries. Voitiirr fellows wlio are
int; iidi-d for t adi-smen will learn more in the
H,ii;i>le.|.,<of llalifix in a week than tliry could
J.rk up in a village in a ytiir. Those who
desire to be niercliants orconiman lers liavs
the IliL's of .ill unions floating beneath their
eyes every diiy— and if anv of our pu„r„aciou*
you.iirslers, with a larffe ilevelopenirnt of the
poMerior reirion, ar.- nmh.tioui of becoming
soldiers while studuiig nt JJalli msitf, the"
ni:iv take lessons in the mililory urt by merely
lookirg out of till window.
Su.'h be ng the iintiinl resources of a tric
trep:,l.t:,n college, 1 am content laigcly to rely
npoM and to develnpe th,:ie. All I'Ssk for
Dall.ousip IS, to lie let alone, or if mod-rate
nLMilemic grants ar ■ givtn in aid «f the high-
er hritirhts ol lea'niiig, that t >hould, if it
qualifies, be permitted Ic pariicipato. if it ii
put into operat'on with)Ut any needless ag-
gression upon other Ins ituuons, or any
revival of drnominalional Ijoetilily and bitter-
ness ol feeling, not only will many Chui<;h-
iiieii, Melhoflis-s, Haptists and Calholici, send
II eiroons toitaolasses.aitranteJbv Iheir cheap.
ncss and efTieieiicy, but vming u\cn who have
heen traned al Sackville,K,ng's,Acadia and St.
Mary 3 will go there to finish their education :
these Moninarich will, i,i fact, become fccderi
.(joni whioh the central institution will be ulti-
inalely .slren;rth,-ned nnd nourished. If it giveg
to the populiilion of Halifax tlie higher br.iicliei
of education for £4, whirh now costs £10 or
or £1.,, siodents will not be wanting, and in
a few years its further endowment may be
sanctioned by public O4jlnion, and if necegfury
the grants to the other seminaries be withdrawn
VVe mutt either adopt this mode of proceedina
or carry out the policy of 1843— lo sweep awa*
eiillinu inil.tuti.>n« una 1,-it,,. rmtlhiig ,., ||„ ,
.le«il, M ■•■PtM, t., be- pror„.r,|, won'-l b- ult r
folly. tr.M,. Willi I kn..«- oi lli.. ,int,. „i-„u!.-
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do no. h.|,..v,. 111,. , ,n„j„r,.y ,1 ,|,p p, •,:„
tn rndow ,,np, unil rrrl.iii.lv llicv u .,,,1,1 „, I ,i,,.
liavr ,1 „„,ii:,i;{ M:,r ,/i„ |„. cr. UU..I •
U„l II m,y l„. „k,.,|. wo„|,| JO 1 rrrnr-iir.
hr .ecijinv ,K,n.;,,,|. > \v„„m vm. ,.^,Vhv
« 'I i.'n. Divmily ,|i,.ir. ' U'..,iM vo„
inikH l),illi,.,„io ,). ,„-„i,,njii, ii.il ^ \v„„|,| V,,,,
con ,„„,. i|,« ,Kv,,.i„..„, ^r.„U I,. Kin.M ■ -
C,Tl«i,:ly n ■! (f nnv ,n,,,.l„.r i„nv^, .•» r... ,f ,
ion l,..r. „mrr„in, „.o |.M„r,|,|, , Itlia. ;,.m„.,|
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woud,:„„,,iawn,,,. •lh;,tKi„eWull'S
vo.or.,rll,..bHll.ru„.,|,..|,.„. l.'.v, , n
.ub,,.e,. M. c,.:iin.i:;;'',:,;,,'V';;;:::;r;..'::
•nd ,. I. vrry »i,i,,,;,._a,,|,, . ,„ ,,„, , ,, .;
•"'"""'"• " "'<•• """'fy t.,,. ,,„„., p,i;,',,,,'
bylho governor, and, ill„„.,|.;.|,i^H,..r'i^.,, a
^XOCfMi £-im, on pro.,! il,^, ,,,r,,. ' ' . ' "
U.achu,„- II,,. .CO ,. ,1.,. ,,„„,„ , J- ^
m d.Tii ln„g,n,r,.H Uy n,l ,,,.,„,, this c u-,
v.r.,iy the ,...ans a,„! Il,,- ,.,,j,..r„,„ t/,„ J
tlie,r ox|)( ri,ner,t at n . «ro:.t cl„| n,,! .. , ■ Z
le lions ol i„,.s,.. „|,o or,. ,.,„./,'
.u.ci...d,„,i..,.o...:!;,rvoVr::r:s
tion. I ch<Ti<li n„ f..p|i„,rs „, ,„ ,,, "'"^"^
of.hoox,,,,,i,,,,s,u,,ti:;:t:''V::;'S:Xd
vnke,j H,„. ,,r„,,., ,|,^. c,„nt,i„e.l, the Lo
the prcu,,,.,,! e,„io.vn,^nt (or e.j'u,; ,:,, 1'
0;l,e,«,.n,M,.v „,,,„.„,„„„„„ „i,;;,'„„,
peo,,..., nny, „t ih,. p,...,,,!,, „,v,i, coonlri.., ,
are wroni;, „„| , b l.evv th..^- ,,«•,, "ir.n
reipect. rii, learoe-l „i,.„il,pr iVr .\n,i,,,,oI,s
.nd arew,,l,.n, tl,,^poK„,,,,,,!,'"^''
point, nn. yet 1 cannot l.u, „,| ,„rr th.- con
.education croafd „11 h,« .,.>i,:uri..sn,c " „,w
have loatlmual tliath(-in9!o«,t .,"^" '•."""
^..h»redby.n,nyo.l;:.:;tr;,i':,;;!rud:
o shut o,T eyes to ,I,e Uct that th.> denonW
onal pr.napl. has it, advanta.ro. as Hi „:
K' A V" »''?''>•"'"»" Wends of "llod
^Both.. £ioo„;o %V,«a«,r,aod a thud jE400o'
t.. Hackv.ll. Il.» f,„„j, o( Ar,Ju r„».
4,IOOiiyparb/ vo|,ini,r, .-onlribmioni-il.e,
Mv^ already .•»pen,l..d Ji;N,OUOor t|,e,r owf,
imd^-and «,l!.i,.i|,.. |,., ,„,„„. ;^,„,„^.
■r Kinjj t (,,.ll,.f,. hay,, m.-.l Xi-.O,, towart'i
III? ,0,|.po,| ul 111, I In^lil„ll,,||. It „ p,.„
1*1"", thai -h,' .f,-,io„„„,ii„„,| principlu d.n»i
fori.,, n,,d ,,.d,P:,t,, 10 ,i,, c,„s, „r , ducaiion.
fi.M-liwl.uh Ih,. I,..«„!,l„r,. rould „„l com-
inntvl. It ,1 c.|i.ally iin,l,..,,,,|.;,. ||,,l boy. ara
HitMotd ml-j llit.e „.|i,i„,,r;iK rroin il„; rur»l
di«ri-l« who but »or iI...,,,, «„„:j n^, t,
Klii'Mlid nt nil.
TlK' .yiuni. i,l« of Ih,. Irar;,od m.ml.i.r for
Aninp,,!;., „„ tl,'«r po,nt» .-re ,„,ind Th- ilif.
I'TfMt r. .,;{ioii« l,o,l„.H inu.sl |,.,v,. thi-ir divinilv
c- laira ha„„.vv|„.r..-ci L.t in th,. m,i;:l,bor!,oo,l
ol til,. r..„tral in^l,!uii,.n i; y,,,, ,.„,b,.vv it. or in
tl"irown. And why n„t .' |r ,v > i,„„t h,.yr
Vm. j-;.nnnl .!,..s,roy \\w^.- \',nUun\,L if you
W"ul,l. \ „u ,„,iy ,, iihdruv 111,. ,rr,ii,i< nd in-
diw ji free co!U ,,'-■, but li«.y ,v. I i,v,. nnl-.v.th-
't'l'"l.t,;r. If yy^ ,«,,,,,,, „^^,,^, Daih-rHlf.
nnd.o.ndno n |„.r, Nov . y,.oi:» ,v,;i I,,. lrf|
»■, Il n„lli,.i,f bdt .l«iiornin,li.,i,il «nin,naiie.i
a'ldy.Mi Mill ii.iv^ cinn," lb- v,.ry rry, r,,. J
"lint wo in ,.,i,lrd if) 1H:1. lithi/i.cii..,,,,,,,^
nt .my tiil,ir„ so:',. „r l',,, ,li,i;;;,<,i„n, | ,.h..:i
r>;!,:»t it. \( ir,.,uloi,i, n with whom I liayp
liilloTlo nol,-,l. .irih r,.. I , th,. po'i-.y of \'..\\ I
"hall no will, Ih.-oi, bin aft,.ri;ivin.r lb- a,,^-
l-<'l (l4,o r,.ll,.!.n,,„, I „.,. „o n..c.,M7ly for a,.
HPrhnij „r .„.:rativ,nLr an n!.-truct prinriple.
wh!-!,, by applym- to tl,e li,:rl„.r ften,i,..„i,.., of
the rn„n,ry ih,- p,,l,cy wl,„^i, r.s np,,ii..d lo out
common Hi.Jiool.H, w<; niv arrivo at n iririical
solution of ,j very d,Hic„lt ,|ii..Bt,on F,» a
sMindar,! of s,.c.)Iar ediical o.—dflin,. Iha
branoli,.Mo bo ta,i„rht, and ,; brr.ri'ro-
l-'KHors and Htu,|r,iis, ifv u will. an. I, , ,, .rive
as y Ml woold to ,1 n-I,„o| ,„ the U.iptist aetib-
tnoMl ,d \V,I,„„|, or tl„, Cuth.iic s..ttlcm,.nt ol
1 li.;/,.,oo„k, without rof,.rpnrp to .HP,.t,iri»n
dis'iMclioMs of man-!j;,.inei,l, or to any oljior
hra„ch,.« laoyht , x, ept thn«,. conloinplated bv
Kw, and f.r It.ailnnj which thcpubl,c money
la piiil. '
This, Mr Cha,ninn, is tho poI„y which,
alt. r l,t.ar,nnr tim cmllclmsj yiows of ffentlo-
mca all n.„„d il,eh,„.K.., I l„.li,.v,.. on my honor
and conaacnc- lo bo trii,. wi.sdom at the f.ru-
"'■nt I,,,,.-.. It in.v not ploas,,. inv learned
iricnds ,vho, .Misra^r,.,! i„ ,)„. „,t,„,,j .,.;,, ,,,,re„oe
ct \V„„l,sor. I.Kt- the Rold„.r.s aila,:,.i„g and
d,f,.,id,ngll„. Kronph tarn, lions,, at Wnb-rloo.
c.onot o, w,ll not tak,. an rnlarg,.d snrve. of
t 10 wl.ol,. ,„.ul. It may no! pl.-as- Iho^oWho
d-Mr,' to athrmor l„ d,,.iiy an ab3tr,,..t principle,
to which one p,,ii„jn of our peopi,. „iil chnjr
an,| wh,,.h anoihor will r.>p,i(lnt.^,pven thoutjh
V.,. pill a ,l„„.n n-sobiiions on the JournaTs.
It may not pl,.aso tliosa who seek a party tri-
"iiipf,, or w,:;h to swoop away ov,.rvth.nff and
buijd up nollim:;. - It may h.* inconsistent w,th
the polujy of IS CI, but tb.it his been delibe-
rately abanooiidcl by Mr. Huntington, Mr.
Henry and Mr. Younjr, and but lanKuidly af-
— ■-- ~j "•• »••,! oucj icarnca speaker.
My conaiatcncy ia not that obaUnala
8
«iu»lit_v which -dhcr-s io proriou»!v fxpieoid
news hiivfw;-circums;uii<:r3ch,intre i ,)w
ter to gat,':or i:p the ex|,or;..n,-f o( Die pasr. and
»ct upon „, „,..! r must h;ivu beer, a carclMs
•ludent, irultiJ, „> liavc learnt r.r.lliinff in th-
«a .years i^ .„ch h-n-t- o!nps.-,l irom }^liu, 1 - »'i
••.XP".U.|H-,. 1, 1.1 tirrrht ii.c. tli.s-th-it w.' imv
rnnlc. e,li,fdti..r. n hat-),, ,,r,-„wi'.l, wli(>r^ i;,",,
Ciurrlj w,. r,. 1.) ,n.i_v'j" wci. witli th« l.viri oCour
c.-)iintry, 1 (-.t we i;iay oii'vo'.o f•^p,^ -,iht v '.v
eni.il in,,j:i, ips, l, I, iiro ...,r d.<risi.,.n nnv/-
««• <'»vry t.)ur yours. But with .-.t; innHu;
t..rb,.,-,rni,...., „.„: a spir.t of .:r,.npr ,mi,p. wo
Lando u-.l.. good, nud mti\-..' ,m m!: '■.... -,r7
ai.d l';TMia..,-i.ti>cttle„.vnt „r I;.-...- r.^.c^in:.;.
> r C„„.r,M-u,, 1 n-.f.l >i.,i ,!„. „t]„,,,. ,!.,t„.^
".""'""' ■" '">• P «i'i'iri, liv.f ifO ,,,0 hii' li.ll..
PH.irot,.pr(.R.nt.l,i, j,!i,ct o, tho n-.t,- ol
I'lcirMess .iml ahtltv
th. r.m.,;UH. v^vh the .,.<,....s, .-.nu ami
•.hich It O'.'jht over t) commind. Unow t
vdlue o( educatinn bv (he wart of it Thi
pirlnis o; Kin^T, were uio^^d sfninit mf, a* a
DisH^nler, when a boy, u„d ,W,...a 1 hear the
leJicitoua pl.>;|uen=o of rn/ learned friend the
.MtMM,cy Genorai, I n.jyia, pr.impled by
(■■i-liriFs a8 natural as hU oa-ii, b« disposed in
bosiilily t, tHa insliiutioi. whirh h^ ao ablv
dr ..nda I Inve no such fVolin?. From the
"Id man between whose l;nei"8 1 wa, trained—
Hho WitrtnOnt :„y only pr^.towor, I learned
to r,.i.p..c;t all cr-H-ds and ,.11 p,)fesMon«-to
pr.'z,. kn Hvledsr.- for its own sak.'-to eatlinato
tb, res >urops ot reli?,.,i,s 7e;.l, oven when .11
III-;, tMd and to prolL-r p,n„ce on honorable
ti;r;ns to friml-ss a-ij co-frressive war. In the
• pir.r iml-bed troin thai early trainlnff, and
B.reniTthened by our past experience. 1 would
now invoke (.'cntlemttn on all sides to deal
calmly s'sii.Toudly, and wi«ly witli tbo groat
i'ubjocl bfc'fore the HouM