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Coloured covers/ Couverture de couleur D I I Covers damaged/ D Couverture endommagte Covers testored and/or laminated/ Couverture restaurie et/ou pellicula □ Cover title missing/ Le n D titre de couverture manque Coloured maps/ Cai tes g^ographiques en couleur Coloured ink 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 9. ' (?) 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 v!,„|,..and...,n„rl 'vl Ucrrud (n-re. w. ,„ust w.it i,. ,„.,,"., or ffo on ,n ,oul,t. d.scnss.n. tl,r jr. ner.l ul. di.iu3aiKl(riMt!..,.sdisTi,...sion ^ "" '"m- loon,, d and ),nM,.r:,M..(,l„,„,,,;„ adi.er ',, ^ • c.M,r.e (r,-,„j:l,l w„l, s„ l„,|e . i,dn n <" UV jysl, to clrr a (bn„.|„.,nn." Vor wInH removes a p j st.vlo ull I,, k,,.,,, ,> v I.a ° ^^i:^:tL-ivs.d^-S- be n'ucl.'^;' "' ?' 'ir ^'"'^"--"^ -,M,ld' no •anc^, vet a, i-r/.vf ii i ''' ,""' " ""'■ to ma ant ^h''""',"''^'''''^ ""i" "f JesU, fi" d«?„r'" """^ "- ^"'"« '-'r^t.a.dan impo' riaj atsjJotwMi soon alter buildi'.^H-''"""'^'"''"'' ''■■'*''°" ''"'"? '^orfvto ce d- ;',",;;'«,!• - >"'••">- mrde of pro. for this ,11 ; , ' ^^'"■" ' ^''''■'J "1 "^'-1^ or Ills i„l|, and for witlidrawin.' nil the c>,l nChS'''' \'f '" A„nand^,resoIm.i of ehica n'";f"^'"'^' " '■""^i''tent «.h.me ol Il,e mof, '^'"^T"")-. «° be cndo«-ed out hLbillMT''''"-,^"''''"' vote now for well ai I rf ?"'" ^ "'" P"'P"'^'' ^^ l^"*"d " «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 .hall nd " '° ";"'^'' ' '"'"'^'"- »'»PP/ ' r'e i J^' „' ^.7«,'"^'">« tl'e pile that Btand.in .InfeowL ,'.""."".'' '' '^"ul the deadly 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 doinine 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.|.,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!.- J.o orin,..., m .%■ ., 8cc,.i, ,i ,|,i, „„ „ J„ , 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„.,| inM...I.,„.||v.,|. ,i,,,i„„i, 1 ,v,l| „;„ ,„vp ..I l..>VI.,,„p,,,,,,, ,,„,,,,, ,,,,.^,,,^^,^ 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 chi,: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.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