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m to work het ladle( Mea N 111051/11�� g
however, is user comfier, is o vast Uwe►•. t 11. dte/bsnaa
fust Atm W. deplorable het we ser eaedvr
day, . metepplm.►a .pestaaM this .(» meed Mhos:
that--tor spectacle .f th».aed• if the • NN ./M bu.J Mtfeed tbuesede of peer
using them with the .Mune
meet intereet,ng end most helpless d sur worth, y pet nt y, where tW M)'e I to tbn eouutaeneyr yet the dwhke of lar
hied working from Joy 1u day, and from to reek a pp1N cos ►
year le Mar, far p 'fasces densly suelei',t tabor a sure to masa the day's reward, a., sen ranted by these *khan. A eeeendelee- thenen the Sheriff d the C•aaty to unease • yore, Mr. Ssebere' Ib ked, the lest of
pr vide forupport life, end uels* oy in.lmfiatI•t to where emery works tieing wblessing
strep[ 'los is b sem more thea toe ee two swim/eat to uyEsese ire Mat say Dairies his being a comparative streoger, reader it
un er•10, r this ibee 110 p of chum: moot
g o- and ability c i work t• • in tbi. o J • duoisty, 1 pus eactowaebtp. Creditor h
at tato bis band, Iesledi•g lee- very probable that Mr. Ct.velaod will be
veal, • i j eon by the amongst
moat igt4- end (red nee; nen �sl.et go not," as
$ir. who either createtwelve ese control what 1.riah or
called ?abide cows and mcoot of collection ! Now u the Coen- returned. -•1•9410144r roti used mea degraded amongst ue---arork- peopled g s,.t ehW tm Nd .( the - TRACTS FOR THE TIM E`�
rW Sd e? Herbert says "he scared by the •Derbi I rJ Ns wade se primmest f
�r{See, sad mar be p. ide*J rated se
hates mouse tea mks plat• nry two .terea117
Weise Obi m•g•ede Wires* «• row Ihmrerl.
and thepspelarity «aapAelaslty dee Adm1s-
gtraue oe • wittiest mar to not the eelaatary
act .r the .doted., bet resits hem the isfl.-
lea• of the bet provisions of the New Mosim-
pal A•t le seder se presses the Dietrte• s.1 -
taf mimeo d4 isruy sed I.lemye that weed
a.c evenly result 1e him tem use ergBtl'va•e
or ied,ffrrewee as that nasaife.ted by oar Cee.ty
Cooed -aur 179th recites of the sew AN, •a -
is the aeighb.,hoed, Although SI wtp.t•
t ten eyed M reale 1 �/ w.PIMfr. *b•
.ebacrsli•d deeeriaw.t . Mealreal
Manifests. hose pr1119S1e11 to as
mm
late rWr, • petty .socle.i,..et-
deaeo that the aaeeltatiue feeling is strong
tug wit►wt dope ssJ without ceasing, a
with the full knowledge that the prolong&• magnitude of ter evil with wbicb we hate that there kw oleo 'lust fur tbemsel.n ked for Drtnet tiebi, eery man who bis • • rsepect•
• 1100 of life is but the prolongation of a to cootead; but rattiewet, it. t us make
emust the m.lutadr are seosetiere toe egeaae-w bis lhatnet Ochrous/4r may brbg w sees
ff ria Ids df ► and eavrprtar-aw.1 tUsk W feu miss' the Curputatios •,:J (rooter •be amount
misery epos which no light can •. • ^io. tv.
Bel, whole avrry one admits the ever rave vigorous scums add large abseas.- •'� sl the country, sad the with coats -thio i. decidedly the best provesiw
wleob sfptet such Targe d of our pope• Let those wbo cutout give a large sues for the le, so 0 to 7, i.d u e a the Ata. the it will be forst to kw • very ran "The amount of the eatery, or tb..mol- u6ia,al work badly dope, In eug.,quesc, of
• d their or 6i. sere. list chose rho have much timely and unreasonable outmode Yet it yeasts mode of payug our debt ! It is probe- 000010 oltached to every office, ought to low alerts•, ao end will kava ban mad• es
end the
and whsle the humane, the end their dorm, yea s it et ib as a oo terse, four, capabilities of the pep D e be the least roar lea isdtvidwb, tjtlallbsd to great as the roe removed. .A Nm mot N
enJ les chaoitabb open then hr art. •n 7 giver g y woo d M rub and dangerous to treat .vas three tele •Dat tea Comity Cowell 10 emends to pro
execute its duties, an willing to accept for offered sufficiently big to induce competent
p•irses 1., mitigate the pressure of the sirs- live much and let all .hernusl ac ! (Ler perfulmanee."-Bk3TM.tY• men to voter into oke service0ndu of thio State,
ten, s .rte sneer forward with a remedy.-- - e .010 to their ability. Neither time nor Txra,yeociee either with levity of contempt.- risk for the on holy
d the 1)irtrret Creditors, ani ;o enahte into to act rode densly sad
Wo want a cure, not en allevtati•'n; but lye looney can be wasted which is devoted to The Niwkarr an the sate of the conA -they come may occasion furry or fifty nue to he brought -
ecek x,v it e t vain. Ir, Ger i'O of J, .e t eke wThough' we •hai not cure bythese means rt,mediatelp,iow •1 mills' o•latt wrah the people apices the Corporation during the preern' year. Although the question of Retrenchment iinpottial:y. It would be the height of
f..11 to leave • Custom officer so badly
t!ir case of 1e,• n'II Ind
tee of disndun- Though inn:to leave
that be u of c esu badly
relieve the iaatruction betw.es them and the legislature, and rio costa of culteeuu., will, i0 all piubabilt- ser acquired etch • practicable shape as at n., m 1st numerone enJ tee moot distressed an Era which admits of oo thnrni.gh, if of -Ike) etas at a medium e( COmmaalrwllop and tserch, toeludieg the law -eau, Sheriff's feu, Dar ufla•o been moo' 1 in Ceuta, it has rte open w the mew uhuse of bribery. It
of the unhappy wotk••n of this metropolis any cure, we Shull, at ao wenn, a the resent time. hitherto the ery for it pe P
-end ark onne!res what sot -tole M tl� mteerte• of thuuwnds of patient, bumble, and exert an ,alienee ant'. greater than the y, requite at u. still • age proportion to the whole hu been nothing snore than electioneering• "mold show an .meal want of wisdom to
g f p g ogueoce of iter guveromeor. we tbotgb they debtnet debt, n unpor1 • large aonlof the capital : now it is the earnestly expressed make his swoluluetts so high that be would
legirlature can do for then., w. find that and deserving .n le, who have strop and
nothing can be div, emcee in the way o0 ortolan claims upon air sympathy nod re- may oecunooally think too fat, they are, ,0 the deb. kill if the
ump.d ! tt'e have only as ob- demand u( the whsle people. 1t 's not be *cabled to employothers to aneert•ke
rt i homy we rh•11 tonnes. 9 Ii) of caws. slsbavcoaley .erre. t, and sone that if ti.oni.son on the part of the Coon- ,each inure than vis months since the the requirements of his office. The mean
mitigation. That' -Orme thousand fire Bard; we *hall hShien rtes preseun upon
hundred et omen ire engaged in Le den in • the (shell! market
f t bat n.w of • 'arrestor
M erre their deepest error may De vegan+ed •y dart cJ arse from mn:ives of ceonomy, the.Ceuneil• agitation Wad commenced; enJ in that time between these two extremes is to be found.
r I tore have vented the old Scotch proverb about it has progeegreseed ata rate before unequalled It is
the steers that in Cesare' we
official extra • have
to the history cf any great Worn,. It is r
true that the public mind was prepared fur already ; and if we world not rush preeipi•
the discusses° of such a tope ; but the tamely to its opposite, w• must seek some
most sanguine embers for economy could elude(, where • proper economy already
never have looked for the triumphant res- exist.. New York State from its great
ponce which has been given to their argu- similarity in many respects to obi. Province.
menet. Party feeling •ppears fur once to - is
Justeru ice uready ea aped than o our uurq di. -
u
here (oat ns usual s-har characteristics ; and Tu- good ;iia schools anequally afficiest • its
ryde and Rea chs mets harmoniously o ce r Legislature a wire ; e officers N Le e-
de*en• for a change which shall produce a
better husbanding of the revenue of, the Nu -like ; its rubhc Werke as well kept ;
0th its protection to the individual as certain ;
them merit eta; t►It
rule of seoesomytesto y
n, wk. do sag alt tfbe.esiiss
to the week they Illgt.fe p,* .. 1}�,,
eert•ith That wke I r�1bh.• e tit
pr•w�
the whole of hue beetles is the bond. of •
seemliest*, be le NJuy+ng • comfortable
lit tag at the impasse rf the.Mefai kedy..w
It would be • proper rale, thee,* decIdbg
the amount due to a public officer kr hie
enviers, to ascertain the sum for which
tbey can be fairly performed, and give that.
with lame shghtadd:tnta.for the "reaps••
eibthty." But the wish to twosome* the
IT " aawk5LToa." pubes funds in one we,, meet sot lead to
their weal• is another. If jetties is neglec-
ted Om interest of the creedal rieksd, ur
set; -work vied needle-.vork, of shim twee- th• wea i n e 1 pr
tv-eig!,t r'.nusar.d fire headed are tender colony; we .hall ca,ry joy and light into modem groping. after some great pnnnple o
i senty years of r.ge, and they live, or a'• 4100 Zeds of unhappy domes: we admit make polities' justice. The Mase of the people may bo
tempt to on aero gar
y-og from 1+ 1 to the wi lows heart to sing wrth gladness.; i(eounr, my be simple, gettable, natee., toed
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d Ab l twelve hundred of sheer w• sell( pilar helm 1010 th. spirit n/ the nfehsoge, easy inland even
the ►na mal
leen . dry.
ru r e, ;
b' 1 Monday mile coed and ibr forlorn; ws •hell ranee ler Drmagague enol
your creatures a•wm i►� on , - ve.. iodises them to
1•at, to give wbatever'tnrornlauon might be faCen• fie the despairing with dope. ant adopt trruroosl sad aolueii6abls means but mks
required of them to the gentleman in tee show the reality and the .arr.estnese of our object to hs accomplished met be •t kat plan-
tnrsetig'li •a of their con:leuo". Tense I l'hriauamoty, by our good deeds rather than si. They may be urged oo to demoted pnvi-
ligee, web, for iastease, as uaivenal suffrage,
and popular ioatit.11oos a1 a time whoa they are
atoungst the twelve hundred wen were
pts=cued of tinder-clothing-mdirpensable
, like to tweet' and to decency -were re-
routed to hold up their hands. Four per-
sons alone mete -the expected reply, firths°
amongst them ;n week eekdwere askedren shit.
to make
lingo during
the customary riga. Not one hand team
held up. Nlnstv-:eget had earnel only one
• billing eegty-two hod earned. one-snd-
sixp.nce; only five had earned as much as
six shilling.; whilst two hundred and eigh-
ty-three had earned nothing whatever. No
leaguap can exygoerate such misery as
this. 11 tells it. own tale better lban all
the studied el gneneo Oat coned be brought
to strengthen and to eluridato it; and will
work, or hay already worked uta way to the
hearts of thousands of teems who can feel
for the sorrows of humanity.
But some men, more earnest or more
praetieal than otbers, ask themselves what
Is to be done to remove from snionget us a
misery like this. Amid the many attempts
to solve this problem and to arrive at the
chases of the evil, we have seen none that
can approach the simple but energetic ap-
peal of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, a
gentleman whose heart seems to be in every
good cause, and who empties to unite the
tact of a mar of business and the practical
wisdom of statesmanship, with philanthropy
and Christian charity, which are far better
than either. "Let es mer," he says, in ab
admirable letter, " what are the causes of
the evil. ' Th. cause,' says every one, ` is
the mania for cheap goods, which drives
down profits and wages to tbo starvation.'
But a mania for cheapness would not, in
ittelf,, enable the purchaser to get goods
cheap, unless other causes operated to their
cheap production. The. will of the pur-
chaser has, io fact, much less to do with the
matter than the position of the talesman
and the producer. Every capitalist -by
wbich I mean every man embarking money
in any trade or calling, with a view to get
hue living -is trying to attract custom to
himself by uodersslliog his neighbour. -
Every labourer -i. s. every man, woman,
and child working for wages -Is trying to
secure employment by accepting lower
wages :bon his neighbour; and every pur-
chaser, as a matter of course, prefers the
cheapest article, The truth is, our wealth
and populattoa have both outgrown the
narrow area of our country. We want
more room. We have too much capital
std too many people -more capital than we
can employ- with profit -more people than
we can maluttaen in comfort. All reports
tell the ease tale in • greater or lees degree.
In the .me, in the field, in the factory,
everywhere a fierce competioo between
money and money -between man and mar."
And a bat is the remedy 1 Shall we de-
clare that there shall be no underselling of
labor or of goods 1 and that man *hull no
longer
Compete wilt' brother man ae foe with foe.
We might as well attempt to declare, by an
act of the legislature, that in England two
and two shall no longer be considered as
four, or any other impossible and preposte-
rous thing. Shall we forbid people to buy
cheap 1 This idea is equ•Ily ridiculous .-
Or shall wo forbid the employers to employ,
•rid the workers to work under a certain
rate of wages 1 Yes ! when we repeal the
law of gravitation. or any other fundamen-
tal law of life and preservation, not until
then. Or are we, to use the words of Mr.
Sidney Ilerbert, " to persuade people, se a
matter of duty, to gore more for a thing
Vier, they can get it for -the tradesman to
pay for tabor, the consumer for his goods,
loon* than the niarket price/ 1a all bargain
to h•eome a matter of charity 7"
No; social mitts- are neither to be cured
by act of Parlament, nor by attempting to
contravene the laws of nature.
What, then, is to be done 1 There is
/nut erne course pnseible-which is to convey
the surplus female labor of England to
those parts of our empire where fennels
(ebur is at premium, becalm it is seance.
Tim number of women in Groot Briton,"
we again q+nte the words of Mr. Herbert,
'• greatly exceeds the number of teen. In
1311, the females out -numbered ohm melee,
I in round numbers, by 117,000; in 1831, by
613,000; in 1841, by 310,000: am) at this
moment, so great has been the male ami•
geation ro the last cinot yearn, that there
mortem ler lees than half • milling mon
females than melee to Great Beam, Bit
,■ the sonrhern hensi.phere is a vast coati•
gent, which a .e much a part of the British
Empire se Wales, but is which the Atop °,
p", tion of the Moes is 1nnsm•ws. Philan-
IhropttelI have peen *hocked at the results
epee society. In 1817 there were is Smith
Australia only 13.871 (eiaeles to 17,631
maks, *helm? ehildres. the disproportion
ionising alt('■ b.iae. of morns, greaten -
I. New ninth W•Iwe, is 11147, of the dell
t.•,nnlanoa 83.671 were males, and only
41.109 were females.'
TM obttows ►comedy t. tel .g te11N the
female labor racket of Groat Britain and
by our loud profusion*, .Great as is the
eel, Its magnitude is not such as to deter
the men who Lar, determined to grapple
with it. Religion and philanthrope,.tees-
mansLIp enJ pnliey, and instinct of charity,
and that of self pr ion, well all to:n-
bioe in the geed work, and we will not doubt
that ere many months have pawed over our
heads a beginning will have been made in
this cause of suf6ctent importance to spur
to still further exertions the cb&ritable who
have already resolved to aid it, sect to swell
their ranks by many hundrew and thou-
sands of those who " watch and wait." No
Utopia is dreatned of. The result is melee -
labia and within reach. It requires no aid
from Governments or Legislatures. it on -
Iv reveres the organisation of the charita-
ble, who fortunately abound in Great Bri-
tain, and the leadership of men of heart and
head. - All these things bare been found,
aoJ the good work-beitig well begun -is
already hall accomplished.
w
HURON SIGNAL.
"erring boodleaganhtens' ureas." The prove•
tional Cooneil of the County of Perth, has flailed
to impose any Rate whatever! no that the new
Cool and Cotothonee ie yet far is the dim tutor?.
So moth fur Ec000my and Retreaehment ! -
REPORT.
Tee members of the Comm.'''. of the Total
o! thew Ab.ti Society of Coderich, beg Inge to
very ill qualified to m.k a •proper we
country. am not prepareu
•port
privi:igen, sod they may be induced to adopt Yer Committee ee(ntalsie )own Society at some, that duappoittm.ot Is the
"le 1u property is Wit ; eta ability and desire
d es
even illegal means to secure their object ; •till, ,Ike be(eeoin(of another year, that they bare been rause of iha Tory outcry , it assumes a to repress nmas great '• em'volhly sat
le
If u ernmri ` ma
very reasonable shape, and will deaden y as
;hat opposition to the improvement which work. For the num labor as we employ
will certainly bei presented by the shod in Canada it does eel pay ball as muse am -
holders of offices. The more moats of the ne7 ; attd tt ■o department er 11 behind us,
League, to particular, 1 regard as sembeal- either in despatch, or any ether particular.
ly favorable to the contemplated reduction What can be dont then, ought to be equal-
uf expenditure, and bail them as the great- ly well done hero. Caned's* intelitgenc•
est ark,:owl.Igement of th• truth of the o.ight to he e Stoat •e that of mho Naw
principle. of Femmes! Reform, which its Yorkers ; and Canadians se able to manage
Canadian advocates could have received.- their own afters as their republic•t n.igh-
k;very newspaper in the Province teener bonne, and on • seals as economical, -
with statistics. proving the oee.w1ty of Re. To hong ourselves as a level with 114
tr.nchm.ot : Reform Associations Wpm- Americans, It will be nece.Kry to adopt
meed it : Branch** of the* League approve lar. oo atmple : to 'Imo,* iko** oleo
of it ; Public meetings pasta ruceutlone call- - incumbrances to the chaps of forme nod pro•
ung fur u ; Township and County Councils meetings, which teed so much to Increase
adopt its spelt, and merborual,ze the Gov - our tato and •xpsossa--
ernemeot in eta favour ; Petitions are encu- Whilst retr .chmeat may be begun by
late praying for eta application ; and even ripping of entrattt•st eateries, It must be
the Watery hint as clearly se they c.a fully and effectually serried out by making
that a measerei• is preparation which will tee administration of the Iso uprasticlbls
remove some of the evils complained of,- and easy as the tr ion of bu.ts•w ;sad
Th. great difficulty ta not to arouse the by raad•rIag the duties of out Wiener otfi-
cuuotq to a KnN of the abuses 1. which can as simple • matter as Ike retailing of
it is subjected, but to create' • fooling or' eommodiii.• from beeiisd the *ouster. To
discrimination between economy and tint do all this will require several years of hey
parsimony' which is so often mtNaken for work at reform ; and lka Ent gnat oversee-
n. My readers must not imegin. that I 'ng reduction e•a only be a tithe of the
am about to defend extravagance : l would whole•
only warn against the danger of Iu.btng
into the opposite extreme.
A constituted governing body is one of
the necessities of civilization , and accor-
ding to its purity may be measured the real
liberty of a people. Certain officers are
Bee -comity to perform publte duties ; but
there is a limit to such labor, like all other,
and a workman more than te wasted to an
tncumberancs upon the employer. The
two great object. of Ec000mista, thea, .e.
_firstly, to preserve the purity of the ad ,
ministration of Government, by paying sala-
ries sufficient to insure probity and indus-
try, and no higher ; and secondly, to dis-
pense with all officials whose ser•icee are
superfluous. To do this effectually, the
whole system now in being in Canada will
have to be carefully revised and maturely
considered. There ars some anomalies so
glaring that a glance will suffice to die over
them ; whilst there are many pee•tlations
upon the public puree, equally wrong, but
much more difficult of detectiuo and remo-
val. The Governor General receives a
salary vastly disproportionate to his duties ;
and no one will differ as to the propri.ty of
reducing et : a Sheriff reaps so income, in
many eo.taocea, superior to that.of mem-
bers of the Cabionet,--but from fees, the
amount of which cannot be deterr*uned•-
1 eay this much to prevent disappointment
at what moy only seem to be an isaigrefi
cant Instalment of Retrenchment next ete-
'ion • for time will he required to frame a
the object itself is abeuactly right. Aqd sot -
withstanding all the ecofRog.0d jetties which
the world has endured about the .so4ocrsey,it 5
s feat which cannot be disputed that civil gov-
ernment bu beer productive dgowd, )eat in pro-
portion to the popular nature of the eleme.te
which composed et.
The love of liberty is eq 'cheroot and a power-
f n1 appetite in moo's ..tore, aed the desire to
gratify it,often impels the multitude intoextra's-
.gaot and disastrous condole'. But the motive and
the object are good, and most be allowed to apolo-
gise to some exteot the for errors of their condor t.
The k0••• and the Demagogue may persuade an
uneducated muliitote, tbat the destruction of ■
city is necessary to scare rational freedom, and
the multitude will immediately perpetrate the
crime. But no knave nor demagogue cooed per -
wade the sante multitude to burn • city is order
tint they might be hanged for doing re. It 5
certainly a matter of deep regret that the prioci-
ple of doing soil 10 procure good, hu been so
extensively reduced .10 practice is the pohtieal
world -it is an anomaly of an ugly descriptioi,
and We which Can oily be removed by. the dif-
fusion of knowledge among the multitude, Thr
cure, however, is Dow being applied. It may
safely be taken for granted that a much larger
amount of sound political intelligence prowl('
among the people of Canada at present, than at
any former period of Canadian hietory. The
time w• believe has actually posed when the
knave and the demagogue could be successfully
employed seethe tool. b(a corrupt admiaietntios,
or as the Mob -agents of • disappointed (action.
People are really begioniog to tb.ok and to 00•
dentaod,'od if their legislators w1l esly exbebn
a wlliogoen to act in conformity with their pro-
fessions on the Hustings 'and ih• poll, the peo-
ple will both understand and eootione to support
them without the aid or ioterventuon of tuiddle-
men; and the monster anomaly ofa Government
being popular and napalm!" with the same peo-
ple, en the same year, will speedily dtwppear.
THURSDAY. MARCH 7. 1850.
POLITICAL ANOMALIES.
Arras an booe•t man bis spent a quarter of •
century of the best portioo of life is shrewdly ao.l
anxiously observing the political affairs of the
world, aed to everting, to the utmost, his feeble
abilities, .ad hie individual ioflueoce to promote
aed further the proves', of what be consider. to
be the principles of a rational and an upright
policy, he can scarcely 'mold the co.elusion that
the whole .y.tem of ci,il Go,erame0t is one
great sham. Tbet a few of the more learned
and talented of mankind ham* entered into •
secret arrangement to impose woe the multitude
by dividing them into parties uoder dietitian and
different appellations, to quibble std (panel
about • few peculiar abstractions, by diverting
the attention of the people from the realities of
their social eooditioo, and by provoking contests
ia which the multitude on both side. will be
losers, and the leaders on both sides will be
gainers 1 This is certainly ■ deplorable picture
of the selfishness and dupliciv of human nature,
but every honest observer ie compelled t0 admit
that it is ton true. W itho•rt particularising any
country or nation, it may safely be averted that
a lmrp proportion, perhaps • majority, of all the
existing statutes of the civilised world are nolk-
ing better tban men ab.trwetioes, i• •o far, at
Mast, as the real peaetipl interests of the groat
multitude •re e000erned. Not the promotion of
the eommoowealtb, but the promotion of eertaln
individuals --not the protection of industry, but
the proteete00 of certain privileged slawsm and
not the comforts of the people, bat
the ereariog .nd procuring of comfortable situa-
tions and good salaries for a few favorite., con-
stitute the burthen of all legislation. Mid, at
this moment, all the legislatures of the civilised
world are jams( and quibliog with theirrespee-
tive oppositions shout some impracticable tbeo-
ries or poem political hobby or .talkiagbone
that bee perhaps termed as the taming point or
platform of Iw•oty gtosml electioea. The
sofa are scene's( the iu for not dotes something
that the oats had e.gleeted to de when they
were Is office. and the ins are lamenting ever
the former meeg.verneeat and extravagance of
the oars. The .me arguments, pleas, matador.
end replications the wine personal abase, party
watch -words end hitter recrenoaatio.e that
characterised the parliamentary drseuwioo of cer-
tain gar.tinns fifty years •.o, make op the dis-
esas.an of the same go•.tie0s to -day. The
Otte 'treble difference .s is the names of the
actors and speaker., a„d the chief visible fact re
that ohm people lust continue in pay for thew
aisles* thread -bare d•acus.00s the same as for-
merly 1
Bet .otwit\naadleg all this juggling at d
shuffling. it would be wrong to assert that the
po!riest leaders of mmakiod •r. entirely detest*
of nut(, and honest principle. There are
many talentedupright end honorehle meg among
them. 71.• why.4awe de.ored all theireufluenee
e nd energy to site reale of popular liberty, ao 1
who here, ihreaghoat their stool. pab1e career,
been eetwated by the purest meow*, awl been
impelled ..ward b, the 55411 hepr of beer6tu.g
their fellow-m.a. Thew noble opium, however,
are few to number, tied necessarily get associated
wilt arid .ar....ded by a horde of nobelium
mereilully spared the ie4ictioe of therod of God's
chastening hand, stole other parte of the land
were euff.ring from the divine displeasure during
the past year.
Your Committee iu directing the atteotioe of
lbs members of your Society to its eRurs, would
.sate that derieg the put year five peblic meet-
iogs have been held under the sapicea and direc-
tion n' your Society, which were fully attended.
and resulted is the 013,1111011 of 95 names to the
pledge. Yet,.notsithetaadenC the coasiderab's
increase of adherents to the principles of.Totc
Abstinence during the last twelvemonths, your
commune ars of opiuioo that there is a very
great want of anergy and zeal shown by Ibe
memWrs of this Society, and those profeesing
Temperance principles; which in the opinion of
your committee, is mere dangerous to its exist -
ecce, and hurtful to rte interests than the open
apposition of its most determined epponesta-
Aad your committee would earnestly impress
upon the members of your Society the absolote
neeeseity of secoadiog, firmly and zealously,
their united eadeavoura to promote the mental
improvemeal end social welfare of their fa11ow-
mee
Your committee regret to report a very great
increase in the facilities offered for the promotion
of the drioking usages of neiety, io the recent
establishment of two additional Taverns, end
wbich.novi stand in the proportion of over one
to 150 of IW population. A .mambsr altogether
dieprsportioned to the numerical "nowt of e:.
iababitaota, .noeceseary for the accomrnodatiou
of traveller, sad which can have e6 other effect
than tee fertber 'emission of drinking practices,
and the tool corruption and prostitution of pub-
lic morale. Amid those diseouragi0g symptoms
oftummies( druokeaoese, your committee nes
strong reasons for more determined seal and uni-
ty 0(aetioa? Conscious of the high responsibili-
ty which devolve upon themselves, and also of
the eompleie success which mast ultimately
await them in their glorious work of moral re-
form. For it is anoetaral to wppose, that while
the world is fest prog • gin the discoveries of
, rte and notices; and stile the hsiaoo mind is
gradually expanded and enlarged by the acquisi-
tion of knowledge, that clew will allow them-
w l•ea to be held the willing ela,ts.of "Mew cus-
toms, and antiquated prejudices, but will burst
their bonds and be free. Your committee report
with pleasure, the recent formation of several
Societies io the neighboring Townships, which
have leen the mean., by Gal's pro.idenee, of
doing moth good. And which, they truer, will
ultimately exereiee seer, powerful influence, in
restraining the appetite* of the people, .b4 el..
vatiog their intellectual and moral character, by
the bee circulation of Tempeneee periodical*
ani' other publications amongst them. And your
committee would also take the prevent opportu-
nity of exprensiog their high approbation of the
Mon :eel Advocate, as well calculated to pro-
mote the extewion of Total Abstinence princi-
ples, and wheel they would wish to see more ex-
tensively circulated throughout the country, and
amongst all deems of society. Your committee
refer with pleasure to the growing interest which
is being exerted throughout the Coolidge, and
Europe generally, on this highly important.ab-
jeet. And your committee would refer particu-
larly to the labors n( (cher Chiniquy in Lower
Caoad,. end father Mathew in Ireland and the
United Suttee. Both of whom have bow abun-
dantly encouraged in their endeavours to amelio-
rate the physical and moral coediting of their
friends and f I!ow•enanurymee. And your QOM-
But the Council uses deaf to oar wholerome mlitre would also farther state their sincere de.
logic -end as it had obtained poise for its re• sire mad fervent prayer, that their example may be
trent-Must policy. it resolved to eery o.t the extensively followed is and around Goderieh, un-
dAeep syspw. and gave us too much of a good tell eotempera.es with ell its eo.eesltoot evils
thing, by refewog to make any provision west• be banished from ear lend.
ever for the payment of the District debt ! Ws w
_ is e.nflew, yeam
r e.mittes wield napeet-
believe ibr Councillor. from the New Coaety of filly erg. epos yew isocuty, ih• tush i.e.,.
Perth oppoe.d the imposition of e... so ordinary lane.o .f iae.lceuy opthe me osis.( the yeas(
tax, epos the groosd that they intended, tknagh .*d rises ges.ntb.. &aimed is omag drink.
their Pr..i..ewr Cowed, to levy a special tax Eopertrnre bas that may eery gee -
en their own Cesay, for the er.ct5e .1 • Gaol oral change is the habits of tbod. who have
w ed Celebeuse is the tole of Reseed. This rooehed adeaseed yen, i& tet indome, .4
.blest sol b•ver? 110da14•, bot steered'? et was spininess li won can eeereely be bawd for er
THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
AT the•Meetisg of the County Conseil in
January last, we were somewhat lavish in our
praises of the prompt end efficient maser 10
which the popular principle of Retrsnchm0a
was adopted and carried tato practice. Io fact,
viewers ore mightily pleaded with the proceed -
rags that wt either said or ,.,tended to enjthat
tb. new Council wu the best sod would be the
most useful and, consequently, the most popular
that had been in the Dietriet. But we 'poke too
soon, nod we are sorry to acknowledge that we
spoke too (ut. The Sig.af containing Doh were
favorable remarks was issued while the Council
yeas yet sitting, and while the important 'object
for deliberatnea remained to be discussed. That
was not the question of retrenchment, bot the
gse.tiea of the •• wys and -mens" to liquidate
the District debt. We felt dome 5 in the
proper arrangement of this important subject,
and we wrote • good deal of what we supposed
to be common sense in relation to the matter. -
%e pnposed to -levy ea extra tux, and as we are
aware that heavy twee are very onpeleteable to
obi people, ow end d to reeooeile them
to our propose) by pointing not the withering
and paralysing effect that the District debt nen
emery has upon our local enterprise, and busi-
er, and the activity and permanent advantages
.het mut result from getting r7et of this embar-
rassment by one immediate effort.
HALTON ELECTION. -THE NOMI-
NATION.
TDe• pest took place on W.dneeday,
last, in front of the Town Hall. Towards
11000, the (needs of the •aweriote• hope to
arrive from the caettr7 sad at the appoint •
ed hour a large number of persons had
leer►led-by uses estimated at our upon
• thousand.
Thomas Racey, E.q., Returning Officer,
discharged the duces of his elks to the
eatisfeetioa of all presser, are ea behalf of
iho prate we beg to acksewledge the cour-
tesy e,tead•e to the Carps-
(, Order that 0111 readers g 11y may
be fully informed respeetiag the proceed -
top of the day, we eau placed before them
copious reports of the speeches, which w•
have no doubt are sewing*.
Whits a show of beads tee walled for, a
tremendous majority appeared is tumour of
Mr. Wetenhall ; by many estimated al 7
qr eight to 1,
It will be aero that Mr.- W.teohall was
Dominated by Robert Spence, rep., Wir-
d**, end ascended by Bsaw.l Clarke, eeq•
late Warden. Mr. Hopkinq e. doubt !meet
woe difficulty in flees, pinworm to nomi-
nate him, for woos" a Mr. Beardsley, almost
uokoewo In the county, aqd having been
absent from the proviaee edits eighteen or
twenty years, come forward to propos.
him, and a Conservative freta 8t. George se
compete system. Fixed salaries will seconder, Mr. B.ard.lee state that he
probably be first dealt with ; and a etre!. was a etatinch Reformer bieneel1rearl that W
examination at one* be made into the believed Mr. Hopkins to be an other, or be
amount of income of all fee paid officers. .hoed not have been there to nominate,
io seeking Fjpancial Reform due atten- him, "for." said be, " 1 world as rooms
ties should be pled to the important neces- ,omi.ate ins Devil as a Tory ! ! ! r-
alty of preserving officials from the tempts• We are forced to give the Tones ender for
tion of bribery, and of paying amounts more charity than Mr. Beardsley, for they
sul5-iently high to secure men of ability to hare sot only nominated Mr. Hopkins, but
undertake the responsibility of public duties. motes eay that they will support him. -
The mere saving of a few theorised pounds Very consistent ! very !
should no be so much an object SO the err- Mr. Spume's speech in particular will Do
tun performance of the labor stipulated for ; read with interest, and when we beer in
but this desire to secure efficiency, most not mind that Mr.Wetenhall endorsed the sea -
produce a false generosity more injurious timents expressed, we have all that weever
than even an 0.*c•trict economy. The desired -that, as • Rdtor m.r, Mr. W•un-
Benthamite doctrine will have to be follow- hall should not appear to be • wbit behind
ed, and the is of the people secured even the professions of Mr. Hopkus•-
for just what they arq,worth. if qualified The way is now perfectly clear and the
men can be found to do work for £300, path of duty plain before all true R.fot'.*r••
for which a present Incumbent re- le • word, by the return of Mr. Wet•nhall,
calves £600, i ran see nothing wrong to edtttoo'I means will bea6rurdmd of • deal
saving the £300 to the public chest.- adju•imest of the Clergy R.eer,., and
When a deputy can already be met with Rectone.-Rstr*DChneot on a c.mpnbe.-
discharging the duties of the principal at .1v• scale-Extsasien of R. r..estatre
ono half of Die salary, 1 would strongly and the Franchlas-•D Equitable Amiens -
recommend the reduction of the remunera- meat Law, and all oilier tweeter fet and *w.•t1•
non of the principal, to something near the tutional Reforms. Raters lir. Hopkl,e.
rum thea paid to the deputy. I am aware and thus carryieg • it of seed •tea*nn* will
that in every public situation there u s be rendered doebtfel, for as was very bap -
responsibility attaching to it, worth 'erne- ply Impressed by _Mr. Spears, it surely r
thing in hard cash ; bat mer fully goalt6.d not politic to knock Om ergs from wider
to perform the bosoms*, as deputise, are wbat we *re desirous should stand firm.
g Ily of sufficient *tasling to be safely Mee of Halton, in a few day•ou will
',trusted witb the entire msuagemeot.- be called upon to decide at the polls which
This " responsibility" is the great bugbear of the two candidates shall repreeset tow
by which high salaries ars attempted to be is the Provincial Parliam.wt--betweee two
justified, although in but few instances it men professing reform pri.stpl.e ; and the
acts as • protection to the people. 1 may question, sudor *1 is 're-
bore remark that I would not doewy with merely thee : Have you last a»1d*n., to
your late Repn..etetivq sed the Govern-
ment of which be forme a part 1 if a•,
You should tern him eel,, sod make room
for .fi.4.rs, •ye*r4os t esker With M
rNea.k.ke._I(,',tW ,Lea
have reason to believe that, hewsteMNn cru
W.tt.II has f•ithf.lysuelidffillill
stows sad that thehietp
of the
se sad GOA, sed she able astir* « Mi.ertry has .et year .h1 �hgngh
Mee M .*y Nt
g lateen their ewe likewise, rad idiot grief. m.r• ,earl?. etre sn d shat af
ope.ire t thew who
t of salaries drew, orW iwga•Nd they 04thehs.II itemld lb"done
Awtraler. W. d',ot ne1141°111141°11°w• ea •
by wet .f P•rh.s.at; w• ~not cream new
es
tradburl in whibh wnm-s may
labored hens few b veers decent remora
peeve than they now rehire,, re t
compel len••ndraft.r. to iIsces,g• the strong
o wls, •. dwre ..t tae .tomlvi
e of ide pec .:premed Asd yew crimen“ ws,ld there- the security of sunless wherever money
er
e.ten,• as nasty . IN C t e comm.( ren aThe re mosaxes.!, pros upon ide •suer transactions &re eo•eerned ; but prprecinctsprecincts•
e P rt
e
possibly pt quit of a fair proportioe of the ties of yo.r Soeiety, the duty of Medicating op. real and direet rwpon.Ibility, by making all
- dean end bsb.hdes" of tot Home DDensew the minds of sheer chlldre., tbe tree, redone officers, 'touting the very highest, .Iiie-
.yle.I pri.eepke tie* by the common vote. By compelling
ws t 1i.1 stet firer satiety
of 160 Perth peeve AU of which i* restee(ony wbmenrd so ineumbeN of as ole. to do his owe
should MM tree n maks edegsate presides fat WM MALCOJI, flee y. work, or allowing him no more than hi.
h arpies, 1160111 he sheer oelfishaesod lark aria. the immediate senlemeat.4 these, sod tier their -- - ---- _ ditties amid be done for, the great object
ceple, swamp mad swallow Op all tbet a pries• , Cartes, R.easaensa PttcHM he TSher of R i in
would be gamed. The
►I? g• nd-sad. twins the m jn►ity, give N legie. their
sow cow, mi(bt gee row. Moshe election t* soothe wMwt Wtwwn system Of �rOYldlng DfyeD?M f*r favorites N t sad British C5• T'; Mr. t. facilitated b the pay...
los
Bambara. the A• eszattoe candidate.?to more than sow eemeeratie with toe labor all that yes .weld tae deese.iv lb"
it
ti6eaue and beehive Wortsre tier sal palrf... enema a tea few the Ise.eehar payment et the pekoe of es a yons kw g y«from the ( don. Ver tA.rrt :sad •laky Mous ,sea have w altnra.Us. Mt to yea
We
Os all subjectv of impesnaate, welt, f e 1e- District debt. mat kw for web w.ta.ust a tea pub„, who., 'nsidene5 ie cum!, hu •prn(a 0p, memos( is tm wises ref is los Yr- Wst»hetl, aria �7Jk
mete, as per eel sod rdigira, the great b. wed Wo psai1.d a applsere for • leer M net been of long doratio.. HN opponeet leguminous 0 .mwaty, sed detrimental to t• •tre/I( I be hbe WI*of t
of meekte4 err let', beer Jima • lar(. mem o f lIgiM.te the del.', mast have Kir l is igsMee. is a Mr. Clevelaed, a farmer, long r.etarot I the best Interests of the country Bee try for 1t smell
Mb
whet methane
have .de
•eshued
.s the Goa
held the rei
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Wag at Ice
to say that
tbmg rot
*peavey b
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belies test
of r.ckl..t
move wort
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tuck the
at Halton,
.rsock• lilt
the polls,
b(swear e
that has
Parliamrn
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brought
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