The Colonization herald and general register

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AND GENERAL REGISTER.
CONDUCTED BY   THE   PENNSYLVANIA   COLONIZATION   SOCIETY.
WHATSOEVER  YE   WOULD   THAT  MEN   SHOULD   DO   TO   YOU,   DO   YE   EVEN  SO  TO  THEM.
Vol. I.—NEW SERIES.
PHILADELPHIA,   WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  SI,   18.18
I\0. 4 4.
LORD DURHAM—LOWER CANADA.
We publish at length the proclamation of Lord Dur¬
ham, announcing officially his resignation of the go¬
vernment, and his reasons therefore, and vindicating
the proceedings for which he has been condemned in
which I was charged as Governor General, and High
Commissioner, by the authority vested in me and my
council by the act of the Imperial Legislature, and by
the general approbation of my appointment, which all
parties were pleased to express.    I also trusted that I
England. It is an able and interesting paper, and we , should enjoy, throughout the course of my administra-
make no apology for giving to it so large a space in our '.tl0"' n11 ,he strength which the cordial and steadfast
columns. It is very warmly eulogized by all the Mon- 8uPPort of the authorities at home can alone give to
treal papers I      ir distant officers;   and  that  even  party feeling
We are 'indebted to Benjamin firewater, Esq., of wou,d re,rain from molesting me while occupied in
Montreal, for papers of that city of Friday morning, j maintaining the integrity of the British Empire.
We learn that the Malabar 74 is to sail for New York In these J"st expectations I huve been painfully dis-
about the 16th of this month, and that Lord Durham ' »PI»»«ed. From the very commencement of my task,
and his family will come to this city via Lake Cham- the ****** details of my administration have been
phin about the 20ih 'exposed to incessant criticism, in a spirit which has
Sir John Colborne' is to assume the administration ' evincf>d an enlire ignorance of the state of this coun-
of the government and to reside at Montreal.—N. Y. trv. ""d of the only mode in which the supremacy of
Commercial Advertiser. !t,ie Britsh crown can here be upheld and exercised.
j Those who have in the British Legislature systemati-
DURHAM. j cally depreciated my powers, and the ministers of the
By His Excellency the Right Honourable John George, Crown by their tacit acquiescence therein, have pro-
Earl of Durham, Viscount Lambton, &c. &c, Knight I duced the effect of making it too clear that my author-
Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order ; ty is inadequate for the emergency which called it in-
of the Bath, one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable to existence. At length an act of my Government,
Privy Council, and Goveoor General, Vice Admiral the first and most important which was brought under
and Captain General of all Her Majesty's Provinces the notice of the authorities at home, has been annul-
within, and   adjacent  to, the Continent of North j led; and  the entire policy of which that act. was a
than  the  ordinary  vigour of the police of troubled   the best practical education within reach of every child moved all doubt rer-pc cting the true instant of oscu la-
times.                           -                                                      . jn ^e cj^y     q-jie pM^|jc -j-jjy regard tins able paper as tion ofthe iwo limbs, or the formation of the ring as
How am I to provide again.t the immediate effects an earnest that, in the now institution, something will noted above.   These beads of light continued 7.4s. and
of the allowance of the ordinance?    That ordinance ; be done for the advancement as well as for lhe incul- then suddenly united, making a perfect ring, without
was intimately connected with other measures which | cation of science
however presenting the dark lines described by Van
remain in unrestricted operation.   It was coupled with I Ff0m (he Cnmmi(tee fif the Board of Conlrol of the Swinden and Bailey.
Her Majesty's proclamation of amnesty ; and as I judg-j —. SchoolJlo proftssor Kendall. j     Du'ln£ tbe continuance of th
ed it becoming, that the extraordinary Legislature of J * __ v     .    D _, „_ ,00-      I served the moons surface to bee
the future tranquillity and improvement of the colony,
, _   .. . ,   , . that I should commence by allaying actual irritation,
;ent session ot   Parliament, entitled an act to make i, had in lhe nrst place to determine the fate of those
^'.T,?»y Pruv,slon   for the Government of Lower j who were under prosecution,
America, &c &c. &c. &c
A PROCLAMATION.
In conformity with one of its provisions, I have this
day proclaimed the act 1 and 2 Victoria, chap. 112,
entitled " An act for indemnifying those who have is¬
sued or acted under certain parts of a certain ordi
nance made under colour of an act pas.ed in the pre
se
te
Canada
I have also to no'ify the disallowance by Iter Ma¬
jesty of the ordinance 2d Victoria, chapter I, entitled,
" An Ordinance to provide for the security of lhe pro¬
vinces of Lower Canada."
I cannot perform these official duties without at the
same time informing you, the people of British Amer¬
ica, of the course which tho measures of the Imperial
Government and Legislature niak ! it incumbent on me
to pursue. The mystery which has heretofore too
often, during the progress of the most important affiirs,
concealed from the people of these colonies, the inten¬
tions, the motives, and the very actions of their rulers,
appears to me to have been one of the main causes of
small though essentia! part, has thus been defeated
The disposal of the political prisoners was from the
first a matter foreign to my mission.    With a view to
the more easy attainment of the great objects contem-
] plated, that question ought to have been settled before
my arrival.    But as  it  was essential to my plans for
and to provide for the
i present security of the province by removing the most
dangerous disturbers of its peace. For these ends the
ordinary tribunals, as a recent trial has clearly shown,
afforded me no means. Judicial proceedings would
only have agitated the public mind afresh—would have
put in evidence the sympathy of a large portion of the
people with rebellion—and would have given to the
disaffected generally, a fresh assurance of impunity for
political guiit. An acquittal in the face of the clearest
evidence, which I iim justified in having anticipated
as inevitable, would have set the immediate leaders of
the insurrection at liberty, absolved from crime and
exalted in the eyes of their deluded countrymen, as
the innocent victims of an unjust imprisonment and a
Lower Canada should take upon itself all measures of j _ _ S**!*9*.** 8eFt **,}~**_-
... , , „,'  ,„H-PMnio_ivihop„n        Professor E. O. Kendal will please report to the
rigorous precaution, and leave lo tier Majesty me con-   _ ^v   *»• _•«__•_    _ .,       _.        ___ i„
" V Jc r • i _-- R-..,nl nprnrmtivJ for tbp i Committee on the High School, the observations made
genia    office of using  her Koyal  perogative, ior '"e 1       , => '
i e        _____ .___ ™_,r-« tho nrnnl.mntinn   at the Observatory, on the Eclipse of the Sun, on
sole  purpose of pardon and mercy, toe proclamation: r* r
contained an entire amnesty, qu.'ified only by the ex- ; "sm 10St- __,   __,	
ceptions specified in the ordinal ce.    The ordinance
the
has been disallowed, and the proclnmation is confirmed
Her Majesty having been advised to refuse her assent
to the exceptions, the amnesty exists without qualifi¬
cation. No impediment therefore exists to the return
of the persons who had been excluded by me from the
province on account of the danger to which its tran-
T. Dvnlap,
G.   M.   WllARTONN,
Geo. M. Justice,
T.  G    HOLLINGSWORTH,
Committee of Controllers.
REPORT
To the Committee on the High School.
e ring, Mr. Justice ob-
of a reddish purple tint,
denominated by artists dark maroon ; this was probably
owing to the colour of the screen glass.    He also ob¬
served throughout the eclipse, the usual tremulous ap¬
pearance ofthe moon's limb, when in contact'with a
part of the sun's disc.    When near the solar spots, the
moon's limb, for an instant, seemed te undulate before
! the spot, alternately approaching and receding from
\ it.    The contacts and total obscurations of these spots,
were observed and are placed on file.    The ring broke
at a point at the times noted above, and did not again
I unite.    About 1.5s. later, six or more beads of light
appeared as before, extending about 20° on the sun's
border.    These continued visible 7.5s. and then sepa-
the numerous errors of lhe Government, and the ge- ] win&fc9 ^g^   fhoMttT S5e as" mlscT.lefs
which I was bound to avert by the utmost exercise of
the powers entrusted to me. I could not, without
trial and conviction, take any measures of a purely
penal character: but I thought myself justified in
availing myself of an acknowledgement of guilt, and
adopting measures of precaution against a small num¬
ber of the most culpable or most dangerous of the ac¬
cused. To all the rest I extended a complete amnes¬
ty.
Whether a better mode of acting could have been
devised for the emergency, is now immaterial. This
is the one that has been adopted—the discussion which
it at first excited had passed away—and those who
were once most inclined to condemn its leniency, had
acquiesced in, or submitted to it. The good effects
which must necessarily have resulted from any settle¬
ment of this difficult question, had already begun to
show themselves. Of these the principal were, the
general approval of my policy by the people of the
United States, and the consequent cessation of Ameri¬
can sympathy with any attempt to disturb the Canadas
This result has been most gratifying to me, inasmucl
neral dissatisfaction of the people. Undesirable at
any time, such concealment on the pari of one entrust¬
ed with the supreme authority in the present crisis
of your affairs, would he most culpable and perni¬
cious. With n people from whom I have had so many
and such gratifying proofs of warm and confiding at¬
tachment, I can have no reserve. And my implicit
reliance on your loyalty and good sense will justify me
in making you acquainted with what it most imports
you to know.
It is the more necessary for me thus to act, because,
when I first entered upon this Government, I explain¬
ed to you, in a proclamation issued immediately on my
arrival on these shores, the nature of the powers vested
in me, and the principles on which it was my intention
to exercise them. Now, therefore, that I am about to
return to England, I feel it is to be my bounden duty
to state to you, as fully and as frankly, the reasons
which have induced me to lay down powers rendered
inadequate to the carrying into effect those or any
other principles of government.
I did not accept the Government of British North
America, without duly considering the nature of tho
quility would be exposed by their presence; and none |       _
can now be enacted, without the adoption of measures',     Gentlemen—In compliance with your instruction",   rated, leaving the cusps about 30° apart, the bright lu-
alike repugnant to my sense of justice and of policy.   } I beg leave to submit the following report on the ob-   niinous arch around the moon's outer border instantly
I cannot recall the irrevocable pledge of Her Ma- nervations of lhe Solar Eclipse of Sept. 18th, made at ■ succeeded and grew fainter for 5s. when it had narrow-
jesty's mercy.    I cannot attempt to evade tbe disal- j the Observatory ofthe High School. led down to a spPCj. jn the centre, leaving the rest of
lowance of the ordinance, by re-enacting it under the The instruments ordered from Utschneider at Mu- the arch faint; the disappearance of this arch and
disguise of an alteration of the scone of banishment, j nich not having arrived, acknowledgments are due to speck was not noted. It was, however, observed 5m.
or of the penalties of unauthorised return. I cannot, | Tobias Wagner, Esq. for the use of his fine 5 feet 4^is. after the rupture of the ring, by Robert M. Patter-
by a needless suspension of the habeas corpus, put the j Equatorial by Tully, to Geo. ML Justice for a 2J feet son, M. D. at Peale's Museum,"with a five feet Dol-
personal liberty of every man at the mercy of the go- Gregorian, to Sears C. Walker for a 3$ feet Dollond's ]ond Equatorial. The dark lines could not be seen
verment, and declare a whole province in immediate ! Achromatic, and to John Vaughan, Esq., Librarian of previous to the rupture ofthe ring,
danger of rebellion, merely in order to exercise the j the American Philosophical Society, for their 2^ teet j     Another remarkable appearance, frequently descri-
Dialytic Telescope by Piossl of Vienna, to Mr. Wm.j bed before, at the end of central eclipses, was seen in
H. C. Riggs for the use of four excellent marine Chro- j the red screen glasses, viz. two dark lines projecting
nometers, a Trnugh'on's reflecting circle and sextant; into the sun's disc 3s.  before the time of end noted
^^^ and artificial Horizon, and also for the personal assist-  above, and continuing 3s. after this time, leaving the
carry my policy and system of administration into ef- [ance of these gentlemen in making and registering ob-; true time of external contact to be inferred wilh somo
feet, with such inadequate and restricted means. If servations. Three members of the committee were degree of uncertainty, as that ofthe middle between
the peace of Lower Canada is to be again menaced, | present on this occasion, Messrs. Justice, Hollings- j the first appearance of these dark lines and their final
it is necessary lhat its government should be able to | worth and Hooten. j disappearance, when the sun's disc resumedits natu-
reckon on a more cordial and vigorous support at home       The clouds, which, in the forenoon, rendered the  ral shape.
than has been accorded to me. No good that may not ( prospect of seeing the eclipse somewhat doubtful, dis- j The following observations were made with a prism
be expected from any other Government in Lower appeared about noon, and an afternoon of unusual clear-: by John C. Cresson, E.-q. at the request of Mr. Justice.
Canada, can be obtained by my continuing to wield ness succeeding, was highly favourable for the occa- These show at the time of tbe annulus, a scarcity of
extraorninary legal powers of which the moral force sion. The chronometers were compared, before and ] the red rays, and a prevalence of the green in the ratio
and consideration are gone. after the eclipse, with  Mr. Riggs's standard clock,: 0f 5 to 2.    The line of colour is given in sixteenths of
You will easily believe that, after all the exertions j which from the 13th to the 25th was remarkably uni-
influence of a v«gue terror over a few individual
In these conflicting and painful circumstances it is
far better that I should at once and distinctly announce
my intention of desisting from the vain attempt to
..,-.. ,- ,_.        .        _-.  . -i as it has gone far toward a complete restoration of that
ta-k which i _ imposed on myself or the sufficiency of d wil, b,.tween you and a great and kindred nation,
my means for performing it When Parliament con whirh , have token every means in my power to cul.
centrated all legislative and executive power in Lower , tj_^ nn(1 w,)ich , earncstiy entreat you to cheiish as
Canada tn the same hands, ,t established an authonty,   eepPntial to and Wwierit-.
which, in the strictest sense of the word, was despotic Jt ■ &]J very satisfactory to me to find lhat the
This authority Her Majesty was graciously pleased | recli(um3 of n,/p,Jii,.v has hardly been disputed at
to delegate to me I did not shrink from assuming \hom6t ^ thal"tne aij„wance of Jthe ordinance pro-
the awful responsibility of power thus freed from con- , cee(|s from no donht of its substantial merjtSi but from
stitntional  restraints, in the hope, that by exercising | the irnporlance weich has been attached to a supposed
it wilh justice, With mildness, and with vigour, I might
secure the happiness of all classes of the people, and
facilitate the speedy and permanent restoration of their
liberties. But. I never was weak enough to imagine
that the forms by which men's rights are wisely guard¬
ed in that country where freedom has been longest
enjoyed, best understood, and most prudently exercis¬
ed, could be scrupulou-ly observed in a society almost
entirely disorganized by misrule and  dissension.
I technical error in the assumption of a power which, if
j I had it not, I ought to have had.
The particular defect in the ordinance which has
been made the ground of its disallowance was occa¬
sioned, not by my mistaking the extent of my powers,
but my reliance on the readiness of Pailiament to sup¬
ply their ineufficiency in case of need. For the pur-
" I pose of relieving the prisoners from all apprehensions
.--.._-. -r   i      . • _•    i _■       i of being treated as ordinary convicts, and the loyal in-
conce.ved :t to be one of the chief advantages of my | ,iabitants of the province 'from the dread of their im¬
position, that I was enabled to pursue the great ends j m(?diate m word_ were inscrlcd m ,he ordinance
of substantial justice and sound po.icy, free and unfet-1 respectiri-_ lhe disposal of them al Bermudas, which
tered. Nor did I ever dream of apP y.ng the theory , weJ knovvn l0 be ^operative. I was perfectly aware
or the practice of lhe British cons notion to a country  ^ exteJde(]      j     ,;       £e     ^      m
whose constitution was suspended-whore all repre- ^ ^^ q{ Bermu(] but no ^ fknew fh t
sentative government was annihilated, and the people ; th cou,d ];ot be forcibl detained ;_, ^ y^ wUh.
deprived of all control over their own affairs-where , out the co.opf,ration of tbe Imperial Legislature. That
the ordinary guarantees of personal rights had been in j ^.-^-ation j. had a right to expect, because the course
abeyance during a long subjection to martial law, and | , was pursuing uas Domted out in numerous acts of
a continued suspension ot the habeas corpus—where ; the ,,„ ial an(] Provinciai Legislatures, as I shall
there neither did exist nor had for a long time exist- |]ave occasicm hereafter most fully to prove.
po, any confidence in the impartial administration ot,     T   ,      ,.,.,•       _,   . •_. . ,   _       .i
justice in any political case. * als« °'d believe that, even if I had not the prece-
To encourage and stimulate me in my arduous task, dm** of tllPse acts °/ Parliament, a government and a
I had great and worthy objects in view. My aim was l«*lstatare anxious for the peace of this unhappy coun-
to eleva-e the province of Lower Canada to a tho- try- and fl!r the integrity of lhe British empire, would
roughly British character, to link its people to the so- not. saenhee to a petty technica ity the vast benefits
voretenty of Britain, by making them all participators whlch my entlr,e P?llcy P™****> a,ld, had in a great
in those high privileges, conducive at once to freedom mea-^re "ecored. I trusted they would take care that
and order, which have Wig been the glory of English- a ?r,,iat and benef™ent PurP0Se sh°U,d u0tLbe, trustra,t:
men. I hoped to confer on an united people, a more ed b>' any error' lf e"or l,,ere was' ***$ l iey C0US
extensive enjoyment of free and responsible govern- ' rec,1fy> c* ,hne want oi any powder which they could
ment. nnd to merge the petty jealousies of a small supply : finally, that it they found the ordinance inope-
community and the odious animosities of origin, in the ***+ *¥» would glve ll effect-it illegal, that they
higher feelings of a nobler and more comprehensive ; W0Uld make ll Jaw>
nationality. j     This small aid has not been extended to me, even
To give effect to these purposes it was necessary ■ f°r 'his great object; and the usefulness of my dele-
that my powers of government should be as strong as Pated powers expires with the loss of that support from
they were extensive—that 1 should be known to have tl'e supreme authority which could alone sustain it.
the means of acting as well as judging for myself, The measure now annulled was but part of a large
without a perpetual control by distant authorities. It system of measures, which I premised when I pro-
were well indeed if such ivere the ordinary tenure of claimed lhe amnesty. When I sought to obliterate
government in colonies, and that your local adminis- the traces of recent discord, I pledged myself to re¬
lation should always enjoy so much of the confidence move 'ts causes—to prevent the revival of a contest
of those, with whom rests the ultimate decision of between the ho.-tile races—to raise the defective insti-
your affairs, that it might ever rely on being allowed tutions of Lower Canada, to the level of British civili-
to carry out its policy to completion, and on being sup- zation and freedom—to remove all impediments to the
ported in giving effect to its promises and its com- course of British enterprize in this province, and pro-
mands. But in the present posture of your affairs, it mote colonization and improvement in the others—and
was necessary that the most unusual confidence should l0 consolidate these general benefits on the strong and
accompany the delegation of a most unusual authority; | permanent basis of a free, responsible, and comprehen-
which I have made, it is with feelings of deep disap¬
pointment that I find myself thus suddenly deprived of
the power of conferring great benefits on that province
to which I have referred—of reforming the adminis¬
trative system there, and eradicating the manifold
abuses which had been engendered by the negligence
and corruption of former times, and st; lamentably fos¬
tered by civil dissensions. I cannot but regret being
obliged to renounce the still more glorious hope of em¬
ploying unusual legislative powers in the endowment
of lhat province with those free municipal institutions,
which are the only sure basis of local improvement
and representative liberty—of establishing a system of
general education—of revising the _,efective laws
which regulate real property and commerce—and of
introducing a pure and competent administration of
justice. Above all, I grieve to be thus forced to aban¬
don the realization of such large and solid schemes of
colonization and internal improvement as would con¬
nect the distant portions of these extensive colonies,
and lay open the unwreught treasures of the wilder¬
ness to the wants of British industry and the energy of
British enterprise.
For these objects I have laboured much—and have
received the most active, zealous and efficient co-ope¬
rations from the able and enlightened persons who are
associated with mo in this great undertaking. Our
exertions, however, will not and cannot, be thrown
away. The information which we have acquired, al¬
though not as yet fit fir the purposes of immediate le¬
gislation, will contribute to the creation of juster views
as to the resources, the wants, and the interests of these
colonies, than ever yet prevailed in the mother coun¬
try. To complete and render available those mate¬
rials for future legislation, is an important part of the
duties which as High Commissioner I have yet to dis¬
charge, and to which I shall devote the most anxious
attention.
I shall also be prepared, at the proper period, te sug¬
gest the constitution of a form of government for her
Majesty's dominions on this continent, which may re¬
store to the people of Lower Canada all the advantages )
of a representative system, unaccompanied by the evils
that have hitherto proceeded from the unnatural con¬
flicts of parties; which may safely supply any defi¬
ciencies existing in the governments of the other co¬
lonies; and which nay produce throughout British
America a state of contented allegiance, founded, as
colonial allegiance ever must be, on a sense of obliga¬
tion to the parent state.
form in its rates. Only one of the chronomers exhi¬
bited a greater variation than one-fourth of a second
from its mean daily rate. Mr. Riggs' clock had been
previously adjusted by Transit observations by himself
at the State House. This transit instrument is regu¬
lated by a meridian mark, and gave, after correcting
for collimation, results differing less than a half a sec¬
ond from those of Eastern and Western altitudes of
stars measured with the excellent Pistor's Sextant be¬
longing to the Observatory, on three occasions in the
earlier part of the month. The correction of the re¬
sult by the transit instrument en the 18th, as far as
could be inferred from similar altitudes in the evening
was,
-t-0.11s by Mr. Riggs, with his Troughton's Circle.
-t-0.75 by Sears C. Walker, with Pistor's Sextant.
-•-0.82 by myself, with Mr. Riga's Sextant.
-HiLMa mean.
Applying this correction to the standard clock, the
mean time ofthe several phases observed for the me¬
ridian of the observatory 10". 1 North, 2 86s in lime
West of the State House, Philad. Iphia, is as follows:
h  m     s
Beginning, 2 13 7.4 Justice,
61 Wagner,
5.6 Walker,
8 3 Kendall.
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17
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Formation of Ring,
31 12.8 Justice,
15.6 Walker,
10.9 Kendall.
Rupture of Ring, 4 35 27.3 Justice,
28.0 Walker,
28.4 Kendall,
h   m     s
End,    5 45 11.3 Justice,
13.0 Walker,
12 9 Kendall.
The mean ofthe separate observations gives,
h   m      s
Beginning, 3 13    6 85,
Formation of Ring, 4 31 13.10,
Rupture of Ring, 4 35 27.90,
End, 5 45 12.73.
h in       s
Duration ofthe Eclipse, 2 32   5 88
"     Ring, 4 14.80
Mr. Justice used his 2£ feet Gregorian red screen
an inch, as nearly as could be estimated.
P-
At 3h. 3m.  3
4   0      3
433      2
Mr. Justice noticed the height of the thermometer
exposed to the sun during the eclipse, as follows:
At 2h. 15m. 96»
93
88
84
78
76
E. Otis Kenoall.
High Schcol Observatory, Philad., Sept 29, 1838.
This report was read and accepted, and ordered to
be published.
T. Dl'NLAP.
President of Controllers.
From the Vermont Chronicle.
PEACE CONVENTION.
Well—-the party is now organized ; tbe " New-Eng¬
land Non-Resistance Society" lias published its Con¬
stitution and Declaration of Sentiments; and the Libe¬
rator says ofthe event:—
"The three days of the past week in Boston are des¬
tined lo become more memorable in history, than the
famous ' three days in Paris.' They will constitute an
important chapter in the annals of Christianity. Man¬
kind shall hail the twbntieth of September with
more exultation and gratitude than Americans now do
the fourth of July. This may now be regarded as
solemn bombast; but it is prophetical, and shall not
fail to be fulfilled."
The Peace Convention of men and women met in
Boston, Sept. 18th. When it was found that women
were admitted as members and placed on Committees
Rev. Messrs. Beckwith, Slowe, Wilder, and some
others, withdrew.
A declarative resolution was early introduced, and
after debate for a day and a half, was finally adopted
in tbe following form :—
"Resolved, That human life is inviolable, andean
never be taken by individuals or nations, without com¬
mitting sin against God."
and that "in addition to such great legal powers, the
government here should possess all the moral force
that could be derived from the assurance that its acts
would be final and its engagements religiously observ
sive government,
Such large promises could not have been ventured,
without a reliance on the unhesitating aid of the su¬
preme authorities.    Of what avail are the purposes
ed. It is not by stinted power* or a dubious authority, ancj promises of a delegated power whose acts are not
that the present danger can be averted, or the founda- respected by tbe authority from which it proceeds!
tion laid of a better order of things. j With what confidence can I invite co-operation, or im-
I had reason to believe that I was armed with all the pose forbearance, whilst I touch ancient laws and ha-
power which 1 thought requisite, by the commissions j bits, as well as deep-rooted abuses, with the weakened
and instructions under the Royal sign manual, with   hands that have ineffectually essayed but a little more
The second article of the Constitution afterward
I fervently hope thAmy usefulness te you will not \glass, power 60, Tobias Wagner the 3£ feet Dolland I adopted, accordingly reads thus:—
cease with my official connexion. When I .-hall have [red screen glass, power 80, Sears C. Walker the o "Art. II. The members of this Society agree ia
laid at her Majesty's feet the various high and import- Teet Tulley red screen glass, power 100, and I used the ' opinion, that no man, or body of men, however const¬
ant commissions with which her Royal favour invested | 2$ feet Dialytic with green screen glass, power 50. I tuted, or by whatever name called, have a right to
me, I shall still be enabled as a peer of Parliament to j Having previously examined Bailey's description take the life of man as a penalty for transgression;
render you efficient and constant service in that place and drawing of the remarkable appearances ofthe an- | that no one who professes to have the spirit of Christ,'
where the decisions that affect your welfare are in nular Eclipse at Inch Bonney, an extract of which was ; can consistently sue a man at law for redress of inju-
reality made. It must be, I humbly trust, for the ad-1 reprinted in the September number of the Journal of | ries, or thrust any evil-doer into prison, or fill any of-
vantage of these provinces, if I can carry in the Im- I the Franklin Institute, I was prepared to witness their j fice in which he would come under obligation to exe-
periafParliament a knowledge, derived from personal j recurrence on this occasion. I was therefore much ! cute penal enactments—or take any part in the mili-
inspection and experience, of those interests, upon j disappointed at not seeing either the beads of light or j tary service—or acknowledge allegiance to any human
which some persons there are too apt to legislate in ig- the dark lines first described by Van Swinden, on the | government—or justify any man in fighting in defence
norance or indifference—and can aid in laying the occasion of the Eclipse of 1920. The far more gene-|0f property, liberty, life or religion; thatjhe cannot en-
foundation of a system of general government, which, ""' "'
while if strengthens your permanent connexion with
Great Britain, shall save you from the evils to which
ral phenomenon of the luminous arch round thai por-1 wage in or countenance any plot or effort to revolu¬
tion ofthe moon's border which was beyond the cusps j tionize, or change, by physical violence, any govern-
was not seen until 6 seconds before the formation of the i ment, however corrupt or oppressive; that he will
vou are now subjected by every change in the fluctuat-1 ring, and then very faintly, and I did not notice it after j obey " the powers that be," except in those cases in
ing policy of distant and successive Administrations. ! its rupture. The cusps continued sharp and well de- j which they bid htm violate his conscience—and then,
Given under My Hand and Seal at Arms, at the Castle | fined up to the time of their contact, broke at a point | rather than to resist, he will meekly submit to the oe-
and thirty-eight, and in the second year" of her Ma- j ofthe eclipse as seen at Washington, by Lieut. Gilliss | secntors, yet he will be bold and uncompromising for
jesty's Reign. and himself, with 3£ feet Dollonds, using green screen j God,  in bearing his testimony against sin,   in high
[By Command,] i glasses, was nearly the same as that which I have just j places and in low places, until righteousness and peac«
Charles Bu._-.er, Chief Secretary.
  -      ,. _._-—___.— _  . ., ""-peace
described.    The experience this gentleman has ac-  shall reign in all the earth, and there shall be none to
. quired by observing two annular, one total, and two j molest or make afraid."
~~   " I partial  eclipses,   within the last seven years, gives |     And the Declaration of Sentiments says:—
PROFESSOR  KENDALL'S   REPORT   OF   OB- I weight to his opinion, that these extraordinary pheno-'     " We cannot acknowledge allegiance to any human
SERVATIONS OF THE ECLIPSE. j mena are either not seen at all, or at best very faintly, i government." " We love the land ofour nativity only
Most of our readers in the city are probably aware   when a green screen glass is used.    Indeed Mr. Paine  as we love all other lands."    As a foreign invader is
that the Central High School, recently erected in Ju-1 saw all these remarkable phenomena except the dark , not te be forcibly resisted, so "ought no resistance to
niper street, has an Observatory at'ached to the build-! lines, in the annular eclipse of 1S31, using a red screen j be offered to domestic troublers of lhe peace or of pri-
ing, designed to be used for makina regular observa-1 glass.    Should future observations, of which unfortu-1 Vate security."    " We therefore voluntarily exclude
tions of celestial phenomena, as well as for the general! nately no more can be made here this century, confirm  ourselves from every legislative and judicial body, and
purposes of instruction in astronomy.    The faculty of this opinion, the circumstance will probably be ascribed  repudiate all human politics, worldly honors, and sta-
the school being organized before the occurrence of! to the part which the red rays (necessarily absorbed   tions of authority.    If we cannot occupy a seat in the
the recent annular eclipse, the committee on the High ! by the green screen glass) perform m this exhibition,   j Legislature, or on the bench, neither can we elect
School directed the Professor of Astronomy to observe I     The three other observers using red screen glasses ■ others to act as our substitutes in any such capacity "
this interesting phenomenon, and report his observa-: saw the arch of faint light with speck or brush of light j     How this last is to be reconciled with the political
tions to the Board of Control.    This was done, and   in centre first described by Maclaunn.    Its first ap-  anti-slavery, the appeal to the ballot box, &c, which
feeling anxious to lay before our readers a detailed re-! pearance was noted by Senrs C. Walker, at 4!>. 30m.   the Liberator still advocates, we do not understand •
|ie Eclipse, we made! 36.7s. being 36 4s. before the formation of the ring,   nor how the signers ofthe Declaration can consistent-
as
port of accurate observations on the
application for the paper and wa
the subjoined statement, which
application for the paper and was kindly furnished with I This arch became so bright at 4h. 31m. 6.3s. that Mr.   ly « petition ouT state and national government!
  wjU afford a gratifica- Justice was induced to note the time as that of the  they declare to be their intention.
tion to our readers, not merely on account of the sub- formation of the ring. The brilliant phenomenon, ( We have no list of officers, and only know that Mr
ject discussed, but as conveying proof of the successful however, ofthe extension of b or 8 beads of light tor Garrison, who reported the Constitution and Declara
exertions of the Controllers ofthe public schools to put' 20o from cusp to cusp, which occurred 6.5a. later, re-; tion, is Corresponding Secretary.