, 1854-10-28

remOnStranCe and vast number more, in
cludlng men Of weight, intelligence, respect
ability and interest, who from motives Q
proprlety, which these good gentlemen
have no capacity to understand, and con
sequently to appreciate, though they coul,
not but concur in the substance of that re
monstrance, yet rcfrained from signing
you will agree with me, | say, in considering
that all these, both signing and not sign
ing, have proved, and will continue t
prove, in manner the most substantial
that they perfectly well understand thl
substance Of what was written in that re
monstranee, and indeed Of a great dea
more on collateral subjects Of a similar na
ture-not those touched upon, but still o
very great. Importance.
III. The conviction expressed in thu
opening of this paragraph is worth abou
as much as the belief spoken of at the com
mencement of the second | dare say
Governor Douglass thought the institution
of the Office indispensable" do moi
doubt that in the least. But on what
grounds do we take leave Of forming oul
own judgment as well as the author of No
I3. Before Mr. Cameron came to thi.
country, Gov Douglass, in the capacity
of Chief Factor Of the II. b. Co., thought
it indispensable to obtain some place fol
him. / suppose he thought it equally in
disPeHsable that salary should be attached
You are aware that salary was Gl50 per
annum. Perhaps he thought it further
equally indispensable that this should be by
some means increased. Perhaps it was
thought iH-dis-penSaJle, too, in vain fami.
ly, that some title should be superadded
Perhaps this appointment provided the
means Of fulfilling all these pretty little in
dispeHSa6ilitiss. We know from observa-
tiOn Of human nature, that when man is
conscious Of particular wrong, he always
aims to defend himself from the imputatiOn
Of that one offence He instinctively cov-
ers that part, and often spontaneously
erects defences on that side before he is at
tackled. On this rational ground account
for the humiliating conduct Of Gov. Doug
lass, in stating voluntarily and uncalled for,
that Mr.. Cameron rendered his services
gratuitously, say the whole of the mat
ter on this point proves the consciousness
Of motive that did not like to show itself
to the light. ... ......t ..... .....
As to his being the fttest person bere
Of those not already professionally occu-
pied,' is lamentable stuff. In lame case,
however, a man, when be opens his mouth,
is always in danger of saying something
40 e.ira. o. hi,,.aalf al
professionally occupiedg Was not Mr..
Cameron himself professionally occupied in
something Of black nature already p
Was he not coal merchants clerk But
| can cnlighten you little on this strange
and unconsequential jumble of words. In
the original of this able paper, it ran thus
ut first, that he was the fttest man of
those not professionally occupied" but the
numsculls who composed it, having fuc-
tuating glimmer Of understanding, perceiv-
ed on reading it over, that it would not
exactly do to let it stand thus, for it only
meant in that way, that he was the 6ttest
man among men not professional, thus
CHASING him with laborers. Now this they
thought they would not do, SO they must
alter that sentence. How was it to lie
done Oh, stick in the word already
before professional" and accordingly it was
done. As it stands now, it is mere non
sese. Was he not already occupied as .
clerk Well then, do they not consider
that professional occupation2 7 (True, it
is not really.) How then have they eva
ded the difhcultyi He was occupied as
we'll as others. The truth is, they did not
dare to say that he was absolutely the H.
test man even in the colony, and therefore
they added a qualifying clause which made
an absurdity Of the whole. Not being
able with any force to call him the 6ttest
man of all, simply the fttest man, they
call him the 6ttest man Of class actually,
as you see, not in cristeRcc. Poor defend
ers, the composers of such rubbish as this.
Well, | congratulate Mr.. Cameron and
Mr.. Douglass. Francois Lecuier aud
Francois Contail actually believe Mr.. Cam
eron to be and feel as Gov. Douglass does
Il don't doubt that, that Mr.. Cameron is
a gentleman (do they know what gentle
man is of business habits, colonial expe-
rience, chow did they find these things
out y and finally the fittest person Of those
not already occupied professionally Pray,
are some Of these good men of mark wait
ing for some professional occupation, so
that they constitute class not yet, not
already professionally occupied, and wish
to have the honor of enlisting Mr.. Gamer
on in their body y We think that body
contains more men much more worthy
than he. -..
| believe, verify, that in the words
" you feel as we do,' lies the pith of the
matter Here is the secret Of all the
trouble bestowed upon this paper. You
are Governor--you eau throw us a sop,
and probably will, if we please you ; you
are Chief Factor, &C., and can favor us in
many substantial ways, and we expect you
may perhaps, and help our promotion, II
we promote your little views. Well-you
feel-you have certain feeling in a GER
tain noint-we feel as. YOU do. Yes, as