New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-22
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
A ppOvNCML STAT rsMAN.

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2 vols svo. Jewett Co. Boso,D.
In the vast aud various regions winch hoid the
anomalous and undignhed position OF colonies oil
Ne Br,.i,h Crown, there are at this moment many
,.n xbo With ou.lit,es which would leave mark
on the history Of nation we're they not circum-
..rhea within the circle Of sprovince, beat, in the
.o,s.;ousress of this power, against the bars Of
ri, narrow colonial cage and pant for some
.mplsr sphere. Among such spirits and foremost
If the colonial statesmen Of our time may be
counted Joseph Howe A. independent Of the
personal romance which surrounds the history of
all such men, his life is in reality the life of an i'm
vcrtsnt British colony which, in the course Of com
up events may be more closely united TO Us it msy
lot be upinterestipg TO furnish an epitome Of the
volumes before as.
The province of Nova Scotia, though Of a moder-
ate extent of territory, and comparatively small
pepulstion, would doubtless, if we are to judge
from her resources or the character of men like
Mr.. Howe, attain, but for her provincial misfor-
tune, q high position as an independent State. Her
maratime development is very remarkable. We
were ourselves, we confess, somewhat surprised to
fnd among the valuable information with which
Mr. Howes speeches, and state papers abound that
abe already owns more tunnage than Chill, Peru
and Brazil put together, half as much as Holland,
and nearly as much as Russias entire mercantile
marine Nor is she more deficient IN mental than
material resources. Within less than three years
her LEGISLATURE has voted swords to two heroes,
who are Noya-Scotians, Gen. Fenwlck Williams OF
Kars. and Gen. John Ingls who so gallantly de.
Tended Lucknow. Cunard, another Nova Scotan,
has bridged the Atlantic, and fourth, Sam Slick,
n ranked among the favOrite humorists Of the age.
In the works now before us We are invited to
survey the intellectual proportions of another Of
her sons, who, in real, practical value, has con-
ferred more service his native country than any
of those we have named. Though for the first time
His career is thus brought completely before us, we
have not been 30 distant as not to have caught the
echo Of bis cheering cry ss for the last twenty years
he has led the battle of civil and religious liberty In
the British Colonies We have taken sufficient in-
terest 10 colonial politics to know that in every one
OF those arduous conflicts by which Noya-Scotla
and her surrounding colonies wruDg from the pa
rent country Independent institutions, his plume
waved in front, and that to his undaunted perse-
verance and energy the final victory was largely
due. Free institutions once attained, Mr.. Howe
appears to have devoted his attention almost en-
tirely to the development of the material resources
of the colony, and we find his name for the past
few years connected with projects of intercolonia
railroads, and other measures Of internal improve
ment The first volume records his political labors
han ha baoa
a. journalist down to 1o49, when responsible Gov
erDment became firmly established i'll British
America. In the second volume havo bis rail
way and colonization speeches, his public letters on
yarious subjects two or three admirable lectures
delivered before scientific and literary societies, and
q few grave and satiric poems. His friend, Mr..
Armand, who edits these volumes, thus spiritedly
xiyes his reason for their publication:
Ny object is to preserve, while preservation is
possible the sentiments aud opinions OF remarkable
man. who has figured during an eventul period OF our
proyincial history to enable my contemporaries, the
men and women Of the present day. to peruse again.
and estimate for their literary merit or oIatorcai va9e
PRODUCTIONS that formerly stirred their blood or largely
nfluep ced their affairs to give to the rising genera
ton the means by which to Judge not only OF the In
feecusl caber of the races they are to succeed but
of the true character OF counsrymah struggles anu
Mr.. Howe's father was Boston Loyaist, and
held the Offices of Queens Printer and Postmaster
General of the Lower Province, for many years.
His eldest son, according 10 the good old English
practice, inherited both Offices. With this
brother Mr.. Howe was brought up, and the first
notice cable point in bis history is that he was
regularly bred to the printing business, and there
IL l., l,atn f 1IcfI hal
men of whom TIE craft is justly proud. In 1S25
he commenced his public life as proprietor and
editor of The Nora- ScOtian, newspaper, which he
conducted for twelve years. at this tune, the
governments of all the Provinces were n0mlnally
r.preeentatve-in reality despotie. They had
neither municipal institutions nor responsible gov
srument. Military governors ruled the Provinces,
selected whom they pleased to I'LL the oihces,
divided the revenues and set both people and
Legislatures ut defiance. At this infamy Howe at
ono. struck strong bold blow, and drew, of
course. down on his head the hatred Of the ruling
cotene, and an opportunity was eagerly looked for
to crush the daring printer who, week after week,
was ,haking the foundations OF the old corrupt
colonial system. With an article published In
1885, rejecting on the magistrates OF Halifax, the
opportunity was deemed to have arrived. Howe
was injected for libel and his case pronounced
hopeless BY the lawyers With gallant energy
however, he undertook his own defense, and after
. speech of five hours, though the Chief Justice
charged dead against him, he was acquitted, and
wa, carried home on the shoulders Of the people.
From that time he took the same rank as orator
that he before held as editor. For ourselves, we
can say having read this effort with attention and
debph,. that il contrasts not unfavorably with