r kingston published weekly by jamee macfarlane at his office in front street kingston uc chronicle nec rege nec populo sed utroque vol 13 s seventeen shillings and sixpence per annul if sent by mail twenty shillings 1 saturday june 9 1832 sto 5 for the ksum chronicle a rhapsody st a kkcldsk continued xix fierce is the firstlit fire that moves and fills pubescent youth to himufes prospect breaks when the sub glitters on the distant hilts and all for him soems bright hia soul awakea when passions fount first springs within which makes when bufletting its waves men mortal all soon from iu streams the stolen draught he takes trembling he quaffstho madding waters pall j he spurns the woefraught joy he lists a higher call xx o love exotic of an heavnly birth wherefore to thee did wend my wayward heart thou art a flower of sickly growth on earth a lying balm making a ceaseless smart a thing defiled by lust holding no part or lot in truth j a baseless theory melting beneath the touch thy victims start and stand in mute amaze whon late they see the fruit they grasp turn dust as from a sodom- tree xxi fremund from letterd lore did oft recur to beautys school a moment to beguile there would he note a neutral connoisseur loves little ways his fierce yet thsnkless toil the wantons craft her various art and wile her floating foim such as s sylphs might be her halfclosed languid eye and pitying smile beaming intent but reckless all was he of lovechargd lip and eye tho dread artillery xxii oh who may prize not thou bclfcentred man jium pna w mmi nut with a sensual fire not thou oer gold who mopert loan snd wan lockd in the hoard which limits thy deaire oh who may prize those feelings which con spire to draw men nearer heavn with lust anfranght linking in sympathy their souls entire while heart responds to heart and thought to thought ana tirtao springs unaskd and happiness un sought xxiii for yet in man do sinless passions dwell like frowerdtbtths crossing every path he goes heavn horn maternal love who cannot tell a tender tale of thee oh who but knows thy soul encircling power thy scion grows and bears unharmd on earth and strikes so deep that when from lifes probationary woes the cherish form hsth passd yet in our sleep the sweet familisr face we bee and wake and weep xxiv i saw two sisters meet i these coom not feign they daspd in silent joy they wept and yet they dried their tears then clsspd and wept sgain i saw een men their rugged souls forget yes midst a throng two kindred eiiles met and in their breasts wclld forth affections tide they clsspd and lip on lip warm signets set these breathm a love no flame to lust allied the heart of nature leapm her poises all replied xxv bat oh if other love there needs must be be it for what our eye but once hath seen which flashd across the soul in radiancy and passd lorerer such rsre love hath been a stay whereon the rifted heart might lean in after years a hallowd charm to lure mens gentle genius bock which woke serene mid wsrs alarms and did to death endure a cherishd amulet a thing enshrined and pure xxvl how do the avgels lore those viewless crowds they happy host nor wed nor wedded are sut meet and mingle like the silent clouds amid their peaceful bowers where no sighs mar the rapturd stillness as they wsft afar their incense to loves self snd each soul yearns oer all around it as from star to star flashes the sunbeam plenishing their urns so soul to soul in heavn reflected lovo returns o innervations on the rights of the british colo nies to representation in tho imperial parlia ment hy david chisholme chapter v the natural right of the coumiei to reprttent tian in tht imperial parliament of all the productions of human wisdom snd ingenuity i believe the british constitute has been the theme of the highest snd most unqnsh- fied praise nations may have been said to have bowed with respect and admiration before it monarchic- have been dsolved thrones overturned altars polluted and the venerate in stitutions of a wise and prudent ntyty have been annihilated in order to adopt the pno pie snd aecure the freedom of ao excellent s dcrfu combinxion england montesquieu the government of england says another u formed between absolute monarchy which it tyranny democracy which tends to anar chy and aristocracy which fluctuatiag be tween one mod the other falls into the error of both the mixt government of the english combining the advantages of these three pow ers which mutually observe moderate assist and check each other tends from its very prin ciples to the national good this constitution of which there is no instance among the ancients and which ought to serve as a model to posteri ty will support itself a long time because it is not the result of manners and of transcientopinione but of reasoning and eiperience liberty said a thirdt whilst writing on the english con stitution liberty excluded from those places to which she had seemed to give a preference driven to tho extremity of tho western world banished even out of the continent has taken refuge in th atlantic ocean it is there that freed from the danger of external disturbance and assisted by a happy prearrangement of things she has been able fully to display the form that suited her and she has found six centuries to have been necessary to the comple tion of hr work being sheltered as it were within a citadel she theretcigns over a nation which is the better entitled to her favoors ai it endeavours to extend her empire and carries with it to every part of its dominions the bles sings of industry and equality fenced in on every side to use the expressions of chamber- layne with a wide and deep ditch the sea guard ed with strong outworks its ships of war and defended by the courage of ils seamen it pre serves that important secret that sacred firej which is so difficult to be kindled and which if it were once extinguished would perhaps never be lighted again when the world shall have again bean lii4 w9e by popupfftfs i will ll continue to show mankind not only the principle that ought to unite them but what is of no less importance the form under which they ought to be united and the philosopher when he re flects on what is constantly the fete of civil so cieties amongst men and observes with concern the numerous afld powerful causes which sem as it were unavoidably to conduct them all to a state of incurable pobtical slaverytokes comfort in seeing that liberty haa at last disclosed her se cret to mankind and secured an asytam to hcr- self now in my opinion says a fourth 14 among all the sovereignties i know in the world tbatio which the public good is best atteivied to and the least violence exercised on the people is that ot england at least is certain says a fifth that in all ages britain has been the temple w it were of liberty whilst her sacred 6res have been extinguished in so many coun tries here they have religiously been kept alive here she hath her saints her confessors and a whole army of martyrs and the gates of hell hath not hitherto prevailed against her sothatif a fatal iwerae is to happen if aervihty and serw- tude are to oveiun the whole world like injus tice and liberty is to retire from it ure astraa our portion of the abandoned globe will have at leatt the raournfbl honour whenever it hap pens of shewing her last her parting steps the british constitution says a sixth q u is the proudest political monument of the combined and progressive wisdom of man x throughout the whole civilized world its preservation ought to thjnifotftftatttf w uniting sll the beauties of proportion with all jheir solidity of strength englandsirsaid a seventh is a nation which still i hope re spects and formerly adored her freedom in other countries the people more simple and of a less mercurial cast judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance here they anticipate the evil and judge of the pres sure flf the grievance by the badness of the prin ciple they apgur misgovernment at a distance and snoff tho approach of tyranny in every taint ed brewe and lastly saithao wghthtt the british constitution may be said to have ap proached nearer to the perfection of social order than any other government ancient or modern to this point it has arrived in the progress of ages not in consequence of theories formed by pecul stive men such as our modern reformers but in consequence of experiments made and trials undergone experience that great pa rent of all but especially of political wisdom taught a brave generous and highspirited peo ple how to con act by degrees preceding evils and to form the wisest plan for liberty and se curity in this state we find thd british consti tution it stands among the nations of the earth like an ancient oak in the wood which after having overcome many a blast overtops the other trees of the forest and commands respect and veneration all foreigners look to it with wonder and with envy as the happiest sys tem that ever was devised for uniting dignity m the magistrate and liberty in the subject with protection and security to all this is lofiy pio a moat formidable body of unexceptionable evidence in favour of the excellence of our constitution taking it all and am determined to die in the allegiance of a british subject but as there may be errors in religion wfhich a good christian may be permit ted to cowed so there may exist in our system of government muchas it may have been admir ed and much as i confess it is entitled to ad miration shades and blemishes and inconsis tence wfcich it may be the right as well as the duty of a good citizen to obviate and reconcile i shall therefore not scruple on the present occa sion to utrctah my hand however impotent to the fane vf our constitution and by drawing aside the veil which hides its greatest and most disgusting deformities expose them at once to the gae nd derision of the world these are strong expressions i admit but a blot one distorted line no matter how faint which dis figures a masterpiece of art is more injurious in its consequences in the estimation of taste and genius tban a thousand specks in the production of inferior aim and execution the finger that points oi the blemish may be esteemed that of an enthusiast or a raving maniac but the attri butes of justice are as severe as they are om- nipotents nd the just rights of british subjects wherever they may be situated whether in the frozen regions of labrador or the burning sands of india j whether in ihe rocky or himmalaya mountains in hudson or botany bay arc not to be sacrificed to prejudice or servility be holding tiicn the british constitution as thus exposed p view i pronounce it to be both par tial and tficomplcte it is partial because it con fers rights privileges and franchises upon apart of the people which are not equally enjoyed by the xohou and it is incomplete because the co lonics bg0 subject to its jurisdiction without par- ticipatiimf in its authority reform therefore the great talismanic genius of the age becomes necessary and i shall of course be marked as a fefefnigfr- lama reformer i avow it what ever majy bo lost or gained by it whatever dis- appointrments i may endure or whatever appro bation imy present labours may experience i ad mit thai tlheir whole scope and object is reform- reform im the imperial parliament of great brit ain and lireland such as will secure to that por tion of dlritish subjects in the colonies that free direct amd uncontrouled representation which is not only enjoyed by theirfellowsubjccts athome but whiulh is their birthright this is the reform i advocatte and to this species of reform alone i confine myself if a more general and direct re- presentation in parliament the great and ulti mate souuee of the laws is found to beindis- pcnsibly mecessary in the mother country sure ly some representation ought to be extended to tho coloniies the inhabitants of which have hith erto kceni unrepresented in parliament either di rectly off indirectly for what has been termed virtual ripresentation and which seems so much in favour with a certain class of politicians is a mock representation without means or ends head or feet soul or body and which the colo nics spwn as worse tban the shadow of a shade they wamdiiect and substantial representation because it is the only representation worth hav ing n they want real unencumbered repre sentation because it is their birthright that it is so becomes now my business to prove 1 shall therefore in the first place endea vour to point out a few ofmhe natural inherent and incontrovcrlable rights and privileges of a british subject i shall in the second place in- fcwtffcethcrthe people inhabiting our colonies arcbrifsh subjects 1 and if they are which cannot t doubted shew in the third place the injustice 1 whch they are exposed and the in juries tfry sustain both in person and property by a defll of any one of their birthrights 1 tb rights of a british subject include his liberties fi mo5t im of those rtg and kbertie i which he csn claim as a merot of civil society or the body pol tho powrof being his own governor and of making either in person or by representative the la9 by which his conduct is to bo regulated and wperty secured these laws indeed may b changed renewed abrogated or amend ed beesse a power to make laws without a right of annulling thorn would be an anomaly equally absurd and ridiculous but still what ever modifications they may undergo whatever psnattithey ma inflict or whatever privi leges tby may confer they must be stamped with thw consent of the person whose lot it may tx to b cither punished protected or rewarded bythefflr cy w consent must befree voluntif ai1f unconstrained it is true that many u t intl binding which till rtjv- have received tho unanimous appro- in all it would perhaps be as difficult as it would be unpopular to controvert it worship at once so zealous and universal has scarcely ever been the lot of any human institution and if the in cense be profuse it must be admitted that the god is not altogether unwotthy of it i would not therefore wish to be considered as an incon siderate and headlong reformer in either religion or politicks i confide in the faith of my fathers raynal t dc lome t phillippe do comines 1 lacon burke bolingbrokc tt blair bation f ibe whole people but it is one of the fundaifltntal maxims of society that a majority can bind the whole for otherwise it would be impossible ever to attain that security and sta bility if our institutions which conslilute the direct object of society the ntwa being onco established the net right of a british subject is that security of per son and estate which they neccttsarily prescribe and there can be no security of person without freedom of will and no security of estate or property without the power of acquiring and dis posing of it at pleasure for it is not enough for us to httvo the use of an object we desire to havo it completely at our own disposal without being responsible to any person whatever as to personal liberty tho laws erf england havo imposed hut few restraints upon those of nature those who are the offspring of the one arc but the sublets of tho other just like children who although they are amenable to paternal authori l aro nevertheless recognized as members of tho siaio ft manifest therefore that every british subject like any other member of a well regulated government is not only entitled to the full and free enjoyment of life but to the integri ty of his body as the one could not exist with out the other and as they are alike the gift of god tho laws of our country are bound to pro tect them it is true that the one may bo for feited and tho other destroyed under the autho rity of those laws but this can only take place when the laws have been infringed upon and the rights of a fellowsubject invaded still even when an emergency of this awful description happens though an individual may bo sacrificed the general interests of society are secured and can only be secured in obedience to the dictates of the laws a branch is cut off but the trunk is preserved life too may be supported as well as defended in this respect the laws of eng land are superior to thoeu of any nation on earth an innocent member of mciety cannot be starv ed to death he bas a claim on society for food and other necessaries of life if these be ille gally denied to him ihn law is broken and should a life in consequence be lost the indivi dual who may be the thpans of such a los is punished in order that ociety may not again lotse the services of an mrfiil though unfortunate member what can possibly be more humane generous and just the brutal tyranny of de stroying life or limb at pldfsure is a power which never was and never can be conferred or recog nised by our laws on his as well as every othersubject connected with the liberty and sccu- rityof an englishman out great character is clear and decisive no freeiuan sholl be seized and imprisoned or disseized or outlawed or any way destroyed rhor wilt wetfylltiti or pass sen tence on him except by the legal judgemntof liia peers or by iffac law of the land but security off life and person however strictly regarded ontloweverclearly defined would be or very little vail if unaccompanied by that tifterty of person w forms so great and dis tinguished a poto 0 t rights of a british sub ject to enter however into any lengthened de tail of this hbetfy however delightful a study it might form of uself would lead me far beyond the bounds of fa present inquiry but it is ne cessary nevertheless to point out a few of its moat remarkable features however beautiful nature may have been in this respect lb i 0 england may be said to he almost equally man having been created a rationafagem freedom of thought and action is of course tfe fi an principal ingredient of his constitution this great charactcrestic of human nature necessarily implies tho power of devising the mfcans to accomplish ends of dis tinguishing tnh from falsehood and right from wrong ae tq tkmigkt that is an arcanum of which the deity a can take cognizance the free and uncohtrouled exercise of this faculty of the mind nay be said to be the only prerogative which nature fcs reserved to herself alike inscru table and independent of the laws of civil society men states governments and laws have in dark ages am among barbarous nations endea voured to usinp enven this solitary reservation on the part of nature by various means and in struments as brutal as they were cruel but thank god it i alike the boast and the glory of the laws of ertttuuil ttoai m ftfe m well as in most other initoncea ihey hay no only pre served entire wit alfco advocated the rights of natui m hv u at1tot maxims the people of england have heard ft m and a bostile but having nev feu ctfl of them they could only execr infcrral institution and pity their vict com mon law of england says u h au ways abhorred the accursed in 0 a pris onhouse and neither admits bf tortus to ex tort confession nor of any pc infllction ftol warranted by a just sentence fony with this law we are informed when upon the assassination of villiersduk of buckingham by felton it was proposed in privy cunci to put the assassin to the racl iq onjcr t0 0j3 cover his accomplices the juftg i con sulted declared unanimously own hon our and the honour of th eflfljj no such proceedings was allowably g of england astocttorw which compfg m thta goodciliiencaniasrorda withfl violating ihe established laws of his country eitherto promote us own individual happiness g 1 genert terests of the state they are a muc the object of that universal liberty and ifturftj guaranteed by the laws of england as lif peyg an es tate the freedom of action niay uul be said to include all that is of valj an wo pos sessing this side of the grave p how othcr- wisecouldlhe faculties with mhich nature has so libemlly endowed us be rendered useful either to society or to the ultimate end of our ex istence 7 how could food an4 raiment the first necessaries of lifo itself be obtained and the social and benevolont affections of husband and wife parent and child mas and servant friend and neighbour sovereign and subject be cherished and maintained if ay restraint were laid upon their actions which necessarily imply the exercise of volition ho otherwise could virtue and charity be exercised religion preserv ed patriotism enkindled knowledge extended arts invented science studied countries ex plored commerce expanded nay how could nations themselves be founded there was a time and unfortunately for mankind thero still are times and countries in which freedom of ac tion is restrained as well as the aspirations of liberty subdued this is undoubtedly the cause of that comparative state of poverty meanness and gross ignorancu into which some nations arb sunk nothing can degrade the human mind so much as a restraint upon the excicisc of any of its faculties nothing sinks the soul so low as the yoke of slavery but the laws of englnnd have established a different order of things which is undoubtedly the cause of the unparalleled free dom intelligence and prosperity of that country there a british subject may literally bo said to do what he pleases to say what ho pleases and to go where he pleases it is true that if in the ex ercise of these invaluable rights he should un fortunately invade the boundaries of the laws he immediately becomes amenable to them and perhaps obnoxious to punishment but util he does so he is safe there can e no jtfa o troul upon his actions until he ovlcaps the fe amimitations of jifsiice decency or morality and herein consists the superiority of the laws over those of any other country when foreign ers from tho continenlof europe visa england the first thing thai strikes them with surprise is rhat want ot preventive power for which the laws are so remarkable never once imacining that this is the great characteristic of british liberty and ihst which so preeminently distinguishes its institutions from ihoseof other countries they never once dream that laws which prevent the commisswn of a crime arc at the saint time laws which restrain the natural right of action and of consequence not only refuse to recognize and protect this first law of nature but inflict a pun ishment before a crime has been perpetrated may we ever be protected from such laws it is the example of punishment alone that tan or ought to prevent the commission of crimes as it is punishment alone that can prevent the repeti tion of them ler the more convenient season bt mrs sicoorkct alone he sat and wept that very night the ombassador of god with earnest zeal of eloquence had warned him to repent and like the roman at druillas sido hearing the truth he trembled conscience wrought yet sin allured the struggle shook him sore the dim lamp waned hour of midnight tolid prayer souyht fot entrance but the heart bad closed its diamond valve he threw him on his couch and bade the spirit of lis god depart but there was war within him and he sighed 41 depart not utterly thou blessed one return when youth is past and make my soul for ever thine with kindling brow he trod the haunts of pleasure while the viol voice and beautys smile his joyous pulseswoke to love he knelt and on his brow she hung her freshest myrtle wreath for gold he sovight and winged wealth indulged him till the world pronounced im happy manhoods vigorous prime swelled to its climax and his busy days and restless nights swept like a tide away care struck deep root around him and each shoot stfdili rikwg ffwttmv rfc t- fhiaiv trcv shutout with woven shades the eye of heaven when lo a message from the crucified look unto me and live pausing he upake of weariness and haste and want of time and duly to his children and besought a longer space to do the work of heaven god spake again when age had shed its snows on his wan temples and the palsied hand shrank from his goldgathering but tho rigid chain of habit bound him and he still implored f a morf convenient etasm my step is firm and freft my unquenched eye delights to view this pleasant yorld and life with me may last for many years in the calm hour of lingering sickness i can belter fit for vast eternity disease approached and reason fled the maniac atrove with death aod gnppled like a fiend with shrieks and cries till darkness smote hitoyeballs and a thick ice t a i itl least as compulsory celibacy con effect the ob ject 7 why do thsi economists instruct minis ters how to husband the national resources when they should be rather showing our distress ed damsels how to put the church miuistcrs in requisition and to husband themselves here in the heart of polite life there is an over supply an absolute glut of female youth beauty and ac complishments with little or no demand for those once desiderate articles our brightest belle set no church bells pealing drives round the park ring and not as of yore m affixing a pold ring round the finger white favors are out of favor nuptial banns arc under ban and inter dict wedding cake is not cut because wed dings are no matches are made but those ol wood and brimstone and oar clergymen who use- to know the marriage ceremony byheat are now obliged to turn to the fresh and uulhnmb- cd leaf in their prayer books whenever thoy are called upon to join man and wife logctht the age of matrimony like that of chivalry it gone and the clerks who lived upon the foes for issuing general and special licenses have betit so long out of work that they may probably be heard of at tho work house is there any exoggcration in theso melancholy averments 1 i appeal o totty reader who moves in genteel society does he not in each succes sive season see hundreds of rose buds unfold ing their charms who e destined a aexora- ble time revolves to be metamorphose into wallflowers and finally to constitute a portion of the human tapestry with which our ball rooms are decorated or at least lined our girls keep oil j they put torth ail ncirtittracrionsiiw work hard to become wives but alas ihcyarc only seninga long irksome and heartwither ing apprcnticeshipto spjntcriem for waltzes qnadrilles mazurkas and gallopades partners may be found easily enough but where are they to find partners for life t me is either undisco- vcrable like the unicorn and phecnix ortmly to be seen once in a hundred years like the flower of ihe aloe strange that amid the unmeaning inquiries with which our dancing beatrx pester their partners they should never delight them with popping the question from any part of speech that might bear a construction of this na ture they refrain with a cautious and most tm- rclcnting precision well may they be termed shrewd though fantastical grammarians for they had rather decline than conjugate nei ther dress address nor undress will win them gowns transparent as tinder catch nonpar and raise no flamo the fashionable natftonly diminishes her own chance of ever becoming a femme email and tho best and most beconv ingly attired beauty may find a hundred candi dates eager to lead her out to the dancfl nut not one who will lead her up to the altar n good old times a handsome clever girl selcforn failed to flirt herself into favor to act the coquette with good success to ogle till she was eyed with tenderness to court until she way court ed and ultimately to bridle herself into a bridal but such triumphs are not to be achieved in theee antinuptial days impenetrable as the nether mill stone is tho heart of a modern bacheky you might as well pelt a rhinoceros with a pea- hooter neither change of scene nor the most templing opportunities can throw him off his guard bath brighton cheltenham picnics sailing parties rides drives shooting visits to the park enclosed mansion and christmas a tivities united by the kiss sanctioned misletoe used in the days of our fathers to be provoca tives to matrimony that few could resist but these talismans have lost their charm in vain do our belles redouble their attentions tlie beaux still remain single celibacy is the order of the day we have no husbandmen bat those who hold the plough no yokefellows but the collarmakers the lneymoon is in eclipse cupid may turn his bow into a fiddlestick and play a elo though we have beaux enough who are mere sticks without any such meta morphosis and hymen with his extinguished torch may fly to heaven where they marry not neither arc they given in marriage english paper tht poor closed in around his martstrings clay lay vanquished and distorted but the soul the soul whose prowmed season never corn to hearken to its makers call had gone to weighhis euflrance with its own abuse and bide the audit bluckstonc book iv chap 25 what will our spinsters do or what shall we do with outspinstcrs the question which was so pithily and point edly addressed to the lords becomes of much more momentous import when oppliedto the la dies at least to the unmarthd ones vulgarly yclept spinsters- paltry in number not very formidable in influence and intellect and receiv ing only rare and trifling additions to their order the peers were scarcely worth the inquiry either way but when the interrogations oh tho htpny polvgamist embraced all the fair sex of the middling and uppor classes it behoves every member of society to weigh deeply and maturely what answer shall be given to it why do the political economists waste their timeupon rents tithes and cornuwe discussions in which so few comparatively ere interested when there is a giicvou defeflt in our social institutions that may be termed a catholic or universal ovil since it tends to rcconvcrt a largo portion of our gen teel population into monks and nuns so far at squeezing the hand it is but lately that we have understood the strange constructions that are sometimes put upon a squeeze oflhhaatf with bomo per sons it is entirely equivalent to a declaration of lovo this it very satirising indeed we must take hold of a ady hand like a hot potatoe afraid of giving a squeeze lest we should burn ourfisgere very fine truly now 4 was our ancient custom to squeeze every hand we got into our clutcle especially a fair one jh it not a wonder tha we never have been mttffbra breach of promise we would not give a scrup per nail for one of your cold formal shakers of the hand every person who protrudes ojmotwo fingers for your touch as if he were afrjiof catching some cutaneous distemper should go to school awhilo to john quincy adams ho shakes your hand with a vengeance and shakes your body with it unless you should happen lo be as thick set as himself well therein nothing like it it shows a good heart at any rate and wo would rathe a man should crush the bones of our fingers and shake our shoulder out ofjoint than that ho should poke out his reluctant paw as if he wero about to come in contact with a bear or liytcna the ladies may rest assured of this that a man who will not squeeze their hand when he gets hold of it docs not deserve to havo auch a hand in his possession and that he has a heart seven hundred and fortynine times smaller than a grain of mustard seed isefar- day morning visitor