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 IHDFAS ADDllESS. 
 
 To the Electors of the South Riding 
 of Colchester: 
 
 Gkntlemkn, — 
 
 Haviiiff ofTercd my services to yoii I feel it 
 necessary to devote the first liour at my comman.i in 
 explanation of some of my reasons for doing so, n tew 
 outlines of which have been touched by a writer ntho 
 Mormng Chro?iide of the I7tli June. He says:' 
 
 "I understand thjjt Mr. Hyde is on the ground cnnvrxssinir 
 the f^outhern district of this county. His claims rest upon tht- 
 tact that Mr. Creehnan had the independence to oppose the 
 transfer of the People's line of Telegraph to a Companv, and 
 secondly that the Government refused him the entire control 
 ot the mail routes in the Eastern section of the Province thus 
 giving him the power of ejecting nil the Couriers from tho 
 line, or obliging them to submit to his terms. 
 
 '• As Mr. H. is so fond of opposition, he will no doubt be 
 pleased to find that in the course of a short time a Line of 
 Loaches will be on the road from Halifax to Pictou—such a 
 result could only have been brought about by his own conduct. ''' 
 
 Be it known to all, f have no claims whatever, ex- 
 cept the respect of all men, and this I intend to com- 
 mand by bold, energetic, upright conduct. I do not 
 
 Tl// /^^V'^' °" ^^^^^^ the perfections or imperfections 
 ot Mr. Creelman or any one else, but solely on my own 
 merits, rough and unlettered as they may be, conscious 
 ot honesty of mtention,— unshackled and independent 1 
 stand or fall. 
 
 With reference to the transfer of " the people's lino ' 
 ot Telegraph to a company," I have only to say, any 
 
 
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 nuui whose measures arc sunported by so overwhelming 
 i maiorfly as may be lound in boih branches of the 
 Legislature on the Telegraph ^"cslion viz. : throe 
 lourths of the Lower and two thirds ot the Upper 
 'Houses, may not condescend to notice the attacks of u 
 , !)iased, prejudiced, weak and powerless press I feel 
 however tha a few remarks are necessary. Oneof fhr 
 onnciples reco?ni7,ed by the people ot this Province is 
 !hat the majority shall rule, which implies the acqui- 
 .vscence of the minority, if so, it appears to mo that s(» 
 Urge a majority of the people being in favour of tin- 
 transfer of the line, ought to command the respectful 
 •siibmissiou of the minority to the wishes ot the people 
 'thus expressed. Air'.in, <he people's representatives 
 »MPCted the Una r-.-d o'' ..ourse had as good a right to 
 transfer it a,, ^'ey '.lad to erect it. It well became a 
 < lovernmenr. o ccnslruct from too public funds an 
 f-xperimcMtai line of ^rdegraph like that between Hah- 
 t'ax and .vi -lo-y.-bnt, it w.is not /Vv,-^ or dignified 
 for the mrv. pi .v;-! to act ibr the b-.s* .rtere.sts of the 
 whnlp people to lefu-e ♦o erect all the lines the people 
 venuired, or allow a company ti ereCt tliem all It was 
 not, just for such men to set., to hold in their own 
 hands for the benefit of their own favorites, the best 
 line in the Province, and say to the people notsotavor 
 ■ ibly situated, if you want lines you must make them 
 md support them yourseh'es ; and that too when the 
 ,'oustructiou of such lines would double the receipts 
 noon the line held by men in power, the benefits ot 
 which the) *oo well know how to appropriate to their 
 
 own in teres.. ... i i • ♦u 
 
 But one great and true principle was involved in the 
 .luestion, viz. : a co?iii?mons line ofivires spreading ove? 
 the whole Province should be iindei^ one vnanagement. 
 Thi.s is necessary to secure the punctual and certain 
 transmission of messages over long distances, and it has 
 been found thus far impossible to unite difierent ine:s 
 ,)wned by comparatively small Companies— with local 
 interests to subserve and local prejudices to overcome— 
 in such a manner as to secure the greatest amount ot 
 general good, or place Telegraphic communication on 
 so broad a iboting and principle as this great and su- 
 
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 hiimc means of Conresprnidence demands. There is now 
 liowevtT no dUFeronce of opiinon among mercantile and 
 business men as to the principle involved, it is conceded 
 that all the lines shonlil hv. under one head, if so, tin 
 opposers of the " transfer of the people's line" actually 
 oppose the extension of lines altogether, and niorf 
 strongly so from their own reasons for not taking up 
 the work, viz.: because, they say. these extend/ d fines 
 will not pay. 
 
 Is this then the definition those wo have placed m 
 power are to give to that cherished word Liibcralisni- 
 The very term conveys the idea of improvement, de- 
 velopement, constant progre.^sion. The want of the latter 
 was the unpardonable sin of the late administration, m 
 the sight of the ncw-fledgcd aspirants for ollice and 
 [)Ower, hence the epithet obstructive. But who are thf 
 obfitrnctives now7 These great liberals have grown 
 to set^d in office, and thus became myac/ Conservative 
 and dead to a greater degree than those who enjoyed 
 the sweets of emolument before them. Having thus 
 briefly stripped these Champions of any claim whatever 
 to liiberalism, lei me more fully examine them Ity their 
 works in the construction of that Crystal Palace o{ 
 Nova Scotia, Responsibility ; and in doing so, I shall con- 
 fine myself ♦o facts 1 do know, and to the things I 
 have seen, and that too on one questim only, tlie East- 
 ern Mail scheme proposed by me. 
 
 The writer above quoted ill conceals the blush of 
 guilt, while he attempts to construct a sentence out of 
 a self-condemning lieart, that will look well in the pnb- 
 lie eye. " The Government refused him the entire 
 control of the mail routes in the Eastern section of the 
 Province, thus giving him the power of ejecting all the 
 Couriers from the line, or obliging them to submit !<• 
 his terms."' 
 
 The Government had to make arrangements to ma- 
 nage the postal affairs of the Province. After a long and 
 patient hearing of parties considered to be the ...ost ca- 
 pable of furnishing information, it was thought advisa- 
 ble to adopt a scheme proposed by one of the brightest 
 intellects in the Town of Pictou, which provided for 
 their particular wants at an increased expense to the 
 
 
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 Country, aiul the mails carrKul at night //ncc a week. 
 Before ihc Comniiitce reporied I drew up a general 
 scheme, and proposed to carry the mails m a imo ot 
 covered stages, leaving Halifax Jam 'imes a week to 
 Pictou and iho Island, and branching otF to Canso, 
 (jnysboro' and yindjcrst twice a week in covered con- 
 veyances ; thereby combining conveyance ot" passengers 
 with that of mails, vhich would give the cheapest and 
 most eilicient connnunication for both. The o/lVr made 
 byrnc to do this work, for the same sum that was now 
 paid for a very inellicient mode of doing it, was accept- 
 ed by an unanimous resolution of the House ofAssembiy 
 the work to counnence on the (jth of July 1851, and 
 continue for five years. On tlie strength of this 1 or- 
 dered three new Coaches of the best description, costing 
 me nearly two Inuidrcd pound-; each, also covered wag- 
 aons, harness, and all the necessary equipments for the 
 fulfilment of the contract, in a manner superior to anv- 
 ihing on this Continent. 
 
 This arrangement was considered permanent and 
 settled, \intil the month of Mav, when I was astonished 
 at the receipt of the following ifrom the Dy. Post Master 
 (General : — 
 
 Genehal Post Office, Halifax, May 8ih. 1851. 
 5«r,— I have lo acquaint you that die Lieuienant Governor 
 has directed ilie mail service between Halifax and Pictou. now 
 performed by you, to be submitted lo public compeliiion, I 
 therefore notify you that after the &ih of August next, vour 
 services will not be required. 
 
 The future contrnciis lo be entered into for five years,— and 
 should you feel so disposed, you will at the proper period have 
 an opportunity of offering for the service. 
 
 I am, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, 
 H. Hyde, Esq. a. VVoodgate. 
 
 Halifax. 
 
 This led to the following correspondence with tht 
 Government : 
 
 . Halifax, 9ih May, 1851. 
 
 •Sir,— I have just received notice from the Deputy Post- 
 imiaster General, that my Contract for the Conveyance of 
 Mails hence to Pictou, will terminate on 8th August next, 
 then to be put to competition for 5 years, in accordance with 
 a scheme proposed by me, in conjunction with a proposition 
 
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 to carry the Mails or» this route, also to Amherit, Gut of 
 Canso, and Guysboro", for a perioil of 5 years for the sum now 
 paid for the service, which scheme and proposi ')n was adopt- 
 cd by the Post OfRce (...iimiiiee, and approved by the House 
 of Awembly unaniinouily. 1 am informed that the mam. and 
 I beiievo only reason for not closing the Contract with me, is 
 thai u IS not considered just to the parties that now do the 
 work, to give me the Coniraci witboui competition, and there- 
 lore have decided to put the whoie to public tender. II the 
 object IS to protect the contractors now on these lines I approve 
 the d.spositioM to do so, but cannot understand why nil or any 
 should sulfer because n few will not do what is right and fair 
 Mr. Archibald appears to be the party requiring particular 
 protection. I have ofTered to give him the same amount tor 
 conveying the Mails as I get, taking nil the lines on a milagt 
 system, also offered to leave it to three disinterested parties -o 
 decide between us, nnd lastly offered to take the whole of his 
 stock at valuation, and pay him twenty per cent over and 
 Mboye such valuation, as a bonus to indemnify against anv 
 loss. 1 shall be happy to tako the same terms from any one 
 under-bidding me. He has refused all these offe-s nnd more- 
 over states that he would not tako even the same he now 
 receives, she.ing plainly he wishes competition. When I 
 took the line I now have, I paid eld contractors twenty per 
 cent more than their properly was worth for their line, with 
 which bonus they were perfectly satisfied. Now that I have 
 made the line a good one, erected s'ables from one end to thr 
 other, why should I be thrown open to competition, when I 
 have done the work well, got it by competition and offer t( 
 '•ontinue it. As the question now stands, all the mails are 
 lip to competition,! the only person objecting to it. My reasons 
 are cogent : first, you have adofited my scheme and rejected 
 the offer, both of which were combined, or neither could haw 
 been made ; because, had the Government adopted the scheme 
 they intended to before mine was submitted, it would not have 
 njured my line of stages materially had I not got the Conirac:, 
 but if I should fail to get the carriage of the Mails under my 
 own scheme, I am ruined, competing parties with a small 
 establishment would ruin me, a»id not accommodate the public. 
 Then they could force me to sell my stables at a sacrifice, or 
 I could keep and let them rot, which would be wortse, and 
 they could seize the spoil. This is the object sought. 
 
 If the question be simple justice, let it be to all I would 
 therefore propose this: accept the scheme and offer made by 
 me, in accordance with the evident intention of the House of 
 
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 Assembly, ..id .1 the partifs displaced are no? sutisHed wlUi 
 my Offers to them, the Ouytrnmi«nt mny retain the power to 
 put these separate lines one or ai: to publrc compotitio , and 
 dedttci the amount thus paid lor the service from tho sum to 
 bo paid mp. This appears to mo to meet ali the objection, 
 fully, and protects all, with which I ahnll bu saiisfietf^, The 
 plan adopted by the Government is a s:rea. injuptice lo me. 
 unlesa I am protected as fully as I have offered to protect 
 others :g,vQ mo vyhat I have oflcred to them and I will niso 
 bo sat.shod. burel .• th.a is l^ir, unlesa there it a disposition 
 to favor the one anr* deepise the ether. 
 The Hon. Jos. Ho wo, u Hvn» 
 
 rrormctal Secretary. 
 
 Provincial SEcRETARy's Offici, 
 
 .... . , Halifax, 13ih Mny. ]^ . 
 
 Air,- 1 am commanded by the Lieutenant Governor to ftc- 
 
 ^nowledgo your letter of the 9ih of May. h would apwar 
 
 !rom that >eiler that you object to your own Poet lin- Liinii 
 
 put up to coinpcmion as a violation of simple justice, vet uiT- 
 
 gest that all ihe other Easier., lines shiulJ be si exposed 
 
 ''roscnbr^'"''^'' ""'' "°^ r''^P«'^'' to »ell out on the terms you 
 
 To His Excellency it appears more equitable that the\ue- 
 
 puiy Post Master General should accurniely instruct all th.. 
 
 Couriers, yoursclfincluded, OS to the time they are to keen' 
 
 the carriages to be used, and .he public accommodation to be 
 
 given, so that tho general vijws of the Poat Ollice Committee 
 
 may be earned oijt. If all are prepared to do the work that 
 
 the Country requres. the public service will be improved with- 
 
 snould then be ofrered to competition. 
 I am. Sir, 
 
 ,- ... ,- ., Your most obedient Servant, 
 
 Mr. Hiram Hyde. Joseph Howe. 
 
 K! ju . ^ , , Kamfax, 14th May, 1851. 
 
 '^/»-,~l have to acknowledge receipt of your letter -^ 13th 
 conveymg the views o^ His Excellency the Lt. Governor on 
 tne question of Postal Communication, east of the capital The 
 inferences drawn from my letter of the 9th are unnatural and 
 strained: I did not propose that other proprietors should be 
 forced from their lines, or compelled to sell.-this was merely 
 .-^n offer on my part in conjunction with other offers, one of 
 which was to give al! these proprietors the same sum forMhe 
 ^rvice that I received myself. This appears to me to be 
 
 
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 simple justice; etpecially after I had propnrcd ix scheme wel 
 calculated to increftte the meant of comfortable personal con 
 irujnicotion, on th<» Eastern lir.es, at q coniiderably reduced 
 price ; \vl ch would also give general satisfaction (or tho con« 
 veyance of the mrils, at no incrca'.tj of expense to the i'osi 
 Olnce Departmeni, pnd tiK plan best calculated eventually to 
 insure a ndnci. on in exoenses ut mail transmission. 1 Jioll 
 not now enicr into tlw subject, lo 3he\v the equity ol my claims 
 nor the justice of my request. Acting upon a rcfpori of the 
 Committee of the House of Assemblv, confirmed by u verbal 
 commiinication from the Deputy Provincial Secretary, through 
 tho Deputy Post Master Gericral, ihut tho pnpers ncccsMiry ii« 
 nccopi my proposition would bo sent in as hoon ns po:*.siblt.. 
 .nnd delayed only in conscnucnce of sickness, I hr.d maiurcd 
 my plans, ordered my coaches and covered wng^eons for the 
 different routes, and framed a dcale of charf^es for conveyance 
 of pftssengers. to which I hsve committed myself to members 
 of the Commiiloe, and publicly to tho community, on tliese 
 rot'tes. I am willing, however, to accept the terms which hvi 
 Ea. 'lency consi lera equitable, and submit to any !o.,s'js that 
 !'♦«> accrue to me, in consequence of the action nlieady tuk<n ; 
 provided tho scheme proposed by mo is acted upon, and also, 
 the" style, comfort, put ctualiiy, and n 'co of jiersoiial commu- 
 nicaiion, is strictly adhered to, and which from long experience 
 I consider to ba practicable, and best calculated to benefit the 
 public generally ; all of which '.erais I air. prepared to fullil, ut 
 a price not to exceed that now paid ferihe conveyance of these 
 mails. 
 
 The mail conveyance of this country has beer inj.uliciously 
 rranaged. The mails are put up to ccmpeiition, without any 
 specified obligation to provide sufficient power or number of 
 horses to overcome the heavy roads, not that this can hn done 
 altogether in their present state, but it may to a great exieni ; 
 for instance, a line is put up to competition, a contractor, who^ 
 understands his business, calculai j; tho work to rcipiiie H 
 horses for every fifteen miles, another thinhu it can be dc Jie 
 with 2 for every JO miles, or half the number, consequently 
 he gets it ; every shower makes the road heavy', and he i'^ 
 i)chind time, and the road gets the blame, and not a few jaded 
 horses. This is a part of the service requiring the most ex- 
 pense, and an inspector competent to decide upon. The 
 average distance h-.ses are to run, ought not exceed 15 miles 
 per duy ; carriages should be covered, strong, and light, and ol 
 the best descripi.^n, to en»ure ^-^nctualily. The scale ck 
 
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 charges framed by me, in consideration of appointments fur- 
 nished as above, were, from 
 Halifax to Pictou, or New Glasgow, not to exceed jCI 10 
 
 Do. to West River, 
 
 Do. to Truro, 
 
 Truro to Amherst, 
 
 West River to Aniigonish .... 
 Antigonish to Guysboro' .... 
 
 Do. toGutofCanso - - . - ^ ^^ yj 
 
 I am prepared to do the work on these terms, and in this 
 inanner, with the usual fines for neglect or delay. If 
 the Government desire to leave the present contractors as they 
 are, subject to these requirements, the object I have had in 
 view will be obtained, viz: putting the Eastern portion of the 
 postal and personal communication of this country on a footing 
 creditable 10 the Province, and destined, in no small degree, to 
 develope its resources, and stimulate its trade. 
 
 I am, Sir, 
 
 ,p, -, _ ,^ Your obedient servant, 
 
 ine Hon. Jos, Howe, H. Hydk. 
 
 Provincial Secretary. 
 
 General Post Office, 
 
 ^. . . Halifax, May 20ih, 1S51. 
 
 i>ir,—l have to acquaint you, that I have received instruc- 
 tions from the Lieutenant Governor, to retain your services 
 as \]ail Contractor betwerr Halifax and Pictou, which I noti- 
 fied you, in my communication of the 8th inst., was to be sub- 
 mitted to public competition, provided you nre willing tu carry 
 out the scheme you have proposed,— which is, that the mails 
 be despatched from Halifax four times a week for Pictou, and 
 iour times a week from Pictou for Halifax, leaving the latter 
 place at fi o'clock in the morning,— and further, to be conveyed 
 in covered carriages drown by not less than two horses, 'for 
 the amount you are at present receiving. I request "ou will 
 inform me at your earliest convenience whether you "are will- 
 mg to accede to these propositions. 
 
 The new scheme to commence on and after the 6ih of July 
 next. 
 
 I am, Sir, 
 
 Your obedient Servant, 
 
 A. WoODGATE. 
 
 Halifax, 31st May, 1851. 
 Sir,—1 have to acknowledge the receipt of yo'ur letter of 
 20ih inst., offering to retain my services for the transmission 
 
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SOUTHERN COLCHESTER. 
 
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 of H. iM. Mails hence to Piciou four times n week, in accord- 
 nnce with my proposiiition, )n covered carriages, for the sum 
 I now have. In answer I beg to say I accede to the proposal. 
 
 1 am, Sir, 
 A. Wooci<;r'te, Esq. Your obt. Servt 
 
 Dpy. P. M Genl. h. Hvnc. 
 
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 The whole matter being thus miituallv agreed upon I 
 continued perfecting arrangements, and went toPjctou 
 Antigonish, and the Gut of Caiso. On my return the 
 10th June T called on the Deputy Post Master General 
 who mformed me that he had two schemes to submit 
 to me for conveying the mails east, adding at the 
 same tmie, that ho thought the Government would put 
 the whole thing to competition, unless I accepted one 
 of thein ; also, that the Financial Secretary appeared 
 to be the managing man now, and that he (Mr. Creel- 
 man) had drawn up one of the schemes, which on 
 examination, I found to be my own scheme ridiculouslv 
 mutilated ; the only material alteration he'iDu; in the 
 hour of despatch. Instead of having coaches Jeav( 
 Halifax at 6 o'clock, a. m., arriving at Pictou at ]() 
 p.m., and leaving Pictou at 4, a. m., arriving at Ha:lifax 
 at 7, p. m., (thus travelling by daylight) the Secretary 
 proposed to leave Halifax at 8. a. m., arrive at P,ctfO 
 at 12 at night, and leave again at one or two o'clock iii 
 the morning; thus keeping travellers up all night. 
 
 The Pictou Chromele has said, that if a premium 
 had been offered for a ridiculous scheme, Hyde would 
 most assuredly be successful, but Hyde's claim to the 
 prize is willingly resigned in favour of the Financial 
 Secretary. 
 
 I could not, of course, consent to throw up my agree- 
 ment made with the Government, as will appear by tiie 
 f»bove correspondence, and adopt so contemptible a 
 scheme as that proposed. By request I met ihe Presi'- 
 dent of the Council, the Financial Secretary, and the 
 Depy. Post Master General, to endeavor to have a 
 mutual understanding, and was willing to meet their 
 views in a great measure, viz. : to leave Pictou earlier 
 and arrive earlier at Halifax; thus giving an opportu- 
 nity of answering letters by return mail, but objected 
 
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 TO THE ELECTORS OF 
 
 to wait till 8 o'clock in the morning to leave Halifax, 
 because the mails would have to be closed at 6 or 7, to 
 be ready forme, and no one would write letters before 
 that h )ur in the morning; therefore the delay was uj>e- 
 iess, and would very seriously inconvenience the tra- 
 velling public. 
 
 The President of the Council replied that he did not 
 <;oi.sider the Post Office, or Government, had any thing 
 fodo with travellers, or their accommodations. But 1 
 considered it was the first duty of a Government to 
 provide for, and liberally support tlie internal commu- 
 nications of a country, both postal and i>ersonal, and 
 Thojie legislators and rulers who did not consider it then* 
 duty to attend to these main-springs of any country's 
 ])rosperity, were anything but liberal, and behind the 
 iqe. 'J'he fact is, the remnants of an image of Govern- 
 Jiient. in the absence of the Honorable Mr. Howe, 
 linding that I was likely to succeed with the project of 
 extend ingTelegraph lines over the Province, and irritated 
 by the unanswerable facts I had published, exposing 
 their imbecility, determined to put me down, in some 
 shai)e; no matter how. This alteration in the hours of 
 starting was intended, and well calculated, to disgrace 
 the plan proposed by me; besides, a few of their sup- 
 j)(jrters were longing to ruin me with a paltry opposition 
 line of stages, and were pressing for some alteration 
 that would give them an opportunity to fatten on the 
 spoil of my downfall. The game of the Government, 
 and those they wished to favor, is too transparent to 
 require any further elucidation from me. 1 received 
 the next day the following : — 
 
 General Post Office, Halifax, June llih, 1851. 
 iSir, — With reference lo my Letter of the 20th ultimo, res- 
 pecting the scheme proposod by you for the transmission of 
 ilie mails on the Eastern line, I have received, through the 
 Deputy Provincial Secretary, the command of the Administra- 
 tor of the Government, to continue, until otherwise directed, 
 tbrwaiding the mails on that line, according to the arrange- 
 jnents under which they are noio despatched. I notify you, 
 therefore, accordingly. 
 
 I am, Sir, 
 H. Hyde, Esq. Your obedient Servant, 
 
 Mail Contractor, tVc. A. Woopgate. 
 
 Halifax. 
 
SOUTHERN COLCHESTER. 
 
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 To this I replied: — 
 
 Halifax, 12th June, 1851. 
 
 Sir,-— I have to ncknowledga receipt of your letter of yes- 
 terday's date, informing me of the determination of the Govei n- 
 ment to continue the despatch of the Eastern Mails as ni 
 present, until further notice. 
 
 This is the second or third variance of the Government 
 from an honourable course, on this same question. I consider 
 it a breach of faith ; and the excuse or pretext for so doing is 
 so frivolous that I deem it my duty respectfully to say, for the 
 information of the Government, that rrv arrangements to carry 
 out your instructions of the 20ih May last, have been perfected 
 at a very great exf •>nse,and the public notified that my stages 
 will after the 6th July next, leave this city nt six o'clock in the 
 morning, every day. With this means of conveyance I ex- 
 pect to carry the mails, in accordance with your instructions, 
 above alluded to. My coaches will, therefore, call at the 
 General Post Office on the 6ih of July next, at 6 o'clock, A.M. 
 for the mails, and will continue to do so, in accordance with 
 my proposition, for five years, for which service I shall of 
 course expect the sum I now receive. 
 
 I am. Sir, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 A. Woodgate, Esq. H. Hyde. 
 
 If I had been treated thus by any persons, in then 
 individual capacity, I could have paused it unnoticed : 
 but when the rulers of a land can, with impunity, dis- 
 respect the laws of common honesty, and trusting to the 
 protection afforded them from their high position, tram- 
 ple the subject under foot, it is time at least to try to 
 get out of the way ; and I can see no better plan than 
 to go up higher, — accordingly, that same hour, I issued 
 my card, ottering my services to you, which has been 
 the signal for all kinds of misrep^-esentation of my views 
 and principles, the most absiu'd of which, is the attempt 
 to assert that I am opposed to a Railroad, and to brand 
 me an "Obstructive," or "Tory." 
 
 My sentiments a?*e Liberal^ Responsible^ in the true 
 sense of the term, if ♦hese mean, to govern in accord- 
 ance with the "well understood wishes of the people," 
 as expressed by their representatives. But if Responsi- 
 ble means, that men in power may set aside an unani- 
 mous resolution of the people'^ representatives, and that 
 
 rpjfff^^^™^' 
 
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 TO THE KLECTORS OF 
 
 i«> wlien Hint same resolution was drp wn im |,v il„. 
 
 ., .if ?• . , "'" ^*''"" '■ "s " (liberal, t ,ir?ained foi- 
 at the last eleclioi,, I nnderstood that iliis a rol 
 dictation of the few to the many, was whatwc Te „ 
 s nviiig to p,„ down. I was told that "lilLZwk 
 r.oveniment would carry ont the wishes and rS ions 
 of the majontv ; and such a Responsible admini" rat?on 
 an, willing to support. Bnt when they cZ Won ° 
 a breach of faith and honor, in order to vent their Tni 
 atiJ -.pleen on an individn'al, becau e 1 e Coo e3 to 
 'iHiik as ho pleases, 1 must cut their acquaintance bm 
 m so .doing, shall not seek pre .eciion^ n an "pposi e 
 paity^s camp, but stand on my own digni.y-a SI/ 
 
 if virtue and honor are necessary to men to seci.rp 
 
 respect and prosperity; and if, where tiTese'aredise 
 
 ga ded, man as an inaividual. sinks into insigrScanie" 
 
 ,0 deplorable is the state of that people, whose rX^ 
 
 either respect the wishes of the maWity, the "ws 
 
 c'^rea? eV;r"r'"'^i ""' "'" °f « '"Sher'^power 
 IJTeat efforts have been, and arc now making .„ 
 
 brand me vile, and inconsistent. These c-vl,m^i!', 
 
 are working their own destruction ; the mi siTe 'h/v 
 
 hurl at me will fall short of the mark infr'i/nll ' 
 
 their own heads. I pi.y their wear.et;, and *sTom '^1 
 
 debah uo^h^i" V'7"''"t 'r^ •" '"^ ria^ithom ?hey 
 ueiigiii to honor. I am dealiner w th nrincinip*? i^nfi 
 
 ^ecretary lOoe to his present posit on. He, and tho 
 Government of which he is a member, have as I be 
 heve I have clearly shewn, violated Liberal p'rfnc pier 
 set_at nought and despised the corner stone o'f Respond 
 
 It will be a source of pride and gratification to mp tn 
 have the honor of rebuilding thesf shattered walTs to 
 assist ni heahng the wounded honor of a peopleTtr viuL^ 
 o be virtuous, but who have been dLappointed a 
 those whom they trusted would have regenerated and 
 redeemed the Land of the Mayflower, and Sd her 
 conspicuously and favorably in the brighrbouquet of 
 Governments, nations, and people that surroundTis I 
 
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SOUTHERN COLCHESTER. 
 
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 hay been objected, that I am a foreigner, and iherefore 
 not a fit and proper representative of a Novascotian con- 
 stituency. 1 feel that I am lovvering myself, in conde- 
 scending to notice this expression. If men are to be 
 ranked by the soil from which they sprung, it would 
 he well to make a national scale, and have each indivi- 
 dual stamped and numbered, like mackerel. I am one 
 of those, however, who believe, a man is a man any- 
 where. I «;amc to this country at the request of, and 
 supported by the greatest man in it: the Honorable S. 
 (>unard ; for the purpose of improving your internal 
 communication. In how far I have succeeded, I leave 
 you to judge, and ask you to do so by my works, and 
 not by the idle tales of the envious. 
 
 Business affairs have identified me, to some consi- 
 derable extent, with thp interests of the Coimtry : its 
 prosperity is mine ; and individual prosperity is the 
 only source of national wealth, while self-reliance is the 
 only true path to individual or national prosperity, 
 honor, and happiness. Moreover, my children are 
 growing up around me, and may soon be expected to 
 mingle with, and take part in the affairs of this, their 
 native land. I wish them to understand, that honesty 
 of purpose is closely allied to independence ot mind, 
 and will endeavor, while with them, to teach, by pre- 
 cept and practice too, the wisdom of steering across the 
 ocean of life, guided by the star of Truth. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 Your Obt. Servant, 
 
 H. HYDE. 
 
 Truro, loth July, 1851.