MrBiiKKS Jinsweml a great many ques tion?, mainly put by Minn* ,].nn..a Todtl, John Harms', A, IJ.-Ure, and J'ittle. lie said that he would not support any pro posal to ialie from Sihool Committees the (mwer over hes; an?l- that he was most favorable to the jjenc.vi) teachin;.j of sing ing and muMc. In the Assembly," he voted | against the Stamp Act. He thought that \an assessment of 1? iti tile pound for dL>« | trict roada was quite high enough, Tfiero must be a standard a» to ti.ff aid to be p_ivea by Government, and that stasdurd miist ba adhered to; but he would vat object to any district btiug allowed to borrow as it pleaied, provided the approval of n majo rity of the rutewiyers was obtained. It would be an absurdity Cor any man Co promise, or lo imply a promise, that he would vote money for ro.ids regardless of the available revenue. JII3 prine; ple wns this —OJ whatever there csn bu m:>.de avail all-.1, each di>t!tctij entitled to a lusrs;iart\ lie had alwuja gone on tho principle, " iMtasurtp, nut n.en ;" so the question whether i.c would or .sotild not supp irt a particular proj;ojal, would not be affected liy any cou.-id'.ration of who was Superin tendent. A'cnvmiiHy, he thought cur legia'iitor.s were blameablc for their condncs on tiie (|u_,;ion oi Subbatli tr.iiiic ; but hz could fiut avoid the fact, that the question w;.m amosl delicvile one with which to deal. He hud tried to i-top Sabbath triifiio on the roads ; and be mi^iit t<oy-ii>ly take up tho ::-übjtct sg'iin. It might be 'true, that the ta!e of tiie up.s;>k! lauds in Hundred.", as. propu.'icd, would fall hardly upon a few v\ho hi Id a mull plots of {.-round ; hut ii was al:-o true that it w.is hard upon holders generally in tho'-e iJunJridn, that so nmclt land t-t;'.)iild rctnuin uotliibie to aisc-ssineut lor,road and otner purposes. He would, if elected, rcivgn hi-* stitt, when n*ked to do f-,0 by a in:ji>ii!y of these wiio voted for iiim—nut before, lie way a tuppoiter oi" Htpri ration.
