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     iews, and that all will try to make Prince Edward 
     
     sland if not appreciated, at least known, in its holi- 
     
     ay attire of green fields and productiveness, rinced 
     
     mm the stains of prejudice and untruth, and ranged 
     
     n line with the other places for emigration and set- 
     
     lement which command the serious attention of en- 
     
     uirers. If Prince Edward Island, in former days, 
     
     iad but made her value known—had but spent her 
     
     urplus energies in agitating for immigration—had 
     
     but put forth her arguments to the investigators of 
     
     new fields ofindustry—had but gathered up her in- 
     
     ormation, and sowed it broadcast over the moving 
     
     masses of colonising England, she would now be 
     
     ”reaping the full reward of energy, the full satisfaction 
     
     ofsuccess, and the full conviction of having done her 
     
    
   
   
    
     duty. 
     
    
   
   
    
     " This has yet to be done. The small communities of 
     
     enterprising men scattered over the Island must en- 
     
     large their borders; nuclei of new labors must be 
     
     originated, and information must fly like carrier 
     
     pigeons, with the olive branch of peace and plenty, 
     
     announcing the one great truth that belongs to Prince 
     
     Edward Island—That there is ‘ enough and to spare’ 
     
     ofthe necessaries and comforts oflife here to satisfy 
     
     'and reward any number almost of those who by in- 
     
     telligence, industry, and firmness of purpose, are 
     
     qualified to take possession and warm. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It has been asserted, and repeated till belief has 
     
     become a text for agitation, that Prince Edward 
     
     Island would have been in “ aforwarder state” of 
     
     settlement, had it not been originally granted by 
     
     VGovernment in Townships oftwenty thousand acres 
     
     each, and in half Townships, to officers who had 
     
     served in the army and navy, and to others, having 
     
     ~cancelable claims upon the Home Government; and 
     
     had not differences arisen between some of the civil 
     
     , officers ofthe Government and some ofthe Proprie- 
     
     ,tors and merchants, detrimental to the trade ofthe 
     
     Island. While a poor excuse is better than none, 
     
    
   
   
    
     these statements mayserve to fasten upon the ques- 
     
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