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Title: Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Nova Scotia Historical Society. cn
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Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia Historical Society
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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And then again the carping writer in the course of thecriticism of the debates wrote, let temperate Mr. Doyle totterin his seat.* In the issue of the Times following the publi-cation of Plain Dealers letter, the editor himself was heardfrom. He said: the messenger of the assembly brought amessage from the house that Mr. Doyle was waiting. Wetherefore stepped over and were ushered into the Speakersroom. To our surprise there were present Huntington,Goudge, Doyle and Twining. Our first impression was thatthe house had appointed a committee to enquire into mattersconnected with printing, or that they had sent us a vote ofthanks by the hon. members present for the able manner inwhich the Times was conducted. After recounting the incident of the dog whip in sub-stantially the same terms as those made public by Doyle, theeditor grew bold. He was now in the secure precincts of thesanctum and took high ground. In the concluding para-graph of his statement he went on to say: conduct like this
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HON. HERBERT HUNTINGTON. .(From Bourinots Builders of Nova Scotia. A SKETCH OF LAWRENCE OCONNOR DOYLE. 181 shall never put us down; personal hostility will not succeedin making us forget our duty to the public. As we have doneso will we continue to do; and with a sincere desire to livepeaceably and follow our vocation without offence, never in-tentionally reflecting upon the personal or private characterof any. No power on earth shall prevent us from steadilypursuing the political course which we conceive best adaptedfor the public welfare, or from exposing the errors by everyproper means at our disposal, of that which we think has anopposite tendency. An impartial reader will not consider the editors loftytone to be, at all events, over frank. It strikes one at thislater day that the attack was of a personal nature, as it reflect-ed on Doyles well-known convivial habits—going so far asto insinuate that he appeared in the house in a conditionwhich laid him open to a just criticism.

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