Haliburton
Thomas Haliburton, the author of the book "The Clockmaker, The Sayings and Doings of Sam Slick of Slickville", demonstrates the power an author can have over his audience. By using two fictional characters, Sam and the Squire, Haliburton is able, although sometimes through ridicule not always gentle, to persuade his primary readers at that time, the Nova Scotians or Bluenoses as he refers of them, into a more worthy and industrious way of life. Haliburton tends to stick to a few important factors, which he feels are important if Nova Scotia is to grow and prosper, as he ultimately hopes will occur. Through various economic, political and social maxims, Haliburton reaches his ultimate goal, to reach out to his fellow countrymen, make them see the true value of their country and stop looking for reasons why they are not prospering, and start looking for ways they can. Haliburton spends a great deal of time emphasizing Nova Scotia's economic needs. He does a very good job of pointing out the province's economic potential but talks of the province as being 'stagnant' because of the Bluenoses inability to 'cypher'. By using Sam, who is not from this 'stagnant province' Haliburton is able to present which economic activities he feels
To us it is river, road and canal, all one. 97 and he leashes out at the politicians and states they can't be trusted. 86Haliburton's answer to these problems in the government sector of Nova Scotia is simple. " P 46These are two examples of how Haliburton uses Sam's character to present what he feels economically advantageous to the province of Nova Scotia. He stabs out at the legislature stating it is because of them that the province is 'mislead' and 'poverty-stricken', "Why it's the fault of the legislature; they don't encourage internal improvement, nor the investment of capital in the country; and the result is apathy, inaction and poverty. Sam's character argues that a railroad is what is needed from Halifax to the Bay of Fundy in order to increase the economy. With no people willing to step out and initiate either political or economic activity the 'potential' of the province could not be seen. After establishing the primary economic, political and social maxims, one can then look at what role social class, gender and race played in Haliburton's values. "Now these Blue Noses have no motion in 'em, no enterprise, no spirit, and if any critter shows any symptoms of activity, they say he is a man of no judgment, he's speculative, he's a schemer, in short he's mad. By using two fictional characters Haliburton is able to emphasize the major economic, political and social problems he feels important for the people of Nova Scotia to discuss in order to improve and prosper. 68This previous statement shows the interaction between the social problems and the political problems in Nova Scotia. ' In this chapter Sam becomes disgusted when a women makes her husband use a broom.
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