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REF£ftENT IK MAUE TJB ^^VI FLUCTUS ? k'%-'^'V'^-Xr'%.'VV'W-VW-V%.'%-%>'V^^'V^'*<^. 1 ■ . , ■ , ■ if ' ^ .f ■' . -» . ti I r- .• J • • . # r / ^ .- *- ■ «• . ► -if . ■ .-. ...V.^, 5=-.vA . ..-4 ■H.\ .K .'! *)••! AX AFGLGaiT pou "fnE ..If/.. : r- if :,. Church of England in I^ritish North iVnu rica, ' » ly ANSWKU TO A Letter to the Ea>-1 of Liverpool, relative to the Il't'^hf'i nf fhr. iViurch of Scotland, ^'C. — ByaPrulestuntoflhe(Jkurc!n.ifSa>tland. • ■ IT is with rekictance — a painful relucuwce — tijat a Protestant of the Church of England at Ihis \\nm enters into the field of controversy, on the swd'cd and, momentous subject of religion ; but again our cause is assailed — again the " weapons of war" are bra}:d- ished about us, and we must buckle on the arrncur of defence. It is unkind € nough, wiien tho.se wilful and rebel- lious sons, who have wandered from the genial lionic and fostering protection of their Parent^ eiKJeavour, by every act of bitterness and rage, to " biiug uowii those grey hairs in sorrov*^ to the grav<\" So it i^ with our Methodist bretliren who have (!isturbed the peaceful communion of their materiial Church, by the clamours of enthusiasm and the jnadness ^.ti re- sentment : but they xire the wa} ward cliikht n of j)a;-- sion, and we hope that yet the clitt^tening Laud cJ" reason will sober down the vvildness of that ferinci.'l, and restore them again, a.-; ])enitent j^rodigals, to the home and the happhiess they have left, liut oli ! it is fcascj when they to whom we have extended tl^^' I , (4) hand of f';llo\vship ; whom we have regarded with esteem, and treated with honour, raise the sudden and angry cry of discontent and hatred, and strike at us with a concealed poignard steeped in the **gall of bitterness." Unsuspicious of such treachery — unconscious of such malignity, we might well, with the assassinated Caesar, forbear resistance, and wrap ourselves up the mantle of sorrow, with this pa- thetic reproof, ' Tu quoqtic Brute ! We love not contention : yet, if attacked, we will defend — if misrepresented, ive will explain — still, we desire no protraction of controversy — no con- tinuance of hostility. We raise no offensive wea.- pon, but merely ward off the missiles which hiss about us ; and having disarmed our adversery, then, with " good- will towards all men," will we ** go on our way rejoicing." I am concerned — ^but not for the cause I am proud of advocating — not for that pure and venerable Church, against whose strong foundation we trust the " gates of hell" will never prevail — but I am concerned that an effusion so bitter and acrimonious — so replete with prejudice and falsehood — so tinc- tured with the petty spirit of jealousy, and the more wicked one of envy, hatred and malice — so ungener- ous and so unjust, should have proceeded from the pen of a member of the Church of Scotland, as that " Letter to the Earl of Liverpool," which I have just read, with the strongest feelings of compassion for its author, and of sorrow for the UismemDered bro- therhood of the Christian World, '^^i ''*' J'^' • •*'^'^ Judging from the spirit which so manifestly per- vades this whole performance, I would readily pro- nounce it the last efforts of a desperate cause — the convulsive agonies of a dying str-iggle. It is not i (5) long since the claims which form the subject of this ^^ letter," were first proposed ; and in the beginning, they were offered with timidity, and pleaded with mojesty. Hardly conscious that right gave any sanction to their expectations, they implored assist- ance as ?i favour : by degrees, however, they waxed bolder, and the glimmering hope of success begotten, I fear, by cupidity ; nurtured, perhaps, by a misplac- ed confidence in the undistinguishing liberality of the age, and furthered by the loud clamours against or- der and establishment so vehemently put forth by the school of the Broughams and the Benthamites, / and so warmly seconded by the statesmen of Cock- / aigne and the dusky halo of the Edinburgh Review- ers, changed the cautions tones of" Quid tentare no- cebit" into the loudest language of confidence, and the loftiest breathings of defiance. But the attempt, as the event has proved, was attended with very m- different success. Wisdom and expediency raised their voices against them ; and law and equity con- firmed the decisions of propriety. Now, as a final endeavour, the present appeal, compounded of ig- norance and arrogance, is boldly made. Not satis- fied with proposing their wishes, and explaining their rights, they asperse and vilify the Church of England in the Canadas : the passion of desire has been fretted by disappointment, and here we are presented with the strongest bursts of indignation, and the undisguised workings of envy ►^.i , . . : ■' " Pectora felle virent ; lingua est auffusa vcneno." ^ " '; How such an address to the Earl of Liverpool — a nobleman of pre-eminent rectitude, and of conspi- cuous attachment to the Established Church of his country — will be received, every person who will believe others susceptible of similar feelings w ith those wliich an impartial view of the present pamph- If> (C ) let would naturally excite, will be at no loss to con- jecture. The author of the present " Letter," after display- ing much trite research on the meaning of the word Protestant, proceeds to a comment upon certain clauses of the Act of the 31st of the late King, which grants the well-known appropriation of one-seventh of the lands of this Provmce to the maintenance of a " Protestant Clergy ;" and arrives at the conclusion that the provisions contained therein, give no exclu- sive claim to the Clergy of the Church of England, But, however logical this inference might be deem- ed in those ages when the " divine art" was adored, it is now considered at least unfair to suppress a part of the premises from which a conclusion is drawn. In reciting various clauses, to his remarks upon which those who were unacquainted with the context might perhaps yield a ready assent, why did he omit the 38th clause, which, even to those of very moder- ate acquaintance with the ecclesiastical usages of England, would very materially weaken the force of hi^ deductions from the extracts he had made t ^^ -^ " Nothing- extenuate ; nor set down aug^lit in malice." But to make a logical deduction from the whole of the premises, let us revert again to the clauses of the Act which this writer has quoted. The 36th clause jorot?2C?^5 for the support and maintenance of *' a Protestant Clergy" within the Canadas, b)^ mak- ing an " allotment and appropriation" for that pur- pose, of one-seventh of the lands granted by the Crown. Hitherto there had been no such provision, and the Clergy of the Church of Rome alone had held and enjoyed certain dues and rights. The 37th clause enacts that all the rents and pro- fits arising from such lands so " allotted and appro- priated as aforesaid^ shall be applicable solely to the r ^al t) con- l)lay- woid ertaiii which venth D of a lusioii cxchi- deem- lored, a part Irawn. upon ontext e omit noder- iges of )rce of hole of uses of B 36th nee of Y mak- at pur- by the •vision. Lie had nd pro- appro- to the ( 7 ) maintenance and support of a Protestant Clergy witli- in" these Provinces. The 38th clause enacts, that His Majesty may authorize the Governor or person administering the Government within each Province, " to constitute and erect, within every Township or Parish, which now is, or hereafter may be formed, constituted, or erected, within such Province, one or more Parson- age or Rectory or Parsonages or Rectories, according to the establishment of the Church of England ; and from time to time, by instrument under the Great Seal of such Province, to endow every such Parson- age or Rectory with somuch or such a part of the lands so allotted and appropriated as aforesaid," as the Governor and Executive Council shall " judge to be expedient under the then existing circumstances of such Township orParish." Now, what is tne meaning of these three clauses taken in conjunction, and so indeed they must be taken ? The 36th clause allots and appropriates : the 37th confines the rents and /?ro/?/* arising from the lands so *• allotted and appropriated," solely to the maintenance and support of a Protestant Clergy," in contradistinction to those of the Church of Rome : and the 38th clause defines ivho the Protestant Clergy are^ to whom that appropriation rhall be given by way of endowment. The conclusion, therefore, is irresistible : that *** a preference is given to the Church of England" — that an ** excln- sion is made of all other Churches — and that the Church of England is *' named," and not by " infer- ence," but in express words, and with all the techni- calities, such as Parsonages, Rectories, ^c. which appertain to that Church and to that Church only. 'Twere passing strange that, if any other denomina- - ■ ■ ■ '■ ■ ii.w i mi iii ■ ■ \\^ m m^\ \ H i i i ■! i * Vide Letter, page a. (8) lion of Protestants were meant, their zealous advo- cates should have left their hope of future j)rovision and support to the uncertainty of a vague word — and that Mr. Vox, in the ardour of his opposition, and Mr. Dundas, in liis meritorious love for " the Clergy of his native country," should have permitted this distinct and unequivocal appropriation to the Church of England, and have made no mention of the Kirk of Scotland. Then, had it been the " in- tention of Parliament" to include the latter in the provision for which that seventh was appropriated, it was at least an oversight unworthy of that most learned and acute body, to say not a word of Pres- byterians or Scotland, of Synods, Sessions or Assem- blies, when they were so explicit in regard to the Establishment of the Church of England — Parson- ages, Rectories, Endowments and Inductions. It was a sin of omission which the present generation must charge upon their fathers — and not of commis- sion to fasten upon the Established Church of the Canadas : they may lament the indifference of that long-gone Parliament to their welfare and their rights ; but they ought not to pounce with unsparing avidity upon the inheritance which Law ha,s given to another, nor convert the breathings of sorrow and disappointment, into the tones of menace and defi- ance. But if the word " Protestant" be a vague one,, and thence productive of dispute and difficulty ; the word ** Clergy" has, in this case, a more exclusive meaning than perhaps occurred to our Pamphleteer; and perhaps it will startle him to be informed that, in the laws and Constitution of England, it is only applicable to that which the above Act seems to have meant — the establishment of the Church of England. Search the Statute books, ransack every fragment of lav and legislation, and then deny, if possible, th^t s aclvo- 'ovision word — ositiori, )r "the rmitted to the liion of lie *' in- [• in the priated, at most 3f Pres- Assem- 1 to the Parson- ms. It leration commis- h of the of that id their sparing iveu to o\v and Ind deii- e one,, \ the elusive leteer; d that, only o have gland. gment e, tlmt IS (0) ihe term " Cltrgy" when associated or not ^vith the word " Protestant," is in England never Icually ap- plied to any other than the Church of England. It is derived from the word " Clerus" which,. in law, higuifies the assembly or body of Clerks or Eccle- siastics. And by the word " Clergy" is now com- [)rehended ** Archbishops, Bishops, Deans and (yjiapters, Archdeacons, Rural Deans, Parsons, (who arc either Rectors or Vicars) and Curates."(«) And the word " Clerk" is derived from " Clericus," the law term for a Clergyman, and by which term all of them w ho have not taken a degree, are designated in Deeds, ^c And for the further information of our author, I beg to add, that in the early ages, as the *' Clergt/ in particular then engrossed almost every other branch of learning, so (lite their predecessors the British Druids) they were peculiarly remarka- ble for their proficiency in the study of the law. Mdlus dermis nisi cmisidicus, is the character given of them soon after the conquest by William of Malms- bury. The Judges, therefore, were usually created out of this sacred order, as was likewise the case a- mong the Normans ; and all the inferior offices were' supplied by the Lower Clergy, which has occasion- ed their successors to be nominated Clerks to tliis^ day ."(A) " Thus much of the Clergy properly so called."(c) And it will perhaps be found, then^. that the Lord Chancellor of England as well as the* First Lord of the Treasury would, in this case, be appealed to m vain for a subversion of both Law and Equity. Such being the meaning of the word " Clergy" in England, we must of course submit to such definition, as we are not to apply to the Courts (a) Oo, Lit. 94, a. 1 Black. Com. cap. 11, Burns' Ec. Law. (6) Co. Lit. 304, b. 1 Com. 17. (c) 1 Cora. 394. ( 10 ) olL2iV» in Scotland for- the meaning of an i7«^/?>^ word ; and more particularly, as we,, in this Province, boast of liying under the Constitutioa and Laws of England. Ouc. author, after the self-isatisfying conclusion of his syllogism from the Act of the 31st of tl^ late King, makes some allusion ta the " mto/iow of Par- liament'^'*) as collected from- the debates in the House of Commons at the passing of that Act ; but that^I am sorry for his sake, rather makes against than for the eause he . is advocating. With regard tathe speech of Mn Fox cited by our author, 1 see not wherein it expresses any such intention sls oiir writer would fain collect from it. Mn Fox, in that insulated speechi ob}ecied iirst, that so large an ap- propriation as one-seventh of the lands should' be made to a Protestant Clergy in a Catholic country : (We will admit with our author that the ** Kirk was included" amongst Protestant . dissenters ) and then he says ^ in terms of implied disapprobation, that "they were therefore going to give to dissenters one-seventh of all the lands in the Province." What- ever may have been the intentioft of Mr. Fox, we can. gather nothing, specially in favour of the Kirk, from his language J On the contrary, he seems to mean that, by so large and «>i(;^rcD(la pecuDia primum est ; V rrtus post numinos. But as our author has appealed to the ** i7iie7iiion of. Parliament" as collected from the debates in the- Ifouse of Commons, (why did he sii'pmess any part of them ?) let us hear the language of Mr. Pitt, at ll^at time the Minister ; inasmuch as the intention of him who planned, advised and matured the said Act, ought to govern us, rather than the language of 3Ir. Fox, who seems to have opposed the mmistry merely for the sake of opposition. Mr. Pitt (House of Commons, 12th May, 1791)' {n) said that he first gave the Government and Coutt- cil, a power, under the instructions of His Majest}-, to distribute out of a sum arising from the tythes tor lands or possessioiis, and set apart for the mainten- ance and support of the Protestant Clergy, Sfc. — and the second clause, he said, provided for the per- manent support of the Protestant Clergy, a seveBth portion of^ the lands to be granted in future. H« declared that the meaning of the Act w as to enable he Governor to endow and to present the Protest- nt Clergy of the Established Church to such Par- otia^e or Rectory as might be constituted or erect- ed within every Township or Parish, which now was- r might be formed ; and to give to such Protestant clergyman of the Established Church j a part or the chole, as the Governor thought proper, of the lands ippropriated by the Act. He further explained,- hat tliis was done to encourage the Established 'hurch, and that possibly hereafter it might be pro- osed to send a Bishop of the Established Church sit in the Legislative Counc il.*' • '^ - • ['1} Vide Purl. Reg. vol, i29, pp. 414—415. , . ■( 12 ) Now, what other than the Established Clmrcli of England was here meant ? What other Protestant Church than the Church of England recognizes Parsonages, iRectories and Bishops? And if tiie Governor according to the power given him by the Ant, ** thought proper" to bestow the " lohole" o'i the lands thus appropriated, what would be left for other Protestants ? When it is discovered that a part o^ those lands is sufficient for fulfilhng the in- tention of the Act, then it will be time enough for the Kirk of Scotland to crave but not to claim the* superfluity. That the aforesaid clauses for the sup- port of the Episcopal Clergymen have not been act- upon(«) certainly takes away nothing from their right and title to that appropriation, when it maybe found advisable to make the use of it originally in- tended. If a man chooses not to apply a certain portion of his means and resources to his daily ex- penditure, it does not follow that every pauper who may claniour for aid has a right to demand what is thus seemingly dormant and superfluous. With re- gard to .he " fteserves" it was thought more advis- able, in order to carry the intention ofthatprovisioii into effect, to lease them and to apply the rents and profits thereof as the Governor was authorised to do by the B7th clause. The reasons for the a- doptionof the latter cburse, were, I apprehend — 1. Because at the time of passing this Aet, the popu- lation of the Province was so small and so scattered that it was impossible to ascertain, with any preci- sion, the real value of lands. 2. Because the emo- luments arising from such lands at that time, were so small, that a Clergyman could not obtain a sub- sistence from his portion, unless he hhnself per- fOrhi'ed 'thfc labours of a husbandman. 3. Because. I (a) Vide Letter, page 11. lul'ch of otestaiit ognizes 1 by the Me'' of left for d that II ^ the i\> ugh for aim th(i the sup- ;eil act- )m their maybe iially in- , certain laily qx- 13 er who 1 what u iVith rc- •e advis- ro vision ents and isc^d to )r the a- end — 1. e popu- cattered proci- ic omo' ie, were 1 a siib- elf per- Becaiise. I ( 13) tlie Provincial Government were unable to form any idea of the density of the future population, and con- sequently, had a division been made at that time, many townships when thickly settled would have been inadequately provided for. And 4. Because had a division been made, the Clergy miglit there- fore have been deprived of the present allowance granted to them from " the funds of the liberal so- ciety which now supports them.** From sec. 41 of the aforesaid Act, I cannot at this late period join in the inferences of our Author, (a) any more than lean yield to the persuasion that tlie Legislature have now a better right, from the spe- cial provisos in this clause, to grant this allotment of land to the Kirk of Scotland, than to dispose of it for the building of Court Houses or the mending of roads. For although there be no enactment in po- sitive terms, " excluding the Church of Scotland from part of the profits of the Clergy Reserves," does it follow that if you give to A. and do not ex- pressly exclude his brother B. that B. is, on that ac- count^ entitled to the whole or any part of the inhe- ritance already disposed of? Tliat may be a spe- cimen of his metaphysics — but neither law, nor jus- tice, will countenance or support such " colours of reasoning, adduced with boldness and art."(^) -; The " attempt to shew that the Clergy of the re- ligion established in Scotland have a legal birth- right claim to part of the profits arising from the Clergy Reserves in Canada"(c) does not seem to me crowned with the triumphant success which the ci- tation of two of the articles of the Act of Union would seem to give it. If the Imperial Parliament — {a) Vide Letter, page 13. (/>) See Letter, p. 4. (c) Ibid, p. 14. ( 14) a Parliament at that time eompoeed of members from Scotland as well as from England — bestow a seventh of the disposable lands of Canada for the mainten- ance of the Established Clergy of England within that Colon3S surely the mere Act of Union cannot annul that enactment. Their birthright privileges will hardly avail them in procuring a possesfion, which the Parliament has otnerwise disposed of. Jactcs et genus et nomen inutrle. As well indoed, might they insist that by the Act of Union the Scotch Laws should be introduced into these Provinces and there be " unalterably secur- ed,"(«) inasmuch as certain emigrants " from the North of the Tweed" might prefer the institutions to which early habit had attached them. If there be an absurdity in such a supposition, no less absurd is the idea of two religious JEstablishmenis within the same Province. Such cannot subsist for a more striking reason perhaps, than that the " Earth can- not bear two Sims." And if there must be but, one, it is at least reasonable that tlie dominant Church of the Empire should be the Established Church of its Colonies. (^) ^ But v^hen law and justice cannot avail our author — for neither is on his side — then there is a bold re- sort to the grossest libel u^n " Episcopacy"-^to the most shameful misrepresentation of tne Church of England in the Canadas. Failing in the attempt to steal our purse, he would imi filch from m our gopd name, ; , , , *' Flccferc, si nequco supcros, AcherontamoVobo." I. I am unwilling to detract from the real merits of any community or individual — nor am I disposed to doubt (a) Vide Act of Union,nnd Letter, p. 5. [b) Vide the address to the Lord Bishop of Quebec, from the Clergy of the Archdeacoiirj of Quebec. ;from venth intenr- ii'ithin ;annot Ueges sFion, of. ict of d into secur- >m the ons to ere be surd is linthe more h cau- it.one, rch of rch of autjxpr )ld re- -to the rch of tmpt to • gopd of any doubt D Clergy ( 15 ) that the highest benefits have resulted from the zeal- ous labour«oftUe Scottish Clergy and Schoolmasters in their own Country. iN either shall I deny that the aaroe m^ght be effected here — but why do thev ca- lumniate their sister Church, and on what grounds do they hazard the bold assertion that " Episcopacy ^Ime can never produce such results ; for the genius of Episcopacy is in opposition to the genius of the people ?"(^,) What 1 Episcopacy incapable of ren- dering the "poor, ignorant, idle and wicked, — com- fortable, enlightened, industrious and moral !" Is j\o such influence visible, for instance, in England ; or is it in Scotland alone that the lower orders re- ceive the benefits of religious instruction, and enjoy rtie consolations of Christian hope ? What ! " the genius of Episcopacy in opposition to the genius of ike people !" It is not at least in opposition to the genius of that glorious fabric — thk Constitution OF Great Britain— and the genius of the latter is fiOt in opposition to the genius of its subjects. But I dejiy, unequivocally deny the fact — and confi- dently say and can prove, that the Church of England isi m this country, generally popular, wherever it has baen for any time planted — and I think I can safely add, thai it is more popular, amongst those w ho have had no strong previous bias, or, to use the language of our author, amongst " neutrals," than the Church of Scotland. There are many too (and our Pamph- leteer cannot deny it,) who, having once been mem- bers of the Church of Scotland, and with no other possible motive than conscience or inclhiation to in- fluence their choice, have incorporated themselves within the Church of England ; and although they may at first have joined it from necessity, yet, when they had an opportuspity of returning to the communion ot' (a) Vide Letter, p. 16. ( 10 ) tlieir fath(!f s, we find they did not so, but continued to iidherc, with firm and fervent aiTection, to the tenets and usages of Episcopacy. vSurely, then, Episcopa- cy was not in opposition to their genius, ^ut wnat sliall we say of the accordance of Presbytermnism with the genius of tlie same people, when no such instance can be produced on Us side — that any mem- ber of the Church of England has, under similar circumstances, joined and adhered to the Commu- nion of the Kirk of vScotland ? " That the members of the Church of Scotland resident in the North American Provinces," {a) are the least immerous of allProtestantstherein, is "ge- nerally admitted," and can easily be proved ; and I readily believe that the ** verified numbers of each were not procured" by this writer. In Upper Can- ada, of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of wliich he takes so partial a notice, there are twenty-six Clergymen of the Church of England, exclusive of Military Chaplains, niost or all of whom, have two, and many three or four distinct congregations within the ncip:h])ourhood of the particular portion of the country to which they have been appointed^ — so that there are perhaps, from fifty to sixty congregations in this Province, many of them numerous, and all respectable, wlio are accustomed to the usages, and prefer the services and doctrines of the Church of England. But on the other hand, there are but four or five ministers of the Kirk of Scotland in this Pro- Aince — gentlemen highly respectable, zealous and worthy, I will grant — and they are planted where the members of their Communion are most numer- ous — where, indeed, with some trifling exceptions, they are only to be found. ;...,.. With regard to the representations concerning {a V' idc Letter, p. J 7. )d to inets ;opa- wnat mism such nem- milar nmu- •tland ) are and I feach Can- ichhe rY-si5t ive of e two, within of the $0 that ations nd all s, and rch of it four sPro- and where umer- )tions, erning IS B«tt»ittt audBatk ^> I \^ tli& 9tro«i^est i:^asoi» to reject them as wholly unfounded ; andlam hapra to. ted, tiiat th& §|^mtleiaata who is aferthe hjeadott^e fosaws CoagrefgaticMrbiui exjj^edbsuch mi^statemeBi; aft it.d£s«m«9. Ke. «h«ws ia £t-i»aimer which cannot bfi^dfisiftdy that fais ton^gatioa ot^ero,^ ftom 7Q la IQOpfJMORs^ that wbtn t& weathex is fine, it ex* Grinds 150. j; «aki tiiat the Epi^cof^tl Church* ^«cte»iMiirii' m thi» b(NKste4 aDUMiisifcQ^ IHcojxk mniikKilaf in} tJbie^ d«»ich^ Chureh oi, Kingstooi ^which. if» »^wt» 9mi^mm% uf»wft»dft q£ Si^OQO ii^ab«t9Mtft) n—qfrowt imn&ujft and. di$to«l pavts of 1^ ]?sQ¥iBce« The Protestant population of Beltv>iU« \»i ^tsilieiita^be^ under 400 souls. ** It is stated that Methodism prevails among the people" — ^it does, indeed, too widefy — and that *^I|rfe€opacy,irMcfr made. iW'pro^ss whe»noloj^ gosrei!^ rs mm vtttaMe to withstimeF the asi^awlts e# SPetfarmB^r, snwportedby the ftivofur of the people.** Wlw *Ai*crf*tfcftr ? Forsooth, tfce presumptuous ath iSifft of a catonmows Better tathe E»rl of Liverpool f TfW asfeertaiiir the real prr^ress of " Episcopacy* m flWff cotnrtry^ reatf the Annual report* ef the Sociely ftr the propag^tffotf of the Gospel — traverse tm countlT-^aiwf contrttst the present state of the Church of &rgiiHirf ut Canada with itas condition ten^ years ago^— and then will the bold propagator of » lO iiW«M»»a^ ■ \mnt»n»*mmm»t Mu^i«Mi»'Mi>*«>JHMi*»' f'' (f>L«iiiirii»K ( 18-) ■ 4 such a statement, blush fqr his Uliberality and ii^cor* rectness. • '" ' ' -'•r-r^"V'. --w ^r-r . .^ nr,^yy,^.i^n ' I have no doubt an ** active and pious ministry" might do much for the Church of Scotland in the wide ^ and improvided wastes of Canada. They might *' make proselytes of neutrals*' — 'but as for " fixm^ those who waver betwixt Episcopacy and fanati- cism," I know not what the author really means. We might readily infer, from his manner of speaking, that the one is as much to be abhorred as tne other —that both are extremes in religion, betwixt which the active and zealous jninisters of the Kirk would fix the wavering, on the common and safe principle, J suppose, of " . -; ' . .' - '♦ later utrumque tcne- medio tutissiraus ibis." 'J I know not how he means to make the comparison ap- ply, or haw to support the contrast — ;but this much I do know, that it is daring language to address to Lord Liverpool, an Englishman, and a member of the Churh of England* . ,^ ^ ^ But " we have not done yet," ' -" , * . * • • , *VQuo ieneam vultas routantem Protep nodo ?" t ',, ' In proposing to his countrymen North of the Tweed the means of obtaining the fancied rights of the Church of Scotland in Canada, heimhappily falls in- to two or three palpable contradictions. In pages 13 and 14 there is ffiven the 41st clause of the British Act touching this subject, and in the margin the write!* has remarked that the Provincial Le- gislature wfly alter this allotment of land— but in tl^ 19th page, he says, that our Legislature have net power to abrogate the national rights of the Church of Scotland. Now, the' argument throughout is founded on those national rights ; for it is introduc- ed in the^th page with an extract from the Articles ( 19) ^ df Union— ^an3 in the 16th page, he speaks of the *• expediency of obtaining from His Majesty's Go- vernment the rights of their National Church,*' This is a blowing of hot and pold with the same breath, which might shock one of less simplicity than the guileless satyr. ' In the ♦* second objection,'* page l9th, the sudden approbation of the House of Assembly-*the loud boast of their " knowledge and liberalily,^* contrast- ed with the declaration a little before, that the " Le* ^islature of Upper Canada either do not understand or disregard the rights of the Church of Scotland" — compels me, though reluctantly, because not more universally^ applicable to the Scotch than to any other natioh, (araiough in this individual iastance they are peculiarly so) to repeat the words of Junius to Lord Mansfield, "I own, I am not apt to confide in the professions of gentlemen of that country, and when they smile, I feel an involuntary emotion to guard myself against mischief,'' : But it is time to conclude-^- — ;We are sorry-^ heartily sorry — -that there should have been any cause for this discussion ; but we comfort ourselves with the assurance that it comes unsought — thsLt'we haye not been the aggressors. When, by the influ- ence and exertions of the late illustrious Bishop of Quebec, the Clergy of the Church of England in the Canadas were respectively formed into a Corpora- tion for the superintendence and management of that " munificent appropriation" which had been originally designed for their " encouragement" and support— no voi^ was raised against that proceed- ing — there was not then^ on their own parts, or in the conceits of any others, the shadow of a doubt re- garding their exclusive claim to that provision. But suddenly — when the exiertions of the corporations bej^aih %& have som€ uifluence upon tkat loag<-B^ sriected ap^vopracMtiottr— wke» new L9U weie dail^f leased and the wmh^ of af^Ikaiiis was Bvujt^- iag'-^wheti b«ttiev regulations beg^ to be adp]^te^ fer eolketingthciF dvA«s^andrth«j pcomised. a ftiuce: harvest worthy the culture awl t&> pauMk^than the ChuFch of Scetiand look upon them with a covetous eye, and inwafdTy grieve at tb^BJconlempration of the ctoribus spoiL , , , , SuqcefisiisKonninmiii^",. , ., ^ , , The spjk'h ol the a^e #sto /^Mfg i l i thesvmcr Ai^^pK pOHitiM waatloiidf agtfnBt cdtabtislMMiittQ* tfid Qfd«»-- the Cananlaii w^ier t^ iillle known an^tooimiBk nev^ gledted>^dttd these ^fts hof thofe ttiiiiisrtierft wovitk yields tlKrcowteafa WiitiMut e^ strufj^kr*^ Bi^ h0f>i& vt dec^aisSfA^ and '^t hoptr ira& deeeiired» f h« Clamh (if £ng)aiid did nv)t tanitlT k>ok iiqiiOM iAm inirin^)t»- m^M^^Hdsey peolestev^tket^i teiio»8ln»tefik-*p«liik' on was met by petitiba^^e^piaiMiAkm WB0t Qtxm$«9^ acted by explanation. Aadifthai Chuick hasbcsen stpenuous^in^ hen or^n, amser^-^ sixe ha^r put ioiitik all her might i& b^i: oavu. d«liencer^mufit she be a^cu&ed oi *'ff]^edln^sii>a^becau^ t(h^ would secuce reirpeGtii|»lIjty and j^^ ininistesrs and consoIati«ii aad hs^ppuk^s^ to hep iaemb«rj^ m toupe agigs->-becAU&e she w^^iUr siceugth^n ihe tie» q£ attachment to o«ir €o9(«,TiTVTioN'aJsid our Couuh ^y-^ecause she would labfour foe the welfant o£ th» MoxaiRQH we reverenee^ whilst she woidd advs^akCd the glory of the Goo whom, we sidore^—must sher m this glow of her pious, seal, aioeoiB]^anied with U^ -fit tri n i iiwi ^} 3«io Lotter, ft. t4i (SI) most affectipnate breathinsj^ of " !!?QOd wHityyvaul^ all men" l>e-accj8ed <>§ rapine a)id fmucl / '•■""..■. -f • The British; Government are l\o\ t^ be iiijj)(>s(^l upon^by clariiprou;^ petition «i and i^ljie ne]^r<'Siiiitafeir ons on the one part, any more than hy " ;i^ilat/(;v that the Church of England has done nnicli in this country for the cause of religion and loyahy — and tliey arr well assured that the " genius of Ejnscoparv is nof in opposition to the gienius of the people.'* The I Jri- tish Government and nation will not abandon tiie in- fant Church they have planted in these Provinces — and if they do not cherish and support it with a more liberal hand, they will, at least, defend its interests and guard its rights. r;r^^/ \r - //r -;.: Smcerely rejoiced would I be if the British Go- vernment did also extend their mimiticence to the Church of Scotland in these Provinces, and aid them in the glorious work of Jiromoting the joys of reli- gion and the blessings of unity, peace and concord amongst their inhabitants. I would hail the day with gladness when some provision was made for their permanent and respectable support — for they are tin Established Church of the Empire— but T would lament the subversion of justice and right — the vio- lation of the precepts of wisdom — and contempt of the suggestions of expediency, did the British go- vernment apportion to them the property of the Church of England, and make any other than that THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF THE CANADAS. As their fellow-labourers in the cause of " right- eousness and truth,'* the Clergy of the EstabHshed Church, will, I dare be responsible, gladly proffer to them the hand of fellowsnip, and give them the hearts of brothers. They will co-operate with cheer- (22) . All cordiality, in the work of holinfe^s ^aoid aic^ them in every project for the relief of the distrOflfsedytlidt comfort of the afflicted, the awakening of the Ibfie- warm, the instruction of the ignoriMCv lUidf thetsolvB^ tionofalk mrt 'siU 10^ • ^«/i^j J' bu >{ V.M . ■ ■ Ifi ■ ■ * ^ ■ •hlJ. n^ '^'ij: ■■■* ■}>■ i r / > '{ ^wih '\v> I'H'i'A'-^^ oil Jf **.dtm] bits g;Hsrm!!(h» "* "1 EeAi tiMf ) \ lot Jiiiiif ' r' ioitf:i