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I- i««i. *^ J ^•s^ /' ■W?j--^ W^ hi 1-- - !^ -.I**."" .>^^ ■■■'^:' i s- ■■ flli *Xv;^'j3w*«.< VA.'i*"i-'**C.-'"^y.*1tt-^V"« 1 mm mffmii'm''mmi^^im^m ■^f^PHI TT- m •O^O'O— — ^' — §- < ■ SENATOR MACDONALD'S 5— MISLEADING ACCOUNT OF HIS' -s VISIT ° METLAKATLA ) -! B-.'i EXPOSED BY THE BISHOP OF CALEDONIA. ).«0^0»0- 1882. i::i ^vlri :U ! : I h i racuroN.W. History Dopt. PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, B. C. The following pages consist, only of jin exposure of some* of the iintrnthfulneas in an address of Mr. Maedonald, a Senator of the Dominion Parliament, delivered by him on August 8th, 1882, in the Reformed Episcopal Church, Vic- toria, B. C, after his visit to Metlakatla. It must not be supposed that because this exposure will necessarily reflect on the character of Mr. Duncan, formerly an agent of the Church Missionary Society, that he has not been an able, successful and conscientious missionary. His work is worthy to be held in remembrance. But the man has slowly changed. He no longer remains an ornament to the missionary cause. Instead of developing the noble work he I'eared, he is damaging it. Rather than continuing to pro- mote order, he imperils it. It is a lamentable fact, and one that I would gladly have suppressed, but his conduct and that of his ill-advisors compel me to make some comment at least on the Senator's wild and groundless statement. !■' My plan will be to select an extract from the speech, number it, and then make some remarks thereon. These extracts will be taken in their order as found in the address. Mr. Macdonald must blame himself if the statement of the facts of the case sometimes plainly convict him of either disguising or 8ui)pi*essing them to make way for his own fictitious statements. 1. "I have," says Mr. M., "nothing to do with Mr. "Duncan's t^ade, more than helping him all I can, without "fee or reward." On reading this, the Rev. W. H. Collison remarked, "I am prepared to state on oath that Mr. Duncan's accounts show that he has been borrowing thousands of dollai's from Mr. M. , at 12 per cent. , and the same books show that this interest was being duly paid." 2. Speaking of Mr. D.'s antecedents, Mr. M. says: "A "young man, not a priest or bishop, but a layman like our- " selves, and formerly a commertdal man, went into the "wilderness among a lot of savages, &c., &c." Much indeed to his honour. But Mr. M. would have us think that Mr. D. made a heavy sacrifice of liis])osition when he relinquished it to become a missionary. "A commercial man" sounds important. Mr. M. would liave us think that Mr. D. had exchanged affluence for voluntary poverty. But this is not so. About the year 1854 a worthy yoTing man, who had risen to be a clerk in a leather seller's office, and had occasiomflly succeeded in obtaining orders for liis em- ployer, offered himself to the Cliurc^i Missionary Society. lu 10263 m [4-] I ^" Hrt was a (^Icn'er yontli, l)ut liaviniiif only rocoivod tlio ailvan- tiiges of It c'oimrum day school (Hliication he was soiit to bo taught at a training instii ition for schoolmasttu's, and after about two yoavs' iustniction, at the Society's (sxpense, was sllt to 1)0 and after ;)>onKt.', was tliL' Indiana " sayH tho tho people lereutH, be- hont kuow- eoplo. He le reconcil- oaeo. Yet anco hapi\v D.'s iiiis- ^rchdoaoon 111 iiitovpre- oxamiiiing !stions mis- he cateehii- be Indians, lawers?" I lade np tlie eraarked in not seem lore scrup- )f Mr. M.'s hen in May D.'sadher- be present, red me that i terms and llison to go 3ns. They s from the argeable on unchanged, nt by a dis- a accredited , all show a le C. M. S., a cannery; iding where S., and was Dr up to the he use of it. the beach." sre is hospi- I [5.] tdity for ntrango Indians, and even among tho heathen it is the universal custom to atl'ord tliem sholtor. 7. " Wo wore serenaded by a brass band." Several of tho jjorformors are staunch adherents of tho CJhurch Mission. 8. "A largo congregation, about (100." I do not think that at anv time during the Senator's visit 300 Indians were at Metlakatla. 9. "The organ was playeiv!iii(^^i N I 8. J ' 20. "An impression seemed to take hold of the Society's "mind that Mr. D. kept the Indians from coming to the "Lord's table, which is entirely an erroneous impression." But they have never come, however. All the teachers, excepting Mr. D., attempted to instruct them in the meaning of the Sacrament. After twenty-five years' Avork Mr. D. says they need fuller instruction before they are rijie for it. If they are not yet instructed of course their judgment is worthless, and yet the refusal to admit them to Christian privileges was professedly based on this uninstructed judg- ment. 21. " It is also said that he refuses baptism to infants. It "is true that he does not approve of baptising the infants of " heathen parents but infants of baptised parents "he willingly admits." On the subject of baptism Mr. D. has often shifted his ground. Up to last year he approved of the baptism of the infants of heathen parents, and such were, I regi'et to say, unhesitatingly baptized. Adult heathens desirous of being baptized he first required to marry, and if wives were scarce so were catechumens. The marriage of the heathen was per- formed as if they were Christians, yet as a jjreliminary to their becoming Christians. It was a stupid mockery of a holy service. Last year he refused to allow any infants to be baptized, and successfully persuaded his adherents to dis- pense with that Sacrament for their children. When, however, the Senator arrived, the scene changed. It may be that one of the conditions of aihliation was infant baptism. At any rate batches of children and adults, all unpreiiared, were swept in by the new current and were baptized . 22. "At Metlakatla I consider him (i. e. myself) useless." For the first time I come upon a truth. I considered myself so useless at Metlakatla after five months residence there, that I told Mr. D., and the other missionaries, that as Metlakatla was only attached to the Church of England by subscriptions, I could not sanction the jDroceedings there, and would not oiiicially recogniR'3 or visit it. I kejit my word, and was at the forks of tl>e Skeena when a telegram from the C. M. S. requested me to go to Metlakatla. In the meantime I had been trying to be useful among tlie heathen. 23. " On the arrival of Bishop Ridley at Metlakatla he " stated he had not come to interfere with Mr. D." This is a second truth. Visiting Metlakatla on my ar- rival, ami prepossessed in Mr. D.'s favour, I was surprised to find I was an object of susi>icion. After I had publicly stated my intention to helii and not thwart Mv. D., a promi- nent Indian in Mr. D. \ employ publicly expressed his surprise, for, said he, " we were told you had come on pur- pose to destroy his influence and power." Who could have produced such an impression' Some time after when re- monstrating with Mr. D. on his inhuman crueltj', of which beseemed unconscious, he replied, "Before you came out God's people in Victoria predicted confusion as the cei-taiu result of your apijointment." "Indeed," I said, "they, as ^vl [9. 1 lie Society's ning to the apression." le teachei'a, ;ho meaning 3rk Mr. D. i ripe for it. judgment is Christian •ucted judg- infants. It le infants of ised parents shifted his j)tism of the egret to say, us of being were scarce len was per- eliminary to lockery of a \y infants to u-ents to dis- m. When, . It may be mt baptism, unpreijared, ized . slf) useless." 1 considered IS residence iries, that as England by dings there, I kept my n a telegram itla. In the tlie heathen, letlakatla he la on my ar- as sxirprised lad i)iiblicly D., a i>romi- cpressed his ome on i;)ur- could liave er when re- ty, of which 3U came out s the certain J, "they, as you, must have known that the coming bishop was in har- mony with the Society's woi'k and principles. They must therefore have known that you and your work and princples were at varience with the Society's." In my hearing, and in that of others, this paid Church Missionary Agent, when ac- companying me on my first voyage to Metlakatla from Victoria, openly said to one of the clei-gy on the same ship, " Don't mind the Bishop. Ignore him; ignore him. That is my plan. Snap your fingers at him." 24. " Not being allowed to build his house on the public " park at M., he took a jump to Fort Simpson showing "a lack of judgment and a desire to act without the advice *' of practical men." I never before heard of a public park at M. I never in- tended to build at M. I did obtain a site for a house at Fort •Simpson without informing Mr. D. After I had done so, Mr. D. told me he had advised Admiral Prevost to apply to the London officeof the H.B. Co. , for a building site for me at Fort Simjjson. As I was not grateful or prompt in my response, he quickly excused his zeal for me by assuring me that as soon as I had settled at Fort Simpson more than half the Metho- dists' adherents would join me, for he had been preparing them for it, and if I pushed the matter the Methodists would have to retire. "But, Mr. D.," I said, "you have taken too much trouble, and have sent the Admiral on a needless errand. I have already secured a building site at Fort Simpson, and have assured the Methodists that I shall make no efforts to damage their work. On the contrary, I have suggested a scheme for the future avoiding of the hurtful rivalry now existing." 25. "The Bishop finds fault with Mr. D.'s translation of "the prayers." Impossible, because Mr. D. has not translated and never used translations of the Prayer Book of the Church of Eng- land; an institution he passoniately assured me he reckoned among the most corrupt on earth. "But you draw your stipend from it," I quickly answered. " Yes, that has been said before, but," added this poorest man in the Province, " I will return every cent I ever received." "You cannot hand back" I remarked, " the prayers and sympathies lov- ingly bestowed on you through many years." Mr. D.'s last act was to secure all the money he could from the Society's local treasurer, and having borrowed the Mission Ledger on a pretence to copy out some of the accounts, returned it after cutting out and approjiriating twelve pages. 26. "The love with which tliey (the Indians) treasure " their bibles is beautiful to behold." Will it be believed that after all the praise bestowed on Mr. D.'s training of Indians that not one per cent, of Mr. D.'s male adherents, of pure Indian blood, can read so as to understand or intelligently translate one chapter of the whole bible? When I have urged the education of the peo- ple he has always met me with the answer, "knowledge is not good for Indians." His fixed policy of late years has m> ■^f: 1 1, k. -1 I - 'I iiVWIP »»ftJ>'!,-«MI»»"i .wwUflii/i^W" [ 10. J been to keep tliem in ignorance. Formerly it was not so. No industry Ins been taught in the so called industrial school. 27. " The Conference recommended that Metla- "katla shonld l)e kept as it always had been, a lay mission." The very words of the fosoiution are tliese: "Having "full knowledge of the Parent Committee's Avish with regard "to the Sacrament of the Lord's Snj>por, and having ascer- "tainedthat Mr. Duncan cannot conscientiously remain at " Metlakatla if the Committee compel the administration of " the iSacrament according to the rite of the Church of Eng- "land, and being unable to suggest a better plan which "would nie-et the eraergenc}'-, recommend that, \f praclioahle,, "the Metlakatla Mission be curried on bj' the Church Mis- " sionary Society as a lay mission independent of clerical " supervision." It is obvious therefore that it had not been ■ previously a lay mission, whatever that may mean, and the retJ cauKo of the Society's action is found in this foolish and cowardly resolution. 28. " The BishoiJ was strongly opposed (to the resolu " tion) and wished it rescinded, and the Conferenr-e " adhered to its ojunions and forAvarded the resolution to the " Society. Probably the Bishop sent a report and n different " recommendation ... .and about this time the Society "entertains the idea of dispensing Avith Mr. D.'s services, "&c.,&c." The Bishop did not attend the Conference but remained at the Forks of the Skeena. He knew nothing of the pro- ceedings of the Conference, therefore could not Avish them rescinded. He made no report thereof to the Society, but Avhen he read the report he Avas filled Avith shame and sorrow- that such should ])roceed from professe 1 members of the Church of England. Happilj^ the Socitity has shaken oif the majority of those avIio made the resolution possible. The tAvo next paragraphs," about Mr. D.'s dismissal, remoA^al and ordination, I cannot dwell on for very disgust, but proceed to the folloAving, Avhich states that 29. " On his (the Bishop) return (from England) Avefi.nd "him AA'riting a letter to Mr. I)., asking him to come back. " That same letter contains one of the most insulting propos- "als Avliich coiild be made to a man like Mr. Duncan." Here is a copy of my letter, written solely Avith a view of peaceful living under the altered circumstances, and hoAV it could be thought to ask Mr. D. to come back puzzles me. The Society never entertained the idea of receiving him back, nor did I. He could not be receiA^ed back under any circumstances. I merely soixght to mitigate the evils of sep- aration. "The Misstox House, MEXLAKATiiA, "■. ay 27, 1882. "My Dear Mr. Duncan: "Though my letter may share the contempt bestoAVed "by you on myself, yet I cannot suffer our permnal XQi'\- .■llf llUllli'i MBMMltllltlMiwMliflllf IIIIIQI 111! liii date of that rupture I ever spoke or Avrotc; a Avor of peace I am Avilling to sacrifice every- thing but i)rinciple, as it is generally understood. " WJien 1 sought an iutervioAv Avith you yesterday and '^^''ednesday, but met Avit^i a rude rebuff, and again to-day, but could not find you, I ].i,;,d terms to offer tl'.at commend- ed themselA'Os to all Avhom I stated them to, including those in Victoria you count your friends. " It included non-interference Avitli your trading monop- oly, and measures that Avould, in my judgment, foster your secular aims, not to spaak, of nobler tilings. " Thrice I have tried to conciliate you, but in vain. This letter ouglit to bo superllnons, tmt I Avrite it in the faint hope of moA'ing you to reopen intercourse. I shall gladly welcome ycu to t' .is house Avhere I am a visitor, and Avill spare no personal sacrifice to minimize our mutual diflicnlties. " Before concluding I beg to call your serious attention as the resi(ient magistrate to the dangerous language used by Legale on Thursday evfniing at a public meeting. He threatened to cut Mr. Collison's tliroat. (This is the mtin chosen by Mr. D. aiid sent to Victoria to present a raemf)r- ial to the GoA'ornor-General.) A word from you to your adherents Avill promptly stop such brntal, coAvardly and inHamatory language. "I haA'e told those avIio are loyal lo the Society that under God rescued them from heathenism to return good for evil, and to trust the law of the land to protect th'un from the violence of those noA,^ persecuting them. "Trusting to find some road to peace, "I remain, faithfully Amours, 'W. CALEDONIA." 30. " That same letter he parades and liolds up as an ev- " deuce of his (the Bishop) Avish for i)eace." The only person I Jiad ever shoAvn it to was a friend who is one of the most respected gentlemen in tlie ])rovince, and holding an appointjuent of great responsibility. He AA'as so persuaded the letter Avould induce Mr. Macdonald to use his influence Avith Mr. D. so as t(j lead him to more reasonable 'r !§' 1 m l::{fl| 1 ii[ ;; ;, iK '^k I 12.] counsels, that he asked my permission to show it to him. ■I consented, and the result followed that I expected. " What have you to say ta