^ ^ ^ *^**^. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // ^/ ^ ^rM K<^ ^^^ ^^ y ^^ 1.0 I.I 1.25 ■^ tt^ 12.2 lii& V] 7 #^ ,^v V '^' y ^ Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14S80 (716) 872-4503 CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVI/ICIVIH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques \ C '^ Taohnloal and Bibliographic Notaa/Notaa taohnlquaa at MMIographlquaa Tha Inttltuta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat original copy avallabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba Mbllographloally unlqua. which may altar any of tha Imagaa In tha raproductlon, or which may significantly changa tha usual mathod of filming, ara chackad balow. D D D D Colourad covars/ Couvartura da eoulaur F~| Covars damagad/ Couvartura andommagia Covars rastorad and/or lamlnatad/ Couvartura rastaurAa at/ou palliculAa Covar titia missing/ La titra da couvartura manqua I I Colourad maps/ Cartas giographiquas an eoulaur □ Colourad ink (i.a. othar than blua or black)/ Enura da eoulaur (i.a. autra qua blaua ou noira) I I Colourad platas and/or illustrations/ D Planchas at/ou illustrations •n eoulaur Bound with othar matarial/ RaliA avae d'autras documents Tight binding may causa shadows or distortion along intarior margin/ La reliura sarria paut eausar da I'ombra ou da la distortion la long da in marga intiriaura Blank laavas addad during rastoration may appaar within tha taxt. Whanavar possibia, thasa hava baan omittad from filming/ II sa paut qua eartainas pagas blanchas ajoutias lors d'una rastauration apparaissant dans la taxta, mais, lorsqua eaia Atait possibia. cas pagas n'ont pas «t« fiimAas. Additional comments:/ Commentairas supplAmantairas; Thai toth L'Inatltut a microfilm* la malllaur axamplaira qu'll lul a 4tA poaalbia da sa proourar. Las dAtalla da cat axamplaira qui sont paut-Atra unlquaa du point da vua bibllographlqua, qui pauvant modlflar una Imaga raprodulta. ou qui pauvant axigar una modification dans la mAthoda normala da filmaga sont indlquAs cl-daasoua. r~1 Colourad pagas/ n Pagas da eoulaur Pagas damagad/ Pagas andommagAas Pagas rastorad and/oi Pagas rastaurias at/ou palllculAas Pagas discolourad, stainad or foxai Pagas dAcoiorAas, taehatAas ou piquias Pagas datachad/ Pagas dAtachAas Showthroughy Transparanca Quality of prir Qualiti in^gala da I'imprassion Includas supplementary materii Comprend du matiriel suppi^mentaira Only edition available/ Seule MItion disponlble r~~1 Pages damaged/ r~n Pages restored and/or laminated/ r~p\ Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ I 1 Pages detached/ r^ Showthrough/ I I Quality of print varies/ pn Includes supplementary material/ r~~\ Only edition available/ The poss of th filml Origi begii the sion, othai first sion. or illi Thai shall TINU whic IMapi diffei entin bagir right requi meth Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image/ Lea pagas totalement ou partiellement obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, una pelure, etc., ont At4 filmtes A nouveau da fafon A obtanir la meilleure image possible. This item is filmed at tha reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est film* au taux da reduction indiquA ci-dessous. 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X a^ y 3 12X 16X 20X 24X 28X 32X r« l«talls M du nodlficr K un« ilmag* Th« copy flimad h«ra hat b««n raproducad thanka to tha ganaroalty of: Library of tha Public Archivas of Canada Tha Imagaa appaaring hara ara tha baat quality poaaibia contidaring tha condition and laglbillty of tha original copy and in kaaping with tha filming contract apaclflcatlona. Original copiaa in printad papar covara ara filmad baginning with tha front covar and anding on tha laat paga with a printad or llluatratad impraa- aion, or tha back covar whan approprlata. All othar original coplas ara filmad baginning on tha first paga with a printad or llluatratad impraa- aion, and anding on tha laat paga with a printad or illustratad impraaaion. Tha last racordad frama on aach microficha ahall contain tha aymbol ^^ ( moaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha aymbol Y (moaning "END"), whichavar appliaa. L'axamplaira f llmA f ut raproduit grica i la gAnArositi da: La bibiiothiqua das Archivaa publiquas du Canada Laa imagaa aulvantaa ont 4t4 raproduitas avac la plua grand aoin. compta tanu da la condition at da la nattati da l'axamplaira film*, at an conformity avac las conditions du contrat da filmaga. Laa axamplairas originaux dont la couvartura an papiar ast imprimia sont filmAs an commandant par la pramiar plat at an tarminant soit par la darniira paga qui comporta una amprainta d'imprassion ou d'illustration. soit par la sacond plat, aalon la cas. Tous laa autras axamplairas originaux sont filmte an commandant par la pramiira paga qui comporta una amprainta d'impraasion ou d'illustration at an tarminant par la darnlAra paga qui comporta una talla amprainta. Un das symbolas suivants apparattra sur la darniira imaga da chaqua microficha, salon la caa: la symbola — ► signifia "A 8UIVRE ", la aymbola V aignifia "FIN". Maps, platas. charta, ate. may be filmad at different reduction ratios. Thoaa too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Lea cartes, planches, tableaux, etc.. peuvent Atre film6s A des taux da reduction diffirants. Loraqua la document eat trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seui ciichA, 11 est film* A partir da I'angle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche i droite. et de haut en bas. en prenant la nombra d'images nicessaire. Las diagrammea suivants illustrent la mAthode. errata to I palure. on k 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 (El?c Hlanitoba Scl^ool Case. An Independent Opinion on this Important Question. S" fai' fiH tluH (|ueHti(>n Ims heen di-H^ged inio tlio pdlitics of dui- country, it is not the |ii'(iviiu'o of thi' writiT to foUuw it. So far iiH it stHiuU rold.tud to our imtioiial lifi-, mid livil uiid religious lihorty, it denmiidH the niieful coiisidenitioii of nil. In thiH connection attention luay be called to two pointH, may we not KUy TWO ERHORH. 1. It is widely claimed that the Roman (^itholic minority in Manitoba in asking for the restoration of separate schools, is only asking for the ])rivilege accoi-ded to the Protestant minority in Quebec. The cases of Manitoba and Quebec are in n(» way parallel. In Que[)ec, the majority, or rather the Church which c(»ntrols the schools of the majority, uses its schoctls for teaching the doctrines of the Roman C^itholic Church. The R. C. Catechism is a chief text book The first and main thing sought in these schools is t<» make good Catholics. All other education is secondary. Moreover, a part of the instruction in the tenants of the R. C. Church is that the doctrines of all other Churches are dangerous, false, blasphemous. To compel Protestants to support such schools, estal)lished for the ]»urpose of opposing and destroying thefr most cherished lieliefs, woidd be bringing into C'anada something of the Middle Ages, when men had to worship with Rome or die. The very fact that a majority in a free country is determined to use the schools of the country for teaching the catecliism and creed of any partic- ular church, makes it ab.sol\itely necessary that other churches .should not be compelled to sup]»ort them, 'i'liif, freedom is granted in Quebec, ti> / S V 1 . till) «txt«>iit. flint wluTt! tluti'i> IN H Niitlirifiit iiiiiiilicr of I'mffHttuits t<> fuini H ilisMfiitifiit NcliiHtl, mill tlicy iiinkf u|i|iii('iitii>n to ( inVfi'iiiiitMit tm tli.it |Hii'|M)Hf, flu'v nrv tillowftl the |»ri\ili'.{f. Mtlu'rwinr rliry iiiiiMt Hiipport tin* |{. ( '. si'IkimIh. Ill Miiiiitiiitii tilt' ciisc iHi'iitiit'lv tliHfrt'iif . 'riic iimjoiitv flucMiiiit wish til ti'juli tlif siicriul (ioctiiiH' uf liny clnircli. Tlu' oliji'ct lur wliicli its ncIhmiIn iii-c «'Htalili.Hlifi| Ih to I uiii tlit* yiniiii^ in kiiii\vlc(l<<(- tliut will llii-iii till' liciii^ ^iMiil I'iti/titi'.. . i> i|Ik'(- the majority ileiiiaiiil that thi-ir sihooi . shall teach Koinniiisni, anil tliity allow th«' iniiinrity, uniU'f ri-rtain cunililions. to havt- sr|iaratf schiiols. Ill IManiliilia. the majority |>idvi(lc si'iools that will fit all tlu- yoiiiiy |ii'oj»l(j for I loiiiLj ;,''•! nl ritizi'iis, hut di'mauil that thi-si! schools shall iii>! III.' nsi'il for adv.ini'iuL; till' s|n'tial intcri'sts 'f I'rcsliytcriHiiK. I'liiiian < 'atliolii's. or aiiv oi lu'i' (Icnomiiiat ion. Tin f'aini that chnri'lii'.i sl:o nlil ilo tlii'ii own sju'cial woi'k. which the |{oman Catholics arc as froc to do as any other. If tlu'ic well' MO separate .schools in <^>uelice Hie luimirity would have to support .schools which e.xist for the express purpose of opposin<4 'H>v(>t'M«M|, utiil Ni'|uirutc mcIuhiIm an* iv-i)NtiililisliiMl tlu>r«' will lint lif fail' piny. 'I'lu- Uuinaii CatliolicM will tlifii liav*' (fiiviTiniifnt-aiiUtil ncIum.In witli tlifii' nwii catt'ohiNiii an a toxt iiiHik, wliilfllif I'ri'Mhyti'riaiiM, MittlKHliMtH, KpiN('i>|>aliaiis nr ItaptisiM, will liavf im sikIi jilu'ity. Ill <^lllfli«'f. uIIk'I' tlclluliiiliatinllM liaVl- ll<>l llir s;iliic pi l\ lli'U'i-H that tlu* UMiiian ('atlii)lics have. l'rt.'Nliyt()rian,s cainint iisr tlu>ir I'ati'rliiHin in the soparatu scIkhiIs, iKuniii K,)is(;HpaliaiiN <»' ntlici'H iiNt> tiiuirs. 'I'Iu'hi! ittliri' iiN liavt' to tiiakc Mdiiic Hacritiint, to unit*' i>n snww lonniion i(i'oiiiit till' lu'iiciits of an ciliiiation, ami iiihli'r nikIi a sfpaiatt' siliool systt'iii tlmri- is not fair pla_\ . Kail- play (U'liiamlH that tlu- pivsfiit oitlci of thing's in Maiiitolia In- iiiaintainctl. To i^o hack to the foniici' position is to ^^ivt- to tlit- Uonian- istN an a)lvantHjL{o that othfis ait- not allowed, and fvci y jovi r of fi'i'idoni and of his foiintry Hhoiild staml for fair play to all and favors to iioiic. *J. A second criof in many minds is that the Koinaii Catholic |ieop!e fi-el it to I H! a m»!at j^iievance not to have the sepaiale s( hools wi th tl \eir cate.'hism IN a text-liook. If this were llm ease tlr-r*' would i)e more sympat hy for t he old scIiooIm eM'ii thoii'^h the claim lie miinst. Ihil such is not the fact. TIm' H. ('. peo|)h' are li-ali/inL? that the schools, aseoiilloUcd hy the Church, are ntteily ineH'cient ; that the children coining out of such Hi'hools from the average country district, with little ediicalioii beyond their Iviiowledgi' of the calechism and church oliservaiices are sadly wanl- ini4 in ei|iii|>iiient for tlii' \.ork of life. it IS an open s.'cret that a j^ri-at liody ot tiie Kom.'in ( atholic |ieo|ih ])oth in Manitoha and (.^uehuc, would piefei' pnhlic national schools, and if there were a frut' oxpression of the opinion of the iiiti'lli;,H'iit Uoiiian Catliolics of ('anada, there is little douht that it woulil lie lai';^elv in favor of |tnhlic national schools, apart from the control of tin- clerify. This is seen in the niimhcr who take advantagi- of other and Itelter Hcho(ds when they have the opportunity. if is seen in the demamls that the more independent of their newspapers sometimes make, that the |teo- ple, and not the clerHtiin> N«'|HiMifr NchonlN in MHiiitolMt \h tint k»pt iiplty the lluiiiiiii ('utlmlir pfoplf in MtinilulHi ui- of tliusr nf <^itt'lH>c. 'I'lii' " i(rii;viint;t!" In thu " Kiii'viinci-" i>f tin' U. ('. rliMuy. 'l'lu'iiKiruti<»n istlu» vviirk of thu clitr^^y, ulio N«-i'k to ktM-p cutitiol <»(' t)u> oiliinttion of tlu* yoiiii^, niu\ «vliupht, Imth l'ii>l«'NtHMt iiiul Kniiiiui Ciithulic, iif Mtinitiihu, in whi'tho; Hmy will havi- for thfir chilWrfn fh»« ln-Nt t'lliiciitinii tluty nm ^I't, imil huvf tin- chiitihi-N tiwuh tln'ir umii ciitt'chisiii, III- whfthci' th(*y will yifld tu tli«> cliiiniN of the Konuin Cutho- lic cUu'^y HMtl iillnw Hiiini- of the scIiiniIh to \n- nifidf what thfy nitiy cIionu to nittkc thi'iii. Thf tpU'Htion that fai-cs the p*-op|*> nt' th«' Doiniiiiun JMnut wlicthtT thi'V will show sympathy for tluir Koiiian ('alliojii hllow coinitiyiiu-n. hut wluitluT tlu'y will join with thf th'ij^y of iht- I'hun'h of Koine in their etlort to wiVMt iind keep from the |ieople the control of their tonunon HchoolH, und force upon a youn^,' and j^rowin^ cmnitry the fotterw of mediiuviil eccleHiaNticism. «si#*'