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Bibliolheque,
le S^minaire de JfifB^TE
' nie de rUniversitSi^
O 6bec 4, QUE.
to
THE RIGHT HONOURABUP
3^3 •■
^3EH idLffiJifl Qff IL!E'^S2IBIF®®SLi) £e &
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FI^ST LORD COMMISSIONER OF THE TREASu£¥<3i
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RELATIVE to
THE RIGHTS OF THE
>. ij
CHURCH OF SCOTLJjYD
IN
jmiVISB NORTB AMURIOA,
FROM
«.--■ — «— —
A PROTESTANT OF THE CHtJRCH OF SCOTLAND.
ifnrasToir, v. o.
1836.
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A LETTER
TO TI|E RIGHT QPN0yR;4»LE
, I
THE EdRL OF LIVERPOOL, K.G.
J^c. Sec ^c.
.' . ..*
'■■»•■
My
The rights of the Church of Scotland, in the Bri-
tish Provinces of North America, are of^such im-
portance to a large proportion of His Majesty's loyal
subjects, have been so long neglected, and are now
so strongly opposed by the Clergy of the Church of
England, that 1 tioist your Lordship will allow me to
submit, for the serious consideration of your Lord-
slnp, ^d of His Maiesty's Government, a statement
of the reasons on which the claim to these rights is
founded.
By the 31 st of his late Majesty, the seventh part
of Canada is reserved for the support and mainte-
nance of a Protestant Clerg^r ; and the Clergy of the
Church of England have claimed, and obtained, the
management^ and whole profits, 6f this munificent
appropriation. '^%ni. '
They style themselves " The Protestant Clergy ,*•
as if they were the only Protestant Clergy ;^ — ^thcir
Church " The Established Church of the Mother
Country," as if it were the only EstabUshied Chiirch
of the Mother Country ; and they class with Protest-
ant Dissenters their Brethren of the Church of
Scotland. ' .
(4)
ir>i<
These positions are not supported by facts and fair
induction, but by colours of reasoning, adduced with
boldness and art.
The term " Protestant'* was first applied to Chris-
tians in the beginning of the 16th Century ; and the
Protestant Church contams every denomination of
Christians who protest against Popery. It is one of
the three Professions into which Chnstianity is now
divided. The others are the Greek Church, and the
Church of Rome.
In Robertson's History of Charles the Fifth, the
following account is given of the original application
of the term *' Protestanf* to. Christians.
" At the Diet of Spires on the 15th Day of March,
1529, a Decree was made prohibiting any innovation
in Religion, and particularly from abolishing the
" The Elector OF Saxony,
„ Landgrave of Hesse,
„ Dukes of Lunenburoh,
i. Prince of ANnAi^f » and
,f Deputies of 14 Imperial Cities,
entered a solemn protest against this Decree as un-
just and impious. On that account they were distin-
guished by the name of " Protestants," an appellati-
4iin which nath since become better known, and more
honorable by its being applied indiscriminately to all
the Sects, of whatever denomination, which have
revolted from the Roman Church." ,
With this meaning the term "Protestanf'is uni-
formly applied, not only by Historians, but by Bri-
tish Legislatures in their Acts of Parliament, as will
appear from the following extracts, in which are al-
so clearly shewn the respective and equal rights of
the Scots and English Churches.
In the Act for securing the Protestant Religion and
Presbjjterian Church Government of Scotland, (and
which is a fundamental article of the Union, and in-
serted in that Act,) the Religion of the Church of
f ^
(5)
* ^
i
Scotland is uuiformly called ** the Protestant Re-
ligion." '^ ^
* And it being reasonable; and necessary that the
' true Protestant Religion, as presently professed '
* within this Kingdom, with the worship, aiscipline,
* and government, of this Church, should be eflectu-
* ally and unalterably secured : therefore, her Ma-'
* jesty, with advice and consent of the said Estates
* of Parliament, doth hereby establish and confiite
* the said true Protestant Religion, and the worships •
* discipline, and government, of this Church, to
* contmue without an^ alteration to the people of this^
' land in all succeedmg generations ; and more es-'
* pecially her Majesty, with advice and consent ar^
* foresaid, ratifies, approves, and for ever confirms^ •
< the fifth Act of the first Parliament of King WilHani^
* and Queen Mary, intituled. Act ratifying the Coui- '
* fession of Faith, and settling Presbyterian Chtirchf'
* Government; with all other* Acts of Parliament'
' relating thereto, in prosecution of the declaration-
* of the Estates of this Kingdom, containing the claim
* of right, bearing date the eleventh of April, one
* thousand ^ix hundred and eighty-nine: And her'
* Majesty, with advice and consent aforesaid, ek**^
* pressly provides and declares, that the ioi esaidiriie^
* JProtestant Religion, contained in the above-meiifii^
* oned Confession of Faith, with the form and purity
* of worship presently in use within this Church, and
* its Presbyterian Church Government and Disdplinei^
* (that is to say,) the government of the Church by-
^ Kirk Sessions, Presbyteries, Provincial Synods,
< and General Assembhes, all established by the
*■ foresaid Acts of Parliament, pursuant to the claim
*• of right shall remain and contmue unalterable, and
' that the said Presbyterian Government shall be the
< only government of the Church within the Kingdom
* of Scotland.'
* And lastly, that after the decease of her present
* Majesty, (whom God long preserve,) the Sove-.
(.6 )
* reign succeeduigto her in the Royal Gayenune^u
< of the Kinedomof Great Britain, shall in all. time
< coming, at his or her accession to the CrowHi swear
* and subscril^^ that they shall inviolably maintain
* and preserve the foresaid settlement cj tfi^ true
^ Proieatatii Religion witK tjh» goyerni^^nt> worr
< ship, difcipUqe, right, and nnvileges, of ^i| Church,
« as, aboye established by the I^aivs of thi^ Kingdom,
* in prosecution <rfth? claim of ngW—^ct of Ifmofi,
^r/. 2^. <?A, i; ; , ^
In, the Act W^^ ^Y ^ Sogli^h Farli^menit for
securing t^ Clmrdi of England, the expression
by- Limin the Churm of Ipnglmd,*' occurs, once ;
and the exprejssioii ^^ Church of Enghmd,^ occurs
fiy& tin^s. la bpth -Aicts itjijB tierm " Prote^nt?' is
applied ^9 the fieiljigiony not tci the Ckurjch Qavem-
me^t Thp e^prAjBsipn Pr^t^tantb Church does not
occur in jither 4^t of security, nor in the Act of
Unio^r ; non co^dj occur, fort ^o^A Churches o>re Fror
iestanir' h^th^ H^iiffona 9ft<e fir/Jiiefitantf i^t Uieir
forms of Ohivpch rQpyernmeptt ^flfer ' widely/ The
one is Presbyterian ; ^e other Episcopal^ Both<are
established m> 6<Feitt Eirits^iin ;r both are establi^ed
I^ligipns of the MpUier Country ; the pne, of
SooUand ; the other, of i^ifigland..
liaving shewn the messing of the- tetm Protesjtot, '
aj)4 pi^^^®4 ^hat) in th^ phraseology of Bdtisiji Act» '
of Parliament, the Clergy of^.the Keligion establish-
ed in Scotland are as truly Protestant Clergy , as the
Clergy of the Religion established in Englanct I
shall proceed tp exj^nine the authority by wmch ilic
Clergy of the Religion established in England claim
the whole of the profits accruing from the Clergy
Reserves in this Country. . \bi£k.Mi
, They found heir claim; op ,the Provisions of the
(Quebec Act, the 31st of his late Majesty.
J shall prove that the Quebec Act does not author^
ize the Clergy of the Religipp established in Eng-
(7)
of
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land to ciigross the whole profits of the Clergy Re-
serves ; — ^thktthe Clergy of the Re^gion established
in Scotland have an equally good <^laim to part of thut
mimifiddhtappdpriation ; and that deprivhfig them
of that right) privilege, and advantage, is an infraction
of the attlKJles bf the Act of Union of Scotland and
England. «
The clauses of the Slst of his late Maiesty, Whi<!h
"relate to the Clergy, are in number eight, viz — the
d5th, 36th, d7th, 38th, ddth, 40th, 41st, and 42d.
Clause d5th recites »is Majesty4i 'instructioiis to
Sir Guy Carleton, Sir Frederick Haldeman, and
Lord Ddrche^ter, secures to the Clergy of the
Chlirchof Rome their accustomed dues ai^d rights
from those piH>fes8ing the Roman Catholid'Religion;
and apprd)[^riates< the tythes paid by ProtestsAvts to
the support of a Protesiunt Clergy.
In tniS clause the expression ^^ Pfotestant Religi-
on^ occurs once ; the expression *♦ Protestant Cler-
gy" twice ; but the expression " Clergy of the Church
of England," or "of the Church of Scotland," or ** of
the Established Church," of either Kingdom, or of
Great'Britain, orofthe Mother Country, does not
occur. *
Therefore, on this clause, the Clergy of the iRe-
liffion established in England cannot ouild their
cEdm to an exclusive provision for themselves, nor
to anv provision to wnicli the Clergy of the Religion
establi^ed in Scotland have not an equally valid
claim.
Clause d6th recites His Majesty's Message to
Parliament, and enacts^— That His Majesty may au-
thorize the Governor to make allotments of Lands
for the support of a Protestant Clergy in each Pro-
vince, ana that the Land so allotteaand appropria-
ted shall be equal in value to the seventh part of ^e
Land granted.
Ih this datise the expression <' for the sttpp0rt and
maintenance of a Ptote9t<ml Clergy/* occurs three
(8)
( I
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"times ; but the expression^ "Clergy of the Church
i<of England,** or "of the Church of Scotland,** or
"of the Established Church,*' of either Kingdom,
or of Great Britain, or of the Mother Country, does
not occur. And, therefore, the Clergy of the
Church of England cannot build their exclusive
claim to the Clergy Reserves on this clause of the
Quebec Act, .nor to any part of the Reserves inpre-
ference to their Brethren, the Clergy of the Reli-
gion established in Scotland.
Article 37th being brief, I shall quote it in the
words of the Act;
;;" And be it further enacted by the authority a-
foresaid. That all and every the rents, profits, or
emoluments, which may at any time arise from such
Lands, so appropriated as aforesaid, shall be appli-
cable solely to the maintenance and support of a Pro -
iestant Clergy t within the Province in which the same
shall be situated, and to no other use or purpose
^whatever.**
Surely it is impossible to found on this clause any '
-claim in favour of the Religion established in Eng-
land, to the exclusion of their Brethren of the Re-
ligion established in Scotland. j
Clause S6th reserves a seventh part of the land
in Canada for the support and maintenance of a Pro-
testant Clergy. Clause 37th appropriates liie pro-
fits arising from the Land so reserved to the sole
purpose of maintaining and supporting a Protestant
Clergy, No preference is given in either clause to
the Church of England ; no exclusion is mentioned
pf the Church of Scotland. Neither are named ;
yet i)y inference, both must be intended, for they
are both supported by Government in Great Bri-
tain, and they are the only Sects of the Protestant
Religion supported there by Government.
I,, Methodists and Independents are Protestants :
but they are not supported by the Government of
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its:
of
V.
*Gfeitt Birit^f , and tUer^ipre; cai^not <4fMfP .m ttff
f ame gi^uy4b as the ClcHrv pfth^ (}%cft y/i5ci)fj
land, or f^Ttbe Chwch <m.^Iw?(^m^ j.jto i.q.f) iK ,
.But, altlwwh^,!
clauses d{6, apd 37,
Ckray. of either of
Af pthejr Country, y
M> tb^ ^debates in l;be Hpiue ^^f. Como^
^ ^ ttgthii p^nof Ae^^pt r^atiye i(^^W^
AfpthejT Country, yetu^ipaj^ .ijiptJbe .^hout,,^!^!^ i^
rfirer<;iM> lji§ ^debates m ijbe Hpwe .^f, Gpwn^pis^
tpiwwtt th« piart of;the<Act r^ative tq^w^^^
rw
^PF^rqpjuatfd.tc? tfe^Itr^tf^?
two objections to these regulations, Doth ot||t^j|m^
ith
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of Parspnages is prpyidea fpr, that provi^iah «as not
been apted upon. , JSaph, JV^inistjer has not received
his^artici^ai' allotment of Land. ; * 1
Hadthe Actmeantthe establishment of the ckuroh
of EnglancJ axclusively in Canada, the expression
"church of England" iyo\il(l have been, used in
claui^es 8|5| S6, ajj4 ,^7, and not the general expresr
sion, "jprQtestant R^^ 5vt these clauses
provide generfij^y^ fpr V the Protestant Religiony^
leaving thcdetails t^ |uture enacti»i?iijs4 . . :. mjoH
Clause^ ^8, 4^, at^4<4Q^ Tplate partiQukiirly to the
Chprch of JEpglan4> aM p^cularise i|bytke desig-
nation of *• phurch pf ^S^gland." ; Xhis chaiifee of
expression in the clauses i^^ews that th^framers; of
th^ Act knew the ii|eaping of th^ la^gui^ge they, usied,
and cUd .nol^ jS^ply the t^ys^ /* Pjiptestdnt'* as $yno^^
imous with thp tei^m " jjpiscopal." v 1 >
Clause 4|st shpAys this, contyadistiiictipn.in the
clearest light. It recapitulates the contradistmction
b^tweep mo sener at mi{ particular provision^ in lan^
guage more Nearly expressed, and not admitting a
double me jmii^g. o«j{vjo'>^^^^^^ ^fr\m, aii ni bjui^iiii
, r , XI4I. ^Provided ^lioays, €ttid MiifUfth^
en^ctpd by the » uuthoritv aforesmSr^ That
Protestant^; tl^| sevcrsd provisiojifs liereinb.efei*e /con-
ciergy J tal^ed, respecting the allotment : and ap^
propriatipn of Lands fw the supp^Kt of a
Prptestant plergy within the said Provm-
ces, and also respecting the constituting,
erecting, and enoowingi Parsonages,! or
Rectories, within the^said Provii^c'^* and
alsp rejspecting the prjesentatio^ of Inc'um^
bents or Ministers to the same, and also
respecting the manner in which, such In-?
cumpents or J^^inisters shall hold and . en^
joy the same, shall be subject to bi5;!varied
oy, repealed by any express pcpviaicHis for
that purpose, contained in any Act or Acts
. which may be passed by the Legislative
generally
EpisQppal
Clergy,
particular-
ly..
The L^-
gUrqidi^of
<Cannda*lj(,
flinty mUp.i*
f€hj this allot-
ment of
land| an4
grant the
whole of it
to the
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( 14)
I
i Council and Assembly of the said Provin-
ces respectively,, and assented to by His
Majesty* His Heirs, or Successors, under
the restriction hereinafter provided
The 42d clause m. the same clear manner contra-
distinguishes the Protestant Religjan from the par-
ticidar sect of Protestants called Ejiiscopalians, and
evidendv contemplates making Legislative provision
in Canada for more than that one sect. Any Act for
that purpose must be laid before both Houses of the
British Parliam'ent, and if within thirty days either
House shall address His Majesty, His Heirs, or
Successors, to withhold his or their assent from such
Act or Acts, it shall not be lawful for His M'ajesty,
His Heirs or Successors, to signify his or their as-
sent to such Act or Acts.
I have now remarked upon all the clauses of the
Quebec Act that relate to me Clergy, and have prov-
ed Uiat the Clergy of the Church of England are not
exclujsiively entiUed by that Act to the whole profits
arising from the Clergy Reserves. That was the
position I undertook to prove. If the proof have
proceded farther^ and shewn that they are not esta-
blished in this Country according to the letter of
the Quebec Act, each Kectory not having assigned
to it a particular portion of land, and are 'therefore
not AN Established Clergy in Canada, much less the
Established Clergy, to the exclusion of the Church
of Sc6tlapd, they must blame themselves for excit-
ing this discussioik by their greediness and intole-
ranee.
I shall now attempt to shew that the Clergy of
the Religion establisned ih Scotland have a legal
biithrigbt clarni to part of the profits arising from tne
Cler^ Reserves in Canada. The proof of this po-<
sitioii will not detain me long. It only requires the
guotiitioii of two articles of me Act of Union of Eug:-
ind and Scotland.
<* Article 1. — ^Thatthe two Kingdoms of Eng^
BOH
( 15)
ile-
" land and Scotland shall upon the first day of May,
** which shall be in the Year one thousand seven
** hundred and seven, and for ever after, be united
** into one Kingdom by the Name of Great-Britain ;
'* and that the Ensigns Armorial of the said United
** Kingdom be such as her Majesty shall appoint,
** and the Crosses of St. George and St. Andrew be
" conjoined in such manner as Her Majesty shall
** think fit, and used in all Flags, Banners, Stan-
** dards, and Enskns, both at sea and land."
" Article 4. — ^That all the subjects of the United
<* Kingdom of Great Britaiv shall, from and and af-
'* ter the Union, have full freedom and intercourse
** of trade and navigation to and from any port or
" place within the said United Kingdom, and the do-
<* minions and plantations thereunto belonging ; and
** that there be a communication of all other lights,
" privileges, and advantages, which do or may be-
'< long to the subjects of either Kingdom ; cfxcept
" where it is otherwise expressly agreed in these
"Articles."
Canada was conquered in 1759, not by England,
not by Scotland, but by Great Britain ; and there-
fore, any right, privilege and advantage, enjoyed by
the Clergy of the Religion established in England
ought equally to belong ta the Clergy of die Religi-
on established in Scotland, as clearly as that the
mariners of Greenock and Glasgow nave ah equal
right with the mariners of Liverpool and London, to
navigate in the St. Lawrence and Ontario.
Why our Legislators bom north of the Tweed,
and especially whv the Clersy of the Ch^rch of
Scotland, have hitherto silenthr allowed the rights,
privileges, and advantages, of their Church, secu-
red to them as a birth-ri^ht Inr tlie valour and virtue
of their fathers, to be talen from them m the North
American Colonies, by art and influence, is not ea-
;sily conjectured. .
Are my countr3rinen unacquainted that there are
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rights, privileges, arid advantages, which their Na-
tional uhtirch ouj^ht to possess iii the British Pro-
vinces'if Ndr<h Alherica ? J^dt th^ii^ read aiid uiider-
stdiid the Qi'iebec ktt and the Act of Uilibn of Scot-
land tffid fenglatid. ':./ jk'N-
^ Are ttiy couiith men imacqiiiiiiftdB '^Wm Iftie Value
of these rifflits,privile<^es, and advaiitii^es, to them-
selves and the * nation ? A portion of the profits
arising tv6ih <:he allotrncnt of the seventh ^drt of' the
ijdiidS iti feahada WbiM jlarit Ministers aild School,-
mfest^rs of the Church olScotland in eveiy t6(wnsliip
in theSfe Colbhies, aiid a Uiiiversity m Wmgii^ot or
Motoeal/ • And what ha Ve theSe effected 'm Scot-
khdi^hice 16887 They have clianged the Scottish
peasantry frdm being poor, ignorant, idlfe siiid Wick-
ed^ td^becofirifortable, enlightened, industrious, and
moral ; arid wbdld to certainty pi^bdiice the saine eif-
fects^iii Canada. ~ ' •:^^'-^.. .';;*, i;;^:^^,"^•:':;. ']'';,i^^ .,
"E^i^top^eyitiilane cM n^v8ir'ptbclii8e the^eTesufts.
For the genius of Episcopacy is in oppositipn to the
geniilsbfthe J5e6ple.' However Epis^dpatUalis, bc:
ctipyiti^ the priiicipal places Of trtist, pbiv^r, and
etiiblUiiietit uttder Government, ^ay send hoifie iix-
flat€id statetaierits, ^nd by address arid ihfhjett'ce, ile-
ceive ihe feiiti^h Gbverrim^rit^rid pebplie, fruth will
atla^tpi-evailJ^^'*^^ \ 'HUifr* . ■
Are iriy countryhien 'unacquainted ^ith the num-
bers^ ^rtkcHed to the^ Church of Scotl^didib reside
in British Ndrth Ani^erica, and conseqiijentli With the
eScpediency of tfieir obtaining from His Maij^i^iy's
Government the rights of their Mtiiiil^ Clitlrdfa 1
Smiy it IB Obvious ttiat Whilfe t^b ^nlilleis htiv^^-
qualrightS tb a patrinidny, the dfebisibh Wliibh MV^b
theivhdfe'tb briebf thcim cariiidt Be ji^t. Ahff tHe
ittjitf«tice#ifl 'bie faibrie reiiikrWblfe if ihie^^otti^e'd
family h the least iiUttidrbusi . Yet this dfei^fiibhi^ii-
tatis mutandis, has, in effect, been givbn ^M kc^idJi
upx)n in the^b l^bviiicbs. The fienibbii of the
Church of England, the least numerous family, re-
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ceive, in '^he Canadas alone 'ftbt ' lesk thaii £12,000
Sterlmg Annually, from the Pa^ientState ; while the
,MemWi» of die ChiirbKof Scotland, the most nu-
ifieroii^ faiiiOv^ withtWo ihconi^iderable exceptions,
receive nbthuig. Arid a^ part of the fimds for pay-
ing the Clergy of the Church of England in this couji-
try ih t^ken frdm the Reveritie of the ^rit!sh Empire,
the MIsQiBers dftlie Church of Scotland pay not on-
ly the ^ Whole st^elid giverfto their own Clergy, but
part of the stipend given to the Clergy of the Church
of England. Thfis they are first deprived of their
birth-right patrimony, then taxed from their hard
earnings to support the rich famUy by whom the J'
have been depnvcjd of it.
That thq Members, of the Church of Scotland, res-
ident in the North Americiiii Provinces^ are more
numerous than the Members of the Church of Eng-
land, is generally adtilitted ; but the verified num-
ber$ of each I have not be^n able to procure. The
following statement, relative to Upper Canada^ I
have good authority for believing to be correct.
The number of Communicants of the Church of
Scotland in Kixosto^ last year was 114, and in one
congregation of the Cllurch of Scotland in Glengary
was 500.
In Bellville, the professors of the Church of Eng-
land, and who attend Church two or three times a
year, are about 50, in a population of 600 ; and the
con^municants last year were 10. On Good Friday
the Clergymaii preached to a congregation of nine,
one of whom came to hire a pew, and three were
Presbyterians,
InBatl^the number that attends the Church of
England fluctuates from 30 to 60. Of these many are
notlBpii^copalians. And last year only 15 persons
partook of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
■ It is stated that Methodism prevails among the
jp^ople i and that Episcopacy, which made no pro-
gress when hot opposed, is now unable to withstantj
<tiie AMfa^lts.of Secta^iims, supported^li^yihefayor qf
Ijbe^ople.
^n ^y ^f the Dwtri^tp Qf Upp.er }C Wflfr #-
Scftt}a»d w.believed.to b^e muel^^^r ; ma vmt
be increase^ ,pj p3fk>BcdyRSjpid i)|ipi]|B HjIjpiUy^ joje^-
,betHre^ja#pisc(wp^cy^W^^ &tn^9im,^«^d i;^fiw}jig
4oihe.QlHirch of vi«^ .forefiBi,wrs ^qaany ^wp^ ^h
; joined Necta^^^' because Minuterft of t^ ;^bu]x^
ii^fScotlaildw^retpptpl^ed.m ' ** '
' For these reasons
th^tltis'^ot 91^
ibat: GoYermaeni§iy
:<Jh)|r«3h.<0f;Sf<]^%|dv:- . .. . , ,-nr ^jT^rr- ^.^-^r^r..v^:r
S' jar^llj^us instmp^on, apqprdui^-io fi^ jates cjf
. ^ i^^pf^Ct^i:i||Hr^^ jtbat it,isjnei|^ justice
inor^Q^a P9B^y*hit Qo^enapiwt^iW^^i^
clusiYe.siipjp<H* to %ia«^pAcy:^iftfi^ .Pi55^y?»ces.
present themselves ; anapplica^^
.tp^tiie lo^;^ !^jegi§latMrf&8» or an applicat^p,|tpi ^eJm-
,p^i;id,GQy)^^rniaent.
"
, Jmust^app^r h^sffc^ft^em^
m^^ ^^..^r-an^i^Wy Roelejjwt^
and )tt^caa,x^lyi|o,<^l^,pf^to cp^Bpug^,,pr
iJfi^
'^olm ,qwwi|er^d (fey Mv^tm :«9oe ^e JJ^q>n,qf
who
tnem a Clerg3rinan of U^e iKpispppal
was formerly a Presbyteriaii,: but ^g|7 employs his
influence and pen ^gmf^ .^e Cbyrch of his native
Comitry, it is notpino^le J:h^^y enactmenteivinff
the Ghuceh,ef^C9(di9^^a^qualitym Churcfi
of-Engli^d WOuW pws tjirpyjph /Iji^ir <hp)i§e. And
such waatfeie op^^Qp^t&ptertained l?y <|h(B (H^iuise .^f
Assembly, when, in 1824, with a knowledge and
liberali^^that does them honour, they laid the claims
of the Church of Scotland at the foot of the Throne.
3. — ^Because the Legislatures of these Provinces
have no power to abrogate the national rights of the
Church of Scotland, but probably would assume it
when legislating on the suoject.
4. — ^Because it would be unworthy of the Church
of Scot^uadthat her r^hts 4^f{|ild l^e deidared end
de&jedjJ^^ai^jMilt^^
It isTli^toe, .^ m^^(^ ^\p ^
Government that must be maoedtor an enaci
the Imperial Parliament, declaring the rights of
the Church of Scotiand in Canada. And to obtain
such enactment through the influence of your Lord-
ship, is the object of this Letter. And my hopes
are sanguine that this object will be obtained wmle
your Lordship is Prime Minister bf JBriiain4=nbi'mi
account of the representations in this Letter, but of
the strength of the claims, and on account of the ta-
lent and enlightened liberality which, at present,
beyond all previous periods, characterise tne mea-
sures of the British Government.
The claims of the Church oif Scotlandjto.the same
encouragement as the Chivehof CnglapdintheJi^ri-
tish Provinces of North America, are fiiuhded on
justice, and the Act of Union of Scotland and £ng-
ent of
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Aberdeen, or a Perth, to propagate Episcopacy,
bjr nersecuting Presbyteriiins, n6r to suffer an Arch
Bisneip Sharp to influence your Lordship'is Couns^i^.
od.Y ,'*Ihave the honortobfe, » "^ ^ -'^ '^^^ ^' '^^ >'«*
ftfd J^volqf' ^ My I^rd, '- • ■'''<''* ''^^**^
io ri > Your Lordsl^'s ni-rmoulini
M<rttObedfent, C»/"'^^^
i*^i^ Most humble Servant, * '
hi'tA. ^ PAOf ESTANT of the church b^ SCOTLAND.
Kingston, Upper Canada, Ist Jme, 1^86.
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