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The following dfagrama 'llustrata the method: planches, tablaeux. ate peuvent itra fllmie i dee taux de rMuetion diffirenta. l.orsque le documem eat trap grand pour Atra reproduit en un aeui clichA, ii aat film* i pertir de I'angia aupArieur geuche, de geuche i droite. et de heut en bee, an prenent le nombre dimegee nieeaaaira. Lea diegrammea auivanta illuatrent le m4thode. y errata Id to nt ne pelure. iQon A 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 .:\*: •vU \ 3929 ARCH-BISHOP LYNCH »**JPremter of Ontario*' • UlVMASKED. * 'i^; I*- To The Protesffinia of The Province of Ontario :■■ ' ■ " • . ^ ' . , '■*"'' Sosn of yon have dOuUlesi^^xaerTed in the Montreal Witnets and in the Toronto Maiil, the disoassion w^ich has lately taken place over the appointment of a Regis- trar for the County of Peterborough. In reply to the let^rs of Messrs. Munoaster and Kelly, I wrote to both papers, hut both declined to publish my letter, the Fif^neM giving as a reason, that it would injure the Reform party. The editor of the lfdt7, Martin GriMn, a Roman Catholic, probably felt that in publishing my fiirst letters he had suffioiootly sacrificed ais religious feelings to party teal, and there- fore refused to publish a further expo$e of the policy of his co-religionists. I endeavoured to get my firsi letter published in the Olobe, but was. not at all surprised at my failure to do so, as its editor, Timothy W. Anglin, aliD>« Rofmaii' Catholic, Would not be very likely to censure his party leader, Mr. Mi$^V^<'>vgiy^oi:1 A.ftki office to a Roman Catholic, even if he did not deserve it. Many of my f^ljpii^j in Peterborough feeling this to be too important a matter to be allowed to drop, anl . believing that the re-publication of my letters, might have some effect in openingffliei^ eyefl*of Protestants to the dangierotts ascefl||ancy which the Roman Ci^oUo BisUi^ ibd !|^rieste havie acquured in^^he obnduct t>f public affairs, have requestecl ime to jilV kiw the former letters as well as that one which the Witneas and i/air Reclined to receive — to be published in pamphlet form. I do so as a duty, belleivitig it to be eminlntly necessary that the truth should be brought home to every Protntant thltt our country has been ruled and is now being ruled; not by the Reform or Coo ^ftive pai%, but by the Roman Catholic party, through their Bishops and Prici «ii|' that if a determined and united effort is not speedily made by all PrdtestanI irirespeotive of party to check the rapid growth of Romish power, our noble Province must at no distant day be ground under the heel of a Roman Catholic despotism. Protefltauts I let us awake to the danger of the situation, and at the next election, dropping all party Imes, let us unite to Return a Government pledged to oppose PrietUy interference in politics, and thereby show that we, as Plrotestants, both can and willihsist that our cpuntry shall be ruled by the people's representatives and not by the emissi^Bs of the Pope. iV . Ireitain Tours respectfully. .*# Peterhor^K, ^prU, 1884, ♦ • • > *?i '4 A (Leffer No. 1.) ♦ My First Letter on the Subject. ^ {PMiMked in Montreal WUnm, Jan. 19tk, 1884, and in 7on>n«|pra<{, Jan. im,m4.) ^IB, — I would like to draw attention through year colttmnf to the action of Mr. Mowat's Government with regard to the yaeant R^trarship of the Connly of Peterborough. And to begin with I will premise that I am a- Reformer of turty- eix years standing. My father was a Reformer before me and his five sons have followed in his footsteps and have ever staunohly supported the Refbnn leaders. My InotJier, the late John MoLeod, of Bowmanville, was Ut^ftefotm representatiTe of We^lENuham for eight years, under the leadership of UA Hon. Alex. MoKeniie, the^on. Edward Blake and the Hop. Oliver Mowab* l^r myself I may say that I have not been an idle member of the party, but em rinoe I knew what polities meant I have always done my utmost to ad vanoe the interest 40f the Reform party, and some vears ago when jynnger and more active than I am now, I worked early and late through every election, sparing neither time nor pocket. This much for my< self, that vour readers may understand that my criticism of Mr. Mowat's oonduet proceeds from no unfriendly motive, but that I am actuated solely by my deep re- gard for«^e interests of a party endeared to me by the aasooiations of a lifetime— iu* terests which are being wantonly sacrificed by^ Mr. Mowat in return for the Oatholio H vote in Peterborough and the adjoining counties. The facts are as follows : — In the month of December, 1882, or more than thirteen months ago, Lieut*Oolonel Uaultain, Registrar of the Oo«pty of Peterborough, died, and Mr. Mowat was at once besieged oy applioants fbr the vacant office. Those who had daims and those wIm) had none, from the old and tried supporters of the government to the mere vot- ing maohinct Judicious thinnug out soon reduced the numben to a half doien or ■Mare, whose chances of success formed the most interesting toinc of political conve^ satiiQO. These were Messrs. John Ludgate, retired lumber merahant; Gewge Ed^ninson, barrister ; Robert Walton, rotLajj^ merchant, Thomas G. Ohoate, hotel- kesperr D. W. Bumble, barrister; Geo. iransford, soKoitor; John J. Lundy, th» Biiorm oaodidate at last Dominion election ; Dawson Kennedy and Michael SiHi- dmOD, fiunwn; Bernard Morrow, grocer, and Jas. R. Stntton, pnmrietor of the JS^KNiMtMr. Of all these the ohT.'^es of Mr. John Ludgate were at first genendly o^uodered bjst^ as he was supported in his claim by Mr. Bleiard, the onlv R^iin member in the oonnty, Mr. John Bertram, ex-M.P., Mr. James Campbell^ Reform 'lididatefor West Peterborough at the last local election, and by muy other Miiuent BUppwrters of Mr. Mowat His appointanent was for a while considered Aoist a Sertainty, but as time passed on and he heard nothing of it, it b^;an to Ijii whispered about that Mr. Bernard Morrow, a Roman CatiaoUc grocer, who had only oeen some years in Peterborough, and who had never done anytibing foir the ?arty but vote for them, if he did uat, was likely to be the successful candidate, 'his was at first indignantiy denied by the prominent Reformers, but the Qatholira seemed to have known from the very first that a powerful secret influenoe was Work- ing in his behalf, as they freely put up money on his chances. It took a long ^ime to convince Mr. Mowat's friends in Peterborough that he would thus delibentdy tdm his back on his tried friends and supporters and bestow the best^^oe in the county upon one who acknowledges himself that he has no personal clSm whatever upon the party and especially as he (Mr. Mowat) had shortly helbre given the Aflloe of Deputy Clerk of the Grown to Mr. John Moloney, a Roman Oatholio. lUpre than thirteen months ha y^jig ^^asaed by and the appointmept ha^ nc^ yet been mado^^nd Qi^Hpil^aiftpIl^^ reluctantly obliged to confess that Mr. Bernard MwrowisJU^m get thioffioef\It is said that it is to please or afipease the ■A • 4 Roman Oathol to Mr. B. Ofoi Mr. Mowat's f Bleurd h|k8 b] flhottld be aokn publicly sUtet u the Legislat applauded by i CO cany out hi election as an i immense majoi bishops are to dveofallolasi by preachen o loan assure will arise here vent the eleoti with the hope Reform party low on the api Peterborouj We publisb years' standin may premise friends, nor o logging a sta< logical as the «11 breaches ( Just so lor ** the Oatholi 4shifty, cHshoi the people w Bishops USUI of the situati of their peop — just so Ion hostility of ( after jpolitios the glaring y of Oatholio 1 which we We shall havO'said, t our pleasure arises froi& viz., the dii ^liiSj: 8 .l?iK,l884.) Mtion of Mr. the Conntv of rmer of tlurty- fiye wni have leaden. My pteMotatiTe of ex. MoKenne, ' may say that what politics Reform party, L worked early is much for my< owat's oondnet y my deep re- fa lifetime— ino br the Oatholio >llows : — >, Lieat-Oolonel Mowat was at aims and those 9 the mere yot- ahalf doien or poUtieal oott▼«^ 'ohant; Genge . Ohoate, hotel- J. Londy, th» I Miehaef Sali^ loprietor of the nrst generally e onlv Be^iB opbeli^ Reform >y maoy other hile oonsiderad it b^;an to % rooer, who had ything fbir the Bfiil oandidate. : the Qatholies enoe was work- K>ka longtime us deliberately it^gSoe in the ilurn whatetrer gifsn the^Voe tholio. rapre I nc|| yet been Mr. Bernard r appease the Eoman Catholic Bishop of Peterborongh thit Mr. Mowat is to ^ve the appointment to Mr. B. Morrow, ana from the cironmstanees of the case, I with many others of Mr. Mowat's friends here are forced to the conclusion that such is the case. ^e-Mr. Bleiard hip by'right^the patronage of the oonnty, and has demanded that his right should be acknowudgpsd l^ the appointment of Mr. lind^te, and has openly and publicly stated that if Mr. B. Morrow is appointed he will at once resign hu seat u the Legislature. IThis straightforward and manly declaration of Mr. Blesafi is applaudea^ all Protestants in the county, and should it become necessary for him CO cany out his declaration, there is no possible doubt but that, if he sought re- election as an independent candidate he would be elected (if opposed at all) by an immense majori^. Mr. Bleaard feels, and justly too, that if the Boman Catholic bishops are to nue the Mowat GoTcmment m such matters, he, as the representa- dve of all classM of religion should resent such untoward and disgraoeM meddling by preachers of religion |p pflliflcal matters. ^ I can assure yon, Mr. Editor, that if Mr. B. Morrow is appointed such a storm will arise here as wUl break in pieces the Reform ranks and suon as will for ever pre- vent the election of a Reformer in this county. I write this letter, Mr. Editor, with the hope that the Mowat OoTcmment may awaken to the true position of the Reform party^ this county and in time to avert the disaster which is sure to fol- low on the appointment of Mr. B. Morrow. DUNCAN MoLEOD. Peterborongh, Jan, 15th, 1884. The " Mail" en the Situation. {Editorial in MaU, Januarp J9th, 1884, on Later No. 1.) We publish elsewhere a letter from Mr. Duncan McLeod, a Reformer of forty years' standing, who discusses the question of the Peterborough R^istrarship. We may premise that the affiib is not of our creation. Neither the MaU, nor our friends, nor our party have had hand, act, or part in creating, ^pncouragmg, or pro- longing a state of things which is entirely lamentable, but is as perfectly natural and logical as the ill results of all evil communications, and the suffBrings amng from aJl breaches of the moral, social, and political laws. Just so long as Mr. Mowat is allowed to make hypocritical and insincere bids for ** the Catholic vote," just so long will Protestants and Catholics alike find him «hifty, dishonest, and unstable, faithless to his political friends and treacherous to the peojde whose votes he so loves at election times. And jast so long aa Catholic Siishops usurp a function not theirs by theological right, not theirs by the necessity of the situation in Canada, and not theirs by the good will of the more intellurant of their people — that is, the function of political patronage and political wire-puUbg — just so long will they find themselves dividing their own people, while exciting the hostility of others ; bsultin^ the Catholic representatives whose business it is to look after politics ; and making it impossible for Catholics to get elected, on account of the glaring way in which episcopal influence is used, without r^rd to the opinion of Catholic members, who are apparently expected to exhibit a meek submission which we all pure they must some day in a body resent. We shall not interfere at all with the progress of events in Peterborough. As we have' said, the affair is not of our creation, and it is not our duty to offer advice, nor our pleasure to make merry over the circumstances. Oar interest in the matter arises froi& the fact that it exhibits very dearly whtt we havO: so often insisted on, viz,, the dishonesty, the hypocrisy, and instability of the alliance between Oliver ■M Mowat and the so-called " Orit Catholiti." These persons are no more Grits, as • rale, than we are; and have been led to give Mr. Mowat's candidate«^support by secret orders from the Archbishop of Toronto, who uses, or is used by, Mr. Ohris, topher Fraser, who is the means of conveying promises that are never fulfilled, or trying experiments that are never accomplished. The Catholic Ohuroh gains nothing by the alliance, which \fi an unnatural one. The*Oatholio clergy gain nothing by it, for they know that all the educated mem- bers of their congregations are Conservatives. The Catholic people pain nothing by it except the unpleasant reputation of going to the polls by orders given in secret — which were circulated, in tne Algoma case at least, by an intoxicated hoodlum who hiecnped out the episcopal secrets all over the constituency — a scorn and a scandal in the eyes of all men of sense and discretion. It is to this alliance, unnatural, hypocritical, dishonest, and unstable, and to this alliance alone, that Mr. Mowat owes his present insectii^ tenure of power. It is to this alliance that the Qrits in the constituencies are asked to sacrifice party friends, party feelings, party services, and party objections. It is to this alliance Uiat the Grits have m years past made the most abject submission. They are get- ting restive now. They b^m to see that secret orders may be given to Ministers over the heads of members. Well, if we tell them that they have deserved this humiliation they will, we hope, pardon us our frankness. All that was required to free politics in Ontario from the scandal that has always existed, was a manly effort on the part* of independent Re- formers. If we sf^ WA doubt that they are equal to it in this case, it is because we have seen iJiem rerase opportunities as good as this for their own disentanglement. Nevertheless we entertain a hope that they have eyes and can see, ears and can hear, and understandings that will not refuse to be enlightened. Opinion of the Montreal Witness. {Editorial itUdontreal Witneu, Jamwry Mk, I884, on Letter No. 1.) If the trouble over the appointment of a Registrar for the county of Peterborough be a mere quarrel between two sections of a party over the division of what poli- ticians are too a|pt to regard solely as the spofls of victory, we do not care to concern ourselves about it. If, however, it really be a question whether a church shall in return for casting its whole influence in favor of a party be given the privilege of controlling the patronage and dictating the policy of the Government, we thu&k it ia one in wMoh every one, whether connected with party or not, is interested. Judg- ing from th<3 defence of the proposed appointment, by "A Trae Liberal," we are in- clined to think that there is a good deu of truth in the statements made that the nomination was that of a church party and upon grounds of creed alone. The Roman Catholics all voted ri^ht, we are told, and, tiierefore, their nominee should be appointed. The representative of the riding made other nominations, but he has been led to acquiesce in the proposed appointment; "A Trae Liberal" does not state who made the nomination originally. Another correspondent gives what ap- pears to be a plain, and what is, from Us standpoint, a fair history oLthe whole trouble. This account confirms the story of our former correspondent as ta the source of the influence which has secured the nomination of Mr. Morrow to tius office, and which appears likely to secure his appointment There appears to W some disposition to oppose the appointment of officials Arom among Ronlan Cadio- lies. We have n» synmathy wllMsiver with this under such drcumstanoes as the County of Peterboreu^ js plaeed ta^, The question of creed should not enter into oonsidention at all in the Appointment of offioiale ; only their qatlifioationi for the office and individual character should be oanvaaaed. But all the more for this reason do ne oppose this appointment. Mr. Morrow is, according to what appears to be f^ood authority, nominated because he had the support of the Roman Catholic eoelesiastics. That is his qualification. There are ower Roman Oatholic nominees, why are these passed over and a new name put forward ? Simply, apparently ; because the authorities Of the Roman Catholic Church wish to make the nomination themselves. This interference should not bo tolerated. Church authorities are dangerous as political dictators. We are the more inclined to i^mpathize with the opposition to this nomination because the nominee is a liquor seller, and for that reason eminentiy unfitted to act as Registrar. Liquor sellers have it in their power to be veiv useful to political parties, no doubt, and there may be % sensible lack of that kind of support on the Reform side, but we protest all the same against their appointment for such services to' offices of trust (Letter No. 2.) A True Liberal Gives his Opinion. {To the Editor of the Witpett.) Sir, — I noticed a letter in your issue of the 14th inst, anent the Peterboroueh Registrarship, signed by a " Reformer of Fifty Years' Standing," from Warsaw. It is written in an unfair spirit. Mr. Bernard Morrow, who is expected to be appoint- ed Registrar, is a gentieman of good position, of unimpeachable character and of excellent business attainments, and has always been a decided ^ ' in\ inpolitios and a splendid worker in behalf of good government. The County ^Peterborough has a very large number of Roman Catholic voters and they have subjorted to a lane «xtent the present Mowat administration. In fact, in the JBiast Riding, JAt. Blesard, M.F.P., owes both his elections and his large majority to their almost unanimous vote, while in the West Riding the same vote has been thrown into the Liberal ranks. In this county there are at least twenty offices in the gift of *he Mowat (Government, and heretofore there has been only one Roman Cathdic holdiuj; a Government position, and that, too, at a dight salary of about $500. In nomi- nating a Roman Catholic to the office of Registrar, it is considered by all that the {government is only doing what is fair and equitable in reoognizing the various divi- sions and shades of their supporters. There is no cringing to Roman Catholic in- fluence. The disnitaries.of the church have not been allowed to usurp the patron- age rightful^ bcMnging to any representative of tiie people. It is a simple act of justice, and is understMd by the right-thinking directors of this county. To be sure, the appointment of Mr. Morrow is not giving universal satisfaction. To be sure, " theae is intense excitement throughout our coutity over the matter." How oould it be otherwise, when there were numerous applicants for the office, all backed And supported by their particular friends and relations ? But I do say that the appointment of Mr. Morrow will give as much political satisfaction as the nominee of Mr. Blesard, M.P.P., and, at the present time, I can say that the latter gentle- man has acquiesced in, and is eminentiy satisfied with the coming appointment. Your editorial reference to this subioct was somewhat premature, and as your paper has always been credited with fiimess and justice, I believe yon will insert this short letter. A TRUE LIBERAL. Peterborough, January 15th, 1884. (Letter No. 3.) A Methodist's View. (To tKe Editor tf ih* Rtvitm.) Sib,— In re«dinff over thie morniDg's Ihsamitur I waanot only snrpriBed bnt painecT atita remarks on the reoent appointment of Re{p8trar, when it is well known that the proprietor of that journal was himself an applicant for that offioe, and when w^g his own olaims on the Government did all in his power to prevent the ap- pointment of Mr. Morrow; but now, in his miservernment will be distributed, aot to the parties who have honestly and earnestly supported the Government, but simply on denominational grounds. If this is so then I may say the denomination to which I belong, will surely come next on the list. I have been counting heads and can find in all the appointments made by the Mowat (Government, onl^one Methodist selected. Now, Mr.Editor, I protest in the name of that denomination against this state of Uiings, and urge dl my co religionists to vote for and support only that government that will when required by the Pimident of our Conference, pledge itself to give u^ a fair share of ail the offliies in their gift. Notwithstanding the opposition of the loMoal member who maj be a supporter of the government, I am sure the Examiner must support me in thia ...i •. _,,. .^ .?.. , , le. This is the only bishops to say to Mr. y of the Government, we must^ like other denombations, nne our chums, l^des, is it not sad in a country where no rel^on is recogniied by law, ^at a (Jovemment is compelled^ to make an appointment solely on the ground that the party bdpng to a certain religi- ous denomination, disregarding either his quaUficatum or ms previous services on behalf of the Government ? Surelv in thu Ontario of ours these thinn ought not to be, and unless I mistake the feeling in this country, a storm is brewmg ti«t wilL drive ftom offioe any Government that will mabtain such a policy. Partyism will have to be abandoned, and a common eause f^ from priestly inter> ferenoe will be the watchword. Yours, Ac., Peterborough, January 24th, 1884. A METHODIST. (Letter No. 4.) The Political Prelate Victorious. {To tJU Eatortf the Mail,) Snt, — Sboe I Wrote you last week the vacant Registrarship of the county of Peter- boron^ has been filled by the Mowat Gkivemment by the appobtment of Mr. Bernard Morrow. ^ To full^ understand the intense dissatisfaction his appointment causes in this aadf the adjobing counties, one need only mention the subject to any Protestant Before mer he may meet with, and he will be thoroughly convboed that Mr. Mowat has made a terrible blunder here, and one which will injuriously affoot not only tiie B»- fbnD party bot the whole jproyiooe at l«r|i;e. I have eTerr nmod to know that in this oonntj at leait Mr. Mowat and the Bishop of Peterborough haye between them stirred up a religions feeling in the breasts of Protestants h^rtile to the Roman Oatholios, sooh as bss not rankled there within the last tweniy years. Protestants are now considering the raj^d strides made by the Roman Oatholiosln the last few years, and are asking esoh other how it is they have got on so fMt flnanoially and have tttained such inflaenoe with the OoTemment. Five years ago there were not one-fbnrth of the number of Roman OathoUe merohants in Peter* borough that there are to-day, but some stimulating inflnenoe has been at work dnoe then, and in a oomparatively short time shop aror shop has been opened out by Roman Oatholios, until now in this so-oalled Protestant town of about 8,000 people there are about forty Roman Oatholio merohants doing business ; and not smaU oon- oems either, but some of the most extensive in town, and out of twenty hoteb thirteen (ineluding the principal ones^ are carried on by Roman Oatholio landbrda. These Roman OaUiolio merohants look out for the best location and the best shops, and make a verv rich and showy display of goods at popular prioes, and are doing a large trade. llie short time in which all this prosjMrity^ has been attained natur- ally excites curiosity, and leads an observine man to enquire what influence has been at work here to affsct such a change, and &e answer aooording to popular belief is not far to seek. The arrival of a Bishop here and the oontemplated erection of a cathedral, Bishop's palace, (etc., have no doubt had their sliare in pushing the Roman Oatholios forward, but would not alone satisfaetorily account for the rapid strides they have, made. But it is said that the Roman Catholic people have been instructed by the Bishop and priests from the altar to deal with each other, and assist each other in every way; and it is ftirther said that the Ainds which are being accumulated for the new catliedral are either loaned to some of their largest merch- ants, or intested in thmr busmess^ and judging firom the fact tiiata number of young men, olerks in town, have suddenly founa means to open out expensive establish' ments, it appears likdy. Now, Mr. Editor, I wish to state moet emphatically that I would never olijeot ta any tut simdy on account of his reUj^n. If a man has the necessaiv qualifica- tions for an bfflee I would be the last man to ask what id his religidn, but when, as now, .we toe £>roed to the conolndon tiliatthe members of one Ohuroh are delibente- Ijr and determinedly bandiqg ifbmiAym together to grasp power, both financially and polhioany, I ask is it not tfme for Protestants to open their eyos to the trut% and by withdr»iring their support and oustoih firom these men who are usina it 'for such a purpose, to show them that they both oan ind will proteet themse^es. I wish, sir, a party eould be organised whoee leaders would deliver us firom this dii- oraeeAil thraldoni bjr Mfnsing to^mit tlManehes under tiie thumb of ixditieat |n-e- latee fiw the purpose of holding mooe by means of the solid B, DUNCAN MoLEOD. Peterborou{^, January 26th, 1884. (Letter No. 6) ^.^.Muncaatert letter. SfSiSnofEegi-t'"- , ,„a tbe BUhop of Peterbotougb of ^im £^ r. ^r - Aw*- • . . .4 . , , of Mr. Dtto- « be giw of hit tetolewnt of«'«tlning«l^ Mr. MoL«)* ' tbfi feeling ^e ^^ithMMiBeu ill knowB how to imber of Bom»n f Mr. MoLeod » oe of Ae luVijeot which pridtf tarn the belt loo»tioM ibioo»We gppaa •* .owe Mr: MoL#od (?) in ba«meM a ihe waulring *• ^ iajuMtion •• ^e ,re%orW^"^^^ ^ the right to 4wt»« «> i?9 ehooldhe «««»rf'*^ lb HiMritlMi U4 «» Mf H iMt .*"*41 ^ kn> monk iM ytm rn U . B^ ite Mr. MOiMd iUMf tM/V^ m^w.MViroAaTtB. f> l i lWwi| » , JtMMf «8tt^ 1884. (I«llirN«.e) Thoe. Kelly's Ii«tt«r. ►or l» i!iiiM«M5 **■**•••» *• iM^- ifiiiitil iS»^t«M5k«ftfMrf^ 'tSyjSSeiftrt'ff' /. #■4-1 10 It may have b«en said, at Mr. SCoLeod asserts it has, tliat Catholics have been in* •tmoted by the bishops and priests to deal with eaoh other and assist eaob other in erery way, bat if so it has only been said by men of Mr. MoLeod's stamp ; the state-;, ment is untrue, manufactured out of whole cloth. As a constant church-goer I beg most emphatically to state that neither from the altar or elsewhere, publicly or prU ▼ately, has Bishop Jamot or the clergy under his control ever said one word to his people as to where they should or should not deal. For my own part the greater part of my trade is a Protestant one, and I rejoice at the fact it goes to show, that Protestants as a body do not endorse thi) views of Mr. MoLeod. I migh^ perhaps also state that as the great majority of Catholic merchants, business and professional men here are Conservatives, and active workers in the Conservative cause, Mr. Mo- Leod's rsmarks can be levelled at no others than them. The statement made by Mr. McLeod that funds accumulated for the building of a new cathedral have been loaned to Catholic businebs men or invested in their business is utterly false. There are no such accumulations. Moneys were collected a few years ago, long before the Bishop came, for the building of a church. These moneys were afterwards used for the boild* ing of a Separate school. Since that time no further moneys have been collected. As I have been one of the latest to open a store here, I naturally take his remarks to myself; but I state that all moneys used in my business are my own. No bishop, priest, or layman has ever contributed one dollar to my business. What I say of myself I believe also to be true of every Catholic merchant in Peterboro*. And now a word regarding the so-oslled Catholic vote. There is no such vote. Catholics vote for either party as their conscience or education die tc. In Eastern and Central Ontario, at all events, the majority of them are Conservatives ; towards the west they are, I believe, to a great extent Reform. Permit me to state , in conclusion, that the illustrious prelate whose character haa been assailed in such a wanton manner cares naught for the wild diatribes of Mn Mo- Leod or any other person to whom his goodness is unknown. Secure in the love and veneration of his nock, doing all things in the spirit of liberality and justice, rejoicing in the good will and esteem of the great body of the enlightened Protestants in his diocese, wishing at all times to cultivate friendly associations with all classes and creeds, he can well aUbrd to disregard the arrows launched from the bow of the weak- minded and the bigoted. Yours, ther in le aUte-:. ^rl beg ly or pri* Ira to bis greater 9W, tbftt J perhapa Ifessional Mr. Mo- pe by Mr. an loaned re are no be Bisbop jtbe build* looted. remarks !7o bisbop, bl say of uob vote, n Eastern towards ^raoter has of Mr. Mo* le love and B, rejoicing ants in bis lasses and ftbeweak- KELLY. terborongh lezard, and ontaloed in ago. It is IS just been deration at should not the oounty referable to r the office, mers. This ) aside with > protested rrow woold nseqnenoes. ■ kbont. He' ras leoared by the sale of the regittrarship to Morrow and his friends. If Mr. Blesard is sincere , in his protestations of regret at Morrow's appointment, and if be feels annoyed at being ignored by Mr. Mowat in this matter, why has he not expressed his opinions on the subject on the floor of the House ? He certainly has had ample time and oppor- tunity during the del>ate on the Address. If he has been humiliated before his oon^ •tituents by his leader, why does he not resent it ? The Reformers of Peterborough have undoubtedly bei>ii trifled with by Mr. Mowat, and it is the duty of their representative to insist on a redress of their grievances^ Why then does Mr. Blezard hesitate? Why does he loudly applaud the utterances of every Government supporter, and vote confidence in the men who have deliberately trampled on him and the people who placed bim where be is ? The reply is obvious. Either he is an arrant coward, lacking the courage to resent an insult, or he was privy to the corrupt sale of the registrarship to Morrow and bis friends. We incline to the opinion that the latter is the fact, and that his recommendation of Ludgate was a mockery and a farce, and not only so, but a gross injustice to the man whom he pre- tended to befriend, as well as an outrageous case of double-dealing with his constitu- ents. (Letter No. 7.) A Reformer of Forty Year's Standing Speaks. (P^Mithed in Montreal Witnett Jany, Itth. I884.) Sib, — Under our system of Government it has heretofore been the rule and, I be- lieve, the invariable practice, that when a vacancy occurs in any of our public offices the representative or representatives from the oounty who are supporters of Uie Government of the day, have the right to recommend a successor, anid such Govern- ment, after deciding upon the fitness of the nominee, act upon that recommendation as the only responsible source from which advice in such a matter can come. In this part of Canada I have never known this rule to be disregarded, and both political parties, in this respect, have got on very smoothly under its working. There baa been a vacancy in the registrarship of the County of Peterborough for over thirteen months. During the last month the deputy has been ill, and quite unable to attend the office, and the duties have been performed by two women. This irresponsible management of the office is very unsatisfactory to the public, but is not chargeable to Mr. Blesard, who represents East Peterborough in the Reform interest, for he long aince made a recommendation, and finding, after considerable delay, no appointment was made, he submitted the name of another gentleman. Either of these would have made a good registrar and both were deserving of any favour the Government bad to bestow. ' People stood amazed that tbeir representative was powerless to get an ap- pointment made, and that his recommendation was utterly disregarded ; but they were not long in discovering the reason. It was found that a Roman Catholic digni- tary had also a nominee in tbe field in the person of Bernard Morrow, commonly called here as Barney. This distinguished prelate, whom the people here were led to believe was a Liberal, turns out to be a thorough despot, for he says in eflbct " appoint Barney and secure the Catholic vote in the by-elections, or refuse and be kicked out," thus holding the whip over our Ontario Government, and this appears to be tbe difficulty. There is intense excitement throughout our county over the matter. Reform organisations have protested against Morrow's appointment. The leading Reformers and the rank and me of the party almost unanimously oppose it. The representa- tive opposes it, and the question is simply this : Shall the dignitaries of any Churoh be allowed to usurp the patronage rightfully belongiqg to any representative of the people? If ft.\ and our Government are going to allow this usurpation to prevail, tbe sooner our friends throughout the country know it the better. If any Bishop or priest can so influence our Government by holding the Catholic whip over them that they are obliged to yield obedience and utterly disregard those whom the people eleok to do oar buuneas, would it not be as well that these clerical gentlemen should rep- .^Jr^..wyiMi^^ 12 VMMit na in ParlfauDMii m w^U m oa» mmI Ibos NUav* m of an aodlMa MMut ^ UmM» and aoxia^ in Um alaotioo of mtNnbani of Fariiaoaot t Tima waa whan «• bad an irraapoMibIa govaraniant> and thia lad to a rabeUkm, but Uuongb tba l^^«^ of Lord Dnrbam'a famona raport all Una ma ebangad. Now oar Oovammant nuuk bava Uia ocmfidanoa of tba AaMUoably, and in Ilka maonar Um> mambar of Parliamank nnst have tba oonfidauoa of tba paopla. Wben aitbar looaa thb oonfldanea thay bata bat ona duty bafbre tbam. to rarign. Tbia U oonatitntional rala and praetiaa, and If Kr. Blasard knowa bis paopla are a?erae to tbis appointmant, aa ha doaa, and if it ia made oontnury to bla ad? toe, aa an bonourabla man, and one who raipaota him> aair, It ia olaarly bis datj to throw hia aaat in tba faoa of tha Govammant. I appaal to tba raadara of tha Wibu»s, who aro a Ihoaghtral honaat, unpniohaaablo alaia, and powarf nl anoagh in avary opened oonatitaency to andat to atamp oat any Oovammeiit that woald yieUI to aaoh diagraoafol taetioa. YoaiOi Ae«, Wanaw. Jan. 9th, 1884. BBFOBMSfi OF FOBTY YBAB8 STANDIMG. (Letter No. 8.) Another Reformer Speaka (i*iiUti*«i t» Sbronto MtM FA. 8th m4,) Sm.<-I have not been a reader of the Peterboro' Bnmiiur dnoe Mr lloirow'a h*- pointment to the Begistnuahip, from the fhot that even before the appdntmMit waa made it waa generally known bare that ICr. Stratton bad beoome ICr. iCorrow'a apolo* giat and defender; bat my attention baa. to-day. been oalled to ita editorial of tte Mth oltk on the aabjaot, wUeh deaerraa pasaing notioe. The .SeaniiiMrsaya :— "The appointmant haa nrooMd oonaideraUe feeUng and die- ooMon amoogit the eleatora of the two ridinga." Thia-ia true; bqt it doaa not tell iia raadara why thia llaeliog ia aroaaed. I shall endeavoar to jj^to aoOMOf the roaMoa. L Beeaaae Mr. Morrow haa been appointed against the eamaat proteata of aaveial Beform wganiaatkms, ag^nat the proteata of the Dommer Beform Aaaooiation-- men who had fUthfaliy and laborioosly aphdd the oaaae of Beform for many loagyeara.and of a towttship-HMDe of two in Eaat Peterboro'— which had '-aen unwavering in ita al. MfitiMa tofiefiMtn prindpleas againattha proteat ofnti .It every BefMrmer in tho two ridings, invading the dhiOrman of tha Baai Bidhtg Beform AssOoiation, and H^t the Hivioe of the Beform Bepraaenlativo tot Bait Potorbmo', who. nntll a late period.insfaited on either one of the Bondnationa he had made fbr the oOoe. 2. Beeause Mr. Morrow isappointments have all been made from the West riding, which, elects an onponent. Duiing Mr. Blezard's term be could not find a gentleman at all fit for a police magistrate nor one fit to be clerk of the County Court, but recomend- ed a nonresident who was totally unfitted for his office and who is the laughing stock of nearly the whole legal profession of Peterboro', on the sole ground that he was a Boman Catholic ; nor could he find a registrar in his own riding, for he ^'acquiesced" in Morrow's appointment, also on the sole ground that te was a Roman Catholic, for he had no other right or qualification. Tiiese are some of the reasons why Reformers are meni. I said Morrow was the nominee of Bishop Jamot, and I como to thin conclusion from the following facts : — Mr. Morrow has "let the cat out of the baj|", for he said to my- self and others that, when presenting the recommendation of hu bishop, Mr. Mowat laid, ''You oome well recommended, Mr. Morrow," and besides, it is known he had Father O'Connell rith him. Mr. Straiten has admitted to myself and others that in a conversation he bad with this same Bishop Jamot his Lordship said, " this appoint- ment is due me." "I have written the priest at Cobourg to do all be can for Ferris," " I have done all I could in West Peterboro' and Muekqka," " I assisted here," and " I worked there." I cannot call to mind the counties, but others can. I have fur- ther evidence from a leading Roman Catholic who came here to urge a change in the Bishop's position. Said the Bishop to him, "I can make no change." " I have pledged mj faith to do all I can for Morrow." This conversation was overheard and can be verified. Besides this, Hon. Mr. Wood hss expressed himself to several par- ties that "Mr. Morrow was not known in this application ; the Bisliop was the tmI- applicant." I have other reasons, which I shall give hereafter. The Examiner says ; *' A man like Mr. Mowat necessarily takes a broad and liberal view of such an appointmen." Yes, broad and liberal I Is it a broad and liberal view that Reformers who were in the harness before Morrow was bom shall be told in effect by Mr. Mowat:—" I have no further need of you;" ''I have found friends by wholesue," and made to stand aside to please the ecclesiasticics of any Church? Is it a broad and liberal view that this office was kept "dangling" before a large num- ber of applioants for over thirteen months? Is it a broad and liberal view that the riding which supports the Government shall have no appointment, and the one which oppoaes it shall have them all, and that East Peterborough Reformers are only fit for license commissioners and magistrates ? Is it a broad and liberal view thai heDce> forth according to the whole tenor of the Exomitur't article, religious belief shall be the qualification for office? or is it a broad and liberal view by Mr. Mowat, whose consent had to be given before this appointment could be- made, to force our repre* sentative into the position of wearing two faces— a Protestant and a Catholic— for tbia ia his present positton ? If this is the kind of flap doodle the Examiner feeds iia readers upon he might aa well oome out squrely as the Peterborough branch of the Jri$k Canadian. The Examiner man says, " In a country like Canada the claims of no party should begnoredon account of religious belief.*' This is true and reaaonable. The con- verfe, however, a sound Reform principal he conveniently forgets to add, and which is; "Nor should religious belief be made a qualification for office." This sound £rinoipal he entirely ignores, for he proceeds at once to argue that "Roman Catholics ftve not received an undue share of provincial patronage." Let me see whether they have or not. Mr. Eraser, the representative of the Roman Catholio party in the Provincial Government, who is supposed to watch their interests, and who does most eflRBctnally perform this duty, said m his Hamilton speech that they had their full rights, according to numbers, in the appointment of provincial offiocrs. Which shall we believe 7 Mr. Fraaer, the representative, or Mr. Stratton u th« ftpolo^t. Mr. Stntton bolstora up his •rgnmentt from the utteranoet of ICr. Boyle, and • qaotofcion from the CooMnrative Caiholict' manifecto. Wbydoea he nok back up his argaments by quoting from some more respeotable authority 7 I will answer :— Because no respeotable paper can be found which would endorse soeb trash. I can prove from their leader's month, and will do so in my next oommuni* cation, that they have, in this respect, more than justice. He proceeds :—" There are six Go?emmenl departments and not one deputy head of a department a Roman Catholic." Indeed I So it appears that when right down home business is meant, they evidently are not over anxious to have any of these chaps too dose to them. What are Af r. Boyle and the JETxamt'iMr about that they don't oorrect this iiu'ustice I Her Miy'esty's Ministers when home ccmforts are to be con* sidered, evidently take a leaf out of the late Sandfield's book, where they find, ** if yon have the men trot them out." Not having the men they cannot be trotted out, or surely Mr. Fraaer would have one as his confidant Again the ^xam£n«r says:— "Id the Educational Department only two are of the Boman Catholic faith." Well, well I What an iinustice ? The JSromiiMr don't know, of course, that the oonstant aim of the bishops and clergy of the Catholic Church for many years has been to cut themielves adrift from our school system, that they have denounced our schools as godless and unfit for the education of their youth, and that as far as was in their power they have sailed in a boat of their own ; yet this miserable Elea is set up— by a professedly Beform journal— that they are not fairly dealt with eoause more of their number are not employed in tbe Education Department I The' Eeaminer might go one step further and complain that no Boman Catholic teacher is employed in our Collegiate Institute. Now, if religious belief is a necessary qualification in a provincial officer— and we must conclude from the whole tenor of the Examiner's article it is the one prime qual> lAsation— what about the unceremonious way Mr. Lndgate was o%st asids ? There is not an offioer in the county of his belief. Why then did aot Mr. Mow At take a "broad and liberal view" of his application, especially when he hid the support of Mr. Bles- •vd ? Because his back was weak, and he had to fall down aad worship. I can recall onlyone partially analogous instance of like pMoeeding, where some tall fa«ting ie desoribed, and wbsre one of the high parties— sitting on a pinacle— it is not reported thai he was a reverend gentleman— is oredited with having said. "AU tbe kingdoms of this world will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me." In the orinnal instanoe the worshiping fiuled to connect, but, anfortunattly, in the provinolal in> tanioe the bill was fiUed to the letter. Then, in theolosiug sentenoe of this most extraordinwy artiole, I find " Liberals " are advised " not to lend themsslves as tools "—tools, if yon please—** whereby their enemies seek to adiieve their own ends." No^ no^ this would never do ; yon must '■learn to labour and to wait," espeoiallv the latter,' in order that the younger Strat* ton may •ooomplish ends as the older did, by riding tiie Protestant hone. Bat whose tool, pray. Is Stratton ? He is the tool of a reverend preeate who cannot eleet him for West Peterboro.' His objeot is altogether too transparent, and he will find himself with a large contraet on hand when he endeavours to allay the feeling he has himself helped to arouse. The fact is the rank and file of the Beform party has been insulted; one insult has been heaped upon another ; they know who is responsible, and who is the apologist for selfish ends, and thejr are determined to settle the bmdneaa at the polls. Yoors, Ao,, ANOTHEB BEFOBtfEB. Peterborough. February, 8t,h 1884. (Letter No. 9.) \ My Last Letter. The Toronto Mail and the Montreal Witneu DeeUntd to Puhlith tki$ Letter. SiB,— I would have written you sooner about this outrageous afiUr, and in answer to Messrs. Mnncaster and Kelly, bat having heard that tiM Boman Catholics held in 16 fuirre a aumber of letters signed by others of their prominent men, whioh they in' tended to publish one by one. I thought it best to give them * ohanoe to fire off all their guns, but as oonsiderable time uks elapsed since Mr. Kelly's letter appeared, I think the others have concluded that discretion is the better part of valour, and wisely retnin from the effkisions allotted to them, (aa I do not for a moment suppose that any of these men wrote his own letter) or else it has at last become pUin to them, what has been patent to every one else from the first that their answers are only ad- ding fuel to the already fiercely burning flame of public 0]^inion and indignation, when their policy should be to keep the matter as quiet as possible. Perhaps, too, Bishop Jamot thinks that Messrs. Munoaster and belly's letters replete with Iklse state, ments, abuse of me and flattery of himself, and backed up by his newspaper organ the Peterborough Examiner, whose editor seems to have constituted hiiDseir the Bishop's apologist and defender, will be sufficient to send the impression abroad that I am everything that is bad and disreputable, and my statements utterly unworthy of belief. Did this matter affect only our own county, I could, sir, safely leave these charges unnoticed, as the people here are so thoroughly informed of the facts of the matter, that no resort to sonrility and personal abuse can draw the wool over their eyes. But as Mr. Mowat's action in this matter, and the scandalous ascendancy which the Boman Caibolie hierarchy have obtained over the leaders of che Reform party a£fects the interests and welfare of the whole Province most vitally. I must in justice to the cause which I have- espoused ask you to pardon me a short reference to myself which I am most reluctantly obliged to make to refute the scurrilous abuse of myself which takes the place of argument in Messrs. Mnncasters and Kelly s letters. I was a member of the Port Hope town of>unoil for ten years, and of the School Board eleven years, was Majror of the town, was managing director of the Port Hope, Lind- say and Beaverton Rulway, also I was for years a member of the County Council of the united Counties of Northumberland and Durham. In the Ontario Lodge of A.F. Je A. Masons, I am an ez-Master and Mark Master, a degree held by few. I am ex • Vioe-Qrand of Otonabee Lodge No. 13. of I.O.O.F. Have been several timet Presi- dent of St Andrew's Society, and am to-day (in 1884) the President of the St Andrew's Society of the town and county of Peterborough. That I have held these positions of responsibility and trust, is I think a sufficient answer to the abuse of Messrs. Mun- oaster and Kelly. When the Hon. Oliyer Mowat was a young lad growing up I was one of his compan- ions, and have ever since till recently felt a pride and warm interest in the upward coarse of his career. When, sir, Mr. Mowat who, before he entered Parliamentary life was a Conservative^ left that party to come over to the Beformers, I believed that he made the change from honeat oonvietions and honoured him the more for doing what he thought right, but what are we to thiqk of him now when he has after so many years jilted ms too confiding Beform friends, not to return to hia first love the Conservative partj, but to throw himself into the arms of the Beform CathoUo party whose leader Is in name Oliver Mowat but in reality Arch-Bishop Lynoh— yes. Arch Kshop Lynch is Premier—and we are governed not from the Parliunent BuUdinf^ bat from the Arohiepisoopal Palaoe. , Is this the boasted progress of the ninteenth century ? MeUiinka it is a prograaa baekward into the nuddle ages to the rule of Priests and Prektaa. Sinee I wrote yoo last the feeling agdnst the appointment of Mr. Morrow haa crown every day more intense aa the people's eyes are being opentftt to the fiaot of rae case. HaB< dreds of Beformers have assured me that they never before realised the extent of Mr. Mowat's suttjectioa to the Boman Catholics, but that they are now oonvinoed that every word omitained in my letters to you is true and, that they will never cast another vote for the Mowat Administration. Sir, I can assure yon that a Mowat candidate could not now be elected, not even by the moat lavish expenditure of money in either the East or the West lUdings of this county, that he would not get one hundred votes in both ridings over and above the Boman Catholic vote. Beform principles are too deeply implanted in the breasts of life-long Reform- ers like myself for us to easily brook the thought of going over to the Conservative party, but we are determined that at the first 6pportnnity our noble party shall be med from the disgraceful qMotade of a weak-kneed Premier conspiring with a designing Priest to keep hinoself in power. If in order to do this it should be necessary for the Beformers to unite with the Conservatives to return an upright and moderate Conservative member who would bind himself to oppose to the ntmost * 16 evarj attempt at oburoh interferenoe in politioal matters. I firmly beliafe suoh a man would be elected by aoolamation. Thomas Blesard, M.P.F., is scorned by all honest men in the comity. That he has acted a deceitful and dishonorable part in pretending to support the oandtdatore of another man while in secret he lent himself to the appointment of Mr. Morrow none can deny. Had he manfully stood by his oandidate and carried out his open declaration, that if Mr. Morrow were appointed he would resign his seat, he woula hsTe had the sympathy and respect of all, and could hare been returned as an Independent by an overwhdming majoritv, if indeed he would hare been opposed at all. Sut as it now turns out that he actually support- ed Mr. Morrow, whatlsbould he resign for ? To tell his constituents that he had deoeived them, had dishonored them, had brought odium on the Reform party, and after confessing his guilt to ask them to show their forgivenness by electing him a«dn as an Independent member— a pretty Independent he would make I jast the kmd to suit Arch-Bishop Lynch I Mr. Eelly (better known as Tom Kelly) has been heretofore looked upon as a hwmless, ^good-natured sort of a fellow, whose intellectual attidnments while, doubt* less 8u£Qoient for the carrying on of his dry goods store, debar him from the slightest suspicions of having penned one line of the letter bearing his signature, the writer of which lacking truth on his side has substituted the lowest Biilinsgate and utter rant for argument and reason. For instance, he says : — " As a constant churchgoer I beg most emphatically to btate that neither from the altar or elsewhere, publicly or privately, has Bishop Jamot or the clergy under his control ever said one word to his people as to where they should or should not deal." Now, sii*, unless Mr. Thomas Kelly is omnipreaent and omniscient, be could sa} nothing of the kind truthfully. The only person who could know ao.minutely all that the Bishop might say *' publicly and privately " is the Bishop himself, but of course he did not write the letter, oh, no ! As to Mr. R. W. Munoaster's letter, I would say that, not being a oandidate for the office of Registrar, I cannot be a disappointed applicant. As to his personid allusions and false statements. I need only say I pity the boy, as he must have, a ta Weekea, signed the letter without a knowledge of its contents. Bishop Jamot's newspaper organ, the Peterborough Examiner, says editorially that it is authorised to deny that he ever uttered a word that could be construed into an appeal to his people not to live on friendly terms with their Protestant fellow-citisens— to not even deal with them. Here again is seen the artful dodger's system of drawing wool over the people's eyes, for I never made the charge denied. My statement was that Boman Catholics were instructed to deal with each other and assist each other. Bishop Jamot and his organ the Examiner take good dare not to deny that Roman Catholic merchants are being helped with church money. As an instance that suoh is the case I give the following eircumstanoe : Not long ago Priest . " dropped a Japer, whieh a passer by picked up, and what should it be but a promissory note for 2,S00 in favor of the Priest, signed by a Boman Catholic merchant in town. As a sample of Mr. Thos. Kelly's veracity, he says. "There is no such vote as the CaihoUe vote,' This statement is enough to stamp the rest of his letter as false. Everyone knows that such a vote does eidst, and that Bishops and Priests take good care at each election to let the party leaders know that there is such a vote, and that they control it. I never knew an election yet when the said vote was not discussed. Mr. E:elly goes on to s«y that the Catholics here vote Conservative. That is not true. They voted for Mr. Bleiard in the East Riding, and the Priests in that Riding worked openly for him ; also the great majority of them voted for the Reform oandidate in the West Riding at tiie last election. I know that Bishop Jamot and his Priests worked actively for Mr. Mowat. J can prove that Priest Conway, the Bishop's curate, went from house to house in this Riding canvassing, and that he held the wom before a dhwatisfied parishioner and commanded him to vote for the Reform oandidate. I myself took an active pwt in the last election, being Chairman of one of the Reform Committees, and so was in a position to know the part taken by Bishop Jamot and his clergy, and how the Roman Catholic vote was expected to go. In a letter published in the* Montreal Witneat supporting Mr. Morrow's appointment over the nam de plume of " A True Liberal," the writer, who is known to be a prominent Roman Catholic, states, " The County of Peterborough has a very large number of Roman Catholic votes, and they have supported to a large extent the present Mowat Administration. In fact in the East Riding Mr. Blesard, M.P.P., ::ml 17 owes both his eleotion ahd hit large miuority to their almoat uoaniniotui Tote, while in the Weafc Ridiog the same Tote hat been thrown into the Liberal ranks." I think no one will deny this ttatement, made by one of Mr. Mowat'a few remaining Mends here, and a prominent Roman Catholio. Sir, the great question now agitatin|| the Protestants of Ontario involves higher and Bishop Jamot at Peterborough, with their able tool Mr. Fraser in the QovemmenL to so tighten their hold on as, that we, that Ontario, shall beoome completely and irretrievably in their power? What I the Protestant Province of Ontario under the heel of the Roman Catholio heirachy ? The thought of it makes my blood run cold, for to what a condition of slavery have they not dragged down the countries in wlUoh they rule supreme. Shame upon you, Oliver Mowat, for dragging us so low— you who have for years been looked up to as a Godfearing and Ghristian politician, to debase yourself by listening to the dishonorable overtures of crafty prelates^ Shame on you, Sir, for bringing odium upon the Protestant Reform electors of the province, who are jeered at by the Conservatives for patting confidence in you. Shame on you, Sir, for selling your name, your administration and your native province to Archbishop Lynch and his clergy, for the Catholic vote, by means of which you hoped to retain power, no, not power, but ojffiee, and by means of which, unfortunately, you have been re> turned, out, thank goodness, by a very narrow majority, wbioh at the very first oppor- tnnity will, I belive, be turned into a minority. O, Sir, why did you not when ap- Sroached by those crafty and unscrupulous prelates think of those noble words of ruce at Bannookburn :— " Wba win be a traitor slave r Wba can flU a ooward's grave T Wba lae base as be a slave f Let blm tarn and flee I Wba for Bootland's Kln« and laws Freedom's sword will strongly draw. Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let blm follow me ! " Had you gone to the country a f^ee man, untrammelled by priestly allianoea, and had been defeated, you would still have been looked up to as a Christian statesman, a man to be honorea and revered— but now, by your doable**, to altar andabragat* Law*, to di*p*n** with aU thing*, Dta with th»pr»e*pti tj Okriit.- 18 "I* not th* King ot Bngland my baad4laT*r' laid 'uttooaBt Vlt "Hath not Ood ■•tm*apflne* or*r all aatloni^" ' iBoolfaoaVm. Id Qngotr n boaatad to tha Ot**k ■mp*nr :— All th* King* of th* w*il nvuwno* th* Pop*, aa a God on aartiia ^^ 16 " KeroOTor, whan ChrM bldd*th n* l*nd without hop* ot gain, do not I, Pop* Martin, giro di*p*n*ation t0rth**am*t What wrOd I iptak of munUr, making Utoh*nomurd«ror homieid* to may thtm that b* tcMommunUated. 17 " WhMMtora, ul b*gan, *o I oonolnd*, oommandlag, daelarinff and pronounMng, to itand upon neutiUy of lalvatlonfor tvtry Auman ereatur* to b« lu^fett torn*." 18 TnM SI, tay* "Ohrlit, appointed the ohnrch a* th* only way to H*aT*n." "By th* doctrine ot tradition, th* priest bceom** the channel otiHviM revelation, and by that of in- herent efieaey in the taeranuntt, the channel* ot IMvine grace ; men are wholly dependent on the prieathood for a knowledge ot the win of Ood, a* the enjoyment of the laivation of Ood." ao • Five Pope*, viz, Innocent III, Hononri* III. Gregory IX. Innocent IX, and Alexander IV., decreed the ex- termination ot heretic*. 21 Gregory IX. lay*.—*' An oath contrary to the utility .At the church 1* not to be obeerved." 32 The anojrollflal ball ot Oragoiy XVL la th* y*ar IMt •ay* :-•< Mb*rty of coudmo*, that *x*embl* and as The ei**d ot Pop* Pio* lY, aspraMly itata* I d*t**tabl* *nor.'' *' th* BIbl* I* not tor tli* P*opl*," who*v*r will b* aav- *d mnit r*noana* It." " Bibl* ■ooMi** ai* tataaie MMtiivano**." U "PopoPloaVII. In hU indignation apaaka ot th* Bibl* SocMy aa a 'eratty davioa, a nalariona aoheBu." as And th* tamon* bull " Unlganitoa " A. D. inai eoB' damn* th* Mopodtion that, "th* raading ot th* *eriptar** I* for *v*fybody,' a*/«lM, ikotking, imploui and bhMphwnoa*." 96 Piou* IX. IB hi* BneyoUoal letter ot MM apaaka of tha Bible study aa " polaonont nadlag." 27 Maoaulaif thtHiitoriamU opinion :— Maeaulay any* : —"It la Impoaiibl* tc d*By that th* poUtjr olte* Ohureh ot Bora*^ i* th* Mry nuut*rpi*«« td Auman wMom, that among th* oontrivane** whioh have b**n d*vl**d tor d*o*lvii^ "fd op p r***lng mankind, it oeeu- piaa tha higfaa** phMe." 96 iiOflM ■adlMoaraaa PontitI, to Btcttaot/rom tk$ Ptn^t aOoeutien, iitUMial jrafeA10A,iM«.-"i««r*liMawaT*aol aadlMt againat tha dvU pridpaHty ot tha Bonaa Poswi. *» bring about ita nitai,aiid aoaompildi th* uaurpatloa ot thIaOity of Roau^ «• A«nm *M*aToaMdby *r*rr m*ana in our jwumt to defend,— meanwlilla through the hidden purpo*** ofPRHidoBo*, th* vloloat t*m'> p**t do** not oaaaa. wliaratofa in th* midat ot thia ▼*ii*rabl* Biaambly, im this day tormally rnreftol* and oondamn all tim baa b**n don* to th* d*tri]ii*Bt ot th* Apo*tolle 8**,aiid at tha Musa tima— w* denand that oU H» righ**, ba tor arer oomplataly guaraatafd. For *v*ry on* know* tha loM ot tha eMl jwiser ot tii* PonHf*. hae al way* bean accwnpanlad by a dimlBUtMa otthAtlihorty. 9B ITanl on iVwMM'fAn*.— Ur. Pahn*s, a very high Romiah authoritar, aaya, *%ll the tempoial enactment* and power* ot th* wnol* world could not cur* thia fault, nor rendar th* Pra*byt*riaiia ot SootUutd a portion ot th* Church ot Christ," 80 IFAat CardmaX Manning etotm* :— Cardinal llaa> ning, in a **rmonpr*ach«d a few year* ago in Kensing- ton, Rnghmd, and *p«aklng In tha Pope'a nMue, aald : — "Tott tall me I ought to submit to the dvU power, that I am a mbject A the King ot Italy ; I *ay. I am liberated from all dvil *ubJ«cuon,that my Lord made me the subjectj^ no one on earth. King or otherwise, that in hit righE I am aovereign, I adtnowledge no dvll superior. " I claim to be the supreme Judge and director ot the consdence* of men ; of the peasant that (IIU the field and the prince that alts on tbe throne ; ot the household that live* In the shade ot privacy and the legislature that makes laws tor klngdomi— I am the sole, last eupreme judge of what U right and wrong," •dMoa ^^•as 'Ssit •J*fMh*fra5 SywfaUantl* ***»> thi «»i.^ "0» th •>«-p«Mtiorsrs2id, Id (a M_ ••ar. «c *'D»Aa»r. r. ""o* "«**lntheMow^,HM<,nn, *"•«■» act 0/1 del 3V>ao >venini and th. 19 M^. d J] 30 kpoMoHe poww mwt b* r«(uUt«d Moordlnf to th* esMNM ; (Ml tlM riIm, th« muncii and Ih* oomU- taMoos, Moclvfld la Iblt klagdom vA bjr lb* OaIHom OhnniiaMl tvar nukin In vicor, and th« llaUM •ppotatwl by our (atbtn muti Nmaln vMhHgad. "Aittele 4. Th« Sovtnlra PonllS bM lb* prlaolpal powsr in (iiiMtiottt o( Mtn, and hit daon* wtaads over all ohnrehM ; bU dacialon howtvor, If not Ir iwi '>kablt until tbe oonMnt of tb« ohunb bM oonflm- •AW* 48 In oppoMtion to tb« kbo? e and m oon- ■tituUng tbe aubataDoe of ultramontanbm and Popary is the followiag aa the tub- stanoe of the Encyolioal and sjllabua of the QSoumenioal Counotl held in Rome in 1869 and 1870:— <' l«t. To tba Pop*'* ruU and law* all tba of tbo world miut bow. "1 nd. All MTMolfat held Ihoir Uuwm, aU pooyto pay thoir aUtfllanoa. on oondlUon thai iMjr bottofo lh« orood of Rmm, and prasUoa Ma wonblp. " Srd. Thora U no rtUflon bat Ibat ol Koum, and ■• othtr iaith to ba hold or allowod. Uborty ol eonadaaaa laprahtbltod, Toloratlon of all othor rallglona la a oruM acalnit loclaty. "4th. All Mvarelgoik who ara Protaitanii, an heratldi ; and baiaay It a otlme tor wtaloh tbajr oogbt to bo depoaad. " 6th» All Iroa tbongbt and (ra* maach on rallgtoa ara criminal, libarty of tba praif, and wonhip an to in ptotdown." Thid ia the oreed, and where it baa th» power, the practice of Home. , IN CONCLUSION The GoTeroment'a oonceaaion of Separate Sohoola to Roman Catholica enabled ite. promoters, for a purpose, Jeauitioally, to aow a aeed, tbe fruit of which has been pro- ductive, of '^Beligioiu bUtemeai." Roman Catholic children are taught in thoae Separate Sohoola, the dogmas of their ChurQhj(a few extracts from which I have al> ready given) Tiz, that the children of their PrOleatant fellow oltiaena are Antichriit and rqjro^te, therefore unsafe to asBOoIate oir meet ^ilh under a common publie ^oolroof. . . . : . ' ' ' ' . In' the light of their own doctrinea, aoeredited by the highest authoritiea, I aak every reader of this pamphlet to carefully and thoughtfully consider tbe enomiooi power usurped by the Hierarchy of tbe Church of RomOi and iia bfluence for good or for evil, on a people who an^ taught from their youth up that iii9 higheii and. AoZiw^ aervice they ban rendiar M iheir Ood, is 46 yield cheerful and ready obediene«i to theirBishopa and Priests. 'f Now, mv fellow oii^sena, and lo/al lovera of our Empire you ate the Popt of Rome ' como^da the first allegiance of the Bishops i^ad Priests, 4Kl they in turn repre- sent ud control the church, and since every good Roman Catholic, like a loyal British soldier, has nf mind or opinion but that of bis superior, consequently tbe Romish Church i|;i'pi«8ent practically oontrdl the Legislature of Ontario, and tbe . Parliament of the Dominion. Patriots, do yon not now see and realise the vital * necesiity for a new party that will truly represent the people and recover from t^ose usurpers tbe direction of onr public afikirs ; , p . f Respectfully yours, # PeterboBOUgb, May 1884. DUNCAN McLEOD. ■f Review Hydraallo P r stis, Feterboroilgli.