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OF HIS LOHDSIIIP THE BISHOP OF TLOA, 
 
 O X !■; L K C T I O \ S . 
 
 //.M. J,..rr, ofao,an,t;. Gra.e of tJ.e Holy Aro.^^, See. Blsko, .f 
 ^loa,Ad,numtratoroft/,e Diocese nf Qmhee. 
 
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 i.t calJul on feuou to proc,...] ,„ ,uakin,^ new Elections 
 
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 ( \ < 1 \ ettoi t to aj.ply ;i prompt ivuiedy to it. 
 
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 Is the cause ot those evils, whieli we li:ue 
 
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 at present, inul which, hut :i short time sinee, M-ere unknown iunoiu-st us i 
 
 Tlie uTeat cause of all tlie evils tliiif cover the face of the eartli is, as you 
 know IVloved Mrethren, forget fulness of the fear of (rod, and of the duties 
 iniiJed hv Ids Holy I.aw;-ltis also tlie fatal example of perverse men, and 
 the wicked doctrines which they sow in the world. These are the duel causes 
 which, within a few years have made our popular Elections, the occasions ot 
 f>Tave disorders and corruption. 
 
 The means of pivveiitin- a return of those ills at the tortlicomino-Kle<-tions, 
 and at all futmv Klections, is then, Beh.ved P.rethrcu, to appeal to your faith 
 and your relini.)ii; to awaken the fear of the Lord in your hearts; to recall 
 you to vour du;ie> ■ aii.l to warn you against the seduction of the evil examples 
 and the deceitful .lisc-oui-K- of tho.e who, while they pretend to lahour tor your 
 welfare, work in reality hut for your ruin. 
 
 Those men who lintl it their iuteie.t to mislead you and to draw yoii into 
 excess, at the Elections, who have told you a hundred times, that yuu are free 
 and independent Electors; that Reli-ioii has naii-lit to .h) with politics ; that 
 in the free exercise of vour lilicrty and independence as Electors, yon could 
 shake off everv law, and say and do whatever you thought piopi'r to ohtain 
 your ohject, and to procure the trhimph of the Candidate of your cIiokv ; and 
 that to determine this choice, you were l.ound l.y m. other rule than your own 
 good will and pleasure. Alas! several amongst you have listened to these^ 
 discourses, and have allowed themselves to l.e seduced ; and, in the hlindness ot 
 their pride, they forgot G..d; they stilled the cries of constMcnce. and they threw 
 themselves into the abyss. 
 
 AVe now come to you. Beloved P.rethren, as the Pastor of your souls, in the 
 name of the Religion you profess, in the nameof (iod, whose minister we are, to 
 conjure yon to remeniher that in becoming Electors, you have not ceased to be 
 christians ; we come to declare to you, that that independence, of which you are 
 i.rond before men, leaves von at all limes and necessarily in the sovereign 
 dependence of God ; We come to warn you that this liberty, which the Consti- 
 tution guarantees to yon, at your Elections, gives you no right whatever to viol ' i 
 the laws of God ; and finally we come to remind y^.u that Governments •.. -d 
 Peoples arc eternally subject to the sovereign emi>ire of God. who will judge 
 political acts as strictly as all other actions of the life <>\' imm. 
 
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 NNortli..), I..,lu.(i..v,r„„unl tli;,t pivfrn,], luni::,, u ill,,,,,! (;,„1 ; W^e tu 
 
 .la.Jc.ni.l..whotu,.^.t(iu.l intlH. .x.n-isc. of ,l,dr puliti.-al nd.ts, .n.hlo n.,t 
 
 oc<...M,.o I ,s JIoI.v ].au;-\V,H. „. H.o.e nu.! l.v u]h.,u ihi.s ..a.ulal .l.all 
 
 liai.iH.M ;-Ai,.l wnc, likc.wis... |„ vu,i, if vm, allow v.mrsdvo.s to l.e^ kd awav hv 
 
 ^^iicii a scandal. ■ •- 
 
 v.... s... thru, IVluvcd n,vthrcn. that w. an- lar fnan n,nt..ti.,.- tliu liberty 
 and tlK" iMd,.iH.n(K.M,.u Mlu.-l. y.ui cnjuy, as n-ard.. flu. choic.. of v„ur m.ro.cn- 
 tutivo.s,uitlu,r in the Lc-islatiuv, or in your Municipal ( 'ownrils. On thccmtrarv 
 we are prepared to pr.n-lai.n them as loudly a. any oiIkt eiti/en, a,ul to defend 
 thnn M-,th you a^^.i^.t all fnes. We eonoTatulate you ou then,, and we sincerely 
 n;|..H-eatyourj,osMsMonof then.; because this liberty is j^ood and precious; 
 I' .iinoblcs yon ; it o,vcs you a share in the (mvcrnnieut of vourcountrv • and it 
 Jjuaranteesyour rights; it is tor you a so,;rcc of peac. . ^f prosperih", and of 
 liiippiness, it you know Imw ;o use it. ^ ^ ' 
 
 Fi.r from us then be ,hc thou-ht of blan.iu.o. tuis liberty and this indepen- 
 dence, wh.ch yon >ojnM!y clieiish, or to wi>h ihat tl.cv be eurtailed.— What wo 
 "I'r "IV, an<l what we are obli^vd to condemn, is the deplorable abuse which is 
 ina.leolih.,scn-hts: it is ihe criminal exce.M.. into which vnu are drawn in 
 thenanu.otl,berty. as if ou were therein authorial to tread under foot uU 
 laws, human and .bvine; su.^h abuses and excesses cannot fail to draw down on 
 you tlie wi'aili of (',,,(]. 
 
 \Ve<-onjureyouthen, Helosv 1 lirethren, ro reuuMuber, that (^od will one 
 dayjud-eyour Kieetions. that he will .Icnnuul of you a vi^^urons account of the 
 iiitenti.msyou brou-ht to them, and .,f the sutfra-cs von o'ave; and, al^o, of the 
 manner in which ynu Ih Ml conducted yourselves. 
 
 rnderstand uell, that tlu. ri>ht to elect your repre.sentative.s was not ^iven 
 ^^m to act wron^tully, but to do i,ood. The good you propose to do at the 
 Klections. ,s the pubbc good. Therefore your ri^^ht of Klectors, imposes on vou 
 u duty, a duty ot hio-h importance. At the same time that the eonstitntion gives 
 you the liberty oi .-hoosing your representatives, God imposes ou you the obli- 
 gaf.on ot usino- this liberty solely iW the public M'eal, and of givmo- your suftra- 
 ges but to I hose men avIu. are ea].able of procuring it, and wliuaresincer.lv 
 (lis2)o.-ed to do so. ' 
 
 Hence there is .•mother obligation for you ; namelv, to make yourselvec well 
 acquainted with those who come forward as Candidates at Elections, and who 
 solicit your suttrag<.>. AsMircdly you M-oiild be gniltv of a i^Tcat iniprudeiice 
 
l"'lor,. (;,„! an. I iiian. wciv v,,ii in,f t,, lak,- fhi. |,r,.c,-,iili,.ii. ami wiv vmi to ..ivr 
 your pivf.Tcncf to the !ii-l man who piTM'ntu.l liimsrlf with line ' wonls'.n.l 
 M^^snnuic.s, without carin- lor his ,-ai.a<-ity and his ivUmmous and political orin- 
 cipk'.'^. 
 
 ^ Tho |.ul)lic u-(M,d v\ lii,.h alK.vc all things vou should have in view, and 
 \vhicli your rci>ivsc>ntativ(s in the Loyislatuiv. aiv l)ound to procniv. il t!i.- 
 inaiiitcmincc of yoni- Kch>ion and Civil Kiiihts. It is an ossontial .Inty for you 
 to SL'iid to rarlianient, tlioM- men alone, on whom you eau rely i\>v the defence 
 of those two frreat inten'sts. Thus you know as an unfortuiui'te experieiu-e lia.s 
 shown mor." than once, that undn tlii> twofold consi(k'ratioii, you can place no 
 reliance on any nuui, wIk. is not sincerely and tridy pious, and whose pn.l.itv 
 is not proof a<.'ainst every temptation, llence, it is of the '^wntv^^t importance. 
 and even a duty of conscience on your part, to '/ivo yoiir vote, at the Elections! 
 to tlaxse men alone who are entitled to this character. 
 
 You nun- conclmle from this, jJeloved P.rethren, how culpal.le vou would 
 bo, and how j-Teat is the a(M.-(jinit you would one day have to render to (lod. if, 
 l.y forgetting those duties and neglecting the most sacred interests of religion and 
 of your Country, your Avere to act during the Elections tVoni the hase nm] sordid 
 consideration of yi.ur own personal interest, or of that of y-.ur relations and 
 friends, or through caprice, j.arty spirit, and)ition, pride, or hatred and ven- 
 geance ; and if acting under the inriiu'nee of similar motives, which are unworthv 
 of a christian and an honest citizen, you consented to give your vote to nieii 
 unknown to you and unlit for the trust ; to men without honor, without prin- 
 ciples, and without faith. 
 
 Xevertheless, those things have been seen in several of oin- Electoral Divi- 
 sions ; theyAvere nuule known to us, and we have had to deplore tlu-m more 
 than onco ; it is these things that give sorrow to everv ti'ue friend of the 
 Country. 
 
 Men have been fouiul who carried forgetfulness of their dutv and contempt 
 for the public safety even nmch farther .' Shall wo sav it ! () shame ! Yes. 
 there were men base enough to sell their suffrages for 'money ; men who pro- 
 mised their vote to those who ottered them most money; nieii who gave their 
 vote for money; who trafficked their vote for something still more vile,- -to 
 gratify their unfortunate propensity for intoxicating liquors; who gave it 'for a 
 glass of viun or whiskey ;— thus sacrificing for such an object their conscience, 
 their honor and their patriotism. 
 
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 nn.nityu.auni^st their Broilu-on^ T ., v , l <l'^^''>'si..ns, discord a.,d 
 
 <latc, whom wo hoh-cvo wortl v o ^..^ h, 'Z'' ^T"""' ■ I'" '■'''^"■"" '' ' ^^^'"''- 
 1- charge ; it is even cle J :;:'':;,■; J^f;!^ '' *'"''"^'^' ^'"^'""^ 
 'Moreover, that n,e,MVo,dd lune e- , t , T ''^' ' >'=^y, ^'e will add, 
 
 -'--•" i.Kliiferent, when >, I i ."" / '"l'';"?'' ^''^'"'■^^''^•- '^' ^''^7 -ere to 
 themselves with um-i-ht oi i e i '^ '''^' ' '^ ^''^'^^' ^^•^"'^' >'«* "n't. 
 
 tn-.naph of the good laul ^ "'"'^ '^ ^''^'^ ^^'^'''' ^'^^0 to secure the 
 
 posture, deceit, slander, Jun ; i,,|t^;;^:;::^„^^-'" ^^^ )- - -il ; i- 
 
 oarthly reason can pos.ihlv iu^iiy. I ' ' i ," .^;:;^'" ^^V^"-' -'-'' - 
 w.tnessagaiMstthynei.-hl,ou''l>'' "T V, ., , •"" '^''''^^ "ot hear false 
 
 o.he.t::,:t?rtet,f:;;!;;;::;,,:r:;:,,"""^i!r'- -^ ^'--^ --»»- 
 
 of life. C,>„clu,l„ 11,™ .vit , .; I ? °' '''''■'°''""''' "'"" "' °'l'" POri„.l. 
 
 '."do,- ,l,„ ,rc.c,,cc 7 . l\^: ; : ,.' ■°''''™'' ""'.""■■'' -'-"oftosotln,,,.. 
 
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 .^ ) "i uniiuui 0} their passions, earrv 
 
 (1) Exodus XX, 10 
 
 (2) AVisdoin, F, If 
 
 (3) Coniit. VI. 10. 
 
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 tlnMr iinpioty to tho cxfoiit of profatiiiifij tlio Itoly Namo of God hy fal^ eontliH ; 
 who porjuro tluMnsolvcs witlioiit scruple, by (locluriiif,' tliiit tlicy arc (pialificd an 
 Klcctoru; Bwcariii<5 falsely and rashly that they arc owners of proi)eity whicii 
 tli(!y do no!, own, or which they own thron^di a falso and tictitions title 
 only? God hiuiHclf lias declared that he will not leave unpunished those who 
 dare outrage tho tnajcsty of His Adoralde Name (1). Woe, then, to those 
 impious moil : if tliey succeed in avoidiiijr the ]>unisliincnt intlictcd liy the! .Iiistice 
 of tlii.i world, they will most certiiitdy not esciipe Divine iliislice, which awaits 
 thoni at the last <\)\y, wlim they sliiiil receixe llic punishment re-ervcd I'nr tlu'ir 
 crime. 
 
 Such, J]eIov(Ml 'Iritlii'cii. are the inipoiiaiit warning's which our ollicc uf 
 PaiVor makes it our duly td i^vc you, to recall to your atteniion your duties in 
 the. choice of your i'.pi'L'-^"iifiitivc-. in I'arliaiuent, in (U'dcr to caution you a^i^ainst 
 tho sodiK-tioiis of ])crveise doctrine-^ and evil examples, and to luit you on your 
 iruard airainst the daii'iTr.^ of the couiiii!; Klcctioiis. It is in a spirit ofcharitv 
 uiul peace, and with the sinci'iv desire of promoting' your spiritual and lemporal 
 welfare, that we i;ive you t\iv>v wariiiiius. We entertain tho hope that God 
 will i>'rant vou the <!;race to iTceive ihcui with docility and witli a firm resolution 
 to profit hy them. 
 
 But rememlicr, lleloved Jh'ctliicii, tliiit llicso Counsels caiiiujt produce fruits of 
 salvation iinioiiii'st you, and tliiit you cannot profit i)y thi'in, witlnuit the fen r of 
 the Lonl, and without an earne<t desire of eternal snlvation. " The fi'i r of the 
 *' 1 ord, rtuith the Holy (fho>t. is the ben'iuniin; of wisiloin (^2) " He who fears 
 (lod refrains from fin. mid the de.-ire of .-al\ atiou is the princijilo o[' all that is 
 •^luiil and ju.-t. 
 
 Thin, penetrate! y(Uirsilves well with this fear of (rod, and tho sincere desire 
 of savinii; your souls. M'hicli the Son of <J(»d recommend to ns above all thing's. 
 Kear this (Jreat Goil, who liolds your lives in his hands; fear to offend this 
 Sovorei^'ii .fudii-e, who is a witness to all your thou;;'hts, to all your desires, and 
 to all your words ; and who, after he hath killed, hath jiower to cast your soids 
 into hell. (;!) Let this .sentence of the Gospel be deeply engraven in your souls. 
 " For wliat doth it profit a man, if he giiin the whole woi'ld, and lose his own 
 ■■ soul ( f j "' Say to yourselves ; what will it avail me to have triumphed in this 
 
 ■1) Kxo'lus XX. IG. 
 
 (2) I'siilrn 110. 
 
 iH) I.iiki' Xil. r.. 
 
 r») Malt XVI. ::i;. 
 
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 I-oucc a.Hl p..os,..nry in this world, and eton.d lu^^piMess in tho next ^ ' 
 
 Our present Pastoral Letter shall be read and ,.Ml,li.hed at hUAy ina.s in all 
 pi cv 10118 to tlie tune iixed for votuig in tho Conntics. 
 
 o the 1 ),oceso, and the connter-si.^natnre of onr Seeretary, the rhirtv-lirst duv of 
 May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty one ^ ^ 
 
 t ('. F., BISHOP OF TLOA, 
 
 By Ilia Lordship's Command, 
 
 KoMoND Lanokvin. Pricst, 
 
 ^Wretary. 
 
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