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Maps, platas. charts, ate., may iia fllmad at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning In the upper left hand corner, left to right end top to bottom, aa many framee aa required. The following diagrama Illustrate the method: Lea cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmto A dee taux da reduction diff Arents. Lorsque le document est trop grend pour Atre reproduit en un seul cllchA, 11 est filmA A partir da I'angle supArieur gauche, do geuche A droite. et do haut en bas, en prenant la nombre d'imagee nAcessaire. Lea diagrammes suivsnts iilustrant ie mAthode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 9 6 i c ^ r 4)« v^ A BRIEF VIEW OF THK tate 0f % dtat|0lk C|ttrt| , IN UPPER CANADA, SHRWINa TH2 EVIL RBSCLTB OF AN UNDUE PllEDOMINANOE OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN ELEMENT IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF BC0LB8IASTICAL AFFAIRS, AND OF THE ADVI8ABLENESS OF PETITIONING THE SOVEREIOX PONTIFF FOE A MORE JUST PROPORTION OF BISHOP? AND PRTK8T8 FROM THE OLD COUNTRY. BY AN ASSOCIATION OF IRISH GENTLEMEN. TO WHICH IB ADDED THE NOTICES AND LETTERS OP »L )^," "AN IRISHMAN," AND "AN IRISHMAN AND FATHER OF A FAMILY." ^\f^ FIRST EDITION. t TORONTO, DECEMBER 4, 1868. ^Wi^ ^ ^^^'^^^ ( ■ *-^**Cb. f»yf m^ ^ I w m ii> « w Hj wynyi ■ i > ri j / I :i \%{\\ I \t\\i& >Jlo(itfi!D iill to M'^ : ( ,/,u/// 1 HH^wir^i ■* ■'■■1- iTT^iJ ii/^^.i.TflAiityrt/ TUT )n -I/; ■ i -•'■; " : '. : / :4 ' i t I!! 'I ,4; li ,»; !l I 1; > \ I 8ME> F / I M LEC mmt ■»--' •, fij- V 'JV'I,^ Hi « -'•<*!' A BRIEF VIEW OF THK f^^ /n If! I f^f •i) -'• \ tate uf % W|0lit C|ttrt| IN UPPER CANADA, SHEWING THE EVIL RESULTS OF AN UNDUE PREDOMINANCE OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN ELEMENT IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS, AND OF THE ADVI8ABLENES8 OF PETITIONING THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFF FOR A MORE JUST PROPORTION OF BISHOPS AND PRIESTS FROM THE OLD COUNTRY. < ,'f rlh7^ |i BY AN ASSOCIATION OF IRISH (GENTLEMEN. !« i|: Mi )l I A , .fi!|;:..'i TO WHICH IS ADDVt^ I ;l|('i -.'tlti'l "Hf'!-'!?. THE NOTICES AND LETTERS OF LEGION," "AN IRISHMAN," AND "AN IRISHMAN AND FATHER OF A FAMILY." FIRST EDITION. t > "y<> ••" . r,. r»,,',.,.^ I , , , ,.| ,.,;, ,. .-f „, ,,,1..,,. ,, ;,,„,,,,,■:!! '■ f "'TORONTO, DEOEMBEB 4, 1858. ,,,,r "1,4! i I !' • «' • .'4 • ». »' "• t' ;•;'»'*»• ■ * • I • k » • • • • • is,' •. • I , • » ' .r » I ' ■ < . , 1 ■ I . . • • , < ' \ ft til I 7f:-ll / Ml ;i.'l / * H I 10 pld'^ Ml'l^l ill k jji;)4 h\l/i ^ M'^'\ 1 /.I VJIT/hii r:.;,i iHT 1/iiK' ^T-*.')Mln to His trrace, the Archbishop of Quebec, we (Udicate this Pamphlet to His Holiness Pope Pius IX., S<»vcro5gii PontilV. ^ 'K! ' i iN ASSOCIATION OF iRl^Il GEtttEMEX. A nil/. ) tv/ ,' /I ''ti-t.'i >■ ;»:■{( I / 'M i ! (i ;-j '! f the Hritisli Isles in this city and diocese to petition tlie Sovereign Pontiff Pope Pins IX, to recjdl the French clergy. 'riio natives of the Hritisli Isles have been strengthened in their resolu- tions to jierHevere in dotnanding redress from the Sovereign I'ontiff, when they saw the miserable nt;d flimsy defence of Bishop dc Charbonnel's admin- istration, in two pedantic letters sent to the Canadian Freeman, as an answer to all the charges advanctMl in this pamphlet. VVrt, too, for these n-asotis, find ourselves justified to dedicate this little work to His Hi)(iimH Popv. J'iiis JX, Sovereiffu Pontiff'. An Association of Ikihii Okmlkmen. «'J1 ■ i: .' il •( >i- ' INTRODUCTION. !.•, •i . 'Il (( III !' i l|'t We lu-e not ignorant of the evils that may be oocaaioned bjr putting into print anything that tendi to impede, even momentarily, the gbriaus pr«greM of our holy religion in thii Province. Neither are we insensible of our duty to the Pastors that, even now, preside over the Church in Toronto, although we f-ue convinced they have forfeited our esteem, respect and veneration, through a successive series of petty tyranny, uncharitable treatment of our Irish Clergy, incapacity to direct, and, in fine, through the intriguaa and stratagems they have employed to hold their position, in lieu to occupy that high place, supported therein by the fidelity, loyalty, and piety of a generous, religious and noble people, from whose christian hearts emanated all these sublime qualities, inculcated therein by the strict observance of the commandments of the Almighty, and the precepts of our holy moth«r, the Church. .. I,. .,,... il , .. But since these charitable dispositions and Catholic qualities do not, or have not, these hist seven years, animated the Catholic body of this city, or diocese towards the present heterogeneous ecclesiastical system of admin* istration, we will freely treat on all these subjects in this little work. Be- lieving ourselves justified before Ood and man, we expect to render servioa to our holy religien in getting printed certain notices which appeared Uteljr placarded in the environs of the Catholic Churches of this city. Although the»e contain chargeH against one, or two, or even against the entire ecclesiastical administration, yet we find ourselves justified before God in committing them to print and to comment thereon, as they comprehend, in purt, the multifarious complaints that incessantly strike the ears of the |)eaceable Catholic citizens of Toronto and faithful of this diocese, expecting thereby to induce the highest authorities of our holy Church to take into conaidarution the deplorable, divided and unprotected condition of th« [fish Catholics of this portion of the Province, occasioned by the ignorance of the ecclesiastical anthorities of the genius of the faithhil, whom they divide and make hostile to one another, through fear, they would become too powerful for their little capacity to direct, and competency to govern. Thus, in this country, where other denominations are using their united strengtli and all the iniuence of the civil government, to promote their spiritual and temporal ends, we Catholics are helpless, insignificant, with 9ut plan of action. We believe it is one of the leading principlos of our holy religion to unite all the faithful in the.tie> uf frnternul clioaitj. De one, sayn Christ, as I and the Father are on«! — Mat, ch. x., v. 30. We believe we can be morally one in action — in seekincr and retiuiring our politico-religious rights — if we had a competent and efficient clergy, as wo are one in faith and by the participation of the hol^^ Kicroment. But as the prenent eccle siastical authorities have done all they possibly could to deprive us of our clergy, and place over us men vrho cannot natnrnlly speak our Inngnage, (therefore cannot efficiently etpoand the trntlis of our holy religion) oKen to our habits, prejudiceil to our customs, ignorant of the means to acquire oti'r political And religions rights,— yet always dabbling in them, to oar great detriment, as they place ns in hostile opposition' to our fellow cteatnres without reaping any fruit, through their blundering. Blunder- itig we say, not only in our politico-religious affairs, but also in the tem- poral afRiirs of our Church, as will be seen in the sequel of this pamphlet. We' expect our readers will pardon us for any grammatical faults they may find in this work ; we are only the compilers. We hope we will be considered as persons laboring to raise the position of our countrymen in society, by pwxjnring for them and ouiselve«, clergymen who know the stren^h ami weakness of our people, and who can apply medicine accord- ing as their infirmities will demand it. If we will be thus the means of the conversion of some of our people, Avho are now neglected, or at least, whose hearts are not moved to penance by the present foreign clergy, W» will oonsi^r ourselves sufficiently remufierated for our little labors. d^uoilj!/ ./:>■! -i'W *M i.(i,ii ,■ -ILiiu » nfl •-- -.ii..i:,ii . >.!• m 1 ■•<.•.*! '.liirtw tl.t i-<.i.i.\:.. ,;!*■> \., .' t :, ■ .:.;..,, -jii.ii-, .•.!.!,,, •,-.,!:: it! I«.i» vioJ >'i ! M!--f»; •»/... r. t .al .-. ■/ .ifv. i,j;»^;,iiiiii ■ :,;.•;,! - .| ai .l.'.i'f-Un']:n:'t nill ■> ..toi'-iii :■' .m-] ■ ■. mi hur . • l mi.'. ;.;•- kmi ,• !..1J 1. Ml-t ..;; ^l■,^.' V'ln -- ■ mt^ i^M^:' ^u^.■J .(;. .-; / .i-. ^ ,)• ..,,,;, lilui •ii>; •)] i'''-(ji I / .,1,. (, .(.i;...;ji., j...i.' .;,{ •..*: , ,;,,,) , Ot>i l> iui> i 'i/it'j'f • III.; ' •:•<•!. '..I ■•Jiui'. -jiimni'*!' y.j- . ; [,- •. ^ .ji' , i.»il;uti; •»:!'(' ■;.. i ; I.f!'.! ■./!• J Mf i, I,,.' :,|.ni;.lwt/, .:i.i.,./i J' l>t» ;: -qfri'/nn.- •!• "/ 1 All I I. ;iviij .ft-?/ .ii-i.l -..m!.-...- Self govdrnr<~<^nt, a boon for which the natioDR of the earth have always col nded, is as ancient as the patriardud timen. If we take a retrospective view of the world, we will find the im- mediate descendants of Adam highly appreciating the tAme principle. In proportion as we agcend the cuj'rent of time, we perceive this natnral propensity increase, in the different nations. It is not onr intention to investigate, in this pamphlet, the origin of that desire, which has, since the earliest period, animated the members of every tribe and community, to enact and be govemed by their own laws. This may have been occasioned by the ad- vancement of civiliisation ; but wc rather think it emanated from the necessity whicii existed for the more peaceable and weaker portion of society to protect themselves against the ambition and encroachments of their more powerful neighbours, who labour in- cessantly, as by instinct, to crush their more feeble fellow creatures. To give instances of the aggressions of the stronger nations and peoples npon the properties, liberties and customs of the less powerfiii, and of the latter't) self defence, by organizing and lej^islating, we have but to open the history of ancient and modern times, and to recount the wars which the historian has tranHjnitted to us. Thus four hundred and ninety yeiire B. C, we see the powerful Dariv.8, king of Persia, with a formidable army of 110,000 men pouring down impetuously on Attica. This tbrmidable host did not fhtimidate the Athenians. They organised themselves into an army of 10,000 men, and put themselves under the command of Miltiades. On the plains of Marathon they defeated the Persians with a loss of 6,000 men, while they themselves lost only 192. This iH a glorious instance of the chastisements with which God visits thti ambitious, imperious and tyrannical ; as it is of His good- ness, watchfulness and care of the amictcd. This discomfiture of the entire army of Darius, should have served as a lesson to his successora on the Persian throne — that, notwithstanding their powerful land and sea forces, they should not have encroached on the liberties of Greece. But tlie ambition of Xerxes, the son and successor of Darius, hurried him on to pro- ..; •••\ •ii: 8 , ' ;»' secute the war which his father had undertaken, against Greece. Having spent four years in making the necessary preparations, he collected an army, according to Heredotus, exceeding two mil- lions of fighting men. The smaller cities of Greece submitted to the demands of the Persian Monarch ; hut Athens and Sparta took the lead in op- posing him, with their handful of meUi After suffering a defeat on land, and losing their brave leader Leonidas, they concen- trated their forces again, and met the enemy of their count./ on sea, which resulted in the total defeat of the Persian armament, in the Straits of Salamis. ;> v ., >m| In the history ot the Persian invasion of Greece, we find beaatifnlly verified the two principles we have laid down, that ambition leads the powerful to diomineer over the weak — and necessity compels the oppressed, for self protection, to unite themselves in confederation, as the Grecians were by the counsel of Amphictyons and the Achaxian league. ''■ i'^ Union is strength !" As Greece united with its small forces proved, in conquering the vast hosts of Persia. As it is not the purport of the writers of this pamphlet to treat of wars, we will content ourselves with the few remarks we have made in vindication of our principles. Although we know we can trace the causes of all the .^ars of ancient and modem times to the same sources, even that of the unfortunate struggle which reduced our own dear country, Ireland, to & slavish subjection to England. We say slavish, to show that we are not opposed to an honorable union between England and Ireland, or of the Iiish with any other people^ or nation, on equal footing and just terms. But' we protest against the tyranny and abhor the slavery and degradation to which England han i*educed Ireland. In this slavery and degradation we can easily perceive the counterpart of our principles. Union made Greece great, glorious and victorious ; disunion annihilated the bone and strengtii of our country, and disabled it to recover its pristine celebrity. Not that we believe that there is any inherent or innate quality in our people, to disunite them ; but, that the foreign element became so prevalent, and the Albitn tenaciousness so remarkable, that they let themselves be blindly divided and held for so many centuries in abject bondage. By the foreign element we do not understand the English colbnists that established themselves in Ireland in the twelfth century, who are called Anglo-Irish, and who have played a prominent part in it for more than these six hundred years — but those English adventurers who infested that sacred Island aftei* the reign of Queen Elizabeth, uiid have always since jiroved themseiTca tlic causo dftlio disunion nf the Irish. Qst Greece, arations, he g two mil- lands of the lead in op- ng a defeat ley concen- count./ on armament, 0, we find [ down, that weak — and Q, to unite the counsel small iprces Uet to treat rka we have re know we [)dem times iggle which abjection to )posed to an ►f the Irish ig and just slavery aud 1. In this unterpart of I victorious ; ountry, and ; we believe }, to disunite valent, and themselves s in abject erstand the and in the lave played years — but Island after J CO proved Of the first, MacGeoghegan says in his history : '' IRiere was nothing culpable in the enterprise of the first English who landed in Ireland ; they presented themselves there much less as enemies of the nation, than as friends and alies ^f Dermod, king of Leinster* This prince invited them to aid him in the recovery of his kingdom. He rewarded them liberally, and gave them the city of w aterford and a hundred villages. These first con- cessions were reasonable, being a recompense for the valor of their new proprietors ; and had they been content with them, the Irish would have had no ground of complaint. But the success of the first settlers tempted others of the English to a similar en- terprise. " It cannot be asserted that each individual in an armv «vho undertakes the conquest of a country, is noble ; but, doubtless, the majority of those chiefs who led the English colonists into Irelana, were of noble rank. Having settled m certain districts, they became more Irish than the Irish themselves, ipm Hihemis HweniioreaP But this cannot be said of Cromwell and his followers, who made an ordinance for the settling of Ireland, which declared in its first clause, that it was the intention of the English Parliament '' to extirpate the Irish nation.^^ Cromwell himself put the same design into execution by his inhuman massacre of the brave defenders of Drogheda and A^exford. In the year 1653 preparations were made to execute this act, and another ordinance was passed for the satisfaction of his ad- venturers and soldiers. By this decree the forfeited lands throughout Ireland were to be charged with the money advanced by the adventurers, and to be divided among them by lot. Here we see a foreign English element introduced through the whole of Ireland and in conjunction with England, disunited the Irish these last 200 years, and rivetted the chains of the bondage that binds her more and more. Yet, the enemies of Ireland and of the Irish, in this country, as elsewhere, continually assert that the Irish have always been divided amongst themselves, and dis- united in sentiment. We invite these vilifiers of our country and countrymen to take a brief retrospective view of ancient and modern history ; and we assure them they will not find so mudi disunion amongst the Irish, as amongst other nations, taking everything into coni?lderation. " Ireland, at nu early period, was divided into a number of small principalities, each governed by its own king, and the whole subordinate to a superior monarch, who had, rather nominally, the control over their proceedings. lu addition to the chief king of each province, every subordmate prince or head 10 i- ■*,■ of a large district also assumed the title of king, and exercised within his own dominions all the powers of sovereignty. To the right of primogeniture no regard was paid by the msh, Within the circle of tne relations of the reigning princes, all alike were eligible to succeed him ; the monarch himself was not onlv created by election, but even previous to his death a successor was chosen by the same process." From this state of things so badly designed for the preservation of order, we may easily infer that discord frequently prevailed. But we have not undertaken to shew that there was no disunion in Ireland. No ! Wliat we propose to oureelves is to prove to the enemies of our country that tiic dissentions, at least of modern times, were occasioned l>y foreign agency, and that divisions amongst nations were not confined to Ireland alone. For in- stances of this we may have recourse to Greece, which deservedly holds among the various nations of antiquity the most dis- tinguished rank, both for the patriotism, genius and learning of its inhabitants, as well as the high state of perfection to which they carried the arts and sciences. We have already given Greece as a model of strength on ac- count of its union, 'so now we may treat of its weakness occasioned by its disunion — there has always been some similitude between ancient Greece and Ireland — it fonuerly comprised various small independent states, diffcriiia; from each other in the forms of their government, but still united for their mutual defence. All our readers are well versed in the causes of the Pelopo- nesian war, which grew out of the long continued rivalshii) between Athens and Sparta, and for twenty-seven yeare, without much intermission, inflicted the most grievous calamities upon the Grecian States. The fact that Greece was divided into the Republic of Sparta, and that of Athens, proves that she had lon^ previous to the Peloponesian war been divided by intestine strife. What we have said, or what we could say regarding their do- mestic discord and national dissentions, we can relate the same of all other countries having their governments similar to those of Ireland and Greece. Thus we see Britain in " the sixth cen- tury, contending for 150 years, auiainst the Saxons, Jutes and Angles, who eventually establisheti their empire in the island, called the Heptarchy, or seven Saxon kingdoms, which continued for about 200 yeais, and exliibited during that period an almost unbroken sei'ies of dissensions and sanguinary contests. Our modern English should not then upbraid us Irish as a eon tentiouB and disunited people a>id the decendants of dissentiou: ancestors, since theirs' have been much move so. and exercised sntj. To the rish, Within all alike were was not only h a siiccessoi- LB preservation Y prevailed, fas no disunion is to prove to cast of modern that divisions lone. For in- ich deservedly the most dis- nd learninff ol tion to which ;rength on ac- icss occasioned litnde between il varions small I the forms of defence. 3f the Pelopo- lued rivalship yeai-s, without ilamities upon dded into the at she had lonjj: d by intestine •ding their do- elate the sam<' milar to thoso the sixth cen- sus, Jutes and in the island, liich continued riod an almost tests. , Irif»h as a con 8 of dissotjtiftn: 11 To review Britain, previous to the sixtli century, on the principle of exhibiting to the world its diasentions wr-ild be nugatory, as it had been the most of that time a provl ^ of the Romans, or contending with the Picts and Scots ; and t:> famine minutely each reign, trom that of Egbert, who first united the Heptarchy into one kingdom, under the name of England, is too tedious and beyond the limits of this pamphlet ; let it suffice to say, and to our grief, that the impartial reader will find more dissentions in England than in Ireland, (notwithstanding their different forms of government), until 1461, the period at which the sanguinary contest commenced between the nouses of York and Lancaster, by which the crown of England waa 30 years the subject of dispute. "The nation was drenched in all the horrors of civil war, in- volving alike the inmates of the cottage and the castle ; all the social lies of affection seemed rent assunder; often was the father armed against the son, the son against his father, brother against brother, and the nearest friends against each other." Ftom this direful and sanguinary scene we must briefiypass to another not less tragical and disSentious. In 1642 the standard of civil war was unfurled by Charles T. and his parliament ; England again suffered all the horrors of var for five years, when Charles was entirely defeated in the battle of Naseby^ then con- demned by a self-created parliament, as a tyrant, murderer and haitor, and was decapitated on the scaffold before White Hall. Immediately after the death of the king, the House of Commons (Ordered a new (/reat seal to he made, bearing the words " on the I first year of freedom, by God's blessing, restored 1648." The king's statue was thrown down in the Exchange, on the pedestal I was inscribed " exit tyrannus regiim nltimus" — the tyrant is ; gone, the last of the kings. Now we have arrived at the period when the foreign element of Cromwellian manufacture was sown broad cast on the pure soil of Hibernia, whose children were still faithful in their al- legiance to the fallen monarch, and unfurled the royal standard in favor of his son, Charles H., against Cromwell, the Commander-in- chief of the forces of the long parliament, from whom as re- gicides, and from the " harehones parliament," he received the plenitude of his usurped power. Observe how he addressed them (after I'eceiving his bloody mission from the long parliament for eleven years), on dissolving that "august" body: "For shame! ( let you gone ! Give place to honest men I I tell you, yoti are no longer a parliament I Tlie Ijord has done with you !" Before we conclude our remarks on this subject, wo have to say a few words on another and im]>ortant event which will add n l! m. K U much glory to the firmness and stability of the Irish character^as it will prove to a demonstration tlie nnstability, fickleness and dis- sentious spirit of the English. r n.^i! ti ,, From what we have said of Cromwell's expeaition to Ireland, we see plainly the loyalty of the Irish to the crown, and that the foreign element chieAy imported thither by Cromwell, was sown in her peaceable soil, (against the will of her own children, as is evident), and produced since a crgp of strife and dissention a hnndred ibid. Of the other important event of which we are now going to speak, all our readers are well informed — the battle of the Boyne, which took place in 1690, but perhaps not all of its causes ana effects. The dissentions and disloyalties of Jauies II.'s English subjects, made him seek for aid amongst his faithful Irish people to regain his throne, usurped by an alien prince — William of Orange. Hiis shews Irish loyalty to the throne and union amongst a great portion of her people. It is true that Cromwell's foreign element even then divided the people, and alas I since that period, unfortunately for the Irish, they have been divided not only in Ireland, England and Scotland, but in Canada, the United States, and throughout the whole world where divine Pro- vidence has cast their lot. That Catholics would conclude frofn this that the Irish are litigious and cannot agruc with one another is preposterous. It is enough for England, who has cast the seeds of discord in Ireland, to taunt us thus, and seek to degrade us in the estima- tion of the nations of the world, in order to exercise more freely their tyranny upon us. But what surpriseK us is, that Catholics, whether they be English, Scotch, French, German or Italian, American or Canadian, should let themselves bo induced to favor that vile fabrication of the English manufacture of Irish dissen- tions. Especially since the Catholics of each and all ot these countries nave felt tliemselves the weight an4 efiect of this foreign English element, that is ua anti-Catholic spirit, the spirit of discord and of revolution. There ia not a Catholic in the British empire that has not groaned under this element — not a hamlet in I> ranee escaped it — not a town in Italy that has not been infected with its conta- gion — not a German state that does not yet labour under its evil efiects. Those of onr readei>> who desire more information on this sub- ject, we refer thoni to the writings of the Rev. Dr. Caliill. Tliere is anothei* hiijtorical fact which corroborates what we have said, and which wo cannot pass over in silence. It took place even before the time of Ooniwell, or to his sowing of the m tjoeds of discord in Ireland, which goes far to prove the intriguing policy of England, and the inteference of her rulers with other nations, especially Catholic ones, since the anti-catholic element was first formed there. " In 1588 Philip of Spain projected the invasion of England, to avenge Qneon Elizabeth's intenerence with his sul^ects of the Netherlands, who had revolted against his authority. It is said tor this purpose he fitted out the " Jnvineible Aifnada. which consisted of 150 ships, hearing 300() pieces of cannon and 27,000 men." This is the last instance wc will cite in proof ot our thesis, tliat England has been the cause of the national calamities of Ireland, by dividing its inhabitants, in fomenting dissentions amongst tliem — and that this commenced in our country about the same same time we have seen PhiUp of Spain obliged to make war on EngUnd, because its Sovereign interfered and revolutionized his subjects of the Netherlands. We have extracted these facts from history to show to our ^untrymen that dissentions were not confined entirely to Ire- land ; that they Avere common in England, and if we had time and space we could demonstrate that they were equally so in France, in Spain, in Germany and in Italy, not forgettmg modern Graece, where it is said that " in the short space of six years the Sceptre passed through the hands of three successive emperors," occasioned by assassination or revolution. Then we r.liould not let ourselves be stigmatized with the taunt of dissention, when we see other nations naturally more dissentious than our own. Through English calumny it is almost proverbial that we cannot live together in peace, that we want others to direct us. This opinion is common in Canada, even here in Toronto. In refutation of which we will devote the two next parts of this pamphlet ; and we will suggest means to refute the he for the future. '! , •,. , . ' ' ' . ' .': . .• .1.! ''. ! • I I ,■,'•,'! I'l 'i ;;.-. i" 'i'ij ,1' ) 1 > ' i . .'I' ri - 14 i 1 'W .l.iti:!- ,, ! ;.. It'Wi 11 • ■! .'I ■.>(','■ p.; ■■,[ PART II I'" .iu'i,: ;(K i ,1, V/ii . ■' -ji;;! • I.;/ ,•:: .i!i;r ■:■••' i ■ ill l-^i ! t;i -.•; /; Although wc commouced by the word self-goverimioiit w« do not pretend to say that we Irish sliould have a government of our own,for as loyal and faithful Catholic subjects, accustomed to sub- mission to the constituted authorities, we can enjoy and become use- ful members of any lawfully established government. Thus our country men are staunch 8upportei*3 ot the republican form of go- vei'nment in the United States. And our ancestors, as we have shown, were more loyal to the Englisii throne, on several emergent occasions, than the English themselves. We Iiere in Canada have proved ourselves also to he loyal ami faithful »uhjevts. But what we meant by selt-government is, that we, tne Oatho- lics of Upper Canada, composed in general of the natives of the British Isles — the descendants of ancestors famous for their sufferings and heroic virtues, in passing through the Most trying ordeals, and who have transmitted to us the treasure of divine ftiith — would be permitted to direct our own Catholic affairs ; or, in other words, that we would be freed from the in- conveniences occasioned to our spiritual and temporal welfare by being directed by foreign bishops and cleray. Our own lives, and these of our forefathers, their country, the British Isles, and our adopted country. Upper Canada, where the errors of the times are very prevalent, and in spite of which we have all remained faithful to the Holy See, all should be a guarantee of our future perseverance and stedfastness in the faith, and a pledge to the Sovereign Pontiff that he would find men in the British Isles and in Upper Canada, more competent to govern the Church of Upper Canada than natives of France, who are ignorant of the genius of our people, of their customs and their national feelings. It is true. His Holiness may not be yet apprised of me great change that has taken place in this Province. He may think it is yet nearly the same as when the fii-st French Missionaries came to its coasts, to announce the good news, the truths of Christianity, to the aborigines of this country. All honor and glory, veneration and affection, arc due to those men. They have sown the seeds of our holy religion — they have moistened the earth of this Province with their sweat, and iertiliz ed its soil with their blood. But thiiigs are so materially changed here, since that period, that if those holy men were to return tc» , the scene of their great and glorious labors, they would not re- cognize the; localities on which they planted the holy cross — the 15 .'U. t I" ■i'iiy .< . i-[x . ,•::■.•! I i;t us i''i ! •til ••'t'.' rnmoiit w« do jrnment of our stomed to sub- ad become wse- it. Tlius our !an form of go- rs, as we Imvc vevaX emergent ire in Canada I »uhject8. we, the Catho- )f the natives lestors famous g through the us the treasure own Catholic id from the in- QDoral welfare Our own lives, itish Isles, and 3rs of the times e all remained e of our future pledge to the iritish Isles and lurch of Upi)Cr of the genius eelings. of llie great e may think it ssionaries came of Christianity, re due to those on — they hayo sat, and i'ertiliz irially changed re to return to would not re- Loly cross — the % I ©mblom of man's salvation--or the place on which they repused their heads, to refresh their weary liujbs, after preaching the truths of our holy religion to the Indians of Canada. Strange to 8ay,here now is seen a beautiful city with inagniiicent udilices, and gorgeous churches, where, within the meniory of the oldest inhabitant, prowled the beast of prey, or curled the smoke of the wigwam. Here on these banks, where, some forty years since, the red man dried his fish and sunned his r.ets, the Jiuija < f industry now sounds from morning to niglit. The primitive forest is felled, and the land is dotted with colleges and universi- ties — with squares and streets, which, in regularity and elegance, compete with the great cities of Europe. ^ A^nd the sequestered bay, where the Algonquin and the Iroquois fished in their frail canoes, is now whitened with a thousand sail — while its once placid waters are now agitated by the rapid stroke of steam engines, which propel those immense ships, like floating palaces, and navigate our majestic rivers and inland seas. Tlius we see the industrious Englishman, the active and gen- erous Irishman in conjunction with the frugal and laborious Scotchman, taking ])osHession of the rich, fertile and variegated wood-lands lying along the banks of the gigantic river St. Lawrence and the magnificent lake Ontario. We believe, in proportion to their success in felling the trees of the forest and in building cities, their minds have been ex- panded toward the spirit of enterprise ; for at present they arc the nucleus of a great people — great in commercial enterprise and agricultural pursni^^s, and many efforts are made to promote the sciences. The English are more numerous here than the Irisli, the latter are more numerous than the Scotch. The English are rich, well established, holding many high offices in the government ; they arc liberal in their political opinions, and are much more favor- able to Catholics than the Scotch, (thus we distinguish between the English people here and the English rulers at home). The Scotch are industrious and shrewd, and have now acquired a solid footing on Canadian soil, being very clannish, they assist one another, and many of them are in independent circumstances. In the commencement we did not intend to treat of these subjects, but we have since discovered that we could not well iirnve at our own subject without making some few remarks on tho general state of society in Upper Canada. To make our condition more intelligible to our readers, we will make a few remarks on the position we hold in regard to our numbera. To ascertain the number of Catholic inhabitants in Upper 16 (B^ )i'.' iS\i )§M M Cuuada is not easy, but from all that we can gather froui different sources, we believe we are about one-fourth — ^being nigh 200,000. Very few of the English population in Upper Oanada are Cathohcs. There are a considerable number of Scotch Catholics. The number of French Canadians in Upper Canada are supposed to be about 26,000 ; they are in general located at Ottawa City and on the banks of the Ottawa river, (on the borders of Lower Canada), all in the Diocese of Bytown, except some few settlers at the extreme west of Upper Canada. The Irish and Scotch Catholics are far more numerous in Ottawa and in the Diocese of Bytown than the French Canadians. That leaves a Catholic pop- ulation of the British Isles of about 172,000 under five bishops — two from old Fi-ance, one French Canadian, and two of Irish extraction. The Right Rev. Peter Adolphe Pinsonneault, (French Can- adian), Bishop of London, has twenty-seven priests, only five of whom are of tlie British Isles. The Right Rev. John Farrell, Bishop of Hamilton, (of Irish extraction), has twenty-two priests, only six of whom are of the British Isles. Joseph Eugene Bruno Guigues, Bishop of Bytown, (native of old France), hag forty-five priests, only seventeen of whom are of the British Isles. The Right Rev. E. J. Iloran, Bishop of Kingston, (successor to the Ri^t Rev. Bishop Phelan), all his clergy are of the British Isles. jChe P,ight Rev. Bishop de Charbonnel, Toronto, (native of old France), has twenty-five priests, of whom only eleven arc of the British Isles. Tliere are scarcely any French families in the Diocese of Toronto and Hamilton. From what has been said of the Diocese of London, Uamilton, Bytown and Toronto, it will bo seen that there arc one hundred and seventeen jiriests, and out of this number there are only tliirty-nine of the British Isles, (or who can speak the Englisli language intelligibly), the remaining seventy-eight are composed of about seventy French and dght Gennans. Now, when we see seventy Irench and eight German priests and a population of only 26,000 French and about 2,000 Gennans, we may easily perceive the deplorable and abandoned state of those Catholics wno cannot speak but the English lan- guage, when they have no other sources whence they might re- ceive instraction but from those clergymen who cannot speak the English language naturally or intelligibly, especially in thib country where all other denominations use all their efforts to give the greatest eclat to their religious worahip. Again, when wo see a Catholic population of 77,330 in Lower Canada, who are not of French extraction, and having but about ^ s iiit 17 gather from I— being nigh Canada aro tch GatholicB. are supposed tawa City and lers of Lower B few settlers t and Scotch the Diocese of Catholic pop- five bishops 1 two of Irish (French Can- 1, only five of John Farrell, ity-t wo priests, 3seph Engene i France), has le British Isles. , (successor to of the British »ronto, (native mly eleven arc ch families in Ion, Hamilton, one hundred here are only k the Englisli are composed i}«rman priests about 2,000 md abandoned English lan- they might re- cannot speak >ecially in thib heir efforts to ,330 in Lower Lving but about twonty-l'oiir pricHts (on duty), of their own .'''action, we must coniu to tho conclusion that justice is not douij ro cur people in Lower Canada more than in Upjper Canada, but yet we can easily perceive tho impossibilty of their Lordshipe, the 'bishops of Lower Canada, to keep ])riests of the British Isles in the different French Parishes in which the natives of those Isles are located. We ask for nothing but what is just; God forbid we wouldpropose anything but what every honest man must sanction, we then will say to our Froncli (>anadian confreres and fellow Catholics when you are in majority in your Parishes in Lower Canada, you should have your French clergy ; (and let them do all they can for all those of other nations within their Parishes), but if we be in a majority (even in Lower Canada), we should be entitled to have our own clergy, (and tlioy shouM do all they could for the French Canadians). Now, what wo have conceded to our brethren, the Lower Canadians, wo demand it strictly for ourselves here in Upper (vanada: tliat when the natives of the British Isles are in majority wo absolutely want our own country clergy, and we ex- pect they will acqiiit themselves of their holy ministry in the most christian manner towards all other Catholics residing in their Parishes. But if the French Canadians or Germans are in majority wo will voluntarily assist them in procuring their own clergy, and will as willingly submit to their directions as to that of our own clergy. ; i/ We are convinced many objections will be made to this system — such us tliat it will dustroy Catholic spirit or union, as being too exclusive. Wo will auswor these objections by comparing the natives of the British Isles'-* (\\\ Canada), and the French Canadians to the armies of England and France in the Crimea, in separate camps, marehalled by their respective officers, on whom the soldiers looked with veneration and confidence. With respect for their officers, love for their country and submission to their respective sovereigns, they were led against their common enemy ; they met tho formidable hosts of the Czar with a determination to con- (£uer, as eventually they did. What renders this simile more ap- propriate to our present, subject is, that during tlio Crimean cam- paign the allied forces rendered mutual assistance to each other, as wo sec in their final jittack. The French having stormed and taken tho MalakotF,canRf 1o the aid of the English who were driven back from the Redan ; then with the united forces of the two jiations drovo tho RuHfliiiiis before them. 'This aimUe bu boon uird by Hin Rev. ]Sfr. O'Brien in his sermon of St. Patrick's Day, in Montrflfti. u t 18 fn the Crinicau (':iiii|mign woliixl our system of administration literally carried onf— wo see the soldiers of the British Isles dis- ciplined and nmrrtlialled under their own ofiicers ; and those of France in like manner by their own officers — both conducted to the field of battle imdora generalissimo — where they unanimously attacked and con<]iiered the common enemy. Such will be flu- success of the Catholic clergy of the British Isles and of France (in this their rtd(»ptc(l country), in conquering the enemy of manV salvation, if each people' will bo allowed to have their ro:»p.!ctivo officers (the clergy of their own country) to marshal them— Binhops of their own country and extraction as generalissimo to direct them. Thusoui system does not create disunion or dissention : but on the contrary it wonM ewtablish perfect union where there is noth- ing but diso rganiziiiioii, jealousy, bickerings and heart-burning. A union emanating from the promptings cf the heart and the convictions of the soul — not as the forct'd uiiion that is now sought to be maintained between the natives of the British Isles and me French Canadians — an' nspecially between tliem and the cleigy of Old France — whicli s ])arallel «>nly to the imion that exists between England and Ireland. A union which no one, endued, with the least particle of Christianity can recognize as Catholic — tyrany and extortion on the one side, and slavery and blind sub- mission on the other. Now, this sort of union brings ns back to the principle we have laid down in the first part : Tliat the rapacity of the powerful obliges the weak oftentimes to arm themselves in self defence and protectiou (as we have seen in Greece against Persia) or at least to murmur against the cruelty of their oppressors. Tliis has been the case of Catholic Ireland in regard to the English government. It may appear strange and even offensive to many of our read- ers to make a comparison between the Church in Canada and the union between England and Ireland ; but we trust our readers will bear with us a little, and we promise them we will shew the similitude exists in an extraordinary manner, as much as could bo between temporal and spiritual affairs. We find the natives of the British Isles, since they first settled in Montreal, have been placed in a position in which they have always had reason to complain of their ill treatment, by the French. At one time they had no native clergymen ; at another time no churches : but whether the principle existed then as it does now, we cannot say ; but we may suppose it did — that he y would not he permitted to huild their own churches. This is evi- dent from facts that took place lately ; when some Kev. gentle- men collected money to build a church in the Quebec suburbs, 1» tinistration 1 Isles dis- id those of •nductcd to lanimously the British conquering allowed to country) to Ltiaction as on : but on lere is noth- art-burninj;. Bart and tlic now sought sles and tlic I the clergy [1 that exists )ne, endued, as Catholic id blind sub- pie we have le powerful defence and or at least liis has been government. of our read- lada and the our readers t'ill shew the as could be first settled ill they have lent, by the at another then as it I — that hey This is evi- tev. gentle- )ec suburbs, :| but would not be allowed ; and wo know if they wore permitted, they would have built churches for themseves iu Montreal, as well as they have through the continent of America. They have been, however, pretty well relieved lately from the causes of these two complaints : as they have now an excellent body of clergy and two churches partly for their use. But there is another grievance which is now the cause of much trouble, and which will be the source of future dissentions between the natives of the British Isles and the French in Montreal ; as we hnve said they would not be jjermitted to build their own churches — therefore, the clergy of the Seminary built them for them : for this we all should thank them, and for the many other favour^ they have bestowed on our countrymen ; but at the same time, if these gentlemen Mould not give possesion ot these churches to the natives of the British Isles under the direction of the Bishop and their clergy, wlien they could pay all the debts and expenses incurred by building them. What diftereuce between their system and that of the Irish landlords ? None ! ! I All honour to the French clergy for their patronage to our young levites ; but they ought to consider us as the nucleus of a large Catholic family who are going to occupy a large portion of this Province, and should not bo oppressed. They should re- gard us as the pioneers of a people wlioare watching- with anxiety the number of churches wo Duild ; the number of our clergy we will have to serve in them, and the number of colleges we will have for the formation of our youth. ... "When they will see these things with us, they will liook in crowds to us, therefore it is our duty in behalf of this our adopted country, of ouraelves and of our religion, to appropriate all we give for religions purposes to the erection of our ()wn churches, education of our levites ; all which will tend to, the propagation ot our holy religion, and will serve as an inducement to our country people to come more numerously to these Provinces. We caunot see why the Rev. gentlemen of the seminaiy would not be contented to let the natives of the British Isles undertake the payment of the monies which they have expended in building the churches tor them 'i Since the seminary could invest the money otherwise, and this would take away all causes of future disputes, aud give an opportunity to the natives ot the British Isles to exercise their zeal in promoting religion and encouraging emigration. Therefore we humbly advisi; the natives of the British Isles to consult His Lordship their Bishop on the subject ; then to pre- sent themselves before the Rev. Fathers of St. Sulpice — and to humbly demand this request — if once obtained they will soon 20 M Hnd means U> li(^uidate the debto. There ai-e much resom'coe arooiiffst theniMelres, they have a noble claim on the churches of these Frovinc(v>, as tlioyhave ni^enerously contributed to build the whole ot them. Nay, they have given much to buih' churchefl in tho United States. Having once liquidated their debts, they will tli(>ii have resources t«> support their orphans and super- annuated, and to help the emigrant on the way to his destinatioi:. What wc have said of the position of the natives of the British Isles of Montreal can be nearly applied to those of Quebec, but not entirelv, iv^ in Quebec they have built their own churches un- der t-lu* diroctioti of their much (esteemed pastor, the late Rev. Mr. MclVfalion, and with tlio approbation of tlioir Right Kev. Bishop. YVt there iH .some Hort of discontentment, we believe it originntoN h'o II jtMiloiisv on the part of our brethren, the Cana- dians, or fi I ji dosiro to rule M'ith u high hand. Xeither of the!*e tliinijK uni worthy «»f » Catliolic community — we should be glud to see every person iuIvHiico in the way of the Lord and Ilisglory ; wo HliDuld UHver thrtw any obstacle in their way to retard their anner, to rectify the judgments of li resourcoe hnrches of i to build ii to bnil«' tlieir debts, and super- destinfltior.. ' the British Quebec, but [lurches un- e late Rev. Right Rev. 'e believe it . the Cana- d. Neither —we should he Lord and their way to God. ver one an- i m Canada, mur and ex- cnrred ofleu rench Oana- onclnde our r Canada, in I imitate the luLve theii' idiate direc- >f the British according to ce, harmony ida ; but not is is evident )Ctween our isary lor the la, we hope and will not risdom. We reat desire of rs rather too ass the just ndgments of 91 some ot our men in power, that we have undertaken to write thU }tive, biaB or prejudice. No I We nave undertaken it solely i >i ihe purpose of throwing light on the state of Catholicity in this Provnico, and to make public, in an impartial manner, the topic which forms the general subject of discourse, and which is gimwiny the vitals of' mir hof/y relffion h^re. To be candid, we have not the honor to originate the sub- stance oi this pamphlet; the notices which we are going to insert, have been placarded in the environs ot our Churches in this city. We are sorry we cannot find them all, as they would throw more light on the subject than anything we can say. As they have been got up by several persons who have been mitiated in all the uftairs more than we are — they 8u])8cribe themselves ♦' Legion.^' 1, 2, 3 and 4 are lost. We understand the fourth went to show tliat a certain French clergyman, not of the episcopal order, yet something very near it, as far as wo can judge from the offices he performed ; but being a man of very little talents and less judgment, has been often obliged to have recourse to stratagem, to support his dignity. And worse than the lack of these neces- sary qualities, /t would dismiss him for tlic above false charge, and as behip RuHty of It himself. But when these reasons and requests were not attended to llie wrltem of these nutiues, tlion, undertook to prove that tlie wliolc system of ndmtntstrii- tlon was replete with intrigues and dcsception ; we believe they have sufllclently done so, as will \)v laen ft-om the Koque They have brought to liglit ninny thtugB whieh deiervu to be punlHheJ, I 4 28 Girded in the jountry, de- id took care I notice con- bis position luallyin the , 5:-r- L .„ Lce the name he Eev. Mr. ! with reluc- t, and as we of such men, to prove our sntlemen are Q the first to naintain that pple "With the They are not to meet the lay meet the lelves. ft is oldest, most a the present [oved clergy 'i aey? Was it her degree of us love our d? None ot hy intrigue, eir popularity >rinciplo with eded in anni- ide and rule. > will betray t wantiDg in I not knowing •aising an out- ersion of bad 1 our next. — LEGION." »goiis why that French Id dismiss him for tin- nd requentH were not system of admlnlstrii- lly clone so, nil will btf lit' iKinlsheJ. We find that the writers of the above notice complain that thev were necessitated to introduce the name of another Frencli clergyman, who occupied a high place in the Church of Toronto, but tiiey should do so as he j)roved himself the abettor of the intrigues of the Rev. Mr. B ; and as they knew from public report that he was fully initiated in the whole affair, and that he said after investigating it for three days : '* I believe the solicitude which the Rev. Mr. B- exhibited to get the Rev. Mr. M away was rather to conceal his own fault than to save the character of the other," yet he importuned, nay commanded those who were under him to prepare and present an address to hitn whom he considered the guilty person. Thus, with reason, the writei-s of this notice called him the abettor of the intrigues of the Rev. Mr. B- and thus we see one Frenchman will sacrifice the character and person of an Irish clergyman (although innocent), to save the character of another French clergyman (though de CJiarhonneVs party on his return, as he had denounced, in hts ire, the government hefore he left for France. The truth of these assertions can be gathered from what follows. It was then reported in Toronto that his lordship and all the French clergy were Clear-grits, or at least in favor of them, and that George Brown went to get the Bishop's blessing when he was premier. To counteract this, one of the French priests wrote a note to The Leader, which signified the Bishop was not more in favor of the Grits than the Orangemen, From all this we can plainly see that the people in general looked on the Bishop and French clergy as the great movers in favor of Clear- gritism ; but again by the note to The Leader we can perceive that the move was made not so much in favor of the Grits as it Avas to occasion division amongst the Catholics, and as they were then actually divided, and the note left them to fight their battle, some for the Grits and some for the Orangemen. For if the French clergy were sincere in favoring the Grits in the commencement, and if they considered them the best and most upright that could be found, they should not have abandoned them on the day of trial; on the contrary, thc}'^ should have as- sisted them and used their influence to bring all the people with tiiein — but when they did not do so we must come to the conpln- sion that the whole affair was to divide. From wliat we have said of the 5th notice in regard of our clergy, and what is contained in the 6th which we are going to in- sert, it is easy to understand the meaning of these last words of the 5th — " l^hat a Pilate is not wanting in Toronto to pass judg- ment on Irish priests, although not knowing why, and then to wash his hands of the crime, by raising an outcry and asking the faith- ful to pray for the conversion of bad priests, and to send good ones to Toronto.'' The following is a copy of notice No. 6 : — . .' ' " We adverted to public prayers in our last for the convereion of bad priests — we did so, not as sceptics, or with the spirit to im- pugn tlie utility and necessity of prayer, but to show that an ap- peal should not be niado to the faithful for their prayers for the conversion ol" any body of men, until it be publicly known, that that body of lueu bo in need of conversion. If this be true, as we believe it is, we are in duty hound to consider every man lionast (indiipright nnfil. wc he asHdred if the contrary. Now, if i 20 1f •t' every man should enjoy that privilege, fur a more jpoweriul rea- son our priesthood the anointed of the Lord. But it is evident thev did not enjoy it in Toronto and in this diocese ; nor the priests ot tnis diocese in Europe — for all I he imported priests asserted on their arrival here, that they came to evangelise IJpper Canada, as the priests were bad there. The reason then we adverted to pub- lic prayers, is because we believe they were then used as a cloak — and to stigmatize the character of the Irish Priests, in order that they could be driven from this diocese.* We are happy to announce that there are learned and accoiu- f>lished gentlemen who have undertaken to treat the subject nt ength, and to bring to perlection the other subjects which we liave rudely sketched in our rough notices — by putting them all into a pamphlet, in which we understand they will expatiate on the rehgious and political state of affairs here ; and show to de- monstration, that these religious and political divisions and weak- ness of the Catholics are occasioned by the flimsy and weak system of religious administration here. Toronto, Sept. 11, 1858. "LEGION." This is the last of the notices of '• Legion," and it contains as we have remarked, an exposition of tlio system ot praying for the conversion of priests. We are then introduced as persons suitable to accomplish what *• Legion " commenced. We are sorry that " Legion did not continue the work, for certainly those who wrote the notices un- der that title are much more c nlightened than we are. But, how- * This conduBion is pretty severe against any body of men and especially against clergymen : but nevertneless any e who will take the trouble to examine carefuUy the system of tlie French clergy b these last seven or eight years^ and the workini.' of this system, he will find all the intrigues mentioned in these notices to be literally ttue in regard to concocting meanR of defaming and dispatching Irish clergy. Now if we have sufficiently i)roved by these two notices, and our comments thereon, that the French foreign element and cunning have injured much the natives of the British Isles, by depriving them of their clergy and dividing them in carrying out the affairs of their religion, we can equallv as easily prove from what we have said of the letters to The Leader, that they have (lone much harm to us in our political affaurs. This letter of which we have already spoken, was sent by the French Priest who had been the most instrumental in dividing the Catholics, and it wished to show that the Council of Qucl)ec exhorted the clergy to direct the faithful to choose pro])er and fit representatives for their representation in Parliament— but if there were no choice the church should not interfere, and astliere was no choice at that perkid.betwwn an Urangemao and a ('lear (irit, who were the candidates for the Parliamentary honori-, she would not Interfere. Tliis wtis a beautiful dodge of tiic cunning Frenchman to throw the fault on the i-epresentatives and cxhonorato himself from the (trime of divid- ing the {teoplc, and thus making them incapable of choosing representatives f«ir themselves. 'i ■M powerful rea- it is evident nor the prieats Bts aesertecl on )er Canada, na verted to pub- 3d as a cloak — ests, in order id and accoiu- be subject at cts which we tting them all ^i 11 expatiate on 1 show to de- lons and weak- tisy and weak ever, there is another gentleman who has introduced himself since, and who has taken up the subject in a very substantial manner, and has enabled us to enlarge the pamphlet much more than we could do, if we had been left to ourselves. Therefore we will present the excellent notices of the Irish gentlemen to our readers m what we o»U thie third part of this little work, expect- ing the energy, strengh and conviction with which he dilates on the subject, tne minds of our readers will be enlightened to** see the truths of his f^rguments and will act ficcording to their convictions. -' -^vci'j i/Ui->i':i il-jiji// U;' .a'ini'jUiV-! > iy y5fii->.'; ; ..i .t • '■■'•. . 1 < I! ■ I LEGION." .;;i- it contains as ot praying for jcomplish what »ion" did not lie notices un- ,re. But, liow- . especially against ) examine carefully re. and tlie working >ticc8 to be literally ig Irish clerfjry. and our comments d much the natives ig them in carrying I what we have said us in our pulitical y the French Priext I it wished to sliuw to choose proper and here were nu choice t period, between an rlisimentary honor?, ining Frenchman to 1 the