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We'mic'e'liiiiTfh'o 'limu'TritiB recognized power, of legirlMiing upon the Cler- gy Itraerrei, upon the niudiariniii^ fio, leek for it* itpcal. — Tliia courac, among other* open to our clioiie, aeenia, under ciUtiiiK circiimrtancei', the inual Jiidicioui<, and proniinca to bo the irni't mecti.*- ful. It muBl be liot'ic in mind llutt »e lui-e Imt uiily to coiilend with diiricultief in our doiiie>iio tirena, but with dialanl and veiy pei'|>lctiiiK bbatructinna in Great Hriiaiii; nfure, iiitheil, none iV)n whiili we all acrce ; llial the right to lefjirlnle iipnn llie mil jerl coiialiltili(iiii;llr, I e- Iuii^ioua; mid nun, tit be ri|;litl'nlly wiililield truni ni. It in poHhiblc, iiioiit imrnitdly, for u^ to Hike Keviral el\ck — or we may clriiiii at once, iih t'reetneii, the tight of free doincnic Ir.jifliiiiiii . It' we pre- tviit btir view a tbt rniilicaliuii, we iictciiiirily proTok« at thii critical junctare, « diicuoiion, II hoatile ditcusaion, upon ourdomettio religioua differences, embraoing tho whole question of ecclesiastical establishments and ondowmenta. It forces upon the Driliah Parliament discussion and adjudication upon afTnits Btrictly local and domestic. If weaak them to think and do for ua, wo surrender our constitutional power, and our discretion into thebarnin— a power and a diacrslion which the people have delegated to UK, and which we have no right to delegate to olliera. But if we ask for our own appropriate power upon high constitutional grounds, we auk fur what they know they ought to give, and what we are entitled to receive. — ir the power should be unaalisfaetorily <' ercinod by ns, the Uritish Parliament are not to blame. They Uhvo don* their duty by an actofconstitutionnl justice, in placing a doinea- lic matter at o«r constitutional disposal. Uut we ought n«t| as a matter of cho'ce, to ask thorn to carry out a policy tliey may disapprove or which might needlessly eiposo them to par- liamentary or other embarrassments, — embar - rarBinonts loo, whiuh must Oiivrala directly againat onraQlvca. — They might, under tbeir pi'opossceaions, say, do your wicked work .''or yourselves. It is one thing to give a man iiiH rightful discretionary powers, for the appli- cation of which you are nut reaponsible ; it is aiiulher thing lu volunteer or consent to carry out for liim just what questionable matters he may choose to require. Now we do not ask lliem to do or eontirin our work, good, bad, or indi fferent ; we o nly say, uul ieoiir l iajid s, and ■^ " we will (lu It lor ouTseives, Again— ''l^ we'SsTt " (or the repeal of the 3 St i Vie. cap. 78, we auk from Karl Derby what Karl Grey has already promised, iustead of asking what may be refus- ed, because it h^s not been before asked ami firuniised. We have made a proposition. It las been subataiitiatly asseuleti t«. Til's right course now is to call fur tho embodiment of thai HKseiit ill tlij promised measure. We sImII, in that case, be entitled to the support of Earl (irer in the House of Lords, and uf his late col- Ivagues who may be in the Uuuse ofCommdis. To retain and deserve their support may insure a victory ; to loso it, by the inislakeii nban- diiiiinent of a rocugniced course, may be cer- tain tlefeal We ask, therefore, fir this net of jitiitire, hecanse Karl (e purpoM of crenting n fund for tho rtiiiiou • iiielruclion of I'le inlMl)ilaiilii of th* PMVlaeCt (till, ili8 queitkxi whether that itrrnngtlMti^ i to he mKinlniiied or altered, is one wi MmI* ■ (lively affectiug the iMopla of Camdn thnt it t iteciaion ought not to he witlidrawn from tlx) Provinciikl LfaislMure, lowhicb it propmij he- ' longa, to rtgulale all mallem concerning th(l (lomedic iiitereals of the Province. It hm i therefore appeared toller MaieMy'a govtrn- ' ment that it would he impe«>ibla for thSm eoii- Aietontly with theprii>cipie»on whiobdM* havt always held that the government of Cwdndi ought to be condiH-tisd, to advise Her Majesty ii refuse to comply with the prayer of the addriiM of the House of Assembly." 9ucl> are the as- surances of Earl Grey, and tbe hiuir to^tilu- lionalprinciplesonwhic)itl>ey»regiven. Weasll for the repeal 6n this further ground, l colonial bills, instead of being ratilWd, weri disallowed ; and that disallowance wash virlutii reference to us of the question ugaln. In 1840 under the administtation of I'. ThonspiMi, af- terwards Lord Sydenham, a bill was passed by the Canadian parliament the people, however justly abortive and dis^asieful it might have proved to the emi. The bill, though void, was a guide to the Brit- isli parliament ; and those who fumisited the gnide, all things being in good faith, could not complain of its being followed. U»der a sin- cere desire to reallce the expressed desires of the country, we shoitld naturally eipeet this opportunity earnestly sought to embody thst eipression in a Driiish act, if British nction in the rase was deemedjustilinble at all. It>OBld iipve stainpt sincerity perhaps, on a profusion of promises through a course of years, always 10 fulfil the pleasure of the Colonisle. This course, however, was avoided. Tlie invalid bill, instead of being converted, by the trans- forming inf?uenee of the British Senate, into a valid law, was formally disallowed. The mo- ment this bill, seemingly consummated in this country by mystc Sous agencies, was disaHowrd, we were restored to the position we aeci.pied before the bill was passed, liad things so re- mained, we might nO'W legishite as freely as ever ; and it might be fairly presumed, till tho contrary appeared, that the disallowance was intended to again transfer the iMItier totlw con- •lit«tl«mil aeiion <>f the colenial ptofiMicnt. — The Juatnesa of this expectation ia twified *7 °— '^"^ .laapalebfa-ailrili (tim loMu, •f «Meh. he voaM tmt to Of Wme. Lord Olenelf, in IGM, adilrtMaa bioMlf tInN t» air P. B. lleMi :- " Vonr predecessor and tire Council agree in the opinion, that it is vam to expect tbe con- currence of the two branches of the local legis- lature in any adjustment of this question, and they therefore invoke the interposition of Par- liament ; which interposition the Assembly, on the other hand, deprecate with equal ear-' sestness. " The chief practical t^uestion, then. whlcJi at present demands consideration, is whether His Majesty should be advised to reciinmend to Parliament the assumption to itself of th| office of deciding on the future appropriation of these lands." From this course His Lordship decidadi/ disaents, and remarks : — " In re.'erriiig the subject to the fntare Cana- dian Legislature, the authors of ihe constitu- tional .Act must be supposed to have contem- plated the crisis at which wa have now arrived — the era of warm and protnictetl debate, which in a firee government may be said to be a ua- cessary precursor to the salllemeni of any great priiieif le of national policy. We muat not have recourae to an extreme remedy, merely • o avoid the embarrassment which is the pre- sent though tcmporaiy result of our own Jeli- berato legislalioc. " I think, therefore, that to withdraw froia the Canadian to the Imperial LegrsUtnre the question respecting Ilka Clergy Kasirves, would be an infringement o.' (bal cardinal prhicipio of colonial government wbicli forbids Phrliamon- tary interferences, except in siibmisiiioa to aa evident and well established necfssiiy. " Without expressing any further opinion M present 3n the general objects of Ihe Dill of last session, I think the ofTocl of llmt Dill would, as it appears, Imvc been to conslhota the Ai- seinbly not merely Ihe arbiters respecting the disposal of the funds to be raised by the sale of these lnndl^ but the active and independent agent* in eOectin; those sales, and thus to in- vest them with the appropriate fancliunsof the exaeuliv* government." Ambi Hia F^ordship remarks : — "Until every proanect of adjusting this dis- pole within theProvinee itself shall have bean dictinctly exhausted, the time for the Interpo- sition oi Palianrent will not liave arrived, unless, indeed, both IJonses shall connur in solieitins that iDlerpoeition ; in which event there would ofoooraebe ait end to the coiwiltutional ol>- jaeliona already noticed." And again :— " I think mraelf bound to aliatain from sd- viaing His Majesty to refer this question im- mediately to Parliament, because the authors of ihe Constitutional Aet have daeUred lliia to be one of those subjects, in rosard towliiohthe initiative ia expressly rm.erved and reeogniaad as falling within tho peculiar province and the special cognisance of the local legisUtwe." The cou.ilry under t beta circuiitstances Imd grounds for entertaining the higbest asMinuicea of their eonatitiilionni safety ; and whan the bill of 1840 was disiiUowed, iIm reference of the subject matter to our own Legislature, seeiiaed the only course censistent with official pledges, too lutmeroM to be forgotten, and too laevad (one fcoped^ to be viubtled, Itui in the face of all thaae official protesthtiona, tite bill of IMQ, Iwving been disallowed, tlte further legislation was retained in {^tvlnnd, and Ihe ira A 4lh Vic. cap. 7S was siibaliluttd — 'he product of » Irananllf nlie aaaumpliwi uf an irrespuBaibla am- ihon'iy. Wa ask for ita repeal, iherefoie, be- cause it iN)cui>-;Hiuicniilly superseded tlie re- ftrenee of Ihe (|ucslii>ii back to the people of Canada. Again, we ask fot the repeal ois tlu» ferthergrotind; that !• Ims by its proviaiena oetihgeo pnblic npiiiion, and even outraged the CmMtAan bill of 19(0. It rivalled it in that polkty uf pensioning churclwa and tlieir iniiMs- lers, ngaiitst wUicli we Imd entered so many so- lemn protests ; and llwse protests Imd beau res- pected and sancliooed by olFicial corijspondanre. — TIte fulluning exlrucl from a despalefc of Ixtrd Sydenlnm, discloses Ihe exist snre of mvs- terions Hgencies in Ihe passage tf our bill of 1840, and candidly tells ilie colonial nMiMstar how m ti r a g a e iialy it eiaiaiwl pabHe aaatiMMit t **l«dH not eeneeai, bow««tr, tim» ftm ioAliiMp that even i» tbia BUI, tkiM | iWmM relglMe pea««iaMMi»iiaainy,MeiyMs- Me ot||eeiio«% faevebaw awl an ai m«t al m4 in tkia ffV'>vtiiee. Vb» amftr year* past the Rt- preseiitaiives of tbe people have uniformly ra- fuaed ,to assent to an appropriation of this Fund for religions purposes at nil, and liave steadily mainlaiiied its didribulion to educational oc Slate purposes ; and ii is only the strong dasSre which is entertained of coming now to a settle- ment whicii ha* led many, who lonnerly advo- cated these opinion* with rucee**, now to with- draw tlieir ppprisition, and to asMtil to thi* meaaare. But I can safely say, that so far aa this Provinee is concerned, Iheir assent can never again be looked for. I entertain no doulit that the c« etwrae of ehowlM undee preference to the teediere of religMtMloagIng to (he eetebiielMd Chnrch of vhie eovntry, H ii lo utterly at verianoe with ilie whoJo coar»e of poMcy wlileh it hae been the ol^oet of ny denpateliei to yowrielf (Sir J. Colbume] to preecribo, that I ca^ut panae to repel it in any fomwl Manner. • • • • Hill Majeety hae itudiotiely abatained from en- dowing literiiry or oihcr corporaiione, wntil he •lioalavbtaln tlie ndTieeortlieUepreeentativee «f tiio Canadian people for hie gaidanee." Indeed I^d Ulcnelg goe* the whole length «f c<)iivly{<()' 'i** (HiMio wieh for th« aecatarication of the Reeerrea. Ho eavt:~ " It ieiulBcient to repeat tJiat tfii MajMty'a Ooveniiaent hare advited lite abaadunment of the Beacrree, for the aimple reaaoa. that after Aneiperiesce of forty yearaUiuy bare bee* found not to anawer tbr eipectatiom entertained at the time the ayetein wae eatabluhed, but have entailed a heavy burden upon the province without prodvcing any correepanding advan- tage." Ill another deapatch of hich (he Bill of 1840 liad been carried, and, aMUi'edly with a dinlinec recullectiuii of the policy tliaC ilad been avowed, and (lie iis««rera(HMia «f aan- oeriiy tiiat had boeii aiaile, the llriliah Gov- ernmeit carried tliroogli rHrliamenl a nieaivro by which the churclwa of Kaglniid and Scot- land, comnriMiigat the tiine about ojia-lhird of the popuUiiuii — were ataigned about lliree- fouiiha of the Clergy liraervei, the remiiiiiing fraction being offered to the diafeiiting cliurcli- «a, or 'heretical chvrchea, or ;he achiamatie churvhea, or by whatever oilier nHine you may chouia tu call ibem, aa iinwortliy of an rquila- ble divition of the apoil. We, therefore, hi4i for the ropral of thia law, r^ doing vioUnee to the acknowledged pubUe ojiinioii uf ilie country, and imbveraive of the good failh pledged by numeroua deapalHiea. We etiil (uilhrr aikrd for iti rr|ieal, brcntiie it i« unconaiiiutional ; aa much so aa oar l>ill of 1840, which waaoii iltat very giound di^iallow- eil — and on that grtfitnil we hopi- they will new disallow their own. — Lvt ue uliince at the offi- cial o|iinian ol Loiil Olvnelg, Lord John Ku(> eel anil the crown officeii. Lnril John RussrII in a deaparcli tfotty which br (Mr. Ki.lph) qudtrd, aflrr adverting to a diffieelty I'tom delay in traneaitiing the bill of 1840, Stiya :— " But had this diCcelty not arisen, Iheie •' vrrrc oihrr inotir<^a rhich would bare ilfrc- " tnatly prvvrntrd the ac^'ipta'iee of tliii mea- "ittte by Her M«jef1y. KrUainent daleiialiil •• to the local legislature the ri>htofcppiO|>iia- *• ling the citigy iricfvrs, and I'le rffrctor the ^ oilT la lo re-transfer this daiy liom the local I, legislature to Parliament, with » particular <4 rrsfiiclioii, f am adwieed by the law officers •f of the Clown that this i« an unconaiiiutional proeeediAg, it ii errtainly uiiuiual and in- convrnient. ' Her Majesty eannet atsume M that Parliament will accent this delegated of. •Jfice," Lord Glenelf was of the same eplnioti, say- hg, that " Paifiamen'isr^ legislation on anjr " saHjret of exclusively internal conCrrn, in " any British colony nossefsing a rrprcsenta- (■ tivb assembly, is as a Krnrral rale, nnconsli- '■ tulinnal. it is a right of which Ihe exeicise is « reservrd for extreme csses,in which nrcrsiiiy <■ at oner erealen and justifies ihe rkception." Thus his Lordship net only stales the nn- coiMtittilionality, bat the reason of ii. The laniuage of these noMe Lords goes the length of dtclaring thai it ia anconatilulional for the British Puiiament (o usurp a Le 'isl^tive pow- er which they have delegated lo a colonial Parliament. The surrender of the power is an estoppel lo a reclaim of it. If uaed in an extreme casf, suScienlly extreme, aa Lord Gltneln ob- tervra, ■< at ence to create ai.d justify ihe ex- erplioo," it would be an act uader ihe law of necessity superseding for the time, the law of the land. It would be aaalotous to the bom- bardment of Copenhagtw and the seiiure of Ihe fleet. When passing events any wbere dethrone the maiesty of the law.tbe law ef nations io- terposss.— This was the dimsy pretext for Napoleon'a late visit to Komr. The case btfure us comprehends the gift of a consli- ttttion, which the giver cannot recal wilhout coosent or a parawioeai necrssily. Ii ia analo- (OHS te the ieco|tnilian of the independence of (he United Statec ; a recognition which could oot be constitalionally cancelird, Ihouifh as- sailable by a' war, dictated by the honor of ihe crowd, and Ihe nrcessilirsof the Empire. I do not quention the Powcaof the Briliib Pdiliament, but Ihe HiGHTto exerciseilinthecase herore us. PoWKR and Riatir, are trrma which are not ty- n«nymo«s. Powesi ex|iressr« ability, ami alike applies to (be good, the bad, or the indifferenl. BicHT expresses ability, b«t circumscribrd by ■Doral bounds. Herod had the Powia to destroy M the male children in hia kinidom, but be had not Ihe Rnht to do it. Howan parents had m absolate Power overthelivea of their children, bu* net the Bight to muidrr them. It mi^ht, and no doubt would, b« declared competent Tor (he Briliih parliamrni to enact that we Cana- dians should, in Ihe lef(i>laturr, and out of it too, only ipeak /'reucA, as Ihe most muMCal lan- gua^te in Ike wwld } M that ir« should ail speak, and keep all pablic records, in Engluh, ae be- longing l« lk« Aachi-Saxoa race ; or that, in IrarniSMtt wa abould all speak XoKn ,■ or tha*. we ihooll M AtvolioaaUceaaieos lie oa our backs, be only lawfblly married by a minister of the Church of Eiiglanil, and in the LegisUtire Council always walk on all-fours, anything in « eolnniil act to the contrary notwithstanding. Asiuredly we shoald think all this very URCoa- stiiuiionalt It would be a violation of those principles of liberty, which it is the uhject and duty of all governments lo maintaio. But if \v« bavo a right lo speak and walk eieet as men, we have a right to walk rrrcl as christians, v iih the harmless rights of christians amonj; our own charchrs, and with our own government ol t^irm. It is a strange doctrine, (hat any cMihly act can liiwrutly prevail against reason and jus- lire, aicainst mankind and against Heavrn.— Cee, wn may be aorry, bnl eaiinot help it. Jiut aiamne further, that tlie amount ao culleeteH at Quebec, «aa ilirccied by lli« Derby artininiatraiion, lo be nt ibe dia- posal of llse Lurda of the Treasury, perhnpa iliree-ruuriha to llie Germana and Africani, and one-fourth lo other aettlera. We ahr>iild lit very urgent and very eloquent agninat it. Ad* muting the lat and its cullertion, we abniild claim Ibe right of applying tlie money ihna raised from u« and of vnryin; the approjiria- lion as «e pleaie. And this is not more re- pulsive than Ihree-lourihs of tl>e Clergy Kc- Hcrvea lo llie Cburcbca of Knglaiid and Scot- land nnd oiie-fuurlh lo (lie other Clmrrliea, and this fond tuo miaed from ita wiilwnl our consent — approprinled without oiirconaeDi and uiKinlained ngainat our coiiaei.!. In like imin- ner, suppose OrenI Britain should raise nn »ii- iinal revenue from thosoil of Canada — from ilic NHJe of gypsum aa a manure ; ur from the n on ore ao nliuiidaiitly di6'used in our country ; or from t!ie copper, enriching llie regions of l^lie Superior ; or from Ihe pigments foond in l.owir I'snada ; — we might auhinit lo tlio iinpuata^^i> timKfnaitiii imponaf inlereai* cot>- nected «ith tiMise mineral proilucliona, but we .should show an ut«er repngnance to any aa- humplion by the Derby administralioi), lo np- proprinte the money raised front us, either lo imperial interests or imperial favuritiain. If yon rainc the money let fu appropriate it in the way we judge right and equitable fium time lo lime. We cannot have forgotten the lime when the whole lochl nnd teirilorial re%'enM raised frum us whs consumed, no one knew how ; nnd in all Attempt* to arrive at its veal amount or to (Vrect its useful appropria- tion, we were held in unconstitutional de- tiance. Now, in the case before na, these Reserves form a part of our national wealth kmi resources. They hare been improved in value l>y the industry of our people and the progres- sive improvement of the country. From these Ueserves a revenue, nn eccUsiastical revenne, is raised, and we aay the revenue so raised, just as much as if railed by a duty, or a tai, or • mere eiaction, ought to be nt the dispos)!)' of the |ieople from whence it is an raised, 'Pio clen-.ent from which the money i« raised does not alter the principle. It might he from turn- piiie gales or from t)i« I'«s' OtBce, insteat' of o II' Ueserves. It is, therefore, not consistent wiih our just conslilutioual espectations, i:t with the dear bought nmiiius ol Uiiiisli policy and ofColoni&l riglits, iImi the luuney from our Ueserves, anymore than from any uihtr source, should be withheld from the power of Ihe local Parliament, or Ihnt we shuuhl l.u fur* bidden to initiate any measure nr In*' alter, vary, or repeal " miy eiisting appropriiiliun in the way most consonant to pnliliu opinion. And what is lite amount thus exacted fiom na for thii lorcrd eteleiiailical beRevoleace ? Kt (Or. R.) did not know. Ifw* wiretorstinute lh» p«»t, present atKi f))itiri>^ it vtmtld amount lo inilliona, varying with tlie praapraiiee value ol Ihe landed estate. Let ui take an o«lim4ln furnished in an "Kcrllent hialory of the R'»erves publiihrit ay Mr. Lindaay :>• Thalnnded ca- pital, and the revenn* arising Iherefioin, am • very year rapi lly intreaiing. When ail the lands are lehl, Ih* capital lund would not he leas than eight millions of dollars ; yi'hlinc an. annual reveaue at six per cent, of <480,(XM)." These amouala are enooKh te endanger, yea, roi'opt every church in iba cauntry. All this Is over and alnt only in point of principle, l>nt in point nf amount and' praclie.ll evil. He (Mr. Rolph), pleased with Ihe rrmaiks finm Ihe hon'lr. nember for Ihe tiouth Killing of York, had not been inat- tentive to his ariumrnt drawn frnm Ihe asser- tion ibat the Keservea were oot our popeity ; and if not our proprrly, the lund now raiieil could not be said to he laio-d upon an o^jrc- tienable ptinoipU'. Mow waiving the gvneral law Ihatvvrrv people di-rive in a new cunntry thrir wealth from its natural leiourcvs, be (iVIr. R) reminded the honble. mrmhrr of the terms vt the eonititaiional act, by which we were empowered to •' alter, vary oi repeal" Ihe clauses relating to the CIrriry U serves.— He (Mr. K.) bad already read lo ihe hnn. member the invitation of Lonl (ilenalg to exercise Ihat powrr to >• abolish the Keservet," and to •' vest " them in the Ciown. By the eonstliu- ti nal act and by all Biitish statesmen this pro- perty hat been recognised as helonxlng to the coontiy and iHsprisable by ita P.H'liament. — This net is further nncnnsiitutional, as strili- iiig at the fuundatiuns of Itrilish liberty, a.t re- corded in '.lie imperishahio memorial of our rislits, in llie petition and bill of rights, and our Maifiin Charta. lly Majjim Cliarta, every Briton is '* pruleeted in the free enjoyment nt' Ilia lite, Ilia lilMity, and l.is property, nnisaa fnrteited by liia peer* or the law of the land." Uy Ihe bill of rights, "tha levying uf muaey fur or to the use ot the Crown, liy pretence of prerugalive, without grant of Parliaineiil, I'ur ivnger liine'Or in other manner than the same is I'r shall l>u gr.tnted, i^ illegal " Uy the iie- lilioii of rights, " no man can l>e conipulleil tu maiie or yield any gift, lonn, henevoluucu, ini, or audi like clutrge, without coiiiinon consent by net of PArliameiil." But our benevuloiicu to iliM churches is Iwstuwed fur ua fr^m unr Keaervoa wiihuut the consent of Fiurliaiueni, iiikI agtiiist the voice of the poupW lilted up U, lioiteal unuiiiinity Hid cunaiitntiuiial ilecisioii. We are, however, coolly told that the duty of our Parliament has lieuii assumed by tlia British PHrliainent, and our future lugialMtion merged in II. Tiila WAS not the consoiit of the peojile nr tliuir Parllanicut, ciifurced by tb< charters of Briiikh liberty. Tiicse cliirlt-r-, wrilteii in the book of nature and in the Word of Uod, every Billon carries with him everywhere in the world; but thestulutesatlargeheleaveebehind. — " Life, liberty and property" — ihoae are roally the rjnalituentsnf what Bl.ickilone calls " natural liberty." Life, which the Creator has bestowed, and perhaps alone can properly lake away. Libirlti, which compreliends Uiu free use of ilie active powers of body and mind. Property, which tliuse nctivo powers acquire as an essential of human happiness. As ilieso gifia come from the same auiiico, they are alike sacred against nn arbitrary diapuaaetsiun ; just as are the liglit and air uf Heaven. A ii ab^idgo J mcht uf these natural ri|{his, la an abrid^menili oftiatnral liberty; and if any abridgmont of these rights can be made without the consonl of the owner, right and liheriy cense, and des- potism begins. In the case tiorore iis, tlio con- sent of Canadians, in which tliey are r'-jpreaent- ed in the Culonial Paili>ini>'iit, in .onpeiaedeil by the will of tlio Briiiali Prtrlianienl, in which they nre not represented, or are niiki'eproiH'iiivd. — The case is only rlrengtiieited by the faitt tlini the Briliah pHiilnnient had soleinnly dtlcs^uiuu the power lu Ihe Culottial Parliament, Tlae 3A4 Vic. is therefore uiicuii»titutioiml,B« it respects the Canadian people, the fi a- t ions of iminral liberty, and the fnith of t. ■ rtiintioiial |u>wers. JllaCkslone says :— "If an luiinlmlil'cd country lie discovered and planted by Knglish aubjocls, all Knglistt lavts then in Ww-i, which are the bitilirlglii nt' i>\»rv miltjcel, iiri immtiiiRltly thar* In fnret. Iliu I Ilia imiM lia uu'lirxtood with veiy imtny Mini v«ry irtHi iwlriciinni. 8ueh eitonisti CArry wiili (li»m anly wi mMeli of tli« Knglivh ,litw n* U ii|)pliMliU to ilicir own (llttmioii, himI ^•liu cuiirtiiiun ufitn iitl'HKr colony ; aiKh, fur .ln»liiiic«, tc lltu geiieritl rule* of inliiri'Mnetaml .<>( (irotMlion frixn iiemoiinl Injiiriei. I'll* Hr- .lIHciiil requir«nieiili mil ilUtinclioin meiilant .dt iliu properly of h g'ciit «nlice hmiI revtnne (audi a— "^.^fto oily «« iirt cnraread by peimltiN,) (he mode '-.t^ inniiilcnniice fi r ll>a enlitblialiiil eltrgy, the ', Jtti ixlicliiin of iplritiml courif, and n mullllude ■ifiiilier provHilunii, Mr* neiiher neMMKry nor ciiiiveiiieut fur tliem, kiul (licrerure are net in , lyrce." Ariiiig upon ili«*« hrniu] and primitive viewa, . the I'uriiant, upon Iwndiiig al I'lyuioulli, titiit off«rail up ilia iiicenia of prniiie and thanlcigiv- . iiig fur ibeir iafe arrival iu the new world, and , lli«n In noleinn i-oiivenduu derliired (liu lawa ,(lini rliuuld Kovern (hum. We may glean . MiinelbiHii IVi>plea«arr, niliad up wiili i.tlitr pecl the mother rouiilry aeliing aaihekiterdeaU juHily and kindly by it; but if ilio colony bei'ijured mid aroiigly itaed by lli« mother country, iltvn III* lie ia bniken, anil llief brroino nlicnaied I'rriin caeliolhvr, hec-anfe, laid theCnrryiKano, colonitU are nol $int oul a$ $ubjtf(i, 6ul atfrte mtn, to Imvr t(|ii> unihsratood by the Urecka, between llio . iiicii'opoiiaaiid liacoloitie*. The coloniea were, in fart, aavereiitn ataica, allaclivd to (he mother couiil ry \iy Ilea of •vnipalliy and coinnioii dea- rent, lo lu(i){ a* ihiwe IvrliiiK* nere foaivrrd by iiuiiuhI ftoiid will, but no farilu'r. Tliu Aihv- iiiniir, it it true, i» lliu lioi(;l>( ul llicir power, , eiMCicd money from ilicir omi eolonira na well «a iKim the coloiiivn ofnther pfople« and pun- . iilK'd aevertfly thoi-e who twerved fninf their nlliaaco, liueli aa Niiina; but (hi* wnt hot in t'Kii'^cqucncH ol any uriginHl ilominiun ao »np- . poacd 10 brloiig to tlie Hiullier roumry over llio euloiiy. \Vliile,llierefiii'«,w«fi'e«lyarkii>iv. .edge iinlliecnahaiidtliat the lliiliKli parlianieiii have .tliepowvr to "Hiaci their pleakuro ; we ilrclnrp, on llie oilier hand, that nil eardily power liaa itn coi aliluliiiiml liinila, and ila iHornI I ouniliriva ; and we tlicrefora, na a people with uplil'leij Uaiula, givo utuianeo to our iinprvcalioni ugaiiMt any iii(erfereiico wiili our reti^inn ; . agniiuit the violntioii of (he ancicn( Itrirali vhnitera, iho liirlhritsht of uaall, by taking ihu properly of ilic public and of liiilitnlnala, wilhott( llie conaunt of ihi'ir parllHincn', and nnkiiig it (lioii- coercive gift or bin- evoience to any fmorcil rhurchea. Wo therefore aeek the repeal of lliia IW- liah Ad, liarHuae Kiirl (irey hai ufliciiilly pledgtd il. We aak lor it bucHUku tlio vidy colonial billa which wero preaeiited lo the crown fur iti aaaeni were dianllowed.— We ark for it becanan it wna mil U'fi to ■ lint Canadian pa.-lianioi.t in which, rc- furding to the noble atcretarita i.l llio Culnniiil Drparinieiit, the initiavion of aurh a inea»nto could alone lie conai it til iunally (akeii ; we aak il becauie the Ilritihh Art wax at vnriance, nnrj ulficially known (o bea( varhinee with llie well underatvod, and often ctireaaed nialica of the people ; we aak it< repci ucnuae it wna paaa- ' ed in direct cuntradiclioii .o the oftirial declar- ations and aolemn naaiirant<» of aeveral colonial aecretariei: ; we aak it becauae the act wa* an- conalitulional, and iOiteclaredby the Itvowrd ' (>riuciplet of l.ord Gletielg, Lord dulin Kuaaell, and tlio crown offlcera ; we aak it heeauBS no law can l>e jiiaiiliL-d or tulcraled which ia illegi- iiuiaie in il«uri((in, and unaoundin ilaconilitii- ' Hull,, and-iiidt/cnaible hi ita «iittced*'iila. Uut W I la nnt annnith Is argg fur Iti raiiMl on theie rouiida. The mninenloua quealionarlaea irre- la(ably In (he mind, ought we to remain w||li ureoiia»i(ullnn mutilated and emharraiaed V inght we to leave* Iranaatlantio power tu le- ({iaiate upon auhjecia, which are to uc, of-pam- inoiint Importanoe? are we to allow I hem to lake the Initiative upon any future oetailon «f alleged eipedlaney, and deal out with an it,- i-erimnnlnua hand a new eoeleaiaatlcal syatem Oi' *tal« eluireh poller ? Can Orcat Itrltaln ad- viaedly,oraa Lord Qlcneig would aay,eo. 'In- linnally be left In the poaaeaaionand eiercite of audi » power y Theaearo polnlt upon which ho Mr.U.)wnuld offer a lew paraing observationa. 'he hon. moniber for Kent takei the lead in ailvoealinxailiaregard nfourconilllnlional poii. tian, and in urging u* to paai a hill to be eon- flrmed hy the IMiiah P.irliamenl. In Ihe enurie of Ihe deb^ilrf he waa aiked what ha wimhl do, il the Biidih Parli^iinent refuia il to pi(aled ami eren tlammtr- eil Kill Ilia Anal and heroie reiolution, lo go anil aKliaie ICnfland, Ireland and Scotland, and en- lial Ihe illatenlera etpecially, lo coerce the Bii- (l>h Pailiamen( lo paaa a law to make hia hill and hia iclidnna vicwi the !«w. The political heioiam of the hon. inembrr exriled at Ihn time a niirih, which wnuM, peihapa, have ae4rcrly been exeuaabU ung!< tnil cnniuience hia agitnlion— anil, Sir, he i^ away a« Uat or l.ii'rr than he (Mr, Rolphi hail pUeed him there — at hia eery lint meeting, ■ convenril by hit well iliiliiliuled adveitiie- mrnla, he wrulil have no hearrr<, hot pli-nly ol obaeivera, to hint Ihe prudence of hi^ nol ohiiudinx himaelf Iroin C<k, >■ hae thia jrene- lOiiaQuixoKe romc fioin Canada lo agitate ui out of the pw) meat el Unman Catholic tylhet i» Prntetiant chorchea?" aitd by thia time thu liiah uraiifmeo would be at hi* beelt, with '•Hth i i W fi ni i tiH ii iim iw il i a ii i, u U >l!ig X-!!la! •criVei the channel— and Ihe hon. inenther h in England ! The police keep h (iiapirious eye upon all hia ercenliic moi«- niniti ; Ihe hi|(h church parly and Catdinnl \Vi>em«Q are all alive at the visit of the vreat Ctnadian aK'l'tlur, rfml pl.iiil Ihoins throughout lii« patriotic path ; and talking Ilia promised re- late in the dlttenter.<, they wjuld tell him pUinl|r that *' only enjoying toleration them- ai-lvea, they are not in a position to inlrifrre briween the Urili«h and Canadian Pailiaineri, which Canadian PiilMmeiil haailtoAn pow- er*, iliownredreij — go,pulyourownahoulde(alo llie tvlierl," l'Ule alleiwaldn. lo agitite Ihe peo- ple ol (jteal Britain and IrelajiU to enforce i" llielr Parliament the pasMUg of a liill with re- luiiMls provisions upon which di'Cord niher th.ihcniirufd must prevail, is indeed. Quixotic. Uut all EiiiiUnd, lr> land and iicolland will les- pond lo our appeal for the retlotation of our liKhllul coiialilBlinnal power ; instead of titinic di>euiled by conflicting leiitrious viewx, they will be united in Ihe recognition of the iu(tiie>s of our apiwal, and adjedge at onr tights, in lb« lantsiage of Eail Giey,— language woilhy ol a Biilith nobleman, a lontliUitioHiil slatesinan, and a patiiotic tninialer,— languaxe which he, (Mr. Kolph) had already read tu tbu House, and nould not livin eroiiouiy of tiuie read again, \ioithy aa it was of b«- ii>i; ollrn rend and caieiulty Ireasured tip.— What Kiaund have «u to sucpo^e that such .t ■yrtem of egilaliun, or any kind of agitation, iroeld kiiug.tht; BntiaU PaJitment, or tiiiii'h ntlion, lo htrmonii* Ihrir rcclmiMllcal *irWl wilhouri ? Wilhoul ilitr»>|>rcl lo Utrat BriUin w« may appral lo tht hisloiy ol Iht pad, lo htlar ttillmony lo Iht i)anrHa throw and dtsolaliuii, and to dri'i, with d«t- peration,aiuffering populalkin by thontiMxi* upon thousands^ at fugiiivet, io our tliorM. From whattvtrquarltr of the world the fogi* lives may come, he (Mr. Rotph) joined in giv- ing Ihem a hearty welcome, hat Canada b« tmplmtically the tmigranl't home. Lot ua combine to make it worthy of tht choicest na- tions. I four fellow eitixeiia of the world art unhappy at lionit, b«rq let ut prepare for them n country abounding with all the alemcnta for their redtmplion. If idk>, we can givt llitm abundance of remuneratlv* work, in Ihe pur- auita of agricultorr, or the gigantio improve- meiita of a free and enterprising people. If they hunger, wt have a anperHbundnnre of food and ways to earn it. If ihey thirai, we open to them rivcra unaurpatie 1 in magnilieeart, and unrivalled in purity. If they want the earth lo till and luxuriate opon, the Quoen opeiit to them her wide domain. If they aapire to poli- tical righta, we oOei' 'htm a liberty, which we desire to preserve pu.o and ample, and which we are now alout to enlarge. If thvy pause and chill at tlio prospect of expatriation, (who can wonder at It ?) wt cheer ihem with a people embracing the i^ationt of the earth. Hal this ia not all. Thia, ahme, is not enough. There it anothtr recett of the heart to be reach- ed. There is aiiothvr wound of eontintntal heitrtt to be htaled. In almost »\ery purtiuii of the old world, we find Ihe most rearfal reli- gious aniinosiiies and awful pertecutions. Froni these acenea the people fly. They leave rt- gioiia everywhere planted with the willow, ami shrouded wiih mental dnrkness. Cutting a«- undtr the tita of country, of friends, nnd rela- tiiinii, and doing viulence to all ihe endearing aeaociationi of life, they fly from rtligioua det- poliini with its frightful rvaulta, ami i«ek an asylum here in the new world. Kat us, how- ever, aee that it ia »eio, that it U nut an ex- change of the religiu>ia paternity of Austria for that of :i'n Juhii I'akingtun. As they are rdli- giuusly aggrieved, wc must display to them a community where all CliriatiHiit are free and equal, or, God granting it, t!inll be ao ; a liuiil where the flucliinling discretion ufa political miniater iliall not be a aubsiltuie for the mere* I7 worta deapotitm of Europe ; where lh« ex- change ahall nut be merely in degvtt, but in kind; where neither the eccl«tiaaiit.iil empir- iciam of Downing Street, nor the uturpationa nfeven our own legialnture ahall invade the Theocracy of the Christinn Km|iire. He hail traiitiently spoken of the mischiefa froiii Irfiiaitlian on religious tflaiia in England and freUnd and Europe. It may not b.> amits fer ua to cast a gUnee on the btief hitlory of our otvn Canada, ind allude lo Iht impelled evils under which we hart Uhoreit, Imported from homt i«re have been f. how- •I- ria for r«ti icin a and IniNl liliMt mcr«* bnl (n mplf- HlionK the lie i rroni id stiU in far f nar ifviU it from in Bi- iltaut t ih't I Ofli of ni- It w«» nrt wUhoal ( prplrietcd olrugglt Ihit • ni*iorll)r nl tkf country, d«ii(nii(t(t ni (liiKoUil, could *riiiiily hold * cliutcit, or • buriil ground, or iHndiottt ill priotful nceapanejr by living wor- (hipprtii or by th* iihoi of ihi doid, 0«r«c- elMimiied ludory, howover, hii bocn furniih >d by ovantf loo r<'Cfnl to noed itoapituUlion lo nvif a o«r raetllactlona, awdkan our oautlon, or •nforca our duly. Wt h*** had itiaggUa hara, Thay would ba hardar aliugglea in London. — Tha ban. memlMr for Kant bid ballar atiy it bom*. •< Ttiilion wilhnut our conaant " ii, and rvtr will b« an axciling lopia) It ia vul- Satly called, "the irgurrentum ad pockalum," ul In all »fti and in all countrira, eaeiy pao- pla bate bran exquiiilaly alifa to thtaa rigbia of eonaciAner, to I boat lafrgiiatdi to indepandaot failb, and to thoao laeuriliei. whalhcr direct or iniliiaci, bearing upon man'i eternal relitioni, without which, ai a teligione and immortal be- inc, ha becomea liihle to rcligioua ileapaliam or ■pliitual alaeaty. Tha control of oor rrligioui ayatam, admitting it to be conlinlled st all, ia Ut »ora important than the control of our mo" natary ayatrm. A nation enlightened by know, ledgj, human and diTine, eter muat be, and oweta are enfrebled, upon whirh hia exaltation depanda, ha breainn feaifally en- dangered. Ha muat than aither aubnit lo grope in Ike darkniaa or Unguidi in the degeneracy of the State ; or, if all the noble nowera within heava agiiintt the direful ineuhui, ha niuit wade for relief through the blood, the carnage, and tha reenlulion#, which hate ineoleed all fiurnpe in the pait, and which are impending nter ila lulure dealiny, and hope for ie(ener4- tion. Thif, it will ba aaid, ia not exactly our imlllical or relixiuua condition. We nay well rejoice at \', Uul it ia th« veiy degree of light ufld knowledge and Ireeilom we poa«fM, uhich «n to reg.ird with concern, fhat element of etil, which we now ilriiie to he awepi away. We inunt not limply regard the amount, the niimbor or teeming magnitude of a conatituiional iliiat'ilily ; bat we muat re- gard the principle violated, the lecuiity that (itinciple afiirdi, and tho otili lo which ita nbalraetion may giro hiith. Without our wont. «d precaution acalnit lire, a apark deipiied hii kindled a deaolating Itime. It ia the exiin- guiihmeni of the ipaik, which gieea Ihe leru- rity. — Humpdeii could well afford lo pay the S0«. damaaded ; but had ho and olheti p'tid what waa demanded, at the time demanded, and upon tke prlncipto dcmandid, they would have •Men •Uo* ; and that aUeery miiht haee ilri- cendad lo U'. And wliateeer a political caaul*- try may aay, to aooth the prenent and beguile the future, ha (Mr, Rolj.h) wAa not prepared to aay what niighl not be the rrligioua comlitioa of tbiaor aome erming generation, if thii piece of leaven i« allowed to work, ami if our Iriii- lalion upon iheae religinua quealiooa ia to be •narged in the di»tanl, abaorking, chancing and aoconiiollabla tranaatlantic power. They only •tk, lo be lure, for t little aupremaey in a imall cUia of «ai teldiiy «n>l iitHlela « «b«l« p«io|')ii with k oonililiilioiMl oclipM. Na«*r mh «f« do to, (ill w« liitvt fully nnd frtiily wlwl iim«v ; lull hxpiiily with unce««in|| cffiirlii undvr n po- litical via inediuKtrii OMtuiie, to iitlHiii a nound, a perfect and liaHllhlol •late. Such h Legitla- ture ia, like «n individual, ever wllh an eye upon Iho defect, I'lurtilled by ita eiintence, ehagrinod by ila notoriety, and humhleij hy humiliating compariaona. There in in infant nationa, aa in infaiil iiidlvidua|j>, an aapiratiun to manhood. Thia unea- eaaineaa under rtalraint arlaea and incioaaci under thoae cnn.'>ra nhich devoliipe inttlliueiue iii'.d power. And it ia thia very ataie, wifli it* advancing inviguraliun and cnnarioui'ni'ta of power, which liiixllea tliiil apiril of prel individuala iind nalioiia. Urrat Itritiiin rHiinol liut ii'C that wo are tlint rapidly gniwin;) ni all tlie eleinentaof MalionnI atreliglh, Mndlhvrd'orr, seek from linr a correxpnodlng conee»«i»n iif national atirihulra. Aa ciiildrcti we wi'nt to cluircli wi'h our parent* ; aa men we dermnine our own religioua fail h and catablirh nur own I'ccloir.alical relationa. Moat aaaurcdiy lireat Uritain, became alie iacicat, will nut iih|(ct Ij it, L'HnndiHiia, aa children, at lirnt crept, nod ws crept villi Ihtni. liut in ilie prugiui'ii of our growth, wc became ahla to walk, iind in limelurini. Knibulilcned hy the rapid ncipd* silion ofphyaieal atrenglh and yoiillit'ul cntc-r- piinc, wo began tochmh—lii cljnih, often, in i| venlurcaome way, till n few I'ailHret, a fuw luiiibliR, inure iia to ctettion, give ua liuny- nncy under iliKappointmeiit and eiperience I'ur uury reiicwcil alicmpl. Wo liave left our nld faahinncd canuea and Duiliain bonta, and Ixaat uf»iiii<* and atrandioati lint would, on ihe whole, bcMrconipnriann to tliurcon the Tlwiiiiea, lliQ Shannon or the Clvde. Impatient ninung ihe axpiianla to the civilixalion ami im|ireo|>lc whoae Ci'mmercu Ik wiiriliy I lie coii^i- dcraliiin of mighiy nalinnn. Ao't »" ih'W tw i.rfiw. ..~ii.~<«>r>^W-m'-*ettmhg far and win liver I Ilia grvii'. coniinent oureleclriti niCM>ngrt ; imd tve hope br i> MilnnHiine laleiirHph hnon lu hold cmiveiau wi:li our irammtlnnlic IriemU, ^Vl■ liceHinc of auDiriciii K^t tociiler'lic Cliry>- tal I'iIhcc, ami conapienoiia nniong I lie pro'lnc- linnii of nil ilie citilincil nationa nl' llie eiirth, were ihc Canadian oliihiiiona iu the wide nuihl'i' fair, and our milile fiitMid itanda liero lo-niglil, who carried in wheat, fur nur i.'(>lu- ninl uinpiru lliu coluniiil piiie. All those happy icalilie* from the etentriil paat nnd brilhnnt expeilaliona of iliu lulnie, wo are happy lo Kurinoiint willi (ireat iiriliiin'a Crown, lint aurcly lliia \ery condition bcpenka lire roiiii|- detiiiiiiii due liio consiitiihnn of the country — lliHt it nhiiiild not lie piiitiilly fettered or igno' miiiiuu'ly i educed — iliat we hhonid nut haw itli>lraeted from ns ilio ri^lit of (ulely jmluing <>t our relij^lous fnilli nnd eeeleslaiilieiil rvlalinnii — Ihn! while wcnrc empowered lo di."po«eof lliu wild l.'Mida genernlly, we aIiiiII nut hu inlcr- ilictcd ill tlie nppriipuHliuii of that piirtinu of iliein wliieli are reai-rveii for crclesiaKlieal uio'h — ll ia desirniilu tliat tliii concensiun flioiilil e>- lend ill the mo.'-t unremrieieil aeiiiit', to all one local allJiim. in debaio in Ihe Itriiidi Coin- iHonii, Sir .). I'nkiii::ton declared iliiil liia rtuliea were ainiieliinca ofiric'ielniiixj, llu nii^lit, llierefore, very prnperly rclieio liimnelf of all iHir ccelehijiHlieiil nnd oilier local iilT.iirii. Kveii nlluwiiig tiint thuro aru aoinu larger ohjcelit vihihlo ill till] dialiince, hy Dwwiiin^ Sireet, tlieru lire williMi evHiy icmuie provincu innum orable iiiHltura rcgiiliiiiiii; llio niinnlu nltiiiilies in Kocial rcligitiua rilHiimm, uiiieii no ili>tniit eye ran n-u. A poliiieiil U'lcrurcopu can beap- plied only to ohjecla near I and ill home. I'lie ueiilrHl grin iliiCioii of Downing i^trevt is not ■•hid to eonirul thoae mora miniiie and liill«' laate ehan^te whleh more prnuerly apperialit to a local piiliiioal ehemialry. The otniral pow- er may hold In aynteniio niiioii the iinmeiinm olemenf* of the general empire, and k*ip lliem within their appolnlad areaa, nnd within ih« Irmila of their canalitulinnal nrhiia ; but that ctniral power would he unavHilingly expemUit upon tbeauhlllly of molecular action, upon the Hdjualinenl ol thoae cluetive attractioiii, which varioualy predo.ninate In difTerent pane of the wiileapruad whole. Let KnglHinl glory in tli« aucceaafol dircetlon of her miglity energlea In mainlnining the inlegi-itr ol Ilia Kmpire, while each inttgral part ia allowed lo be the theatre fur Ihe diapUy of ila own inliiiiaie and Mp|>rn- prialo powera, l.ut ua, if any one doex, attend lo nur own reaervoa, to our own chureliea and their vital comliliun, aa alTected faviiumbly orotherwiaa by the nionioa raiaed from ui and diitribuiod among them.— I'< thut ieeklny the reitor'-ir own ; that we may grow hkt thrm, not only in pnpulalion, (inm t>rrre anil wealth, hut aNn in r xe |ialiil Col aiirihutra which rentier thrm prc-vminent rflKiiiiK tlie aalinne nf Ihe earth. We appeal In liiahaieu, that they may irmemher Ilia ilaya nf their infancy, when Ihey cnuld originate nu hill, take the inilialive in nn meaaure which had nnt einanairil from Ihe ciown anu rereiveil il» lanc. lion ; w'len Ihey were pUceil in their Keneral |e- gi-Ulinn, aa we are in the Clerg\ Ki-irrte qnei. liftn, with aiiower merely tn arcrptorrrjeel auch I'ilN a* iright he prn|ioe'il nr mO'liRi'il hy the Kii. ti>li KnverninrnI, Aalhey hav<- fromlheirpro«i. iiiily liernine rnKraflril inin the I'arent f^ilia- iiienl, auriiy Ih-y will Kenrrnuily aiil ii> al a ihaiaiicr tn maiilain our inle«iity, exalt our uie. rulneaa and mature our powrii, Wn appeal lo Scnlcliiiien, thai Ihey may tememher ih» l,'>rila ul Ihe A'liclea, appointeil kv Ihe Crown, auil hnliliiii Ihe pnivet of leally Lt^itlaling lor ina iSciili-h I'ahainrnl ; tliat Ih'y may ti-inemtier thi-ir «u'iorilinal* position at a pen|i|e Irum the ahMliiinii nl their lirriheit fo cnnalltalianal cauiei hy no le*t an- thorily than Lord John llnoetl; who,— not m a caanal ur ereii paili.im'niary apaech, l-iil m a eiiol anil ileliiier.itp aildrea* to hi) elector., iliiect* their allentinn, even ai an e.«a>npl<-, lo Ihe happy anil enviaiile cnnililionnl picureaaife Cmaila; anil emphalicilty afrilaei il loth* wiailnin and aldUty with which Cimilttutinnal iforernint'iit hai heen eariieil out nmtnt at — But let ua not foiget that we have nnt to lioasl ol lliis achirveinenl meti-ly hy nunelves; eer- txinl) nut with'xil iharing the honor anil ylnrv wiih niiH ol the u'lst ilislin/uisn'-il (Sni«ing wisil'im and saicceis ihe jcejilre of free |i p, lewarda il, lie siip|ioi|pd Ihe T.dciit and Irulii-letiing aUdiii:! in their haiidva *. -^■((ft^-r ;',V,.<,' t- 0m.. 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