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L. » MICIIDEACON OF TORiC KlNGSTOxV, t . t. PRIKTfD AT THE UPPER CAWADA IlERAtP OFFICE. 1830. • m. % .*• » V .--■'*'• i»in. ■' •■ 1 LETTER, &c. 10 THE HONORABLE AND VENERABLE JOHN STRACHAN. O. D. r>. I.. D. ARCIIDBAOOM OF YORK. Honorable and Venerable Sir, The Upper Canada Herald of the 9th instant containing a Let- ter addressed oy you to the Rev'd. John Lee, D. D. &c., was recently put into my hands. Had your labours been confined to the vindication of your own reputation, that publication might have been comtemptu- )usly overlooked, and hko the rest of your literary productions su£fered to sink into oblivion. (Sec note A.) I find however that under pretext of defending your own, you have employed the press aii an engine to slander iny character among that of others. As silence might be construed into a conviction of the insinuations made against me in that document, by the publication of which you have outraged every principle of chanty and christian feeling, I am compelled to come thus forward, and repel them. Your friends. Sir, will have reason to lament having advised you " to reply to the Convener of a Committee appointed hy so distinguished and venerable a body as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland',"— r\nd I feel confident that if, before the publication of that Letter, you had submitted it to the consideration of those friends, the Community would have been spared the painful reflections, w^hich must naturally arise upon perusal of such wanton invectives. Had the communication in question been the eflTusion of moments of delirium and passion, caused by some sudden and aggravated provoca- tion, still the author would be subject to the censure which attaches to the propagators of unfounded calumnies. What then can be thought of the man, who could for months together brood over imaginary wrongs, and with slow mali^ity contemplate schemes of revenge'? Conceding for a moment that you had received some ju^t cause of of- fence, was it consistent with the spirit of religion, let me ask, in you (instead of repressing) to cherish, rankling in your bosom, feelings of resentment, until rage po\ired them forth with acrimonious virulence in the shape of a false and malicious libell Malice and a thirst for revenge are in general only kindled in the breasts of men by the infliction of injuries ; while detraction or the desire to undervalue the reputation of others are generated solely by a spirit of rivalship in some common pursuit, against the more fortunate com- ?>etitor: dispositions sinful and criminal even under such circumstances. Jut the heart which can conceive such dispositions, without the incen- tives which give them birth., must be actuated by the blackest and most odious of all the passions which degrade the character of man 4 I'u you, Sir, I have |!;iv{n iio|)rovoc'ulu>ii lur tljr. Ciiluaihitsf* whicl vour subtluty, sharpened by malignity, Jias cntleavourod to invent <• pri'iudico njo. 'I'riio, I had thohononrol" hoinj; employed by the Petitioners oftht <;iiuroh of iScolland, in Die CanadaH, tu advance their claims to a shan vi the Clergy Reserves. — Repardin}; their cause as lounded in Law, Justice and true policy 1 readily consented to become their advocate from a desire tt> render service (as far as >vas in my power) to so many of my fullow subjects. With a mind unbiassed by party feclinf? on the sul)jcct, and without •.•eekin}; any other rcAvard than the approbation of my constituents and all unprejudiced persons,! resolved to prosecute the causecntrustedtomi- (which you are pleased to term a bad one) zealously, but upon liberal principles, and by fairand honourable means, without courtingthc favor or dreading the frowns of the Archdeacon of York or ^ny other prominent personage. — I had hoped, that 1 had acquitted myself of the task imposed upon mo in a way, at least to have shielded mc from the reproach ol having wilfully misstated facts, Avith the design of deceiving or preju dicing the interest of any other class of peisons. My constituents havebeen pleased to express their approbation of th< manner in which I conducted their case. I used my humble exertions )ring about the result which has probably disappointed your hopes. -this " is the head and front ofmij 10 and may defeat some of your projects offhnding." You conmicnce your attack against me in the following words " Mr. (Jrant, a Barrister, uot particularly prominent in hi» profession, residing; at Montreal, was enjployed by the Petitioners of the Church of Scotland ill the Canadas to advance their claims to a share of the Clergy Reserves. In that character, he was examined by the Committee of the Uouse ol t'ommons. — What he stated on the subject is therefore worth as much a> the speech of an Advocate generally is who is paid for defending a uad CAUSE." I must preface my comments upon the foregoin* passage by ex pressing my thanks for the extremely liberal and well intended compli ment paid in the last paragraph, to the Honorable profession to which I belong. The estimation in which I am held in my profession, you must con- loss, has no bearing whatever upon the subject of your Letter. Why then attempt to disparage me, by that insidious, and snceiing al liisionl I will answer for you,"Venerable Sir. From the very lauda- ]do and truly christian motive of wounding my feelings and lessening me in the estimation of others, an event by which you had nothing to liain, tliough you had the weakness to imagine, that it could bebrouglit about by tlic irresistable weight of random opinions and unmerited ob- loquy circulated by so prominent a dignitary,of Church and State as John Strachan D. 1). L.L. D. Archdeacon of York and a Member of the Le ^islativo and Executive Councils of Upper Canada. Now Sir, whatever may be the rank I hold in my profession, I trust I shall not be accused of egotism, when I tell you, that I have not attain- ed it, by servility and the profession of principles — always ready to yield to circumstances; not by becoming the Panegyrist of living Princes; iiorby engaging in political, Commercial or other controversies, and es- pousing the side of the most powerful and influential party — in fine, .^ir, not by any odhoio '• jncncnvres of plceability" hy which a certain lejicripii ificatiom ncsH of J (linntH «J tongue, i a^ecl plei But e: by such ed to a t should 1 1)V disca 'YouV they we, their adi the dcsc taining Notw professi s.^gacit; and mil upon di unmeas you slui Youi having before 1 into thi Alth suit ycj uiisuiK wrote reeled Con the pe tion ar have 2 You 191, til tipliec! To] the C tions ly abs heare er sta (atle thousi deem< I am cur i temp bo wi youi harrc |ini«!S wliidi lu invent tt, loners of tin lis to a .shnro lied in Law, pir advocato ]to so many ind without lititucnls and trusted tome Jupon liberal Ing the favor ier prominent pask imposed reproach ol ' ig or preju bat ion of th I lo exertions J'our hopes, d front of mi/ I'ords " Ml-. on, residinjf \ of Scotland ;y Reserves, he House ol k as much a> ; Tiding a bad •age by ex ided conipli 1 to which I i u must con- er. sncciingal very lauda- d lessening nothing t<> be brougljt merited ob- tatr. iis John : of the Le- 3n, I trust I not attain - idy to yield g Princes; ies, and es- V — in fine, h a certain ilc.scriplioli ol'pfTftuu,-, ^l:iiu't^Il{.;S "r/Sff /;//'/.' ;rin'J'' v.itU in 'i{]\vr>[Uh\ ifications to rccoinuiend them than " amud'tntni of Lathi" — " an exixirl- nesH aJ\Areathmctic and n ahurt sijid to a scale in society In which it was not intended by nature they should move, such persons frequently render themselves contemptildc, by diiscarding the prudence which previously regulated their comUiot. " You know that Plutarch alluding to that class of men has said " That they were like little statnns set on great bases, viade to appear the less bij I hi'ir advancement. AVere evidence required to prove tlio correctness (it the description, wo might look to the Province of Upper Canada, as con - taining at least one glaring example. Notwithstanding that I am not (as yon nay) very prominent in my profession, it is conceived by some, that I possess a sulhcient degree ot s-xgacity to discover the truth, and to detect and overwhelm falsehood and misrepresentation — thou; tlu! latter wasdcidarod to be doiived from hearsay Vou say that in i.ap;o 19'2 I state tliat the Presbyterians in the West '•rn District of Upper Canada amount in ninnber to 2,250. In order tc establish the falsity of this declaration, you j>rocoed as follows. '• In ihat District tlicro was attlie time of Mr. Grant's statement neither Presbyterian minister norcongrepition, lately a small congregation has been organized at Amherstburg in connection with the Church of Scot land, lie (meaning me) a.ssumes that "out of 20,000, the population ol I he wli(»le District, 16,000 arc Presbyterians. — On r"*'?renco to the re port of the House of Assembly for 1828 I do not fine single congreca lion in that District in communion with the Church oi f^^ntland, and ot other Presbyterians only tiireo clergymen and three Churcnes. — With respect to this District (that is the Western) itappears from a document now before mo, signed by two of the principal Innabitants, that in I7S0 and 1790 ono half of the whole population belonged to the Church oi lOngland. Does it follow because you do not find in the report of the House oi Assembly a single organized congregation in communion with the Cliurch of Scotland and of other Presljy terians only three clergymen and throe Churches that there are not 2,250 Presbyterians (a comprehensive term, which embraces all others as well as those of Scotland) within that Districtl n<>r does the circumstance (if true) that in 1789 and 1790 one half of the Inhabitants belonged to the Church of England, establish any thing to the contrary. But Sir, I beg that you will point out that part of my evidence where I am f>if you made to assume that out of 20,000 the poptilation of the Dis- trict, 16,000 are Presbyterians ; a glaring variation with the first state mcnt, viz : 2,250. If you cannot advert to it in my testimony, i trust you will pardon me, if I request that you will have the kindness to in- form me and those to whom you have circulated your Letter to Dr. Lee, for what purpose it was, you condescended to manfacture that gross inconsistency which you have attempted to fasten upon me. The next paragraph by which you attempt to make good your charge is as follows: " With the same recklessness Mr. Grant supposes that out of 30,000 tlie population of the Midland District, ten thousand are Presbyterians." Protesting that that supposition was not made by mc, I proceed to examine how you attempt to disprove its correctness. " The report (say you) of the House of Assembly gives three Pres- byterian Clergymen with their congregations, ono of which only be- longs to the Church of Scotland." JSrgo (according to you) there are not ten thousand Presbyterians in that District; ami by what you have asserted as above, it is clearly demonstrated, that three Clergymen are sufficient to administer to the spiritual wants of all Presbyterians with in its limits ; that if a greater number were required they could be ob tained with facility, as means have been provided for their maintenance as ample as those set apart for the Ministers of the Church of England. Really Sir, your method of reasoning is wonderful ! and if the fore going is a specimen of the logic intended to be taught in your Univer •sity , all those Twhose representations no doubt yoti conceive, ought no U'lto ha- Biguinst tl You nt '< Fro a milled t ,vs a sptici that this 'ion, for ^ present, •bur Tov You hi iho cvidi and 1 del This i lUg ine) which C( iro the speakini ■issertioi uieiato i 'arcong I hast of my t< In ore shall tr nada Ci norcd b lustifiec by aflfoi inisre[) '^ive u plain a I wa the Pr Ans biitwei Q- :;cr8 ol Ans avjmbi that V iblc p MU the whicl the A ver ai lians of th« Qu officii Ar _ 'nfor thatt 'lu i; 1 lita'iKttil \>y vrkcr. Inci* to (hr tho Wesl II order te W8. •« 111 nt iioithci gatiuii has hoi" Scot pulation 0/ to the rp i congrega und, anddl les — Will,' |a docutnei) ( hat in 1780 5 Church ol o House or n with tho gynien ami iprohensivo ind) within 39 and 1790 id, cstablisli ence where of the Bis I first state ny, I trust dness to in- itter to Dr. a^cture that )n me. j^ourchargp it of 30,000 ' bytcrians." proceed to ihrco Prcs- li only be ) there arc t you have gymen are rianswith uld be ob aintenanci.^ 'England, f the fore- \ir Univer ought nn 01 to have been hstyiird to) may well ro^roi iiavmj^ rumcd a ciauiour V^aiiist the very liheral Cbarlpr you oblJiinrd (or that iiistitutioJJ You next represent part of the evidence givrn by inc; thus : " From tl»e Kastern District, Mr. (irant selects (you have I btiiovr, initted tho word ./our) Ironi out of ten TuwuNbips, and (;ive.s them as a specimen of the whole — and although warned by the (/omniittce that this selection may have been partially made, yet fearless of detec- tion, for wo had no friend acnuainted with the localiticH of the Province present, lie persevered. " Tiiatis — I persevered in giving a. census o\ four Townships as a specimen of the whole ten. You have not supported this last misstatement by any extract from ilio evidence before the Canada Committee nor by nny other proof, mid I defy you to do so. This is the last passage; I shall select fiom your Letter.— " He (mean iiig me) says noDung of tho county of Storinont in the same District which contains a greater number ori^piscjypalians and Lutherans; sucli ,iro the vague and inaccurate statements given by Mr. (Jrant when speaking of Districts! when ho descends to particular congregations, his Insertions arc vqxially at variance with truth" — you then proceed to euu (nerato instances where 1 am supposed to have misrepresented particu 'ar congregations. I hasten to shew that you have wilfully distorted tho foregoing parts ^f my testimony. In order to do so, it is necessary to compare them with tho context. I shall transcribe from the evidence acc itilojj;( llii r; ;<,o(«) of ulidiii are Koitr.iti iJullioliCh, iJiKi 4/»00 I'r. n-Mlaiifs; oiin liull Ot flic I'lotfsfiUil popiiluiioii, art; nupposed (thai in l-} my inrormunts) fo pnlrr the I'losliylorian lorin of worship." AuMr.liu'^ to your version ol tlio iiltovc, I jim iviiulo (as you (hi toror );iin usNtTtious in your Letter to Mr. IJorton) to allirin rrnin pcrnonu' h'lwiolf.dge, that the uuinhor ol I'reMhytcrians in that Distrlot ainoinitivl to 2,*25i); and you insinuato that I meant those in communion with th' l.'hurrh olScolhind only. The I'orcgoin;;" onunuration of the population oftho Western District was made upon inlorniation received in 1828, Ironi two of the most re^ pectahlc inhuhitunts within it, whose voracity I shall etmtinuc to rcspctt until it in iinpcaclied hy Nonic more unequivocal contradiction, iUanyoui .issertion, sujtported hv a dotiinient signed by two of the principal in Jiabitantsofthat District in 1789 and 1790. Next follows w!»at 1 stated respecting the Midland and Eastern Dis tricts. Q. — " Will you proceed to slate tiie iixfurmation you arc in possession ^1' with respi'ct to the other Districts"! A.—" The Midland District contains about 30,000, one third of whom iit least, are supposed to bo attached to the Presbyterian Faith, and who would join in the communion of the Church of Scotland if they Avere supplied with Ministers from Scotland." Now Sir, I ajfirm that it must be obvious to every ono *,hat the only sense in which the w'>rds*' are supposed to he" can be taken, is, as con veying; the oj>inion of those who gave the Information upon which my statements 'i predicated. Your gratuitous assertion therefore, tha< •' with the same recklessness Mr. Grant supposes &c " is an intention -.il perversion of the aI)ove paragraph, made to disguise the truth in or dor to deceive. The next question submitted to mo, is as follows: Q. — " Can you state how many there arc of tho Church of Scotland in tliat District"! Answer. — " No, I cannot. We have more particular information from some of the Townships in the Eastern District, wo have received re- turns from seven out of twelve Townships in the Eastern District; there are three clergymen of the Church of Scotland, residing within tho Dis- trict. The following is a census of four Townships. — Tho Township nf Charlottcnburg contains 2,104 Presbyterians, 75 Episcopalians, and 1 ,052 Roman Catholics; — Lancaster contains 902 Presbyterians, no Epis < opalians, 1010 Roman Catholics; — Kenyon contains 597 Presbyterians, no Episcopalians, 490 Roman Catholics; — Loch iel contains 1,152 Pros t)yterians: one Episcopalian : and t)62 Roman Catholics:. Q. — " Have you selected these Townships out often as affording the strongest instances of the extent of tho Presbyterians! A. — " No, I have no other motive than because tho information rc- •'cived from those Townships, is more minute than from other parts; and it arises from this circumstance, that in those townships there aro cler- (;ymcn who have taken the trouble of gelling information, and it is pro- bable that tho number of Presbyterians is greater there, or at least, there are not so many Dissenters, from tho circumstance of thero being es- tablished clergyman in that part of the country." I challenge the most malevolent sagacity to discover any thing Kko :in attempt on my part, to represent the census of those four Townships as a specimen of all those of which the District is composed; Without in- terlarding tho assertion whicli you have fabricated, to induce a belief th:xt! bgi;idone s^. ikithou jipiouH d« vunistanc he expecl poet. — li> have bee sihU) for I in addi must be coumiittt obtained and not i inisconcf jcct, tht my part: foiei^tjin foriuatio correo-t :i ity." '1 sist not) It con port of time yo had not I agn those'w But I left aga an's int aimed i norabU indict i his ow in rely SUfVlCK 1 cat which that 1 stands pidly , and it Hui am su Icctetl t;s tht a stro raiiusn Th Chnr and a reser dour M' ders, I (thai U I.} Iiidi'l toi'pr iin pcrnonii' m with th' [cm Districi |)e most res ictorcsjXH't I, iUan your Iriucipul ill lastcm Dis n possession irdof >vIiont h, and wli(> they wen^ lat the only In, as con 1 which my sreforo, thaf In intention Itruth in or IIIown: r Scotland in mation from received re strict; there liin tho Dis- I Township talians, and ns.noEpjs- jshyterians, 1,152 Pros fording tlu mation rc- r parts; and arc cJer- id it is pro • least, there 1 being es- thing Hk(j Pownships without in- a belief Althouf^ii (iie inoitc adopted to obtain a Mtalistical ncroonl of the Rf iif^ioiiiitlenuiuinatiouN iu Imth ProviucoH, was tliu best wbicb iindrr oir- vuntstauces could be devised to obtain the uiuxt accurate, yet it could not he expected that inCoriuatiou mo obtained could be perlect in every re;*- pct. — But it' any oi the Ntat couktainod in your Letter to Dr. Lee, is not in tho least calculated ■PPPIH I*: ■Ui increase the vfncralion to which j/ou consider yoursoU'enlitled. — (15. J 'J'ho other parts of your Lotti-r aro aliko distins^uiahcd by subtlety,! sophistry, and want of candour; but I shall terminate my comment; [ by romarlcinpj that tlic attempt you Iiavc made, lo stir up discord an;ij sliilcaniong* thedilfereMtdonominatioiisof your Presbyterian IJrethrcn,! atlords another proof of your />€«ccaWfl and charitable disposition. Suclil auti-chrisliau conduct is well worthy of the author of the Letter ad- (hosted to '•■ The llighi Jfonorable the Earl of Selkirk on his selllemcnt (>'■ the lied liiver, near Hudson's Bay.'* 'J'hat you should have assailed those who provoked no rescnlinen!.! and for the purpose of promoting your evil dcsij^ns, should have know- ingly and intentionally distorted facts when the moans of detection | were so ready at hand, must naturally excjto surprise and auiazement. A Divine has said, " Avith regard to the p.ovocaticn and oflcucesl which are unavoidably happening* to a man, in his commerce with the' world — lake it as a rule — as a man's piide is — so is always his displra- .«ure : as the opinion of himself rises, — so does the injury — so does hi;* resenttnerit." J?ut liow are wo to account for tho rancorous disposition manifested l»y y(;U in the commencement, of hoslililies in the character of a gener al caUunniator. The rashness you have betrayed in attempting; to re- vive and pr\,^£!tuate a controversy, which, as you declare, has been productive ;)f so much bitterness in this coimtry, is without precedent. Ycur indiscretion s^avours of insaijit)", and lam induced to believe that success in the world has bereaved yoii of part of your faculties. — The precept ^* Quantum a rerum turpitudine abea,iantum tea verborum lihcrlate sejtmgas" inculcated at School, has been totally obliterated (ro m you r mem ory . With the lessons of youth, you seem to have forgotten some of the principles of Religion. Is not your conduct in this instance in opposi tion to the following commands : " lie patient towards all men ; see tl'.at none return evil for evil to any man ; be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with, good." Have you not offended against that injunc 1 ion 1 — " Let not the sun go down upon your wrath." And permit me to onquire if in endeavoring to sow the seeds of jealousy and aniaiosity a mong other religious denominations, you have not proved yourself to he " a busy body in other men's ir.ailers." I owe you no apology for this letter; and should any one doem the style of it l)ar;>h or severe, I beg leave to refer him to the perusal of the (.ne to which it is intonded as a reply; confident that no person who docs so will maintain that the chastisement hereby inflicted is dispropor tioned to the oilcnce, Cthe enormity of which is enhanced by the^rowi nent rank of the ofl"ender,)or that the rod of correction has been impro j)erly applied. In talcing my leave of you and your letter, allowi me to recommend t(> your attention before you again obtrude yourself upon the patience ol tlie public, tJie Proverb of Solomon, which is couched in these words : '• Gr Uiitfo/th hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the en-' tlerci,f, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame." I have the honor to be , Sir, •' Your most Obedient Servant, J. C. GRANT. •Vlontreal, 29th Dec. 1829. itled.-~(i;,; :>y subtlety, comment discord anc n IJrethrcn tjon. SucI; Lottcr ad- selilement c rcscnlmenr, lavo knovv- )f dotectiori iimzcmenr nd offences ce with the his displra- -so docs hi^ manifested • of a gencr pting to le- e, has been )recedent. to behevc faculties. — e a verborum obliterated some of the e in opposi 1 men ; sec i of evil, but that injunc crmit me to iniaiosity a yourself to le deem the srusal of the person who s dispropor r the prom'i )een impro roconmiend he patience K'se words : lo in the end ANT. 11 A . It mny !j2 nc;t,-j.i.u-y to lerijiutl tho rrade? that t^o Dr. rvtole '• A Disruurso oii (he character nl' King Gfor^t- the Third— atldrcsscil to the Inhai'itaiits of British iVortli America— IVintott at .'•lunlrtial in 1810, A- publisluiil durin)? tlio Ut'r <>i His late Majesty." " Lcttor artcii, dat..-.l ItttJj May, IP-AT." "I,f>tter atlJrcsseJ to Mr. Jefferson, rrusidcnt of the United Utatc^—publisiicd on Ut\i April, IHlii." " Letter addressed to General Denrhorn — published 6th April, ISfG," "Letter addressed to the Ri;rht IIdii. the Earl of Selkirk, ou his settlement at the Red River near Hud^ion's Bay.'' Possibly, I do the Doctor an injustice in mentioning the htter — It ia probable he ncv or expected it would go through a second edition— Tor if 1 e.m correctly informed, it was us much for profit as fame that he condescended to become Pamphleteer, in a cou- frorcrsy which terminated in bloodshed. > B. The following is the extremely modest Peroration of the ITon. and Roy. Gentle- man's celebrated Speech, delivered before the Legislative Council of Upper Canadaj on fhe 6th day of March, 182S. "'I am anxious to retain the good opinion of those who know mo best, and with whom ( have acted so many years ; and I feef proiniiti conscious that I denerve the fnendshii> and esteem of all honourable men and the approbation of the v>hole Province." !!! N. B. Editors of papers who have inserted Dr. Strachan's Letter, are requested to publish the foregoing, as the writer is de^sirous that {\w poison and the ajitidote should circulate together. , fi