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R, llereditll, has for several months past COlltillMlMl Jl Will' U|>OI» Catholic lastitiiMous, S«'|»arate Schools and irclibishop Lyncli. iiiese attncks have been cliaractcriscd by Ji;rcat bitlorncss towards the Church, the Hierarchy and Catholic teaching generally. The manifest object of this policy is to stir II]) r<'!3?4!0US strite by excltillg tllC a|>l>reheUSiOUS of tllC Protestant IX'opIc, wich the hope of securing Sir Joiin Mai'donald's continuation in power on the false cry of *' I'rotestantism in Danger." It ia also designed to difttract puhHc attention from the frauds, extrava- gance, corruption and recliless inis^o> eminent of tiie Tory party. In these pages it is proposed to give a tew extracts from the Mail and other sources, illustrative of the hostile attitude assumed hy the Tories towards the Catholic Church and Catholic institutions . • , > .«< • ..■ ,'r ;>r On the 23rd August, 1886 the Mail said, — "In the field of Education the Church, through her omnipotence in the Legislature, is able to make life unpleasjint for the Protest- ant parent." ' ^ •- ' " '■ ^ ' ' " '.f,- •.,wat by which ** he enjoys a voice in the selection of books for the Public Schools, from Ku^lish history to the mode of treating and te.'.ching the Protestant Dibie." Tn the Mail of November Bth, the ' ishops of tb(> Catholic Church were accused of making a '* curabined attack on tlie schools uue Oatholic parent," Further to stir up Protestant animosity it said the Church "i;-* only v/aitinj.'; its chance to impair Protestant liberties." November I5th, the vl/a// declared " Tiie amendments to the School Law must be repeal- ed, and the Separate schools, if they cannot be abolished, restored to their original form before we can boast that O'^^'aiio is a free country." In its issue of November 22nd, 188G, the Aiai.t contained another attack on tbi' St;[)arate schools, in which it argued that they w(to so infeiior to the Public schools that an agita- tion for their abolition would, in all likelihood, lie started by the Catholics themselves. This, the A/ail pretended, was shown by tlie huge and increasing number of Catholic cliildren ;itteiu!'ng the Public schools. The article concludeil l)V saying ; — •' Ulii; move- ment would, perhaps, in time become 80 general as tO WJUTiMlt, (UH* rifik'TS lU swli!ii aMjjy t?ie Separate ^fhooSs altoj^ctSs^ir, a ('4HSs3iisa?s3ar^^tiii thut must hi' hrmi'M nhoni before we eaii talk seriously of b»ii3 rOBIse I'rotestsiJSt fei5.ij>' lUK^ npiin^ll'^nsUms and to fe.cus, as it were, all those ft'ohngs of hostility whi<)h Prote.suuits, as Protestants, are sup- posed to entertain towards the Catholic Chur'ch. The article begins with a iiypoeritical profession of inditr«venti3iu towards all creeds. Thus : — " The Mail is not the organ of any creed or sect, though in it', own limited sphere it does what it can to promote the wel- fare of that Church which, under various forms and ap[)ellations, is coextensive with Christendom. In its eyes no denomination is superior or inferior to any other; and it has always advocated, and will continue to advociite, justice and fair play to all,'' After making this preliminanr Jlourish this organ of toleration plunges into liistory and flings Bossuet, " the greatest of Gallieans," th^^ Ptevoeation of the Edict of Nantesi the fourth General Cu'inoil of the Lateran, the Syllabus, and the Abb6 Paquet, of Laval, at its ProtcKtaut readers. The Mail miist imagine there is some sort of vague terror attached to theise names in Protestant minds, or it would not parade them to startle and confuse the simple issues of a local election cam[iiign. Fancy the absurdity of bringing all the heaviest artillery used for the last threo hundred years iu theological disputationg to bear against Mr. Mowat, because the Separate School Law was amended at the alleged instance of Archbishop Lynch ! Here it is right to point out, in order to expose the unfairness and hypocrisy of the Mail, that the amendments of which it complains, which make the tenant primarily liable for the s -hool rate- -wSiieh enable the Protestanioeciipani to seiul it to the rii5>!lr Sehoo^ Th. ben sniil Mowat'.s on their ' iM the;. Ussessd; It ni :ount of In or out uny ()\>] [lonatfl | modo accused of hy and laity as tlie MaU ichool laws," :r to oppre.sH rch ''i;^ only st be repnal- ligiaal form tho St;parate lat an agita- theniselves. r of Orftholic ■' 'Ulu? lnl)\'^J- ihuii II g» a jis ctiin'ts sons and to nts, are sup- hypocritical the organ of )te the wel- ensive with , and it has into historj of Nantes? it, of Laral, ^ague terror startle and of brniging |disputationg the alleged kriay of the liarily liable ll it to tBu^ I*u5»!ir Soiiool. or tlic t'atiionc o<'ruj)a!)t to send U to tht' .Separate IfSlool — was made law in 1881 1 It is nearly six years old ! The general election of 18c^3 has takeri jilace since it became law, but net a wore. observed, in etnnectiun with the Mail's attack on Mr. Mowat, on ac- Munt of these m -idments, that t.he Tcries not only did not ohilHced in theVaticati, and which hang Lliire to this day, exhibiting t)ie horrors |f the massacre ol ihe Huguenots. Tlie * palace ot the P*opes/ savf* .Sti:d][.\l, • is he only place on earth where innrder is pnl>lieJy gloritied.' Dr. PA^ii et, ri'ituig a? a professional tlioologian, Hnds tiiat, whenver she is supreme, the t'hlirch hoitnd to snppress (1) freedom of eonseienee ; (2) relij»ious liberty : ) ireedoin of the |>ress — a somewhat gloomy prospect for the English-speaking ;)ttU;rsof (.Quebec under an Ultramontane Cabinet in that Province. Of religious tolera- |oii, he says it is error and impiety when allowed by a Catholic >State, and rank b!as- hv;niy coming from the mouth of a Catholic sulject." If this docs not incite the Pn»tost.ant8 of Uncario to take up arms for tho suppression <'at}i olicity, and plniiij^e the country iat<» the hornirs of relij^ions strife, it KH i)e heeause tlie I'rotestaiits are too enli^i^hM'nedaiid seitsihie to be iidlu- i;*d by so false an;i dangerous afiilminatit)n. Or it will he because they know the meil flio aro raisln«j; it are neither bigots nor Prutt^stant fanatics, but e(M>l-lieade4l, iMitical knaves, who hope through such tactics to win a party success, by exciting ^e an^ier and the fears of those whoni tliey rejjjird as bigots and fanatics. Having, as the astute Tory campaign managers imagine, thus set Protestant hearts |lanie, the MtiU g:ivi; on in the same article to lay down its policy in regard to the itholie Church : — " VVe say she has no just claim in any portion of thie Dominion to be an Established lurch, or to levy tithes, or to inflict fabrique assessments, or to rule the press, or to con- d education, or to keep a million and a quarter Canadians in a ' condition of twilight,* loe )io other Church enjoys those privileges here. Wo say, too, that for the sam-' and f)ther obvious reasons, she has no right in this Province to a law compelling her own 1» ] i people afA Protestant taxpayers as well, wliether they desire it or not, to support h Separate Schools, which are a.s much a part of her ecclesiastical organization as the cor fessional ; that she has no right to draw money from tho public chest for the seventy s called Public Schools in Prescoit and Russell, in which she is teaching an alien language, tiiat she has no right bo bo specially represented in our Cabinets, or to occupy an exce, tional status in her relations with our Governments j and, above all, that she has no rigl. to impose her ideas of education upon the administrators of our Public ftohools." But a crushing answer has been given to the M'mI by IteV, Dr. Caven, 'Princip of Knox College, IJev. Dr. Dt^Wart, editor of th'? ChrisUan Guardian, Rev. Dv Cochrane, of Brantfoni, and .>Ir. Vv. II. €■. Korr. All these gentlemen hav published letters fully and completely vindicating the.Mowat Oovernment and lion. C W. Ross, Minister of Education^ who were accused of having " pandered to the Churcl of Rome." Despite, however, of refutations and rebukes, the Mail continues its crusad against Catholio institutions. In its issue oi December 2nd, 1886, it follows up tli- attacks on the Separate Schools in the following style : — " Why does tt.ve Church not give Catholics letter schools] Why does she obtain law from Mr. Mowat virtually corupelling them to keep away from tho Public Schoc, and to support the Separate School, whioh is confessedly ail inferior institution *? Above all, why does aho train them to lierd togetlier as a separate and di:- tinct people, and " liy aoes she from time to tine humiliate thora in the sight r all men by disposln$^ of tliein to tlie party, Reform or Tory, wliich olfers he! the lli;;hest price ? If she desires that thoy should I nected by their Protest ant neif^ lurs she sliould allow them to accumulate a litt. .--respect. If they labou under ,t' ;/ social or political disadvantage, Canadian institutions are rot responsible fc. It ] and neither she nor any Government which she controls can be permitted to pass ai unequal law as an artifical moans of overcoming it." * it * •«• * ♦ " The truth is the Roman Catholic Chvirch has obtained this extraordinary privileg from Mr. Mowat simply to strengthen her in the work of tampering with our school system, which, as we liave seen, is being carried on all along the line. We do not blani- her ; from iior point of vi'iw she is performing a sacred duty. But what is to be ttaid c; the Cabhiet which h;is provided her with the opportunity \ And what is to be thougl' of the Protestant clergy, who, as a body, are sitting idly by whilst" she is poisouili;; the wells of popular education ? '' t,: Tho foregoing gives a perfectly fair illn.atration of the attitude assumed by the Toi; party towards Catholics and Catholic ijistitucions. Nothing more villainous, more calc; lHt(;d to wreck the religious, social, and material welfare of the country could be conceivi or attempted. It calls for tho strongest cond«Mnnation froin all right-thinking men, wli.i ever their faith may be. It is the last despairinj? cry of a discredited ait 1 discreditable raction, who think to escape the just punishment of their crim against the people by pIiii|oiiius war that cou only end in anarchv and ruin ! It is the dnty ol Protestants, as well as Catholics, to unite an; prevent the disasters threatened by men wins if they cannoi attai. power in this country, are determined to create strife and ill feeliii!. \ \ - iCM^JK^ 3WMa»«1«»W«^>>*»«M»-n • 1 1 b, to support h ation as the cor r the seventy 8 . alien languag<. )ccupy an exce, she has no rigl. i^hools." aven, 'Princip 'ian, Rev. i>V gentlemen hav snt and lion. (• d to the Ohurci I ? uos its crusadf | follows up tht I 38 she obtain a I Public School, f instituf Ion ? | 'tite aud dh | in the sight o: f ich offfers licf I f their Protest | If they labou; | responsible fo. | it bed to pass ai | dinary privileg f nth. our school | Ve do not blacit | is to be feaid ol | to be tlioug}:' I is poisoiiiii;; I lod by the Toi j 0U3, more calcu- lid be conceivf ; cing men, wli u | reditiMl and b of their qriui';; (Var that Qonl. ;o unite aitl annol atta^ ' (I ill-feelin'/