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 THE MllL" ON THE CATHOLIC CHOBCi 
 
 — ■»■»<♦» » « 
 
 Tory attempts to Create a War of Race and Religion. 
 
 I 
 
 Pi: RHAI'S the \w»t ,1 
 
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 pnlitioil p;irty is that iiiauLniriit-.l ],v Thr 2 
 
 fs.s |,n.cfc.'lin!^r ."Vcc wndi rtal. 
 
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 Tllntii'ls H7/(7<', Mr. halt, 
 
 >fii,ili, Mail atni t'' 
 
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 Tf wa'- riM cansc for th 
 
 ['I'cjudict's of thcif 1'rol.o.staiit iK^arcrs 
 
 I'sc ( iiili'cc in 
 
 iD'l nationality oF 
 'lopnl l)y tlifiii t(, win 
 
 • i-iii 
 
 irirrviliii r>i iil/,irl:.-< oii tli.- i'aitli 
 
 iV'ji' cia-^si's 
 
 >t' the Canadian [)eof,Ic, e.\ci'[it tiiat flic T 
 
 H'lrs 
 
 t.'l 
 
 lou-h Protestant votcv; u 
 
 > otis.'t ttn^ir 
 
 Uivcti(;n8. Tiioiv fon.lu.'t is w;tli<uit oxcuse. as it i.s without 
 
 ■s in otlici- 
 
 they succeed, for The Mail 
 
 luu 
 
 allri 
 
 Should 
 
 ram runs 
 
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 If rex II 
 
 ll. 
 
 conti-'.U(\s its seditious course, iinlhlih/ I, 
 
 ■ ll 
 
 III i'<i rif a. I) 
 
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 l[ 
 
 eriu'itli ai 
 
 t! 
 
 e given a nnudirv of cxrracts to show tiit; dial 
 
 IS new TMivci-usa I 
 
 Kilieal cli.ifact v o 
 
 <■, n Inch 
 
 donahi, and which 
 
 heiu-fniidnctcd witlitheapproxalofSir.h.hn M 
 
 iic- 
 
 nuist. if not strriilv ivluktd 1 
 
 social interests of I'rolcsf>i)it.- 
 
 It 
 
 (IK 'Vill lis CuDiul 
 
 ring disaster on the nuitci'ia! an 
 
 (.'W. 
 
 is necessary for a clear undr.rstanding ..f this subject to point out that the 
 
 outraneoiis attacks on ( athol 
 
 th.^ !'■ 
 
 ) 
 
 ics and the Catholic (Jhurch 
 
 were not hegun till after 
 
 .nes heK3fln„. convinc'd that they had lost their hold on the Catholic pcopl 
 through th ii (vraiiiikal firahiniK <»r the HjiMhrrrd 
 
 M'oncli and 
 
 [risl 
 
 ami tXu'w hosf iiiity (o lloiiir \t\i\v. tIk 
 loi-.v psut.v w« re \mri\y sociiljii-. TJn' i 
 
 «lo Willi (hnii. TlM' oiilv 4 sitiioii 
 
 soniiisos orih'rVrfioii Irom Wu- 
 iHiollr niiiiTh hiid iiotliiii<; to 
 
 ic cnlcsiusMrs wlio laisrd Jlirir voit 
 
 ill <lie iVlsymU >v< it iJisho,, ^^n.vH and FaJlu r Ihnvd, of Wo.,( 
 
 '«'S 
 
 Imtli his Lonfshi|» and his 8 
 
 H'al. and 
 
 L<'voi< iKT took sdony ;*r<»nnd on the I 
 
 Side, and ((nidcninjMl the \iU\ ayilaf Ion. Hon. Hr. IS< 
 tppmlationoriarhor Wowd's nviUm by nillln 
 
 orv 
 
 ini> hi!!! 
 
 MV«'II shoHi'd his 
 upon him and thank- 
 
 donald 
 and 
 
 It will thus be seen that t)ie onslaught of Thr Mail, 
 inspiration, on the Catholic Church and people w 
 
 ■onceived w-ith the sole object of 
 
 under Sir John Mar- 
 Hs puTpln graUiitoiiM, 
 
 .sec 
 
 lory party by raising ,i w<tr of 
 
 ;uring a further lease of power for tht 
 
 rove and religion. By taking th 
 
 is course it was 
 
also hoped that the noise nnd dust thus created would distract the public viimi 
 and draw attention away from the disgraceful, corrupt and extravagant rerov 
 of the Tory Gon^rnvient. 
 
 These attacks began imme<iiately after the execution of Louis Riel,'when iht 
 great meeting was held at Montreal to condemn the execution as cruel and unjusti- 
 fiable. Sir John Macdonald, so long as he had the support of the French, never 
 saw anything ". i-ong or dangerous in the Catholic Church. Quite the contrary 
 hK and his organs tvere constant and fulsome in their adoMtion. But tin 
 moment he found the French had deserted him he turned upon them and th. 
 Church with all the venom and ferocity of an implacable bigot. It ^vas the s^mn 
 mifh the Irish, when he discovered they condemned his miserable, paltring, but, 
 vindictive opposition to Home Rule. 
 
 To publish all The Mail has said of insult, contumely, incendiary appeals, intiam- 
 niatory and lying despatches would fill a large book. One must be content with 
 a series of extracts. 
 
 The tirst signal of the new crusade was The Mail's threat to "smash Confed- 
 eration into its original fragments," should the people of Quebec persist in their 
 condemnation of Sir John Macdonald's Government. Furthei-more, The Mail 
 declared that, if necessary, Quebec would be reconquered, and its treaty rights, 
 relating to language, laws end religion, swept aicay. These threats naturalh- 
 aroused a feeling of intense indignation. There was every indication of a war of 
 races, when the Liberal party declared, through its press, that the crisis could only 
 be overcome by the removal of Sir John Macdonald and the men who had created 
 all the trouble b}'' misgovemment, from the control of the affairs of the country 
 The issue between parties is, therefore, with the Liberals: Union, Peace, Tolera 
 TION ; with the Tories : permanent antagonism between the two peoples and dis- 
 ruption of Confederation. 
 
 The Mail began by deprecating the importation of the question of religion int^ 
 the dispute, although it had more than once on previous occasions assailed the 
 Church in Ontario and Quebec. But about the close of the year 1885 it cami 
 out boldly as the avowed enemy of everything Catholic. On the 7th December, 
 1885, it opened the attack with a long article detailing the treaty and legal statu 
 of the French in Quebec, and representing the Church as an odious, grinding 
 tyranny. 
 
 This article sets forth what it styled " the great and exceptionable privileges 
 enjoyed by the Catholic Church in QueVjec," and refer three to the rights enjoyed 
 by the French people under the treaty of capitulation and subsequent legislation 
 Some of the rights enjoyed by the Catholic Church, and condemned by The Mail 
 were as follows : — 
 
 "The Roman Catholic Church, the Church of the French-Canadian people, wasf 
 established by the British Government in the possession of the full, free and un 
 hindered exercise of her religion. 
 
 "TheCh 
 
 der the old ] 
 mitted for a 
 without any 
 authorities. 
 "The C 
 in any eivili 
 of occlesiasti 
 upon civil ri 
 
 Connne 
 
 use of a covi 
 
 " The F 
 
 other Vjeater 
 least to rec< 
 of freedom f 
 grosser cons 
 that they cw 
 
 On Jun 
 the Ontario 
 editorial dec 
 
 • Mr. F 
 
 siderable pi 
 support the 
 member wii 
 get all he ca 
 mitted that 
 too much. " 
 
 August 
 
 porters the ' 
 
 Tory party. 
 
 " The J 
 in the prov 
 montanes ai 
 religious opi 
 far-reaching 
 is in a measi 
 nnd the Chi 
 community, 
 l)earing. T 
 Church, and 
 Syllabus, fr 
 being amonj 
 charter of h 
 
 On the 
 
 Catholic pec 
 
 cludeil with 
 
 "The d 
 in the Nortl 
 .self all the i 
 
 * Arohbial 
 
public mi mi 
 I'ogant recny 
 
 Riel.'wlien ih<. 
 il and unjuhti 
 French, never 
 
 the contrary 
 on. But th< 
 them and thi 
 
 w'a.s f/te Si nil I 
 , paltring, but 
 
 jpeals, in Hani - 
 i content with 
 
 viodh Confed 
 ersist in their 
 ore, The Mail 
 treaty rv/hts. 
 eats naturally 
 )n of a war oF 
 isis could onh' 
 lo had created 
 f the country 
 EACE, TOLERA 
 
 ojdes and dis- 
 
 if religion int( 
 s assailed the 
 • 1885 it came 
 'th December, 
 ad legal statu - 
 ius, grinding 
 
 -ble privileges 
 "ights enjoyed 
 snt legislation. 
 . by The Mail 
 
 an people, was 
 free and un- 
 
 8 
 
 " The Church enjoys greater freedom under Canadian law than she possesBed un- 
 der the old French regime. For whilst the nnmes of new bishops had to be sub- 
 mitted for approval to the French King-in-Conncil, the Church now appoints them 
 without any dictation or interference whatsoever from the Britisli or Canadian 
 authorities. 
 
 " The Church enjoys greater freedom under Canadian law than she possesses 
 in any civilized country in the world, — Spain iiot excepted. Thus, the .supremacy 
 of ecclesiastical law in Quey)ec is tacitly recognized even where that law encroaches 
 upon civil rights and conflicts with the law of the State." 
 
 Connnenting on these conditions The Mail, in concluding the article, makes 
 
 use of a covert threat in these words : — 
 
 " The French-Canadians must feel that they are a people blessed above all 
 other Ijeaten races. On the principle of doing as they are dtme by, they ought at 
 least tc recognize by prompt obedience to the English law the heaping measure 
 of freedom and favor with which that law endows them. And, fo come doum fx> 
 grosser conaideraiionH, self-interest must tell tkem that it is only by being just 
 that they can e.^vect us to continue to be generous." 
 
 On June 10th, 1886, Tfie Mail contained a letter and an editorial attacking 
 the Ontario Government for granting aid to Catholic charitable institutions. The 
 editorial declares : — 
 
 " Mr. Fraser provides too generously for his co-religionists, and that a con- 
 siderable proportion of the money voted to their institutions goes in reality to 
 support the religious orders in charge of them. . His Grace,* who is virtually a 
 member without portfolio of the Mowat Administration, considers it his duty to 
 get all li' can in I'eturn for his political intluonce ; but it will be very generally ad- 
 mitted that in this particular matter, as in several others he is exacting altijgether 
 too much. " 
 
 August 3rd The Mail produced a violent attack on its old friends and sup- 
 porters the Castor Conservatives, who for years had been the political allies of the 
 Tory party. The organ delivered itself in the following intiammat<3ry manner. 
 
 " The Jesuits attempted some time ago to obtain control of higher edm.'ation 
 in the province. * ♦ ♦ * Although beaten for the time being, the IJltra- 
 montanes are confident of victory in the end. ♦ * * • Their politico- 
 religious opinions are drawn from the Syllabus. • * ♦ « Qjje ijf the many 
 far-reaching corollaries of this creed is that the priest has not only the right, but 
 is in a measure bound to interfere in elections, for he is the representative of God 
 and the Church, and as such is profcnmdly concerned in the well-being of the 
 community, upon which, of course, politics and legislation have a constant direct 
 bearing. The Ultramontane, in fact, aims at the complete subjugation of State to 
 Church, and is intent upon the eradication from society of the errors defined in the 
 Syllabus, freedom of speech, freedom of the intellect and tlie toleration oi heresy 
 being amongst them. Ultramontanism, in short, is the repeal of the hard- won 
 charter of human liberty. " 
 
 On the 12th August The Mail contained an article in which the action of the 
 Catholic people of Quebec was depicted in a most incendiary manner. It con- 
 cluded with the following attempt to stir up the fires of relisjious bigotry : — 
 
 " The dream of founding a French-Canadian and Roman Catholic monopoly 
 in the North-Weat has lieen shattered, and the Church mu.st, therefore, make her- 
 self all the more secure in Quebec, by extending her own powers, and by ahorten- 
 
 * Arohbiahop Lynch. - 
 
r,Vr u' "r'V ' ^'''^■^''^''' '"^^' \vh<-rosnver it t.n.Is to n-pivss .>r.(l,.siHsticnl aut)H.ritv 
 Ihy hn^rlisl, inim^nty kimws only too wdl what th.3s,. (Jltrninoiitai.c ni.p..ftl,s ....-nn 
 aii'l whMt ail lltramontaiie triumph would ..ntail upon th.-m. Fath<-r Kraun tiio 
 M.nitreal Jesuit, whose writii.^r.s are accepted as of the liicrhest orthodr.xv hv 
 .Senator I ludel and the other lay leaders of (Itrainontanisin, has left no foo/n foV 
 duul.t .ip,m that point. ' Protestantism," says that Jesuit in his work on the 
 murnatr,! laws, " Protestantism is not a rolijrion : it is r.l)e]lion in triumph error 
 in aetion ; therefore it has no rights, hut is simply a crime, to bo dealt with as a 
 crime. 
 
 Aiirrust 17tli, l.'SSG. « )n this day there appeared in T/ie Mail a most intlam- 
 inatory editorial. The whole article, if acted up.m by the Protestant people, 
 would i.lunge the country into a suicidi.ml, d(-sulating conHict. It nms as 
 f(.)ll()ws : — 
 
 •' The rhurch's trump card was her well-caleiiluted lovnltv. She kept the 
 A't/H<a/i/ (puet during th<^ American revolution and during'the war of 1.S12 and 
 even put him into th..- Htdd on the British side, for which he fought with all the 
 dash and gallantry of his race. Whenever .she sought to make a fresh inroad 
 upon the rights of her subjects or desired a fuller recognition bv the Crown of her 
 niodiM'val claims and assumptions, she hastened t^) remind British Ministers that 
 she had twice saved (W la to Britain, and out of sheer gratitude they vit'lded 
 III tills wii.v tiM' i liiiifli s<Muml alHoliifr niiitiol »f tliv IivimIi noiiiila- 
 
 loii 111 l( niporal no Irss tliaii in s|»iriliial airairs. and was enablnl "o 
 invade ami ovniun tiMKnglish MttU„Hnts, upon whose exp'u"' n the 
 British Govoriuuent had relu.d for what Sir .lames Craig culled the Anglitication 
 of the colony. Ihe result, stated in a word, is that the English pop?,lati,m is 
 rapidly b(ung extinguished in the English eonnties, u'liilst the French population is 
 becoining more and more I rench and anti-Brit>sh. The Legislature i.s in reality 
 the ( l.urch under another name, one-sixth of the annual n>venues of the province 
 bein- dnvctly or indirectly absorbed by h...-, and the legislative power bein-v vir- 
 tually e.xercused by her bish<,ps, who make and unmake the so-called r..pre'sen^•l- 
 tives ot the peop e a.s easily as churchwardens. The system of tithes, which was 
 exteiHled to tl... English s-ttleinents forty years ago, and the modu^ opn-aw/i 
 
 ends fo <liniinar<^ Ihe Piotesraiif seHlor hy making it t« the nritst's 
 inteiosi t<. seeiire tlie soil for tlie titlie-i>aviiijf liah taiit/ev" rit l,e 
 mnssaiv for tlie i Iiunli out «d her vast uiilaxed revcii, es to advanee 
 the iHireliase money. The Legislature, al.so, under pretence of coI.,ni"in" the 
 province applies large .sums every year to the planting of hahihfvts on the^'wild 
 lam s 111 the English districts ; and in a very sliort space of time so reiliarkahle 
 is the leeiindit.v ot the race, Jean Baptiste is able to outvote the En-Wish 
 .settler, to obuun control of the collection an<l expenditure of taxes within* the 
 muiucipality, to starve his neighbor out by refusing him npjiropriations for roads 
 and schools, whilst a.ssessing him for nil he can bear, and in the end to obtain com- 
 ph^te f)ussession of the settlement. Under the.se (•ircumstances, with the Church 
 supreme m the Legislature and in the municipal council, and emplovint/ all her 
 machinery nnd resources again.st him, the Anglo-Saxon farmer is utter I v 
 I"' eagueivd, ,in<l his final capitulation is merely a question of time. Given a fair 
 held and no favt.r, and he could have held his own even against the fruitful 
 ImbtUnit-, but, as it is, he is taxed to death in order to provide the means for ac- 
 comph-hmg his own extincti(m, and finds him.self. in a Briti-h colony subjected 
 to a toreign despotism whicli by hook or by crook has obtained not only the 
 sanction but the mastery of British law. 
 
 " Tj'!' ^^'"^ agitation has brought matters to a head. The English farmers 
 liave held on to their land, though many of their number have retired beaten, in 
 
ic.'il nutfiority. 
 
 nppi'als iii(.'aii 
 icr Braiin, tho 
 ntlnxloxy by 
 t no fooni for 
 
 work on the 
 riuiiipli, t-rror 
 lit witli as a 
 
 most inflam- 
 
 •Htant jM-'opIf , 
 
 It runs as 
 
 ihc kept the 
 of LSI 2. and 
 with all the 
 fresh inroail 
 L/rown of her 
 inisters that 
 hey yicl(]e(l. 
 K'li 8>0|Ulla- 
 
 <'iial»l(Mi to 
 
 paii.sion the 
 .'Viii,f|iHcation 
 )opuiation is 
 copulation is 
 is in reality 
 the pro\ ince 
 r lieinio vir- 
 I'^'presenta- 
 which was 
 :t,s opi'i'ct 71(11, 
 
 Ih' priest's 
 I'll \r a he 
 o iulvaiicc 
 
 lonizini;- the 
 on the wilil 
 
 I'inarkable 
 
 the English 
 
 within the 
 
 ns for roads 
 
 obtain ooni- 
 
 tlie Church 
 
 .'ing all her 
 
 is utterly 
 
 Jiven a fair 
 
 the fruitful 
 
 eans for ac- 
 
 y, subjected 
 
 3t only tlie 
 
 lish farmers 
 [ beaten, in 
 
 
 tlu h M tbu somr diiy tlir Kuj^llsli majority in the otlM-r pro^liurs may 
 
 comcto tlirn'Sfilc. Tiicv do iiola>k forluvor-, Tli. y do uu\ wi.sh todepnvr tb.' 
 lMvnrh-('a!ia(lmii> of the MiialL'st fiaeti<«n of n-ii.^ious liberty. Tlir.V sini|»l>_ 
 
 iMji thai thr < Ininli ma\ Im' tliscstablislMil. or at all «'veiits strii»|M'<l ol 
 some of thoso «>vorhitant privih'ue' wUUU arr iii<oiii|>alIlil<' >>illi 
 uoiMilar I'nMdom and im-okhss : that the Lesjlslatiire may be restrained 
 from voting the iMihlio taxes l»y wholesale lor seetarian pnrpoNes : in a 
 word, lhe> ask that I he State shonld oreupy the po>illoii and diseliarji*' 
 the t'nnelions whieli have been seized and nsurped b> an jm«res-.i>e 
 and rapaeio»is <'eelesiaslieism. lor these relornis tlie> look to their 
 kiiiMnen of British blood in Ontario and elMwhere, and they are 
 watehinu .mr aetion with respeel to the Kiel matter with tlu' keeiiol 
 and the most proronnd attention. 
 
 •' It is true tliiit, bv 111. T.-lv overthrowing the Hiehti'sw.' cannot liopr to .-ui\r 
 tlie coiupl.-x and trulv appaliiig i)robl,.Mi pr.'sented by the presence in this small 
 An<--lo-Sa\on couiniunitv of a million ai\'l n .piartrr of jvoplc. who repuduit.- our 
 language, and who pride tb.-iuselves upon lu'lon^'inu to a dlllerenl raee. and 
 iiprMi eherishiny; dilFerent institntlons. Hut if we succeed on this occaMou m 
 • lefcatui"- ill.' arnc'anr claim ihatCanadian law sliouhl not prevail again-l a Knncb- 
 CanadiaTi eriminafwhen be happens to represent the ' national ' idea, tlie br. ncl. 
 may bcnn to reali/e that tbev have gone far enough, and tluit we an- not in a 
 iii.Kid tirpennit the lurther eHacc-nieiit of KnL,dish rights and Kngli-h niterests m 
 that province. Such at any rate is the vi.'W of the Knglisb nuiionty, and sv. 
 commend it to the uttention'of their kith and kin in Ontario. ' 
 
 A two-cobnmi article appeared in The Mad of August 2;h-d, entitl.-d " The 
 Englisli Minority in Quebec," eah-ulated to excite Protestant fe(;ling, and evi- 
 dently intended to provoke sectarian strife. From that article the following ex- 
 tracts are taken : — 
 
 " Is a Stjite Church, such as thi\t which exists in England, an injustice to the 
 Nonconformist minority :- If so, it is evident that the presence in Ouebec ot i. 
 (niurch which, instead of being th(> mere ally or servant of the State, completely 
 dominates the State and controls it in the exercise of its most important functions, 
 must a fortiori be injurious to the Protestant minority in that provnice. ^ I hat 
 Church is propped- aiul buttressed bv many hoary Acts--by the ' iticles of (apitu- 
 lation bv the Treaty of 17G3, bv the Quebec Act, by the ordina..:. » of the QuM^ec 
 Councilcreated \)y'that instrument, etc.; and is without doubt ibe most uni'iu.' 
 and the most oppressive institution of its kind on the face of the earth, h urtlier- 
 more, the whole civil code of the Province of Quebec is bafsed ui)on the principle 
 that the ecclesiastical is above the civil law. 
 
 "The tentacles of the Church are felt by the English settler in all things, 
 frreat and .small. Thus no less than one-sixth of the animal revenue of the 
 province pas.';es directly or inrlirectly into her coffers. The public chest i.s drnwn 
 upon for her grand ecclesiastical ceremonies, such as the installation of a Car<linal, 
 and she invades the domain of municipal government as well as the halls of the 
 
 Legislatui'e. 
 
 " A^ain. in the field of education, the Churcli, through her omnipotence in the 
 
 # 
 
 l\ e 
 
 Le<nslatvu-o, is able to make life unpleasant for the Protestant ])arent. 
 Biit. aside from her allegiance to a foreign potentate, the Church, as we h 
 said, is paramount in Quebec. She evades the law of mortmain and owiis real 
 estate (that goes untaxed), valued by one of her own witnes,ses at forty millions 
 of dollars, but pix)bably worth sixty or s«?veijty millions ; she is empowered by law 
 
J^..nn ? f^ we,. y-.s,xtl, U-shel horn ht-r .nvn ,,..,,,,1., uud has tin.s a .Jinc- 
 r ^1 ? '"^V':-f .""■'""•'"J.'thesoil of JH-retics; she nuik...s nn.l unnmkes tlu 
 .;,?/. r "" '« «"I'Po«"'l to pn.toct tlu- rid.ts of tlu- r.m.uritv ; sh.. virtimilx 
 
 ' s nl n, ;' ;*"";," 'P'^l«^'''^""; "'"^ '^I^I^''^'^ ^^'^- i-'-vinnnl revnues to l.r own 
 V ,■ f '' • '""':.'•' ^^■^'.»"^^'^-«''^».«J'^iK"uri"Su,ulovc.m.l..-s Cau.uliun la^^ 
 
 ri'^'anllfss ot tho lact that this is a British Colony. 
 
 th. l''.!!l-1'"'"^;.?"" ";*''-'^''»<l<'«'i''^' Pow-r nf the ( 'h.nch confronts an.l onnn..ss..s 
 h R ''r r^ "v^'iy turn. The only authority to which sU. is aJnVnahh. 
 
 latuif tonnally to aoknowle.lnre the .supr.^nmcy of the Vatican." 
 
 A-ain on the 21st Soptemb-r, The Mail made a furious ouslau-ht on ,!„• 
 (^athohc Church. After pn-tcndinjr to picture the wretched condition of th.. 
 Catholics in Quebec, it went on to say :— 
 
 the /,«/.;/!L*;%T^''^' "''"'• ^T'"^ ^l" ^"^'''"^^ provinces to do with the Church and 
 the falntant, the answer is that the condition of « )uebec, as a component part of 
 
 and wiriV'l "v r'r'T"";^''"' "'^"'^' ^^''-^ ^"^^•'-' i4land,\vale: 
 
 or ari nn^"^ , ; \"'"^'*'t'^»*« "^ Q^^'^^^-^'- numbering, a quarter of a nliUion, 
 tes h „ V^f Tv^ l.uve sonu- r,g.hts as British subjects, but the univensal 
 ^f h h i 1 i P"P"l'^t,on in the i ar.d districts is that the in.lirect etreet, 
 
 civ nff ° Tv ^""•^? T^T^^ ^'^^ ^'^^ ^^"^^^"^ interference of th..Ch,neh in 
 ^^:^^ti:^:^^ '-' ^^^ -^^ -thonty, combine to make 
 
 The Mail, September 28th, contained an article .lesigned to show that both 
 parties in Quebec were the slaves of the Church. It was entitled " The Scene in 
 Quebec " : — 
 
 " In every country whore popular institutions exist, elections are decided bv 
 an appeal to the judgment of the people. But in the Province of QuXec the 
 appeal is n.ade to the Church, the arbitress of all thin^rs. The contest now in 
 progress there furnishes a truly remarkal)le spectacle for the NineU^enth Centurv 
 
 " It the reader will bear in mind that Dominion as well as Provincial elections 
 m Quebec are mvarmbly conducted upon just such lines as these-the Chinch r.t 
 the people, being the ultimate court, of appeal-he will probably agree with s 
 that It IS a little premature to speak of Canada as a free country." 
 
 October 4th, The Mail continued its assaults, saying :— 
 
 " If it be true, as Rev. Principal Mc Vicar and others allege, that the Churcl, 
 draws ten milhori dollars a year in the shape of tithes, tWd assessments and 
 dues from he million and a quarter of peasant farmers there, not to count the 
 direct loss they sustain through the exemption of her vast estates from mun iml 
 
 axation we need go no further for pro<.f that in Quebec a^ elsewhere ' prfviire 
 IS poverty. But the sums mentioned, representing an annual lew of ei^ht 
 dollars per head of the French population of Quebec, are believed^to beTd 
 withm the mark ; and if this be so, have wo not here a e«usc ainnlv ^uffit-ieilt 
 to jM^count for the backwardness of the orovliuo Ld Avi ?i.l i i i. 
 enterprise and nuhli<> «nipit r^" * -h"-."*"-i*^^^^ *^^ '*"** "<^ 
 
 ustamed by them in other ways -through the antiquated system of educat oh 
 
 KStr?n^r?hi;TL^i'^' ^^"'t' •^'^''"""^ *^'« application tL,H things ciWl of 
 the doctrine that the State cannot circumscribe her functions, and throuah the 
 
 • iiiplovme 
 t(i thfise in 
 — the loss 
 
 " Is it 
 
 ly the pi 
 l*rotes(ui 
 
 t'l us that 
 til time I'ui 
 iiupo.s-iible 
 and enjovi 
 up, luil H 1 
 
 Oct. 5 
 
 rions in an 
 
 ••in f(i 
 Liieat part 
 tiie provin( 
 tricts with' 
 time upon 
 liiiman exp 
 enjoys in tl 
 and intelle( 
 
 Oct, 7t 
 
 the church, 
 
 " The ( 
 whole, Bu 
 lilt inns, nol 
 upon us. 1 
 to collect ti 
 as 1839 she 
 and do mane 
 I.er right. 
 [)ress it if a 
 
 " Oct. 7 
 
 " Patric 
 
 homogeneity 
 the favourc 
 province A] 
 subjects, ma 
 establishes a 
 
 popnlation 
 aient here 
 
 Oct, IK 
 
 " The la 
 tliey are a di 
 tlie layman ■^ 
 :uw, to excoi 
 
 The sys 
 She is able v 
 himself blin( 
 pawns in' the 
 
-s tlnjs li i]in ri 
 uiiiimkc's tli> 
 ; slic virtimilv 
 les to luT fiwii 
 Caiiaclinn law 
 astical li'^isla- 
 childn-n (juitt 
 
 and opprt'MSJ'.s 
 D' is atiK-iialilt' 
 
 ><;ls t)u! Lfgis- 
 
 au^dit ('11 iJic 
 iJition of till' 
 
 Church rtTiil 
 ioii(!iic j)art of 
 ij^'laiid, Wnlo 
 I.' only p<'rM)ii 
 " (jf a inillidu, 
 thf miivfisal 
 idiivct etrfct> 
 ;hi' Cliuroli ill 
 biiu' to luakt' 
 
 ow that both 
 rile Scene in 
 
 e decided by 
 Quebec the 
 
 litest now in 
 
 th Century. 
 
 cial elections 
 Church, not 
 
 i^ree with us 
 
 the Church 
 ssrnents and 
 to count the 
 n municipal 
 > ' privile<,'e 
 y of eight 
 to be well 
 sufficient 
 lie lack of 
 The injury 
 'f educatioh 
 ngs civil of 
 Jirough the 
 
 ■iiiplnyinent of the spiritual pressure necessary to eoiiip.l th.- Imlnlnnl !.. MiLmir 
 tn those inaiiitest hindrniie.s to his material. n.Mr,,l ami intellretual advHnc..in.„t 
 — tlie lo.s.s under this h.-ad mnnot b- comput.Ml. l,,jL who can d,-iiy its iniportaiiee ' 
 " Is it nothin^r to the Dominion that the .second IVovinre in it is inn.Mv.ilv! ,.,i 
 t'V the pi-..s..,Kv of iiedianali.sm '. Shall wv \r,\y no lieed |o (lir m oflhe 
 I nHesruni inlnorll.v, whose inlerenls are ini|»eriile«l ? I. it of „n*m ne nt 
 t- us tliat K-drral l-yislMtiun sle.nld b- in,,,, d-.|, tb- Kederal trea..urv from tiinr 
 t- t'"''; '•■'ided,an.le.iualg()vernmentthroULch.Mit tl,,.])oniini..nr.n.ie'redweli.nivl, 
 :n.pos.,ibl.' ill c.m.se,|U. nee of the privi!..;r,,s, i„„nuniti.s ,md usurpations exeivi.xd 
 and enjoyed under the j.roteetion of our hnv bv a Chiurb that is serkin-' iu Imild 
 lip, '(('/ H lintish, but a French community ' " 
 
 Oct. 5th, 1886.— The Mnll advwated th.- curtailment of (liureh cntribu- 
 rions in an article of tedious lenurth from which the following extract is tak. i, : 
 
 -111 fact we think we are justified in saving that these imposts aeeou„t i„ 
 -reat part tor the backwardness of the province: for th.' chronic .•mi.tm.-ss of 
 the provincial treasury, which has to build railroa-is l!;.-ongh imp<,verish..| .h^- 
 tncts without much municipal ai.l ; and therefore for the rai.ls made frnrn tim- t.. 
 time upon the J'ederal exolie.|uer by the Vu.}>. e contin>;ent at Ottawa. .Vll 
 human experience teaches that such me.li:cvai i-rivih-rres as the Church in <.».„ b.-e 
 enjoys in the domains of l.'t,dslati(m an.l educati.m area hindrance to the mnnd 
 and intellectual, as well as to the material advancenuiut of a people." 
 
 Oct. 7th, KS86, the Mail made anoth.T attempt to stir up ill-feelinjr at,'ain.st 
 the church, ns will be .seen by the f..llowiug .'xtract ;— 
 
 "The opening up of the northern portion of the province will enrich the 
 whole. But It will be decidedly awkwar.l if the Church, in piantin-r X.,s :,...ti. 
 niti.ni.% noire laaym et uvhIoI- in Upper Canada, should impose the tithe system 
 upon us. it must be borne m mind that she has alwavs insisted upon her H-ht 
 to collect tithes from Roman Catholic .settlers in Upper Canada; in fact, as late 
 as 1 8,W she argued the question with the Imperial and Canadian Governments, 
 and deman.le.l compensation from the latter for her forb.-arance in not enf..r(iii..- 
 I..,'r right.^ The claim still stands, aiid we mav be .sure she would not hesitate to 
 i)ress It il a favorable conibiufition of circumstances presented itself." 
 
 " Oct. 7th, ISSeT— The following appeared in a Mail edit.irial :— 
 "Patriotism in Canada there i.^ n-.-xt to none, for we all feel insecure Of 
 homog..neity or of a tendency to it. there is absolutely no sign. In Queb.'c 
 nlie favoured Church is establishing a nationality of 'her own; and in this 
 province Archbishop Lynch, in the name of " our people," as he styles his 
 subjects, makes compacts with the Protestant politicians, and from time to time 
 .H m.i«««n Zi?' f "f ' ''\^^' ^^^'" •J"'^* ''^ t»'""Jf»' ^he Irish C'atholie 
 .mcKeJelT;?;^^^^^^^ ""^^ *»"» """"'^» « te,»p«rar.v lod,- 
 
 Oct. nth.— The Mail again assailed the Church thus:— 
 " The law provides penalties against the use of undue clerical influence, but 
 th..y are a dead letter No Roman Catholic judge cares to enforce them, whilst 
 the layman who drags a priest before the ciN'il tribunals is liable, under the canon 
 :riw, to excommunication. 
 
 m,. T'lf^^'"*-."!! '^^i^'^s strength from the sinister use the Church makes of it. 
 i. , ilf^Kr ^;f^7* ™"«^ J^«"We to show the haUtant that onlv bv submitting 
 
 nZni • l"" ^ V' ""r • ^"^ ""^^""^ ^''' *° «™P'oy »"« representatives as 
 pawns in the game of politics, can he and she hope to retain the balance of power 
 
8 
 
 ill l>Minini<.n iiMiiirs wlii«'li tlicy Imvi m. lMn^' tjijuyoil. 'I'his iipiH-al to t!. 
 uiiiour itiii/tii 1111(1 cupi.lity ol' llif Frtixli < 'iminliim ]icnj.lr is, next to spiritiH' 
 t»'rrnfis|ii. till' j4iiat iHf.Miiiitiit with wliuli ^lll' litilstttrs up Iht hwhv Arid pi' 
 cisoly t'(.i.l.lii>. r.iisun ihc rxistt-iici' of tlir Clnnvli n> ii Stnt.' Clmrcli is frmi^'l 
 w Itli injury, ii«'L I.. (^Mii-boc alouo. Imt to tlu- well Immu^' of tin* whole foutitry." 
 
 Oct. liSth, l.S8(). 'I'h"' M<ill ('(.uchnlfil im nrtlclu on ihi- <.jiii'Im:<' ••lictious i . 
 
 tht'Mi! words : — 
 
 ■' But whi'ii, ns in tin- prtM'ut instunoi', it is nuiiiifr.st liiiit thr l 'hurcli i 
 Quciiic, owiii;,' to the tfiuponil soxtici^'iity untl piiviltj/c shu i-njoys, whrtluT h- 
 ri^ht of (ri'aty or hv ii'.urpiilion mitti rs nothiir, has it in ln'r powiT, l«y hurlin 
 H uiiiHon and ii (juai'tur of Iniliiln hIh first ii;^'ainst oik- part\ and tlnii a.;iiiiist tli' 
 otht'i-, to uiak' and tiniuaki' Ministrii's. not riidy »t Qufhcc hut at Ottawa, ai 
 t'xt'ii tochalli-n;,'!' tlii' authoiity of Hritish hiw to deal with ln-r sulijects whi 
 they piovokc Itlood^hed : iukIov such ciifunistaiiecH, on.- of two thiiij^s b(i-oui<- 
 nt'f'ssary — cither we must aeknowlediie atnl confess }ier supe'iiority to th 
 State, or elsc.ut any cost, y\v llllist rllVcl IHT ovoiMlirow i»s a State insiitutioi 
 Tlie [politicians, I!. -form and Tory alike, prefer to make deals " witii la-r : tin 
 Ljanie, so far as she is coticernc<l, Keinuj one of Head^ I win. Tails you lose. Th- 
 is the settled method of the lead.'rs on hotli side's, I'ui in our liuniMe jud>;niei ' 
 the time Jims come for a ^nicnil uprising; of llu* Itritisli ran* in fl!c 
 lloillillioii an'ainst .so daii^'erous ai.d de^i'adin^' a .system of LTovernmeiit." 
 
 Oct. 2()th, LS8ti.— Th(i Mail contained an article on i.^huhcc which eonclud' I 
 as ftilldxvs : — 
 
 • I'rojiositiun 20 of the Syllabus asserts the ri<,dit of tht: Church ' 
 nct|uire an<l po.ssess pi'o])erty. and hei- repr'.'sentatives in liower Canada hold th. 
 the civil power cannot cii-cam.scribe either her rij^ht of actiuirin^^ or her ri;;l 
 of posscssinif, and had no business therefore, to make mortmain laws and expt 
 them to be obeyed. And so this huy;e media'\al coriniratioii, with wealth unto! 
 bold'y defiffs the St ite to check or limit her accumulations, and goes on drainii:^ 
 the industry of one-fourth of our populaticju, and rulinjfus all by marketii.,' 
 our V(jtes." 
 
 The Mail. November 5th, J8.SfJ:— 
 
 "The civil liberty of the whole Koman Catholic population of Ontario h 
 I '.'en eiirtailed, tlie State at the demand of tlU' tillllTll |>n*|M'tratillj;>' i\\v OU! 
 raK<'.'* 
 
 77,. Mad, Novemb.;r (Jth, 188G :— 
 
 In this province tin; outlook is equally serious. The Church lias contrive 
 by the usual methods, to obtain amendments to the school law. Formerly lii 
 Roman Catholic parent was at liberty to choose between the Public and the Sep 
 arate schools, l>ut lie is now compelled nole.nn folnis to support the latter, whiu 
 are notoriously illt'crior, or rvm the risk of incurrinix a penalty in his jndgmei. 
 worse tlian di^atb. 'J"o put tlie matter bluntly, thou,L,di no otience is intend. 
 Arclllasliop LyiU'll stood ready ♦•► barter the Catholic vote for power ' 
 
 o|>i»'t'ss the VMluAU' parent; and, i» onr cveriastinju' slianie, the Goven 
 ment (^f Ontario, whether with or with out Mr. Mowat's knowledgtMnatters ii- 
 closed with his Grace s otter. 
 
 "If it be asked, V.hat have Protestants to do with question? The oV)vi( ; 
 answer is that the pmver which has just succeedi-d in securing a British law t 
 
 r to plact 
 niination 
 nspeetion i 
 Ncliools simil 
 iiiit,^ Iwr to I 
 Separate ><•) 
 State aid. gl 
 
 HdMtn tlie 
 
 n'^ l!iili>h 
 k"iee in the 
 iinl tcachid; 
 IIS manai'ed 
 
 nt, tlie 
 
 r 
 
 rovmeii 
 nil devoted 
 
 » sell and < 
 )olli sides 
 eritation ii 
 liosni v«»s,s 
 lit simply 
 
 The Mai 
 
 Mut jus 
 
 i'i:-r,\. the I 
 
 ' The nid 
 
 tiplete clei'i 
 
 lure his Gr» 
 
 ' pa rate Sola 
 
 I'idreii to th 
 
 "!"■ urrange 
 
 !'• selection I 
 
 'Siting and t 
 
 ' In (^uel 
 
 I'llock to ol 
 
 ''■st-ridden ] 
 
 IMS and pi'iv 
 
 Ml roll, wliicl: 
 
 I tar wron^ 
 
 i ration now 
 
 . itself und( 
 
 I'ick on the s 
 
 '■a I of 1885.' 
 
 ne Mail, 
 
 llie imni 
 
 tills Provinc 
 
 what it wi 
 
 i vidua! or u 
 
 ' for yeai's h 
 
 ist dangerou! 
 
 * 
 
 ■' That Arc 
 
 keeping Catholic parents and Catholic children down, is only waiting Its cluuir )\Yn ; lait tl 
 to iniirair Trotestant liberties. In fact, her ehanco has already come, and th mvnte Schoo 
 
 she is taking advantage eif it is shown Viy the existence of a system which enab! 
 
 '•hildren, ai 
 
u[i|)cal U) t1. 
 xt to sjiirituii 
 »iy AjkI pi' 
 iicli is finii^'l 
 li cMuiitry." 
 
 <;(■ clfctioiis i 
 
 SC 
 
 III' I'liiirfh i 
 :», wlii'thiT \>' 
 vtT, liy Imrliii 
 en against tli 
 t Ottnwa, 111 
 siilijccts wh( 
 liin^'s Ix'i'ouii' 
 ii(jiity to til 
 iito iiist itiitid! 
 with h'T ; tli 
 Voii losi'. Til 
 
 lll'lc jUfl^'IllCI 
 
 riu'v ill t\> 
 
 nmciit. 
 
 liieh concluil" 
 
 Aiv. Clnircli ' 
 nadii hold tii< 
 ly or hex* rij,'i 
 iiWH and «;x{)( 
 
 wndth niitol 
 (K'S on draiiiii 
 
 hy niarketii.; 
 
 I of Ontario Im 
 iitiiiK the oil! 
 
 t) 
 
 i IS >nHna;...d to throw ui.on th. Stat/ L , o ' t 'f I ' ^^'''^'''-''''''-'t >U- 
 
 ;'■-, H;.- R..n.a,. c-ath li. institi^u^in'rondi;!;;'; '^ .'ti;:.: i;;!:;:';;^^ i^; ?;;::; 
 
 ' ' ■>; > ""v I .vasury last y.-ar no l.ss tha,. .<-H.()()(). „r Hi, p..- ,.. .fc . t it 
 
 fiillililiPpi 
 
 /'//«• JAivV, Xovt'iiihrr ,sth Jw(; ■ 
 
 UK h, whicli Mr. Frasrr Avas coinniissioued to dispos." of, \\V do not think u.^ 
 
 Formerly ili 
 ii; and tlu' 8c] 
 Ik" latter, whir 
 in his judginc: 
 nee is iiitendi 
 ' for power ' 
 IK', the Govei'! 
 :lgo iiiattei's i\>' 
 
 •11? Tlie olivii 
 I British law t. 
 tiii$j[ its cliiiiK 
 
 y come, and tli 
 111 which enaM 
 
 n>- Mail, Novemher loth, 1886, attacks the C"atholic Church thus — 
 
 at wi f^Y^^^J'^-' f'n^orate vote to the Reform and ToPv r.oIiH.-ians 
 ulat t will fetch in- the shape of encroachments upon the fre'edom f 
 l.n.lual or upon the functions of the State. TIh' sale^» Vi M' f h r v, 
 
10 
 
 owii.Ts (.f propertv, is a r.velation for which we woro not altogothtT prepan 
 These ameudniciits must l»e rop.>e,le<h and the Separate School laxv, if it cannot 1; 
 wholly abolished, restored to its original form, before we can boast that Ontar;. 
 is a free country." 
 
 October 13th. 1HS6, The Mail publishe<l an inllanunatory editorial to rouse tb 
 fears of the Protestants of Ontario on account of the settlement of French Can.> 
 difiiis in Ontario. It wound up with these words: — 
 
 " Lp (Mtivateur, a Quebec paper which devotes special attention to the subjec 
 bfuists that in twenty vears there will be half a million Frencli (knadians i: 
 Northern Ontario, and that, as a con.se(iuence, " the balance (^f power wiU he .sab 
 This is probal)lv an exaggerated estimate, but it is well tliat the hnglish inhabif 
 ants of Ontario' should know what is contemplated. Should the Cliurch mtrodur 
 tlie tithe system in the French districts in E.i .tern and Northern (^itario— and i' 
 was stated the other day, she has always maintained that she is entitled by la 
 to take tithes from Roman Catholics in Upi-er Canada -her positun^i m this 1 v 
 viiice will be greatly strengthened, and WO sliaJl OX|M'ri<'IM-<' Ill^Olir OMll 
 iH'isoiis tin- pt'ciiliur i»r<M'ess vulgarly known us • lrt't'z(' i»iit, whirii ^ 
 !i< iionnlatins tlie Enslish sHtlenunts in Hwhev. The w<muI<'||uI focu . 
 rthv an.l eoheriveness of the French Canadian race and itsonfin' subjoi'tioil h. 
 flu" ( Inirch, wlH>se bottle hoUllujj is ulwaiys jiidiiious. niakt' Jran Ba; 
 tisto a roiniidable tonipotltor lor the soil of a ne\* eoiintry. 
 
 The course pursued by The M>'il to excite the people of Ontario against tl 
 French Canadians is well illustrated in the annexed extract. The constant eft'i:! 
 throughout was to implant the idea that the English Protestants of Quebec wc 
 being oppressed and driven out of the Province : — 
 
 "The fact is the English minority has been compelled by the very nature n 
 the agitation set on foot in Quebec to coale.sce for the preservation of its existeiK 
 They know right well that tho. ferocious onslaughts made upon the Orangistcs u\ 
 in reality intended for the wdiole English-speaking population of Quebec an. 
 Ontario, and that the impeachment of the l)omini(3n Cabinet for having allow-, 
 the law to take its course in the case of Kiel is nothing more or less th;,; 
 an uprising on the part of French C anadian nativisni and int<)leran« i 
 against the supreniaty of British institutions.'' 
 
 Said Mr. Dal ton McCarthy in his etforts to tire the hearts of ^lie electors > 
 Ilaldimand : — 
 
 " Therefore ,it is now for the English Province of Ontario— and you, the nxi 
 of Haldimand, are the rejn-esentatives of that Province in this election— to spea 
 out plainly, clearly and decisively and by your vote at the coming election say 
 while you ha\e no wish to tight with the Frenchmen : while, you desire th. 
 every man in Canada, I'egardless of nationality, shall have fair play— you will n 
 subinit to seeing this great Dominion turned into a French province— you do n 
 want to see this country governed l)y the Fi-ench, simply because the law w ; 
 meted out equitably to one of their people. " 
 
 Speaking on behalf of Mr. Meriitt, the Tory candidate in Haldimand, M 
 
 Boultbee said: — 
 
 " In Quebec the Protestants are under the iron heel of Roman Catholic priest; 
 oppression, and the material prosperity of the Province is being seriously retard.' 
 The public funds are being used to endow the Church,t.j pay for religious -ielel))'. 
 tions and to foot the bills for the installation of Cardinals. The Enghsh-speakni 
 
 Protestant ] 
 'V"vince to 
 
 In iti ii 
 
 ;^uebec witl 
 
 " They 
 
 v< >m the eas 
 '^iiglish-spi'j 
 iie result, 
 he efforts p 
 )e. in great 
 wo separate 
 The arti 
 ling up of t 
 urch. It 
 lat it is tlie 
 r the earth 
 :•ei^"iiastical 
 iider pains t 
 iiurch's rule 
 •Igiuin tho 
 I' nee;" tha 
 I' I lie clerica 
 ''a.sed upon 
 ■I. generall;^ 
 
 Commeni 
 
 serves: — 
 
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 tholic Chu 
 
 the Domi 
 
 the_ Church 
 
 IS for the 
 
 le.sjastical f 
 
 i''turn hit 
 
 islative ticti 
 
 party of m 
 
 edonald, as 
 
 'jst continu 
 
 igious war j 
 
 •^ fheir card 
 
 ned, by a 
 
 < "anadian | 
 
 ns why th( 
 
 no longer I 
 
 nse Protestf 
 
 Honian Cal 
 
 outrageous 
 
 \e thus far 
 
 l<<'d attemp 
 
 '' in the pa 
 
 most corruj 
 
 
j[othtT prepai 
 ■, if it cannot 1 • 
 
 11 
 
 iTiotestant population tlion- are now appealiiio t., 
 "Vince tf) conu' to their rescue. " 
 
 , ^ . ,^" '^' f"^ "^" '^^^'''' 21«t' 1^86, The Mail throateiavl a,.vin to overwhelm 
 
 ist that Ontar:.. V^i'^'bec with invasion from the ea.<^t and west in the foll.nvin.r style — 
 
 ti!;!':Liern5;:i;!^^:fl;!::!rj^?-^"P-^ -^ ^^'^^ a'Maeedoni«n erv 
 
 out," Willi 
 ihIci'IuI fo'ciiit 
 > siibjoi'tioii t<i 
 like Jruii !<»!> 
 
 tario against tli 
 16 constant efto: 
 ) of Quebec wv 
 
 18 verj' nature n 
 1 of its existenc ■ 
 lu (Jrangititi's ai 
 I of Quebec an 
 r liaving allow.- 
 ore or less thi. 
 
 lid iiit<»l(>i'uii4- 
 
 f Uie electors 
 
 md you, the mt 
 ection — to spea 
 [Kf election sav 
 you desire tlu 
 lay — you will ii 
 iuce — you do ib 
 ase the law w> 
 
 Haldimand, M 
 
 I Catholic priest: 
 eriously retards 
 religious "Adebi'. 
 English -speakii' 
 
 their kith and kin in this 
 
 )rial to rouse 
 jf French Can 
 
 :)n to the subjec; 
 :h Canadians i: 
 /er will be sab 
 Knglish inhabjf 
 'lim-oh introdui 
 ')iitario — and, .■> 
 entitled by la ' 
 
 ftw.ii... ""I'^'i" Pftins and pena ties deemf^rl wr^-c. . ,]„„ii. ... ., , ^. . 
 
 >^- in grea moasnre, uml.;:: -d the ;;;r ^f ^ Idu r^^'; ^^^^'ZlI^V ^^^'^ 
 wo separate an.l d.stinet peoples thrown back ind.-tini^ely " ' " "* 
 
 The artiele from which the above extract is taken is a sort of general sum- 
 ..ng up of the senes of attacks it had been making for months on the (^al,..Iic 
 lua-eli. t pictures the Church as injurious to the Protestant minority in Quebec • 
 ■at It IS the ■■ most uni,,ue and most oppressive institution of its kind on th. face 
 t the eaith: that it compels the State to' recognize the supremacy of its 
 
 -painsand penaith. deemed worse . n death;" that Quebec, under the 
 •<u-hs rule, IS so much wor.se than other countries that "even in Spain ami 
 
 • c. that tlK. Church wholly disregards the Dominion election law prohibiting 
 
 •I-- clerical influence m election contests ; that " the whole civil code of Quebec 
 
 'a.sed upon the principle that the ecclesiastical law is above the civil la-'v • " 
 
 ■i.g'enerally speaking, it denounces the Church in the most unsparing manner 
 
 ^^^^ Commenting on this article the Montreal Herald of August 2oth, is.v,; 
 
 rli'.">l^"ci.urch irthis P ^'''' '!l^'7 A" ""''^"'S "» '^^^ P"«ition oi the R. 
 ^n. uc LJiurch in this Province that has not been known to the Toronto 
 
 t . Clmrefr " •; Government as long as they have had an .x t nco ib , 
 le.iasti^ a^r^ ulfS.. "Tr:'^^:^-'^ P;^^- V^- ^^^--^ '- been a unio, 
 
 
 I'nrtv uf wliirli 'n,.\r','yC~ ■—-"••'"•-■ • i""'»i,iiiDs i)t Qui'lifc must 11 ,,k 
 
 
i 
 
 12 
 
 ^^^^^^ On D.co,nlH.,- 1st. 1S8G, n. Mail .na-U- another grossly insulting attaoJ<. ] J 
 
 an.l tij the caus<. of trt.th In "uh. ,. f *'>.l^'-"t">'^tant children and parent^ 
 
 order to suit th..R<.,na"M:^,^;;;;!:;: «'^-'%"-' that text-hook dih^ted J 
 
 ^a«./«r., whi-h asserts that ' ^'l^^^u^Jul^l^'u ^"'T • '^"'^ ^'^""J 
 
 thepuhlic school vorsha of ace,!^^nl^ HnX .^^ "*^>' "^'^ ^•"^■'"'l 
 
 aelieate theory that the Hu.i^^iJr:;:;^ r^j;^;;:-';f^;;:;^^;^-^n-n^ - ^''J 
 Sueh ,s th.. course pursued, the policy adopted hv the Torv partv (^u, an>- 1 
 sane .nan regard it other.-ise than brutally revolutionary ' It^ iin. [s" to create J 
 war of -lig-n ancl ,-ace. that the party nf B.odlers, Id hy Sir John Maedonald I 
 may fiddle whde Home is huniinir. aiai.i- 
 
 A rouvcnno,. «f tUe r;„sc..afiv. party Mas l,H<l at Toronto I 
 
 conunencngon tho 14th .lauuar.V, IHIH. it ,f.e olos,. of tl.o |H<MT,.di"»s I 
 on the 10th of tlie same month, a sorh's of r«NoIiiti«„s woiT adoiWod Th I 
 
 .H.re embodied h. the leading editorial of the Mail, January 17th whidi TO.." I 
 eluded as follows — ' '^" "ukii ton ■ 
 
 " The convention was also good eiiout'li tonass the folln^;,, • „ i .• • , I 
 
 •some warmth of den.onstration: Our grateful tliuiks 1, f 7''^'\"tion, amid ■ 
 gentlemen of the couvntion ; and ^o'i^!tl:\^±.:Z^:t^^£:i7'' '" '''' I 
 ance of our intention to .nake this journal atl.Lf in them the assur- | 
 
 au.l the cause with which it is identit!:;!; nlll^'^! i:':Z:S:;^Z:-' '^' ''''' I 
 
 npUs; and thit this <onvn hm d'sil!^!, to ?v /''"f ''^^^^^ '""• I 
 
 oriraii of tho Tory partv. and tli< "sViiiiV... . ...rf^* .?* '^^*'" *''<' < '"'''^ I 
 
 Ills iiitliiiato. personal and lit a^ rWa^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ l'r«'«i«' '"Hinlains ■ 
 aid and Mr. W. R. M^reditll. »•< ^tions mtli .Sir .lolin Maedon ■ 
 
 t;n.nkly accepts Mr. Meredith'; oliey as id:^;:;:^;^'^;^".;":^:^^:'^ ^''l!^- ■ 
 Mad. iiert- IS what it snArs •-_♦< Mn ii«.....n*i.... V". . i" :L''';:o^"'^>' h' '/'•; 
 
 A 
 
 aeeen 
 
 ::.:^J:'%lB^^^:±^.^"^^^^ 
 
 inl)Iy. Those who have believed that tl 
 niere partv dodge, to be reversed -after the d 
 
 that the IVew Conservative poliey has 
 
 ^ , u the 
 
 1.' recent change m The Mall was a 
 eetions, must n<>n l»e conviured 
 eonie to stav.""