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Les diagrammas sulvants illustrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 6 6 n^ \\ ] PARI lAIWIPNTAPV nnPDI IDXir^M ^ PARLIAMENTARY CORRUPTION AS DEVELOPED IN ITS CONNECTION WITH ^JESUIT f INGOP^PORATION -AND- THE : PBEC: JEM: ESTATES: ACT !^ -TUBRBBT- Plaeing Protestantism at a Discount, AND AIDING AND ABETTING I k Romish Aggression in Canada; ' Favorable Notioes of "Obiqinal Riplt to Paini'b Agi of RsAfON." lu introducing to the reader the followius very favorable notioes of oai reply to *' Paine'a Age of Reason," we would aoknowled^e, with thanks, very interesting eommunicationa received from" the Bishopn of of Niagara and of Algoma, bearing testimony to the logical charac- ter of the work, and the earniist spirit of the author ; also the kindly wish Mxpressed by his Lordship, the Bitkop of Huron " that God may blessthiseffurt in thecauseoftruth." Also the folio wing From thkRiqht HMV.,the Bithap of Montreal. His Lordship,inacknowledxing the receipt the book writes . '* I have examined your book * A New and Original reply to Paine'a Age of Reason' with some eare, and the result has been the conviction that it is calculated to be of much use— especially to many of the present day who assume that ' Paine' and such writers have on their side more truth than theologians like to admit. It is sometimes objected that in this way we create doubts in many minds. I do not think so. The doubts exist through the efforts of sceptical writers — which has resulted in a widely circulated sceptical literature —and we ought to supply the remedy. I think you have done wel>." From thx Rev. Mark TmiNBULL, Cliureh of .England Clergymatiy lAitowi : " I have carefully read Mr. Stephens' , reply to Paine'a Age of Reason' and have been much impressed by the manner in which he presents his arguments. The work is excellent and cannot but prove of great asoiatance to students of the Bible and its evi disncea — the moat important of which are h'ltrein ably presented in support of the Word of God, and can only have been reached and brought tqg[ether by a most careful course of reading and investigation. The book is rich in facts and afguments — the form is good and likely to attract attention — while the tone of the writer is charactericed by courtesy and firmness, I shall be glad to hear of its attaining a wide circulation, particularly among the young." From the Hon. Senator Gowak, Late Local Judge of the High Courtof J ugtieefer Ontario, and Henior Judge of the Judicial Digirict ofSimeoe. This learned and, by all classes, much esteemed Judge in his critical notice of the book says : " A work like Mr. Stephens' * Original Reply ' to Paine'e Age of Reason deserves a more careful and accurate study than the limited time at my disposal has allowed me to give it. It will be obvious to any ohe reading it that it is an eminently practical and common sense way of dealing with a book which, while doing an immense de&l of harm (more than most peo pie are aware of) has, so far as 1 know, never been met with the exact antidote for such a poison. Meeting Paine's osser^tofw in a way that shows them to bj anytuing but arguments, Mr. Stephens ad- vancfls step by step, not only demolishing the assertions, but also re- moving the debris, lest perchance some inexperienced builder should attempt to construct a new edifice out of them — and doing this in such a simple and practical way that one can see at a glance that there is nothing of special pleading aboat it. I feel sure that nu one can rise from a careful unprejudiced study of this little work without feeling that any doubts or shadows which a perusal of Paine's works called up have been effectually scattered and dissipatttd— as error always will be when confronted with the light of truth.* *" jFktvonMe Notices" eontMtfed atthe snd <^thi$ book. I H I' ■If ft' ■1- . » V 'I p « Ml •. I; • if ■ * . I' M/ ► ;/ t '1 r PARLiAMENTARY CORRUPTION * AS DKVBLOPKD IN ITS CJCNI^BCTION WWH-x JESUIT INCORPORATIOK Y|, -AND- Tl : PBEC : HIS : -THEBBBT- Placing Protestantism at a Discount, AND AIDING AND ABHWINO ROMISH AGGRESSION IK CANADA. II M C II Written in a Plain and Impartial, but Fearlessly Un- . sparing and Popular Style, - BY A BRITISH CANADIAN. t ■ ! FOB SALB BT v^ — AND — THE QUEBEC J ESUIT ESTATES ACT. Pope Pious 9, in his well known *'Syliabu8," as shown by Mr. Gladstone, has "condemned anti anathematized, with fearfally ener- getio epithets, liberty of conscience or taorship, liberty of upeeth^ and the liberty of the press, and condemns as one of th; monstrous errors of the day, that in countries called Catholic, the free exey(piae of other reli{](ions may be laudably allowed," and very bold indeed have his servants, the Jesuits, already become, when they would even attempt to gag the Protestant press in a Protestant Oountry-^witnes" their vengeful combination against the proprietors of the Toronto MaU ; a transaction by the way, they can well afford to sustain, when the Do- minion, of which Quebec forms a part, pays their lawyers and foots their bills, by appropriating to their very benevolent, patriotic, and loyal use, the nice round sum of $400,000. It is true that Pope Leo 13, as Governor General and Chancellor of Canada's exchequer, did not feel disposed to entrust them with the whole of it ; yet brother Jesuits understand well what thac means, and that they will not in the future, on that account, lack anything needful, as the Pope's most zealous and faithful .sons. Our Rev. Chancellor, the Pope, has other institutions in Canada (o sustain, and His Holiness' authority in con- nection with each must of course be duly recognized and acknowledged. When, however, a British Cardinal aveis that "the Roman Catholic Church never will acknowledge any limit to hei jurisdiction," as was the case but a very short time ago in London, it is time, I think, for British statesman to awake tu to the necessity of an eflectual humbling of herproiid pretensions by setting such a limit to her jurisdiction as shall cause the civil autocrpcy and spiritual harlotry of the old "mother of abominations" to henceforth and forever cease upon British soil, and throughout the entire extent of the British dominions. And if they do their duty as enlightened, consistent Protestant repre- sentatives, they will, as soon as possible, do it. This Papal Hierarchy, called a "charch," however, we find is not only tolerated in Canada, it is patronized ! A few years ago the Govem- mMit of this country, which has recently endowed Romanism and the Jesuits, refused to incorporate the Orangemen as a body of Protest ants in a Protestant Country ! and now, forsooth, in this same Pro- testant Country, they consent to the incorporation and endowment of the Jesuits as a steadily increasing and persistently encroaching anti- Protestant body of Roman Catholics ! One wduld think that they were, upon each occasion, in session at a particular ph^se of the moon, and were, in consequence, laboring under at least temporary insanity ! Denying this, however, it certainly lays them, one and all, open to a very serious impeachment of their motives. But the idea of Protestants in a Protestant country, as in Canada, asking, aye, begging of a Protestant Grovemment "equal rights," with Romanists, that the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches be placed upon an "equal" footing, impresses one as a something that is really ludicrous ! and to think that, through the power of pelf and the love of poaition, even this is denied them ! 1 I bbserve through It 1 th« pablie journals, that the Ooveraoi General, aa well as the Oovarn- ment, i« being petitioned en the subject ; and if he ia himself govern- ed by Ghrisliah principle, it will be of some avail ; but if like some othera, our Oovernor General is a weakling about whom there is no positive, Protestant self assertion, appeals made to him, as to Sir John, will be in vain.* I am certainly much pleased, highly gratified to observe, whrough the public journals, the general, the enthusiastic interest, I may say, that is at present everywhere being manifested in Ontario and other parts of the Dominion, on this vitally important subject. Bat with thuM who say, "We have no quarrel with the Roman Catholic Church ai4 such," I cannot agree, but must take a very decided step in advance of them iu connection with this movement ; and for this simple, and, I think, all sufficient reason, that it is Romanism and the Ronran Catholic Church, aa such, that is^atthe root of all the trouble complained of, and that *.he Pope and his "Church" are hence collec- tively and always responsible fur it, since Jesuitism is the recognized, legitimate offspring of Romanism, and simply embovinoi>i u « wbole, iad Mconling to its own supi^aio fod •albiomtive jo^g . mtnt t Mr. Ifemment, graduated as, they are fiom tbe municipal upwards, is also absurd. And with this. Sir trohu A. Mc- Donald appears to dearly agn>e ; for he said upon the same oecaaion in Buliament : "AU bUls should be subjiiot to disallowaneej if they affisot general iutereats. Sir, we axe not-half-ardoaen Provinoea. We are one great Dominion. If we commit an offence against the laws of property, ur any other atrocity in legislation, it will be widely known.' AiA this sentiment of Sir John's ie exactly what we wiah to see con* sistently carried out. Again, in speaking upon the same subject, the Qon. £. Blake, M. A.,''K)ncedes the principle, that "where the law and the gmeral inter'' ' ett» of the Dominiont iinperatively demand it, then and. then only should the power of disallowance be exercised." That is reasonable. And if there is any one "subject" that "imperatively demands" Dom- inion Gkivernmentai interference, it is, I think, tliat which huti agiuted the public mind in connection with this Jesuitical Provincial law. It is a subject which should not be left to the exclusive control of any merely local Legislature, inasmuch as it affecta the entice interests, material, social, civil, and religious, for weal or for woe, of the feder- ated communities, iir bich as a united whole, constitute the Dominion The Act, although passed by a local legislature, and Trhirh is hence nominally a local Abt is really a national one, affectipg ihe civil and material, as well {as the moial and religious interests and convictions of the people aa a Protestant Coiifederatioh and Do- minion ; and this, too, yastly -more prospectively, and in tbe more or less remote future, thau immediately. A preosident of this nature, ^ favor of a Bomisb, Jesuiticsl priesthood, of all others is exceedingly dangerous ; and, being in the truest and broadest sense of the word imp^itic, it should be vetoed or repealed by the Dominion Govern- tnent. All Provincial Qovernmenii, with tbe peof^e of tbe ProvinMS, it wiUdoobtlina be ooneeded, should have tbe right of appeal, on all. sulgects, to tbe Dominion Government; and, as the supreme nntbor- ity it dibabl in every case deeide as to wfaeAer a ntatta sobiMcted ^■m^ CBfOBk f-tjBifiKtih 6 to it against the d«itngs of any individual Province, be dvtrimejntal to %ti» general interest* of the Dominion as » whole or not. And thi4 principle and right of genital govejrumental supervision and veto hus, utwn different ocoaslbns and u(«Dn cumparatively unimportant matters, been practically recognised by the present Itead of the Government, tiot/witbatanding the amount of subterfuge and quibbling there has been manifested against the exercise of the right in connection with the matter before us. But what' unpatriotic and unstateamanlike maneuvering have we observed, on both sides of the House, for ''Catholic" patronage and votes, in connection with this question of gravest importance to the Country ! Reformers and Conservatives alike refusing to veto a Jesuit- tbally enacted unrighteous Act ; and which veto they cannot but admit would be for the general good of the Country, ahhough it might not be immediately promotive of their individual political and pecuniary inter- ests. Bah ! Such Reformers ! Such Conservatives ! They will each sell their country in its^holient and highb.st interests for a morsel of bread — their Lord, and everything he ha^ at stake, for a mess of pottage ! ! The Conservatives, shaking in their shoes, will not veto, because the serfs of Pope Leo stand with uplifted lash ready to scourge them if they do ; and because, forsooth. Reformers (so called) ar^ ac cording to the Globe, waiting the opportunity to take advantage of it and also pounce upon them if they do ! It is thus six with one and half-a-dozen with the other of them— two sets of postillions ridi.ng the devil's horses in turn, with himself in the carriage manipula^ng the whip and lines as head driver. Now do not say, respected Grits, that it is the "Catholic" Reformers (Retrogralers !) who would con- strain you to take advantago of the Conservative veto and rush i^ou with them to the poles for re-election, because the grit will^e grind- ing under your teeth while you sav il-r.you know better; you know, as I gather from the G'/o&e'a representations that you would one and all be only too gUd to do it. And the Act, the Veto act, however righteous, miglu "go to the devil," or anywhere else, for ought you would care after getting into -power ; as the "Jesuits' Estates Act," with the Jesuits themselves, and the whole creation with tbem, may, for ought the Conservatives now in power care, provided they be compensated for the dire calamity by the retention of power. In Par- liament the opposite sides of the House may usually be compared (not to be disrespectful) to two representative dogs, elected to perfortn in a ring, with noses, extended, growling and showing their teeth to each other ; and each alike jealous and afraid of the successful spring and grip of the other ! Or like two well known animals of the feline fopecies, representing Wig and Tory, with backs set, tails whirling, fur rising, and spitting in each others face until the supreme moment arrives for one or or the' other to be the death of his rival I While the Roman Catholic members, Conservative and Reform, are, at the same time, either taking part in the fray, or, in the character of the Pope's Vigilance Committee, are jealousy looking on, and ready to snap at the first feline party that shakes a paw or moves their tail at theo) ! Ajid for t)ii8 sort of cat pawing and spitting we have to pay the gentle- men rivals, one and all, handsomely, lor the exhibition ! while our country is being handed over by them to the temporal power and juris- >/* diotioa of th« Pop«, and our p«opIe to tho iondot merciei of tho Ju. uiti of GhrwtiMi nek and Ihumbcoraw notoriety I Well, I luppoee we ■hell have to bear it, under exjating otrcum* atancea and the preaent regime, a» well aa we oan ; bat we, dl we who are lincirely deairoua of the reign of nghteouaneaa and of the King of Kinga on the earth, may nevertheleaa fervently deaire and pray, that the beginning of tbe time may aoon be permitted to dawn upon ua, when Satan with hia prenent Conaervative Liberala and Orit Be formerr, ahall be abut Aip together for th^ predicted period of '*% thoua- and yeafi$^ and I oan only hope that I may not live to aee them let out again 1 Jeauitiam and Bomaniam are one. What then, ao far aa it win be expreaaed in a aeutenoe or two, ia thia Bomauiam that tiieae Canadian poUtioiana are so free to patroniae eyen in its worst and moat unpop- ular Order t Mix Judaism, Heathenism, and Christianity / together, and what will the compound be 1 Neither one nor the other, will it f Such ia Bomanism ; an unauthorized compound quacked and made up of clippiuga from the thiree, it ia neither one nor the other ; and while it is composed largely of the objectionable featur^a of the two foiruer, it possesses none of the true Christian charity and Cathulio apirit of the latter. Ita covetous and gr&edy, as well aa^ autocratic ambition and wordly aim, is to aubjugate the world and cause it to lie in civil and religioua homage at its feet. The hierarchy, howaver, as the iate.iUustrious Duke of Wellington, in his argument against Cath- olic emancipation, aaid, " has too much power already and will only uae more to obtain more," And so most truly aaid the late Arch- bishop of Canterbury : "It is the known Characteristic of the Boman Catholic religion not only to be aggressive, but encroaching j and to reat aatiafied with nothing short of abaolate domination." And the late Lord Palmerston, referring to the sect or division of the Bomish hierarchy denominated the *'Order of Jesuits," when call- ed upon to yindicate, the advice which he gave in reference to the suppression of a riaing civil war in Switzerland, and which was stirred up by the artifices of the Jesuits, aaid : "/ titcUed thai it was my be- lief that the presence of the Jesuits in any Country, Catholic or Pro- testant, was likely to disturb the political and social peace of thai Country.'* And in order to prevent tl^e effusion of blood in Switzer- land, "EnglaLd proposed that the Jesuits, aa the object and cause of the war, ahould be withdrawn" ; «nd yet at the present time she hat- bora and suffers them to exist within her own Dominiona ! ! Good advice ia often more readily given then taken. It adds very much to the importance of our position aa directed against th^ encroachments mado by Borne, through her wily agents the Jeauits, in Canada, chat they are, and have been for years past, at work ip the same way ii]L.|)ng|and. Listen to what Dr. Wylo, of Eng- land, aaya, as pablished in a monthly paper of the Protestant Alliance: ''Step by efce^ i|lk>me has puahed on her aggressions; she has got a mil- lion frpqgi ^e national exchequer one year, and a million Huother; fihe haa made our oiaiipnal oijp^ahiiationa channel for her own action ; ahie haa planted a liitle Borne in the boaom of oar parliameat, she has set up a aeoond Petei'a okair iat Weatminiater ; she has her Legate-a-latere in Ireland, who deoidea caaaea in theP(^*8 name ; ahe ia blotting out \ I/! thakwiofonrmtkiiig, vnd writingin oiw itaftato-bdolntlM •ditto of jUi* «UM>o Utw ; the pluto ohaplainain ouiarmT ind in 4Mir iuiT7« in killing ''heretics," false swearing, aims at civil and universal jurisdiction, giving rise, when circumstances are' favorable, to dissention, an<)rchy, and the disruption of Stale ties and the relation between sovereign and subjects, etc., we have only to refer the reader for confirmation to the records of history, and to their canon law. **Bat what is their canon laW f* it may be asked. We reply : In its authority, it is to Papal Rome whifir the Code Napoleon was to France, y^M^ ^-. / and what the Code Victoria is, or ought to be, to all her Majesty'* dominions. It is an integral purt of Kunianiam, which is tharvfora juatly chargeable with all the unorfl which it enacts. "It is," says the Rav. R. B. T. KiJJ, M. A., "a collection of concUiary canons, decratal epistles of the Popes*, ati'i patiistic dicta. A few par- iculars from the |eachiiif;s of this , main prop and en- forcer of the Papal pretentions will suffice to show you its char- ACter. It declares that the Pupe em God is irreflpi^nsihle to man, and that human powers constitutions und laws are subordinate to his will ; -^l)and it claims for the Puue a curtain supreme power of jndguig and disposing of all the temporal goods of all Christians. It enacts th* persecution of heretics (2) (or Prott^stants) by excommunication, loss of civil and par^ntHl rights, imprisonment, cotiHscatinn of goods, and death, and dcclnrHS that they who kill heretics (or Protestants) are not guilty of homicide, or murder (3). U further claims for the Pope the power of deposing princes, and »l)8(ilving their subjecti» from oaths ot alle- giance (4). It lavs down the position in these very words, that "an oath taken agaiiist the church's interest is not binding" (5). f^uch are specimens of the unchanged, and indeed uuchangable law of Rome,"many of whose provisions," say.s Dr.Twi89,"are at variance with thoiustitutionsoffreftand independent kingdoms,and sap the foundations of the pillars of obedieucn to the law of the I nd, upon which the safety of states rests, and while advancing the most extravagant claims for the Popedom, interfere with every human right, claim, property, fran- -chise or feeling at variance thereto." "These canons and epistles wcro first compiled by Isidore of Seville, and afterwards enlarged by An^^elm of Lucca, and reduced to system by Grttiau of Bologna, (A. D. 1142). Subsequently additions were made by Gregory IX. (A. D. 1230), Bonifice VIII. (A. D. 1299), Clement V. (A. D. 1311), and John XXII. (A. D. 1317). t All of which decrees, you itcirci>ive by the dates of compilation given, were enacted hundreds of years before Loyola and Jesuitism had an existence. If then, fellow-countrymen, you would find God umlerlying thid Pro- testant movement in Ontario and other partsj>f the Dominion against the Jesuits, as the wounded French soldier said of the. Emueror ''Bony," you must "go a little deeper" than some are wont to go ; and there you will doubtless find Him ready to upheave the whole Jesuitical and Pripistical subi^tratum, and to doMn it to utter destruction. The general fympathy and cooperation of Roman Catholics with Protestants in ,cmnection with tiiia movement, however, is out of the queation, and will be looked for in vain whatever attitude Protestant agitators of this question may assume towards them. Ill-deserved flattery may not be altogether uncongenial to the better class of Roman Cethoiica ; but daubing them with conciliatory mortar of this nature will not do — the plaster will not stick. They may receive a "dispen- sation" from pope or prit^st to "assume any religion, or masked attitude, to accomplish an end ; but it is utterly inconsistent with the inculcated and universally received principles of Roman Catholics to sincerely tinite with Protestants upon a question of this nature. (i) See Decret,. P. I. Diit. X. Dist. 19, c. aa. Ditt. 96, c. 8. (3) See Decret. Greg. IX, lib. s> tit. VII., c. 9, 10, 13. (3) See Decret- P. II. C«us. 33, Qv.c. 46. V4) See Decfet. Greg. IX. lib. s.tit. 7i c. 13. (5) See Decret, oMed their recent incor- poration in Canada. But in no case, as it respects the Roman Catho- lic clergy, may their banishment be traced tu purely moral and religious principle. The fundamental principles of the Order, base and wick- ed aa they are, are entirely Roman Catholic; unil hence no sincere "Catholic" can consistently, and from pure churchly taotiyes, oppose Jesuitism, except, indeed, to promote its nefarious chuichly ends nv lative to the overthrow of Protestantism and Protestant governmentn, it be a Jesuitically feigned and not a real oppr)-minion, made to auffer as to their "equal rights" which, to say the very leaat, ara being justly contended for at the present time by the country. But notwithstand- ing all that has been hitheito said and published oc the subject, Col Ainyot, who is ttie Editor of the French Canadian La Justicet saya : "Not a word has been given which would b» of » nature to eatabliah that the £ni{litih and Protestant element have suffered in its rights and priv ileges !" Not a word of such a nature that you are aware of, you might perhaps with mqre show of truthfulness have aaid, Colonei BoC^ we advise you for your information and edification on this subject, of whie)i you appear at present 1^ he gu ignorant, to read the pubUc and puhlish- ed speeches of Dr. McVicar and others. And for your further- enlightenment on the general state of Queb«&«8 a Boman naled Provr ince, and its connection with Ontario a6d the Dominion, we will in- sert here a very brief quotation from the Toronto MaU, advising you to read carefully the whole of the article as eontaiaed in the issue of July 18th, 1889 : 'Putting the Pope's dictum aside, it is not coAOfiv* able that any sane man. who might be obaiged to d»y with the taak of fashioning institutions for Quebec could be guilty of saddling it with a medievalism which is no longer allowed to cumber thAgtound in those old European countries where it had its origin, «nd where it majf have nerved a purpose when civilisation was young and crude. Thk Mmi, and its friends say that that particular ism. ahoold b« remorsalessly wiped out, the oonneetion betH!een,Ghuvch.aBd State severed, clerical censorship of the press and clerical control of the ballot box abolished, and with them all those ecclesiastical preten»ig#» which fetter oe, dimm- ish the freedom of the individual and the supremacy of tlie State * * But, it is said, Ontario has no right to intavl^w in Quebec afiiiirs. Thit was the cry of the Southern sl&ve owner who insisted th*t the right of property in man waa a domeatie inatitntion wttth which the North hadnoithing to do. OutMrio, how evei; liae « very direct and tai^ible interest in Quebec. We arelnterested* or ought to be, in the welfare of that and every other portion of the J)oiainioB, fin^ bocause a part cannot be injured without injury to the whi^le > secondly, beeaiue as the principal taxpayers we have a right to say that a system which em- poveriahes one-third of the population and; comp^ it to appeal at Ot- tawa, sometimes in /orma/xiiipffl^M and somtimee with a club in. its hand» to beg or exact better tercis sad gnmts for local works wihich, if the habitant were not picked to the bone, could and should be car ried out by the municipalities if at«ll,.ia a burden upcn us and our future, i and lastly,, because as Canadians we are entitled , to demand the removal of this blot upon the fame of the country, and to declare that here every man shall be free under the usual conditions to think wliat he pleases, to say what he thinks, and to enjoy the fruit of his toil without ihaving, by Roman and clerical compulsion, to divide it with another." We remember your history of the past, Colonel ; therefore are we ill at ea«B under your pteaent Jesuitical maneuvering. We do JW)t say your history as Frenchmen, but as Romanists. Because the country is contending for equal Church rights and no State favoritism, either you. f. I LI S'i ■' f ' 12 or one of your number, is said to have eveo spoken threaten- ingly of raising the "tri-colored flag I" Raise it, if you will, and w« will raiae the Confederate Union Jack aad conquer you again ; and this time, not only your nationality, but} our religion shall be conquered. But enough at present with you. You charge Protestants with "thank' ing God that they are not as other men." Well, it were a pity indeed if they were as you Komanists are, and always have been ! They have indeed good reason to thank God, that, by his Grace, they are not and never were as you — dark, benighted, covetous, false, bloodthirsty, ig- Qorantly superstitious, and anti-chrtstian in all the far-reaching results of your hierarchical doings, past and present I We will here give an appropriate extract or two from the published speeches of Dr. MacVicar, President of the Presbyterian College, Mon- treal, as delivered by him at the Toronto Convention and at Ottawa : it * « « J mentioned in the afternoon that we have (rrievances iu- Q uebec that aie but little known beyond its limits. Some of them re ferred to by one speaker can omy be dealt mih by the process of en- lightanment and education on the part of the people, su as to bring them to the proper point to demand their rights and to cast ofT hll sorts uf yokes of an ecclesiastical character. But there are other grievan'tes outstanding. One ii that the higher education fund of the Province of Quebec should have been subverted by the obnoxious Act we are now discussing. Another grievance if the statA of the school law. The taxes levied for school purposes are put into three panels, the Roman Catholic panel, the Protestant panel, and the neutral panel. Into the first of these the taxes raised upon Roman Catholic property aie put. Into the second the taxes raised upon the property of Protestants are put ; and into the third the taxes raised upon such property as stocks of banks and other companies. These last class of taxos are divided according to population. Th» population in the city of Montreal is Roman Catholic to the extent of about four to one. On the other hand some say that nine-tenths of the stocks are owned by Protestants. • The result is that in Montreal the Protestants are forced to contribute between ten and twelve thousand dollars per annum to the Roman Catholic schools. We have demanded leifress in thir^ matter but are denied it for the extraordinary reason that the Council of Public In- struction comes between us and the Parliament. I have no less than three letters from Mr. Mercier saying that we can expect no change nntil the Council of Public Instruction first a^ree to the change. I have answered that no body of men should come between the people and their representatives in Parliament . I venture to say that th* people of this Country are not in accord with the mind of the 188 members of Parliament who some time ago voted that things should re- main ax they are. We haye tried to remedy this evil in the Legisla- lure of Quebec, and if we fail again we will go to the Parliament at Ottawa under the 6. N. A. Act and ask for redress in this matter, so that Roman Catholics m»y receive their own taxes and Protestants- their own taxes for school purposes. You will see that the grievance is a serious one when I tell you that the Council of Public Instruction is composed of the Cardinal, ten Roman Catholic Bishops, with as many more as may hereafter be appointed, ten Roman Catholics appi icted by 13 the Goverumont, and ten Protestants. You can see that it if hopelaat * to expect rearese from such a source. We deem it a great grievance that public money in the form of an ^duciitional fund should be taken to endow any religious body, whe ther Roman Catholic or Protestant. We are opposed to the endow* ment of such bodies. We deem it dangerous and injurious to take » fund and place it at the disposnl of the Pope, and that he should be able to do whnt he pleases wiih it. The Act also contains #hat might be called piospectire bouetits for the Jesuits, which have in a measure escaped observation. They are in future, whenever they re- quire it, to have money for education, colouiztitiou, etc. We deem it a grievance that there should be upon the statute books a law whioh stands as a law simply because it has been ratified by a foreign poten- tate. The Act says tlie law cannot bt) law until it is ratitisd by the Pope. What if he had never ratitied it 1 It would never have been iaw. • If ha had never distributed the money then the Act would have beenguod for nothing. But conveiwjiv, seeing he haa ratified the Act, the Province of Quebnc present» a spectacle ko the whole world of a British Province having upon its statute books a law which has become a law simply by the word of a foreign potentate. Now for some specific grievance. I sp^ak upon this point with socie hesita- tion before so many lawyers. VVe have several communities whicii are civilly deail, that is, they cannot be called upon in courts tt us rnptdly us they could without occarioning veiy serious I'riction. The Catholic ChuTch claimed t<|iat they had rights in regard to all religious matters secured to them by the treaty by which the Province of Quebec was ceded to the Britjysh. They churned ttiat they had the right to hav» procpssioRs, obstructing the traffic of the business thorovigh fares on their festive days which about tilled up all the days in the calendar. On those days they interfered with the Protestant minority just as much as they felt disposed. The Protestants felt on the other hjind, that in this treaty the British did not concede any rights and privileges to the Roman Cintholic Church beyond those which weie given to the Pro- testants, and this was a great conflict betwten the two leligionists. The Romish Church to-day was not as intolerant in cariying out these observances as in the past. A few years ago if a Protestant did not taJce off his hat on the street as the procession passed, it wouid be knocked off with religious fervour and a good deal of lingual enthusi- asm. This Catholics thought the Protes*^^ants had no right to form such processions in the streec??. This was evidenced a few years ago whan they refused the right to the Orangemen, and shot dowi) Hack- ett. Another thing the church of Rome claimed was that if In Catho- lic and Protestant were united in marriage, the marriage was illegal if performed by a Protestant minister. The Catholic Courts in the Province of Quebec had sustained the contention of the church in this respect. Another great grievance ot the Protestant community was the way in which the school sections were divided up by the Catholic archbishop. The church had the right to determine the boundaries of the school sections and divided them up so as to give the Catholics a majority in each eection, in order to obtain contntl. The Catholics thus obtained a hold of the public schools, and if the Protestants did not want to submit to this domination they wore obliged to resort to separate schools. Another just cause of complaint was, that in any litigation betwefln Protestants and Catholics the juries were actually packed with Catholics, and it was impossible to rely upon obtaining any measure of justice from the French Catholics when a Protestant wps involved in the case. The Jesuit incorporation was opposed by the Protes^^ant minority, but in consequence of their business interests and political relations they were afraid to speak out what they actual- ly felt. The feeling of the Protestants could not be judged in Ontario from the silence of the Protestant rainoricy in Quebec in the Prdvin- 16 ^ial I'arliameut, because when the the Church was iDvolved in any (question the, Protestanta were praclicaUy gagged, owing to their pe- culiar positiuu aud the powur weiMed W the rope. A word from the Church aud many businuss men woulcruose all their pattonage, and would be ruined. They were thus unable to speak out frankly and fully their sentiments on this question. II a French Canadian became converted to Protestantism he was immediately oStracizeU, and com- mercially 01 professionally ruined. This accounted in some measure for the small pr^gres.s made by the French missions. Kearly all those who were canvertod were obliged to seek a livelihood in the United States. The French wme multiplying amaeingly, and were encroach- ing upon the easturn portion of Ontario and spreading rapidly along the line o^ theC. P. K. It was time that Ontario begfin to take some precautionary meusurus to prevent this continued aggression, he feared that it would culminate in a civil war before many years .longer," In view of tbu state of things recently developed, we may here ob- serve, the public schools throughout the Dominion should be all nation- alized ; no sopurate schools should be allowed in any part of the Doi^inion except in the Province of Quebec ; nor should teaching in the French language be allowed in the common schools in any part of the Dominion except Quebec, and there only for the present^ — the English should bo there gradually and compulsorily substituted for the French. It should, however, be taught as soon as teachers can be qualitidd for it, in all the public schools in Quebec, and no bookahuold be used in any public school which has not been approved by the Minister of Education. Influential Komaniits have been pleased to object to the use of books in the Ontario public schools which incul- cate Protestant doctrine; surely, then, they will not object to the exclu- sion from th« public schools of Quebec all books which in any way inculcate Roman Catholic doctrine. To thus suppose and thus reason, however, would argue an utter ignorance of the moral principles by which not only the order of Jesuits, but the entire Romish hierarchy are guided. Compulsion to the right, is in their case, absolutely indis- pensable; they must be compelled to do the just and righteous thing, or they will never do it. The Frunch language in Canada should and must be doomed. This is an absolute necessity in order to the attainment of the highest posi- tion of national greatness and success of which we are capable. And so, <>ooner oi later, must not only Jesuitism but Romanism be doomed as an insufferable bane to the country, to humanity, and the world. And 08 an offset to their "festive" impudence and audacity in connec- tion with their processions, as referred to by Mr. Galbraith, I may here further observe, that their Church processions should be bylaw sup- pressed, while the processions of all Protestant societies should be legal- ised and encourage . Do not, however, misunderstood me, I say here, as I have aaipl be- fore, that overlooking its absurdities, if harmless, I would be tolerant of the tolerant ; but it is not wisely expedient or safe, as it regards the peace and well being of humanity, to tolerate those who by the de- clared principles of their very constitution^aiid religion are intol^raot. Let us, then, awake t*) our duty ; there is notluhj^ to be gained by being supinely indifferent, not by giving an uncertain sound a* to our being 16 longer disposed to lolsraU the iDtolerant ; but in view of its ominona encroachments, on the principle of self-defence, seeing the Tenomoaa snakA stealthily creeping towa|^s usunder cover of the grass, let as haste to put our foot upon it, or otherwise destroy it, before it gets into posi- tion to thrust at us its fatal fang ! Let us have no mdre of its silly absurdities, its pagan superstitions, and atrociouR wickedness, under cover of religion, and even in the tame of the Qospel of Liberty and Love ! Itt however, we continue to tolerate an unconcealed, pub blicly expressed, popishly designed, snd clearly defined intolerance, we need not be surprised if, before very Ung, we find ourselves again BhackleJ with the bonds of Romish imposition and aggression, and faat bound by the Roman fetters which are being, .at the present time, in- dustriously prepared for us 1 Do not imagine that this is impossible, or that its attempt is impossible, in the present day ; for if the Pro- testant world go on tolerating aiid encouraging Romanism a«> it hasbeen of late years, the utter overthrow of Protestantism, wh.oh is .contem- plated by Rome, will, I believe, only be averted by a general war, involving much carnage and bloodshed. I am not myself an Orangeman ; but I think, as an anti-Romish in- stitution, Orangeism should nowhere be discountenanced. Iheir prin- ciples and aims as an Order are, I believe, good ; and if they practice and live up to them they -■vill do well. Their public processions should everywhere throughout Protestant countries be legalized, and their pub- blic celebrations in every city, town, and village, encouraged, so long as the smallest remnant of Popery exists ; and even when Pope Des- pot is no more, and his office of Peter-pence notoriety and imposition is defunct, the existence of the Order, at least for a time, will do no harm. The poor self deceived, deluded Romanists have'celobrated even sueh infernal achievements as the Bartholomew massacre and other kin- dred inhuman and diabolical butcheries ; why then may not Orange- men and others gladly, and lawfully, and with deneral encouragement, in view of its consequences, not only to the British nation but to the Christian world, celebrate the greatest religious military achievement of modern times ? Undying honor to King William of Orange, I sny, and thanks to all those who keep upthe remembrance of his name. And may the time come, when Romanists that were shall join in brotherly unity the processions of Orangemen, and as gladly, and as loyally to the true principles of common sense, intelligence, humanity, the Chris- tian religion, and the untrammeled liberty of the Gospel, celebraie withtheman achievement which comprises within its all-embracing scope the entire human race, with all H*; very best and highest interests both for time and eternity, for this world and the next I The Rev. J. Murray, in a speech delivered, June 3rd, at London, Ont., said, "he would like to see every one of the 188 men who voted the Jesuit ticket left at home. They might not be able to accomplish this in full perhaps, but tie hoped they would"; and so do I. Others also, including the Rev. Dr. Wild of Toronto, recommend the country to "turn them all oHt." And truly it is high time that they were, when parliamentary corruption and want of principle among them has become so rampant and general as to be in the proportion of 188 to a baker's dozen ! Sir John, I believe, calls the loyal 13 "the devirs dozen !" But in thip, all the world muafe see that he, in theintecasts of W * W W S W MW— ^Wa-' UP W W *' it Ills iBMter, and in imitation dl the olii usurpnr and liai, cUimaforhim ^ what do«a not rightly httlong to him ; or if thuy do, at atiy rate in thia ' ^ i^aae, they voted to a man ag ed or repealed. Mr. J. Sutherland, M. P., while heroically supporting the Protestant <:laim to "equal rights," and ia favorable, as I also am, to all "rights"' that really are such, said, however, at the great Protestant Convention held in Toronto : "Vou must he careful and generous in dealing with your representatives. In' both political parties there are m<>n true to the best interests of the ouuotry." He should have said, *'lrue to some of the beat interests of the country." The politician, being Protestant, who so far truckles to a Kumiin Catholic aa to solicit his vote, is not worthy of the name Protesptant. True Protestants and Proteatantism can govern the country in all its interests independently of the Catholic vote, and, being united and true 1.0 their Protestant principles, wdl not solicit it. But touching the great question <>t ^uestiuBS iiow agitating the public uun/w«pfif,' itxen.*^*^ wht» will hot tfuckfe albng the floor of tha House, and rest bisMcH^*^^" V 16 inglj at (h« jTtefc of a Knman Catholic, be he Grit or ConaciTalif • ,, * for hia vote — mbn of prinoiplr. The endowment of religioua erior and Botnaiiiam, ill beeoowta « profRaaedljr Ghri^tia:? nation and govenintent. But we have through our aupineneaa, b«eo lioodwinked anti deceived into it by the aly» an ful, wily machinationa, of "the man of tin." Dr. McNeil, ii^ a lecture delivered before the YouNg Men's Chrialian Aasooialion, Exetci Hal), London, well aaye, in referring t*) tueir tautica in £ugland, '*-A»,y j^eneral feeling existed that our Proteeiantiain waa perfectly aecure ; ' and t^is produced a correspitnding feeliug that controversy againai Romapiam waa altogether needlu8». Under cover of this ignorance and apathy, the Papal hierarchy, by denying upon oath before coio- mitteea of the British Pailiament those obnoxious principles of |)er- fidy and intolerance to whicli they are pledged upon oath in their own system, contrived to present themselves and their people before the nation under the engaging aspect of peraons injured and oppressed be- cause of their religious opinions. Sympathy was excited. Conces- aions were made. England, anxious to be lil>eral as well aa kind, broke down her constitutional defences. The few faithful watchmen who sounded an alarm were discountenanced aa impracticable bigotf^ and the ewom enemies of our country were admitted to the full enjoyment of her dearest and moat powerful privilegea. Facts are eloquent and eonvinoing. The removal of political disabilitiea waa one thing. The endowment of religioua erior is quite another thing. The con^ nection between the two was denied. Now it is seen. * * With an imposing claim to immutability, and a real readiness to act, as op- portdnity may serve, on the moat obnoxious of her decrees, Romanism does nevertheless present a more than chameleon aapect, ehanging her color, shape, and voice, in plastic adaptation to surrounding citcum-: •tances. Diluted down to the verge of mere negation, or uisrepre*. aented bj artful and arbitrary suppression, in the disoouraas of Dthn Wiseman and other men of the times Romanism weara a mask for the deception of the unwary. This wily versatility in her adminis- tration must not be lost sight of in considering the characteristics of Roqianism ; though by the term I would rather be and«>rstood to mean the system itself, cuit i$, when nothing is to be gained by con- cealment or hypocrisy ; the system aa developed in canons, cat9ehisra,s,. and decretals ; matured nnder Gregory VII ; consolidated under Cle ft>.. ■lent, Adrian, and Inoceut ; and stereotyped at Trent" You have hence a dutj fellow PrQtestanta to perform ; be Jeter-. . mined tq unflinchingly perfojniia it. And the beat way to do,i| js, ap t>> Mr, J. L. Hughes sjgges^d in a speech whifsh, he delivered at ,Shal-:;ij hurne. He said that at the next election "he would vote (or, |i niai^,. l>ltdge<| against the Jesuits ;" and ap. say . I ; and a(\ 1 thi^ik, lirriU i every truly enlightened and right principled Protestant, untranjimel^; . by pArty prejuf|ice or the Ipve of pelf, aay. This gentlemap. sayf^,: also, "Turnthem all out— 'all excepi the noble 13 ;" and so, I say^ again, th^y fll pught to be, and I trust will be. ProtesVipt patty pa-',- penu ^^ever, I observe, are sti^l gqing in far ^heir party politi<»-rr still jMrsistjtntljr and bigotedli^andaelfisbly tall|;iQg,. and,i9nd«iavorjipg. . to innuep^e, tjh^i^ '^#4^8 and .Jbhe gef^r^ public, in the intereatf ,pi ; thair pa^ %i>.iiip 9r Toryijifn^jtQ the,^mUn,Mr6ej5(4#W»>.of «!Ut*»t!v. I. V »: V,- if higkar Ukretto n£ tbe.eoanlrjr,^ m ooddmImI wilb ProtoiUntitui, Anti^ BooMiniMD, uninooiporated and uneudowed Omngenln, iiicorpontothaadoiini8ttor{ng of tha Liauteaant Ooveirior'a oath of induction toofflct, and of alta^iatioe ta the British Crown ; naxteomes Jaauitineorporation ; than QovemmeDi patronizing Anti-Pratastant, Jesuit endoirmant ; and what' next T Permission to use tho rack and thumbsdrew, p«rhap«i— initraments with which the notorious SU John, with hit oabinatand' the balance of the (88, should be made severally and Jasaitieally acquainted at thii particular juncture of the eounti/s Qrtt and Tory RomaDitin^f develdpe- iiieut ! The acquaintance would doabtiesa operate as a seasonable re- minder to tham. Theie is a Roman Catholic party already formed and established in the House, and who, I fear, as such, are as bigoted as Jews'; let thera be an anti-Catholic pa.*ty formed to meet them-*— a fourth independeni party larae enough to control alike Catholic memberiand the truckling' Grit or Conservative party, who are recreant in referenoiA to this raafter ' •of Romish aggression, and who may again contrive to saiuM for them- selves a place in the House after the dissolutidn ' of ParlfAnent next ausuiug. Although I do not profess to know m«roh about politics, I think the voters^: by pledging tha vario«M eandidatei for nomination at the next election, can make this very posaibla:' We moy here further observe, that t^M 'Jesuit- Oider^beikiji^;' as the result both of the edict of the Pope'and a warMtnt«f thaiiBriiishCrown, ttgtinei, every. than eziiting 'fesuit being lalflo' by ■■ %hi British Gbvern- Biwt provided for until deatl^ their land haviiigibaeh 'thns laWfttUy •scheated to the crown for a period of upwaida of ona hnndrad ydaiaj and devoted by imperial anthority to tha pai y oaaaiof higlMr ednciVidn, surely no colonial government has a constitiitional right to diiert'it from ^'^ auoh object and devote it to any purposa inimickl to the genaril idtian^sts^'' of the crown and country; much lass to beistow It opoii a Mctariah''^ politico-religious hierarchy, whom interests, aim*, and ' ptfrpOses,' M'"' wholly alien, and confessedly antiigcHtistie to- Protettaift' rule, tba Protestant Crown, and oar Protestant Chttreh and< 8tite. '■' ' Estimated by its wealth, the French Catholic Churoh in th«r 1^ '- vince of Quebec poesesaea enorinous power. Having % revdiitiid^.vad"!' from the pople, estimated-at $12,000i000. It aho^^XMiMitaK^ropeHy"'^ worth $10,000,000, every cent of which ia anti^Protestii&t; and all' of '' which -is exempt. from taxation, and nnjuMy so to'Vh^ Ptbteiittkiit '" public. And still they are coveting more. The Jesnits income aloii^i tic''" the Rev^ Principal MabViear told tha p^qpla' at OttawH, 'imtyttiViad M the time of their incorporation to $300^000^ Mokicy"ia po^klti attd';' they doubtlesk shrewdly, as well aa wickedly, havt^ an ^f lib it for^^" purposes of futwreand further nnlawftd' *g|t*'Bi^&(^^tM' ' estat««, incraaaiag their re?«i«Mti«nJd Iwaping^togetfaflf^'tlrialKhlpdrti^f^ ' and aver available "rooy't of thiir oaaselewiy^dwigwkf "aviC*' #lt&''a ^' view to tbeit idl. the noie easilj etfaetibg A fatUM j^litf^F-U ¥ell> " aa ecclaaiaatioal aonquaat ol Canada; ' Henea itii that;'iii Rallam well" ' 20 ciys, **th«ir «oo)Miaitieal DDcrotohmenU art what tivil (}o?«PumtnU anil the laity in general have to ateadfaatly reai«t." Hence alao we aay, with the Rev. Hugh Johnston in addreaeiug an audience at Ottaw*^ ^'although a man of peaoe, we aay aolemnly that if the relinquishment ef li'jerty was to be the piiee of peace, then welcome war." Our Pro- tettant frieni, Bir John, however, backed by hie aeaoeiatea, haa, under Jesuitical oouusei we may presume, taken timely preCAUtion against such au event by placing a Roman Catholic at the head of the War or' military department — a stroke of Jesuitical policy which w also, no doubt, very considerate of our good Protestant Premier I Rome's good will towards Protestants, Pope Urban III. thus ox- presses in few words : "They are so far from being guilty of muidei that kill any who are excommunicate, (and ail Protestants are excom- municate,) that they are bound to exterminate heretics, a* they would l)e esteemed Christians themselves," And th*iir Uarned Cardinal Rellarminef one of tlie greatest oracles of Popery, teaches in reference to Protestant heretics, «o called^ that "they are to be destroyed rout and branch, if it can possibly bt, done; but if it appear that toe Catho lies are so few that they cannot, ounaisteiitly with their own safety, attempt such a thing, then it i» beat, in such a case, to be quiet; leiti, upon opposition made by the heretics, tbe Catholics should be worsted.'' Parker'a '*Armal» of the Church" p. 285. What do you think of that, Sir John & Company) Little you care, perhaps, so long as they have a monastery or a nnnnery to stuff you into out the way, until the storm blowa over ! Such, however, is Jesuitical and "Catholic" Romanism. And as not one of their persecuting canoDH and decrees is either rescinded or officially deplored, even to the present day, the **Catholie Emancipation Bill" in England, ought never tu have been pasaed, and their dieabilitiea in Canada should never have been removed. Nor should a Roman Catholic be allowed to be a member of Parliament in any Protestant country. 1 see, however, that in **Catho- lie" circles, they are even seriously diseussinK the question of bringing the Pope to London, England. 'rrf>ta in tliu Qucb«c T>^{»Uture, I can- not HKrue. Entirely iiicxcumMo under thu cireunittosflW' iboy may not be, l)ut blnniable fruin • tnorHl and reiigioua etanil|K»ilii the} cer taitily are. If, lowevor, as men of the wottd,lhey would iMkKiumc'M {>atruiiaK« they umit of necessity truckle to Rome. Such is the ordi- 1 ation of tli0 hiernrchy. J^V«nch Canadian Koman Ctitholios. as Mr. Qalbraith assures ua *nftraeui tumverted Christian Proteatants, simply and solely becauae they have hHConie such. Ostracism, however, is not it appears, ap* proved by Mr. Laurier ; but it in rampant amonft his felbw country- men of the " Catholic fuith" in the Province of Quebec, nevertheless ; and thiH " faith" being professedly Chriutian, such ortraciera is of itself a telling arifument in proof tliat Romanism iri not even a plaun- ible cozin^'^rAt'^ot the religion of Chi ist; for, although inculcated by Romanists and Romnnitiii,, it is uitirly repugnant tt> the true spirit of Christanity. Pecause Fretich Canadians, who baoome Protestonta, are convened from Romanism to Christianity, they are thus merciless- ly dealt with and persecuted. But Christ says, " Plesdud are they which are persecuted for righteonsness sake for theirs is the king dom of heaven. RIcsaed are ye when men shall revile you, and per* aecuta you, and shall say all mai.ner of evil agaiast yo>i falsely, for my sake. R*>j»ice and be exceeding glad for ;;reat is your reward in Heaven ; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." Now who are the recognized children of God here, the perse- cutors or the persecuted t The persecuted certainly — those who are converted to Christ and His goRp«>I, and who take the Word of God am the man of their counsel and the guide of their life. When Paul was in an unsaved state he was a persecutor ; but when he became con- verted to Christ and the true spirit of the Gospel, he ceased to be ii persecutor. And so every man who is truly converted to Go i pope, canon, and priest could do it. But if those days of popish despotism have " forever passed away," as Mr. L^turier appears to think, no thanks to Pope or Popery for the change, for they would most certainly bring them back again if they could. Pope is not only palace-imprisoned against his wUI, but Popery is also shack- led against her will. But her daya of wicked triumph and of native revelery and glee are, w* trust, numbered. The glutted old " beast" we would gladly hope, will never again feed cd human gore ; but she would if she could, and she will ifahe can ; her grinders may have been worn to stumps, but her nature is not changed. She itill sits upon the seven hills watching her pray, and as eagerly and omnivoroualy as ever I By the expulsion of the Jeauil from any country, ha is not per- secuted for his religion, so called, but is aimply punished with ban- ishment because he is himself a persecutor whenever and wherever he is able ; and because he is withal a criminally meddlesome, and an i 22 inveterate, uiirecluiuiiiblt} bu^-ybudy in other men's matters, including matters ojf Stuta a* well us all uth<>r8, civil and religious. The good example of France ai^d other couniries should therefore be followed, either iu their extinction an such, or in their expulson both from England and Cinada. Hut, nays Mr. Lturier, " dangerous and bad men have lights which good men are bound to recognize." True ; but they are the rights of criminals to tlieir chains ai;(l their cells. Your recent legislatiitn iu favor of the Jesuits is entirely anli-Pro- tesnant, and whollv in the interest of " Catholic" church domination. You have thereby. Air, L^urier, wiih your associate colleagues, most unjucily as well as unwisely furnished the Jesuits and UlttauioDtane.s, enemies alike of freedom, religion, and the world, with weapons of offence and defence ; and which you, Sir, as well as all " Liberals" and " Conservatives," ought to know they will not sciuplu nor be slow to wield as opportunity may serve them. ^ The Acts of Jesuit Incorporation and Endowment, moreover, are clearly unconstitutional, and admitted to be so by Mr. Laurier him- self, inasmuch as he says, " In England you will find old laws still unrepealed that might be revived to deal out to the Jesuits the same fate as was meted out to them in France " And so, as we Lftve said, they certainly ought to be dealt with, both in England, her Colonies, and the United States. But what though the Acts be thus shown to be clearly unconstitutional, what is that to Mr. Laurier and his as- cociates in the evil work 1 To strive to retain, or to strife to get into the possession of power and pelf is not uncoudtitutional ; and so the unconstitutionality of the one is met by the constitutionality of the other, and who therefore has reason to complain 1 Konest constitutionality all round is, I suppose, too much to expect from existing interested politicians. But if so, it is time that a new race of them were created. " I know," says Mr. Laurier, '' that there is no man of British blood, be his position over so humble, or the rang«^ of his compre- hension ever so limited, who would at any time allow the sway of the Pope in temporal aflfairs in England." And yet by this Jesuit Estates Act, you solicit the interference and acknowledge " the sway of the Pope in temporal aflfairs" in Canada ! This is Mr. Laurier's mode of "following the example of the British," which as to its "Liberalism" as contrasted with the "Liberalism" af France, he professes to love so much. Again, the Hon. gentleman says : "If you believe that it was ever the intention of any Roman Cathalic in Lower Canada to put the supremacy of the Pope over that of the Queen, then I disclaim in the most emphatic manner any such intention. For there is no Chris- tian orgatization in which Christ's good precept, 'Render unto Cesar the things which are Cesar's, and unto God the things which are God's,' is so rigidly enforced as in the Catholic religion." It is easy to make assertions, Mr. Laurier, but it is no*i always so easy to prove them in accordance with fact. Does not the obnoxious Estates Act, with the use that is made of the Pope's name in its preamble, whatever the "intention" of its authors may have been, clearly "put the supremacy of the Pope over that of the Queen ?" The plain word im of the hierarchical and now legalized document is against you, Sir. :r.?TSS»^ 23 And are not the canous and decretal epistles of your church, as well as the Syallabus of Pope P.ou.^ 9 and the more recent En^clicals of Pope Leo 13, aldo notorioui^ly against you as to the reco^jnized supre- macy of thu'Pupe over all Kiujjd and (.jueeus ; and hence as to the Popish iiiteipictittion aiil design of this and all kindred Acts 1 They aru indeed ! Wo might refer you to page 9 of this pamphlet (which is already through tlie press) for refoiences to authoritative proof; but WtJ will hero add tiiit ilie ddcr.^e of Pope Gregory VII was, that "all kings and priiicea should hold their crowns from St. Peter," or the Po|je ; that all the Popes, being linked in the infallible chain, teach the same ; and th it the Popish wriicrr) of recognized authority in the "church" coincide with them. History and the published writings and authoritative records of your church. Sir, forbid you to deny this. Dr. Moiiarty, of your church, says : "If the the Prince rebel in such temporal matters as are subject to the authority of the church how much more so if he fall into heresy When Kings renounce the name of* God and lead their people to destiuction, the vicar of Christ hy reason of his supreme responsibility, and consequent sovereign- ty, deposes the godless king and absolves the people from their oath of allegiance." Nor ha^ the "Catholic" church renounced an iota of this claim to the present day. No longer, then, talk about the supre- macy of your Pope not taking the precedence of the Queen, because it is not in accordance wit^h fact, and is entirely misleading. Your carefully worded assertion relative to the Roman Catholic church "ren- dering to Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God (i. e., to the Pope, His assumed vicegerent,) the things that are God's," 'does not contra >ne the fact that the Pope's supremacy hgures very prominently in the Quebec Jesuit Estates Act. Nor does it contra- vene the fact that the Government of your own Fatherland has pub- lished to the world in the form of extracts from Jesuitical wjitings, entitled ^'Extraits des Assertions Dangereitses et Pernieieuses" that they teach, among other equally objectionable things, that "The spirit- ual power may change kingdoms, and take them from one to transfer them to another if it should be necessary for the salvation of soule. Christians may not tolerate an intidel or heretic king, if he endeavors to draw his subjects to his heresy." Lib 5, c. 7, p. 891 — Bdlarmine. The celebrated Jesuit writer. Suarez, also teaches as follows : " After sentence has been pron^-anced, he (i. e., a king who has bfeen deposed,) is entirely deprived of his kingdom. He may therefore from that time be treated in all respects as a tyrant, ahd he may consequently be killed by any individual." And again, "Destroy, proscribe, your heretic kings, who rsfuje to be corrected, and who are pernicious to their subjects in matters pertaining to the Catholic faith" F. Suarez^ Def. Fid. Cath. et Cathol, lib III. c. II. n, 6. ;i"-F The Parliament of France, in 1762, published and presented t6 the king similar extracts from no less than 147 Popitlh authors of cele- brity. Such, then, is the Pope's way, and the way the Roman Catholic "religion" has, and always has had.of "rendering to Cesar the things that are Cesar's"; so that, making the necessary deductions per favor of the Pope, as required by their canon laws, etc., there is clear- ly very little of sovereignty and none of "supremacy" left for poor Cesar ! To King and Queen, Pope Despot, in view of his "supreme Hi 24 ^^^ responsibilitv,'' dispenses, or would fain dispense, ju<*t what lie pleases, and King ard Qaeen must, or at least ought to, bow their heads in thankful acceptance of it. Such is Rome'tt decree, Mr. Laurier, what- eTer assertions in reference to such things irresponsible politicians may be pleased to make. A professed ''Liberal'' leader, we would here furthai observe, who is of Catholic creed and association, and who patronizes and suppoitn Jesuitism, is, I apprehend, all the more dangerous to Protestant in-' terests because of his araumption of the term "liberal" He would be liberal to the illiberals, and to the most dangerous and liberty-des- troying order of them associated with his church. But, never mind, the Pope throws hia mantling wing over them, and they belong to hi» "church,"and that of course is enough to justify the Jesuit'pationizing act of ''liberal" Bonianists. And no wonder, indeed, when even "lib' eral" Protestants do the same t But although undoubtedly n clever man, he is not the man whom a wise Protestant people would choosf as ihe leader of the country's "Liberals." Liberal to Protestantism, as a Roman Catholic, he cannot be. Heis therefoie,! repeat, altogether unsuitable as the leader and representative of Pra/e9^an^asw6lla8"Cath' lie" interests; for such denominational inteiestscannotand will notbe by him and his fellow Catholics ignored. He has patronized the Jesuits, (nor would he be a consistent Roman Catholic if he did not,) and he is hence unfit to represent Protestant interests in a Protestant couu' try. It is, moreover contrary to Popish inculcition and the inborn principles of any Roman Catholic to be a true Liberal. The Vatican permits them to be liberal just so far as they can enlist Protestant Lib- eralism and Protestant votes on the side of their church ; and that is about the sum and substance of their Liberalism. To be generally acceptable to Protestants, therefore,aud as a pieparatory to the rendei' ing of the very best services to both God and man of which you are capable, I would counsel you, Mr. Laurief, in tha interests of your higher nature and better part, to forsake the old water-logged ship of the great "adversary" in which you have so long sailed ; because she if> carrying you, with multitudes of others, to the depths of a "Lake" which, it will be found, has something more to bo dreaded in it than water 1 And this, observe, is not the mere flourish of a friendly pen; but, the Word of God being true, it will, beyond the shadow of a doubt, as to those who are under the blinding spell of Papal delusion, be found to be actual fact. Although pronounced unseaworthy for the past 1,500 years and all the time ruth- lessly destroying with a popish high fever and spiritual epidemic her successive crews, she has, nevertheless, by the most prodigious efiForts of vatican slaves, priestly piesagangs, and in- quisitors, been kept afloat to the present time ; buther ultimate doom is only a question of time, my friend, only a question of time. And if you were but endowed with as large a share of that " wisdom which r is from above" as you are of natural gifts, you wo ild forthwith has- ten to obey the Divine command, " Come out of her, my people.'' "Allow me to say also, that notwithstanding the fact that all your benificed clergy are required to subscribe and swear to the creed of Pope Pious lY., which declares bhat "this is the true Christian faith, out of which no one can be saved •" notwithstanding also the threat- 2d «aiDg aspect of the fierce ** bull" Unan Sanctum of Pope fionifice y 1 11., a P«r( of which thus reads: "We declare, define, i nd pronounce Chttt. it is ahtolutely esiteutial tu the sa/vaiton of evtry human heing^\ that he be subject unto (he Komau Puntifl" which act still reniuins on your statute b >ok ; and nutwitb^tandiu^ the thuuder and lightening iinprecatioHS annually denounced against Protestants b} your savage *'buir,' /» OifiM Domini — i have ventured in thia little pamphlet, not only to criticise your personal eligibility, or fitness, as a Uo aian Catno lie, for thePreiuiership of Canada, but also to questioii the right of your persecuting, apostate church to even an existence within ih )ininion or any any other Pratestaut terntory. Vuur popish "bulle" may have dangerous horns; but yuu oee I a>o not much afraid of theoi — a significant name, by the way, symbolical of the Scriptural "beast with horns"; because that thruugh those official i8suiuj;s, like mad or wild ^'bullsi'as theyare,they were wont/'aforetimetopush," and tear and slay God's people, the righteuu"! — the "beast from the bottomless pit, havin ; horns," and taking the foimof a symbolical "bull" sitting iu the Pope*. «bair, and exhibiting all the most ierucious qualities of the beast, as the "hull" issues therefrom and is let loo^e by the Pj^.idom am*»n^ a people who, by the meaiure of the distance between heaven and liell, God^s service and the devil's, are more righteous than th'^y. You see then from the foregoing, Mr. Liurier, permit m<« to her t further observe, although in continued divergence from the politic/il bearing of our subject, that my opinion reljttve to the future pros- pects of B')man Catholics is very difi'orent from that expressed by those popes, as well as by your authoritative Council of Trent, where, to frighten their dupes to their idolatrous communion, they, in like inannet, tell them, that "out of the [Roman] Catholic church is no salvation." Sum. VII., Concerning Baptimn, can. III, p. ^ ed. Lep».; r'iS, B. Aliho g'l long dead and buried, ?eneraSle Counil.'I would like, while still in the audience of your distinguished repiesHutative, Mr. L^urier, to have also something to say about this matter. And 1 de- mand of you thixptivilege all the mire confidently, becauso^in my judge- ment,one Christian i'rotestantisas wise and a little wiser than any num- ber,of Roman Catholics in "Christian'^ council assembled. WeH,what I have to say is this : Out of Christ there \s no salvation ; but to be in youi "church" ii to the great mass of worshippers, to be out of Christ. What is the legitimate inferen<:e from ihis, or rather its neceiiary sequence ? The most of you, I presume, are logicians enough to know. Nine hundred and ninety nine out of a thousand of your adherents, will never get as much as a amell of purgatory^s fires, although prepared and lighted by the Pope for their especial benefit — will not, when on their way to their "father's^' domains, be peimitted to touch on its shores or even get a sight of the m. And as to the one case out of the thou- , CoREECTioN.— Tenth line from bottom should read : - the future destiny — not rur,/atorial, but etdinul— of the out (if the thousand, etc. And as to one oas) ily find it U()-hill work to the very end, snacxiea as «iu-:.' ••<. the very great and numerous doctrinal errors of the Papacy. And if eaved at all, it must still be through the mercy of Qod leading them. >"«iiriTjjj,»p|((j^H(,„, -A-JlS Ill •, 24 ^ responsibilitv,'' dispenses, or would fain dispense, ju<>t what he pleases, and King and Queen must, or at least ought to, bow their heads in thankful acceptance of it. Such is Rome'ti decree, Mr. Laurier, what- ever assertions in reference to such things irresponsible politicians may be pleased to make. A professed "Liberal'' leader, we would here furthai observe, who is of Catholic creed and association, and who patronizes and suppjit» Jesuitism, is, I apprehend, all the more dangerous to Protestant in- terests because of his assumption of the term "liberal" He would be liberal to the illiberals, and to the most dangerous and liberty-des- troying order of them associated with his church. But, never mind, the Pope throws bis mantling wing over them, and they belong to hi» "church,''and that of course is enough to justify the Jesuit'pationizing act of ''liberal" Bomaniats. And no wonder, indeed, when even "lib- eral" Protestants do the same ! But although undoubtedly a clever man, he is not the man whom a wise Protestant people would choose as ihn leader of the country's "Liberals." Liberal to Protestantism, as a Roman Catholic, he cannot be. Heis therefoie,! repeat, altogether unsuitable as the leader and representative of Pro^e«^an/aswella8"Cath' lie" interests; for such denominational inteiestscaniiotand will not be by him and his fellow Catholics ignored. He has patronized the Jesuits, (nor would he be a consistent Roman Catholic if he did not,) and he is hence unfit to represent Protestant interests in a Protestant couu' try. It is, moreover contrary to Popish inculc ition and the inborn principles of any Roman Catholic to be a true Liberal. The Vatican permits them to be liberal just so far as they can enlist Protestant Lib' eralism and Protestant votes on the side of their church ; and that is about the sum and substance of their Liberalism. To be generally acceptable to Protestants, therefore,and as a pieparatory to the rendei' ing of the very best services to both God and man of which you are capable, I would counsel you, Mr. Liurief, in tha interests of your higher nature and better part, to forsake the old water-logged ship of the great "adversary" in which you have so long sailed ; because she in jr carrying you, with multitudes of others, to the depths of a "Lake which, it will be found, has something more to bo dreaded in it than water 1 And this, observe, is not the mere flourish of a friendly pen; but, the Word of God being true, it will, beyond the shadow of a doubt, as to those who are under the blinding spell of Papal delusion, be found to be actual fact. Although pronounced unseaworthy for the past 1,500 years and all the time ruth- lessly destroying with a popish high fever and spiritual epidemic her successive crews, she has, nevertheless, by the most prodigious efforts of vatican slaves, priestly presngangs, and in- quisitors, been kept afloat to the present time ; but her ultimate doom is only a question of time, my friend, onlv a n\\nai\.^ — « * • if you were buter'*' is from above" ^f ten to obey the x^ "Allow me to # benificed clergy ar* Pope Pious IV., |i ^ .- ..«« \juriBtian faith, out of lohich no m ,^.. »r> eavea ;" notwithstanding also the threat- 25 «ciiDg aspect of the fierce ** bull" Uium Sanctum of Popo BoDifio* y HI., a pari of which thus reads: **VVe declare, define, > nd pronounce chHt it is absoiiUely ess^ial tu the tafvatton of every human being^ • that he be subject unto the Kuniaii Pontifl" which act still remuiiis oii your statnte b lulc ; and nutwitb^tandiii^ the thuuder und Itghteoing iinprecatioua annually denounced against Protestants b} your savage "bull',' In Gima Domini —I hdvu ventuit >! iu this littl« puuiphlut, not only to criticise your personal eligibility, or titness, as a Roman Catho lie, for thePreiuiership of Canada, but also to question the right of your persecuting, apostate ciiurch to even au existence within ih'^ 1) >niinion or any any othtir Protestant territory. Your popish "bulle" ni>iy have dangerous horns; but you dee £ a>o not much afraid of theni^ — a signiHcant name, by the way, symbolical of the Scriptural "beast with iiorne"; because that through those ofiicial issuiu;;s, like mad or wild "bulls.'as th«y are,they were wont/'aforetimetopush," and tear and slay God's people, the righteou'J — the "beast from the bottomless pit, havin ; horus,'^ and taking the foioiof a symbolical "bull" sitting in the Pope*, chair, and exhibiting all the most terocious qualities of the beast, as the "bull'' issued therefrom and is let looie by the Pop.idom am*in^ a people who, by the measure of the distance between heaven and hell, God's service and the devil's, are more righteous than th>-y. You see then from the foregoing, Mr. Liurier, permit ia«> to hert further observe, although in continued divergence from the political bearing of our subject, that my opii.ion reUtve to the future pros- pects ofR')mAn Catholics is very ditforent from that expressed by those popes, as well as by your authoritative Council of Trent, where, to frighten their dupes to their idolatrous communion, they, in like mannei, tell them, that "out of the [Roman] Catholic church is no salvation." S'iss. VII., Goneeming Baptimn, can. III., p. ^4 ed. Ltp$.; '^3, B. Altho g'l long dead and buried, venerable Counil/1 would like, while still in the audience of your distinguished reptesHhtativp, Mr. Liurier, to have also something to say about this matter. And 1 de- mand of you thixpiivilege all the more cjnKdently,becauso,in my judge- raent,one Christian ^c'cotestantiaas wise and a little wiserthan any num- her,of Roman Cptional cases, if such there be, must necessar- ily find it u()-hill work to the very end, shackled as th?y are with the very great and numerous doctrinal errors of the Papacy. And iC eaved at all, it must still be through the mercy of God leading them. .,.«»lwo«l!»r*W<"«WI«l"'l>'l ■"" 1? (they beiug truly eiiicere and earnest) iu spito of the tramroela of their ''chutcb," to rest fur salvatiun on thu atuniM){, juatifyirg doctrines of the Ci'osd. Kuu'iunuin^ all extriit^sic merit, in utter self abufgn- tion and true peuitenun, itiey would still huve to come applying for aalvation in ac.:or< lance with iho only irue, Suriplurul doutiinu of justi- ticatioii, as expresaed hy the poi-.t — "Iu my hundij uo price I bring, Simply to Thv Crotta I cling." God'd command is, * Come out of her my people." Those who obey the command, are, ho fur, all ri;jht ; but tho^e who do not, are all wrong. I may add, 1 should be vtry suiry to tieedlensly hurt the feelings of any one. I bimply «tHte what 1 am conviiiuud an: solemn facts, sole- ly for the world and tlie trutli'o sake. "de that hath an ear to hrar," for hi;« soul's sake "lei him hear." I am fully persuaded that no man in our day can be associated with the Roman Catholic church, except he be iu a state of great spiritual darkness. Such, then, in the interests of this country and the Christi n and Protestant religion, is my reply to your (ipeech of the 30th ult., Mr. Laurier. I trust it may meet with your approval ; or at least that you will appreciate and approve tlie motive tiiat has dictated it. Now I rather like, 1 may say the term " Liberal," and I certainly like the id*^a of " reform " as applied to individual life and conduct, and none the less as a rectifier of phrliamentary and political corrup- tion ; and so I have taken the time and exercised the patience to read all the way through to the end the speech of another profesied " re- former.'' which from its length must have taken a considerable time in delivery, the design of which was to pr.tve that, being a Beform$r, he could not have " consistently ' voted, except in favor of an Anti- reform soijiety ! and that he could not hav« done justice to his "re- form" constituency if ho had voted unfavorably to the Jesuits — an anti-reform society of the very worst and most objectionable charac- ter, morally, religiously and politically, (for it deals largely in each articlf,) that the sun ever shone upon ! — a society that originated in an anti reform movement, and has been continued in existence ever since solely for anti-reform purposes ! O, Consistency I truly thou art a jofVt^l ; but suiely thou wilt not own that this heap of inconsis- tency, this M. P. for North Wellington, ticketed ^'reform" is thy possessor! Because, forsooth, "Liberals," iu the government of the country as Probineials, have put on the airs of independence in rela- tion to Dominion supervision and control, they must also ^rant to the Romish "//liberals," the Jesuits, the liberty to erect an anti-British and an anti-Protestant fortification on the heights of Abraham, that by and bye no one may pass that way but those who can pronounce the Popish Shibboleth, and V'lo ui prepared to swear an undivided civil and religious allegiance to the Pope ! The subterfuge of a shAm or mere partizan "consistency" is thus made to take the place and precedence of a Protestant and true, as well as a wise and politic con- sistency. Consistent reform admits of change ; so that, whatever past political views and policy may have been, a change for the better at the urgent demand of altered circumstances, is always admissable, ' and always consistent with reform principles. And it thus allowii' men, under any and all circumstances, to be true to the right. The "reformer" to whom we have been referring was by name and honorary title, M. P. McMuUen, and his explanatory deliverance upon ' m !%Sn H >m.J^rTtd'hT*a m 27 the occaHiou referred io was for thu e«liticatiuu of an audieucA at Harrir toil. We Ileal aiui reuil o( "iiouiiiial" C'»ri«twim, i. e., Christians only in imiuu,, (.suuli kcj Koiuhu Catholics, ami torau Prutestanti.) but we liivti (lisuuvered uUo, and particulaely in cunitectiou with this m tvuiutiul, that there are aUn nominal "reformers" — fihat m, "refurm- era, ' wlio httitij^ so labulod, have nothing but the label to show for it Ha liad also, hu suid, c tnsulted Mr, Blake and Mr. MoKeacitt on the subject, and found them of the aaoie mind as himself 1 Thus do this trt't servilely bow the knee to the tripplu crowned monarcla of the Papiiuy ! If l)y Imperial law the Jesuits have no British statutory ri^bt ui' cxi.-steiice, tlioy can have no constitutional right of iuoorpor- ation. Tttit) i^ as cleat as it is demonstrable ; and every Protestant liwycr or other gentleman in the corrupt combination, ought therefore to lie ur.tL'rIy ashamed of such special [deadiug and moral ptincipU Hi would lead him to contend for the honesiy, the legality, and just- ness of hid vole in support o^ the incorporation and euduwment of the JeHuit institution. t)j not be deceived therefore, fellow-couatrymea, by the stump speeches of such men ; do not be hoodwinked by these Jesuitical subtleties in the form of "explanations." Black ii black, and white is white ; and tell them so, and that you are both old enough and in- telligent enough to know it. Let no man, who is not ih aympathy with the Jesuits, vote for any M P., who will noti pledge himB«lf, so far a^ hin vote Hiid infiuence m^ty go, to repeal all laws that have been enacted in their favor. Of course there will always be some men who go in for officeo of some sort, however petty, who will, for that rea- son, vote for pirty Grit or pirty Conservative, as the case may be ; but it will not bn so with such as are of an honorable, upright, in- dependent principle. And some there will also doubtless b«t who will not scruple to otherwise work for P'i'-ty money ; but do not you, as honorable, independent electors be found among thiem — neither thus sficritice principle yourselves, nor be deceive^ or trapped by those who do. Other") tncre are who, born Grit, Christened Grit, nursed and schooletl Grit, or Consarvativ^, as the case may be, like the vic- tim of intemperance, cannot be persuaded, however hurtful it may be to him, to give up a long established habit ; but in this case, gentle- men, let your manhood and il}telli^ence rule Grit or Toi^y, and do not let Grit or Tory rule your intelligence and manhood. We have arriv- ed Pt an age of the world when, favoped with modern light and know- ledge, it is surely time for us all, high and low, rich and poor, to act like men. an I like men not only of intelligence, but of principle. We have the records of all history before us, and if we do not profit by tli9 record, and if the experience.s of the past do not tend to make better men of us, men of aterner moral principle, the progressive moral world, .so far as we are concerned, has progressed in vain. In 3oncliision I miy say that whatever else a British elector, or a British M. P , for;;et3, whether in the parent State or in the Colonies, among other atiually notable and atrocious crimes comitted against Protestants, he will do well to ever reiij^ember the fifth ot Novemhe^^ and the Jesuit, auti Prote-tant connection therewith ; pledge himself, in view of its principles and aims, to an undying enmity fca the "Order," and, upon the principles of self-protection an^ good will to the race, never rest at ease till Jesuitism and its parent, Romanism, are no more. Favoriblb Noticbs or "Rbplt to Pxinb'h Aok op Riasow." From the Rev. J. Wild, D. l).,Pcutorof B«md St. Congreaational . Ghurch, Toronto : "1 have just tii)ii>l.ed reading youi tH>uk, 'UriKinat Reply to Paine'a Age of Rcascn ' Thanks fur the (iaint>. Yuur R"ply i« indeed ori({inal in ar^^unaent and style. I wish you much succohs, and hope many will have the pleasure and protit of rfadintt the book." From the Rev. Dr. F. Gunner, CongregatUmal MinUtHty Lietovel : "Mr. Paine's book is a uunriiig device designed to mislead the unin- formed mind^aad to destroy it possible the I>iviDe HUthorily of the Holy Scriptures. This new and manly Reply of Mr. iittephens is a worthy and successful rebtdter, and will prove itseir to hu an effective antidote to the mischievous devie«'8 and evil woi kings tA Thomaa Paine Ingersoll Si Go. The pen of Mr. Stephens is well poist'd, aiid he IS evidently 'set for the defence' of the tiuth of the Scriptures ; and as long as men and wocen exist to practice and publish the errors of infidelity, and the the envenomed utterances of Thomas Paine, so long will the right maly expose of such writers be re()uired. The purcbasera of this new and nseful book will find that it is well worth / the reading, and that it will alao confirm the honest enquirer in thv revealed religion of the Holy Scriptures."* From the Rev. I)avii> Daok, Pastor of Listowel Baptist Church .■ ^'Having examined the work entitled *An Oiiginal Reply to Paine's Age of Reason,' I do not hesitate to say that the author has fairly refuted his oCtjections to Christianity, and this too in a stylo that wif> be especially attractive to the general public among whom such opinions *h Paine's are likely to do most harm. From Hon. O. Mowat, Premier of Ontario r Expressing "best wish- es" for the success of the work, the Attorney General, although press- ed for time, writes : **I have read with interest a considerable part of your Reply to Paine. Your book is characterised by earn«atnes« and vigorous thnught, and I have no doubt that it wilt render good service amongst those whom Paine's book would lead sstray,^ From the Rev. Dr. (Cochrane, Ex-Moderator of the Preahyterian Assembly, Ontario' '*I am of the opininion ihat nu great harm can come from the circulation of Tom Paine's writinsrs, when there are fonnd those who are so ready and able to refute his arguments. Mr, Stephens in bis reply to Paine shows a patience of detail and cogency of reasoning which will render the work invaluable to many." From the Rev. Isaac Campbell, Minister of Knox Chnrrh, Listo wel : "I have read with pleasure and profit a reply by Mr. E. Stephenp to Paine's 'Age of Reason.' The book is well written. The argu- ments adduced by the author are fair, logical, and conclusive No candid, intelligent reader can go through the book without feeling that the author has been eminently successful in exposing the errors of infidelity. I trust the book may have a wide circulation.'' From the Rev. W. Cavan, D. D., President of Knox College, Toron- to : "I am pleased to learn that you are continuing your labors in de- fence of the Christian Faith and of Revelation. In an age when so many impugn Christianity it is well that it should have many defend- ers. You certainly write with good knowledge of your subject and in an efll e*.iv^ way. The mfm'er in which you present your ariumen u will niaur mutual edification to try my hand oi ratber my head, at verse making. But having never either written or attempted to write more than would till two of these pem^ci in my life, I must there- fore beg your critical and considerate indulgence, as I set before you a reply in veroe to your united delivera?>ces, upon the occasion of re- ceipting the |1400,000 taken from the Provincial Education Fun4 aid appropriated to your use : — "Loyal are the Jesuits to the Crown of Great Britain," So said their Superior, & would be favorite of Heaven ! But is not this assertion an equivocatim, Jesuitically framed to practice deception Upon Protestants, who know that their canon and creed Instruct them to thus deceive and minlead ? Are these ••loyal" who would take Britain's Protestant Crown And tread it with all that is Protestant down With the mire of the streetj and place in its stead A Pope-given crown upon our monarch's head 1 Were they •'loyal *.o the crown," when the vile, cunning Fox Was discovered with the match and dry tinder-box. About to fire the powder by which it was sought To enact the notorious gunpowder plot ? Were they "loyal to England" in the case of the Colonists Who as Protestant pioneers were butchered by Romanistit, Flayed alive because they were "Protestant heretics," And not fit to live with holy " Catholics" and Jesuits, To which the Bishop of Three Rivers, who is Catholic in creed, Refers as a glorious, providential, retributive deed 1 They are ••loyal" as was Rome when it took from John's head The Crown of the Kingdom because he had said, Being then in no dread of its fagot, or rope, He would not submit to be taxed by the Pope t What says, moreover, their oath of induction 1 It contains for the didceining a mint of instruction. Do the terms of such oath show their loyalty to Kings t — With expressions of disloyalty every part of it rings. But read it for yourselves in their works without fail, Lest, if I quote it, they serve nie as they have done the Mail, And sue me for another fifty thousand or so, To buy guns and equipments for this most ••loyal" foe ! But ••Fanatics," UElecteur, and Entender, Mercier's organs maintain, Are all who against their disloyalty exclaim I I^iit all thought of disloyalty tht^y can afford to disclairu. While in uurightcous receipt of their monetary "claim " But let the money be apent they'l find ground for a rent, And of their eacred aaaurHnces of "loyalty" repent. rhey will put in a plen, and thtH we, shall nee, For more .Jesuit money to help forward the See; Nor care whence it eomep, from you or from me, Flora "Catholic" slave, or the Protestant free ! But money they must have, and the dominant pover, Divmely bequeathed them us a Jesuit dower, Or hard words, if not hulhits, they will plentifully shower. Until bribed and appeased for another brief hour ! And so It goes on, and so will it go on, If Protestants are thus to he imposed upon, Until all their money or their freedom be gone ! And thui having nothing further earthly to lose, Between death and their creed they will allow us to choose ! Thrts the "loyalty" of Jesuits have we truly depicted. And none may deny that it is unprecedented. Nor are they unworthy of their father the Pope, Who sentenced all Protestants to the stake or the rope ; And decreed it a Popishly virtuous thing • To convert or to slay all who diflered from him J ' And such are the laws and the canons of sin. Which Pope would have all the world to drink in ! And that ic will n >t, and cannot, gives him bitter chagrin ! It worries and paiha him, no doubt, to the heart, And goes to his vitals like a warriors dart ! He is grieving, lamenting the loss of his power, Providentially confined to his Vatican bower ! And a sympathetic "church" no doubt bears him a part. As do Jesuits who have pledged him their cunning and art, Having sworn their allegiance to him as their head — To relax neither efforts nor wiles, as they said. Until his foes were all either shackled or dead ! Suoh is their loyalty to Britain's fair Queen ! And such as it i^ it ever has been. And will be till, driven from England and America too, And, wandering o'er the world, like a wandering Jew, They find no rest for the sole of their shoe. Nor any more work for good Jesuits to do, They succumb to their enemies neither impotent nor few. And go straight to the place to which they've doomed me and you " Loyal "to kings the Jesuit never has been Loyalty to the Pope and to original sin, Ts the only loyalty you can get out of him. They are loyal to the Pope, the devil, aad sin, And will be till their " father" has got them shut in, Where, as his faithful allies, they will get their reward. As righteously assigned them by our Saviour and Lord ; And where they will have bitter occasion to say, As they, with the rich man, vainly pray For a drop of cold water to cool their tongue — Which in bittoresl anguish is from thorn « " tlad I served my God as I have servtid i He would not have left me thus without i. ^pe lUg— Pope, I" " There are no principles in p/jlitiai" Mr. Mercier avcrii I And so to cur mind it uIho occurs, ^'heiti are no principles in Jeeuitium, but those of diabolism ; And in Jesuit and Mercier we have a digest of Koinanisu. But who has no principles as a chos«n politician, Has no principles in hia religion ; s to make it most serviceable for popular use " From the Rev. W. H. Withrow, D. D., F. R. S. C, Editor of the Canada Methodist Magazine, Toronto : " I have examined with much interest your 'Reply to Thomas Paine,' and have much pleasure in commending it as a judicious and forcible refutation of the slanders against Christianity of that arch infidel. It cannot fail to establish in the faith any one who will carefully and candidly read it." From the Rev. Dr. N. Burwash, President of the Victoria Univer- mty, Gobourg : " I am sorry for the long delay, but the pressure of my work ha*), until now, made it impossible for me to so read your work as to give an honest opinion of it. 1. The style of the work is thoroughly popular. There runs through it a play of dashing wit, which, while it is keen as a razor, never stoops to vulgar abuse. 2. The work is founded on a careful and intelligent consideration of the great question discussed, and condenses the results of a large amount of reading, putting its material in an original form as well as adding many ne v ideas. It will help many to whom more elaborate volumes oi philosophy would be of no benefit. Wishing you God's blessing on your book, I am," etc. Favorable Notices of "Original Reply to Paine's Agb of Rbasok.'' From the Rev. D. H. MacVicar, D D., L. I. D , Principal and Professw of Theology, Presbyterian College, Montreal : " Mr. E. Stephens, in his Reply to Paiue and Ingereull, * handles their misre- presentations, ribaldry, and shallow sophisms with skill and buchbs. I unhesitatingly commend the work as a popular contribution to the department of Christian Apologet'cs, the extensive circulation of which is fittted to be eminently useful." From Rev. W. Ormiston, D. D., L. L. D., Presbyterian Minister^ New York : " I have Examined the pamphlet entitled ' A Reply to Paine's Age of Reason.' Bt Mr. £, Stisphens. The work is a most excellent one of its kind, and furnishes evidence of careful reading, earnest thought, and deep convictions on the part of the writer. It well supplements end enforces what has already been written on that subject. I commend the work mof^t heartily, and I feel assured that no one can read it without interest and profit. The style is clear and simple, the reasoning cogent and convincini', and the spirit fair and candid." From the Hon. Daniel Wilson, L. L D., President of the Toronto University. The Honorable and learned Doctor, not being able " at present to spare the requisite time for a careful, critical perusal of the work," says : " I can add nothing to the weight of testimony of such men as the excellent Bishop of Huron, the Rev. Dr. Ormiston, and others whose favorable notices are appended to your work ; but I most heartily wish you every success in your contention with Paine and Ingeisol, whose irreverent and{)rcfane assaults on the Scriptures and the Christian Faith are as offensive as they are mischievous." From the Hon. John Macdonald, Senator of the Dominion Govern- ment, Toronto : " The work of Mr. E. Stephens in Reply to T. Paine on the sacred subject of a Divine Revelation, which Paine, in his ig- norance, has foolishly attempted to turn into idicule, exposes and re- futes his falacies in a manner which will be found to not only instruct but profit." From the Rev. E. A. Stafford, M. A., L, L. B., Pastor Metropoli- tan Methodist Church, Toronto : This gentleman "not having had time to read the work as carefully" he says " as he would desire to do it anything like justice," nevertheless speaks of it as " presenting the points with which it deals in an effective manner," and wishes it "an extensive sale and great influence for good." From the Rev, B. F. Austin, M. A., B. D., Principal of Alma College, St. Thomas : " I have examined with pleasure and profit the work by Mr. E. Stephens entitled 'A New and Original Reply to Paine's Age of Reason.' It is written in a clear and forcible style, and its arguments are original and convincing. It should have a wide sale." From the Rev. Geo. Richardson, Ex-President of the Guelph Mdh odist Conference : "I have read the Reply to Paine's Age of Reason by Mr. E. Stephens. The book is well written and its author evinces a thorough knowUdgo of the man whose writings he so ably refutes. He clearly demonstrates the fact that ' Tom ' was either ignorant of the Scriptures and of the principles of Christianity, or wicked enough to publish what he knew to be untrue. At times the author may appear to be severe, but in this he is, I think, justified by the profane coarseness and blasphemies of the man with whom he had to deal. I believe the work will do good, and have pleasure in recommending it to the general public." * Onr "Reply to IngertoU" which has been examined in M. S. and recommended by Dr. Mac- Vicar and other distinguished persons, has not yet been published.