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Referring the current expenditures of Toronto and other OoUeges, ir. Oampbell proceeds as follows : 'Leave out Toronto University and take the teaching J°'^y» University Oollege, and they have an average of 48 conegi^°^^°^> '^"^ ^^^ revenue expended is nearly $40,000, and qnestioj®* '^^ ^^^ irrespective of the imrafinse sum devoted to the yours •■"•l^^'^KS. In Trinity College (Toronto) they educate ^24 T-i^i- -,' i tudents at an expenditure of $12,000; in Queen's College, |33 students at an expense of $11,000; in Victoria College, At eral ele feelit Before accoi atnre !' fiftntwilantn tttii ! ='.'r-*ir"- JO jnot «qj 3] puB 'dBiiiffdoosjda UB Qiv noJi inq '^!)ii^'^'^ l^aq 9^\ jo iCinrei j^ -siqi A(\ ^niiara si jBqAv aog 01 q|n.")iyip si qi 'mo^ "jTino jBuinionap ojb ^uatniiopna gqi JO 9JBqB B Sairaj^io Fo3)iioo joq^o oqj qBqi si omojoj, jo i^iod -ouoni aqi ZTiwo o) ijBuisajdu pnnoj s^aaaindjB oqi jo aao ,, ■93y.\oQ e^u -..irf) }0 pm aiSsjioo uuojo ,\ lo ;rfu:;nTibi paw nomeodcuoa gq; oij ^;qT{.)!idd8 s« bj^ 'qoaadi otBi u ui noiia^j j^^^. ° iw«! njij •AO'ji oq? jo Ejjavm-u puB siaaiuB't is ^^niiioiioj oqx "Uoo oBjp sS^ijoQ vuojjiyi JO 8^v93n'f) Jo iviji fo vosuvdutoo •lOD aB|)8;j tti 9S9]jo[) fijjSJMivQ ojnojnj^ Jfo uopisodtnoo jvvoiivu eqj ^{dtijn -xuioudQ — g^tS.ijioj pntotiuumoudQ oipiDovMnd fsuivSo u0[9A8p IIJ gU0lt0,7*q0 9yf jo fi:>U9]SlSU03Ut pUD 90li8niVJ f i'^O^V UOllBODDa m^ •sxoiivHisn'ni qnv eaiox— 'xiaKajav ' ' m^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm >Ht-\'S'''~\ bezlon mtsDoi Saudi ^tem. ezerdKl It itself, f ftindsmi tation the. CO J 1 effort id pert| MS. vi and ai given \i )roporti'^ time tl|* nd libil 1 80urci| ftate ail fhatevc : it excee new ti: tppIicAt] (70 fusi I have I prioci ,;| he unil * that j: )r ahou'jl Mence, the r i sctuail' .ives tl'i l^the F Vbich juUivs; tery c\^ •Hncip'f nay ai pid fr Intful t fuarde | and £' I d la t ^ themt men. glOUS : and ! ' a late i lorals iffious ': reates ' ere at " hich ' (eltl . lish i hon mortit /• 4 , / , • t ,^ ♦^ ,■ ' ;. ■, * . ._. _^_ ._. ...1. ; 1 •Hsifrt.-:i-t :f...r^«t.. ADDRESS OF THE WE SL .-if ' 'MC. ■■ •M- ••.;l'»:: • '*' "! ttO'.r*. ■»■•!; ■''' TtiJ '.THriiV. •^• *.i ff f*. "* * -\ Itli a view to Elect Candidates in favour of University Refor m and !.■>■•} -': iUmV t-ii-i, .:,,■'.-■ i-.. To the Members of the Congregations of the WesUyan Methodist Ghurck in Canada. Yeby dear Brethhem and Friends, At the present time, and in view of the approachiog gen* eral elections of Members to the Legislative Assembly, we feel it oar duty to address yon on the subject of Uoiversity Beform and the equal rights of all Golleges in Uppor Canada according to their works in teaching those sabjeots of liter- atare and science which constitute the prescribed course of collegiate cdacation. In this most important subject — this question of qnestions — we have no interest different from yours ; we have but one interest with you ; we are citizens with you, and claim with you equal rights and privileges as such. ■' Daring the past two years, conventions have been held in varicms parts of the Province, in which you equally with ourselves, have been represented, and in which you and we have adopted memorials to the Legislature, and have ex- pressed our united determination to exert ouijselves to the utmost in order to reform the gross abuies of the Toronto University, and correct the wrongs of a one college monopoly; to place all colleges on equal footing of right and advantage before the State according to their works. The justice of our complaints and claims has been unanswerably main- tained before a Committee of the Legislature ; their justice has been admitted by men of all parties ; and it now re- mains to complete the work begun by uniting and employing our efforts with one heart to elect those men to the Legis- lative Assembly, and those only, who will exert themselves to the utmost, without respect of party in other matters, to promote University reform and the equal rights of all Col- leges according to their works, irrespective of their denom- ination or non-denomination. If every one of yon and of ourselves will, irrespective of political parties in other res- pects, make University reform and equal College rights our aim and our motto, and oppose every man of any party who opposes that reform and those rights, and support only those men of any party who will give the most reliable as- surance of promoting that reform and of securing those rights by their votes and influence in Parliament, we will achieve a work the most important to the best interests of our country and for which posterity will remember us with gratitude. tioD« i n variqus parts of the Province," and explicitly refer- red to the London University as the model after which the University in Upper Canada should be established. Nothing can be more opposed to the avowed objects of the University Act and the London University Model than a one College monopoly at Toronto. The Lond9n University Is an exam- ining and certifying body only, and is not identified with any one more than another of the fifty Colleges which are afBlia- ted to it. There is one non-denominational College affiliated to it, as well as Church of England, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Congregational, Baptist and Roman Catholic Colleges ; but so far from endowing one College alone, no one College has any advantage over another in the way of public endowment* All Colleges, whether denominational or non-denomination- al, stand upon equal ground and compete upon equal terms in respect to the aid of the State, 3. A one College monopoly is contrary to all precedent. There are more or less Colleges in each of the neighbouring States, and which have been or ace aided by the State; there are three Colleges upon equal terms in the Queen's Univer- sity in Ireland, besides the Dublin University; there are four University Colleges in Scotland; there are seventeen Colleges in the University of Cambridge; there are twenty-six Colleges in the University of Oxford; and there are more than fifty Colleges in the University of London. The Toronto one Col- lege monopoly is, therefore, as unprecedented as it is selfish and absurd. 4 The Toronto one College monopoly is at variance with the recognition and exercise of the voluntary principle in University education, which, forms one of the two fundamental principles of our Common School system. No township, city or town in Upper Canada receives any Parliamentary aid without providing from local resources at least an equal sum. Not a School Section can obtain any legislative or even municipal aid without providing a School-house and employ- ing a duly qualified teacher; and in no case is public aid given without local effort, in respect even to individna's, ex- cept in case of absolute poverty. But the advocates of the Toronto College monopoly have done and propose to do nothing more than paupers as a condition of public aid, in regard either to the erection of buildings, the payment of profesoors, or lo the support of their College in any respect; \vliilotht3 lenges compj College In t( religloag cha| tion in the College the unjust, uncht endowed acc'-{> . * . , ,,.,.. ., ... ,. -■« t ESLEYAN CONFERENCE *r/?t>,'j#J3ir:°'-;'j- it ► ^^t 'fV '. jiiK.:\'X. or m and the equal Rights of Colleges accordinsr to their Works. refer- 1 the thing irsity )Ilego xam- lany ffilia- iated ; bat ) has meat* ktiOB- terms dent, iring here ^iver- foor [eges sges Ififty Icol- Ifish rith in ital 3ity laid im. reQ |oy- •lid 3X- |he Ido in lot pt; leoges competition apon eqaal terms with the non-religions Oollege in teaching these subjects, it is plain as day that the religions charucter of the College is the badge of proscrip- tion in the one case, and the non-religions character of the Oollege the ground of monopoly in the other— a principle nnjast, unchristian and persecuting. But if each College be endowed according to its secular Collegiate work, without re- ference to his denominational or non-denominational charac- ter, then, and then only, is there justice and equal rights be- tween the several Colleges and their supporters. 6. The Toronto College monopoly is contrary to all healthful competition in Collegiate education. There is nothing like competition in education, as well as in commerce and trade of all kinds; and the monopoly of one College is more corrupt and deadening on the one hand and more un- just and injurious on the other than in most commoa afifairs of life. ^ 7. The one College monopoly is also at variaoce with the thoroughness and extension of Collegiate edacadon. If one merchant in a town h&d the sole public monopoly of par- chasing and Belling goods for the people of the municipality, there is every probability that his goods wonld be both high in price and inferior in quality. Under the operations of this one College monopoly system, the standard of Universi- ty education has notoriously declined and become far less thorough than it was ten years ago; and it would have clear- ly declined still more, had it not been for the complaints made on the subject, and the healthful and elevating influ- ence of the denominational Colleges. Nothing could be more pernicious to tho thoroughness as well as extension of University education than a single endowed staff of profes- sors, without competition, without inspection, and secured in their salaries without regard to the anvount or success of their labours; while, on the othev hand, several staffs of professors of competing Colleges must tend both to the thoroughness and extension of University education under the auspices and active icflaences of different religious per- suasions. 8. Finally, the one College Monopoly at Toronto is at variance with every principle of sound economy. Nothing should be regarded as more sacred and managed with more carefbl economy, than money devoted to education; yet the profligate and extravn it would require to complete them, ecy, $ 1 0,000; and the moseam and library $20,000, or a total of $330,000, leaving the capital $1,170,634. But to call the capital $1,150,000, at 7 per cent, it would yield annually $80,500." Referring to the carrent expenditares of Toronto and other Colleges, Mr. Campbell proceeds as follows : 'Leave out Toronto University and take the teaching body, University College, and they have an average of 48 stadentd; and the revenue expended is nearly $40,000, and yet all this irrespective of the immense sum devoted to the buildings. In Trinity College (Toronto) they educate [24 students at an expenditure of $12,000; in Queen's College, 133 students at an expense of $11,000; in Victoria College, 169 students at an expense of $11,000." « In the State of New York, Union College (297 students) $23,317, fees $8,- 655: [no fees in Toronto College except what are paid to Professors in addition to their salaries.] Hamilton College (134 students) $23,348, fees $1,464; HobMt (92 students) $10,479, fees $767; University of the city of New York with 574 students, (106 collegiate, 129 preparatory, and 32o medical students, 40 in schools of art) $13,049, fees $6,720; Madison College, (102 students) $10,803, fees $2,246; Rochester University, (147 students) $13,507, fees $4,749." " Harvard University, near Boston, the oldest University on this Continent, has upon its books 443 under-gradnatos, and 453 professional students — students in law, medicine and theology. The total number of students upon the books is 896, educated at an expense of $64,000." '< Of the Toronto University expenses, the Bursar's Office; including incidentals, was put down at $8,186 ; University officers, $3,026— making $11,212. The twenty examiners were University officers, (but University College occupied their time chiefly, and nine of them were College Professors) received $1,760, half .of which should be charged to the University and half to the College, making $880; sixty six scholarships, costing $5,013, one-fourth of which should go to the University, and three-fourths to the College, $1,503 ; and prizes in the same proportions, $956, or $239 to thc'„Utiiv5r8ity — making the University account $13,834. The College account would present — proportion of examiners, $880; of scholarships, $4,510; of prizes, $717; 12 Professors, $22,480;' servants, $3,397; sU- lionary and printing, $2,007; advertising, $577; incidentals, t. mmm m ore ler to reform the gross aboiea of the Toronto UniTersity, and correct the wroogs of a one college monopoly; to place all colleges on eqaal footing of right end advaotage before the State according to their works. The justice of oar complaints and claims has been nnanswerably main" tidned before a Oommittee of the Legislatare ; their jastice has been admitted by men of all parties ; and it now re- mains to complete the work begtin by nnitiDg and employing oar efforts with one heart to elect those men to the Legis- lative Assembly, and those only, who will exert themselves to the almost, without respect of party in other matters, to promote University reform and the eqaal rights of all Col- leges according to their works^ irrespective of their denom- ination or non-denomination. If every one of you and of ourselves will, irrespective of political parties in other res- pects, make University reform aud eqaal Oollege rights our aim and our motto, and oppose every man of any party who opposes that reform and those rights, and support only those men of any party who will give the moat reliable ae- salrance of promoting that reform and of secaring those rights by their votes and ioflaeDce in Parliament, we will achieve a work the most important to the best interests of our country and for which posterity will remember us with gratitude. TaAidy:»u and ourselves in this great work, and to fur- nish the materials of answering every honest objecto", and of silencing every part'zan gainsayer, we will here briefly repeat some of the grounds on which we resist the one-college mo- nopoly lit Toronto and demand Untveraity reform and the equal rights of all Colleges according to their works. 1. The one College monopoly is directly opposed to the Boyal intentions in authorizing the endowment as early as 1797. The Royal Despatch expressly states, •• First for the establishment of Free Grammar Schools, and then in due process of time for establishing Seminaries of a larger and more comprehensive nature'^ [that is, of course, Col- leges'] *'for (he promotion of religious and moral learning, ami the Study ofihe Arts and Sciences .'^ Here more than one College was contemplated sixty-four years ago for the future of Upper Canada, audit was declared tbat learning sliould be based on religion. < 2. The one College monopoly is opposed to the express intentions of the Legislature in passing the University Act of 1853. That Act repealed the Act of 1849, which es- tablished a one College Toronto University, gave in the preamble as the reasons for that repeal, the objections of many persons on accoaot of expenses and dangers in sending their sons to Toronto, and the justice and wisdom of encoor- aging persons to prosecute "their stuiies )n other fnstita WLU,UUU wmiU aafeBMo or are aid'^d by the SUte; there are three Colleges upon equal terms in the Qaeen's Univer- sity in Ireland, besides the Dublin University; there ore four University Colleges in Scotland ; there are seventeen Colleges in the University of Cambridge; there are twenty-six Colleges in the University af Oxford; and there are more than fifty Colleges in the University of London. The Toronto one Col- lege monopoly ii^ therefore, as unprecedented as it is selfish and absurd. 4 The Toronto one College monopoly is at varianoe with the recognition and exercise of the vduntary principle in University education, which;forms one of the two fundamental principles of our Common School system. No townships city or town in Upper Canada reeeives any Parliamentary aid without providing froto local resources at least an equal sum. Not a School Section can obttfin any legislative or even municipal aid without providing a School-house and employ- ing a duly qualified teacher; and in no case is public aid given without local effort, in respect even to indlvidnals, ex- cept in case of absolute poverty. But the advocates of the Toronto College monopoly have done and propose to do nothing more than paupers as a condilioo of public aid, in regard either to the erection of buildings, the payment of professors, or to the support of their College in any respect; while the advocates of denominational Colleges erect their buildings, employ their Professors, and contribute annually towards their support. 5. Such a monopoly i» at variance with jastice and equal rights to all classes. No claim has been mede for the sup- port of any Theological Professor or Divinity teaching in aAy College; nor is a claim made in behalf of any College as Presbyterian, Wesleyan, or Church of England; but a claim is made for each College according as it teaches the Classics, Mathematics, Mental, Moral, and Natural Science, which are comprehended in a University course of study. If a non- denominational College is endowed for teaching the^e sub- jects, because it recognizes no religion, and a denominational College which teaches the same subjects, is proscribed be- cause it recognizos religion {md provides religious instruc- tion and oversight in connexion with secular instruction, and selects its professors for their religious character, as well as for their literary and scientific attainments, who does not see that one College is proscribed for its religion, and the other is endowed because of its nou'religion? Is not this utteriy at variance with equal rights among all classes? Is not this proscribing men acd their institutions for their religion? Is not this as unjust as it is unchristian? If a non-religious College is endowed becaaae it teaches the sabjeets of an University edncatioo, ought a religious College to be pros- cribed which teaches precisely the same subjects, and chal- moroai merchi chasingl there is' in price I thlsonel ty eda< thorougf lydecUnl madeoni enee '^f moro pei Jn'iY ••.xM son, wit in their their lal !0I thorough! the auspit suasions. 8. Fins varianoe % should be carefhl ec( profligate out a para pal Leitch remarks—' the averai graduates is 8. Att 500. That stndent hai Queen's C( bona fide %\ Fquandered enormous i was at on( avast pile neaded." of the Le£ public at collected fi "The 01 was 226 ,0( which has 1 226,000 acr 375, leaving or a total Toronto k Park.] $] an annual i h ad been d " ""r te; there I Univer- arefoar Colleges Oolleges iwa fifty one Ool- iBielfiah Doe with loiple in lamental Bhip, city itary aid nal sam. or even employ* iblic aid [calfi, ex- iB of the le to do ct aid, in ^meot of respect; set their annaally )d equal le Bop- liag in lege as a claim lassies, eh are a DOD- e sab- ational ed be- istrnc- •n, and veil as lotsee other itteriy It this ? Is Igioas }f an Ipros- Ichal- alJBo at variaoce with the thoroaghneas and extension of Collegiate edacation. If one merchant in a town had the sole public monopoly of pur- chasing and selling goods for the people of the manidpality, there is efery probabUlty that his goods wonld be both high in price and inferior in quality. Under the operations of this one College monopoly system, the standard of Universi- ty education has notoriously declined and become fkr less thorough than it was ten years ago; and it would have clea^ ly decUned stUl more, had it not been for the complaints made on the subject, and the healthful and elevating infln- enoe -^f the denominational Colleges. Nothing could be moTo perikiHoua to the thoroughness as well as extension of ' Jniv i ity education ihnu a dogle endowed staff of profes- son, without competition, without inspection, and secured in their salaries without regard to the anjAunt or success of their labours; while, on the other hand, several staffs of profiBSBors of competing Colleges must tend both to the thoroughness and extension of University education under the auspices and active icflaences of different religions per- suasions. 8. Finally, the one College Monopoly at Toronto is at varianoe with every principle of sound economy. Nothing should be regarded as more sacred and managed with more carefhi economy, than money devoted to education; yet the profligate and extravagant expenditure at Toronto, is with- out a parallel and almost beyond belief. The Rev. Princi- pal Leitch, of Qaeen's College, KiDgston. in a late address* remarks — " By the University College Calendar (Toronto) the average annual number of bona fide graduates, that h, graduates who have actnally studied in University College, is 8. At this rate, each graduate has cost the counf ry £2,- 500. That is, the regular collegiate education of a single student has cost about as much as the annual revenue o^ Queen's College with 4 Facalities, 14 Professors, and 170 bonafik students. If we take into account the capital sum Fquandered) the cost of each graduate will amount to the enormous snm of £4, 3.' '»" Nearly £10o,ooo of the capital was at once, and illegally, wiped out by sinking this sum in a vast pile of ornamental buildings, which were not at all needed." The Honorable Alexander Campbell, a member of the Legislative Council, has given in a late address to the public at Kingston, the following statistics, which he had collected from public and official documents : " The original endowment of the University of Toronto was 226,000 acres, exclusive of 150 acres in Toronto, [and which has been granted to the City for a Park.] Out of the 226,000 acres there had been sold 201,964 acres for $1,332," 375, leaving 24,037 acres, representing a capital of $168,239 or a total capital of $1,500,634, besides the 150 acres in 'l^oronto known as University Park, [now called Queen's Park.] $1,500,000 at 7 per cent, per annum, would yield an annual income of $105,000. This capital of $1,500,364 h ad been diminished by the buildings accoant $300,000, and $1').479, fdes $767; University of the city of New York with 574 students; (106 collegiate, 129 preparatory, and 320 medical students, 40 in schools of art) $13,049, fees $6,720; Madison College. (102 atndenU) $10,803, fees $2,246; Rochester University, (147 students) $13,507, foes $4,749." " Harvard University, near Boston, the oldest University on this Continent, has upon Its books 443 under-gradoates, and 453 professional students— students in law, ^ledicioe and theology. The total number of students upon the hooka is 896, educated at an expense of $64,000." •< Of the Toronto University expensei, the Bursar's Office; including incidentals, was put down at $8,186 ; University officers, $3,026— making $11,212. The twenty examiners were University officers, (but University College occupied their time chiefly, and nine of them were College Profiessors) received $1,760, half^of which should be eharged to the University and half to the College, making $880; sixty dx scholarships, costing $6,013, one-fourth of which should go to the University, and three-fourths to the College, $1,503 ; and prizes in the same proportions, $956, or $239 to thej^Uaiversity — making the University account $13,834. The College account would present- proportion of examiners, $880; of scholarships, $4,510; of prices, $717; 12 Professors, $22,480;' servants, $3,397; sta- tionary and printing, $2,007; advertising, $577; incidental, $1,313; resident and current expenses, $554; outfit and fur- aishings, $5,676. Sundry items — Residence for Director of Obsorvatory, $4,340; cottages for Observers, $4,762; ex- pended on grounds in 1859, $6,256; fuel, $186 ; Observatory salaries, (includioj^ $1,360 to Professor Kingston, who gets a salary as Professor,) $3,725; fuel for Observatory, $117; stationery, $83; incidentals, $486 — making an expenditore of apon fbe Observatory of $4,411." "The building in To- ronto will cost $350,000 The Qaeen's Colleges at Belfast and Cork, in Ireland, erst, the former, £34,000; the latter, £32,000; so you see this poor country expends £80,000 where in Ireland or England, overflowing with wealth, they expend only £32,000." The foregoing statistics mnstsaticry ever; candil mind of the unparalleled extravagance of the Toronto University and College system, and of the inconsistency and selO^hnesa of those professed public economists who advocate or sup- port such a system, and oppose University reform. Surely then, dear brethren and friends, it is our daty at this eventfd moment to unite as the heart of one man in employing our utmost efforts to elect these men, and those only, of any party who, we have the best reason to believe, will faithfully exert themselves to put an end to such a sys- tem of extravagance and injastice; to place the Colleges of > all classes upon equal footing according to tho>aal fellow ^laewlMveBselaHaalMUaii. It la Ibe pB^a- ofaBMafbrUanUglon. Hew ms la pieeMr ^ I poHar ea which tha Ualvenlty of TOroate haa pso- tjfiiaiMiaMagrellroallqirwliMa ^^^l^*;;^*!^^^ iotf'&^elSM'i'e/ittS^^ «a«: «Ee teal^ ty propavHoB BeMol qre ^ ill eftblVroV^ee, oSdiiAMeAy lUafc dMaiflaatlOttal ^ b(|i|,,M,tlHq( di^ Bill aalitte stale to*l4»^.tfM«ir > aUttjUhsHi sarry oat'tbe priMlpie nirlf . Ba d*I aap^ ' ti|if nio^opohr,MreUiioa/igreoadi. Do net a^dov^ . rm^at fS^^i bedaose it hae anegatiTeremai ~ , while jomr^iB^ thaeliShis of oCbets b«Aa«s the^ lava ' H^nrng^oif* owe*. Ba aonaisteal an* azplad%,«tiM- rdnndi' alfogfttner. Ignore negative t^.wtli as POetHve , . Letthaeadowmeaibe sotely on tbfl 0baliA draoing rk(feqaiced,aadlsitiiaaaaiet«atof eQleieaey be«p- .^,_ Et.all. . , .-,,,,,.,,, . , il^iii^M ar^dtbat though Qaesn's CHXb^ is not de- nnihiatieBaliaiteaclilairor faifCo«Misors,th(it, after aHfiile, in Jiaait, deaomioaUonaL Now, triad V th|a test, goeea'a Oopie n^iaaeh less denominational than UaiVersltir OOiiege. iNp an anafyfu of ttudmtt given in th$ epideneB on Me UmMr^ \ljMftim^it.opppm,ikidm€-hf4tfofthM§tudmU^ J« bdonff io i^ntigU body ofPrtalylmdnt. The adpantam itemuntfteent eikmtnteni t* eiy'oped e&£^y i^Aieone frody. '4H9t iM fmU «t«CA ttlo, tbatiHhotti^Ftotesliat families mlg^t send their soatll^ a^ 4eifOm)itat}an||l college; yOu earidi navet aipaet Ro^ Clath^UjBs to do thlik J^oiTt pt^^t is tha.aetnal «t#terof th^ miir Whf , &i^ the prbpertfon of Roii^^^ fQn»%aa»giJMiir aCQuaea'a pUigaihaa si^^U^ lese J»4 this oiui eeadily ba wadeiito^d. of ha^lOsIa] when Pi semli aMpHM pvevMallfti is no eiee titJMttbga seboalaeei malt preee So:dh ah o%ia|^ Nowapp paator* E away fifow afnodon ai abtp^teply. and pastor Bon it purs mvstieive ornoordffa to thif que and halnts saashipjnf conseienoe the iight ti hit siteik h^ nota rii the State i tbitpu^oi bow eaa it whieb, wh StatOf resj) higher ind verv Christianity sappad in the cold ehilMag atmes- phere of a religiousless college." < APPENDIX.— N0TE3 AND ILLUSTRATIONS. Note B.—Oii ihe Bdmony of the $yetem of Denotninaiionat (toU l^ee wiih the JUmdameiUal Prine^lee of the •Common Sehool S^etem. (From a late Pamphlet by Rev. Dv. Ryerson, ia reply to a Pamphlet by Dr. Wilson aud Mr. Langton.) The denominational Collegiate pyatem which I adrooate.it in hmmitny with the fundamental princ^Ue cf our Common Sehool eyeiem. The ftudamental principle of that syst^ is not, as has been absurdly stated, " the non-sectarian pridei* pie," for it has prorided for both Proteetant and Soman Cath- olie Schools from the beginnint ; and the law Itnr^a it entbiely with the elected Board of School Trustees in Cities, Tbwns, and Ineerporafted Villages to establish Denoinlfiational Schools or not jnst as they please. If the electors in any of these MuDleipaJiticB prefer Denominational Schools and elect a Board of Trostees accordingly, they cat teidPe9, ii the mo^ ] escape the beoette es which wUl they are e( itself, wfaa merely Bdl has truly tary po#ei and (nftuen world" 1 advance it cuaslOB, ii motheiaati this light ] relopei tti whkh are from.othei iotellectna ledge. Co jfMiki ff«i lo ooBBtsloo w*lh dagr ttt wllk Ifctir partBttmon thM ' VtUD.*-' will mA Im i hf pi*- MSMO- r of $bt ▼• r b« «p- vipanttMe EMM oCaft in ififif g ito th9 IM jbf«n ifld thdir t «ipMl^ ibdn^f is Urn. ntfteoBd ftadMBMBttl ■ mopSrSMto total aflbrt Tbia is ^vHal priadpia of Ika lokool mlaB, and psrvadts U thii|giiwit, aad Is a chitf alassaal of lis saooass. Ho paUie ddWglTOB snia a soboot hMf^MMf^M, wd a lagidly'inrfmd |iaa^«HtItmik«««, ssitlififiir^r&sww and! IhtVlaM* of tttto Ihb tshdol b fSk j^rattDooks and Itbrarlfs, (n pi pravHaS tott laoid SdtiieM. Totbf oij^ bfilKMa tha Stfta «n4 tha is DO ai0apti|>n ifl^ateTei^, exoe titJb(ilttiii*'S«iti BOi ekdeMioff ^ s^ipol sae(|Q|^ i« iiaw:toiWQt|i|?s, niiitt praoada vt^» f^pplioAtioa for ^ fiii& ata tbe i#o fandamontal pii •^'whtoh I luiv^ mora thm' axi doas ital la tha «ja- la tkaSabooi sft- SGrtaSlit thItprlMipla oTOowaoB 8ah«ol adMttlM ts ^ - -^ iSfiioB.^thaoQA- tko psolba* BOfadMft- ii«itkaMoliM of tha aomraai^ la ptopwtloB to tho mmbar 9i i ti daiti H ■OB Sshool qpflsmT Oa tha aODtfaty, tha adfot Ma a of oat oonata sMBOjDoljr tapadlata allogathar this ItaadaaMBtal pria- th«r oraet noOoilltoh^ldlair tth^ WI^^bo prolhsMWK Thifkthti oar nff»mt ;'»«d^ , mmA MMMMin^ to; tha amouat, o'ofttiFiMrfliv' I sinipa OMa of diSf j|iialf:JtlOiA iflbtt Ply.-- -- ' |iMhiiifirfoa(ttbato«othi%rt# th»s hMH-idtf %«)• tri^atta^flf adM^i99^ho«sf toiil > If Hf^ptiasH^^oCaiiwt vflooalMk^QBSoftha oommni*' — • ■,;)•.; ollpial f<^(t» Now arolj .thase pi^qoiplei to tba^ >. JTTBt ' of toa 'liohopi ' 0^ ^ha part ofiooai MkAioaS (^ tha MnuDnqlW^M VoonditlM ^\% ai 1ak|oW ^ c . :Wald*iWtils tbkt aM bf &b3ntW )£^£r^ 'ol! «u... The nnifed riffbt aiidi BhoaM tbat ba iospef ^ ebvitotiy, paitoK« awfgr from bpnie) 9X sboidd it be pMf, afnotiOn *bd ddoBcienee, and not bliniu Bbto^f4p1y. If, tbep, the oottbiaed 4' Xal parantfl' ^* "^^^ prinoipla ba acted upon and be produetira of i;ar«* feartteas partisan.: responding effects in tha syftem o/jM)lkj*jte ednwtton? JW diityoftheparebt thaiirltdplalsdtta of snob Tftality, f^rtHiiy^, iind amasiMg « poralbla^han^e P9*>U9 bana^t ia tb.a Qoaiiada SiohMlyitfeim taf «haaoaatry, joatioa, tor/vrhioh be ^°y ip it to' be repudiated in the colieglatafyat^ W : , , In'ia oenominiinbdMl 'Whether the section of the oommnniiy putting forth tbia war oans ba^^baK eflbrts, and fdlfiUiaif t^e cotaditfoxu of piM^ aid,l)^ a ahml- .pr^ifQ|ple8,fJMlingS| cipal secUcaor a denominational section, i| a mart iaotdaal; ipUciiiim and parti" does not aflfect tl^ state, is no part of its. concern or bosip^n; /' bat'witt^oti knd> the prlneiple ofdoKOperation is tb* sam^' tlie MklffttiiB .f|f the tpinjo^ ^ ba> saaia ; tha edaeation it tha same; the pdblia beaoflt is tlio aaaie ; ■ ' and the public idd should be the panie. r o > ; ( The basis of operations for the establishment aa^l ippSPft ofaSsaiittary a'flearEiing MUst of coursi be larger or nnMier iHtPSoportioa to^ts mmituda aad ebaracteri la Bagland' >u - ^ ^^^^ *^^ *®°^* Oonnty Ool^gefi; there may at a fata;^ l»mt ma eonaga be the satiie ia*some coabtliM of Oanada. At ^^eseafuie limHsvand Inflaanpa of a daaohiiQation/ era bat mora -lidl cqnimepswateforl^eeaMk^towe^tfm^ iff coBbeimon wltb the legal dan adbltabTe conditions of j^nb- Ua Aid J Vh# mimban of sokn^ psrsdaitodii mUf pitted %> S^if ^ >n an^ qrersls^ht of '^ddl edn^aUoa, bas ^1 «ad Isoot ee};. facilities ^ fir eibietuany~da;f, raa!|ijirad))yti)e iOI to secure tha amaa ooniintailoa^ en of f ODSciencej WDSS period of tbeir^dueatibnal iraitiliig. thair soap la Omm^M^ ^ isttiOM #ig^ onat Ool' m Shhool mplj to 7ocate,if Coiiinum lysfem is priAdi- an C«tk- ;antbraly Tbwna, Sohooto of tlieaa elect a ^. * * * J ui. A t n onal tralttidj^ whomsoever a QoUege ibay hare been or apay, be establish) tha m<«t. potent guards, belps^ and iaftuenees tb reaistwid ^^^ ^rae theory is that of the fbnditnent&l i^rinciple of tb« escape the snares and seluctions o«f Tioe. and to acquire a^d --'- .. . . . ^ . ^ r _ beodbia established fn those principles, feeliaga, and habits whiohwUlmake themtraeiChristiaas, attfaesaine time that they ara educated men. Rren in the interests of oiTUiaation itielf, what is religious and moral standa far before what is merely Mholastio and refined. The Hdn. BbWAtD IhraaiTi* has truly said in a late address, "It is not political nor mili- tary po#er, but moral aeniimentSfprineipalljf under the guidance aMinfluence ofrdUgiimiedl, that has in all ages civ.Iized the world" What creates civilization can alone preserve and Oi^monSehool sfitem-^-iud bf the State as a sappleteeiit to and on, the- conditipa of effoi^t o|i the part of same se^ti^o of the commdnify, and for teaching the subjeota required by the State! system of education. They may teaeh what btli^^ suhiiectB th?y plctase, bat at theij^ own expense, liet thosal/; then who advocate the vital principlies of the Common School system, not become truants to tbem when applied toi theib-''*^ selves in respect to a system of collegiate education. Lal^ them put their hands ia their pockets and their shoulders to the wheel of action; let them ereot their Oolleg^ buildings, velope, and establish thosa higher principles of action, wbl
-(ip8rt from. Other aad iirtmoHil coosiderations-^than any amount of intelleotual attainments tn cbrlain braoches of secular know- ledge, Oollegos ander religlou^^control they will be consistent with their professed principles; thaa. they will eat of their own bread and drink from their owa cittern; and not sponge upon the State for their edtlMtibil "' without doing anything themselves; then tbey will davtic m \mhii u UBifii ett io the Obrbtlao priodplet and character of the ombd who shall be oarph7ile{ani^lowyen,teachen, uiiibter^ and otbar poblic men who may teceiye the higher edacatioD protided for in oar ooantty. This great qaestion, dear brethren and friends, stands oat rom, as it In Importaooe rises above, all qaestions of mere political party ; bat it can only be settled by the aid of men elected to the Legislatore. Althoogh we have no coanco- tlon with the political parties or party qaestions of th« day we feel that the principles of Ohristiacity, jostioe and patrioi- Um, the interests of the preseotand fiitare generations of onr coontry, demand as to onite wiUi yoa in ei^porting oidy iho« men of any party in Uie pending eleetioiu, according as #to believe they will sopporfe or oppow Uaifer^iy Befond andr cqaal tights to all OoUeges, whether denbminationid or non- denominational, according to their works in teaching the pre- scribed Ettbjects of UDi7ersity edocation. Let us then make oar rights, oar coantry, and oxic children oar rale and watchword of action, and^hder the Divine blessicg, their best interests will be secured. By order and in behalf of the Ccnference of the Wesleyan Metbodist Gharch in Canada. JosKPU SriNsorr, D. D., President. John Geulst, Seerelary. Branl/ord, June 14, 1861. OllLubidoiuU>ih$rimffUbo(fyoJPrMbyttriafu. TktadfwtUf BtYm M«l iM /mat milk Mt, k$ tm natm^pn^^ Ms • i^^t9 of te eomit^mm hgtUi^ rt< Uon*9 than ami uk r tkt inyar l 9f Cbtkam. Qaeea's OoU«g«i waa by no means so davon^ioatlosal io M resalts. Tha namber of stadaals belooffiag to the Ohgpi of Seottand. txela*lve df those in the DtviaitT BaOlf Is •boatoaa-iiinrth of the whole namber. It has Imn in (kroat of the non-relig ions chuaoteip of the nrstea of fliOttto, tbalaKhbagh FVotestsat families might send their sonf|!» A 4«iomittfttiattai eoaet^iijoa eeold Mv4r aipael RonMi Oatholies to iowM. |^ow» what la thoaotnal stfttorof the ilir Vdiy, ttiat the proportion Of RomAn Oathoues hi Terr Obristianity sapped Ui the oold ohiiUag atmos- phere of a rellgioasless college." to this aa«s( aad haMts o t sas hip may oouelettoe^ tha right to hIssdaMb heaotaslgl the State in thltpatpoie how eaa U 1 whiohi whil< SlatSi #«fpo higher Intar moiiol^ b] have APPENDIX.— N0TB3 AND ILLUSTRATIONS. JVote A.-^lwuaike and inconsistency q/f Oie objections against publte aid to Venomindtional CoUeges —Denomi- national composition of Toronto University College in comparison of that of (^ueen^s or Vifitoria College. The following soitetnents and remarks of the Rct. Prin ipal Leitch in n late speech, are as applicabi«> to the composition fttd teactiinpr of V.ctoria College as of Qaet-n's ColUge. « One of the argaments found uereseary to cover the mono- poly of Toronto is that the other collf ge^ claiming a share of the endowment are denominational. Now, it is difficult to see what is meant by this. We deny that they are denomi- national in any sense which ouf^ht to ezclndik them fr::m a share of the grant. There is acdoubtedly a denominational faculty at Trinity and Queen's College, but no one has asked a share of the grant for their support. The f tculties of arts, and law and medicine, are quite diajtinct, and it ia- only for them that we claim a share of the endowment. The teaching is not restricted to any denomination. Students of all de- nominations may attend without signing any creed. Thei a is no denominational teaching. The secular Professors do not require to take a test either in Queen's College or Victoria College. In Queen's College, the number of Professorft in arts, law and medicine, not belonging to the Church of Scot- land, is greater than the number of those who belong to it. The only denominational element is that the B >tird of Trus- tees are members of the. Scotch Church. But the public hare to do, not with the denomination of the men who offer the article wanted, but with the qaali'y of the article itself. Sup- pose that government Advertised for tenders for government stores, and that the offerers appeared with samples of their goods, would it be just to say to one man : Your flour is cer- tidnly of the best quality, bat you are an Episcopaliap, and NoitB.—Oii (A« Jffarmony of the System of Denominationai CloU Uges with the timdamental Prine^Us of the 'Common SbAooI . Sifttem. (From a late Famohlet by Rev. Dr. Ryerson, in reply td a Pamphlet by Dr. Wilson and Mr. Langton.) The denominational Collegiate oyatem which I advocate is in harmony vfUh the fmdamenUil principles cf our Common School system The fundamental principle of that system is jiOt, as has been absurdly seated, " the coo -sectarian prindi- ple," for it has provided for both Protestant and Soman Cath- olic Schools from the beginning ; and the law Iftaves it entirf^y with the elected Board of School Trustees in Cities, l^owtta, and Ineorponrted Yillagesto eatabUsh Oenomiiiational Schools or not, jnst as they please. If the electors in any of these MuDlcipa1itir;8 prefer Denominational Schools and elect a Board of Trustees accordingly, they ean establiish any kind or description of school they think proper, whether Church of England, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, male or female, &c. This I have stated in my oflBcial reports from year to year, when parties have demanded provisions for Denominational Schools. I have said that in the rural parts of the country thr-y could not be sustained, thoug|;i even there could be a Protestant and Roman Catholic School in every section If the people desired ; that in the citie?, towns, and villages vrhere alone Denominational Schools can be sustained, the electors have the power entirely in their own hands. Iffnor- anoe of the law alone, therefore, could have prompted the statement in the petition of " the Canadian Congregational Theologieal Ins!it!Ute," tothe Legislature that the fundamental principle of onr school system is *'the non-sectarian principle" That is an incident, not a fundanaental principle of the ^stem; for what is optional cannot be fundamental. The fundamental principle Of the School system is two-fold. First, the right of the parent and pastor to provide religious instruction for their children; and to have facilities for that purpose. While the Iaw protects eacl^ pupil from compulsory attendanee at any religious reading or exercise against the wish of bis parent! it ^so provides that within that limitation "pupils shall be allowed to receive such religious instruction as their parents and guardians shall desire, according to the general regulations which shall be provided according to law*" Tbei^neral regulations provide that the parent may make discretionary, arrangements with the teacher on the sub- ject; and that the clei^manof au^ Church shall have the right to anyse the i beooiiM eats which wiUi they are edv itself, what DMteiy fechc has truly s< tary power, and in/tuenee world" W advance it. cuSsion, is 1 mathematioi this light pr velope, and wbi^ are v fromother < intellectual i ledge. Coll their duty a but they mi than a CoU< all events, ( topublioaid both secular citiaens to p yondsecula that most p: ter of its e( confer a mi liglouS Coll State than amount of first funda as well as 1 the best fat the parent home educ gious cont parent or i I will ne our Comm( the €o»ep(tin muniiy as < principle o community it doesf tha provides, ti in the mu^s it teaches ih condition, te£(4ef. I ItBUM- aiOol' Sehool iply td !)oatet9 Jommon stem in prind- I Cath- »ntirf^7 Tbwna, Sehoolf thsae ^lect a Kind or tnreh of ale, ho. lo year, lational conntry Id be A ction if tinageii led, the Iffnor- )tea the {iitional amental Doiple " Eiystem; ro-fold. aligloaa for that ipnisory nst the nitation traction ; to the 'diQf( to Bnt may the snb- ave the for one [qu8; in- bperved, ponding ition of to thia qoeetion. The religioaa aod mM|l priooiplce, fiMllngi, aod hantt of yooth are paramoont nepUobm and parti' laortil^ BMif 9Mn at then ai •• •^■tartpa,*' bnt vellglott ard ooANieaQe wiU hold them M Mprwi If the pa«»t haa the Mbi to leenre tho religiooi initrttgwa and qreriight of hie •«■ iki bamt, la eoaneown wftklMpmia edneafiM, hat he nut* figttt to do 10 when hia Mi^ %fitaM4r ••dli not ttie 8Ute in daty bound to afford btip Uf beeifiusUitifa f^ tbitpiifipeier And how can that he AmIm emsftially— nay, hov fan it be eflbetMlly done at nUjIjW'WIit la ft oolleM ' vhioi, while it gives the seenlar ^Mmv^ JEn*^*^ hjUi» 8tet% #c«pon4i to the pareatfi hean'^M^lkim to secure the higher interests which are boTond all Inimaa comptliitoii, •ad wi|li9.at the coWT^tion of ^wM) M^ Utfit M^f^ exlitt it it a tnyltsry of mylKeHM, um pen of cooaclenee. . BMii «l^ellglaa« plelndple ii^a^lMlfeJiilAunM si^tir Mttded ' by HflMi^a ifPloW ^^ P>rtte l >Nf W yiy^J#Sl'^ ^^ ^HrmMa ^^ ytSh^iSww^MferflMaM tett|itedf'BMi*t^eatfal period of th«i* Mineatioiial thimlng. tlif most potent guards, b«lps» and inflaenees to redsl aim esoape the snares and se luctions of vice. an4 to acqaire and beeoine eitablished in those principles, feelioga, and habits whioli will midte them tme Christians, at the same time that they are edncated men. Been in the interests of oiviUsation itaelf, what is religions and moral standd far before what is merely feeholastic and refined. The Hon. Bdwabd DyaaiTT has truly said in a late address, "It is not political nor mili- tary power, but moral aentimmts, principally under the guidanu aitdivftuene$ ofrdligioua seal, that has In all ages civ>lized the world " What creates civilisation can alone prescrre and advance it. The great question, after all, In the present dta* cassion, is not which system will teach the most classics, mathematics, Ac, (aUhongh I shall consider the qnestion in this light presently,} but which system will best protect, de- yelope, and estabmb thos9 higher priociplea of action, which are rastly more important to a conntry itse'f— npart fraai..otber and itimorHl coasiderAtions--^than any amount of intellectual attainmenbi in certain branches of secular kuow- Iedge« Colleges under religious control may fall short of their duty and thehr powers of religious and moral influence ; but they must be, as a general rule, vastly better and safer than a Oollego m no religious control or character at all. At all events, one class of citizens hare much more valid claims to public aid for a Oollegethat will combine the advantages of both seenlar and religions education, than have another clan's of citizens to pnblic aid for a Oolltoge which confers no benefit be< yondsecular teaching alone. Itisnot thesect,itissocietyatlarge that most profits by the high religious principles and charac- ter of its educated men. An efficient religious College must confer a much greater benefit upon, the State than a non -re- ligious College can, and must be more the benefactor of the State than the Bute can be to it by bestowing any ordinary amount of endowment It is therefore in harmony with the first fundamental principle of the Common School system, as well as with the highest interests of society at large, that the best facilities be provided for all that is affectionate in ' the parent and faithful in the pastor during the away-from- home education of youth; and that is a college under reli- gious control, whether that control be of the Church of the parent or not. i will next consider the second fhndamental principle of our Common School system in relation to Coll<>ges— nain«/;y, the eo-fptration efthe Si9ietBUh loeaUtiei or teetuma of the own- munity at a eon^ion of, and in proportion to local effort. This principle of the Common School system is, each eeetion of the community reeeivea puHU aid in proportion to the teaching work it doeaf that is, not in iHroportion to tiie amount of money it provides, but m proportion to the number of children it teaehee in tk$ mbfem of Chmmon School education, and the leng^ of time it teachet (Asm-r-tbe seeiion of the comnuinity, as a |n«liminary conditloui first proridiog a Bohooi. house, and employiog a teticlei. ^ clpal eeetion or adenoSinatlonaRMUOn^nP does not affect (ba state, is no part of iu eoncem or b«ilBeaii the prineiple of eo-operatlon is the aame; the work b th« saaie; tba edmallM It the imm; the pobUa beoaii iiiha ••»#; and the pnblie aid shoBld be the taape. , j , ^ ^ The basis of operations for the estabUshment ptik ^nm^ of a Semlaary of learning mvei of eaorsi be larftr or MUwr in proportloa to its aiMnliu^a and abariotsr. la ImlaaA there ace acme County OoUegea; tbera bm at # IkitD^ ^m ba the aaiM in *aome eountiea of Oadtda. At ptaawfthi limka^ and Inflnanoa of a diaohiinalloB ait bat aMM Itai oommeaaarate tor thae«abliahi»Mt Md aap^prt^aCfk^ao^^ Incoaaeeilba with the legal aad ^bltaibl^ eond|t(onaorj^ab- lie aM.: Vh* lainibaBa af aakaa piaraaallaaa dlby pttht ta Naif dab atail«Uhlii>asia tltt«irif«aia^^ thair aoel ta OaOagp aate ^ mH^^m ^irtnL whomaoever a College may nave been or apaj be aatabUahi the true theory la that of the (hnditnental jirineipla of iha Oamtaon Sehool ayaleia— aid bf the State ai a aapplctaent to and on the condition of effort on the part of aame aeotian of the commitnity, axid for teaching the subjects required by the State system of education. They may teaeh what other soh|}ects they please, but at their own expense. Let those then who advocate the vital principles of the Common School system, not become truants to them when applied to theitt- selves in respect to a system of colUgiate education, iiet them put their hands in their pockets and their shoulders to the wheel of action; let them ereot their College buildings, and employ their professors; collect students into their ham; and then let them demand and receive aid from the Hercaloa of the State, not as a favor, but as a legal right, and ^on legal terms, in proportion to educational work done. Then they will be consistent with their professed principles; then they will eat of their own bread and drink from their own cietero; and not sponge npon the State fbr their edaeatloh without doing anything themselves; then they will devUop and enjoy the noble feelings of self-reliance, and multiply the financial resources and beneficent influences of Christian col- legiate eduoation. The ''Subscribers to the Cadadlaa Con- gregational Theological Institute" should show " th^ faith by their works," in the fundamental principles of the Commoa School system, to which they appeid on the University ques- tion itself, and not invoke an incident of that sys^m pa a pretext to justify thtir own inactivity, and get a false .weapon of attack against their more liberal and active nelglilrans. It is reqiarkable that the Congregationalists in Bbgland object to the right of the State to educate at all-^maintain that it is the right and duty of the Church to educate its own youth, whether in the elementary school or College— a duty which it cannot abandon, without nofaithfulness to (^tlaoU society — and have Bducatidn Societies, Colleges and Si^oola as the firnlt of their faith and charity; while in Canada thav deny that the Church has anything to do with edueatioa^ and insist that the State has everything to do with it I It ii a curious moral and social phenomenon (which I will not here attempt to explain)to see a fountain of this kind sending forth "sweet and bitter waters at the same time." ^ , But on the other hand, the advocates of Universi^ Reform act consistently; they give the Common School systeai ihm warmest prayers and heartiest support; and as a proof ^ their faith In it for national, and not 'selfish phrposes, th4^ carry up its fundamental principles to the system of eollegiata education, and act and work accordingly. And I am perfbotly persuaded that the application of these principles to the sys- tem of Colleges, will in ten years prodnee a greater exteniion and improvement in the collegiate education of the conntry, than has the appUeation of the same principles during the last ten years produced in the extension and improvement af Oomasaa School education.