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 The truo idea of Crovemment is the wel- 
 fare of the governed as a whole, recognizing 
 no c'oncessiuu cf privileges inconsistent with 
 general good. On the intelligence, and 
 
 morality, of the people alone can such Gov- 
 ornnient rest ; and by the jjowcr and preva- 
 lence of these two elements we measure a 
 nations prosperty. Law, as merely prescrip- 
 tivi", or repressive, operating on ignorance, 
 can' novor secure truo civiii/,:\tion. To tit 
 men for loyal obedience, thu I'oini iti wi of an 
 inttdligeut national mind, and a sound nation- 
 al (joiiscien<!e, resting on thorough education, 
 Ijccomos an absolute necessity. Dependent 
 a» society is, for its prosperity, on its intel- 
 hutual and moral status; and composed, as 
 it is, of vast masses, having, in the struggle 
 for existence, neither 'time, nor taste, for 
 improvement, it becomes the duty of society, 
 thro'^its rulers, as conservators of public wel- 
 fare, not simply to punish violitions of law, 
 l)ut to prevent their occurrence by such pro- 
 visions as M'ill impress upon the masses the 
 benetit of order, and thus train for the high- 
 est obligations and offices of citizenship;— 
 national experience proclaims the want, and de- 
 niandsthe i-emedy, — a remedy, which, neither 
 individual, nor party, sectarian effort has 
 supplied. Government, as the guardian of 
 social interests, and as alone possessing the 
 power to proscribe, and enforce, regulations 
 lor general good, is botind-to assume the re- 
 sponsibility of providing; a connteraotive of 
 iiuurchy, and confusion, in the recognition of 
 
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 the Educational training of the people. To 
 this grand function of Government, nations, 
 are rapidly rising, in view of existing, social, 
 instability, and the vast mass of ignorance, 
 and imbecility, which, individuals and tin- 
 Chtirch, attempting what is neither theic 
 duty, nor in their power, have left us as a 
 terrible legacy ; and by which they hav»i 
 tried, in vain, to solve the great problem of 
 a nations progressive, prosperous life. 
 
 Ecoleaiasticism denies and condemns this 
 Governiacut right, and duty, of providing, 
 til f(»' national Education, for national stability 
 and welfare. It as.serts that to the Ghurcli 
 alone belongs the right of supervising Educa- 
 ti(m, and farther, tiiat it has a divine right 
 to public money in aid of its work, and un- 
 controlled in its use. Perhaps this is not no 
 openly asserted in Nova iScotia, — it mielit 
 not be wise, — but is the grand underlyin;,' 
 principle of clerical assumption. Fancy Paul 
 teaching A. B. 0. and demanding of the 
 floman Emperor public money ; or Petii- 
 propounding an Algebraic Formula ; or John 
 supervising a Model School, instead of preacli- 
 ing Christ, — and all this in the name of tho 
 Church ! This Ecclesiastical assumption of 
 divine rights over nations, ami their ati'airs, 
 unknown to the Bible, — cominginto colliHioii 
 with clearer views of human libei'ty, with 
 more thoro' conceptions of Government inde- 
 pendence of the Church ; and with the utter 
 failure of Ecclesiastical Education to meet 
 the existing, and increasing wants of society ; 
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 Hiitinn, it) the interostii of the public, and 
 <leStructiou of Churuhism, anil hence the <iu- 
 uiand for Soparatu Huhoola, that "burning 
 ({UUBtion," with which not a few have uorely 
 ttiiiged their HugMrH. 
 
 I'opular Education, as a function of Gov- 
 ••lunient, and not of the Church, is now a 
 i'i*'X)guiz(3d fact, and just as nations rcpuili- 
 ate the diHiistfous control of tlio Church over 
 .sooular allairH, so dues tho idea of Govcrn- 
 iiu'iit Education come to the front. It h;i8 
 ln'uome one of tlie great, exciting (jucationH 
 of tiio day, antl natW>na realize, that, for 
 .»>ifcty. Education must bo in their own power, 
 tJiro' their couHtituted Riders ; -no longer 
 kft, citlicrto private etrort, or under Church 
 f "ntrol. TliivS hia brought EccleHiasticism, 
 tui> long arrogant, and supreme, into open 
 •\v.irfaro witli tho State ; or rather, witli 
 .nvakenud national life, and liberty. In 
 tile eiifurcem.^iit of iiidepondeiit thought 
 tliu Church seus clearly, tho end of their 
 (I'V.niuatioii over national life and happiness, 
 ;iud luuico tlie world-wiilc straggle between 
 lloolesiastieisni and human freedom ; — a 
 strugi;lo for supremacy, not in the interests 
 I'l euliglitened civilization, but of the abject 
 f^iibjoction of all human alfairs to the irres- 
 pouoiblo control of a Politico-Ecclesiaatical 
 ^ ysti5m, demanding, as a divine right, the 
 su!).sidi;^ed propagation of its doctrines. 
 
 That intelligent men, who have studied the 
 nature, and results of this system, claiming, 
 a;4 it doea, divine rights over, both the seen- 
 l;'.r, and religious, domain of social life.should 
 f'gue in favor of its continuance in the year 
 ^>f Gruce 187(>, is indeed astonishing. Yet 
 such is th .' fact. But tlicir arguments cannot 
 scand til'-' test of historical inijuiry, much 
 kv'*^ of tlie great facts, that (iod has given 
 tlio ordering of (rovcrnment to the people, 
 jnnl not to the Church, -tliat it is for the in- 
 terests of nociety, as a whole, — that public 
 funds arc for general welfare, and should not 
 1)0 applied to any purpose inconsistent with 
 that welfare ; esi)ecially should not be pre- 
 \ rrtod from ttieir secular intention to ad- 
 vance tho religiptiB objects of one sect, or of 
 uiy sect wliatever. Sectarian grants, for 
 religious purposes, in the name of Education, 
 violate the constitutional rights of the people. 
 
 1 'remising these views, the question arises, 
 -what is a Separate School ? It is not a 
 private institution, organized -and sustained 
 iiy private iniUviduivls. With such the Law 
 has nothing to do ; and the Church, if able, is 
 at perfect liberty to cover the land with 
 such establishments. A Separate School is a 
 
 Denominational Inititution, uonduoted at 
 the Public expense, in which, with a cer- 
 tain course of Education, sectarian doctrines 
 are taught, either directly, or indirectly, a 
 sectarian atmosphere breathed, and practi- 
 cally with no (iovemment control. 
 
 This cry of Church right over Education, 
 - this demand for a Sectarian share of public 
 funds and Separate Schools did not originate 
 with ProtestantH, and where it is hoard from 
 them, it is purely in Belf-deience. As men 
 well established in tlieir religious views, ami 
 confident of the soundness, and power of 
 I their home training, they do not dread the 
 contact ef their children with the youth of 
 I other Denouunations. They cordially cu- 
 dorae our (,'ommoii School Law, leaving to 
 the home, the Sabbath School, and Churcli, 
 j the special religitms instructions of their 
 j young. To our Catholic fellow citizens, iu- 
 tluenced by their (Jhurch we owe tlie cry. 
 , They seem to have so little c(^li(lence in 
 I their youth, — or in the power of their doc- 
 trines to be.ir the light, or, so much do they 
 dread the Free, Bible, thought (jf I'roteatant- 
 ! ism that they shrink from permitting their 
 ' young to breathe the atmosphere of inde- 
 I pendent, yet resptmsible manliness, which is 
 i the true end of Education, and basis of na - 
 I tional life. Whatever be the reason, war 
 j against Free, State Education, as hostile to 
 ; the claims of the Church, has been pro- 
 j claimed " ever all the earth," — -ivarto tho 
 i knife. 
 
 I shall now glance at some of the argu- 
 ments in favor of the anti-national system, 
 and then state a few objections. 
 
 Separate Schools, we are told, exist, and 
 are not hurtful. The first part of tliia argu- 
 ment will, certainly, excite surprise. Be- 
 cause a thing exists, it should be tolcrateil. 
 Gambling hellse.rw/,therefore they should not 
 be suppressed ! Such is the logical sequtjiioe 
 and not as an argument, but as a swcially (Us- 
 tructive doctrine, it requires no rcfatation. 
 Again, that Separate Schools are noo hurtful 
 is opposed to their nature, and to indisput- 
 able facts. The idea of "hurtful" must re- 
 fer, here, to the injury done to national 
 welfare. I conhne my argument to Catholic 
 Separate Schools, for these only ex'iHt. That 
 which establishes, and intensifies, social 
 alienatioua must be hurtful to national lift' 
 That Catholic Separate Schools do this, no 
 logical mind, no student of history, or of 
 Catholic law, can denv. The very doctrines 
 on which such Schools are founded antag- 
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 tion, (lunounce them as doomed, and whose 
 extermination, as foes of the Church, thuy 
 ure bound to seek, when they have the 
 i)ower. Doctrines are inculcated which 
 I'rotestants regard with horror, endowing tho 
 I'lipo as infallible, with divine attributes, 
 and a divine ri^ht to annul all logislatiou 
 which he does not ap[)rovc. If unity, intel- 
 ligonoo, indopundenco and mnttiul rejpoct, 
 bo tho Htahihty of a pooplo, if devoted loyalty 
 to L:iw, and to our iSovoroign as itH Rcnre- 
 soutativu, be tho characteristic of a 'reo 
 nation, surely it is weakness to argue t!iat 
 such training cither, actual or inforential is 
 not hurtful. It is tho death knell of human 
 liberty ; for no man can believe the Vatican 
 doctrino of tho l*o[»o'9 supremacy, Ji»d be a 
 t'ood citizen, and loyal aubjcut of our He- 
 Toved Quiion, as we Protestants 1lndor^^talld 
 these terms. VVliatever sa})9 the social unity 
 and stein loyalty of a people Ih p.}i3unoas to 
 the body politic. How any man can t ike 
 the Bible as an authoritative exposition of tho 
 elements of sound n itional life-, and loyalty, 
 and yel' miintain, that Catholic Separate 
 •Schools, with their intensely aoctional atmos- 
 phere, are not *' hurtful"' is a mystery. 
 
 It is ;irgaed that they are jirodtictive of 
 little ad<lilion;l cost. This is an extraordi- 
 nary statement, in view of Romish tactics, 
 and the facts of history. It im^ilies th it 
 tho' a thing be evil, tiie sniallness of its cost 
 is an e.xcuue for its perpetuation. In one way, 
 it isj not a question of cost, but of benefit or 
 injury to society. It involves tho catiblish- 
 ment of one scut in privileges denied to all 
 others. It perverts public funds to the pro- 
 pagation o'' tloccrines which give proceileiice 
 to the Popj of Home over tho Sovereign of 
 tho Empire, — to the priestly fiat over na 
 tioaal Ic^'islatiou, and demands, by divine 
 rigVit, that the People pay for the trumpet 
 that soun Is the death knell of FrcH, Unsuc- 
 tarian Education. But it is a (piestion cf 
 cost, as) both history and experience show. 
 It is a dem ind for money, and privileges, in 
 proportion to uuinhens, — dem ind increasinij; 
 as unmbers increase, yet limited, practically, 
 only by tae chances of success, and the v. due 
 of politicd influence, .itudy the history of 
 Cathidic aggression on puUlic funds, and 
 social rights, and the stimulating etfects of 
 success. The history of Catholic aggression 
 on the finances of New York Stite,is a most 
 significant warning, and refutation of the coat 
 .Argument. kSo it nas been in Great Britain, 
 ^d the Domiuipn. Every concession, or 
 
 grant of public mone^, has been followed by 
 new demands, restrained only Vjy hopelcRnvsH 
 of success ; not abandonded but merely held 
 in abeyance till prospects arc more encourag 
 ing. Cost is not, to the Catholic Church, a 
 limiteu, or fixed idea. To the patiouts in 
 tho Quebec Nuns Lunatic Asylum, tlieCov- 
 ernment granted payment of h»w board, then 
 came a demaml for a loan (?) of ^(jO.OOU, !iow 
 it is a claim for equality with the (Jovorii- 
 ment Institutions for Lunatics. In Ontario 
 it was .Scitarate .Schools, — recently the ques- 
 tion of a (.'atholic Normal School wasmooted. 
 
 In Irolard it was Mayuooth with \i.\ oiiof- 
 mous grant ; now for a Catholic UnivMMity, 
 \\\. England it was Einancipition, — now for 
 chapliincius in jail.-', regiments and wherever 
 a (catholic Priest can be thrust, or hands 
 laid on public uinds, Tho Romish Law rn- 
 serts a right to funds, arising ont of tli J dog- 
 ma of the supremacy of tho Pope over tfie 
 nations, and the practical issue of tlie asser- 
 tion is limited solely by ('atholic power to 
 make itself felt in the counsels of tho 
 nation. 
 
 These Separate Schools are said to be 
 means of wholesome rivalry. Eair rivalry 
 requires equal privileges to rivals, and to Ite 
 wholesome it must be between rthuleiionie 
 things. No just ground of comparison exists 
 between the free<loin of action of the Scpii- 
 rafco School ''"eacher and the legally con 
 trolletl Government Teacher. The one is 
 practically irresponsible the other is re- 
 strained by Law. In this light, f.ur rivalry 
 is impossible. Again, as to " Milll^^"•ml■- 
 ne.ss," Government prescribes to our Fret' 
 Schools the 8ul)ject8 of instruction, ; 
 tbese they are bound to adhere; w 
 the Separate Schools, every esfcablishy 
 ciple, every hi.storieal fact, and every -^^ "■ 
 truth, dishing with Church ideas, i-: 
 ignored, or explained away. As 'u 
 the wholesome, and the noxious, i'.\' 
 be no generous emulation, — only de 
 antagonism. Were the two classes o; 
 upon the same footing, the arguni;;.' 
 bo good. But they are Ui.t, Sep ra"' 
 are really under the superintende.i 
 Church, while the Free are ue. . 
 Only on a common footing, and v/i 
 pale of Law, is there any sure g > 
 wholesome rivalry. To render i' r 
 iigious teaching must be exclu.lei i 
 Separate School or permitted to t 
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 • itizouahip, but tjucli training as will pur-, 
 )H;Utato Hectnriivii doininntiou, in tho inturuHta 
 >«f ICcoluHiastical despotism. Here there can 
 li(! not wbolusomu riviilship, but (lo.idly an- 
 rij'oniHni, tho only .saft;ty against dishonest 
 |i(»litii;ianM, and a wily (Jhurch syatom. 
 \N lien ligiit and darkness enter into Iwauti- 
 iul oonibination,— when the same fount.iin 
 yielda sweet water, and bitter, then, and 
 "Illy then, can I'Vee, and .Sectarian, Scho(ds 
 (liter into harmonious, wholesome rivalry. 
 i<i'ot rivalry, but tho extermination of rivals, 
 IS tho objoct of Catholic Church principle. 
 Tiio utterance of such a plea must provoke 
 ji srailu on the face of tlie ('atholic dignitary, 
 ii.-» ho ponders over Protestant fatuity. 
 
 The example r)f (Jntario, m'o are told, should 
 iiirtuenco us. This means, iu plain wonla, 
 t liat Ontario's example, right or wrong,8hould 
 iiitluouce us, -tliat we should be led by our 
 " big brother." That Nova Scotians are to 
 have no mind of their own. Tlie argument 
 |i>;^ioally carried, is not worth a str.aw, — or Ju- 
 
 • lah'a small remnant slumldhave forsaken the 
 worship of Ood, and folio ,/ing Jereboam their 
 " big brother," with the ten triljes, have 
 worshipped calves I Or when the do- 
 minion Parliament impertinently interfered 
 with the rights of New Brunswick, the 
 Fiulers of that Province shotild have meeklv 
 bowed, and shaped legislation to the inter- 
 ests of Rome. Buc what are the facts? 
 '.):itario'8 Separate Schools, like our own, are 
 the result of political huckstering for Catholic 
 votes, of which, we in Nova Scotia, have had 
 more than enough, without placing our Free 
 Education at the mercy of a Sect more politi- 
 cal, than religious, iu both its constitution, 
 and objects. But for that disreputable 
 oringing for the sake of votes, our "big 
 brothers" social system would have been 
 free to-day from some very irritating sores. 
 Tlie very experience of Ontario should be 
 <nir warning. Separate Schools, there, have 
 not been all that they are stated to be. 
 Large uambers of Catholic youths attend 
 the Government Schools ; and but recently, 
 some ominous official utterances, both as to 
 the teachers, and teaching, in these Schools, 
 have been heard. Follow my leader may be 
 a wise procedure, if we are slaves, or safe 
 advice, if w« know where he leads ; but 
 rather doubtful where all is dark. For men 
 who have no mind of their own, such may be 
 good advice* but not for Hoy% Scoti^os in 
 
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 oy, Wb leave tho trauk. We don't g(), even 
 tho' our " big brother" does lead tlio wa). 
 
 Separate Schools, say their advocates, givo 
 (greater facilities for religous instruction iu 
 Comm(»ii Schocds. 
 
 Neither ignorance, nor parti/.anship can 
 exceed, this argument; us if Covern- 
 mont could, for a inoniunt, authori/.o that 
 sectarian teaching in the Froo Scln/ol, 
 which is, confessedly, an element in the 
 Separate ;- -iw if th« religious training of the 
 Separate could be on a par with that of tho 
 Free, scant and limited by law, as it is ; as 
 if beads ami crossu-^, holy water ami tlie 
 worship of tlie Virgin, with Popiali Infalli- 
 bility, and all arising out of it, could be com- 
 1>ared with the sublime teachings of the 
 iible, with Jesus its only Infallible Hoad. 
 Is there tho slightest ground of comparison ? 
 If Protestants are to purchase lihfrty and 
 facUUji for religious in.itructioii in their 
 Schools at such a rate, as Franklin says, 
 " they pay too vlear for their whistle." 
 
 But is the argument honest ? Cive tho 
 advocate the beiielit of the doubt. Is ho 
 prepared to give to every sect, as he would 
 to Catholics, free access to tho Public Pur.se, 
 with full fucitilij to toach Denominational 
 doctrines ? Is ho prepared to destroy our 
 Free System, that not Catholics only, but 
 that all sects may propagate their peculiar 
 opinions ? To be honest he must give to nil, 
 whether within or without the law, the fudlily 
 which he would accord to Catholic Institu- 
 tions. But perhaps he means greater liberty, 
 in Free Schools, for Bible reading, and re- 
 gards this as an equivalent for the full lati- 
 tude of doctrinal training in Catholic Schools. 
 If so he must have a poor idea of Protestant 
 intelligence. But to whom is this precious 
 facility to be granted ? To Protestants ? No. 
 They do not desire it. It has ever been the 
 glory of Protestantism, that it can take care 
 of the piety of its youth without the pay or 
 interposition of Government. In a mixed 
 school, what parent would tolerate a teacher 
 using hUs faculty to inculcate Denominational 
 views ? There is a want of honesty, either 
 iu the argument, or in concealing its legiti- 
 mate results. By Common Schools the ad- 
 vocate do«B not mean Separate Schools for- 
 every sect, with sectarian teachers, and 
 teaching, as in Catholic Institutions; but 
 only Catholics are to be so favored. All 
 others must take only what law doles out, 
 and he is fully aware that Government would. 
 nev«r allow oqr Fre« System to become 9 
 
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 hdt-bod of Hootariauinm. Aa one man, Pro- {Bt rents upon the great tact that Uovernmont 
 tuatanta wuuhl rise against thoiu, if they ! Vefu sen to rucognixe tliu C'huruh's claim of 
 «larecl Miich a disuatroud change. liOt ■uoh I jilivine right of control over Kliioation, — that 
 
 »<1 to I the Priests cannot it 
 
 HilvocatuM be lionest, and if not prepared 
 
 fi»'e perfect liberty to all, give it to nt»ne. 
 t should never be forgottdn, that Priestly 
 Kducation, whether (!atholic or not, has 
 never made a great, intelligent, proHpcnms 
 nation. We do not wish to grant a /ni'i/'fj/, 
 all whoBv. historic tondemsi ss have led Ut the 
 di.ntruction of civil and religious liberty. 
 
 An a reason for the cone js^iion of Separate 
 ScIiooIh wc are told, that wo have tlicni, in 
 their most otlcnaive form, before our eyes. 
 
 'i'liis is indeed an unexpected confession, - 
 that Separate Schools exist in their must ol- 
 feusivo f(»rm, — and leaves the eiitin! argu- 
 ment a ruin. If so desirable, wliy call them 
 ofVensive, and if offensive why pie id the per- 
 potu.'vtion? That they aie what their advo- 
 cate proclaims them, is beyond (piostion. It 
 
 interfere, and dictate tht^ 
 course of training,- and that much of that 
 tmining, b.ased npmi nndoni:tble moral, his- 
 toric, and scientilic truth, wou1<l excite 
 .among tlieir j'onog, many unple^uiant en- 
 (juirie.s, which the Cliurcli, on its mere 
 autliority, would find it impoiisiWc to answer. 
 A pi lusildi! objoi;tioii is made to tlic optMii.ii^ 
 prayer, and to Bil>l'.i readiiii,', with.int com 
 1 >ent, and yet in tliu.siiuic iiroatli, tho' prayer 
 is oH'crcd and (iixt* Wnrit read, \'i>:\.) .Sv■llool^* 
 
 1 are called " (rodlcsi." With str ui^e iiicoii- 
 .•^iitency, the absence of prayer and tiie liiblc 
 
 ' is (luin.indcl, tlie oidy things wliicli reilcem 
 tiicm from the chargi; of *' iJodkssne-tM" and 
 this on thi) j>lca of consoien<'i', and I'rotcs- 
 
 ! taiits aljct tlieni in this Kin^!,nil;ir ari,ninK'iit I 
 The conscience oitjccLion is tiimitly a Idind to 
 
 is equally dear tliat they are «lesiral)le to ' conceal the tine cause of dislilc; t<i Free IMu 
 
 ( 'atliolics, and f/«a.si rrotestanta. That they 
 
 exist, supported by tlie money of the people, 
 
 witi) teachings in excess of law, and under 
 
 tlie very eye of Government, is notorious. 
 
 But all this fails to convince Protestants, 
 
 that it is for public interest that they should 
 
 be perpetuated. It merely demonstrates, that, 
 
 either the weakness, or interest, of Govern 
 
 cation. IMiinly stated, that cause of dislike 
 arises from djiiial of the Church s .supremacy 
 over tlie KdiiL^alion of the people, and that 
 pul)lic funds are ni>t f,'ivjn to their irrespon- 
 siUkMi.se. Popisli Schools are as "Godless" 
 as Protestant, and if lookinsj; at the course of 
 trainini;, not more so. " Let my boy re id 
 the IJible with his cla.ss," said a Catholic 
 
 ment prevents interference. They dare not j lady, to my late brotlier, " it will do hiui 
 enforce the law, yet why ? Simply because; \ good ;" and were it not for hostile influence, 
 they cannot rely ujlrtn Protestants, agitited such would be tlie almost universal utterance 
 
 by their party politics, to rally around them, 
 in defence of their dearest interests. How 
 long would a Baptist or Presbyterian be per- 
 mitted to violate the law ? Tho conceded 
 ott'ensiveness is the strongest argument for 
 the litter suppression of such schools, at 
 least, as far as they depend upon public funds 
 
 of our Catliolic fellow citizens. Let alone, 
 they do not hate the Bible. 
 
 Undtsr our School Law, no injustice is (hmc 
 to conscientious conviction. The conscience 
 clause permits Catliolic absence from religious 
 exercises. We are tf»l<l that teachers of all 
 denominations are elitjible to every Govern- 
 
 It is maintained that Separate Schools are i ment paid school, an<l that Catholics desire, 
 demanded on the plea of conscience. Whose as a matter of conscience, religious instrnc- 
 conscieuce? Protestants? No. • ButCatho- tion in schools. Suppose a Protestant teacher 
 
 lies. Conscience stands' connected with 
 what is right, or wrong, in morals, and in 
 reference to the Catholic objection to unsec- 
 tarian Education, it must rest upon, either 
 the inefficiency of the Education, or the im- 
 morality of the schools. As to the inferiority 
 of our Free Education, I am not aware that 
 Protestant Algebra is inferior to Catholic, or 
 that Catholic Vulgar Fractions are more 
 orthodox than Protestant ; nor do 1 imagine, 
 that, in moral character, and induenoe, our 
 Free System need fear the closest comparison 
 with Catholic Institutions. " By their fruits 
 . ye sludl knew them. " But the objection lies 
 Aeeper than the par^^et} J^a of conscience. 
 
 in one of the existing Separate Institutions, 
 inculcating religious truth, as a matter ui 
 conscience. How long would he hold liis 
 place? The fact is that the conscience pl«4 
 extends only to Catholic doctrine. 
 
 There are two difficulties overlooked by 
 the advocates of Separate Schools. First. — 
 The impossibility of framing law, designed 
 for general welfare, to suit every phase of 
 conscience. Yet this is the logical result of 
 the Separate System. Secondly. — The nia- 
 
 i'ority have a conscience which is opposed to 
 e^ authorization of institutions incttkatiutf 
 doctrines deemed destructive of civil and" ire* 
 ligiq^s liberty ; much more, that they »h«uld 
 
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 \h' tnxw\ for their mipporL Lot tboae who 
 im^UH no ihitfiitly nl><iiit frucdoin of coiisuiuiiuu 
 Hi>lvu iiK'Md pt'obiuiiiH, mill tliuii wu will bti 
 (x'cparcil to ti'v):it on (iiiiior |)oiiitH, Till tlicu, 
 tlioy muit piutloii us if wo <lijcliui' to bu- 
 liovt) tliiit tlicy iiu<loi'.Hiun<l tuo L^iioHlioii, or 
 ;vro Hiiiccro in p uM(liit>{ ri;,'lit'< oi (umBoienco 
 aM the ruiii objuctioti to our (/oiuinoii Scliool 
 Syntiuu. 
 
 Siii-.ii iiro Hoino of tho ar^uniontH .'kKIuchI 
 for .SL'ii:ir".t.i.i ((JaLiiolii!) SulKinLn, iunl my 
 iiaswr. Wliftlier 1 have tlc.irly nii'lorsLooil 
 tlje i-.juioniru,', ami f;ii''ly niiswr.roil it, is foi 
 you t, > jU'lgf. Ij'.'t Il^o now Hb:vt« «oin<j ,iljj"c- 
 tioMii t.) HUch »c'iouI.4, -M tlicy apjioiir to mo. 
 
 It in no ftmctioii of Oovoniinoiit to pr.i 
 viilc reli,4iouH iiiMLnioUoii for thu puoplo. Jf 
 so, it imijt oitiitir, liki- fjiiul, pruvidLMiNpocial 
 fnrtn for ;iil, or pay t.i.li s«i;t to provido fur 
 i(s owii, htn'iu-j couHtitntioiial ^CJoveruiiU'iiL 
 ii^iiortM lavoriLiHin. ll;'lij;ioii irt a inaLtcr bu- 
 Iweou a mail and his iiod, uiui to Govcrn- 
 iiiiJiita, aj now oniHtitiitod, few dream of 
 liM»kin:,' for oith^jr rcli^'inu u' (joiiHuioiuie. To 
 ri!(!ogiiizo tlieir ri^Iit to dictato to coudcioiiCL! 
 i-i to trauafor to (Jfo.-);ir, what belongs toCJcxJ. 
 To the effort to ooinbiiio the two, roiidering 
 both Bubriurvituit to I'riiniLly dominion ovoi' 
 tlie ;4ouis, as well as bodie^'. and riglit« of men, 
 wo owo tho di'gradod position of a largf; ])oi'- 
 tion of J!luro])e. To its ghostly tyranii}' we 
 owe the popular cry for (>erinan unity, tije 
 terrilde iiitldolity of Franc^u, and the oon- 
 tKiUiptiblu positioii of Spain amon^ thenitions. 
 To tiic! (.'liurch (iod has entrnste.l the reliuji- 
 ous trainiuj,' of men, rotainiiig in His own 
 lianda the dumaiu of conscience. To civil 
 riiler.s Hi) has committed tho regulation of 
 things kvithio man's province, -butt > neither, 
 authority outside of its special s'phere. (lov- 
 eriunent has, therefore, no right of supervi- 
 sion over the spiritud interests of the people, 
 excepting to secure them in the use of their 
 privileges, provided these are not injurious 
 to social welfare. Where has the world 
 ever known a Ruler, or Rulers, competent 
 to the task of providing religious instruction 
 so as to please all ? What have States made 
 of this atteirpt to chain the religious to the 
 secular, and both to Church despotism ? 
 National annals, written in characters of 
 blood, give the reply. In this light, the at- 
 tempt to fasten Separate Schools upon any 
 people, as a medium of rvligions instruction, 
 and iu the interests of a minority, is usurpa- 
 tion of power, and contrary to the spirit of 
 the oonatitution. Governments have exer" 
 oiasd the power, but the results, world- wid«», 
 
 4)roclaim, that thoy had exceeded their fuiUN 
 ■lious, and in attempting to prottcribe, by 
 ,liw, for man's Hpirituul being, they ban 
 found a " burning <iu<)ation." VVhure, oitht'f 
 in the letter, or spirit of the coiiMtitutitm, i« 
 there the slighttitt hint that tho people ex 
 poet, much loss authorize Ooverinnent to 
 tak'! any note of the religious elements of 
 Mociety ? it is over the civil life of the na- 
 ti(jn tliat Uulera prewide, but where they at- 
 tonijit wlrit, is iioi; timir riglit, wliat tfiid.i to 
 social iiijn.stii'o, dialoc tiion, and injury, thvn 
 rusistaiico beconie;- a duty, and f><r tiiat re 
 sisb nice, witli uU its conse(|UOHce«, Govern 
 mi'iit is respoasibl'j. (.Jiowiiig public opiii 
 ion bids f lir, ere long, to rectify this abuse, 
 k(!opiu^ Rulers in tliuir own pl:ice, — Sectb ia 
 tiiuirs, -and all fipivl before the l.iw. To 
 (rovi riiuKMit^, as t) individuals, is ajiplicabl*) 
 the old adage up siitur ulfrn c)rj>'iila)n. 
 
 Subsidizing ;?ootarian Schools is a waste of 
 public tuiultf. National wealth is for national 
 bene. it, — tho lar^.;eBt amount of good to t!io 
 lar^jest uuniiier. Not the least of two evils, 
 but tho best of two goods. This ia th^^ 
 theory (but not the practice) on which nd 
 niiniiitration is lia-sed, with one single oxcep 
 tion, — the Education of the people. Hero 
 the Ciiurch spirit enters, claiming rights th^ 
 granting of which is not only unconstitutional 
 but a waste of public resourius ; and Rulers 
 trembling for their places, and too cowardiy 
 to resist Dunominational^illuence, uuccumh 
 to tho piossuro. J lore the inHuouce hatj 
 been b^ugiit at tho price of a eoiiceasion to 
 Catholic ilemand, neither the cud, nf)r conse 
 quences of whioh wo have yet seen. In a 
 mixed community, what w ould be tho effect 
 of tho Separate System, lumestly carried 
 j out ? Why, rival schools, — small in number 
 j and influence, crippled in means, taught by 
 I second or third rate teachers, foul with see 
 1 tariaii atmi^phero, and objects of mui..:al 
 I suspicion and hate. I'uidic funds would be 
 frittered away in mongrel, denominational 
 training, with no practical supervision over 
 either the training or the expenditure ; for it 
 cannot be doubted that the pressure which 
 wrested the schools from (ioveniraent would 
 (anddoe») defy too close, imjocrtinent supervi- 
 sion. Subsidising such schools is unwise aw 
 a misappropriation of funds, as granting prac- 
 tically, irresponsible use of those funds, and 
 as a high price for poor education. Will any 
 sane man assert that funds divided among 
 half-a-dozen sects, each influenced more by 
 desire for denominational aggrandisement, 
 than for social welfare, can shew results equal 
 
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 iu those iMurwl by a central lyitem, devised 
 in the interest of the people, raised above 
 thu murky air of seotarianism, and controlled 
 by stern frw? 
 
 Kxamine the logical result of establishing 
 Supnrato Huliools as a system. Every pleu 
 that u ('utholiu udvanues in his own favor is 
 viilul for »vury other sect, and, it* presuntoil, 
 is untitled to aa much regard as Catholic de 
 miind. What would bt) the otfuct of u divi- 
 Hion of imlilic money according to ttcct '! 
 Take 4^ UNX) and apiiortion thuni among iivo 
 dun«>niiii!itiouM, in any given locality, ami 
 at tluH thu hoiKist advocate of thu Scpar^^to 
 Syf,tcm muHt aim, —with Hve tuachurs at 
 iii'JOO each ; will any man in his bcksos main- 
 tuin, that aH alilu luachurM, as thorn' uditoa- 
 tiitii, and as v.ilii.ihlu social benefits, will be 
 suiniretl by live si-cond, or third rate tuaohcrs, 
 in tlieir SojKir.itu Schools, as by one institu- 
 tion, with one or two tirst-class instructors, 
 under thoro' (lovernmont auporvision ? The 
 (iovernmcat, while willing, for reasons of 
 tli'jir own, to favor ('atholics, daro not sut 
 up, in itn entirety, thu unti national system. 
 Tor politicil ends they have made a partiou 
 lar sect Trustues t)f FundH aot given to the 
 vast majority, and for purpoa»^8 alien from 
 the cunv' jtioas of the unfavored, hostile to 
 S(Kjial unity, and welfare, an 4 flowing seeds 
 of discoid, the harvest of which is yet to be 
 gathered. The principle ef distril»uting to 
 sects is a most unwise use of public funds, 
 whether you adojit the CatU(dic favoritism of 
 Nova .Sc(»tia, or the logical expansion of 
 Newfoundland. 
 
 Public property belongs to the people for 
 the common good. it this assertion be 
 sound, a stop ahuuld be put to its perversion 
 by politicians, who use it, under cover of 
 law, to secure their party in power. = 
 
 National funds appropriated to purposes 
 not promoting, directly, or indirectly, the 
 yood of the whole, is a violation of trust, and 
 is exhibited, in its moat otfeusive form, when 
 it undows a sect with exceptional privileges, 
 favoring the few, Ht the expense of the 
 many. Aid to religious training, by Goveni- 
 uieut, is not for the common good, but the 
 reverse. It is opposed to the great facts of 
 national life, where every form of opinion 
 exists, and neither by favoritism to Catholics 
 alone, nor yet by the full development of the 
 principle, can aueht but evil be produced. 
 Let us examine tne logical fruits of the sys- 
 tem. If honestly worked, it would necessi- 
 tate the establishment, ou the two-fold plea 
 
 eiiitiienflhip and uonsoience, of (.Chinese, 
 rmoo, and Free I/over Institutions, pro' 
 
 ^ ting, at the national expense, the vilest 
 ctolnions, etjually with the purest ; uml why 
 Dbt? Surely the plea of conscience has an 
 much right to be hoard by the (Government, 
 when preHcnted by a Mormon, lis when utterc<l 
 by a (./'atltoli';. Neither, as mero sfHits, hiis 
 any right to accu»H to the peoples' funds, and 
 tho moment you grant that iieces.'), you divert 
 common property from its le^al intention, 
 and, in the conviction of tlie majoiity, apply 
 it to purposes dcHtructive of ooninion good. 
 As Prote.itants, we are uiuviiling to pay 
 taxes, nomiiiidly for the m.iintiuiance of our 
 privileges as citizens, but really aijuandered 
 as the price of political support, and to up- 
 hold a Bvstenj subversivu ot our civil and re- 
 ligl.)us liberties. In wiiiit way can it be 
 shewn, that (iovernment aid to institutions 
 teaching their own sectarian doctrines, as 
 their leading ol)joct, has ever proninted pul)- 
 liu good ? The (piestion has tenfold signiti- 
 canco if you takc^ into acHoiint tlio «trigin, 
 cliaracter, atid i t'ct of our existing Separate 
 Schools. They e maintained in their iso- 
 lated, separate udition, l)y an unconstitu- 
 tional and unw use of the nicnoy of th(! 
 people, where tl general lieiielit is not being 
 proiiuited. I'rotv.^tants cannot, witliout dan 
 ger, avail themselves «)f tlicHc Catliolic 
 Schools. The very priuf'iples which nndtr- 
 lie their existence render tlusni centres of 
 hostility against all other sects, and prosely- 
 tism an imperative duty. Kvery cliiM should 
 possess the right of entrance into and of safety 
 to his principles, and Church nJation, in 
 every Government supported scliool. Hut 
 that safety does not exist, thu' lt!;^'idly the 
 right of entrance does. Such tu'^uoi-j are not 
 a public beneht, and are virtually chmcd 
 against the vast majority, and .it eeutres of 
 sectarianism have no claim oi' tlie public 
 purse. It is quite well understood that tlie 
 Archbishop has, it may be indirectly, the aj >- 
 pointmeut of teachers in Halifax Catholic 
 Schools. 
 
 Separate Schools are hostile to the unity 
 of citizenship and to national liijcrty. A 
 true citizen concedes to others what he 
 claims for himself. A true loyalist recog- 
 nizes no Sovereign but our beloved Queen. 
 A true, honest (Jatholic recognizes no eartldy 
 power^^ civil or sacred, superior to the Pope, 
 —believes that whatever, in his ofHciid 
 (ex-cathedra) character, he utters, author- 
 izes, or sanctions is right, and the opposite 
 wrong. Therefore the English CathulioH 
 
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 IirofessiDg, in the face of the Pope's decrees 
 to the coutrary, fraternity to Protestaut fel- 
 low citizona, and loyalty to our Quceu, are 
 inconsistiuit. The laws of the Vatican, 
 .^t BWiirii to in open court, by the Bishop of 
 
 Chicago, and duclarud, on o'th, never to 
 h-ive boun repealetl ; — l;iwa fipplio.vblo to the 
 entire li^niisU Church, ami wiiMso binding 
 char.totor in involved ;n lli.i di»oc»'iue ot in- 
 i.kllibilitjy' ;- -thoso huvH tML,-i.>!i .h I/, youd co'i- 
 tradiction, tli.it no man, l)elievi,i_j the doc- 
 trine ui tiio I'lijio's iulallioility. uid yet re- 
 fusing t(» accept the ty:iclini'^;', .u'li obsv the 
 coniiii i!idH of his Cliurcli, wlis'n la kU power, 
 can be a JDi^ical (.I.itliolic. '.i'lio a octrint'S ot 
 (rovcrnincnt iScliools aa to ciii/.tMiship is 
 "thou siiorlt love thy neighbour .■(..-> thyself." 
 As 'tv) liiyalty it is "llunir t.io Quciii." 
 What, iji coiitr;iofc, is the 0.i,tn,>lic idea as 
 given us in tho sworn testun.i.iy of the 
 Bishiij) of Chicago? As you stinly that tes- 
 timony I ask you Protest iiit wim loll us Lh it 
 I'opery has ciianged, tii;it, equ illy with i'ro- 
 tesuniLi-Jin, it is a centre of unitetl natioiial 
 life and loyalty; — Prutestantss who are so 
 ready to peril your Free Institutions for a 
 mess of potLige, — to saeriticd. them on the 
 ultar of your iiarty ))c>iifcies ; i ask yok what 
 you tiiiak of the lii.sho])'a docLrines in their 
 bearin;^ on national unityand devoted loyalty. 
 I give yiiu an extract of that testimony. 
 
 1. An exeonimu'iicatcd man is deprived of 
 ail civil com. uuuieuuon with the l''ail,iiiul, 
 
 2. lj.ereiiijs, ruiuaiului^ obyliiuUe.uic to bo de- 
 livtTcd U» liio oecular power tor cxieniiiiiauion. 
 
 ;i. V\ e excoitimniiJeale iaul aiiaiin'iiiaUse, all 
 lieresy iluilexali i iiseiiiigHinsl the tiuiy Gnurch, 
 by wa<itcvor n;iaie kn iwu, tlit^ir laeas ai.ier, 
 but, t.' '!/ u)':'. tlid luiict/if)' bji IkcAvtitilti! 
 
 i. fc.'i^nlar I'dwcr* :irc to be comjjelled, if 
 nec.osaary, by Jfjcelcdiuslical censures, to swear, 
 Mmt ilic.v will exert laeiusclves to the uLmoal, 
 in Ut'fcDiH! of tliu i'"aitli, and oxtirjtai.e ail here- 
 li3S, oenouii.'Cil l)y tlie Cyiiurcli, aa loinid in t.'ioir 
 territories. VViioeverHliail assume (JoviM-nnn.iu, 
 eUhi r iemporal, er spiritual, tiUuLl Oc bound 0./ 
 h'lis d.xrcc. 
 
 5. If iiuy temporal ] .ord, after bciny admon- 
 ished, and roiiuc3t<!d by the Church, shall ne- 
 ^loct to clear iiis terrii.or:,' of hcrcti<:al depravity, 
 I'lO Melr jpoiii:'.!! nud JJi:jhops shall u.iiieinex- 
 I'.omi'.umc.uiii,;- liim. il\;outumiiciou3 forayear, 
 this siiaii b«! si;.,'niilcd to tlic Pope, wiio shall re- 
 ltas(> hib Bub.jy,:t-t fi'oin tiieir allcKianee, and i)e- 
 stow ilia tcrritoi'.v on t'atholica, on condition of 
 (■jfi'iniitnuiinn lii'.re(ii;i>,aud preserviuy: said ter- 
 ritory to the Faith. 
 
 6. Cat hoii<'.s. who shall take the cross /or the 
 fxtcrmiiiaiioii of heretics, shall enjoy the same 
 iudulgonces, as those who go to help the Holy 
 l.and. 
 
 7. All who have dealings with hcreitics.— 
 receive, defend, or enconraye them shall be ex- 
 c'onununioated. He shall be cliosen to no office. 
 «ot udniittcd as a witneee. He sliall have uo 
 
 power to bequeath, nor receive an Inheritance. 
 
 lilfaJudKC, his decision shall be void, and no 
 
 'loausc nhail be brouKht before him. If an Ad- 
 vocate bo shall not ue allowed to plead. If a 
 
 ijLawyer. the papei*a ho draws shall bo of no force, 
 fbut shall bo condemned with their author ! and 
 
 That God had inspired these laws : — 'i'his 
 is a sample of what Mr. (Gladstone colls 
 rusty, old, armour, and is no bad sample. 1 
 do not say that tnesc terrible do icrities are 
 
 ,'t.iught in 30 many words, but 1 do say, that 
 in teaching the Pope's infallibility, and his 
 supremacy over the fiith and morals of na- 
 tions, they are logically, tho' indiivccly 
 taught, and in this 19th century, they are 
 propounded in tho Pope's Knoyclieal, and 
 SylLiims, as tlie fixed basis of (.'atholie rela- 
 tiiiu to outsiders, and for the guidance (;f all 
 thi faitliful. Who will say, that sueli doc- 
 trines, even partially taught, can over form 
 good citizens, or loyal subjects of our Queen, 
 as I'i'otescants understand these terms? (.'an 
 that (Tovcrnmeiit be loyal to the people, or 
 can that man be loyiil to his Queen, who can 
 give aid and comfort to suchaay.^tein ? Side 
 by side, and in disgusting proximity to tao 
 name of our Queen, in Quebec Government 
 Acts, stands tho name of the Pope. All 
 liiia, so rampant in Quebec, is tlie logical re- 
 sult of the system which slippery Protes- 
 tants would aid in fastening upon our fret; 
 Province, f(U' their miserable jiarty aims. 
 Before the day comes that will entail such a 
 buiden, true Protestants will have fomo .--tern 
 words to utter, and perchance, a icw stern 
 ileeds to do. 
 
 Separate Schools are hostile to conscience : 
 — No Govomment can legislate on the ba«ia 
 of conscience without the most contriidietory 
 and incimsistent results. vSueh legislation i.H 
 unconstitutional, except where the sut'ject is 
 injurious to national interest. In such ca^'es 
 the majority conscience becomes the basis of 
 enactiaent. Iviw, moulded for tlie good of 
 the minority, where that good is antagonis- 
 tic to the convictions of the mass, cannot 
 subserve social well-being. If (:lovernment 
 has the power, it can use it constitutionally 
 only in favor of the m.\ji4/'ity conscience, tu" 
 respou.sible Government is a more n.uno. 
 Shou) 1 a Chinese, a Mormon, or Free Lover, 
 object to our Free Sciiools on the plea of con- 
 science and demand public funds to propog:itc 
 the doctrines of Confucius. Joe Smith, or Free 
 Lovism, would the Legislature austaiu the 
 plea, as it does liomanism under the name of 
 Education ? If not, why not, if conscience 
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 But there is another view of the ca«e, care- 
 fully ignored by such advocates. The ma- 
 jority nave a conscience decidedly opposed to 
 Separate Schools as they exist. Is that con- 
 science of no aoconnt, anc' is it to be deliber- 
 ately outraged in the interests of Romanism, 
 and of dishoneat iA)liticiaLs ? It rests not on 
 the utterances of a feeble mortal, but on the 
 authority of God, and forbids cither to do, 
 or aid in doing, wrong. It is as enlightened as 
 ("atholic conviction, and surely, it is entitled 
 to as much respect, to more as the conviction 
 of the majority. Again, if Government is 
 by the will of the majority, the majority 
 conscience has a right to be heard when it 
 denounces the Separate System as an out- 
 rage, destructive oi true citizenship and loy- 
 alty, and an abuse of power by Rulers. As 
 Protestants, we are prepared conscientiously 
 to award equal civil and religious rights to 
 Catholics ; but, as copscientiously, we object 
 to what we regard M an outrage upon our 
 convictions, thati nmottftl funds should be 
 appropriated to teach doctrines alien from 
 the views of the majority, elements of social 
 discord, and a premium^upon disloyalty. 
 
 Protestants have {t conscience opposed to 
 the existence of these subsidized Government 
 Schools, opposed to the character of the in- 
 struction given, and to the power conferred 
 upon any Ecclesiastic to decide who shall, or 
 shall not preside as teachers over institu- 
 tions paid by the people's money. If Catho- 
 lics require schools for religious training, let 
 them, by all means havej tliem ; — but leb 
 them pay for them, and not burden the ma- 
 jority with the conscientiouf dissatisfaction- 
 of supporting a system, whose inHueuce they 
 dread. The conscience plea is a mere blind 
 to suit the purpose of wily politicians, and 
 their more astute and wily masters. When 
 these two parties in ilnholy union, ask us to 
 help them to inculcate doctrines that make 
 their fellow citizens Pariahs and heretics, to 
 be crashed, where they have the power, that 
 undermine our loyalty to our Queen, that 
 
 filace a poor old mortal on an equal with the 
 nfallible Jehovah, and in his name demand 
 the abject submission of a free people, then 
 we say to our Rulers, the voice of the majori- 
 ty conscience must, and toill, be heard, till, 
 from our Statute Book, sk^ be wiped out 
 the last vestige ef a system destructive of the 
 unity, progress and liappiness of national life. 
 M^last objection is from the relation of 
 Providence to human government :— Practi- 
 cally, this argument ia, ignored by Ruleis, 
 and adVojates of Sepabite Sohoou. >¥hat 
 
 God to do with the actings of Govern- 
 Lt is the contemptuous idea. Account- 
 ility for right or wrong is the great under- 
 iug priuciple of earthly rule, as it is of in- 
 viuual life. "By me Kings reign and 
 rinces decree jM«f ice. " National prosperity 
 or adversity are tlie visible evidences of 
 God's view of national life. Anarchy, con- 
 fusion, and decay, as in Spain, were prece<lcd 
 oy national immorality. Italy, France, aud 
 Mexico utter words of terrible warning. If 
 these things be so, and who but an infidel 
 can doubt, and if they are, as they unque«- 
 tiouably are, directly traceable to a syateni 
 in open violation of divine laws, aud liumaii 
 right, surely, with such waruiugH, the Gov- 
 ernment legalizing, and the people abutting, 
 the revival of Institutions so disustruuH, in- 
 cur a terrible responsibility. It may siiit 
 the politician to ignore the idea of divine 
 judgment for social sin, and style it bigotry. 
 But it is the bigotry of the Bible. History 
 is the record of dire retribution, and is there 
 no reason for fear on our part ? Is God not 
 displeased with that which undcrminos the 
 true basis of moral, social life, establishing 
 faith and morals not on the Bible, but on the 
 Pope's decree ? Will He take no notice 
 when Governments legalize n system that 
 teaches immortal beings that Infallibility is 
 no longer His alone but is shared with the 
 Pope ? We do object to our Rulers legal- 
 izing, and supporting a sysucm whoso direct 
 consequences are to expose us to retribution. 
 We sternly protest against exposure to such 
 uang'^r, as the divinely revealed, and inevit- 
 able result of tampering with Popery, nut 
 f<Mr the good of the people, but because ita 
 vobci are eoaeutial to party power. 
 
 Such are a few objections to Separate 
 Schools, as a national policy, aud if my viewH 
 are sound, what's our duty ? 
 
 This new contest, forced upon society, it< 
 in no respect religious. Only ignorance, ur 
 j>artizanship, can so misrepresent the ques- 
 tion. It is a world-wide conspiracy against 
 human liberty, and in behalf of a system 
 that claims supervision over man, soul ami 
 body, over all earthly affairs, civil and 
 saored, and that by a right of divine gift. 
 To hide its pretensions, to gaii^ sym 
 pathy from the ignorant, and to give it 
 the appearance of being proscribed, it as- 
 sumes the religious rou, making that the 
 stalking horse for accomplishment of objectii 
 i^ich have' for their aim -'the subjection of 
 life, civil and reUgitms, not to Divine autho- 
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 the will of a foreign potentate, ocerouiog f 
 thority thro' itieu pre|*Med to give tbjjjlr \i 
 flueUce, to the party #liich bide the hi(pMt[ 
 Ae a mere religious hyetem, whio)||i it is n«!J 
 we accord it, what we claim for ourselv"^ 
 liberiy of exiatence^; aitd propagation, !tl 
 we deplore its tendanoi|B. But, as mail 
 (tolitioal, seeking to dominate and control 
 our action as a free pe«>ple, we do ^t 
 feel it our duty ,to stsj^ idly by, miK^ 
 leas to b\iild up a po'Wer, wBflh,iu the f ut 
 will require a fearful stomjj^ to d< 
 Prevention is oar wa^word, and 
 giving to our Catholic HPow citizens 
 rights, ''notkiq^ less, '*^" nothing mo: 
 thtrt we must ppe oar decided stand, 
 them that they ^yat be satisfied,, ceaad 
 plottings, or worse may belalthem. 
 ,"'* To Protestant abettors, prepared to 
 the People's dearest interests tor a meiM^ibf , 
 pottage, you must teach -a stern lesson, te^ 
 mantluig them to that obscurity from whach 
 
 they should never have been permittMilo _, 
 
 emerge ; — men who cheat you with a si^tun^ tor not, and the r 
 .uromise and laugh at your astouisliolj:- *-' ''^ —'- ''^ 
 
 ^'^EbtirRdKrs jfou must remind of the 
 tlflR the Province is not a fiere j '' 
 preserve for their personid aggrai^di: 
 but the heritage of freemen, td card f6r w|^^ 
 best interests, they have been yj^ked v^ 
 power ; and that you will not hrf^e Gowi 
 ment administered in the interests of aHi 
 whose political head is a foreign potem 
 There is yet enough of the old Pi 
 spirit to stand for the right, and 
 from the path every foe of Civil and Relii 
 liberty. Has not the time for such 
 arrived^ The tide of stem resis' 
 rising, impelled by the Montreal, Anti, 
 and Halifax riots, and the arrogant 
 tions of Bishops, like Bonrget, of M<nrti 
 9xA which, if Protestants are true tiHiieB^ 
 selves, will show, that while longforbeiriag', 
 yet Wf»t aroased, they will vindioat* tltijur 
 ri^t to good govemmentt, even if, ass 'fhsir 
 foes threaten, they are driven to do CQ ^ 
 blo<j^ 
 
 "It is atterlv in vain," says » ^ 
 wri;^r, "to hush ui> the change thatfafsi 
 over the Catboum in Quebec. As n^" 
 to hunk up an eclipse of the sun. It i4 
 wide. In Qwm^oy, Frai^oe, l^^a« 
 Hollaail^ getgwin, Switieiiand, M< 
 Uie. United ^a^tei, oivUujuitioo is in 
 egainat tlliiaa«Mi vaet eoMpiowg!;, 
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 VffA papera desoribp thennprincii^ed alliance 
 itf.t'Mestant Mliticiane Mtfr the Priwte, 
 lor the Catholic vote, ahnflir to that Which 
 eonstitutes oar danger here." Th^ utter a 
 wMmiiig cry, and prttelaim, that Praj|#tant 
 huf))||i^*nng with the Priests mwA st^i — as 
 agirMloverehadowiug evil . That the Free 
 SchoM faiM< be sastSined, ^t every cb«t, 
 all sectarian grants withdIhKWhi the power of 
 Law over all Schools maintained \>\ Oovem- 
 ment, sternly tlbdicated, and the People 
 place in power only the men having courage 
 not to bow, or cringe before a Sect whicn 
 imbeciles human thought, cripples humdn 
 energy,an^ lays society, a miaerable sUbl^n 
 of dmne manhood, at th^ feet of the Priest. 
 \Veinean our Catbpli^ brethren no harili. 
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 *]||[r indepepden(ie, and wim our Ooverrf- 
 
 jffient in assisting them. It {s a noble strife,. 
 
 notihe hole and coittbrscttflSe of Par^ts It 
 
 place, vwhiflh;|^^tBJ|^||t cause, daily a!tid<| 
 
 our citizeiAr mFimti up passions, as mot;' 
 
 £«, as th^kr«^flMj;Iig9Uit. No. It^ 
 ttle on the^World's bread field, agiunat the 
 Lterest foe that ever waged war against 
 jiiunan inteUiffeAce, progress, and happness, 
 m4 \i the victory be not ours, defeat '^1 be 
 die, not to a bad caase, liut to Prtf^taiit 
 . indiJETerenois, ^4 treachery. " UnitM Prot^- 
 tantism, wit^s free thdnght, its petlRonal 
 iudependenoe, ^4 ^ fbundatiQ|i on Eternal 
 truths hae, in th^ Ijifuit, and will yet acain in 
 the existing s^SgU. prove more than a 
 ,mai^ for io|«fiecnuu darkness, slavery 
 sdidwfKth. 
 
 The secrecy of the Ballot Box is the pre' 
 elaiDBed hope of the foes of Fk'ee Education. 
 That hope we must dadi to the ground, and 
 Uiake the Ballot - the means of jplacing in 
 power men whom we can trust with our In- 
 atitutiens, — men whose rale will be, — tqital 
 
 this UiyiU, fattorkhmfor none. 
 
 With the BiUe as our guide, the Great 
 
 Beetorer of Humanity as our Leader, and 
 
 ., ^viUzation as our ally, we irffl tranonit oiar 
 
 I ^national independence to coininijewierations, 
 
 irho will thank God tii«t their Fathers were 
 
 men, trnrJ^wdi* Reave&lySkrrereigM 
 
 loyal 1^ thdr^jgMkktrtdQttcen.