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 PROCLAMATION. 
 
 VPPKR fJANADA. 
 
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 VICTORIA, by the UrQce of God, of the Vuilfd Kiitfrdotn of Great 
 Britain and Ireland, Qiieeif, Defender of the Faith, 4«c, ^-f." 4'C. 
 
 To qII our loving and 
 
 fjillifur subjects, in our pMvinco of Uppor Cnnada— > 
 
 GRRrTixa 
 
 KNOW YG, tlin Inking into our most sdrious consideration, the merciful 
 interposition of Divink I»R<)viDENcii, and thnt it liath pleasrd AtMionTt 
 Gou to deliver us fro n the dangers and calantitios of the unnatural Insuiroclion 
 and Rebellion with w lich w.e have lately bceil afflicted : Wo have ronoivod, and. 
 by the advice of our 1 executive CiMuincil, for our Province of Upper Canada, do 
 hereby command, that n day offlUl.ic Tiianksoivino be observed throughout 
 «ur said Province, on Tilesday,^HiSixth day of February nextv so that all our 
 people therein may Ininible themselfes b<>fore Almiohty Gon, and in the most 
 devout ai»d solemn m inner send up their Prayers, Praises, and Thanksgivings, 
 to the Divine Majest ir, for having removed the heavy Judgments wliich onr 
 iwinifold pruvocationil have most justly deserved ; and for bcseecliing God still 
 to coatinuo to us His| mercies, favor, and protection: and we e/o strictly charge 
 and command, that tlio said day of Public Tiianksgivinq ho reverently and" 
 devoutly observed b^ nil oifr loving Subjects, in our said Province of Upper 
 Canada, a$ they te.kderthe favor of ALMiaiiTv Gob, and would avoid t/ii 
 wrath and indignation, and upon pain of such punishment as wr.tnay justly 
 inflictton all such a^ contemn or neglect the performance of so Religious and 
 necessary a duty. ' 
 
 In testimony jwheretf, \V^\m\e canscx] these our Letters to ho mndo 
 
 V Patent, and tile Great fSeal of our said Province to be hnreunto 
 
 affixed l^Witncss our trusty and ivell-heloved Sir Fiiancii Bond" 
 
 '*■' Hrad, iBart, K. C. H, &c. dco^vikc. Lieutenant Govunor of our 
 
 said Province, at Toronto, this Twenty-second day of^an. in the 
 
 year orour Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight* and 
 
 ' in the first year of our Reign. 
 
 By command of His Excellency. 
 
 
 F. B. H. 
 
 C. A. HAGERMAN, Atl'y General. 
 T). CAMmO^,Setretary. 
 
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 >\ His Kxccllcni-)' ilui Ltoulcnimt <<ovornor t)f lliii I'rovinco l*ai U*im!(] n 
 imi f.»r (III) ulwfi viMic« ol tlio Gtli of Kubruary, as « tUy o? *• Tliruik*- 
 Hivirift," mill, lu ill iliij* cuin, f iiumi |«ibli(l_y n-Cuiio (.bt'dji-iico to millioriry, 
 i fffil liouml Id diibniit my miivuiisi lltf »o tlt)iii/» lo tliu ^{uviirniiiuiit iinU lliu 
 public. Will yoii uJow niu tliu innnl»iio ijiucu in llio cuiuiiiiiit of yoiu- nuxi 
 iiiinib(*r? ' 
 
 . It is wiili ni(> II rdirriolu duly lo •'lionour," •' prny far," '* jiubiiiii to," 
 iiikI pHV ilii" "iiiliiiiK 111" ilin *' iMiwom fbut be," whurovcr I io«ido, — rf/i^'i- 
 »u$, bt'Citimo rtfiuiii'd by <Jud. 1 uIao Hdiiiit ibai uvory iiiiiii in this cotiiiiiy i» 
 under iiiHnc'iiM) obligBlions lo lovo and iiluisu (iod for provcntiin; coiiflici iind 
 ulauglittr in ilio lu!i) iiiMurroclioii, uiidHusnon rcmoring p«iiice. 1 ciiniioi, bow- 
 over, obey »li« pr»'«oiH " comniuiid'" lo '* liuniblu oumel ,'o« before AlniigJHy 
 Old, (uid In ilie nio!»l devoni uiid miU'iiih niminflr solid up our prjyor*, praisus, 
 wnd iliiii'ksgiviu^'s lo ilio Diviiio M"J«'!'ty ;" bocuiijii I luiinot lucogiii/o any 
 »iOcolarum(iorily in ri'li;'i()n wlmio *• Cbri^t is all and in nil," and claims Co 
 liinisolf otir «iiur.t fiiidi and Mirvic*'. Tim Lifutonanl Governor bears tho 
 tonmiisiion ol'llm Qmoii — Lm mil tliat of Clirist. Consrienec is not bis pio- 
 viiico ; and«piri;ual nltojjiancb lobiiii would bo treason to Heaven, us a woman's 
 affections to a second man would bo iinfaiilirulness to tbo liusbMiid ; and as u 
 recognition of a robi-l niid, u.t»rper would bo disaflVclion lo our lawful Sovereign. 
 Tlio.l'roclanulion requires tliut •' tlie buid day" bo •• reverontly and devoutly 
 
 wo "tcndiT tlio f.ivour of Alniigbiy God, and would nvoiil 
 ndignniion." I cannot for a nioment admit tiiu iironitseof (iod's 
 
 observed," us 
 
 his wrsih and i 
 
 i'avmir, and tlirent of bis wradi and indignation, by a liuiuan biting uud a mere 
 political olTicPr. If, tpo, eurtldy lulers may, uncording to tliuir own views, 
 «eloct days of religions observance j un^i " comi»iaiid" our compliance it would 
 bo right in a Roman Catholic King or (iovornor lo, appoint the fast and feslivqfs 
 
 of bis Church, and ronformitv woiild.,b« our duly. Ilonce tliu necessity of 
 ^keeping spiritual and ^ivil jurisdiction distinct. To avoid an apparent concession 
 wto spiritunl assunipiioi^. I must di-rcg.ird tho present Proclamation. I niusl do 
 »■', loo.becaiisv a *' conunaiid" ciiiinot induie triio devotion, and rn most cases 
 ^will only lead to a inero liypocriiical semblance of religion. UevcroiicO and 
 ddvoiitness do not conK? by orders niiii tli.rciif»— ilii-y are iborosult of personal 
 rortViction and b(iniilily and love lowardii God. Sliojis may bo siiui, piuyers 
 ttaid, and sermoHs delivored — but coiilriiion for sin or gra:ii(ido for God's nier- 
 cies bo unknown. A gonei'al mockery id" leligion aiul God is'tlnm lill that 1 
 expect to result from ili^s stale-.-reriL'ijnsiioss ; aiiJ in it i cannot ^lavo any 
 participation. 1 fiirther Qbjpciioihis appointment— becanso " t/iankfgiiniig'\ 
 should be preceded by /luhtUiation and repentance. Oiir I My alarms i^nd Auirs/ 
 liavo boon induced by sin.vand the first step to bo lakin is an honest and a, 
 *earching enquiry into thelevils wbicli liavo caused the displi-Muro of God] 
 ntrdlienco the derangomontlof society. I do not refer to pblitiral errors— fo/ 
 us U strunger in tire couniryll do not understand its politic*, artd as a Miiiistc 
 of Religion am indisposed to meddle with thorn. But political disorders u^c 
 the consequents of moral disleases. We have lately seen the «^w/>/om only, iibt 
 the maldflt/ — and it is u limi; now to ascertain (in good faith) what tlit-roisjii 
 lire |)eopIo or their rulers ih^t his jio early involved this fine eoonlry in tioubfle. 
 (^bd lias saiTered us to be afllicled because ''avc Iiavo provoked the Holy |C|ao 
 
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 vful Sovorgij^n. 
 \/ und devoutly 
 would Hvoid 
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 n|{ uud a mere 
 ir own views, 
 ianco it would 
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 necossiiy of 
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 tfvcrouce and 
 It of personal 
 
 sliiii, players 
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 isure of God J 
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 disorders ui/o 
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 ufliraul to Bn|(er ;*' and ha now paiiius 10 »ty •' Why iliouM yp b.> ■lrirk"n 
 nay nior«* 1" — " Wash yoiit inaku you t Ii-mii, put away \\\i» ».vil of your doiii|( 
 liuni bufuru mine ••yM, cumka to do evil, lirarii l<» du well." Ili-lor*', ili»ii, we 
 ifjuir$ aiiJ have iliankigiiviiifi:, wii ohould aicerluin wlinilii-r ullowd iehorMnot*, 
 or '^ n husioiobe rich," or any other vic«« ar* tllu ctuMO of iliq diaorganiiMlluii. 
 
 that ii.ii oriiien. 
 
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 TO TIIK HDITOIVS OF THt: •' l» ATIUOT," ••OUHISTIAN 
 UUAUDIAN," AND "COMMKIICIAI. UKUALU." 
 
 Gentlemen: 
 
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 In your strictiirui upon my letter in the ** Polhflium^*^ you npp<>flr, in 
 several instunriviiVio have mistaken my incaniii>:^, mid in uthnsto have adv«uct<(i 
 principles' in wiTlcli I cunnot silently aquietce. i ilnM-efore b< g leave to siibniii 
 to you n few explanatory reiiiMrks — siiiceiely rejrieiiing to iissiciate your very 
 dissimilar articles iif^nu reply, uhicli, however, is ion>i«r<!d iiievilaltle by your 
 'I'ules for the luanngeifvonl of your several papers. The ariiclM in the '* Patriot** 
 exhibits im anxiety fur truth and n ('liiistiHii courtesy — that in the *' C ommercial 
 Jlerald** is apparently tt>o,very hest the writrr ruuld produce — thai iu the 
 " C'An't/ian &i<ar</ia/i" is ovidonlly insincere and spiteful. . 
 
 before I proceed to the principal subject in diipute, I must put myself 
 rij^ht with respect to His Excellency — for it is insinuated that my letter was an 
 expression of diiiiespqrt to the Executive Government. Now 1 am ready la 
 disavow every such /feeling — nor can I sc« any thine: in liiy expressions to 
 justify tho imputation. 1 honor iSir F.^]. Head ns the representative of my 
 fc)oveii-i(rn,aiid ifl knew of nny thinp that 1 had said or dune eithercontem|>tuous 
 or hostile to him, 1 would at once oiler the most ample iipolocfv. IMie religious 
 bo-ly to which I beloiig has been dii|inguishe9-by n'ptlient and uniform fidelity 
 to tlie present royal family in DrilaLn, and an (>qual dovotedness to popular 
 liberty uiid »'ducation. My intention In my letter was to explain, that in lefusiiig 
 to obAerve February Gtli as a day ct thanks^rivin^, I withheld frdpi His Excel- 
 kiicy only a sjiirituul a|lpgiance — an i)1le{;ianco wliich I mainti)itn»\vas claimed 
 by iliu I'roclaniution, ajid which no m i n owes to nnoiher. So'long us I reside 
 in tiiu Proviircc, its Governpra will liave my full submission iiiHtl matters 
 within their jurisdiction; and if 1 do iiot mistake the character of Sir F. B. 
 Head, he wil! give confidence to somo ^viio do not claim all the loyalty of the 
 I'roVinco, or attcHnpt to insinuate away Ulie innoccnco of their neighbors. 
 
 With regard to my objection to obsiorvo February Gth as iho day of lhnnk«« 
 giving, lavish to be understood before f\o(irur a furtlior justification. I have 
 before udmitlt'd Uio duty of thunksgivini;; I am ready to ackiiowledgo, too, 
 
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 n.-k...K .h« ob.i.r»«n.« hu »tt of ob.di.M.r. .oii/n^y/. moro. ho comLndrd 
 « u,M)n piiii of ...c , pom. .n.i,nf ai I.0 n.igH TnUr jnllia" !^ye. „,«« . „i|I. 
 I.r ,.rom.,.d • I .0 fivor of AU^uf^Uty God" 10 lL.rwho obf.y./ib« vic.-r«« 
 ««,«««./ „,,d ,l,roH.o|,..d '• hi. *ru.h n,.d i,.diK„„,io„" .0 U.o.o who contJld 
 j or rej.clod h. Now ihj. »^c,m to n... to ho „„ nM,.n.pil«n of lUv power " lo 
 
 l.i..d .i.d h.o.«,' .0 ,..oko ih.. oh.«.vn„co of ,hn» ,.i„»|« d.,f binding ..pon lh« 
 roi .conco. to duUu God'- Uvor ...id wr..il. lo fHtify Hir K.'n. Iload'. .docllon 
 «nd co.......u,d. I »„, ,,„„« willing ,0 f„||ow n «ood «.x..mpl« ..nd good advice , 
 
 hu when «u.hor.,.v «..d compuUio,, »jr« «„.p|o.v,,d. I d..ro no, r..roJ,.i«o |„ mo« 
 
 what I b«l.,vo holong. lo C'hnU onl,,. Tl.o ron.i.,i,nd ..„d ,l,r«..u in iho c..o 
 
 «„ . M"."T. •' '=''.«"K'' '" •»'« /Tocording. W«r, I ,0 bo «ik«d by ■ poor 
 
 monoy and ihrcn.on n.o with ".uch pnni.hn.en, n. !,« miKht inrtic. i.pon rcfu.nl/' 
 compI,„„c., wonld ho not tharity b..t cowardice. Thn proclomn.ion w.. \oi 
 h«.«d upon ,1m, acknowledgement of .l.« Divino Supremacy in iho con.cience" 
 -- , make* the obiBrvanco«mper.ilivo. no, bocauso of iho propriety of the act 
 but becau,o of S.r FrHnci.'- throa,. «nd r„„„„„„d,^,he compiinn^.o w. to b^ 
 
 -ppoM.t «p«c f.c dayi and take cogniranco of roligioua hc. To ,hunk God 
 
 ?'"! r?'* •" H-ll' ^'"."l". P":''""^' ' '•*'•"•'•'"'■ '« •'« Kood~to recognize any .ocond 
 .g..l«,or .n ChrMt'H kingdom I il.ink lo bo «rong. Let ,l.iH,^ph.i„ mr.up. 
 P««>d incon,„,..„.y m ,„yi„g, ,h,., I »»ubmi, ,o'« .,..0 autljitie.. Jd JSt 
 refu..ng subm.M.on in the cn»e of ihe proclamnlion. I •• ,ubmi, ,0 evirv 
 ordinance of ««„ for ,he Lo.d', .„ke"-but a matter of fai.h or co«,donce U 
 not properly „n ordinance of m„n. Every separate olTicer in .ociety I a. hi. own 
 JPpropr.H.o jorisdicon; „„d uh in "the Churcbof the thirty-nine aJticle.7« 
 (.overnor wonld not be allowed ,0 perform clerical act.. .0 In the C lurch of 
 ( hri. he .hou Id not be allowed to exercise .pirl,ua| authority. The v^r/ 
 
 MHB„tra,o, and Emperor, in ihing. .piritual, and died a, mar.yr. to maintain 
 
 t m. do iSir f '"• '", *''"i '••" ' " " ""•'•'"' •« «^'' •'«<'" «" J « P^«i»e to them 
 tim do Wll -., „ ,n \mjudmal capaciiy. and not ». a Ipirituallogi.Iator or 
 nxecu.ioner. In .Ul, ,ho case .ee.... ,0 Im, tl.is-.ha, if "the power, that be" 
 ■ arc to judge of l^oly day., o, form, on bohalf of their peopirtT.en Chri.^. 
 .urt.or,ty H no, «,ngle and nb.olu,e in his Church, our 1^1,11^ II e."q.^ro 1 
 wha,.ai.li,lio.cnpiuro,r' but " what iMlilh .he proclnma,ion.1"%f ,Cy 
 diZ^iT w' ''"^'."'^^ -nay appoint tu,o, or Jifiy, according ,0 tkeirZi 
 d,Bctetwn Wo must look ,0, and submi, ,0 ,hdr au.l,ori,u,ivo dictation instead 
 of employing o„r personal jud.on.en, on tho Christian canon ; and thu.Prc^ 
 te.,«n. .m w,|| he „ mere .ubsti.ution of King, and Governor, for Pope, and 
 Chr....am.y .villi be (a. infidel, have urged) only a political engil '^^ 
 .«.«// IIn,r7 ^* *"* »crttpuloa. in the,e milters ? Because I would not let th« 
 ma// end of ,lie wedge be inserted, lest the larg, end .honld too soon fo low 
 
 l^A^r^" T7 • "."^ " °^ i-Portance-and a quick .en.itiveni,*^ the fim 
 indKation of a healthy conscience. Besides, amidst the confusien and Sence 
 incKledt-upon the outbreak of a polliical co„fl.gr'a,io«, Cl.ristia^^ gu^dian; I^^^^ 
 
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 [»• on the ilert to prottcl mJ rnicue rttigioui princlplit aiiil riiiliii, •lilch arc 
 liablu lo b« r«mov«d bjr •cclMi««tic«l robberi. Our ruleri du not wiih ili« 
 ■pirU of roligion or riligiou* liberty lo ba bu»«d down iind cr.uhtd, by ihu 
 iiieiiiiire* nniployud U) quell inaiirruciion ; nnd llioio (hul du witU H wHi And 
 con»<iflnfo indoiiiiublo, und tlio proMint Hriliili Ouvrriimoiit ju«l. l)«ulor«bl« 
 however, U it to ««a Mhiiatort and Churchoi olFiuring to " toll ilioir binh-riiiht 
 lor a moM ol poltaKO," trying to ifdiicDll^iuiiliuriliuii to ptircbuio tlM«ir Mood- 
 bought piitriiiiony, by a few acres of wild lund. Tlia oulbur«t of ocoloiiHstical 
 •orvilily, occationod by my letter, ihuwa a prvaenl ininiinpnt danger lo religioua 
 liberty, lli.it deuruit right of man ; »o also d<M« ihc nttumiiiud puniihmeni of 
 my«p|f, lor daring to act a» a walcbmaii of Zion, in iliu i|uurltring of aii militia 
 niun upon my family- iho very niaan« eniploywl by liio french Pophta ttr 
 break iho spirit of tho Troteslant Clergy after thti revocation of tlw edict of 
 Nantes. However, I can onco for all loll my uproarious abusrrN. lay and 
 clerical, that with secular politics I will liavu nothing to do ; bat if they mean 
 to prevent my muintaiuii.g tlio full rights of conscience, ih«y must not retort 
 to obloquy or aonoyances, or clamor, or bribery— they must tako my person. 
 Tho •• I u4»lot" has dra^n into his urguuiont the t^liulu question of nation- 
 al religious eslabliahnMuts— a ground upon which on any suitable occasion I 
 shall b.j happy to break a friendly Unco or iwo with him. Dr. Owen and 
 Matthew Henry (whose words »r« said to bo quoted,) wore great and good 
 mon, but not oracular, inspired, orperfect men— they lived in times in whiclt 
 popery (which has always loved state-religions) had been imperfectly eradi- 
 cated— and tli«ir attention was given to tho greater doctrines of salvation, and 
 not to what IS tho appropriate work of present attention, ecclesiastical wfor- 
 niutions. Now wo Congrffgationalists have not " a° faith standing in tho wisdom 
 Of nion, though thoy be even such men as Owen and Henry Wo consi- 
 der it to bo a duty of Kings iknd Rulers "to promolo tho piillic good both 
 civil and religious, by all siicli means as are not subversive of public and pri- 
 vate right '—but we consider, too, that national religious establishments are 
 subversive of civil liberty and corrupting^ to religion, prevent public freedom 
 and crush a private right of judgment. I am told " that a general mockery of 
 religion and Crod has been quite as much tho result of soctarinn fanaticism aaof 
 stale-roligiousnoss. ' Well then, lot us have neither the stato-religiousntss hor 
 tho sectarian lanaticism. This latter evil is a curso whether in an established 
 sect or an mies^abUshed. That much Iknaticism was eihibited during tha 
 commonwealth js true, and so was niucli;;wligion ; and wherever a religious 
 spirit IS gonorill and active thero will bo much thai is spurious as well as much 
 that IS genuine, just as a trading community wiU coittain many crafty specula- 
 tors, and much liberty will be attended with some liconliousnoss. There aro 
 checks which nature and Providence soon bring to act upon fanaticism, and if 
 instead o leaving it to those chocks we employ an established church, we shbll 
 oxtinguisli religion iisell, with perhaps its eounterfeit. David Hume, the Deist, 
 advocated national I eligioajestaWishmints upon the ground that ihey checked 
 excessive religion— and we know that any religion was with him oxceisive — 
 When tlio Epi«opal Church was re-established at the restoration it immediately 
 brought in the lethargy in religion and liccntiousnesa in morals, which disgraced 
 the reigfi of Charles J£. As for tho French revolution— an established church 
 had previously rendered reh g ion de s pised a n d hated. Tho English dis sc ntera 
 
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 Mtabiishtneni rubi and de^a Jt-a bM that do not belong to it, f nd ftll ftra drivM ' 
 intofnncunimoii aititiuJc of defonctf. And if somo (jen«ral resisttnee be niott 
 ■doptf^ here the tyrant-chnreii will sniM the public property, lift up hor mitred 
 fnrat in cauria and parliaments, and tiie deapotism of tlie Gngliab villages wilt 
 ImI iprvad o'er all the land< Uut why do church piRople blaine ua dissontera for 
 coalesciag^ with men with whom they themselves unite inaapporlingthe church 
 by lithea and church-rates, and whom they nre obliged to admit to the sacra-. 
 laent, MrheMver required. The ohurchpublicatiOn^ were larely clamorous in 
 thuir deanDGialipns uf the recent appointment of laJvUls to Profeta&r$hips and 
 Qithoptickt^ andyet all are goin« on together in the church. Sjiome men (like 
 Dr« Fatey). cannot afford to keep a good conacience. Wo love mudi of the 
 spirjtttel part of the Cpiacopal Church, but are driven from her secM/areata- 
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