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 hin^W urges thiAi^wn^t him, but those who panvaM for Dr. Smythe or 
 
 JSS'ES-"^?'^!.*^^",?"^'*?*' Protestant voters in his favor, arS^wid te 
 ^ WOkhuig el89 than the iniquity of voting for a Papist : and Dr Smvth^ 
 
 ■ iWi£>?rtlS'^*'' ^''""' *^""^^ '•'"^ ^ too^ndeCdbirforJi 
 
 MrtH »2,rnrl!V'**"'^/f*/i. ?'"''y'' ^'''^^S ^"^"^ y^MiJtii up a Roman CatlioL 
 
 Sn^; wt*^u^' ?««",^Ji*^'V »»d working for Protestant oandidatJiJ 
 dLf!&n?5*V ^^''"u 9«n»«'^»tiye. I, it much that a Roman S^fcS 
 von T^.M i^V K ^' ,'''V* " Pe""»«Jly eafc^emed and respected amo^^t 
 &!?^P .k",'"?" ^ !^^.'*^ ^^ Protestant, notwithstanding his beSX 
 Bom»n Catholic? Protestant as Kingston has always been f it wss^* 
 repremited by • Roman Catholic belore Mr. Harty. I meanlh* 
 th« T7lS[n^*»?T "' ''ho "presented Kingston in the' first Parliamen|/ k^ter 
 the Wtn p* Upper and Lower Canada ; and Protestants got no ha 
 *»• «.<»W»"wm. Af^er the lapse of half a pentury may not Protestai 
 
 ILi S**r* J* 'f •'™^*'' «'''® * ^«™»" Oftjbholic a turn 1 Is any COn 
 Hattv'Efn'?" i" Kingston objecting t« this, and giving the facf oi 
 mrty Heing a Roman Catholic as a rpason for voting ajrainst hi«2 ? ^ A 
 
 £SLl'S.^n— "',?•*'"«?' "^.^^ *^* ^' '« "«« •"^'^ an^4«mlt Many 
 STatLf tw ? Kingston alwaya worked and voted for the great Conv 
 • EnLthoL rn'^u" ^'^^T^}^ was always in alliance toS with the 
 Roman Oathohcs of Quebec, and had at one time, and perhaps had alwavs 
 W TX^ ""^ *^^ great majotity of the Roman Catholics of '^^Ontorio TSd 
 JnH-nli*''f -upport ofRoman (5atholios he would not have b«en able to 
 
 ^L^ff /h 'i* ''Y f K^" '""^ "^^'^ "^«- «« **» »««= o»ly supported by 
 G^r«rS^nf A *""' ^\*?.? *Vy" ~"»«<'i»<«d with Roman Catholics in thl 
 Government, and even held ofRoe under Roman Catholic premiers He 
 
 ^S"* T r*V"^**J*^u ?»^'«' (afterwards Sir George CarTilr7'; then 
 
 ^nol.rg^N^^^^^^ Tache> and then und^r s^S 
 
 anothtr, Sir Narcisse Belleau. So, the first premier that he himself chose 
 
 lv«?S*r ^ff "" ^"r ,^**^*'°"«' M^- J- S»"dfi«W Macdonald aid' iha^ 
 ever thitgentlqmans faults may have been, any undue leaning to his co- 
 
 K« ;i. 7? Roman Catholic gentleman was practically chosen fc.r premier 
 by th» Oonservatives of the Parliament of Canada, and he was one of thi 
 
 t^l W'?"'*''?-'"™-*^'!^^***^'^^ ^«1^ ^«««- in view oPsuch Vet. ij 
 theit, no Conservative m Kingston can honestly use the religious obiection 
 
 rfttef «***" °' *^%^*f .?'^""^" ^^'^''^''^ •" Kingston. norCnSst.™ 
 of t^SS^r'"' ^'■"''"-' '"^J*"* *" '^"^ ratification of theXoto« 
 
 MnitThOTr^f '^''- Jl*^^' ',* K"**'"''^^''y to know that the mcst sensitive or- 
 ex9Jt«bIe Protestant has no fault to find with him porsonally He is esteemed 
 and respected by you all He has mingled all his li^fe with Protestlnts.t b«^^ 
 
 SS.i^S1^' "^.P^J'^""' rf •" every public movement. An eamert 
 Roman Catholic, atUohed and faithful to hi. church, ho has never madi 
 htel H r ""J***^ recount t., those of a different religious faiUiTC 
 hjiown He has shown himself, in his intercourse with others and in iS 
 the relation, of hfe, to be a broad-minded, independent man. an" hi aw JjL 
 
 S!Jha^L~.*fT' '^'P^^^-y-i.^onfi^lenceof'the lUestant. as Tell aY 5omS 
 0»y di<« of K ingston He »s m > word the last man a.T*i""t whon, th» "t^ 
 Fi>jiBi> wy ihould be itiied h«K, except a. it mi^^aiMf aga^nS^^^ 
 
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