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It !• an Aot that wu puisd in th* jatr 1355, daring the iHt PArliaRKDtar; iHaion hgld at Quabao, tba ohiaf prOTiiion of which it, that the heads of flra families, " being Roman Catbolioe," hare the pririiege of eatablisbing a Separata School in an; School Section or Ward, for the exolusiTa education of their own cbil- j dren. Q.— Are these Separate Sobiola entitled | to UoTeromenti'irants ? I A, — Yes. Every Sepamte School ciitab- ' lished under the Aot ia entitled to a shureof the fund annually granted by the Legiio lature for the support of Oomman Si'hools. Q. — Have liny other religious deoomi- axtant of it< paroioioui proTiiiooi have narar b«en fully realised. Q. — Under what circumstanoaa waa the Aot passed ? A. — The Bill was secretly conroctad under the auspices of Biihop Oharbonnel, and introduced into the LsgislaliTe Council towards the end of the Session of 1855 which waa held atQutbec. It was sent down to Thia »aa rolad down by 42 10 S, Q.— nut li ■ National System of Kduoa- tion of to maob importanoa a* you team to attribute f i4,— Moat eertainly. A National Syatam of EduoatioD is the most efBcianI syatam of "Police," and the Schaol Teacher it the beat " Policeman." Whererer a Naiional System of Kduoation exists there are the the Lower House on the 21st of May, and I people the most highly educated, and the finally passed eight days afterwards. ; grosser crimes the least frequent. Ta Q. — Hut the I'pper Canadians to whom break up such a system may be the object the aot applies oould nit have been aware I of those whose power is chiefly drawn from of its provisions before it was finally passed I i the ignorance of the masses ; but in a coun- A.— they were not. It was brought 1 try like Canada— where thought as well aa down within eight days of the prorogation of Parliarliamaat, and urged on with the utmost speed, notirithstanding tliai the person is free— no other than a National System of Education oar prevail. Q — Hat any opinion been expressad on nations the privilege of erecting a Separate government hs4 led the Upper Canadian ! thia subject by ecclesiastics of the Uoman School ? A. — No. Those professing the Roman Catholic religion are the only ones impow- ered by law to erect Separate Schools, and have tbua a preferential claim in the eye of the law over and above all others. Q. — But have not Presbyteriane, Episco> palians and Wesleyani an equal right in the eye of the law with Roman Catholics ? members t) believe that no important i Catholic Church? measure wiuld bo introduced, and many ! .^.— Yes. The Roman Oatholio Bishop had left Quebec for the tipper Province. v.— But was not the usual time allowed for deliberation on such an important measure'' ,1.— No. Atit-Oiv. MAino.NALi) moTed the " first reading" on Monday, the 2Ut of .,..._,,,, . , May, and carried ite second reading " for A. — Aot in tnnada. Here the aoruploa ,i,„ f,ir„_;„» j.- ■■ tu n r ... n o .u 1- . , ""^ 'K'lowing day. The Reform party of the Roman Catholica are protected by ..^.j .u« 1.. ,-■ . • i-..i \.- io„„i .„„...„„. 1, r .L ..u.. ./ , """"l ">« Atty-«/on. togiveahttia time, but he,urged on by Biahop CnARniiif nil, and backed up by a united majority of the Roman ^ „ , , , Catholic memberaoftho House, would listen y — U'e< not that stnki you to be very 1 . j , j »f n , f ■ f -^ " " "'' to no delay, and Mr. Brown's motion waa .,..,., ,..,.. lost, by amajoritv of G7 to 17. The Oppo A. — I erUinly it does, tor t la obvious I ..■,;„„ .. ., e 1. •- • ., . .- -^ .. , . , ' Pition ,.raved for one week a respite, in that if any particular sect is permitted j .u .,, ,!<•.„ ,, . , . i L , r .. ,- . , ,; ,. order that "a call of the House ' niKht be to break away from the National System of , . , , , , ""»"'""' Eduoatio,, all others should be entitled to T ' ,* ' * """l]^'" T '^ '"" ^"^ the same privilege. Ipper Canada recalled. Bot this did not n wTi ^ !i I .u o. . ■< u ""' 'I'" Pfiest party; they know that it V.—Wnat would be the effect it the pro- 1 t j ■ j Tisions of the Separata School Aot were ex- tended to other religious denominations ? legal enactment, but those of the other re iigious denominations are not known to the law. A. — Its offejt would be that each sectwould have ita own school, in which tba dogmas of a particular creed would be taught. Thj country would then be studded with smoll would bo impossible to carry the measure if that course was adopted, and the govern. ment continued to press it on the House. Mr.*R.t>iKis then aolioitod that three days should be allowed to elapae, but that too was denied; and the second reading of a , „• . ^ , , , , ... , '''11 relating entirely to Upper Canada waa and mflioient .«ohools, and the Naliona ,„,„ , ,. , , , ' „ • 1^ ""»"• ""■ . rv, .■ 1., , , '■'fi:''d through liy the Priest party of Lower System of Education would be utter y de» p „ .. , f ... „■,, . ,T ■ , •' ' Canada, before a copy of the Bill had found 8 troy 6(1 . y. — But have not the Roman Catiiotics a right to ttach their children after their own its way into tl,9 Upper Province I y.— Did any of the Upper Canadian mem ' bors vote for such an injurious measure ii,...i..„ i under such unheard of circumstances ? particular creed ? A. — Most naiirolly they hjv the public moneys should not bo devoted for ^ .1— Vos. Eight of them did so;vi»: — that p'jrposo. If such a ,«ystem h to be | J- A. Macd ).v.ii.n, the head of the present •ucmraged, the Siaie will soon bo found I Administration ; KoimRi Spincf, M'Oasx, endowing the schools of every «oot, and tho ' Po"sii., .Iames 11 )?s, It. !«iiiTn, Lvos, and Dr. .SiiiTiiHicK ! (.I— liut .lid n .t the ofl'.,ri8 of the Opposi- tion have some success? .■1— !'i:iloubti!dly tlioy had ; the Hill a< it was ai liritintrodiijol contiiinf^d some most cx;rsva;^uut .rbius^i?. All the Teachers in the L'oinni n .Sohooln of Upper Canada wore compelled by oM laws to bo llritisb sub- jects. Tiio. I jsuits, Kreros Chretiens, Nuns, "lid other I'.ipish brotherhoods and sifter- scnoosare n.,t exempt from the Common ,,„„,,, „„, „„ ,„,,„ ,„ |^„„„ ,„ i,,„ .S.hool tax, «■.,..„ too, pxy in .adJiti >.i to ; Cr„,vn of E.-.glaml, 'V. "ope is their onlv the charges uiad.. at thee private .ehooN. | aokiiowlelKed S ive.cign, and thi. debarred , c.urse pur.sucdtoiti,„„|v„n,heingTeaobers in the Common 1 W'fht features of the tonnexion bi.tween Church arid State inevitably introiuced, (p.— But do all children in the town« and cities go to the \;Ui jnal .Schools ? A. — Xo. There arc many private sctiools at which oiiildren are taught iiy acoom- pliolied individuals, I,,it with these tho gov- ernment iius nothing to do, aur do they re-. 1 ooive any money from tho state whatever.' Peri-ons seiilin;; their child-en to such : Tue Seperate School i Sohoola. T!ii8 dilliouliy had to bo ftjt over, j *' "S'^''^' "" • ''.» polling ,1 f;'o upoa the a'teaipt to divide, and eveatu»lly break down tlio (.!o uunn Ssliools. V— But is not tl: witM vespiK't to ill? ■'• — By no uiein,s. >-ou .^operate sciiooi r „,,,„.,■ . . ■ , , Act provi 1.. .hat.,ny U ouan Cath.lic shall, \ "' "'" ' ''''' ^'"'^ ''''" ""'"'" "'^" "'"'^ upon giving; i}rop.!r notic, be c.tempt Irom t le payuienl .if all rates imposed wi.-hiii tho ■ , , , . ... ' ' oonie ihoolHtacle, ,Ioiis A.MAi;i)ONAi,n put iimointlii! I!i!l nl'.nin'j tlie .Jesuits land othor la 1 ler j 1 fr.iter.iiiiM froui laViag nth of alle.!iaii'B l|pffiie didate ahould be on condition of hia eup- porting t..parate Schoola ? .1 — Moat certainly. That is the atipo- lated condition, as set forth in the Bishop'i pastoral letter. Q —Do y«u gather from tho language of the Biahop that ho will interfere in politio«I contests ? .<<.— .\o elher meaning can be attached to his words, and already secret negociatione with candidates 'lavo been concluded in thii matter. (^.— It would seem then to bo the duty of l'r«tes;ants to oppose this deep-laid scheme t'p destroy tho .Vali onal System of Educa- tion by every means in their power— by uniting in the support of those caiididatee ilone who will plcilgo themselves to abolish the .Sepirato iH^hool Act of H'lo, and to suppirt a \uvionsl System of K location ? .1. — Tliit is undiiub'edly the case. Protes- tants luvo ever been the friends of onlight- enel cdii:a'ior., and if they wish that the cause. .feluoatijiishouM prosper in Canida, tint .ilijei't .;an on be attainel by uphold^ ia,; ivitli a linn ro. Jve a uri;tol eliioMion- .-.iiit teachers should have complete con- i tr.jl in the toiio.ds. S > in orjor to over- :i.3 i ward or aeiiool section in which bo lives, (or 1 ti.e support orCoiumoii .SAooIh, as als.i from any .:oii;ribution t.i tiieRopporl of Libraries I "." j moved that' uii.Joratgod in | ",:,\t» ii.u; ' NAUA siiAi.i. iiR nairisu sfniucTs, a.s van- I themtslvos t.i bo Protestants, are leagued ' TiBEi) IH iiKjARn TO AM. oiiiRR coiiiioN j witU Rim\n Catholics in ' sapping"tthe ' sriL.nr. Tv.f-.ieuM i *',..„, I-.: .t,^ i i_ , , , . c innjcted therewith (^.— Is this act g«r.erul'j Upper Canadj ? | . .4.— It appears not. At tlie time it passed ! ' it created cousidcrai.lu i^xoitcmout. but the , ' KLKJTOU.S; Tho p'ain f,icts iiavo been put Inf ir.! y.iu in a plain way, by a plain- spiknn nun. .lu l,^.j.if th.) nia'.lor f.ir your- selves, and by your vote at Cvi polls deter- mine whether y m will return men pledged riiK rsAriinHs i< tiis r.)Mas I '" •'"'.'i"''"l"'-'^'*tionilSyito.u of E luxation, RKi'AUATB si;ii).)i.s .ir cn-itii ca- | orlo i-ivcy.jur v.Uej lothiMc who, professing VOTE FOR ELIJAH LEONARD, the unflinching opponent of SEPARATE SCHOOLS ! Prlnt*4 ■« tk* rail Paiaa »l«a> iak Prlatiai OMta, hmtm, U.W. '^^^