THE

CL E GY E E VE S IN R R S R CANADA.

WH E N the Province of C anada was conquered by

British ut a tur a o u the forces abo cen y g , its pop lation ' was us e c n ul excl ively Fr n h , and its religio f ly esta li h d h b s e under t e Roman Catholic form . They possessed ample endowments for the main tenance

bo of and u o th religion ed cati n ; and, in accordance

wi u an th the r les of Establishment, tithes were

f and are hi b en orced, they to t s day paid y members of that communionin Lower Canada;

fte c n u st ’ e r du A r the o q e , th re was g a ally an intro 'duction of settlers of British origin ; and at the

— conclusionof the revolutionary war which terminated

' in the e n n t he aes r ind p e de ce of United St t of Ame ica,

u . w en' the loyalists who abandoned that co ntry ere_

' ' c oi l raged to settle in the more we sterly portions of

t he o In 1 1 u v . 79 c nq ered pro ince the year , it was

‘ considered expedient to divide , the province into

L and r a a c o u ower Uppe C n da, as their respe tive p p

l ations h ad o u u bec me so diverse in lang age , c stoms ,

“ I n m t u conse and creed . fra ing the new Cons it tion

. quent upon this division of the p rovince,it was not

f e t as an r e t the orgott n hat, ample , p ovision xis ed for

A 2 4 maintenance of the Roman Catholic faith in L ower

u u Canada , some corresponding s pport sho ld be se

u c red for the Protestant religion in Upper Canada . As the adoption of tithes for this purpose was not

- of considered advisable , one seventh of all the lands

u of u the province , in lie of that ancient mode religio s

ui endowment , was req red to be set apart , in the

of u of progress the s rveys , for the maintenance a ' Prot stant Protestant Clergy. Why the term e was here employed, is explained by the fact that the tithe s endowments in the sister province existed v and ' u of R omas'; entirely for the s pport a clergy . The adoption of the term Protestant in this case woul d render more clear the obj ect and necessity of such an

of u u appropriation lands for religio s p rposes . And if ' r l u the term P otestant was iable to misconstr ction , as seeming to comprehend other religious bodies than

ur u ul b the National Ch ch , do bt wo d be removed y

of Cler c n the annexation the word gy whi h , accordi g

u e u to all existing legal sag , co ld only be felt to apply to the ministers of the Established Church of

England.

u di d un u A q estion , however arise , fo ded pon the “ ' ue of vag signification the term Protestant, as to the exclusive right of the Church of E ngland to this religious provision ; and the dispute which grew out of 1 840 it was only terminated in , when an Act was i 3 4 V . passed, ( and ictor a, chap finally disposing of u u and d all do btf l interpretations , deci ing that the “ terms Protestant Clergy might be construed to V 0 include other ministers than those of the Church of Englan d ; and assigning to t he latter about on e-half

' of the provision for religious instruction which here

u o tofore had been regarded as excl sively her wn . In the progress of discussion upon this p oint in the u Colonial Legislat re , the proposal was occasionally H u of , advanced and _ adopted in the o se Assembly that it was expedient to apply these reserved lands to the advancement of general education ; but this was a proposition uniformly ’ rejected by the Legislative

u ff u a Co ncil ; and , after many ine ect al ttempts at a 1 839 comp romise , it was , in , decided by the whole

u Provincial Legislat re , that the Clergy Reserve lands

r - ur should be e invested in the Crown. This meas e was founded upon the belief that a division of the property coul d be made by Parliament here with more prudence and j ustice than could be ensured

' of amidst the heat and strife local legislation . The Act of 1 840 was the result of this reference of the

u ri an d q estion to the Impe al Parliament, it was ex “ pressly stated to be for the final settlement of the

u n of t he of q estio the Clergy Reserves , maintenance

ffu of religion , and the di sion Christian knowledge ' . u not within that province That it was so j dged,

r of u of ut only by f iends the Ch rch England , b by

“ vi many of her political opponents , is e dent from the language of one who afterwards became most unac countably the advocate of the violation of that Act of

“ e m Mr . . R I CE 1 846 u n u s ttle ent _ P , in ,d ri g a disc ssion

~ w u n u in the L s ai e hich arose ~ po that s bject _ egi l t v “ - - con'ict ; that the country was settling dovvn in t the

3 and that thus one great source o f heart— burnings and'

nt to e attribute d ~the ris sentime is b , answe ready,

i A n political adventurerto sei'e upon with avdity. d

‘ r to u o it is impo tant here state that , d ring the period f

R u u t k in eserve q estion , that disr ption oo place the

C u c e o h rch of S otland , which nded in the formation f a- a muni n t e e u sep rate com o , s yl d the Fr e Ch rch ; and

a' u u u th t, however nnecessarily or nacco ntably , this controversy in the Established Church of the neigh

urin t the bo g coun ry extended to the colonies . When

a di u n s me sr ption took place in Canada, and whe the

’ ' larger body of s ecederscame tO regard the smaller body of adherents t o the Scottish National Church as

u u which , by their separation; they vol ntarily excl ded

— elv eaou combined iwith the thems es j l sy, heat of reli

u s e d ur gio s animo ity , l the members of the Free Ch ch to seek the overthrow of the settlement of 1 840 .

' ‘ Where no modification could be entertained by a party who professedl y abj ure d at - the outset all State

i ' n it was u u e e dowments and aid , not nnat ral that th y

' sion° a religi on by Which atheir rivals were so much benefited . j ‘ ' This w as a hap py op p ortunity f for the political

u u trader, who m st have a capital to work pon ; and

‘ ‘ were engaged in hearty advocacy of the abolition of F

‘ u endowment —it w as the Reserves as a religio s , easy to enlist other allies from among those who were nk lately apathetic . The ra s of that party were easily swe b the n u lled, too , y proposing catchi g l re , that the appropriation of these Clergy lands to ordinary edu

‘ cation woul d serve to relieve the people from a con siderable burden of taxation for the s upport of their ommn o th c o scho ls . At e S ame time it was becoming 8

u u a of r u i s al to elect the pre chers va io s denominat ons , as n u e s of o re tow ship s p rintendent scho ls , with a s ectabl e u u en e p salary, likely to be m ch a gm t d if the Clergy Reserv es could be thrown into the common

u u ur lli f nd ; _ and so it was not nnat al that the a ance and hearty supp ort of those shoul d be secure d in this

who ul d u u agitation , co th s transfer the reven es of the

us u de r religio endowment into stipends, n r anothe

c u c s un usti These combined irc mstan e , however j

fiabl u u im y and wickedly , acc m lated strength and

io was d portance to the agitat n . Political capital ma e

u on one u of s to abo nd the hand , and the l re intere t

e on the i c nn e t he act d other ; and th s , o ect d with al arm which can be thrown into simple minds by re-awakening the an cient cry of danger to religious

“ e asil roduced u of c i u liberty, yp that amo nt fier e d sc s sion and turmoil which woul d warrant the Parliamen tary aspirant in bringing it more formallybefore the

In corresponde nce with this feeling— created by means so unprincipled and on grounds so little to be respected— the Address to Her Majesty to allow of renewed and local legislation upon the Clergy R

in the of serves was moved by Mr . Price Parliament

u of 1 85 0 in Canada , in the s mmer ; professing an

c s u e tention to respe t the interests of pre ent inc mb nts , but abstaining from any declared Opinion as to what should be the ultimate disposition of that property . As “ the question now was merely whether it was ex 9 p e dient or not to legislate anew upon these Reserves in the Colony ; and as many , a large body of the

o C French R man atholic members esp ecially , felt

u u themselves nder no pledge , by s pporting this view, to vote ultimately for their alienation to secul ar p ur

dr r . poses , the Ad ess was ca ried

of r so What followed is a matter histo y recent,

u u that I need not dwell pon it f rther than to say, a e that E rl Gr y, when Colonial Secretary , having been

the u prevented, by change of Ministry in Febr ary 1 85 2 , from bringing in a Bill to comply with the prayer

of the e m a u Legislative Ass bly in Can da , the s cceed ing “ Government adopted— what appears to a large majority of sound-hearted men in the Colony the con stitutional and truly British course— t he resolution of declin ing to recommend to Parliament here any action which woul d allow of unrestricted or unconditional legislation upon the property of the Church in

Canada .

of s ub of No body men , in propo ing the s version

s u of or ancient in tit tions , or the alienation property

of un privileges long in the possession others, are so reasonable as not to offer some plea or show of right

for the violent changes they are seeking to bring about .

n u The Canadia Legislat re , accordingly , goaded by

th e ur of ri ht clamo s a party , claim the g to this local

r of tu action f om the terms the Consti tional Act itself.

c It is ontended, that as they are there invested with power to vary or repeal the provisions of that

A ct c c nstitutionaL , they are only exer ising a o right 1 0

i h in dealing absolutely W th this property . That t ere is an evident misapprehension as to the meaning and

of r hu fre m extent the powe s t s conveyed, is proved

’ Her Ju the Opinion of Majesty s dges themselves , who , ' 1 3th 1 840 u on the April , , expressed themselves pon the words vary or rep ea as follows 2‘ ' * M — I n f answ er ue c yLords , to the q stion se ondly

- 41 st section of the statute is p rosp ective only,and

of of c be Assembly either the provinces , annot ex

’ r riation o lands the p op f , and not to comprehend

' which have been already made under prov1 s1 0 ns of

‘ ‘ ' the A ct,while such p row s1 ons continued unrepeale d

o the; li e other w rds , Provincial Par ament , by the forc ' “ “ 7 7 of clause had w to un that , po er vary the amo t of

“ a ro riation 'from v e p p p , a se enth to a tenth, or a tw n ' tieth and l of , for example ; to repea the power making further reservations of lands beyond what

' ah ead were y set apart for that purpose .

_ E qually unfounded is the claim that the Ideal 1 1

surely cannot be a Colonial property which w as

reov a in which the disputed p roperty l ies . Mo er; fter

“ certain extent as proprietors of the v l soil in Upp er

the , ti h o n en t are from them by Bri s G ver m t, and hey

“ by t he British Government both by conquest and'

“ ‘ r f i ed in t - ease it could a l bc r si e be conced his , h rd y e st d

“ and not unfrequent-ly the inconvenience of such reser 1 2

The all eged discontent that will prevail in Upp er

ul r u c n Canada, sho d the eq ired provin ial legislatio upon the Clergy Reserves be resisted by the Impe

tu u as st rial Legisla re , is often add ced the rongest

' argument for their total surrender to the local autho

‘ riti u e us un es. This wo ld b dangero gro d on Which

i u concession t b to make s ch a , as es a lishing a pre cedent which would unsettle the title to all property

had o i that rig nally been the grant of the Crown .

' ‘ ’ I n L ord D urham s R e ort 84 p , page , we find the fol lowing on the subject of grants of lands In Upper Canada acres have been

t b u f gran ed to U . E . Loyalists , eing ref gees rom the a United St tes, who settled in the Province before 1 787 hi s , and their c ldren ; acre to militia m en; to disch arged soldiers and sailors ; to magistrates and barristers ; to executive councill ors and their famili es ; to

a r n clergymen , as priv te property to pe so s contracting to make surveys ; to officers of the army and navy ; for the endowment of

' schools ; to Colonel Talbot ; to the

D r . u a heirs of General Brock , and to Mo nt in , h 'u ' a former Bis op of ebec making altogether, with

R of ur the eserves , nearly half the s veyed lands of ' ' the Province . Now , says a Colonial newspaper, “ t i is it not s range that, while the time of the Leg s

“ ture u u n u la , to the val e of tens of tho sa ds of po nds , has been expended in fruitless legislation upon the

u to m a Clergy Reserves , no man vent res i pe ch the 1 3 titles to the extensive grants above described I shall as k whether legislation upon the one would not be as legal and equitable as upon the other '

B ut the di scontent, so studio usly set forth as ari sm the s of g from present po ition this property, e on a I t l d to xists only the surf ce . is imite a few

a t c or nu of le ding poli ical haracters , a small mber agitators in the ranks of various religious denomina

i of e e t ons ; it has not penetrated to the heart the p opl ,

'u u u of and has no in ence _ pon the general q iet the

am c f land . That I orrect in this a firmation , recent s a event in the history of th t province serve to prove . Through the in'uence and exertions of the leading

‘ a r a i s agit tors already eferred to , the l st elect on in Upp e r Canada were made to turn almost exclusively

' u o u 1 r p n the Clergy Reserve q estion . Pr or to thei ~ - u was having taken place , m ch strong feeling ex pressed upon this subject ; m any public meetings were held by the Opponents and the advocates of the “ retention of the Reserves to religious uses; The most unscrupulous efforts were employed to create i u all mpressions hostile to the Ch rch , in short, that c ul be a n o d done by gitatio and misrepresentation ,

ur of, was resorted to , to sec e the election members

“ ul ul who wo d vote away this property to sec ar uses .

’ But what has been the result ? O ut of forty-two

the u a members ( q ot of Upper Canada'elected, eighteen have declared themselves in favour of the retention of the Reserves for religious instruction by

“ Mr two and . a recent vote ; , Sir Allan Macnab 1 4

I llurne i v e e y, dec ded advocates of the same iew , w r

d . ri absent from that ivision ; and one , Mr P nce , can hardly be expected to persevere in voting against his long-avowed principles and his uniforni action in the

u - u u previo s Parliament . It m st have been a q estion

“ of detail rather than of principle which led a ge ntle

' a r but u s e tem O rar t di ppa ent, let hop p y, con ra ction .

‘

t i him . our So hat , claim ng as ancient and always

h oldi ng the C l ergyfReserve s for reli gious uses ; then

“ w e had but seventeen entertaining that view out of

e n seats in Upper Canada at the last gen ral electio ,

O f five u l t but . and os five these , the constit encies

o f two— Cornwall and Niagara— are believed to be ‘ ' decidedl y in favour ofgthe maintenance of the Clergy

e r u d Reserves ; the seats w re lost on pe sonal gro n s,

r o those of local interest only . And this was ; the

u u res lt, it sho ld be remembered , after the exercise

of tr u u u r the most steady , s en o s , and np incipled e xertions on the part of o ur opponents'

t u S i , In con emplating th s res lt , there is a pecial

f u u u f eat re , bearing pon the whole q estion , o which 1 5

r e a t l . _ M . we ought no to ose sight Pric , the le ding

' on advocate l n the last Parliament for, the seculari ati

st is s t of the Clergy Reserves , lo h ea in the Second

n Of Y u . Ridi g ork , and is s cceeded by Mr Gamble,

M N tman u a . o _ r a m , , Conservative Ch rch n , among the foremost and most talented in opposition tO the

C ur n . by Mr . Willson , another Conservative h chma

t he e Mr . Morrison , one of leadingd baters against the w Reserves as a religious endo ment , gives place to

ur i Mr . Wright , a Ch chman , in the F rst Riding of

cons 1 cuous for animo n Y . s ork , Mr Macfarlane, p his y

' a l us to the Reserves as re igio endowment, is rejected ' u a . u in the co nty of Well nd , and Mr Street , a ealo s

in ’ u m o . f Ch rch an , is elected his ro m So that our

1 n the u u tu c s o f gentlemen , most pop lo s consti en ie the t province, who had aken the most prominent part in

to ur a n b seeking despoil the Ch ch , were be te ytheir

o opponents ; and what is , p erhaps , m re significant,

. of tu dis Mr Price, in taking leave his consti ents ,

tinctl e r c h im an c y d clared that, m ej e ting d ele ting

. di the Mr Gamble , they had, given, their ver ct against

u 't sec lari a ion of the Clergy Reserves . B ut I am enabled to adduce another test of this

s P triot one - of the o s Reserve , The Toronto a , lde t

t u in- U er d has and mos respectable jo rnals p Cana a, l p

u ni us w ul i t f r shed ith a tab ar statement, from wh ch i

the Conservative religious party have gained seats 1 6 amounts to while the population of those which our opponents have gained amounts only to

th e u Again , same jo rnal shows that the

‘ whole number of votes given to the Conservative religious party at the last elections in Upper Canada was While those given to their opponents was only Furthermore, on t he showing of that

ul n u paper, the whole pop atio (adopting the cens s as then published'represented by the Conservative party amounts to while that represented by their opponents is only

u the r of C ur of By the last cens s , membe s the h ch

' England in Upper Canada number and

of ur of 5 7 71 8 those the Ch ch S cotland, , ; both having a defined and vested right in the property of the R C . o lergy eserves M reover , grants have been n ually made from the proceeds of these R eserves to Ministers of the United Synod of the Presbyten an

u c s M Ch r h in Upper Canada, and to We leyan etho

“ dists i a presumption that these bodies are not at ' least universally in favour of the alienation of the

us e o if e e r u . S Res rv s from eligio p rpos s that , to the combined numbers of the Churches of England and u w e Scotland, amo nting to add the adhe rents of those other religious bodies who are i o dl benefit ng by this end wment, we shall har y allow

, o urselves to say that a maj ority of the lj rotestant p opulation of Upper

— are Opposed

’ of Clergy Reserves for religious objects . Some them

1 8

n ow c u b and case , be a se they are all eing sold, t hey are rapidly falling into the hands of individuals for

u act al settlement .

of ‘ d b State endowments religion , it is conten ed , y

u t n of sec ring a too grea independe ce the Clergy ,

u of B ut n endanger the p rity religion . ot so with the Clergy Reserves since it has been shown by t he - H Inspector General , Mr . incks himself, that the share of the Church of England in Upper Canada

can never exceed sterling per annum ; and

u no l o0l by existing reg lations , stipend exceeding . currency per annume an be allotted to any individual

- u Clergyman from that so rce .

u -of They will, some arg e , lighten the taxes the

u a rO rl ated people , if they sho ld be p p p to ordinary “

u . B ut n ot s u ffi n ed cation o, nless the a rmatio be

hypocritical and a mockery, that they who contend for the abolition of all endowments of religion are

u u ready to give freely, by vol ntary contrib tions , for the service of religion; What would be saved in

of this last case , by the application in its stead a

u ul p blic endowment , let them appropriate to sec ar

u u u of ed cation . It wo ld be a pr dent shifting the

u burde - vol ntary hfi the fixed income to religion , and the voluntary one to education ; the fixed income for

c v no u a u that whi h men ha e nat ral t ste for s pporting, the voluntary one for that which worldly and per

sonal considerations would impel them to uphold .

ul m n as There wo d anifestly be kind ess , well as

m u . wisdo , in sec ring this transition for them 1 9

of on Again , we are told , the maintenance religi is secure without the aid or application of a special endowment but the case or history of no nation can be adduced in which t hat rash assertion is proved . e h The xperiment , w erever it has been tried , has

' u l ' emphatically failed. S ch a and has either been

u w h nfi or u overr n it i delity , the p re image of Chris

’ tianit s 'i extrava ant f orms of y, amid t con cting and g a - h s . error , been well nigh lost All history attests

of su u i the necessity pplying, from comp lsory or nde

u u of pendent so rces , what the nat ral depravity man is averse to . And how would the spoliation contemplated in the application of the Clergy Reserves to secular

u u d the ed cation , contrast with precedents f rnishe by dealing of the Government of the United States with a similar property The endowments of Trinity

u Y u Ch rch , in New ork , their origin and val e , are well

- r known . They were the gift of a B itish Sovereign

“ u c u e to the Ch rch of England in that o ntry, and th ir “ t u do a T he es imated val e is now of ll rs .

u u the ann al reven e from this endowment , at legal

of in u a u of rate interest that co ntry, is ne rly do ble

of what can ever . be derived from the share the Clergy Reserves held by the Church of England in

s Upper Canada . Attempt , from time to time, have been made to divest Trinity Church of that endow

but u ment ; all have failed, and she is now sec re in its

e . in V poss ssion Again , the State of ermont , there

be s h t e s were Gle Land eld , for a long erm of y ar , by 20

ur 1 805 u the Ch ch which , in , the Legislat re of that State passed an Act to appropriate to the support of

‘ . 1 81 9 u u ui Schools In a s it was bro ght, in the Circ t

u recover of Co rt of the United States , for the y these

' was e ur laintifi s lands it d cided in favo of the p f and ,

' 1 823 was ffi e in in March , the judgment a rm d the

u e u at \Washin ton n of s x S prem Co rt g , by the Opi ion i

u . j dges , against one dissenting

of u i c If, in defiance law and j st ce , and in ontra

° vention of the u of in all precedents , Ch rch England Canada is to be deprived of her unquestionable rights , what ecclesiastical p roperty in the empire is anywhere safe Should her revenues be sacrificed

u or u o in Canada, beca se a real pres med maj rity

s of u demand it, can they , with the ame weight arg m 'u ent and high moral in ence , be preserved in

ad ? one e of the e Irel n And if, in d p endency emp ir a be u au and fter another, they given p to a c seless u u u the ' nj stifiable clamo r , how long shall same con cession be withheld in England C ut away the power and vitality of the extremities and will the heart be safe

ut of i ul u B , speaking agitation , t wo d not be q elled

‘ in Canada by the mere sacrifice of the Clergy R e

u u serves as a religio s endowment . If a p blic property for the support of religion in Upper Canada be swept

of u . away, the rich endowments the Romish Ch rch in

Lower Canada cannot long be preserved . It is need

’ u a le ss to speak vag ely and abstr ctedly, as some

ff of u choose to do , of the di erence the ten re by which 2 1

i they are respect vely held . The gift of a British king is as binding in the eye of law and ‘ conscience as the bequest of a French monarch ; the endowment solemnl y guaranteed by Act of Parliame nt is as strongly guarded by right and equity as the bequest i f u or o . of individ als , the g ft corporations And if

u a -f the arg ment gain respect , that Protest nt endow

ur of u ments endanger the p ity religion, as sec ring

u on too m ch independence the p art of the Clergy, it must be even stronger to prove that Romish endow ments — especially if there be no coun terpoise from Protestant ecclesiastical property— involve a greater

i tu u but i u per l , not only to spiri al p rity, to rel gio s

The very prin ciple upon which the advocates of

ul ' of d the sec ari ation the Clergy Reserves procee ,

or dr will , sooner later , ive them into this view of

. ll the case . They will be compe ed , by the strong

u w c ul to clamo r to hi h themselves have given imp se ,

con be consistent in their plun der. They will be

t u s rained to this , beca se the despoiled Protestants , already in the United Provi nces exceeding the whole

un amo t of Roman Catholics , cannot be expected to look with complacency upon the large and untouched p ossessions of the Romish hierarchy. N or will this feelin g be slightly aggravated by the action of Roman Catholic members in bringing about

u u of O s ch an iss e the controversy . In ctober last,

f H di unre u o . the resol tions Mr incks , deman ng stricted legislation upon the Clergy Reserves by the 22

Parhament — at of the Canadian , were the proposal

first amendment — supported by seventeen members

Caa n from Upper n da, and twe ty from Lower Canada ; including in the latter eighteen of the Roman Catholic persuasion. They were opposed by eighteen members

and f u from Upper Canada, o r from Lower Canada ;

u l n e two a c m r incl ding , the latt r , Roman C tholi me be s .

' bers on both sides had abstained from voting, — as

' they should have done in a quest1 on of Protestant t u — the u h a Ch rch property, vote wo ld ve been nineteen

’ to o o f one Hincks s twenty , or a maj rity against Mr .

u c indul Again , it sho ld be recolle ted that a special gence— steadily denied to the Church of England

o u l n a has been conceded to the R mish Ch rch C nada ,

n un u in allowi g them , der the Ed cation Law, separate schools for the instruction of the ch ildren of their h n . ul t e be own creed Sho d Clergy Reserves , the ,

d u du a forfeite for p rposes of ordinary e c tion , they

u wo ld , as respects the Roman Catholics in Canada,

rel ion go almost directly to the propagation of their ig .

' A share of the revenue of that property would be received for their separate schools ; and these separate

u of u c schools are nder the control their Ch r h , and directed by their priests . h s Eit er, then , leave the Protestant endowment to r their original application , or sweep away eve y vestige of ecclesiastical property from every quarter of the

u u i d d United Provinces for if this eq al j st ce be enie , 23 the province will take the exacting of -it — with all

— the s ad resul ts of a war of. religious parties into

u n e t r their own hands , m ch soo r than the h eat of col lision will be reali'ed shoul d the Imperial Govern ment not concede to the mixed Canadi an L egislature

- t l i of u t n . he P t the _ r ght seq estra i g _ rotestan C ergy

Reserves .

“ I trust I have said enoughIto show, that the

’ d n ul i d H er s eclaratio , sho d be ma ntaine by Maje ty s

ut hs Government, p forth some mont ago by the

on of R H . , _ ight Secretary State for the Colonies “ that they are unwilling to g1ve their consent and su ul of c u “ pp ort to an arrangement , the res t whi h wo ld too probably be the diversion to other purposes of the

nl u u t o y p blic f nd, except that devo ed to the endow h l u ment of the Roman Cat o ic Ch rch , which now exists for the support of divine worship and reli ' u gions instr ction in the Colony . Whil e this declaration has given great joy to many

u u — 0 tho sands of loyal s bjects in Upper Canada, c m

nk u n prised in the ra s of other religio s denomi ations ,

as ur as well of the Ch ches of England and Scotland,

— it c u i annot be a gro nd of real compla nt with any . Th e people of that province are comparatively young

r u in their f eedom , and they have the ex berance of youth in the manifestations of their constitutional li B ut berty . , while loyal to this Crown and Empire, a i they are loyal lso to the obligations of relig on ,

u u r order and j stice . No p blic sentiment will eve

n the sanctio an interference with Royal privilege , or 24

kingdom ; no public Opinion there will uphold the

“ n O f u w t er th e spoliatio rightf l proprietors , he h ey b di r T h corporate bo es O individuals. e vast maj ority

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enthusmsm u n chimerical in their pon that poi t, the “ great bulk O f the population are practically aware Of

ff tu W of un r the ine ec al orkings the vol ta y system , and are desirous that there should be blended with the partial dependence Of their ministers upon the Offer

i ous o bf m en g teaching, and render them to ls

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