No preview available
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1889-07-19, Page 4•; some: brit of arpelty and agitMAIM ill a iilstsd, based on splraeiitite The eldrit of Oittigeiwet niand arcs, - ._ ,., ,.,, „, ... bat nobly struggled awed liberated num, +T1t1 V 19, 11888" from, the thraldom of Rowe, England and Germany, atill laved in Canada. Se did. not tear a repetition of "thew TWEE H JULY.-t7trutt eta the. peccant tpossgi ea render snob anipesuble. • The safety -of Protestantism tendered A Rig Deman :ration hi Wingham, necessary for its defence a combiva tion of the different religions organs Wiens. The Orange organisation was today stronger than ever before. There was in •it less drinking, blas- phemy and dissipation of every kind than in years gone by. Theoceaaion demanded that they stand shoulder to shoulder in the strength of Christ, whilst threatened by our enemy. We had nothing to fear if Protestants were united and watchful as in other lauds he believed Rnmish power to be tottering. What Orangemen. demand. ed was equal rights against an institu- tion that was chiefly a political organi- zation. The policy of Roman Catholicism was to take advantage of every advantage offered for ecolesiasti. cal aggrandisement. They can run up the scale of one political party and down the other. There were at pres- ent 10,000 Protestant ladies attending Catholic institutions of.learning in Canada. This the` speaker strongly condemned. Bev.•W. F,'Wilaon, of Toronto,— the leading speaker of the day. --•was then called' upon and was received with •'cheers. Ile congratulated the management on the success .that at- tended the demonstration. Ile was au Irishman by nationality improved by baing born in Canada. ' He was ,proud .of being an Orangeman and o what the ;Roble organization _ had aclaia.tted.' Ile came to address them rto+day not:as ai minister, or a politi- Alan, but as a eitizen,animated neither .by bigotry or fanaticism. 1f to de- fend our inherited British • liberty, freedom and rights were to be oonstru ed as bigotry, then he was:a bigot, He referred to the eveuts of 1750, 1812, 1867, 1872 and said that oils liberties were again imperilled 11 -a foe hidden; subtle, and de. e•giijn. whose objeot was •the destructiiiri of Protestantism. They 'were eii4p4 in this object when separate aehecdr ysrere conceded and again when the • Bible in Ontario was thrust out ;of the schools. . Another peril was pounced when ""the scoundrels of Rome' were given iiiearporatton under t'he name of the, Jesuits.. 'Orangemen were avexl3e to persecution, althougI4 • tl)e (attolic creed and worship was obpni ; sous when special pr'ivil'eges were granted to the' Jesuits -that Chat}-na- gadel - of ` Rontieh•' • superstitibes Lr• Orangemen' objected. ' The Cardinal of Quebec and seven out of ten i;;ishops objected to' the ' Jesuit 'endowtimeiit, but after the Cardinal' returned- from Rome, where lie had gone ;to'be`blessea or , cursiid,' 'they presented ' a solid front, 'Noir the Protestant 'ohua:olies ought to unite and give 'no uncertain sdund. They ought'to sot as'they talk and -vote and pray. Both politi. cat parties had' deserted the truth and trunkled to the hierarchy: "Rem- nant's" bad saved the people in' the Past. Altltough'to'the - a"noble thir- teen" who had risen 'above party'`in aur Canadian 1 arirat eht, W ughi}m had the honor ef,"posseaeing c olio qi these, We take the 1'iugld'and reeohq their . aentimeuts." In the trying situation we i'eQttaire all our strength and voting' power ;q -meet and van- quish a greedy; grasping, tyrannical', unscrupulous enemy, governed ' f'rq`rlt the city situated 'on. seven hillsn Rely—Moine. It was said that safety necessitated the removal of 'the 'Pope to Spain --he might go to Ball yrack"i f he. wiWhed;'- The 3esuite originated • in 1628 and were devoted to ""parity, poverty and' ' gelieral devilment." Whilst they had nen of patience, who endured suffering, 'their record was bad and'*they' 'Were, banished.Ay saventy' sovereigns. They ought t6 liave•no epeciit,i :recognition by' way of endewments or incorporation. The. present agitation bed become general, deep and earnest ; great wrong had been •oatnmitted' on Canadians and the pulpit, and tho press should snake this a lasting agitation'till redress is granted. , He had been cautioned against sowing the seed of dissention : and disturbing the permanency of Confederation. an believod - Cots. federation, Protestaintisns, the word of life, liberty of speech, notion and of rite press were here to stay. ifs how= o'er they hill to , be maintained. by special endowments and privileges, if the Pope instead of . the sovereign,. ;,,• lit Wright, of Got"rie, was the was to mei° out otir rights and deo. • .at" rkor Ha was gratified at the tate ta'gialation,then let Confederation a crf this gathering„ He than be smashed anci a grander dominion; ti c d r formed ' ..i fire ptutiisuu nus n ii ed from run in the basis of equal rights ;sting' of the firss .oi Smitlafiald' `to All end special privil lea ty neve.! algae of the great struggle What•• err deuseuded . •i.s.. parr for ilatitelieisin and Niteroi tfrel all, one language, one School system. 12,000 TO 10,000 PEOPLE PRESENT— 5$ STAND Or ORANGE COLORS ---DRUM AND IFE MUSIO GALORE -17001 US • SPEEORES. BY BEV.. W. F. WILSON AND ' OTunns. .111,11.1111. Great preparations had been made. 'ler the reception of visiting Orange lodges, friends and spectators in Wing - hath on the 12th of July. The ooureo 4 ;events proved that the provision, 'made was.not more than adequate. The 'town hall, the skating rink, a number of vacant buildings, several shops transformed into eating houses, 'greatly extended hotel accommodation -and dozens of booths erected along the ,streets supplied the means whereby .tho multitudes were fed in a reasonable •Mine. The purveyors of fruits and refreshments all appear to have done well and express great satisfaction. Pretty: arches, several large andnumer• ous small flags floated to the breeze, giving quite a holiday aapeet to' .the • ` town. Farmers' teams and other con- •veyaracea poured in all forenoon, thou- , sands coming in this way. The town • band and Wingham Orange lodge met the G T R special from the east at 9 ra. m., which brought ten coaches of visitors, amongst which was a number of lodges. A procession was then formed and marched to the 0 P B sta- - s tion to meet the lodges and visitors from Rarriston, Wroxeter, iGorrie, &c. Here the crowd was greatly augmented On the retain there vats a general:bnt' orderly dispersion to dinner, afterithe arrival ' and welcoming of the very . large contingents coming in •yen the Kincardine and -London .trains,. By noon the , entire length -of Josephine street was an almost solid mass of • people, groups -gathering in proximity to lodges, here fife and Bruin were vigorously ;plied. Whilst frequent, couunentswore heard,ae to the rQsfieo • tability of the gathering, 'it might be . el/ars/devised as medley--old;:young,.. • orale, female, combinations that au- ured well for future 'happy relation• ships -peculiarities, oddities, varieties 'in expression, garb, gait, in short, a rich treat for the student of •human nature. In the lodges ,night be noised veterans in the order and raw',strip'liaie recruits, colors dazzling aiid costly* ' ui, others sof Led atad'ri'c Gh "i, atn with • irerj ent er possires.' ' )n unzip• out of h'c ranks of Orangemen geLyett and. exiiberdnt st irits 'prevailed.' Care end atiti ne look's were well' nigh banished.. The confusion 'and jostling' en the' treets were constant during- the day, but the beat of feeling prevailed and • when the day's proceedings were over soaaruely a man could be noticed. under Ate influence of tangle.leg. The crowd dispersed: 5uickly and quietly, Ind by 9 o'clock the town was almost . .0 quiet as Oa ordinary occasions. `.'Chis feature was remarked by all as a .tecaliarly gratifying one. in the afternoon ,the lodges alt as. • .embled in Recreation park and'cer. :airily wade a' formidable' array, there :acing sterid of voters, In fact, the :uree:xoi'&: park was pretty` -well cover : d , 'I' grand 'procession; was- formed, which mashed. to Tanrlya's grove, bousands of visitors 1iloviitg concur. The procession leaving reached the Dronnds, 'all the available seating ac— ;.,tnmodation was occupied and stand- . -g cermet within bearing dietanoe was solid abtay o f peopte-'.matb and o male, old and 'young, being' inclis• tninately bended. On the platforan • :ret W.1I Clegg, Goi•rie; Rev W F `ilson, Taranto ; Rev J Livingstone, •nte-n'; Rev Messrs'Soott,llfocrhouse .3 •iliortt, Wingham ; Rev Moore re, 0oburn and Wright, of Gorrie ; .:.;;iii, of Wbitecburoh•i Torrance; of ' Vs. ",tut ; Tongs, of Blyth ; Godfrey, '1clgrave ; Mr 3oht .11a.ird, of Iain- •;iii": ; Major Keine, f Gorrio ;„ W • ,:g, D I3 Calbkclt, Wiugltani; W 11 n., R Gerry, of 13ruasels, and Others. ',.suety Abater. W II Clegg, of Gor- jildia;kously ,resided. Oa coming • r .Lr l he requested that a collection -Joltupto aid in defraying•tha` ,y:i of testing the legality :l:d haulm' Rstates Act. John 'Scott, of Winghatn, opened -ate oacnoat and appropriate .I1 I 1 , w . JI 1-.-•. `'it we' secure' I'M thin' yOlthf 00104a *111 pile; dwindle and Joe* all its stn fluence, Venation is hair guarani: of 'freedoms, and liberty, • What ,Qrangeinent 'and- Protestant want is liberty, --,-nett liaeuae,erfaix field and 'no feels, To secure think we must give the back: to popery and, ap peace, to Rome" --- intolerant, superstitions, tyrannical Rome. In her peaceful happy rule of 52 Years, Qtlebeo prQv- - incewas the first • portion of the em• pith to ;insult her Majesty by asking a foroigu potentate to mould her. legislation. . Cardinal Alarming lead said. that V'ictoria's sway was .gone over England." Re wished to send. a meeadge to the Cardinal assuring him that Victoria's sway was not gone in Canadite=ein Ontario, in Quebec. If the., parliadrenc at Ottawa or in Quebeo,,were under the shadow of. the 1tatican, the people of 'Canada were not, Malay: 200,000 loyal Orangemen sing "God Save the Queen," who do not wish to be dictated to or governed by the principles of Cardinal Manning. Thrnugh'the servility of our politicians the Oatholics could crank the. whip and get what they wished. W.e roust purify our politics• -Provincial .irndDominion. We must set ourselves firmly against. apeoiallegislation. All nunneries and other institutions must be inspected and have the: light thrown in upon them`—the light of Bethlehem's star, The years 1605 and 1688 were oom• 'memorative of great events. The present was a struggle between light and darktness, freedom and bondage, good and evil, King and pontiff. Whilst we were not likely to have any more Boynes or sieges of; Derry, Rome had not changed. She is still as big - f otted, intolerant, tyrannical as ever inclined to control the will, 'mould the thoughts and direct the actions of her people.. We must rise ahDyearty and teach Rome-governad and Priest ruled politioiiu4s that our rig is .and libertie R can't' by " eaerificed:F's, very - repreaentatjye -who proved traitor to otir interepts most go. ' (rangenien were alayays loyal, and a way first . in ganati<ia n def-- }.866, '72 and '85 00 e e r• the eremost `rank Of Chop w1 o asserted' Our rights. They .were, pot for •war, but when that '•l rends' -demagogue, -:- 't that oon teanptiille : Cite-=.goep on a viait to the' Pope •and' . returns with Ilia bittrns, then defiantly en- acts ' 1agialatimi .subversive of an edlualitfand justice, it }s'time to be- istir utii'selves:•• • 4. W gife once taug h•t a saluitoi7' lesson to the French—a Wolseley could do It again Te ' the old sword is drawn it must be for victory;' We slay `"Let tis "be genpr-. nous,"- ltut.'the R Catholic says', !'I'11 see:"' Barre ez}ys no, I live* eon; quer!' "'But the signs indicate shat yip if ygs to fall. ' The poet says j -- r '!,' o'w shall perish I writs that search, 1n the' ro e-t that dlhe'14as ltpil't i ' . Parish bofaal'ess and ablibrre'd-4 ' •feep ia:'rIni as in guilt:'" ' . The system is maintained by ignore duce' ''and•9ppiression, but her pimple must yet rise and' claim the liberty of Rod: Let us leave faith in God, who is good; wise, pq yerful, tho'God Of history and of ] ithvidenge, who raised up a dioses, .a Ohrist, a Luther, a John Knox, Williaq of Orange, of immortal fame. He is' our God stili and Will raise up .one who , will cause the banner of erluai `rights to 'float from the Atlantic to the;Paoifio.. We must also adhere to • prinoiple, Rome - bound politicians must go and men of backbone and honor legislate for bur country's honor, freedom, education. 1f not let us say : "When help me GUI, I'll quit you" A Cromwell is needed today. Ile was a uoble•man; a Protestant .from centre to dircumfer- ence. To him the ` 'ape listened and quit when he spoke. Had Sir John A.. Macdonald said, ;'you can't ' have this Estates' Bill," Mercier wot;ld have gone off like a• whipt cur. Had Mowat, when Separate schools were. granted; lopped John Joseph in the face and said r'No," it •would ,halve settled that question, But boneless piilitioians h,gve acceded to all their wishes. Mover has said "Let us.be true." I say the same note. Let us stand true to the -principles of our or-` ganizatiott. Leet the votes o every honest'Orangel'nau be. Cast along with those of other true'citerdens it. favoj ;of the legislators pledged to grant speciiat legislation to twilit. Serely we pieta be as wise as they an set iin concert for oar delivery and security from tk tho• lie' or Jesuit•otteroacliinetits. Ireliand,. the btesded land' of poeta, orators, tatestnen, warriors, of green echoes, slab soil,salubrioua, affiliate and wenn -- carted people, has tong been cursed. i t. night be rendered contented anal r•isperous were the nitre end ohristi- i pity substituted for the .Popo and um. Canada is entitled to -sur .au. . rem loyalty. We must cultivate a ' ational spirit. We don't want a " d sit au p exation or Commercial Union. 'Iaet MO Tether be Oan talaiis'.and obristiana. Herein. lie die s fr speaker• closed• with' an eloquent' moo, Laxn►g: nu arituu>;ents peroration, urging edheresee and at' yet, whl'ls•bldivg .nodes a~ ..,eg p ipi.s .And dour forth vulgar abuse. taahmtints to •Oran a riga rising equal to ,tb; l irient national solution,of Dr. Vavea'e Q; emergenuy. , e was 'loudly applaud. paradox, to society is • a eases. r, de ams► ta, ti dritahlu d that t ►'n+oi'a►1* ed, • yet there are many ,.geou Jo:14 lT f ar must leave -that to Dt.Oaven, Casho 9 'Laymen and all 'who wish to take =t !up. Each will find ai different whit .. jtign, according to the estitiiiite he plane's upuaa the JrsuitL It nsay be ubeerved, however, that societies are to be judged 'not by excel:). antral iu.lividuals and cadea, but by "their general acopi, and tenor. Catlin., lie Layman slays he hats been: benefited ruder the spiritual jurisdiction of thai Jesuits. WeB, we are glad Y,f that. cud if the Jesuits coudued themselves to such work, no hike Weeper kava► been raised nguliint them. ' The truth Is, that n:•twit1istauding tlltir voWs and supposed poverty, they ere not satisfied witbolit Government aid, and have design* in view more than your corres oudont Seeps aware of. Ile netts for specific, charges. Well, he has heard what Macaulay,' Hallam, the'Freuch Parnell:wet and Pope C.e- went Lave said., Further extracts condi be give, from the Pope's Brief, as well as othf r strongly condemnntory passages froth ether authors of reputes in regard to the pest, 'but I forbear. Mr. Chas, Lindsey, in his able work,: Rome. in' Canada." says ; "" A virulent attack on- the Arch- bishop of Quebee, the University of Leval, the Seminary of Sulpioe, and all eeeIeeiastical dignitaries who op* posed their pretensions, appeared in the summer of 1884,eutitled, .Ga source' rlu mat de I'Alaofue au Canada, par au (Jat/wliyue. Li this pamphlet the Jesuits announce their intention (1). to procure the.restoration of the Jesuits' Estates, (2) to monopolize university education, (8) to•obtain such an alter• atiou of the election law as will eteanpt the clergy,fi'omi the consequences of exerting• undue influence at political s, eleotions,. and (4} . to reprove every trace of laioism from :the.publio and Formal Schools, malting the Province en a acct copy of a model Oathotic polautry j;l tete middle ages." ' Fresh enQthep .pamphlet, published in 187`47 entitled fa'Mllpgyoire mea' las Liens den gesuits en .Cfmrfajcf.• 'gr z#ly .jeeuite," 4e shows that the terrerst f exop1 'nu ication have been held up to the exeeq. t• lire and legialatiye authorities, if they • . will not comply with their demirn1s for restoration of the Estates, a matter which? if it (,id not frighten the mem.. lier8; would put then, in bad odor with their oottstitucntstsnd at length a government has been ijrought to terms. is it any wonder, thee, that there ie talk aboet Jesuit aggregpion.`+ Ciltholic ?layman says, i' The OathoIi '" Church was guaranteed its•rights and. privileges, 'freedom of ,worship, Now this. being the case, the Eeta'tes should have been handed over to the r Catholic ;Church," &o. But observe,_ Britain took possession of Quebec by right 'of conquest. The treaty was signed in 1763. Now by British law the Jesuits are outlawed since Ellie - bath. Further, in 1762, they were suppressed by the Ring of France, and declared incapable of 'holding property,. nnd'so could not come into the treaty. . In t773, the Pope abolished) the so- ciety forever. • Now we know that according to ,tine !'Gann Law?' of the Church of Moine, tbe`Estates should. revert to the Cha;rch. Bttt that was not and is net British law, anis we ob'L .... , j'eot to this attempt to introduce the y "":Canon. Ilatv,'•' instead of British law. In 1774, the Imperial Parliament passed a low specially disqualifying' the Jesuits in Catiecla, from bolding property. Freedom of worship was granted to the Roman Catholics in Quebec, by • the Ding of England, in the treaty, buf only "as as the laws ; nfGreat Br itritn pet=mit." Here was tlie;distinet assertion of the supremacy of the civil law over the Canon law. According to British law, the Estates" scheated to the Crown in default of wners. Hence there is no legal Jahn to the Estates on the part of the Osuits. The Government generously ensioned' tiff. the remaining Jesui, , here Was' no complaint of in'usteaft J Itev Mr Liviugato'u'e %dam followed and was A Moderate, die. passionate and scholarly review of tba historical • events culminating in 1688.. Brief addresses were oleo given by Rev Messrs. idoorhouse, of Wiugham, and Ayers, elf florrie. We have not apace to euminarize them The usual votee of thanks were passed and the lodges, Who had not airendy gone to oatuh the evening trains, urarched up town, The scheduled lacrosse snatch be- tween Listowel and. \i"ingharn was played'in the park in the afterno" h. The first gains was won by Listowel in 30 seconds. Fur nearly two hours both sides played energetically, "when 'Wingham won a goal, and another half hour's playing resulted ' in Po goal, when play having ceased, each having Won one goal. The game was an exceedingly interesting one, sonde: splendiu wprk having blain done on both sides. • In the forenoon a game of baseball was played between the Juniata of Wiughain and Wroxeter. At the end of the fifth innings the adore stood 21 to 14 in favor. of Wroxeter. • Win JRSUIT.cagssrZON £GiA21(. ANOTHER:' LETTER FROM REV. 11111. SHOETT. To tho Editor o1 the Times.• DEAR Sxa,—Passing over what might be said about Pascal, as there is -so much evidence in regard to Jesuitism from other 'sourness, and that 1 may touch on other. matters more. quickly, 1 would say that I agree With your correspondent in deploring anything thait tends to widen tate breach between Cathoiies 4i»14 prrtestants, iiut in this uq sp l`jle.blar ,e restg not an those whb are opposing endowment? but on those wlio }u the first. paps naigt,gre e• 'getting it. Those who are agitating against it ere laboring really in the interests ef peace, for, as Mr.•Dalton MoCarthy,reoently remarked,''fif this question be not. settled by ballots in this generation, it will •bp by bayenete in the next." Your correspondent will have seen. by this time that what he has • written regarding •oyl' opposing the 11.`G. Ohureh is beside the :nark, aa it is found'ed.on the misprint enrich •oocurrpd in my first'. letter, !lion the weed "movewenj;" was substituted for "endowment,!' It was •opposition to tlle.tsndownlelit of the R.0.Ohurch that I called attention to as being an unholy crusade. • This as a movement in which lye thought .we might expect .liberal .minded Roinan Catholics to 'stand by q . Protestants joined with Catho res in the secularization of the clergy' Reserves,. They might well, therefore; expect Catholics to support them' in. the' principles- of nor. -endow., nient. The more your correspondent ponders it, I think, he will see that this is the only safe course.Many persona in- this country think all •ndnwp1ent py -the state of religious- bediesis wrong, and others consider it the only sway that is expedient, The ,Church' of . gland Synod in Montreal teak this ground in condemning the Aut, 044 it' violated the principle p}t which 4of;glie ,secularization of the tllergy.Reeerves geoid be justifjed, The Anglicans might, at some future time, if they'became sufficiently power; fur, p,ut in a ola-int for ooinnensation,, In- deed, if• "'moral"'claims of this kind be admitted;'it ig;just'a question of :what each party whb may have sufficient power will oousider'"a mbral claim," As - to fiery. utterances from either sideethey ere tea Iii depredated, But• , et strikes had that't11o;e, like the tions speeches of Mr,Dfereier and 001.'1 Alva, at St. John the I aptist festi- val, are more dangeroua as coming freak parties holding su ,liofficial • pose 'e tions'' As t5) Dr. 'Wild's -utterance, I o read pill sermon• as-eldeially printed 6 and Ilaard his explanation. ' ilimsy say J he- has been. largely .1.nisgederstood. •p d cl n'pt mean to encore+age any one td slloctt to Jesuit but 'irnp1.. to illus f ad 1 apt r n 0 { Ifk 41. ; s trate i'u a striking mtiia nor, thaVesuits are ou iayeed by 93ritish law. ; It was,, t however, an unfortunate expressibn. p ,Ilei its© *emend, however, to your a currddpolt ent a l'i4 lie the forums i address o, ', esiti<ent Oavott at the i greet Oreatenrtion. in Toronto, as :Chat i May mare fairly b,ie taken aa;, a sgnilxlp of the apirit`uf t1 movement. I may t Here also take the Opportunity to say 0 diet however mind) 1 May 'differ trans I t ley unknown Correspondent in thee -14 logii:.af views aid en this questien, that ray sentiments personally to him p and to all Catholic aree a $ perfectly friendly, I can slant admire and ap. preeilrte, the s oderate ticnie and - tire' • ' arguna eritative spirit of his lettters so th rom any quarter. Now one infallibl Pope completely and forever abolish he Society -in 1773..Another infallili ops has revived or virtually created. nether liiody of Jesuits in 1814, that s, 41 years after, and What is claimed s that titin vote of $100,000 is to till >itents and purposes a fresh' endow. StTent in 1889 of this new body. On ' he abolition . of the old 'society, the sown held the lands, and handed . hent Direr in 18$3 to the Quebec Overninoiit,to be used for edupational ' , urposes solely. 1V. I{. Suokr44 lee (CONOLnSXoN NeXT vet.) ...,Six hundred dollars were realizedfa, :: 4 g 1Litelcora .Catholic piiou