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Wednesday, March 13th, 1889
THE JESUITS.
Ignatius Loyale founded the
Jesuits in 1534. Loyala was a page
to Ferdinand V. of Spain, after-
wards an officer iu the army. He
presented his institutes to Pope Paul
II1 in 1539. The Pope at first ob-
jected to them, but to :he vows of
chastity, poverty and obedience
being added one of implicit sub-
mission to the. Holy See, the insti-
tution was• confirmed by a bull in
1540. The Society has never made
public its rules or designs. Their
system of lax and pliant morality
justified every vice, and authorized
every atrocity ; that the order was
to be maintained at the expense of
society, and that the end justified
the means.
The above are extracts from a
history of all denominations pre-
fixed to a recent standard edition of
the Bible, and are given on the
authority of the most eminent and
scholarly divines.
peleton's Cylopaedia says that a
dra teof their constitution presented
to aul III states that members must
"fight upder the standard of the
cross, of God, and our Lord Jesus
Christ, and serve the church his
spouse under the Roman pontiff *
* * perform works of mercy with-
aut any earthly cotnpensatlou," etc.
Here"we have conflicting views of
the Jesuits.
That they' have been a nuisance
to society must be conceded from
the historical records, as they have
been expelled from almost every
country in Europe at some time.
Appleton says the Jesuits at pre-
sent do not legally exist in Rome or
elsewhere in Italy.
There. can be no doubt of the
courage of the Jesuits in their re-
ligious missionary efforts both in
the Eastern and Western world.
They seem to be a strange compound
of religion and craft. Eaton in an
essay on "cunning" says:—`,'It is a
pointfof cunuing to witte% him with
whoin you would speak with your
eye, as the Jesuits gave it iu pre-
cept; for there be many wise men'
that have seerot hearts and trans-
parent countenances: yet this would
be done with a demure debasing of
your eye sometimes, as the Jesuits
also do use."
That the Jesuits have been cun-
ning, turbulent and .pestilent, we
have the authority of Popes, parlia-
ments, and historians; that they
have been ministering angels at
times seems unquestionable, but the
head and front of the order have
always been more of designing poli-
ticians than thoologians or priests.
We find them in Canada as early
as 1726 inciting the Indians against
the English colonists in New York
and New Engianel'� and intriguing
with the Acadians With a view of
gettiug them to quit Nova Scotia;
and it is claimed tnat but for the
Jesuits Canada would yet be a
French colony, as it was by them
that the Indians were induced to
commit atrocities on the settlers in
New England which brought nbout
the final struggle and conquest of
Cauada.
The passage of what is called the
Jesuits Estates Act by the Quebec
Legislature has brought the order
to the front. We think it uufortu
nate that the Act was pa -,sed. It is
a recognition of a politico -church
power in state matters which no
liberty-lovi ng Canadian can approve.
Even the Catholic Church in
Canada has only lately taken to
recognize the Jesuits. Their pro -
sent legal existeuce in Quebec dates
only from 1887, when they were
incorporated after considerable op-
position from Cardinal Taschereau
and other Roman Catholic Bishops.
Thee potentate at Rome has cabled
his satisftetion with the make-up
of President Harrison's cabinet, so
that 110 doubt the new firm will go
right ahead and continuo the busi-
ness started over ono hundred years
ago at the old White 1lonse at
Washington.
TO WARN BUT NOT TO
ALARM.
Sometime ago we referred to the
possibility of a change being made
in the location of the Doherty Organ
Factory. There is no intention on
our part to cry out " wolf, wolf "
when there is uo danger to be ap-
prehended from the approach of the
ferocious lupine quadruped. But
while we disclaim any intention of
being a false alarmist the fact cane
not be disguised that iu certain con-
tingencies the business named would
be removed from Clinton. While
we are reasonably certaiu of the
possibility of smell contingencies -
arising we would be recreant to our
duty as a local journalist and dere-
lict iu our duty as a citizen, did we
fail to sound a note of warning so
that our citizens may do what seems
best to them to prevent the ultimate
carrying out of a design that all
will admit would, to a very great
extent,. minimize the trade of the
town and deprive it of a very large
number of desirable industrious
citizens. There is a tide in the
affairs of communities as well as in
those of the individual which if
taken at its flood leads on to fortune,
inattention to which often leads to
disastrously permanent results. We
have no axe to grind, no paid for
advocacy to endeavor to give value
fur. Our desire is merely to call the
attention of our fellow citizens in
their individual and corporate cap•
aeity to what, without feigned alarm,
may happen, in order to prevent
afterward regretful exclamatious in
the key of. " the might have been."
When thieves are about 'tis well to
lock the stable door. Ordinary
prurience dictates the preventative
precaution. To snake secure the
premises after the steed has been
stolen will not be of much avail.
Previous fastening with an ordinary
lock would 'nave done more good
than the most intricate " Stubbs "
or "Brahma" lock afterward.
Our citizens are well aware of the
talk of the removal of the Doherty
works. Does not ordinary prudence
suggest the application of preven-
tion 1 Did not these works exist
here, would we not offer some in-
ducement to obtain them 1 Is it
not worth while to make an effort
to retain what we would make sacri-
fices to obtain did we not possess
it? This matter is worthy the pro-
fouudesecuusideration of all citizens
from the lightest , to the heaviest
tax -payors. Suggestions have been
thrown out that an offer be made
to Mr. Doherty of a loan of money
to increase the labor employing
capacity of his factory ; to add to the
making of organs that of pianos in
order to be in a position to compete
with similar establishments iu other
parts of the Dominion. Who will
take the initiative in attempting to
ward off .the threatened dangers
A GAME THAT TWO CAN
PLAY AT.
attacked, but he has got the right
end of it in the hoppt.r.
NOVA SCOTIA. MILLS MOTION IN TUE
CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Resolved, that it appears the ride
visability of a union between Canada
and the United f tater is now
being generally discuseed through-
ont said Republic, and the commer-
cial advantages of suoh a union are
considered by Boma of the lea
business men in the Republio to be
of much importance.
That it also seems as if the experi-
ment of Republican Government has
proven a practical failure, and there
are strong indications that the dis-
solution of the federation known as
the United States is imminent, and
and. the spread of anarchy or the
building up of other foriegn powers
in the adjacent States,known as • the
New England States, might imperil
British interests on this cont inent.
That facts go to show that the said
New England States, since severing
their connection with the British
Crown, have not made nearly as
great progress. relatively as the prov-
inces of Canada, and while their re-
turn to their old allegiance would not
only materially advance the trade
and promote the prosperity of the
people living in those States, but it
would be a profitable benefit to the
neighboring provinces.
That it isa recognized fact that the
population of these States include
many thousands of British born peo-
ple who still owe allegiance to our
soveriegn lady the Queen, though
they have crossed the the ocean and
and taken up their residence in
these States.
That it is also well known that one
of the leading and influential papers
of Massachusetts representing the
most important interests of that
commonwealth, is urging a federation
with Canada upou the citizens of the
United States;
That the Parliament of Canada,
now assembled, views this agitation
with sympathy, and will do all in iia
power to aid in the annexation of
such New England States, and that
his Excellency the Govenor-General-
in-Council be, and is hereby, empow-
ered to co-operate with her Majesty's
Government in securing such amend-
ment to the Act of British North
America as may be necessary to
extend the boundaries of the Domin-
ion of Canada, such boundaries, how-
ever,`not to beextended in a wester-
ly direction beyond the Conneticut
river, the Green Mountains and Lake
Champlain;
That while the people of Canada,
represented by their Parliament, are
willing to welcome such of these New
States as wish to return.to their old
allegiance, they regard such a union
as being more in the interests of
said New England States than in that
of Canada, and are unwilling, that
any force or undue influenceshould.
be used to bring about such a federa-
tion, nor would the people of Canada
be willing to assume auy burdens of
debt of said New ,England States
other than such as may be represent•
ed by the public works and buildings
in such States as would bo vested
in the Crown in case said States
were admitted into the, Dominion.
In THE NEWS -RECORD of the 27th
Feby. we published a lengthy argu-
ment from the Boston Trandcript,
a leading New England journal, in
favor of those States joining Cauada
and returning to their allegiance to
Great Britain. On the 4th of
March, inauguration day at Wash-
ington, Mr. Mills of Annapolis,
Nova Scotia, placed the following
interesting resolution on the motion
paper in the Canadian House of
Commons. There is no doubt, as
the Boston Transcript says, and as
Mr. Mills' resolution reiterates, that
it would be greatly to the advantage
of the New England States to an-
nex themselves to the Dominion of
Canada. And if mutually satisfac-
tory arrangements can be made, and
and the consent of the United States
Federal Goiverteneut can be obtain-
ed, the benefits to Canada and the
disgruntled states mightibe recipro-
cal. Those states are fast becoming
the attonteuatedportion oftho United
States and are now whisked and
wagged about by the. unwieldy car-
cass of the groat republican "animile"
whoa biggest bulk is now in the
West. Let us have the New Eng-
land States and peace. Were they
part of Canada the fisheries bone of
contention would ho held by those
moat interested. The mills of the
gods are said to grind slowly. The
"Bluenose" Canadian Mills may
slowly grind out the problem lie in
broad -in1nrletl statesmanship has
ABOUT THE JESUITS ACT..
What 1e the Jesuits Estates Act -
about anyhow?
Curtain estates iu Quebec were
confiscated to the Crown of Great
Britain by George III, tho alleged
former owners, the Jesuits, being
legally dead, in France as well as
in the British empire. This pro-
perty passed to the Province of
Quebec.
At the time of confiscation it was
comparatively valueless ; its chief
value now being made up of what
economic writers call the " unearn-
ed increment " arising out of the
general progress of the country, out-
side and independent of any con-
tributory value given. to it by the
Jesuits. The Jesuits value the pro-
perty now at $2,000,000.
Tho success of t.1,e existing Que-
bec Government was owiug to a
promise to get the Jesuits remuner-
ated for their alleged illegally con-
fiscated property.
Mr. Mercier made gond his word
by passing a measure granting the
sum of $400,000 for the above. pur-
pose, said sum to be placed at the
disposal of the Pope and the , Act
to become legal only on confirma-
tion by his Holiuoss.
Some hold that besides being un-
constitutional in other ways, the
Act is invalid for that it implies a
contract between au inferior legisla-
ture of the Empire and a foreign
poton tate.
That the Act is iudeed a treaty
between the Province of Quebec and
the the Pope, a foreign potentate, is
set forth and confirmed by one of
its strongest supporters, Hon. M.
Langelier, M. P., in a letter to the
Globe. Mr. Langelier says :—
" 1t is so true that it is with the
Pope, as head of the church, that
Mr. Mercier has been dealing,through
Father'furgeon, that there is proof
among the documents accompanying
the act that His Holiness might have
been represented by somebody else.
On the 13th October, 1884, he had
appointed Archbishop Tasohereati to
represent him. On the 7th May,
1887, he decided to reserve to him•
self directly the settlement of the
question. Or. the 27th March, 1888,
he empowered the ,lesuits to settle
it." •
But Mr. Langelier in gradually
approaching the climax continues:
ra If, as I have just proved, the
settlement of the question has taken
place between the Pope and the Pro-
vince of Quebep, there is nothing
more blamable in having made it
subject to the ratification of His
Holiness than in baying made it
subject to e he ratification of the
Legislate r„ ,.,t Quebec."
is quite plain. In fact, after
,eading Mr. Langelier's letter, it is
difficult to say what right the Legis-
lature of Quebec had to it at all.
But he continues :—
"On both sido it simply meant
that, as the qt tion was very im-
portant, it was desirable that it
should be ratified by the principals."
This score of proprietorship by
the Pope is still further accentuated
under the next heading. Mr.
Langelier says :—
"11 seems to be taken for granted
that the four hundred thousand
dollars are going to belong to the
Jesuits, and that appears to be the
sting par excellence of the settlement
flows() much discussed. This is an•
other mistake. Under the rules
above stated, the four hundred thous-
and dollars having been paid to the
Pope, through his representatives,
it will be for him to decide what
particular ecclesiastical body in the
Province of Quedeo will get it. It
may be that, the Jesuits will have
the whole of it. But it is just as
possible that they may obtain noth-
ing at all, or a portion only."
The Toronto Week in a character-
istically dispassionate article says:—
" In its constitutional aspect the
Act is most decidedly objectionable
in two points; and however the peo-
ple of the Province at large may feel,
one is somewhat surprised to find
that ministers of the Crown as such,
and the Lieutenant -Governor, could
have assented to the passing of the
Act in its present form, while the
same end might possibly have been
reached in another way. The grave
objections to the measure may be
shortly stated thus :—The Govern-
ment, recognizing the property as
belonging to Her Majesty and form-
ing part of the Crown Lands of the
Province, have asked, received and
acted upon the permission of a for=
eigner to deal with them ; and
further they have placed at the
disposal of the same foreigner $400,.
000 of the public moneys, or in other
words, while the expenditure of
public funds should be directed by
those constitutional methods which
every faithful Government is bound
to observe, the Legislature has abdi-
cated its functions in favour of the
Pope, and has unconstitutionally
committed to His Holiness the dire
position and distribution of nearly
half a million in the Province."
EDITORIAL NOTES.
With the right to vote goes the
right to be taxed, but no taxation
without representation. Civil ser-
vants should have the privilege of
voting, coupled 'with the privilege
of paying taxes. Let that be law.
Nebraska flapers say that tho far-
mers there "are in a bad state, eaten
up by mortgages, and are sinking
deeper and deeper in debt." It is
claimed that this is due to the high
protective tariff by the very men
who want Canada to accept a posi-
tion uuder that tariff.
Postmaster-Genorrtl Haggart has
dropped the two cent postage pro-
posed on drop letters. This is wise.
Though there is no roasou why it
should not prevail in cities where
there is a delivery service. The
general postage will remain at three
cents, though that will now cover
one ounce instead of half au ounce
as formerly. A needed reform iu
this line is the circumlocutory dead
letter office business.
To settle the constitutionality of
the Quebec Jesuits Estates Act, it
should be referred to the Queen.
This would take it out of the arena
of politics. It is being to a large
extent made a football of and kick-
ed from Grit to Tory, back and
forth, without any reference to the
merits of the case. As the Act was
passed iu July of last year and as
the Dotnioion Government has not
yet given assent to it, it will not
become law until ono year from the
time of its passage. If it should
become law, we presume the only
remedy left will be to appeal to the
Privy Council of England, and
probably that would be as good a
way of settling it as any. It is the
legality of the Act that concerns the
public. While members of Protest-
ant bodies as members of the body
politic have a right to object to it
on constitutional grounds, it would
.be highly itnproper to assent to the
dish of Protestant church bodies in
the matter, for that would be con-
ceding the right of the church to
interfere in matters of state, the
most important and vicious °lenient
in the Act, being as it undoubtedly
is legislation by the Romnn Catho-
lic Church.
BERTSON
has just received a large shipment of
G�rsets.'. Dorsets
comprising the LEADING MAKES hi all sizes, Try
the "B. & C.", they are
Perfeot-Fittin& Guaranteod
11" NOT TO BREAK OR ROLL UP WITH ONE
YEAR'S WEAR ; if they do the money paid for them
will be refunded.
TI= cc ANs-y--"
is the newest thing in a BUSTLE, and is just the style
the ladies want. U-ive us a call wh€ri you need the
necessaries.
Robertso•n's �roat Cash Stora
Senator Gowan has introduced a
measure calculated to do away with
grand juries. We do not think
that Parliament or the country will
approve the contemplated change.
The grand jury is a substantial
barrier between the arbitrariness of
the Crown and the maliciousness of
individuals. It is the people's
branch of the administration of
justice. It is worth a hundred
times what it costs annually. The
people will not easily • surrender
such a safeguard on the alleged plea
of economy and because of the cum-
brousness of the system. Were that
the fecliug we might dispense with.
the Senate and the much more ex-
pensive and cumbrous portions of
the judicial system. The grand
jury, besides standing between ar-
bitrary power thirsting for the blood
of helplessness, brings together a
large number of men who are
made active participators in
the administration of justice.
And who thus become familiar with
and learn much affecting their civil
rights, and the obligations and
duties pertaining to them and their
neighbors. The j•rand jury must
not go.•
CURRENT TOPIC:
MR. ROBT. PORTER M. P.
The Empire: Mr. Porter, of
uron, the vigorous Scotchuran who
wiped out M. C. Cameron in the
last general election, treated the
House to an excellent speech. He
showed how inevitable was the trend
of cowthercial union arguments to-
wards annexation, and with a broad
type of humor he exposed the fla-
grant inconsistencies of hon. gentle-
men opposite. His statistical con-
tributions to the debate were valu-
able, and they werepresented in a
form which made thein more attrac-
tive than figures usually are.
' REFORM ARGUMENTS CONDENSED.
Canada should have the. right to
make her own commercial treaties ;
therefore she should enter into a
compact- with the United States by
which she will not be able to make
any commercial treaties.
Canada needs free trade; there"
fore she should eater Leto an arrange-
ment with the United States by
which duties on imports will be
doubled.
Canada should slake an equitable
treaty with the United Stater re-
specting the fisheries ; therefore she
should give her tisheries to the Uui
tett States without compeesatiou.
The Dominion government should
not he permitted to disallow any
provincial legislation ; therefore the
Dominion government ought to
have disallowed the Jesuits' estates
act of the province of Quebec—Spec.
_rtam.ilton Spectator: The budget
debate was then resumed by
Mr- Porter, who characterized
Mr. Armstrong's speech as a
mild argument for nothierg its par-
ticular. He reviewed the argument
adduced by Sir Richard Cartwright
and Mr. Charlton in favor of their
'policy of unrestricted reciprocity
and held Ihat there was nothing
in the present state of the country
to make such a change in the trade
policy desirable. Our growth and
prosperity, he contended, could not
he hindered except ey treason and
cowardice at }come. As to the Nat-
ional Policy, he held that it had are
compliahed its•purposn by preserving
the Canadian market for the
Canadian farmer, who was neither
a peeper , or an overeburdened
drudge as he had been represented
by the oppositioti. He could not
stigmatize. Sir Richard Corte right
as either a fool or a knave, though
that gentleman bad toreferred to
the people supporting the govern-
ment, but he thought the people
strongty suspected that Sir Richard
was a nauseous compound of both.
UNMIXED WITH PLEASURE
Chicago Herald: It is with a
feeling entirely unmixed with pleas-
ure that the Herald notes the pro-
position introduced in the Canadian
Parliament for •the annexation of
the New England States to the
Dominion. It turtle out that the
Canadians, instead of wanting to
be annexed to the United States,
have some ilea of gathering to
bemselves a portion of the States.
and have set their avaricious eyes
on New England. The Herald
wishes them well in their attempt.
There are no States in the Union
that could tnore.easily be dispensed
with. They have never been soya:,
and have always thrown the burden
of the Government from their own
shoulders ou the other States. In
every war we have had as a nation
they have held back. In the war
sf 1812 they prayed for the HUCCBea
of the enemy, and in the Mexican
was they did substantially the same
thing. By'atliuity and interest they
belong to Canada, and if this Domin-
ion •will go about the matter in a
diplomatic way, the United States
Government may be' induced to
make a bargain.
PARLIAMENTARY DOINGS.
MR. PORTER continued the
debate on Sir Richard Cartwright's
motion for uurestricted reciprocity.
After a few remarks complimentary
to the Minister of Finance for the
able manner in which lie had pre-
pared and delivered his financial
statement, and the Minister of
Marie -de -Who, in his brilliant speech
of yesterday, so completely contro-
verted the arguments and state-
ments of the member for South Ox-
ford, he referred to the speech
delivered by Mr. Charlton last
night. It was a laudation of the
United States and not an argument
in favor of any commercial arrange,
meet. It was a hosannalr of the
great American Republic. There
was one thing that he could not
deny, and that was thatthe people
of Canada were at least noble in
character and magnanimous in
spirit, otherwise they would never
have permitted that gentleman to
make a speech of such a tone in the
Canadian Parliament. If he had
delivered a speech in the Ameri-
can Congress,casting such reflections
on the people of the Republic as he
had in this House upon the people
of Canada, he had no doubt that
the people would have invited hint
to visit the sour apple tree associa-
ted with the name of Jeff Davis.
Notwithstanding all that the Iron.
member had said with reference to
the prosperous condition of the
American farmer, he challenged
him to point to a civilized nation its
in which the condition of the fanner
was better than it was in Canada.
His allusion to the stand England
would take in the event of war was
ungrateful and ill .advised. There
was uo talk of war, no one eought a
quarrel, and the introduction of that
subject into the debate was, to say
the least, inappropriate. He char-
acterized the remarks of the hon.
member for South Middlesex as
bring very fair. They were of a
moderate order, in favor of nothing
particular, and, therefore, hardly
worth biking objection to. While
speaking . in favor of commercial
union he had scouted the idea that
it wnuld lead to the annexation of
Canada to the United States. He
(Mr Porter) did not give him
credit for ,tny greet perception when
he said that the people of the
United States did not favor annexes
tion. He quoted from a speech of
Adirnu(trick Murray, an impartial
observer of the situation, who had