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The Huron News-Record, 1889-05-22, Page 4f ctualdr ttiottnevio tuffs @NI Big BarOsins -J. W. Irwin. Girl wanted. -This Office. Boy Wanted. -This Office. 0. P. R. Excursions. Teachers Excursions. Farmers' Excursions. Conservative Meeting. -G. E. Jackson. Removed. -George Haacke. Veterinary. -C. P. M. McGregor. Veterinary. -J. E. Blacken. Notice to Coutraetots.--S. S. No. 2. Notice. -Peter Adamson. Clothing. -Jackson Bros. Wanted, -Gee. E. Pay S. Co. The Herron News -Record $it•.•Cne a Year—$t.25 to Advance.` VS" !Me van does not do justice to his business who spen o Less in advcrtiuin7 than he does In rent. -A. T. STKWAIT, the an Iliouaire merchant of NNW reek. Wednesday. r$lay 22ad. 18S9 .tRRSUITISM AND CLERIOISM. We are told by some that the •Jeeuits of to -day aro not the saute ,as the Jesuits of past days. Tide is true only so far as the personnell of the members go, but does not apply to the principles, aims and advocacy of that Society. They are like the parent body from which tnoy sprung -only more so -they never change. And we do know by past history that they have been politi- cal interrneddlers, apparently for the purpose of securing civil power to control tho consciences of the people. The most recent alarming instance of their securing control of the civil power being their election 'of the Mercier Grit government of Quebec even in the face of consider-' able opposition from the bishops and regular clergy of the Roman Catho-' lic church. This control resulted in the passage of th'e infamous and insidious Jesuits Estate Act by their tool Mr. Mercier who has faithfully carried out his contract with them. Mr. 'Mercier has even gone farther and by collusion with Mr. ;\lowat in personal interviews induced tho Ontario grit partisan politicians to stir up the }present feeling among protestants and Orangemen in Ontario, over his own nefarious Act; that they may become divided so that aDominion Govern- ment might be formed with his intimate friend Mr. Laurier, 'he of shoot the volunteers notoriety, at the head of it. ' It would seem to be the part of all religious bodies wheu they become prosperous to then .be liable to become arbitrary and in- tolerant. This has• been the evil of state aided churches. Not de- pendeut upon the stimulus of exertion to benefit the people, state churches have generally lapsed into indifference or apathy, if not into positive hot beds of rapacity and intrigue. The French revolu- tion of tho latter part of last century was brought about by the rapacity of the clergy. Hundreds of thousands of lives were sacrificed to the Moloch of politico-clericism which was itself iu turn devoured by the intolerant spirit of its own creation. It therefore behooves all good Canadians to be ou their guard and watch with careful eyes the advan- ces of insidious Jesuitism, probably ' the worst form of religious and political superstition the world has ever soon. If our. country is to progress the hideouts monster of .losuitism must bo checked. This THE NEWS RECORD ham been advo- cating for many years: This Trir, NEWS -RECORD is" advocating to -day. And in common with many other loyal Canadians we have viewed 'with alarm the recent movement iu Quebec to place a 9arge sum of money in the hands of the Jesuits to be expended for educational purposes. It is true that the people of Quebec have the power to vote this money for this purpose. The question arises than how cau the minority in that province or the majority in Ontario help them- selves. Ilow ward off the threaten- ed danger of a rule of clericism, not much in advance of that of the dark eges, obtaining in Canada ? We believe that clerical rule in this case can bo checked under the constitution as it exists. The .Jesuits were suppressed by an imperial act, and cannot in the face of that be given a legal status by provincial legislation. Their only status in Canada is by pro- vincial incorporation. This would seem to be illegal. It follows then that the .Jesuit,' Estates Act so far as it affects them Would be null and void as they do not legally exist. It is quite possible that thie and various other exceptions, notably to the quasi acknowledgement of the power of the pope to veto provincial legislation, even in a catholic province, can be success- fully maintained in the courts and the Act be declared illegal. These •are matters, however, for the courts to decide. We have beou asked : But should the courts not bear out your contention, what then 1 As we suggested last week it would be iu order to have the constitution amended. We will use the, words of the Ila ini1tou Spectator when treating on this same subject "Perhaps the wisest thing to do will be to waste no time in dis- cussing the past, in asking for the disallowance of the Jesuits' estates act, of the Quebec act incorporating the Jesuit society, of Mr. Mowat'e act in giving crowd property at fort Arthur to the Jesuits, or in any other way trying to recall accomplished facts. Will it not be wise to go right to the root of the evil and to ask the imperial parlia- ment for an amendment to the British North America act for- bidding any payment of public money or any gift of public proper- ty by the Dominion or any provin- etal government to any religious body, for any religious purpose, or to .any school dr place of learning con- trolled by any religious body T' \Ve believe the way to have the constitution amended so as to prevent either the Dominion par- liament or any of the provincial legislatures from doing as Quebec has done in tho Jesuits Estates Act, will bo to have the parliament of Canada present joint addresses front both Houses to Her Majesty's roost Honorable Privy Council asking for an amendmout or amendmouts to meet such cases or case of abuse of proviucial power as has been perpetrated by the• Quebec legisla- ture. No human instrument is perfect and the British North America Act no more so than any other. There aro now two years yet before another parliament will be elected, and there is plenty of time to have this matter discussed by the electorate and made ' an issue then. Tho 13. N. A. Act has stood the test very well so far. Thew have been lues imperfections shown in it than one might have expected. The American Constitu- tion las 'had fifteen amendments to it iu 100 years, • an average of ono atuendnent in evert, seven years. Surely the reliability of the' Cana- dian Constitution could not be affected if one amendment was made to ours in 21 years. And such is the only constitutional course open to check .Jesuitism and Clericism of all shades. Even the indirect interference' .of the .church in civil matters must be checked, but let it bo done doccutly and orderly. THE POWER OF THE POPE. T. CLERICAL DEMAGOG UES. We are told that the Rev. Dr. Iiunter, of Toronto, in hie lecture in the town hall here one evening last week, ou "Jesuits, Politicians and Patriots," branded ,hex 188 members of Parliament who opposed censuring the Government for allow- ing a Provincial measure to take its course, as being perjurers. This is very strong language coming from this very reverend protestant pope. This little pope who spoke as though ho hold in the hollow of his hands the consciences of 188 men -as good all round men we dare say as this doughty, dubiously dubbed 1). D. who blasphemously travesties his calling of minister of the Gospel of Christ, by deliberate- ly violating one of the leading principles of our Saviour's personal teachings : " Judge not that ye be not judged." Aud this self -consti- tuted protestant popish life-long grit had the audacity to address himself more particularly to Orange- men, for the evident purpose of exciting their ill -will toward the 188 members of Parliament who voted according to their conscience, so far as human intelligence cau dieceru. But this Rev. Dr. Huuter did not content himself with exer- cising human intelligence, nor in prostitutiug his priestly garb for the basest of all purposes, if wo are to judgo by the tenor of his dis- course, the only moans we have of knowing. We are told that he sighed for more Gladstone's add Gourge Ilrown's in Canada and other like gad -about agitators whose lives while containing ntauy good actions aro marred by many more heinously bad ones. For who sup- ported protestantism more strongly than Gladstone and who more fawningly kissed the pope's toe than he did 1 And who with greater dexterity rode the protestant horse and pauderod to roman cath- olicism in politics than George Brown and the Globe? Dr. Ilttuter rightly determined his position when he placed himself in' line with those two talented though vaiui impracticable and weathercock poli ticians. Dr. 'Hunter even exceeded the pope in his sacrilegiously assumed• diviuo power. 'Ile virtually claimed the power of the Omnicient when he pretended to know what the motives of the 188 were. Men's motives are their consciences. How dare Dr.Hunter presume to assume Divine functions and claim to lay before an audience the motives - the consciences of public [nen I It were impossible for hint to know what these were unless he were Omniscient. Dr. Hunter well knows the value of language. To publicly brand the majority of the elected repre- sentatives of the people as perjurers is so serious a charge that those who hold the good name of our country as something not to be ruthlessly assailed can only shudder with horror when they learn that it was a so-called man of God who was guilty of this impiety towards not only his country but towards the Creator. And this charge inuet bo taken as applying to the Executive. How different the conduct of Dr. Hunter to that of the late Rev. Dr. Ryerson when in his able letters he took tho part of a former Governor- General. Dr. Ryerson generously wrote : " While God gives me a "heart to feel, e head to think, and "a pen to write, I will not passively "see honorable integrity murdered "by graspiug faction, and spotless "character and generous humanity "hewn down by party combination." The intelligent and generous elect- orate of this country will not see members of Parliament struck down by a Jesuitical opposition preying upon the prejudices of protestants. As Dr. Hunter made no exception to any of the 188 members ho must bo taken as having included Robert Porter, M. P. for West Huron, among the " perjurers." This is monstrous. Wo know that some of our friends do not agree with the vote he gave in the matter wo refer to, but wo do not believe there is one among either the friends or former opponents of Mr. Porter but what will say that he acted other than conscientiously. As we suggested last week, a man can be conscienti- ously wrong, though wo cannot fer the life of us see how Mr. Porter could have squared an opposite vote with his conscience. To put it tersely, ho was elected If we road past history aright the emperor Charlemagne elected the Dupe; then the pope anointed tho emperor, and there was a very good illustration of a mutt sl admiration society -a scruteh my back and I'll scratch yours arangement. The emperor exempted the clergy from civil ,jurisdiction and the church absolved the emperor from spiritual obligations. If we read current history aright Messrs Morceir and Mowat acknow- ledged the civil authority of the pope and the pope blessed Messrs Mercier and Mowat, another scratch my back and I'll scratch yours arrangement. The sub -popes Mer- cier and Mowat have given the Jesuits and Catholics exceptional privileges in Quebec antis Ontario, and the church in return seems to have absolved ,Messrs. Mercier and Mowat from their obligations to protestants. And thus do the cleri- cal and partisan cogwheels fit into each other and go "wound" as in "Helen's I3abiea" and run the ship of state. There is a rude awaken- ing ahead, if not within the constitution, then in spite -of the constitution. The people aro .be- coming aroused, and no earthly power, not even if aided by usurped heavenly powers, will be able to• withstand the un terri fled electorate of this Dominion. • to support the Government in all its constitutional acts. Auy one who will take the trouble to read our Confederation Act will find that the Governmeut could nut Constitutionally do other than they did. And Mr. Porter could not do Have you finished House Cleaning yet ? other than he did, no matter how call and inspect repugnant this vote was to his personal feelings. Aud we have reason to know that it was so repugnant,e, as well as dangerous to his popularity for the time beiug. Now what does this Rev. Dr. Hunter's blasphemously called " perjurer" do 1 Does he sacrifice itis conscience to his per- sonal feeling or to his popularity 1 No, Sir. He manfully asserted his christiau protestautism and his civil obligation by voting according to his conscience and the constitution; according to his God-given con- science -personal feeling, and it may be personal interest, to the coutr•xry uutwithstauding. Those who best know Mr. Porter know that anything smacking of ronlauiSm is foreign and distasteful to him. Ile did not approve of the Jesuit 13i11, his protostantisni re- belled against a province voting such a large amount of money out of the funds of the province for what must be conceded roman catho- lic sectarian higher eduoatioual pur- poses. But the Confederation Act gives the province power to do it - the e.eclnsive power in such matters. Instead, then, of Mr. Porter having perjured himself, he would have perjured, himself hail ho acted in accordance •with the dictateyuf im- pulse and feeling and voted for dis- allowance. Then as to personal popularity. How easy it would have been for Mr. Porter to have played the part of a demagogue, to have voted for disallowance, but against his couscieece and what tite constitution and his oath of office demanded of him. How easily, we say, could he havo played the demogoguo, voted against the Government lio was elected to'sup• port and the constitution he is sworn to obey, and then appealed to the prejudices, the bigotry and fanaticism of the people of West Huron to support hint iu doing what his conscience and the consti- tution of the county -condemned? Mr. Porter had nothing to gain by his vote but the approval of his God, his conscience and every loyal man in West Huron. That he has secured the approval of the two first we feel assured, though there are some loyal coon whose approval ho has not earned by his conscien- tious discharge of duty. Ouse DIean!n!g EDITORIAL NOTES. The Globe has its moral sensibili- ties shocked by the announcement that Earl Dudley, one of the fre- quenters of the Field and Aldelphi Club of London has boon remand- ed, with others, ou a charge of gambling, because he has the right to help to make laws for the empire. The other day a commer- cial reporter of the Globe was re- manded on a charge of gambling because he was found in a "bucket shop." And county Attorney Hutchineon of London is now under bonds to answer a charge of criminal libel as the publisher of Tho Globe has Leen. Bat because Lord Dudley has beenlchat•ged with gambling does not make hint all unreliable legislator any more than the committed re- porter : is unreliable or than the Middlesex Crown Attorney is a criminal because he has been charged with a criminal offence. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. If not obertsou's Stock of Curtains --AT- 45c.,' $1, $1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.25 & $5, In the Leading Novelties. tom' Everyone knows how a Curtain sets off a room, giving the furniture a newer and richer look. Who would deny themselves this comfort when it can be had at such low figures. Mr' Call and 'see our stock of HOUSE FURNISHINGS. We evixh it to be deet, netly understood that we do not hold oursatves responsible for the opinions xprrssed by correspondents. -•Eo. CON D. n. 0 Robortsoll's reat Cash Store the water is pure and sweet, it is brought into the city from the mountains across the Inlet by means of pipes laid under the Inlet. There is a regular steamship service to China and Japan, Victoria, V. I.,' San Francisco, Alaska and alt Puget Sound ports. The scenery is most delightful, the Cascade mountains loom up at the north and their snow capped peaks look beautiful. Bald mount Baker's snow white cone shows up grandly at the south east in Washington territory. • The facili• ties here for boating cannot be sur- passed by any pity in America. •'The waters of the Inlet are covered every afternoon with sails and row• ing boats, also the canoes of Indians are to be seen. The Inlet is full of all kinds of fish. There are four saw mills in full blast, here, they cut on an average one' hundred thousand feet per day, they ship their lumber to all parts of the -world. I have met quite a nnmber of IIuron boys since arriving here, 0. Gordon formerly of Goderich is keeping a general store and is doing an exten- sive: business. W. Ralph also from Goderich is in the hardware busi- ness. I also met (1. A. Calbick who holds the position of chief of Police of Mootyville, he is spoken of as a good officer and considerable of a detective. He has brought to light a murder that was committed about eight years ago and the criminals are now behind the bars. I have seen but very little of the country here yet but I am told that farming land in this vicinity is rather scarce and is held at a very high figure selling from $150 to $200 per acre and it could have been bought five years ago for $10 per acre. City property is very high. I saw a lot sold the other day for $15,000 that was bought two years ago for $1,500. I remain yours &c, A. Mc -- (Formerly of Goderich.) Editor News -Record. Vancouver B. C. May 8th 1880. DEAR SIR, -Thinking that some of your readers would like to hear a little about the Pacific terminus of the C. P. It Railway, I write you a a few lines. The city of Vancouver ie situated on Coal Harbor on the mainland of B. C., a widening of Burrard Inlet, and extends acmes to English Bay. The situation is most perfect as regards natural drainage, harbor faoilities and commercial advantages. Its wharves and warehouses would bo a credit -to any city. The C. P. R. hotel is as fine a building as you can find in Ontario. The churches and ' schools are a credit to any city. It has many buildings of brick and granite and some of the private residences would do credit to cities of a century's growth. The streets are'in a very fine condition and are lighted both by gas and electricity, Ed iter News -Record. DEAR SIR. -I was more than pleased with your exposure of"popu- tar errors" last week, for some of my grit friends had been trying to torture:your,to my mind,very proper stand on the Jesuit question into approval of the Jesuits Act. He who runs can easily see that you do not. Pardon me, sir, but I would ask you to answer the following questions again, though you have already done so to the admirable article T have referred to. (1). Do you think good measure ? ANS. -It is not a good measure, hut one which should never have been passed. (2). Did the Dominion Parliament pass it? ANS. -The Grit parliament of Quebec passed it. (3). Does the money voted under it come out of the°Dominion Treas- ury ? Ass. -It will come., if ever paid. out of lands which are now the property of the Province of Quebec. (4(. If the Dominion Parliament did not pass it who did ? ANS. -Same answer As to gnectiou '. (5). If the money does not come out of 1)ontinion funds where will it come from ? Ass. --Same answer as to question 3. (f,) 1f it is not a good measure, bow can it. be annulled? ANS.-liy an appeal to the higher Courts of Canada, to the Privy Council of England, or by amendment to the R. N. Act which should havo retroactive effect. Yours, READER. the Jesuits Act a ment to deal favorably with, was brought up in the Dowiuiou House, who defeated it ? As was to have been expected every French wember voted against it and nearly alt the ." Liberals," headed by Blake and Mckenzie. It was the " Liberals' who defeated it. The very protest- ant" Liberals " of the class of Dr. • Hunter. Had the protestant Lihnr, ale voted for Orange Incorporation wo should have hall that Bill on the statute book to -day. And these • very same protestant " Liberals "' votod to incorporate the Oblate' Fathers. Truly their liberalism was' only exceeded by their catholicism,.. beg pardon I should say only exceed- ed by their romanism, by their jesuit- ism. And this is the liberalism that Dr. Bunter rolled ander his tongue as a sweet morsel and -then handed it saturated with the saliva of his reverence to be digested by Orangc- uien. Yours, OUGH, Editor News -Record. DEAR Sut.-I have been carefully noting the utterances of THE NEWS - RECORD since the notable vote in the °ominous on disallowance, as indeed I have taken pleasure in doing at all times during the past Dight years, and I am better pleased with your advocacy of Protestant and Orange principles today than ever. Next to the Orange Sentinel, I consider you the most truthful, best informed and consistent advocate of the principles, aims and objects of our Order in Canada, so far as I have any know- ledge of. And locally I believe you have done more to further the in- terests of the Order than even the Sentinel. I say this without mean- ing any disparagement of that paper which we all recognise as the organ of ourAssociation. Indeed with Mr. Todd as one of your publishers we could expect no less and certainly can desire no morn than you have done. 1 am particularly ',lensed that, notwithstanding the senseless cry raised by interested grits against Orange and Protestant members of Parliament for support- ing the Government in their de- clining to interfere in provincial legislation, contrary to the express provisions of the written constitution of -Canada, you have taken your stand on the constitution. My reason for feeling pleased at the position you have taken is because it is precisely that laid Mown iu the "General Deo- laration " incorporated in the ortho- dox '` Cons-itution and Laws of the Loyal Orange Association." For it is expressly there declared that our Association is formed by persons desirous of "supporting the lows and Ct►N5'I'ITIJTION OF OUR COUN- TRY" and to "promote such laudable and benevolent purposes as may tend to the due ordering of religion and Christian charity, and the supre- macy of law, order and OONsTiTU- IIONAL freedotn." Now since you have called attention to this matter I have looked up the British North America Act, that is the oonstitution of Canada, and I there find exactly a8 you have stated, that each and every Province has the EXCLUSIVE Editor News Record. Dear sir. -Were you at Dr. Hunt- er's lecture ? 1 was. With much of his discourse I have no fault to find. But much of it was, as you propheti- cally stated in your isstio of last week, " hell -broth," Why did ho address himself so particularly to Orangemen ? I3ecanse he is a politi- cal partisan and fancied that Orange- men, though conservatives are pro, testants first, and that their party fealty could he worked upon by his tirade against the present govern- ment. Of course he jesuitically used mild' anathemas against his '• liberal'friends, but the drift of his discourse seemed intended to make a cleft in the Conservative party by pandering to 'disgruntled Orangemen. But who havo Iden tho kickers against Orangemen ? Why, his dearly beloved so-called "liberal" friends. When Orange Incorpora- tion, a prosper measure for 1'arlin- euwrlt to deal pith the MANA(IEMn\T AND SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS BELONGING To TEE PROVINCE. Further, that the Provinces have THE EXCLUSIVE POWER to make laws iN RELATION To EDUCATION. You may ask me why 1 write you. 1 will answer that I do so because some of our people are allowing themselves to he stuffed by persons who have always been opposed to - our Order. But believe me you have the support of the great majority of Orangemen that I have conversed with, as you deserve to have. When every other paper was either silent about or sympathized with attacks upon our Order, you manfully re- pelled and truthfully refuted all such attacks. I have files of your paper and every Orangeman can look over them with pride at the honest and truthful expositions of our Order from tirpe to time during the past eight years. Do not sure render your principles at the behest of those who are playing into the hands of our enemies, the enemies of civil and religious liberty. These blessings are not tho solo privileges of members of our Order or protest - ants. They must he within the reach of all, even of those who see through romanist spectacles. As an Orange- man I am hound to support equal rights to all and to repel any inter- ference with the conscience of a romanist as 1 wonld oppose any ins terference with mine. 1 am, yours, A No SURRENDER PAST MA•sTER.