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The Huron News-Record, 1889-06-19, Page 4ron.Nct cs•Record l,b a Year -.$1.25 in Advnncu. 01; AP ;Own dere not do justice to Rise business *ha Frady .We et ativerthony than he does in refit. I A T. STBWART, the ontlirnaire merchant of .11rem York.. ?IYedncodtty, June 19th 11889 NOT' THE MISTAKES OF MOSES. A leading Protestant of Clinton eemarked the other day, "I would as leave be ruled by Popish Priests • tad by Protestant Priests." The remark was made to show that the whole agitation in Canada against the Goverument and Parlia- ment ie made up largely of clerical (Protestant) intolerauce, and iguor- ;once of the civil couatitutiuu of our '1'Qu n try. '......1V1inisters as igdividuals have as tiuch right to their opinions in 'Civil matters as have laymen, only this much and no more. In matters of theology, and reli- gion they are acknowledged teach- ers and leaders of their different denominations. When they step out of that sphere -they are as much out of their eleinent as a fish is when out of water,only far more dangerous. • ,.,They have uo more right, -ss 'podies of men, to attempt to control the`civil legislation and politics of the country, than has the Govern- meat or parliament the right to lay down theological dogmas for the belief and geidi`nce of the respective religious acct§. They .havo no more authority .to set themselves up as eonstruers of the civil laws of the country than Parliament has to bo constr•uers of the 39 Articles, or the West - minister Confession of Faith, or Methodist discipline, or the I3aptist doctrine of immersion. The great Master, whom they all profess to follow, might be taken as an exemplar by them with profit to themselves and benefit to the country. They worked up a wave of feuatic- isnm over the Scott Act which re- ceded with even more violence than it overspread. the land, and Aeith disastrous results. The teachings of our Savior are not in accord with the intolerance of many of the protestant clergy of the present day. Ho never dabbled in politics.. His mission was not based upon -the arid of flesh or acts of parliament. If protestantism or Christianity cannot be advanced and made to progress by the many paid and voluntary religious instru- mentalities that have by the accre- tion of 2000 years obtained a foot- ing ,in all civilized, as well as in many barbarous countries, then there is something rotten about the whole system. It deserves to "go;" is a sham and a false system if it cannot be perpetuated in accordance with the proclamation issued at its inception : "Peace, on earth, good will to men," and all that this in- junction implies. • In the emergence of real from pseudo christianity in the middle ages, there was some excuse for zeal and fanaticism outrunning discretion and true religion. Even Luther, Calvin, Crammer, Knox and Molanothon could ap• prove of the burning of their Catholic fellow creatures for the glory of God. This was certainly mistaken religion. The slaughter of 70,000 protestants at the massacre of St. Bartholomew was another grand mistake of i11 directed relig- ious zeal ; and to -day there is an agitation being gotten up which if carried to its legitimate result would lead to the deplorable persecutions of the past. What else could one ex- pect from ministers -who publicly proclaim that they would rather help to propagate the sinall- pox, the direst scourge it is possible to afflict humanity with, than to see a Roman Catholic province de- vote money for the propagation of higher secular education among Roman Catholics. 0, Religion ! what crimes have been committed in thy name. There is somewhat of the christian spirit as well as that of the liberty loving Briton in the following re- marks concerning the Jesuits at a meeting of ministers in Brantford the other day : The Rev. Alfred F. McGregor., of Toronto, next spoke on the"Jesuits' Estates Act." Let us approach this question as a national question. We belieye that our only reason tor inter - Tering with Quebec affairs is because liberty is attacked. Idany good thing§ can be said about the Jesuits. They endured and suffered for re- ligion in Canada. While individuals are commended we condemn the system. A viper is seeking to fasten itselt on the body politic. Seventy six times in a hundred years the Jesuits have been expelled from Protestant and' Roman Catholic countries. There is a difference between many Catholics and Jesuits.- The Pope, in 1773, dissolved the Jesuits forever. The Pope, in 1871, revived them and in 1887 our own country gave them incorporation, while the Orangemen were refused it. 1 call it a suicidal policy. In this bill we are sent to the See of Rome, and so are between the devil and the deep sea. We as British cannot and will not submit to being dictated to by Rome. Good Lord, deliver us from men who, like the 188 at Ottawa, betray our sacred in. terests. We ought to bar.ish from our shores for ever, men who pry into the privacy of our homes, who attack our school system, who de- spise our Queen and law. But there is somewhat of loose assertion in Rev. Mr. McGregor's statement. Ile says that in 1887 our own country gave the Jesuits incorporation. This is a mistake. Our own country did nothing of the kind. The province of Quebec, and that province only, incorporated them. Incorporated them illegally. The province of Quebec is not our own couutry, uot.by a largo major- ity. Another mistake of the rever- end geetlenuru is when ho says the "188 at Ottawa betrayed our sacred interests." The 188 and Dominion Government had no more to do with incorporating the Jesuits or passing the Jesuits Estates Act than had Mr. McGregor.ar the Ontario Assam - .61y. 9ba The mistake of placing any onus in regard to the Jesuits on the Dom- inion Parliament is as ludicrous as the verdict of the Western jury who tried a than for murder. If they brought him in guilty of mur- dor he would get orf with a light punishment. To steal a horse ac- cording to the ethics of a western court was a more heinous offence than to kill a man. They wanted to lid the community of the prisoner. And in order to have him " remov- e 1," hanged, they brought him in guilty of " horse stealing," although the charge was for murder and the evidence was in support of that charge. In this way the Doutiuion Parlia- ment is being tried and condomued. A majority of the members aro Coiiservatives. There is a faction that want to" remove " a parliament so coustititted. Nearly all the crimes in the calender have been laid at their door for years and yet -the jury of public opinion would not find them guilty. But agitators and factionists and clerical demagogues have brought thein in guilty of " hoss stealing," so to speak, that is Joauitism and roman- ism—because in the eyes of the majority of the people these are worse offences than any others they could be charged with,—though they had nothing whatever to do with the Jesuits legislation. It matters not that it was the province of Quebec that passed this legislation, the western• jury verdict of guilty of something they had nothing to do with is brought in in order to punish them for something else which they are alleged to have wrongfully done. It is worthy of note,that through out the discussion of the Jesuit Act and its merits or demerits, the Oppo- sition press is careful to keep from the public that it was passed by what is called a "liberal" Govern ment and that Premier Mercier is the chosen legislator and friend of Premier Mowat, The Act is bad, they say, but then Mercier is good, because he's Liberal and they could not vote for disallowance now be- cause to do so "would stultify all their previous record on the dis- allowance question." Meanwhile the people stand off and laugh and say to themselves that the "Liberal" Mercier set a trap with the con- nivance of Premier Mowat to catch Sir John A. Macdonald, and the result has been that his trap has sprung and he has caught every Grit in Ontario. MANY THANKS. "My age is 58, and 23 years i have suffered from kidney complaint,rheu- matism and lame back, and would have been a dead;woman if it had not been for Burdock Blood Bitters, of which two bottles restored me to health and strength." Miss. Maggie Hendsby, IIalf Island Cove. N. S. UNDUE ZEAL. • Many of the protestant priests of to -day are acting precisely on the same linos that sourish priests did in the dark ages. Then the romish priest§ took the civil Power out of the hands of the barons of the time and proceeded with the same un- checked and therefore insatiable selfishness to subjugate everything to their will. The ecclesiastical tyrants then, like the civil tyrants, only eouverted the genuine p►inci- pies of human nature to their grat- ification. The dreadful Inquisition which we read about with hosier had its origiu in the best feelings of our nature. But as with alt extremes of human or so-called saiutly pas sion it carried away its possessors to the most abominable doings. Just as the feeliugs of the clerics to -day are allowing their liassio is to carry them away, from possibly the best motives, to do most uuchristiau things. Here is how ono of the latter day priests, the Rev. Alex, Jackson, knowu as a protestant clergyman, addressed a chrietain assembly in Galt one day last week : "1 would a great deal rather have had the Quebec Legislature give the $400,000 to found an institution for the propagation of smallpox. than Jesuitism. Mr. Jackson also quoted extensively from Papal encyclicals and recent utterances of Jesuits aut- horities, showing that the Order is the same intolerant enemy of civil and religious liberty." 1t' Jesuits could teach more d,ltnnable doctrine than this,the most vivid imagination of civilized people would be inadequate to conceive it. The rev. gentleman is mistaken as to the appropriation of $400,000 by the Quebec Legislature. Impli- edly he says that sum was voted to au institution for the "propagation of Jesuitism," The sure is to bit applied fur the higher education of the people of the Province of Quebec. It is not, by the Jesuits Estates Act, given for the propaga- of either Romanisn► or Jesuitism. That it may be illegally diverted from the purposes contemplated under the Act is possible iu a Roman Catholic province where the custodians of the fund are either Romanists or Jesuits. But that does -not. alter the • complexion of the Act any more than an act by Mr. Mowat's legislature devoting certain sums for. school purposes contemplates the spending of, the grant for timber limits chani- pagne guzzles, or to support black bottle brigades on the back con- cessions. If the $60,000 granted under the same act for protestant educational purposes should be devoted tolbuying shorter catechisms that would not be the fault of the Act. Then again even Bishop Sullivan, at the meeting of the Parry Sound Diocesan - Council the other day, slid: "I would be false to my own convictions and derelict to duty wore I to, pass over without note or comment the iniquitous bill by which a Provincial legislature voted, and the Dominion Government by its silence has endorsed, the pay- ment of $400,000 to the Jesuits as conpensation for tho losses sustained by the confiscation of their property." Now his lordship makes i~} fatal mistake when he says ' the Dominion Governmeut by its silence endorsed the payment of this money for Jesuit or even secul- ar educational purposes. The Dominion Government had no ,more to do with the matter than had Bishop Sullivan or the Bishop of Timbuctoo. The money was granted by the province of Que- bec for higher secular educa- tional purposes within the province of Quebec. It is one of the exclusive powers of Quebec province, and all the other provinces, to grant money in this way. The Domin- ion Government by its silence neither endorsed nor condemned the grant. It' said, virtually: "It is a fiscal matter with which the province has the exclusive power under the constitution to deal." If the Quebec authorities make illegal use of their power, as we believe they did do when they made the Jesuit body custodians of a portion of the grant, even for secular educational purposes, there are the courts for objectors to ap- peal to. As we said an occasion parliaments make the laws, but it is the function of the•co urts, and of the courts only, to construe them. In our humble judgment the Jesuits cannot legally handle this mouey, because they are not a legal body before the law. And they are not a legal body because they aro only incorporated by Act of the Quebec legislature which can- not over -ride Imperial :Acts, unre- pealed, whieh declare them" illegal. EQUAL RIGHTS. There has been a great deal of buncombe exhausted at meetings during the past week, over the Jesuit question. The speakers in many cases acted as though they doubted the truth of what t)tat as- serted. There has been, assertion and iteration and reiteration of the statement that, the history of the Jesuits shows that body to have been, from their fir•t formation, an intriguing semi -political society, in most cases putting forth all the endeavor that secret organization and religious terror could command to quell the civil liberty aspirations of the people and keep thein bound hand and foot in religious error and unreasoning superstition; that they have been a menace to good government the world over and are a menace to -day to good govern- ment in this country. With all this we heartily agree. But what under the blue blue canopy ' of heaven has the Dominion Govern- ment or the Dominion parliament to do with this? \\shy condemn them for the principles and tactics of the Jesuits? They have made no coucessious to. the Jesuits. IIave passed uo legislation either grunting them any privileges or witholding any from them; have literally, absolutely and actually had nothing whatever to do with the Jesuits. What then has all this useless repetition of the unsavory character of the Jesuits to do with the Dominion Parliament ? Clear- ly nothing at all, The Domiuton Parliament did nut taken up the cause of the Jesuits. The IIouse said in answer to O'Brien's resolution to interfere, "We have nothing before this Par- liament that we can constitutionally deal with," The nuttier was ono that the Provincial legislature of Quebec took up just as the legislature of Ontario has taken up the advancing of the high school system of Ontario. This high school :system . may, indirectly, While affording the pee- pee of this province an opportunity to give their children a higher education, advance the cause of protestantism, but the Ontario Assembly has the power, the exclu- sive p ower, to devote moneys for this higher educational purpose, and the Dominion •parliament can- not constitutionally interfere. Neither can it rightfully interfere with Quebec legislation in the same line. Let us have equal rights for all under the constitution. If the constitution is faulty so that it is not desirable that the provinces should have these exclusive powers, then let as have the consti- tution amended. But the powers at present possosed by the provinces cannot be taken away nor interfer- ed with by the Dominion Parlia- ment. This can only be dune by Imperial legistation, the same power as gave us our constitution. ORANGE INCORPORATION, That was a good resolution of the Grand Lodge to press for Orange Incorporation. Next parliament should see this matter before it and should see it passed. This is a matter within its competency to deal with. A matter that will hurt no one and bo merely a convenience to a legi- timate society. Not a secret society either as are the Jesuits whom Mr. Mercier incorporated. The aims objects , and constitution of the Orange Society can be known or seen of all men and will commend themselves to every loyal Protestant subject in the empire. Why then was it not incorporated? The protestant grit members of par- liament almost to a man combined with the Catholics and voted ;against it. One of the leading opposers of Orange Incorporation was the pres- ent pious protestant, Mr. Charlton, now a shining light among that noble galaxy of all the talent of the House, the noble thirteen. • Mr. John Charlton, uow so active in reference to the Jesuits' bill, ROBERTSON'S PRINTS are causing a sensation. Large variety at 5c., 8e. 10e. and 121c. See them—they are going like hot cakes. Robertson's Dress Goods are making a big fuss among the ladies. We have secured the sole agency for JNO. 1IYAN & CO'S BRAIDED SUITS which are known the world over ; expect a nice stock in by the close of the week. If you have not yet purchased your Summer Dresses you have no time to lose, as the hot weather is upon us and the cream will not keep. l We are offering SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS hi all Departments. Call early at Robertson's Great Cash Store voted for the six months' hoist, The motion was lost and the bill had its first reading. At a later stage Mr. Curran again moved the six months' hoist, which was carried by 106 to 70. For the motion (that is, fur refusing incorporation to the order) these voted among others, Messrs. Blake, Charlton, Mackenzie, Paterson, of Brant, Ross (uow in M r. Mowat'scabinet),llain, Springer and Somerville, of Brant. Against the ,notion (that is in, favor •of in- corporation) were Messrs, Bowell, Carling, Foster, Haggett, Mac• donald (Sir John), McLelan, Tilley, Tupper, White, Kilvert and Robert- suu. Sir Richard Cartwright was not in the house., In 1884 another bill was intro- duced, which was thrown out by a vote of 68 for incorporation to 105 against it. For the bill were Messrs. Boweil, Carling, Foster, Iiaggett, McLelan, Macdonald (Sir John), Tilley, Tipper (Pictou), and White (Cardwell). Against it were Messrs. Blake, Cartwright (Sir Richard), Charlton, Mills and Paterson. When Mr. Charlton is 'addressing Orangemen on the •Jesuits' act will not somebody ask him why he three times voted against the incorpora tion of the Orange order in Can- ada? EDITORIAL NOTES. An erring girl of Tilbury Centre, Ont., strangled her illegitimate child the other day. Another of the thousand and one murders com- mitted by the laxity of the laws which permit the crime of seduction through the inadequate punishment attached to the offence. • No more fruitful source of murder than se- duction exists in the country, and yet it is not made a criminal of- fence. Republics are stated to be ungrateful. This is not always so. Though the =sees of the people in- all nall countries are at times ungrate- ful. A notable instance of this is their lack of appreciation of duty well porformed id quiet times, and the fulsomeness and adulation heaped upon an unworthy dema- gogue at another time. During a long series of years of honest paril- mentary work Thomas Farrow eat for East Huron. When Orange Incorporation came up he was in the thickest of the fight for it. No special notice wag taken of this because ho merely did his duty as was expected of him. By a snide he was succeeded by Dr. McDonald. Orange Incorporation has not been up during his term. But Home Rule has been. And Dr. McDon- ald gavo no uncertain sound as to his feelings on that question, vot- ing for it and incidentally dispar- aging Orangemen, Not to the same malicious extent it is true as Mr. Cameron did, but in a manner any- thing but complimentary to Orange- men. And now because Dr. Mc- Donald voted with the "noble thirteen" for a resolution asking parliament to violate the constitu- tion he is lauded as the fair haired boy by .many of those very men whom he would not grant the equal right of' incorporation to, if We are to judge ,by;his remarks on home rule. Verily demagogism is king when unreasoning passion is arcus; ed. Mr. Porter, M. P. for West Huron, is being harshly criticised by some of his former supporters for supporting the Government in its view as to the constitutionality of disallowance in the Jesuit Act., As we understand Mr. I'ortei's posi- tron, he voted as he did because his oath to legislate in accordance with the constitution.demanded as much of him. It is unfair to say that be- cause the Government took the same view of the matter as Mr. Porter did that he should have vio- lated his conscience and intelligence in order to oppose a government he was elected to support. The con- stitution first, party next. A-nd if the party is in accord with the con- stitution so much the better for the party—not so much the worse as a few of our friends would have it. If anything is said against the conduct of ministers when they step outside the proper sphere of their duties, there is a class of priest - ridden people who will roll their oyes heavenward and deplore this railing at religion, But .the minis- ter is not the church nor is 'his con- duct often tunes in accordance with .'i•eligiort or christianity. He is or should be,.the implement or in- struhtent for planting the good seed, but ho is not the seed ,itself. One can say that a spade used in prepar- ing ground for the seed is a bad spade, may say it truthfnlly, but that is not saying anything against the seed sown in the upturned ground. Then if the sower uses bad seed and nothing but thistles come up that is neither the fault of the spade nor the ground, but of the bad • judgment of the sower in selecting the seed. Many of the ministers throughout the country are sowing very bad religious seed, mixing it with political thistle seed and all manner of uncharitable tares. —Reports from Lachine, Quebec, say the hailstorm. there ono night last week was the heaviest ever seen, the hail stones being at lealat half an inch in diameter, and accampanied by a strong wind, the consequence being that glass panes were broken in many houses, and great injury was caused to the young crops. PICTOU PENCILLINGS. Mr. Hazen F. Murray, of Pictou, N. S. writes "I: was affected with dyspepsia and nervous debility, and tried many remedies without avail, but one bottle of Burdock Blood Bitters much improved me end two more made me a well man." —A horrible outrage was com- mitted by two tramps, near Line- ville, Iowa, Friday. A 15 -year-old boy named Wright was working in a field. He was approached by two tramps, who demanded money. Upon being told that he had none the brutes assaulted the little fellow, throwing him to the ground. They cut off his ears, cut hire about the throat and otherwise maltreated him. The boy was alive at last re- ports, but it was not thought he could recover. Groat excitement prevails at Lineville and it is thought if the villains are .caught they will be lynched. IN 10 DAYS TIME. "Was troubled with headache, bad blood and loss of appetite, and tried afl sorts of medicines without success, I then tried one bottle of Burdock Blood Bitters and found relief in 10 days." A.J. Meindle, Mattawa, Ont.