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~ CORRESPONDENCE,
." CHRISTIANS AND
FITZGERALD.

To tae Evrror or tur Exawtner.

BIBLE THE

REV. D.

THE

Sixr,—l find that in the * Protestant’ of
the 2

to my former letter, in which he was charged

‘th ultimo, Mr. FitzGerald has replied

with having publicly made an attack upon
the Bible Christiaan Chuareh in this Colony.
He commences by asserting that the language
80 generally attributed to him, in his address}
before the Presbytery, was ‘*] sitively un
usly false."’ In the very next

true and malici

sentence, however, it is admitted that he, on

the occasion referred to, did allude to the
Body as unworthy of eenfidence, in these
words: ‘*I have every confidenee in the

Episcopalians generally, and the Wegleyans
generally ; bot 1 am not so sure of the Bry-|
anites,"” As I have to deal with Mr. Fitz-
Gerald's lettér in order, L must here digress,
for a moment, from the matter of thig ad-|

j cause the report; and [ would ask the worthy

'
among my brethren.

attributed to him, I eoneluded that he may
not have said a// that was attributed to him.
{ never asserted that hedid say it. I merely |

state: he seve rersio cur t ‘ ; i : ;
tated the several versions current about present undergoing elaberate discussion; and, for |

}a wonder, party considerations seem lost in the | with a hammer
{almost universal desire fur jmmediate commence: |
}ment in the great work. At the recent convention | be six ounces per ton.

town. I believed he did say something to

gentleman by what precept in the New Tes-
tament ‘does he dare’’

to condemn me for j of Delegates in Quebec, the whole project appears

NEW BRUNSWIOK AFPAIRS.
(From our own Correspondent. )
The “ Intercolonial Railway” ia a subject at |

2 le a

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secking to draw from hii either a denial or| to have been amply debated, and the most essen
an admission of the trath of the report in | tial outlines of the scheme adopted with unanimity |

general circulation to our injury? His reply | by the Representatives of the three interested Ca- | for picked quartz. —Halifar

j

has fully justitied me in the course pursued,
and will convince eyery impartial mind that
the report was neither ‘positively antrue’’
nor ‘maliciously false."*

lam charged farther with sowing disunion

duped to believe the lie that Toryism and Re-

ligion were synonymous terms ; and if I have |

been at all instrumental in undeceiving some
of them, then L rejoice in the honor of havy-
ing sown disunion among my brethren ; and
i truet, without reference to any party, they
will in futare be wise enough to repel any
such absurd and wicked sophistry ee has
been heretofore advanced to delude
come from whom it may. Let political par-
ties stand or fall on

If all of them had been |

them, |

the merits of their) influence with their brother delegates.

binets. Three millions ef pounds sterling is the!

" . !
jealeulated cost foy the complete construction of |
| the read; and the supply of this sum is guaran: |

teed by the British Government. Canada as-
| sumes the payment of five-twelltths of the interest
jarising on the loan; while Nova Scotia and New
Branswiek are jointly responsible for the remain
ing seven-twelfths. By this adjustment the last
named Province will derive greater advantages
in the expendituré of the building funds than
either of the other tyo, asthe fine of road through |
it will traverse a much larger extent of country
than it will, I believe, through both the others
combined. This preliminary but really important |
feature in the proceedings at Quebee, proves ex-
eeedingly agreeable to the people of New Brun-}
swick, and warrants the conelusion that Mr. |
Villey and his colleagues exerted superior tact and |

W hat

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mission aad haye a word on the ‘*Bryanites,”’| political measures ; but use not sacred things | route the track wonld have taken > entering
Ile eaye, a little farther on, thatin using the for propping up the fabrie of any party Go-/ from Nova Scotia the territory of New Brunsw se, |
!

t
term ‘* Bryanites,”’
respectful to the Body, any more than when |

epeaking of the

. *
whether committed by clergymen or other-
wise, you may brand me as unworthy the

he meant nothing diy-| vernment; or when I fail to expose the sin, | bas heretofore been a subject difficult of amicable

arrangement in the midet of opposite loeal inter- |
fests. But the decision gf that subject is placed |

ea Se

at the “Ovens.” ‘This quartz contains —
minerals besides gold, which renders its — g r
mation very difficult, Quartz has gove ae
the crusher and amalgamator and not e —
so much gold as could be got out by the mi

The average yield at Sherbrook is reported to
: Thirteen tons from
Hewitt’s claim on the Blue Lead — es ~
On the Hewitt lead quartz has average rom «

to 12 oz. per ton — the latter being the average
forning Journal.

Che Examiner. |

Charlottetown, October 6th, 1862.

i

‘THE SCHEMING OF THE GO-|

VERNMENT WITH REGARD TO}
THE GRANT TO ST. DUNSTAN’S |
COLLEGE MORE FULLY
POSED. |

THE MAN WITH THE UNCLEAN HANDS |

STILL UNCLEAN.

' | yeral’’ occasions — what brought hima to Mr. |

a D Pies
THAT the correspondence in the last No. of THE |
EXAMINER, exposing the ehicanery of the Gove rn- |

ment in the matter of a grant from them in aid of |

| opinions, and not regarded in any way or manner |
as indicating the views or opinions of the Govern- | pose of ascertaining the costof St. Dunstan’s | wrote a letter to the Colonel on t

EX-| his Lordship that Mr. Pope appeared, to all in-
| tents and purposes, in the capacity of ambassador

mentioned by Mr. Pope. The fact is — and we
believe Mr. Brenan is not unwilling to confirm it
—that Pope’s application about the cost of St.
Dunstan’s College was evidently made with the
view of leading Mr. Brenan to believe that the
nt were anxious to conciliate the Catho-
So mueh for Mr. Secretary

Governme
lies as far as possible.
Pope's principal ground of defence.

The Colonial Seeretary says, in another part
of his article, that in the course of the “several
enammuutications” be had with the tishop, he told |
his Lordship that the “ views or opinions which he

might express were to be taken as his individual

ment.” Granted that Pope made such a little |
loop-hole for himself in his “ several commenica-
tions” with the Bishop -— what did his Lordship
eare about the “views or opinions” of W. H.

Pope? Was not the fact broadly presented to

a

The Colonial Secretary admite ** that the
matter of a grant from the public money in
aid of St, Dunstan's College formed the |
subject of several communications between |
flis Lordship and Mr. Pope, durin the
Session of 1861, and that Mr. Pope, uring
that Session. was in favor of such a grant,’
‘and that Mr. Pope, to the utmost of his
ability urged the propriety of such a grant.”

He admits that be intimated to His Lord-
ship that he would take an ** early opporta-
nity of ascertaining the views of the members
of the Government on the subject,’’ and
that he ‘did consult several of the members

|

ne a Se tee

Another matter which Mr. Pope led the
Bishop to expect from the Governestiea was

|@ due representation of Catholics at the

Board of Education. The number of mem-
bers was increased by two for the special
purpose of giving Catholies this representa-
tion without giving cauee for offence by dis-
missing any of the actual members to make
room for Catholics.

When Co]. Gray's resolation permitti
the Students to pass the Board Without
attending the Normal Sct:ool,was withdrawn,
T went to the Hon. Mr Palmer to inform

of the Government, and also of the House of
Aasembly.’’ He admits that he called on
the Hon, Mr. Brenan * for the express pur-

College.’’ Ail these admissions tend to cor-
roborate His Lordship’s assertion.

For whatever purpose the Colonial Secre-
tary paid his first visit to the Bishop, I have
reason to know that the subjects of a grant
to the College, a due representation of
Catholics at the Board of Education, and the
exemption of the Students of the College,

or agent for the Government! He might express |

what “ epinions” be pleased of his own; but w hat

and the pupils of the Convent who desired
to become teachers,from going to the Normal
School, were talked over: and [ have reason

brought him te the Episcopal Residence on “ 8€-| to know, too, that even after the first visit of

| Brenan's office?) Was he merely making a< asual, |

friend)y cajl at each time, to talk about the state

Mr. Pope, His Lordship was led to believe
that Catholies would receive from the Govern-
{ment all that they could reasonably expect.
Mr. Pope himself informs us that he com-

him of the withdrawal of Col. Gray's resolu.
tion, and to remonetrate with him on the bad
faith practised, as I believed, regarding this
affair. Mr. Paimer appeared surprised and
GS sabj

He said that he would bring forward in the
|Council a resolution something similar to
Col. Grey's. Ile did 90, or another member,
the Hor. Mr. Anderson, for bim; but this
jresolution was lost in the Assembly. 1 was
|the bearer of Mr, Paimer’s letter to Col.
Grey. I had? an interview with the latter
gentleman in the Col. Secretary's office, and
had a lopg conversation with him on the
Education question. Tle spoke of the desire
|of the Government to do all they could for
| Catholics, and referred to the offer made to
|the Bishop of a seat at the Board of Educa-
tion at which they wished him to preside.
On my saying that this was an exceedingly
small prouf of their desire to do justice to

Methodists he epplied ta
them the term ** Wesleyans. Phe two cases | @ppeliatoa of
form no parallel. it ig well known that the!
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Methodist body use ‘* Methodist’? and «* W ee- | Oct. 3d, 1862.
leyan”’ interch angeahly, mote generally {| al
sreaking of themselves either ag ‘* Wee-} ici i
leyans,’’ or ** Weslevan Methodists.” The} 2 tpen we BEAMINER.)
Bible Christians never ad ypted the name of Mr. Epiror, —The advocates of the present

pp | : ; ee] ‘ we
‘+ Bryanites ;*’ never speak of themselves as; @overnment, feeling that they can no longer
‘* Bryanites;’* do not permit the name to be} defend ite acts as politicians, are endeavour-

A BIBLE CHRISTIAN.

ee

applied to them by ethers: hut regard its; ‘NZ Ce Support i¢ as Zeaots.
application as a term of contempt. We are | it 18 altogether uselees to appeal to the rea-
especially tenacious of gur denominational | 809 of the people, they pander to the reli-
name et this time, when the high legal func- | £i0U8 prejudices and bigotry of the most ig-

tienaries of our land publicly adwit that they, 2orent aad intolerant among Protestants. |
dare not take the Word of God ag a test of | Phis ie a very old trick anda very wicked |
Those who cesort to it are either very |

alleged heresy in gnather Protestant de-j oe. ]
nemination; and determined, that any such | foolish or dishonest men, or very short-sighted
case occurring among ourselves shall be de- wore politicians.
cided by that standard, and by it oaly,; . . ‘
neither creed, cstechiem formulary nor any °f those wke would thus recklessly kindle
CS Oe ee ww : } 5 . lie . nee ia
Sther test ean bs found among us. We cai}; te fame of tr cigious disc rd amongst us,
Gurselyes, thersfore—and expect others, who These are go evident as clearly to be seen
aT bHeCT. ec “ ue -> bY Ss, P
speak courtequaly, to designate us—** Bible through by the most obtuse. Even the moat
5; lo resume. Mr. Editor, it must\ 484tical and blinded among the duped are
be barne iz mind that the subject which en-| YO¢er So misapprehension as t& the matives
gaged “ the most serious attertion’’ ef the) of the dupers. But men are not fond of
Preebytery at the meeting referred to, wes) Weighing the motives or of examining too
3

(hristians.”’

* Paral agezression.’’ | ac Salto ste ;
his addrees, spoke to that subject; and his) peal to their self-love, their spiritual pride,
erowed suspicion of our Body wae as to its| © their lust of power. Neither gra the nar-
: I would ask that gextieman, | rew-minded and the intolerant yery capable
through you, Sir—and | do a0 with due de-} °! foreseeing the Cancegnences af their ac.
fererice—on ** what authority doeg he dare te. tions. Giving themselves up to the guidance
guy"’ that our Protestagtism ig a matter of} of their passions, they rush blindly on, never
doubt? Has he ever heard that any ef eur) *opping to cone ler the Tighta af others, ar
Congregations worship God according to the the dangers and difficulties they are sure to
> ge it.) meet with in their mad career. And when

Proteetantiem.

fermularies of the Charch of Rome?

: UR ROE Ret 2) lei lat last they feel the ynavoidable effects of |
ph saderwre aay jl manage he Late gnent i idays past a panoramie exhibition of the most | i RE.
No si- | nobody whe has had the patience to read it will) : ‘papi r ' :
Dublin, | suppose that we or any one else should reply to |" Catholic Bishop”’ “ was regularly communi- | they voluntarily gave Catholics their righte
sl hein tn Rall tie owe PEA to} cated to the leader of the Government!” Now, | regarding the education question it could be say

ee ; | does not this declaration clearly shew that Mr,| ®t that they did so with a good grace, and | reason given by the callant Col. for his deci-

the distinguishing doctrinea of Rome are| their! lly, they are ready to attribute their
teught er belie: od amene us? @r is the! Sulferings to any rather than to the true
Church of Rome from time to time increased | “U5¢- .

by any accestions from the Bible Christian Though there are some Protestants who
Church. A negative reply to theee proposi-| Fe ready to thraw reason overboard at the

the

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?
i

tiens induces @ sepetition of the query, On| Coming election, and others who, in spite of

what authority does he dare to say that he the promptings of their better nature, will
is ‘‘ not so sure of the Bryanites Te jg Suller themselyes to be led by their blind and
very illiberal for an Englishman to hazard a/ Ctazed guides, there are many who are fully
suspic n of guilt until the.culprit be convict- | TS ved to remain true to the principles of
x dem rant. 2. ee . gre em i if , edi » nk nets ,
ed by ae impartial jury of his countrymen. — and religious rye. a nang: who
{: is etill more unbecoming in a Christian! ®bor injustice, and who consider it less a
to dc eo: but what shal! we say ofa Christian i8grace to he made glayes than to become
Minister so far forgetting the great prineiple | OPpres#are.

Convinced that |

will got step to enquire into the motives!

Mr. FitsGeraid, in| @esely into the characters of those who ap-|

{beyond the reach of colonial authority, as the | «| of the weather and such things? Was it not a
: : . ? ; ra eaused @ °
proposition which induced the Imperial guarantee! St. Dunstan's Callege, would have caused eonfu | singular thing that such an inveterate bater of
submitted the * question ot route = the pleasure | sion und eonsternation amengst themselyea and the Catholic religion should be so desirous of en-
fe a Rega it = ae louie 9 en | their supporters—was what we were prepared to | t hag t pe ation with Catholic clergymen
rom the Provinces gre again aulhorize VU pro- | es i } tering into COnVers? « q
ceed to England to assist - “ final peat expect. They have not $4 — % re a Dy - and Catholic laymen of the highest rank? Was
thon of this important undertaking. is pretty | of anethi ‘se connected with the affairs of Go- . rae apr: i ae Pa
pat ceiaend that oper iid in thd A sivas. j of anything pe le Mn aT blic opinion since | 2¢ i@ the habit of mixing socially and familiarly
p a* ieee coal : . : vernment in their retation to puble opine ce}, as ae a of his life?
colonial Railroad" will begin before next Spring, | | with them during the whole course of fis
7 . og ance as give % ‘TS. P ° .
and then what Me rush of ofice-seekers there will | that corr epondence = Shae y . ate 1 And is it not singular that in all the interviews he
| be » Por yf Commissioners. ; » reanle of feeling excited, the demanc ‘ : i
¥ el mg ae fortnight oe large fires oc- pAnenenay Oe ee |had with the Bishop and Mr. Brenan he talked
| curred in our city, which destroyed much valuable | about scarcely anything else than the grant te St.

. : ee ee , ’ copie in circulation, | :
property in the shape of private residences, out- | dented—the number of copies put in circ : | Dunstan’s College? low could the Bishop or

for THe EXAMINER of Monday last was unprece-

| houses, furniture ‘rehandize of various des-| ; > ve . “€ f non-subseribera, being far sake
eo apg tna "i woe loss « f cli we pelt on on mena M . An r! Mr. Brenan entertain any other opinion than that
eriptions wuUre ’ san = eS ’| eres hi anv previous occasion. and indiscretion sustain the residue. | BFE ee or 4 : Moni | Mr. Pope was employed by the Government to
We have also been visited with numerous shoals | result was the overflow of twaddle im the Monitor |
7 , “di ra (so calle ; : ited | of Wednesday.: slong, laboured and quibbling |“ : :
" the — oe ri alle @) — ” 4 ~ d! of W edne sday, and the lot , la : | viliate the Catholics by vague promises, so as to
Statas. J _ “— iy cowards ~ e | article in the Jslander of Friday, over the signature |
their own and ac optec country, demed its hal-} 7: - Mas : . :

‘ , ei sf "oid the first time that indi-} ‘
owed banner and sought refuge on English soil, | Of “ W. = Pope . ghar ' rname| Yerement, when it was well understood that a ge-
r » performance of man’ bles y. | vidua s been forced to put his own proper name | ‘ :
~ hae ~ mds se vad = 1 ke = : duty. | vidual bas “ ye P i : a -* «ance | eral election was about taking place—but which
: e of these have been but very recently citizens | tg an editorial article,—he as done so in this case | ’ ih ;
ot St. John, and when a bounty was offered to j election was put eff in consequence of the Honor-
reeruits, they shipped themselves toe Boston, took | ©"! ;
the oath of allegiance to the Federal flag, received i effect to his statements ;~but, in point of fact, the Land Commissioner’s Award? No man was
three or four hundred dollars, remitted it home, | pame of “W. H. Pope” lessens the weight that | ~ wee ' ' rs
| then deserted, and sneakingly arrived home to! night otherwise be attached to any statement. | ' ' .
relate their deeds of valor. : : : : ‘avar | promises to the Catholics than W. H. Pope, be-

Yesterday evening we were farored with an! As hie defence of the Government is, however, |
i evangelical diseourse—or something intended for | semi-official—put forth, no doubt, by command of
it—in the open air, inthe centre of King’s Square |
and beside a gushing fountain of pure water. The |

neutralise or soften their opposition to the Go-

| evidently wi » belief that he was giving greater :
pny ene ren . ‘able Joseph Howe disclosing the secrets of the

'considered better qualified to make the vague

cause he could quibble, equivocate, and lie out of

aan - 5 amine if} hem with unblushing influence. But we assure
persons high in authority — we shall examine it] ~ ‘ . se a :
i him that falsehood will not avail him in this ease,

closely to shew its utter worthiessness — to she

municated to the jeader of the Government

| act as negotiator on their bebalf, in order to con-| remove it.

gentleman who thus zealously exerted his talent |

jean Church. He lectures this evening, poor tel- |
low, upon the “ Great religious awakenings” in
Great Britain and Ireland.

beautiful and famous seenes in Lreland.
milar work of art has excelled this.

Cork, Limerick, Wicklow mountains, “ sweet

vale of Aveca” and ether celebrated places have |
been presented with excellent skill to adiniring | the College endowment.

} tor the conversion of sinners is a Mr. Baxter, and | how signally it fails to meet the charge of schem-
the papers style him a lay minister of the Angli- |

ing and trickery on behalf of the Government,

at a time when they thought they might

He is spoken of very | wheedle a majority of Catholics into supporting

highly as a man of much pretensions. them by pretending to be favourable to a grant to
There has been on exhibition here for some | .,

i St. Dunstan's College. As for the ‘ Monitor,’

There are several rea-

| for we are determined to sift the whole subject
| to the bottom.

He says that in his “ communications” with the
| Bishop, he merely expressed “ his individual opin-

‘‘ regularly the substanee ’’ of this ‘* con-
yorsation.”’

This gentleman continued his visits to the
Episcopal Residence,and very long visits some
ot them were; and, asa matter of course,
our Colonial Secretary communicated to his
muster, the leader of the Government, * re-
| gularly the substance of every conversation!’’
| He appeared to be & most strenuous advocate
| for Catholic claims, and he gave the Bishop
jto understand that the leading members of
| the Government were favorable to the grant,
|&c.; that although there was some opposi-
, tion, yet that he and others were laboring to
lle led His Lordship to beheve
}that Col. Gray was in favor of the grant,
although, said be, the Col. was to00 much of
a diplomatist to tell the Bishop 80 himself in
}an interview which he had with him.
| It was intimated to His Lordship by more
‘than Mr. Pope that it would be impolitic to
present a certain petition, as all the support-
ers of the Government were not then unani-

| before they all agreed even those who were
| favourable thereto might be obliged to vote
|against it. These gentlemen led the Bishop
| to believe that it was their desire that what-
fever the Government might do for Catholies
might be done without any petition, or
| spontaneously.
| The Colonial Secretary said, during his in-
| terviews,that there was then presented to the
Government an opportunity of allaying the

| mous on the subject, and if it were presented |

Catholics and on giving what I considered
His Lordship’s reason for declining the prof-
fered honor, the Col. said thas the Govern-
ment were either ashamed or sorry,—I do
not distinctly remember which expression he
used—for having offered the Bishop the fag-
end, as it were, of the Boasd of Education,
but now that they were inclined to make
|the amende honorable by giving Cutholics a
\fair representation at the Boasd. Durin

|our conversation on the subject of the Board
of Education, and whilst | was complaining
of the manifest injustice done Catholics with
regard to it, the Hon. Col. tegan to tell me
jabout some promises which either the Rey.
|Mr. Sutherland or the Rey. Mr. Patterson
| had made to resign his seat at the Board after
a certain union of Presbyterian Churches
took place, and that on the strength of this
promise he caused the Rey. Mr. Duncan to
\be appointed He observed that the reason
;givyen by Messrs. Sutherland and Patterson
for the non-fulfilment of the promise was,
\that although the Churches were united in
the country they were not in the city—or
something to that effect. He appeared to be
almost indignant at Mr. Sutherland for the
course pursaed by him in the matter, and, he
observed, that feeling himself in a manner
jcompromised by the appointment of Mr.
Duncan, when one of the other Rev. gentle-
men did not resign, he started one day to go
to Mr. Duncan’s to induce him to resign >
but on approaching his residence the thought
| struck him that it was a pity to deprive his

, Whr, | existing bad feeling between Catholics and! own Minister of the paltry sum of eight

}jons,”’ but what does he say further down ?
i

jhe impudently declares that “the substance of
every communication which he had with the Ro

}

| Protestants which would not occur again
| perhaps for many years. The Government

| had the confidence of the Protestants, and if

|that they were in no manner forced to it.

| pounds—this is the sum mentioned by him
jas far as 1 recolleet—the only amount of
| public money received by him, and he decided
jon leaving the matter as it stood. I need not

that J was not a little astonished at the

sion ; I observed, however, that there was no

and crowded houses. I had the pleasing satisfac-| sons why it should be quietly passed over to the | Pope was acting as the pimp, the spy of the Go-

tion of being present the other evening at this | detthals at-< 0k Bel ack fare & eal aa vernment, to worm out of the Bishop and others
*“ Hibernicon” in company with my revered friend ' |

. . le $8] +) int 8 rs ing ie
Major McGill, of Charlottetown (ex-Major I be-| dence to help the Government out of their present expressions of their opimons regarding public

lieve, but as I consider he ougét still to retain that | serape, and which might be met by counter evi affairs? He declares that he was merely giving
honor in taet, I don’t commit a meditated wrong : | the Bishop his own opinions on the College grant ;
in using the term). Well, we both sat, togethe: :
with another person, perfectly resigned to our | 8tgument that might pass muster am
fate, you may depend upon it, and anxiously | of sophisms. 3rdly—Iu the dreary, weary waste

dence. 2ndly—It does not present a decent
idst a cloud | but then he says — I took very good care to tell
) Mr. Palmer all the Bishop said to me and all I

said to him. Here is a confession of meanness,

The |

| This would pleage Catholics; and any dis- clergyman on the Board of Education whe
|pleasure that might arise from this act! pad a better right to the seat, and none who
;among the Presbyterians might easily be | acted his part in a more gentlemanly and
jallayed by the paramount influence of Col. | ehristain spirit. I may here observe also
Gray. ile spoke to this effect in my own! that it would be good for this community
presence, . |did other Protestant clergymen practise, as

It may serve the Government at the coming well as Mr. Duncan does, the teachings of
election, it may suffice to prove their ortho-| ghat Gospel of peace and charity which they

ef love which he ayews himself called of God
to expound and enferce, as — without the,
elightest pretest—~to assert thata whole bady
ef Christians are hypocrites — or, not what
they prefess to be ¢

Bilt stay, Mr. Editor; there is a pretext.
fa my former letter [ asserted that the pre.

sent Gevernment had made religion their +

stalking berse to power; they are stillgbing-|
ing to their pet as with a death grip. God.
Jess politicians -~ who care as much about!
Protestantism as the Pope of Rame care}
about W. H. Pope — bedizzen our ears with
jneeeeant ravings on the ‘+ pious and immor-
tal memory,’ and the haerrors of ** Dens’
Theology.” These same designing politicians
have enlisted the sym nathios, and talents,and
tongues of as many of our Protestant minis-
ters as they can cajole or intimidate to give
the weight of their influence in aid of their
unhallowed aims; and these have learned
their party watehword so well that they
dare unchristianiae any Protestant Christian
who will not think, and speak and act, in ali
things as but the echo of our ** Protestant
Government.’ Perhaps the following ex-
tract may serve to illustrate the cause of Mr.
Fitagerald’s avowed suspicion of the Bible
Christians :—

+ Seme of our Protestant electors will not be
that the Liberaliom ¢
to all religion or disg

persuaded that a Liber

of the day i ther indifl
ruised Roma

iain Wie

but wo feel

1 weeCKS LHe slup-

re
i

port « f a Roman Cathol

the

egency of their priests, u erin
the state, is not ider
and abettor of I

pone tof every t
not to be trusted, thoug ble
professions for the pudiic good

it may be denied that oer politico-religious
statesmen wish ta become tyrants. Is it not
tyranny to deprive peaceable and unoffend.
ing subjects of their rights and privileges as
citizens? What sane man will say that the
Catholics of Prince Edward Island have for-
feited their peculiar rights as British suab-
jects. And is it not the aim of these agita.
tors to deprive them of these rights? ‘To
make this evident, let us suppose for a mo
ment that the Profestang Parjy succeed to
the utmost extent of their hopes and wishes :

their platform being such that no conscien-|

tious and bonest Roman Catholic, whatever
be his political leanings and convictions, can
join them, they have virtually established

| one OF the worst forms of old-world tyranny— |
Protestants combin- |

that of religious testa.
ing as Protestanta, return au overwhelming
majority to the Louse of Assembly. In the
distribution of public offices Catholics are not
allowed to hold the most
Would not the Catholics then be virtually
disfranchised? Would they not be deprived
of their rightsas British subjects? And why?
Because they choose to worship God accord-

ing to the dictates of their own consciences. |

Because they exercised this undoubted right
of eyery free-man, they are degraded into an
inferior and subject caste. Is not this ty-
ranny — the worst and most intolerable of
tyranny ? And would the dominant class re-
cline on a bed of roses? Far fromit. The
people who tamely submit tu oppression are
not worthy of freedom. discontented minority is af best a very
troublesome thing to deal with; but when
that minority is exasperated by religious per-
secution and proscription, it becomes truly

awaiting the first act of the performance.

of words there is not a sparkle of wit, or even one |

insignificant trust. |

wished-for event burst upon us at the appoiated
moment in the swelling sounds of the organ upon
whieh was played, with much effect, that tane | sense.
beginning with the worda—

{whole sentence remarkable for good common
Athly —It has been written in such a}
| slovenly, slip-slop «tyle as to make any well edu-}
‘The heart that once truly loves never forgets, cated persou ashamed te confess that he had}
But as traly loves on td the close ' bad hi bi
nr > . made ad use of his time by reading the thing |
The splendid music of this seemed to affect—and | U*C® 4 040 Use me ii bin gt nal |
in reality did affvet—us both very perceptibly, from beginning to end. The Hon. Edward Pal-
but the Major particularly. His venerable brew! mer, Donald Currie, Esqr., and Rev. George Su-
and geod natured countenance became somewhat |
soft and apparently moistened as the reminiscenes, : tii gtide
no doubt, of past days and absent companions torial seraps to the * Monitor.
rushed in upon his memory. I confess it was) the Government and the “ Gospel ministry,” we

not without an effort that I prevented a similar hope that Messrs. Palade; Currie gnd Sutberland
shock to my own feelings. In a few moments |

therland, enjoy the reputation of contributing edi- |
For the honour of | @25Y tnpertant facts, of which we were igno-

afterwards, however, when the delineator of the ;» Maybe able to wash their hands clear of the thing. |

paintings began to allude to Limerick and its vio- |
lated Treaty, we were aroused from our sad but
sweet reveries, No Ser ious consequences eccurred ; i fi —— i
trom this incident either te the Major or myself. | Referring to the letter of the Right Rev. Dr
Our other companion was quite insensible to all) Melutyre, published in eur last paper, wherein
appeals to the affections. I hope the gallant
Major will be elected to a seat in the Legislature
when Mr. Seeretary Pope permits the people to)
exereise their choice Y. 2. A. the wish and intention of the majority of the Go-
St. John, 29th Sept., 1862.

his Lordship says, that, during the Session of 1861,
} - ,

Mr. Pope did give him “to understand that it was

yernment to give a grant of the public money in

a ne
DIABOLICAL MURDER IN STRONG.~A corres- ‘ ‘ ma
pe dent of the I pater whe . Journal * states th it cretary “replies that this assertion of his Lordship

aid of St. Duustan’s College” — the Colonial Se-

most inhuman murder was committed in the town | 18 Simply UNTRUE.” One would smppose that se
of Strong, on Sunday last. The victim was a
little girl abont ten years old, daughter of Mr.
Isaac Libbey. She started for ehurch and Sab-
}bath School on Sunday morning, having about | is not a particle otf either. Quibbles and equivo-
one mile to travel, passivg through a piece of woods | cations there are in abundance.
at one point. At 4 o'clock, p. m., she had not re- |
| turned, when folks became alarmed, and on en- | : : 4
| quiry found that she had not been at the church | ¢ter Inte a controversy with a person of Mr.
‘at all.
| night, but no traces found. Yesterday the people
jturned out in large numbers, and searehed in} : ‘i :
‘every direction, and at about two o'clock, p. m., be taken before that of his Lordship.

bold a contradiction as this would be supported
PE

by some strong argument or evidence, but there

No one can, ot

j

will say that Mr. Pope's word on any subject will

We shall now pay our respects to the model |
| Seeretary, as the mouth-piece of the Government. |
| McDonald, is more precise, and effectually de-|

course, expect the Bishop of Charlottetown to |

Search was made for her uutil late in the | Pope’s antecedents and character; and no one | CU ol

pimping and spying such as scarcely ever before
came under our observation.

We intended to say something more in reply
to Mr. Secretary Pope’s statement on bebalf of
the Government, but we deem it unnecessary
now, as, since the above remarks were written,
we have received the following very able letter
from the Rey. A. MeDonald, which discloses

| rant, showing the duplicity of the Government
I )

with regard to their previous promises and their

The short letter from the Honorable Mr. Brenan,

whieh accompanies that froni the Rev. Mr.

molishes Secretary Pope. It would bea pity to
weaken such important testimony by further
'remarks of our own, that might lead*°us over
ground so well and deeply trodden by the Rev
St. Dunstan's. The

overwhelming evidence,

Reetor of case is clearly
that the

| Goverpment were truckling to, and trying to

proved, by
(humbug the Catholies in 1861. Mr. Seeretars
Pope, connected by slender ties with the Exeeu-

| tive Council, with the brazen faee which is a

peculiar trait in the Pope family, assumes all the

responsibility of making overtures to the Bishop,
Clergy and Laity of the Catholic Chureh ;
will not Mr. Edward Palmer attempt to help him
the difficulty? If the

Government is unconcerned in the matter, why

Leader of the

has he been addressing letters to Catholic clergy-

men on the subject? In the note which we

| doxy to have their theological Col. Secretary
calling Catholic clergymen ‘‘ jackalls’’ and
liars, but it will add little to their dignity,
_or to their strength of argument. There are
very few Protestants acquainted with “Father
Angus’’ who would hesitate for one moment
| to believe implicitly what he asserts as having
taken place, and consequently the implied
stigma of Gar from the gentlemanly Mr. Pope
gives him little uneasiness.
The Col. Secretary denies the object attri-
buted to him by me for his ascertaining the
1 cost of the College. The enclosed letter from
| Mr, Brenan affords ample proof of the cor-

,

| wrote, and shews that Mr. Pope is only quib-
| bling. This letter is of much importance as
it corroborates much that has been advanced.
The leader of the Government, to whom
was communicated by the Col. Secretary
|** regularly the substanee of every conversa-
tion which he had with the Roman Catholic
Bishop,’’ also called at the episcopal residence
about this time. What brought Aim there?
Was it to return a‘: yisit’’ ?
Our polite, gentlemanly Col. Secretary
‘** declares that the insinuation of Mr. Me-
| Donald that his Excellency the Lieut. Gover-
nor paid & yisitto the Birhop on the same
bus ness, relative to St. Dunstan's College,
and that Mr. Pope gave notice of that visit
by a note, is an impudent falsehood.”’
| ” His Lordship the sishop bad an interview

and represented to him the grievances of
| Catholics regarding the Mducation question.
| His Excellency seemed extremely 2pxious to
do all he could to satisfy the just claims of
Catholics. His Excellency, 1 understand,
promised to use his best efforts to obtain the

The above, Sir, f clip from an article, furmidable. All the energies of the Govern-/| her bedy was found buried near an old barn, in an
headed ** The duty of Protestants in the com. ment would be directed to keeping in subjec-} opening surrounded by woods, some half mile from

ing crisis,”’ forming a * Monitor’ extra of the! tion those who were already under their feet ; | her father’s house. A rape had been committed |

2id Sept., some 2000 copies of which were, | loeal improvements would be neglected, and | Upon her, and then her threat ent from ear to
1 understand, printed and gratuitously dis.| the dearest interests of the people sacrificed ; |
tributed among our rural population. The) crue! and unjust laws would disgrace our |

aim of ‘* The duty of Protestants,’ &c., is| statute book, and the country would be kept}

inthat neighborhood. But the general impression,
however, seems to be that it was the fiendish

In the paragraph immediately following that |
in whieh he se iinpudently ehargea an untruth |

ear! I learn that suspicion rests upon a person | ject of giving a grant of the publie money to St. | ment desire that I should give

| Dunstan’s “ formed,”

indeed, “ the subject of se-

upon his Lordship, Mr. Pepe admits that the sub- |

— ER: ! a a _, |grant, &c. Mr. Pope’s visits to the episcopal!
published from the Bishop last weck, his pi cibines ccitiieghal ne ate Pa On
|the Saturday after Easter—if my memory
any further in-| seryes me—His Lordship was honored by a
formation on this subject, I shall be most happy | visit from His Exeelleney. The Col. Seere-
| to satisfy them in this respect.” Secretary Pope | ‘@ty Says that he has ** reason to know that
i

ship said :—* Should the gentlemen of the Govern-

isay they preach.

Mr. Gray made no secret of his low opinion
of the Normal School as then conducted. He
| considered it a hardship that young men of
superior talents should be obliged to remain
at this institution as long as persons of much
inferior talents. Referring to St. Danstan's
College, he gave it as his opinion, that if
there was a training class got up there, even
without any change in the law, the students
would not be obliged to attend the Normal
School. Mr. Gray appeared to be well dis-
posed towards the grant for the College, but
jsaid that there was much prejudice existing

present conduct in referenge to Catholic affairs, | Teetwess—at least in substance—of what ' among Protestants which it would be well

to try and remove. fle said that certainly
there should be a change in the Education
| Act after the next election, and that be
_bimself would advocate the change. He
‘made the very kind and friendly suggestion
for me to advocate the Catholic claims re-
garding education, and added, that after the
/Census would be taken would be the moss
jappropriate time, as they could then be en-
forced more effectually considering the large
| proportion of Catholics.

| I believe that Messrs. Palmer and Gray,and
}other gentlemen, were then desirous to give
|the grant to the Uollege,and that they would
/have done so were it not for a stubborn op-
| position from certain parties. Mr. Palmer
complained of this opposition more than
| onee. This, 1 presume, he will not attempt

Why | ¥ith bis Excellency the Lieutenant Governor | to deny.

|

| In a conversation which I had some weeks
}ago, on board the steamer * Westmorland,’
|with the Hon. J. C. Pope, I spoke to this
gentleman of the shameful duplicity prae-
| tised by the Col, Secretary and others, rela-
tive to the promises made to the Bishup in
the spring of 1861. I did not specify the
exact nature of the promises made directly
\or indirectly by the Col. Seeretary, Mr. Pal-
mer, or any one else. I alluded in general
terms to what the Bishop was led to expect
‘from the Government through the “commu-

ar

evidently to intimidate liberal Protestants) in a state of continual alarm and agitation.
from exercising their franchise at the ap-| ‘Lhe oppressed party, on their part, wo
proaching election, unless they waive every | use every means, law/ul and unlawful, to re-
" dts - - ¢ ° * ee
objection to the Government, and, despite) gain their rights and avenge their wrongs.

ud |

work of a straggling deserter from the army, or! veral communications between his Lordship and | ; og) lida a ee a
some vagabond prowling about iu this vicinity. |; Mr. Pope,” that the latter “ urged the propriety | ‘8 "oe “@ gentleman of the Government ’—he
holds merely the situation of respectable Flunkey
When Messrs.

| A person dressed In woman’s clothes, but supposed | of such a grant,” but he says it was with the pro-
| to be a man, has been seen in this vicinity several :
times during the past week. Many are of the

viso, “that St. Duustan’s College should be con-| the Goverament. Palmer,

|on the oceasion of the visit paid by His Ex- | nications” of « W. H. Pope,’’ the substance
| cellency the Lieut. Governor to ui is Lordship, | of which, we are informed were ‘‘regularly’’
i the subject of St. Dunstan's College was not | made known to the en Edward Palmer
} mentioned.’’ In reply to this I have to state leader of the Government. I understood,

such objections, to give it their united sup-| Secret combinations, open rebellion, aud all pinic
port, because to vote for their opponents| the plentiful crop of evils that encumber an | Press.
would be to endanger our duriing Protestant-| oppressed soil, whether that soil be Presby-|
The whole article is a specious blend-| terian Scotland, Catholic [reland, or heathen

a ee -—

em.

| Which governs the Prinee of Wales College.” Now,

Great Froop wy Purapetrata.—In conse- |J8¢ging by the concurrent testimony of several |

, “ a tray o avil: air c" ‘| + ave ae 4 9?
opinion that he is the murderer.— Portland Daily | ducted in accordance with a law similar to that | G™y, Longworth, Haviland, Laird, Yeo, J. C.| that I have ‘‘ reason to know’’ that on this

| Pope, Simpson, or either of them, in his capacity occasion ** the subject of St. Dunstan's Col-
f age’? we 2 ; ; ° >
as an Executive Councillor, asks his Lordship for | lege" was mentioned. His Excellency vA

ny : ; : reared to take a very lively inte } -
information as te the promises of the Government |! y lively interest io

ing of religion and party politics—an identi-
fying of the present Government with all
that is dear to Protestantism, and the liberal

’ |
party with the ‘Man of Sin,’’ and any Pro-|

testant who dares to doubt the truth of this
position, and fearleasiy act upon his doubte,
@ but a Papist in disguise. Now, Sir, |
quete the above little extract in order that
the public may judge if in it may not be
traced the spirit of one who, on unother oc-
easion, himself admits — although ever his
friends attribute to him much stronger Jan
guage~-having said he was ‘* not so sure of
the Bryanites.”’ 1 see no difficulty in dis-
corning ia both the same spirit, and I hereby
eclatlenge Mr. Fitzzerald to deny, over his
own signature — for our cause of quarrel is
**Pragid FitzGerald'’—that he is the author
of the article alluded to; to deny PZ he un-
successfully attermpted to have it mad before
a regular meeting of the City Orange Lodge ;

i
to deny that, failing in this, he managed to! an ‘ Irish pauper immigration * will restore!
them to their rights, then we may be assured |

have i¢ read and approved at an irregular
meeting Ob, bat it may be said, ‘* You
must not slander a Christian Minister.’’ |
retort, ‘‘ I fail to distinguish in this trans-

action the deings of @ Christian Minister ; 1) and wretchednese already existing in our is-|

see, with yt di fic ulty, the iatrigue of a bigot
and reck'ess partizan, and deal with him as
euch.”’ [ eanaot repress a stuile of contempt
for clergymen who try to hide from pablie
gace any and every thing they do or say
wrong under the convenient cloak of their
* Divinity,’’ and try to stamp as blasphem-
ous amy one who has the moral courage to

expose thete inconsistency, despite the as-|

India, would flourish here in baleful luxuri-
ance. All classes of the people would be
fearfully demoralized—those who wielded an
undue power and those over whom that power
was exercised.

Besides, the measures of these Orange po-
liticians would increase and intensify the
evt/s they complain of, and accelerate the
consummation they wish to prevent. Do
they complain that the Catholic clergy exer-
cise too great an influence over their flocks?
| Would that influence be leasened by making

the religious convictions of Catholics a ground
| of political proscription? Do they denounce
| Catholics as beiug no lovers of the British
| @onstitution — as being ‘a disloyal set’ ?
| Will their love of that constitution be in-
|} creased when they feel the sharp sting of re-
| ligious persecution, when they find that for
|‘ righteousness sake’ they are debarred from
exercising their privileges as free men. If

that ship load upon ship load of the ver
'dregs of the population of Ireland will flood
| the country, fearfully adding to the misery

land home. And when by this means Catho-

| lee obtained a majority in the government, |
Jori*y 6 | walks, for squares together, are ploughed |

les se k . 7 P ; - ae } . fs
| out ; the contents of lumber yards were car- | ©#™e to his knowledge? If this were an important | fy nore reaarks Which may serve further

| what conld Protestants expect — having set

the exampl« of exclusion from political pri-
| vileges on religious grounds—-but retaliation ?
This, of course, would not be submitted to
by Protestants. Then would fullow a struggle
for the mastery, which, to eay the very least
of is, would make this Island a very undesi-

sumed sanctity of their position as Minis‘ers| rable place for those who Jeve peace and

ef the Gospel. How very becoming, thea, in
Mr. Fitzgerald to affeet such pious herror,
and charge me with slanderiog a Christian
Minister! “ { most emphatically and indig-
nantly” repel thocharge. I yield to no man
én the respect { entertain for those engaged
én the sacred duties of the Christian ministry.
Whea, however, a Minister of the Gospel so
fae forgets himself, and his duty towards
God and man, as to prostitute his time, ta-
lente and the influence of his position to the

quietness to live in.

[ am fully eouvineed, sir, as a Protestant,
and as a lover of my native country, that no
greater evil could belall my co-religionists,
and the people generally, than that these in-
triguing and fauaticalfpoliticians should suc-
ceed in their designs. 1 believe it to be the
duty of every Liberal Protestant, whether he
be found in the ranks of the Tories or of the
Liberals, to lift hie voice against this blend-
ing of religion with politics. I am well

tnteresta of party, why then he has laid aside) aware that im some circles it requires consi-

hie dwinity, and must consent to be dealt!
In this light) ligious and charitable opponents are sure to

with even as other sinners.

| derable moral courrge to do this, for our re-

only did { write one word about Mr. Fitz-| stigmatize those whe advocate equal rights

gerald; and Jet the public judge, from his
own > spr if L had not a cause. I may

‘State that my informants—if they were,
as he characterizes them, tale-bearers—were

nearly all good sound Conservatives friend
; y
to Mr. F., Protestants and Orangemen. ‘1

dare sey they will, at least in heart, thank
orateet and brother for this expression
of bh od Opinion of therm also.

Me. FitcGerald thinks I would have acted

for all, independent ef creed or party, as
heretics, ofice-bunters, or infidels; but under

selves with the reflection, that among the
advocates of religious freedom have been
found men who, whether considered as chris-
tiang or as patriots, are as superior to them
as the sae sun is to the dimmest ignis
fatuus that ever rose from the foulest bog to
bewilder the unfortunate traveller,

more like a * Bible Christian” had I called
on him before rushing into print, and asked |
him if he really made use of the language!

Yours,
A PROTESTANT.
Prince County, Sept. 29th, 1862.

“

ie

quence of very heavy rains in Philadelphia on | $eutlemen, and by tacts which shall be hereafter |
Friday, 12th inst., the culvert in a stream stated, we know that Mr. Pope made no sueh pro- |

relative to the proposed grant to St. Dunstan’s.

| which runs through the city burst, and the|

| water overflowed several streets. Commené-
}ing at Broad street it ran in a deluge two
squares wide, embracing Montgomery street

| vision in Lis overtures about the grant. But sup-
|
| the fact is proved that the question was favorably

| we are quite sure his Lordship will give a courte-

| the Government may be venturesome enough to

and Allegany avenue, until it reached Girard | entertained by persons who were supposed to re-| create some correspondence of this kind, and

| avenue.

it then diminished is. the width at| present the whole Government. We have, how-| ™4y vainly hope to entrap Catkolie clerg

| had traversed, until, reachiag Seventh and }ever, good reason to know that in the “several | make admissions that may be twisted to suit

Montgomery streets, it turned and spread
over an area five squares wide. But for the
| rise of ground at Ridge avenue it would have

poured down to Willow and Callowhill

| communications” referred to by the Colonial | the purposes of his party and his Government, we | of the bad roads.
| Secretary the condition as regards placing St.! Sal! be glad if even he will publish the whole! that the opposition of the Isle of Skye Scotch

| Dunstan’s College under a law similar to that

| .
| correspondence, because we shall have then much
;

streets ; as it was, it continued nearly to De-| which governs the Prince of Wales College was|™0re to say upon the subject than -we are at

leware, sweeping through Third, Second and
| Fourth streets, above Girard avenue, with
, the force of an avalanche. Cellers filled at
| the rate of four feet an hour; and the lower
‘flat of all the buildings on the three streets
| named were filled to the ceilings. he work
thing was known of it in other parts of the
city until it was over. The districts over-
| flowed are densely populated, aad contain
many .manufactories, especially tanneries,
| which were destroyed.
ily all of brick ; a dozen of them are in ruine ;
fifty-two others are in danger of tumbling,
and others must be pulled down, ‘The side-

| ried off bodily. Houses, says a Philadelphia
paper, were toppled over from their founda-
| tions lying in indiscriminate ruins, the cloth-
jing, pictures, &e.. of their occupants left sus-
pended to the plastering of the adjoining
wali, as though in mockery of the ruins be-
neath them. The front of one house fell in
while the occupants wef» in the second sto-
ry. with their retreat cut off. Five children
lost their lives—two by drowning, and three
by the falling of houses. The damage done
to property is estimated at $1,000,000. The
waters subsided as quickly us they rose. At
Frankfort, near there, great loss has been sus-
tained by an overflow, and several bridges
over the creeks have been carried away.
—--— coe. o

| acquaintance.

Mr. Perley was of the family of

about the middle of the last century; it we do!
not mistake, at the period of the removal of the
French Acadians.— Boston Coprier.
si Tue GoLD Mixes —Matters are pretty quiet
at the Mines just now. Many of the Miners
left some weeks since to get in the hay and other
crops, and have not yet returned. ‘The Jack of
suitable crushers has caused considerable despon-
dency. The miners have expended their means
and look to the quentities of quartz raised for
reimbursements. ‘This is particularly the case

The houses are near- |

Moses H. Periry, Esq. — The decease of | *"" “™ ‘
| this genial and excellent gentleman will be much | of giving a grant proportioned to the interest on
| deplored by many who had the pleasure of bis | the capital invested in ii—did Mr. Pope, we repeat,

| that name in Rowly, inthe county of Essex in| hs ,
| this State, his ancestors having emigrated to the on the condition that the Catholic College should

| Provinees with many otbers frem that quarter, | be placed under the same statute regulations as
this wadeserved obioquy, we can console our- |

| mever once proposed ta the Bishop. Vf it were, is
jit at all likely that his Lordship would allow Mr.
Pope, or any one else, to make “ several commu-
nications ”’
mount? Is it likely that the Bishop would tacitly

| tion by entertaining Mr. Pope's “several communi

| cations” with the condition annexed for the sake
| of the paltry grant which the Goverment were dis-
posed or able to give? Has not the Bishup been ap-
| plied to for information on the subject by a person
| far more influential than “ W.H. Pope’? Has

his Lordship «tated that any such condition ever

point in the transaction — as Mr. Pepe seems to
regard it, trom the fact that he repeate it in seve-
| ral parts of his article — it could be easily proved
| by the Bishop's testimony, which might be readily
| ebtained, for his Lordship has publiely stated that
(he is willing to give “the gentlemen of the Go-
vernment”’ any information he possesses, should
they desire it, in conneetion with the whole subject,

Mr. Pope mentions the name of the Hon. Mr.
Brenan, as a gentleman with whom he also held
“communications on the proposed grant. Did
he state to Mr Brenan when he put that gentle-
man to the inconvenience of examining multifarious
accounts, in order to satisfy him (Mr. Pope) as to
the cost of St. Dunstan’s College, with the view

tell Mr. Brenan that the grant would be given only

the Prince of Wales College?’ No! no!! no!!!
If any such condition had beea proposed to Mr.
Brenan, be is not the man to deny it—we know he
will not affirm it; and we are satisfied that he
would not have entertained Mr, Pope's “com-
munication” for a statement of the expenses in-
curred in the erection of St. Dunstan’s College,
if that statement were sought with a view of ob-
taining a grant to be coupled with the condition

to him with such a condition para-|

| present disposed to express.
|

To rue Epiror or tHe Examiner.
1

| contains a long

}

; of the Colonial Secretary with His Lordship College grant, &c., was talked over, and it is |
jof devastation was so unexpected that no-| merge the denominational character of the institu-| the Bishop of Charlottetown, on the subject) more than probable that Mr. Pope knew that
Did}

‘of a grant to St. Dunstan’s College.

| Mr. Pope write simply

as ** W.H. Pope,’’| the Col.

moting the successful issue of Mis Lordship’s
, claims with regard to the grant, &c., anda

most convincing proof of this is that His Ex-

| pose he had, the ease is not altered materially—| OU’ answer. But even though only ong high in| cellency, [ understand, told the Bishop that \Jed to expect.

| he himself had written to several Protestant
| clergymen, naming the Revd. Mr. McDonald

jand the Reyd. Mr. Sutherland, to induce

ymen to) them to consent to the grant, &e., that he |

had not then heard from them in consequence
lis Excellency thought

might be removed by the influence of these
gentlemen and that of the Hon. Col. Gray.
| I do not give these words as being positively
| the expressions used by His Excellency, but I
| believe that they give the substance of only a
| part of what His Excellency said on the sub-

Dean Sin;—The Islander of yesterday | ject.
defence of the ** coquetry *”)

| During this * visit’? the subject of the

| such would be the case when he wrote from
Secretary's Office a note to His

| t would not consider it necessary to write any Lordship, intimating to him that His Excel-

more on the subject of this cummunication ;| leney was about to call on him.

It is true

| bat as I consider him the special defender of | that the note did not specify the business on

| the Government in this matter, and as he is; which kis Excellency was to call.

But it is

| pleased to impugn the truth of the assertion! a fact that notice was given of this ‘+ yisit’’

jmade by His Lordship in a note addressed to |
| me, last Monday, | feel called on to make a

to ‘* ventilate ’’ this matter,

The Colonial Secretary characterizes the
assertion of His Lordship, that Mr. Pope did,
during the sitting of the Legislatare, in 1861,
given him to understand that the majority
of the Government were desirous to give a
grant of, the public money in aid of St.
Dunstan's College, as ** simply untrue.”

Were the character of Mr. Pope and that
of His Lordship on a level, the circumstances
of the case are such that any jury in the
world would give their decision against the
former. It would be an insult to common |
sense for any one to say that Mr. W. H.
Pope possesses a tenth part of the character
for veracity that His Lordship does, and there
are few among Protestants who could imagine
for a moment that the Bishop would stoop
to an untruth.

There is no doubt whatever but Mr. Pope
did lead the Bishop to believe the the Govern-
mept was to endow St. Dunstan’s College,
and do a good deal more besides for Catholics.
The Colonia] Secretary way quibble, he may
twist his expressions as much ag he pleases ;
but certain it is that the impression which
he made on His Lordship’s mind was, that

by ** W. H. Pope.” IT was at the Bishop’s
residence when His Lordship received this
note. His Exeellemey paid a visit to the
Bishop—the grant, &e.. formed, [ believe,
the principal subject of conversation. The
Col. Secretary gave the Bishop notice of this
bh visit,’’ and [ think few will deny that it is
doing a strong business in the quibbling line
to stigmatize as an ** impudent falsehood”
my assertion that Mr, Pope did give notice
of this ** visit.”’

If the Governor’s visit was a strictly pri-
vate one, what business had the Secretary of
the Colony to busy himself about it? Is it
usual when the Lieut. Governor pleases to
make a private ‘* yisit’’ for the Col. Secre-
tary to notify the person who may be thus
honored? | doubt mach whether,in this case,
it would be beeoming even for the ** Private
Secretary’’ to give any such notice.

Une of the just claims which Mr. Pope
induced the Bishop to believe that the Gov-
ernment was willing to grant was an exemp-
tion of the Students of St. Dunstan's College,
who desired to become teachers, from attend-
ing the Normal Schoul. This was, { believe,
to be the small end of the wedge, and it
appears that the Hon. Col. Grey was appoint-
ed to carry this through. This gentleman,

he was using all his influence to obtain a
grant for the College, and that he
sronnnuy. muersed Of this | am certain, |
for His Lordship expressed himself during |
Mr. Pope's ** communications *’ with him,
more than once, as almost certain of receiving |

.

the grant. i

I suppose, aware of Mr. Grey’s object, pro-
posed an amendment particularizing Saint

| Dunstan’s which was not carried, the gallant

Colonel voted, I believe, for the withdrawal
of his own resolution '

| Hon. Daniexr Beenan, &e. &e,

‘among other things, the grant to St. Dun-
stan’s College, and I presume Mr. Pope un-
|derstood the same. | was assured by this
| geatleman that the Col. Secretary, Mr. Pal-
| wer and iis Excellency the Lieut. Governor
| were really sincere, and were anxious to pro-
cure for Catholics all that the Bishop was
I do not assert that these are
|the identical words used by Mr. Pope, but
| they are substantially the same.
| ‘The Government scribe may rush forward
| and say all this isan ** impudent falsehose”
This will not do. The Col. Secratse*.qquib-
bling will not excuse him «#8 xs from the
| deception practised on’ «*sSrdship the Bis-
| hop. 1 have given & plain, straight forward
|Statement, which I sincerely believe to be
(correct. Ido not deal in untruth, in quibb-
jling, or in falsehood ; and I think more of
my honor, of my position and character than
| to sully either with the perpetration of a lie,
even if St. Dunstan's College would thereby
|Teceive a grant of ten thousand pounds per
annum. If unintentionally I have, in the
foregoing statement, incorrectly affirmed any
‘minor circums ance or particular, { shall feel
| happy to be corrected by liis Excellency the
‘Leeut. Governor, the Hon. Mr. Palmer, the
| {fon. Col. Gray, or the Hon. Mr. Pope, over
| his own signature. It will not do for the
| Government to commission their polite, gen-
| tlemanly Col. Secretary to come forward and
| stigmatize Catholic ~ Ce Pae as untrath-
tellers, jackals and liars. Vague denials in
the * Monitor’ or any other newspaper will
notdo. This matter is of the greatest im-
portance, and it is my wish and desire that
it shall be thoroughly sifted and ** ventt-
lated.’’ When this shall be done, I will be
|quite satisfied to abide the decision of the
Protestants, even of the most prejud 22d
Urangemen of Prince Edward Island.
I haye the honor to be, dear Sif,
Your obedient servant,
A. MeDONALD.
St. Dunstan's College, Oct. 4th, 1862.

Sr. Duneran’s COLLEGE,
Oct. 4th, 1862.

Dear Sin,—~—In the last No. of the ‘Islander’
Mr. W. H. Pope writes :—* It is true that Mr.
Pope called on a leading Catholic layman (the
|Hon. Mr. Brenan) for the express purpose of
jcertaining from him the cost of St. Dunstans
College.”

Will you be so kind as to let me know, 48 far
as you recollect, what Mr. Pope said to you on
that oceasion relative to a grant for St. Dunstan ®
Coliege, and upon what conditions, if any, he
he advocated that grant? And also whether 4.
Pope stated that, in the event of the grant being

when the Education Act was before the House | Obtained, “ St. Dunstan's College should be ¢02

of Assembly, proposed a clause for this | ‘e : : ‘ollege.”
would | purpose ; bat when Mr. Kelly, who was noi, “ich governs the Prince of Wales College.

ducted in accordance with a law similar tot

Lhave the honor to be,
Dear Sir salty,

Y rm cDONALD,

Charlottetown

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