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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 a«D intl Pete Doc aho and aut alig the Oat P F Ii on t Quel The; Stre quea disci •well abui meri on t allt these St/sU Cath Cath be I beer Few cry.' be n knot intei good and righ sens way is d< claii to V( ihtl Ron whai 1 toS C^ This Is aa exact copy of om of Um Ounpaign ShM-» issued by the Tories for diitribution during tho Oemeral Bleotion Oampaign of 1883. It ii devoted to a':taokiiig and arraigningr the Mowat Goveni- ment for alleged gross ix^ustice to the Irish Oatholioa (1.) This Sheet was prepared by a geotieman thm in the employ of the Tory party. (2.) He reoeiyed hL3 salaxy through the Tory organiser. H. H. Smith, of Peterboro'. (3.) 0. W. Bunting, of the " Mail," gave instructions m to the character and scope of the Document. (4 ) Sir Johh Blacdonald, W. R. Meredith, and O. W. Bunting were each handed proofs of the aheeta 6. Bach made soggestions as to the alterations neoesMrj to make the appeal more complete, and (6.) Bach gave special orders that it should be very largely circulated among the Irish Catholics. Electors read it carefully, and then decide for yourselyes whether the political leaders, who were the authors of such a document, can be regarded as the champions of Protestantiam, or even worthy of the slightest degree of respect or eonfidenoe by the Electorate of Canada. In 1883, to try to serve a point, thjpy alleged the Government to be ultra Protestant In 1886 they allege that the same Administration is ultra Oatholic FACTS FOB Tl IBISH lUCTOBS ! A Vttithfful Haoovd of How tho REFORMERS AND COHSERVATIVES HAVE TREATED THE IRISH PEOPLE. TheFranohise. In a few days the Catholic electors of Ontario will be called on to vote for one of the political parties in this Province. Questions of grave importance will be placed before the people. They will be asked to consider the Boundary Award, the Streams Bill, the Licensing System, the Finances, and other questions of provincial interest. All these issues will be discussed from public platforms. The Oatholic electors, as well as their f^low citizens of other creeds, will have an abundant opportunity of arriving at just conclusions on the merits of the two platforms before the people. Instructors on these subjects will be everywhere, llie people will hear all the points in dispute like a thrice-told tale. Sut beyond these Boundary Award$, and Streams Sills, and Licensing Systems, and questions of Finance, who is to speak to the Catholic people as to the relative worth of the ttoo forties, from a Catholic point of viewf Few, if any, platform speakers will be bold enough to tell the world which of the two parties has been the best friend of civil rights and religious liberty for all. Few men will care to raise what is wrongly caUed the " sectarian cry." And yet, in this crisis, it is desirable that that " cry " should be raised ; it is necessary for our own good that we all sY.ould know the party that has been the faithful sentinel of o'lr interests, that we Catholics may act on the good old maxim of one good turn deserving another. As electors we are entitled to view, and exercisA, the franchise from every standpoint We have a right to consider it as it affects our principles in a religious sense, as well as how it affects our interests in a commercial way. Our hopes and fears, as Catholics, are dear to us, and it is desirable that we should know the history of the men who claim our support. As citizens, and as Cntholics, we are free to vote for whom we please. A great leader of public opinion iti thift Province one time told us that we were " the slaves of !Rome." That great leader kpoke Da Uts anger, tie icne fessing Protestant Association giving its aid to the maohinationa of the Romish hierarchy come to an end f Nor should it be- forgotten that only one supporter of Sir John A. Macdonald voted against the Separate Schools, and not one Orangemao. voted againvi) t>u0 iuuwfpeirMldtt of 8b. Miehacl'a Ccilsgar. Xka Keformen said that " The most despicable of panderers to the Romish priesthood in. the House of Assembly, without exoeption, were the membwi who. Tn a UffoK ■rmHon woro Bout to Parliament and retained their seats by Otmagp influ* enoe. poUoj of Sir John A. Maodooftld, and " rindioate the prin- dplM of dvU Mid r^guma liberty in Ontuio." No oom- pfomiM with " Popery, that wae the paMirord ; that waa the ^Open Sesame " of sacoeM to Reform politioiana ; men whose narrow mind* remind us of what Rabelais said of the man who " Ured all his life in a barrel, and only saw the world thioarii ^e boiw-hoie." The Arohbishop told his people to standoy those who stood by them. In hu letter he wrote as a oitisen, not as a priest. He was exercising his right as an eleetor. He was not " prostituting his sacred character for Bwely party pniposes, or usin^ the church and the altar as the battle ness. Let us see if the Hon. Oliver Mowat of 1883 is not the same Hon. Oliver Mowat of 1857. It is an accepted practice in this country that tbd Cabinets of the Dominion and the Provincial Governments shall be formed with a view to ^ive each of the largest creeds and nationalities representatives in these bodies. It is a wise and statesmanlike custom. It is fair to all In the Cabinet of the Dominion, the French-Cana- dians, the Irish Catholics, the Protestants and others are re- presented, and their representatives hold their position, because of the relation they bear toward certain sections of the com- munity. In the Cabinet of Quebec it is the same. The Pro- testant minority and the Irish Catholics are represented in tho Government of the Hon. Mr. Mousseau. But in the Cabinet of the Hon. Mr. Mowat this is not so. There the policy is, " No Irish need apply." Protestant and Catholic are treated alike. The Hon. Mr. Fraser tells us that he is a " Canadian." He repudiates the Irish. Here are his words. Speaking at Dunn- ville in 1879, he said : " I auffgested that all this wranglins about Scotch and English and Lish should be an entire forgelfulneas of those who wiled themselves Canadians. (Cheers.) I pointed out, moreover, that so long ago as 1857, more than one-half of the population of this Province was native Canadian born, and in 1871 throe-fourths were native Canadians. I said if roprosentation waa to be regulated and directed, and governed by nationaUty, thero should be some con- sideration given to those whose nationality was Canadian." (Ap- plause.) But the Hon. Mr. Fraser appears to forget that were it not for all this " wrangling " h would not now be where he is. It is this " wrangling" about what he decries—" Catholic repre- sentation " — that placed him in the position he occupies. He owes that position to the Irish Catholic people, and their re- ward is that he preaches a species of Knownothingism in reply. Sir John A. Macdonald gives us representa- tion, treats us liberally, gives our people some of the best positions in the Dominion ; the Catholic Mr. Fraser decries all agitation for Catholic representation in the Dominion. It is time for the Catholic of Ontario to thoroughly under- stand the issue. According to Mr. Fraaer's own account he does not represent the Catholics of Ontario, and it is better that they should know it In another part of his speech he said : " 1 trust that nothing moro will be heard of Catholic representa- tion or Scotch domination." Wehope the Hon. Mr. Fraser will be disappointed. The cry of " Catholic representatioh'* should ira continued. It has play. Cana 8 priTilegM than they even now poHOM. There is no room in thii Dominion for religioaa Moendancy. But m we are willuu( that that principle should be applied to others, lo do we wieE it to be applied to ouneWee. The Oatholim of Ontario are *' entitled to the tame rights and privileges m the Protestants of Quebec " equal rights for all— and until thev are obtained the agitation to secure them «rill, we hope, be continued. Nor does Mr. Fraser's analysis of the popuUtion by nationality meet the situation. He says "that in 1S71 tl .e»-fonrfcha of the population were native Oanadians. Perhaps so; but they wera "French-Canadians," " Irish Ouiadians," "Scotch Canadians," and other nationalities. Many of the men that he calls " Native Oanadians " call themselvse "Irish Cana- dians," and they ought to be the best judge. • To call them "native Canadians'^ doe$ away with the dmand for Jrith Catholie rq>rM$ntat on I It is the barrier in the wav ; that is the thiug we must not " wrangle " about But that ii just the thing we hope our people wiU " wrangle " about until they obtain that meesure of fair play to which their numbers, their wealth, and their intelligence justly entitle them to. These " Irish Canadians " arc just as loyal to the country they live in as any " native" in the land, and no firiend of theirs will tell them to cease " wrangling " for representation in the Councils their ich Mr. The has But the Hon. Mr. Fraser goes further. At a banquet given to him at the Bossin Honss^ Toronto, he said : " I am free to say here, in the presence of my chief, that I would be willing to quit public life to-morrow, and confidently leave the intereata of my oo-religioniats in the haoda of Mr. Mowat, so eM^ tain am I that absolute ftdr play would be givMi my people,*so long as the man who sits there leads the Lsgislatnie of Ontario." And all this is said of the man " who sat there " and voted for Orange Incorporation in 1860 ; who " sat there " and voted against the Separate Schools in 1863 ; who backed up the " principle," the " sound principle " of " No Popery " and the *< Mass houses ; " who deceive the Catholics by " incorporat- ing " Orang«ism ; and who deceived the Orangemen by advis- ing the " disallowance " of the bill 1 Most men have three characters : that which they show, that which they think they have, and that whiun they really have. The " show " character of the Uon. Mr. Mowat it a pretenee at liberty f what char- acter he " thinks " he has we do not know ; what character he " really " has, his record as a politician tells. Mr. Fraser may be " willing to trust the interests of his co-religionists " to such a man, but the Catholie$y and farOcuiarly the Iriah Catholies of Ontario, we believe, tcill not. The Catludica of this Province eon never have confidence in Oliver Mowat. He has always been their enemy. How different the Unguage of W. B. Meredith, the leader of the Local Opposition, the son of an Irish Protest- ant This man comes of a liberal stock. His father bequeathed $600 to the Sisters of Mount- Hope Orphan Asylum, London. The son ofsucft a man must ham breathed an atmosphere of liberal epinions. W. R. Meredith in 1883 echoed similar words to those used by Sir John A. Macdonald in 1866. He said in his place in the Local Legislature in January of the present year: " I recognise the right of the Catholics in this country to fair play. Any one who would adopt any other course was not a true Canadian. I reoogniae the right of the Catholic authorities to give their advice, and t> make enauiry with respect to what books are wed in our High Sohoohi in which the children might be taught" Compare this with the " Bloodhounds of Rome " — oppoei- tiomto the Separata Schools, the fight agMnat St Midiael's Collage, the 9ote and tha no vote for Orange Incorporation, the Seotdh exdusiveness of the Cabinet, and, as we shall prove further on, the denial of our people a fair share of the emolu- ments of ofica. Mr. Meredith would, if returned to power, take an Irish Oatholio into his Cabinet ; Mr. MowAt *< wftnts no Irishman " in his Ministry. Yes, McQee was right There Oae Oatholio in the Department, and he was appointed before Mr. Crooks took charge of his present ojfice. In the Segistrar-OenenWs office there never hoe been a CathoUe permanent employed within tts wall*. In the Ireasarer's Department, Toronto, there are $10,100 a year spent in salaries, two getting $2,000 each, one $1,800, one $1,400, one $1,200, two $1,100, and so on, ail o/ whom are Protestants / down to the Messenger, the soUtary Catholie em- ployed in the DepartmerU, and Ae gets just $300 per annum. Mr. Mowat' i Department has not a Catholic appointed by him. Mr. Hairdy has not appoinied a Catholic to his Department since he came into power. Mr. Pardee hoe not appointed a Catholie nno» he became Min- ister of Crown Lands. Mr. Fraser has appointed two Catholics — only two — to perma- nent inside positions in his Department since he became Min- ister of Public Work& The Insane Asylum, London, costs in salaries, $12,900 a year, out of which the CathoUee get $800. The Agricultural College, Quelph, costs in salaries, $11,200 a year, of which the Catholics get $600. In the Department of Immigration there ie not n Catholic per* manently employed. The Catholics are made " housekeepers," " messengers," and other hewers of wood and drawers of water by the " friendly Oovemment ; " that is the sum and subetanoe of it all. Or let us take some of the recent appointments made by the Mowat Oovemment, and we see the same story — the same an- tagonism to Irish Catholics ; the same old hostility in another form : — ProteslanU. Per Tear. A. H. Dymond $2,000 Bfr. Lnmsden 2,000 Bfr. Smith 2,000 < Mr. Hunter 2,000 Mr. Kirkpatrick 1,800 Shis gentleman sucoeeded a Catholic, Mr. Devine.) r. McKentinh 3,000 Captain Purden 1,200 Mr. Symers. % 1,200 Mr. Laird and wjis 1,200 Mr. Thomas 800 Mr. Laird 600 Mr. Mann. 800 Mr. Bastedo. 1,000 Mr. Strange 800 And what do he Catholic champions of the Mowat Govern- ment say to that t We may be told that we have forgotten Mr. McCrossen, of Penetanguishene. Not at all. Mr. Mc- Crossen succeeded a Catholic, Mr. Kelly. It would hardly do to turn the Catholics out altogether. As for Mr. Merrick's ap- pointment to the Shrievalty of Presoott, it is more honorary than beneficial, more showy than remunerative. Now, wo are not a race of office seekera. We do not wish to see our people " bend the supple hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning." We aak no favours because we are Catholics or Irishmen, but we protest, and will continue to protest, when we are excluded from place or power because of the religion wj pro/ess or the country we come from. We do not advocate the rights of Catholics on "sectarian" grounds but on the principle for which men have fought in all ages — equality before the law — civil and religious liberty. When taxed to support the State, the Catholic is as much entitled to the good things that are going as anyone else. Nor will the Oran^ cry do duty again. That issue blinded us in 1879. It will do so no longer. There is soBsething dearer and nearer to us now — eqa«d rights for all This is just what the Mowat Government denies us. It is the old record in a new form. It is crushing the " Papists " in an- other way. It is to the pockets of many Catholics what the " Separate Schools " were to their principles. The Catholics of Ontario should not be led away by false issues. Pf^e give th* facie, from the pariiamentary returns, and no one ean honestly fbfar j9$n the OiiboKo people of the Dominiota, like Milton, «W fallen on evil dftjs." The Hon. John O'Donohoe, true to hu promise, wm one of the fint men to abftudon the Bi»- fannen. He resolved to resent the betrayal of Catholic interests. After a life-long devotion to Irish and Catholic principles, the Hon. John O'Donohoe could not see his co-religionists and eonn- trymen betrayed without protesting against the betrayers. The worm had been trod upon : it turned to sting. Thousands of Catholics cUd the same, and in 1878 a change came, and with that change a new state of afiairs. The U)nservatiye party reversed xhe picture. Step by step they have shown that ** the principles of civil and religious liberty " are a« dear to them to-day as they were in '55, '67, '63, '66, or in '66. Let the friends of the Refurm party point to such appointments made on their side as Conservatives can on theira Did the Reformers ever make such appointments as Mr. Moore Kelly, Penetanguishene ; Mr. T. J. O'Neill, Inspector of Prisons, sueceeded by Moylan, Inspector of Prisons ; French, Inspector of Post-Offices ; McGee, Deputy- Administrator, about f 4,000 a year ; Judges Power, MoGnire, Que. ; Walters, N.fi. ; Dog- herty, Fitsserald, Macarow, McKeagney (Manitoba); Mac- donald, or, last of all. Judge B. L. Doyle, df Huron. Mr. Mao- keniie threw the Catholics a few crumbs of office, while they might, for all he cared, starve for the big loaf. Look at the positions our people have been oiven under Sir Johi^ A. Mao- donald : M P. Ryan is made Collector of Customs in Montreal, one of the best positions in the Dominion, and said to be worth $i,000 or $5,000 a year. With two pronounced Ir'uk Catho- lic in the Cabinet, with the recollections of the Costigan reso- lutions in favour of Home Rule, and the $100,000 voted by the Conservative Government when Ireland was weeping under the affliction of a famine, the Irishman — Catholic or iVotestant — must be dead to all generous impulse if he refuses to lend a kelpiag hand to a friend, who, in the dark hours of our history, stood loyally by our side. iStr John has always had an Irish CathoHe in his Cabinet. In 1847 he had Sir Dominick Daly, &ther of the present member for Halifax. In 1854 he bad the late Judge Drummond, of Montreal. Then Charles Alleyn, now Sheriff of Quebec. Then D'Ar||f» McGoe. Then Sir Edmdknd Kenny, of Halifax. Then JohtfiD'Connor. And now John Costigan and Frank Smith. Besides tnere are Senators T. Ryan, Montreal ; W. Miller, Nova Scotia ; J. Dever, N.B. ; Frank Smith, Toronto ; G. Howlan, P.KI. ; John O'Donohoe, TorOnta Compare the records and answer. Which of the two parties has done most for our people 1 Can we forget how the party that sent Six Oatholio OonserTatiTe II.F.'8 from this Proviiico to Ottawa, and the party that sent none 1 Can we forget that there is not one Catholic Heformar from this Province in the Dominion House of Commons 1 Can we forget how that same Reform party treated Prof O'Donoghne in 1876 1 The two "murderers, Rieland Lupine," were sent across the lines for five years ; the " felon," O'Donoghue, who was not even charged with " murder," was banished for ever. Do we not remember how the Reformers did not budge an inch until Laurier, the loMler of the French Liberals, had been beaten in his own county ? Then, indeed, but not till then, did the ReffH-mers begin to yield. Two days before Laurier stood for Quebec East a partial amnesty was given to O'Donoghue, and why 1 Because the Irish of Quebec called for " amnesty," and Mackenzie knew that there should be some compromise made, '>r Laurier would be defeated. The Irish Calholics of Canada cannot easUy forget the struggle the Hon. John CosUnui made for O'Donoghue, supported hy the '^ Orangtman" White, of Hastings, who, with generous candour, said that CfDonoghMs wm psrsteuted bmaim of his no- UonalUjf. As for the doings of Hon. John Ooutigan, they are familiar to the Irish people generally. He ha« won and retains their confidence and esteem. His name is synonomous with evervthing tiiat is oaiculated tu eMvaie kia p«wpm auciAily, pol- the boffinning of January in the present year that the Mon* treal Haratd, that faithfiil sleuth-hound of the Hon. Alexander Maokensie, said that ** The murderer Mann had the ooursge of his oonvietions ; the coward DaVitt had uol One wss bold in bis villainy ; the othor was a sneaking assassin, who incited others to commit murders he had not the oonram to do himself." How like the days of the rampant Protestant horse. How it reminds us ot tihe Reform action against O'Donohoe "be* cause he was an Irishman." We can smile at these attacks now. We have grown strong, and like the wise man of Horaoe we can remain unmoved. Our history is a fight against calumny. The weak-kneed among cur own people often " learn to betray." They do it iiT Toronto. Take the two " manifestos "—one by Senators Smith and O'Donohoe, and the other by four j»ro/iMf /n^ Iriah- men. See how the two Senators are misrepresented. Here is what the /irs< manifesto said— the one written by Messrs. Smith and O'Donohoe : " At the outset they deeire to state thefar complete eonfidenoe in the wisdom of your Lordihips as the guardians of Oatholio faith and morals iu this Province ; and in regard to the current oontro- reny conoeming the diaraoter of the text-booke to be uied in the ■satrionlation examinatione for the High Hehoole and University, thay submit to any decision of the authontiee of the Ohuroh." And yet^ in face of that " submission ;" in presence oi that obedience to the authority of his Grace and the Catholic Bishops of the Province *' as the guardians of Catholic iaith and morals," this " counter manifesto " said that : " Had Senaton Smith and O'Donohoe ranged themselves on the tide of your Grace in cottdtmning the imtrodueHon of wha* jrou deemed objectionable literature io the Hi^ Sehook and Unimmty, then, indeed, might they have claimed to be on the side of Oatho- lis interests in the Senate." Now, mark, the manifesto of Senators Smitii and O'Donohoe was published on the 30th of Octobbb. It was in nearly every paper in Canada on the 31st of October. They were the first to take up the cudgels for his Grace. They expressed confidence in his " wisdom ; " they accepted him as the « guar^ dian of Catholic faith and morals ; " they said that he and the other bishops were the best judges of what " text-books " should "be used in the matriculation examinations for the High Schools and Unive^ity," and thai they would " submit to any decision of the authorities of the Church " on questions of faith and morals; and yet, on Novbmbbr 17th, eiohtsbii DATS AFTER the manifesto of Senators Smith and O'Donohoe had appeared, these four irate politicians had the coolness to say: " Had Senaton Smith and O'Donohoe ranged themselves on the ■Ida of your Grace in condemning the introduction of objectionable literature," &c. Who first " condemned " the " objectionable " literature but Messrs Smith and O'Donohoe 1 Where were *Iessrs Ryan^ O'Connor, Cassidy and Doherty for the eighteen days after Messrs. Smith and O'Donohoe had " ranged themselves " on the Archbishop's side t As for some of the signers of the " coun- ter manifesto,' they do not believe in Catholic representation at all. Mr. Ryan openly condems it He expresses contempt for any man who seeks for " Catholic representation." We must all be " Canadians "—that is the platform of Peter Ryan. It will not do to be Irish Canadians or English Canadians — ^tio- thing but full-blooded " native " will answer this " Englishman with an Irish name." Daniel O'donnoll told the Irish people, when they thirsted for political reform, to '< agitate," "agitate." He told them that agitation was the shadow of those coming events, political and reTif^us em: aoip- ation. Hepointed out how it prepared thepnblio mindforn • ital revolution ; how it broke down the bsmers of pejudioe and caste ; how it purified social and political existenoe. Agitation emancipated the Catholics, altered the ayatem of eoUectieg the tithes, disestablished and disendowed the " Irish Ohuroh,*' Ofa^ taiaed two Laud Bills, and is now in fair way of winning a ler kh* liar h* ow ski of Bed >ii iort ifth. B it lith B in lith tro- th* lity, ihi olio kith tho yon wity, thf»> »hot arly irero •sed ;uap- the ika" the bmit iODB oboe ss to 1 the lable tture after " on iOUQ- fction empt We Lyaa — bo- iman foriB, a the aoip- • ital >Mld Atioo gthe /•ob- inga to V in t Bod wha kno' toS t( poUl Ooni S] ••] •ecu! piiei Tl the: Bon as w the i the c "] priD< peopl mere groai Tr authi III., Delej temp Cath " slai wbil< tual I Grao( franc point how POBM to ex this] The ] ofth< ticisn ness. priest houn( tion," strugj thund rope I ticttlh it. 1 braini that • ^e a Papis light I and vv teen ] of oui priest "men of soci t^ot^o^hom we please. A great leader of public opioion in this Province one time told us that we were " the slavea of Borne." Tnat great leader spoke in nu anger, he Knew not what he Mid. His Graoe, the Blustrioiis Arohbiahop of Toronto, knows better than the Hon. George Browa In a letter written to Sir Alexander Qalt, the Archbishop said : *' His Holineas the Pope will never pronounce ex cathedra what Solitical party in the Bntish Dominion, whether Whig or Tory, ontMFvative or Reform, the Catholics should follow." Speaking of the priesthood as citizens, he said : " It is desirable that the clergy shall mix as little as possible in •ecular politics and mere party warfare," and, " to be brief, the priest, in purely temporal matters, as a priest, has no concern." This is high authority. It is irrefutable. It should satisfy the most sceptical and irrational that we are not " slaves of Home." It should convince them that we are at liberty to do as we please in temporal affairs. But if these utterances of the illustrious prelate are not enough, he gives us more. In the same letter he added : *' In this country, where men belong to two parties with the same principles, that is to say, government for the greater good of the people, clergymen ought not to prostitute their aacred character for merely party purposes, or use the church and the altar as the battle ground for contending factions." True, this principle is an old one. We find it in such high authorities as Saurec, the Bull of Boni|ace III., Pope Innocent III., Pius IX., Cardinal Manning, the late beloved Apostolic Delegate to Canada, Dr. Conroy, and Pope Leo XIII. In all temporal matters, or in extra Jinem ecclesice, outside the church. Catholics can do just as they please. They are no more the "slaves of Borne " than they are the slaves of the mc<>n, and while tendering their dutiful obedience to the church, in spiri- tual affairs. Catholics have the highest authority, down to his Grace of Toronto, for saying that on such questions as the franchise they are free to vote for whom they please. On that point there can be no dispute, ana we refer to it only to prove how muoh our position % by some people, misunderstood. Possessing this liberty, in whose favour are we, as Catholics, to exercise it f Let us see. In 1842 the Catholic people of this Province commenced a feeble agitation for Separate Schools. The Refcrm party of that day assailed our people in the slang of the pot-house and with the ribaldry of a cow-boy. Fana- ticism and rancour had taken the place of religion and manli- ness. We were only good to " build jails and fill them." Our priests were " petticoated gentry," and ourbelves " the blood- hounds of Bome." Our religion was a " mummeiy of supersti- tion," and our churches " Mass houses." Durioe the long struggle from 1842 to 1863 the leaders of the Beform party thundered their abuse into our ears. They advised " a long rope and a short shrift for the Irish." The Catholics, and par- ticularly the Irish Catholics of this province, can never forget it. The language of those days has been seared into their brains. They cannot forget how the Reform leaders told them that " Murder by an Irish Catholic is regarded as a virtue." ^e asked for Separate Schools, and they replied, " The sincere Papist is a cruel and a bloody man." We agitated for the right of bringing up our children according to our conscience, and we were received with yells of "No Popery." For nine- teen years we fbught for the privilege of having the education of our children placed under the spiritual guidance of our priests, and the Beformers told us that those same priests were " mere warty insects crawling in the chinks and spider-holes of society. "jQiNo wonder forgotten that only one supporter of Sir John A. Macdonald voted against the Separate Schools, and not one Orangeman- voted again«i> ili<» tuoaipMUllou of &«. MieLacI'a rirtiigs. Xh» Beformers said that " The most despicable of panderers to the Romish prisstiiood in. ths House of Assembly, without exception, were the members who. were sent to Parliament and retained their seats by Orange infla* ence." The Conservative party were with us to a man : and again, may be well to ask : Who were the best friends of the Oatfoli«. people then t But still the fight continue •oornorating than their own leaders were willing they should have. If the Qrud Lodges hare ohosen to be inoorporated there was no diflenlt] about the Subordinate Lodges, and in the next session the diffioulty had i>een removed by an amendment expceuly pro- viding th»t any branch of an inoorporated society of the chars«t«r aforesaid maybe inoorporated. It would be found, on comparing the two methods, that of the seneral Act and that of the special biU, that the former was the simpIsHt, safest, and least expensiva." And yet it was " not Orange Incorporation." The rose by tliat name would not smell so sweet He had incorporated Orangeism in a " simpler, safer, and leas expensive " way than Onngemen themselves demanded — ihcU was for the Orange societies ; he had not ^pranted Orange Incorporation and was the enemy of Orange incorporation ; that was for the Catho- lics ; and as the devil always beats the world at a barter, so did the Hon. Mr. Mowat succeed in deluding both sides of the HousOi There are thousands of Grit Orangemen who are the friends oi the Reformers, and there are thousands of Grit Oatholics who to tjiis hour are under the impression that Mr. Mowat refused to mcorporate the Orangemen. But let us see what he says about it himselE Specking on the 7th of Febru- ary, 1877, he said : ** In 1868, in the old Parliament of Canada, I yoted for Orange incorporation ; and here, in the first session, when I have the hon- our to occupy my present position, I have voted the same way, and I still thought the Orange body was entitled to incorporation if it desired it" And yet he did not " incorporate" the Orangemen ; he only passed an " Act respecting Benevolent and other Societies " But later still in 1878, we find him speaking in the Amphi- theatre, Toronto, where he said : " I voted for Orange Incorporatiou once, and I will vote for it again under similar droumstanoes. I am of opinion that the Orange- men, if they want incorporation, should have it." Yes, but it must not be called " Orange Incorporation." The " Popish institutions " must not be so nu: offended ; dust must be thrown in their eyes. The old feud must be kept alive at all haaards. The Irish must not be allowed to know each other better, for they might then like each other more. The battle - Sound of strife must be kept cleared for action. From the at day the Hon. Mr. Mowat entered public life to this hour he has been the frank opponent of the Irish people, Protestant and Oatholic alike. He and his friend, the Hon. Wm. Mc- i»^\^a\«Bai^ vx^ ■ K SMWK W X# TT *a wm\t^^M\M^ not represent the Oatholics of Ontario, and it is better that they should know it In another part of his speech he said : " 1 trust that nothins more will be heard of Oatholic representa- tion or Scotch domination." We hope the Hon. Mr. Fraser will be disappointed. The cry of " Oatholic representation" should be continued. It has been on the whole, fairly successful ; we should make it more so. He may hear it so long as the Reform party denies the Catholic people their fair share of representation in the coua- oils of the people and the emolumentii of office. The Hon. Mr. Fraser owes a good deal to the Oatholics of Ontario, and he should be wilung to echo the words of Sir John A Alac- donald: " (Gentlemen, the principle of civil and religious liberty must be vindicated ; the Oatholic people of Ontario are entitled to the same rights and privileges as the Protestants of Quebec." Does the Hon. Mr. Fraser forget that the Protestant minor- ity of Quebec, with a population of 189,399, is giuuranteed twelve representatives in the House of Commons by the Bri- tish North America Act ; while the Oatholic minority of On- tario, with a population of 328,839, has no guarantee at all. We rejoice at the representation the Protestant minority of Quebec has ia the affairs of the Dominion. We are glsd to know that apart from the twelve constituencies that are guar- anteed, there are others that return Protestants as well. Here are the facts as given by the census of 1 881 : * Oatholics. AlloUwn. Total. Population of Quebec 1,17U,71B 189,309 1,359,027 Population of Ontario 320,839 1,603,389 1,923,328 Thus we see that the Catholics of Ontario are oneskUh the total population, and have no guarantees ; while the Protestants of Quebec are only about one-seventh the total population, and they are guaranteed twelve M.P.'s in the House of r^ommons I And yet Mr. Fraser tells the Catholic people thaf he wants to hear no more of " Catholic Representation." We do not ask for an amendment to the Constitution. We do not want any remodelling of the British North America Act. All we want is that whi^t is lato- in Quebec should be eiu- torn here — fair representation for the minority. Sir John A Macdonald says that the Catholics of Ontario are en- titled to the same rights and privileges as the Protestants of Quebec ; but Mr. Fraser says, in effect, " No, they are not" He will not have any " wrangling " about the subject at alL Better, he implies^ that we should accept the situation, than raise what our enemies call the " sectarian cry." We repeat that we rejoice at the liberty the Protestants of Quebec enjoy. We would not rob them of the smallest share of it We would, if justice demanded it, give them more rights and This is an exact copy of one of the Campaign Sheets issued by the Tories tor distribution during the General Election Oampaiflrn of 1883. It is devoted to attacking and arraigning the Mowat CJcTem- ment for alleged gross injustice to the Irish Oatholics. (1.) This Sheet was prepared by a gentleman then in the employ of the Tory party. (2.) He received his salary through the Tory organizer, H. H. Smith, of Peterboro'. (3.) 0. W. Bunting, of the " Mail," gave instructions as to the character and scope of the Document. (4 ) Sir John Macdonald, W. B. Meredith, and O. W. Bunting were each handed proofs of the sheets. 6. Each made snggestions as to the alterations necessary to make the appeal more complete, Md (6.) Bach gave special orders that it should be very largely circulated among the Irish Oatholics. Electors read it carefuUy, and then decide for yourselves whether the political leaders, who wer« th« authors of such a document, can be regarded as the champions of Protestantism, or even worthy of tiie slightest degree of respect or confidence by the Electorate of Canada. In 1883, to try to serve a point, they alleged the Government tc be ultra Protestant In 1886 they allege that the same Administration is ultra Oatholi& Oompare this with the " Bloodbounda of Rome "— oppoei- tionto the Sepwata Sohoola, the fight •gainst St. MicnMl'v Ooltoge, the vote and the no vote for Orange Inoorporation, the Seotoh exolnsiveneM of the Cabinet, and, ai we ihaJl prove further on, the denial of our people a fair ihare of the emola- vienta of office. Mr. Meredith woald, if returned to power, take an Irish Catholic into his Cabinet ; Mr. Mowat " wants no Irishman " in his Ministry. Yes, McQee was right There can be no doubt about it. For ' Bigotry and intolerance Olear Oritiam outbids Orangeiam itaelf.'* CefiaervcUi$m haeJaken the Hgotrjf out of many Irish Orangemen ; Reform " prindplee " arty and their bitter opposition to Catho- ic rights the people in Canada would now be living under conditions which would remind us that the day was coming — '* When man to man the world o'er, WiU brothers be for all that" But some people say that the Reform party is " friendly to Catholic interests novo.^' They tell us that the Reformers of Ontario hold the same relation to the Catholic people of this Province as that held by the Conservatives to the Catholic people of tiie Dominion ; but let us see : In the Department of Education, Toronto, there are fifty-eight t employ ^8, who cost the country about $18,000 a here is only year. and ^hat lasue bunded us in 1879. It will do so no longer, ihere is something dearer and nearer to us now — equal r^hta for aU. This is just what the Mowat (Government denies us. It is th« old record in a new form. It is crushing the " Papists " in an- other way. It is to the pockets of many Catholics what Uie " Separate Schools " were to their urinoiplea The Catholica of Ontario should not be led away by false issues. IVe give the facte, from the parliantentary returfu, and no one can honestly ooDtradict them. But see how the Oonservatives haye Treated the OathoUos all over the Dominion. Let us oompare the two balance sheets and give an impartial answer. In 187 1 the Catholic League was formed. It had for its object the winning of Catholic re- presentation for the Catholic people. It brought the Ohbe to its marrow bones. The late Hon. Qeorge Brown promised • everything. He promised the leaders of the League represent- ation according to population. The Conservatives would not be bound by any promises at all. The result was that many Catholics became Reformers, only to be betrayed. It was mainly owing to the " Catholic vote" that the Reformers were retumed to power in 1874. It was, in a large measure, becausa of the promises the Reformers made to the Catholics, Uiat thev sat on the Treasure Benches. Before that Reform trinmph the Hon. John O'Donohoe said that if the Rdbrmera were not true to their promises he would be one of xhe first men to throw them overboard. Well, the Reformers triumphed, and with what result t During the whole of Mr. Macken- aie's term of office not one Catholic was appointed to the Bench I He won the support of some Catholics by promises of fair play. H#told them that he would take an Irish Cath- olic into the Cauinet ; but, like the Hon. Mr. Mowat, he took a Scotch Catholic, or a " Canadian " instead. ,. He dared not face the howl of anger from his supporters, when it was hinted that the Catholics would like to see the Hon, Mr. Anglin in the Ministry. During his four years of power he shut the door in the face of "Catholic place hunters." He almost caused a political free fight in Montreal when he appointed an Irish Catholic Chief of the Water Police at a salary of $1,200 a year, and that, too, in place of another Catholic who had died. The late Mr. Devlin, M.P., was told by some irate Scotch Re- formers in Montreal that that appintment might cost him his seat in the House of Commons. Like begets like, and it was " No Popery " working in secret both in Onti^o and the Dom- inion. Scotch ascendency was crowding us out, and the Cath- olics of the country saw it. In 1878 they resented this exclu- siveness, and had their revenge. They taught the Reform partv that the day for " using " the " Catholic vote " was at an end. Four years of Reform Rule was enough for them. During thsee i^ST This is an ezaot oopy of one of the Campaign Sheeis issued by the Tories for distribution during the Qeneral Election Oampai^ of 1883. It is devoted to attacking and arraigrning the Mowat Qovern- ment for alleged gross iz^ustice to the Iiish Oathdios. (1.) This Sheet was prepared by a gentleman then in the employ of the Tory party. (2.) He received his salary through the Tory organizer, H. H. Smith, of Peterboro*. (3.) O. W. Bunting, of the " Mail," gave instructions as to the character and scope of the Document. (4 ) Sir John Macdonald, W. K Meredith, and O. W. Bunting were each handed proofe of the sheets. 6. E!ach made snggestions as to the alterations necessary to make the appeal more complete, and (6) Bach gave special orders that it should be very largely circulated among the Irish Oatholics. Electors read it carefully, and then decide for yourselves whether the political leaders, who were the authors of such a documrait, can be regarded as the champions of Protestantism, or even worthy of the slightest degree of respect or confidence by ^e Electorate of Canada. In 1883, to try to serve a point, they alleged the Government to be ultra Protestant In 1886 they allege that the same Administration is ultra Catholic ,^ •• Orangeman " iFAite, ^fHiaitingt, who, with sAnerous wndour, Mid that l/Donoykm vom permuted becaute of hit no- Uonalitit. As for the doiugs of Hon. John Oostigan, they are funiliar to the Irish people generally. He has won and retains tibMM confidence and esteem. His name is aynonomous with ^vervthing that is calculated to elerate hu people socially, pol- itically, and commercially. From such a mjui we all expected the ring of true steel, and were not disappointed. But Mr. White, of Hwitings, is not so well known ; and yet he ought to be. Kindness begets kindness all over the world. "Gentle mhun stroked, fierce when proroked," may be taken as the motto of more than a Oeraldine. On the 23rd of March, 1876, Mr. White said: **ff ODonoghne had nothing to do with the death of Scott, In was more entitled to amnesty than those who got it. Like many •MMf poor Irishmen, ODonoghne was eaught in a trap, while those who inveiglsd him into the pMition were allowed to go free." Bnt it was all unavailing. The Ooyemment of Mackenzie waa hostile, and O'Oonogfaue died in exile, a beggar. Can the Irish CaAholics of Canada forget these things 1 And as it was in Manitoba and Ontario, so it was in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. From the Red River to the Atlantic is a long stride, and yet we find the same old story -—opposition to " Popish Institutions " everywhere. The Oharlottetown Herald (Catholic) said previous to the last elec- tions in that Island : ** They (the Reformers) have swept the last vestige of Oatholio offioe-holders from the official domain, and eatablished a Protestant wherever they can." And this, too, in a Province where the p^ulation is nearly half Catholia But how is it now 1 The Grits have been de- feated, the Conservatives are in power, and a Oatholio Oonserrative (Sullivan) is Fremier of the Island | After these elections the same paper said : " For three years before that the Oatholics were a proscribed race. Beligions equality is how a recognized principle in the form of Govemmont." During the Reformers' rigime " the last vestige of Catholic ofBce-holders " was " swept away." During the Conservative rdgime " religious equality " was a " recognized principle in tiie form of Government." But how do we find it now 1 Let the Catholic electors of this Province put the question to their own conscience and answer. Powerless to bite, the Reform party even in these days occasionally shows its fangs in agony. It was only in I, shadow of tboae coming events, political and religions era: aaip- ation. Hepointed out howit prepared tlM public mind for n • ital revolution ; how it broke down the barriers of prejudice and caste ; how it purified sociid and political existence. AgitatioD emancipated the Catholics, altered the ayatem of eoUecting the tithes, disestablished and disendowed the " Irish Ohuroh," ob- tained two Laud Bills, and is now in fair way of winning a peasant proprietary and Home Rule for Ireland. When Ireland slumbered there was no reform ; when Ireland awoke she wrung redress — scant, perhaps, but stUl redress, from her rulers. Ana what is true of the old land, in thhi respect, is true of the new. As we were treated at home, so the Reform party in Canada bought we should be treated hvre. The world had not grown accustomed to treat us as freemen and equals. For years we accepted the situation. We were broken in spirit and irrusolate in action. We neglected to "agitate," "agitate." But the Catholic Leagne, and the spirited policy of the Irish Catholic press of Canada, have changed all thia They have almost pui an end to the blustering intolerance of two past decades. They have scorched the men who called us "the bloodhounds of Rome;" we must now politically kill them. We do not now hear of " a long rope and a short shrive for the Irish." We " agi- tated " and stopped the abuse. Until we agitated for redress in Canada we had none of the advantages of Catholic emancipation. We were taxed to sup- port a State in the making of whose laws we had no voice. We lived in an atmosphere which the Reform party made as dark and hostile as the days of penal prosecution. The spirit of liberty travelled but slowly across the ocean. Then Irish Cath- olics in Ireland were emancipated in 1829 ; the Irish Catholics in Canada are not fully emancipated in custom yet Until 187& they had votes, but little or no representation. But they told both parties that representation was the price of their snff age ; they kept their word, and they won. What it has done in the past it can do in the present, bring our enemies to their bearings. Let us remember who those enemies are. The cry of " Orange incorporation " should deceive us no longer. We point to octe^ living acts, and not sentimental grievances, for cause and eflfeot.. Scotch exciuHiveuess sbuuiJ be TougliL fuuii by foot. Wo vvunt to see Irishmen take their proper place in this Province. We want to see an Irish Catholic and an Irish Protestant in the Local Cabinet. We want to see Irish Catholics and Irish Pro- testants, as tax-payers, receive their fair share of the emoluments of office. We want to see our people register their vottis for those who have been their best friends, arid keep in mind the stirring apothegm of Byron : " They who would be free, themselves must strike the blow." A Copy of this Document has been sent to each member of the Ontario Government, in order to challenge any statement it contains, and to give them an opportunity of answering it — if they can. This is an exact copy of one of the Campaign Shecbs issued by the Tories lor distribution during the Qeneral Election Oampaifini of 1883. It is devoted to a*;tacking and arraigning < he Mowat Govern- ment for alleged gross ixuustice to the Irish Oatholics. (1.) This Sheet was prepared by a gentleman then in the employ of the Tory party. (2.) He received his salary through the Tory organizer, H. H. Smith, of Peterboro'. (3.) O. W. Bunting, of the •' Mail," gave instructions as to the character and scope of the Document. (4 ) Sir John Macdonald, W. R. Meredith, and O. W. Bunting were each handed proofs of the sheets. 6. Each made snggestions as to the alterations necessary to make the appeal more complete, and (6.) EEich gave special orders that it should be very largely circulated among the Irish Oatholics. Electors read it carefully, and then decide for yourselves whether the political leaders, who were th* authors of such a document, can be regarded as the champions of Protestantism, or even worthy of the slightest degree of respect or confidence by the Electorate of Canada. In 1883, to try to serve a point, they alleged the Government to be ultra Protestant In 1886 they allege that the same Administration is ultra Oatholic ai the ' maip- • itAl le aod UitioD ig the ,"ob. ling* eland rrung AqS new. Aada rowQ 8 we }lQte tfa» holic ^pui rhey 8 of hear agt the lup- We ark tof ith- IiC8 J7& old ?e; bhe gs. rge :te, ot. nt V^ he •o- m he e