North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-10-02
EXTRACT FROM REVIEW OF
ptJRuAMS REPORT.

We here again appeal 10 that portion o
the American press which has been seen t6
d,erser itself hy the fury with which it ha'
,olerd in the hue and cry Of The BRITISH
'Tsv faction Of the Canadas, whom III,
Temporary success Of combined fraud ano
force have enabled To place their foot or
the neck of a Frustrated, oppressed, ant
outraged people, at least 10 pay the poo
atnnement of a blush Of shame for III,
4i.hnnar they have east on the memory o
lae fathers of our own Revolution, who's,
motives tn rebellion were certainly neye
email in the immediate and calling pres.
s5f. of the yoke of foreign dominion, Il
those which. ia this very document, -th,
aEcial repot oi the Gnvernor-General %
thp Csnaias-are shown Ia have lmpelled
The marty which has been unfortunately
guilty Of the crime OF failure.
The most important practical question
On which the various parties have been al
l,.1r is stated To- he that OF the Clergy Re
;srves By the Constitutional Act a GER
,,tn norton (the one-eighth parD of the
and IN every township was set apart for
,h,. maintenance oi a" Protestant Clergy -
Hinder this denomination the clergy of the
Cbuoh of England have claimed and en-
,nyeI the sole benefit Of the proceeds OF the
.,cs OF these ands--a claim, naturally
enough, s,renuouslv contested by ali the
other Protestant" sects, as well as very
obnoxious TO The large body of Catholics in
the Pfoyince. IL is scarcely necessary to
x,y. that the Government party has al
ways sustained the Church OF England
hal heing an essential element Of that
Tory political creed which, tfansplanted to
the unrrnaI soil Of our North America,
hs, been seen 10 produce such bitter fruits
ol nis.government and misery. On the
Otter hand, "a great body OF all Profess
] ,aat denominations, says the Report, as
u well as the Catholics, have either de-
4 manlrd the equal application OF those
q fuais to the purposes ol all religious creeds
q whatsoever, or have urged the propriety
q o, leaving each body o! religionists To
Y n1nlaln its own establishment, to repeal
q o' disregard the law, aud 10 apply the cler-
q az funds Ia the genera! purposes of the
q Government, or to the supporter general
II system Of educatlon.n And the reader
viii not be surprised to be told that two
bills passed the last House OF Assembly,
Il 10 which the Reformers had the ascendan-
q ~, applying these funds to the purposes
u Of elucaiion; and both these bills were re-
n eclel by the Legislative Council"
But this was not all. Though the cler-
81 gy OF that church (confessedly a +" small
AZ eanmunily"--" probably not one-fourlh
81 Of the popula,nn"-an relatively decreas-
81 as in numerical proportion, with the in
M lux OF emigration, as well as being 4" the
s church which, being that of the wealthy,
can best provide for itself. and has the
iewest poor TO supply with gratuitous re-
sd lg'ous iuslruclion") were thus an "en-
lowed" they were not " dominant
E# PRIESTHOOD" Bnl the last act OF Sir John
IS Coiborae before quitting the Government,
|#ia 1885, was the establishment Of the fifty
seven rectories. Spreading over the Pro-
WAGE a body Of clergymen of this favored
81 feli2oas minority, possessing " al. the
sailiual and other privileges enjoyed by
40 English rector, for the most part Gin
'ee'Sely the same position as a clergyman
lAe established church oil England"
tie must be very infatuated admirer of
| Toe bench Of Bishops" who will be sur
'sel that this was 50 resented most warm
BY all the other teachers OF religion in
country, thus I" degraded 10 a position
eSa' inferarily Ia the clergy of the
s'eh Of England;" that it was, in the
aons OF many, "chief predisposing
'ase of the recent insurreclion;" and that
FL IS +" an abiding s. undated cause of dis
Aient" And it is equally NATURAL"
- Lord Durham, "that the English
E 'sealers and Irish Catholics, remember
'he position they have occupied at home
q The long painful struggle through
'sa alone they have obtained the i'm
'eei equality they now possess, should
a'e to scquiesce for themselves in the
'a'ion Of a similar establishment in their
country, aud thus to bequeath 10 their
i'en strife as arduous and embittered
f S'a' from which they have 81 recently
E 'nperirctly escaped" The Report
80 Ptoeeeds 10 remark on the unanimity
'Aa'oh 10 the United States in favor oil
h voluntary principle" in religion,
.'h has naturally extended It's influence,
3asiAened BY the example" Of its sus-
p over The tone OF thought prevalent in