North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-05-27

" 1Nt W RttAtiffHfs u tAt HafANEf TAN
ing upon himseJ 10 decide uhn arfe right
80 WIN wrtr wrohg, ia The gieai struggle
which divides this country, without az,
~fesirri IT the letter and spfril ot tie
Constitution, without ATTY willing ntss
Whatsoever "n Ia, part ia Reknow ledge
lf"'p what qusTttr tie diihculiiVs have
sf'~rn, without ii,r least tirirtrncr If the
patiirs, has Just lssnri M Episcopal Pro
etamdli0n against lhe great nntotfty al a
lf''f'ir "bi'se wltnlr energies tend ln tts
ti'r toradrd aud lnalirnahlr rights against
4 people who viii rrr~rsefe "a a contest
wh"t' - rs ltSi n II is necessary, in spIie
NJ hts pGsiorahie,ier wl,ofr oniy OH Ct
II 10 divhir The people and rniirniteu their
%rnrutirS aud hv The nicaaS al rhith an
attempt Is maIr ~ unite ehhtrh and >tuir,
anal sniaig ana ate Tit il aud religious duties /;
against u people WIN snlrmnlv Protest
aeain~i the citafge of rebellion. inasniuci
as't Is absurd IL say, Tint II prorir eat
rebel against their - country and laws I;
while ~ must he confessed nu The contrary,
that II IS those, Who are rnttusird wiih
tie faithful execution ot rhos. laws. rlial
are rebels against tie Constitution aud the
rights Of he people"
F." Resolved, That il is with rrprer that
we are t"ncrd Il" declare, that ~inasmnch AZ
the Bishop at Montreal, has though t ptnprf
Ia Irrsc1he rules uf political rondnri, he
aueh Ia have commenced b, cI,aNiising The
gHliy and Ia have said 10 our ga,rruofs.
that they posse Sed itr power To ma,niaiL
%insrire, aud 10 defend The rights III the
/ ..aAIa a4snapLtt 49,. -. s
aud thrrchv teach nuhrniS ion 10 The laws
nv Their examples Yea, the Bi,tinl,
should have informed Them tllat the reign
"f tyranny conld not continue"
4" Resolved, That Notwithstanding the
authority ~ Lemrnais. jean JaruupS
Rousseau, aud 81 the National Con,rn.
llnn, inasmuei as the example sci nv the
- legion Is totally inapphcablc ~ our
actual slaie. as Ia lime, place, and cifrum.
stances and nature At The ,liiirrrnl govern
menls aud which was bnt an acf Of ex
IRENE drvuirdneSS hv >iatiSt soldiers who
had abandoned their own country, thereby
rrnouneing all they pos~rsSrd in Tia womb,
and were Obliged 10 be ready At any mo
ment To sacrifice their lives n, the first
command ; (and whose lives, The Roman
Emperor, cuuld take az plcasun) We be
ilrve II - be- our duty, irarlrsslv, Ia raise
oar voice against HE injustice OF arbitrary
nowerA aud resist every eucroarhmrn mp
an nur rights. We ought la defend, keep.
aud transmit 10 Iosieritv our civil and
religious privileges unrontamioatrd."
Resolved, That in consideration of The
sincere attachment, and at the interest We
.rrl TOR onr church aud lis ministers, aud
dreading Ia srr The blood of our country.
men shed with imppnilv, we take The
libettv Ia advise His Lor,.shir, the Bislop
Vt Montreal, and more particularly Mes
Sire Tuicntir, The Cutatt " Sic Rose. 10
abandon those political questions, and to
confine themselves Ia their mission. Of stir-
ltual salvation. We add HE name oi Mes.
sire Turcottr, because in commenting and
in preaching an The paSioraI-ieiter, he has
himsrll rumn,iiipd n direct act of diSo6e
ditnce towards his superior, who had
given him orders moi Ia comment. This
fact we mention 50 that ,ht. Irople may
understand that he doctrine Of pms
size obedience is eren regulated Jy The
Clergy Themselves"
DbIt WtFf tHC bptl Htu t1dlftN ftSOiu-
tions passed by the Committee o. Safety of
the County oi T~errebnnne. A careful
~perusal of them will convince any nnpreiu-
diced reader that the Canadians are moi 10
be dictated in political matters by their
clergy.
At a meeting Of the Sons Of Liberty,
held in Montreal, on The 9th November,
1887, The pastoral letter of The Bishop of
Montreal was again discussed, and the
following resolutions were passed -
Resolved, That we have seen with
fegret the seeds of a spirit al separation
and disuninn between the people nf this
province and their clergy, which Till now,
hal rnl,ved a well meriied influence and
respect ; thar we can trace The cause al
this disunioh ~ the prevailing opinion that
Le clergy are opposed To liberal PriDci.
nles and 10 the constitutional efforts OF The
people To- hlain a pure system oi govern
men: /: and that the indignant ezpressien
of public opinion. IN The ~I'a>,oial letter.
recently published nv The Bishop of Mont
miresl, (allhnugh we continue |" he at
,achrd In the ch1rch of cur Inreialhrfs)
Is a s~alurary lesson against the danger aud
improp-irtv nt the Interference nj the cl~r-
Nv IN political matters On which the peo-