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

TIE percy IL ~ their just Demands AMI Ia
uniting ibrir soicr tpIhat ui The orptrescd,
Wouil have INSURED IS thrmsei, - the lnre,
~fcSfrrt. rSir, n, AMI ,eptIalian at it l.
81, natural tn frrl iawafds those .who are
~'teiious l+r anf w~eltesr, ard which isso.
commons iur all lrshmcn 10 ivrl for iheit
clergy"
We have laid before our readers rrsolu-
lions. aSsrd At divers meetings, held n,ote
particularly during The sumner af 1857
against the interference Of the Ca,tniir
Clriry 10 the political strife then existing
~l~,wrcn the Cunadians pbd tie Enelisl,
Government. Now we shall eiic facts
which cannot be coHlrnvcltrd, and which
viii tend 10 prove beyond a dnnhl
that the Canadians are lar from heiup
priest-ridicu. The famous pasiotallelrer
If which we have already said 50 murh,
having been sent Ia The Cnrare 0t ST.
CHARLES, the Rev. Mr.. Blanchci, he rom
mrncrd reading IT in The pnIpii, and to
lis great aslnni>hmrnt and horror, the
inhabitants 10 a mass lef. The chufch.-
Hr. Blluchet returned Ia his house, and
before trc"rdine The pasioralItiirr, iGscti-
bed IN The bark of il, The following words:
"renrfaliIv drspi>rd." Aud il WAS tnr
writing this sentence on the back 1T this
pnIiiico-E piscol al document tha, Messire
Blanclet VAS THROWN INTO jail, aud pass
ed the whole winter 0i '98 in n gloomy
dungeon which shows that The British
Government considered his pretended IN
s1't offered la The pastutal-letier, as one
offered to the British Crown, which was
then 50 closely allied TO The Catholic Ri
shop of Montreal.
We have before us a lille pamphlet,
published at Montreal, in The winter OF
1888, the author Of which is he Rev. Mr..
pAquIN, Cutatr nf ST. Eustarl,e, a violent
Tory Of The first class. This publication
hears The following title q Historical
journal % what happened at ST. Eusteclr
duling the Rebellion OF the County of
Two Mountains"
We shall quote sorne passages from TIL.
productions, and our readers will Judge for
themselves how far the Canadians deserve
To he launrrd with The rep zach that they
are actually controlled By the ptirsis. The
ri adler must bear in mind that The author
of this pamphie,, Is a priest, who would
have proclaimed il 10 The whole universe,
bad his Influence or that ri his conftcres
deferred the Canadian peasants from taking
M arms against The British Gpvernmrnt.
Dnt on the contrary, on railing This Iiitlr
pamphlet carefully, we iud that the Can.
adams disree arded the opposition oi their
priests 10 the course they (ihe Canadian>)
thought proper Ia pursue, and that they
even threatened their ministers with vio-
lencr il they did not submit Ia popular
opinion. Page 0, we read The following
sentence -
"GiRoD and CnExIER conducted The
individuals they had thus gathered, IL the
Indian Fort, at The Mission Of The Lake
Of Two Mountains. There they visited The
Government stores, and took away from
them. hv open fnrre, munitions aud small
arms. Afterwards ihry went To The house
lnf the mission, visited The ward and the
APARTMENTS of the honse. "and in spite
Of the great resistanrenf .Nessire Dufresne.
the Superior ri tive Mission. they took
away a cannon belonging ! the Mission
aries, and transported their booty to ST.
Brnoit."
10 the next page, We read as fol-
lows -
On Friday, the LIST dsv of December,
Or. Chenirr, accompanied by . man nam
ed FFarc i Gsenon, went 10 the priests
house at ST. Eustache, aud boldly osked
MessiFe Paquin. the Curstr of the Parish.
il he was willing to give him the KEYS "i
the convent, lately CONSTRUCTED near the
| church. AMI which was occupied nv the
Nuns. Mrssire i'aquin refused 10 do IL, saw
ing that his honor and his duiv ruusliv
a, bid him tn do such nm act the Doctor
hen got in a rage, took bv npen fmce The
KEYS 81 the convent, in which he rsish
lishpd the esmp e the insurgents, com
poSed ri some indi, idnsls nf the Parish.
and af q great npnhrr Of Strangers"
Page IL. undrr date at 81 December.