The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-10
GUIBORD'S BONES.
Full Particulars Of Their
Poet-MOrtem Wanderings.
A Community Revolutionized Over
a Box of Dust.
The Bishop Calls on the Faithful to
Appeal to the Queen.

This city is in Whlrl or excitement The streets
everywhere crowded with people, and this parcu
lar section of Her Maesy's dominions seems lowering
on the brink of one OF tho most bloody religious
that has been known You have already been in
formed Of the Guibord affair it is here called and,
doubtless, have wondered how such a condition Of
things could possibly in these days exist
but the details Of the most
alarming and painful Who was Joseph GubordS He
was French Canadian Roman Catholic of distinguished
piey and fidelity TO the doctrines of his Church, and
OF excellent moral character. lie printer and
for hrysx years in the employ of the late Louis
Perreaut and later in that ofLouis PER- eault Sons
is interesting fact in the light of that
Guibord for many years intimate terms OF
friendship with Bishop Bourget and several eccle-
siascs. Mr. Perreault did all the printing for the
Bishops palace, and for twenty years Guibord per-
sonaly superintendent the composition and printing Of
the Bshop'spasoral letters and other work belonging
to the foreign commissions Of the Church He became
thus personally acquainted with large number of the
clergy, by whom he greatly admired for his pa.
thence, his carefuness his honor and his uprghtness
in all his dealings
Mr.. Lowell Gulbord was sixtytwo years OF
age when he died. Guibord was not one of the found.
ers of the Insttut Canadien, but became a member
thereof two or three years after its establishment
When the Institute fell under the disploasure of the
Bishop for refusing to throw out of its library certain
books that placed in the Index Expurgatorus at
Rome Gubord one of about 200 members who per
sisted in maintaining their connection Herewith, and
who appealed TO Rome against the arbitrary of
| the Bishop Guibord died suddenly the Sth OF
November 1869 But three or four weeks
! previous when seriously i'll, he sent for
priest who and heard his confession
The priest acting under directions from the Bohop
| refused to administer him extreme JUNCTION unless
he would withdraw from the Institute which he de-
cned to do. He rallied from his sickness; but his
death subsequently occurred so sudden that he had
time to send for the priest A few days before his
death Guibord met of his fellow members of the
Institute in the street, and asked him what the
news about their appeal to Rome. The
that no had arrived but the Institute hoped that
justice would be done them. ~ hope so too" SAID
Guibord; "for feel that am going fast and unless
! this matter is settled before l die there will
| be about my grave I poor
man, and they WILL no doubt, bury along with
those that have been hanged IL they can" "Iave
fears about that " returned his fellow member. 'Your
! friends will see that you worse treated than
rich man."
! 1t will be from the above that Guibord has been
dead six years, during which time life and death con-
test has beSh wagng between the Fabrique-that is
the governing body of the parish of Montreaand the
! Canadian Institute.
! ........... QUESTIONS
! There is underlying this struggle something
than the question of Guibord's interment in
Catholic cemetery, but the exact relations of Church
and State in Canada. The Roman Catholic Church
claims supremacy merely in ecclesiastical but in
civil matters where her interests in any way may be
touched though at the conquest in 1859 the Church
was glad enough to accept terms offered by victors and
the liberty of religion enjoyed under the French
| regime. III,
he Of nj
selves from the control of the Bishop They knew that
| they could have no education that which the
and instituted library. Down came the Bishop
| the Institute; members were communicated
! and with the Institute Gubord The prin-
ciple TO be determined there is whether the
Pope the Queen rules in Canada The ordinary idea
here that the Queen does but in matters of religion
take your average French Canadian and at signal IRON
his cure he will take down the old relock stand up
the church door to do his duty he believes either
law or authority The Gulbord case then, as its KNOWN
has for the past six years been carried from court to
court When Henrietta Brown-Guibord's widow, and
! pucky woman she was-died, she delegated
her work to the institute, and by this
body the struggle has been carried
SINCE and at enormous cost finally the case reached
the Privy Council, the highest tribunal of the British
| Empire and there the Fabrique and the Bishop and
the uramontane party and especially the Jesuits
beaten sgBally by decree of Council signed by
Her Majesty the Queen. The burial of the remains in
consecrated ground, in Guibord's own lot in
the Cote des Neiges Cemetery was ordered
though without any religious ceremony: Now,
highest fiat Of the Empire Though Should be requisite
to econquer Canada il must not be affected and this Is
understood by the intelligent French people. Another
thing they know and feel bitterly is that should they
rise to resist the law they would have to
the armed British population The British
devoted TO military exercises. They are formed into
powerful and well disciplined corps like the Victoria
Rifles, the Prince of Wales regiment the garrison ar;
tillery the engineers, all trained and all
mainly Protestant The Irish Catholics are not
OF the stamp for they form societies, they effect
military organization. The Protestants have
grudges wipe OFF old the Canadian Confederation
and they would just fight il out over Guibord
any one else They would be called out to support
the law; fact they meet now every night ut their
armOries awaiting the order TO turn out and escort
the bones OF this Gubord to the grave and them
buried even II they do the work over French corpses
There is little love lost among French and English
speaking people in this CITY,
The following is correct picture OF the terrible
enacted here last week. and the latest intelligence
concerning the On Thursday last the excitement
began near by the Protestant cemetery where Gubords
body was lying the vault and the little plot Of
ground belonging to him in the Catholic burying place is
about one mile and half distant As soon as the pro-
carrying the remains had left the former place
200 men, women and children gathered around and
journeyed with the procession to the grave.
| THE GRAVE
was only three feet Deep il is custom of the Cana
dian French to bury man and wife in the same grave
and hence the coffin of Nine. Guibord formed the bot
tom When the company bearing Guibord's remains
reached the Catholic cemetery they found the gates
barred bolted while hundreds of French Canadians
stood behind the bars hootng and jeering at the
| pany, uttering basphemous maleeictions upon Gut
bords memory well as the society to which he had
belonged. Stones were also thrown, and many in the
funeral train were severely injured The procession,
nasmuch the gates could not be opened, took the
body back TO the Protestant cemetery;
followed in the rear, throwing missiles, Seal, the
driver of the hcarse, being struck the head with
| large stone That portion OF the mob which lett
behind vented their spleen by filling up the little grave,
| yelling and bowling the dirt ratified on the hollow
collin of Mime Guibord, like pack of heartess canni
! balls An eyewitness at the Catholic Cemetery on
Thursday states among the leaders of the mob were
two men from the Mile End, named Galpeau
/ and Paquette who out OF the crowd
inside the gate When the hearse, bearing Gubord
drove up they seized the horses Bride yelling
that they wou Kill the driver he did not turn back
beadle from ST. James church, ST. Denis street. Is
said to have made himself conspicuous by exciting the
mob large number of carpenters and oiners at work
in the French parish church noticeable among the
The of the mob appeared to be TO get pos
the coffin containing the remains and TO MUIR
der Mr. Doutre and other prominent friends OF Guibord
who were present