Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-18
GrIRORD AND HIS BONES.
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This city is in q whirl of excitement.
The streets everywhere are crowded with
people. and this particular section OF
Her Majesty's dominions seems hover
ing on the brink Of one Of the most
bloody religious wars that has ever been
known. You have already been informed
Of the Guibord affair, as it ia here called,
and, doubtless, have wondered how such
a condition of things could possibly in
these days exist but the details of the
case are most alarming and painful.
Who WAS Joseph Guibord: He was a
French Canadian Roman Catholic Of
distinguished piety and fidelity to the
doctrines of his Church. and of excel
lent moral character. He was printer,
and fox thirty-six years was III the en-
ploy OF the late Louis Perreault, and
later in that of Louis Perreault h Sons.
1t is an inter. sting fact in the light of
recent events that Guibord was for many
years on intimate terms OF friendship
with Bishop Bourget and several ecclesi-
astics. Mr. Perreault did all the print
ing for the Bishops palace, and for
twenty years Guibord personally super
intended the composition and printing
of the Bishops pastoral 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 was
greatly admired for his patience, his
carefulness. his honor and his upright
ness in all his dealings.
Mr.. Lowell Guibord was siIty-two
years of age when he died. Guibord
was not one Of the founders Of the In
stitute Canadien. but became q member
thereof two or three years after its e.
tablishmsnt. When the Institute fell
under the displeasure of the Bishop for
refusing to throw out of its library GER
tain books that were placed in the index
E1purgatorius ut Rome. Guibord was
one OF ahou. two hundred members who
persisted in maintaining their connec-
ton there with. and who appealed 10
Rome against the arbitrary course of the
Bishop. Guibord died suddenly on the
sth Of November, 1869. But three or
four weeks previous, when seriously i'll.
he sent for q priest. who came and heard
his confession. The priest, acting under
directions from the Bishop, refused to
to him extreme JUNCTION IN
less he would withdraw from the Iusti-
tute, which he declined to do. He raj
lied from his sickness; but his death
occurred 60 sudden that
he had not time to send for the priest.
A few days before his death Guibord met
one of his fellow members of the Insti-
tute in the street, and asked him what
was the news about their appeal to
Rome. The answer was that no news
had arrived, but the Institute hoped
that Justice would be done them. II
hope so to" said Guibord for l feel
that l am going fast, and unless this
matter is settled before L die there will
be a row about my grave. / am q poor
maS1, and they will, no doubt, bury me
along with those that have been hanged,
if they cam Have no fears about
that" returned his fellow member.
- Your friends will see that you are no
worse treated than rich man."
The establishment of the Canadian In
stitute vss an effort on the part Of the
liberal Catholics to free themselves from
the control of the Bishop. They knew
that they could have no education save
they set themselves to work and insti-
tuted a library. Down came the Bishop
on the Institute; members were eXcom-
municated en- u,asss and with the Insti-
tute Guibord. The principle to be de-
termined there is whether the Pope or
The Queen rules in Canada. The ordi-
nary idea here is that the Queen does;
but in matters of religion take your
average French Canadian and at a sig
nal from his cure he will take down the |
old firelock and stand up at the church |
door to do his duty as he believes either |
Law or authority. The Guibord case,
then, as its known, has for the past six |
years been carried from court to court. |
When Henrietta Brown-Guibord' 8 wild |
DIV, and plucky woman she was-died,
she delegated her work to the Institute, |
and by this body the struggle has been
carried on ever since, and at enormous |
cost finally the case reached the Privy |
Council, the highest tribunal of the |
British Empire, and there tho Fabrique
md the Bishop and the ultramontane
party and especially the Jesuits We're
,eaten most signally by decree of
Council, signed by Her Majesty the
Queen. The burial of the remains in
ground. in Guibord's own
OF in the Cote DIES Neiges Cemetery, was
'rdered, though without any religious
eremony. Now, this warrant of Her
Iajesty is the highest fat OF the EN-
lire. Though it should be requisite to
econquer Canada it must not be affect
d, and this is understood by the intelli-
,ent French people. Another thing
hey know and feel bitterly is that should
hey rise ss mass to resist the law they