The Portland daily press., 1889-03-27
CANADA'S RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES.
An Effort to Secure the Resembling OF
the Jesuit Act.
news OF Continued Disturbance In
the Celestial Empire.
John Bright Unconscious with No
Hope OF Recovery.

OTTAWA, Ont, March 2G.-When thu
OBrien resolutions were called up In the
House OF Commons this afternoon Col
OBrien moved an amendment declaring ~,
Jesuit Order a secret organization fraught
with danger to Canada He then moved
the following resolution:
Resolved. That humble address be presented
forth: '~''"s
4, This House regards the power Of dlsallowinR
sno ACTS OF the legislative semblies Of the pro-
vince, seated In II $ Exeelleuey In council as a
the Dominion.
2-rhls great power while never wantonly exer
cisco, should be fearessly used for the projection
OF tne rights OF the minority for the preservation
oi lhe fundamental principles Of the constitution
I AZ ior the sae guarding OF the general interests
Sin the opinion Of this House the passage Of
bee entitled San act respecting the seffierneSt ~
jesuit estates s beyond the power Of that House
lous organization, thereby Violating the unWritten
but undoubted constitutional principle of the
plste sspat,atloh 2, ehuIeh ana state and me
lawi secondly u recognizes the usurpatiOn Of the
light BY foreign authority-namely, the Pope Of
home-to claim that his consent Is necessary %
empower the Provincial legislature 70 dispose u
portion OF the public domain, an act made 70 de-
pend upon his Will, and the appropriation Of the
Grant tnereDy made IS subject 10 the control Of
the same authority; and thirdly the end0wing the
society Of Jesuits an alien secret and polties re-
u naous BODY, the expulsion OF which from every
Christian community wherein Il has had ioOtimg
mas been rendered necessary by Its intOlerant and
mischeyious lntermeddling with the functions Of
civil government. Is fraught will danger 90 the
civil and religious liberties Of the people Of Can
ada
iously pleased TO disallow said act.
Mr.. Rykert, who followed, declared the
majority Of the people were not In favor OF
the disallOwance. III Ontario was canvassed
she would support the action Of Premier
Mercier. The papers and members OF the
order said that no Orangeman dared support
the allowance In the House. Speaking as an
Orangeman he was prepared to support the
government Mr.. Rykert read from the
rules Of the order to show that Orangemen
were obliged to support civil and religious
liberty for all classes. He read extracts
from all the English papers In the Province
OF Quebec TO show that the act contained
nothing Objectionable. He condemned the
action OF Rev: DIR. Campbell Of Montreal, In
assisting and promoting the agitation in
Canada.
Mr.. Barron followed. After paving a
tribute to the pioneer labors Of the Jesufts,
he declared the Jesuit bill an encrOaehment
on the rights Of the Protestants. Then he
dealt with the constitutional aspect OF the
case and said the treaty OF Paris, though
guaranteeing the religious rights OF the
Protestants, did not nullify the act Of Eliza
beth forbldding the jurisdiction Of the Pope
In religious matters within the English
realm. The same principle was confirmed
by the Quebec act forbidding the lnterier-
ence Of the Pope Imperial legislation was
still In force in Canada, despite the British
North American act. BY the allowing Of
the jesuit act the Pope was officially
recognized.
Clark Wallace supported the amendment
and Mr. Colby opposed 1t. The debate was
IMAM a1lllEna4