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a — ~ a wear oer oe
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GORRESPORIe bE, vst the itapproval of Lis Lxcelleney and of
PARAL DLL LLDPE 2 eRe Cotineil,
lo rire Ey TOR OF THe Fe LITTN t i When t Dxeelleney, some threa years ago,
Dean Sirn—You will coafer a great favour on attended a Catholic tea party ~ diaa abiven, Be
: —Yau uber & great iaw , Geiorcly Saitared ie tha‘ Protectan aaa
er wn! the i na ty | ’ bg wie avert 5 epsu 5,
me should you base the kindness to publish in th lack of orthodexy aud for bis tewerify in presum

‘Examines’ the
e2 wi d

ourres pout. ice pero wk OC

fing to give any countenance or support fo any
jeocial gathering oF sibseriptien, lowing for igs
Allusion hae been made depeveral of the Bland object the advancement of “ Popery.” Now,
apers fo cortai:- letiers sent by me to His Eye whee IG« Execetleaey and ttiends attended the
celleney the Lieut, Governgr vegaraing the Op! fexamimation et that “Depish’ institution—st.
Seeretary, lam represented w have demanded | pon cean's € vilege—not ove word of condemmation
ina peremptory manuer the diswicsat of this! appeared, I understaed, im the + Pretestant*
official. and to have used distespecttul and jnsult- Phere i r" wared to be @ fairy underetanding this
ing language towards the © representative of the tine nd t 1 programme seemed to be that Eis
Qteen.” Jt js not dificult to divine the motives
whieo induced the ‘ Moniter, ‘l’rotestant,’ and
‘Islander’ to make yoproveked attacks on me
and to misyepresent my letters. The
election ie approaching, and,as a matier
nothing which can afford political capital shoud
le passed over without being improved to the |
best advantage. The abuse et Catholic priests js
milk aud honey to a certain class; and as ! have
had eceasion to excite the ire of the Orangemen,
the color of an excuse is sufficient for these Chris
fian gentlemen-to.“ ventilate” theit merbid taste
. or seurtility, In cone queneé of these jeurna's Dunttan’s College, aad.et wublishing an indecent
Husve preset ug my letiers to His Exeettency tT and bin sphemons letter such as that whieh suilied
sum compelled, in selfdeteuee, to publish the whole |

ier Me P the eelumns of the last ‘ Protestant ?’
, Correspondence relative te Mr. Pope. ¢ le Thermarked coptempt which His Excellency

It appears to be extremely doubtful whether! has shown by his dixdaining te acknowledge the
the personalities against me will serve the in.| reecipt of a respectful letter addressed to him by

svie of Catholies, whilst Mr. Secretary pope, by
his ahuaeof eyersthing “Romish,” yeould merit
, tor His Excellency and the Government the sym-
pathy aud suppert of Orangemen, Ie it nota
great disappointment that this game was not
played over this year and it 80 vear. the general
election! Would not the Col. Seeri tary have had
jan excellent chackle iu his sleeve had he had the
pleasure of recording in the same No. of the
| ‘Islander’ the menijicent donation by His Excel
leney of a“ Shakespeare” to the students of St.

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xenera

of « iMifse,

Excetle: cy should endeavour to koopa the soth| largely towards his galary, 1 shall eonsider it my

tained in office
ihe amenities of Christion propriety, and who bas} very evident even trom his
so far degraded his position as has Mr. Pope. 1) dressed ©
am aware that ib is seldom prudent to interfere | Island” in July and August last. ln sg
| with the liberty of the preags; but on the other) which were in the highest decree offensive t

i} P ie @ fo]
ummeu Who hus rye tar iorgetiei & perhaps in the warmih of a pole me Countess

has not relinquished al! claim te respect, can per: |a great deal of itkwill and angry
mit one of its principal offieials to write with im-
punity in theimayoeria whieh Mr. Seeretary Pope
has Written.

I shell nuxionsly await Your Excelleney’s reply
to thie conumnication; and I beg to acquaint you
that should your Exeelleney say that it is net in
your power to dismiss Mr. Pope on account of his
repeated insults to the Catholics of this Island,
who, it is unneevasary to observe, contribute very

test,” but published almost immediately after y
Excelieney, Mrs. liundas, Mr.

ment had aasisted at the examinati

preseed themselves highly pleased.

duty to lay Ge matter before His Grace the Duke
of Neweartie, Her Mujesty’s Colonial Minister, to

sulting letter of the 2eth of February , to which i
called your Excellency’s atteytion in my as
communication, and wherein he insinuated that
Catiwlie priests are the veriest immoral hypo-
crites; he actually caused to be distributed
amongst the Protestant portion of the community
large numbers of this “ infuunous” epistle i
pamphiet form, the more effectually to propagate
“angry and unehristian feeting.”

J should be most happy te entertain the pleas-
ing Hamper that your E scellency "5 dislike to tic

| lonial Seeretary of ~ "s Colony should be permitted
to insult in the gre vest terms nearly one half of
its inhabitants. '
Ihave the honor to be,
Your Exceilency’s most obedient
And hamble eervant,
A. McDonaLp.

St. Dunstan’s College, June Sth, teer.

GOVERNMENT ITouss,
lith June, 1862.

” is| of the expression, by the Colonial Secretary,

: ’ ea 7 . 0 lthe feelings of
“Te the Protestants of Prince Edward | calculated to woun: om ee
- Ages These letters, | to mar that state of Christian fnes

: : A : tathalies and very tiuch caleulatad to eugehder | should be
hand, I canuet ia aye that a Government whieh! Catholics, and very nin h cale cade ee - Oe ee emetty.
neither “ provoked” by a “ religious controversy” ”

. oa eee ! Pa oherte ‘Olle our Grace
boat” but pultishe eee ett "¢ i beat a mises, 1 fee! assured that it will be such as on ?
will plafuly manifest that spirit of justice and im-} mained undisturbed inthe Contmiteion of the Peace.
partiality by whielt the control of Colonial aflaire This té the tittle fief’ we wie (etathg to Mei
on of the sta-| has hitherto been distinguished under the auspices 13 18 bed

Atkinson, the |
Hon. Col. Gray, and other friends of the Govern-

dents of the principal Cathotic educational oe
tntion in the Colony, with which they had ex-

If jurther proof were needed to show that Mr.
Pope's reiterated insuits to Catholics were studied
and not written in the “ warmth of a pele rie |
whom I shall send a copy of this letter and of | contest,” J might adduce the very ee
Your Excelleney's reply thereto, tor ] eannet for odious fact that, not satisfied with having pub-|
a moment entertaiu the idea that it is the desire | lished in two violent anti-( athole hewspapers, |
of cur good and much beloved Queen that the Co-| condueted by Goveroment officials, bis grossly in-|

“by any pagan or infidel writer.
. the Exevutive Conneil, viz: the

tended politiest_ends and enhance the respect duc |
te “the representative of the Queen.” My first |
letter to His Exeellency was alinded to in the!
* Monitor’ before I had received an acknowledve-
ment of its receipt. A letter to the nricvate Ne
eretary was also alluded to in the same paper
His Exceilency haa not deigned te aeknowledse |
the receipt of my «cond jetter to him, although |
trom an article in the ‘Monitor * which, it would
weem, is His Exevllency’s private organ, } feel)
entisfed that it has been reeeived. lam ret oe.
quainted with the peculiar rules of etiquette |

is obliged to follow; but it appears that [lis Ex-|
cellency can allow allusion tu be made in bis or}
xan to a letter addressed tothe prevate Secretary, ,
that he deems it beneatiy his dignity te achuow- |
ledge the receipt of a letter addressed to him by i
a Catholic clergyman, and that the maa with!
# " cae be allowed to publish a let.)
ter—or rather a very blasphemous and obscene |
prodaction—in reply to a communication ad-|
dressed to His Excellocey before this comamunie

cation has been made publie. Am I to eanelude !
from these facts that His Excellency is dispensed

from the rules which are expected to gevern the

conduct of ordinary goptien: [

the Col. Secretary's © unclean” cormunication of |

a Catholic pricet is, perhaps, the surest index of
his ren] feelings towards Catholics. Shortly after
his arrival in this Colony His Excellency made
no seeret of his disiike to the encouragement of
Catholic institutions. Three years ago I con-

‘sidered it my duty, from a motive of reapect te

Sin,—T have the hener to acknowledge your
communication of the 5th instant.

Iu this you prefera charge against Mr. William
Pepe, whom yuu aceuse of addressing you, in the
columns of a pablic newspaper, in termes calculated |
te give great offeuce to the Roman Catholics ot |

“the representative ef the Queen,” respectfully
te invite

time sneh a holy and conscientious horror of every
thing “ Popish” that he did not
acknowledge the receipt of the iny

iiation.

Wis Exeellency to attend the College |
examinstion, but he seems to haye had at that) qu
’

deign even to}

this Islaad.

’

| holdy, as Colonial Secretary. ,
Fou inform me that in the event of my finding

His! myself unable to do se, you will appeal to His

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which the present “ representative af the Queen’ | Excelienev may yet have cause to regret that he! Grace the Duke of Neweastle, before whom you

made the false step of treating with marked dis-| will lay the matter.

respect a large number of those ever whom he|
was sent to rule as the “ropreseutative of the} towards myself a tone cv dietatorial as virtually to
Queen.” }prescrike to me a speciic Course of action, ac- |
quainting toe, ab the same time, that my declining

I never shall be wanting in that respect which |
is due to the representative of majesty; but this
shatt not prevest me from defending mvyeelf
against the attacks of Gavernment officials; and
aithough I very much regret that the officious
meddling of some of the friends of His Excellency
las dragued his wame before the publicjand torced
me to pyblish this communication as wel! as the!
enelosed correspondence, yet I hope that the |

ers, Messrs. W. H. Pope, Ewen Aimos, Donald

tocainpl; with your requirement will, iia manner,
forma ground of courplaint against myself, 2nd be

brought, by you, under the notice of the Colonial

Minister.

Under these circumstanzes, I have no alterna-
tive, but to decline altogether entertaining the
charge you make against Mr. Williain Pope,
coupled as that charge is with a condition so ex-

, OF ain I to regard | writings of bis four friends, admirers, and defend-| traordinary.

You have yourself thus deprived me of the ep-

the 2nd inst. as His Exeellency’s reply to my| Currie, and J. B. Cooper—a holy quarto—may | portunity of expressing my opinion regarding the

letter of the Leth of June,

| not tend to accelerate the diminution of that large | language you quote as that of Mr. Pope.

I under-

If the ‘ Moniter' is the private organ of His! measure of profound respect which I desire should, stand, however, that Mr. Pope’s letters are not

Excellerey, I am extremely sorry that he has!
been se ii advised as to velest this Wiereal which, |
1 anderstand, is published by a man who has heen |
y eccused of “having diddied the public |
out of # ‘serge sum of money, besides exhibiting |
such couduct towards ax ayed parent as renders |
more than doubifu!
one honest or honorable principle,” sad which is |
anid te be edited by two gentlemen who have ob-!
tained for themselves an wnenviable notoriety in|
this community, the ane as a washer of “ dirty |
linen,” the ot
ferger."
The gentlemen of our Government must, in my |
ble opinion, bear a share of the odium at-
tached to the Col. Seeretary's filthy letters. Some
time ago, when Mr. Pope as editor of the ‘Islan-
der* gave expression to sentiments regarding the
Loan Sill which di
of the Government on the same subject, the Hon.
Edward t Tushed into print, brought the | j

Palme
Seeretary to task, and publicly disapprov

scathoents “ ventilated” in the ‘Islander.’ But
when Mr.
man and hia toexhibit,

, are
by their silence, their tacit approval of the vile
publications of their Secretary. In the ‘ Protes.
sant’ of the Sth instant is a letter signed “ W. H.

blasphemy, has never, I believe, been surpassed

The members of | ,

Palmer, Col. Gray, A. Laird, J. Yeo, T. H. Ha-
viland,- Jeremiah Simpson, J. C. Pope, and J.) +
Longworth--who perwit the Colonial Sccretary-
ship of this Colony to be degraded, must beara
very large share ef the disgrace inseparable fror

Mr. Pope's last most abominable production. It
public shame and deceney have fallen so low | ¢
among the Protestants of P. EF. Island as to tele-!

official, I am sure such is uot the ease in the
neighbouring provinces, where Mr. Palmer and,

who has, by bis last ketter, done more to brand bis

to preserve their morals unsullied and vet to be!
wade partakers of his pollution,

It is fall time that the Protestanis of P. E. did net write the eontiibutio:

should awake to the true character of the
man who has been their champion for the last
three years. Is not Mr. W. H. Pope the ma

true
tholte religion 7
He eertainly was not a true Irotestant then, and |
we all know he is not a Catholic now. And what |
is the relizion of this grent réligious champion whe |
has laboured incessantly for years to sew the seeds |
of religious ranceur in this Isiand?) What ie the
fai’. of this. man—the highest orficial of our

i}?

from their graves previously to the Réforniation,
ido you net think, Reverend Sir, they would have
| tailed todiscover the Vicar of Jesus in harlot-chosen
; i vecupruts of the papal chair, his ministers in the
not agree with the opinions | ecclesiastics, or his religion in the teachings of |
Rome—the “then hell of the living,” as Petrarch

of the | daring piece of presuutytion in any Romish Priest
to

inealts Catholics, this hon. gentle- | (, my with a god, the work of his own hands,
when he knows that ‘ /nfallible Church’ has pro-
neaunced an anathema against all who say, as do
all Protestants, that this god should not be carried

P , in procession and adered. Did not the Pope autho-
Dope,” which for vileness, turpitude, and horrible | a “ Dens Theologia'? .

He will not dare to deny this. |donguage:—

be always given and be due to every representa-
tive of our good and gracious Sovereign.
I have the honor to be your ubed’t serv’t,
A. MCDONALD.
St. Dunstan's College, July 9, 18462,

vernwor, &e. &e. Ke.
Sim ;—In the ‘ Protestant’ of the lat of March }

last there appeared, over the signature of “ W. |

Hi. Pope,” Colonial Secretary of this Colony, a|

tT aaa “convicted ewindler and’! fetter addressed to me, Which coutains the follow- |

ing passages :—
“ Had the fathers of the first five centuries arisen

uatly termed jt. Y.~ have no right, and it ix a

> through the dighways of this Protestant

Is there to be found in

| all the vilest publications of all the lieentious presses |

4 the world, as much licentiousness of thought as |
iithy enough, but the mind of Martial. of Horace 7

1

If the Ro-|

j} man Cathelics of Chariottetown who have wives, | thal, i

laiigiiters or sisters, were to go to the College and
Jontessional, would you dare |
2 comply with their reauest!

uch they

ought enter your
Do you ever langh at the credulity of those
» believe that you ean from @ little wheaten
Almicnty God, or abselye erring mor-|

|
Tn the saine letter Mr. Seeretary Pope says:—!

yuence of this declaration, Mr. Pope adopts the |
‘owing Iest violent, unseemly and disgraceful |
“To seek Seripture proof for the doctrine of!
Indulgences. ...is an act of vudacity uneqnatled |
hy Satan hituself, even when he were an unwiati- |
luted face, or was not robbed of his nose by St. |
Dunstan, and when ke quoted Seripture to prove |

that Christ might cast himself headiong frou the |

the only letters on the subject. I am informed
that yeu have yourself entered into, if not pro-
voked, a religions controversy, that you have at
great length and in no gentle words challenged
discussion; and new when the battle has been

-- | fought, aud upwards of three months have passed
t his clans te the possession of | ‘TO Groree Dunpas, Esquire, Lievt. Go- |

away, you bring under my notice words written
perhaps in the warmth ot a polemie contest, and
whieh it would have been wise to forget.

I make no secret of the dislike I have to the
uticrance and—in a still greater degree—to the
publication of sentiments er opiuions ealeuiated
to wound cr offend, when no possible benefit ean
result in the ventilation of such sentiments or
opinions. It is my earnest hepe that neither you,
Mr. Pope, nor any other gentleman here may, in
future, be induced to devote your talents or your
time to the prosecution of a paper war, such as
that now I trust ended, but which, like most
similar contests, has been probably as barren in
good results as it has been truittul in the propa-
gation of angry and unchristian feeling.

1 haye the honor to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
GeorGe Dunpas.
The Rey. A. McDonald, ;
St. Dunstan's College.
ahithiinalie
To His ExcetLency Georcrk Duxpas, Es.
quire, Lieut. Governor, &c. &e. &e.
Sm;--I have the honour to acknowledce the

Honbles. E.| is contained in that most infamous book! The | Tecetpt of your Excellency’s communication in re- |
reductions of the Latin Poets are obscene and}
i

ply to my letter of the 5th inst.

l regret that your reply is based on the mis-|

or vi Juvenal, wes pure, compared to the mind of | construction of the last paragraph of my letter to) by me tewards my

| @ Priest whe has studied ‘ Dens Theologian, that; which yeu attach a meaning which. I fee) assured, | which can be no”
‘luest secure guide for Ecelesiasties.”

When 1 stated
a the event of your Lixcelleney’s expressing
your inability to dispense with the ecvyicc, of

my language does ivt convey.

- Tis - . | fequest you to read to them thore portions of Dens; Mr. Pope on accouut of bie Zaecults to Catholies
rate such infamous writiag in a Government! which relate to the (

i was resolved fo bring the matter under the con

I have somewhere | sideration ef His Graee the Duke of Neweastie | to
read that when one Augur met another ip t*
his colleagues may be brought to their senses for | ctrovts of : Saceonial
the outrageous indecency of this publie officer | suuiled at the thought of the extent te w!
: duily imposed upon the credulit
name with infamy than all his most bitter ene-| Pray, Rev. Sir, did ever sach a th
mies could effect in ten years, who hes clearly } mind ?
shown that he is“ unclean” not ouly as to his! wh
“bands” bat “ all over,” and that he is a moral | flour create
teprosy tliat should be avoided by all who desire | tals from their sina /”?

and forward to him a copy of our correspoadence,
inight not be taken by surprise, gud the thought

never entered my mind.

Your Exceliency will admit that the Imperial
Government possessés more extensive powers thau
those delegated to any of Her Majesty’s repre-
sentatives, and that if “ it is notim your pewer to
dismiss Mr. Pope,”

large proportion of the inhabitants. Tam unable
to conceive how my writing to the Colonial Min-

pondence between your Exe¢iwory and myself,

. : vou: fer | Secretary, Editor of the ‘Islander,’ Defender of
ran form a ground of complaint againsy you; ter) > Bry. Sree . , ”
he x P A ,a rotestantisin in P. EE. Island, &c. &e.—who, if!

T presume that your Excellency is not prepared
to assume all the responsibility of Mr. Vope’s
violent tirades, although I fear that your implied

apology for them is calculated to induce the belief | can be duc to

1

You conclude your letter to me by tacitly re-
iring me to disiniss Mr. Pope érow the office he

L regret that you have ¢hought proper to adept

utterauce and publication of offensive scatiments
and omnions way, for the future, have the very
desirable effect of restraining Mr. Secretary Pope
and other Gevernment officials from giving * ven-
tilation” to sentiments and epinions calculated, in
a high degree, te weund tie ieelings of their Ca-
i tholic fellow-Colonisis, aud to propagate “ angry
land unchristian feeling; and | trast that, should
istfficient to exercise such restraint, you may be
| graciously pleased, at least
fyour Executive Conneil on the waseeml
| priety of retaining ir connection with the Govei
lent an individaal who appears to have laboured
unceasingly for some time in the unholy attengpt

, to remonue

rien hatred and animosity between thei and ie
Protestants of this Colony.
T have the honor to be, Sir,
Your obed’t and humble servy’t,
A. McDoNaLp.
St. Dunstan’s College, June Is, 1862.

To His Grace tue Duke or Newecastre,
&e. &c.
My Lorp Duke;

| Asa loyal subject of Her Most Gracious Ma-
|jesty the Queen, and as one sinecrely desirous of
promoting a spirit of friendship and muiual tele-
ration among the various denominations of this
my native Island, and of averting as much as pos-
sible all religious animosity in this mixed commu-
nity, I beg leave most respectfully to bring under
your Grace's consideration some of the writings
of an official which are calculated to give grave
offenes to a large number of Her Majesty's faith-
ful subjects in this Colony and to raise up againsi
them a remorseless spirit of sectarian hatred, poli-
tical proseription and social persecution.

On the 28th of February last, W. H. Pope,
Esquire, Colonial Secretary of this Jsiand, ad-
dressed to me, through the colunus of the ‘ Pro-
testant,’ a newspaper published in Charloitetewn,
{a letter containing sentiments, expressions and
insinuations most offensive to Catholics. Consi-
dering that the low character of this letter—a
copy of which, in pamphlet form, I herewith en-
close to your Grace — did not allow me to send
him a reply, I remained silent for a considerable
time expecting that our Government would see
the propriety of publicly manifesting their disap-
rebation of |Le Colonial Secretary's unbecoming

rguace. But seeing that they took ne notice of
it, 1 called the attention of His Excellency the
Licutenavt Gorervor thereto in a communication
addressed to him on the Sth of June last. I here-
with enelose to your Grace a copy of the corres-
enemy between His Excellency aud myself re-
| jutive to this matter.

Your Grace will pereeive that Mr. Pope, in his
iletter, says that I dragged his name before the
pebdlie and treated him to a number of abusive
epithets, and tat be lectures me ou the wibecom
iInguess of some expressions suid tob<+_*- cn used
oppene:.’ Lhe bost reply

‘nose insinuations, regerd-
| ing mv! gage, is to give theee portions of a let-
/-s« OF mine upon whiel: Mr. Pope grouids his
‘| charges. Before doing this, I may ooserve that
j the Colouinl Seeretary, during the past year, al-
| laded sever: times, in the most offensive tenns,
« Catholic precession said to have taken place
in 2 remote setilement. Whilst I was writing

&c.

ancient Rome, the two irscinctively! I did co from a motive of courtesy so that ron | some letters on * Edueation and the Chureh ” a!
A .

communication sppeared inthe ‘ Protestant’ news-

y of the people.| of preferring a chargo against your Excellency | poper signed “ An Orangeman,” referring in un-

»

| hecoming language to the same processien.
jours ot this journal asked me what I hed to say
on the subject. In my next communication tu
him I wrote 2s follows :—

,

“ Young os the priest of St. Dunstan's 's, it ap-

it may be in the power of| pears that you are ungble to reply to him yourse!.,
“Withont enlightening you as to whether I did or| His Grace the Duke of Neweastle to do so, or at and Urat gate have eaited to your aid a number of
is signed “On-looker, | least te remenstrate with our Government on the | assistants who are such sneaks that they have not
‘A Protestant,” and ‘Au Orangeman,’ I beg to| impropriety of having retained the services of an | the moral courage to append their proper names
| inform you that T am quite willing to adopt all that! official who has, by Lis repeated, unprovoked and | to their communications . . -:% ou are desirous to
‘ ‘ 4) has been written over these sigustures.” Ty con-| wanten insults, given cause of great offence te a) KB0W ly Opiivey with regard Lo the procession at
who in my own hearing eaid that if there was a/ ser i
igion in the world it was the Reman Ca-| fol

| South-West, referred to by one of your correspon
jdents. Tomey sny something on this subject on
|

lieter, and sending to him a capy of the corres-| sen future ovea ion, when ; i ather Angus will
| present his PeSPeECts to VW. H. I upe, Iesq., VOL |

| he deo. °ses not the name of * A Protestant, bas
levery claim, Fauould say, te all the honor which
| “Sn Orangeman.’

j your Exeellency’s personal influence prove in-]
rte with }

eet »0- | ° ° . ’
P n- | In reply # Tb y Vou to equal t Tlis Exceilency

he |

of Catholics aad
iship, social
»| harmony and peace which, in iny bins
be encouraged amongst the Protesiants

| Wherefore, withett presuming: to |
what action should be taken in th:

tot your Grace.
‘ I have the henour to be,
With profound reapeet,
Your Crrace’s atest obedient
And humble servant,
A. McDONALD
St. Dunstan’s College,
LP. E. Island, July 7th, 1262. §

GOVERNMENT Hovss,
} . May loth, 1862.
; Dear Sm,—I am desired by His Exe Heney
j the Lieut. Gavernur to enclose a “ Shakespear,
| which he offers as a prize to the students of Dt.
| Dunstan's College. 2
| His Exeeliency wishes to Jeave to your discre-
‘tion the subject for which it is te be awarded.
I am, dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
Gronce D. ATKINSON,
Jrivate See’y.
Rev. Angus MacDonald, ?
&e. diac, 5
(Copy.)
Sr. DuNS?TAN’s COLLEGE,
June loth, 1862.
Dear Sir,—I have had the honor of receiving
your communication of the i3th ultimo, aceom-
panied by a “Shakespear,” which His Exeellency
the Lieutenant Governor effers as a prize to the
students of St. Duustan’s College.

&e.

that T eonsider that inconsistent on

Une it would be
jay part, asa Catholic Priest and os the Superior

; Veadthe ili rog fving their clerey | of 8 jnetan’s College, to accept any prize from | "
to exusperate Catholics by vilifying their clergy | of St. iru tan’s Col Be, te Ag ces ke?? : — ie y the melan-
land scofing at their religion, and te exeite seera- | him eo long as ino 18 pleased to allow with hupunity |“ pleekinks” are too deeply stiveed by themelan

jihe Colonal Seeretary of this Colony publicly to
| insult Catholics in general and Catholie Priests in
| particular, or to “adopt”’ what has been written
bin the most offensive terms of the Institufion of
which Lam Reetor.

i regret exceedingly that T am thus compelled,
in consequence of His Excellency’s indirect ep-
proval of the offensive writings of an officiak of
his Goverument, to decline accepting the first sem
offered by a Lieutenant Governor to the students
of Bt. Dunstan’s College.

I have the hionor to be, dear Sir,
Your obdt. and bumble servant,
A. McDunatcp.

George D. Atkinson, Esq.
D’rivate Secretary,
Government House.
- ~74430°-———— bad

MORE INTOLERANCE.

To THE Epitror oy THe EXAMINER,

| Sin, — Although the public generally may be
aware that a new Voluntcer Band has been formed,
wider the patronage of His Excellency the Lieut.
| Goxexrgor, yet it may be not a little surprising to
j your readers to learn that no Roman Catholic, no
j tnatier What his musical talent may be, will be ad-
; ‘¢

) ;
28 a mucinver thereof.

The present bigotted and fanatical Government
demand und reecive from their toolsinthe Assciuubly
asm annually in aid of the Volunteer movement,
and one of the first things they duisto lay aside some
£90 of that sum to pay a Teacher for instructing a
set of young men how to perform “the Bayne
Water,” “Johnny Cope,” ete., for the purpose of
exciting hatred and ill-will in the breasts of one
portion of lier Majesty's subjects against the other,
aud thereby aiding and assisting the growth of
Orangeisin.

Last year, Sir, the Government expended from the
£400 yranied for the Volunteer force over £25 for
a uniform dress for the City Amateur Band, (com-
posed alike of Catholics and Protestants.) Now,
the reasou why the old Band was not made the
| nucleus of the new one, a8 Was expected, is, becanse
jit was a standing rule with them never to perform
jat cither Orange or Ribbon arsemblies; an? thez-
| fore, as soon as His Excell-ne- ‘

| advises st ad a secret togsther, it was decreed

} thar LW of the pudlic monev tuicht voto the winds

,-s-=s- uta spoil their pet scheme, and that no Ro
man Catholic sheald! niited in

Mr. Dundas may

as he is the prima i

the wnok
particularly as he is the chief coutribator
for the purchase of the Instruments; but he

j r ght t > SGUuaRder the rev
thie wry, by gis £50 & veur io tea

to pertorm at Ormnge asscmb)«

nud Lis

Hue ile

“aVISCrs Pave ho
. ; ics '

3, and telling the

people at the same time that it was only for inetruct- |

fing the Voluntecr Band!
1**"Park, Jew or Heathen may enter here, but not a
Pupist.”
Yours truly,
| ANTL-DBIGOT.
Sth July, 1862.

Che Cxaminer,

Charlottetown, July 14th, 1862.

COL. GRAY’S LETTER, AND TILE FEEBLE
DEFENCE OF ITS MISSTATEMENTS BY
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

Tue Colonial Seerctary has

made a }
wretched attempt in the last “Islander” to
defend Col. Gray against the charge of gross

very

|
|
j
|

Sor | tion was very promptly acce pted_by the Governor. | Catholies. are “ encinies of my Sovere}
‘we of -uiters ad: }sclfish or other motives, of sentiacnis and opinions! Rat when Sir Dominick Daly arrived here, the the Protestant religion.”
Seyres be i | aS }

opinion, |

megest to}

eer

a tnd of

Soveres

"* My”
had my provfs of the affectionate attach,
-Reel-| of her Catherie suljeets, The iutthefeig, oat
iency to baye them felnstated in tht Commistion | Orimen ond the jtsine of India bear tevtinnte, the
} of the Peace. The Goternar granted the prayer} thew tink hesuriatee te the latink ered
| of the petition. and the sulky Mrestrates went | of their Wow ‘Phe M itary, Navab oat ’
‘hack to their old placet, swhile Mr. Whelan 7e-| Services ot the Empire abound With © tg
if they dre “ evemies” to their Bovere
are they continued im ber service? When

heir to the throne was in Canada two »

friends of the sulky Mogisttates, with their own

| oll know? eonetrtentd, petititn’d Mis Exeel-

ign, Why
Pope's recoliection; aud now we ask, did not the
sulky Magistrates bring themselves “ into con- ago, he did net seem to think that Catholies
tempt and disrespect” by re-accepting an appoint- |“ enemies” to hie royal mother or the « p
iment Whieu they had resigned only a short time | tant religion,” for both Hix Roya) Highness
before, without the slightest change having been! the Duke of Newcastle very properly Phniees
e flected in the circumstance which ted to their resig-| offensive displays which were made by the

uation ? men against the Catholics, Again, when it Wag
pepe vex,, ;Geemed neecssary last winter to forward

THE “MAN WITH THE UNCLEAN HANDS”

i WHO CAME TO GRIEF,

bodies of troops to Canada, to maintain
: our of the Crown and the dategrity third,
In answer to enquiring friends, we beg to state | were not the Catholic people of Canada omen
that “the man with the unclean hands” Has not! zeplous in their efforts to facilitate .e
made any attempt io wash them, and he continues | tion of the troops’ And who Gan forget m4
to befoul the Government by remaining in close! emorable despaich which was wri na.
contact with them potwithstending all that waa said | Seeretary of State, at the command of the
ov that subject in the Supreme Court by the Pre: | conveying to the Catholic Bishop of Qaebee thy

’
=e of his|

h voumy lads |

deception practised by him in the letter whieh |

or no; or “the evil genius” will stick to them.

links” on the subject of his great attempt at a
Libel prosecution by observing the most stolid

| silenee in regard to it, for he has not printed a

jline in the ‘Islander’ about it. Of course his

| choly failure ef his plaus, and the poor man cau't
give utterance to hie profound “ grief.”

THE CLOVEN FOOT CLEARLY SHOWN
—THE COLONIAL SECRETARY AND
GOVERNMENT IN OPEN HOSTILITY
AGAINST TITE CATHOLICS.

We republish, at the reqnest of several friends,
from the ‘ Protestant’ of the Sth instant, the fol-
lowing Letter from the pen of the Colonial Seere-

this Island, addressed to the Rev. Rector of St.
Dunstan's College. We must acknowledge that
it is with great reluctance we have consented to
give space gn our columns to such a vile and in-
famous a but we have done so, only for
the purpose of exhibiting in its trae light the cha-
racter of the Colonial Sceretary, and that of the
Government, whose servant he is, and who ir,
therefore, implicated in all his proceedings. The
inembers of the Executive Couneil, perhaps, did
not see this letter betore it was published; but
they have certainly seen it since; and they miust
take their share of the responsibility which at-
taches to it, as they continue Mr. Pope in the
ottice of Colouial Secretary and Chief Clerk of the
Exeevtive Council. If the Secretary of a Liberal
Government made such an attack upon the reli-
gion of any denomination of Christians, the Go-
vernment would be speedily held to account for it
unlese he was immediately dismissed. So long as
Mr. Pope is coutinued in office we may fairly os-
| sume that the Excutive Council appreve of and

are prepared to justify his attacks on the religion
| of thirty five thousand inhabitants of this Teland.

atiaik , eiaeas . . . » |
(othe fund | that the Seer@gary did net surrender his right of |

| private judgment and opinion when he took an
| office vader the Govermuent. We will admit be
i did not.
He deeeney aud propriety on the part of every in-
| dividual, especially on the part of a high salaried
officer, whe ix supposed to labour for the whole
community? Admitting Mr. Pope’s abstract right

do a wise and proper thing when he priits nensense
of the nest disgusting and uffensive character res-
pecting nearly one half of the whele community?

The Government may say they have no power

nions. They have power to prevent the Secretary
| from compromising them in this case, just as much
[as Mr. Palmer had about eighteen mouths age
|

| when he deemed it necessary to publish a letter,

| Pepadiating, on Lis own behaif aad on that of bis

| brother Councillors, the opinions advanced by Mr.
| Pope with regard to a publie loan for the purchase
jof Township lands: Mr. Pope then suddenly

“caved in,” and has been pradentiy sileni ever

Vhe condemned Seeretary mavifests his “ phee-

But is there not something due to pub-|

to restrain Mr. Pope in the expression of his opi-

i we published last week, addressed to a person on!

sident of ihe Executive Council. Mr. Pope doen't | thanke’ of Her Majesty for the rset ‘ering
believe iu such 2 thing as resigning an office; 98) rendered Iy tie Cuthaties of Canada te
to such an aflair as character, of course he is; perial troups on their toileome journey towera
rather indifferent. As to the Goverumeut, they | «Juebee and Montreal t
are in a sad fix. They ean’t expel “the evil l under the auspices of a bigotted and itmaticg|
genius ;”’ they must stick to it, whether they will | Government, Whose days are Lttabered te

the Im.
pewetary POE —Adicg

wrile any amount of nonsense about the dis.
loyalty of Catholics; but the Leake of Neweast) ',
despatch, just referred to, is worth more than 4
cart-load of Pope's letters on any stibject what.

ever.

To the Rev. Angas McDonald, Rector of
St. Dunstan's College.
Reverend Sir ;

In tho month of Pe’ last, I addresseg
you in defence of several statements eq.
tained in certain anonymvus Communicstions
which had previously been published ip the
Protcsiant, the authorship of whieh you were
pleased to attribute to we. In the
referred to, 1 quoted solely from the writi
of Koman Catholic authors, whose orthodery,
I belioved, had never been denied ; aud, as |

tary and Chief Clerk of the Executive Council of by y

proved—

** That in tho early ages of Christianity, the
Popes extended darkness and ignoraree,

—the surest ee of their over
mind—b laring war aguinst
Bpecics of Pagan erudition.” iad

** That the Popes were often the most aban.
doned and infamous of men, and the chair
of St. Peter the seat of the most abomina-
ble crimea.”’

“That wicked and abandoned women ruled
at Papal Kome, and that their lovers were
intruded into the chair of St. Peter.’

“That as far down as the commencement of
the sixteenth century, the Romish Church
had become almost pagan — that obscene:
paintings and statues were
wile ey Godt
w
were sited wi Venuses, Nymphs aud
Prostitutes, such as the most immodest eyo.
eou'd not look upon without causing
cheek to blush.’’

You did not yenturo, Rey. Sir, to questian
the correctness of any of the quotations made
by me,—or the credibility of the authors
from whose works I quot ed.

You have, however, as L have reason to be-
\lieve, very recently addressed to the Repre-

‘titmay be said Ly some persons in ihe Govera-| sewtative of the Queen in this Colony, & com-
nto the new Band.| ment who will, perhaps, be ashamed openly to| munication, in which, after setting forth
hocse “4 this water,’ identity themselves with Mr. Pope's proceediugs, | Svat I had insulted the entire Roman Catho-

|

lic population by sneering at their religion,
you treated me to not a small share of abuse
in that style which is 80 characteristic of an
angry Wg and gave your estimate of my
religious belicf; you dewand that [ may be
dismissed trom the vflize of Colonial Seere-
tary 3! :

This demand proves that you possess ove,
| at least, of thas ehemsanessaeah aimee
‘tain to the order to which you -

to utter what nousense he pleases, we ask, does he | tyrannical disp sition,—it, at the same time

is evidence that you are eadly deficient im

‘others, namely, e-aftand cunning. lad yun

| possessed eyen a re nee amount of *

} prudence you would have borne your defuat
in silence. P.ormit me, Kev. Sir, to tell
that the knowledge that-erery subj ct of the
| Pope, whether priest or layman, in this le
‘land, would gladly join you in the cndeavour
| to deprive me of fler Majesty's Cowission,
| gives me not the slightest onan 1 4
/not my position to the support of papists, .
| ra tang om so lung as the i Bel ** that
no man can serve two masters,’’ shall held
true, so long will the vassals of the Pope in
the British Empire remain, in their hearts
disivyal to the /fereticad Sovereigns of
‘land ; and enemies of my sovereign and
I belicve, Ras. Sir,

“ God-fealing” Government? Some may say that} innacle of the temnple.” .( Gem: Oekaciesr?? tha |
he is a Mahormmedan ; others, with more reason | P79 Of the temple.” (See “Onlecker” in|

re 3) testant’ ¥e*n aap 3 oo :
perhaps, may say that be is, both in theory and| + rs tant * Leby. lat, Isoz.)
practice, inelined to be a Mormon; but I wyself| “ The Papists, I presume, have a right to exer-

ain disposed to believe that he is of the relivion | cise their idolatsous mammeries so often and as
3 t tue rele.

that you are not altugether uuwiiling to do so

In the latter part of your reply your Excellency | honor and justice te publish die whole of ny reply |
i states that you “understand” “ that Mr. Pope’s|to your unjust attack on Si. Dusstan’s College | ® if ; ‘
letters are not the only letters on the subject,” | and the Popes, yet you have not published ta i Mr. Secretary I ope has offered no straight-forward |

| “ Netwithstanding {oi rou aro obliged het), by |

of Tom Paine, and a warmer admirer of the be
lief of a Julian and of a Voltaire. What a elori-
ous champion have the Orangemen of this Fsland !
YT am wilimg to believe that the great majority of |
my Protestant fellowColonists liave been “de-
ceived relative to Mr. ope. Did they know the |
man, they could net fail to hate and to despiec
him, and without preteading te be anything of 1)
prophet I venture to say that the time is net far!
distant when every man in the Colony who re-

fuliy as they please, procidid they, in doing so, |

inantfacture their wheaten god inthe sanctuaries |
of their chapels,” &e. (“An Orangeman” in the
sume No. of the ‘ Protestant.’) “Has this young |
(your humble servant) “already lost all}
sense of shame? Is his devotion to the Roman |
Sve so ‘unlimited, that he, like the veriest and!
niost despicable and evingng Jesuit,

an’?
nae

and that you have been “ informed” that 1 have
“entered into, if net provoked a religious con-

your dislike to the “ ventilation” of sentiments or
opinions ealeulated te wound or offend.

As it does not plainly appear what the “snb-| puop does m the secial one... . As you do not ap-!
| pear to ‘ have lerure to reply’ te my communica: |

ject” is to which your Excellency alludes, Iam
unable to say whether I have written anything

thercon or not. | have, however, written several

two last letters which I sent you, although you

; ‘ : ' a | insert weekly in your journal ¢ HIMUNCALIONS | yW1 ay he spoke of “every tenant” being at |
coummit ho nuisanee. For instance, they may] toversy ;” and you conclude by intimating to me | against me, which appear to be written by seme |

| Jow, rabid character, who holds the same position

}Let dl. Itis evident that the exposure has given

feaplaration of the misstatements in the leéter.

\liberty to purchase under the arbitration clause

serious annoyance to the Colonel and his friends. |

: F ; ' Protestant Religi

since on the subject of the Loan. Mr, Palmers| Protestant Religion, — » . Sa
[pues tote we ' see") that the time bay arrived, when im this Cole
ony, every man who desires to live free from
the degrading tyranny of Priests, who haye

silenee, thereiore, in the present instance, cannot |
| fait ta be construed inte an aequiescence by the |

}on the Catholic Religion.

it may be urged in extenuatian of the Secre-

| whole Executive Council in Mr. Pope's vile attack sworn obedience ty the Roman Birhop, should

;

| exert himself, regardless of what papiss may
| Say or do, in order to maintain a |’ rotestaut
_Goverument ia the Colony. Wishin my te-

jin the literary world that a rowdy, blackles, or! in the Aw ard, oh, says Mr. Pope, “ he only meant | tary’s conduct, that he was prevoked to write his collection, Rey. Sir, no papist was allowed

| tions, perhaps it would be well for

you to obtain
}

the assistance of three or four more

ignored, for | jetters ou the state of Education and Morals yu | ‘ blacklegs’ or ‘pimps’ to abuse ‘Father Angus’ in

its behoof. his own manhood? Ts he dead to every | yarious countries in reply to an article published | the most Evangelical style of modorn times.
| iS P4) ] :

or honor, ney, and religion, will regard | finer feeling of humanity? aud have his eyes Let) by the son of au Executive Couneillor, and eaten-
W. HL Pope with feelings of ptter contempt and | tears to shed ever the harrowing history of his! jited to exeite very unjust prejudiees against St.

thorough detestation.

A man who is sincere in the practice of a false
religion is to be pitied but he is not to be despieed. |
Whulst be has a relivion he haa 9 conscienee, and
whilst be is simeere there is reason to hope that

weg may open his eves and point out to him the
right path, We may not admire the doctrines of
a Mr. Fitageraié or of a Mr. Sutherland; bat if
they are sincere even in the belief that all Papists
will have rather warm quarters im the next
world, they are not to be Lepined ov insulted for
their sincere convictions. But a man whe lias no
religion, no faith, no belief except what a salary
of theee or four hundred pounds per anuwn gives
him is a maa most dangerous to society. If such
a person had an rtunity he would not seruple
to abstract unfairly money from a bank to the
tune of theusands—he would charge for leases,
not guly two pounds but tea id he could get them
—he would besmear doers with filthy representa-
tiows, he would abuse iv the most flagitious man-
ner the generous hospitality of a tenant,—ia a
word, there is no enormity which he would not

Or What are we to firm of the man, who,
im a neighbourimg provinee said, to the utter dis-
of ns hearersthat the only way of governing

. E. Island was to.set. the Presbyterians against
the Cathelies? Au anpriacipled man who would
for 1 or other ends work on the sincere
couvig; ious of Protestants or Catholics,

po excite ther, azainst ove another, ix the most
theranghly infymous character that can well be
jeeoy Christian community. Notwith-

Ie unite with their Cath=lic
i nding religious toleration
itieal equality.

‘khe * Islander’ and ' Moniior’ have scen fit to
allude.) a letter sent by me te His Excellency s
praase Setretary. Thy meddling of theae jour-
nals wdiu pels ine to publish this letter and the one

church? In his defence of Indulgences he has}
broken through the restraints of becoming modes-
ty; he has done what vo priest before him on this
Talend has attempted ; and having no provocation,
he is a volunteer in the work of self-degradation.
And new he stands befure the public as the solli-
tary prop of a mass of corruption and viieness,
which no man would dare even mention in the
detail of bare and incontrovertible facts! Pro-
bably here lies bis hope of escape. Men who are
taught to keep their hands and garments clean,
instinetively and quickly recoil from contact with
pollution ...-he may suppose that Protestants re-
volt at the idea of dwelling upon this subject, so
as minutely to deseribe the amount and degree of
its putrescence, or to partieukarize the variety, ac-
tivity, and strength of its fermenting qualities, the
noxiousness of its odours, the death-Lke hideoua-
ness that grins and reigns about it, and repulees
al! but these whose feelings are hardened yy fa-
iilarity. We warn him not to trast too much te
such a principle; disagreeable duty must eome-
times be pe weet It is enough now to add,
had the Rector not made a covenant in becoming
a teacher of St. Dunstan’s, to sink all true sensi-
bility in hia dovotion to the cause of Rome, the
very word Indulgences, wherever met ja print,
would have crimsoned his cheek, since he nust
know that money ean prucure the forgiveness of
ai! erine whieh is past, and proenre also.a permit
te range through the vilcnese of sin, and select
therefrom the object which beat suits the taste of
the siuners evil and wandering spirit.” (“On-
looker” in ‘ Protestant’ of the J5th of eby.)
“The Clurch—the Holy infallible Church to
which the Reetor would tell us Christ gaye the
promise ‘Io I am with you all days even to the
yp eee of br world, and i which
gates 8 not ail,’ waa literall

the ‘ mother af Harlots’s— ieee Head the
diwinely appointed sucerseor of St. Peter — the
Holy Father—the vilest misereant upon earth.”
ae : Yamane in the ‘ Protestant’ of the 15th

eby.

These are choice éxtracts to be adopted by the
Colonial Seeretary of a British Colony! This is

to WRIT it in a reply. It is strange respect that
Messrs. Pope and Cooper sow the “ representa: |
tive of the Queen” by dragging dis private uisitery
before the public. Lut what respect ean np Lieut. |
Gotérhor expect to receive from an individual!
why abused and insulted, ia the mest unbecoming
terms, Sir L). Daly, * the representative of the
weey 1”

fo May last Hie Execlleney Mr. Dundas sent
me, through his private Secretary, a “ Shake-
speare” to be on as & prize to one of the stu-
“utes of St. drunstan’s College. For reasons
which I deemed sufficient 1 declined accepting
thus book, aud returned it in a respectfy) manner,
aad J am very glad that { did se. We all remem.
ber that ligt year Hig Exeeiiency assisted at the
ree ea meeting Fae ne we tana Co!-
eee, aud ex “nse ig with
everything yy ae witnessed ; and that the
Ion. re Gray expressed his surprise snd
at the creditable manner in whieh the
we acquitted themerlyes on that oceasien.
¢ all remember, tow, that only two days after:
wards the firet of the Col. Secretary's “ phili
a the Rouaue” appeared in the ‘ Islander.’
. Pope's virulent tirades againat Catholics hive

not the {rst time that Mr. Si eretary Pope bas in-
sulted Catholics in the most ungentlewantly and
outrageous manner, as can be seen by reading his
jetlers published last year in the ‘Vsiander’ and
‘ Protestant.’ When his letter of the 28th Feby.
last appeared I thought that the Executive Go-
veyument would—it not en agecount ef the outrage
done to the {velings of Catholies, at least in order
w save the character of the Island~have iimme-
diately disyiivsed him from office for having so
grossly insulted the entize Catholic population,
especially by writing in the most oflensive, eon-
temptons and seoffing manner of one of the mest
hallowed Laysteries of the Catholic religion,whose
ministers are, according to his insinuation, t
veriest hypocrites, and nothing better than the
Augurs ot Pagan Rome. But J understand that
Mr. Pope yet retains his office, and that, strange
to say, not one werd condemnatory of his insult-
ing language has been publivhed by any person
couvnected with the Government, ‘It is for this
reasouy that I now beg leave most respectfully te
eali the attention of your Excellency to the ex-
tracts above given, written over Mr. Pope’s pro-
ek caer pape to a Which he has
rusod “ as I presume that Your
Exevllency has pot been made aware of the offer-

Dunstan's College; vut I have neither “ entered
inte” nor “ proyoked” a religious cunt roversy,
and this is more than can be said of my opponents
whose language has been of so vile and virulent a
character that it would be as degrading for a Ca-
tholic priest to enter into a “ religious centre-
versy” with them as it would be injurious to his
reputation to enter into any “ controversy” with
an individual who has fallen so low in publie esti-
mation as has the Colonial Secretary of this Colo-
ry.
Dat 8u ing for a moment that I did enter
into a“ religious controverey,” I may be permitted
to observe, with all due respect, that even in this
ease, neither your Excellency nor Mr. Pope
would have any just right to complain, and that
my doing so shouid not be considered a sufficient
justification for the Colonial Secretary's violent
tirades against Roman Catholies. I am not in
the same position relative to both Protestants and
Catholics as is Mr. Pope; for Iam not holding an
office under Government and receiving a salary
from the public funds as he is, neither am I re-
eviving money from Protestants as he is from
Catholics. Besides, 1 presume that your Excel-
levey will admit that it is more becoming for a
Catholic priest to enter into a “ religious coutro-
versy” than it is for a Colonial Seeretary, who is
believed to have no fixed religious principles, to
be outrageously insulting thon one-half of those
who contribute towards his salary,and to be using
all his endeavours phe ix broad-cast the seed of
religi unimority sectarian strife

onent rious denominatious of a i wank
best interests can be secured on the exercise
4 writing “Excellency 1 dit not growed

In writing to your Ex ey I di grou
my charges And Mr. Pope on mere hear-say,
and state that I was “informed” that he gave
offence to a large number of his fellow-Colonists ;
but I called your attention te the fact that he gave
publicity, in the coluunus of a newspaper, to ex-
pressions, sentiments, and opinions most offensive
to Catholics, and, that there might be no doubt
about the matter, I gave most imeulting extracts
taken fram a letter published over his own signa-
ture and from other communications which he
was pleased’ to “ adopt;” and I shall leave it to
others to say Whether it was in accordance with
that high degree of dignity which is expected at
all times to characterize the conduct of the repre-
sentative of our august and much beloved Queen,
tor your Exeelleney to endeavour to extenuate,to
some extent, Mr. Pope's violent language by inti-
mating to me that you were “ informed” that I
myself “entered into if not provoked a religious
controversy.”

If I have, by several letters on “ Edneation
and the Church,” endeavoured to remove preju-
dices propagated by seme friends of the Govern-
ment, it is searcely just towards me to insinuate
that I have, on that account, prostituted “time”
and “ talents” to the “ ventilation” of sentiments
and opinions calculated to provoke angry and un-
ehristian feeling. It never has been my desire to
give unnecessary offence to those whe differ from
myeelf in religion, as the general tone of my pub-
lished letters will clearly prove; but it appears to
be the policy of Mr. Secretary Pope tu leave no
means uutried in the unchristian attempt to pro-

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pagate and perpetuate an undying spuit of religi-
ous hatred and hostilit@ between the Catholics
and Protestants of this Island. .

never hoon publicly disapproved of by any pen on
ted Wilh thedoveruyient,and Gunarqucttiy

sive language nsed by him; for if you were,I can-
not suppose that Your Execllewey would have re-

That Mr. Pope's insults to Catholies have bc
Writes with coolness und deliberation, and net

Your Grace can easily see from the above ex-
| traets how far Mr. Pope was justified iy sayii
that I treated him to various abusive epithets.
The “ iow, rabid eharacter” to whom I alluded
signed himself + Onlocker,” and from his language

be perceived at a glance that I was not very far
astray when i stated that this writer seemed to
hold “ the same position in the literary world that
a rowdy, blackleg or pimp does in the social onc.”

As remarked in my letters to His Execlieney the
Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Pope has frequently
thonght proper grossly to offend Cathelies. On
the Ieth of July last, enly one day after His Ex-
celleney and several of his friends had assisted at
the Examination et the Students of St. Dunstan's
College, the Colovia! Seeretary addressed to the
Protestants of this Island the first of a series of
letters exhorting them to unite against Catholies.
All these letters are most unbeconing in their tone.
I might here give numerous extracts therefrom to
show that such is the case; but my doing so would
unnecessarily extend this communication to too
great a length.

I herewith enclose a copy of the ‘Protestant’
newspaper of the Sth instant, in which there is,
addressed to me by Mr. Pope, a long letter, in his
usual style, from which Your Graee will be
enabled to form an imperfect idea of our Colonial

Secretary.

Althougi: Mr. Pepe appears to have no fixed
religious principles himself, yet, for the attaimnent
of his enda, he seems to be unscrupulous in having |
recourse to that most unchristian means of exciting
one religious denomination against another. ‘This
is but too evident from his letters, from the edi-
toriale of the ‘ Islander,’ of whieh he is understood
to be the editor, and from words made use of by
him, to the effect that the only way of carrying ov
the Government in this was to set the Pres-
byterians and Catholics thereof at variance.

The estimation in which the Colonial Secretary's
moral character is held can be learned from the
significant fact, that both the Supreme Court and
the Grand Jury of Queen’s County, composed of
eighteen Protestants and one Catholic, unani-
mously rejected his recent application for leave to
tile a criminal Information for Libel against the
Hon. Edward Whelan for having told bun through
the columns of the ‘Examiner’ that he “ought
to remember that he was arraigned, tried and
censured for an hemoral and disgraceful act; and
that he owes it to the clemency of a few friends
that he was not alse arraigned, tried and convict-
ed of sowething which bears a very ugly uame in
connection with money matters.”

No one can deny that this public officer has

gj that only 80,000 aeres could be purchased for;

literary | that he wished to make ft apyeer that tenants ail! Guvernor by the Reetor of St. Dunstan’s College, |

jover the Island would be at liberty to purchase |

fon easy terms. Then, as rogards the statement! Cathelie Claireh. but surely this ean firaich no!

ne

lin copying the letter—(it seems that there was

quoted in my first letter to Hie Excelloney, 1tean | seme intention to preserve the document as an| of the whole Catholic world. Supposing he had |

| important state paper}—Mr. Gray accidentally |
|leftoutacypber! It is a great wonder thai Pope
did not accuse us of having left out the cypher,
from a wilful design te bring odium on that |
marvellons stafesrnan and pure patriot, Col. Gray.
Hereafter, we suppose, when any of the Govera-
ment party prints a wilful untruth, it must be
excused as a mere slight mistake of the pen.

It was not to be expected that since Pope has
been put in the pillory (morally) asa disgraced
officer of the Government, he would avoid abusing
us and lying most furiously whenever an opporiuui-
ty would offer. We have a fine exhibition of
lis temper in the following paragraph :—

“ That Colonel Gray should come in for a large
share of abuse from Edward Whelan is not te be
wondered at. The gallant Colonel was one of the
leading magistrates, whe with the present Mayor,
and his predecessor in office, the Hon. Robert
Hutchinson, remonstrated against the appointment
of Mr. Whelan to the Commission of the Peace,
on the ground that his being associated with them
was calculated to ‘bring the Magisterial office
into contempt and disrespect.’ ”

These are certainly brave words from a man
who was turned out of the Supreme Court the
other day for having “ unclean hands "—who de-
elared, himself, in the Grand Jury Room, that
there were charges against him which, if not
refuted, would reader him unfit to hold an office
under the Government—and which charges re-
main unrefuted—the very man who, as the Hon.
Edward Palmer said, in open Court, before the
publie, was unworthy to be continued one hour
in Her Majesty’s service while certain charges
stood against him. And they do stand, and will
stand against him to the last hour of his existence,
showing how he has brought the Government of
this country “into contempt and drsrespect.”

As regards our personal feelings towards the

given grave offence to the Catholics of this Colony |
who have exhibited on various occasions, their
attachment and loyaity to the person and Govern- |
ment of Her Majesty, who pay their share of the |
iblic taxes, observe the laws and wish to live in
riendly terms with their Protestant f-llow-colo-
nists. I feel satisfied, however, that it is not the
desire of our beloved Sovereign that her Catholic
loyal subjects in Prinee Edward Island, forming
seven sixteenths of its population, should be ont-
raged and ibed on account of their religion ;
and frem the noble stand which your Grace nade,
on the occasion of His Reyal Highness the Prince
of Wales’ visit to America, against the irritating
and insulting displays of the Orangeinen of Ca-
nada, and from the firm determination which you
then evinced to do justice to all Her Majesty’s
loyal and peacefal subjects, and to respect their
feelings and sincere convietions, I feel persuaded
that your Grace will vot be disposed to approve

Executive Councillor who is sometimes strangely
styled (most frequently in mockery) “ the gailant
Colonel,” we confess we hare no fecling at al! in
connection with his name, except that, perbaps,
of profound commisseration when we hear him
complaining in public about his dreadful hypo-
chondriasis. A man so afflicted certainly com-
mends hi:uselt to the sympathy of all his fellow
men. With respect to the little story about the
Magistracy, Mr. Pope has forgotte: to state one
very important fact in connection with it. It is
true that certain Magistrates in this County re-
moustrated when Mr. Whelan was appointed te
the Commission of the Peace on bis retirement
from the Government; but they did more than
remoustrate ~- they resigned; aud their resigna-

touching the attacks nade by Mr. Pope on the |

tangible He might |

excuse fur the Secretary.

should certaialy not revile and ridicule the religion |
a private quarrel with a Methodist Minister,would |
he be justified in reviling the doctrines propounded |
by the late venerable John Wesley? Or, if he
qnarrelled with a Minister of the Presbyterian
Church, would he attempt to justify his conduct
by throwing ridicule on the doctrines of that
Church in its various branches? The same ques-
tion may be asked with regard te Episcopalians,
Baptists, Bible Christians; and, in short, all de-
noniuations of Christians. Mr. Pope dare not do
anything of that kind. He would soon be checked
by the Government if he tried it. But the Go-
vernmeut who encourage the organization of
Orange Lodges—-who turn every Catholic out of
office who does not slavishly support them—who
proscribe Catholics from enrolling themselves
amongst the Volunteers, exeept to a very limited
extent in Charlottetown — they are quite content
to see Mr. Pope abuse not merely “ Father An-
gus,” but the thirty four thousand nine hundred
and ninety-nine who form nearly half our popu-
lation.

Mr. Pope says: “I owe not my position te the
support of papists.” Even if he did not, he should
not have abused their religion in the infamous
manner he has done. But it is the undoubted
fact that he docs “ owe his position to the support
of papists.” If it had not been for the Catholic
electors of the Cardigan and Miscouche districts
voting for Messrs. Thomas Owen and James Yeo,
those members would not have been returned at
the last election, and the Government then would
have remained in the hands of the Liberals, under
whom Mr. Pope would not have had the shadow
of a chanee of getting into office. Catbolie elec-
tors all over the Island are now farnished with an
excellent guide to the exercise of their elective
franchise at the next cleetion. If any one of
them should, under any pretence or exeuse, vote
fer a member or supporter of the Government,he
will deserve to be marked out for the “ contempt
and disrespect” of his co-religionists; because the
plain inference is, that if Catholics support the
present Goverument in any way they countenance
and approve of Pope’s attack upon their religion.

We did not, on commencing these remarks, in-
tend to combat any of the statements made by
Mr. Pope in his letter. Those with regard to
the ritual of the Church, we shall pass by, merely
observing that he has garbled his extracts, and
omitted the most essential explanations in con-
nection with the extracts he has given. Dat there
is one point upon which we should like to en-
large, if we had space to du so. He says that

every tenant on Lot 51.” It was easy enough | itfamous and blasphemous letter by the corres-| to vote for the election of members of Assem-
for him to have raid se: bat it is quite evideat | pondence which has been opened with the Licut.| bly. Now, Romish priests aspire to govern
; ’ the a ‘ ot ets b i ,

the Colony, and to dictate to the Represen-
tative of the Sovereign. ‘They have even
dared to practice their dingusting idolatry in
our public highways. But, Kev. Sir, L be
lieve Protestants aro at length thoroughly

' £200,000 at 2s. Gd. an acre—Mr. Pope says that | Write what he pleases against the Keetor, but he alive to the danger with which they are

threatened, —-at this moment thousands
throughout the land have associated them-
selves in Orange Lodges, and I trast ere long
to be able to inform you that no Township
is without its ©. These associations are
now required.
that every Romish Priest in the Islacd bas,
for several years past, exerted himself to the
utmost of his power to estabiish .
vendancy in the Colony, and that be will
henceforth exert himeelf, in order, if

to accomplish: that end. It is

solutely necessary for Protestants to unite
and defeat your designs. Before Oraoge
Lodges were formed in theIsland,Protestants,
wialo trayelling the highways and attending.
pre had been waylaid, besten and mut
der sists. Sinee their organization,
there have b ro no such occurrences. There
was one Bellas: massacre—l, Sir, do pot ap.
prehend a second.

As you, Rev Sir, have thought to,
express your opinion of my religious '
you cannot consistently complain of me
should 1 give you my opinion of your
should my exposition prove offensive to any
of the 35,000, they should blame you as the
as of their peing offended.

ou are a Roman Catholic Priest,—you
pry Ai ppahry toy doctrines of the oo
changeable. 1t is a tenet of your creed, thas
what your faith ever has been, an pe
from the beginning, such it is now,

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Eucharist, the power of the Church to gran
absolution for sins, also the power of indul-
gences, the duty of venerating relics,—-sueh
us the “hair, teeth, skin, bones, and ld
clothes of Saints, the divine institution
secret confession to the Priests, worship
the Host, belief in miracles, and a grest

many other absurdities, go to form yout
ereed. You have, I believe, as a Priest,
sworn ‘* TRUE OBEDIENCE To THE Roman

Bismor, the successor of Sr. Perer, the
Prince of Aposties, and Vicar of Cunist.
It is your duty also to obey your
who, I believe, on his elevation, took an
of allegiance to the Pope, in which the follow-
ing sentence occurs,—* Heretics, Schismatics,
and rebels to our said Lord. (the Pope)
his aforesaid successors, I will, io my powe,
persecute and oppose."’ j
There is at least one advantage which
Protestants have in dealing with the dogma
of infallitvlity,—it is this :—As the Romish
Church can’ never her belief, 1%
necessarily follows that decision of the
Viears of Christ and their councils, delivered
in a of ignorance,
credulity and superstition, must be held #8
infallible in the present day. Now, Rev. Sit,
1 presume you will not to deny that

scores of the ** Vicars of Christ’? have been
most vile and infamous miscreants. Barons,

ou know, Keverend Sir, .

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