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Show ACTS RELATING 452 Part III, SeitVllI. TO THE COLozcias. 453 " preme governor of thefe realms, as well in matters eecleliafia‘fiieal as civil." A very difl'erent thing from being head of this or that particular church. By virtue of this an, I fuppole, the king is head of the churches of the anabaptif'ts and prelbyterians, and of our foher llODCPL friends, the (bakers, as well as of the church of England. This author indecd does allow-" that the point might have been made more clear". Afk him why it was not,---and he gravely tells you, " then there would "have been danger of zzizzz'oz'ntg‘ what the " elaufe lets out with the profefified purpofe " of doing-the giving Wife and jéczzrz'ty " to the minds of the Canadians ‘5‘" How the Canadians would Ptart and fhrinl: at fuch aplea as tnis !--" You fet out (they would. " fay) with prot‘efling to el'tablifh our "‘ church ; and 10 l by an ungenerous {ub- Sec jufiite and Policy ofthis Arft afferted and pun-ed, p, 51. " terfuge " terfnge, it is the church of England you '5‘ mean all the time to eltablilh."-- If the acts of the legiflature are to be defended, let it not by arguments like thefe. --To utter (far/c fayings; to {peak unintelligibly, would he difgraceful enough to a legiflature; but to {peak deceitful words, to ufe words which have two meanings, with the profefietl purpofe of deceiving;- for that I cannot find a name. No l let us {peak out, let us boldly acknowledge the truth :--the aft [10! (fled/fled the religion of Rome at Wuebee. \Vhy torture our- ielves to explain away a truth that is f0 clear P or why hefitate to acknowledge a faCt, that needs no apology P If there be any force in treaties; if any faith is due to them; if they can convey a right; the Canadians had a rig/2t to this eliablifhment. By the 27th article of the capitulation between general Amherl'r and the marquis dc Vaudrueil, it is flipulated, that "the G g 3 7‘ free |