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whrre he was to be imprisoned, only to discovrr that jome solicitous
frjend had paid his fine.'10' Thus Tarte was deprived of his martyrdom.
Tarte, not coritent ivith attacking Langelier and the Liberal3, yoceed-
ed to question lhe orthodoxy rii ihe teaehi~ig of thr Univrisity. It
Ras a fired idea witli the Uitramontanes that Lava1 was thr brrrdrr of
Gallicaniem and liberalism. The idea oi contesting eleeiions for injlu~nce
indue \vas said to have originated there,tl') and no mrmornndum to
the Holy See on the politieo-religious conflict was eoniplete uiilrss
many sections and appendices were devoted to the evil influenrr 01 Laval.
Bishop Laflèche of Tliree nivers led the attack on khe Univrrsity and
it was eveu said that wheri he dashed to Rome in 1EE3 hr brourlii with
him "trois mille livres pesant de docuinents pour appuyer son niéinoire
et terrasser l'Archevêque et I'Uriiversité." This pronipted the cild
Arcliliisliop of Quehec tci adrnit candidly: "Si cela est vrai.. . la fin du
monde arrivera nva~it qu'rin nit i:ludié tout cela."(12'
Everi thoueh Tarte declared thal: "nous n'attendons en aucuue
nianicre attaquer l'enseignement de he had, never-
thi:lia+5, ivritten an ariicle in which he seriously questioned it:
Je suis père dr: Ia~nille: de mtas lecreurs, hraut:oup cint ci: honheur:
wuLlrions-~ious confier l'kiucaiion de nus enIants à dr* professeurs qui
fonr ouirrleni~ni la luttr conirt. Ir? ~rinri~iri immuahlrs rie la vPriiC
caiIio1ir~;i~ Pniir moi, jarnaiî jr. nc conirniirsi i cxposer me3 enfanls
?
an rla1lgt.r d'un conlacl ci)n>ranl sr~c dr.6 hoinincs que je seis professeur
des id&;- lau1.?t.5 rur 1'Egli.v: ct la .+ocit>ii. . . (14'
The Archliisliop. ci~iiridcrir~~ article as an affront tii his supervision
the
of tlie Universiiy anil as an aitack on its aiiundness iif doctrine. could
riot possihly iqrnore Tarte's rrrnai.k.s. [le cnncelled his subscriptiou to
Le Canadien. '1-he iai:ulti of the Iiniveraiiy aiid the nieinbers of religious
houses did likemise. To Tarir thrrr rernained but one eiiurse of action,
an appenl to Roine."" Thr Fiornari authiirities duly read his defense
and then relegated hjs doeumrnts IO the alrcady high miiuntain of pitpers
relating to tlie Provirirr of Qurhec. lt wi~uld appeat that in these
troubled times the Catholjr populaiioii of Qnebrc pavc niorc trouble to
the papacy than the lesi of Christendom.
In November 1876, J ustiçe Roui hicr announeed his deeision regard-
iiig tlie Charlevoix trial.' ]':' Hout hier stnted rhat the law defined intluence
indue as the attempt by fime, intimidaiion arid threats to preverit an
eleclor lrom voting or ti, t:om~iel him to vote agairist liis persuasiori.
This was injluence indue temporelle. No~vhere in tlie law was there
mcniion oE inJiuence induc spirituelle and therefore in the eyes of the

(101 Ibid., S~i~iernLcr 4, 18'76.
(11) C0116~r Stc Jlaric Arcliives. II. Bclleiiger io II"' Lriflècht, May 22, 1877
(1 :I E.\\l.. \IV Tawhcrcau ro hlKr Fabre. Mav 9. 1883.
(13' LP Longdien. IUIV 23, 1876.
fi41 Ibid., July 4, 1K6.
(111 Sr, Tarit's l~ttrr to Cardinal Franclii published in Le Condien, Septeniber,
1876.
A. P. Rciuthirr waG an IJltramon~anr who had, iaken an important part in
rhr drdiin~ ri[ LI. Programmç Corholigue in 1871.