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mcnf ei ~olei;nr!lciiicn~ viiier au Par1emr:it e:i 1lii.rur d'une 1é:islaiiciii
rend3111 E la irii~ioriié catliolique riu 3Ianiialra les droiis scolnireà
lni *on1 recoIiiiuu par I'honorahlr (:o~iscil PrivC d'Angleirrre. Ce grave
ilr-voir s'irnpoze i iuat non ca~holiqiie et ious wrier justifisbies, ni devant
ni
vos guides ~pirit~~el~. devant Dirii lui-nihie, dr forfaire ii cette obli-
gxiio~i.
This waa the iarnous prunouncemerit so Iung awaited and ieared
by the Liherals. As Tarte told J. Willisori, the editor of tlie Toronto
Globe, it nas not "as wicked as it miglit have been, although it is doubt-
less direeted agaiiist us.. . . We will lie able to Isce the maiidrmenl
ivit hout rnuch liise, 1 thirik."' ") E. Pacaud ivas as optimietie in his
1'Eleeteur:
NDUS ~ie pouvons nim. ddcndre de doriner expression nu scntitiient
~8iikral de .c.~iisfdctiuii 11n'éprriui.e la population FJ tholirlue. Lcs
politiciens in!;rej4s qui, d'aranrr se frottaient les niains de jnir à la
persprctivr rlur 14 moitit dc la famille catholjqur serait bl~ssEr dans
ses syiiipzthjes ei se; convic.tions poliliquzc, ont été désappointé5.';li'
The dstiger, however, did riot lie iri the mildriess of the .Vrrrtdcrneni
liiit ratlier in the interprctatiori gii'en io it and the use wliich Co1isert.a-
tive politiciaris made of it. The? ii9ed it tu demoiistrate tliat the Chureh
was solidly liehiiid thcni iii thcir efforts to salve tlie Manitoba Sehools
criais. The Bishups, ii:itli the cxeep~ion of Bishop Ema~d.' Ssve it ihe
most ex11 eme iriterpretatiori possible. Even thougli the ~Mandem~rtt did
not stipulate iri exaet tcrrns what tlie Iegislatiori sliould be, there wyas no
doribt in tlieir nliiids that ihe rernedinl legialatjori as proposed bg the
Conservatives was ihe solution they wanted. It was "urie lairte grave",
as th? Fishop ol Rimouski trild a pari~h priest, "pour uii catholique de
donrier sin vote 3 lin candidat qui ii'appuicra pas la loi rkl-iaratriee.
aceeptée par les EvGqnes, à l'eli'et de tetablir Ics kcolea catlioliques &pa-
rées dri Mar~itoba."~~Vhc bishops irid~ied 011 written and arilcrnri
deelaration~ from carididates to rhis effect. How it ivns prissil~le in a
representative srstem siicli as Cariada to exact 5uch a forma1 promige was
qriestioned at least by the Bishop of Valleyfield whri feit it "bicn difl ieile
de faire fonetionuer avaritageusernent un pareil ev&me avec rititre con-
stitntion."("'
The Bishop of Ttiree Aivcrj even went so far as to declare war on
Laurier and thc Liberal party by reviving the old charges of Catholic-
Liheralisni. He acconipariied tlie reading of the Mafidenten,t with a
sermon which hc called: L'Appltcarian de la Doctrine CarhoIiqr~e 8 la
Question de3 Ecoles du Manitoba. Before s rast crowd assembled in

( 2 "'ht~rc Pastorale dc NNSS le< .4rchevèqucs ri Evêrlucj des Provincr~ EcclE-
sinstiqiito de Ouibdc, de hîonir~al et d'Ottawa". Msy 6, 1HYG. In .Mriridernen;~,
lettre^ Pnsiorules, Circdaires CL autres Documents publié3 dons le U~ucèse
de V~iiirreirl, XII, ~ip. 1M fi. The Bishop* Lad difficulty reachiug unniiihiity.
Archbibhop Falire s!itl LIiihop Emarrl refused IO sign a htri iIlnniJemenr.
Archliisliop Fabre rallied to ~he oiher bishops but Emard only signcd when
il,;% gcnrral sraiemcnt was drnfid. Ou tliis sec Episcopal Archives o( 51.
Hyacinthe, Ji" hlorea~i iri )fa' Emard. hIay 9, 1H'Xi.
(54) Pulilir Archives of Ca~inda, Willison Papers. Tarte to Willisori, May 17, 1596.
(5;) I.'Ele~i~~r. hiau lR. 1896.
(3;) %pisc&l'hrc~ives-'oi Rimo~iski. Mur illais io AISr Lebci, June 26, 1896.
l:r) E.A.?iI., 5,fKr Eiuard tu MKr Falire. dpril 23, 1896.