. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. n I' m do very woU if tlio women nnd (jliilJreu atlondod to tli08(; miittors ; tlio rest would Ibllow in dno time. J]ut liere is the hitch; the women say, *' Wliat is not worth tho attention of the men is not worth our attention—wo are as good men as they are; wo want to make money in trade, to vote at eh:>otions," &c,.,&c.,&(i. So
. The emigrant and sportsman in Canada [microform] : some experiences of an old country settler : with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, and observations on the forests and fauna. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. n I' m do very woU if tlio women nnd (jliilJreu atlondod to tli08(; miittors ; tlio rest would Ibllow in dno time. J]ut liere is the hitch; the women say, *' Wliat is not worth tho attention of the men is not worth our attention—wo are as good men as they are; wo want to make money in trade, to vote at eh:>otions," &c,.,&c.,&(i. So reli^j^ion {^ocs to the wall. This is partly the effect of carryinj^ toleration to excess. The peoi)Ui who hold these opinions are the descendants of the old Puritan fathers. As has been often the case in history, a generation of bigots has been followed by a generation of freethinkers. Few native-born Americans are Roman Catholics, few belong to the Church of England. They are Congregationalists, followers of Mi\ Ward Beecher, or of any otlier gentleman who tickles their fancy. j\[any of them " take their religion around,' AngUce, they go to listen to any new ])reacher they hear of. And yet these very people have the consummate impudence to send missionaries to con- vert benighted Britishers. ' Things are very difterent in Canada. There in every city or village the Cliurchman can attend his own church, the Roman Catholic, the Presbyterian, and the ]\[ethodist can do the same. There is tolei-ation here too, but not carried to excess. There is not war to the knife, as in Ireland, between Protestant and Catholic. Political parties are not divided according to religion; Protestant and Catholic, Churchman and Dissenter, vote together at the polling booth, and yet each loves and supports his own church. In Lower Canada, where the Roman Catholic church is predominant, the Church, as might bo expected, is driven to an extreme, and, as in Ireland, may !..> do go(. Please not
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