I.— THE TORONTO MAIL. AND THE LITTLE DREAMER
Thr Toronto Mail July 2, 1888.
Summary of the Article and Reply 72
T^-xt of the Article and Reply 72
The Pope as a fourth Estate in the Province of Quebec 72
Are what are termed Jesuits' Estates public property ? 7.*?
Does it belong to the people of Quebec irrespective of Creed ? 73
The exact terms of the cession to Quebec of the Jesuits' Estates. — Lord Gode-
rich's despatch, July 7, 183-1 73
The real solution 74
The Protestant horse and the Huntingdon nightmare 75
Ignorance of the Quebec Legislature in not knowing that instead of the Pope
the Mail and fÎLK.v.vKR are the fourth Estate in the realm 7t>
The Toronto Mail, July 5, 1888.
Summary of the Article and Reply 7»>
The spoliation theory.— A rule that should work both ways. French and English
Laws.— The stream that runs up hill 7»»
Text of the Anicle and Reply 77
After the Brief of Suppression in 1773 did the Jesuits ceaj?c cverywliere to exist? — Frederick II. — Mgr Briand and Carleton. — The Brief never promulgated in Canada 78
Were the Royal Instruction, 1791, ever carried into effect ".'—Stubborn facts vs. the Mail's doubts.— Was an alien General of the Order the proprietor of the Estates ? 79
The non-solidarity of the Jesuit establishments.-The Institute of the Jesuits
determines the powers of the General 80
What of the proprietorship in Canada?— The General an alien, an idle question.— The non-solidarity question and civil legislation in Protestant and Catholic countries 81
Does a mendicant order hold property ?— Jurisprudence on these matters in
France 82
The Mail waives an untenable point, etc 83
Escheat once mere.— The Mercer and the Jesuits' Estates.— The Mail'? notions
on parallelism.— Proscribed in England 84
Pare.
The Jesuits and the English Government after 1773..— :No confiscation of the
Estates in La Martinique, nor in India. — An adverse precedent 85
Thurlow vs. Blackstone. — Colonial Penal Laws a myth 86
The Mail's dishonest tactics. — The question summed up 87
Does the brief of 1773 palliate spoliation?— No flaw in the line of argument
against escheat. — A correction 87
The Mail's test of analogy 87
Analysis of the assumed parity between the Jesuit Corporation and the Orangemen and Masons in Quebec 88
The Society of Jesus identifies itself with no purely political party 89
The Society grateful to its benefactors, irrespective of party 89
The Mail declares that in passing the Bills of Incorporation and Compensation in favor of the Jesuits the Quebec Legislature is well within its rights ; and that the only justifiable ground of Disallowance would be that
public good would suffer 90
Lax Ethics.— A general rejoinder.— Let truth be cherished by our adversaries. 91
Useful References in the present controversy 92
The Jesuit Declaration of Rights made previous to the seizure 93
