not doing so, permitted the rebellion of 1837. I,
myself, care nothing, and never did care anything, for party
politics in Canada; and, in my mind, the distinction has always
been more marked between these and constitutional politics than I
have been able to explain.

Dr. Ryerson did not attend the opening of Conference at Kingston, in
June, 1844. Mr. Higginson wrote to him on the 12th to express his
disappointment at not seeing him there, and added:--

Of your letters--your admirable letters--I only hear one opinion,
that they are most powerful, unassailable; and this the opposition
press appears to find them, for I can perceive no attempt to answer
the convincing arguments adduced by you. They merely abuse you and
impugn your motives: lying and misrepresentation are their
favourite weapons.

You will have heard of the discovery of the Orange Plot, the
conspiracy between Sir C. Metcalfe and Ogle R. Gowan to upset the
Government!

We had a very satisfactory communication from Lord Stanley, by the
last packet, entirely approving of the "dignified and temperate"
conduct of the Governor, and assuring him of the strenuous support
of Her Majesty's Government, in resisting the "unreasonable and
exorbitant pretensions of the late Cabinet." Shall we see you
again before we move to Montreal? Sir Charles goes to the Falls,
and then returns to Kingston, which he leaves on the 20th for
Montreal.

From Mr. Higginson Dr. Ryerson received the following interesting
letter, dated Montreal, 20th July:--

As you will no doubt think it right, after you complete the series
of your admirable and unanswerable letters, to expose the fallacy
and falsehood with which Hon. R. B. Sullivan, as "Legion,"
endeavours to bolster up his arguments in reply to them, I think
the enclosed _precis_ of a conversation that took place between the
leader of the French party in the late Council and myself, early in
May last, will convince you that His Excellency did not write his
despatch of the 23rd of that month, quoted in the debate by Lord
Stanley, upon insufficient grounds, or in ignorance of the real
sentiments and inclinations of his then advisers. Letter No. 5 of
"Legion," in referring to this despatch, charges His Excellency
with what he calls paraphrasing, or, in other words,
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