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of the enactment?... There is no doubt, however, that in case of
the Baldwin Ministry again coming into power, the stool will be
knocked from under you. And we should not forget that the success
of the Governor-General, in carrying out his contemplated measures,
respecting the University, Colleges, etc., depends upon the
Parliament; and I have very little expectation of his being able to
secure the support of the present Parliament, in connection with
every other Ministry but the late ones; and what will be the result
of another election, who can tell?

In corroboration of the foregoing statements, Hon. Isaac Buchanan, in a
letter to the Editor of this volume dated 24th March, 1883, says:--

Being on the other side of the Atlantic from the fall of 1841 to that of
1843, I was not in circumstances to know to what extent the name of Dr.
Ryerson was discussed prior to the appointment of Mr. Murray [in May,
1842]; but I cannot believe that the minds of many who knew him to be
the fittest man, could have been otherwise than on Dr. Ryerson. On the
contrary, I believe that nothing prevented him being gladly offered the
originating of an educational system for Upper Canada--a Province which
he knew so well and loved so much--but the most unworthy church
prejudices of parties who had influence with the Government of the day,
for it was known to be a herculean task which no one could do the same
justice to as Dr. Ryerson, and which few men (however great as scholars
themselves) could have carried through at all.

Thus from the foregoing statements of Dr. Ryerson, Rev. John Ryerson,
and Hon. Isaac Buchanan, the following facts clearly appear:--

1. That Dr. Ryerson was offered the appointment of Superintendent of
Education by Lord Sydenham in 1841, and "had he survived a few weeks
[Dr. Ryerson] would likely have been appointed, with a view of
organizing a system of Elementary Education" for Upper Canada.

2. That Dr. Ryerson's appointment as Superintendent was "the subject of
conversation with Sir Charles Bagot and some members of his Cabinet in
1842."

3. That the failure to appoint Dr. Ryerson was due to the fact that the
Cabinet of Sir Charles Bagot--the Governor himself being unable to
act--"rejected," as Dr. Ryerson himself stated, "the application of
every Methodist candidate for office;" or, as Hon. Isaac Buchanan
states: "Nothing prevented [Dr. Ryerson] being