se good you have been
exerting yourself. As a native of Great Britain, I am fondly
attached to her civil institutions, and will yield in loyalty to no
one. I cannot, therefore, but approve of any lawful and fair
measures which will tend to bring all denominations to that level,
that every one provide for itself. I therefore say, go on in your
present course; keep up the fire, brisk and hot on the enemy, till
they are routed. As I see several are withdrawing their
subscriptions to the _Guardian_, the friends of civil and religious
liberty, of whatever denomination, ought to come in and take their
places. Although not a Methodist, please put me down as a
subscriber to the _Guardian_.

FOOTNOTES:

[72] Dr. Ryerson, early in his controversial career, adopted Lord
Macaulay's motto: No misrepresentation should be suffered to pass
unrefuted. We must remember that misstatements constantly reiterated,
and seldom answered, will assuredly be believed.

[73] The article in the _Guardian_ to which reference is made, is the
reply of Dr. Ryerson to several Methodists in Toronto who had signed the
Address of the British Missionary party to the Governor; and who, in a
letter to him, had repudiated the construction put upon the Address by
the _Patriot_. Among other things the Editor said: The manly firmness
with which the signers of this Address have resisted the cunning wiles
of Egerton Ryerson, is a solemn pledge of their love and veneration for
the glorious institution of the Empire.... Thus ever thought we of
British Wesleyans; and thus thinking was our impelling motive for
persevering for the first three years of our editorial career, in one
incessant battering of the pernicious, seditious principles of Egerton
Ryerson; the very first number of whose paper betrayed him to us,
_flagrante delicto_, a pestilent and dangerous demagogue.... If his
ambition were as legitimate and praiseworthy as his talents are
commanding, he would be a far more valuable member of society than he
can ever hope to be while hankering to return to the flesh pots of
Yankee Episcopal Methodism, etc.

Dr. Ryerson's reply was an elaborate defence of his opposition to the
efforts of the _Patriot_ party to create a dominant Church, the
application of the reserves to high church uses, and the establishment
of the fifty-seven rectories.

[74] In a letter to Dr. Ryerson, dated Montreal, 1st February, 1836,