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himself, Mr. Barclay and Messrs. MacKenzie at Williamstown and 

 Leitch at Cornwall. There were some 18 other Presbyterian clergy- 

 men in the Province — some of the Secession Body in Scotland, some 

 of the Synod of Ulster in Ireland, some of the Independents in England, 

 and two or three or four from the United States — he thinks that 

 "the Methodist and Presbyterian clergymen who reside in this 

 Province from the United States must operate strongly in alienating 

 the minds and affections of His Majesty's loyal subjects. "I have 

 been told by a respectable English Methodist preacher that a preacher 

 from the United States harangued a large audience on a Sunday 

 lately on the probability of the Provinces falling to the States in the 

 event of war with Great Britain, and the beneficial effects which 

 would flow to the inhabitants of this Province from such an event. 

 Such things call strongly for the interference of the Legislature." 

 He did not ask for any governmental provision for them. 



On the other hand, the Reverend S. J. Mountain of Cornwall 

 complains, October 7, 1822, of the trustees of the District School 

 dismissing Mr. James to appoint "a Presbyterian clergyman from 

 Scotland on his arrival in this country", and he fears" injurious 

 influence upon the principles of the children of the Church of England 

 here." 



I close this discursive and already too long paper by a reference 

 to one of the most picturesque of our Canadian immigrants. Lord 

 Dalhousie, October 4, 1822, writes to Maitland introducing "Mr. 

 McNab, a gentleman of great respectability from the Highlands of 

 Scotland, who proposes to make a hasty tour in the Upper Province 

 and desires to make his bow to you." 



I shall succeed in my object if I induce you and others to consult 

 this fascinating collection of documents. 



