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An Account of the Government of Canada in Ge« 



neral. 



IN Canada the Politick, Civil, Ecclefiaftical and 

 Military Government, are all in a manner one 

 thing, in regard, that the wifeft Governours have 

 fubje&ed their Authority to that of the Ecckfi- 

 afiicks ; and fuch Governours as would not irnbarque 

 in that Intereft, have found their Poft fo uneafie, 

 that they have been recalled with difgrace. I could 

 i n fiance in feveral, who for not adhering to the 

 Sentiments of the Biftiop and the Jefuits, and for 

 refufing to lodge their Power in the hands of thefe 

 infallible Gentlemen, have been turn'd out, and 

 treated at Court like hot-headed Incendiaries. Mr. 

 de Frontenac was one of this number, who made fuch 

 an unhappy exit; for he fell out with Mr. Duchef- 

 nau> Intendant oi that Country, who finding him- 

 felf protected by the Clergy, induftrioufly infulted 

 that iliuftrious General ; and the General was forc'd 

 to give way, under the weight of an Ecclefiaftical 

 League, by reafon of the Springs they fet at work 

 again ft him, in oppofition to all the principles of Ho- 

 nour and Confcience. 



The Governour General that means to neglcd no 

 opportunity of advancing or inriching themfelves, 

 do commonly hear two Maffes a Day, and are ob- 

 lig'd to confefs once in four and twenty hours. 

 He has always Clergy-men hanging about him 

 where-ever he goes, and indeed properly fpeaking, 

 they are his Counfeilours. When a Goverhour is 

 thus backed by the Clergy ; the Intendants, the Un- 

 der- Governours, and the Sovereign Council, dare's 

 not cenfure his Conduct, let h h& never fo faulty j 

 for the protection of the Ecdeftafticks, fhekershim 

 from all the charges that can be laid againft him* 



The Governour General of 'Quebec > has twenty 

 thoufand Crowns a year, including the pay of his 



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