OTNOTES:

[24] The following is a copy of the document under the authority of
which Dr. Ryerson was deputed to go to New York to procure presses and
types for the proposed _Christian Guardian_ newspaper:--

This is to certify that the Bearer, Rev. Egerton Ryerson, is appointed
agent for procuring a printing establishment for the Canada Conference,
and is hereby commended to the Christian confidence of all on whom he
may have occasion to call for advice and assistance for the above
purpose.

(Signed) William Case, _Superintendent_.
James Richardson, _Secretary_.

Ancaster, Upper Canada,
Sept. 4th, 1829.

[25] These seven papers, taken together, were the first attempt to put
into a connected form the history of the Methodist Church in Canada down
to 1830.--H.

[26] "Claims of Churchmen and Dissenters," &c., 1826, p. 27. (See p.
80.)

[27] For various reasons (apparently prudential at the time) this reply
was never published in the _Christian Guardian_, as were other replies
of the Governor.--H.

[28] This expression, "our Church," illustrates the fact which I have
indicated in first paragraph on page 97.

[29] This charge, preferred by such high authority, was taken up boldly
by the Methodist authorities. Rev. James (afterwards Bishop) Richardson,
Presiding Elder, was commissioned to inquire into its truthfulness. He
made an exhaustive report, proving the entire incorrectness of the
statement, and that the whole difficulty arose from the persistent
efforts of a Mr. Alley (an employe of the Indian Department) to promote
his own interest at the expense of that of the Indians, and to remove
out of the way the only obstacle to the accomplishment of his
purpose--the Methodist Missionary. Dr. Ryerson having pointed out these
facts in the _Guardian_, Capt. Anderson, Superintendent of Indian
affairs at Coldwater, questioned his conclusion "that the advice given
to the Indians was both prudent and loudly called for, and perfectly
respectful to His Excellency." Dr. Ryerson then examined the whole of
the evidence in the Case, and (See _Guardian_, vol. iii., p. 76) came to
the following conclusion:--1. That sometimes the local agents of the
Indian Department are men who have availed themselves of the most public
occasions to procure ardent spirits, and entice the Indians to
drunkenness, and other acts of immorality; being apparently aware that
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