o the
Union with such people; they (the Missionaries) are, however, the
authors of the whole trouble. Rev. Mr. Hetherington told me that
they were getting the back numbers of the _Guardian_ to prove that
we had been political intimidators! They say that Mr. Marsden, the
President, told the members at Kingston that it they could make it
appear that we had done this, they should be exempted from the
Union, and be supplied with Missionaries from home.

In a subsequent letter from Rev. John Ryerson, he discusses his
brother's "Impressions of Public Men in England," and utters a word of
warning to the Methodist people who have allied themselves too closely
with the disloyal party. He says:

What will be the result of your remarks in the _Guardian_ on
Political Parties in England, I cannot say. They will occasion much
speculation, some jealousy, and bad feeling. I have sometimes
thought you had better not have written them, particularly at this
time, yet I have long been of the opinion (both with regard to
measures and men) that we leaned too much towards Radicalism, and
that it would be absolutely necessary to disengage ourselves from
them entirely. You can see plainly that it is not Reform, but
Revolution they are after. We should fare sumptuously, should we
not, with W. L. Mackenzie, of Toronto, and Radcliffe, of Cobourg,
for our rulers! I have also felt very unpleasant in noticing the
endeavours of these men (aided by some of our members) to introduce
their republican leaven into our Ecclesiastical polity. Is it not a
little remarkable that not one of our members, who have entered
into their politics, but has become a furious leveller in matters
of Church Government, and these very men are the most regardless of
our reputation, and the most ready to impugn our motives, and
defame our character, when we, in any way, cross their path. There
are some things in your remarks I don't like; but, on the whole, I
am glad of their appearance, and I hope, whenever you have occasion
to speak of the Government, you will do it in terms of respect. I
am anxious that we should obtain the confidence of the Government,
and entirely disconnect ourselves from that tribe of levellers,
with whom we have been too intimate, and who are, at any time,
ready to turn around and sell us when