Assembly would risk his reputation in defence of the
conduct of the Governor in this affair. The Report of the Committee
was received, and the Address passed two readings last night and
one this morning, and without one word from any member of the
Assembly in the way of comment or remark. The Committee of the
Legislative Council has actually declined entering into the
investigation of the subject at all, as had been desired by His
Excellency. Thus has Sir Francis Head not only disgraced himself,
but helped us.

I thank the Lord for His blessing thus far. We will still trust in
Him, and not be afraid. Tories, Radicals, and the Governor, have
each had their turn at us. I hope we may now be allowed to live in
peace. The result of this affair has in some measure compensated me
for the anxiety of mind I have endured.

After this unpleasant controversy with Sir F. B. Head was over, Rev.
Anson Green wrote to Dr. Ryerson as follows:--

How do you feel after your brush with Sir Francis? You need not
feel very downcast, having attained so triumphant a victory. I
doubt not but Sir Francis would willingly pay double the amount
claimed by us, if he could have prevented the result which has
happened. It is too late, however, to recall it now. I hope he will
learn wisdom from the past, and not be so self-willed and
headstrong in future. No one seems pleased with him but those whose
praise is a reproach.

Rev. W. H. Harvard, in a letter from Kingston, said:--

I am truly pained at the conduct of the Lieutenant-Governor, and
sympathize with you in thus being brought into such an unavoidable
collision with him. I am more than grieved that he should use us so
ungenerously.

I am glad that you are the warrior, for you will combine caution
and courage, and will come off more than conqueror. You are at
present the centre of our solicitude. I pray that your heart may be
comforted and controlled from above. We are the Lord's covenanted,
consecrated servants. In His work we are employed. By His Holy
Spirit may we ever be actuated and aided!

FOOTNOTES:

[55] At the Conference of this year resolutions of thanks were passed to
Mr. Draper, and were sent to him by Dr. Ryerson, the Secretary. Mr.
Draper's reply was as follows:--

I feel deeply indebted to the Conference of the Wesleyan