er of such men that I admitted the paragraph in question
into the _Guardian_. If you are not the associate of the city
Editor in this "crusade against the character of peaceable members
of the Methodist Society," then you are exonerated from the remarks
in the letters, and the columns of the _Guardian_ are open to you
for any reparation you can desire. Notwithstanding your attacks
upon both my public and private character for years past;
notwithstanding your late unprovoked attack upon my private
character in a city newspaper; notwithstanding your late indirect
threats upon my life, and the _Guardian_ office in the event of an
invasion; notwithstanding all this, and much more, I am still ready
to open the columns of the _Guardian_ to you, if you think that any
kind of injustice has been done you. The letter to which you refer,
mentions no name, but adverts to an already published portrait of a
certain character who is, upon good grounds, believed to be
figuring behind the scenes in this high church warfare against
Methodists and others, and who is known to be indiscriminately
scattering "firebrands, arrows and death," amongst all of Her
Majesty's subjects who will not contribute to the profits of his
newspaper craft in crying up his golden idol of a dominant church.
It is amusing to see you, sir, who have availed yourself so
lavishly, in all time past, of the freedom of the press to assail
others, so sensitive at the mere suspicion of a mere report against
causeless attacks upon private individuals, having been intended
for yourself.

Dr. Ryerson concluded in the following vigorous language:--

Sir,--After having exhausted the resources of a free, I may add a
licentious press to destroy me, with a view of extinguishing the
principles of civil and religious liberty which I advocate, you and your
party now seek to have recourse to the "glorious uncertainty of the law"
to accomplish what you cannot effect by free discussion before an
intelligent public; but I am not concerned at your threats. I know the
malice of the party of which you are a convenient, active, and useful
tool; I know its resources; I know its power; but I also know the ground
on which I stand. I know the country for whose welfare I am labouring;
above all, I rely upon the wisdom and efficiency of that Providence,
whose administration, I