Although several of the seven members of the corporation which Flaget has called illegitimate attempted on the 3rd of May to interfere with the removal of the bones from the cemetery, Richard denounced only one Charles N. Gouin by a goodness which Flaget will call weakness. Gouin committed two evil deeds. Before the very eyes of Richard he had recovered and filled a section which Pierre Chene had uncovered. Richard wishes to give some delay to the 3, Messrs. J. Campeau, Ben. Chapoton and Louis Moran because they signed the agreement of April 29 which obliged them to remove all the bones. They acted against that promise Saturday and again today in a scandalous manner by causing a large group of persons, disposed to fight, to come to interfere with the workers. Under threat of bloodshed there resulted an agreement of which Mr. Charles Larned sends Flaget a copy - an agreement which is dishonorable to those who have supported the bishop and honorable to those which have rebelled. Whatever happens he will obey the bishop. On the first question he Richard says, that the only corporation is that formed April 23, 1816 since it was formed in a legitimate assembly. On the second, that the church can be built only where the government desires it. The ritual of Quebec recognizes the right of the bishop alone to fix the site. On the third that the true corporation can sell any lot it judges suitable. On the fourth that all the bones ought to be removed. On the fifth question, the cost should be at the expense of the illegitimate corporation since the people of the town and the south shore have come twice to do the work and have been prevented by the people of the Cote du Nord Est. Richard has this day called the workers together and announced that he is going to carry out Flaget's orders. He admits his fault to Flaget and if the bishop wishes he can be given some other parish where he may be able to do some good, or a seminary. He would willingly travel through Ohio gathering up the scattered flock. During the war he has seen many persons from that state and he believes it would be easy to establish a Catholic church at Columbus or Chillicothe. Or Flaget can let him return to the seminary at Baltimore where he came in 1792. His parish before the fire in 1805 deserved his praise but now it deserves a better man. He has not imitated St. Dunstan. He let them be contemptuous of Flaget's censures. The opposition do not deserve new favors. The agreements which they demanded and he granted were only to avoid public indignation and have been only a trick to avoid obeying Flaget's commands. He could have overwhelmed them by a long letter and could have reasoned as did Susanna. He certified that he had read the pages sent to Flaget and had excused the writers on the grounds that they were deceived. According to the law the charges should have been made before a magistrate and before the one accused if possible, otherwise they are null. He found nothing in the manuscript to prevent the publication of Flaget's decree os Feb. 23. Even if he were guilty of their charges, that would not make them innocent or take away the validity of Flaget's decisions. On the first question: He observes, 1. the small number of those who voted in the election does not render the election null,, 2. The act of the general assembly of April 12, 1867 following the enabling act of April 3, 1807 states that the corporation is composed of the cure and four marguilliers. Thus without the cure there can be no legitimate corporation. On the second question: the paper even though signed by Richard, which Mr. J.C. attaches the date Feb. 18, 1810, is so far from having authority that the civil judge refused to give judgement against those who refused to pay their subscriptions to the church even when it was begun. The paper carried the title of extracts and does not appear in the registers. This was probably done with the intention that the 3 men should choose the place in general but not in detail. They did not have the right to judge the titles of the land nor to place the foundations 10 feet from a lot belonging to one of them a minor 14 years of age. They did not have the privilege of blessing the stone with whiskey. Joseph Campeau is the only one of the 3 who survives, and Richard thinks he has lost all his rights by his irregularities. The true Corporation of St. Anne, however, will allow him his costs in so far as they are reasonable. The other committees, even that on the construction of the church, are regarded as revoked indirectly. On the 3rd question: the act of legislature of April 3, 1807 gives the corporation alone the right to all the goods of the society. The constitutional convention did not change this and only the bishop can legitimately oppose. :: III-2-f A.L. copy French 4pp. 4to., 10