In answer to McMaster's letter of Jan. 6, Tardivel sends the brochure asked for and hopes McMaster received it. He heartily wishes that McMaster would "meddle" in their affairs since it may be of some help in extricating them from the mire into which liberal and Masonic intrigues have placed them. It may even be a duty in charity for McMaster to write something which will be read in Rome and which may be instrumental in curbing a state of affairs which threatens to ruin the cause of religion in this once, most Catholic country. There are several difficult points in the question which McMaster may not understand. Catholic liberalism is strange mental disease peculiar to Latin races, and the thoroughly Latin inhabitants of Lower Canada are affected by French Liberalism. This liberalism varies from the vagaries of Monsignor Dupanloup and M. de Falloux, to the aggressive hate of Gambetta, Jules Terry and Paul Bert. Certain Cardinals of the Propaganda, deceived by the confusion raised by the Canadian Liberals, make the mistake of assimilating the liberalism of Lower Canada to that of the so-called Liberal Party in England and the so-called Reform Party of the Dominion. This deplorable confusion makes strangers believe that they are carrying on nothing but a political party warfare whereas the Reform Party, also called liberal, has nothing to do with the Lower Canadian liberalism, which has invaded not only the Liberal Party of the province but the Conservative Party as well. Quebec enjoys the privilege of home rule and since the great majority of the population is Catholic, the province is goverened according to Catholic doctrine, but nevertheless, those papers which speak of the danger of Protestant persecutions are uttering falsehoods. The protestant minority is, and will be allowed to enjoy their present privileges such as separate schools. Under the pretense of avoiding persecution we are drifting into political atheism. It may also be enlightening to McMaster to know that Quebec possesses a nest of liberal priests, some belonging to Dupanloup's school and others who are more advanced. From their strong hold in the Seminary of Quebec and Laval University, they exert a tyrannical sway over the Archbishop and his conferees, and encourage the lay liberals in the war on everything that is not tainted with liberalism. Monsigneur Zitelli is their confederate in the College of Propaganda in Rome and he uses his intrigues to obtain from the unsuspecting and pious Cardinal Simeoni, decrees which are based upon facts of their own creation and which only confuse existing conditions even more. In September, 1875, the Bishops issued a joint Pastoral condemning Catholic Liberalism, and when it was praised by Pope Pius IX, the Quebec ecclesiasticals at once attempted to have it set aside. Cardinal Franchi, then Prefect of the Propaganda and a staunch friend of the Liberals, sent out Bishop Courey in 1876 to have the Bishops counteract their former statement. This move was successful and resulted in a new Pastoral being signed in October, 1876, but since then the Bishops have been divided amongst themselves and conditions have gone from bad to worse. Bishop Ignatius Bourget, of Montreal, and Bishop L.F. Lafleche, of Three Rivers have held fast to the teachings of the Church on liberalism But the former was forced to resign and the latter has had his poor and small diocese almost cut in two by the forgery of his enemies. Difficulties have arisen from the persistency of Laval University in not allowing Montreal to have a separate university and in only allowing the Diocese of Montreal to have a branch of the liberal institution in Quebec. Laval University undertook to destroy the Montreal University of Medicine founded by Bishop Bourget because it coveted the success of the school and forced the Bishops of Montreal, St. Hyacinth, and Sherbrooke, to excommunicate the professors and students of the school. This scandal raised such a protest that Cardinal Simeoni became alarmed, and telegraphed Bishop Bourget of Montreal, ordering him to suspend everything. The intriguers then had Monsignor Smeulders sent to Rome to patch up things so as to save Laval University and her confederates. Bishop Lafleche obtained the Holy Father's assurance that Monsignor Smeulders would inquire into only two or three points. A petition was then signed throughout the province asking him to investigate everything, but the liberals accused the petitioners of rebelling against the Pope, and the Reverend H. Lejare's sermon was supposed to stifle all efforts at investigation. But the outcry in the liberal press, I'Electeur, le Canadien, and others, against the brochure on Freemasonry showed that not all was well. He asks McMaster to forgive his long letter. He hopes McMaster will be interested, and will help him. If McMaster needs further information, he will furnish it gladly. :: I-2-e A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.