The newspaper was intentionally Protestant . Its opposition to the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church were often frank and undiplomatic . For example , John Dougall persisted in blaming the mayor of Montreal , Charles Wilson , for the Gavazzi Riots . In the December 15 , 1845 edition , one letter to the editor expressed intense anti-Roman Catholic sentiment
Gavazzi Riots
Gavazzi Riots
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