Excerpt from Emigration and Colonization in Canada: A Speech Delivered in the House of Assembly, Quebec, 25th April, 1862 Mr. Speaker, to the advocates of new methods and new efforts in the way of settlement to see that the intense social inter est of the discussion has penetrated where mere politics should never reach, even to the pulpits of the land - an evi dence of which I have this day received, in the excellent dis course delivered ou St. George's day, in the city I have-the honor to represent in part, by the Very ...
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Excerpt from Emigration and Colonization in Canada: A Speech Delivered in the House of Assembly, Quebec, 25th April, 1862 Mr. Speaker, to the advocates of new methods and new efforts in the way of settlement to see that the intense social inter est of the discussion has penetrated where mere politics should never reach, even to the pulpits of the land - an evi dence of which I have this day received, in the excellent dis course delivered ou St. George's day, in the city I have-the honor to represent in part, by the Very Rev. Canon Leach, before the St. George's Society - a discourse worthy to be de livered on a great national festival, and deserving to be trea sured up by all who have read, as well as by all who heard it. Canon Leach, I am happy to know, does not stand alone among the clergy, in the importance he attaches to this Prov vincial interest. A leading clergyman of the Scotch Church (i think I may mention his name without impropriety, -the Rev. Mr Kemp) has given a good deal of attention to the prospects of settlement in'the Eastern Townships, and I be lieve the rev. Gentlemen of the Seminaries, both of Quebec and Montreal, are encouraging settlement, to a. Considerable extent, on the lands which formerly comprised their seignior ies. (hear, hear.) With such a hold on the head and heart of the land, with the press and the pulpit so strongly in its favor, it is utterly impossible that we should fail to effect a salutary reform in the emigrant service and the system of settlement; and I will do many hon. Gentlemen opposite the justice to say, that I believe that they are as desirous Of mak ing such reforms as any members of the Opposition can be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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