First and Second Reports of the Special Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Causes Which Retard the Settlement of the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from First and Second Reports of the Special Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Causes Which Retard the Settlement of the Eastern Townships of Lower CanadaLet us spread ourselves widely over the land, some one has said, that is the right way to preserve our nationality. Yes, let us enter on the land and possess it, in all its breadth, dear as it is to us on many accounts, let us transmit it to our children improved, covered, em bellished with national and religious monuments, the work of our hands. Our descendants loving it as we do, will bless our memory, and will consider themselves bound, by gratitude, by countless traditions, which we shall leave behind us, to preserve their country, their language, their institutions, laws, customs, manners and character and the national spirit will have gained a new element of vitality. He were no Canadian, no French Canadian, who had not at heart the speedy settlement of the waste lands of Lower Canada by his fellow country men. This is at least our earnest prayer, and the impulse which dictates our present address.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.