The Penn's Grove record., 1921-11-25
Historic Quebec
To Be Shown
Why New France Refused Aid
In The World War
Why New France Refused Aid In
The World War

Rev. Frederick w. John, D. D., of
Railway, next Tuesday evening, will
give a lecture on Historic Quebec, in
Emmanuel Church, his being the third
in the lecture course of the season.
The lecture will be illustrated by 100
colored views of that old quaint City
and Province founded by the French
in 1908.
The settlement of the French in
Canada, mostly in the Province of
Quebec, was known in colonial times
as New France as the colonies set
tied by the English east of New York
was known, as New England. At the
close of the%war between England
and France in 1868, known in colo
NAL history as the French and Indian
War, at the treaty made in Paris,
Canada was coded to Great Britain.
At all peace councils in those times
the Pope of Rome had his emmisary
who was not opposed to the acquire
ment Of Canada by the British so
long as it was put into the treaty that
the Roman Catholic religion should
be made the State religion paid by
public taxes, which is done today.
In 1774 the British Parliament
passed the Quebec act which was ap-
proved by King George III. By it the
Province of Quebec was made to in
clude all Canada, besides all lands
west of Pennsylvania to the Missis-
sippi river and north of the Ohio
river.
This angered our Colonial fathers
like George Washington, Thomas JEFF
ferson, Patrick Henry, James Otis,
John Adams and Protestant religious
leaders in the Colonies. The Govern
ment of Quebec was put under a gov
ernor and council. 1t did not provide
for the election of representatives by
the people who had representatives IN
the English Colonies, but governors
appointed by the King in England.
Much of the land west Of Pennsyl-
vania and north of the Ohio river
was included in the grants made to
the settlers of Massachusetts, New
York and Virginia.
Spain owned Florida, a strip of and
north of the Gulf of Mexico and all
that west of the Mississippi river.
The French nor Spanish did not en-
ioy political and religious liberty like
the English Colonists did, because
French and Spanish rulers were sub
iects to the Pope in Rome.
BY the extension of Quebec to in
Guide what are now the States of
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota, our colonial fore
fathers saw the Papal pincers closing
on the little Protestant colonies
which would soon sniff out political
and religious liberties from the three
millions of English %colonists. Only
one in 300 in the English Colonies
were subjects to the Pope of Rome.
Now one in five is under the United
States Government, because they are
allowed religious and political free
dom, something the Pope nor his
Princes nor his Bishops V gave.
The question has been frequently
asked whether those subjects to
rulers who do not believe and V
granted political and religious liberty
are entitled to what the Protestants
won by blood and iron. Should they
not be thankful to their Protestant
benefactors for freedom granted
which was net given them by their
political and religious rulers and never
won on the field of battle by their
ancestors? Free speech, free press,
open Bible, habeaus corpus, trial by
Jury. right of free assembly, for poll
teal and religious discussion and free
public schools.
The Colonial fathers, including
Washington, jefferson, Adams and
others, called the first Continental
Congress and passed a bold resolution
protesting the Quebec Act, as o as
thew heard of it in 1774. The Cum
berland Presbyterians in North Caro-
lima declared their independence In
ITS. The Quebec Act was what the
goth reason of the twenty-slX IN the
Declaration of Independence has ref
erence to.
The articles of Confederation adopt
ed by the Colonies in ITS, were 10
secure and perpetuate mutual TREND
shin and defense as stated In Artlcle
III as follows: < n
The said States hereby severaliy
enter into a firm league of friendship
With Zach other for their common de-
fense. the security of their liner,
ties and their mutual and general
welfare. binding themselves to assist
Zach other against all force offered to,
or attack made upon them, or any OF
tbem. on account of religion. sover-
eighty, trade or other pretence what
ever. on
The goth reason in the Declaration
of independence reads as follows: =
"For abolishing the free system Oh
English laws in a n~elghbor1ng froV-
ince, [Quebec] establishing tneieii a.; an
arbitrary government and enlarg s 4 gus nes
an example and fit instrument Tor m
reducing a9 the same rule in these
Colonies" ,of,sod 70
aid English Protestant a5stfn bec o1Dnt they eyl
their fight for IN tot to do so BY their
T MsFs era notwit tHS the French
nation died for the purpose OF lessen
ihf In the treaty of peace at the close
III Pevolntion Great Britain re-
Of W ali territory south OF the