Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . ng monthly visits to a „_ji „~„~~.n4.:~*, „( /--> 4-U^T • Ct £C J CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON. small congregation or Catholics in Stafford County, Virginia, which was distant fifty or sixty miles from his about eighteen months thus spent in the active duties of the holyministry, the call of his country summoned Father Carroll to her war raged between England and the thirteen colonies. The hopes ofa settlement had vanished, and for the first time was heard the magic
Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . ng monthly visits to a „_ji „~„~~.n4.:~*, „( /--> 4-U^T • Ct £C J CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON. small congregation or Catholics in Stafford County, Virginia, which was distant fifty or sixty miles from his about eighteen months thus spent in the active duties of the holyministry, the call of his country summoned Father Carroll to her war raged between England and the thirteen colonies. The hopes ofa settlement had vanished, and for the first time was heard the magic soundof the word Independence. To gain the active assistance of the Canadians,or at least to secure their neutrality, was a matter of the highest appointed three commissioners to repair to Canada. They wereDr. Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton,and by a special resolution the last-named gentleman was desired to prevailon Mr. John Carroll to accompany the committee to Canada to assist them insuch matters as they shall think 62 THE COLUMBIAN JUBILEE. Father Carroll acceded to the request of congress. After four weeks oftoil, exposure, and unusual difficulties, which, however, did not dampen thecheerful spirits of the patriotic travelers, nor check the ever-ready and enter-taining wit of Dr. Franklin, they reached Montreal on the night of the 29thof April, 1776. While the commissioners were negotiating with the authorities, regulat-ing the affairs of the American forces then in Canada, and carrying out theinstructions of congress, Father Carroll was visiting the Canadian clergy,explaining the nature and principles of the revolutionary struggle, pointingout the identity of destiny and interest which ought to unite Canada to theEnglish colonies, and in answering objections, removing prejudices of race,and appealing to their love of liberty. He was treated with respect andlistened to with polite attention. But bo
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