. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. clesiastical position, and these ele-ments of power Mgr. de Laval used with all the force of a somewhatover-bearing spirit and a tremendous religious zeal, to rule the Colonyfor the good of itself and the Church. To him the welfare of the State was bound up in the progressof the Church, and it was, therefore, natural that a man of imperiouscharacter
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. clesiastical position, and these ele-ments of power Mgr. de Laval used with all the force of a somewhatover-bearing spirit and a tremendous religious zeal, to rule the Colonyfor the good of itself and the Church. To him the welfare of the State was bound up in the progressof the Church, and it was, therefore, natural that a man of imperiouscharacter in the position of the Bishop of Quebec—a See to whichhe was formally appointed in 1674, and which covered nearly thewhole of North America—should enter into conflict at times with thecivil power. With De Frontenac, who was a singularly strongcharacter in his own sphere, one of these contests occurred andresulted in the aged Bishop going to France in person and winningthe Kings favour for his unceasing effort to suppress the liquor trafficwith the Indians. Similar differences arose in connection with hispolicy of making the Sovereign Council subservient to him rather thanto the Governor. With some of the more powerful of his clergy oc:. o JO I o 2 > r>w wO r
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