Excerpt from Canada and the Continental Congress: Delivered Before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, as Their Annual Address, on the 31st of January, 1850 On the twenty-seventh ofthe same month, the Congress, having been informed that there was a gentleman in town who could give a full and just account of the state of affairs in Canada, directed him to be introduced, which was done. What was his name and what the substance of his information is not mentioned in the journal; possibly from motives of prudence. Two days afterwards another address, entitled, To the oppressed inhabitants of Canada, brought in by a committee consisting of Messrs. Jay, Samuel Adams, and Deane, was adopted by Congress, and ordered to be translated into the French language and circulated. After referring to the former address as having been dictated by a sense of common danger, that now issued proceeds as follows: We most sincerely condole with you on the arrival of that day in the course of which the sun could not shine on a single freeman in all your extensive dominions. Be assured that your unmerited degradation has engaged the most unfeigned pity of your sister colonies; and we flatter ourselves you will not, by tamely bearing the yoke, suffer that pity to be supplanted by contempt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.