Debate in House of Commons on Canadian affairs (1844), 182 Defence of Canada (_see also_ Militia Bill), British views on, 254, 272, 287 _et sqq._ Democracy, attitude to, of the Family Compact, 60 _et sqq._ Democratic Government in Canada, established by Elgin, 190 Institutions, Elements of Success in, 320 Derby, Earl of (_see_ for earlier references, Stanley, Lord), 252 Derbyites, and Separation, 290 Despatches of Elgin and later Governors, 208-9, 249, 325 Diplomacy, and Separation, 287 War, and Land as matters for Imperial Control, in Wakefield's view, 240 District Councils for French Canada set up, 98, 118, 119 Draper, Hon. H. W., Attorney-General, leader of Ministerialists, 105, 111 _&n._, 113, 150, 177; Metcalfe on, 184; Resignation of, 194 on the Political crisis of 1842, 134-5 Disraeli, Benjamin (Earl of Beaconsfield), Imperialism of, misgivings in, 255-8, 292 District Council Bill (Canadian), passed, 106, 118 Doctrinaire, the, in Practical Politics, position of Metcalfe as illustrating, 185, Domestic Colonial affairs, Imperial Intervention in, views of Russell, and of Grey, 271-2, 274 Dorchester, Earl of, and Colonial affairs, 4; and the French Canadians, 13 Dorion, A. A., _see_ Brown-Dorion ministry "Double majority," evolution of, 307-8 "Double Shuffle" episode, 318-9 Dougalls, the, and the _Montreal Witness_, 38-9 Drunkenness, among Whites and Indians, 30; among Members of Parliament, 320 Durham, Earl of, Governor-General, 6, 14, 71, 76, 190, 191, 251; Canadian views on, 190; and the Change in British views on Canadian affairs, 237; and the Destruction of French Nationalism, 57, 59, 83, 211, 311-2; and Immigration, 97; Responsible Colonial government as advocated by, 61, 149, 166, 244-5; non-Separationist views, 281; Visit of, to Canada, 31 on the Catholic clergy of Lower Canada, 41-2; on Local Government, 94 _Durham's Report_, 4 _n._, 5 _n._, 6, 57; Effects of, 249; Fallacy in, 260-1; Illusions on, dispelled, 243-4; Imperial note of, 246-7 E Economics, and Separation, 220, 285-6, 330-1 Education, French-Canadian, 14, 15, 16 by Newspaper, 38-9 School and College, 31 _et sqq._, 136 of Scottish immigrants, 23 Ekfried, Early Education at, 33 Elgin, Countess of, 190