Responsible Government (see also _Peel Government_, _Bagot_, and _Metcalfe_), recommended by Lord Durham, 12, 13; attitude of British government, 13; Governor Bagot's concessions, 16-18; Governor Metcalfe's attitude, 19; Dr. Ryerson champions Governor Metcalfe, 22; the legislature dissolved, 1844, 24; fierce election contest follows, 24; personal victory for Governor Metcalfe, 25, 26 Roman Catholics, relations of George Brown with, 44 _et seq._, 121 _et seq_; Brown's letter to prominent Roman Catholics, 124 _et seq._ Rouges, described by the _Globe_, 78 Ryerson, Dr. leader among Methodists, 22; espouses cause of Governor Metcalfe against Reformers, 22; correctly describes attitude of British government, 23; supports Mr. R. W. Scott's Separate School Bill, 144 S Scottish Church, disruption of, 2; opinions of the Browns thereon, 2; comment of the _Banner_, 6 Sheppard, George, his speech at Reform convention of 1859, 135; predicts growth of central authority under federal system, 136 Separate Schools, opposed by George Brown, 121; a compromise arranged, 122, 123; bill introduced by Mr. R. W. Scott, 144; supported by Dr. Ryerson, 144; adopted by Macdonald-Sicotte government, 144; becomes law, 145; assailed by the _Globe_, 145; accepted by Brown, 145 Slavery, Brown's opposition to, 1, 2, 3; Canada a refuge for slaves, 111; passage of Fugitive Slave Law, 111; Anti-Slavery Society formed in Canada, 112; settlements of refugee slaves, 113; Brown at Toronto denounces Fugitive Slave Law, 113, 114; Brown discusses Lincoln's proclamation of emancipation, 114; describes feeling in Great Britain, 115; Brown's insight into Lincoln's policy, 115; insists that slavery was cause of Civil War, 116; shows Canada's interest in the struggle, 117; consequences of growth of a slave power in North America, 118, 119 Smith, Goldwin, his connection with Canada First movement, 235; elected president of the National Club, 237; attacked by the _Globe_, 237, 238; his reply, 238, 239 Stanley, Lord, colonial secretary under Peel, advocates preferential trade and imperial protection, 15, 31 Sullivan, Robert Baldwin, delivers an address on resources of North-West Territories, 211 _Star_, the Cobourg, its estimate of George Brown, 71, 72 Scott, R. W., introduces Separate School Bill, 144 Strachan, Bishop, opposes secularization of King's College, 8 T Tache, Sir E. P., forms government in effort to break dead-lock, 149; his government defeated, 149; heads coalition to carry out confederation, 159; his speech in the legislature, 169; his death, 189 Thompson, Samuel, describes meeting with George Brown in 1843, 4, 5 Toronto Board of Trade, advocates incorporation of North-West Territories with Canada, 216 W Wiseman, Cardinal, his pastoral published and criticized in the _Globe_, 44