The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle of the Union of 1841MacMechan, Archibald
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The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
MacMechan, Archibald
Canada -- History -- 1841-1867
Montreal, 124, 137; as the capital, 86, 94; the riots in connection
with the passing of the Indemnity Bill, 120-1; the burning of the
Parliament Buildings, 124-7, 1; the attacks on Lord Elgin, 124-5,
128-9; the capital no more, 130; the Annexation Association, 134-5.
Morin, A. N., Speaker of the Assembly, 102; his administration, 143.
Municipal system of Canada, the, 55-6, 64; the Municipal Corporations
Act, 107-9; municipalities and railways, 145.
Murdoch, T. W. C., secretary to Sydenham, 37.
Neilson, John, his policy of obstruction, 62, 68.
Nelson, Robert, proclaims a Canadian republic, 29.
Nelson, Wolfred, a Rebellion leader, 15, 93; his claim for indemnity,
119.
New Brunswick, Sydenham's visit to, 52.
Nova Scotia, the struggle for responsible government in, 51; the rise
of the colleges, 88-9; the fishery question, 149-50, 152.
O'Callaghan, E. B., a rebel leader, 104.
Oliphant, Laurence, and the Reciprocity negotiations, 150, 152.
Ontario, Sydenham's tour in, 53-4; its municipal system, 55, 64. See
Upper Canada.
Orange Society, the, 87.
Ottawa, the capital city, 130.
Papineau, D. B., 93.
Papineau, L. J., takes refuge in France after Rebellion, 103-4; returns
to the House, claiming and receiving arrearage of salary as Speaker,
104; his uncompromising attitude towards the Union, 104-6, 118, 138,
141, 157; his retiral, 157, 106.
Paquin, Father, petitions for indemnity, 112-13.
Politics, the game of, 1-2, 67, 76, 77; an old-time election, 77-8.
Quebec, its municipal system, 55, 64; the seat of government, 137, 155.
See Lower Canada.
Railway building in Canada, 111-12, 144-5.
Rebellion Losses Bill, the, 112-118, 132; the violent scenes in
connection with, 119-31.
Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, the, 110-11, 147-55.
Reform party, the, supports Sydenham, 38, 40, 60-1; the Clergy
Reserves, 47; opposes Bagot's coalition, 76; the struggle with
Metcalfe, 86, 90-3, 95; the Great Administration, 101; Liberals and
'Clear Grits,' 137-8; Liberal-Conservatives, 157-8.
Registry Act, the, 56.
Reid, Stuart J., on the authorship of Durham's Report, 20.
Responsible Government: Durham's remedy, 24; Sydenham's campaign of
education, 41, 58-9, 67; Howe's achievement, 51; majority rule, 62-3,
79; the Executive beg-in to presume, 84; the difficulty of reconciling
with the colonial status, 84-5; placemen removed from Assembly, 87;
education of the democracy, 88; right of appointment, 90-91; the
difficulty of government with a small majority, 100; from colony to
free equal state, 161-2.
Rouge party, the, 138.
Russell, Lord John, colonial secretary, 32, 55.
Seigneurial tenure, 140-1, 155; abolished, 141.
Sherwood, Henry, solicitor-general, 76.
Special Council of Quebec, and Sydenham, 38, 49-50, 55, 56, 114-15.
Strachan, Bishop, 69; and the Clergy Reserves, 46, 47; his crusade
against Baldwin's 'godless institution,' 90.
Stuart, James, chief justice of Lower Canada, 37, 50.
Sullivan, R. B., a Reform leader, 70, 77.
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