The Makers of Canada Series, Volume 11William Lawson Grant Oxford University Press, 1926 - Canada |
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... issue of Con- federation , were likewise consolidating and unifying forces in the creation of the Liberal party ; and Alexander Mackenzie had a zeal for reform equal to that of Brown , and a prudence in days of stress and storm which ...
... issue of Con- federation , were likewise consolidating and unifying forces in the creation of the Liberal party ; and Alexander Mackenzie had a zeal for reform equal to that of Brown , and a prudence in days of stress and storm which ...
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... issue before he set resolute hands to the movement . He was sympathetic at heart , he was in touch with the British North American League which organized in 1849 to resist the annexationists , he gave nominal assent to the arguments of ...
... issue before he set resolute hands to the movement . He was sympathetic at heart , he was in touch with the British North American League which organized in 1849 to resist the annexationists , he gave nominal assent to the arguments of ...
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... issues arose in the contest for representation by population , and in the movement for Confederation . The question of separate schools was also an abiding issue in many of the political contests which preceded Confederation , as it has ...
... issues arose in the contest for representation by population , and in the movement for Confederation . The question of separate schools was also an abiding issue in many of the political contests which preceded Confederation , as it has ...
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... issues that were bound to arise in a country half French and half English , half Catholic and half Protestant , with each community very much of a compact body , occupying its own territory and separated by a central line of division ...
... issues that were bound to arise in a country half French and half English , half Catholic and half Protestant , with each community very much of a compact body , occupying its own territory and separated by a central line of division ...
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... issue in the politics of the country . Thenceforward no one was more in- fluential in directing the movement and in settling the terms of the act of union . He saw Mr. Brown withdraw from the Coalition Cabinet and resign the leadership ...
... issue in the politics of the country . Thenceforward no one was more in- fluential in directing the movement and in settling the terms of the act of union . He saw Mr. Brown withdraw from the Coalition Cabinet and resign the leadership ...
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Popular passages
Page 204 - In and for each Province the legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education, subject and according to the following provisions: 1) Nothing in any such law shall prejudicially affect any right or privilege with respect to denominational schools which any class of persons have by law in the Province at the union...
Page 386 - I am for it, because I hope to see the day when the American flag will float over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the north pole!
Page 422 - IT HAS LONG BEEN a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies.
Page 71 - Majesty further engages to urge upon the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the Legislature of New Brunswick, that no export duty, or other duty, shall be levied on lumber or timber of any kind cut on that portion of the American territory in the State of Maine watered by the river St. John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the province of New Brunswick.
Page 312 - The Prime Minister in view of the well-known desire of a great many Canadians who are ready to take service under such conditions, is of opinion that the moderate expenditure which would thus be involved for the equipment and transportation of such volunteers may readily be undertaken by the government of Canada without summoning parliament, especially as such an expenditure under such circumstances cannot be regarded as a departure from the well known principles of constitutional government and...
Page 326 - It is the land that freemen till, That sober-suited Freedom chose, The land, where girt with friends or foes A man may speak the thing he will...
Page 464 - It could not come then, but it came after the war; it came as the last conquest of that insurrection. And again I say that their country has conquered with their martyrdom, and if we look at that one fact alone there was cause sufficient, independent of all others, to extend mercy to the one who is dead and to those who live.
Page 365 - House will cordially approve of any necessary expenditure designed to promote the speedy organization of a Canadian naval service in cooperation with and in close relation to the Imperial navy...
Page 63 - ... the circulating capital amassed under a more favourable system is dissipated, with none from any quarter to replace it. Thus, without available capital, unable to effect a loan with foreign States, or with the Mother Country — although offering security greatly superior to that which readily obtains money, both...
Page 329 - What we did we did of our own free will, and as to future wars, I have only this to say, that if it should be the will of the people...