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Campbell, Robert, as School-master, 33
Canada, Autonomy of, see Autonomy.
Communications in, and to, in early days, 9 et sqq.
Disaffection in, how cured by Elgin, 222
as Envisaged by Grey and by Durham, 276-7
History of, Political lessons from, 345-6
Loyalty of, as affected by Autonomy, 203, 229, 314, 323 et sqq., 342; Mistrust of, over Militia Bill, 289
Relations of, with Great Britain, as affected by Autonomy, in anticipation (Stanley's), 139-40, 156, and in fact, 156, 323 et sqq.; true basis of, 239
Social and Physical conditions in (circa 1839), 8 et sqq.
Tariff reorganisation in, difficulties created by, with U.S.A., 288
Canal-works, condition in 1841, 99
Canning, George, 189; and Bagot, 126, 137
Capital, the, Crown's right to name, Bagot on, 155; Brown on, 326-7
Carlyle, Thomas, on Buller, 241
Caron, Réné Edouard, Speaker of Upper House, and La Fontaine, 177
Cartier, Sir George Étienne, French-Canadian Leader, 14; and French-Canadian feeling, 332 &n.; Loyalty of, 338
Cartwright, J. S., 144; Political views of, 60, 133, 151
Cartwright, Sir Richard, and British views on Separation, 290
on Annexation views after 1856, 333-4; on Personal Morals of Members of Canadian Assemblies, 320; on the Political influence of The Globe, 341-2
Cathcart, Earl of, as interim Governor-General, 7 n., 70 n., 187 &n.
Cauchon, Joseph, and Confederation, 314; Loyalty of, 338
Chatham, Earl of, 4
China, Elgin's work in, 189, 191
Christian Guardian, The, 38 &n.2
Church of England in Canada (see also Clergy Reserves), 43-4, 47, 49
Church Support, Voluntary principle of, Rolph on, 51-2
Civil List difficulties, 138, 140, 146, 154, 155, 163; Grey's attitude as to, 272; Stanley's views on, 130; the Surrender, 154-5, 163, 279
Clear-Grit party, Loyalty of, 339; Politics of, 300 &n.2, 301, 302
Clericalism in French Canada, 14, 15, 17; and School Control, 31-2
Clergy Reserve Question, dispute on, 47-54, 62, 64, 252-3, 254-5, 268; Settlement of, by compromise, 90-2, 279, 306
Coalition Governments in Canada (see Baldwin-Hincks & others), 298-9, 304
Cobden, Richard, and Separation, 217, 283, 284, 285
Coburg, Population (1846), 25; Social conditions and prices at (1845), 27-8
Colborne, Sir John, Acting Governor, and the Anglican Church, 43; French risings quelled by, 5, 57, 214; on the French and the Union, 83
Colleges and Universities, Canadian, 35-8, 136
Colonial Administration, Russell's speech on, 1850, 263
Autonomy (see also Autonomy, Canadian), MacDonald's views on, 344
Connexion with the Empire, Continuance of, various views on (see also Annexation, Separation, &c.), 2, 3, 277 et sqq., 323 et sqq.
Government, Conflicting views on, passim
Independence, Burke's view on, 2, 3
Parliaments, Defects of, 65-6, 289
Unity, Conditions adverse to, 24
Colonial Office, the, Elgin's influence on, 222-5; Permanent officials of, Buller on, 234-5, 236
Colonial Advocate, The, 38
Colonial Gazette, on Poulett Thomson, 77-8
Colonial Policy, by Earl Grey, Canada chapter in, inspired by Elgin, 275
Colonies, Responsible Government for, Buller's famous pamphlet, 234-5 &n., 236, 240
Colonies, Secretaries of State for, see also under Names
Lord J. Russell, 1839
Lord Stanley, 1841
Gladstone, 1846
Earl Grey, 1846
Sir J. Pakington, 1852
Duke of Newcastle, 1852
Sir George Gray, 1854
Views on, of British Politicians, 2, 3, 217, 230 et sqq., 255-8, 262, 264, 283, 284, 285, 290, 292 et alibi
Colonists, Buller's views on, 242; Cartwright's opinion of, 60
Colonization, The Art of, by Wakefield, 239
Commercial crisis, Canadian, in 1849, Elgin on, 331
Marine, as a pillar of Empire, 262
Relations, Peel on, 254
Treaty, see Reciprocity Treaty
Compromise, Bagot's views on, and Stanley's, 139-40
Confederation of British North American Colonies, various Schemes for, 196-7; the result of Autonomy, 305; Difficulties connected with, 279-80, 312; Russell's aim in furthering, 265; Scheme of Brown and Macdonald for, 302 et sqq., 312-14, 341, 342
"Connexion," the Basis of, sentimental rather than practical, 239; Effect on, of Autonomy, 323 et sqq.
Conservative Party, Canadian (see also Family Compact, & Tory Party), in 1841, 105; Loyalty of, 339
Conservatism of the French Canadians, 15, 17, 32, 41
United Empire Loyalists, 18
Constitutional Act of 1791, and the Clergy Reserve question, 48-9
Constitutional Question in Canada, three allied problems forming, Elgin's mode of dealing with, 201 et sqq.
Convent Education of Women, 16, 31
Copyright prohibition, effect on Reading habits, 39 &n., 40
Corduroy Roads, 12
Cornwall, Strachan's School at, 35
Corruption, political, in Canada, 315 et sqq.; Brown's salutary counteraction of, 341
County Courts, Canadian, new system set up, 106
Crime, in early days, 29 &n.2, 30
Crown, the, and the Case of a Governor-General, compared by Stanley, 152-3
Crown Colony administration, period of, 4-5
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Dalhousie, Earl of, Governor-General, 189-90
Daly, Sir Dominick, the "perpetual secretary," 168, 176, 177
Darwin, and Bright & Cobden, parallel between, 284
Davidson, John, retirement of, 150
Day, Charles Dewey, 113
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
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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
Elgin, Earl of, Governor-Generalship of, 7, 56, 70, 187 et sqq.
Character and Politics of, 188 et sqq., 190, 191, 209, 221, 225 et sqq., 256, 297; Chief result of his rule, 190, 268-71; Despatches of, 325, Influence of, on Autonomy movement, 188 et sqq., 228-9, and on Grey's Colonial policy, 275; Insult to, 204, 208-9, 227, 320, Scottish loyal address on, 328-9; and Irish disaffection, 200, 337; Non-Separationist views of, 278, 281; Relations with French Canada, 193, 195-6, 198, 210 et sqq., 222
on Baldwin, 110, 339; on British Press methods, 232; on Canadian attitude to Free Trade, 220, 285-6; on Canadian Party Politics, 56, 195, 293, 295; on the elections of 1844, 181; on French Canadian Nationalism, 196, and Loyalty (1850), 305-6; on Metcalfe's policy, 192, 202; on Montreal, its inhabitants and Annexation views at (1849), 334; on Moral influence of Governors, 324; on Sydenham's attitude to Autonomy, 123-4; on True and False Imperialism, 224-5
Emigration and its horrors, 20-1; Wakefield's system of, 238
English Canadians, loyalty of, 338
English character of Colonists, Disraeli's views on, 257-8
English tone in Canadian Society (circ. 1846), 26-7
Episodes in a Life of Adventure, by Oliphant, referred to, 225
Examiner, The, Politics of, 64
Executive Council, British and Canadian views on, 71 et sqq.
Sydenham's, inherited by Bagot, 131; Stanley's advice on, 129, 136, 143, 144-5, actual Composition of, 144; La Fontaine's demands and the upshot, 149 et sqq.; Stanley's sarcasm, 152-3
Executive Responsibility, as conceived by Durham, 244-5