S
St. Benoit, Village of, and the Rebellion Losses Bill, 214
St. Lawrence River, Rapids on, 10
Salaries of Executive, in relation to Political purity, 316
Schools, early, 32 et sqq.
Scott, R. W., and the Separate Schools Act, 309
Scotsmen as Settlers, 23, 27-9, 42, 45; Keenness for Education, 33-7; Links of, with Scotland, 44, 45; Loyalty of: a striking instance, 338; Noteworthy names among, 23
Sectarianism and Education, 34, 35, 36
Secularization, Advocates of, 64, 90
Seignorial tenure difficulties, 95-6, 306
Self-government, Colonial, see Autonomy, and Responsible Government
Separate Schools Act (Scott's), how carried, 307
Separation, Anticipations of, 166, 200, 231, 248, 266, 274, 278 et sqq., 282, of British Tories, 253, 254, 255, 256
Four disbelievers in, 278, 291
Military views on, 290
Possibility as affected by Autonomy, 323 et sqq.
Russell's views at different times, 262, 263, 265
Settlers, see Half-pay officers, Irish, Population, Scotsmen, Squatters, United Empire Loyalists, &c.
Sherman, General, 290
Sherwood, Henry, Solicitor-General, Bagot and, 144; Elgin and, 194; Retirement of, 250
Sicotte-Macdonald Ministry, and the "Double majority," 309
Simcoe, Lieut.-General John Graves, 19
Single-party Government, Canadian tendency to, 298-9
Small, J. E., in Office, 150
Smith, Professor Goldwin, and his party, Separationists, 289
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, in Canada, 43
Sovereign, the, True relations with Canadian people, 327
Stanley, Lord, as Colonial Secretary, relations with Bagot and Canada, 127, 128 et sqq., 156, 217, 236, 250-2; Hincks' indictment of, 170; Separation anticipated by, 278
on Bagot's diplomatic services, 127; on the Tie between Great Britain and the Colonies, 139-40
Statesmanship, Elgin's conception of, 227
Statesmen, Canadian, Loyalty of the more eminent, 339 et sqq.
Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, Influence of, at the Colonial Office, 234-7, 238; Views of, on Separation, 237 &n.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, 236 &n.
Strachan, Dr. John, Bishop in Toronto, 36, 89, 133; and the Anglican Church, 43; and the Clergy Reserve question, 49, 50, 52, 54, 90, 92; and Education, 35, 36; and Methodism, 45
Strickland family, the, as Colonists, 19
Strickland, Lieut.-Colonel Samuel, and Mackenzie's Rebellion, 55; on Unsuitable Colonists, 19-20
Suburbs, and the Electorate, 102
Sullivan, Robert Baldwin, 113
Sydenham, Lord (Rt. Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson), as Governor-General, 54, 57, 65, 70; Raised to Peerage, 53; Characteristics, 76-8, 107-8, 131, 141; and his Coalition of Moderates, 113, 141, 298; Debt to, of Canada, 122-5, 132, 133; Despatches of, 325; Episodes and course of his rule, 78 et sqq.; the Fall of the Family Compact, 63; Practice of, Bagot's action contrasted with, 149; Relations with French Canadians, 58, 141, 162; Religious distribution of members of his Council (1841), 47; Responsible Government practically granted by, 107, 228-9, his own views as worded by Harrison, 119-20, Metcalfe on, 164-5; and Russell's system, 260; Settlement by, of Clergy Reserve Question, 53, 54; Sleigh-journey, record breaking 11-12, 92; Success with the Act of Union, 92
on Baldwin's action in the First Union Parliament, 44-5; on Business in a Colonial Parliament, 65-6; on the Clergy Reserve question, 53-4; on Early Travel in Canada, 10; on the French Anti-Union movement, 103-4; on Party names, 56, 295
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Taché, Colonel Sir Étienne Pascal, 195, 307; and Federation, 303
Talbot, Colonel, in Canada, 19
Tariffs, Canadian, and the Home country, 327-8
Taxation, Canadian, Independence in, asserted, 287, 328
Taylor, Sir Henry, Influence of, at the Colonial Office, 235; on Russell as Chief Secretary, 236
Teachers, Lack of, in early days, 33-5
Terrebonne, and La Fontaine's election, 117
Thomson, Poulett, see Sydenham, Lord
Three Rivers, 13
Times, The, and Canadian affairs, 232-3
Toronto, 65; Anglicanism in, 43; Journey to (1839), 10; King's College at, 36; Population of (1824-46), 13, 24; Social characteristics (circ. 1846), 26
Toronto, Bishop in, see Strachan
Toronto University, set on foot by Bagot, 36, 136
Tory Party
British, and Colonial aspirations, 217, 247 et sqq.; Separation anticipated by, 278, 279, 329; Views analogous to those of Canadian Tories, 295
Canadian (see also Family Compact), Annexationist views of, 204, 220, Elgin's methods with, 221, 222, 295-6, 334 et sqq.
Toryism of the French Canadians, see French Canadians, Political views of
Towns, Large and Small, Characteristics of (circa 1846), 25 et sqq.
Trade between Canada and the U.S.A., as affected by Free Trade, 272, Grey's views on, 273
and Colonial relations, Views on, of Bright and Cobden, 284
Trade-regulation, formerly Controlled by the Crown, 327
Trade-relations of Canada with Great Britain after Autonomy, 327-8
Trent episode, 288
U
Ulstermen as Settlers, 21
Ultra-Reformers party (1841), 105
Union, Act of, Acceptance by both Provincial governments, 92; French-Canadian attitude to, 57-8; Guarantees, desired by Stanley, 152; Grey's Changes in, as affecting the French, 268; Serious Omission in, 93-5
Union of Canada, Lord John Russell's instructions on, 71
First Parliament of, 100; Elections (and other preliminaries), 101; Results, 104; Groups in, 59, 100, 104-5; Sydenham's successes, and struggles against the Autonomy party, 106 et sqq.; Work of the First Session, 106
Second, Bagot's, forecasts on, 140-1
United Empire Loyalists, origin, characteristics, and views of, 17-20
United Reform Party, Baldwin on, 113
Unity
Forces conducing to Education, 16, 31 et sqq.; Politics, 31; Religion, 31, 32, 40 et seq.
Forces retarding, Physical, 8-13, 24, 28-9; Racial, 13, 20-3, 24; Religious, 34-5; Social, 24
University Question, in Upper Canada (1845), 184
Universities of Canada, 36-8 &n.1, 136
Upper Canada, Arrested Development of, Sydenham's plans in aid, 98-100; Educational Efforts in, 33 et sqq.; Methodism in, 45-7; Population increase of, 24; Radicalism of, 32; and the Union, 83-9
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Vendus, Les, 142
Viger, Jacques, French Canadian politician, 59; and the Rebellion, 142; Rival to La Fontaine, 171; in Metcalfe's Council, 177, 194
Voluntary Principle in matters Ecclesiastical, pros and cons of, 51-2
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Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, Art of Colonization by, 239; Enthusiasm of, for Immigration, 97; Influence of, on British views on Colonization, 237 et sqq.; Influence on Grey, 267
on Baldwin's position at Metcalfe's arrival, 162; on the Patronage crisis, 170-1
Wardens, Canadian, appointment of, 118
Washington, Elgin's diplomacy at, 221
Wellington, Duke of, opposition of, to Canadian Union, 249-50, 280
West Indies Slave question, 235
Whig party, Evolution from, of the Liberal Party, 280-1; Separation views of, 266, 278, 280
Women of the habitants, 16, 31
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[Transcriber's note: In the index entry "Non-Separationists, the four, 278, 491", "491" is clearly incorrect since there are not that many pages in the book. It is unknown what this number should have been.]