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The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
Burning of the Parliament Buildings, Montreal, 1849.
From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys
THE WINNING OF
POPULAR GOVERNMENT
A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
BY
ARCHIBALD MACMECHAN
TORONTO
GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY
1916
Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention
TO
ROBERT ALEXANDER FALCONER
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
STUDENT OF HISTORY AND ENCOURAGER
OF HISTORIANS
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| I. | DURHAM THE DICTATOR | 1 |
| II. | POULETT THOMSON, PEACEMAKER | 25 |
| III. | REFORM IN THE SADDLE | 66 |
| IV. | THE GREAT ADMINISTRATION | 97 |
| V. | THE PRINCIPLE ESTABLISHED | 132 |
| EPILOGUE | 161 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | 166 | |
| INDEX | 167 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| BURNING OF THE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, MONTREAL, 1849 From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys. |
Frontispiece |
| THE EARL OF DURHAM After the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. |
Facing page 6 |
| LORD SYDENHAM From an engraving by G. Browning in M'Gill University Library. |
" 34 |
| SIR CHARLES BAGOT From an engraving in the Dominion Archives. |
" 74 |
| SIR CHARLES METCALFE After a painting by Bradish. |
" 82 |
| CHARLES, EARL GREY From the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. |
" 98 |
| SIR LOUIS H. LAFONTAINE After a photograph by Notman. |
" 108 |
| THE EARL OF ELGIN From a daguerreotype. |
" 136 |
CHAPTER I
DURHAM THE DICTATOR
And let him be dictator
For six months and no more.
The curious sightseer in modern Toronto, conducted through the well-kept, endless avenues of handsome dwellings which are that city's pride, might be surprised to learn that at the northern end of the street which cuts the city in two halves, east and west, bands of armed Canadians met in battle less than a century ago. If he continued his travels to Montreal, he might be told, at a certain point, 'Here stood the Parliament Buildings, when our city was the capital of the country; and here a governor-general of Canada was mobbed, pelted with rotten eggs and stones, and narrowly escaped with his life.' And if the intelligent traveller asked the reason for such scenes, where now all is peace, the answer might be given in one word—Politics.
To the young, politics seems rather a stupid sort of game played by the bald and obese middle-aged, for very high stakes, and governed by no rules that any player is bound to respect. Between the rival teams no difference is observable, save that one enjoys the sweets of office and the mouth of the other is watering for