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The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion, Volume 1

The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion, Volume 1

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THE STORY OF THE
Upper Canadian Rebellion.

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THE STORY

OF THE

UPPER CANADIAN REBELLION

JOHN CHARLES DENT

AUTHOR OF "THE LAST FORTY YEARS" &C.

Vol. I.

front
TORONTO.
PUBLISHED BY C. BLACKETT ROBINSON
1865

THE STORY

OF THE

UPPER CANADIAN REBELLION;

LARGELY DERIVED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS.

By JOHN CHARLES DENT,

Author of "The Last Forty Years," etc.

"Well, God be thanked for these rebels."—I Henry IV., Act iii, sc. 3.
"Truth is not always to be withheld because its expression may wound the feelings of public men, whose official acts have subjected them to public censure. If it were, history and biography would cease to be guiding stars, and, above all, would offer no wholesome restraint to the cruel, or corrupt, or incompetent exercise of authority."—Tupper's Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock.
"We rebelled neither against Her Majesty's person nor her Government, but against Colonial mis-government.... We remonstrated; we were derided.... We were goaded on to madness, and were compelled to show that we had the spirit of resistance to repel injuries, or to be deemed a captive, degraded and recreant people. We took up arms, not to attack others, but to defend ourselves."—Letter to Lord Durham from Dr. Wolfred Nelson and others, confined at Montreal, June 18th, 1838.
Toronto:

C. BLACKETT ROBINSON, 5 JORDAN STREET.

1885.

Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885, by


C. Blackett Robinson, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture.

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY ESTEEMED FRIEND,
GEORGE STEWART, JUN'R.
OF QUEBEC:
WHOSE RESEARCHES IN A KINDRED DIRECTION WILL ENABLE HIM TO
DO FULL JUSTICE TO WHATEVER IS MERITORIOUS IN IT; WHILE
HIS GENEROUS APPRECIATION OF THE EFFORTS OF HIS
LITERARY BRETHREN WILL RENDER HIM
INDULGENT TO ITS DEFECTS.
JOHN CHARLES DENT.
Toronto, 1885.

CONTENTS.

  • Page.
  • CHAPTER I.
  • The Banished Briton9

  • CHAPTER II.
  • A Bill of Particulars 46

  • CHAPTER III.
  • The Family Compact71

  • CHAPTER IV.
  • Fathers of Reform96

  • CHAPTER V.
  • A "Free and Unfettered" Press122

  • CHAPTER VI.
  • The Case of Captain Matthews144

  • CHAPTER VII.
  • The Niagara Falls Outrage151

  • CHAPTER VIII.
  • The "Amoval" of Mr. Justice Willis162

  • CHAPTER IX.
  • The Case of Francis Collins195

  • CHAPTER X.
  • Lights—Old and New213

  • CHAPTER XI.
  • Parliamentary Privilege231

  • CHAPTER XII.
  • Disenfranchisement 253

  • CHAPTER XIII.
  • Mr. Hume's "Baneful Domination" Letter264

  • CHAPTER XIV.
  • "See, the Conquering Hero Comes!"282

  • CHAPTER XV.
  • "A Tried Reformer"

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