Document Information Date: 1864-11-21 By: The Globe Citation: “The Resolutions of Conference”, The Globe [Toronto] (21 November 1864). Other formats: THE RESOLUTIONS OF CONFERENCE. ——— Several different versions of the scheme agreed upon by the Delegates at Quebec have appeared in the newspapers. They are all inaccurate in important particulars. The alterations and additions made at the final sitting at Montreal are omitted, and in one or two instances worlds are interpolated and give an entirely different meaning to the resolutions from that intended by the Conference. We are able… Read more “The Resolutions of Conference”, The Globe (21 November 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-11-21 By: The New York Herald Citation: “Canadian Confederation. Will the People be Consulted?”, The New York Herald (21 November 1864). Other formats: CANADIAN CONFEDERATION. WILL THE PEOPLE BE CONSULTED? Opinions of the Press on the Crisis. The Popular […] a “Dreadful American […],” &c., &c., &c., [From the Toronto Leader, Nov. 18.] The scheme of Confederation, drawn up by the […] Conference, is scarcely yet fairly under disclosure. It has only been before the public a few days, and the […] of the […] has only… Read more “Canadian Confederation. Will the People Be Consulted?” The New York Herald (21 November 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-11-21 By: New York Times Citation: “The British Colonial Union”, New York Times (21 November 1864). Other formats: The British Colonial Union – It is evident, as our Quebec Correspondent has always pointed out, that the British Government are eager to push the Provincial Union Scheme through with as little delay as possible. Mr. George Brown, the President of the Canadian Executive Council, has been deputied by his colleagues to go to England and explain the scheme agreed upon before the meeting of the Imperial Parliament. Early… Read more “The British Colonial Union” New York Times (21 November 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-11-21 By: The Globe Citation: “The New Constitution”, The Globe [Toronto] (21 November 1864). Other formats: THE NEW CONSTITUTION. ——— 1. The best interests and present and future prosperity of British North America will be promoted by a federal union under the Crown of Great Britain, provided such union can be effected on principles just to the several Provinces. 2. In the federation the British North American Provinces the system of government best adapted, under existing circumstances, to protect the diversified interests of the several Provinces, and… Read more “The New Constitution”, The Globe (21 November 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-11-23 By: Samuel Leonard Tilley, John Hamilton Gray, Citation: Unknown Newspaper Source (23 November 1864). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.
Document Information Date: 1864-11-17 By: The Globe Citation: “The Confederation Scheme. Interesting Despatches”, The Globe [Toronto] (17 November 1864). Other formats: THE CONFEDERATION SCHEME. ——— INTERESTING DESPATCHES. ——— The Holding of the Conference. ——— APPROVAL OF THAT IDEA BY THE COLONIAL OFFICE. —— GOVERNMENT HOUSE. Halifax, N. S., 21st May, 1862. MY LORD DUKE,— Towards the close of this session of 1861, a resolution, a copy of which I enclose, was passed by the Assembly of this Province. For various reasons my Government were of opinion that it would have… Read more “The Confederation Scheme. Interesting Despatches”, The Globe (17 November 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-11-15 By: New York Daily Tribune Citation: “British America”, New York Daily Tribune (15 November 1864). Other formats: BRITISH AMERICA. The Canadian papers publish at length a semi-official statement of the new Federal Constitution, recently agreed upon by the Inter-Colonial Conference at Quebec. Although the verbal correctness is not guaranteed, we are assured by many of the leading papers of British America, which are in a position to know, that the publication may be accepted as substantially accurate. The most important points of the Constitution were, not… Read more “British America”, New York Daily Tribune (15 November 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-11-11 By: The Globe Citation: “The Financial Question”, The Globe [Toronto] (11 November 1864). Other formats: THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. — Mr. Dorion makes two mistakes when speaking of the financial aspect of the Confederation scheme, or rather, perhaps, puts the same mistake into two different forms. He tells us that “Upper Canada only demanded an increase representation because she complained that she contributed more than Lower Canada to the revenue of the Province,” and because she therefore bore much the larger proportion of the public expenses without… Read more “The Financial Question”, The Globe (11 November 1864) →