Document Information Date: 1864-08-16 By: The Globe Citation: “The Lower Province Excursion”, The Globe [Toronto] (16 August 1864). Other formats: The Lower Province Excursion. ——— FROM ST. JOHN TO FREDERICTON. ——— THE PUBLIC DINNER. ——— GOV. GORDON’S LEVEE. &c., &c., &c. ——— (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) ——— FREDERICTON, N.B., Aug. 9. The speed with which we are hurried from point to point—the rapidity with which one event follows in the footsteps of another, renders it impossible for the correspondents of the press to give daily an account of each day’s… Read more “The Lower Province Excursion”, The Globe (16 August 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-13 By: The Globe Citation: “The Constitutional Movement”, The Globe [Toronto] (13 August 1864). Other formats: The Constitutional Movement (From the Illustrated London News, July 30.) United Canada has entered upon another phase of her brief but agitated history. The constitution elaborated for the Canadas by the British Legislature in 1840, and of which the distinguishing feature was the Legislative Union between the two heterogeneous provinces, is now, after an actual trial of twenty-three years, condemned by both the French and the British parties, and a coalition… Read more “The Constitutional Movement,” The Globe (13 August 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-12 By: The Globe Citation: “The Constitutional Movement: Further Opinions from the British Press”, The Globe [Toronto] (12 August 1864). Other formats: The Constitutional Movement. ——— FURTHER OPINIONS FROM THE BRITISH PRESS. ——— (From the Dundee Advertiser, July 18.) A territory so extensive and so rich in natural resources as British America must yet play an important role in the future, not only of the western continent, but of the world itself. Already the population of the two Canadas, together with that of the other British North… Read more “The Constitutional Movement: Further Opinions from the British Press” The Globe (12 August 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-12 By: The Globe Citation: “The Tour in the Lower Provinces”, The Globe [Toronto] (12 August 1864). Other formats: The Tour in the Lower Provinces. ——— (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) ——— OFF EASTPORT, Me., Friday, August 5, 1864. Here we are at last. After a long and most fatiguing land journey, via Grand Trunk, the guests of the Lower Provinces yesterday afternoon found themselves safely aboard the staunch steamer New England, bound for St. John. I telegraphed you earlier in the day that the weather was exceedingly… Read more “The Tour in the Lower Provinces”, The Globe (12 August 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-12 By: Montreal Gazette Citation: “The Parliamentary Excursion to the Maritime Provinces,” Montreal Gazette (12 August 1864) Other formats: THE PARLIAMENTARY EXCURSION TO THE MARITIME PROVINCES EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE St. John, Aug. 6th. I send you particulars which I have gathered respecting the Government and institutions of New Brunswick:— The form of Government here is identical with ours—the Executive Council or Ministry is composed of nine-members. They now consist of, Hon. S. L. Tilley, Prov. Secretary, J.M. Johnson, Atty. Gen., Chas. Watters, Sold. Gen., G.L. Hatheway, Com.… Read more “The Parliamentary Excursion to the Maritime Provinces,” Montreal Gazette (12 August 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-11 By: Montreal Gazette Citation: “The Parliamentary Excursion to the Maritime Provinces,” Montreal Gazette (11 August 1864) Other formats: THE PARLIAMENTARY EXCURSION TO THE MARITIME PROVINCES EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE ST. JOHN, N.B., Aug. 6. At about five o’clock on Thursday, the Canadians, en route for St. John, made their way to the boat through a semi-deluge of rain. This, and the fact that the boat was already crowded with passengers from Boston, discouraged several parties, who turned back. And this may, perhaps, be the proper place to free… Read more “The Parliamentary Excursion to the Maritime Provinces,” Montreal Gazette (11 August 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-10 By: The Globe Citation: “The Canadian Federation”, The Globe [Toronto] (10 August 1864). Other formats: THE CANADIAN FEDERATION (From the Boston Advertiser, 8th) The recent political combinations in Canada have pointed not only to a federation of the Canadas, but of all the British American colonies. By the soundest of arguments it has been reasoned that common interests could best be promoted, and local jealousies made least mischievous, by a union which, without undertaking to absolutely fuse inconsistent elements, should still bring them under a common… Read more “The Canadian Federation,” The Globe (10 August 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-10 By: The Globe Citation: “The Future of Canada”, The Globe [Toronto] (10 August 1864). Other formats: The Constitutional Movement FURTHER OPINIONS FROM THE ENGLISH PRESS (From the London Daily News, July 20.) It must be borne in mind, that the union of parties now witnessed is no more than a coalition, although one of the most justifiable kind, guarded and dignified by a specific and worthy common end. Should the project fail, the two Canadas cannot fall back into their former relations to each other; the… Read more “The Constitutional Movement: Further Opinions from the English Press,” The Globe (10 August 1864) →