Document Information Date: 1864-08-18 By: The Globe Citation: “The Proposed Confederation of the British North American Provinces”, The Globe [Toronto] (18 August 1864). Other formats: THE PROPOSED CONFEDERATION OF THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN PROVINCES (From the Canadian London News, Aug. 4.) We have in another column given copious extracts from the Canadian journals of all shades of opinion, expressing their views as to the proposed confederation of the British North American Provinces, and from them we unmistakably gather that the proposition is one that is looked upon with the utmost… Read more “The Proposed Confederation of the British North American Provinces,” The Globe (18 August 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-16 By: Joseph Howe Citation: Despatch from Joseph Howe to Charles Tupper (16 August 1864) in Journal and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Appendix No. 3—Union of the Colonies (1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). “Lily,” August 16th, 1864. MY DEAR SIR,— I am sorry for many reasons to be compelled to decline participation in the Conference at Charlottetown, the season is so fat advanced that I find my summer’s work would be so seriously… Read more Despatch from Joseph Howe to Charles Tupper (16 August 1864) →
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: Perth Courier Citation: “Progress of the Federal Idea”, Perth Courier (12 August, 1864) Other formats: TBA PROGRESS OF THE FEDERAL IDEA. The Globe is laboring hard to prove that the adoption of the Federal system of government will overcome all the evils under which Canada is now suffering, and, in union with the other British American Provinces, will constitute us a great Northern Nation—a breakwater, as it were, to guard against the fury of American republicanism. In the utopian union about to be formed by Mr.… Read more “Progress of the Federal Idea”, Perth Courier (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) →