Document Information Date: 1849-07-12 By: Thomas Wilson, The Globe Citation: “Elective Governors and Elective Councillors” The Globe (24 July 1849). Other formats: ELECTIVE GOVERNORS AND ELECTIVE COUNCILLORS. The father of the League in Lower Canada is Thomas Wilson—once known as [illegible] one of the branches of the Commer[illegible] Mr. Wilson has spent the whole [illegible]able time for many weeks back, [illegible] the country, animating the Tory [illegible] forming branches of the League of [illegible] holding similar sentiments with him [illegible] Wilson has been sent as a delegate [illegible] Kingston Convention… Read more Letter from Thomas Wilson to the British American League Members (12 July 1849) →
Document Information Date: 1849-06-20 By: The Globe Citation: “The Tory Rebels—The League,”The Globe (20 June 1849). Other formats: THE TORY REBELS—THE LEAGUE. We have hitherto paid little heed to the violence with which the opposition Press of Canada has teemed for many weeks past; we regarded it as but a natural ebullition from men, long accustomed to view power and place as their peculiar right, on finding themselves driven by the force of liberal Institutions, for once carried out with integrity, into their true position in the body politic; and… Read more “THE TORY REBELS—THE LEAGUE,” The Globe (20 June 1849) →
Document Information Date: 1849-04-23 By: Roebuck, John Arthur Citation: John Arthur Roebuck, The Colonies of England: A Plan for the Government of Some Portion of Our Colonial Possessions (London: John W. Parker, 1849). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). THE COLONIES OF ENGLAND: A P L A N FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SOME PORTION OF OUR COLONIAL POSSESSIONS. BY JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK, M.P. A land there lies Now void; it fits thy people; thither bend Thy course; there shalt thou find a lasting seat: There to… Read more J.A. Roebuck, The Colonies of England (1849) →
Document Information Date: 1849-04-18 By: The Globe Citation: “Correspondence of the Globe,”The Globe (18 April 1849). Other formats: MONTREAL Saturday Morning, 14th. The House was engaged on Tarsday [sic] evening in parish business of no particular intest [sic]. A great many private bills went through [illegible] second reading. The Legislative Council [illegible] engaged on the same day in the discussion of a series of resolutions of the Hon. Thomas McKay, in favour of [illegible]ing the Legislative Council elective. Mr. McKay’s [illegible] argument for the change was, that a number of… Read more “Correspondence of the Globe,” [re Elective Legislative Council] (18 April 1849) →
Document Information Date: 1849-04-12 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Legislative Council,”The Globe (21 April 1849). Other formats: LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THURSDAY—April 12. The House met at three o’clock. HON. Mr. M’KAY’S RESOLUTIONS. On the order of the. Day being read for the consideration by the house of the resolutions submitted by the hon. Mr. M’Kay, relating to the constitution of the house in reference to the gentlemen who have been lately called to seats in that branch of the Legislature— Hon. Mr. M’KAY said, in the remarks he… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Council, Hon. Mr. McKay’s Resolutions (12 April 1849) →
Document Information Date: 1849-04-12 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Legislative Council,”The Globe (14 April 1849). Other formats: LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. April 12. The House met at 3 p,m. A tedious conversation ensued on certain resolutions’ submitted by the Hon. Mr. McKay, in reference to the condition of the House by the addition of several gentlemen to that branch of the Legislature. The hon. Member moved that in the opinion of that Honourable House—the Constitution of the Council was defective. Hon. Mr. MCGILL was not prepared to vote, that… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Council (12 April 1849) →
Document Information Date: 1846-04-07 By: R. E. Caron Citation: Letter from the Hon. R. E. Caron to the Hon. L. H. Lafontaine (7 April 1846). 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: 1846-04-07 By: R. E. Caron Citation: Letter from the Hon. R. E. Caron to the Hon. W. H. Draper (Montreal: 7 April 1846). 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… Read more Letter from the Hon. R. E. Caron to the Hon. W. H. Draper (7 April 1846) →