, 1880-01-28
CANADIAN FEUDALISM,
The Ancient Cti*totrts, Abolished T,ycn-
ty.tlve Years Aga. Tlsnt 1Inde tire
pcnHArfsk Lot n Hard One.

III t!te i.a'sl a"s nov ~ progress IN brlsnl'l
tec"lls the long AruEnle for the abolition OF
t'ic fc,t,af tenure wl.lcl this pr0yfnce wakc'l
hro,,,,l,t to n s;,ccrssrm ,ss,,e in 1ssa II IL
"vosna ~ ss"sss'", ,1s1e ~ - ~ ~
@ ,1o. sencsn.'S M klnwn WI 20 ..le on, on'sioa wo,nl' M
but 1t Is 'oiic tie less true, tint up to flyc-
S!Tsy % Syo ys%Ts n sss eFo the n,'1 rr' e s'st"% sp
,,.,", mx,sinI AMI ,yns Il, f,,f tn,o" ~ T.,
"." t,s, cS,ss' u.au ,,,s Mss , ~ ~. ,"1s, III
Lower Ch''a'a, III l:.s ING haitK oi Franco
Vf New France. rs Cannta was then called.
rnnfnrrEny ,,,,n,, linn thn rIpht II, ncc,,nv n,,Li
,,s,.,. 49," it,ia - t,,a a,.io,,, a.I T., ,..t, n
"';'s 'se MINUS " wv eo'o"s, .'Rl ~ estup'
after the ancient custom. III I.iy,
t},esa couccssIons wrrc conf,r,n,Yl but
lin rnar fnlln,v,nc inv wnrn tro,,..
u s..,., 'M ,, ~ sr,"n W. ., ~" t,,...t m""s
tl!s Hundred Associates, merchants, many
oT them Ifug,,cnuts, w},u were !utr,,sttfl with
the task Of colnnfzinr the country. md II,
,.ho,'' ,o s,,,1 r;.,,,, ~ fn.,,, t,oI, .,t ~ ~
WIN" ", ,e, .e s.. @ ,ha ". ,"'h T., t ,," .'ns a' ~
vested. The King, Of course, maintained hts
Sovereignty intact, and thu cl,artrr pn1ninett
lint In ioke,l Of their rcalty IL, lin. tle ,,rr
"T5 ~ ;' s new ,n",,nrr' n rrny 'I ny p"1,a n,rt
y! n,,ris III, ~ ~" f,r ,n,',t's i II x,;rt rhe Ass1.
t,, XIV ~ WV, ~ 'a H. III H. n,.
% ~ tGcS snw ~ mi !" rn.n,t. fitrs' R III i,nm"rs
an prTE1'y's Y +, Ts t E;,s t. tsn sp
nt ,,rnntu ti'f fra' % ta ,nnt1nranH ~ III not o
r. ,'r,,i,t" rinIrv ",,tt IL ,.xtahltsi' ia
;,,trn.iMr e ~ " s.,rm",'ri,, tsnur" @ tnt,,
im,vsr Z t'anadn, IN ifsSI fnw,.vrr, liz.
snrrr,1drrs,l Msdl thair msS wcrs "t ~ IN; r,i,s, its,
| officers directly aplOl,tetl by Him: H,!il IN
india ctnnpa!,yy, wilisi' t,ts bsean1e @ . ,s,s-
Sesst' Of alt thy French cnDnEcs ir tliu tw0
helnsplsrr's.. Tile new Consmny's, tenure
WIS VERY similar 70 tnt enjoyed by tiIe Cont
! Mcter throughout. IN 1!74 the West .lnia
Company was at,olis!!etl,. asn! New frunce
oncc cnlorc passed nn'ler tho direct sway nf
the Crown. asul there 1t rclGained until the
Through all this period Of 1ao years the selg-
lleurs held their estates subject to the cliS-
tom or cmle IT l'arls; aud; wllll sone, nm!ifl-
rntions. rtjoyctl III! the privileges md rishts,
the lnotller-r.,,lntfy. and l,y tho articles OF
| tile capitalization of Montreal they wcre "eu,l-
srryr. +, entire alal pcaeeabl9 p,ssesston q
their estates nlsI s'j"y,ncHtsn . ~ s'! their
United l'rnvinces Of Uluer alut Lower C'l!a-
ta appointing u commission 10 ,apprntse the
h!ssl's vrtalleI by the art of abolition, nnl
| Ntn(t Slu,OOU,UVo WIS nppllcu III fecUuplNb
them.
The burdens which the Frcnch Canadian
many ,ant .Erleyons. ,Comparrd With t'lnm
W. ysks Of the irs! tsst s l. pn ,,; easy "s
over Iis estntp, lie administered Justice In
t,ss farms, ,mH;ie -, oysMne Ct .*xe e. md I'D
,isjulls, Iic atone cof,i bu!l,i nn.l work
sristnlls, an! M h!s tsntry @ ths cf'3,stairss ,' s
IL, his lniIi nut nv him toll for tic grinding.
U!sr u the . Exlisl fsual y M ten1e , ), tis l! Was '
tujl wis knoWn ii G N10iu ncutD, tlo INCOME
from the mlll, whence, when thy @ wof'l "eMo'9. eng; Y,
lie rrusi,uiu 1y for ul,,lnst uny
seth # time hl,t rs se,t'ers Wcrs sc,rcs il
sta,ptarI punishment wns tic supj,Iicc u
clc,al. !Thu cllsvNi was a huge wuoden
Ury peasant was stripped and plncet
asirtd. Of 4; weights were a.tache!d
il piraswl its muster 10 .oriIcr lin dawn.