The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-26

ployeu ~ ~ In iEnRtand, received positions
In which. they f1ceccd the reople- without
and ii was natural that the disease should md
Governors. In their speecses. from the throne,
htctored and insulted the French In the Az.
; ssTIS, Il. F krsHsh p %sao 'sa.S S' r: { s'e Mss. ra /.
King. as the British styled themselves. locke d
They seized the lions SHARE Of the patronage.
ia 1884. when the province contained 525.OOl
u sai' seltisS. there e. sr wsss i Sst British an. md o Tfjo9 y
iass,has o%i nri,S The cSammereIsi Interest. al
pe%rpeiussi Conflict over nss@f language ana .n edac alto
church property, and other matters touching
religion. Canadians learned Tor the first time.
that 1t is impossible for two different races.
neither numerous enough to absorb the other.
Joseph PapincaH becamY the. leader OF tho
French r. ras,y In the first legislature. copsti-
alist in his Younger days. During the War VI
independepce when the American troops were
Ing an important despatch from Montreal to
Quebec. The desratch was from Lord Howe
to Cen. Carleton; and Ind been sent to the
pany, with an officer, took II concealed in n
Walking stick TO QneLsc. going on foot
nights with the parish priests. He served
as u volunteer Mt the siege Of Quebec. He
was = man Of large stature eloIuept AMI uer-
yos.rh Tnpin.ai. entered iihs- Assembly in
q years old, and niiei tho ONCE until 1851.
The speaker In those days was not II presiding
IN tss %saslyi but LIE tee h 1fsd latter e. ,h he % %ss ,.ii
no fGnsl in Fr { Sh Saaaaa; 10th were insSr.
joseph. was a Minister after the reunion OF
Cpi.r and Lower canada in 1871.
rather and son fought tile same battle un-
DER Nlnllhf pDnlttlOna. ina .nrnlar dtGfin-
gulshed himself by his resistance to Sir James
Siaig. a martinet who ma 10 no secret OF his
and effnce the french. Louis Joseph con-
tended against n number Of Governors who
England frequently, and had friends in O'uon-
aeii and Hume: In 81 he carried to Lon.
would have crushed tho French Canadians.
Ten years later he drafted a rnrer. known as
grievances and demands Of the peonle. What
tncy nskeI wa. in a word. to have a voice.
,hronSn their rep esen'.ttyes il the Assem-
the IesisI.tiso Council and TO- be %
The resolutions were adorted by tho Assem-
Ny which. In spite OF three dissolutions
to vote the sprropriationnss Necessary ' t. csrrG
on tho Government. Lord John liussell. sir.
Gladstone. and u majority of the British House
the Legislative Council I'M elective body. and
empowered the Govrrpo or to employ OF his
motion certain branches of revenue TO m.ot
the expenditure. lnpineau denounced this as
an infringement Of tho Constitution. wntrh
TTn naI;a :, say it Was: Events m"ysd rnpidly:
loyalists. In order to defeat the order that
had urged the people to cease purchasing i'm
ported goods. to clothe themselves In home
shsy d ira Ier at "a ali pr Ens hnme irink n0 Shinssl il
His advice was taken and the customs receipts
iell OF S2lh.uOO in q short time. Lord Cos
number OF magistrates. militia officers, and
civil servants suspected Of being. friendly to
meetings. Notwithstanding tho Prohibition
agains them. but was careful to recommend
constitutional agitation and nothing more.
tlon o! the English minority in Montreal, is
suod warrants for the arrest OF the ringlead-
themselves. on. organization Gcing known as
the Sons Of Liberty: blood was M. on 10th
fldes: and on SoTi - ~. the %ratrio.s Of st.
repulsed. after six hours lighting. n Ictach.
msnt Of troops which had come with u Shcr-
The campaign wa. nrief. The troops. with
SirJohn Coiborne In chief command, attacked
SMASHED them in detail. though y. as sV viii an he
seen later. a sort OF guerrilla warfare was main.
talasd on the n!ernationai frontier during the
Montreal Issued 'Na"imsais denoancfnc the
rebels MS bal Catholics. They Displayed much
stsai y bu hnss s sSms sn nse q mSrb 5IIts!0t So:, N" Of
them were armed with nothing better thnn
IMS I}Tssss c Sn% ne vs sroGGS burnt one o.
Nirs.shiri Colborne; ON HIS being raised to
t dntbsss S'f4#s ford Is sa nSsa sssss a F'ron agR p w1s
Immigration Of Satan making a fair tirt pun pt on
the English ses;on. Twelve rebels tried ~
%srs saul l" ~ r Sr1s fSe snd bot any nf1 ny. fhs
resurrection wns confined to the region round
about Myn'reai. to ne district watsr.I ihy the
tains north of, the st. Lawrence: but Without
doubt it would have spread rom one end to
f bsn nsG Sad net Il b sse . 81 -w i tSf io Ta y az at a s.:
aste'. The habitan's might have pocketed
large rewards by tetraying the leaders. but
farmer named Laporte betrayed the hiding
llace Of Amury nir"i,. but Girod shot himself
body. with u stake driven through it. was
hurled at the crossroads OF SherbrooEo and
s.; lawrence Main streets in Montreal. When
Philadelphia. where he remained some time
before going, to France. passing, a
of u" yisit iss'f franknIie Institute %Si ,n ami 1he one na aSy
while thcre nearly came face to face with Lord
Ssm Z WV, wno ,s Wss t IN mis- ms, WAY ~ r to E M a and
while not admitting that the instruction was
jaH nni saas hi Inc aG nts $ sMil k hin mat si0 it ,n had
up his abode at Saratoga. whore he studied
law. and then In New York city. He married
ea Am1 Etisnns W cMl. EnD an a,Hh n rsbe .Hp BECAME sS";
the leader OF tho Tory party il French Canada
and a baronet. The liepeilion Losses Till
compensated those who had lost rropegty. and
in 1858 Il monument was erected in C0te-des- |
Neiges Cemetery to tho patriots killed in ac-
ton. as well as to those who dlsd on tho sraf-
fold. There IL no monument to the loyalists.
The British Government, soon conceded all
that Papineau had demanded. new Consti-
tuition uniting uppsT, and Lower Canada was
for the extension OF parliam entary freedom, |
but wsro opposed 70 union with the, English
Tho union was designed to put
Them under control q the English POPULATION.
from the British Islands: it was exnecteh.
fusion OF races which the former Constitution
had utterly failed to bring, about. The use OF
nIed. rpIer Canada: with fewer inhab-
sentNtlves as irench canada. and the French
Canadians. who mad nodebt. were compelled to |
that Of Upper Canada equally with
tho Upper Canadians. 1t was believed thattho
rranKemen was. due TO the influence
exertrd 10 the British House OF Commons by
the EnCiish creditors OF Upper Canada. but
tho French hung together in q solid column |
in the united Parliament. and proved more
and Reform. each OF which in turn lid for