The Family Compact. A Chronicle of the Rebellion in Upper Canada

204 Pages·1915·5.711 MB·English

by  W. Stewart Wallace

CHRONICLES OF CANADA
EditedbyGeorgeM.Wrongand H. H. Langton
In thirty-two volumes
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THE FAMILY COMPACT
BY W. STEWART WALLACE
Part VII
The Strugglefor Political Freedom
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THE
FAMILY COMPACT
A
Chronicle of the Rebellion
in Upper Canada
BY
W. STEWART WALLACE
TORONTO
GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY
1915
49504
Co{)yright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention
r
TO
MY FATHER

CONTENTS
Page
I. A LOCAL OLIGARCHY I
n. THE 'JACOBINS' .... 8
III. THE BANISHED BRITON .... 27
THE MAITLAND REGIME ....
IV. 43
V. A REFORM ASSEMBLY 66
VI. 'ONE OF THE MEMBERS FORTHE COUNTY
OF YORK'
74
THE SEVENTH REPORT
VII. . . . • 93
VIII. THE 'TRIED REFORMER' . . . .100
IX. 'REBEL BLOOD' 114
X. THE OUTBREAK 128
THE AFTERMATH
XI. 149
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE .161
. . .
INDEX X65