The Patriotes of '37. A Chronicle of the Rebellion in Lower Canada

166 Pages·1922·5.198 MB·English

by  Alfred C. Decelles

!CHRONICLES OF CANADA
EditedbyGeorgeM.WrongandH,H.Langton
In thirty-two volumes
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THE ‘PATRIOTES’ OF ’37
BY ALFRED DECELLES
D.
Part VII
The Strugglefor Political Freedom

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A Chronicle of the Lower
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ALFRED DECELLES
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TORONTO
GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY
1922
Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention
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ALBERTA LIBRAHT
PREFATORY NOTE
The manuscript for this little book, written
by me in French, was handed over for transla-
tion to Mr Stewart Wallace. The result as
here presented is therefore a joint product,
Mr Wallace, himself a writer of ability and a
student of Canadian history, naturally made
a very free translation of my work and intro-
duced some ideas of his own. He insists,
however, that the work is mine; and, with
this acknowledgment of his part in it, I can
do no less than acquiesce, at the same time
expressing my pleasure at having had as
collaborator a young writer of such good in-
sight. And it is surely appropriate that an
English Canadian and a French Canadian
should join in a narrative of the political war
between the two raceswhich forms the subject
ofthisbook.
A. D. DECELLES.
Ottawa, 1915.
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CONTENTS
Page
CANADIANS, OLD AND NEW
I. . . . l
II. THE RIGHTS OF THE DEFE.ATE.D .. .. 7
III. ‘THE REIGN OF TERROR’ ... 13
IV. THE RISE OF PAPINEAU . 21
V. THE NINETY-TWO RESOLUT.ION.S .. .. 33
VI. THE ROYAL COMMISSION ... 44
VII. THE RUSSELL RESOLUTIONS 57
VIII. THE DOGS OF WAR 69
IX. FORCE MAJEURE 82
X. THE LORD HIGH COMMISSIONER . . 104
XL THE SECOND REBELLION .117
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XII. A POSTSCRIPT .... 128
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 134
INDEX 136
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