The French QuestionÉditeur non identifié, 1888 - 87 páginas |
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... figures show that the Pro- testant section of the community has , upon the whole , no ground of complaint . The distribution gives the Protestant institutions 30.25 per cent , of the whole amount . The Catholic population , according to ...
... figures show that the Pro- testant section of the community has , upon the whole , no ground of complaint . The distribution gives the Protestant institutions 30.25 per cent , of the whole amount . The Catholic population , according to ...
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... figure of Maisonneuve and the fair form of this gentle nun we " find the two heroes of Montreal . " When you visit the beautiful convent of Villa Maria , the former residence of our governors , you admire in the parlor a large picture ...
... figure of Maisonneuve and the fair form of this gentle nun we " find the two heroes of Montreal . " When you visit the beautiful convent of Villa Maria , the former residence of our governors , you admire in the parlor a large picture ...
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... figures published since we ascertain that from 1763 to 1841 , the expenditure in Upper Canada reached $ 5,592,746 , that of Lower Canada being $ 4,253,436 . From 1841 to 1867 , the public works of Upper Canada entailed an expenditure of ...
... figures published since we ascertain that from 1763 to 1841 , the expenditure in Upper Canada reached $ 5,592,746 , that of Lower Canada being $ 4,253,436 . From 1841 to 1867 , the public works of Upper Canada entailed an expenditure of ...
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... figures . To show your provincial superiority , you are fond of parading educational statistics . It appears from ... figure of 199 , 529 . ( * ) Thus our average attendance is nearly as high as yours although the number of your pupils ...
... figures . To show your provincial superiority , you are fond of parading educational statistics . It appears from ... figure of 199 , 529 . ( * ) Thus our average attendance is nearly as high as yours although the number of your pupils ...
Página 63
... figures will serve to illustrate . Kingston , 6,292 souls ; Cornwall , 1,407 ; Niagara , 2,287 ; London , 2,078 ; and Bytown , 3,000 , were each given a member with a total population of 15,064 ; whilst Huntingdon , 36,204 souls ...
... figures will serve to illustrate . Kingston , 6,292 souls ; Cornwall , 1,407 ; Niagara , 2,287 ; London , 2,078 ; and Bytown , 3,000 , were each given a member with a total population of 15,064 ; whilst Huntingdon , 36,204 souls ...
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Página 14 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 37 - Catholic neighbors, should be able to carry the point of taxation, and reduce us to a state of perfect humiliation and slavery. Such an enterprise would doubtless make some addition to your national debt, which already presses down your liberties, and fills you with pensioners and placemen.
Página 37 - Nor can we suppress our astonishment that a British Parliament should ever consent to establish in that country a religion that has deluged your island in blood, and dispersed impiety, bigotry, persecution, murder, and rebellion through every part of the world.
Página 38 - If laws divine and human could secure it against the despotic caprices of wicked men, it was secured before. Are the French laws in civil cases restored? It seems so. But observe the cautious kindness of the ministers who pretend to be your benefactors. The words of the statute are, "that those laws shall be the rule until they shall be varied or altered by any ordinances of the governor and council.
Página 39 - We are too well acquainted with the liberality of sentiment distinguishing your nation to imagine, that difference of religion will prejudice you against a hearty amity with us.
Página 39 - Seize the opportunity presented to you by Providence itself. You have been conquered into liberty, if you act as you ought. This work is not of man. You are a small people, compared to those who with open arms invite you into fellowship. A moment's reflection should convince you which will be most for your interest and happiness, to have all the rest of North America your unalterable friends, or your inveterate enemies.
Página 38 - You are a small people compared with those who, with open arms, invite you into a fellowship. A moment's reflection should convince you which will be most for your interest and happiness, to have all the rest of North America your unalterable friends, or your inveterate enemies.
Página 57 - Provided that it shall not be lawful to present to the lieutenant governor of Quebec for assent any Bill for altering the limits of any of the electoral divisions or districts mentioned in the second schedule to this Act unless the second and third readings of such Bill have been passed in the Legislative Assembly with the concurrence of the majority of...
Página 36 - ... fit instruments in the hands of power, to reduce the ancient free Protestant Colonies to the same state of slavery with themselves...
Página 57 - Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec for Assent any Bill for altering the Limits of any of the Electoral Divisions or Districts mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act, unless the Second and Third Readings of such Bill have been passed in the Legislative Assembly with the Concurrence of the Majority of the Members representing all those Electoral Divisions or Districts, and the Assent shall not be given to such Bill unless an Address has been presented by the Legislative Assembly to the Lieutenant-Governor...