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... majority of the people are French , that they cherish the souvenir of the Old Motherland - who does not , with a heart beating in the proper place ? —but it is also the highest evidence of the unlimited liberty which we enjoy ...
... majority of the people are French , that they cherish the souvenir of the Old Motherland - who does not , with a heart beating in the proper place ? —but it is also the highest evidence of the unlimited liberty which we enjoy ...
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... majority of our own people should have precedence over Latin in common schools goes without saying , unless we wish to educate our children for exile , as too many are doing . The fact that not only France , but Canada has a magnificent ...
... majority of our own people should have precedence over Latin in common schools goes without saying , unless we wish to educate our children for exile , as too many are doing . The fact that not only France , but Canada has a magnificent ...
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... majority before 1841. — Lower Canada was first to enfranchise Jews . - The Oka Case . - Intermingling of Norman and Anglo - Saxon blood.- Catholic properties not more exempted from taxes than Protestants . - The examination of students ...
... majority before 1841. — Lower Canada was first to enfranchise Jews . - The Oka Case . - Intermingling of Norman and Anglo - Saxon blood.- Catholic properties not more exempted from taxes than Protestants . - The examination of students ...
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... majority that was oppressed , but the English minority . To support that extraordinary view you refer to a petition of the Montreal Constitutional Association presented to the Crown . A very lame excuse when we know that the feud ...
... majority that was oppressed , but the English minority . To support that extraordinary view you refer to a petition of the Montreal Constitutional Association presented to the Crown . A very lame excuse when we know that the feud ...
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... the Catholic representation in the county council , each mayor of a municipality being ex - officio a member of that body . It occurred that the majority of the 66 county council espoused their cause and refused the admission 23.
... the Catholic representation in the county council , each mayor of a municipality being ex - officio a member of that body . It occurred that the majority of the 66 county council espoused their cause and refused the admission 23.
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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...