...therefore, may be said to have been race antagonism. As Lord Durham expressed it [1819 AD] in 1839, "I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single...found a struggle not of principles but of races." Circumstances gave to the movement the form and aspect of a struggle for representative government....

...the continuance and security of their religious institutions. Lord Durham, in his memorable report on the condition of Canada, has summed up very expressively...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races." While racial antagonisms intensified the difficulties in French Canada, there existed in all the provinces...

...„Report" seine Eindrücke mit folgenden Worten1): „I expected to find a contest between a Governement and a people ; I found two nations warring in the bosom of a simple State ; I found a struggle , not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would...

...to become coordinated. " I came," he says, " to find a struggle between a people and a government; I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single State; not a war of principles, but a war of races . . . ." The separation of the provinces in 1791 was, Lord...

...confronted not only by political, but also by racial, religious, and economic problems. ' I expected to find a contest between a Government and a people...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we...

...separateness extended from the highest to the lowest classes. " I expected," wrote Lord Durham in 1838, " to find a contest between a Government and a people....two nations warring in the bosom of a single State." Such was the fatal issue which differences of race, aggravated by the opposition of interest between...

...separateness extended from the highest to the lowest classes. " I expected," wrote Lord Durham in 1838, " to find a contest between a Government and a people....found two nations warring in the bosom of a single State.11 Such was the fatal issue which differences of race, aggravated by the opposition of interest...

...faisant fi des convenances, ne 1 " I expeeted to find a contest between a government and a people, and I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state." It must, henceforth, be the first and steady purpose of the British Government to establish an English...

...English statesmen might have repeated what Lord Durham said of Canada in his famous report : "I expected to find a contest between a government and a people....two nations warring in the bosom of a single state." ' For centuries Ireland has remained a conquered land without a thorough fusion of the victors and...

...words: 'I expected to find a contest between a government and a people. I found two nations waring in the bosom of a single state. I found a struggle not of principles, but of races.' The fact, however, that this state of things prevailed in Lower Canada rendered the constitutional...