 I expected to find a contest between a government and a people: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state: I found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2591895Full view - About this book
 | 1911 - 1292 pages
...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... | |
 | A. Wyatt Tilby - Great Britain - 1911 - 460 pages
...independent, not very manageable, and sometimes a rather turbulent democracy.' ' I expected,' he proceeded, ' to find a contest between a government and a people....found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws and institutions, until we could... | |
 | William Lenny Griffith - Canada - 1911 - 566 pages
...history of the Dominion. The keynote of the report is to be found in the following passage : " I expected to find a contest between a government and a people....nations warring in the bosom of a single state : I found the struggle, not of principles, but of races, and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any... | |
 | A. Wyatt Tilby - Canada - 1912 - 500 pages
...independent, not very manageable, and sometimes a rather turbulent democracy.' ' I expected,' he proceeded, ' to find a contest between a government and a people....found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws and institutions, until we could... | |
 | John George Lambton Earl of Durham - Canada - 1912 - 354 pages
...Legislature, and found a deeper seated cause of strife. ' I expected,' he writes in often-quoted terms, ' to find a contest between a government and a people...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ' (ii. 16). Lord Durham probably somewhat exaggerated the strength of the race antipathy, but that... | |
 | John Castell Hopkins - Canadians, French-speaking - 1913 - 542 pages
...actual violence of the conflict was over that Lord Durham reported to the Home Government: "I expected to find a contest between a government and a people:...I 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... | |
 | 1913 - 158 pages
...success could be expected in any attempt to remedy the many evils of this unhappy Province. I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...warring in the bosom of a single state : I found a 68 A STRUGGLE OF RACES straggle, not of principles, but of races, and I perceived that it would be... | |
 | Arthur Pierre Poley - Australia - 1913 - 480 pages
...antagonism. " I expected to find a contest between a Government and a people," reported Lord Durham, " I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single...found a struggle not of principles, but of races." In 1838 the Imperial Government suspended the Con- ^Ut^ension stitution of Lower Canada, and made provision... | |
 | 1914 - 136 pages
...Constitution, had been established as checks on the unbridled exercise of popular power. ... 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... | |
 | William Henry Atherton - Montréal (Québec) - 1914 - 890 pages
...off into disi camps. "I expected," says Durham in his report, "to find a contest between a gov ment and a people. I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single s I found a struggle not of principles but of races." Hence his grand solution "home rule" for the... | |
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