Chapter XVII: Montreal in the Throes of CIVIL War

1837-1838

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO REMAIN CROWN-APPOINTED--THE SIGNAL FOR
REVOLT--FIRST INSURRECTIONARY MEETING. AT ST. OURS--DR. WOLFRED
NELSON--CONSTITUTIONAL MEETINGS--THE PARISHES--THE SEDITIONARY
MANIFESTO OF “LES FILS DE LIBERTE” AT MONTREAL--REVOLUTIONARY
BANNERS--IRISH REJECT REVOLUTIONARY PARTY--MGR. LARTIGUE’S
MANDEMENT AGAINST CIVIL WAR--THE FRACAS BETWEEN THE DORIC
CLUB AND THE FILS DE LIBERTE--RIOT ACT READ--THE “VINDICATOR”
GUTTED--MILITARY PROCEEDINGS--WARRANTS FOR ARREST--PAPINEAU
FLIES--RELEASE OF PRISONERS AT LONGUEUIL--COMMENCEMENT
OF HOSTILITIES--ST. DENIS--LIEUTENANT WEIR’S DEATH--GEN.
T.S. BROWN--ST. CHARLES--ST. EUSTACHE--CAPTURE OF WOLFRED
NELSON--SECOND MANDEMENT OF BISHOP LARTIGUE--DAY OF
THANKSGIVING--CONSTITUTION SUSPENDED--THE INDEPENDENCE OF
CANADA PROCLAIMED BY “PRESIDENT NELSON”--THE REGIMENTS LEAVE
THE CITY--LORD DURHAM ARRIVES--AMNESTY AND SENTENCES--DURHAM
RESIGNS--THE SECOND INSURRECTION--MARTIAL LAW IN MONTREAL--SIR
JOHN COLBORNE QUASHES REBELLION--STERN REPRISALS--ARRESTS--TRUE
BILLS--POLITICAL EXECUTIONS--“CONCORDIA SALUS” 149

CHAPTER XVIII

PROCLAMATION OF THE UNION

1841

HOME RULE FOR THE COLONY

THE DURHAM REPORT--THE RESOLUTIONS AT THE CHATEAU DE
RAMEZAY--LORD SYDENHAM--THE PROCLAMATION OF UNION AT
MONTREAL--RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT AT LAST 159