Chapter I: Front Matter

[Frontispiece: The Fathers of Confederation. After a painting by Robert Harris.]

THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION

A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion

by

A. H. U. COLQUHOUN

TORONTO

GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY

1916

_Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention_

TO

COLONEL GEORGE T. DENISON

WHOSE LIFE-WORK IS PROOF THAT
LOYALTY TO THE EMPIRE IS
FIDELITY TO CANADA

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CONTENTS

Page

I. THE DAWN OF THE MOVEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II. OBSTACLES TO UNION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
III. THE EVE OF CONFEDERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
IV. THE HOUR AND THE MEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
V. THE CHARLOTTETOWN CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
VI. THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
VII. THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
VIII. THE DEBATES OF 1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
IX. ROCKS IN THE CHANNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
X. 'THE BATTLE OF UNION' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
XI. THE FRAMING OF THE BILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
XII. THE FIRST DOMINION MINISTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
XIII. FROM SEA TO SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
XIV. THE WORK OF THE FATHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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ILLUSTRATIONS

THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
After the painting by Robert Harris.

WILLIAM SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _facing page_ 4
From a portrait in the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa.

SIR ALEXANDER T. GALT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 16
From a photograph by Topley.

GEORGE BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 32
From a photograph in the possession of Mrs Freeland
Barbour, Edinburgh.

SIR GEORGE CARTIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 42
From a painting in the Château de Ramezay.

SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 80
From the painting by A. Dickson Patterson.

SIR CHARLES TUPPER, BART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 116
From a photograph by Elliott and Fry, London.

ALEXANDRE ANTONIN TACHÉ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 166
From a photograph lent by Rev. L. Messier, St Boniface.

AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN--GEORGE BROWN ADDRESSING AN AUDIENCE
OF FARMERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 180
From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys.

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