ritish America League, the, resolutions of, 27-8.
British North America Act, the, 74; and the qualification of voters,
133.
Brown, George, founds the 'Globe,' 18; stirs up racial and religious
strife between Upper and Lower Canada, 29-31, 32, 71; his antagonism
towards Macdonald, 32 and note, 33, 46-7, 95, 117; opposes Seigneurial
Tenure and Clergy Reserves Bills, 45 and note; leader of the Clear
Grits, 47; his policy of Rep. by Pop., 54-5, 67, 69, 72; his Short
Administration in 1858 and humiliation, 57-8, 59; his opinion of the
Double Shuffle, 61; joins hands with Macdonald and Cartier to carry
through the scheme of Confederation, 42, 71-3, 83; joins the
Tache-Macdonald Cabinet, 73, 104; quarrels with his colleagues and
resumes his ferocious attacks on the Government, 75 and note; out of
Parliament, 95; his letter soliciting campaign funds, 101 n.; his
assassination, 18, 118.
Campbell, Sir Alexander, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: studies law
under Macdonald, 7-8; becomes a partner, 14; the aristocrat of
Macdonald's Cabinet, 115, 149-51.
Canada, and the Hudson's Bay Company, 49, 88; financial depression in
1857, 53; the visit of the Prince of Wales (Edward VII), 67-8; the
position of prime minister, 76-7; the transfer of the North-West, 88;
the Treaty of Washington, 91-3, 94; the terms of union with British
Columbia, 93; the building of the C.P.R., 49-52, 97-101, 118-21; the
Franchise Act of 1885, 135-8; reciprocity with United States, 172, 173;
content to live under the flag of Great Britain, 179-81.
Canadian Pacific Railway, the, first mooted, 49-52; the Pacific
Scandal, 97 and note, 100; the building of, 118-126.
Caron, Sir Adolphe, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald, 140, 142-3.
Cartier, Sir George Etienne, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: leader
of French-Canadian wing of Liberal-Conservative government, 41, 44-5,
47, 57, 96, 115; his work on behalf of Confederation, 42, 62, 78, 80;
the Double Shuffle, 59-62; his relations with Macdonald, 78, 91;
negotiates for the transfer of the North-West, 88.
Cartwright, Sir Richard, 87, 96; takes umbrage at Macdonald's
appointment of Hincks as finance minister, 84, 85, 86 and note, 87; his
relations with Macdonald, 116, 118, 150, 165-7; a most accomplished
debater, 164-5.
Cayley, William, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald, 25.
Chapleau, Adolphe, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald, 140, 142-3, 156.
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