and Durham's Report, were mile-stones on
the road to responsible government. =Index=: =Mc= Rattray on, 5, 6; Lord
John Russell on, 19, 20; resolution refusing, passed by Imperial House,
20; Lord Glenelg opposes, 21; Erskine May's review, 21; Bond Head on,
22; Lord Durham justified in demanding, 61, 67-69; the "true remedy,"
61, 63; Durham's Report favours, 81; Mackenzie urges, 81; Mackenzie
advocates, 148, 166, 177, 244, 279; Seventh Report on Grievances, 273;
Lord Glenelg on, 279-286; Lord Russell opposes, 325; comes at last, 409;
May on value of, 490. =Md= Its principles accepted in Act of Union in
1840, 17, 22; established under Elgin, 32-33; principles of, outlined by
Lord Grey in despatch to Sir John Harvey, 47-50. =W= History of movement
for, in New Brunswick, 99-130. =Sy= Effects of its introduction
foreseen, 81; not fully understood, 82, 107; idea opposed in reports of
committees of both Houses of Upper Canada Legislature, 100-103;
Sydenham's great tact in dealing with question of, 104; limited views of
its more ardent advocates, 105, 230; open to theoretical objections,
105-107; advocated by Hincks and Howe, 107; problem not theoretically
solved, 108; responsible government favoured by French-Canadians, 117;
opposed by English element in Lower Canada, 117; favoured by Reform
party in Upper Canada, 117; agitation on subject of, 124; Sir George
Arthur opposes, 125; inhabitants of Gore district pass resolutions in
favour of, 125; Lord John Russell's despatch on the subject, 169-172;
misunderstood by Conservatives and Reformers alike, 172, 173, 219, 230;
absence of, in Canada, 175, 176; Russell's despatch on tenure of office
brings it nearer, 184; the sole issue on which Reformers were united,
185; could be introduced only gradually, 189; not clearly defined in
Durham's Report, 223; Sydenham's view of, 224; excitement on the subject
diminishing, 225; unity in the Cabinet a necessary condition of,
227-229; question of, in Nova Scotia, 257-264; French-Canadians
indifferent to, 305; appreciation of, in Upper Canada, 305; resolutions
on, adopted by Legislative Assembly, 310, 311. =B= Explained in the
_Banner_, 9; Durham's remedy for political unrest, 12; withheld by
Metcalfe, 20-25; introduced by Elgin, 33, 35; Hincks's and Morin's
services in cause of, 67; George Brown's views on, 67. =C= La Fontaine's
fight for, 97; Lord Elgin's good work for, 98. =H= Fight for, in Nova
Scotia, 18-19, 30-31; only partially conceded by