9; his
great triumph in the prosecution for libel, 44-6; leaps into
fame as an orator, 46, 142-3; elected to the Assembly
determined to obtain Responsible Government, 46, 50, 88-90, 123;
begins the attack on the Council with Twelve Resolutions, 50-4, 37;
his address to the Crown, 54; gives proof of his loyalty, 56, 108,
130, 146, 147; his defence of Responsible Government in
answer to Lord John Russell, 57-61, 74; his meeting with
Lord Sydenham, 63-4; and Sir Colin Campbell, 64; appointed
to the Executive Council, 65, 72; becomes an object of hatred to
Halifax 'Society,' 65-70; shows his grit and courage, 23, 67-70;
on patronage, 71; resigns the speakership to become collector
of customs, 73; his controversy with Johnston, 74-80, 83;
his agitation in favour of an undenominational college, 75, 76-9,
133, 141; advocates the party government system, 79; and resigns
from the Executive Council, 80; his quarrel with Lord Falkland
ends with the governor's recall, 81-7; refuses to assist
in forming a coalition government, 87; becomes provincial
secretary in the first Reform administration, 88, 124-5, 135;
advocates the building of railways, 92-4; his voyage with
Haliburton on the 'Tyrian,' 93-4; his policy of state
ownership and construction, 95, 100, 104; his railway
campaign in England, 96-100; his interview with Lord
Grey, 96-8; secures an Imperial guarantee for an inter-colonial
railway, 99-104; on the inferior position of the
colonial, 101-3, 108, 109; advocates emigration to Canada
as a solution of the poverty problem in Britain, 103-4; on
Imperial consolidation, 101-107; his visions of a great
future for Canada, 105-7; his rousing call to Nova Scotia
and his prophecy, 105-8; favours Imperial Federation,
108-9, 119-20, 137, 144; his scheme of settling convicts in
Nova Scotia, 109-10; on the duty of a government, 111;
his railway plans come to grief, 111-13, 117, 119-20;
evades joining Hincks's mission to England, 114-16, 123;
withdraws from the Executive Council to become a Railway
Commissioner, 121; his efforts to enter the Imperial
civil service, 121-7; the causes of his failure, 128-30;
his disastrous recruiting mission in the United States,
130-1; the Irish vote fails him in his contest with
Tupper, 131-2, 140-1; his Protestant campaign, 133-4; appointed
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