Macdonald, John Sandfield,
a member of Brown-Dorion government, 102;
advocates the "double majority," 142;
his government adopts Separate School Bill, 144

Macdougall, William,
one of the Clear Grits, 39;
editor of the _North American_, 40;
enters coalition ministry for purpose of carrying out confederation, 159;
argues for continuance of coalition, 210

Mackenzie, Alexander,
opposed to Reformers entering coalition ministry in 1864, 199;
his government sends Brown to Washington in connection with
reciprocity, 1874, 226

Metcalfe, Sir Charles (afterwards Lord),
asked to undertake government of Canada, 18;
difficulty of position emphasized by Lord Stanley, 18;
misinformed as to intentions of Canadian Reformers, 19;
his dispute with Baldwin and Lafontaine, 19;
regards himself as defending unity of empire, 19;
willing to grant responsible government in a qualified sense, 19;
personal character, 19;
dissolves legislature, 24;
his view of the contest, 24;
votes offered for him personally, 25;
his victory, 26;
subsequent difficulties, 26;
illness and death, 27;
raised to peerage, 27

Mowat, Oliver,
a member of the Brown-Dorion government, 102;
a member of committee of Anti-Slavery Society, 112;
advocates federal union, 135;
enters coalition to carry out confederation, 159

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_Nation_, the,
founded to advocate Canada First movement, 235;
sets forth programme of Canada First party, 236

National Club, the, founded during the Canada First movement, 235

New Brunswick,
defeat of local government, 181;
the confederation scheme endangered by this defeat, 181;
the situation discussed in the legislature of Canada, 182, 183;
the Canadian mission to England, 186;
the British government agrees to bring influence to bear on Maritime
Provinces to enter confederation, 186;
position of Mr. Gordon, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 187;
he at first opposes confederation, 187;
receives instructions from England to promote confederation, 187;
brings pressure to bear on his government to abandon opposition
to confederation, 187, 188;
the government resigns, 188;
a general election follows, and a government favourable to
confederation is returned, 188

New York, experience of the Browns in, 2, 3

_North American_, the organ of the Clear Grits, 40

Nova Scotia, the province of, forced into confederation, 206

Nor