overnment (see also _Peel Government_, _Bagot_, and
_Metcalfe_), recommended by Lord Durham, 12, 13;
attitude of British government, 13;
Governor Bagot's concessions, 16-18;
Governor Metcalfe's attitude, 19;
Dr. Ryerson champions Governor Metcalfe, 22;
the legislature dissolved, 1844, 24;
fierce election contest follows, 24;
personal victory for Governor Metcalfe, 25, 26

Roman Catholics,
relations of George Brown with, 44 _et seq._, 121 _et seq_;
Brown's letter to prominent Roman Catholics, 124 _et seq._

Rouges, described by the _Globe_, 78

Ryerson, Dr. leader among Methodists, 22;
espouses cause of Governor Metcalfe against Reformers, 22;
correctly describes attitude of British government, 23;
supports Mr. R. W. Scott's Separate School Bill, 144

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Scottish Church,
disruption of, 2;
opinions of the Browns thereon, 2;
comment of the _Banner_, 6

Sheppard, George,
his speech at Reform convention of 1859, 135;
predicts growth of central authority under federal system, 136

Separate Schools,
opposed by George Brown, 121;
a compromise arranged, 122, 123;
bill introduced by Mr. R. W. Scott, 144;
supported by Dr. Ryerson, 144;
adopted by Macdonald-Sicotte government, 144;
becomes law, 145;
assailed by the _Globe_, 145;
accepted by Brown, 145

Slavery,
Brown's opposition to, 1, 2, 3;
Canada a refuge for slaves, 111;
passage of Fugitive Slave Law, 111;
Anti-Slavery Society formed in Canada, 112;
settlements of refugee slaves, 113;
Brown at Toronto denounces Fugitive Slave Law, 113, 114;
Brown discusses Lincoln's proclamation of emancipation, 114;
describes feeling in Great Britain, 115;
Brown's insight into Lincoln's policy, 115;
insists that slavery was cause of Civil War, 116;
shows Canada's interest in the struggle, 117;
consequences of growth of a slave power in North America, 118, 119

Smith, Goldwin,
his connection with Canada First movement, 235;
elected president of the National Club, 237;
attacked by the _Globe_, 237, 238;
his reply, 238, 239

Stanley, Lord, colonial secretary under Peel, advocates preferential
trade and imperial protection, 15, 31

Sullivan, Robert Baldwin, delivers an address on resources of
North-West Territories, 211

_Star_, the Cobourg, its estimate of George Brown, 71, 72

Scott, R. W., introduces Separate School Bill, 144

Strachan, Bishop, opposes secularization of