d Canada, and
indirectly promoted the confederation of the Canadian provinces, and
also in the fact, so frequently emphasized by Mr. Brown, that the
growth of the institution of slavery on this continent was a danger to
which Canada could not be indifferent.

Among the works that have been found useful for reference are John
Charles Dent's _Last Forty Years_ (Canada since the union of 1841);
_Gray on Confederation_; Cote's _Political Appointments and Elections
in the Province of Canada_; Dr. Hodgins' _Legislation and History of
Separate Schools in Upper Canada_; the lives of _Lord Elgin_, _Dr.
Ryerson_ and _Joseph Howe_ in "The Makers of Canada" series; the Hon.
Alexander Mackenzie's _Life and Speeches of the Hon. George Brown_;
the Hon. James Young's _Public Men and Public Life in Canada_. Mr.
Mackenzie's book contains a valuable collection of letters, to which
frequent reference is made in the chapters of this book dealing with
confederation. The account of the relations of the Peel government
with Governor Sir Charles Bagot is taken from the _Life of Sir Robert
Peel_, from his correspondence, edited by C. S. Parker. The files of
the _Banner_ and the _Globe_ have been read with some care; they were
found to contain an embarrassing wealth of most interesting historical
material.

To Dr. James Bain, Librarian of the Toronto Free Library, and to Mr.
Avern Pardoe, of the Library of the Legislative Assembly, I am deeply
indebted for courtesy and assistance.

JOHN LEWIS.

CONTENTS

_CHAPTER I_ Page

FROM SCOTLAND TO CANADA 1

_CHAPTER II_

METCALFE AND HIS REFORMERS 11

_CHAPTER III_

RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT 31

_CHAPTER IV_

DISSENSION AMONG REFORMERS 39

_CHAPTER V_

THE CLERGY RESERVES 51

_CHAPTER VI_

BROWN'S FIRST PARLIAMENT 61

_CHAPTER VII_

RISE OF BROWN'S INFLUENCE 69

_CHAPTER VIII_

RECONSTRUCTION OF PARTIES 77

_CHAPTER IX_

SOME PERSONAL POLITICS 87

_CHAPTER X_

THE "DOUBLE SHUFFLE" 99

_CHAPTER XI_

AGAINST AMERICAN SLAVERY 111

_CHAPTER XII_

BROWN AND THE ROMAN CATHOLICS 121

_CHAPTER XIII_

MOVING TOWARDS CONFE