munities, Government of, Lesson on, from Canadian history, 345
Community, attempted absorption in, of French-Canadians, 57, 59,
83, 142, 211, 306, 311-12
Empire, permanence of, some firm believers in, 274; World-value of,
Grey's view on, 275-6

British Half-pay Officers as Colonists, 18-20
Opinion on Canadian Autonomy, changes in, 235 _et sqq._
Predominance, passim; Russell's theory of, effects of, 228-9
Universities, relations of, with Canadian College Education, 37-8
_&n._1
Views on Imperialism, early Victorian, 230, gradual change in, 230
_et sqq._

British-American League, aims of, 336-7

British-Canadian connexion, on what chiefly dependent, 292

Brockville, Population (1846), 25

Brougham, Lord, and Separation, 281, 282-7

Brown, George, pioneer of Political journalism, Scottish origin of,
23; Characteristics of, 323, 340-3; and the Clear-Grits, 300
_&n._2, 340-1; and Confederation, 312-14, 341, 342; as Editor,
and Leader, 341; Loyalty of, 339; and Macdonald's federation
scheme, 302 _&n._ _et sqq._; Macdonald's unfairness to, 319;
Political rectitude of, 321; Political views of, 298; Why
disliked by the French, 312
on Canadian loyalty, 326-7; on Canadian population distribution
(1857), 310-11, and Parliamentary representation, 310-11; on
Political corruption, 317; on Public spirit connected with
Confederation, 322

Brown-Dorion two days' administration, the, 302

Buchanan, Isaac, and Canadian Tariff, 327

Buller, Arthur, on the Illiteracy of the _Habitants_, 16

Buller, Charles, characteristics of, 241; as Educator in sound
Colonial policy, 247, 251; Imperialism of, 162, 245; La Fontaine's
objection to, 162; and Local Government, 94; Non-belief of, in
Separation, 278, 281; Views of, on Colonial affairs, 94, 162, 234-5,
236, 237, 240-3, 247, 251, 278, 281, 291
famous pamphlet by, 234-5, 236, 240-3
on Permanent Officials and Changing Heads at the Colonial Office,
234-5, 236; on Russell's Imperialism, 262

Burke, Edmund, on American Education and Book-reading, 40; on
Colonial Independence and Imperial Unity, 2, 3; on Party, 294;
on the Whigs, 166

Bytown (Ottawa), and the Immigrants, 21; Population (1846), 24;
Social conditions at, 30

C

Campbell, Robert, as School-master, 33

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