Lord Durhams Report On The Affairs Of British North America Text Of The Report

Author : John George Lambton Earl Of Durham
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230067278
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America written by John George Lambton Earl Of Durham and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...It is very possible that there are but few cases in which the departure of an Englishman from Upper Canada to the States can be traced directly to any of these circumstances in particular; yet the state of society and of feeling which they have engendered, has been among the main causes of the great extent of re-emigration to the new states of the Union. It operates, too, still more to deter emigration from England to the Provinces, and thus both to retard the advance of the Colony, and to deprive the mother country of one of the principal advantages on account of which the existence of Colonies is desirable-----the field which they afford for the employment of her surplus population and wealth. The native Canadians, however, to whatever political party they may belong, appear to be unanimous in the wish to preserve these exclusive privileges. The course of legislation, since the tide of emigration set most strongly to the country, and while under its influence the value of all species of property was rising, and the resources of the Province were rapidly, and (for the old inhabitants) profitably developed, has been to draw a yet more marked line between the two classes, instead of obliterating the former distinctions. The law excluding English lawyers from 1 This must be a reference to the Upper Canada Act of 1838 (1 Vic., cap. 22), entitled ' An act to repeal and amend part of an act passed in the last session, entitled " An act to authorize the Chartered Banks in this province to suspend the redemption of their notes in specie under certain regulations for a limited time and for other purposes therein mentioned" '. This Act authorized any chartered bank in the province which suspended specie payment under the...