The Life and Speeches of Hon. George Brown |
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... representation of his character in a personal and public sense but mainly to show his position as a representative of the people . It was naturally supposed at the time of Mr. Brown's death that abundant material for this purpose would ...
... representation of his character in a personal and public sense but mainly to show his position as a representative of the people . It was naturally supposed at the time of Mr. Brown's death that abundant material for this purpose would ...
Page viii
... Representation by Population ( 1857 ) 262 Policy of the Brown - Dorion Administration ( 1858 ) 268 Anti - Slavery ( 1863 ) ...... 286 Confederation Resolutions ( 1865 ) 299 The Reciprocity Negotiations ( 1875 ) . 348 INDEX 375 ...
... Representation by Population ( 1857 ) 262 Policy of the Brown - Dorion Administration ( 1858 ) 268 Anti - Slavery ( 1863 ) ...... 286 Confederation Resolutions ( 1865 ) 299 The Reciprocity Negotiations ( 1875 ) . 348 INDEX 375 ...
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... representations of provincial cliques or interests , who ought , as he contends , to bow before the authorities of Government House , Montreal , rather than those of Downing Street . " Lord Sydenham , notwithstanding his English Whig ...
... representations of provincial cliques or interests , who ought , as he contends , to bow before the authorities of Government House , Montreal , rather than those of Downing Street . " Lord Sydenham , notwithstanding his English Whig ...
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... representation of legislative power and the fountain of administrative authority to a secondary place in the government of the country . Mr. Brown's advent to Canada at this juncture was , under the existing circumstances , a great ...
... representation of legislative power and the fountain of administrative authority to a secondary place in the government of the country . Mr. Brown's advent to Canada at this juncture was , under the existing circumstances , a great ...
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... representation by population and the adoption of the federal system . It will be admitted by his warmest friends that the times favoured him as a great popular advocate ; and his bitterest enemies will equally admit that he made a most ...
... representation by population and the adoption of the federal system . It will be admitted by his warmest friends that the times favoured him as a great popular advocate ; and his bitterest enemies will equally admit that he made a most ...
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