Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . ion policy had to meetthe peoples representatives for the first time. HisExcellency came from Spencerwood to open the ses-sion with special pomp and ceremony. The Speechfrom the Throne contained little else besides refer-ences to the all-important issue—the union of theProvinces as decided upon at the Quebec was evide
Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . ion policy had to meetthe peoples representatives for the first time. HisExcellency came from Spencerwood to open the ses-sion with special pomp and ceremony. The Speechfrom the Throne contained little else besides refer-ences to the all-important issue—the union of theProvinces as decided upon at the Quebec was evidently to be a Confederation session parexcellence, and such, indeed, it proved to be. The parliamentary struggle over Confederationwas one-sided numerically, but not so in regard todebate. The discussion of the whole question tookplace on the following motion, made by Attorney-General Macdonald: That an humble address bepresented to Her Majesty, praying that she may begraciously pleased to cause a measure to be submittedto the Imperial Parliament for the purpose of unit-ing the colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, Newfoundland and Prince EdwardIsland into one Government, with provisions basedon certain resolutions, which were adopted at a con- 234. 2:o wo h4 F=5 o WPQW a DARK CLOUDS THREATEN THE UNION ference of delegates from the said colonies held atthe city of Quebec, on the loth October, followed the Conference resolutions in full. Some of the ablest and most brilliant speeches everlistened to in Canadian legislative halls were madefor and against this motion. Five of the leading min-isters spoke consecutively, in the following order:the Hon. Messrs, Macdonald, Cartier, Gait, Brownand McGee, and, as the official report of this greatdebate proves, very powerful and eloquent were thespeeches they delivered. It has been generally con-ceded that the speeches of the Conservative andReform leaders,* each from his own point of view, * The Hon. John A. Macdonal
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