. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. is wise and right in 1900 does not interfere with a perceptionthat, under vastly different conditions, other forms and systems in1800 may also have been wise and proper for the time being. Thegovernment by a class in the English Provinces and In days whenthat class represented the loyal and pioneer population of the country,and ruled it in accordanc
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. is wise and right in 1900 does not interfere with a perceptionthat, under vastly different conditions, other forms and systems in1800 may also have been wise and proper for the time being. Thegovernment by a class in the English Provinces and In days whenthat class represented the loyal and pioneer population of the country,and ruled it in accordance with the hereditary sentiments of the major-ity was not In itself unjust In practice or despotic In principle. Theresistance of that class to innovation and democracy was natural andprobably wise at a time when these things meant American ideas andthe dangers of American propaganda in a small and weak rule of a few leading families of experience and knowledge Indays of scattered settlers and Isolated homes and general poverty wasin itself a benefit. In Lower Canada the English settlers were theonly class trained In the self-government which had been meted outin a measure as large as was thought to be safe and wise and which.
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