. 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. A REVIEW OF POPULAR PROGRESS 567 was really too large for the occasion. They were the only element,outside of a few Seigneurs, who were in any way fitted for adminis-tration and justice and the making of impartial laws—as the subse-quent adventures of the French Assembly clearly prove. Moreover, if this class Government of 1800 was a selfish one ins
. 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. A REVIEW OF POPULAR PROGRESS 567 was really too large for the occasion. They were the only element,outside of a few Seigneurs, who were in any way fitted for adminis-tration and justice and the making of impartial laws—as the subse-quent adventures of the French Assembly clearly prove. Moreover, if this class Government of 1800 was a selfish one insome respects it was not any more so than a partisan Government in1900 would be. If it chose associates from, and filled appointmentswith, its relatives and friends, the sin was no greater than that of anyCanadian Government of a hundred years later. If it fought strenu-ously and sincerely, in all the Provinces, for British institutions as thenunderstood and for the British connection which it regarded as a childdoes its mother, who is there in 1900 that can throw stones at it?Faults and flounderings there were in the Toryism of 1800, but if wemeasure it in accordance with its pioneer surroundings and limitedresources we must conclude that
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