. 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. o ^ s > ? 2 ST ?q. POLITICAL REFORMS AND GENERAL PROGRESS 309 the Speeches of the Government leaders that there was no intentionof discriminating- in the payments between those who had risen andthose who had been loyal, except in the extremely limited cases ofconviction or banishment to Bermuda. The position of the Govern-ment had some elements o
. 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. o ^ s > ? 2 ST ?q. POLITICAL REFORMS AND GENERAL PROGRESS 309 the Speeches of the Government leaders that there was no intentionof discriminating- in the payments between those who had risen andthose who had been loyal, except in the extremely limited cases ofconviction or banishment to Bermuda. The position of the Govern-ment had some elements of reason and strencrth in this reL^ard. AnAct of Amnesty had been proclaimed and, therefore, Mr. Baldwinsaid, it would be disrespectful to the Queen to inquire what part aman had taken during the preceding troubles. The Amnesty obliter-ated what had previously occurred. Mr. Merritt expressed the beliefthat all were now good and loyal subjects and that no delicate dis-tinctions regarding the past should be drawn. Mr. Drummond, withlegal precision, stated that under an Amnesty Act the pardoned werein the same postion as they had been before the offence was com-mitted. More to the point was Mr. Hincks statement that it wouldbe impossible to permit any set of Commis
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