. 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. ral sentiment of the press in Quebec,that : Fanaticism wants a victim ; Riel has been offered as a hola-caust; and Orancreism has hancred him for hate and to satisfy an oldthirst for revenge. The Toronto Mail, the old-time Conservativeorgan, but now verging upon direct opposition to the Government,threw fuel on the rising flames by declaring that th
. 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. ral sentiment of the press in Quebec,that : Fanaticism wants a victim ; Riel has been offered as a hola-caust; and Orancreism has hancred him for hate and to satisfy an oldthirst for revenge. The Toronto Mail, the old-time Conservativeorgan, but now verging upon direct opposition to the Government,threw fuel on the rising flames by declaring that the Conquestwill have to be fought over again and that the result would do awaywith the privileges of 1763. The Orange Sentinel, m reply to thebitter diatribes of its Quebec contemporaries, declared before theexecution that if the Government dared not hang the rebel the daywould not be far distant when the call to arms will again resound throughout the Dominion. THE DEBATE IN THE COMMONS Such was the position on March 11, 1886, when Mr. Landry pre-sented in the House of Commons a somewhat famous Resolution tothe followine effect : That this House feels it its duty to express itsdeep regret that the sentence of death passed upon Louis Riel, f;. THE HON. GEORGE W. ROSS, Premier of Ontario in 1900
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