The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . our yearsof experience in the governorship,3 that the Canadiansobjected to the expense of trial by jury and to the factthat trials were conducted in a language they did notunderstand. They thought it very strange that theEnglish residing in Canada should prefer to have mat-ters of law decided by tailors and shoemakers, mixedup with respectable gentlemen in trade and commerce;that they should prefer their decision to that of In 1770, he said, there wrere in Canada 1 Burke was a member for Wendover, and also agent for the colonyof New York in
The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . our yearsof experience in the governorship,3 that the Canadiansobjected to the expense of trial by jury and to the factthat trials were conducted in a language they did notunderstand. They thought it very strange that theEnglish residing in Canada should prefer to have mat-ters of law decided by tailors and shoemakers, mixedup with respectable gentlemen in trade and commerce;that they should prefer their decision to that of In 1770, he said, there wrere in Canada 1 Burke was a member for Wendover, and also agent for the colonyof New York in England. 2 Carleton had been in office four years when, in 1770, he was calledto London to assist in drafting the Quebec Bill. During the fouryears of his abseuce the government was administered by II. , Lieutenant-governor. See Canadian Archives, 1890, p. 12. 3 Cavendishs Report, p. 102. Carletons testimony in an abridgedform is found in the Parliamentary Debates for 1774, and in AmericanArchives, 4th series, vol. i., p. 190. 000. EDMUND HURKE THE QUEBEC ACT AND THE REVOLUTION about 360 men who claimed to be Protestants ; whereasthe number of Roman Catholics was about 150,000souls. The clergy had continued to receive their tithesand parochial dues as under the French ; but from mo-tives of policy such tithes and dues had not been en-forced against the few English land-owners. When asked by Lord North whether the Canadiansdesired assemblies, Governor Carleton promptly an-swered : Certainly not. I put the question to severalof the Canadians. They told me assemblies had drawnupon other colonies so much distress, had occasionedsuch riots and confusion, that they wished never tohave one of any kind whatever. This answer, whichwas entirely consistent with the Canadian tempera-ment, also throws a strong light on the determina-tion of the ministry not to raise up in Canada anotherseditious colony by granting an assembly. When itcame to the question of wider boundaries, Gener
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