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Title: 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
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Hopkins, J. Castell (John Castell), 1864-1923
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Publisher: Philadelphia : J. C. Winston
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library

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t men.The former became celebrated as Lord High Chancellor and BaronThurlow, the latter as Lord High Chancellor, Baron Loughboroughand Earl of Rosslyn. Thurlow believed in non-interference withexisting Civil laws, customs, manners, private rights, minor publicaffairs and religious privileges. Wedderburn favoured the establish-ment of a Council with restricted powers in the making of laws, theretention of religious privileges, the protection of the priests, thetoleration of Monastic Orders—with the exception of the Jesuits.Marryott, the Advocate-General, whose report did not appear untilafter the passage of the Act, very wisely urged the regulation of theCourts of Justice, the definition and declaration of the Civil law, andthe regulation of the revenue. He believed in dual language in theCourts but did not approve of any formal establishment or recogni-tion of the Roman Catholic faith. It should, he thought, merely betolerated. ii >o m CO O 2 HW ■w H O o >z o >z > >
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si EARLY CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 173 The debates in the House of Commons were stormy. Thosewere days of not only extreme sensibility regarding Colonies in gen-eral, of natural doubt concerning (questions of loyalty and the ties ofkinship, but of strong prejudice against Roman Catholicism, and ofintense and very proper suspicion of anything touching French char-acter and French friendship. It was the commencement of an erawhich racked mens souls and carried the British ship of state throughvaried seas of storm and stress. On June 8, 1774, when the meas-ure came before the House, William Burke declared that instead ofmaking the Colonists free subjects of England they were beingsentenced to French government for ages. They are condemnedslaves by the British Parliament. Thomas Townshend described itas a measure to establish Popery. Colonel Barre declared it to be Popish from beginning to end. Mr. Sergeant Glynne believedthat it was the duty of England not to be too tolerant of alien pr

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