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THE STORY OF THE UPPERCANADIANREBELLION.
THE STORY OF THE UPPER CANADIAN REBELLION JOHN CHARLES DENT AUTHOR OF "THE LAST FORTY YEARS &C. " VOL. I.
TORONTO. PUBLISHED BY C. BLACKETT ROBINSON 1865
THE STORY OF THE UPPER CANADIAN REBELLION; LARGELY DERIVED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS. BYJOHN CHARLES DENT, Author of "The Last Forty Years," etc.
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"Well, God be thanked for these rebels."—I Henry IV., Act iii, sc. 3. "Truth is not always to be withheld because its expression may wound the feelings of public men, whose official acts have subjected them to public censure. If it were, history and biography would cease to be guiding stars, and, above all, would offer no wholesome restraint to the cruel, or corrupt, or incompetent exercise of authority."—Tupper's Life and Correspondence of Major-General SirIsaac Brock. "We rebelled neither against Her Majesty's person nor her Government, but against Colonialmis-government.... We remonstrated; we were derided.... We were goaded on to madness, and were compelled to show that we had the spirit of resistance to repel injuries, or to be deemed a captive, degraded and recreant people. We took up arms, not to attack others, but to defend ourselves."—to Lord Durham from Dr. Wolfred Nelson andLetter others, confined at Montreal, June 18th, 1838. Toronto: C. BLACKETT ROBINSON, 5 JORDAN STREET. 1885. Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885, by C. BLACKETTRONNSBIO,in the office of the Minister of Agriculture. I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY ESTEEMED FRIEND, GEORGE STEWART, JUN'R. OF QUEBEC: WHOSE RESEARCHES IN A KINDRED DIRECTION WILL ENABLE HIM TO DO FULL JUSTICE TO WHATEVER IS MERITORIOUS IN IT; WHILE HIS GENEROUS APPRECIATION OF THE EFFORTS OF HIS LITERARY BRETHREN WILL RENDER HIM INDULGENT TO ITS DEFECTS. JOHN CHARLES DENT. Toronto, 1885. CONTENTS. PAGE. CHAPTER I. THEBDSIEHNABRITON9 CHAPTER II. A BILLOFPTICULARSRA46 CHAPTER III. THEFAMILYCOMPACT71 CHAPTER IV. FRSHEATOFREFORM96 CHAPTER V. A "FREEANDUTTERNFEDE" PRESS122 CHAPTER VI. THECASEOFCAPTAINMATTHEWS144 CHAPTER VII. THENIAGARAFALLSOURTGAE151 CHAPTER VIII. THE"AMOVAL"OFMR. JUSTICEWILLIS162 CHAPTER IX. THECASEOFFRANCISCOLLINS195 CHAPTER X. LIGHTS—OLDANDNEW213 CHAPTER XI. PARLIAMENTARYPRIVILEGE231 CHAPTER XII. DSEIRANFHINCTNESEM253 CHAPTER XIII. MR. HUME'S"BANEFULDNOITANIMO" LETTER264 CHAPTER XIV. "SEE,THECGUQNONIREHEROCOMES!"282 CHAPTER XV. "A TRIEDREFORMER"296 CHAPTER XVI. THETRIUMPHSOFATRIEDREFORMER324 CHAPTER XVII. RNEOICTA342 CHAPTER XVIII. THEFORGINGOFTHEPIKES354 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS John RolphrontFceesiip David Gibson279