 I expected to find a contest between a government and a people: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state: I found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2591895Full view - About this book
 | United States - 1839 - 622 pages
...in any attempt to remedy the many grievances of this unhappy Province. 1 expected" says Lord Durham, "to find a contest between a government and a people....found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions, until... | |
 | United States - 1839 - 630 pages
...in any attempt to remedy the many grievances of this unhappy Province. I expected" says Lord Durham, "to find a contest between a government and a people....found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions, until... | |
 | John George Lambton Earl of Durham - Canada - 1839 - 452 pages
...success could be expected in any attempt to remedy the many evils of this unhappy Province. I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions, until... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - Canada - 1839 - 378 pages
...principles between the English and French, but a conflict of the two races. He says :— " I expected to find a contest between a government and a people:...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we... | |
 | 1895 - 844 pages
...to the continuance and security of their religious institutions. Lord Durham in his memorable report on the condition of Canada, has summed up very expressively...that overhung Canada in those times, there was one gleant of sunshine for England. Although discontent and dissatisfaction generally prevailed among the... | |
 | England - 1844 - 500 pages
...of the two races may be seen from the following passages in Lord Durham's Report : — " I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions, until... | |
 | Joseph Edmund Collins - Canada - 1883 - 656 pages
...ignorant of the " true inwardness " of the strife in that distracted colony. He says : — " I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...I found a struggle not of principles, but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we... | |
 | Sir John Robert Seeley - Great Britain - 1883 - 340 pages
...liberty, as Lord Durham expressly remarks in the opening of his famous Report on Canada : ' I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...found a struggle not of principles but of races.' It is however to be remarked on the other side that here too the alien element dwindles and is likely... | |
 | Joseph Edmund Collins - Canada - 1883 - 656 pages
...ignorant of the " true inwardness " of the strife in that distracted colony. He says : — '• I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...bosom of a single state. I found a struggle not of principle.), but of races ; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws... | |
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