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... religious status in Canada for fifteen years after the Conquest . They were ruled and treated as British subjects , and were rapidly becoming anglified , when a Bill was introduced into the British House of Par- liament granting them ...
... religious status in Canada for fifteen years after the Conquest . They were ruled and treated as British subjects , and were rapidly becoming anglified , when a Bill was introduced into the British House of Par- liament granting them ...
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... the Governor in which they were to have full repro- sentation . Also for the repeal of that part of the proclama- Hitherto they had been excluded owing to their religion . tion of 1763 in which the English laws were made 10.
... the Governor in which they were to have full repro- sentation . Also for the repeal of that part of the proclama- Hitherto they had been excluded owing to their religion . tion of 1763 in which the English laws were made 10.
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... religious belief , a mere accident of birth , the heritage of ancestry . But dangerous indeed is the doctrine that any 3 such religion should receive state recognition , especially when contrary to the established faith of the Crown of ...
... religious belief , a mere accident of birth , the heritage of ancestry . But dangerous indeed is the doctrine that any 3 such religion should receive state recognition , especially when contrary to the established faith of the Crown of ...
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... religion wherever existent was proscribed as a religion of state : tolerated in Maryland persecuted in Ireland , but established in Canada ! Wherefore the concessions to Canada ? Wherefore so ra- dical a change from precedent ? Was it ...
... religion wherever existent was proscribed as a religion of state : tolerated in Maryland persecuted in Ireland , but established in Canada ! Wherefore the concessions to Canada ? Wherefore so ra- dical a change from precedent ? Was it ...
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... religion wherever existent was proscribed as a religion of state : tolerated in Maryland persecuted in Ireland , but established in Canada ! Wherefore the concessions to Canada ? Wherefore so ra- dical a change from precedent ? Was it ...
... religion wherever existent was proscribed as a religion of state : tolerated in Maryland persecuted in Ireland , but established in Canada ! Wherefore the concessions to Canada ? Wherefore so ra- dical a change from precedent ? Was it ...
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الصفحة 7 - ... for the hearing and determining all causes, as well criminal as civil, according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
الصفحة 7 - ... all persons inhabiting in, or resorting to, our said colonies, may confide in our royal protection for the enjoyment of the benefit of the laws of our realm of England...
الصفحة 16 - That is what the act says ; though it would be convenient that the Canadian laws should be assimilated to those of this country, as far as the laws of Great Britain admit, and that British subjects should have something or other in their constitution preserved for them, which they will probably lose when they cease to be governed entirely by British laws. That it is desirable to give the Canadians a constitution in every respect like the constitution of Great Britain, I will not say ; but I earnestly...
الصفحة 15 - ... property and civil rights resort should be had to the laws of Canada, and be determined agreeably to the said laws. In this statute the words " property " and
الصفحة 23 - In order to make Canada a secure possession of the British Government, you have only to bind the people to you, by giving them your laws. Give them English liberty — give them an English constitution — and then whether they speak French or English, whether they go to mass or attend our own communion, you will render them valuable and useful subjects of Great Britain.
الصفحة 21 - ... English families. It is a small number; but I have heard, that the English are not to be judged of by number but by weight; and that one Englishman can beat two Frenchmen. Let us not value that prejudice. I do not know that one Englishman can beat two Frenchmen; but I know that, in ' this case, he ought to be more valuable than twenty Frenchmen, if you estimate him as a freeman and the Frenchmen as slaves.
الصفحة 13 - We crave leave to inform your honourable house, that the said petition was never imparted to the inhabitants in general (that is) the freeholders, merchants, and traders, who are equally alarmed with us at the Canadian laws being to take place, but was in a secret manner carried about and signed by a few of the seigneurs, chevaliers, advocates, and others in their confidence, at the suggestions, and under the influence of their priests...
الصفحة 8 - England; with this just and prudent proviso, ' that the French laws and customs should be allowed and admitted in all causes in the said court between the natives of the said province, in which the cause of action arose, before the 1st day of October, 1764.
الصفحة 21 - Englishman, though ten thousand Frenchmen should take it against their will. Two-thirds of the whole trading interest of Canada are going to be deprived of their liberties, and handed over to French law and French judicature. Is that just to Englishmen? Surely, the English merchants want the protection of our law more than the noblesse! They have property always at sea; which, if it is not protected by law, every one may catch who can. No English merchant thinks himself armed to protect his property,...