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Macaulay, Lord, on Metcalfe, [159]
MacDonald, Rolland, on Annexation, [336]
Macdonald-Sicotte Ministry, and the "Double majority," [309]
Macdonald, Sir John A., and Annexation, [336]; Averse to the "Double majority," [308-9]; Basis of his control of power, [216]; and Brown's scheme of Confederation, [302] et sqq.; Imperialism of, [23]; Leadership of, [325]; Loyalty of, [339], [343-4]; Political Morality of, [317-19], [321], [324], [341]
and Representation by Population, [316]
on Canada's Governors-General, [325-6]; on Change of Political views, [296]
M'Gee, D'Arcy, on the Irish-Catholic vote in Canada (1866), [332-3]; on Loyalty of Irish Canadians, [333], [337]
M'Gill University, [37]
Mackenzie, Alexander, Liberal leader, [23]; Political rectitude of, [321]
Mackenzie, William Lyon, Press organ of, [38]; Rebellion under, [5], [11], [55], recognition by, of its error, [63]
MacNab-Hincks Ministry, the, [300]
MacNab, Sir Allan Napier, Tory leader, [62], [63], [105], [133], [143], [167], [300], [301]; and Bagot, [141], [143], [150], [151]; Defender of the Clergy Reserves, [62], [63]; Invited by Elgin to form a Ministry, [204]; and Political jobbery, [316-7]
M'Taggart, —, on French Canadians, [16]; on Irish settlers, [16], [21]; on Quebec as Social Centre, [25]; on Squatter life, [29]
Manners, Lord John, on the Future of Canada, [254-5]
Marriage and the Squatter, [29]
Melbourne, Earl of, [280]
Metcalfe, Lord (Sir Charles Metcalfe), as Governor-General, [7] n., [70], [158] et sqq.; Character and qualifications of, [158-61], [164], [181], [183]; earlier career, [159-60], [267]
Attitude of his Cabinet, [66]; Despatches cited, [164-5]; Dislike or party, results of, [167-8]; and the La Fontaine-Baldwin Ministry, [229]; Last days in harness, [183]; and Local administration, [295]; and the Patronage crisis of 1843, [168-70], [202]; Policy of, Elgin on, [192], [202], Grey on, [267]; Struggles of, to balance Autonomy and Supremacy, [161] et sqq.; Supporters of, [182], [240], [249], [261]; and the United Empire Loyalists, [17-18]
on Demagogues in Lower Canada, [14-15]; on Durham's view of Executive Responsibility, [244]; on Electioneering Language, [67]; on the Influence of the Roman Church in Canada, [32] n.; on Irish agitation and its effects on Canada, [21] n.2; on the Parliament of 1844, [181]; on Results of Bagot's administration, [157]; on Sydenham's concession of Responsible Government, [229]
Methodism in Canada, [15-17]; and Education, [46]
Military attitude to Elgin, [204] &n.
Prominence in Canadian Society, [26]
Views on Separation, [290]
Militia Bill, Canadian rejection of, and the effects, [289-90]; True inwardness of the affair, [328-9]
Mill, John Stuart, on the Authorship of Durham's Report, [243] n.2
Minerve, La, on the Rouges, [301]
Ministerial Responsibility to the Crown, and to a Governor, Stanley on, [152-3]
Ministerialist Party (1841), [105]
Ministers, Loyal, and the Assembly, difficulties between (1845), [184]
Moffat, George, Politics of, [151]
Molesworth, ——, on Separation, [281]
Monck, Viscount, as Governor, [324]; scanty Despatches of, [325]; on the Militia Bill, [329]
Montreal, British and French views in, [14]; and the Election of 1844, [178], [179-80]; Merchants of, and the Reciprocity Treaty, [222]; zealous Annexationists, [334]; Population of, [13], [24]; Riots at, [67], [68], [179-80], [206], [208], [227], [320], [326]; Roads near (1840), [11]; as Seat of Government, [68], [171]; Social conditions at (1840), [26]; Suburbs of, [102]
Montreal Gazette, on Independence, [335]
Montreal Witness, The, characteristics and value of, [38-9]
Moral Influence of Governors, versus Political Patronage, Elgin on, [198], and as exercised by him, [205] et sqq.
Morin, Augustin Norbert, French Canadian politician, [59], and the Nationalists, [105]
Mowat, Oliver, Liberal leader, [23]
Murdoch, T. W. C., [104] n., [140-1]; the Need for Conciliating the French, [135]; on Stanley's view of Canadian autonomy, [131]