INDEX
Acadia College, [76], [77], [78].
Acadians, their expulsion, [4].
Almon, Mr, his appointment to the Executive Council objected to, [80].
American Revolution, its effect on Britain's colonial policy, [32-3].
Annand, William, and Howe, [46].
Archibald, S. G. W., [28]; takes his stand on 'no taxation without representation,' [44].
Assembly, the, representative but irresponsible, [33-4]; the fight for Responsible Government, [50-5], [88-9]; Howe's Twelve Resolutions, [50-4]; the struggle with the governor over Lord John Russell's dispatch, [61-4]; the victory of the Reformers, [88-90].
Bank of Nova Scotia, founding of the, [37].
Blanchard, Jotham, and Howe, [28].
Blessington, Countess of, her method of aiding impecunious relations, [38].
Bright, John, and Howe, [145].
British North America Act, the, [136], [144].
Buller, Charles, on the patronage of the Colonial Office, [38-9].
Campbell, Sir Colin, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, [61-64], [76].
Canada, the railway question in, [92], [95], [115].
Chandler, E. B., his railway mission, [112], [113], [114].
Chapman, H. S., and Howe, [56].
Church of England, its power in Nova Scotia, [34-6], [55].
Colonial Office, its patronage, [38], [39]; and Howe's desire to enter Imperial service, [128-9].
Council, the, its composition and powers, [33-4], [36], [38]; its
influence and integrity, [39]; attempts to lower the duty on brandy, [44]; opposes Howe's Twelve Resolutions, [50-4]; changes in its constitution, [54-5], [64-5]; the coming of Responsible Government, [71-74], [88].
Crawley, Rev. Dr, [76]; his education campaign, [77].
Cunard, Samuel, his steamship line founded, [94].
Dalhousie College, [35-6], [76].
Derby, Lord, [121], [125]; his 'handsome letter' to Howe, [126-7].
Douglas, Sir James, lieutenant-governor of British Columbia, [127].
Doyle, Laurence O'Connor, and Howe, [28], [50].
Durham, Lord, his Report on the state of Canada, [56-7], [92].
Elgin, Lord, his Reciprocity Treaty, [142].
Executive Council, [55]. See Council.
Falkland, Lord, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, [64], [69], [70], [72-3]; his quarrel with Howe, [74], [79], [80], [81-6]; leaves the province, [86].
'Family Compact' of Nova Scotia, the, [39-40], [58], [108]; the struggle against, [44], [89]. See Council.
George, Sir Rupert D., refuses to resign office, [88].
Glenelg, Lord, colonial secretary, [54-5].
Gourley's Shanty, the brawl at, [132-3].
Grand Trunk Railway, the, [114].
Great Britain, her treatment of the Loyalists, [17]; her restrictive colonial system, [30-3]; her control over Nova Scotian political affairs, [33]; her system of Responsible Government, [47-9]; her survey for an intercolonial railway in Canada, [92]; her promise of a guarantee, [99], [112-13], [116]; sends Howe on a recruiting mission to the United States, [130-1].
Grey, Lord, his dispatch instituting Responsible Government in Nova Scotia, [88]; his railway policy, [96], [100]; his promise to Howe of an Imperial guarantee, [96-100]; his evasion, [112-13], [116-18], [129]; and Howe's convict scheme, [109-10].
Haliburton, T. C. (Sam Slick), [28]; his theory of government, [39-43], [108]; his voyage with Howe, [92], [93-4].
Halifax, [4]; its importance, [7-8], [10], [94]; its traditions and life in the early nineteenth century, [8-10]; 'Society' and Howe, [38], [65-9], [72]; and Confederation, [137].
Halifax Banking Company, its financial and legislative monopoly, [36-7].
Halliburton, Sir Brenton, compliments Howe, [22].
Harvey, Sir John, [61]; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, [87], [88].
Hawes, Mr, and Howe's railway campaign, [96-9], [113], [116], [118].
Hincks, Sir Francis, [112]; his railway mission, [113], [114-15]; and Howe, [123], [138].
Howe, John, his career and character, [14-18], [153].
Howe, Joseph, his birth and school days, [11-13]; his education, [18-20], [26]; his admiration for his father, [15-17], [20]; his apprenticeship, [18], [19]; an early drowning experience, [20-1]; resolves to make letters his career, [22], [26]; from the 'Acadian' to the 'Nova Scotian,' [22], [24], [26-9], [81-3]; his marriage, [23]; inaugurates 'The Club,' [28]; impugns the integrity of the administration of Halifax, [29], [43], [9]; his great triumph in the prosecution for libel, [44-6]; leaps into fame as an orator, [46], [142-3]; elected to the Assembly determined to obtain Responsible Government, [46], [50], [88-90], [123]; begins the attack on the Council with Twelve Resolutions, [50-4], [37]; his address to the Crown, [54]; gives proof of his loyalty, [56], [108], [130], [146], [147]; his defence of Responsible Government in answer to Lord John Russell, [57-61], [74]; his meeting with Lord Sydenham, [63-4]; and Sir Colin Campbell, [64]; appointed to the Executive Council, [65], [72]; becomes an object of hatred to Halifax 'Society,' [65-70]; shows his grit and courage, [23], [67-70]; on patronage, [71]; resigns the speakership to become collector of customs, [73]; his controversy with Johnston, [74-80], [83]; his agitation in favour of an undenominational college, [75], [76-9], [133], [141]; advocates the party government system, [79]; and resigns from the Executive Council, [80]; his quarrel with Lord Falkland ends with the governor's recall, [81-7]; refuses to assist in forming a coalition government, [87]; becomes provincial secretary in the first Reform administration, [88], [124-5], [135]; advocates the building of railways, [92-4]; his voyage with Haliburton on the 'Tyrian,' [93-4]; his policy of state ownership and construction, [95], [100], [104]; his railway campaign in England, [96-100]; his interview with Lord Grey, [96-8]; secures an Imperial guarantee for an inter-colonial railway, [99-104]; on the inferior position of the colonial, [101-3], [108], [109]; advocates emigration to Canada as a solution of the poverty problem in Britain, [103-4]; on Imperial consolidation, [101-107]; his visions of a great future for Canada, [105-7]; his rousing call to Nova Scotia and his prophecy, [105-8]; favours Imperial Federation, [108-9], [119-20], [137], [144]; his scheme of settling convicts in Nova Scotia, [109-10]; on the duty of a government, [111]; his railway plans come to grief, [111-13], [117], [119-20]; evades joining Hincks's mission to England, [114-16], [123]; withdraws from the Executive Council to become a Railway Commissioner, [121]; his efforts to enter the Imperial civil service, [121-7]; the causes of his failure, [128-30]; his disastrous recruiting mission in the United States, [130-1]; the Irish vote fails him in his contest with Tupper, [131-2], [140-1]; his Protestant campaign, [133-4]; appointed Fishery Commissioner, [135]; his anti-Confederation campaign, [136], [137-44]; his signal triumph as Canadian delegate to the Reciprocity convention held in Detroit, [142-3]; returned to the Dominion parliament pledged to secure repeal of the British North America Act, [144]; his mission to London, where he is interviewed by Tupper, [145-146]; enters Sir John Macdonald's Cabinet, [147-8], [149-50]; his heart-rending struggle, [149]; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, [150], [154-5]; his death, [150], [154-6]; his character, [16], [23], [25-7], [67-8], [82-3], [113], [114], [116], [120], [134], [139-140], [151-4]; his appearance, [13-14]; his popularity, [6-7], [24-25], [151]; his love for Nova Scotia, [1-3], [8], [19], [24], [27-8], [138-9]; his poetic gift, [12], [22], [29], [82-3]; his noble ideas of religious freedom, [133-4].
Howe, Mrs Joseph, [23].
Jackson, Peto, Betts, and Brassey, railway contractors, [114], [117], [118].
Johnston, Hon. J. W., his controversy with Howe, [72-80]; denounces party government, [79]; his administration, [81], [83].
Kincaid, Captain John, and Howe, [28].
Labouchere, H., colonial secretary, [121], [123-5], [128].
Legislature, the. See Council and Assembly.
Le Marchant, Sir Gaspard, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, [125].
Lytton, Sir E. B., colonial secretary, [121], [126-7].
Macdonald, Sir John, induces Howe to join his Cabinet, [146-7], [150].
M'Dougall, Hon. William, and Howe, [150].
Mackenzie, W. L., his revolt in Upper Canada, [56].
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, governor-general of Canada, [71].
Molesworth, Sir William, colonial secretary, [121], [122-3].
Murdoch, Beamish, and Howe, [28].
Navigation Acts, the, [30-2].
Newcastle, Duke of, and Howe, [121], [127], [128].
New Brunswick, the railway question in, [94-5], [111-12], [113].
Nova Scotia, and Joseph Howe, [1-3], [6], [130], [156]; early settlements in, [4-7]; trade development of, [10], [33]; her political system, [33-4], [36], [38], [42], [43], [54-5], [64-5], [73-4], [88-90]; religious strife in, [35], [77-8], [132-3]; and Colonial Office patronage, [38]; the railway question in, [92-3], [94], [96], [114], [121]; loyalty of, [103]; favours a maritime union, [135]; her hostility to Confederation, [137], [144], [146-8], [150].
Pakington, Sir John, colonial secretary, [114].
Papineau, L. J., his rebellion in Lower Canada, [56].
Reciprocity Treaty, the, Howe's great speech in connection with, [142-3].
Reformers, their success in 1847, [88].
Responsible Government, Haliburton on, [41-3]; in Great Britain, [47-9]; the fight for in Nova Scotia, [50-5], [73-4], [80], [88-90].
Robinson, J. B., and Imperial Federation, [108].
Russell, Lord John, on Responsible Government, [57]; his dispatch conferring greater powers on the Assembly, [61], [63]; and Howe, [121], [122], [126], [129].
St Mary's College, [76].
South Africa, her objection to Britain's gallows-birds, [109].
Southampton, Howe's meeting at, [2], [96-7], [99].
Stephenson, George, his locomotive, [91].
Sydenham, Lord, his meeting with Howe, [63-4].
Tupper, Sir Charles, his tilt with Howe, [131-2], [134-5], [143-4]; his efforts on behalf of Confederation, [136], [143-4], [150]; institutes compulsory education, [75], [141]; his interview with Howe in London, [145-6].
Uniacke, J. B., converted to Responsible Government, [62], [69]; member of Executive Council, [65]; his Reform administration, [88].
United States, and the 'spoils system,' [88]; railway development in, [91]; Howe's recruiting mission in, [131]; and the Reciprocity Treaty, [142-3].
War of 1812, and Halifax, [8].