Burning of the Parliament Buildings, Montreal, 1849.
From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys

THE WINNING OF
POPULAR GOVERNMENT

A Chronicle of the Union of 1841

BY

ARCHIBALD MACMECHAN

TORONTO
GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY
1916

Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention

TO
ROBERT ALEXANDER FALCONER
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
STUDENT OF HISTORY AND ENCOURAGER
OF HISTORIANS