THE MAN WOT FIRED THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE!
Punch in Canada, 1849.
THE CLUB NATIONALE DEMOCRATIQUE PREPARING TO TRAMPLE ON THE BRITISH LION.
This was a satirical allusion to the “tall talk” indulged in by a coterie of French followers of Papineau, who favored a democratic form of Government for Canada as a cure for the prevailing discontent.
Punch in Canada, July 7th, 1849.
