Dawson, Simon,161.
Day, Mr Justice,133n.
DeCosmos, Amor, advocates union,169,171.
Denison, Colonel G. T., vii,167.
Dennis, Colonel J. S.,163. Dicey, Professor, his view of the Canadian constitution,126.
Dickey, R. B., a father of Confederation,49,62n.
Dominion of Canada, the, source and extent of,1-2; her constitution compared,65-6,125-7; her government representative of all parts of the country,144; the naming of,127-9; the forming of the first ministry,137-8,144-6; the first general elections,152-153; the Hudson's Bay Company,158-60; the Red River Rebellion,159,161-8; her Imperialism,190. See Canada, Confederation, Parliament.
Dorchester, Lord, and Confederation,2-4.
Dorion, A. A., his opposition to Confederation,28,40,42,89,92,183.
Draper, Chief Justice,22.
Dunkin, Christopher, his opposition to Confederation,42,89,91.
Durham, Lord, his scheme of union,9-10.
Edward VII, his visit to Canada,23-4.
Fathers of Confederation, the,62n.-63 n.; the leaders honoured,147-50; an estimate of their work,177-90. See Confederation.
Fenian invasion, the, and Confederation,113,118.
Ferrier, James,43.
Fisher, Charles, a father of Confederation,63n.,122,130
Foster, W. A.,167.
Fournier, Telesphore,42.
Galt, A. T., forces Confederation out of the sphere of speculation,17-19,34-8,40,50-1,57,62n.,80,86,93,106,122,132-3,145,181; his views on the ultimate destiny of Canada,74,148-9; desires to extend educational privileges to all minorities,132-3; K.C.M.G.,147-50; his personality,17-18,132,152n.,183.
George III, and the American Revolution,1.
Gladstone, W. E., favours cession of Canada to United States,119.
Gordon, A. H., lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick,55,103,104,111-12,113-14.
Gourlay, Robert, and Confederation,6.
Gray, J. H. (P.E.I.), a father of Confederation,49,63n.
Gray, J. H. (N.B.), a father of Confederation,49,59-61,63n.,81.
Great Britain: the Union Bill of 1822,7; her colonial policy in 1852,15; the Hudson's Bay Company,22,158-9; the 'Trent' Affair,25; her interest in Confederation,26-27,108-13,170; opinions in regarding the ultimate destiny of Canada,110-11,119-122; her consideration for United States,119,128.
Granville, Lord, colonial secretary,149,172.
Grenville, Lord, and Dorchester's proposal,3,6.
Grey, Earl, governor-general,15.
Haliburton, Robert, on opinion in Nova Scotia regarding Confederation,100-1.
Halifax, the Canadian delegates entertained at,48,52-4.
Halliburton, Brenton,8.
Hamilton, P. S.,15.
Hathaway, George,99.
Haviland, T. Heath, a father of Confederation,63n.
Head, Sir Edmund, governor of Canada,18.
Henry, William A., a father of Confederation,49,62n.,122,130,153.
Hind, Prof. Henry Youle,161.
Holton, Luther H., opposes Confederation,28,40,42,89,183; on Sir John Macdonald,179.
House of Commons, the basis of representation in,77. See Parliament.
Howe, Joseph,28-9; his opposition to Confederation,16-17,46,55,57,100,102-3,115-116,135; favours maritime union,47-8; his speech upholding federation,48; 'that pestilent fellow,'153; goes to England to demand repeal,154,156; his meeting with Tupper,155-6; enters the Dominion Cabinet,156.
Howland, William P., and Confederation,122,130,141,143,145; C.B.;147.
Hudsons Bay Company, the,2,22; and the Dominion,158-60.
Huntington, L. S., opposes Confederation,28,42.
Intercolonial Railway, the,13,28-9.
Jesuits' Estates Act, the,71.
Johnston, J. W., and Confederation,16.
Johnston, John M., a father of Confederation,49,63n.,122.
Kenny, Edward, his inclusion in the first Dominion Cabinet,145,146.
Kent, Duke of, and Confederation,7.
Kimberley, Lord, his views on the power to add to the Senate,131.
Langevin, Hector L., a father of Confederation,50-1,62n.,122,146.
Letellier, Lieutenant-Governor,42; the case of his dismissal,69-70.
Liberals, and Confederation,39,40,42,141-4.
Lincoln, Abraham, and the 'Trent' Affair,25.
Lotbinière, Joly de,42.
Lower Canada,3; its relations with Upper Canada,6-8; and Confederation,84,95.
Lyons, Lord, and the 'Trent' Affair,25.
Lytton, Sir E. B., and Confederation,19.
McCully, Jonathan, a father of Confederation,49,62n.,93n.,102,122.
Macdonald, A. A., a father of Confederation,50,63n.
Macdonald, John A., the Father of Confederation,19,33,54,106,178-81; his relations with Brown,31-2,106,142; the reconciliation and conference with Brown,34-8,39; the Charlottetown Conference,50-1,52; the Quebec Conference,59,61,62and note,64,180,185; his appeal for a strong central authority,67-8; on the office of lieutenant-governor,70; on the mode of appointment to the Senate,78-9,80and note; his prophetic utterance,88; his policy of 'masterly inactivity,'117; chairman at the London Conference,122; a tribute to,123-4; forms the first Dominion Cabinet on a non-party basis,137-8,140,142,144-6,150; K.C.B.,147; his troubles with Howe and Nova Scotia,153-6; the Red River Rebellion,161; the Scott murder case,168; and Sir John Rose,175; his personality,31,86,117,150,178-180.
Macdonald, John Sandfield,151-2; opposed to Confederation,27-8,32,89; prime minister of Ontario,150-1,153,168.
Macdonnell, Sir R. G., governor of Nova Scotia,53-4,55,103,104.
McDougall, William,160,184-185; a father of Confederation,40,50-1,62n.,79,80n.,122,181,184-5; joins the Dominion Cabinet,141,143-4,145,160; C.B.,147; lieutenant-governor of the West Territory,160-1,163-164,167.
McGee, Thomas D'Arcy, the orator of the Confederation movement,24-5,50-1,62n.,65n.,181,184; his patriotic conduct,145,146; assassinated,146-7.
Mackenzie, Alexander,40,153; and a hostile Senate,131; his integrity,186.
Mackenzie, W. L.,6; his plan of Confederation,8-9.
McLelan, A. W.,153.
Mair, Charles,167.
Manitoba, in the Dominion,159-68.
Maritime Provinces, the, and communication with Canada,11-12; object to direct taxation,80-1,97. See various provinces.
Miller, William, his troubles in Nova Scotia,115-16.
Mitchell, Peter,28; a father of Confederation,63n.,122,146.
Monck, Lord, first governor-general of the Dominion,27,50,84-5,137-8,147; his personality and record,139-40.
Morris, Alexander,15; and the meeting between Macdonald and Brown,34,35.
Mowat, Oliver, a father of Confederation,40,62n.,74-5,79,80n.; and Macdonald,179,185; his career,185-6.
Mulgrave, Lord, governor of Nova Scotia,17,26-7.
Musgrave, Anthony, governor of Newfoundland,105; and of British Columbia,172.
New Brunswick,13,44-5,49,51; the agitation against Confederation,97-9; a change of front,112-14,173-4.
Newcastle, Duke of, on Canadian loyalty,24; and Confederation,26-7,28,109,120-121.
Newfoundland,13-14,44,50; rejects Confederation,105,175-6.
North-West Company, the,2.
Nova Scotia,13,14; favours maritime union,27,45,47,49,51; the opposition to Confederation,99-104,114-116; the agitation for repeal,152-7; reconciled,82,156,173-4.
Ontario. See Upper Canada.
Palmer, Edward, a father of Confederation,49,63n.
Palmerston, Lord,23; his adventurous foreign policy,119,120.
Parliament: Confederation a question of practical politics,18-19; political deadlock,30-32; Brown's committee on federal union,32-3; the public reconciliation of Brown and Macdonald,34; a coalition formed to forward Confederation,38-41,44,144; an amusing incident,42-3; the debate on the Quebec resolutions,84-96; the mission to England and the resignation of Brown,105-7; a period of 'masterly inactivity,'117; the educational privileges of minorities,132-3; dual premiership abolished,137-9; the Hudson's Bay Company,160. See Dominion.
Penny, Edward Goff,57.
Pope, James C.,174.
Pope, John Henry, and Brown,34,35.
Pope, Sir Joseph, quoted,32,36,61,72n.,76n.,80,93n.,129,138n.
Pope, W. H., a father of Confederation,49,63n.,82.
Prince Edward Island,14,44-45,49,51; and Confederation,77,104-5,173-6.