He sleeps in Camphill Cemetery, not far from the pines and salt sea water of his boyhood, a column of Nova Scotian granite marking his resting-place; and his memory abides in the hearts of thousands of his countrymen.
Besides the two noble volumes,Speeches and Public Letters of Joseph Howe, edited by Joseph Andrew Chisholm, K. C. (Halifax, 1909), the reader should consult the biography of Howe by Mr Justice Longley in the 'Makers of Canada' series, and the account of Nova Scotian history by Professor Archibald MacMechan inCanada and its Provinces, vol. xiii. See alsoRecollections of Sixty Years in Canadaby Sir Charles Tupper (London, 1914); and, in this Series,The Winning of Popular GovernmentandThe Railway Builders. For an intimate study of life in Nova Scotia there are no books equal to the works of Thomas Chandler Haliburton.
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.
King's College,35,76.
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.