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Throughout the greater part of the 18th century war had existed between England and France. The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1746 had termin- ated a struggle, which had lasted nearly throughout the earlier part of the century. For ten years following that treaty Europe was at peace, but in 1756 broke out the Seven Years War, in which England was united with Frederick of Prussia against Maria Theresa, Sovereign Empress of Austria, and Lonis 5th of France. It was only natural that this struggle should be carried across the ocean, afd should move to deadly opposi- tion the colonies of the respective nations in America. The line of pol- icy which Pitt, who was then at the head of affairs in England; vigorously determined to carry-out-was the at- tempt to drive the French from Amer- ica, and to establish British rule over the "whole northern continent. The operations to. effect this result in Canada would be narrowed to three objective points. The fortress of Louisburg, the city of Quebec, which were each to be attacked by a united naval and land expeditign, and the city of Montreal, against which a force was to advance by the lakes St. George and Champlain, attacking, and it was to be hoped gaining the several forts by those lakes. Quebec and Moutreal being wrested from the French, the outer forts of Fron- tena¢, Niagara and Detroit with the forts on the Ohio, being cut off from any assistance and without supplies would have no alternative but to sur- render. Admiral Boséawen was with Admiral Hawkes appointed to the command of the'fleét directed against b Louisburg. General Amherst was commander-igchief and the three brigadiergentrils 'wnder him were Lawrence,' Wentworth and Wolfe. The fleet sailed from St. Helens on the 19th 'of February, 1758, and reach- ed Halifax on the 8th of May. After a short delay, on the 13th of June Wolfe fmded in#he immediate neigh- borhood of Louisburg, and on the 20th opened. his batteries against the fort, which surréndered on the 26th of July. It had been the intention of Gen- eral Amherst on the fall of Louis- burg to sail up the St. Lawrence to Quebec, but the siege had taken long- er than. had' been expected, the sea- son was somewhat advanced, and the weather was very tempestuous, be- sides the French in the neighborhood f . Lonisburg and along the Gaspe- wast were threatening and required to be kept in check by a considerable force, so that the advances up the St. Lawréncl-and the attack on Quebec had to Be deferred to the following year. olfe was sent to Gaspe to bring the French there into subjee- tion. He accomplished his purpose, retutiied to Louisburg and sailed with the Admiral to England. He had for some time purposed returning to England and informed Amherst of his intentions, . The general, howev- or, 'opposed his going and wrote to the war office and a letter was wnt- ten from the war office giving posi- tive orders to Wolfe not to return to England, but he had sailed before this letter had reached this side, and only saw itfit the following year. He had felt himself insulted by the plac- ing of an inferior officer over him on one occasion, and he was also anxious to obtaimsservice with the army on the continent. While thes operations had been go ing on' against = Louisburg General Abercrombi& had begun an advance on Montreal. At Ticonderoga the Freheh. had congentrated their forces and Montcalm, de Vandreuil and ° de Levis had established themselves in a strong position at the fort. The British-troops advancing under Ab- ercrombBie. avere outnumbered and suffered a grievous defeat. The French, however, failed to follow up this victory 'and Abercrombie pro ceeded to fortify his position, await- ing reinforcements. He remained here during the winter of 1758-9. Just about the same time General Brad- street was defeated in the neighbor- hood of Duquesne. The news o these defeats, which were largely due to want of proper artillery, had the effect of arousing Pitt and the cabi- net to the Necessity of carrymg on the war in this direction with greater energy. It was determined to send out a larger amd better equipped army and a stronger naval force. Wolfe now' wrote to Pitt offering his ser- vides to go back to America. He had not succeeded in secufing-an appomt- ment' in Europe. Though still sub- ordinate to <Amberst he became Maj- or-General and was allowed to choose his own junior officers. The com- mand of the fleet was given to Ad- miral Saunders. It weighed anchor on the 14th of February and reached Louisburg toward the end of April. On the Ist of June it left Louisburg and on the Island® of Orleans; just below Que- = on evry box. 3% 25th of May lay off the, THE DAILY WHIG, SATURDAY, Fa TORY TOTDE bee, ite the falls of Montmor- ehct. roops were landed on the eauport shore and threw up some earthworks, remains of which may still be seen. To advance on Quebec from the lower ground and to ford the St. Charles in the face of a fire from the fort was inadvisable if not impracticable and it 'Was deemed bet- ter to advance on the town from the high ground on the west. On the Sth of August the ships began to ascend the stream and proceeded as far as Cape Rouge: The French frigates offered little opposition. From the 5th of August to the 11th of Septem- ber was spent in reconoitering and on the night of the 12th three ships of the line approached the shore as near as possible, and in the darkness landed a force of about 3,700 men some two miles above the town. The banks there .are precipitous, but and there are covered with small brash. The French had thought the place impracticable for ascent and only a small force of 100 men had kbeen picketed for its defense. But 'on the morning of the 12th the total British force stood on the plains of Abraham in line before ebec. Montcalm, de Ramezay and de Van- dreuil seem not to have relinquished thé idea that the attack would be made from the Beauport side and a large bay of troops were in bivouae, prepared for an attack from that di- rection, and Montcalm remained there till one oclock. It was between six and séven in the morning that he heard of the landing. He therefore drew in the troops from the St Charles, with the exception of 1,500 men left to guard the camp there. The force arrayed against the Brit- ish ametinted to between 4,000 and 5,000 men. Wolfe seems to have con- templated entrenching. his force, He knew that Quebec was depending on provisions from Three Rivers and from Montreal, and that to-cut these supplies would compel the city to capitulate... The same reasoms urged Montcalm to immediate a€- tion. The French regiments ad- vanced bravely against the British lines, but were met with the usual firmness which characterizes British soldier. We all know the result of the bat- tle, the entire defeat of the French and their withdrawal. into the town. Both Wolfe and Montcalm perished. Wolfe died on the field. 'Montcalm lingered till 3 on the following morn- ing. : For 'three days the British rested on the Plains, and on the afternoon of the 17th a' white flag appeared with proposals for capitulation. Quebec was in a state of starvation and the presence of the British west of the town cut off all hopes of supply. The Articles of Capitulation are eleven. The troops were to be allowed to march out bearing: their arms, with drums beating, with two pieces of cannon and twelve charges 'for each gun and to embark for France: the inhabitants were to lay down their arms. There should be free exercise of the Roman religion and safeguard to all religious persons, especially to the Bishop in the exercise of his func- tions. While these -events had trans- pired at Quebec Amherst had taken the place of Abercrombie, and was advancing on Montreal by Lake Champlain, but it was the next year befofe anything was accomplished. On the 5th of September, 1760, Am- herst was at Lachine, while General Murray had disembarked at Point- aux-Trembles. DeLevis and de Van- drenil were in command of the French forces, but they left them- cclves unable to oppose the British troops and sent General de Bougain- wile to offer to capitulate, requesting Ambherst's terms. These seemed to ae Levis and de Vandreuil to be too exacting and they sent back de Bou- gmnville urging a change in the con- ditions, which Amherst refused. Again tne French Generals appealed to further consideration, but without ef- fect and on the 8th de Vandreuil sent his unconditional acceptance of the terms and on the same day the Art- icles of Capitulation were signed | Like those of Quebec these articles were drawn up only in French and no signed copy in English exists The articles are fifty-five gn number. The troops were allowed the honors of war; they were to lay down their arms, not to serve again during the war, and to be embarked for France as prisoners of war. Mon. de Van- dreuil and the officers were promised every consideration. All were allow- ed to carry away their private papers, but the 'archives and maps of the country were to be left behind. The free exercise of religion was granted but the enforced payment of the dirme was to depend on the King's . will. The demand that the King of France should continue to name the Roman Catholic Bishop was refused, as was also the power te establish new par- ishes. The nuns were maintained in their constitution and principles. Consideration as to the male com- munities of the Jesuits and St. Sul- picians were reserved for the King's pleasure. These communities, how- ever, were allowed to retain their property, with the right of disposing of it. and withdrawing with the mon- ey to France. In answer to the con- ditions asked for by de Vandreuil that those who remained in the colony should not be liable to bear 'arms against the King of France or his allies, he was told that the Canad jans became subjects of the King of Great Britain. These conditions far- ther depended on the terms of the treaty, which it was fully expected would very shortly bring the war mn Europe to a close. It was, however, only on the 10th of February, 17 months after the capitulation that the Treaty of Paris was signed and the Seven Years War concluded. The fourth article of that treaty has reference to Canada, and is a virtnal confirming of the terms of capitulation. Let us mark that this article simply conceded to the Ro- man Catholic subjects the profession of their faith and the worship of their religion according to the rites of the Roman church, with, however, the saving clause "as far as the Jaws. of Great Britain perniit," out makes no mention of the tithes to be paid to the clergy. The 27th article of the capitulation as presented by Mon. de Vandreuil had requested that the peo- le of the Roman Catholic commun jon "shall be obliged by the English govetnment t8 pay to the priests, who shall have the oversight of them, the tithes and ll the dues which they were accustomed to pay under Ii fo, Majesty." this General Amherst replied wie OHNERHOR Of paying the tithes will depend on 'the King's pleasure" i The saving clause "as far as the laws of Great Britain permit" evi- ently refers to the Act of Uniform- ity Oueen: Elizabeth's reign, which required every 'one to conform to the service of the book of the Church of E and had for its object the stamping out of Roman Catholicism, although it also effected the Puritans. H act were main tained in full force the Roman Cath- oli¢ tion of this new « colony Shi only have been excluded from office, but would have been com- pelied to conform to the rites of the Anglican: church. _ This undoubtedly presented a difficulty, which was not met till the passing of thg Que- here | bec Act of 1774. By the fortysecond article of the cApitplation as , pre- ey by de ap At was re- quested "that the French ~ Canadians shall soutinge to be Soverned ac- cording to ¢ Paris and ivi me and u established for this country. and | shall not be subjected to.any ether imposts than those which wete mstablished under the French dominion" Amherst's. re- ply to this also was ply * they be came the subjects of the Kine" In the absence of any measure for the government of thé pew colony and in the unsettled state of the country, arising from the ch from French to English controlowith the threat- ening character of (the Indians who had identified ehembelues with the French, the cv remained under martial Taw. In ofder, however, to provide a better state 'of government on the 7th day 'of October, 1763, a few months after the Signing of the Treaty of Paris, t "Was issued a proclamation which expressed the in- tention of the British government to introduce to' Cal CR System of constitutional geve nt in which there was t& be.anelective assembly. In considering this measgre we must bear in-mind three prominent facts; the nationality of the population, their respective religious views, and the character of the government to which they had been Subjected under the. French regime. The number of the English speak- ing population was between 3.000 and $000, 'exclusive of the British regiments, while the French number- ed between 60,000 and 70,000. How was this extréme discrepancy. to be considered, 1f the representation was to be by pooulation the English would have virtually no place what- ever. But these maintained that the French population being Roman Ca- tholic was as much excluded from the exercise of any franchise as were their co-religionists, in England and that the election mst therefore be left to the English Protestants. But granting that the franchise should ve extended to the French, how were they likely to use it? It had always been the practice of the French goverament in regard to its colonfes to transfer to them tif same form 'of government as existed at home. It had never. co the changed charncteys "hid changed cir- cumstances ofs the colonifts. For nearly one hundred s the Statés- General, the only wrepresentative -as- sembly in tance, had wholly' ceased and even it had never/bgen p legislat- ive assembly. France begonie an arbitrary monarchy, and fhe dang and his council had exe! | "Bole con- trol; they were tire 3gurce of 'all le- gal enactments, and this{Was the' sys- vem that prevailed m Canada 'wnder the French regime, The! governor and 'his council of 13 members car- ried on the admifistratign, receiving their orders {rom the kifg and coun cil at Paris. The people had had no voice in the government and no share in the legislation. The introduction of 4 system entirely mew was a very questionable problem. The proper exercise of the fran- chise requires a preparatory educa- tion. Before the summoning of rep- resentatives from the boroughs to Simon de Montfort's parhament the lich borghers had had the ex- perience of centuries The . town- ships had sent their representatives to the Hundred and County courts. The principle of representation al- ways existed in [England. The burgh- ers had sat with the knights of the shire m the county courts and had discussed. with the barens or their deputies local affairs, and had exer- cised their local administration. The French did not understand this rep- resentative government and it would therefore, not have been wise to place in their hands a system. of _gofern ment for which they were wholly un- prepared. ft was further proposed to intro duce English law nto the colony in stead of the French Coutume de Paris. 1 suppose that I am scarcely above the mark when I say that nine tenths of the cases which come up in the courts of civil law pertain to the holding of property. - But thé English faw in rd to property differs es sentially from the French. Every portion of land in the province of Quebec was held on feudal ténure to which English law was @tterly imap- plicable. English judges were actu- ally sent out from England, but they were wholly anable to dispense Jus- tice, and a compromise was suggest: ed that two English judges were to sit on the bench and a French judge was to be associated with them, to be their Mentor on all. . questions which should come before them Such a system was on its very face absurd. A case arose in. Grenada, a Spanish colony, which had been ced- ed to England by the Treaty of Par- is. . Here, too, it was a Roman Cath- olic population with a few English residents, A question drpse with re- gard to the holding of property and it was referred to the English courts. Lord Mansfield, as eminent a judge as perhaps ever graced the English bench, gave it as laws of a conquered cotifitry continhe in force until they are altered by the conqueror, and Attorney-general Thurlow, in a case which arose in Minorca when it was an English pos- session, said "if the king does it then as coming in the place of the king of France the old constitution contin: wes," (which by the way is another roof that the constit@tion of Eng- fand does not wecessarily follow a conquest by the king of England)." By these judgments the old law be- fore a conquest continues in force till the king should directly effect a change. This is the principle which had existed for centuries--a principle Wa neighbor, the government of his most Christian with which the French had always his verdict that the] been familiar, for each county _ in France had since feudal Shes ve tained its separate code. The pro- clamation of 1763 did not really ef- fecta a'gchange in the law, for that was made to depend largely on the action of the proposed legislative as- sembly, but under the « eifctmstantes it would have been dmpessible to carry out the English law, and adapt it to the condition in which property was held in the colony. There are cases in English his- tory in which countries closely con- nected with England have been al lowed to retain their own laws. Wales for long retained its own code and in Ireland the cxercise of English law was down to the time of Cromwell restricted to the Pale while all the rest of Ireland was governed by its own laws and we also know that to this day the laws of Scotland differ from the laws of England and Scotch writers to the Signet cannot plead at the English bar. It was not there- fore an anomaly that the Coutume de Paris shoul! continue to be the law of the: province of Quebec. In these difficult circumstances military con- trol continued a Tittle Tonger but it was administered with great leniency and in general cases of civil law the Coutume de Paris still was enforced, as it is to this day. We must, there- fore, feel that it was quité impractic- able as it would have been exceed: ingly unjust to have enforced on the French people at the time of the conquest a constitutional -govern- ment 'with an elective assembly such as existed in England, or the English civil law on tie tenure of property which was held on a system so very dissimilar from what had so long been established in England, It would have been equilly unjust to have proscribed the Nrvieges of their religion which the Roman Catholic population had enjoyed under the Frebich régime; and to have subjected them to the Act of Uniformity of Bd- ward's or. Elizabeth's reign or the Test Act of Charles IL. ) There is no feature more pfomin- ent in the character of the English people, or which stands out more gl riously on every pac. of the British constitution than its toleration of po- litical and religions views which may differ from their own. It is this spir it which per more than any other has contributed to the welfare 'and prosperity of Great Britain, and which has commanded the esteem of other nations as:it has ined the confidence and affection of her every colony and dependency. There is no specitic dealing with these subjects either in the articles of capitulation ---------------- or in the Treaty of Paris. They only took shape in the proclamation which immediately followed the Treaty of Patis. The value or the legality of that proclamation is very question- able; it is doubtful 4f the king had a right to issue sach a proclamation without the sanction of rliament. Chief Justice Mansfield held that he had, as an interim act pending. the ac- tion of "parliament, but the guestion was much discussed by the bench of judges and 'opinions differed. very radically. It was indeed an early act of George 111 arbitrary rule. Pitt had resigned in 1761 and - Bute liad become prime minister and the pro- clanmation is in perfect keeping with With New Blood | In the Arteries You Will Feel New Vigor and Confidence Throughout the Whole Body. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, Do you know what it is to feel well --to feel young and hearty and vigor- | ous-- to feel full of energy and ambi- | tion--to emjoy work and look forward hopeful and "confident of the future 1. This is the natural way to feel when your blood is pure and rich and your nerves athrill with life and vitality. This is the way you feel if you re vitalize your wasted and depleted ner. vous system by the use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. 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They act on the kidneys, strengthening aud invigorating these organs and curing all kidney disorders. | { ! | D7s, KENNEDY the character of the new minister and his royal master. It bears date 7th Qctober, 1763. Parliament met on the 17th of November and 1 cannot find either in the king's speeches or in the motions or discussion before the houses the slightest allusion to the proclamation, The OVernors in Canada soon realized the ympracti- cability of its terms. Amherst had left very shortly after the capitula- tion at Montreal and General Murray had succeeded as governor-general with his official residence at Quebec, while General Gage was governor at Montreal. Murray very strongly re- monstrated with the home govern- ment and declared his inability to ad- minister the government in the man- ner proposed by the proclamation, He complained of the conduct of the English Protestant inhabitants, of their treatment of the French Roman Catholics and their insisting that men of British blood were alone fit to elect or be elected to any legislative as- sembly. Murray wrote "this choice of magistrates out of a commumty composed of some 400 or 500 traders, artisans and husbandmen whose ig- norance unfits them therefor, and causes them to be despised is impos. sible." Matters became so unpleas- ant that the home government re- culled Murray, not on --aecount of any abuse of power, but because it was thought he had shown too much sym- pathy with the French. So little were shatters understood by the rulers in Britain; In London Yturcay showed cleatly the possibility of depriving 70,000 people of their privileges and their franchises and limiting these to some 500 English Protestants. A committee of the privy council was appointed and entirely absolved him from any blame. Sir Guy Carleton was sent out to fill the vacant governor generalship. He had been a very short time in the country before .he perceived that the disparity of the population made the carrying out of the king's proclatha- Yion of 1763, especially the creation of a house of assembly as very inad- visable, in fact "he: regarded it as ridiculously unwarrantable" and he expressed his views very plainly in his letter to Lord Shelburhe, secretary of state. He also pointed out that the imperfect administration "of English law had Jead to very great abuse. He was at 'length summoned to England, accompanied by Mess. de Lotbiniere, and Meserses Chief Justice Hey and Doctor Marriott to give evidence be- fore a committee of the house as to the condition of Canada. The affairs of Canada, gained the full attention of parliament and the evidence given by these gentlemen led to the passing of the Quebec Act of 1774 by which the proclamation of 1763 was annulled and declared void., By this act the priv- ileges of the Roman Catholic church in Canada were fully established; the French civil law was restored and a governor and council were to admin- Bates & Co., Toronto, idter the government. 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Carleton returned to Canada after the passing of the Que- bec Act an arated the new con- shitution, ie product of some years of inquiry and investi gation and it is manifest throughout that the first intellect available was directed to the consideration of the problemi. The result attained was hased upon the desire of making good government in Canada poRsIDR: and of creating a loyal and satisfied peo- ple, with due, respect, however, to those imperial considerations which it was not possible to disregard, and the result is undoubted. The loyalty of the French part of our population has remained flrm to the British crown, More than once put to a strong test it has never been shaken. Immediately after the passing of the act the revolt of the American colo- nists took place and the congress ad- dressed an appeal to the inhabitants of the province of Quebec. The terms of that appeal are at once sub- tle and forcible, but instead of -being moved by that appeal the French Ca nadians took up arms to repel any in. vasion of the province and fought shoulder to shoulder with equal consistent valour 'with the British soldiers and it was largely through their assistance that the troops of the United States were defeated and Canada remains today an independ- ent colony of the British crown, When war broke out with the States in 1812 French volunteers under de-Sala- berry and other efficient captains drove back the invaders. On every occa- sion they showed. their loyalty and their devotion to the Great Britain and their confidence in the justice and consideration of their rulers. em ---- Sciatica Promptly Cured. No one who has sciatica requires any urging to seek a cure, for this is one of the most painful of diseases. 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