Index : William Lyon Mackenzie Era Mackenzie Advocates 104-105 Robinson Reports On 105

(Tilley era) History of, 59-71, 73-87; defeated in New Brunswick, 89-110;

accepted by New Brunswick, 111-125; completion of, 127-132. (Sir John A Macdonald era) History

of the movement, 93; outlined by Durham, 93-95; principle adopted by

British American League, 95; and by Legislature of Nova Scotia, 95;

advocated by Howe and Haliburton, 96; in speech from throne, 1858, 96;

Galt's speech, 96; Cartier, Galt, and Rose confer with Imp rial

government, 96-97; growth of the movement, 97-100; attitude of Macdonald

and George Brown, 100-103; the Charlottetown Conference, 104; Quebec

Conference, 104-114; legislative versus federal union, 106-110;

resolution of Quebec Conference debated in Parliament, 118-119; passed

by Assembly, 120; mission sent to England to confer with home government

on this and other questions, 120-121; Imperial government strongly in

favour of, 121; supported by Brown in Globe, 123; Monck's impatience

over delays, 123-124; Macdonald's reply, 124; Westminster Conference,

125-127; British North America Act passed and receives royal assent,

127; Macdonald's letter to Lord Knutsford, 128-129; opposition to

Confederation, 129; negotiations with Newfoundland, 146-147; and Prince

Edward Island, 147-149; and British Columbia, 149-150. (Lord Sydenham era) Favoured at

first by Lord Durham, afterwards deemed impracticable, 120. (Joseph Howe era) J. W.

Johnstone's speech in favour of, 174; Joseph Howe's attitude towards,

180-182, 185, 186; opposition to, 186-192; abandons opposition, 214-216;

advocated by Sir Charles Tupper, 186-189; opposed by Halifax

Chronicle, 189. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Cartier's connection with, 55-65; Cartier insists

on federal principle, 57-58; Macdonald favours legislative union, 57;

Canadian constitution compared with that of the United States, 58-61;

weak points of the former, 61-62; its advantages, 62-63; opposed in

Quebec, 63-64. (Lord Elgin era) Only feasible solution of difficulties arising out of

Union Act, 118. (George Brown Era) Ardently championed by George Brown, x, xi;

indirectly promoted by United States Civil War, xi; the British American

League advocates, 38; McGee on, 129-130; founders of movement, 129;

George Brown and, 130-132, 137-138, 139; Reform Conventions of 1857 and

1859 discuss question, 131, 135-138, 208, 217; Galt advocates federal

union, 132-133; step towards, 133; question of defence one of forces

tending towards, 142; events leading up to, 147-161; the Quebec

Conference, 163-166; approval of British government, 167; the debate in

Parliament, 169-179, 181-185; Quebec Resolutions passed, 185; the

mission to England, 186; the question in the Maritime Provinces,

187-188; attitude of Brown and the Reform party, 199-210; first and

greatest step in process of expansion, 264. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) The Toronto Church

proposes federal union of all British North American provinces, 125. (Louis Joseph Papineau era)

Papineau's opposition to, 199. See also Charlottetown Conference;

Quebec Conference; Westminster Conference; Macdonald; Tupper; Brown;

Howe; Cartier. =Bib.:= Whelan, Union of the British Provinces;

Cauchon, Union of British North American Provinces; Howe,

Organization of the Empire; McGee, Two Speeches on Union of the

Provinces; Hamilton, Union of the Colonies of British North America;

Pope, Confederation Documents; Rawlings, Confederation of the British

North American Provinces; Parliamentary Debates on Confederation, 1865;

Bourinot, Constitutional History of Canada. References to pamphlet and

other material on this subject will be found in Johnson, First Things

in Canada.