The Canadian Rebellion of 1837 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Canadian Rebellion of 1837Carlyle, in the introductory chapter to his relation of Cromwell's first civil war, wrote: How has pacific England, the most solid pacific country in the world, got all into this armed attitude, and decided itself to argue henceforth by pike and bullet till it get some solu tion My object in writing the History of the Rebellion of 1837 in Canada has been to endeavour to solve the same problem in relation to that colony of the British Empire. How far I have succeeded I leave to each reader's individual judgment. I have sought to make fair ness and impartiality my governing principles in describing the events of the time. The History is in some measure political, but is not, i trust, written in the spirit of a partisan that I have tried to avoid. I submit the narrative to my readers in the hope that they will justify my pretension.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.