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The Carleton Library

Contents

Introduction

PART ONE: Mild Tory to Reforming Assemblyman

1. Early Influences

2. As Publisher and Editor

3. Importance of Education

4. As Critic of Idleness and Extravagance

5. The Loyal Nova Scotian and Briton

6. An Anti-Party Man

7. A Mild Tory

8. Disillusionment with the Council

9. Disillusionment with the Assembly

10. Disillusionment with Local Government

11. On Reform of the Assembly (1835-36)

12. Election to the Assembly

PART TWO: The Struggle for Responsible Government: Nova Scotia a Normal School

1. Coming to Grips with Irresponsibility

2. The Coalition Experiment (1840-54): A Chimera

3. Success Without Violence: "Not a pane of glass broken"

PART THREE: The Limited Domestic Sphere (1848-63)

1. Remodelling the Governmental Institutions

2. The Building of Railroads as Public Works

3. The Catholic Imbroglio

4. Premier of Nova Scotia (1860-63)

PART FOUR: Wider Horizons

1. Organization of the Empire (1846-66)

2. Imperial Appointment: "My Highest Ambition"

3. "This Crazy Confederacy"

4. "Accepting the Situation"

5. Epilogue,

Chronology

Suggestions for Further Reading

Index