Pp. 209–11 Eliza Grimason description: Newman, Album; Phenix, Demons; and Biggar, Anecdotal Life, pp. 238–40.
“the shrine of John A.’s worshippers”: Roy, Kingston, p. 193.
“central, emotional dead spot”: Johnson, Macdonald, p. 202.
“because women know men”: Willison, Reminiscences, p. 178.
“It is not too much to say”: Waite, “Sir John A. Macdonald: The Man,” p. 146.
Pp. 212–13 Head, “If it is difficult for any statesman”: July 16, 1857, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1857–58, vol. 40, pp. 12–15.
“never so intimate with any Governor-General”: Pope, Memoirs, p. 141.
CHAPTER 14: THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES
Macdonald, “quite willing personally”: letter to Watkin, March 27, 1865, Waite, Confederation Debates, p. 228.
McGee, “Who reads a Canadian book?”: Hamilton Gazette, June 8, 1854.
McGee, description: Slattery, McGee; and Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. IX.
McGee, “I see in the not remote distance”: Slattery, McGee, p. 137.
McGee, “one of expedients, a succession of make-shifts”: ibid., p. 82.
Macdonald, “Never did a man throw away a fine career”: letter to Henry Smith, Oct. 28, 1858, Johnson and Stelmack, Letters of Sir John A. Macdonald, vol. 2, p. 91.
McGee, “ready and dextrous”: Slattery, McGee, p. 93.
Galt description: Skelton, Galt; and Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. XII.
Pp. 219–20 Macdonald, “You call yourself a Rouge”: letter to Galt, Nov. 2, 1857, Johnson, Letters of Sir John A. Macdonald, vol. 1, p. 457.
Macdonald, “unstable as water”: Van den Otten, “Alexander Galt.”
Cauchon memorandum on the “Red River and Saskatchewan Country”: Zaslow, Canadian North, p. 2.
Report on West by Hind: ibid., p. 3
Cartier warning to Bulwer-Lytton: Sweeny, Cartier, pp. 120–21.
Early Confederation proposals: Upton, “The Idea of Confederation,” in Morton, Shield.
Bulwer-Lytton, “the convenience of the present Canadian administration”: Careless, Brown, vol. 1, p. 284.
Macdonald, Address to the Electors: in Johnson and Stelmack, Letters of Sir John A. Macdonald, vol. 2, pp. 345–51.
Macdonald, “As you are situated”: letter to Benjamin, June 4, 1861, ibid., vol. 2, p. 342.
Pp. 230–31 Brown at Reform convention: George Brown, “Reform Convention,” p. 262.
“some joint authority”: ibid., p. 263.
Pp. 232–35 Prince of Wales’s tour: Radforth, Royal Spectacle.
Macdonald, “Our administration is more familiar”: Johnson, Macdonald, p. 210.
Citizen, “Ottawa appeared lovely and anxious as a bride”: Radforth, Royal Spectacle, p. 48.
Orangemen sing, “Water, water, holy water”: ibid., p. 184.
New York Times, “a rational population”: ibid., p. 198.
Prince a “heart smasher”: ibid., p. 332.
(fn) Prince of Wales, “Ah, it looks very well from the water”: Cartwright, Reminiscences, p. 30.
“the biggest liar in all Canada”: Thompson, Reminiscences, p. 251.
“I am a sincere unionist”: Macdonald, speech in London, Nov. 12, 1860, Address to the Electors, Appendix A, pp. 3–6.
“It had called the attention of the world”: ibid., Appendix A, pp. 28–35.
“It has been said that I and my Upper Canadian colleagues”: ibid., Appendix A, pp. 23–25.
Macdonald, “wearisome beyond description”: letter to James Gowan, March 12, 1861, Johnson and Stelmack, Letters of Sir John A. Macdonald, vol. 2, pp. 311–12.
Macdonald, “violent Tories who are fools enough”: Johnson, Macdonald, p. 222.
CHAPTER 15: CANADA’S FIRST ANTI-AMERICAN
“The fratricidal conflict”: Macdonald, Address to the Electors, in Johnson and Stelmack, Letters of Sir John A. Macdonald, vol. 2, p. 351.
Macdonald on Lincoln as “a beast”: letter to Judge Gowan, Nov. 27, 1864, LAC, MG27 1E17.
“a huge bird chiseled in stone”: Winks, Civil War, pp. 24–28.
(fn) Lyons, “a rough westerner of the lowest origin”: Morton, Union, p. 88.
Russell, “a sudden declaration of war”: Winks, Civil War, p. 56.
(fn) “if the North thought fit at this time”: Smith, My Memory of Gladstone (London: T.F. Unwin, 1904), pp. 43–44.
“Secession first he would put down”: Winks, Civil War, p. 50.
Macdonald, “If they [Americans] are to be severed in two”: speech in House, April 19, 1861; Pope, Memoirs, pp. 242–43.
Macdonald, “will return to Canada sadder and wiser men”: letter to McMicken, Feb. 15, 1865, LAC, Macdonald Fonds, vol. 587.
Macdonald silences Conservatives cheering Southern victory: Cartwright, Reminiscences, p. 24.
The Trent crisis: Winks, Civil War, pp. 71–77.
Lincoln, “one war at a time”: ibid., p. 77.
World, “The simple fact is, Canada hates us”: ibid., p. 99 (fn).
Snowshoes called “creepers” Bourne, Balance of Power, p. 224.
Macdonald, “The day was hot”: Pope, Day, p. 9.
Pp. 249 Macdonald, “There is no chance of there being”: Johnson, Macdonald, p. 232.
Herald, “overrun the Province in three weeks”: Slattery, McGee, p. 156.
Macdonald, “He is evidently an able man”: letter to Margaret Greene, Nov. 20, 1845, Johnson, Affectionately, p. 42.
Macdonald, “By the election of the President”: Wise and Brown, Canada Views, p. 100.
Macdonald, “I do not think there is anything in the world”: letter to James Gowan, June 27, 1871, Macdonald Fonds, vol. 589, pp. 972–75.
Macdonald, “It has been said that the United States is a failure”: Martin, Foundations, p. 298.
McGee, “It is not the figures [of soldiers] which give the worst view”: Wise and Brown, Canada Views, p. 109.
Jefferson to “liberate” Canada: Hyam, Britain’s Century, p. 180.
(fn) Taché, “the last cannon which is shot”: Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. IX.
American settlers as “Aliens”: Errington, The Lion, the Eagle, pp. 166–87.
McGee, “they coveted Florida”: Wise and Brown, Canada Views, p. 109.
Church, “For four years”: ibid., p. 48.
Bethune, “the extravagant wanderings”: ibid., p. 49.
Davin, “where there is nothing to differentiate”: Berger, Sense of Power, p. 157.
“a seeming contradiction”: Wise and Brown, Canada Views, p. 94.
“have always found it very hard to believe”: Cartwright, Reminiscences, p. 60.
“an active force of 50,000”: Creighton, Politician, p. 330.
Macdonald, “I am at last free”: letter to Margaret Williamson, May 23, 1862, Johnson, Affectionately, pp. 96–97.
“has had one of his old attacks”: Globe, May 15, 1862.
(fn) Globe, “in a state of wild excitement”: Martin, “Bottle,” p. 166.
Monck, “nominally by illness” Batt, Monck, p. 50.
Macdonald, “slap your chops”: Swainson, Macdonald, p. 54.
“The cleverest man of the lot”: Martin, “Bottle,” p. 167.
Macpherson, “I called at your office twice”: letter of 1839, Teatero, “Dead and Alive,” thesis, p. 226.
“particularly true for the period of his widowerhood”: Pope, Day, p. 166. Pp. 264–65 “leading a very dissipated life”: Cartwright, Reminiscences, p. 32.
Kingston’s 136 taverns: Martin, “Bottle,” p. 165.
“Professional men were not ashamed”: Moodie, Life in the Clearings, p. 45.
Meredith, “Captain Sparks was hopelessly drunk”: Gwyn, Private Capital, p. 189.
Lady Monck, “such drunkenness”: Batt, Monck, pp. 84–85.
“One-half of all the crime”: Burnet, “Changing Naval Standards.” in Horn and Sabourin, Studies in Canadian Social History.
Kimberle
y, “He should have been in the good old times”: Creighton, Old Chieftain, pp. 158–59.
Macdonald, “Yes, but the people would prefer John A. drunk” and “Mr. Chairman, I don’t know how it is”: Biggar, Anecdotal Life, pp. 193–94.
Northcote, “People do not attribute his drinking”: April 29, 1870, Morton, Manitoba, p. 98.
Pp. 268–69, Macdonald, “we have shown that we do not wish to cling”: Creighton, Politician, p. 335.
CHAPTER 16: THE WILL TO SURVIVE
Brown, “Already I long to be back with you”: Careless, “Mother of Confederation,” p. 79.
Anne Brown, studies in Germany: ibid., p. 58.
Mowat, “the softer side of his nature”: Careless, Brown, vol. 2, p. 186.
Anne Brown, “You must never speak of settling down here”: ibid., vol. 2, p. 188.
Brydges, “omnibus arrangement”: Creighton, Politician, p. 349.
Brown, “grimalkin”: Globe, April 30, 1863.
Macdonald, McGee, “A drunken man is a terrible curse”: Slattery, McGee, p. 207.
McGee, “the fortunate genius”: ibid., p. 230.
Times, “numerous enough to irritate”: Martin, Britain and Confederation, p. 185.
Macdonald, “It is stated [by some opponents of Confederation]”: Browne, Documents on Confederation, pp. 95–96.
Macdonald, “We must, therefore, become important”: ibid.
Britain’s share of world trade: Hyam, Britain’s Imperial Century, p. 99.
Disraeli, “a millstone around our necks”: Alice Stewart, “Imperial Policy,” thesis, p. 160.
Disraeli, “power and influence we should exercise”: ibid.
Edinburgh Review, “productive of heavy expense”: Slattery, McGee, p. 58.
Taylor, “a sort of damnosa hereditas”: Waite, “Cardwell and Confederation,” p. 27.
Melbourne, “the final separation of these colonies”: Martin, Britain and Confederation, p. 166.
(fn) Cobden, “looked more English”: Morton, Union, p. 2.
Pp. 281 Peel, “the tenure by which we hold [them]”: Martin, Britain and Confederation, p. 167.
Russell, “the loss of a great portion of our Colonies”: ibid.
Palmerston, “it would lower us greatly”: ibid.
Macdonald, “to raise revenue in [its] own fashion”: Johnson, Macdonald, p. 234.
Macdonald, “a matter of the gravest importance”: memorandum to Head, March 6, 1861, Johnson and Stelmack, Letters of Sir John A. Macdonald, vol. 2, pp. 306–307.
Cardwell, “lynx-eyed logicians”: Waite, Cardwell, pp. 20–21.
State of Colonial Office: Farr, Colonial Office, pp. 33–34.
Times, “Who is Minister, at Quebec City”: Martin, Britain and Confederation, p. 147.
Gordon, “a last resort”: ibid., p. 138.
Times, “a wealthier and more completely English”: ibid.
Trollope, “Not one man in a thousand”: Porter, Imperialists, p. 110.
“felt himself like a cat in a strange garret”: ibid., p. 251.
Brown, “after all I have seen”: Careless, Brown, vol. 2, p. 75.
Newcastle, “Do not remain under such an error”: Martin, Britain and Confederation, p. 65.
Laurier, “armed with an eggshell”: ibid., p. 64.
(fn) Newcastle, “The injury to our own trade”: ibid., p. 67.
Macdonald, “a panic”: Creighton, Politician, p. 410.
Macdonald, “a hole may be made in the mud”: Winks, Civil War, p. 354.
Macdonald, “forcible annexation and abandonment”: letter to Col. Gray, March 27, 1865, Pope, Memoirs, p. 298.
Queen Victoria, “the impossibility of our being able to hold Canada”: Stacey, “British Military Policy,” p. 25.
CHAPTER 17: IRREPLACEABLE MAN
Brown, “Now gentlemen, you must talk to me”: Careless, Brown, vol. 2, p. 127.
“A strong feeling was found to exist”: Creighton, Politician, p. 355.
Macdonald, “the member for South Oxford”: ibid., p. 356.
Brown, “the repeated endeavours year after year”: Reid, Source-book, pp. 200–201.
Brown, “You never saw such a scene”: Careless, Brown, vol. 2, p. 135.
Canadien, “comptera parmi les plus memorable”: Waite, Life and Times, pp. 45–46.
Berliner Journal, “George Brown mit John A. Macdonald, Cartier und Galt”: ibid.
Macdonald, “As leader of the Conservatives”: letter to S. Lynn, April 1866, Pope, Correspondence, p. 31.
Cartwright on union with United States: Cartwright, Reminiscences, p. 20.
Cartwright on understanding between Cartier and Brown: ibid.
Macdonald, “If Canada is to remain a Country”: Waite, Confederation Debates, p. 307.
Brown, “I am not so well informed”: Martin, Britain and Confederation, p. 53.
Globe, “Efforts are to be made to induce the Lower Provinces”: ibid.
Smith, “In this country, what is there for Conservatives to conserve”: Gwyn, Paradox, p. 36.
“Macdonald practised the Burkean principles”: Preece, “Political Philosophy,” p. 157.
Preece, “What distinguished Macdonald”: ibid., p. 162.
(fn) Webbs’ view of Canada: Feaver, “The Webbs in Canada.”
“For Macdonald, the word ‘reform’ was largely devoid of political significance”: Waite, “Sir John A. Macdonald: The Man,” p. 37.
Macdonald, “I am satisfied to confine myself to practical things”: Parliamentary Debates on Confederation, pp. 1001–1002.
“he thumped no tubs”: Creighton, Politician, p. 180.
“For the evangelical school of reconstructionists”: Willison, Reminiscences, p. 197.
Macdonald, “I am like those who hear me”: Address to the Electors, 1860, Appendix A, p. 6.
McGee, “How can you hope to secure the settlement”: Slattery, McGee, p. 220.
Monck, “depends very much on your consenting to come into the Cabinet”: Careless, Brown, vol. 2, p. 138.
Brown, “There was no help for it”: ibid., p. 140.
Brown, “it will cost half the revenue to the province”: letter to John A., August 14, 1864, Pope, Memoirs, pp. 281–82.
Macdonald, “that I may call on you to lay aside”: letter, July 7, 1864, ibid., pp. 276–77.
Brown, “bearing symptoms of having been on a spree”: Careless, Brown, vol. 2, p. 151.
Brown, “John A. and I were the only civilians”: ibid., p. 150.
Brown, “For the first time in my political life”: Waite, Life and Times, p. 38.
Canadians met by oyster boat: ibid. p. 75.
Brown, “shake elbow and how d’ye-do” and “something to the sea”: Careless, Brown, vol. 2, p. 154.
Islander, “substantials of beef rounds”: Louella Creighton, Elegant Canadians, p. 13.
Brown, “the ice became completely broken”: Careless, Brown, vol. 2, p. 155.
Brown, “They were unanimous”: Wilfrid Smith, introduction to “Tupper’s Minutes.” Pp. 305–306 Ross, “The fascinating dance goes merrily”: Waite, Life and Times, p. 79.
Macdonald, “there was no political connection”: Whelan, Union of the Provinces, p. 43.
Pp. 307–308 Macdonald, “as a commercial enterprise”: ibid., p. 45.
Macdonald, “Everything, gentlemen, is to be gained by union”: ibid., pp. 46–47.
CHAPTER 18: A PACT OF TRUST
Macdonald, “I ha[d] no help”: letter to James Gowan, Nov. 15, 1864.
Feo Monck, “He is always drunk now”: Monck, Canadian Leaves, p. 81.
Rogers, “Macdonald was the ruling genius”: Moore, 1867, pp. 213–14.
Macdonald, “I am satisfied”: letter to M.C. Cameron, Dec. 19, 1864, LAC, Macdonald Fonds, vol. 387.
Macdonald, “should be a mere skeleton and framework”: Waite, Life and Times, p. 120.
Morning-Chronicle, “bump-thump-jump”: ibid., p. 86.
Delegates’ working hour
s: Moore, 1867, p. 98.
Mercy Coles, “with every stitch of clothing wringing wet”: ibid., pp. 98–99.
Whelan, “the Cabinet ministers—the leading ones especially”: Waite, “Whelan’s Reports.”
Carter, “retir[e] to the Old Country to spend their fortunes”: Doughty, “Notes on the Quebec Conference,” p. 26.
Macdonald gets applause for opening speech: Creighton, Politician, p. 375.
Globe, “Everyone here has had a fit of the blues”: Waite, Life and Times, p. 90.
Palmer, “the current seemed to set with the Canadians”: ibid., p. 94.
Mowat, “I quite concur in the advantages”: ibid., p. 95.
Northern Kingdom, “Never was there such an opportunity”: ibid., p. 88.
Chandler, “merely large municipal corporations”: ibid., p. 95.
Macdonald rejects New Zealand example: Martin, “Archival Evidence.”
Times, “practical and unpretending”: Waite, Life and Times, p. 111.
Brown, “Constitution adopted—a most credible document”: Careless, Brown, vol. 2, p. 171.
Macdonald, “We have avoided all conflict”: Russell, Constitutional Odyssey, p. 27.
Globe, “We desire local self-government”: Vipond, “Federal Principle,” p. 14.
(fn) Senators to be knighted: Pope, Memoirs, pp. 727–28, including Macdonald letter to Carnarvon, Jan. 30, 1867.
Macdonald’s books by Madison, Hamilton: Munro, American Influences, p. 18.
Original Swiss constitution: McRoberts, Canada and the Multinational State, p. 695.
Macdonald, “the use of the French language”: Parliamentary Debates on Confederation, p. 944.
Journal de Québec, “can and must one day aspire to being a nation”: Silver, “Quebec and the French-Speaking Minorities,” thesis.
La Minerve, “As a distinct and separate nationality”: ibid.
Macdonald, “a distinct bargain, a solemn contract”: Stanley, “Act or Pact,” p. 142.
Macdonald, “as a matter of fact…a Federal Union”: ibid., p. 8.
Macdonald, “The sad experience on the other side”: Sweeny, Cartier, p. 143.
Cartier, “That is not my policy”: ibid.
Taché, “tantamount to a separation”: Jennifer Smith, “Confederation,” p. 454.
Taché, “The important thing to remember”: Sweeny, Cartier, p. 106.
Macdonald, “My great aim”: letter to Buchanan, Oct. 16, 1864, LAC, Macdonald Fonds, vol. 587.
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