...British North America to unite. Lord Durham wrote in his famous 1839 report on the British colonies, "I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state." Nevertheless, following his proposal, what were later named Quebec and Ontario were united into a new...

...investigate and report on the problem. His proposed solution (never carried out) was assimilation: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state ... I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we could...

...situation in Lower Canada where the rebellion had been considerably more serious, Durham noted: "I expected to find a contest between a government and a people:...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races" (Lambton 1839, emphasis added). Durham's recommendations, which were adopted in the Act of Union, were...

...arms when British and French paired off into distinct camps. "I expected," says Durham in his report, "to find a contest between a government and a people....found a struggle not of principles but of races." Hence his grand solution was "home rule" for the colony and the abolition of the Downing Street restrictive...

...in their own persons a . f < — • _L , many evils of this unhappy province. I expected to liirl n contest between a government and a people — I found...state : I found a struggle, not of principles, but oi races ; nnd I perceived that it would bo idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions...

...principles between the English and French, but a conflict of the two races. He says : — " I expected to find a contest between a government and a people...warring in the bosom of a single state : I found a straggle, not of principles, but of races ; and 1 perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration...

...separateness extended from the highest to the lowest classes. " I expected," wrote Lord Durham in 1838, " to find a contest between a Government and a people....two nations warring in the bosom of a single State." Such was the fatal issue which differences of race, aggravated by the opposition of interest between...

...assembly. His tenure of office was marked by the complete transference of the Civil List to the Canadian 1 "I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single...found a struggle not of principles, but of races" (Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America, p. 8). Government (1847), the ratification,...

...violent character. I expected to find a contest between a Government and a people [writes Lord Durham]. I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single State ; I found the struggle not of principles but of races, and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration...