The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion

The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion

The manuscript for this little book, written by me in French, was handed over for translation to Mr Stewart Wallace. The result as here presented is therefore a joint product. Mr Wallace, himself a writer of ability and a student of Canadian history, naturally made a very free translation of my work and introduced some ideas of his own. He insists, however, that the work is mine; and, with this acknowledgment of his part in it, I can do no less than acquiesce, at the same time expressing my pleasure at having had as collaborator a young writer of such good insight. And it is surely appropriate that an English Canadian and a French Canadian should join in a narrative of the political war between the two races which forms the subject of this book. The conquest of Canada by British arms in the Seven Years' War gave rise to a situation in the colony which was fraught with tragic possibilities. It placed the French inhabitants under the sway of an alien racea race of another language, of another religion, of other laws, and which differed from them profoundly in temperament and political outlook. Elsewherein Ireland, in Poland, and in the Balkanssuch conquests have been followed by centuries of bitter racial warfare. In Canada, however, for a hundred and fifty years French Canadians and English Canadians have, on the whole, dwelt together in peace and amity. Only on the one occasion, of which the story is to be told in these pages, has there been anything resembling civil war between the two races; and this unhappy outbreak was neither widespread nor prolonged. The record {2} is one which Canadians, whether they be English or French, have reason to view with satisfaction. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 29973
Author: DeCelles, Alfred D. (Alfred Duclos)
Release Date: Sep 13, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Wallace, W. Stewart (William Stewart), 1884-1970