A caricature history of Canadian politics : events from the union of 1841, as illustrated by cartoons from "Grip", and various other sources (1886)
Bengough, J. W. (John Wilson), 1851-1923 · Toronto : Grip Print. and Pub. Co. · leaf 38
incen-diarism. This outrage was well known to have been the act of a Party, butthe individual hand that wielded the torch, was not known. Punch inCanada, the comic paper of the day, and a strong opponent of the measurein question, took advantage of this fact to suggest humorously that the manwot… … THE MAN WOT FIRED THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE! IUNCH IN Canada, 1S49. SS] THE CLUB NATIONALE DEMOCRATIOUE PREPARING TOTRAMPLE ON THE BRITISH LION. This was a satirical allusion to the tall talk indulged in by a coterie ofFrench followers of Papineau, who favored a democratic form of Govern-ment for Canada…
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