Excerpt from Eight Years in Canada: Embracing a Review of the Administrations of Lords Durham and Sydenham, Sir Chas; Bagot, and Lord Metcalfe; And Including Numerous Interesting Letters From Lord Durham, Mr. Chas; Buller, and Other Well-Known Public Characters Nor this alone. With a forethought, - a prevoyance, suited to the occasion, they applied themselves, not only to the removal of the immediate and pressing evil, but they Wisely resolved to institute the most searching inquiry into the origin of a disease which had continued so long to prey upon the Canadian political system, and to apply an instant remedy. For this duty they selected one who, from his enlarged apprehension and profound and liberal views of Government, was in every sense, and at that particular epoch of Colonial history, the person most competent to the task he was called upon to undertake, -namely, that of regenerating Canada, and bestowing upon her a healthy, active, and enduring Constitution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.