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Reform Government in Ontario, the Benefits It Has Conferred Upon the People
Excerpt from Reform Government in Ontario, the Benefits It Has Conferred Upon the People: Speeches Delivered by the Hon. Oliver Mowat at Woodstock, Thursday Eve'g, Dec. 12th, 1878, Before His Constituents, and in Toronto, Wednesday Evening, Jan. 8th, 1879, Before the Young Men's Reform Literary and Debating Club The Chairman, in introducing the speaker of the evening, remarked' that though some people had little faith in the speeches of politicians, he was sure all present would agree with him when he said that they were fortunate In having as their representative a thoroughly honest and upright man; (cheers) After they had heard the plain un vamished tale that he would deliver as to the wor...
Come, Bright Improvement!
The forerunner of today's book clubs, nineteenth-century literary societies provided a lively social and intellectual forum where people could gather and discuss books, cultural affairs, and current events. In Come bright Improvement!, Heather Murray explores the literary societies of Ontario between 1820 and 1900 - some of which are still in existence today - and examines the extent to which they mirrored or challenged contemporary social, political, and intellectual trends. Based on a wealth of original research with periodicals and local archival materials, Murray traces the evolution from early political and debating clubs to more dedicated literary and cultural societies, such as Shakes...
The Capacity To Judge
By the mid-nineteenth-century, 'public opinion' emerged as a new form of authority in Upper Canada. Contemporaries came to believe that the best answer to common questions arose from deliberation among private individuals. Older conceptions of government, sociability and the relationship between knowledge and power were jettisoned for a new image of Upper Canada as a deliberative democracy. The Capacity to Judge asks what made widespread public debate about common issues possible; why it came to be seen as desirable, even essential; and how it was integrated into Upper Canada's constitutional and social self-image. Drawing on an international body of literature indebted to Jürgen Habermas a...
