Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... RIEL AND THE GOVERNMENT [ In the Dominion House of Commons in the early months of 1886 an acri- monious debate took place , in which Mr. Laurier and Mr. Blake took the ground that in the execution for treason of Louis Riel , the half ...
... RIEL AND THE GOVERNMENT [ In the Dominion House of Commons in the early months of 1886 an acri- monious debate took place , in which Mr. Laurier and Mr. Blake took the ground that in the execution for treason of Louis Riel , the half ...
Page 247
... Louis Riel has been universally condemned as being the sac- rifice of a life , not to inexorable justice , but to bitter passion and revenge 248 SIR WILFRID LAURIER Indeed the Government have convinced all.
... Louis Riel has been universally condemned as being the sac- rifice of a life , not to inexorable justice , but to bitter passion and revenge 248 SIR WILFRID LAURIER Indeed the Government have convinced all.
Page 249
... RIEL [ On March 22 , 1886 , Thompson made a long and able speech before the House of Commons , in response to those of Laurier and Blake on the subject of the execu- tion of Louis Riel , the half - breed leader of insurrection . As a ...
... RIEL [ On March 22 , 1886 , Thompson made a long and able speech before the House of Commons , in response to those of Laurier and Blake on the subject of the execu- tion of Louis Riel , the half - breed leader of insurrection . As a ...
Page 250
... Louis Riel , the judgment which the law pronounced , the confidence of this House is asked to be withdrawn from the ... Riel's execution beforehand , and taking the opposite ground after- wards , but after his execution the Winnipeg Free ...
... Louis Riel , the judgment which the law pronounced , the confidence of this House is asked to be withdrawn from the ... Riel's execution beforehand , and taking the opposite ground after- wards , but after his execution the Winnipeg Free ...
Page 251
... Louis Riel , from his counsel , from his eccle- siastical superiors , or from any of the advisers or sympathizers he has had throughout this country , for the commutation of the sentence on the ground that the trial was in any sense ...
... Louis Riel , from his counsel , from his eccle- siastical superiors , or from any of the advisers or sympathizers he has had throughout this country , for the commutation of the sentence on the ground that the trial was in any sense ...
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