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 nor write. In Upper Canada high schools for the education of the upper
classes were established at a very early day, and the Cornwall Grammar
School, under the superintendence of Dr. John Strahan, for some years
was {360} the resort of the provincial aristocracy. Upper Canada College
dates from these early times. But in 1838 there were only twenty-four
thousand children at school out of a total population of four hundred
thousand. In the maritime provinces things were not much better, but in
Nova Scotia the foundation of King's,--the oldest university in
Canada--Dalhousie, and Acadia Colleges, as well as Pictou Academy, shows
the deep interest that was taken in higher education. In all the
provinces there was an active and even able newspaper press, although
its columns were too much disfigured by invective and personalities. In
1836 there were at least forty papers printed in Upper Canada alone. The
names of Cary, Neilson, Mackenzie, Parent, Howe, and Young are among the
names of eminent journalists. It was only in the press, in the pulpit,
at the bar, and in the legislature that we can look for evidences of
intellectual development. The only original literary works of importance
were those of Judge Haliburton, who had already given us the clever,
humorous creation of "Sam Slick," and also written an excellent history
of Nova Scotia. In the happy and more prosperous times that followed the
union of 1840, and the establishment of political liberty, intellectual
development kept pace with the progress of the country in wealth and
population. [1] Governor Haldimand first established several small
canals between Lakes Saint Louis and Saint Francis, which were used for
some years. {361} XXV. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT AND ITS RESULTS--FEDERAL
UNION--RELATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. (1839-1867.) The
passage of the Union Act of 1840 was the commencement of a new era in
the constitutional history of Canada as well as of the other provinces.
The most valuable result was the admission of the all-important
principle that the ministry advising the governor should possess the
confidence of the representatives of the people assembled in parliament.
Lord Durham, in his report, had pointed o
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