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life. During the next six years, he so constantly advocated a responsible executive as the one cure for the political and economic evils of the time that he was known as " the man of one See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea." In 1836 he was called by See also:

Sir See also:

Francis See also:

Bond Head (1793–1895), the See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, to the executive See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, but finding himself without See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, and compelled to countenance See also:

MEASURES

measures to which he was opposed, he resigned within a See also:

month. Though a reformer, he strongly disapproved of the See also:

REBELLION

rebellion of 1837–1838. On the See also:

union of the two Canadas he became (1841) a member of the executive council under See also:

Lord See also:

Sydenham, but soon resigned on the question of responsible See also:

government. In 1842 he formed the first Liberal See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, in connexion with Mr (afterwards Sir) L. H. See also:

LAFONTAINE, SIR LOUIS HIPPOLYTE, BART

Lafontaine, but resigned the next year, after a See also:

QUARREL

quarrel with the governor-See also:

general, Sir See also:

Charles See also:

METCALFE,

Metcalfe, on a question of patronage, in which he See also:

FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt that of responsible government to be involved.

At the general See also:

election which followed, the governor-general was sustained by a narrow See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority, but in 1848 the Liberals were again returned to See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and he and Mr Lafontaine formed their second administration under Lord See also:

ELGIN

Elgin and carried numerous important reforms, including the freeing from sectarian See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the Provincial University and the introduction into Upper Canada of an important municipal See also:

SYSTEM

system. See also:

INTERNAL

Internal dissensions soon began to appear in the Liberal party, and in 1851 Mr Baldwin resigned. The See also:

SPECIAL

special struggle leading to his resignation was an See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to abolish the See also:

court of See also:

CHANCERY

chancery of Upper Canada, whose constitution was due to a measure introduced by Baldwin in 1849. The attempt, though defeated, had been supported by a majority of the representatives from Upper Canada, and Baldwin's fastidious See also:

conscience took it as a See also:

VOTE

vote of want of confidence. A deeper See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason was his inability to approve of the advanced views of the Radicals, or " Clear Grits," as they came to be called. On seeking re-election in York, he declined to give any See also:

PLEDGE

pledge on the burning question of the See also:

Clergy Reserves and was defeated. In 1858 the Liberal-Conservative party, formed in 1854 by a See also:

COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition, attempted to bring him out as a See also:

CANDIDATE

candidate for the upper See also:

house, which was at this date elective, but though he had broken with the advanced reformers, he could not approve of the See also:

TACTICS (Gr. TaeTOc*, sc. TEXvnI, from TavQecv, to arrange in order of battle)

tactics of their opponents, and refused to stand. He died on the 9th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1858. Even those who most bitterly attacked his measures admitted the purity and unselfishness of his motives. After the concession of responsible government,, he devoted himself to bringing about a good understanding between the See also:

ENGLISH

English and See also:

French-speaking inhabitants of Canada, and his memory is held as dear among the French Canadians as in his native See also:

province of See also:

Ontario. See J. C.

Dent, Canadian Portrait See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery (188o). His life, by the Hon. Geo. W. See also:

Ross, is included in The Makers of Canada See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series (Toronto).

End of Article: BALDWIN, ROBERT (1804–1858)

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