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Laurier

Laurier

Dafoe, J. W.

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 1544642938
ISBN13: 9781544642932
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 16 2017
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
After the lapse of so many years there is no need for lack of candor in discussing the events of 1885. To put it plainly Riel's fate turned almost entirely upon political considerations. Which was the less dangerous course, -to reprieve him or let him hang? The issue was canvassed back and forth by the distracted ministry up to the day before that fixed for the execution when a decision was reached to let the law take its course. The feeling in Quebec in support of the commutation was so intense and overwhelming that it was accepted as a matter of course that Riel would be reprieved; and the news of the contrary decision was to them, as Professor Skelton says, unbelievable. The actual announcement of the hanging was a match to a powder magazine

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