James Moir Ferres

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Portrait of James Moir Ferres James Moir Ferres The Disgrace of Great Britain accomplished… (1849)

When the eggs were exhausted stones were made use of to salute the departing carriage, and he was driven off at a rapid gallop amidst the hootings and curses of his countrymen.
The End has begun.
Anglo-Saxons! you must live for the future. Your blood and race will now be supreme, if true to yourselves. You will be English "at the expense of not being British." To whom and what, is your allegiance now? Answer each man for himself.
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Portrait of James Moir Ferres James Moir Ferres The Disgrace of Great Britain accomplished… (1849)

Rebellion is the Law of the Land!
The announcement was received with groans and stamping of feet. There were several other Bills to be assented to afterwards; but the galleries, in disgust, rushed from the Council Chamber, "muttering curses both loud and deep," — curses which will bear effect some other day.
"The few persons who had collected outside, on learning what had passed, burst into yells, hootings and groans, for "the last Governor of Canada."
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