Lord Elgin

The Canadian people have had a varied experience in governors appointed by the imperial state. At the very commencement of British rule they were so fortunate as to find at the head of affairs Sir Guy Carleton-afterwards Lord Dorchester-who saved the country during the American revolution by his military genius, and also proved himself an able civil governor in his relations with the French Canadians, then called 'the new subjects,' whom he treated in a fair and generous spirit that did much to