...problems. "I expected to find a contest between a government and a people," he wrote in his report. "I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions, until we...

...British North America to unite. Lord Durham wrote in his famous 1839 report on the British colonies, "I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state." Nevertheless, following his proposal, what were later named Quebec and Ontario were united into a new...

...investigate and report on the problem. His proposed solution (never carried out) was assimilation: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state ... I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we could...

...situation in Lower Canada where the rebellion had been considerably more serious, Durham noted: "I expected to find a contest between a government and a people:...found a struggle, not of principles, but of races" (Lambton 1839, emphasis added). Durham's recommendations, which were adopted in the Act of Union, were...