Excerpt from The Life and Times of Wm; Lyon Mackenzie, Vol. 2: With an Account of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837, and the Subsequent Frontier Disturbances, Chiefly From Unpublished Documents The Crisis approaching - Report of the Royal Commissioners, in Lower Canada The Effect on Upper Canada - Lord John Russell's Coercion Resolutions for seizing the Public Chest of Lower Canada - They create a Hurricane of Indignation in the Province - The Principle at Stake - Anti-coercion Meet ings - Mackenzie's Reasons for thinking the Lower Canadians would succeed in an Appeal to Arms - The Declaration of the Upper Canada Reformers Its private History - A Central Vigilance Committee formed in Toronto, of which Mr. Mackenzie was Agent and Secretary - An Organization through out the Country set ou foot, in such a way that it could be used for Mili tary purposes - It afterwards became the Instrument of Revolt - Mackenzie attends a Series of Public Meetings as Agent of the Toronto Vigilance Committee - The chief Actors in many of these Meetings become involved in the Insurrection - Independence declared to be necessary, and Calls to Arms are made - Disturbances at the Public Meetings Pikes and Rifles - Two Hundred Meetings held, and One Hundred and Fifty Vigilance Committees formed - Some of the Leaders joined no Association. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.