durhamite

Updated: June 19, 2025

Russell was a Durhamite "with a difference." Like Durham he planned a generous measure of self-government, but he was a stricter constitutional thinker than Durham. He reduced to a far finer point the difficulty which Durham only slightly felt, about the seat of ultimate authority and responsibility; and his instructions to Sydenham left no doubt as to the constitutional superior in Canada.

J. L. (John Lyle) Morison - British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854