October 7 - James Fenimore Cooper's The Pioneer, first volume of his Leatherstocking series, published in United States.
October 14 - At a meeting, in Montreal, Mr. (afterwards Sir) James Stuart favors Union.
Petitions, pro and con, are forwarded to England.
In England, Messrs. Papineau and Neilson object that fiteen hundred miles of diverse climates and difficult communication are too much for one Government, and cite the United States' example, of seven States, in that distance. Incompatibility of laws, customs and religion, and racial prejudices are urged as further objections.
As French-Canadians outnumber the English, but have less wealth, they desire representation by population, with a low property qualification. They would have councillors excluded from addressing the Assembly, and wish their mother-tongue to be the language of the debates.
