[lbo-talk] Canadian grits

[Mark S]

Todd Archer wrote:
>
>>I'm guessing from context that "grits" are the Liberals, but where does 
>>that come from?
>
>>Doug
>
>Clear Grit Party
>
>
>Clear Grit Party. The name "Clear Grit" was applied in 1849 to a group, or 
>wing, of the Reform party which was dissatisfied with the moderate policies 
>followed by the Baldwin-Lafontaine administration, and particularly with 
>its failure to deal with the questions of the Clergy Reserves, judicial 
>reform, and financial retrenchment. The origin of the name is attributed to 
>David Christie, who is reported to have said that only those were wanted in 
>the party who were "all sand and no dirt, clear grit all the way through".

I understand that clear grit was the highest quality mortar ingredient used 
by Scottish-Canadian stone masons, thus the positive connotations.  The 
handsome and solid 19th-century stone buildings in Ontario attest to the 
value of good materials...

M.

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