The Sentinel, 1881-10-21, Page 2••••
HERITAGE.
• 1:11e GOverllOr-gelleral GiVes ita Ijpressions.
Our Nertltwelt. TOttlterit!...
D ErAtquoiT SPROUL-
„Dig&ilsstork of ..0Einada's Fixture
—Analexation.. Not 1).E.Oba1e-.
W40_ SHOULD SETTLE. AND WHEN.
• finparalitited . irettiiity or TerritinT,
•. magnificent scenery and Willie Climate.
_
A despatch from Winnipeg dated Tues-
• day evening says- the banquet to His
Excellency the Governor-General by the
Manitoba Club last evening was a•Magnifi-
tent affair; and Was attended by inwards
• Of - one- hundred members of the club,
embracing the leading citizens of Winnipeg.
• O. J. Brydges, the President., • ociaupital the
• chair. He.liad .the Governer -General, the.
guest of the evening, on his -right, and also
Aro-hbishop Tache, Consul Taylor, Senator
Girard, • Dr. -Schul.tz; Mr. •Speaker Mc-.
Mitaken, Colonel .tioughton, D.A. G.., :and
Ron.. Donald A. Smith. On, thelift of the
Ln,
nel
d,
jag-
ar
he
chair Were Lieutenant -Governor Cato%
His Lordship the Bishop of Rupert' s Lan
Chief . justice Wood, Lieutenant -Colo
De.Win.ton, Premier Narqua.y, and Ma
Chiller, A. D. C. The vice -chair was ono
-pied. by, H. T-. Champion, and the Seto
Vitenhair by C._ Swettey; Manager of the
Baik Of Montreal. After the usualloy
and..rpatriotio toasts, and, that of T
President of the'United States;”.
The Chairman Proposed the. toast o t
evening,"His Excellency the Goterno
' general," prefaciagit with a,high onto&
• of the guest , of the evening, and • payi
• high nomplimentOto Her
the Princess Ilouise. The toast was ac
nowledged with, the iitmcist ent)iusiasm a
- loud_ "cheering, the band playing T
Gathering of the- Clanse' - •.
speech by ilia Excellency,
• Ilia -Excellency replied, as follows: Ali
Chairman -and Gentlemen, —I beg to than
'you most cordially tor the pleasant rece
tion yob have giVen, to me on:ray return.
Winnipeg, and for the Weida in. Width y
proposed my health, and. . expres:s
•a 'hope_ for. the complete recoye
of the Princess 'from • the effec
of that flied' unfortunate accident whic
.- took plata at_ Ottawa. • r know -th
the Canadian rteople. will always remenabe
• that it. was: in. sharing tile duties 'incur.re
in their service_ that the Princess receive
he
ra
r.
ng
music of birds -which stretchee onward
from the ne ghberhocal Of Tyour City.
In Keewatin , e. lumber -industry •and
mining enterprises can alone be looked for
—and here it impossible to intagine any
kind of work which shall not produce
results equal_ t _ those attained in any of
the great citie of -the World. (Great cheer -
Unknow a, few years ago, except
for some diff renoes Which had arisen
aniongst its Pe Plot we See -.Winnipeg now
with a pOpiflat on Unanimously joining in
happy conocird and rapidly lifting it to the
frout-rank am. 'gat the commertial centres
of the -world. "e may lookelsewhere lor-
a situation se vorable and so dommand-
hag,., many as e the fair regions of which
we can boast. (Loud cheering.) There
may be some ong you before hose eyes
the whole '
wcomparim
hag passed, t
Prince Edward
the St. John, -
the home of "
don looks dim
• and over trace
wealds of Kent
fortified pare&
whose prosperi
her great St. It
admired the,
Province of 0 tario, and mole 1 at thp
. . . -
growth of her ta.pital, Toronto ; and 'yet
nowhere will y u find a'sice whos natural
mise so _g*eat a uture as
s insured to Mani oba and
e heart city of our Dominion.
eering) -The measureless
montau or eon z lams
e „ocean garden island of
4
, the magnificent alleys of
d the marvello country,
vangeline," wher Biome=
on thetides of the -Fundy,
of red soil, rioher than the
• You may have seenthe
e of Quebec and Montreal,
and beauty are worthy of
wrence, and you _inay have
ell -wrought and 'splendid
advantages pr
that which 03ist
to W'inniptig, th
(Tremendous c
meadows, whi h commence herd,. stretch
without inte tam of their good Soil wes -
ward to your undarv. -
II) .
. . . .
. . TigE pn vnicE.Is A. earFN SEA..
,
over which t 6 summer winds pass of
rich grasses andtflowers;aad over this Vast
nxtent it is Mil as yet here and there that
a yellow patch shows sozne giganrc Wheat
Bs ffield (loud thee ing.) Like a grea net cast
over the whole area the bands and clumps
nd of poplar-whi are everywhere to be met
he with, and wide no -doubt when the prairie
firea are more carefully guarded -against,.
willwherever t ey are wanted stilradorn
the landscape. (Cheers) •The meshes of
k this woocl netti g are never further than
p. twenty or. thir miles apart. -.Little hay
11.k
to swataps and parkling laketets [teeming:
ou With wildfowl 6 always dose at -hind
edi andifthe surfa e water in mune of these his
ry. alkali, excellen Water can always he had in
ts- _others; and by he sinaple process -of -digging
h for it a short- d
.at spade (the so
r that itis -not ev
a.No wondertha
we hear no cr
injuries which have, I trust only terntin
• wily, so much impaired her. healt
(Applause.) Two years hence the.journe
tame beneath the Sodwith
1 being so devoid- 3f -stones
n necessary; to usea pick);
tinder theeedrounistances
aking. Croakers re Very
f. rata animalath oiighoat Canada. It was
h. remarked With surprise. by an • nglish-
y
ma a aecustomedto Britislfgrumbli g. that
I have undertaken Will be an easy one
aotomplish ..throngliont its length for all
while, at present the facilities taf*aiiwa,
•sta Stearn .accommocla.tion only siiffice fo
Italf'of it.. -FOr a Canadian official a.know.
Iedge Of -the Northweat indiepensabl.
bei ignorant_ or the Nerthwesty.
to _ be :ignorant :of -the greater -pOrtiO
of our -country. (Applause.) Tdithert
I have • observed that those who hay
seem it justly look :down. upon these- wh
have -.not with a. kind- of pitying coritemp
wilith you nuty:sametimosti have oliettive
that-tneY.who. have got up_ earlier in th
. 7
Earirning-than.athers. and Seen bearitiful
sunrise assume towards. the friends:
• have .ept. -Until the: -sun is high tn. th
. heavens- (Laughter..) Our tradt throng
it led, as far Outfits:enabled' us to: see_ a very
Small portion- 9f your heritage now- bein
_- made accessiblik- Had time petaiitted w
should have explored the immense country
which lies: 'along. the. whole entire°. of th
.'w9ederfal.Zatskatchowan. and. with its' two
gigantic branches. opens to atearapavigation
-1..eettleraents: of raPicily-gro,wingimpertapte
. Tamura TO ma trkurrn ar?ars.
As it vras We but touched the waters: ofthe
.north and south brandies, and striking_
southwestwards availed onrseltes- of. the
American railway lines in Montana for Our
return. It. was most intereati.ng cointaze
• the southern mountains. and: _prairies with
•oar: own,. and noteven the' terrible events
• whith, have recently oast So deep.a gkiona
Upon our 'neighbors as welI as ourselves
nauld prevent our kinimen fram, shawing
that hospitality and. courtesy. which "makes
- - viiiit to their Country so great' a pleasure.
His .. Excellency then paid, a complithent to
Cozieul-general- Taylor, ...and '.apokein
-
feeling:torn:to a -the death, of 'President
Garfield, and the ii.orror• and cleteatation
• whibh Canadians entertained for, the criine
of duitteau. - Referriog to the grief -over
_arfield:edeath,-.11e- said: -Theconimunity-
• 'ot feeling teaches beyond the. fellowship
arising frorathe - personal, interest attach-:
to the dignity of a -high office sustained.
with `honor, and. toth reverence, for the.
- tender -ties of homeer, sacred
thcifigh these, be.„ for Canadians'. andAnieri-=
•- Cana have cache common. airci and a tom-
..mort Tb,caigh.belcinging to: very differ--
ent political schools, and preferring to ad-,
• unix by very. differen.t-pathkive both: de
• aireto•iivetortly- in Si land rfect liberty,
(Loudcheers-.) ' When the order whiola in -
•awes; freedom. is deserted by the cowardly
rantbur- - of- the - murder-er Or by the
tyranny offection thelaloW strutk_touches
more -than one- life, .and Strikes -over Wider
• circle than that Where. its nearer and
• immediate consequences are apparent.
. The people of the United States have been
:abetted into 0110 political organization, and,
we; are cherishing- and _developing another,
.hnt: they wilf_find no menwithwhorna
closer andmateliving sy-mpathywith-their
triumphs or with their -trouble than.
• . their Canadian cousins of the Dominion.(Cheering) Let . this. be 80 112 the days of
• unborn generations, and may we never
Iiavnagain. toeiprese our horror atinich a
• ;deed of infamy as that which has lately
• &Bed forth in, tsar striking a_ manner. the
,-1400fs, of international respedt and affec-
t:104 (Hear, hear4
•
th eyen the-
,
;
Y (great laughter)
r .have appeared
' will tie Amon&
e. next genetatio
museums -
s- B
.
It. ofthe best atm in the World -you. find a few
° Maiigners, a few skillkers, however Fell an
e a On as beEn fought. You will hear
°L. officerawlie have been engaged say that
: - there-Vides° Men who s idea neemed
' to be that it w ;easier condutt them-
e selves_aa heca e them. the-reini-rather
g the pensbf me 'Who have failed in their
z!:
than inthe fro. .,(Latig andepplause.)
0 *so tho±o- have en a fewlonelyand lazy
,e. Voices raised in the -stranger press, bellow-
' ing tipo-n - your diffictultiea and ign&Eitit of
yourtriatriphat _These have.appeareia trona.
9 own conatries i:id have failed lierewhos
ix
are born. failure ,ittnd will fail till life fails
e• them: (Lang ter and applause.) 1- They'
- are like the ad iers whoran away from the
-• best armies, see 'iv to spread disainafiture,
▪ which exists onlY in ,those: things they call -
their minds (laughter), and Who, returning'
to the cities, Elea; their Oomra.des are
Lf
defeated, or if . hey- are not - beatea they
, should. in their Opinion beso. We have
- _found, as we ex beta, that their tales - are
not worthy the .redence:even of the itimid.
-(Applauee.) T ere wasnot one person who
• bac" .manfully aced the first difieulties
•' (always far less than those to be etzeount-
-- exec' in the older Provintee) but said that.
he was getting on Well, and hewas glad he
. had. come, and he genera*. added that
"he :believed his bit of -the country Must
be the best," and that he. only wished' his
friends could havethesame good fortune,
. for his expectatiOns were . . more
• i
' than realized.; • (Cheers - and '3 augh-.
ter.). : it ' is t well to remember. that
sTrae csomi ANADA.
and the few lett rs that
peakni&of disappo nttnent
the autogra.plui which the
• will cherish in their
With even the best troops
wh
THrHESfuoNE3 Or THE NORTMVEST.
To.pass to other themes, .awakening no
unhappy recollections. You :will expect me
to laten tion a few of the iMpressiona made
4.Pen 'aby.wliatwe have seen. during the
• last few Wee.Beautiful as are the
numberless lakes and illimitable teresta uf
Hee-Waydin, ‘f the Land. of the worth.
Wind," to •the east of you, yet ,it was
• Pleasant to get! behind the, north wind
(laughtey) and. to teach your-- open plains.
- !Wee contrast ia grt between the utterly
silent and shadowy etem.-.4.q f - -
ocean, of ineadowland vole ful th h
°tad fir forests aT-id tbe Bun -ht
Tux 5mx- o wit& SUCCEED LIEU
1,as in every growing comniunity5 are
_assuredly the abIe-bodied,- and that:their
- entry on theirnew field of labor should -be
*hen the -year IS young, Men adrance, d in
-Iifectiad coming-from-the-Ohl-ConntrY-will
find their conafert beet conaultedbythe
ready.. provided accommodation .to be
obtamed by the _purchase of a farm in the
, older Province.. All that the settler in-
Maiiitobawonl Pequireis that he
•
shoul.dlook ofit or at -locality where there
is good -natur 1 drainage — and ninety-
nine htindredth of the country has
- this-
aud. that -he sho d • be ablereadily to pro-
•- ouratin-Winnip or-- elsewhere some . light
pkimps, likettai e used in Abyssinia for the
easy supPly o!v4aterfrom a- depth of ti! few
feetbelow the dace.' Alkt* in theater
will-neverhurt iisoatt1e, and dykes of turf
-andtlie plantin no trees would everywhere
insure hina, and them the shelter that truly
be required. ve hundred, dollars should
be his own to spend 'upon his - arrival,
unless as a:ri artisafl. ke comes herd, and
finds thak-liket e -happy masons -new to
be foundin;Witt 'peg, he,tan get tlieWages
of.aBritish ar y colonel by putting up
houses as fast a brick, wood and minter -
can. be got toget er.
nuessArt. •
..Favorable testi ony as tothe climate:was
ciVerywhere give . The heavy night dews
throughblit the orthwestkeert the Country
green -When ev ything is burned t4 the
south-; and the s allywinter cold, althorigh
it sounds formi able when registered by
the thermomete , is universally said .0 be
far lesstrying a an the cold to be encoun-
tered et the old. English Puritan' chi of.
Boston in 1St la -meats, It is the ;Oda,
:turein the atm sphere which makee `the
cold tell; and ertglislarrivan wha,twith-
the thermome r .at zero in his Moiat
atmosphere, wo • delbsebirtsiasivumerilantt*o(louthid:
legrewfihnlide ownoert ng. never
like. to make
atti always unwi11aivros
TIIECL
e t a -
• • - 00tapaTWODS, an
driven to do !Jai; -although .it seems to he
:the natural vice, of the well -travelled
Englishman. Over and over again in
Canada tiatict-f been asked if- inch and: such
' a bay was not wonderfully like the By
of `Naplei, tar_ the habitants .had'often.
been-A4Cir-O. always prOfeaffid-to be
u)3able to see tIe regnmbiance; of 9ourse
entirely- out .of.deference toihe sustepti.;'
bilthes: of the So One of
ourpaity, 4 '-se4t0hgto, w*iievor on the:
Becky Mountains- •lie -.811w Borne -Ireful
pyramid or gigantic, rook,10 or 1,060 feet -in
• height, would, exolitim that the one wasthe
i very image of Arthurie. seat, and the Other -
I of. Edinburgh .Castle.', _With the fear of
, Ontario before my eyes, I wouldtherefore
I never venture to doniparti Winter here to
thoseof ourc greatest Province ;. -II.ana
bound' to mention that .when &friend of
mine Put que,stion to a party. of sixteen
Ontario met, who had settled in the West-
ern perticai.of Manitoba, as to the merite
of the cold .seascin in the .two 'Provinces,
fourteen of thein voted for the Manitoba
:climate; and onlyttvo elderly mensaid they
preferred:that of -Ottario. - You :will see
-hew (what is sometimes • called the very
unequal :criticism of right and justice) a
Iarge majoritydeterminee this question:. •
HIS ExerrasEtier'S owN Ornitex,
although ake present in Mapi-
toba; and Manitoba int.ertaita may deitnand
our -thoughts, we may Mit object . to liken
for few minutes to ourexperiencie of the
country Which hes further to the west.- To
the prezient company; the asiertion- may be
-a bold One, hut they will _be -suffidently-.
tolerant to allow me to- naikeit if it goes
no further. The. future fortnnes of the
country beyond this Province.bear directly_
upon. its- prosperity.. Although you. May_not,
be able to- dig, for four feet through the
same charaoter of blackloarn that you have
here, when you -get to the country beyond
Fort Ellice, yet in its _main features :it is
the same right up .to the forks of the Sas-
kattheWan.. I deeply regret that I..' was not
able to visit Edmonton, which bids fair to
rival any place in the NOrthweat. ::Settle-
ment is rapidly intreasing there, and I met
at Iiittleftard-one-maii who had ecOmmts-
tshioan‘fprolamoe.tenfarmertt. to -buy for thent-at
' ' Ixotiti- THE sAsHATcromusr.. '
Nothing. can exceed the' fertility and
excellence of the laud- along almost, the
whole course of -that great river, and to the
north of it in 'the wide strip . belting its
banks; extending up to the Peace Rivet,
there will be room for a great population,
Whosempportunitiei for profitable cultiva,
lion of the soil- will be most enviable. ' :The
netting of woods of -which I. have spoken aa
covering all the prairie between Winnipeg
and Battlefond . is beyond that paint down
upon the shores Of the prairie sea, and lies,
• in masses 'of fine 'forest on the -gigantic)
half -Circle formed by the Saskatchewan and
the Rockies. It is only in the sechided
valleys bn the banks of large lakes' and in
the river bottcirns thatmuch Wood is found.
in the _Fir West; probably owing -,t o the
prevalence of fires. -These a:feta:ally pre-
ventible, and -there is no reason why plan.'
tations should not. , flourish there _in good
situations aa- well • _as. elsewhere-.
Oefore-I leave the Saskatchewan, let - nie
advert -to t e- ease with which the steam
improved. t present there is only one
licii.
navigation f that river can ,be: vastly -
boat at alltiorthyof the naine. of - a river
steamer upon it ; and this idea/mar lies up
during the night. - Anew company is, I ani
informed, now being organized ; and -there
isno reason why some of the netr, vessels,
properly equipped and - furnished With
electric lights—whiohniay.now be cheaply
.Provided---rahonld not keep a night and day
service; •so that the settlers :at Prince
-Albert, EchiabniOn and elsewhere: may Mit
have during another season t� suffer the
great privations -incident to the. Want .of
transportation which haeloaded the hanky
Of the Grand. Rapids during OM\ present.
year with freight ''. ' awaiting ' - steam.
transportation. The , • . . . --
GREAT CRETACEOUS' COAL SEAMS
at the head waters Of the. rivers rising, in
•the Rooky Mountains; or in their, 'neigh-
borhood, and lowing towards" your doors;
should net be -.forgotten. • Although yeti
have some coal in distriOte nearer :to you,
we ehoUld :remeniber that on the* head
waters ot these streams 'there:is plenty. cif
the same; which can he floated downt�
you- before,. you hive a complete railway
system. Want of time, as , well ad a wish
to see the -leas visited part of theboniitrY,
took-T6S-southwestward from Battleford
Overland; ivhich in many of the maps is
varimisly .marked as consisting of arid
plains or as a contimiation4. of the..A.meri-.
can desert. Recent maps, especially those
containing -the• explerations of Professor
Macoun-, .have corrected this Wholly-m*07
neous idea, or two days' march, that is
to say for about silty or seventy miles,
south 'of Bettleford, we paseed' omer_latid
Whose excellence cmild not -be-excelled fOr.
agricultural purposeiii thenee to the neigh,
borhood of the Red Deer. Valley the soil.is.
lighter.; but still, in my opinion, in most
pieces good for grain,. and, in_ any case,
moat admirable for }Manner pasturage. It
•Will certainly he good also .Mr 'stock in -
winter as soon as it shall pay tolia,ve sonae
hay stored in the valleys. : The ivliole-of it
has been the.favorite feeding -ground -of the
buffalo, and their tracks from watering.
.place to watering -place (neve; too far apart
from each. Other) were -everywhere-,to-b.e
seen, while in very inany tracks their dung
lay so thiekly-that the' appearance of the.
ground was only comparable to that Of an
Englishlarm-yard. . Let us hope that the
time will not be long before; the disap-
pearande of the buffalo from these aCeiles
isiollowed-bythe appearance -ot- domestic.
herds. ' •• .
_ _
: :THE-.nsto LEER VALLEY,
especially - reinarkab e traversing, a
cowl* where, attOrding t� the testimony,
of Indian chiefs: travelling with us, Snow
• never lies for more than three ino'nthEi,
and -the heavy growth of -poplar the bot-
toms, the 'quantity of the bull '! �r high
_cranberry buettes azict the ricli. bunches
that hang from the chokecherries, led 'Into
that part of -the Dominion which among
the plainsmen is designated as -"
conntry from thie.onward to the Bow
River, and thence tO-tbe -frOntier - the
trail led through what will be 0�fthe
niest-inanable of enr ProvInofie... Subieet
to these warth Windeeallea
the Better ever use aaything
but wheeled vehicles during the winter;
and throughout a great portion ofthe land
early sewing, or fall sowing, will -be all that
will be necessary to insure against •early
t. • At Calgary, a place interestingat
'
i
the present time -Ws likely to be on that
PacifieltailWay line which will
•,
. cotamOT YOU WITHITHE PACIFIC:. i,,,,
and give. you access to that vastehere
beyond the furthest/est:1,-; a goadimanyemall
herds:of cattle.,havebeenintrciduced-Within
the last • few *tank During: this -Aar a
mag,nificentherd of between and seven_
hundred -has-been brought iittramith* men
who attend themikancl.- vrtit doinefrOut
Montana; - Oregon 1144, Text4all aVeried
that their opinion &their new ran011e was
higher than that of Any with. wIlicit they
had been licqtainted in the South.. Excel-
lent crops. have,,been :raised- by , mei who
had sown, not only .iri- the river -bottoms,..
but -upon . the .so-called - betiohlande or
plateaux above.; •Thie- testimony WeA also
given•by &here ciii the way to.F.ort MeLeod,
thus -closing most 'satisfactory the song -- of
pfailie we had heard frain thepraatical men
tbroagboutour wholejeuraey Of 1,200 miles.
.. -- A rnir PIECE OF wow -PAINTING:
His Excellendy _then complimented the
Hudson Baygompany on . their epiellent
-Indian poliey, praised. the Don:tit-4n for
continuing it, and. spoke highly:•_Ot the
-Mounted , Police. :Ho Continued-: ilia the
_ . ...
railWay you will have a beautiful approach -.
to the Pacific: The line, after traversing -
for days the plains, Will come .upciii the,
river -4,- Whose sheltering Yalleysluttie linich
the same charatter. The river beide are:.
-great moat e in a modern-fertreSe-,2-Yon _
do not see thein -till cloke, upen theiiii... As
in.theglacis and rampart 9f a' fortreakAhe.
shot can search across the snioothed Sur
-
feces above the ditch, SO any Windk that
may arise may sweep-aoroas the levels
above the river- leases., The streanid inn
cOurgeg along the- suriken • levelS- in
these vast ditches* (which are sometimes
•mules in Width). -.. Sheltered by the. banks,
knolls _er - :cliffs :Which fort° i the
I
margin- 6U:their excavated -bound g . are
woods, generally of rpoplar, eicept • ..- the-
northetn and western -fir fringe, I. ',-.0n;
approaching the .nituntains . their - iflOw
caps bolt like -hlige. tents eneamped tang
the rolling prairie; -14. to this great eainp,
of which alength oftwo hundred :milli is
sometimes visible,-- •the _ -rivers wind -t iii'
trenches; looking. like the. covered waYi-lay-.
Which siege works zigzag up to the besieged
oity. On_a "nearer view- the ' cattip hue;
changes to ruined marble- palaces 1 :Ina
through their tremendous walls_ ,Iiiiid
giantwoods you willsoon -be dashed oil the
train; for a winter, basking. on the Warm
:Pacific. You have a Country whose Value
• it would., be, insanity to : qiiestion ;-taiid•
.whioh to judge freM the emigration taking
;piste from other Tr -evinces Will. be . linked
with -them. It must . - -' it -
SUPPORT A visT. porIaarioz.z...-
If .1 may '-etilonlate:froni: the progresA We
have already ,made, in • a -oompariebti.-With
eiit neighbors, We shall, have reason to,
fear -them: On the areas -itow- Open, td=.115.
We have OW -4,40.0:,000 people; and these,
With .the • exception - of,' the comparatiVety-
Sniall numbers as yetlit.this.PrOvinee,...are
restricted to the:bide:tea; 'yet for :the last
Petri S. years
, s, - NV' itietreiailt? dr t ra si 6ii g h;.t.alir4e - suj.beene: ' 6. iivIll oid8-
all the -NOV England_States takentagether
haVelshowivan int -reale billy of-715.4i_er tent:.
In --.the last.-thirtt .years in Ohio -the
intrease hat -been -6i :per, cent: -..., :-0 la tarici
has seen during -that -space Of tinie 161: -Per:
te. nt: -Of an; increase ; -while Quebec . has
increased 02 per tent. : -NanitcChain, ten
_y_earS has increased .2ti2-pereent.- (a: greater
rate than any: hitherto.- attained), -end to
judge from -thilt,year?s experience, le likely
to *Crease toan‘ even :_inote.:wondeitiill
degree. .- (hiring -. -the' .: following' _ decide.
Statistics are .at all times .:Wearhictine; , but
are not these_ full of :hope?:are they not
lijaOurtut;.rgio*legicsiUivsmohgrOunis debtithithuaoti,pi4itittiing:
t6.11117tihoelillealii_411-inalt:ityiliblee::raellastWonePte16.Ao4Vebti*:. Olittreef,--
of1
taelft---..-1- --... .--. , - _ -- ' - '• .".• i :-...:..-_ i.*- -
-:,. - ' " r...'":- -se kviqz, , xAtni. li.,.:' . ---..,- ., : _i_g-- : •-:
.t .
They who- pent- out prophecies of change,
,
preecribing mealioineefor asotind body•, are.
wasting Midi -gift -a -and their ;Sine. - It. - is
:aramig Strangers that we bear tnith :thntories
'propounded: - - By distinguished Men.-- -With,
you the. tvord_annexatictia . has in_late yeirs"
only . been heard.: in connectien. with the
-
annexation of. more territory to- Manitoba.
r muit-,,apaltigize- to ' a. -Canadian audienee
for mentioningthe iverd.at all inany.other
.0Minettion.- •-•-• In Aniericathe annexation bf
COS country is dieayoWedliy all responsible
leaders, and; arl'itAciewell-eXpreeeed to .M0
lately, the beat • ineeizi. theStateedeafie.
Only -to annex-thefriendshipand goba_Wilt-
cif Canada,- _ (Loud cheerzky. I To • be sure
naity.bentherwise witlittiecamplollOWea;
they :often talk. as - if if the: .ewallavritig-
. _ - . . - . --:,-
• and , digestion. of -Canada - by ., :the
were 'only4a queStien -of : Eine and iiiiiii
reason: 'ArnOngst- tie: howlat-thepetier-61
the caMp:follOWere. extendsit. not for .00'
to deterMine,-.:,-,;;-Tliey.haVe,'IlOtteverfishoWla-
that they are poWeiful 'enough' -thipaptuto
a iew-,Englisli Writers (our modern --minet.
.prophets), wile- in -.little- magaZine.artiblea '
are fond -Of.teatihnag the nationatiow -AO:
behave'; .Whozie. wards. -preach- the euper-4.
loft of other ,"cOniitriee -to. their own, and
the _prekiniate- dismemberment - Of tbat
-
British _ Einpire -which his the honor-. to
acknOwledgethent tia dile-ens. 'They haVe-
without American friends of wbornIspeak
ataii events. one Virtue in- conitnen -:- . - '
.. . .
, ..., THEY. ARE OREAT. SPEOI7LATORS;' ..
III the -case of our 'southern friends Alija IS
. . ,. . .. . .
net a Matter' to - be - deplored by us,- Mr
-
. . ,
:..ikrueriCan SPeaelation. has been of diredt
niaterial benefit to:Oanada•! and. we •toot
regret that. .ciur -American:. coueitisate net
Conling over to halo fast are the soi,t04;;
the Irish, • the :Germans,- and the Stancli,,-
naVienagenerally. •Also,. it is Pet to :be
dePloradthatimc epeoUlatione are 'Made,
..-diene -Would „form e, -Useful; the tt-,44
11%,
lorthey show that ..'t la tbatight _that Una-.
nuinaportant,: wing . for 'bile of the ireat
parties,' and moreover, 'such. proph • toe _call
-clothe with amusement "the dry. bones 'of the
•
.-.LetlhsierSowtountolsdfis,:itmant:It.h• -;:iirati:isant. is ?eikasolitooT:e:::, :::.1;loie,i:Peetavw:eogo..tteE20:k:0ill: hist.981.,:vt.
the present, than take.•.-fi-igilLa;i2P-Olid01;.hy"-
Willbe. different thin if ' a-.::kittillJr. feeling,
arst for 0.irselves and afterWpar: forai4 t. I: reon it Et' t: •
li
. iis,..at&r.ludge froin _the
1.)_ exopoesr.nie:d into thop:Penopleomili:00.titien7
filtuiteilif:;;nWhigtoaQtfrytall.-6.till*:::1147;0. ble:07t; ;.4i:abli:eig- is,n'
....tbe--
and existing :tendencies- deelare,,-,that:the-
tlielly7eso: alTea;e8';7pod;ti6cil:ltilineel*S:ilvih'-:6iclrog elah.44'
lines of iatitudee.? -.Men spreadlroineaak
the.lities. of d.iversity; .spreacl -iti the i mine
manner., The -central spaces will;-yef peace
Prove.; the great Oentrea=nt. ' imputation, , „(Prek.
Can it he imagined that the_vast centrafi
hives . men will allow the -eastern .
or western -seaboard petple „to dome' -;.
between them with a separate empire and : • .
shut -them out in any degree from full and .
free intercourse with the Markets,of_the
world beyond- them? The safest condusit,.•
. .
it tonclueions ire to be drawn at all,isth t -
whit_ has hitherto been will in the_nature-
__
of things continue ; that whatever separa...
tions exist will 2be marked by zones pf
latitude. , For .-otlier,,evidence we -must -
search in vain- our . County eouitone, the
munitipal corporations, the localproViacil :••
chambers, the . central Dominion: Parlitt
merit,- and last 'not. least, a. perfectly
unfettered :press—Which. are all. free
channels for • the expression of the
feelings- of , our citizens. Why is
-
it ;that ,in. each ...zand e:f
nothing; lint .deternaination --to-:: keep and
deVelOp theprecitati heritage have in .
our.. own2:l0enatitution--se. ' capable bf, aiiVF-
develo.Prnent Which- the:pebble may cleeiref?
Let te.tieicanadiani if we:wish:to- Speak
for them-, .;These ptiblit -. hi:dies-and. tble.
raiblin treas are: the mouthpieces Oftbi-
p.eople's Mind. • I..q.et as net ,:say-- for: . ein
4
what theynever say.: for themseivea ; ;_ Is -.
iitiateption at•mierepresentation, I be lam
Which has produced these.curions exarriples
9f the fact that individual, prepesaesaiOnef• --
may distort public .. proofs. It * reminds ;
nie- of an Interpretation- .once said. to ._
have , .been given - by. a bad •1 interpret
f_.• a. -Speech deliirerecl. by a . savage. •r_war -
lot, who .. -in- .:ttt -.. very : dignified ' an:d;". •
xtreinely-lengthy. discourse expressed the._
oritentinent of his tribe with theorder and:
With-theigood -which'. had. . been introduced
mongst • -them by the lew of_ the whit
man 7His speech wee' Made. long enough
ally to in:Zweite with its Meaning and UST; .. ,
ruth all'WhO took pains. : to 'listen to Iiini -
nd'whe Conid understand- his. 'language;
O. -the interpreter_ had -unfortunately di.f. '
erent,ideaa of his own and was.displeaaed .-, •
With his own individual treatment,. Wheni. -.
t lasthewas asked -what:the:Chief andi-
aiincil'had said inthArelo-qUent orattWas„
glutted :naiad and alynxolairged; ...:.'‘...11e,-' '
aMn _ displeased" ,(great- laughter), -anal-. ;
hat did his Coutttillors,say,- They damn • -,.
ieplease&" ..•(ROars.. .6f: langliter.)__ _lib;
entleinera . let. each - -Man in 'public or
terarY life in both i- nations do all that in :
ilia' hes to Oern.ent their"..frienclahipsied
sseritialltr_theiriniittiat-wellare-:--batthis,:-
antiot be cemented-- 1# thepablication of
ain vatitinations.. - - - - ' ' •
clIsT.ADA'AND THE UNITED STATES
This great -part of our, great Einnike has
-warm-feeling for our republicanbrethren, ..
hose fathers. parted from ns a centyry age -
anger - and bloodshed: r:Maythe natural: ,.-
ffection.inever':die; : It .: iti,-like the. love ' .-,•:, -.
hichis borne bya-yennger-,brother to an:
der, -so: long as the 'big -brother behaveSt:
andsomely and kindly, :1 Mayp.ossibly' •
4°W:something:cif- thertatitre of satii: affec-11,:. - -
on, for as the elder- _of a mind -dozen-I:: ,-.-
aye had experience Of the . fraternal, ;clef ••
On as eihibited hy-an unusual number of l.'-',
wager.' brothers._ , Neter have ' I- known . .
at i fraternal tie . to ..fitil, but:. even --ite-_:;
...engthilitte. Its: .natural Iitnit, and .:-.sti-
-anad.a's affeeticin May; be measured -None
, my younger brothers; however fond of -
VonlcII- voluntarily- :. ask' that -,,bis -. r
-osperity ..zhould-- -.. be -.altogether r• over
adoweds- and -.swallowed up . by naine4
"--Canada.,-. in . wards which our -- neigli.'.. .
re may understand,. wish to. be, 'their '
end; bntdoes notdesire to -become their : ..
e: - She rejoices in the --big brother% --
ength:end status, but is not 'anxious tra.'.'
wish it .13y, offe.rthg ao_ het,. ownbodyin. . --
der that it May effOrd--him" when ever-
migry, that happy festival he is in the -t„:-
bit of - 'tailing, a square 'meal,. - (Loud : -
ughter,)- I'inuat ask- yon now 940.J:tyre .. --
- allow the, gdatlea:034,_ AO _express My s'
knowledgrnentto you :for thieentertaid, ••
e..iit;,. It afftirds anotherinclicatiOn Of tliii..
liOgirwityWhich.--the citizens of Wiimi-
g -regard any person Who j'has the hotor.:
tbeheadof the Canadian government
represent' the Queen„... -. ' (Cheers.) , You
-ognize in_ the.Governor-Genersl,the aign.
d- -slat • - '...Of'Alie . Union- _Which- bind
_
ether i ' one the free and kindred -p-ebtle.1-
_Ora Got -has stit Over laintanefialee and .
a; fertile' spates- Of Mighty thntinentii;.'..-i
'--..,.„..,;;
,.• ' ' - .. : CANADA'S .....r.arar.
have touohed, In:speaking to you •on
_tain.••-vaticinationa and -certain adticles ::-
-eii by afe*.gOod-' strangers to Canada,- " l -
..the. subject of . the '-futitre .474- -Canada;,,r-
title-Men; --I- -believe -that eathikans :9462_, -- ••
11' able,to: take eare :themselvei. of their -
are,- and ...the:-.Mitside.-World had better:-
ton to -.-them instead:. Of prianinlgating. .,
ak and wild theories of its Own. - (Lond'', :
plantiet),-*----HoweVer - :uncertain" these,'
Mies nigibetthere is one. thingetWhith ',..
may .be elite, and that is, the tstanitty-
unall-Canada,and *hick:your eons aiict.,
r -children's. Children Will be proud_ to I-
W?by that name, is - it -Itind-tifriA4-*iir tie:- 7
iiaq of - poweramong the. -:natione... .
(Ch
Mietrees-of a, zone 0! territory -fay-.
hie . for the Maintenance of e 0 -timorous
Megenous - -.. White- 'pottalation,.. Canada
at . judge .: from :the ". - increase ,-.Iii: - her.
ngth ;diming_ the -pa -at; and from the
ny and -vont oppertinaitieeforthe growth ! '
hat strength,' how she will in- the f tilt° -
01/4
onie. great and ' worthy. - Her -El_ . 011 -
the earth affords the - best and • i3are 't --,
hWay-betiveen Asia and Europe. :,'Sbe.
secure traffie froth both direoted t� her -
ste. . With a hand 'Upon _either:-cidean-',-;!,
will gather from _each:Or :the.benefit:.
hardy thillthrie alarge_ .share- of the
merceof. the *old- to - the east. and to
West.. pile will :pour forth. 'of --.her
iidanoeher tteasfires of food and the .1
es of •lier- mines and -,ef her . forests
• anded,of . her, by; the testi 'lortuinite of: :-
-kind. , I • esteem: those 'then favored '
ed ,.wlit . la --hOtteVer- -aagfit
tee;,have had .the honor, or may be vet: -
reflections of the 1t :awn e
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stateemen who in this early. era of her '
ciry are moulding the nation's. laws -ia ,
forms approved by its representativek-
me,-.1.-feel that -I can be ambitious of i
igher title than to be known, asone.
administered its - GovernMent in
,#i.n
Ugh! sympathy with,' the hope§ '. - d
ons of its first. founders, _an in .
;concordance With the will of its. '
•iient. (Cheers) 1 ask for no -
AU to be nunibeted by-, its
icing in, their, gladness botn :
endence_ and of their loyalty.,
other reputatiop, than that
long' a hififivlih-siielaliS own
lin process_bf -fulfilment, in
progress, in their undisturbed
(their- ripeilina, 'grandeur, ,
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