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INDEPENDENCE.
Theo Question Diaouaaed by tiler
Toronb Young' Libellee.
ttse U.S. e asasea'. aerasho * Leet hate
Canada's iPasm M Nary -east *awes orae
(twat isaMreae.
At the Yost* Men's Liberal Club of
Toeooto, Maeuday everting of last week,
Mx 116. O. Cameron's reeulate's featuring
• deelarattuo u( ludepeude•oe by
Canada was ib. mutton up fur dis-
mission.
i.eawion.
From 8 o'clock until 10:30 the arms -
meats motioned, and tams the detm:a
was edjoureed. The only amendment
was made by Mr J. M. Clark, io which
he asserted his belief tb•t Canada's tenon
with Great Britain should be aneogt►-
seed. The speech of the evening was
IMele by the mower cat the resolution.
Mt Cameron had gone to great pains to
gather and arrange the facts he pre•e.t-
ed. He said :-
■r IL G. t'amereres Gusset,
1 do nut think it will be expected, or
is necessary, for In. to make any apology
for bringing before the atteotiun of the
Club • matter of such vital importance
as forma the subject of the resolution
which I propose, with your permission,
to discuss for • short time this evening.
It is with some degree of o.n6deoce that
1 take my present stand, beeaus. 1 have
• stroog and growing belief that the
course 1 advocate has the support of the
great mass cat the young men, at all
events of those who have devoted •
single earnest thought to the develop-
ment of • national sentiment in ibis Do-
minion. I am further e000uraged from
the fact that a person is now permitted
to bring forward with the must perfect
freedom, indeed. with beide..., any pal
icy that be believes will result in in-
creasing the prosperity of the land in
which his lot may be omit. Time was
when It would have been c:nsidered
treasonaWe to discuss any proposition
that would tend to • change in the poli-
tical status of this c,outry, but, thanks
to the development of more reasonable
views, that time has Rune by, and we
are free to give expression to our honest
convictions, even if they do nut accord
with the opinions of those tithes.
loyalty is marked by excessive servility
and menial depeodeuce.
It is gratifying that such is the case,
a free and full dicussinn cannot do
harm, but may result in the diasemina
tion of useful knowledge arid lay bare
fallacies and let in much and valuable
light upon the questions involved.
Let us hope that these may be the re-
sults upon the present occasion. Gerais
• great country, and destined to occupy
in the future a leading p,sition in the
world; our achievements already have
been the theme ter many eloquent eula
K ies ; our capabilities fur the future have
aroused the wonder and inspired the
genius of some of the ab'est wrikrs of
the age, so thift we have net been per-
mitted 10 forget, even had we the de -
Nue to d, so,lwhst a maenifi ent hrritaee
we possess, and wha: a bright future pre-
sents itself to our view if the gulden ee-
portunuy be not allowed to escape.
he adopted, and ...seta's were held d►
tttasedlsg a 1slfilliaer t of the iamV111s
made a• 1703 that a lduess el A marl y
should be Galled.
Tar• aarvLt Orr Trim ore!!♦!tp=
was the partial ui a bill 1774 lows
se the erepealed
ail the pevaginal d the prealma�
ue of
17U sed directed that the Amvee6meot
Gori the sosatty Should he ander the dir.o
Boa el a Oever.oe sad • Legislative
Curae& The Council was t%o he at -
1 by the Crown arid ,was lo sweet of
not mere them 23 nor lees titan 17 them -
beet 1a power was limited to levying
local or municipal taxes ass aerrsodi•g
fe,r the •dmtutstratiuo of the interval
affairs of the Promisee, the British Par-
lawsa reserving to itself the i ogbt of es-
terase avai..e ur teeing duties 0o arti-
cles imported or exported. Every uedut-
slice of this Council was to be trwamitted
within us mouth. at the latest after
enactment fur the approbattuo of the
King, and, if disallowed, to be null and
void, on his pigment becoming known
w (,foehee. Canada was governed under
the provwous of this Act fur a period of
seventeen years.
It will be observed that the right : f
self -guvernmeat is nit greatly enhanced
by thus Act beyond that under the pro-
ol•mgtion of 1703, the only real differ
once being that the right to appoint the
Council is in the Crows and nut in the
Governor. In 1791 • new coostitutiou
was given to Canada. Quebec was divid-
ed tutu Upper and Lower Canada. Eeck
Proeinoe was to have its own Legisla-
ture, eomp,sed of a Legislative Council,
to be appointed by the King for life, and
• House of Assembly, to be elected in the
usual manner.
The Governor had the right of ap-
pointing a Speaker to the Legislative
Council, and the British Parliament
sell reserved to itself the right of regu-
lating trade and commerce, elide the
Local Legislatures were t o hare the soli
control of internal taxatiou.
For the first time it will be seen tb.
people of the country bad some voice in
its government.
The object of a division was to pre-
vent dismission. between the French
Canadians and the settlers of British
origin. This is where a great mistake,
the effect of which we see at the present
day, was made. 11 the advice cat Mr
Fox had been taken and the dilferest
races had remained united instead of be-
ing compelled to separate, an assimilation
based upon identity of Interest.s would
have resulted and have gradually wiped
out the prejudices and aoim.'atties of
each.
One of the great drawbacks in the
Constitution :.f 1791 was that whale it
prufe.sed to be an imitation of the Brit-
ish systole it was unlike it in this must
important re.pect that the Etecutive was
not resp..nsible to Parlament, 1 e., to
the House .1 Assembly elected by the
people, and the contest became one
against the prerugstiv• of the Guveruor
and the Executive.
There were no parties in those days
The Assembly made laws toguveruth- Ex -
ecutive and the Executive enforced them
or not, as they chose. It was comp'etely
INDEPENDENT Or THE PRLPLR.
The bill passed into law and continued
to be the euusutuuuu of the Candelas uu-
1 the Uuiun.
Teen in 1811 came the wntun of ['epee
nd Loser Caned• under the name of
6e Province °f Canada. Thu; was the
uteeme of what the people had been
lung clamoring for, It •spoosible
veruwent. By this Act the
xecutive Council was wide to her -
mime with the House of Asseut-
y by making its principle man -
n dependent fur their ;mouton ..n the
aj,nay In the latter. Ia this way the
anadtan 'Ministry were made directly
e.putsib!e to the Ample, who in their
mice of repreaentttire. could declare at
e polls whether they bad mantel/ince
er distrusted the Executive. Tne Act
rovided for an t•g,tal representation of
h Yro►utot to the united Legislature.
opened up to our people • way of Nay
velopire their caoaclty for !ova;
verouient and was accempanieJ by in
ructi•na to the then tioverrw,r, Lord
denham, which laid the foundatiuu of
aponaible Government wht,th was
only afterward enjoyed in Its cum
letcuesa, After a few years had pass -
sway the Canadian Legislature was
ten full control of tax 'turn, supply
1 expenditure, and whet queenly mute
pal institutions were formed p;,vtuy to
e people .1 the Provinces the wanage-
nt cat their local affairs in the cities,
wn, townships and vellum, and thus
al further extending the prieciple of
,cal self government.
In the year 1855 Canada made a new
parture in her commercial history.
e feel Administration repealed toe
n la.., and thus terminated the da-
minatiae H nee and Colonial system
trade. 1.;e to that tune the cum-
rcial legitlati,n of Canada lied been
de l.. h.rmotuse with the Imperial
rime. L -ft to her ems resource., the
islet ure atnehshed 1 d•fferential
lee in favor of d t
trrc trade silk
tamp, and the subsequent to ,eat of
navigation laws still further l,omitted
c.u►rn,•rcial bends between Canada
the Mnlher Sate ; and, when the
tprectly frenzy war made, its NU,
old trade period dowdy terminated,
the tendency is uur levitation sine •
n has Men In the direction •elely .1
aervn:g our Gen interest,. irre*pec-
of hoe nue. of E tgiand way Int oil-
ed.
. N 'vetneeer, 1859. the agitation for
fw:e'rn en ass b. -gun by the Itotem
y. Tea was largely owing to the
that tile 4iovernmeut had ■hardob-
he d•eatee majority principle. 1. e.,
'h. Mieiatry should have • majority
he tereesentatives from both Pee
e .r res•!n, and which prro.ip'rs
amen acted Nem suss 18.41. and
fact that thwy erre iu taw to, it,
• t -pa. -r Canada vete. led to
ch of Leer Canadian dos e.-
od to • denaud for teptesentatitae
n • th Ida day of the mouth I have
t P,nerd
ti
lies that opportunity arrived/ This is
from my point of view the mart question •
W be considered. Are we now in armee t
tion to throw aside the leads„ strings of u
youth and asaime the cart) of manhood t so
Hare we reached • •udi..•itatly advanced (+
stage in the art rf •e!1 government to E
warrant the hope that, were the chance; m
given as, we could manage . ur external 1 W
as well as our local affairs, I he
Have we within nor c,ntr .l the ate- ; et
meats necessary to the ex:ettaiun •cad C
develepineut of the resources of our,r
country! cl
Is it wise, under all the circumstances, ; tb
that Canada should coutivas to be In
+IN1LY A ('R.,% N ''uU/NY, .P
orhaa the time came to serer die tie ,
that binds her to the Motherland, set 1 de
her own course, marl out her own path, ;
hew her way along the lone of pr.:reee'
to that proud position .,, we know .he is, B
entitled to amd should shortly take Ii+
am'ng•the nations .1 the earth!
lab
In order ,q reach a .ensible eoncluni.m '
upon those points, let us look •t the pastoi wi
hiat.ry of .sur c•.urtry ■;td dieoover, if i
we can, if there has been any and how t �b
much prn_ress made toward sn'Lguvern- I c,
mens, the consummation o1 which is th
nationality.
The French ten k remsamaien of Canada Ino
in 15:t4,and tentacled :he tint se't'emret, I et,
Urease, in 10108. In 17:.9 ttel.t'ee ono i It
Cashed 14i the Il; i:uh Cores under Gen-
eral Wolfe, and .:n the 7th September. 'de
1710, articles ••f ra;,itulatmn were atoned 1 Th
which severed (,'anal+ frost French for.
ever,and (nen 'het date until the Treaty p'
of Paris in 170,:; the country wee under of
military rule.
Even at so early a •Mite as the capita-1dna m.
!aeon,
whim ha,l the eh .it.
of (
which of her c o.l'oeata slimed he retafj-
ed and which 1111rr.',d•,rr'1, •here was s ' dui
hentaacy in cheese .r b. term] (;aud*. 1111
loupe end Canada It was then urgwd
the
that • amatory '
ry h
miser
seen east
no
sources as Canada/ and w• d!atant ae'and
North Ameale•. o•.nl t never,- remain
long subject to itrit.in.' ii oc
On the Itch of -F. hru•trY. 1 71;';. the ;tar
treaty between Femme and Emeanei mea:mol
finally retitled Gaal u+.' 1 w. rue a period,tier
p•litucal traratri•.n in ('o, ori.. She l ("en
then became in last a Knt,,h (.' dony i (act
ate
Military rule cede rl, and shot mitered , i1
upon 'heet, jeymerit of merges litter,y (C.q
Int 1:t„hrr, 17113, • p/reecla•oation was
issued creating I, ,e•hec int., a civil I� rt
Govt rilme•nt, and it we. pre mi.ed I fact
1
that as wen as the cir.eimmsee«e I that
of the C. :.my wo.1f1 patted, renewal I of t
ass.mb:t.s of Ian pe ode -would be
C'nrenerl, Shortly .1.er this pro- had
°lomatien Ira. pnh;ai ed, (icneteal
Murray was spp.oilittd. (ioteru.rdi.,,• t tbo
PMI of CanMyaer of ittm ea rr
arc, e •s i, wN I the
then rated, and preeeeetrd re m.minet.
a Celine.' .4 MOILwa.tnl'rn In amt him bon
in the •dmini.tratom el g,.eer•,meet by 1
in taw meantene the lass .1 F
rand
weto be in force. Thus you ..e taw 'ern
re
Onilntry mea to ht r^vrr'104 by a Clef•
tray and eight 7efe,1enon of his own wag
choice. the people haven.• 0, vote* what el.r
ever le the manat.wioet e.1 their eft,ive Gad
is 1771 nn* ...r, then peeve. Kamen to L,ea
awaken Ina r.eliesti.•n of the filet that it
moth
wee to the interest rt the country that aril.
*nese deforest mode .f gemming steroid
woo,
♦ Kamm►erine
1,••Id at Toronto, it which It was die-
d. Oen the Union had ,.ruse a Nihau*
that the formation of two Or more
1 Guternrseni•, with swim jams
rarity over ...eh. had 1 -crone an all
to a.osert, and Mr Brown at the
memo* emo* afythe Le1glslat•re, In 1800.
THE HURON SIGNAL I'RIDAY, DEC. 13, 1889
CleaveCwetted move a resole -
ed be rOsevestios.ba he puha, advuest-.
He did ire, orad his resolution was de-
feated be a Mtge majueiy, ties aknwi.
that at that time there wets bet tow t•
the Hume ie levee et • Poland Union.
The resielsnee to the deemed fur rs-
preeeutatton by pup•latios caused • great
deal of tU-teeh•g i• Upper Csasde, and
the result was that at last 11 was fussed
stream uspuasible to orrery on tee Oov-
• roomed 4 the oo.Mry owing to the
close political divisions that were had on
this great question.
Ftsa11y, segettations between the dif-
ferent political leaders took place, the
outcome* beaux an erratum..tt based
upon a project of Confederation of all the
British North Aasertem Provtnees epee
the [edited prutmple, giving to each Prov-
iao. the oomph*. euutrul of local lwlfis-
lattoo of Its own municipal and peculiar
affairs.
It Mould be a matter of supreme grst-
iflcstioe to tb. followers of both politi-
cal parties to be able to point to this
rather extraordinary circumstance, that,
notwithstanding the dtffereuces existing
between the parties, when the cntl
moment iu their cuuutry'e history a
they forgot their party jealuuai ., tb
laid aside their personal and putlt
anlwoaitte., and bent their united seer
gtes to the cousoli dation of this v
c,untry,'tbea. scattered Provinces, into
nation. This was • clear abnegation
party to the interests of the State, an
whale each party m.yrnow claim the ere
dit of the sacrifice, may we not rest
content iu the knowledge of the fact tha
nu matter who was entitled to the creel
the desired result wee attained, a
Canada commenced her onward march
a positron of influence among tL,
taints?
Early in 1667, the Imperial Peel
meet, without a division, parsed the Bn
cash North America Act, which united
the Province .4 Cana]s,n0w Ontario as
(; aebec, with Neva Scotia and Ne
Brunswick, and made provision for t
ooming.ia of the other Provinces, i.e
Prince Edward Island. N.wfouudlao
and British Columbia, and the adoltisi.
of Rupert'• Lind and the great Nurth
west. Subsequently the Provinces ju
named, with the exception of Newfound
land, became
PARTS Or 7Nx DCY►NIOJt,
and the vast Northwest Territory ha
beer. also acquired.
It as hardly necessary to point out th
increased powers of self-ieuver•ement aha
w ere obtained by the British Nutt
America Act.
Suffice it to say that by that Act th
principle of representation by papule
tion was reoogisned and given effect to
The sole co ..tr-•l of uur uiterusl affatn
was handed over t, us, provision was
made for the uniting of the anodered
Provinces, and we were told by infer-
ence, if Lot by clear and uaameiguou
deo:aration, that our destinies were now
in our own hands. that we had the tusk
inw of our own future, that nor p,loics
The tw.l vales of ser expos* sed
tipa+rs lu 181118 eras $131,000,000 ;
1888, $301,0110,000.
Let es analyse this for a moment
two, so that wro way obtain some ides
our bwadls.s eawer'ees.
Our espona teat year amo•oted
80,000,48 1, and we are earryteg o
saleustee trade wish the Brush a
other West Indies, South Awertes
Newfoundland, !.abrader, Fraa..,lpai
Germany and other euuntrtes, bet mus
lamely .cab Britain and the Uuii
Slntup, and th.rs u no r.saur. Irby .o
teethe with there aid other .ouuot
Mould nut be tota
c.,eed and extended.
The development of our railway sy tongue. tem has been tongue.
Our realms), eatl.sge iucrsased dune
the 21 years of Co•fedeaatiou Pearly 10
000 wl•se. Our mileage is within 3,
miles of being equal to that of Austria
time have twe the mileage of Spaiu,ba
that of Germany, and nue-third greeter
than that of the Australian Cul•,uiee
'The paid ep respite' of our rstlways
i. $8'
1888 aotot.d to 7,180,000.
Ol•a (mem . MMUS
be the largest and must Important in ex
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listener, and turns a study, as we have
MI/ I heard uurlog the last leis days, for the
•7 meet eminent engineers in the world.
wi1 liy means of our canals and lakes an
uabrokeo curamumeation is afforded
••I from Port Arthur and Duluth to Liver-
s pool, a distance of nearly 4,618 tulles, w
a* that it alt.. nut require soy argument to
convince use, the uecassuy of walntaiu-
- loll this great system.
Time will not permit me to deal with
i• our mtowg, our 6sbume, our timber, our
it, agricultural or our aanufactunng inter-
red eats, which ham reached • state of very
tc c,usiderable Importance, and are still es
Da" gable of great expaostoe and develop
sent.
1•" Enough I have said, I h•,p., to reeks
it clear: that deseite our d,lL ulti.,. we
d have wade astounding promos. in those
essentials to the construction and mate-
y teuauce of an independent nation, and
be our position is such that no matter who
d says nay we shall 6ghc ..wr way to com-
mercial and pIIttsl freedom.
'n Now, the question would must hater-
' ally •rise : If the country has 131.1. the
it progress you assert why desire a cleaner
in our oouditton 1 If we have Increased
in population, wide:y exceeded our area.
subatautially demileped our rra-urcee.
rapid y eularged our trade and eons-
/ merle, j•re you not unreasuoahle and
intsgeided iu eug.neting that a deferent 1
e
h
coupe of acnc u should be pursued
It is qtrte true that we have wade
great pr .Kress during the past :verity -
owe years, net became of our mansio t ,ea
• with greet Brit.i). but in spite of it, and
I Teeter.: the s'a:em,nt chef our pro-
gress, herd we been entirely free, would
•
have been much greater, and 1 further
contend that because of that connection
we are beset wish d.Mi:allies that retard
our prosperity, smut our growth mod
• lessee our eppertuLuiee of developenoot,
■nd thea our succ-as depends up•.n the
rem.. al 4 that impeaiment. It an I
hardly be Ii•ieeti •nod test there wi'1 ire
fortunes were to be our oe n sole care.
The changes that have taken pima it
the pet h of our country Neve
been in the direction of political free
dom. There has been a slew but sure
development of our aapiratieus for com-
plete pditieal autonomy. There has been
no hiatus In the advance mate (ruin time
to time for more than a century towards
the coasummatiun of abau:ute independ-
ence, and We too with the assent and
approval of Great B. itain.
Her statesmen told as that we were
entering upon a new era in our exist-
ence. that we had a mateiiticent country
to peop'e and develop. that our pease
Dilutes were great, that our expeotatio,us
should nut be narreweJ and o•.ntiueJ
because of the apparently dlttisutt task
we had te undertake. but That there was
a reasonable probability, aye, au aha.. -
lute certai,.ty, teat if we wanaeed Our
at firs anzht we meld build up a nation
that would shortly rival our powerful
net,ghhers to the south and he the Wun-
der '.1 the world.
Subsequent events pr. red that wr
appreciated the fact that we were to b •
prrwilted to manage exclusively ons
own affur., without regard to the D.te,-
este, commercial or seutimeutal, .•f the
11 her Land,
The inauguration of the Natiuu'.1 Po'i-
cy, the irnpmitton of the iron dente..
.ser complete com[arena l autonomy, are
but landmarks that p.tnt the way to sm
independent natienalay. Have we net
reached that stage in our relined de-
velop neat where it behoevea us to take
• step ..n ward in the march . f prugre•s
Our policy must be one of progres-
in the near future • relied chance of
' tome kind in the p liticel govern -cent .f
this country. Aral° end thou_ltful
- statesmen have not hesitated '14o exurt'ss 1
the op.nion that the present condtti ,n ,.1
Clangs minuet Tong c amine.), sold the:
wiener or later the problem 4.1 what the
future of Canada is to be meat be Laced
and solved. The grounds for reac',ing
this c mclusiun are malty Gard wuntsteke-
able.
There is a feeling of unrest in the D ,- '
minion, an idea that the prr.eut p..;itacel
statue hicks permane..cy. There is
DINS ATI'rA. TION AMna,l TIM 1.11 k'tI:ES7I
rkoY1N. E3. 1
The preeresa of the omen, a hen c•,m j
mired with that of our near neteltfr,r aD-'
pearl to be of such a limited nature i
We have not realtzr•l the expectatiru
that was funned et the prohahilitiet 411
n;rg
program by
the
in lee;7, I
vrecii e pn:l;c,iou that,
our p,pu:ati.,n at the end of tan present
eei.tory, at itis ontlw.ry rear of c repo '
tate nr wonid a'0 ul.cr IJ 000J 1409. s% by J
is it that th,a ree.nt„bi, hope halo nut t
• been rrahzead' Why ir it that oar :owes I
ahem the 1, ardor IIIc, haft. made .ucl, i 1
I slime he.tdai.y, wage them ser'rs the 1 t
way ahe.ue a at-'ry'a threw have wad.-
suet. femme,' in both at'a;tli and' 1
aped.0
tereulatima ' Why ro to that our debt' 1
ht, torr'ea.ed *hr, c feel wee. that of the 1 d
United Steel. has beenreduce 1 600-
1 hall Why is i- that our f- p.'at nn has.'
rent ,turd Gores( elntioe,ary Willie 18P!ra I
has adf.anted wall to: antic s•rde.' Why •
1 T�
S inn or retr.egreasiun• %.e cannot re-
main at $ staudatill. Our past history
proves tai..
Let us see, then, what our position is.
Have we attained our majority 1 1..e
the youth reached his manhood 1 II this
be sere. let us sever the bonds that bind
us t.. a narrow and Attracte3 sphere of
usefulness and plane ourselves in the
healer and nobler potation that ,our'
country
permit it that that leads aboeld be is
the bands of use esma.ereud rivals, bad
it meet be takes out of their oc»trol or
we some deserve the ease of freemen.
Our pesters at prema% is bride
this ;- We ase by legialalwa make trade
arrangements with (urates wise/Has
without the euseent of Soaked. tat we
cannot eater tato • treaty wttbuat het
ours eat, sod she esoout wake a treaty
for us without eat summit. Dues Got
this tomb the Gems of ateurdity 1 We
must hate uureeteietad SODOM to the
markets of the United States, and we
must open our markets to them. '1'o oe
uI
any use to the Ameriosos, they must
be praottessly aimed to the Negltah, and,
while we am a Colony, we cannot give
to a formate cranny what we refuse to
the oati.ou to which we belong
Theca, se we ere excluded fres the
United States, does our C .amort puH-
1100 aid us to obtain other markets?
Nu. It baa au entirely opp,eits elfe,et,
and we hate more the!. one's suffered
must grievous wrung because we had
not the power to make our own ire itis*.
Nu steps whatever wee. taken by the
Imperial autbureies to obtain • mal
of the Itecipr.w:tty i .esty that wee
beneficial to this °ossify.
8.. great was the .eetigsnce, itid,ffor-
•nce and incapacity diaplsyed by the
Hem. authorities that Sir Edward W.
Watkin, who has un many occasions
proved himself to be a staunch friend to
Canada, br. ught the wetter hefe're the
attention of the House of Continues in
the following language :-
••Cunstderin1, th,refere, the mazni-
tuds of the cutnate :hal toterests, :he
gRIO questions of nor Ig.11un, mean
riehea and free c• in,nunioation, he must
•spree' the most •axioms serprise to
learn that Her Majesty's Government
has allowed the wetter to drift into its
present p .tion. 11.s honrable friend,
the Under eie'cretary of Foreign Attain.
had said, in answer to • queattun be hart
put in that flume last May. tett no
negotiations were pending se to the
Hretpn.city Treaty, and that the Gofers -
anent had no official iufurmatt on open
the •ueject of the Bonding Act.. He
was bound to take that anseer as • cer-
met seventeen', and then he waked, Was
it po seib'e that Her Majesty's (i,reru-
went w.•uld remain to active when a I
trade of £'1(1,000. ► a yeti. said the ia.
sett o1 future peace or disturbance were
In the balance ! Were the proposed i
notice to terminate the treaty soy matter
of suddemiess or by way of surprise he i
/night ccwprehred 11, but fur th
year,
TUR UMW'? N&D afZN AUITATID a
wet•usivau d
shy of • a matey seder a Mowerabieal
form .f guveru.awut. They tesagis.,
ertuan,usly of course, IbM tbq will
oe subleet to the maim disa8tttim soder
which they labored in Ile Old Laud sad
.til am settle bora The Katisuoa prove
t1O■. It r .s*i..' ' Nat t►. aumbsr
.( parsed. w uu bare .migrated Irum the
Carted Kingdom dune the lest 80 years
has Sees 9. 1,000 ; 0,000,000 settled in
the United States, 1,600.000 so Awtno
lis, 1,300,4 4 in Canada aud the hal-
aoce tui other souutttea
Then the difficulty amine from a
diversity of race and language w IU newer
be removed so k.og as the wood of this
wautrJ with gugland c•ottouee Evac
stew the capitulation jealousy hes exist-
ed between ,the two races, end hes bees
'utensilssd, rather thaw wftensd and ro-
move d, ty the lape of time. Fowl*
clawed chat the ut►er had lieu great •
share in the government el the country,
and each endeavored to ov•rr.•oh the
other. Thea of French meat° desired •
distinct watt. ality, expecting w that
way to °loalu the power their numbers
and influence would give them sad which
they Led nit.
,7th. gelglub could be mads to
look upon the Fremh Canadian. in any
other light than as • conquered people,
and term thought That I8.y dotes had
the eget to govern and N' on et en up to
the present hour the feelingbetween the
tau races is nut as it abeg!d be or as it
will be, in my opiniee, when, forgetting
to what country they originally beloog-
ed, they work shoulder to shoulder for a
oumwuu nut and f..r au equal reward.
There is now a never -ceasing conflict
beeseen the repro -meatier. of these two
great races as to which gag shall wave,
the 'feeder car the, Uoi.•11 Jack. The
Ft moth sill never agree to assist in build -
tog up and a.aiutalniug
•N(TNta [NOLAND ON T11t3 .•&NTtJRNT,
but they would assiduously work to
erect and tight if necessary to maintain
a purely Canadian nation.
As between England and France, it is
milli.' the possibilities that our French
Cansdtan fellow cltiz»us would tight be-
neath the Trtc•b'r, but if Canada, as w
(ndepeodel.t batten.. were forced into a
struggle they wuu•d, I believe, rally
around her da; sod light againat the
world.
His the time not arrived for the
change suggested by my revolution! We
nod ourselves after mova'than • century
f the Colonial system unable to develop
ram ear resources, with a war cat race and
Bread impending aud diet ut.at existing
tee le a greater or leas degree emcee the
efferent Proyinoes.4 our Coefederation.
be Canada is esptdly passim` " intent-
h,
mmt-
b 'rant to native control. The love of
enaotry which was awakened by the
y Coufeeitlatloa Act has been increased
w and sirenuthened by the stand that has
be been taken in the direction of complete
control .f our aff.trs, local and external,
cat enc. then. The yeneg men who bate
n.o taken the plaees of their Fire.. wedded as
sty were to Imperial rule, have made
p their minds that we require smas-
hing other than the continuance of that
ole to make our c entry t rosperuus.
1, is rather a striking c.ntmentary et
the siight adrorae. w. bare made cal th
Jrt.l•pmrut of • national centimes
° that e• have no Canadian clubs or so-
h ctettes iu the Dominion. We have to
Y
cruse the hue tato a lomgn c auatry to
find them. The national feeling seems
" to hate grown streuger and taken deeper
rout theta than Isere. That should nut,
us i will noel hope, be much lergeethe cane.
d We bate been told, and that repotted
, ly, iu plain •rid uudiegaised language,
1 that we are net limited upon as being a
Jesteah!'• coanecti,on to England. We
'I have been incited t • separate. '.V. have
r been o'hared iudt:ce'ueets t..
i e. `Why
r'.
tweet .i•, se chug with lufauttle tenacity
Ln the moths,'. aitr's 1 Is there no
I `.sling .1 abase left in w 1 Has oar
i pea dependence dulled our •-arse of
w honor, .ted shut out the Tight th.t illu-
b, mines the way to freudun. and progress 1
The cheeses would not be so great as
mum Supp .we, no rr., olution would be
ne.:rssery •hrnevrr we make up our
t trends as 10 what we desire. V. have it
syn the kitchen •uthortte that no effort to
..tlrct or control uur station wall be put
forth, bet on the contrary we shall re -
1 • cei.e 18. hearty geed wishes of the
I N•-ther Lend. '
ora sheet i.t .'AkkEC
in C mimeo. in Canada, and in all t
Cltawbrn, et Commerce to the Nort
Meat. It had hero nee,' mu. to ever
body that one party desired t..lat*
from the Brttah Pnenuce., a,d another
desired the operations of tbAtr.aty to
riieudrd. It was therefore • quest.°
to be discussed iu advance of the press
eutangle.aeot, and as Canada had
treaty- risking parer the respxooatbility u
mated with the Government at Home. u
Thi.. forsooth. was the way o t
car bw:-
nem was then and- is nut, I have u
doubt, ce ldueere. Is it taut time w
calm) halt 1
We surely no nut expect the Britte
Ouverntueit to be assiduous in her e
forts to increase our trade relations we
foreign G asiteies. %l'ny nut l law;,!
because the duty of her statesmen is t
their own country h st, ours net . bh
Inc in order to re1Oaltl iu $ p;uaprro
c n.dui•n , m orate to Prevent brea
nuts and starvation, to sell t
;Aber r:•ui tries each veal au un'aens
gwntery , f gnus H•;a an we expect
bur to road a market fee us • hes by at
J'nng she w.utd oiakw US rivals to he
en trade t Y •u .t.l see n w hew w
are abut out. rr-•t •'n -y hem the market
of the 1'nttrd Stater. ;cat from the tear
ken. of the send.
There are cerikine illustrate heel cf the
direzt fess we have sustain,•,t iu th
prawt because •',r uegoi.ncton. hand to
conducted theme!' E.,gtard. I nil
ort sSeply mention Go! Carta of our at
mutated nestle. with 1•'raneu and Spate
Our 'tote were frustrated because o
be action of the British authonties. In
he case of the pr•.preed treaty with
'ra•erw. If you look at the debate it
tete tee : this question .f cnnmerein
rearms. you wl•1 owl an admission meth
.1e.8. Need ,nald that (mina to a
stay ',f 48 hours in the L-.ndon Fere,gn
►t}i a sur C.emuttsatoner, who was aith
n an ace .,f obtaining an important re-
ulr. failed 11, dose,, and a serious loss 1.
he Lee•'ple of th's country was tee cnn-
•r'gnencr.
What are the advantages of British
cannecri..rl 1 I have never been •hale 1.
iacover *horn. What would we I.
ere the e mnectlr•n serered 1 :Cathie
letterer that I mil see. Some say that
« w ,uld lose the protection of England.
r
e
� is it that we here been u:.•hle t o retain t
our ttn•':4psiuleti,o,to 'or own nano
1 try ! It it a oral cr•nteuta,lati n *hit, al-
though wo have • e,,aintticeet country
rich to ...vet -teem/ that should make • • d
ma•,, ih:ert p,ur.try rtc:h in ever:ehtnm''r
greet oat noir tltr re aro s mills,, u1 Cana-' w
.1.. • liviee in and hilping to build up • w
;•
!w
•
,l
«HOt•I.n AND WILL OI C rrY.
Sew what are our Me.rureea i Le 0a
take • cursory glitter at our outfit aria 1
will venture the asset tem that many of
us will be surpr,...d when we Mel the
nature and extent ..f our iwarieficent
h.ritag..
Canada has an area o1 3,810.000
servant miles. It is the largest of all the
British pe«e•.i•.na, embracing nearly
one-half rt the soh ,le mien►r,
Then mea u( *1.. erhn1. C •ntinent of
Nue. 14e is only 145. a a,n, ',odea larger
than the re 'onion of Coanades
It a 30 times as large as 11.11 wh•e'e
Felted Kinroom, and at et io,0100 .quare
maim larger then the United Sat.. sed
Alaska c.,nbine. and a over• nor -tour -
tee; th part . f he surface of the .114,1,
we,►Iet.
(1K papulation in IIt5'1 was tit.. mitt -
Ions and a half. 1n 1881 it wee
ly four millions and • halt. %pay et, n•.t
thee, wit's a.nne *hew of rrsr.n, Holed ;.• i
in the h'.p. Olaf whoa then e.neea .. e
taken in 1891 it .i11 reach nearly tiee •
tenlli.ens and • half, a lore -r non.'e-r ht
+t Natal ten millions titan the
*ratra when they reaeltwit.
L . k. to. at our m•gntlk.nt ono., .1 I
lakes, which eontne. sneer, th.0 half th • I
fresh water of the glntx,ae.4 loam a nen• w
plate ya►wm . I n•v,zarn.n f..... the heed I
'.1 iwk. 8uperi .r to the etlentie tierce I m
• dataries .A al'no.t 2,1/11► melee, al..ng r -,tTtent Ara nese rnkttrn.v
Thine
to
i,f
1'a
' •n
tore'tn
71,e stain re -.'n far this ceudition of
effete is that we are prevented, owing to
Onr dependent p ,.uton as a Colony, frier
freely trading with the Fared States and
o h••
r u
f nt •t
gn col. tries
Tee byrct ..t C'nfexirrathon, which
was to create an meter-Pr.,vtuct,l trade,
ha, lac ed.
11, are been 1 by natures h ,.,d with
the I'nied ?itate., so far. let any rate, ore
our commercial nese .ns urea o•'ncerned.
awl yet the o.np'ct of many of our lead-
ing men in the oast a•.d in the re -emelt
•ppe_an t o hare h -•.'n and t' be to en-
.learor t., nverr.de !ht. lorry .1 uatnrm 1'•
memie free i:,terc oer.e wish .,.•r .eigb•
Ivor and 1 . e...,.i.el tat .Ira.!@ .n y wit!
• conntry-3 6811 miles away. 1
Ih.e meat ehjce tam tat a sea s al tie• f
peedmic.. is that we •re I'm pig,roltnd /.r
a nation will begin with the blessing
England. Site will sev u1 u.. as Lord
lmeneon puce it. ••(3.d speed yua
d give yea the means to maintain
yeursslf as $ Dation." -
'fite alteration in noir form .'f govern-
ment n.u!d be sc_nmpIIahert in • night,
ss in Brazil. ■ id with no more excite-
' sent than that caused by • nudenmmer
gahower.
1'I en we woul 1 reach to the consomme-
!
ot Somme -
lien .f .mr hopes.
ILet ua plate beyeed ountmvetey our
determtnati•m to devote our beat .nets
Rif* tr. this great work. Let there bet
flagging, n.. half hearteinet,e, but a pew-
;
awfulrfl.rt,a willing hand,* tiro' and un-
alterable pvr ns f o Barr tow suttees
p' 7 tort
nclusi.n in its enemy the policy we
desire to see adopted.
Then true patriotism to the land In
which we lives and earn our bread will
j 1►e shown. Then win be revealed the
I fact that we are loyal not to every coun-
t try bet our own, but in 1t alone. Then
we will advance to the p,wtioe to which
I we aro entitled, and we .hall receive. •a
l we deserve. ilia pandit• of the free.
When that tine COMPS sow shall indeed
be prr.cd .d nur e'.nnery. not u CuloO-
fists of an Empire, but as the maker at
(MP. lire 1.1,1 feel as if we loved the
land in .high we lived. At the sight of
nur floc teeing at the l.•pm.st of one of
nor neer-<.f war one pulse will heat more
quickly, and as . ur soldiers march east
the.p.rit .f patriotism will burn within
one hr,y.I.
nd that we could not stand alone, but
•mid be et Duce absorbed by the Uuit-
d Staten. -1seum,..g that the trotted
tsars des•re• to acquire this country,
cad that taw c.u'd nut capture and 1101.1
1n owe ,,f the " , r
i exit ° m
t it
i f Ea• 1
F
(an.
` 1 to 1
. y oto w,.e I 1 h, ytat as well off as au
t• :o•pendet,t Laren as we are tow. be-
cause E'lglah statesmen hate toed us
.n-er and ev.•r a111n iy word and act
ahs• they smile not defend us agaiaat
an
Art a,'x M %II% tor' T!:6 t'Xrf'so erATE4.
J..ha fl-i,!it valid in his place in Partin -
meet, . Tnrrs a nu •'ateatolan iu E.g-
lend who will venture 0. tiring ahem
the .8. 1 1i •e .1 one drop .4 nle.d in de
fame• ..f British �,,rt8 AmereelL ' Jit
A,temi maid :-''Ile never had met with
1..) own cut a 'roomier .f the Gorrrn•
'-:'t soh , c.n.ii'•re.l that it wsa ps-
Isle to defend C.nad• easiest at -
•K in f -.roe hv'8a felted $t.;e.. '
fir Charts..1),Ike, Mr C.niwell, Mr
'e`nch, Mr Adder'y and when spoke
a similar stein
The 1, .radon T. e,- i avid :-'• We arc
gn,te a 3 on• that in the «rent 0f w,r
•tt..utd mer tot w'r:w t•. render • ff .c nal
old t.. our Canalt.n D. minuet, and rh■t
.,r fel1o.w .*' j •ch over there w ./tad I
either learn to N:let s' a terrir.te timed
vanta.re •-r mortify rmr pride by nutlet•
peons d.de.t and yi.l loot re tern•. Ie
a n,i, ., .l point of vietr list would be ;
net In,4 to 1,Fir enmt.try. ' I
tact is the le s,tt min ehfoh w. ata•ad 1
with r•ftreenen 1.. the pragereuet we
wrrald receive from Revised in ease cal
rocks nur awn epee/medal teeters tarts e,
Iles is a moat e.•r.u. matter. If yell 1 t�
I.eel' et the atah.tics you will ti•.d that tat
mar femme, trade h ta not incae-,a... I as it 1
ah.u1!d have .1.ne, sed 1 all eery In etI %1.
th..1 8 ii rot nor se greet as it level it
'1 yew,. ', ►1 ..,tae -.1 mtlth'ns ''1 d d.
errs ; that t-r.te.,l o1',.ereuin, tt i• j,.
'11,614 (Syr un;. ,r: s largely reefed oar
tp r a. and 1 thank 'that lac,. if it glt•ews
,011,611 mor••. •h•,aa '!rat we .., tailing
w.f. than we are nell,.g This M be
tra,u• we menet relies teem, arrange.
teem .4h ('arrngn lentis.
1 .av tau dose ae • ptr•.p.e.tt;nn--i
ea ening to say 100 e:'w•r for arirumeewt
bet ar (,nada in •n fro p1 .apnea,,, SPAM.
w Mee lee ri,bt 'n
'CO
Unworthy of respect or honor is he
who did not leek with pride cpm the
oenduct of eatr erose,. in Oho Northwest,
that hardships they endured mail the
v41.r they di•1•lasw.t 11, not that noon
try hallowed with the m.moriiet .4 that
sainting time 1 Who tan forme that the
snots '.1 the Nee/hem" ware crimsoned
by the blood of some of the doormat
Cenedtan youth 1
Th.t feeeliwg would be more deeply
Mitred wore we wholly fees. We must
hat'., t.,n• s p.rely Oawadiea let.ntarw.
L •t 'is hay...,t s pt,•teiuti. Arent», enflame:
Oee.ts Wee like," rinses that make
1O1R71rr RD Ott rade Iia
ire wing* of eommeree it u serlastly •hNtd,at ls nett uses'
eon -
noiselessly -wend wend their way. N ie ineompcehen•ibie almost that t aeettus�r,th England, Another .1.11i -nit y ! emignottrwent like
to •
ten Pood suer')
11'hteior..
teavery, tial
w tb. heart, an
and noble saint
Come, Bleu,
face the tight,
bolt alreli4/.
the praotieal n
gone by whoa
down and starve
Amer n that the
the folds of the
LW es rally
Canadian Dation
the fight new tl
battle woe and
in its proper tors
the earth. The
actions of the F
es will weeder c
laved. It may
cot be many -b
ed, and, while s
joy the fruits of
of our land nods
I hop. oar span
le extended a, el
b..
via
Mewed • maim.
To ens Eutror
readers that I
for the above c
timely use thongs
have been menial
glad to seed two
rasa to any of
ooseemptio• if
Express std P. C
Respectfully,
17 19. W. Ade
Isn't it about lir
shoot municipal a
they are like clam
The harsh, de.
• deemed so indu
place to milder as
pared laxatives ;
growing demand f,
Mona, every when
ooativeuses, tndig
plaints.
Chins adviesn st
troops •offered • s
savages in Booth
oI them bent' kilo
Ilitrette
Mr J. H. Hoary
eon's Wild Cherry
years, writes us tbi
to etre Coughs, Co
or Br,nc8ina. Be
etperiesce of ether
Wild Cherry when
troebl•s. Sold by
To invigorate le
brain, use the relu
Aromatic Quinine I
Lisboa papers it
reports that Portsgl
African pusseesi
ries Olio
Imo say that re
Oil is the beet thing
cougho colds, cute
good for man or
Hopkins, Clareinoa
cures rheumatism,
Plan -
THE FAI
• it meet, et rIlettlad
tie WM
• Kid gloves gin
in popularity it
four bottom are quit
They are more easily
oomfortable to wear
Thers.are nu new
shades of the colors
heavy kid gloves, wit
stitched with a am
fastened with heavy
very mach used, ae tt
more durable than
gloves are made of st.
el's hair, and chamois
kid • lined gloves have •
they are not very pop
the haod look lame.
Suede mitts ars the
they will he adopted t
have pretty hands and
though they see lath
selves. The becks
gloves are elaborately
steel and gold beads.
Handkerchief dream
ed and come in dm OM
that have been is boo,
ammo use recently o
°unloosed of Medicare
levy else ooetre and 1
dark r. limn
tint of green. Tbai bo
front. mooting at the w
piece. with • border a
and 411 the beck was o
Bo popular have th
that it ie prophesied bj
are on the eve of reapf
The prettiest way of
tartans for most figura
or children's cottemes
that each miners figt
or elder people the
mint is confined to the
while the beck and fro
ordinary way. A very
• skirt and frost of the
Um moss with a plain
clerk with loom tenets,
may not have tartan •
• to the whim 4 the twee
or "bonnets" are very
people, and the familia
pear in all sorts of vs
ether *materials.
Fanciful and anaim
tete of the winter's etyl
work* idyls is • full te.
=I armhole and! set
plaits into a tie
about six Makes deep -
This etyle hese tend*
ate tb• bread* ef the el
kWh BM slot .1 the ear
111 le eel lemonimer sto
benagaingi:eierlist are
eters hese the shoolds