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Wednesday, @et. 4th 1893.
CANADA FOR
CANADIANS.
HURON'S GREAT DAY AT CLIN-
TON.
The Premier of the Dominion on
Canadian Questions.
PROGRESS OF THE COUNTRY.
Telling Points Made by the Minister
of Finance.
NON. JOHN II AOGART, LION. N. CLARKE
WALLACE AND DR. MONTAGUE ALSO
ARE HEARD.
The Catadian Cabinet Ministers, ou
their tour through Western Ontario,
are meeting with unbounded enthu-
siasm everywhere they go. At Berlin,
then Clinton, then Stratford, Pala
merston, Walkerton, Tara, Southamp-
ton, Durham, Arthur, I:ucan and
Mitchell. Tuesday Clinton people
and the yeomanry from the rich
farms surrounding turned out in
large numbers to do' honor to
the Premier of Canada and his col-
leagues, and a rousing meeting was
held on the Market Square in the
afternoon. The party, visited Strat
ford in the evening, and were tender•
• ed another magnificent reception.
The weather was cool but pleasant.
AT CLINTON.
THE rROCESSION.
A large crowd awaited the coming of
the Premier and his colleagues at the
railway station, and when the train
eame in, rousing cheers were made in
honor of the distinguished visitors.
Carriages were in waiting, and to these
the ministers were atonce escorted. A
procession was then formed, with the
Clinton Band leading. About fifty
carriages joined in, and as tate parade
moved along the main street to the
Town Hell, many people arnong the
crowds that througod everywhere bow•
ed their acknowledgments, and tho
Premier gracefully returned them.
The first carriage contained Sir John
Thompson, Hon. Mr. Foster, Mayor
McTaggart and ex-rnayor Doherty.
Hon. Mr. Haggart, Hon. Clarke Wal-
lace, W. Jackson, President A. M.
Todd and Deputy -Reeve Kennedy
were in the second. Dr. Montague
Mr. It Birmingham George Hanley,
D. Cantelon, A. Couch, J. Johnston
Sec.•Troae. J. P. Doherty, and the
members of the various committees fol
lowed in carriages. The town was gay
with hunting and evergreens, a magni-
ficent arch manning Albert, Huron
and Ontario streets under which
the proceeeion Olive. The flags and
decorations on.. n)e private resid-
ence's, stores and public buildings were
profuse, and the whole gave the beauti-
ful town a gay and holiday appearance.
Atnonget the mottoes that covered the
streets were the following :--
"Canada• Oar Hattie" [above the
atoh],
"'78 National Polley."
"'84 National Proeperitys"
"'91 National Preserved t ."'
" Hail to the Chief."
•" The Old flag and British 01111100,
tion." 111110 -
tion."
"Firmly Our Glorious Dominion
Stands."
" A Britieh Subject I was Born ; a
British Subject I will Die."
" Canada not for Salo."
"The Old Flag Forever."
"The Empire and the Colouiee."
The distinguished visitors wets
driven directly to the Town Hall, ar
riving there at about 10,30.
AT THE TOWN HALL.
The spacious Town Hall was crowd-
ed to the doors, when shortly after 10
o'clock the distinguished miuistere ar-
rived there.
Mr. A. M. Todd, president of the
Clinton Liberal Conservative Associa
tion, brought the meeting to , order.
"We have met to -day," said ho, " to
listen to what our distinguished vial•
tors have to say on the great and burn-
ing questions of the day. The main
meeting id at one o'clock. We have
tnet here this morning for the purpose
of presenting an address from the Town
Council of Clinton to Sir John Thomp-
son and his colleagues."
Mayor McTaggart, amid applause,
then stepped forward and read the
addreee as published in=THE NEWS RE—
CORD last week.
Sir John Thompeom replied :—"Mr.
Mayor, ladies and gentlemen)," said the
Premier, "I can not tell von how grate
fur we are to you for this very cordial
reception-Ja reoeptiou which is some-
thing more than•a political gathering;
because it is announced by the lips of
your Chief Magistrate. Today we
come in the discharge of a public duty,
to discuss public and political questio❑a
with the people of the eouutry, and
you can imagine how muck, more agree-
able it is to be welcomed so cordially
not merely as the repreeentativee of
party, but as the representatives of the
noble constitution under which we live.
"I remember that before Confedera-
tion we used to be told what amsgnifi•
cent Province Ontario was—what were
its wealth and its resources. We were
told everything that was great and
grand of it, with one exception. We
were not told, hut we have learned
since the union, what large hearts you
have, and how hearty and warm and
earnest is the grasp of your hand. [Apr
planse.] Yea, and we used to be at►•aid
that our smaller Province would be
gobbled up by you, but all that we now
regret is that it was not gobbled up
twenty-five years sooner. [Applause.]
"The address also refers to the Bahr-
ing Sea arbitration, and to my honored
connection with Ihat tribunal. I agree
with you, Mr. Mayor and citizens of
Clinton, that Her Majesty did con-
fer a great honor upon mo. And Her
Majesty has conferred happiness upon
mo by expreesing her thanks for the
tvay in which I discharged my duty.
I felt that my first duty waste) Her
Majesty, but I represented likewise
the interests of this eouutry—a fact that
is a matter for great gratification to us
as living in an honored portion of the
British Empire. It is a triumph to
know that the, dispute, which nearly
brought us to war, has peacefully ter-
minated, [Applauae.j It isa triumph
to us to know also that in the s,ettle-
inentof that dispute Cauada'e voice was
heard in the personnel of the tribunal,
and among the attorneys pleading at
the bar. For those who are auxious
that in our dealings with • foreign na-
tions the rights of Canada should be
recognized, what greater gratification is
there to ue than that i-Ier Majesty the
Queen —for Canada was not a party to
the dispute technically—should choose
as one of her two representatives on
the tribunal a representative from Can-
ada, and that her case should be put in
the hands of the Canadian Minister of
Marine and Fisheries, and that the
voice of Canada should be hoard along-
side that of twoof the most peerless men
that the United Kingdom could furn-
ish .
ern•ish. [Applause.]
•" Another reference in the address
to the peaceful settlemout made. Here
we are a small community in compari
eon with that beside us Almost de•
fenceless, we are told, if that great
power should be put under force.
Here we have established the principle
that questions occurring between the
two countries, as they muat, shall be
settled, not with battleships, not by
the c.tnuon or the sword, but that they
should be submitted to the highest
form of human justice that can Ise de -
vista. And that the higher tribunal
has distinguished itself by declaring
that the smaller power has won, where
we would have lost if migut was right.
[Applause.]
" We aro delighted to sea the pro-
gress of the town of Clinton. We had
not tho pleasure of being here before,
except in passing through, when we
noted it. Aa we go from place to
place in Canada, and see theentorptise
of the people, coming from a distant
Province, we wish you Godspeed with
all our henrte, and we hope that the
spirit of Canadian fellowship and bn-
terprize, and of attachments to the Brit-
ieh Empire may continue to grow the
more insoluble. We are a determined,
self reliant people, determined to make
a name for our country—thio best half
of the continent."
The Premier closed his address in
reply by again returning warm thanks
for the kindly greeting, ry and by ex•
pressing the hope that Canadians all
would ever reaaembar their worthy
country, and preserve it intact ae a
Rioriona heritage for their children.
[4 pplaaee. ]
MR. FOSTER.
Chairman Todd than called on Hon.
George E. Foster, who, after the ap-
plause bad subsided, spoke as follows:
Mr. Mayor and citizens of Clinton,
—This, I seppose, isonly apreliminary-
canter ; the main event comes off tale
afternoon. [Laughter.] Those mem-
bers of the Government accompanying
the Premier on this exhibition—ex-
pedition I mean. I gut hold of the
wrong word there, but it may do as
well as any other. [Laughter.] Those
of us, I say, who have the pleasure of
listening to the welcomes that aro so
kindly extended, must naturally feel
cheered and encouraged by them.
There are asperities enough in politica.
Politicians, like lawyers, "go for" each
other, as the expression is, but it
should be a satisfaction for the people
of the country to know that on each
aide of the House and in eaob party
are consistent, honest, patriotic and fair
minded men, however divergent their
views, all working for what they hon-
estly believe to bo the beet interests of
our common country. I am glad to
know, that 25 years ago, by a mutual
agreement between the leaders •of that
day, the beat fate for this young coun-
try was chosen, that the divided Pro-
vinces became united and threw in
together their lot to work out the
destinies of this northern half of the
contiuent, and, in so doing, threw away
their prejudicea and mistrust of each
other, their animosities and perhaps
advauteges for the sake of the union,
I am also glad that the divergent
views, and all other bars to friendly
intercourse and companionship are
melting away, and the sentiment in
every proviuce tending to a full and
complete harmony. That is the eenti
mens that elevates a people. They all
believed themselves citizens of one
ooun',ry, united under pue flag, and
animated by one purpose—to make our
country good and prosperous and
happy and respected: [Cheers.] I
want to say tale much—there is one
common ground on which we can
meet, whether we he Grit or 'Tory,
Liberal or Conservative, Canada first,
equal righter or whatever it bo, and
that ground is the advance of our
country. We can all be patriots in
that and all work and striyo for that.
Sir John Thompson aaid thtit before
confederation wo down in the eastern
part of the Dominion did not know
what big, warns hearts you Ontario
people had. Yon were just as bad as
we, or worse. Any of your people
who have visited us down by the sea
have met with just as hearty a welcome,
have been greeted by as warm a hand-
shake as they will get in any part of
the world. I Pay to you people of
Ontario, come dowu to us and you will
meet as hearty, patriotic, enterprising,
hospitable and good natured a people
as there ,are iu the world. [Cheers.]
I thank both the ladies and gentlemen
who have attended this meeting for
their warm welcome and kindly recap
tion of myself, especially the ladies.
They must not be overlooked now as
they predominate. I think they com-
pose the biggest, as well as the best,
half of the population. Our groat old
chief, who has now passed away, ex-
pressed himself in favor of women hay
ing a voice and a vote in the affairs of
the nation. I am very largely of his
opinion. I see no reason why they
should not be as touch concerned .in
the good government of tho country as
the men. I know they would be active
and watchful in politics, and when
they turn their bright clear eyes into
politics they will, I hope, be able, or a
great 'majority of there, to coo and
choose the Liberal -Conservative policy
and party as the best. [Applause.] If
we catch the ladies we are cure of the
boys and girls. [Loud Cheers.]
Hon John Haggart, on behalf of
Hon. Mr. Patterson, expressed apolo•
glee for the absence of the Minister of
Militia, and the representative of West
Huron. Official' duties of a nature
requiring his direct attention compell-
ed his absence, but he sent along his
warm greetings. Hon. John Haggart
also expressed high appreciation of the
generosity and lavge•hoarteduess of the
people of Clinton.
Hon. N. Clarke Wallace said:—Mr.
Mayor, ladies and gentlemen,—I 'too
am delighted to be with you to -day and
to express my appreciation of that very
fine address which your Mayor has
presented to the Premier. It is a sat•
iefaotion to know that whenever the
occasion arises Canada bas always in
her sons men who are ready and fit for
whatever service is required of thein.
In Sir John Thompson we had a re-
presentative at that Behring Sea arbi-
tration at Peria, who waa'by thoea who
were there, and ogmpetent to judge,
prunou'noed a moat eloquent, brilliant
and capable reprereutetive. [Choate]
The .vtaet exteut and diversified inter
eats of thin country make it a difficult
one to govern, and it is only by rnutu•
al forbearance and the selection of good
and careful mon—men whose uaiude
are broad enough to appreciate the vast
extent, the varyiug interests and the
strength and weakness of our country,
and I feel eeaure in saying that in the
hands of Sir John Thompson and hie
colleagues, all that. teud'i to make this
a groat and progressive country will be
carefully ounserved. [Cheers.]
This closed the meoticg in the Town
Hall. The Premier and hie party than
held a brief reception, when many of
the residents of the riding were pre-
sented to Sir John Thompson and his
colleagues. The visitors were then
driven through town, then to the ltat-
toubury House, where lunch was ser
ved, and after that the procession re-
formed and marched to the Market
Square, where addresses were delivered
from an evergreen covered platform.
The preparations here were most credit.
able. Seats had been provided cap•
able of accommodating hundreds of
people, but they were altogether inad-
equate to accommodate the crowd, and
a cumber of chairs wore carried on to
the square for the accommodation of
soma of the ladies. In the meantime
roguier and spacial trains had brought
iu their quota of good mon and true
from Mitchell, Sebringville, Holmes•
villa, Goderich, Seaford), Dublin, Strat-
ford, London, Kinc•trdine, Lucknow,
Wingham, Denfield, I3rucefield, Exeter,
Hensel', and many other points and
stations in or near the county. The
crowd pressed in around and in front
of the stand a sea of faces, and on the
outskirts could be seen buggies and
wagons pressed as close as possible to
the stand, loaded with eager lidtouers.
It was a quiet and orderly crowd, and
every word that fell from the lips of
the visitors was received with deep at-
tention.
In the booth, which was handsomely
decked with evergreeus and bunting,
was a splendid picture of the late Sir
John Macdonald, the old chieftain,
whose memory his countrymen delight
to honor; also a eplondid photo of the
present Sir John, and in addition to
these two a haudsomo group of all the
Coneorvative members of Parliament.
Clustered abort Sir John Thompson
and the other Ministers on the platform
wets several hundred ladies and gentle•
men, many of whom are known as the
Conservative pillars of Huron county.
Mayor Mc'L'aggaat, the capable chair-
man, expressed his delight at ageing
such a large, representative and intelli-
gent gathering in honor of their Pre
rider, Sir John Thompson. Ho did
not delay them with any apeoch, but
called ou Mr. Coleman to read the ad-
dress from the Young Conservatives of
Seaforth, after %vhioh Mr. Doherty, ex -
Mayor, read the• united address from
the Associations of the county, and Sir
John Thompson replied to both,
A FLORAL TRiI3UTE.
At the conclusion of the addresses a
little daughter of ex -.Mayor Doherty
advanced and presenter to Sir John
Thompson a magnificent bouquet.
The Premier received it bowing and
Broiling and grasped and warmly shook
the hands of the little maiden who
acted and looked ao sweet and pretty.
SIR JOUN TUOMPSON.
The Premier was received with a
hearty round of applause. It is always
a pleasure for us, he said, to conte and
discuss public questions before the Wren
and women of our own country. But
how can I tell you today with what
pleasure we recognize the way in
which we have been. received. It is
a welcome greater than which could
not be given to royalty itself. I see
the man and the woman of this magni-
ficent county assembled to do honor
not alone to us, but showing that they
are alive to the groat interests of their
country, and to the questions which
affect its welfare. I thank the Young•
Conservatives of Seaforth for the terms
and rxpreessons of their address.
Thiel morning we admired the progrese
of Seaforth, and now coming here to
Clintjn we received the assurance from
the young men of the town that they
are in sympathy with our party, that
they will work for our party, and that
they recognize that their interests are
bound up with the priuciples that we
advocate from this platform. I thank,
too, the gentlemen for the address
which has been road to me from the
elder Conservatives of the riding. Al.
lusion has been made to the fact that
the great head and chieftain of our
party, who Lade its principles so well
known in this country, and who made
Canada so well known and respected
among the countries of the world, has
passed away within the past two years,
and that a measure of his labors have
fallen upon our shoulders. Unworthy
as we may bo to follow in his footsteps,
we recognize that the greeting and wel-
come you have given to us have Come
to us, not on account of any personal
merit, but because wo stand before you
to champion the principles of the old
chieftain who endeared himself to your
hearts. [Applause ] One cannot help
thinking, in connection with the lose
with which we have met, of the pro
dictions that were trade—I shall not
say by our opponents, but by the op.
pononts of the country --as to what was
to happen after Sir John A. Maodon•
ald's death, I well remember that one
•of these, an enorny of even Britieh
connection itself, declared that there
waa one life only which stood between
'political union with the' United States
--:-trick that life waa fast ebbing away,
and than when he died Canada would
be. drifting towards'anuexatiou without
another port in sight. [Laughter.]
13ut look abroad at Canada today,
What algae of the annexation eplrit do
-you find 1 No, gentlemen, the aenti-
mente of our old leader still Nourish in
our hearts. [Applause.] Nowhere ie
there a more eels' reliant, happy people,
who are more determined thou ever to
retain the traditions of the Empire to
which he devoted his life, There are
broad pointe"of difference between our
opponents and ourselves, but after all
on the main public questions and
political Sentiments that touch the
hearts of the people there is not so
great a diltorenoe after all. We Can
not expect that there shall be no divi-
eiou of party in this count.,;. Man ie
so constituted that he wilt attach him•
sort' to one or other of the different
camps. And I find that the sentiments
uttered are in accord with the lentis
tomato sustained by the Government of
the Dominion to -day, aud that we in-
tend to sustain so long as the people
entrust us. What is the positiou of
Canada today? \Vhat I have said to
you of Canada, es compared with the
predictions of her oppouents, that at
tho death of the Old Mau she would be
drifting towards annexation, is more
thau ever true. Under tho policy of
protectiou for the last fifteen years,
Canada is in a batter position to day
than any country of the same vizi, t'e•
sources and opportunities on the face
of the earth. [Applause,] That state-
ment is denied by our opponents, and
one thing wo find fault with them for
ie that they dilate and dwell upon any
condition of tillage not favorable to this
couutry. The policy has made Canada
the proud country that she is to day.
We don't find the same happy condi•
tion of things in the United States.
We need not refer to the instances
which come to ue through the press or
from the official statements of the Gov-
ernments of the Union. Hate is what
the great preeidont of that country
said:—
"The financial stringency threatens
to cripple the• mills, to stop the wheels
of the manufactories, to bring distress
to the farrier and withhold wages from
the laborer,"
We have seen banks fail in tha[
country. And something that has
never been seen in Canada has been
men marching through the streets and
demanding bread from 11 e Govein-
ments ..r u.unicipalities; and by thous-
ands in the parks of the great cities of
that country. And then look across at
the unfortunate condition cf affairs in
the mother country. The farmer is in a
bad plight: And in July when I was
there au immense meeting of the un-
employed took place on Tower Hill, at
which it was resolved to send the fol-
lowing resolution to Mr. Gladstone :—
"At a meeting of the unemployed
held on Tower Hill today it was lile-
cided to ask definitely whether the
Government are prepared to do any-
thing for the unemployed, the numb( r
of whom at tits present moment is ur -
precedently large. Tens of tho 'sands
of starving mon and woman will take
the matter iu their own bands unless
something be done."
No one can take satisfaction in
reading those things, but we are
bound to read them with thaukfulness
that in Canada the state of things is far
otherwise. Fair imployment is found
hero for capital, and for the labor of
mind and of hand. While to some
extent is this due to the blessings of
providence, it is to a great extent due
for its. preservation to the policy of
Canadians, which has been determiner'-
ly followed for the past fifteen years.
And I put it to you as intelligent men
and women, whether we could now
boast of the stability characterizing the
trade of the country, the souudnesa of
her banks, the continued employment
of her working classes, and the healthy,
happy condition of our people, if two
or throe or five or six years ago we had
linked our destinies with the feople of•
the United States? If we had had
onr fiscal policy made at Washington,
Mr. Cleveland's statement would have
been true, not of the Ucited States
only, hut of' every town in Canada.
The condition of affairs in Cauada
would have 'brought us almost to the
verge of revolution. But the people
rejected the advice that would have
left them in this condition, and re•
mained strong in their determination
to pursue her way alone. The people
said in answer to Mr. Blaln'a state•
moot, that they must either give up all
hope of free trade relations with the
United States or forsake British con-
nection, that they would continue to
sing "God Save the Queen," and
would get along without United Status
markets. [Applause.] Our opponents
tell ue that our loyalty amounts to but
little when wo tax British goods. Bo t
it was with the thought that we should
work out our own destiny that we were.
given the power to tax British goods.
If Groat Britain did not expect that
we would adopt the best policy for
Canada, she would have said :—Adopt
what policy you please, but don't
touch the goods of Britain. Free
trade principles may be very good for
the MotherCountry—it is questionable.
But are we to open our mnrkete that
our farmers and our citizens and our
couatry may bo overrun and crushed
down by the people of another country?
The course that we have pursued has
won the recognition of the etateamon
of the Old County within the last few
mouths. It' We tine open to the charge
that we were disloyal in not copying
the example of England, and giving
all fototgn nations across to our
rgarkpto, 1 Gnawer by quoting the
wurde of Lord Sal14bury-•:,"11; Pl gat`
appear noble and generous, but it le >R.
poor hind of bu.siooee." That waa too
►Iuewar Lord Shcisbary. Twill t$ ,;h,
proposal to allow the colonies $OZU.
advantages in the home market. flit
Lordship said it wee the policy of
every nation to, protect and builds up
its own industries, and that Bri '',y
policy in respect to her own Met:
might be noble but it was poor bp
nese. Aud that other great pteteeRapn; ,.
Mr. Gladstone, is referring to Cangria,,
lately, spoke o(• this as a proaperone ,..
and contented oountry, B(ut 4he . ,'
proof. tit' the wisdom of the apa�t 'r
policy is found in that her tstl�tt
etaUdd tiro,s in the list of the ouet.:,�
markets of the world, and their 'door
are open to ue every day in the year.
I answer to the taunt in the words of a
Liberal 'statesman:—"Even if it is ne-
misery for us to depart from:the example
of the Motherlaud, our first duty is to.
Canada, and we must work out quit
deatiuy to the beat of our ability, with
a determination to keep the northern
and better part of this continent be.
ueath that old flag which our
tathera honored and loved," [Cheers.]
11 I turn to the other side�and contrast
out lot, with that of lose favored people
1 cau give you statements of distress in
the mother country that may be read
daily in the press. In Euglaud ht the
time the National Policy was intro-
duced, the returns show that 33 per
cent. of the population was engaged in
farming; now the population is not 12
per cent. Where are the rest ? They
have gone across the seas to the lands
where other policies are pursued iu pre-
ference to ,welling the crowd clamor-
ing for broad uu Tower Hill the other
day, who resolved that if the Govern -
went could do uothiug fur the working•
man,the workingmen wouldhavetu take
the matter into their own hands. And,
yet,pricesgo down here,the opponenteif
of the Governmerttell the people that it
is all due to the policy of the Govern.
ruont, and if we were turned out of
office therice of land would go up.
[Laughter.]] Another issue—we are.re-
presented as opposed to the extension
of the trade relations of Canada. Our
opponents say we have gone over the
ocean to find outlets for Canadian trade,
and we disregard the trade that is wait-
ing for ue right beside her. We did
send over the ocean to increase our .
_trade, and the fact that our shipments
to England increased by $17,000,000
since the McKinley Bill law ie a very
good excuse for it. We have establish-
ed a line of steamers to China; Japan
and other eastern lauds—steamers the
equal of any that boat, and whose com-
merce is so immense that I would
astonish you if I told you the extent
of its volume. The Minister of Conus,
memo is now on the Pacific Coast •t
hta way to Australia tosee if we can
extend our trade there. Have we been
indifferent to the wants of the United
States market for our peopled Our
opponents say yes; we s:►y no. They
say we were offered an exchange in
natural products if we would consent
to a liiiiited exchange in manufactured
good?. , Our opponents said that Pre-
sident Cleveland had stated this in the
Senate, and that Mr. Blaine had offer-
ed it, but no such report was made in
the Senate, and no such statement was
made by the President, And the
terms that it waa said they offered
to ue were those we had offered
to them and they had `refused. If• we
accept that trade you must accept our
policy, was their answer to us.
Knowing the necessity for that market.
knowing that it was very desirable
to get an outlet for our horses, ' barley
and so forth, we made the offer. Mr.
Blaine told us nut to take the trouble
to make any limited liat, but to take
down the bars entirely and adopt the
same tarifa' ma the United States as the
only condition on which they would
treat with us. We asked must we
close our market against Great Britain.
Mr. Blaine replied certainly ; Great
Britain is the greatest competitor we
have, and we will not allow her goods
to enter our country free or at a lower
tariff than those of any other country.
When it came -to that we thought it
time to say good morning, and to tell
Mr. Blaine that Canada was not for sale. •
There was not a public platfortn from
which a Liberal speaker would advocate
such terms as those, and yet they say we
are recreant to our duty because we did
not accept the terms they offered, which
wore the terms we could not get. The
MoKinley Bill was a blow aimed at
Canada. If small we are regarded by
the United States as their most im-
portant rival on the continent. When
the fortifications are strengthened at
any point ; when a demonstration arises
which shows the closeness between
Canada and Groat Britain, it gives rise HIP
to a feeling of irritation on the other side
and to the expression that Canrda is
too imperial for the democratic country
over there. Canada will meet the Un-
ited States in any move towards a frees
relation of trade, provided that it doer
not sacrifice our country and its proud
destiny ; that will not bear too
heavily upon the farmers and the
artisans of Canada. And I atnw y
justified in asking you to be resolved .
that the principles on which we re-
fused AIr. Blaine', offer of sacrificing
our country, and the management of
our own affairs, that would have carried
this country down to destruction—I am
justified in asking you that, until wo
can do better, Canadians shall go for-
ward with the same hopeful hearts and
the same determination to work out for
themselves thoie own destiny. We •
have succeeded to the extent that We
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