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 1 65 J foil Ma.n Slrpel 
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 ON ins KIJXTION 1-OU THE 
 
 COI'NTY or CAPE BRF/FON 
 
 FEBRUARY Gth, IS'Jii 
 
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 The ftillnwin;^' is a vorbatim roporr oi" Sir 
 rhiirlcs 'l"uiiii''v's innstorlj- siK'.'C-li at the baii- 
 (juut ti'!i;l»-,c(l liiii! by tli(> Llboval-Conserva- 
 tives of llabfax i>n Tliursday nislit : 
 
 Sir Cliarlos iuinii'i'. on nsin;;-. \va.s roceivtMl 
 svitli prolong;!'!! oliocvs and applause. He 
 iaid : 
 
 Mr. Stairs, and Genllenien : 1 slmll liave 
 til aslc \i!\t to l)e extremely (luiet wliile I 
 a.ldrcss'a few word.s to you, as I tind. after 
 the exhaustive efforts of the past fortuiKlit, 
 Ihal 1 am bv no means in possession of that 
 voice wliieh" I wmdd Mice to have at my eom- 
 uiand 1o address so pfeat and iutliiential 
 a body of Kentlenmn as 1 liave the pleasure 
 of seeim: liefore me to-nij^iu. 1 lliank you 
 from tlio bottom of my heart lor tlie l<;ndl' 
 .'reeving' vou linve siven me. and I lle-nlv 
 ^•■le chairman for the very l!atterin;4- m-iuu<r 
 ■, whicli h.- lias referred 1o some o!' the 
 .i-iine^ iltat 1 mnv possibly hMV(> upon my 
 .■(luiitrvmen. 1 rcijret. liowever. 1h:!l I must 
 And fault with the chairman at the outset. 
 In cnnmeratins; my titles lie oi lifted to reler 
 to tlKit of wlucli I am more proud thi'U all 
 tlie res: --llic title ol' ■• momber cf parlr-- 
 metit •• wiiicli has just been conferred upoii 
 me bv the electors of ti>e noble county ol 
 cnpe'r.rcton. (l.oud applause.) The late 
 ho-iouralde Air. Murray.-and I suppose I .am 
 not spenklnc without reason when I say the 
 ■■HMitlco.an vdio will soon be 1lie TTcni. ilr. 
 iMurrav auain dau;rhter and loud applause^, 
 and T take it as a remarkable tribute^ to my- 
 self that before Mr. Murray was ab!- to op- 
 
 ;.. ..;.!!;;• to be " !!(>'.!0'.U'ablf>, 
 
 Mr Mnrrav issued ii card to 
 
 county nf Cape Breton 
 
 lie should be retnriKHl as 
 
 p,.c.' vr.v y.r ■■■■■■'' 
 
 -tliC Inte lion. 
 
 till- cl.'ctors of 
 
 ihowiiii;' cansi 
 
 til 
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 their representative at the election which has 
 
 just closed. And in that card he made the 
 slaiemcnt llial it v>as a "sfeat cmeij.'ency." 
 What did he mean by that V I would like 
 him to explain to tlie editor of the 
 " JIorninK Chronicle" what the "great 
 emergency " was. The " Moruinj;- Chron- 
 icle " had announced that a feeble old 
 man was about to assume the leader- 
 ship of the great Liberal-Conservative 
 parly, and tlie admiring readers of that in- 
 terest Iiil: jonriuil \vcr(> informed that Sir 
 Cliarles 'I'lipper was one of the most uusue- 
 ccssful politiii.'ins that the conntry had ever 
 seen. If tli;it were so, wiiere was tlie " grent 
 emergency V" Was tiint not just what any 
 sensilile opixment of tile Liber.il-Conserv.'l- 
 tive party would d(>slre, that instead of hav- 
 ing a vigorous and suci'cssful piditici'in take 
 liold of tlie leadersliip of tlie iiany. tiiey 
 slioidd have in thai capacity a " feebli> old 
 man," who had been only remarkable for his 
 want of suecess in political life V t M-ould 
 like 1(1 know wliat tlie brilli.-<nt editor of tliat 
 imirnal would call a " snecessful" iiolitician. 
 Von know thiit I made my ciitv.'inee iuio ]iiiti- 
 lic life in tiie year 1.s.".-|. ;'.nd wlieii <<n that 
 riecasidii llie T,iberal-('<inserv;ifive partv met 
 llie day liefore tli(> legislature assembled, in 
 a roon'i occuiiied by one of llie iiKMubers. for 
 ■the puriiose of coiniiaring notes, it w:is found 
 that the Conservative party were repre'-ented 
 in the House of Assembly of the provinc of 
 \ova Scotia by fifteen members all told. My 
 Lite revered and lamenfed friend, the lion, 
 i Mr. .lohnston fapplanse). on tlnK occasion 
 ; lii'oposed to lliis corporal's guard, for that 
 1 was all we were, he proposed to these tifteen 
 ' geiUlemcn that I should be cntniSt-V, v.-it!; 
 I the re-orgaui7,ation of the Conservative par- 
 ty and from that hour down to the present, 
 wiien in parliamentary life, T have had the 
 
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 nl'l.'r wo svoro .li'lViiU'd. A ,r....slio ^^ils 
 rills.'.! nnd nus...l bv ilu- " Mor..in^ Cl.ron^ 
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 ...lin" lo l„. s.'t l.v iho oMi-s m llus .■.mnti\. 
 von?iiivo onlv lo turn lo tlio i'<'fiod whon wo 
 won' in iiowoV. tfiMu isr,7 to isr.o. i„ l.i.d bo 
 ..(•hroniiM..- of IbMt di.y t..onm.v;- ^;;"li ''"• 
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 ,,.. ,v.r,.dft,.d to ii.d.t 11 soiH in ''"■,.:';'■;','■'', 
 
 ,no,U of tl.o country. I inn jrln-l to t.nd tint 
 Mftor llio iMi.s.. of forty yours, it now dopL.tos 
 ,1,0 iM.ssibility of snob n .■iitiisti'opbo iis 
 ,b;,, wliioli tb.'y spent yoMrs in ..nd.'Mv.ntnnp 
 lo inlli.^r on this country. Now. tl»' i';;''^";' 
 wjiv no such dllliculty bus pros.-ntod itsoll 
 sini^i. Hint tinio is tliiit iilihouL'h wo woro do- 
 ,■...,(,.,1 bv M liiiro niiijority in the ..li.ction or 
 is:.'.) wo bud the opporniniiy of nmliiiinu' i ho 
 ,.,,,„„,.v from its ..(.ntro t.. its 'ircuriilon.iico. 
 will, tiio result thiit Mlthouiili wo l.-ll m IS.';". 
 
 , liil „ot full until wo bud sncc....d,.d n' 
 
 idiiminL:- upon the ,■,•,, npnrts of the c.ninii'y 
 tl,.. Ihi"- undi'V which w.' hud foi,-ht ot oquiil 
 ri-lns Mild cniil .ii,sti.-o to nil. H.o,i,l np- 
 ..iMUsci Kounl I'iiihts nii.l o.,niil .msti.M. l_o 
 .,11 witliout ilistinclion of iMoe or creed. W t 
 we,v <.. sucessful in I lie ;idv..oii.-v ol tb.'Se 
 nriiu'lplos tiiiit wo biivo converted even Ibe 
 " Alornini-'('h,..niclo." Whnt hiipponi'd ; NN o 
 went into opiiosition. but w.- ^voro not ,d o 
 W.. st.M.il bv our mins mid iniuntiiiued mil 
 
 ,„.i,„.i„ics with the ivsuit thitt |i';.:. ^";;''; 
 
 i,.coud tbouu'iit of tb.- .■ounti'y m 1S(,.,. uav. 
 us th.- most ovorwliolmiiu;- luii.iority tliiit w.is 
 ,>v..r known in uny c.uintry rclntivi' to inini- 
 l,..,.s W.' hiid .-1 mn.iority of '^-^ o"t ot _ii 
 l,o„so .,r .-.- nieinbi.rs. 1 don't tliink tbiit is 
 nn instnno.. of the woi-k of nn uusuccssful 
 politi.'inn. ir,MU..:liior ^'"'^ ■l"'''''",-:'''' , ^Z 
 mok up •in-iit .pii'stions. Uo to.ik up the 
 viliil .Ttiestio,! of the free 
 nnd wo bud the pleasuri' 
 liiw which tlie ITon. :\ri 
 recent occasion in the 
 
 ■lit iiuosti.iii. on.' 
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 f Ibo most 
 
 vital, of ;.'r(.:it iiiii^'nilndi 
 wo look up the .lueslion 
 
 .•ommon scliools. 
 
 of passinj; that 
 
 Kirdilitii.'. on a 
 
 cilv of .\rontronl. 
 
 .loclarod to be the best school law ovoi 
 ,,„;,..|..d in any country in the world. 
 (Applause.* And bo only paid a .I'lst tri- 
 bute to tbat ;;-real measure of l.Mrislation 
 .so vititl to tlie well-boiuir of the country, 
 "whpn be said that under that law Homaii 
 ratholics and rrot.'stants bad lived tosether 
 in the most p.>rfect harmony (Hint scho.d bill 
 for which tl,e country was indebted to 
 Ibe piirtv wliicb I bad tlie lionimv of 
 
 and i,i,poi^tance.— 
 of uniting,' the iso- 
 lated cidonles of wliiili Itrlisb .Nortli Ain- 
 ,,,.•,,.,1 was .•.nnpos.Ml into on.' Kroat wli.d.'. 
 \ud wo accoiiMdlsbed that wm'k. It is true 
 ■,1,,,' wli.'ii w,. took up that qn.'Slion t was 
 not wii'iont d..nl>t ami n.ist.'ivinjr on I.. ■ par. 
 of niaiiy l.'a.linv' I'lU'li'' ".on. Hut we s.ic- 
 ce..b'.l. and after sp.'n.linK "■" "''.L"^'';,,, 
 London, in tl.o y.-ars is.l.l an. I'^'''-/^ ' 
 we wore .■arryluK i1i.m>uk1. th.' Imp. ml 1 a - 
 li in.'Ut the A.'t wl.i.'h f.'.l.'iiH.'.l Hr.tisii 
 N.,r.li Vm.'ii.-a. I ivtnrn.'d to lin.l that un.h'f 
 :,„ aiiitaii.m h-.l by the most dist,m,'U,sh...l 
 .,,,,1 ,„.,st brilliant Nova S.'.itian who has 
 .'ver liv.'d. th.' lat.- II. .11. .I..s.'ph I1..W.'. (l.m.l 
 applaus.'i publl.' sontim.'Ut ha.l b.'en so ex- 
 ,|/.,,1 ,,,„^in^' th.' p.'rio.l that I was not lieiv 
 ,1, i-mbt ti... batth'. that wh.'ii w.' w.'iit P. the 
 ,.l..ctions in ISCT I fonn.l mys.'lf al.m.' out of 
 111 ,nemb..is who w.'iv r.'tiirn.'.l to tlu' Do- 
 ,„i„i„„ House of ('..mmons from this pro- 
 vii,..' th.' onlv on.' r.'turn.'.l wh.> was imt 
 ph'dpd t.. break up th.' f.'d.'rati.m. (..'nth- 
 m.'u. 1 was i,..t dismay.'.l. for I have always 
 felt that if you fall in a ko.-.I eaiiso yon w'l 
 s.Mm ris.' au-ain. (Applaus,... .\niinalo.l by 
 tiiiit fc.'lin;; I n-Hfl "pon my .nt.lKiiiont ot 
 what .■oiif.'.l.'ration woui.l .b. loi' tins i..'.)- 
 vin.'c MS w.'ll as for th.- ..tii.'r pr..vin..'s. 
 for lb.' vin.li.alh.n ..f lb.' P"lioy 1 bad pnr- 
 snod Abli..ii^'b 1 st.....l al..ii<'. 1 .ltd ii.'t ro- 
 l,,x mv ..x,','ti..ns. AVb.-ii b.'f.n'o the ..U'.'tu.ns 
 1 was ..ttVr.'.l a s.-at in th.' lirst (Jov.'riumm 
 .,,• Cmum.Im. ami 1 may say in passm« that^ 
 thai was form.'.l- 1 'H.l n..t take th.- seat 
 olVen'.l m.' at tbat tin,.' b.'..aiis.. true to the 
 oolb'v. trn.. to Ibo priinipb's that have KUid- 
 ,.,1 ,„■.. fi.nn the p.'ri...l of n,y lirst oiitranco 
 i,„„ pnbli.' lilV. .1..WI1 to th.' pr.'sont tinu. 
 1 b.'l.l that p.'fsoiial c..iisid.'rMti.>iis woiv in- 
 si-niii.'anl .■oinpar.'d with tlm i"t«.'-''>*ts ot 
 \W coimtrv. .Applaus.'.! Au.l fimhns that 
 ,h.' iuier.'sts of th.' .•.miitry .u, tliat o.-.-asn^m 
 woui.l b.' b.'tt.'rs.'rv.'d by my stamlnif; asid.'. 
 I witb.livw aii.l .b'.^lin.'.l toa.^.-.'Pt Jb.' imrt- 
 folio that was off.'r.'.l mo. au.l ask.^l that 
 ,b.. Into Hon. Sir K.lward Kenny .applaus.; . 
 ;l;.. ,„..'si,l.'iit of 111.' l.'^iislativ.' .^outi.'il. 
 sii.mhl b.' app..int...l in my pla.'.'. 1 th.'n 
 took mv s.'at as a privat.' menib.'r ot the 
 U.ms,'. ami .b'tormined t.. use all the p.iw.'rs 
 [ ,,.,ss.'ssoil towar.ls securiufr the a.'.'ompbsli- 
 „„.„t ..f what I b..liev.' to be 11,0 .uivat.'st 
 thiii^' that coul.l bo accomplish.'.!, that 
 was to s.'curo tb.' success of th.' Kroat ineas- 
 Mr.' whi.'b was cal.'ulatcd t.. mak.- out of 
 ili.'s.' is.dat.-.l provinc.'s a frreat nation. 
 
 (' \f>pbl.iso,, 
 
 V-'aiii. iift.'r th.' .'Ic'tion. 1 was ofl'.'i.'.i a 
 se'it" The lat.' ILm. Sir Adams Ar.'bibald 
 b.''inf:- d.'tVato.l. and I beins the only one 
 ,-cturn.'.l ..11 the Conservative side. I was 
 
 \ 
 
MK.-iiii iilTcrcd II sent \n the ('nl)liici ; lull dc- 
 clliii'M it iiiid iisUi'il Sir .liihii A. .Miii'duiiiild 
 
 Ik tcildrl' llmt. scill lo lllc Hull, Joscpli lliiwc. 
 rAiiplMiisci Mr. IIowc liiid Ih'imi sent wiUi 
 
 ii Itir 
 
 tJC ( 
 
 IflfL'iillciii (ip l.iiiiddii tci ciidcnv'iur 
 
 III si'ciiri' till' MpiMiiiiiiiii'iil III' ii I'liyiil coui- 
 iiiissloii 1(1 si'i- wlii'lliiT llic Ai'l of ('i)iifi'd('ra 
 lion could iioi bo lirojjcii down. I viis .soiif 
 li.v llic (Jovfi'miicT.t ol' Ciiiindii to opiioso Hint 
 I'lTmi on llio juiil ol' Mr. llowo. mid lo p\'c- 
 vciit Miiy iiiii'; rcri'iico wilii llic Iniiiciinl .Vet 
 ;iH il stood. On Hint occnslon 1 liiid nn in 
 tc I'vicw with .Mr. IIinvc Ik llic \*'i .-;iniinslcr 
 I'lihuM' Ilorcl. 'I'lic lirsl cull I iiiiidc in Lon- 
 don \Mis on .Mr. IIowc, mid lie rcinrncd it 
 tlic followini; diiy. \Vc siil down to^'cilicr 
 mid discus.'^cd tlic (iiicxiion in all its bcnriiifis. 
 lie .snid lo me. " Well. 'I'lipper, I cniinol say 
 that 1 mil (.dad to see you here, liiit since 
 you are here. 1 suppose we niiisl make llic 
 iicst of il." I said lo liiin, " .Mr. IIowc. I 
 Bill Koint; lo lell you with the ulinost frank- 
 ness tile ]iosilion that I occupy, and .vmi inav 
 ;;ivc llic in return as iiiucli as yon please 
 You liave been sent liei'c to )ircal< vlown tlic 
 .Vet fif ('onfcderalioii. and 1 expect you to 
 do all yon can to accinnplish that mission. 
 Hilt yon will I'nil, Von will lie confronted 
 liy an ovcrwliclmiiij.' ma.lority hotli in the 
 lioiise of Conimons and the House of Lords, 
 who will refuse to inicrferc willi ll;e risht of 
 self-jrovcrnmcnt whi<'Ii has Ioiik mlto lieen 
 conceded to the provinces of Canada. I tlicn 
 went on lo say " wlien you hav(> failed, as 
 fail you will, the (|iiestioii will tiieii come, 
 'what next' and I want to put it lo ymi as 
 a statcsiiiMii, I want to init it to you as a 
 pnlilie man. who has done so inucli in thi' 
 past to elevate and advance ilie interesis of 
 the jirovincc to wliicli you beloii};. I want lo 
 put it to you as a man wlio did more to ac- 
 coiniilisli responsitdc Kovernnicnt than all 
 otiier public men in Nova, Scotia put to- 
 f:tilier. 1 want to jiut it to you. when you 
 liave used nil the efforts in your itower to ae- 
 ccMiiplisli I lie niissiou on wliicli you have 
 been sent licre. and liav(> failed, tliat your 
 next duty will be to take advantasro of your 
 position of liaviiiK the Kreat Imdy of reprc- 
 sentalivcs of liie iicopic of Nova Scotia at 
 your l)ack. and assume the responsibility 
 of KCttliiiK the a^'itation on the basis of 
 better terms for the province of Nova Scotia. 
 l)iit at all events lo assume tlie responsi- 
 bility of worUiiiK out tiiis (|ucstion in such 
 a way as will be ,iust and in tlie best in- 
 terests of the proviucc." Mr. Ilowe met 
 mc ill the most open spirit, and after discus- 
 sing the hiatter in all its be.'iriiiKS, 1 felt cer- 
 tain that he would ado]pt a patriotic course. 
 I said to him tiiat I had .inst refused a seat 
 In the Cabinet, because I wanted to see a 
 man who had the province of Nova Scotia 
 at his back occupy tlie seat. And I saio to 
 him "if you .■iccopt that position and 
 assuni'- tho responsibility which the 
 more >v)U consider it. the more you will fe(>l 
 it yotir duty to your country to adopt, in- 
 stead of finding me an opponent, I am pro- 
 Hon Sir C T-lVa 
 
 Iiarcd to become ymir liuinble follower, and 
 will (.'ivc you as ardent support as I have 
 
 over kIvcii you oppositio 
 knew tliai devoted a> 
 
 (.Vpplanse.) 
 had been lo IiIm 
 
 lirovini-e and misled as lie liail been in re- 
 gard lo confederation, there was ml iiiider- 
 lyimj slralum of pali'iolisin wliicli would 
 compel Iiliii to adojit llib course suggested. 
 I said to him, .VIr. Howe, "read that note." 
 and 1 showi'd him a note addressed to Sir 
 Sir .lohii .V. .Macdoiiald the nigiil before I 
 left ('.■iu;ida. dccliiiinu- and rcfnsiiifr lo ac- 
 cept the iiositlon of cliairman of the Iiiler 
 colonial Hoard with a salary if.Sl.bOOa year, 
 and a scat in rarliaiuent. 1 said 1 would 
 tell him my reason for declinini,' tliat piKsi- 
 tlon. I siihl. " ir you refuse to come lo your 
 country's aid with the great biid.\- of support- 
 ers you have ill your back, I will take iii.y 
 coat olT mid iigiiat(> the lu-ovincc of Nova 
 Scotia from end tci c;id. and I can do it tlie 
 lictter unlrmninellcd by any ollicinl jiosition. 
 1 iilcdge myself ucvei- to accept a seat in 
 liie Cabinet until I am in a |iosition to feel 
 tlial I iiave the coulidence of the representa- 
 tives of Nova Scotia." .VIr. Ilowe. anim.ilcd 
 by the loftiest iiatriolism. decided to atJopt 
 the course 1 suggested, we came back and 
 entered the Cabinet, with a result that he 
 soon had around him the whole or 
 almost the whole rtolcgntloii of tlie 
 reprcsentJi lives of .Vova Scotia. And I have 
 no hesitation in saying that it was tlie jiroud- 
 est inomi'iit of iii.\- life when I was able to 
 induce 0(1(1 of the iudeiiendent electors of the 
 county of Hants to poll their votes for the 
 man wlioiii they iaul always previously op- 
 posed. 
 
 I now come lo the next subject. .Vt a very 
 early day in l.S7(l. wiliiin two years after tlie 
 discussion with Mr. Ili'we. to wliicli I have 
 just rcfcri'ed, I was approached by almost 
 the entire bod.v of tiic represcnt.-itives of 
 Nova Scotia, wlio had been sent to I'iirlia- 
 ment lo oi)])(;se mc, and w.'is asked to take 
 a seat in ilie (hivernmeiit, and was assured 
 that if I did so I would have their support, 
 I went into Ilie Cabinet and Mr. IIowc and 
 1 were uniled. In \X~2 we went lo a general 
 election with llic result tiiat botii Mr. How-e 
 and myself were snstjiined, and we had re- 
 turned by tile province of .\ov;i Scotia 
 every man pledged to snppon the (Joverii- 
 ment of which we were members. Both Mr. 
 Howe and 1 liad been for long .vears, as you 
 know, In an attitude of the bitterest politi- 
 cal antagonism. It was a siiyingof Mr. Ilowe. 
 whether original or n'"^ I do not know- 
 though he was a mar - t had no occasion 
 to make use of expre.!.-: r.s tliat were not 
 original— that the sma! er the jiit tlie 
 fiercer the rats would light. That was the 
 state of things between us in the olden 
 times ; we exchanged nian.r severe blows. 
 Rut \v!!(>n the lieutenant govcviior.tihip of 
 Nova Scotia became vacant I went to Sir 
 .Tohn A. Macdonald and said to him, " I 
 want you to olTer tliat position to Mr. 
 Ilowe. Ills health has been severely broken 
 
(Inwn nnd I l.oll.-v.. tluit li- will will n>:l> 
 tnkc It : iin.l I nm suiv iluil \\u- iMH.pl.' "I 
 N„va S.M.tli. w.MiM 1..- a.-ll^'hlrd to imvo l.lin 
 ill tliMl r.usillon." Mcrmv fiiM'cptlii!,' tin- Ijo- 
 slll„i, Mr. now.' invlt.'.l .•very mnn wlu. 
 n.„n.s..nt-(l Ilu- pnu-ln-'o of >«'<'V" i^''" " '' 
 
 „ iin.'I n Mt Ills lios,.llnl)lo l.onnl, and tli.' 
 
 liist words li.' SMld to lliosc wlio w.'iy piv- 
 Bi.iit w.Tc -. " I wfint yoii to sinnd l.y '1 upper 
 IIS he hns Hlood l>y mo." (I.oud iiiii'lii'is-M 
 
 In ISTI! tli.> novcrmuiMil of wliUli 1 "iis n 
 ,„c.ml..-r foil, iind Sir .Tolni MMod,.nMld took 
 „,„• r,.sli.'n:i11ons to Ills Kx.cllonoy tln^ Loy 
 
 ;:;:„,„. ,„„„.,,„ ,„„i ,vo w""' ;"/"„'?."7";; 
 
 tl,,n Sir .Tohn A. Miu'doiiMld holloyod mI 
 dmt' tliiio llml lio lii.d fnlloii novor to riso 
 an.nln nnd l.o prossod n.o In tl.o stronpost 
 iirnnnor tliiil one man oan anntlior to r.'n.n- 
 strnol tli(> pnrtv nndor my own loadcvsliip. 
 plodKlnu' lUn.solf i.. u'lvo mo nil tlio snppor 
 n Ills powor. T rofnsod to do so and I wi 
 toll vo. wl.v. I told him tliat I l.oliovo,! in 
 niv i..-art and oons.-ion.M. that ho was novor 
 n oro nUstalcon In his lifo : that nstond o 
 bolns a l.arrlor tn tho rotnrn of his part? to 
 
 po\voi' hofoi-o two yoars ^'>]'\"'''''\Z''\\.!vlv 
 most p. 'ont intlnonoo to indnoo >' •' l';'»'^ 
 to liirlu tho hattlo would ho tho ohj.-t of 
 •ostorlnL' him to tho position of londor of 
 tho Oovornmont. T t(dd liim that it ho ro- 
 ivfusod to load tho party as holoro, I 
 w.ndd rofnso to havo nnythintc wha ovor to 
 do wilh politics, no was rolnolantly ••oni- 
 pclli'd to assont. As you know, a p'uorai 
 Plooiion was sprnns npon tho count r.v holoro 
 thoro was an opportr.nity ol h;iyinL; tno 
 nnestlons of tho day voniilatod. .md, as yon 
 know, tho rosult was Hint wo woro .•ilinost 
 wip.Hl out of oxistonoo. Wo camo hack to 
 rarllamont. as tlio fonsorvativo party ot 
 Nova Scovin cano' ha.-k in IS.",, a nioro oor- 
 poral-s u-u.vd. iitK'rly broken down and par- 
 nlv'/od ■ P.nt wo woro not dismayed ^^ o 
 felt ihat we wore iiiaintiiininjx a j-rood o;nise, 
 nnd wo 1oo,< our position on tho Oppositioii 
 honohos and wont to work. Sir T.oonard 
 Tillov had aeeeptod tho liontonant-uovorn- 
 nr-^hii" of \ew r.rnnswick. Sir Krancis 
 Hinrks had boon dof.'atod, and tlio duty do- 
 volvod npon nio of hocomin,!.' tho tinanoinl 
 .•rinc of iho .\dministvatinn. Tlu> duty was 
 nlsn iissiiinod mo of licconiint: the critic ol 
 tli<. rnilwav policy of tho r.ovorninont. 1 
 iinde-t-ol; till, duties assi-ni'd mo of lieconi- 
 lii" lie critic of tho Minister of Finance 
 nnd of llie Minister of I'lil'lie Works, .-md 
 nlthontrh s:, able a man as Aloxandor Mae- 
 k(-u/.ie was Miuistor of Public \\ .irks. 1 
 found tho la-U an easy one. T fonnd as a 
 ivstilt of the bliindors into which tho Oov- 
 ornipent foil, lliat iiothin.i; was easier than 
 to .-..evinoo the .■.■untry that t!io (Jov.M-ninont 
 were Mil wvoivj. Ill atlackiivr the iiolu-y ol 
 Sir liicliard Car'. 'Arijzht. wlio v.as the Fi- 
 nance Minister of tho Oovornmeut, and was 
 then as he Is now, iho aldoi man m tho 
 ranks of tlie I;lherais, I pvopoundod to th.> 
 House of Cniiinions. .-md throiiuli that body 
 to the pooplo of Canada, tho imlicy of pro- 
 
 toctlm,' nnd foslerlnf sn<'h Industries as 
 ('•ina(ia was host able to sustnln, (Ap- 
 plaiiso,) At tho last session but one we sue 
 .vodod oven in <'onvoriiir^' Mr. Carfwrlirlit, 
 iind 1 niav sav that abl.' as he is, the most 
 dliii.ult IhiliK in the world Is to convince 
 jdiii that anv one knows anytlilu!.' hut him 
 <r\( (LauL'liior.i Hut we su.<-eodod in slink 
 111" even his faith in tho poli<'y thin he had 
 sofarmalntaimMl. wliii llio result that at tho 
 session of 1STS he iiuide up his mind to take 
 •I loaf out of <Mir book, ami to a <'oi-tnin 
 e' tent at least to adopt the policy which we 
 l,,ol presented to Parliament. In short ho 
 Ipid made up his mind to make a consldor- 
 ablo liK'foaso In the tariff. 1 ilare say you 
 liivo nil hoard the comidlment thnt was 
 paid mo. that havliiLC lieard of what was 
 I,l,out to bo done I had proparod '' ^pooch 
 to denonnco It. and that when the Minister 
 ,,r I'"lnance declared iliat lie would not add 
 •1 larthinu' to Iho tariff. I rose in my place 
 ;,nd donounoed that. They said that Sir 
 ClKirles ■ruppor had a speech "11 [''"'1^,^" 
 doiiounco the Intended increaso in tho tariff. 
 ;,iid when h(> found that there was to be no 
 iiioreaso he denounced Hie ( ;overniiient for 
 lUroo hours, bocauso thoro was no incroase. 
 Hut niv friends paid mo too uroat a compll- 
 iiMMit 'l found out that they not only had 
 deternilnod to Incroase Iho t.arilT. but 
 tlirouah one of rhoso little birds tliat occ.i- 
 si,.nallv catches thinirs tliat are roIu!-' In 
 llio nil- I learned iust wliat they wore ■j;oinj; 
 to do. When 1 hoard this. I wont to Sir 
 Tcdin \ Mncdonald, nnil t confess that I 
 wont to him with rather a lonp face. I 
 wanted tho tariff increased, hut 1 ^v'lntod 
 llKit wo should have the credit of dolnp t 
 ourselves. (TIcar, hear.) I said to Sir 
 ,T<din that we had rocoived a blow, and that 
 o„r brinht hopes woro clouded. ITe nsked. 
 what w.is the matter. 1 t<dd iiim that Mi. 
 (••irrwri-ht had detormin.d to Increaso the 
 tariff and that of eonrse. this would 
 take the wind out of our sails. Sir .Tolin 
 •ivked what was best to bo done, and I said 
 there was onlv one thin',' to do. that was to 
 stand bv our principles, and the moment 
 Mr ra'rtwiiulil s:it down. ho mns 
 bo congratulated on haviu'j; boon Indnood 
 bv the Opposition to .'iliandon his own po- 
 li'ev and to adopt tlieirs. What happened? 
 Air STred .T<ines arrived In Ottawa at 
 litis ••rltical period, lie had a lar^e follow- 
 ing,' beldnd him in those days, ami h.> went 
 toMr. Fartwrij-'ht and said : "I ""derstand 
 that von are iioin- to increaso tho taritt. it 
 von (io so. if vou admit that the. Opposiuon 
 have been riirlii iind wo wrou^'. every man 
 from Novn Scotia will walk across tlie floors 
 of tlio ITonse and oppose yon." Mr. Cart- 
 vvri"lit. thimch he was convinced as to what 
 Irs dutv to tiie country was, felt that ho 
 was not prepared to sacrifice his position as 
 ^ifinistor "f Fiii.uioe. nnd ,so ho hacked down 
 fit the threat of Mr. Jones and his Nova 
 Scotia supporters, and the tariff stood as It 
 was W-^11. Kontlemen, if you will read my 
 
I 
 
 npivrh ill reply lo iIk' lluil>.'<'l s| di d Mr. 
 
 Cnrtw ^l^,'lll on tluit orciiHloii, you will llnti 
 the policy oC llK' i-'vi'iit T,ll)iMiil-("oiiNervii- 
 tlvi' piirlv, llic Nnlliiiiiil I'olUy ns It cxintH 
 t()-(liiv. Voii will lliul the polley tliiil now : 
 governs tlilH coiinlry enniielnteil In IS7S. In' 
 II eleiir iiiiil uniiilstiikiilile iniiiiiwr, Mini wllli 
 iill the force tlint I wiis iil.Ic to emnu'liile 
 U. WliMl more V I went Into the eoiinty 
 o( f'lipe IJreton. iind from wh.'it Ih cmIIciI the 
 InteiiiMtloiiiil I'iei' liecMilse tliei'c wiis no 
 pliice In t'!\pe Mreton, then or now. tlnit 
 woiilil hold the viiNt tiody of electors tliiit I 
 .'iddre^scd I liolsted the lliiK of the Niition- 
 iil Policy for ('.•inildii (clieers) iind I iioiiited 
 out tlint not only to the eleetoin of Cape 
 Breton l>nt for the electors of the i-ntlre 
 Iiomlnion. the (nie pr!lcy wns to foster and 
 protect such Industries us were adnptod to 
 onr eoiinlrv. as a me.iiis of raisiiia; mir conn- 
 try from a position of ih>spondency and de- 
 pression, such an had r.'irely Mtlllcled any ; 
 country In the world. That policy i)ropound- ; 
 ed th.'it day u'ave the key-note to Canada. | 
 'Pile voice heard that dav from the Inter-; 
 iMtloiial I'ier. reV(>rlierated and was echoed 
 ami re-echoed fro'i s(>a to sea until the re-, 
 suit was. that when the peojile who for n , 
 period of live years suffered such inis-KOV- 
 ernmeiit as has rarely heen Inllleted upon 
 any peoitle found the panacea offered them, 
 they took it. and the corporal's cuard of 
 1S7I. came haek to power in 1878 witli a 
 ^'renter majority than ever before to carry 
 out and sustain that policy. (Applause.) 
 
 Tiie •• Moruliiji Chronicle " may consider 
 this bad statesmanship and imiy consider 
 a record like that oni' that they have a 
 ri:.'ht to bnind as unsuccessful, but I tell 
 Ih'MU this, that if I had been the unsuc- 
 cessful politician they would hiiv(> people 
 believe a fortnijiht aRO. If sncli had been 
 my record, they would not have taken tlie 
 trouble to send a score of jieople from 
 Ottawa and ITnlifax down to Cape P.reton 
 Willi any amount of material in the sliape 
 ol' '• liuiiiau ileviees " to back tlieiii up, for 
 \\"- luirimse of secui'iuii' my defeat. (Ap- 
 pl ins ' ' r.ut Mr. Murray in tlie luuocenco 
 (if 'li:; licavi iT'ive til > true reason why this 
 desjirv.-ite battle was made. Tie s,iid. "that 
 11 was a jrreat emeri.'eucy." They siiid to 
 llieir friends ;ill over Caiiaila tliat Sir ( ha lies 
 Tiijiiicv was coMiiii;;' linclc I'lto the Cabinet, 
 that he Ind been induced to assume the 
 le.i(!"vs1iip of tli^' t.ibei'al-Conservative iiarty 
 in itii-: country, and that his lendership had 
 ri'-i!l;cil 111 siK'li acclaim from sea to sea. 
 
 I'l I il'c .\ll;Hitic to the I'acitic. lliat unless 
 
 i-niiM-i'iiii'.; ciiiild lie done to strike down the 
 |iri-ii.:r o!' tills new movement tliat was 
 aniiiiMlliiu' tlie f.iberal-Ci'iiservative jiarty 
 vJtl. new life, tliroiich the who' of Canada. 
 The hopes of t'le I.ilieriil |.;!rty . . ;,er>inL,' tlie 
 Treasury b-'iicbes (biriim' llie i. 'M hve years 
 niih^t be abandoned. Tills was tlie " ,^reat 
 ,.,,,,...^., .,„.,._•■ .|i,,; ;,| vle'.v of '• r:iy ofjp'^uerit- 
 fonulit with nil the eiiercy of d(>sp'iir. l>el'ev- 
 ill!;-, and belleviiii; .lustly. tint unless th' y 
 
 onld detrilt me. llllli-s 1 hc.\ eolllil striko 
 
 il.iwii the lioiies that were iiiilinatlna- the 
 liarlv which has made Canada wliiii It in, 
 llieir winie was up. and the party respoiided 
 fr.-eh. I am in a iiositloii to stale tliiil rf~.>.- 
 
 iiiMi were sen ilowii to til uility of Cape 
 
 ibi'loii Ipv Ibis party of iiurlty ; were sent 
 iliiwn b\ this party which wants to elevnto 
 the st.iiidard of public luoriillty In Ihb conn- 
 try : ."S'-'.'i.oiiu were sent down to .Mr. .Murray's 
 friends to enable them to buy the seat from 
 underneath my feet. And they had some 
 iviisoii for their hopes. My friend. Mr. Mc- 
 Keeii lajiplansei. had been eh'cted by a R'-eat 
 iiiajorltv as member for Cape llivloii. Tlie 
 I •let that lie is a man of «reiit wealhi and 
 iHipiilaritv. and that in addition he v\>p- 
 .cuts a Rreat eoinpaiiy «li!eh has expcinted 
 Iirtweeii S:!.(iiilMMt'i and .«l,lMMi,noo oi , be 
 eciuntv of Cape liretoii. •.'live biiii such a Icihl 
 upon the county that he was reiiarded -.s per- 
 [•'..•tlv iiivuluerablc. and ids frliMiiN liavliifr 
 ..eiii'hiui to I'arlianient thouiibt that the 
 ■vork of th.irlife was don-. The Oppositiou, 
 ,,ii the other hand, always on '1'" !''»■''' '" 
 secure an advant.av'e. devoted their nt en- 
 ii,„i to the electoral lists. The Liberal- on- 
 .:,.rvallve iiartv beinii Inlleil into a position 
 „f security, and Mr. McKeeii bidii- charged 
 witii the dutv of niauauinR the business of 
 the TXiminhm Coal Company, and not hav- 
 ie- lime to u'ive persmial attention |o the 
 nvisinii of llie ch..'toral lists, the most cl-nii- 
 ,1,. riauds were perpetrated in the coniiiy. 1 
 ,.,,ufess that if I had known ot this earlier I 
 would have th.pu^iht twice about JntrnstiiiR 
 luvself to the county of ( ape l.re- 
 loli With this advantage, and attcv they 
 liad canvassed the county, the reiuvsenta- 
 lives of the party went to Ibcir trieiids or 
 sent an emissary to their friends to sa.y. that, 
 -iveti so much money they would uii.l.vtalie 
 I,, reluni Mr. Murray, When 1 <cll you -that 
 I w.Mit into a .'ouiity extendtir.' over an im- 
 mense surface ; lliat there w.as a vevv sh. rt 
 time ill wliicl, lo -voi-k. thai 1 w.is i.csoeally 
 ,,,,;■ ble to visit many of Ihe outlyiiu': sections 
 ,,f (he couiiiv when 1 tell you that as much 
 ■ IS >■•'(! w IS freelv uiveli to men to reiii.ii'i at 
 liuiiie and refuse to vote v>!;cu I '."H V."" 
 that as much as >;liM> was j.-iveti lo iiidivd- 
 ,ia!- to use tbeii- vole and Ini'neuee airniiis.t 
 ,11, voii can uiKhM-sland Ihe sH-eiirMii el the 
 ,,l,iiositioii I liad to meet. I say it is a proud 
 iioMtion for me to oecui.v. when T am able to 
 stand before vou i..-ni-lii and tell you that 
 the iiicorruptilile patriotism of the (dcctors 
 „f Mie county of Cai'e T.reteii .ap|i:i"-^e> 
 ,,rov(Ml to f-ll Canada ni->ve,l <e all the 
 ^•••.l•M that if (lie l.H-iMl tKiri-- wisl, i.; ;'C- 
 ,-Miiplisli IhcMr dc^i-ns ihey must r,ii,I 1-ss 
 illdc>lielldeut. less iiatrloilc and ^■^., i-lie-t 
 electors to practice ujion. (.Viiplaiise.i 
 Gentlemen, as in 1«7S, the Itey-note of .v.ir 
 iriumnlianl maH-Ii from one ( nd of this 
 •..,i,iiirv to thi- other was iriven tr: m 
 
 ni b'> In 1R0<;. 'Apnlanse.i -^ "'■ ihe same 
 ib^iMi kudl to I' e hones of lh<' Liberal I'arty 
 
iliiii wiiH niii: 
 
 II I'l'Mi' iiii.l 
 
 illin III ISTSlliii'l II projM'li' till .•rt'iHt. not (inly In Onl.irlii. Imu 
 
 liiis i\nt\\u Ihm'Ii niiu' "III 
 
 III rlciir iiiitl ilistllict llirou 
 
 Kliimt llif DdiiiIiiIiiii, iiihI liast thrn-forf In- 
 
 Kilii's, ill: 
 
 I JM 111.' liiiililiii.''T of iiH iiiii;;illlli'i'iil 
 
 liiri'il 11 I'.K^at fli'Muiii iif miri'rtnliity In a 
 
 vIc'Imvv 111 l^l"i ">* ' 
 
 r 11.11.. ihlu K'xiil I'Miiiy i(mstini<nil,.H 
 
 lull lirli|..\.'ll l.y nilM;",,, .,„., y„„,,, ,,,„ ,„ 
 
 U'lTll 
 
 I I.IIm'I'mI (•.lll^> rviilh" inii'ty 
 
 hi 1^" 
 
 In .Nuvii Ki'Dtlii Mu- 
 
 lt I'liik Ih IiiiiI. iiiul the 
 
 nily !i.)|i>' lit 1)111- hiilcllnn "ur nwii ilii-ip la your 
 
 riiiil Im wIhiI -^Iv. .Miirr:iy imiiiit wln-ii In- i,„.|„.,nati« rftiirii uinl vlK'H'otiM m-tlon. It jnay 
 spoki' III' till- •• JiU'llI Clllfl'lf-IH-.V." 
 
 Now, Mr. .Murni.v siiiil. iiinl 1 'U'l ""l MHif'' 
 
 lllHllTSl.-lllll Wlllll 111- IIH'.-llll. lIlMl 1 '':lil ••I'll"' 
 
 iliixMi 111 Ciil"' Hn-ttMi 1(1 (iniill'.v my imiMllni 
 
 1 ili> mil lliiiik lliiil III'' I' Ill "I' 111.^' "I"'' '•'"■■ 
 
 iim- llif !lll^l I" y<'iii'« will slunv lli;ii I liiivt- 
 liccii iimliiiliiiiH, ' 1 liiivc tiilil yoii tliiit wli' n I 
 \v;is iisk'il I" inkf till' liiiiliT^'tiii' »( 111" '1' - 
 i.i-;il.r.Mi-i'iviiilvi- I' iriy. iilil'.imili I wns cini- 
 vinctul tlisit It would Mooii 111- l<-il to vli-tory. 
 I ii'I'iisi'il. Wliiil inon- ■.' Ill 1HS:t 1 iifccjitril 
 tJH. i.iijcc o!' i;'.;;li ('n:iiml«.'<l'im'r I'm- • '•Hindi. 
 hi-niiis.' I l'''ll. ii'i'l i^l'' -'"'I'l -^^ ^I:h-(Ioii!iM 
 I't'll, Ihi'l 'In- liomliiloii of CiiiuiilM liiid i'i'M"-li- 
 .(! 11 liosllloll 111 wlili-li II Wl>* nf till- lltllUlSI 
 ImiKirliim-i- Ilinl ii in.ili WfU iK'M'iiiln'i'd wllli 
 i!i(>' );ii!iIm-,-iI'I'ji1i's of Ciiiiiid-i s1i"h1iI ri-|iri-.^'iil 
 this Kninli-y III llio Coiifl <if St. .iMim-s in 
 liiiiiliiii. My iin-doci-ssor. Sir Ali-xmidor < Jnlt. 
 WHS sui-!i ;i man. He w;is ;i nuni nf ;;imiiI 
 .■iliilily iMid of i-oiutniimliiiL- pnliiliMl in'i'- 
 sri, 11.'.-, Mild lijid disrii!ir'--d Ids dutii-* wltl- 
 i.'n-at (ilillllv mid wl'li •--.n-i'i iidviiiitii!.ci- lo 
 tin- i-ouiiiry. Mill li" ri'I'iif-t'tl lo rtuuiin tliiTc 
 an\- l.iiii;'!'!-. Hi- wild that liii- salary of $11. 
 (Kill, iluil l.s. Silo.fHii' salary niid >:i,ihmi for ox 
 iii.ii-:i-s, was i-ni >'i:iii.|i-ni to i-ualdo Idm t" 
 llvi' ill II Niiitii1il<' iiuiiim-r 111 tlio flly of 
 
 Koudoii. ami 111- ri'fiisi'd to n-m.iiii ilioro Iio- 
 
 iiiosi' Ilii- toiv.-riioii'iil wniiM not liioroaM' 
 
 tlw- (.iil.ary. I'livliiu' lici'ii liromrlii up in n 
 
 iiioi i.iii ii-al si-liool lli'-i Sir .V!cNaml"v 
 
 (iah. I llion:.-.lil that [ could mali.- Imlli cud- 
 
 iiK-i-t on thai snlnry ; mid I havi- imt hi-nrd 
 
 jiiiv piTsoii say, not cvcii llio -^tromrost oji- 
 
 poiH-iil who \isilod London, -tliiil hi- lia« 
 
 fnil.-d lo ri'i'civf alti-iitioii ; ln-'-;insc I liavi- 
 
 !ii-i.|i always n-adv lo Ltivi- my altoiillon t-i 
 
 ovi-ry man. no nialii-r wlnHior ho wtis si T.ili- 
 
 oral'or a Consirvailvi-. Tin- strongest Tal-- 
 
 crals ill llu' -I'ui'tiA "ill ''''.'ir ii-stimoiiy to 
 
 my readiness lo i;o lio fnrilier ilian to ask 
 
 w-iii-tlH-r a man was n faiiadian. .-ind if lie 
 
 was he i-iiiild i-iiiiimatiil anyiliiii'-' 1" n-y 
 
 tuiwi-f. and 1 am inonil to know that to-dny 
 
 1 on.1oy the coiilidenie and porsoiinl re- 
 
 ■.rard'of tin- most dislin-oished iiu-mliirs of 
 
 the l.llieral party. (Hear. lie,-ir.) 
 
 Now. 1 eame liaek in the year lS.S(i, iiml 1 
 
 ^^•ill (ell veil why HdS nil'Olec, -:> fill pol'lifiaO 
 
 eame liaek to Canada, siv .lohii .\. >iliiediiii- 
 ald did me tlie lioiu.nr m wiite Ibis letter to 
 l-.e oil tl"- Viah Deeeli'lier. ISs:-!. Hi- did dot 
 rNa.-tly i'.a\" ll:e niiinioiis (i-rM ihe "Cliron- 
 i(.le " seems: !.• Iiav,- jmliilii'd Ihil I w'as a 
 political failinc. 'le says : 
 
 On the Train. 2nth Oi-rombrr, IS.SC. 
 My lionr Tiirr''!'. I a'li on my way hack tr. 
 Ottawa iift'-r a sin-ccstul tour In wistern Ontarifi 
 \\'.-. h:>\r- •■.■,;iil(i n -.Trv good iivp''.".:'?!"" "nd 1 
 think will li il'l our own in thp provini'c. We have, 
 however, lost ni-arly tho whole Cailiollr vote by 
 the course of the " Mail," and this uoiirse has 
 
 he lUTCHhuty that .ton nIihiiIiI, ev.-n If only for a 
 llttli! time, r.'tiirn In the ('ahiiii-t, Mr; lull, I 
 linow, wiMilil i-aHlly niakt- way (or you. Now, the 
 ri-siinnglblllly on you Ih very Kreat, for Mhould 
 liny illnanter cirlHe, iK-c-aime of your not lotnlng 
 out, 'he whole hianie will he thrown upon you. 
 
 I (!■->' Ihiit AiiKlIn in no* starrlnu; 11 'n .Vova 
 Seotia. 1 "eiul you un extract from a lonilenscd 
 report of hl» reniarks, nhhh a)ipeuri-il in the 
 MoMtrcil ■■ (;ii/,eltc," Thin Im n tiiMio; pro- 
 aianuue for the inarltliiie provinces, and hs» to 
 he met, and no one can do II hut yourself. But 
 ellouKll of IltMiiinloil lioUtlcs, 
 
 I c^uinot, in ciincln.sion. too ^trll!1l!l^' prcK:) upon 
 you the iihmlutc nccaslty of your coining out 
 ,it nn'-e, and do not like to conic nplate the evil 
 coiiMequeiu-e of your decllnInK lo do ho. 
 
 ! tdiall calile you the time for holdluK our 
 election the iiionient It l« .xettlcd. 
 
 Ileliove ui". yours falthrully, 
 
 (Shniedl ,K)HN .\. M.\('I)0\.\ LD. 
 
 Till' Men. Sir '•|uirle« Tupper, (!.(". M.G. 
 : I • Mil e 11 i- llio reilNon why 1 I'o- 
 
 - • !i, i Ij o:,., ,,( llili'il Comilll.'^Sienel' of 
 
 • 'iiiiida. at liiiil lime, and eunie liaek lo 
 olaee my si iviees lit llu- disposal of till- (.'1-eal 
 leader of llu- I.iiieralCoiiservatlvo iwrty and 
 i dare say yo'.i know thai out- Jnini i iTerts 
 
 ill l''i--. eolllltV.\ were 111. I IIIWIK SSfltl. .Nt-'lill 
 
 \e '-ad Iho I'voiid satisfael'ici <,r -i i l-.ri' the 
 'aimer of the l,ilii-ral-« 'i.iiservat ive cirty 
 li.rne Iriiiii-phaillly to vletor- . as. I trust, at 
 ,i: II, i< ilir it will ii'/aie. l.\iiiiiMU--o,1 
 \' . ■ ■ .;, . 1,,, il..iiia, Icr- i.ceii >ind'. iii'_' 
 iliat very iinr:.|ial)le ors_'an nf his inirty. llu- 
 •• Moriiili^' Clironicle." and has eoiiie to tlie 
 eoivelesiou that 1 wmilil siieriilee anyliiiiiL' 
 to salisfv my wild ambition. 1 iiin hero to 
 sav to .vou to-iiij.'lit. for we ntv a family 
 inivly aiid may exehuiif;!- eonlidcnees, that it 
 was' never uiv wish at any iiotir of my lit'o 
 to ill- Prime Minister of Canada. i.\ voice. 
 AVe want vmi tliere. Sir Charles, i (.\pplanso.i 
 C.eiiilemen. I wiU tell yon why. I f(-lt that 
 no man know the late Sir .Tolm A. .Macdoiiald 
 lienei' lliaii 1 did. and "" '""' roco;:iiized 
 more sln-tmly or more imi|iiestioiialily than 
 I did llial lio 111. Ill in tin- wide Itoniiiiion 
 of Canaila eoiild compare witli him I'm' that 
 pnsiiioii. 1 felt Ih.-il so l.iiii,' as liis life and 
 I'Mcrirv eiuililed him lo till that position, a 
 position so his-'li and so t;reat that it mit;ht 
 
 Im veled liy any statosinaii in Hie world. 
 
 It would be treason lo Canada for any one 
 ",1 iliiiik of takini: llio lu-lm from one who 
 ',ail shown sncii wonderful aiiilily lo steer 
 llu- ship of Slate as he iiad. Sic .lohn .\. 
 Maciliiiiald died in I.S!»1. afler a very desper- 
 ate elecloral st ri!'j-,'le which «e liad made in^ 
 tills country In ii'.ainlain tin- asceiideney of: 
 l.iiieral-Coiiservalivf- priiuipl'-s, I do not 
 iicsilaio TO say iiiai hf was animated, as I 
 was. by the conviction tliat existence of 
 llrilisliilislitntions was al stake, and by the 
 
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 Mllllllllinl "if till' ip'cldck. hit r..fllBf(1 til.' iMNllUlllHl <>t llli' MullllIlT 
 
 riiiitd Im' Miain- liir ihi' thniln' ttml cvniliiK. nii.l all iinliiiil'>tiN 
 
 lilllH'il III llilx '""" 
 
 ll'.V, till' lHlll>'.V III' tl 
 
 »lni' 
 
 It imW Ml'CMIM I lull 111'' 
 
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 lIHiHllI'MI WMH mil' llml will 
 
 ,1,1 hiiw iiiyHtci'lmiK nri 
 ■ ever III lilH Imis; niu: 
 
 till' »Hy» iif I'riivlili'iii'c . 
 1 iiHi'riil Ilfi' hnvt' hit! In- 
 
 piirly llii'ii III <i|'l ■ ., I o. .' .1.. "'v.-i ... ...>. -'.n - - 
 
 li'itil Ml lii> illHliiMl liny III till' liiHM III nil viilmil.li' RiTvlci'H liffii Kii iii.iiortmit to Ciiimila ami 
 
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 to pOMMI'HM. (W'lllll'llll'll. wliiil 
 
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 III liiilli iimv li.' 
 
 1 r. iflv.'il ymii- 
 
 Unit \v.' Wfl'i' l'i»J 
 
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 III ■' We liliv III'' fVlili'lK'r t,.i,.i?niiii Hiiyliivi lliii' ili.T.' wu« u .Uhimi-'MIiiii In 
 ixl lirllllMllt. lll'iHl 111- I'Tliiln 1(111111. r^ lliiil Sir .luliri TIu.iiiiim.hi hIkiuI-I 
 
 UsIIiii-'IiInIi.'iI iiii'I lllill mvvcv 
 
 In liii-^ I'vci' hiiil «»•"«'• "f pt'iHiiiiu 
 
 ll('|M'll(l"lll. iiiul 1 ii^t 1 
 
 till' Mlii'lill liiH.y "I' "'iiii'ii .., , 
 
 ill IIK iMiiks, ilii' II'. II. K'hMiril lUiiKf. wli". 
 
 III,. tlllV lll'ItT IlK' ''If il'lll. |>llllli«l"''<l 
 
 II It'lliT iiiulcr Ills iiwii liniiil HliitlnK' iliiH Hi'' 
 iriiH.iii hi' liiiil .•il.iiii.l.iiii'il 111'* I'iii'l.v 'Viix tlllll 
 li.. wiiN iKil pri'iiiii'''! Ill llulil iiuili'i' lull*'' 
 .•..liuirs. mill lllill lie lii'llt'V.'il Hull Hk' imli'-y 
 iirop<Miiiil''il l>y III'' l.llifi'iil P'li'i.v "" "I'll 
 im'<'iih1<iii w'.iil'l I'-.nl I'l iiiiiifXiitl'Mi I', till' 
 Ciilli'il SIMM'S III' Aiii'tIcii. illviir. liciir.i 
 
 Sir .liiliii A. .Mii'mI' Ill NMix w'lni "Ui l.y 
 
 Hull «i'i'iil siiutruli'. Mini 1 kiii'W Unit In' wns 
 \v..rii nut l.y ili'i'l' Miixli'ty. t'..r I tin vilcil 
 Willi lllill. Mini NpMi'i'il lllill nil I '''lulil. 1 
 (Imi'i" HMy yiii kimw iliiil I I'liiin' in llalilMX 
 
 III lllill' liiiK'. Mini liii'l 111'' Iniinmi' "I' nil- 
 ilri'MsliiK M u'li'Ml piilili.' iiii'i'tinu ill iIiIh <'liy- 
 
 • lust iM'f.irc I Weill '111 111'- plMirnrill I H'- 
 
 r'clvi'il M iim'shmh;.' friiiii '"^'i' ••"li" •^- •^'"''• 
 il'iiiMliI lii'fiMiii« 111'- I" <'<ii'n' Mini Mssisl liiiii 
 
 ill nillMl'ill MS Sllldl MS I C'MlI'l. 1 Wl'lll 111 
 
 i.m'i', I'lir I UiK'w thiit. in tin" IiiihiIh nl' liii- 
 liltf iillin-litfil Sir .Inlill 'IMi'iiiilisiui -laii 
 plillisi'l-iildfd liy I In' iK'tlvc ''ir.irls .it 
 son- ii'iin'W'il Miiiiliiiisc) -Mini aliU'd liy 
 jrcntlt'im'ii wlm lln'ii Mini imw Iimv 
 iioiniur .if n'liii'si'iiliiii: tin' ••imniy nl 
 
 (1 tlllll, will! ureal HallHfactl'iii ami a ctrmiK 
 
 my 
 
 ■ tin' 
 
 till' 
 
 llMll- 
 
 IMX. NoVM St'lliM WMS SMl'.'. I Will 1 In'll 
 
 to iii'l my n'V'.i'.'.l friiml Sir .I'llin .M.a.- 
 (loniilil to till' iiiiii'isi 111 my i">wt'r, Imt I 
 foiiinl lllill 111" striij-'jiii' iiml tin- iiniiin'iii 
 (His issues lllill were Ml sliike were w.'tirill>.' 
 upon liim Mini slriUiii}.' liiiii down i.i Mil ex- 
 tent tiiMI I wiln.'ssi'd Willi tin' lUiimst dis- 
 niiiy. Afli'i- 111!' I'leeli.iii 1 went liMeU t.i l.'tli- 
 .loii Mini WMS si'iit by the (iovernmenl of 
 ('MliiitiM to ri'liri'sciil it Ml tlie ).'i'e:lt iiosiMl 
 (■iinl'''ience iit VieniiM. 1 iim a^tiiiii in il 
 ixisitiou to filve yon evidence Hint iln- posi- 
 tion of rrinn' .Minister of faiiMda wiis not 
 the object of my Miubition. 1 bold in my 
 iiaii'l M copy of il l''ller wliicii 1 M.idressed 
 to my son on tlie ocnsioii of tiie deMlii of 
 Sir .loliii A. .MiiciloiiMld. It is in the liMiiil- 
 writiiif; of Mr. .lu.si. m j;eiitleniMii in my ile- 
 partiiieiil wlm wms M.-lin;; ms my seiretary 
 in X'ieiiiiM. 1 will liMinl il to .Mr. SiMirs lo 
 read il I.I y.ni Mini tlu'ii y.ni .'an JndKe wlie- 
 liier 1 WMS Miixi.ins lo lie rrime Minister 
 of ('a Hilda : 
 
 V'ii'uiia. 4tli June, 1S;U. 
 
 Jly Doar :^on.— I, as yoii know, liave always 
 felt tlie (teepost personal attiiohnient for our great 
 leader. Sir John A. Mai'diiiiiilil, but I myself .bd 
 not know how iiiucli 1 lov.d lilm until ou my ar- 
 rival here last Saturday, i learned that he was 
 Rtruck down by illness. The news was then ri'- 
 assurlng, and 1 attended the lUnner at the llol- 
 burK palace with the Emiieror and King at 4 
 
 1 rclli't. Y'lii know I told you 
 1 .im r>co, aii'l I'.'pcal.'.l l.i yo'i when la.*! In 
 oitawu, thai nii''iliii< imilil bnlin'.' iie to ai'ri'pt 
 ill.. poMllliM, in .a^e the iiremlerMhl|i lifeaine 
 viii'.int. I lol.l you that HIr John looked uy 
 wi'arily troiii his pupcrH ami Hahl to me : " i wliili 
 lo (iii.l you were 111 my \plac.'," and Hint I an- 
 nw.'reil, "Thank do'l I am not." lb- afterwanl.'*, 
 Will knowliiK my .leleni'liialion. "ubl h" ihi.UKht 
 ThompMon, as malter.i no.v stood, was the only 
 avallalile man. nf conrjie Im had in vii'w the 
 .'harK.'H Hiat wen' mad.' aKaluHl Laimevbi ami 
 Kitll pendbij,'. Had It been otherwise, and I had 
 Ix'iii In I'arllaim'Ut, I woiil.l have ^U•en hini 
 inv Hupiiort as you w.ll kii.iw. 
 
 'Wh.'ii this terrUil.' blow eaiiie, I naturally 
 .Irea.b'.l that my ol.l rolleaKUO", and the parly 
 for whom 1 have done no much, nilKlit unite In 
 asklliK me to take the leaderslilp, ami 1 felt that 
 In that case, a serious re,sponHlblllt> would rest 
 upon me, Bell.'vliiK a^i I do, thai eomiiilance 
 would have liividved a malerlal sh.irtenliiM; of the 
 fi'v years iit |i most ri'inalnini; to me, you ran 
 I'miifliU'. iiiv .1. ,11' son, llie relief with whieh I 
 learimd Unit I was alisolved from any such re- 
 sponsiliiiity and abb' to nssnre your dear imiiber. 
 that all diinm'r was pait, Voiir course, my dear 
 son, is lo think only of your iliily to Canada, and 
 thai Is to Klve your hearty support lo whatever 
 .'an I'ombiiie the m.'mh.'rf. of the party in the 
 KM'eat.'st deKre.'. 1 necl not '.n you hov.' Blad 
 I will be If our mutual friend. Thoiiipson. should 
 lie the man. His Kn at ability, Mi;h le^•al attaln- 
 fcrensii' pcw.'r'-, am' -ibove all bis per- 
 
 I'lltS, 
 
 of 
 
 11 
 
 , I 
 
 at 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 \. 
 
 sonal charact'T. all riiider bis I'hoii'C ' ;)e 
 which onr party and louiury should be pi i'', 
 
 ll ',sas a stranKc I'l.im.idenee. that about 
 n'.'loi'k en Wednesday niiOit, tlie llTth ult, 
 comlnded mv speech in response to a toast, 
 a baminel nlven to mys.'lf by .. birge number 
 peers and membeis of the 11. .'is.- "f I'd'umons 
 both liartic:', by an euloniii,,. I'l' 'Mv Jchn 
 Maudonald, when by u slip of the louKii" I u.ied 
 the wor.is, " an.i now at I he .'lose of Ids long 
 and useful life," whiih i iminediately eorrectcHl 
 icysi-lf by e'ipr.'sslnf? the hope that he would be 
 spared many vears to serve bis country as he 
 I'ad done in the past. While this prayer, for 
 such it was, was enthnslasti. ally .'lieer.'d by the 
 liu'd nuivor, three e.x-seci'.tari.'s of state of the 
 .'111. mi.'. . of b'llh parties, ami many me'ubers oC 
 the Hon e of Commons, both Liberal and Con- 
 servative, my dear frlen.l appears to have been 
 ■Irui'k by the fala! shaft, and our prayer denied. 
 We can onlv bov. with suhmissbin. knowing that 
 the blow caine from th.' (liie who .loeth all things 
 wel!, Let us emleavour lo -vork as untiringly 
 and a« unselMshly, for the 
 peril y of our country as Sir 
 come what may, wo will be 
 been, by the conviction tha 
 duty. 
 
 It is a source of great satisfaction to me In 
 this sad hour to feel that through good and evil 
 report. I have stood at his si.le. and in sunshine 
 and in storm, have lione aii in my iinvei lo 
 sustain and aid him in the great work to which 
 
 ir igress and proa- 
 iiiiii has done, and 
 onsoleil, as he has 
 we have done our 
 
T^; 
 
 rour.ouatry. Mild I siiy to-.lMy that ihore is no uiau ^vIlo 
 
 Yum- lovinK father. k!i,,»vs Sir MacUnizic I'w'WrU 1).'U.T tliiiii I 
 
 (SlLMUMii ctiAHLES TUPPEit. ilo. -r who njiiinls hiiu ni..n' ihorouslil.v a*. 
 
 '^'■^" ' , , ,.„ the rinlMiaiinvul ..r hciK'Sty autl iiit,.«m.v 
 
 (ieuilcnieii, I niiuk I iii'cd u.>t say iiiou ^^^^^^^ j ^|^_ , ^.|^. ,,,,,, ,-,.,, i,, ,i,r lirst lunir hf> 
 
 to coiivico you Uiiii 1 liavf not lu'cn niKluly ^^^.,.,,^, ,,„|,ii,. ijVo, to this.ho has iii the iiio>t 
 
 anxious to till tho lii^ili and distinKUished „„^,|„t,,,, i,ianinH' doiio his lirsL to cxofcisi' 
 
 position of Trinic Minister of Canada. ^^j j^. . .„,^^.,,,.^ ,„ u,,. ^v;ly lie lias felt to bo 
 
 But I now I'onio to tlio lu-cscnt stas.'o. j.,„. ij,;, !,,,..;( |„,^,,.,,sts of the i-ountry. in viow 
 
 Wlioii I .nine out to (';uiada on llic pn'>«'iir ,^,. ||„. ,.,„||,,iivs rc-cntlv sn ailo.-it. I fool 
 
 occasion I caino in rcsiions(> to an tiriront ,„;,,„■,,„ |,,iiUc tins slalcincnt in tlio I'^'soncc 
 
 iuvitalion or rccincsl from the 1 rcniior "t , ^^p ,,^,, , j,„.|..|i_,-,,„srrv;iliv(' party bcf.irc inc. 
 
 Canada. Sir .Mackenzie Bowi-ll. who re- .,,,,,,,,.. ,,„,.,is wilHie luirnc on llie wiiifj;- of 
 
 quested i.ie to come for Ihe i(Ur|iose of aid 
 iiif; Ihe (lovenitneni in carryinu' on to coin- 
 pletion tlie u:real work in whidi llie Covern- 
 nieiit ;iiid invself have been arduously eii- 
 "a"ed for some lime past, t lie underlal<in« 
 of^se-uriiii: a fast .\ilaniic sieam service 
 heiween tlie (idled Kiiij;(hiin an:l Canada 
 1 ariM\ed in iliis country, and .just after my 
 arrival some very unpleasant results hap- 
 poued at oin' or I wo cl>'c(ions. and a pxid 
 deal of consteriiatioii was sjuvad over tin 
 
 and my words will lie luirnc on I lie wiiifj;- of 
 'llie ic'lcyraph lo every portion of Caliada. 
 1 sav that notwithsiaiidinfj: an unhappy dit- 
 fcn.'uce of <ipinion. owin.u' to a niisiiiider- 
 sijindin.,. .-irnsc for a few days amon- meiii- 
 ],.'V- of tlie Covcruiuenl. wl'.eii 1 left Ottawa 
 iPciv was the most haiipy and cordial re- 
 „„i„n of every mcml.> ;■ of i'c.c Ccvernmeiit 
 V. iih -ir M.-icUi n/.ic r.ov.cll .and myselt. Sir 
 V-i, I ri/'" I'owell not only invited mc io 
 ",■,,,,,, ' ,, ■; -Mul -o inio i!:e Covcrnmeut ot 
 
 deal of consteriiatioii was sjuvad over the ',''■',,„, |,,,, J. 'p,,, I'le jircsscd uiion my son that, 
 coumr.v. 1 i.eed not say that liy-eleciions ,,.,„ .,|,;„;i,i come hack, a" ■" that we both 
 are often siunilie.ant. but if the people would .,;,,, ,,„ ,,, ,|,,i„ ,-s of the .ncl. lie c.\-- 
 
 take the tfcuble to |,,oU at the by-elei-tions ' ;,^^^,,, ,„ ,,,,, ,1,,, pi^Uc..! a(. ation for my 
 which have taken place in Canada since the i^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.,^^,j| , ,„,,[ ,,i„i ,i ,,, „iy -.,„i had. 
 last election, they would feel that there '*^ i f,,,, ',," n,,, |-,|,;t moment that any iiuestioii ot 
 
 from the first moment that any <iuestiou of 
 
 . ., Imv ivlnrn w:!s rai 1. stated that nolhini;- 
 
 s a s-'ood deal of inlei'.'si e.veit- ■ '"-^ 
 
 smaU jrround for uneasiness. l>ut the fact was 
 lliat iiiel-e w;l 
 
 <ma!l trround lor uneasiness. Jiui nic lai-i ".i» I ^^^^. i.,.,,,,.,, ^^-.s niised. stated inai noiiinii; 
 iliai iiiei-e w.-is a s-'ood deal of inlei'.'si e.\c!t- j ; j j,„pi.-e liim !o remain in the Cabiuei 
 cd. and 1 was approached by a lar;.'e uumlier , .^'^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^,.,.^, ,„,,.,,,,,„. ;,piioU;,-h that UMid of 
 ,,|- ,!!• n.ost Iciidin- and inllueiilial L^enih'- k^^.^^,,. ^^^^^^^, ,,^, ,,,,„,, j„ Kuy-l;ind. where poli- 
 ,iicn 'o lie found perliaps in any part o] Can- ; ^ , _ "^^.^ ,".nTi. d o;i upon a br.-.adcr b.asis. d 
 .Ida. Willi 'he Impc ii,,ii ! would be induced ^ ■, ,^ ^ i„. ,,:';i'i ic'il>le in Canada for rea- 
 
 lo <-oiiie 
 
 •I; to Ine House of Commons, and 
 , ,„, ,,, |. iMc'-.rlp ci- 111'. i,;bcr;il-CoUser\;l 
 
 I'iv uall.'. llielv. 1 lold ihosc livmlcimn ;il ^^^^^_^ ^ 
 
 ,,uce'il,ii 1 would noi even discuss the 'l'"'^'-l,..,,,;,„_,^ ,„„, von c,io readily s,'e ihat under 
 
 lat- 1 .' , .,,, ;(• 1,, 
 
 ,1 i„. o:';i'iical>le in Canada for rea- 
 
 , ,1 ,1 cJ.viou;-.. I'.verv i|U(>stion Ihat 
 
 .„;;,. ;up'befor.' ifc fabinet in ('anada is 
 
 l,.,.l,ica \^v a vol" of Ihe UlcUib. rs el il>e 
 
 I 'cU 
 
 en I 
 
 i,ait.\ ill Ihi- ccunn'\. i hko' 
 
 . ■, -.' idle i aiii referrinir to this, tleit | 
 
 , M-ic T.owi! was one ..r ill" Lib- | 
 
 ,vMMve nic'id.-' ■. i!i ll'.c llous;^ o1 , 
 
 ,.1-iiM.ii we sat side by side durin.U llie tiiue j 
 iP-,1 the I ilieral-Conservative party was in 
 .H.xu.,., and w sat there -ide by sid.' when 
 the Liberal-Conservative party was reduced 
 ],V the rle.Mious of ISTl loa "''■'■>V''^',''i'";:' If, 
 -Minrd \l all luues we stood should.'l to 
 .Shoulder batllim; for what we believed to be 
 the besi int.-ivsts of the country. Ji}c went 
 into the Covernnient tofjother in IS. 8, when 
 
 the people of the country tho Liberal-Consoi- 
 vative party, with Sir ,lohu A. Macdonald at 
 Its head, was brought triumphantly back to 
 
 ,-,,.,,,., ,,.,,.. ji vill probablv be tlieoiduion 
 ',,■ .•..,cc|a ■flKil the fnthev should dtsapiicav 
 ,,„l' the son reaPlier (rries of No. 
 c,,-, Sir Macken/ii' sa.d at onc(>. ^.^'i"' 
 Jnn will not cnuic into tVM. Cnbinet wih you 
 ^vin■ slMMdd he not lake the position o! TTish 
 Commissioner at London V Kvery one knov > 
 tint he received tributes of the -reatesi 
 !?;;in;r!uion. not ouh rron, Uird IMsebeirs 
 Covernnient. but fnun T,,u'd ^;.'l'" ""> *:,'^'".;, 
 .„,,„„.,„t in Ihe di.chara- "1 '''^'"V,- j^ 
 .,,,,,,,1 for Her Maicsty-s Covernnienl at the 
 In '..■'tonal arbi. ration at Paris: m .;on- 
 ;;::Vlon with mc B<'ln-l,i.,Soa nuesuni. 
 Wl.v iliorcfore. should he not lIKe 
 ,o •■ post on in London ?" I ^aid. in 
 J..^ly, ' n,!.t my son's ambition was to 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 1/ 
 
f 
 
 I 
 
 sf-rve his country in the House of Com- 
 1I1..11S in CiuiiHla, iin.l while In- woulil ho 
 h;ii>pv to sliiud llu-ro :is ;iti iiuloiieiKli'Ut 
 nuMiiiicr of tlio House, no snhir.v or position 
 wouid tomiii him for !i moment to lo;ive the 
 House of Commons. It is only my duty lo 
 ■^ir M.ickeii/.ie Uowell .Mini mysell that 1 
 should make that statement to-niplit, .nnd I 
 leave vou to imasine whether, under those 
 oireumstanees. I eould have any feehnu 
 other than that of the liiRhest regard to- 
 ward a gentleman who had expressed sueli 
 kindness and good feeling both toward my 
 son and myself. 
 
 Xow one statement made liy my opponents , 
 I confess tliere is some lv\ith in. They say I 
 that ■• Tupper has heeome a feeble old man " | 
 lories of "No. no"'i. and tluy say that yon | 
 want vigour itud pliysieal ability as well as i 
 experiein-e. No pers(Ui c'an lie more eon- i 
 seious (if tlie ftiet lliiin I of thi> responsibil- 
 ities that rest upon tlii> loader of a great 
 partv like the T.ibeniirnuservative party, 
 •iiid at mv time of life 1 feel them to be over- 
 wiielmiiig. (Cries of " You are the mau."i 
 In tliis mntter, however. I liav- rehiclantly : 
 yielded mv own judgment to that of others. 
 I have dune iiuire. I lia\e reliietanlly yielded 
 mv own (l(>sire to retire into priv.ate life, and 
 spend llir few remaining years tliat may lie 
 allnlteil to me ill a more iiiiiet and restful 
 position. Rut T have acted in this matter 
 as I have acted from the first hour ihtit 1 
 entered pnhli.' life. 1 have aeieii under a 
 deep sense of my responsibility to the great 
 p.'irty tliat has inaile Can;ida wli;it it is to- 
 dnv.' T sav tliat trusted. 1 say tliat suiip"rle.| 
 and sustained as I have b ?n by thttt groat 
 partv. I should feel it an aet ..f treasor 
 set up my own inclination against w!i: 
 believe to be the overwlielming (i)iinioii of 
 the TJberal-Conservative party. 
 
 Xow. gentlenii^n. 1 have lieeil light itu' ihe 
 first battle, and that in tlie ishin.l of Crijie 
 T^retiin. but it was iierfeel eliild's ]\i\\. 
 am! .■ippl;iuse.1 \\'liat 1 say 
 
 ii ireat laii'.;ht(i , , — 
 
 is perfectly true. It is true that it was an 
 inelenient season <if the year, and that I h:i\e 
 not recently been a<'eustinn"d in exposure 
 at '1""'' sii l>i\v -1 temperature. '<nt 1 repeal 
 lli:il ii was eliild's play. Wliy ': It was a 
 large cminiy, and we wi'tv opposed 1>y eln- 
 tiui lit and brilli.iut men from all jiai'ts of 
 Caiiailn : \xi' were opjiosed by gtuitleiuen wlm 
 were f'-i'iil'icd will! an .abniidanl supply e! 
 what lins t;of been inaptly termed " Iniiiiati 
 device-:." ii.aiiuihter.i 'I'li^y m:\de a " iiig 
 luisli ■' and •■ cam(> d<i>.\n li;Midsoni(-l.\-." Hot 
 n-hv was it eliild's play V ("lentlenieii. 1 will 
 tell yon : It was child's play because we h.ad 
 a pollcv that the people eould nnderstaml. 
 Wlieii we stiKid bi'fiire the inlelliger.l elecTera 
 of the eennty of Cape llretuii. it was not to 
 tell them wiiat we would de if we had tlie 
 o^iiorttinity. We had had the opportunity, 
 and il v.a's only necesstiry to iioini to the 
 hrllliani recdrd in tlie past, ef the (iovern- 
 meiil. sustain..! by tiic -rcai T.i'-vlT.l-*''""- 
 servalive party of tiiis eountry. We wer( 
 
 able lo iioint to the face of the country and 
 show that we had not held power in vain, 
 and that llie ))ower in our liiinds hiid been 
 used in such ii Wiiy as to promote the pro- 
 gr<>ss and prosperitv of the country. We had 
 snccessfnllv linlced tog"ther the various por- 
 lions of this great lialf-continent. the great- 
 est portion of the continent <if North .\iner- 
 ica Not onlv had we succeeded in uniting 
 it in one powerful federation, but W(> show<>d 
 that we had carried out the policy of confed- 
 eiation until it reached from' the island 
 of Prince Edward Island, in the Gulf ot ht 
 T.awivnce. to Vancouver, on the shores of 
 j the Pacific. , , ._, ... 
 
 ' Wlieii I went to Washington with Mi. 
 I Chamberlain in 1SST-SS lo negotiate the 
 treatv with the (iovernment of the T nit.'d 
 i States 1 met there the distinguished 
 :gcnfleinan Mr. Hayard. who now repro- 
 : sents the United States as their ambassa- 
 dor in T-ondon. He said to me, ■' the li'dera- 
 tion of Britl.sh North America and the con- 
 i Rtniotion of the Canadian Pacific Railway 
 have brought us ftice to fiiee with a na- 
 ' tiou." Instead of the weak, disunited .nnd 
 ! sometimes antagonistic provinces, of wlucn 
 ' Rritish America was formerly composed, a 
 i time had come when they saw one govern- 
 ' ment extending from sea to sea, and found 
 that we had not only formed a ptipor eon- 
 federation, but that we had made the feder- 
 Ttion a realitv bv the construction of the 
 iron band that extends all the way across 
 ,1„- .•ountrv, and binds together the continent 
 f,„in Cape Breton to Vancouver. 1 he.v 
 found themselves not only fac,^ to face with 
 n nation, but they found themselves face to 
 face with a nation possessed of all those 
 enormous nntur.al resources with wh ch 
 Providence has generously endowed this 
 northern part of the continent. They found 
 themselves face to face with a country in 
 a position to pass on from stage to stage 
 until it becomes .as such an eminent auth- 
 oritv IS Professor Giffkin dechired. not 
 onlv .>nual to some of the continental states 
 of Europe, but tit no distant day to become 
 one of the most powerful and progressive 
 nations of the world." We are able, tlien. 
 to tell the people of Cape Breton, not only 
 what we would do if lliey gave us the 
 power but we were able to show them 
 what we had done and exhibit that as an 
 envnest of what w.> would do in the future. 
 We pointed not only to what had been ac- 
 'tuallv accMimplished. but we pointed to 
 I pending measures of the utmost importance 
 I to the people of Canada, as showing wh.at 
 will be done at no distant day to make this 
 great country even greater than it is. 
 
 What did our opponents point to .' \ou 
 mav bo sure that they did not point to the 
 period when they were in power, tor they 
 knew that their only hope ot getting back 
 to power was to lull the people to s eep .■lud 
 make them forget that time, it they still 
 had any recollection of it. 'lliey had been 
 in power for a period of live years, but all 
 
10 
 
 the VP< 
 
 •onootion that the. peoi>l 
 
 lind of it , ouly 1<> Uwk iiort 
 
 was 
 
 thill it was ii pi'vio 
 
 1(1 of livi- It'aii yai 
 
 I sec 
 
 tli(> pro^ii'css a 
 
 'fiioy ouly rciiuMuiMTcd it as 
 
 a pi 
 
 riotl of livi 
 
 Thci't- is ovidi'Uic o 
 
 ^^'^iN am'inu whi('li tlioy w(mv oatiuir tip 
 
 ..^mv!^ that hail i-o... ^"•••""i'' ^:,!;;V;l ' : 
 
 ins tlie pivvious tivo yonrs ot '''.•;.':, 
 
 Soraf^.- IH- was aisinissoafnnn us ma- 
 ter's s,Tvi.'<'. set up as a '"'■'l'^'^' ,.":'■„.=,'. 
 Walter S,.oi,.|is,.i.ai;....t,.e.nau.^^^^^^^ 
 
 wl "e ua'oss the honlev, he eanie a.-n.ss 
 his ,1, roa..h,nan. aval the fnl ow.n-^ oo - 
 l^W on ensued: Said «i'. )Val..M- ; >o - 
 ,M, .vhat are you ahout V J -'^ .^j;:: 
 nli,.d " I am a doetor now. A '!"' t' u. 
 
 ^- id Sir Waller. - Wlul do v.m mean i 
 Y I'm-l know .nythin^ almu- n,-!';' ' ■ 
 What do ven doV -Well.- tv,,lud l.ou- 
 nld "1 Uisl eonfine myself to twa simples 
 'f-alnmnv and laudanum." Th.MV is tlie 1 
 eral peliey. and simple '■'''"''•^•'' 
 (l.aud'ter.; - W.dl." said Sir A\aP.'. 
 "hut wlial lH'<-onies 
 " Well." said KouaM. " 
 whiles tliey dies, hut 
 rmif to mak<' up foi 
 " simples." made us(^ 
 Viartv. tlie "ealumn.v ' 
 
 the liey has aeeomi 
 
 of the houndnry line and 
 
 lid iirosperity of Canada. 
 
 of what the Xational Po- 
 
 ilished. The construeiion of 
 
 _ li- 
 
 il is, 
 
 Scolt. 
 
 of llie patients V " 
 
 wiiiles lliey liv<'S .-ind 
 
 il will laU.' a lout;- 
 
 I'loddell." Of tlie 
 
 of hy tlie l.iheral 
 
 is intended to raise 
 
 hilse issues, and to divert inens .ni'»'l>- ; "^ 
 Mliei.tion from the fri.Lrhtlnl I"'''"" ,"' . "r 
 ,,„,,, „,„,,,, ,u,.ir nlis^L:■<;venllm'nt. II hat u, 
 wlini the .•alumiiy is tor. what is the la til , 
 
 ^num forV It is K- ^iv<"""""";h.T u'v ' 
 rtoses to put them to sleep, so ""> '^^ ; 
 t,,. <nil of ile'ir power to reeolh-.-t. t u s a. 
 ,o wliirl, all Caiiaila was rediieod niidei I 
 
 their misrule. ; 
 
 CoiithMueii. ir you want to know what iH' ; 
 National Poli-y has d.me for ( anad.i. yoo 
 imvo onlv to ivad the brilliant the aid.'. 
 ,h.. unsurpassed I'.ud^vi ^l/'''''-'''^' .i;' ,.^' •,' 
 ,,„„. (:..o,-.. K. rnsier. .-ind yon will tind 
 what has I.eeii done. An emuient pulde- 
 man in the liiiied Si.-iies. not lonu sinee 
 delivered .•111 adilress. in wlueh he <leple ''l 
 11,0 liiiam'i.-il .-oudilion ol iho I nitcd Mates 
 ,is compared with the sideiidid r,.iiditiou ot 
 the Uoiiiinien of ('aiiiida. 
 duriUL:- I lie la si few years 
 tinaiKMiil cyflone in the 
 Ihe risidt of whieh (iPO 
 down, llie industries of 
 
 1 11 i.Mialv/.ed and discontent 
 
 had taken the pla<-e of prolan 
 
 lie said that 
 
 there had heeu a 
 
 I'liiied Stales, as 
 
 hanks had fione 
 
 the country had 
 
 iiid distress 
 
 ;s and pros- 
 
 periiv. lie lold his hearers to loo 
 the herder :Mid mark tlu- dilTereiu 
 people of this cotuilry mi^ht havi 
 liille affected hv the depression 
 
 L across 
 
 .. 'I'he 
 
 been a 
 
 existiny' 
 
 :,innm.- (!.-..( Mio.iiliu of tlieir nei.irhhours. se- 
 ,,,„:,ied from tlien, oldy l.y an mvisUde 
 
 i„e lull he asked his hearers to .•ontiast 
 . ,naun..r in whid, the people ot fanada 
 
 ,.,s-.! •.ii".e,iuh ihis jieriod ol depression 
 wltii ihc exi.erieme of the people of the 
 ruited Slates, and he told them that . 
 they wanted to see ilie contrast. the.\ liati 
 
 the Canadian I'aciiic Kailway was a work 
 uovei- before paralleled hy 1 ve millions of 
 people in any pari ..f the lilohe. and a work 
 I, caused the position of Canada to he 
 d V ippiveiated in the Jjre.al nM'nl'lio o 
 '".south of ns. nentlen.e... when the It^; 
 ed Stales succeeded hi pashm;.: a l•"l^\t^ 
 ,, „;'„,„Ki to San Fian.Msco lh..y attra. - 
 iel the mlmirath.n of tlie civih/e.l >\ ol Id 
 ilU'v paper in Km^land. ami <;vo.;y pape r 
 on the' continent of Kurope. ;;"!-';, 
 inaL'nifieeut achievement ot ""./',' 
 ' ^1 ,7es U a matter worthy of the hiL'liest ad- 
 mi tou yM^I^ the time the Ctiited SPUe^ 
 
 ;;';;,.,HnialVoad.theyhadapopuaie. ot +^ 
 
 (mi.nuii. oreii^ht n,nesilH.p;'Pnlat.nnol a 
 ■ .,,1., still. Willi all iliai advantage et popu- 
 ,;,„•„ , heir favour, they were nn^> 'l- ' 
 .,„n,pr,sh an equally 5,'reat ^vo rl . ' ' ; 
 sp.me time in which it was aeeon. isli 1 b 
 ,hc r.ouiini.m of Canada. /, ^''y-; ' ' ' .[/^ , 
 people of this c.mnlry ^'%'.l','- ' 'T.V ?, ' v . 
 
 ,,• wlrii vc h.ive ac nidished b,\ the ^a 
 
 etVMi.-v. ruder five trade .-oudUions 
 , ;!'i\!,,l,.nies,>r,he,.,mn,rywere,..ray.^^^ 
 Cnder ihe rcu-ime of our predeces.MUs e\ux 
 
 hitu.- was suspen.ied. -riie <!"v>-">;."-' '•;:;; I 
 
 „„, ,,.,■„,- out of the people "I / '";^' •;. 
 ! ,„!„ev enough by any laxatmn ihaf the> 
 Imldlevy. to pay the ordinary expens.^ 
 1 ..overomen'. Tluw wi'iv r.dhnii' m. a deor 
 ,,'-.ed oul of d..licits. and the progress <i! 
 !,„■",„ „,-v was stayed. What has happen- 
 ;' J,'.'.-. Theconsiruetionoftlu. Canadian 
 ilAcifK- Itailway exciied the admirath.n ol 
 I , .iviP/ed world, and made pe,.ple. who 
 : I „.„ Know before what the term Canada 
 '„;„,,anpre,-iate the fact that a new power 
 ■IS spriiuiini:- up in the northern part ot 
 Vscontimmt. 1 dare say you kno.v tliat we 
 h-ive been denounced by our opponents, lot 
 ,.:,,,„pUy maintainum ourselves "' i;"^^'' 
 ,,v Ihe use of railway subsidies A I ... 
 -.■M- is that we have sonu'thiim- to show ttil 
 i,;,nd that. sin..e the National ^'fZZ^v 
 inirodiiced. ten ihoasand miles nl l.llwa.^ 
 been const nictcl in this .■oniitry. I 
 ,,„. hommr of beiny appointed by tli.> 
 .....Pi.'iil of Canada to represent it at 
 ..-,,...1 Internaiinnnl Kailway Congress 
 •T, has iust taken place in l.imdon. and 
 I ,,„. opportunity of putting- before that 
 ,.ni,'.-ss what Canada had achieved m the 
 VM- of railwav ,.10-ress. Ilow do y.m snp- 
 oV.se that dis.atssien came up'.' It came up 
 heCiese Kiislam! has at last adopted the po- 
 
 I liev of ••■ivin^' i-ov.'rnnient assisiaiu'c to dis- 
 in.iets not served by railwa.vs in the same 
 I'vliy that we have done In Canada, (I.oi.d 
 
 i^'ShMuen. 1 now come ,0 an event, the 
 
 ' ,„ost striking of any that has ever oc-airred 
 
 ! -1 ..,:.. 1 ,,,,„o,>^.oio!w of the Crown. 1 
 
 ui any ciii.'iii.ii I'ossi ..,.n 1.. ,,,,,, :,, f\,,. 
 
 ,.et-er to the iireat e.mtcreiice held 111 ti' 
 I'iu- of Ottawa at which South Afru^a. Aiif<- 
 
 have 
 had 
 
 ( ;e\-. 
 
 I. 
 
11 
 
 tralln, N>^^- Znnlaud. f'nnndn nnrt the Iin- 
 poriii! (JovcniiiH'nt wi-n- all rci.ivs.'iitcd 
 That confci-cncf took ui> tlic (luoslioii ot 
 how tho coloni.'S coiiltl li(> drawn closer to- 
 C(>th(M" • and. amon;; other tliiii;j:s. tliey 
 adonteil llie i.olic.v ol' preforiMilial trade, 
 dare sa.v von know that the (lovernnieut ol 
 CimadM' iiilroilneed a resolulioii tluit. when 
 the Ini|ievial (lovernnieut re.-eived colonial 
 products on more favnnr Me terms than 
 tlie iH'oducts of foreir'i lines C'anad.i 
 
 would make a <-orre'^i,o: '■- .■; reduction in 
 favour of ti-oods of iiiitisl, u.nufactnre com- 
 ing into this coiinio'- 'III'" •Times" news- 
 paper took tlie jiolicy up and said lliat men 
 were not made for free trade, lull free trade 
 made for men. and Ihat if the oilier colomes 
 iidopted Ihat policy it mlirhl well demand 
 careful c(Uisi(leration. 'I'lie lonferenee al 
 Ottawa in which Soulh Afri<a. .\us- 
 tralia. Ni'w /(>aland an;l Canada were 
 bronslit together on a comnion plat^ 
 form to discuss the best means of 
 increasiiij;- thi> trade of the Kni|iire. and 
 the hest means of drawiny: llie colonies 
 closer tofjcllier. placed upon reinrd. that 
 this was a sound and a «ood policy and 
 one that should lie adopted. I am told ihat 
 this (piestion is one thai is not a jiarly ques- 
 tion. I dare say yon kno v that 1 was in- 
 vited to deliver'an address before tlie com- 
 mercial men of the cily of Montre:il. and on 
 that occasion I had the pleasure of address- 
 inji an audience of a thousand men. iiiclnd- 
 ini: many of the very tirst comiiuTci.'il men. 
 financier's. baiil;ers and shipowners of ties 
 country. And 1 may say that 1 iievi'r ail- 
 dressed a nn're eiilliusi:istic commercial 
 meeting: in all my life. WIk'ii I v,-iis invited 
 to deliver lli.at adilress ! was not a member 
 of the Ciovernment— I was the Hiffh Com- 
 missioner for llie Dominion of ('an.ada in 
 I.oudon— and llie .Mniitreal " ller.ild." and 
 some of those Liberals who c:iniiof see aiiy- 
 thim,' except throuyli |iolitic;il spe'i.'M-les. 
 took exceiUion to my delivering;' thai address 
 and endeavoured to set a i)(>tition siu'iied to 
 induce Ihe board of tra-"." to willulraw the 
 invitation. !5ut. when they had hawked the 
 petitii>n all lhyoUi,'li the city, and onl.\- suc- 
 ceeded in oblainin:,' about live names lo it. 
 they concluded lo aliaiidou llieir opposition. 
 (l,Mnj.'liler.i The 'I'oroiilo '■(Jlolie'" when it 
 found that 1 was ^.'oiitfi' to dclivei' this ail- 
 divss. said llial prer^reiilial liiide was all 
 very well.— that e\ciy!indy in this country 
 was in favour of iireferi'iitial Irade : but 
 that till' cily of .Meiilretil was not the plai-c 
 to ad\oi-;ite' it. To leave no doubi in your 
 minds as to th(> p"*<ili"" "I' "'i" tjreal or^'an 
 of the Liberal jiarty on this (piestion. I will 
 read von what they said. II said : 
 
 We have it hi our pinvcr lo larpoly int'iearfo 
 'the exrhaiiKe biHwecn the two countries, but we 
 'have our doulits whether Sir I'harles will ohooso 
 that obvious way. He would, of course, prefor 
 that the ohanee would be brought about by 
 Britain's granting iireterenliai ireatiueui in her 
 marketa to her colonies. That is a policy for 
 
 which both political parties In Canada would hold 
 up their hands. But it is a duestlon that cannot 
 lieconie a prar-tieal issue in Canadian polities, 
 for It must be tought out not at the polls In 
 Caiia<la, hut at the polls in Kngland. 
 
 Thev are perfectly rii-'hl in thai. Why 
 did 1 so to Montreal to deliver that address'.' 
 1 will tell you. It was because I knew 
 Ihat the Chamber of Conimerce. of the city 
 of l,ond(Ui. had sent rmt an invitati<ui to the 
 Chambers of Comnier<'e and Itoards of Tnide 
 in Canada, to send represenia lives to a con- 
 u'ress of the chambers of •■oiumerce of the 
 Knipire. to bi> held in London in .lune next. 
 A similar conu'resM was held in London in 
 \S<.y.i. and 1 had the iileasure of lakiiii;' an 
 active part on that occasion, and they did 
 me the honour of Mppointin;; me one of the 
 vice-presidents of the contrress which is 
 Mbout to be held. The Kif,'lit Ilonourablo 
 Joseph Chamberlain (loud and Imiir-coutinu- 
 j ed npplausei no sbitesman lias ever de- 
 served that cheer better than he, for never 
 ! has the liijili ollice of Secretary of State for 
 I the Colmiies been tilled by .'i man of more 
 i striking- character who recof.'ni/,es that the 
 iirreatest lield for the (leveloimient of I^ritisli 
 interests is for Croat Hritaili. by every means 
 in her power, to foster and ru'otect the in- 
 ; terests of the colonies. Mr. chMinberlain 
 has ncc(>pted the position of honorary presi- 
 ileiit. Now. what is the tirst nrticle on the 
 nrejiramme of this congress of chambers of 
 .'•ommcrce V It is how b(>st to pp. mote trade 
 benveeii the mother c<uintry and her colon- 
 ies. (Cheers. I Ceiitleineii. 1 havi' siiidthat 
 this iiuestion eiiuaued ilie alteiilion of thi> 
 bisl coutrress, and allhoimli it was. a new 
 (|uestioii' it occupied two solid days, or more 
 than four limes tluil was uiven to any other 
 (piestion. Mv object ill addressi n.u' the cham- 
 ber of comiru'rce of Montreal was to iiuluce 
 them to send otil to every iiarl ol Canada 
 Mil ur>:eni .ippeal to the boards of tmde and 
 chambers of commerce, of whatever political 
 proclivities the membership niiflht be, to 
 send able men to rei>resent the interests 
 of this Ciinada of ours at the eonfereuc-e. 
 ' If tliat appeal is responded to. as 1 believe it 
 ■ will be. that congress will not seiiaraie until 
 it has placed on record its opinimi that the 
 Pest means of increasitn;' iniercoiirsc be- 
 tween the differeni ontlyin;.' portions of the 
 Knipire Is bv llie adoption of tin' policy ot 
 lirerereniial trade. (Loud applause.i At this 
 kite hour 1 feel thai 1 must draw to a ch)se. 
 (Cries of. no. no. I When 1 look at my watidi 
 I am ashamed to see what time it is. but 1 
 will yive volt an illustration of what prefer- 
 ential trade is. If iCniihind will remove 
 the only obsiru<'lion tliai stands iii the way 
 by seciirin!,' a modiiication of Ihe (Jerniau 
 niid Uelcian treaties, and will impose a duty 
 on foreijiu products ilial come into com- 
 petition with ours, we will lie prepared to 
 "ive Ihe mother country a cori'cspondiny ad- 
 vmlnse in our inark..|. (Hear, hear.i Some 
 people mav say " will not that be protectmn. 
 and are not Eiifrlish statesmen t^'Worn to 
 
 "''^^'asu.^^ 
 
t 
 
 12 
 
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 Saturday 
 and i>iii' of 
 • (ircat Hri- 
 
 liol 
 
 Anil 
 1)111' 
 
 liolil in my liand a cnpy <>f ^h 
 •• U.-vii'W." OH- of till' most al.li- 
 ihi' most inili'i'i'Htli'iit jonnials o 
 
 - 'S'^;:,,;;; s::;:;';^^:;]""!;--:;:^" 
 
 Iliroiiti'iii'il '>y 
 1 on 
 on 
 
 the 
 the 
 the 
 to 
 
 Oovniany :iiiil 1 
 
 tov imyiusr iho 
 
 anil ili'volopmont 
 
 hour of nooil will staml at 1 
 
 jiowoi- anil pn-stiRo 
 
 iif any coinbinatiou 
 
 iLond anil ipi'olonireil 
 
 lii'sitato to say that 1 
 
 th,. worshii) oi- five tnuk" as of a fotish V " 
 '"av oMV.i,n..s,io„ofpn.tonti.,n.h.;|s,.it 
 
 ,d !• Lord Salisl.nry has ina.lf tho «h"'l'' •'; 
 •.i'-,„at ^vhatovln• may lu- tho ar«unuMU> 
 for or at:aiusi proforontial irailo it is 
 a thins that -an bo I'ahc.l pn.ioot.ou 
 y,y " I'roli'Hion is tho hnUilins "I'J'.v 
 
 nation of a larill 
 
 anothor naliou, whoroas proliu 
 
 s sin.ply till, naposin- o . f-'J'- ■■^, ,' " 1^';\, ,'J 
 (intv on tho proi nets ot tlio 1 mfd M>n' s. 
 K ?„. lornnny ami othor ,onutn..s that 
 
 .uull up hi.l> .aritrs against ^^^j^^^r'^^ 
 whilo i:ni:lanil roooivos cvi-rythms I' 
 
 h f vo. If suoh a iluty woro imposo. 
 
 ■ •'"■ ^'=^i■l■■S^::li;:Sv'lr 
 
 ,is,in.uishi.,l a n.an as Mr. Oo^ohon, .onniM^ , ,,^;;' p,...-rs; 
 
 n ^1 ^s ilnunod to 1,1. OHO or tho hvst '■■::'',;., ;:^,;,„, ,:,.ultivatoth,. n.ost MPud- 
 
 " ".niToial nnlhofUios in tho ^V"••1'1• ";>^ '';; ',;. 1, „ ' i l-st volations with tho K.yat 
 
 olan-n that no nation w1'm1;:vim. wonli hau' ; ' ,,,^, ^„„^,. ,,f „,. ,,„, wo h vo 
 
 11,0 sli-htost n,.,,una fortinilim: l!"ilt !l ':'"--'';"!' „iit an important h-sson. and 1 at 
 
 and fd inasU^M.td.v:;roo, whatov<MTothor|been t.uviit 1 i ^^^, ^^,^^^, ^^ oursolyes 
 
 • ,, r lo,.s in a ^roat do.Mvo. \y.,at oonl. s tlu ; . „. ,,.„ ,,, to ho trno to tho 
 Cin sav •' What oonld Holland say.' ''"'^ ."V. ,; ',.,5.,,, i„stitn(ions that wo no,^ 
 wir.t 00 Id anv of thoso oonntrios say that .h-. .on> ." ;^' ,„ i,„ ,,„.. „, thoso in- 
 
 adnit 1 -Utols of thoir own ""•"»«'« ^ •'; 'it nUonst, at ^ivo somrity to lifo, 1 hor y 
 
 nn d IT.Mvnt tovnis from tho lornis 'M«on stitu ti s t «nt . .^^^^.^^^^^^^^^^ ^ 
 
 IX h lovalnnttho,M-dnrlsofotl,oi oonn^ '""M" ' Vf\ o ■ p. to ho trno lo that hori- 
 ^. : V 'I'ho ootdd only t.dtnit that '"•■>•;;;,-",; j U'o a ro to tnaintain that pos - 
 , . .,f !•,< .•oniooUod to tako a honioo- , ta^i . .mo n j ^^ . ,,, ^ll„l,l^^^.v m 
 
 pa h ,.' oso of Vho'salno n,odioini. t.un ";'■>■! ;;;:;!,^y;;,e't,^so'!nstitntions and ,;fomoto 
 
 Vo boon ll,on,solvo. doalif. -nt hy "" i ^" :,!: nioans in our powor ^vhato%ei 
 t hlospoonrmtootho, nntrios. 'M'l'lMti'^''-' i '>; ''.•./,„ ,iraw ns olosor to oaoh other 
 
 V ,u ha'o no doubt soon son.o spoonlatK.n : - _ \^ ,,,„„,.,• u, whioh wo owe 
 
 .,. V what oatisod tho ohan^o oi l"""';. ! '^ ,, ,. , (Lond a,.pla.tso.. 
 ;,,i4.„ U,at swopt tlM. labiM-al ,.ar y on 1^ ,s' '';;;;;;,^^^,^ 
 
 ,,,wor iti Knshind. and brought tho Nal.s- ' 
 
 .n.^'vo nTont in by snoh a larso ma.i- 
 
 :. Vv I Inivo listiMiod to tho oxplatiatio ts 
 
 .li o„ bv publlo n,o.. of yll partios o aooo, nt 
 
 ?,lr thisi-ltan^o. and 1 havo ntado , .ny its i; 
 
 ,,..<« i!iM-in"- tho iiasi twolvo yoars to sum.\ 
 
 ". no^io s horout^hly iti Iho hea.;t oi 
 
 ;V:,.pi.'o itsolf:and 1 atn in a pos.t.on 
 
 , toll von. on tho authority ot -uu- 
 
 of tho 
 
 :;;osrotn;not;;'and.h;ni;.ni;hod,noni..tho 
 
 nt.- ol' fominons. that it. this swoop.i v.- 
 ,' „rtho liboral parly by tho Ldo ot pub- 
 
 ','„„„ ,.i • tho most potont intlmmoos 
 
 '^.,"'u.;''nuv:.ni.n that has soimltn'oi. 
 ,,,'iMds of ih,. industrial Hassos 
 who .aro ruuauvd in asrioultuir 
 
 faci ;!!■ 
 
 at til' 
 the ( ■' 
 prntO'. 
 other. 
 1 di 
 
 Ih. 
 
 tho IH'OplO 
 
 and inaiut- 
 „.. ii,af ih-v aro n-t uottin- fairpli'.v 
 MiMis of ioroii.:n ronnnios. and tiial 
 ,;.:„,,vativoi'^nty willbonioroltkoiy to 
 
 , ,!„> irado of tho country than any 
 
 i.\nplanso.l 
 , mil inloiid and 1 must 
 
 iif my ho 
 On an m ' 
 personal 
 wi-.olhoi' 
 ponsalod by 
 nu' that till 
 
 your patioiK-i 
 lorios of, •' g' 
 
 by 
 
 .ill. 
 
 pr. 
 
 not woa ry 
 
 l,,.,;:inj: thoso roniail^s. 
 „i ••, but 1 will say this. 
 
 ri for this tna;:nifieont voeoptum. 
 
 a. ion of this kind I fool that any 
 
 ;,„.rirv.. IhMi :' man oan make. 
 
 Juc^UV. or of lifo itsolf. is rnn- 
 
 ,1,,. ovidonoo that I spo aron,\d 
 
 ribh- and intolhsoiit pnl'l"' ^''"tl- 
 
 ,0 nf tlio ooniitrv is prepared to stand 
 
 l;;:•';;u.n^vln In-o wiUin. to maintain , n-tn- 
 
 do not altotrol'.ior asroo with. It is pei 
 
 ,, « von- leralofnl and un.^vnofous on my 
 
 ■ .Tt, av "o b-o 1 would not havo p-.t up 
 
 part to .-a, . < • 1 .. ^ ^ hmkin.s to 
 
 ''^^^l,:!^?l::,.'" I warn 'th^T-nitod States to 
 .andl wantthornit<MlKin.aonwt K^ 
 frol that thoro is no dish.ya t;. in tin* 
 T want the world to know, i.iid 
 T lii.lioro it mvsolf. and 1 wmuUI ho nu;ait^?- 
 fn It von n nii ranada if 1 did not say that 
 ,pto of Canada witiiout regard to 
 
 fl o 
 
 to 
 oounlry. 
 
 piKi' 
 
13 
 
 t 
 
 „.inv w Inval K. thr henrt's con-. (Ap- 
 'l ,s.- 1 lo ,.' t iM'li.'V.' tliiit there IS one 
 
 . uuirv who ■• looks to WnslHiiiitou <A 
 
 vT •• 1 oi.-l''V.-) 1 liiiv." u word to sn> 
 V , HM Mr! I-onpl.'.v. I am arvni.! thai 
 so n o VI, l.MVO n..t von.l his latest eon- 
 tr mtion 'lo this snb.l.-et. If you ha,! .one 
 To von woul.l have seen that ^^f^^'^' 
 ments of that Uinil Mr. r.ousiley nia> h.n ( 
 hern at one tinu.. he has novv ehan.-ert then, 
 I ave vo:u\ with i„-i.le a„,l pleasu.-e ,„ a 
 T,o„.lo„ paper one of the most h.yal out 
 Jnusts f.-on, his pen that has .'onje f,-o,n 
 •uiv p„l'li<' man. anfl T would not fo, a 
 moment ehalh-nse Mr. I.onsle.rs ^"neer.ty 
 Thei-e is alwi'vs a " loeus penitentiae lo, 
 ovei'v man. and Ihomrh foolish spepolies 
 mav' liave been niade l>y a publle man at 
 a time when ho had not lh(> amount of ex- 
 norienee that a. publi.' man onpht to have. 
 T bolieve tl,at the publie men of this eoun- 
 t,-v one and all. williout even the < xci'P ion 
 named, have eeased to "look to ^Vasl,„f.- 
 ton" and are looUiuL. to the great heart of 
 The e,npire. (Ai,pl:,use.1 I have ;vitnessed 
 with i)ride and with pleasui'o. and I would 
 be doins invself and you an ,n.1nstice If 
 I omitted to mention it. that in tlie ,nost 
 able and independent of the lil)eral ,iour- 
 nals of tliis eountry tlie,-e has not been a 
 diseo,-dant note and no n,an has been found 
 who ln the hour of Ennland's tnnl has not 
 been ,-eady to do and d^o in standing ny 
 her. (T>ond applause.1 
 
 Gentle,iien. T have now trespassed mneh 
 too long upon your kindness. (Cries of^- no, 
 no'"! T .lon't know wlietlier any of you 
 ren,ember what oeenrred in the l<>c;,slative 
 couneil of tliis pi-ovinre on one oecas,(in. 
 It wa-^ an oeension when a {lentlenian wIki 
 was ,'atlie,- lon^' winded and eould speak 
 for hou,'s on a ve,-y ti'ifiinir subject, .•id-, 
 divssed tli(> eouneil at .creal lenstli on a s,i >- 
 iect of no e(H,seiiuen<'e. Sir IJivntoii Ilali- 
 burton was lu-esident of the eouneil at the 
 time The <j:eiitleman in ipiestiou eonelnd- 
 od a two ho,ir'--. speeeh on a small sobj.'ii 
 bv savimj that it was painful to Inm i" 
 li'ave detained the House so Ions ; wlu>iv- 
 upon tl,e president of the eouneil said tlial 
 if it was anv eonsolation to tlie hon. ire,itle- 
 niiin to know it. lie had not been a solitary 
 Kuffe,-er. I feel to-,ii);liV. witli my voire lost 
 between ?>Iont,'( al and the Bras d'Or lakes 
 and ■strained bv speakins day after day ami 
 niu'h^ after ni-ht. that it is as painful for 
 me to add,-ess yon as it must be for you t-'i 
 listen (Cries of " no. no.", 1 must the,'e- 
 foi'e eoneltide. (A voic,., " Wliat about 
 \ortl,n„,lM'i-land ?") Wlio do"s not know 
 .that f,'om one end of Canada to the othei- 
 "«ie same note of joy that ,'ai,? tli,-on,url, tlie 
 ^untry at the verdict, the niairnilicent ma- 
 jority of S'Jtl tiivi'U by the noble eleeto,-at(> 
 "of rl'.r.o P.i-eton. lins been canuht up and I'e- 
 eehoed in North„n,lie,-land. T!,e Hon. 
 Michael Adams. lat(dy elevated to the Sen- 
 
 ate telesi-aphed his .■onRrntulatlons tipon 
 .U,: noble vi'etmT we had won i" /"^Pe Bre- 
 lon and said. " Noi'ti„,mlie,>land \m11 lol- 
 low vour bi'illiant ,'xample." ( ienlleim'H. 
 this will e<.ase to be a surprise soon, it w, 
 „,,( lie in Cape Hn'lon an.l .Northnmbe.la 1 
 alon.., but ti„.)Uul,o,>i eve.'y part (d the IK- 
 ,„iuion you will hear the .-ame no e ot i- 
 nmph as that sounded ov,'r the I'es, It ot the 
 v!ct,"v aehi.'ved l>y the Iabe,'al-Conserva- 
 live liartv in Cape Breton for the p„,;i,ose 
 I,l„iaintai. 'ns power in the 1""" s ."t J •<; 
 mm who have made Canada what U i>. and 
 who if intrusted witl, a continuation of 
 „„wer, will feel ti,en,selves ""•••^•i;^^" ,-";•?'; 
 wa,-d in ti,e sa,ne dirction until tl ,e> l,a^e 
 accomplished m'eater triumphs than we 
 liave vet attained. „ ^ 
 
 VneAl not tell yon ll,at in 18!« T rep,-e- 
 senb'd Canada at tlie ln,e,-naiional < on- 
 ft»,-enee in the city of Paris, where twenty- 
 tU-o iiow.'rs were ,-ep,-esented. and wheie I 
 liMd the bono,,,-, as the ,vp,'esentat,ve ot 
 ;-anada, of sitting- alongside the rep,vse,,- 
 tatlve of the (jer„,an eminre. clothed witn 
 the same pow(>r and antliority that tlie re- 
 ' pi-cseiitalive of that empi,v had. That was 
 ,li,. [\v<\ occasion on wliich a n>p,-esentatlve 
 of Canada ever took part in tliat prominent 
 ' rnd iudeiiendent n,anner in siicii a uatlie,-- 
 lu" and siiined the conclusions arnved at. 
 Since that time the moliier country con- 
 ceded to Canada the ritclit to ne.i-'iitiate her 
 own treaties, and we liave lieeome pi-act,- 
 c'lllv a nation. While we have been u'lven 
 ■I's independent control of oil,' own govern- 
 ment and as complete manage, nent of our 
 own co,-.ntry as if we stood .alone ,n the 
 woriil Knuiand knows that she ,s warrant- 
 ed in jiivinii this power and influence to 
 Canada, for whatever pai-ty may be in 
 , „ower liere she can I'ely upon the Itominion 
 lo stand at her back and aid her ,n her 
 time of need. Canada, as you know. ,s n1- 
 veady la'-rer than the i-epublie to the south 
 of lis but w(> are not satistied yei. and 1 
 trust that at no distant day we will round 
 off the confederation by lirinuiiii;- in the is- 
 ln,d of Xewfon,idiand. And. •rentlemen. 
 liostile as the jicople of Newfoni,d'.a,id liave 
 lieen to sncli a consummation, liefore tiye 
 rears have el.-ipsed they will liiel. ^'^ ihe 
 ■people of Nova Scotia found, ilim ili-y 
 w,.,'e deceived wliell they listened to the 
 noople who take a different view, and the 
 rovult will sliou- that tl,e iiapp,ness and 
 prospcilv of ti,;,t island will be advanced 
 as the p,'oi:r(>ss and p,'osperity of evei-y 
 nai-t of Canada has been. The ndvanta.v'e 
 1 ,o ihi' people of Newfoundland will be CTeat 
 land the advantage to ns of m.i.JuK that is- 
 I land a part of the r>ominion will be ureiit. 
 Take the iptestion of defence. What ,s it 
 to have an island that dominates the en- 
 trance to the St. Lawrence not in, !t,tcL;ral 
 |)a,'t of the Hominion ? Tl,e imiH'n.iiice of 
 this nuestion has been enormously advau'-'ea 
 i,y what Eu;;laiid has been bi-on.;;ht face to 
 f.ace > ithin the past few months, and we 
 
14 
 
 miiy li»)k Id I'.ii^'land lor niil in any effort 
 to iiriiijr Unit isliuiil within our borders ami 
 make it a part of our own ciiuntry. 
 
 1 must a^'aiu ai)oloj;ize. II is (lilticnit, 
 standing' face lo l'a<-e willi so many inlelli- 
 Kcut men, reitreseirliuj; tlie I.ilK'i'al-Conser- 
 vntlv(> party of Novn Scotia from end to 
 
 end, to say " uood ninlit," hut, in juKtiee to 
 yoti and to myself, I must now sit ilowu, 
 ("mlcrlaininu Hie liope lliat at no disiani day 
 I may ajiain have the pleasure of meeting 
 tlie fienllemeli I liavi' uiet liere to-nifJtht. 
 (Loud and prolonged cheers, and the whole 
 audience rising to their feet.) 
 
ti('(> to 
 
 down, 
 Ml (Im}' 
 leetlng 
 -iiiu'lit. 
 whole