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PROCEEDINGS

AT THE PRESENTATION OF >l

PUBLIC TESTIMONIAL

TO THE

VERYREY./EJcD.DAWSON

L.L.D., V.G., &c.

BY-

CITIZENS OF OTTAWA.

DECEMBER, 1890.

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Nor can the snow that age can shed

Upon thy reverend head.
Quench or allay the noble fire within;

But all that youth can be, thou art.

—Cowley.

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C. W. MITCHELL, PRINTER, " FREE PRESS" OFFICE, ELGIN ST., OTTAWA.

PROCEEDINGS

AT THE PRESENTATION OF A

public testimonial

TO IHIi

VERY REY. K McD. DAWSON, LL.D.. Y.G.. &c.

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CITIZENS OF OTTAWA.

DECEMBER. 1390.

Nor can the snow that aob gan shed

Upon thy reverend head,
Quench or allay the noble fire within;

But all that youth c*iN be, thou art.

-Coidey.

OTTAWA

r. W. MITCHELL, PRINTER, " KREK, PRESS" OEFICE, ELGIN STREET,

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HIS 80TH YEAR.

Presentation to the Very Rev. Dr. Dawson

BY CITIZENS OF OTTAWA.

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(Oftuira Fn-r Prcsn, ..'iid D<r., iS'.il). )

I ARELY has there been found a more representative gathering
than that which assembled in the Council Chamber at the City
Hall yesterday, when a testimonial was presented to the Very
Rev. Dr. Dawson on the occasion of the completion of his 80th
year. Seated beside Catholic Clergy were Ministers of the
Methodist, Presbyterian and Anglican Churches, and nearly every grade of
society was represented. In subscribing to the testimonial which was
presented, Catholics and Protestants vied with each other, the result being
highly creditable to all concerned.

At 4 o'clock, the appointed hour for making the presentation, the
Council Chamber was crowded, amongst those present being a large number
of ladies. The attendance included Rev. Canon Campeait, Administrator
of the Archdiocese of Ottawa ; Rev. Prof. Nolin, Rev. Prof, Langevin,
Rev. Prof. Chaborel, Rev. Prof. Forget, of the University of Ottawa ;
Rev. J. J. Bogert, of St. AlbatVs Church ; Ee\\ W. T. Herridge, of
St. Andrew's Church ; Rev. Wm. Scott, of the Metliodist Church ; Rev, F.
W. Farries, of Knox Church ; Mr. McT^eod Stewart, President of the
St. Andrew's Society and Mrs. Stewart; Hon. Justice and Miss Taschereau ;
Mr. Sandford Fleming, C.M.G.; Sir James Grant, Andrew Drummond,
Adam Brown, M.P.; H. Robillard, M.P.; Lt.-Col. and Mrs. Macpherson,

Col. Lay, U.S Oonsul Oenoral and AfiH. Lay ; Dr. and Mrs. Chuicli,
Mrs. James 8kend, Mrs. K. P. Retnon, Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry J. Morgan,
Mr., Mrs, and Miss Mackcy, Mrs. Colraan, Miss Deegan, Martin J.
Grittin, Madame Verge, Robt. S'edgwick, Q.C., Daniel O'Connor, Q.O.,
A. M. Burgess, A. Power, Q.C., A. F. Mcfntyre, Q.C., Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. I>. B. MacTavisb, Dr. and Mis.s Wicksteed,
Principal MacCabe, (Normal School), Principal MacMillan, (Collegiate
Listitute), A. Lampman, John F. Waters, M.A., Major Ed. Harrison,
Marcus Smith, C.E., James Adamsou, Ex-Mayor F, McDoiigal, James P.
Dunn, Peter Dunn, J. P. Grace, (United (/anada), 0. Farmer, Z. Wileon,
T. H. Allen, George E. Kidd, Mrs. J. S. Brough, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Smith, Aid. MacLean, Aid. Borthwick, Aid. Honey, Aid. Bingham,
Lt.-Col. White, Messrs. J . H. Croydon Powell, London, Eng. ; Jumos
Johnson, J. Isbester, Jaraet, Peterkiu, Smith, P. G. Code, Taylor McVeitty,
W. Forau, E. A. D. Jones, Ira Morgan, (Metcalfe), P. J. Loughran, J. T.
Bertram, D. Robertson, Hutchison, Thompson, Geo. Goodwin, W. Stewart,
Neil Stewart and others.

On entering the ball. Rev. Dr. Dawson was welcomed by a hearty
burst of applause, to which he bowed his acknowledgment. The venerable
priest occupied a seat on the right hand of the chairman, Mr. McLeod
Stewart, on whose left Mr. Sandford Fleming was seated.

OPENING REMARKS.

The Chairman said — Dear father Dawson, I have known you from
boyhood's early years. It gives me the greatest pleasure and satisfaction
to be present on this occasion, to occupy the position I do, and to present
you with a testimonial on the 80th anniversary of your birthday. Before
proceeding with this very agreeable duty, I shall ask Rev. Prof. Nolin,
who represents Rev. Dr. McGuckin, of the University of Ottawa here
to day, to read a letter from the Bishop of Alexandria, conferring upon you
the appointment of Hon. Vicar-General of the Diocese of Alexandria.
(Applause.)

AI'POINTKI) \ ICAIl UKN'KKAL.

Hev, Prof. Nolin then read the following letter : —

BfS!;oi«'s IIoisK, Alk.\a\i>ri.\, Nov. 20th, 1800.

Very Reverend Br. McDonc'l Dawson :

Very IIkvkuend and Dear 8iu. — Having Jearned with pleasure that
fiorne of your friends intend to manifest their sentiments of r.steem and
affection for you by making a public testimonial on the completion of your
80th year, and wishing to join them to do yon honour as one to whom honour
is due, I avail myself of this occasion to do so, )>y appointing you, which
I do by these presents, an honorary ^'icar-(Ji9neral of my newly created
'Scotch Di{»ceae of Alexandria.

Your louf;and blameless life in the sacred ministry, the eminent services
you have rendered religion by your writings and public lectures, together
with your many admirable (lualities of head and heart, entitle you, in
my humble opinion, to this compliment.

Wishing you many years yet of health and usefulness, I subscribe
myself.

Your obedient servant in Christ,

fArRXANDER MacBONELT.,

liishop of Alexandria.

PRESENTED WITH A PURSE.

The Chairman next read the following address to the Reverend Father,
after which he presented him with a purse and a valuable set of furs :

TotJie Fcry^eyermrf /Eneas McDoNELL Dawson, LL.D., Honorary Vicar-
General of the Diocese of Alexandria : —

Dear Father Dawson, — On the eventful occasion of the completion
of your eightieth year, your friends in the Capital of Canada, of all religious
beliefs, take especial delight in coming together for the purpose of giving
expression to the feeling of regai d and attachment which they entertain
towards you, both as a Cbristian minister and their fellow-citizen.

More tban a generation has iiassed since, in obedience to tJie call of
your illustrious kinsman, the first CJatholic Bishop of Upper Canada (Hon.
and Rt. Rev. Alex. Macdonell, Bishop of Kingston) a mitred statesman,
the influence of whose loyal spirit and wise counsels will long prevail in
British America, you came to this country, in fulfilment of the duties of
your sacred office. The little church edifice in Upper Town, appropriately
named St. Andrew's by the late Venerable Bishop Guigues, in special com-
pliment to you its first Catholic pastor, is still standing among us, serving
at once as a landmark of the city's onward progress, and as an interesting
memorial of your early ministerial labours in the New WorM.

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Hubsequeutly, for a conHiderahlo period, you faithfully served in the
iirigbbouring Catholic Missions of Osgoode and of Long Island; and during
the years that the Capital enjoyed the advantage of being, in an ImperiiU
sense, a garrison town, you held the important otHce of Catholic Chaplain
to Her Majesty's troops.

You have now been fifty-six years in tlie active discharge of your
duties as a priest — a terra of service exceeded by but very few — and while
always labouring zealously for the advancement of the interests of your own
chuich, have at the same time, lived on terms of the most perfect amity
with the members of all other religious denominations. Your best exertions
have also been directed to the social, mental and moral well-being of the
community, and to the preservation of that peace and harmony which
should characterize Christian society everywhere, and which now so hap-
pily prevails in all portions of Her Majesty's colonial empire.

As an historian and miscellaneous writer, your contributions to the
literature of the day have been many and important, and have received
unmistakeable proofs of public favour and recognition. To many of your
friends, Very Reverend Sir, it has simply been a marvel, how, at your
advanced age, you could, even quite recently, so successfully have pro-
duced, with personal attention to every detail of publication, a work so
extensive and comprehensive in its character as "The Catholics of Scot-
land." That yoiT may long be spared for further literary triumphs and
evidences of scholarship, is the fervent wish and heartfelt prayer of your
host of friends and admirers.

It is pleasing to be able to record, on an occasion like the present,
that not alone in the centre of your home life, have your eminent merits
received acknowledgment, two of the foi-emost universities of the Domin-
ion, one in Quebec and the other in Ontario, one a Catholic and the other
a Protestant body, having been pleased to confer upon you one of the
highest academic distinctions in their gift.

Among local objects indebted to your kindly countenance and support,
special mention must be made of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty,
a useful and most necessary organization, of which you have long been
the indefatigable and controlling spirit. Much good has already been
accomplished by the society in question, which we all trust is only an
earnest of greater achievements for the protection of the weak and helpless.

In short. Respected and Venerable Sir, it might truly be said of yon,
that you have fulfilled the spiritual injunction, to do with all your might
whatsoever your hand found to do ; and it affords me the sincerest grati-
fication to be able to assure you, on the part of those I more particularly
represent here today, as well as on that of the general public, that in ail
the relations in which you have appeared before your fellow citizens,
whether as poet, historian, orator, priest or gentleman, you have so acquitted
yourself as to command the respect, the admiration and the affection of all
c]asB«8 of our mixed community.

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In conclusion, let me nay, that it iH an adnii'-nble tribute to the
■trength of the benediction accorded by Providence to a holy and reguhir
life, that you present to-day, the spectacle of a man wlio has attained the
age of four score years in the unimpaired vigour of bis intellectual and
moral faculties, and with bodily health that might be envied by many men
twenty years your junior. It is a further tribute to the excellent use
which you have nude of God's good gifts, that your singular merit hat so
far won popular esteem and atlbctioM iis to evoke this testimony of unani-
mous admiration from men, some of them the highest in tht land, differing
widely in religious and political creeds ; nor is it too much to s^ay that
within the same limits there has never been, in this province at least, a
meeting for a common object of men so representative of every phase of
the life and thought of the community, so that if there were recorded to
yom- cruJit no achievement other than this, of having by conspicuous well-
doing compelled, as it were, so spontaneous a recognition from elements of
faith and character the most diverse, your life will not have been lived in
vain. And now, dear Father Dawson, in presenting these memorials for
your acceptance, I wish ^ n from the bottom of my heart, on behalf of all
your friends : Ad MuUoa .\ niiox.

Signed on behalf )f the subscvibns :

McLboo 8tevvai!T,

President 8t. Andrew a Society.

PRESENTATION FROM THE LADIES.

Mr. A. F. Maclntyre next advanced and said : — Rev. Father Dawson
h«d challenged by the eminent (jualities he had mauifested during the
course of his life, the admiration of the ladies and the women of every
community in which he had lived, and on behalf of the ladies of the Con-
gregation of Notre Dame, a society distinguished for its culture and its
educational service to the country, he begged to [)resent him witli a por;t-
rait of himself as a small testimonial of the high regard, respect an;l esteem
in which the ladies held him. Mr. Maclntyre also read an accompanying
letter from the Sisters of the Notre Dame and Glouc ster Street Convent,
declaring the esteem they entertained for him, expressing pleasure at the
honour recently conferred on him, and sincerely thanking him for
his valuable services in connection with their institution. (Applause.)
Finally, Mr. Maclntyre read the following acrostic on Rev. Father
Dawson's name, written by a young Irish lady, under the nom de plume
of ♦' St*dacona ; "

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To the Vtty Jtev. Father uEneas Macdonell Dawson, LL.D., on the
occasion of the celebration of his 80th year :—

From Scotia's fragrant lieather braes
And Deveron's clear and rippling waves,
The soil of France thy footsteps press'd,
High aims of youth within thy breast ;
E'en played thy part, when Charles of' France
Retain'd the throne 'ueath Bourbon lance.

And then Youth past— to Manhood grown
Each purpose vow'd to God alone,
Xor Paris' gay and brilliant dreams
E'er won thy heart from native scenes ;
As Deveron (lows to Moray's sea,
So thy course turn'd to Scotia's lea.

jllacdouell : fara'd in days of yore,
As " Loids of the Isles " on Scotia's shore,
Canadian soil reflects their fame,
Oeacendants proudly bear the name !
Oft Mitr'd sons of Catholic faith,
^ovf, lie who guides the Ship of State
E'en thy rare pen of culture great,
liong years of Labour hast thou known
Lord ! in Thy vineyard aged grown.

I>oth Earth's lirst leatiets of the Spring
A promis', sweet of blossom bring?
WhoVlrtue, Genius— doth combine.
Sweet harvest reaps from sands of Time ;
Of wealth untold— thy years four score,
New lustre shed on Scotia's lore !

Dec. 1st, 1890. Stadacona.

Rev. Dr. Dawson, who seemed visibly afiected by the evidence of
esteem presented to him, replied substantially as follows :

Mk. Stewart and Gentlemen,-! cannot find words for this occasion.
No language I am master of can adcpiateiy express mv thanks for your
very beautiful and n.ost kind address. It is much beyond my deserts. It
is indeed possible that had I not been deeply engaged with the duties and
cares of a long clerical career, I might have achieved something in the cause
of letter.^ or of science, I will, however, claim the credit of one thing ; that
is, of having been the first to «iake known, partly by lectures, and partly

by writing, to the people of Ottawa, the j;veHt North- West and its boundless
resources. Travellers and explorers had published their observations and
ira])i-ession8, but these were but little known. Who ever thought of
McKenzie or the mighty river whieh bears his name 1 And yet as long as
its waters shall flow to the Ocean, will live the name of this explorer.

Lord Milton and Dr. Clieadle gave an interesting account of their
journey to the Pacitic Ocean through the Territories of the North- West ;
an English Officer, Captain Palisser, made known the results of his ex-
plorations ; and more recently, Mr. f;?andford Fleming and Pnntii»al
Grant journeyed through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, and gave
a pleasing record of their travels in a well written volume. It remained
to i)0pularize the knowledge of the North- West, and this, your humble
servant laboured to accomplish.

In order to render more accessihle that laud as yet so little known,
the late Mr. William INIcD. Dawson formed a com[)auy, which took its
name from a steamcir called the "Ptcscue," employed in the service. He
did more than this. When Member of J^arliament for Thrc(! Ptivers, he re-
paired to London, England, in order to negotiate a loan for the building
of a Railway through the North- West Territories and over the Pocky
Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.

The British capitalists, Baring it Co., scouted the idea of such a
gigantic undtntaking. But Mr. Dawson was not to be baffled. Through
his friends in London, he obtained an introduction to the Hebrew million-
aire, Baron Rothschild. The Barop received him kindly, and he took
occasion to say that his constituency of Three Rivers had been the first of
any British Elec urate to return to Parliament a Candidate of the Baron's
nationality. *' ih ! then you know my friend Hart,"' said the Baron.
Mr. Dawson replied that he was hisfellovv-townsman, and that he was well
acquainted with him. Tluj conversation then turned on the suliject of the
North- West. The Baron was then shown some pajjers, treatises, accounts
of explorers, etc., with which he was much pleased, and asked for a few
days to consider and study them. A fortnight was agreed upon. At
t)ie end of that time the conversation was renewed. The Baron consiilered

that the North-West was a land of great possibilities that required only to
be develoiKjd. What would it cost, he enquired, to construct a Railway 1
Mr. Dawson could not then name a sura, but said that preliminary surveys
and other preparations would require a good many thousands. " We do
not handle such small sums as that," said the Baron, " tell uie the whole
sum at once." This, Mr. Dawson said, could n^t be done as yet. •* But,
said the Baron," " you can perhaps, give an estiu te, a rough estimate of
the whole cost ? " Mr. Dawson, then judging from his knowledge of the
construction of Railways, mentioned, as the probable outlay, a tolerably
great number of niillions. This to the Baron appeared satisfactory ; and
he assured Mr. Dawson that, as soon as he returned home and made
arrangements with his Government, the money would be at their service.
Had this magnificent offer been accepted, the Canada Pacific Railway,
which is now in full operation and so successful, would have been built
much sooner than it was, while much difficulty and embarrassment would
have been avoided.

Once more, Mr. Stewart and gentlemen, let me thank you, as 1 do
most cordially, for your kind address, so eloquent in its composition, so
complete in its details. I have, however, one objection to it. It designates
as Protestant, one of the Universities that have honoured me. Now,
Queen's University, Kingston, has indeed a Protestant faculty of Theology ;
but, as one swallow does not make a spi'ing, so one faculty does not make
a University. The other faculties are quite distinct from the Theological
one ; and it is debarred from interfering with them and they with it.
Young men of all denominations are welcome within the walls of Queen's
University, and after they have pursued the minor studies in less distin-
guished Institutions, are privileged, without let or hindrance, to drink
deep therein at the fountain head of untainted knowledge.

Let me now acknowledge the handsome gifts which accompany your
address. Here is a portrait of myself, offered, no doubt, in order that
I may see, may know myself. It is an excellent thing for a man to know
himself, this lesson the ancient sages taught when they said : Nosce
Teipsfum, man know thyscMf.

A distinguished member of our own Ottawa TTuiversity has just read
a letter from the Bishop of Alexandria, appointing me a Vicar-Cleneral of
his newly created Diocese.

And here is an offering of gold, the emblem of power. Nay, is it not
liower ? You intend then to give me power. But, gentlemen, beware, be
advised, consider whether this be consistent with equal rights of whicli wo
have heard so much of late. But to return to the reflection that gold is
Tiower, for so it is : more powerful than the thunderbolt, it rends the ad-
amantine rock, levels the loftiest mountains, bridges over the broadest
seas, thus bringing into closer relation and fwendly correspondence both
men and nations. Hence comes the conviction that the States and
Provinces of our vast Empire, so widely apart, may be brought into closer
union. And here let me remark that such union, whilst highly beneficial,
would not be, in any respect, prejudicial to any of the British Provinces or
dependencies. As a member of the Canadian Federation League, a Vice-
President therein, and a reader of the Federation Jownal, I can assure you
that it is not according to the views of the promoters of Federation, among
whom are many eminent Statesmen, to interfere with, or alter in any way,
the actual ruling systems of the self-governing colonies. Hence, Canada
would still have Her Provincial Parliaments and Her Federation Parlia-
ment and Legislature as they now happily exist, there being added in con-
nection with all the Provinces and Colonies, some kind of Representativo
Council charged to see to the general interests of the Confederated Knipire,
and particularly, with its defence, if .any defence were needed, when a word
from so great a power would dispel danger and put to silence any threat of

war.

What shall I say to this costly gift of winter robe.^, so appropriate in
tliese days of frost and snow ? They will cause me to romember long the
generosity of my Ottawa Friends. 'I'hey also give a usefid lesson, teaching
us to be duly humble, reminding us that we came naked into the world,
and would have remained so, but for the goodness of the beasts of the field
and the forest that provided for us comfortable clothing at the cost of their
skins. Once more, my beat thanku.

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• ORRETINGS FRO\J QI'EKN's rNIVERSITY,

Mr. Sandford Fleming, G.M.O.,and Chancellor of Queen's University,
announced briefly that he was there to extend the heaiifelt greetings from
Queen's University, and asked for three hearty cheers for the Rev. Father
Dawson, which were heartily given.

Those present then stepped forward and each heartily shook hands
with the venerable priest, wishing him many ha])py returns of the day.

The purse presented to Rev. Fathei Daw.son contained .f400, whilst
the set of furs cost i|i> 180.

MONTREAL. GAZETTE.

Not in Ottawa alone will sympathy be felt with the words of the ad-
dress, read by Mr. McLeod Stewart, to the Rev. Dr. il^neas McDonell
Dawson, in connection with the testimonial presented to that distinguished
divine and author on his eightieth birthday. Dr. Dawson had come to
Canada more than a generation ago, at the invitation of his kinsman, the
first Bishop of his church in Upper Canada. The church in which he first
ministered, called St. Andrew's, by Bishop Guigues, Ottawa's fii-st venerable
Bishop, in honour of Father Dawson, is still standing. Subsequently Father
Dawson served faithfully in Osgoode and Long Island, and when the Capital
was a garrison town of the Empire, he held the position of Chaplain to the
Forces. He had for fifty-six years, in Scotland and Canada, discharged the
functions of the priesthood, and during that long period had won the esteem
of all, and the warm affection of many who had the happiness of his acquaint-
ance. As a man of letters. Dr. Dawson had done noble service to his native
and his adopted country. His poems, dealing with ?ome of the grandest and
most heroic epochs and incidents in the national life of " Auld Scotia,"
from the days of Galgacus to those of Lord Clyde, or treating no less
worthily of the national beauty and sublimity of his adopted home .and the
stui'dy leyalty of its children of both races, had won the praise of critics
of the highest authority. As an historian, Dr. Dawson's reputation was
equally distinguished, equally merited, whether the old world or the new
was his theme. Nor was it witli his pen alone that he had [served hia
generation. He had (apart from his sacred duties as a priest) been ever

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ready to take part in the furtherance of ail good objects. Tlie Society for
preventing cruelty owed much of its liHinane usefulness to his un-
wearied efforts to promote its eHiciency. Two of the foremost universities
in the land had recognized his literary labours and nobility ot character.
His vigorous old age was a still higher recognition of his blameless life
spent in all healthful activities — it was Heavetj s own niaik of approval.
In private life no cleric or layman could be more highly thought ot by all
■who had the privilege of his friendship, and the gathering of that St.
Andrew's Day was evidence most eloquent of the respect and love felt to-
wards him by his fellow citizens.

IHISH t'ANADFAN, TOROXTO.

The new Vicai'-General, who is a man of most lovable character, was,
born in 1-SlO, at lledhaven, Scotland. Completing his studies in France,
he came to Canada on the invitation of the late Bisho[» MoDonell of King-
ston, and it is a remarkable co-incident that, after the lapse of many years
he had been created Vicar-General by another Bishop, iSIcDonell. Fathei
Dawson has been in Ottawa and its vicinity since 1854. He has been a
prolific writer, and was equally at home in poetry and in prose. Many
graceful verses attest his fine poetic gifts ; and the result of his literary
labors is shown in several works, amongst which are : '• Pins IX and His
Times,'' " Letters and Lectures on the British Colonies" '^An Essay on the
Poets of Canada^" " Th^, N'orth-Wcst Territory and British Oobanhia,"
" The Temporal Sovereignty of the Pope,'' "St. Vincent <le Paal," "Xenobia,'
" The Last Defender of Jernsaltm" " Caractacm," " Malcolm and Margaret."
His history entitled *' The Catholics of Scotland " — the favourite work of his
life — is a production of rare erudition and merit. Of Father Dawson it has
been happily said that he combines the profoundebt scholarship with the
gentleness of a child. We felicitate the venerable Priest on his eightieth
birthday, and pr.iy thiit iiis yeais may yet be many.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

THE RIGHT REVEREND THE BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA.

Bishop's H(»usr, Alexandria, Nov. 22n(l, 1890.
My Dkar Sir, —

Mr. John A. Macdonald, Greenfield, has informed me that a move-
ment lias been sot on foot by some of the friends of the Revd. Dr. Dawson,
in the Capital, to present to the reverend gentleman, a testimonial on the
coiiiplotion of liis 80th year.

I write to say that the movement has my warmest sympathy. By hi.s
noble qualities of head and heart. Dr. Dawson has established for himself
a claim to the kind consideration of those among whom he lives. His to-
lerant Catholic spirit and his social manner have exercised a beneficial in-
fluence for peace and harmony in the mixed community in which he moves.
Mis priestly character, without .stain through all these long years, his
natural retlnement, and scholarly attainments, together with his-social and
benevolent disposition, have merited for him the friendship and good will
of all that enjoy the i)leasure of his acquaintance.

It is a source of happiness to me to join with his friends in the pi'O-

posed testimonial, and to express the wish that my esteem(^d friend may

yet have in store many years of health and liappiuess.

I am, dear sir,

Your obe<Uent servant,

(Sd.) ALKXANDKIl MACDONP^LL,

Bishop of Alexandria.
Henry .1. MoiuiAx, Es(i., Ottawa.

JOHN A. MACDONELL, Eso., GREENFIELD.

Alkxa.ndria, (Jj.uNciARRY, NoY. 22nd, IHOO.
My Dkar Sir, —

1 am in receipt of your letter concerning the testimonial to be preeented
to the Revd. Dr. Dawson, and according to your request, called upon

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Bishop Macdonell, who entered very heartily into the spirit which animated
tho Ottawa gentlemen, and will no doul»t make his sentiments known to
you, as their representation on this occasion.

Senator McMillan, like mysell', is only too glad to have this oi>porfcunity
of testifying our regard and respect for Dr. Dawson, it is impossible to
over estimate the good done to the ccnumunity at large, irrespective of all
distinctions of creed, by men of tho public spirit, learning and character of
our friend the Vicar-General. The Senator and I only regret that you
have placed a limit on the manifestaUons of our sentiments regarding him.

V'cry truly yours,

(Sd.) J. A. MACDONELL,

Cireenlield.
Heney J. Mono AN, Esq., Ottawa.

JOHN F. WATTBRS, ESQ.. M.D.

1 11 .Metcalfe Stukkt,

Ottawa, 20lh Nov., 161)0.
Dear Mj!. Morgan,

I regret indeed that it is notpossil)k' for me to contribute a larger sum
to the testimonial of the respect and aflection of the comnumity, which is
soon to be presented to the Reverend Dr. Dawson. What 1 give, however,
is "iven with the utmost good will. There is a special pleasure in doing any-
thing to show appreciation of the noble life and unselfish labours of this
venerable priest and truly Christian gentleman. I hav3 no doubt, then,
that I express the heartfelt sentiments not only of myself but of everyone
who has contributed or who nuiy contribute to the success of this presen-
tation, when I say that there is in this case a positive pleasure in giving and
an eagerness to give, the very existence and spontaneity of which are the
best evidence of the feelings of veneration and ati'ecbion cherished by all to
ward Father Dawson.

The reverend gentleman has been the reci[»ient of so many well-merited
encomiums from personages of the highest position in Church and State,

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that it is quite needlesH for me to attempt to add aoytbing to Bwell the
chorus of eulogy ; but I may be penuitted before concluding to express uiy
great admiration for the generous and unselfish way in which you have de-
voted your time, means and energy to the inception and prosecution of a
work such as this of crowning Father Dawson's life work with the public
approval of his fellow-citizens, by a tangible token of recognition, a work,
indeed which brings a blessing to him who does it, as you are doing it, from
the best of all motives, — a desire to honour God's good providence sisexem-
plitied in the life and Iai>ours of one of his must consistent and devoted ser-
vants.

Believe m(! to remain,

Dear Mr. Morgan,

Yours faithfully,
(Sd.) JNO. FRANCIS WATERS.

HbnUV J. MOROAN, Es(^.,

Bank Street Boad, Ottawa.

GEORGE M. CLARK. 'ESQ., Q.C.

Montreal, 28(h Nov., 1890.
Dear Mr. Stewaut,

I have received your ciicular concerning the testimonial to our estimable
old friend Dr. Dfiwson, and am glad to be one of the subscribers.

Unfortunately I have no means of knowing the probable cost of tho

testimonial, your letter making no allusion to this ; but <m chance, I send

herewith a five dollar bill, and shall be pleased to send another, if it is

required.

Yours sincerely,

(Sd.) GEO. M.CLARK.

McLeod Stewart, Esq., Ottawa.

W. K. THISTLE, ESQ.,

Ottawa, 28th Nov., 1S9().
Dkak Steavart,

You are aiding in an extremely good work, and 1 have great pI(!aHure
in adding my contribution thereto.

I am, very truly yours,

(Sd.) WM. R. THISTLE.

PETER WHITE, ESQ.. M.P.

I'kmbkoke, Nov. 2J)th, 18(,'0.
Dear Mr. Stewart,

I enclose $5.00 as my contribution to the testimonial which you i>ro-
l>ose presenting to our Reverend and genial friend, Father Dawson.

I hope he may live a hundred years.

Yours faithfully,

(Sd.) P. WHITE.
McLeod Stewart, Esq., Ottawa.

THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA.

University of Ottawa,

Ottawa, Canada, Nov. 29th, 1890.
Dear Sir,

Please find enclosed $5.00 as our contribution to the memorial presen-
ted to the Revd. Father Dawson. The Faculty of the University take this
opportunity to acknowledge the merits and qualities in priesthood and in
literature of this worthy Reverend Father.

THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA.
Henry J. Morgan, Esq., Ottawa,

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vemY ftev. principal qkant. d.d.

Quken's University,

Kingston, Friday, 1890.
My Dear McLkoi) Stewart,

Many thanks for letting me know that a testimonial is to ))0 prosontorl
to tliu Reverend Dr. Dawson. Pui nie clown as a contributor, and lot ntu
know what you have assessed me for and I will send it at once. Every
one who knows the good man will feel honoured in adding a leaf to his
chaplet. I send mine because he is Scotch and Canadian ; Orator and
Scholar ; a son of Queen's and a father in the Church Univeraal.

Ever Yours,

(Sd.) G. M.GBANT.

JOHN READE. ESQ., THE POET.

Montreal, Nov. 28th, 181)0.
Dear Sir,

I am glad to have the privilege of sharing in a humble way in the
testimonial to the Rev. Dr. Dawson, whose character I sincerely respect and
whose services to literature I esteem very highly.

Dr. Dawson's innate gifts and learning are matched by his rare moral
worth, his genial disposition, and his exquisite courtesy, and I am proud
to wish him well in his 80th birthday, and to hope that he may still delight
and enjoy his friends for many happy years.

I remain, Dear Sir,

Yours faithfully,

(Sd.) JOHN READE.
McLeod Stewart, Esq., Q.C, etc., Ottawa.

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LETTER OF THANKS TO MR. MCINTYRE.

OTTAWA, Sril Dec, 1800.
Dkar Mr. MonoAN,

The Sistora of the Conj?rogotion of Notre Dame, Gloucester St., desire
me to ask you to be so good as to convey their humble thanks to Mr. A. F.
Mclntyre, the gentlemen who so kindly acted on their behalf at the presen-
tation of the Public Testimonial to tlie very Uev. Dr. Dawson. I am also
to state that they fully appreciate Mr. McTntyre's complimentary and agree-
able allusions to their educational institution on the eventful occasion
referred to.

At the same time, 1 would ask you to express to Mr. Mclntyre, my
own grateful sense of the honour conferred upon me by his consenting to
read my poor unworthy tribute to the Reverend Father, lending it, by his
graceful delivery, a charm which it did not otherwise possess, and thus
commanding for it, the close attention of all present.

Finally permitting me, dear Mr. Morgan, to add a word of congratul-
ation to yourself on the unparalleled success which has crowned youi efforts
in a matter which you evidently had so umch at heart, and for which you
laboured with uuich of your Jiccustomed energy of spirit.

Believe me,

Yours very sincerely,

(Sd.) KATK DKEGiAN.

A. A. TAILLON. ESQ., MAYOR OF SOREL.

CIakinrt m: Maire,

SoREL, 4th Dec, 1890.
Mv Reverend Friend,

I have just read, with mingled sorrow and pride, in to-day's " Gazette "
of Montreal, an account of the interesting event which occurred at yoar
residence in Ottawa on the occasion of your eightieth birthday.

Sorrow, tliut for want of knowing tho promoter's intontions of offering
you a worthy tribute, I HJiould have been deprived of the pleasure of con-
tribution towimls it. Pride that #ne who has sliown ine the friendBhip
and iiH'ection you over bestowed upon me, should l)e the recipient of so
flattering a testimonial of esteem and reverence.

I would have btum most happy to join with the citizens of my native
(Jity in honouring, in yourself, as they have done, an eminent and distinguish-
ed divine, lAtteratfur and historian, and a noble citizen of whom old Ottawa
Las every reason to be pioud. •

jietter late than never, and though late in the day, T come to offer you
to-day my beavtiesfc congratulations on your having passed the allotted span
of life and reached the four score, with the piospects, I earnestly hope, of
many more years of happiness for yourself and usefulness for your many
friends and admirers. These resume the wishes I would express.

Believe me,

Yours very sincerely,

(Sd.) A. A. TAILLON.
Vrrv Hkv. Dk. IVa. McD. Dawson, Ottawa.

Thk Dominion Tllustratrd, 27th Dec. 1890.

Many of our readers are doubtless aware that on St. Andrew's Day a
numerously signed testimonial was presented to the Very Rev. ^neaa
McDonell Dawson, L L.D., etc , of Ottawa, on the occasion of his attain-
ing bis 8()th birthday. We are happy in being able to present them in this
issiie with an excellent portrait of that venerable clergyman and disting-
uished writer. The nuuiber and character of the contributora to the testi-
monial, not in Ottawa only, but in all parts of the Dominion, bore witness
to the esteem and affection which Father Dawson's moral and intellectual
qualities and genial nature had won for him wherever he is known. The
Very Rev. Principal Grant, of Queen's University, Kingston, gave expres-
sion to the sentiments of all who had the pleasure ol Dr. Dawson's acquaint-

if-

an<:e when, in a lettor to Mr. iMcf.cod Stowart, Iw said : " Kv»ij one who
knows the good man will feel honoured in adding a leaf to his t-hapiet. f
lend mine hecauHe he is Scotch and (Canadian ; orator and Hcliolar ; a son
of Queen's and a Father of the Churoh universal. ' Such testimony to hia
worth « "Id he multiplied. (Here followH a refeience to a letter from Lonl
lAnsdowne, written during his term of odioe in Canada which letter is given
in extenao in another portion of this collection.) Father DawHon waH horn
at lledhaven, Scotland, in July, 1 HlO. Ho learned the classics at the .select
Grammar School, of Portsoy, iinnHsliire, and wcint, at the age of «ixteen,
for ecch^siastical Htudics, to the Archicpiscopal Scniiimry of Pui-Ih, where he
remained till the Revolution of 1H30, and to wldcli lie returned at a later
date. Ho continued hi.s studies at the Benedictine College, Doiiai. In
1834 and 1885 h(' read theology at St. Mary's College, IMair.s, Scotland, with
the late venerable president, the Rev. .lohn Sharite. He wa.s ordained on
the ?nd April, 1835, and at once ap])ointed assistant priest in the impor-
tant Mission of Dumfiies, which he served ifmtil 1>^^0. wluai he was trans-
ferred to the Edinburgh missions, lu those missioiiH he olliciated till 185l',
when he obtained leave to come to Canada, to which country he was invit-
ed by the late Hon. and Right Rev. Alex. McDonell, Bishop of King.ston.
He arrived in the land which was destined to he his future home, in the
autumn of 1854, having previously, while j)reparing for the change, as-
sisted the lamented Bishop Grant in the Southwark mi.ssions, preaching
pj-etty often in St George's Church. On reaching Ottawa Father Dawson
was appointed to the charge of Upper Town, as the part of the city on the
left bank of the Rideau was then called. When in olHce there he enlarged
and improved the small church in use at the time. After some six years
he was invited to otHciate at the Cathedral, and was a|»i)ointed Chaplain to
the Forces, a position which he retained till they were withdrawn. He
was then nominated parish priest of Osgoode. For some time Father
Dawson has retired from the discharge of the more severe duties of the
missions, and otticiates only at the Convent Chapel on Gloucester street.
This is the merest outline of a career which hus been associated with some
of the greatest events of our time in the Old World, and with he most im-
portant atages in Canada's development for nearly lifty years. There nre

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many )x)ints of interest in Dr. Dawsoh's life to which we would gladly refer
if our space permitted. Let us hope that the venerable Vicar-General will,
in justice to himself and his many friends, put on record, in his own schol-
arly and lucid style, the chances and changes of his eighty years, his recollec-
tions of distinguished jiersonages whom he lias known, and of noteworthy
events in which he has directly or indirectly shared. ***■■■ *
The lists of Or. Dawson's works is a long one, and the publication of the
earliest of then antedates the appearance on this ])lanet of most of our readers.
His debut as an author was made fifty years ago, when his " Maitre
Pierre," from the Frencli of M Delcassot, was [u-inted in England. In 1838
it was brought out in Liverpool. Another essay in translation was " The
Parish Priest and his I'arishioners," from the original of M. B. d'Exeauvillez
(Glasgow, 184"J). His subsequent works are : " The Pope Considered in
His Relations with the Church, etc.," from the French of Count 'Joseph de
Maistre, London, 1850 ; " Letters to a Ptussian Gentleman," from the
French of the same distinguished writer; " The Temi)0ral Sovereignty of
the Pope in iielation to the State of Italy," London and Ottawa, 1800 ;
" St. Vincent de Paul" (a lecture), London, 1865 ; "Pius the Ninth and
His Time," London, 1880; " The Catholics of Scotland, from 1593, etc.,
till the death of Bishop Carruthers in 1852," London, Ont., 1890. These
constitute Dr. Dawson's contributions to ecclesiastical history and [)olemical
literature. Every one of these volumes was well received. " The Life of
Pius the Ninth " was pronounced ]>y a high Catholic authority to be the
best biography of that Pontift'yet written ; the works on " The Temporal
Sovereignty" were highly commended for their clearness, closeness of
argument and motleration of tone ; of the " Catholics of Scotland " we hoi>e
to speak more at length. It is, however, with Dr. Dawson's poetical and
critical writings and his essays on Canadian subjects that the general
reader is naturally most concerned. In 1870 appeared liis ** Miscellaneous
Essays," which comprised (inter alia) a series of letters in reply to the
views of Prof. Gold win Smith and Lord Sherbrooke (Mr. Robert Lowe) on
colonial questions ; essays on the history and development of the North-
West Territories and on Canadian poets, and an oration on the death of the
Hon. D'Arcy McGee. In 1882 he brought out a poem " The Last Defender
of Jerusalem ; ' in 1883, " Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra," appeared, and in

1886 a volume containing " Dominion Day, '' Caractacus," *' ]\raloolra and
Margaret," ancl other i)ocms. Most of these were [)iimarily read f)cfore
the Royal Society, of which Dr. Dawson is one of the original members.
They reveal imagination, taste and scholarshij), and have been much
admired by criticti ol' undoubted standing. In concluding this inadc(juate
review of the Very llev. Dr. Dawson's long life and distinguisherl services
as a priest, a citizen and an author, we would ask the privilege of adding
our congratulations and good wishes to those of the host of friends, of
every creed ar.d nationality, who were proud to do him honour on his 80th
birthday. We hope that he may long be spared to those who esteem and
love him.

The Dominion IrxusTRATEii, 10th January, 1891.

In connection with the account of this pleasant event, which appeared
in our issue of December 27, it ought to have been stated that the conception
and carj/ying out of tlio idea of thus honouring a worthy clergyman and
man of letters were due to Mr, Henry J . Morgan, who had, however, the
willing co-operation rf a large number ot persons to whom Dr. Dawson
was laiown either personally or by repute. Among these was Mr. Mcljeod
Stewart, who, as president of .St. Andrew's Society, took so leading a part
in the presentation. We may adtl that it was the llev. Father Nolin, who
as representing the University of Ottawa, read Bishop McDonell's letter
appointing Dr, Dawson an honorary Vicar-General of His Lurdrihii)'s
Diocese of Alexandria. This he did by the Bishop's desire, as he was an
alumnus of the University, otherwise the letter would have been read by
the Rev. F. Campeau, Administrator of the Archdiocese during the

Archbishop's absence.

United Canaija.

Seldom has a more representative gathering uf citizens assembled in
Ottawa than that which was present in the City Hall, INlonciay afteinoon,
on the occasion of the presentation of a testimonial to the Rev. /Eneas
McDonell Dawson, LL.D., the nowly appointed Vicar-CJeneral of the
Diocese of Alexandria. It was representative of the liberal si)irit of the
community, in that it included men of all shades of religious and political
thought, as well as of national origin ; and representative of the culture of
the Capital in that it included men of high attainment in the legid and
the literary, the skilled and the sacicd professions.

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CONGRATULATIONS FROM LORD STANLEY OF PRESTON.

Ottawa Citizen, 8th December, 1890.

His Excellency the Governor General called upon Rev. Father Pawson
at the Eideau Club on Saturday and tendered the venerable gentleman his
hearty congratulations upon the handsome testimonial presented to him in
the City Hall on Monday last.

LETTER OF THANKS FROM THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.

GOVKIINMBNT HoUSE,

Ottawa, May 27th, 1887.
Dear Dr. Dawson,

Amid the excitement of yesterday 1 had no opportunity o^ oxpressing
to you my gratitude for the admirable lines in which you so kindly wel-
comed me to Ottawa.

I have re-read them this morning and appreciate them even more in
the quiet of my study than when I first saw them.

I am particularly pleased with your reference to the statesmen whom
my family has given to the service of the country, and whose claims to
public gratitude you have so eloquently conimemoratod. Of their deeds I may
say emphatically, " vix ea nostra voco." It is none the less pleasant to find
that they are not forgotten.

For your personal kindness to myself I cannot thank you sufficiently.
Your lines will form one of the most interesting records of my term of office
here, and have added to the gracefulness of the memorable reception which
we received from the citizens of Ottawa last nighu.

I am, Dear Dr. Dawson,

Yours faithfully,

(Sd.) LANSDOWNE.
The Rev. Dr. M McD. Dawson, Ottawa,

WELCOME TO LORD LANSDOWNE,

GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA,
O/V HIS RETURN TO OTTAWA. MAY 26th. 1887.

REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE LETTER OF THANKS.
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Lansdowm, I 1(1 Uritoiii; clear the honouicd name '.

The more assailed, tlic bn.uliter ^rows its fame.

Each meed of virtue justly called its own,

It claims through time a glorious fourfold crown.

First, sage like wisdom casts its genial glow

And throws its light on turbid scenes below .

Then statesmanship, oer all triumphant reigns.

A nation's love and men's applause obtains.

Best eloquence unto the name belongs

And joyous Poesy with her power of songs.

Such was, not yet forgot, the bright renown

That graced, erewhile, the house of high Lansdownc.

Degenerate, never 1 Still the good blood tlows,

The tyrant crushed and (|uelled a nation's foes.

Peace, hapi/mess and liberty our jiride,

Fell persecution never could abide.

Sunk was the iron in the \ictnn's soul ;

Each statute dire a life dcsouring scnill :

Each man, a I'ariah in his native land.

Was doomed beneath the rod abject to stand.

Rolled on the evil days ; ]M-opitious i:ame

Tlie healing hour, at length, wnth L.WsnowxKs name

Associate e'er to be, whilst flows the tide

That guards Urilannia's .rowing Empire pride

Not in our age is destined to go donn

Intolerant, the star of bright 1..\nm)(,)\vnk.

The witness seek ye ? Canada proclaims.

That just and noble are tiie Statesman's aims.

The glorious freedom, planted in our soil,

V>\- l)l'Kll.\.M, ii.MDWiN, and l..\ri)NiAlNK's toil.

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In days to come the brij^htest proof will give

Dencath his sway our lilicrties will live.

Not yet the time far gone, when British power

Like influence felt the mightiest Empire o'er.

Fought, in those clays, was liberty's great fight,

And Britons still remember with delight

How Broughams, Macau i,.\vs, Lansdownks held the field

Our hard won constitution free to shield.

Nor kingly powers nor blindfold lordly pride

Their course could stay, or for a moment hid«.

The light they spread. It was the Empire's stay.

From better on to better still the way

It certain paved the heritage obtained,

Of peace and happiness that still remained,

And will remain to latest hour of time

The wide extent throughout of Britain's clime.

Richer than gold or diamonds bright such gain,

Prosperous it causes to endure the reign

Of blest \'lCTOKIA, and nobly crowns

Tlie many years of Royal power she owns.

That Lan.sdowne should her faithful Vicar be.

Fills worthily her joyous jubilee.

/E. McD. Dawson.
Ottawa, 26th May, 18S7.

sub^jcriptions.

Mr. henry J. MORGAN'S LIST.

The Kight Rev. tho Bishop of
Alexandria i^

The Right Hon. Sir John A,
Macdonald

Hon. John Costignn

hir John Thompson

Sir Hector Langevin

Sir A. P. Ciiron

Hon. J. A. Chapleau

Col. Alhm Gihnour

John A. Macdonell (Greenfield)

Hon. U. McMillan

Sandford Fleming, C.M.G. . . .

C. H. Mackintosh, M.P

E. S. Skead

D. O'Connor, Q.C

H. K. Egan

S. H. Fleming

Win. IMackey

Jas. Isbester

W. A. Allan

T. H. Allen

F. McDongal

Kev. Canon Canipeau, Admin-
istrator of the Archie[)iscopal
Diocese

The University of Ottawa

Rev. J. Champagne, P.P.,
(Gatineau) ,

Archibald Stewart

A. A Tailloi), (Sorel)

Roht. Sedgewick, Q C

A. M. Burgess

Sir James Grant, K.C M G. . .

L A. Catellier

Henry J. Morgan

George E. Kidd

Major E. Harrison . .

Ira Morgan, (Metcalfe)

John F. Waters, MA

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J. W. Russell

R. J. WiclcHteed, D.C.L

Robert Lees. Q. C

iSi. F. Walsh

Morley Donaldson, C.E . . ...
Lt.-Col. Chamnerlin, C.M.G. ...

Augustus Power, Q.C

Hon. R. \V. Scott, g.(J

Sidney Suiith . .

James Johnson, {('ithcn) . .....

Malcolm McLeod, g.C

James Adamson

A. F. Mclntyre, Q.C

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Hamnett Hill, M.D

A. Z. I^ulmer, M.D

Tho.s. Macfailane

Miss KateDeegan, ".Stadacona'

John A. Gemmill

A. Mac Lean

F. A. Wise, C K

A. H. Taylor

-fohii Durie .

W'm. Himsworth

lit. -Col. John Macpheison . . . ,

Martin Battle.

The Chevalier ¥. R. E.Cami)eau

G. K. HailWge, C.E

Principal MacCabo, LL.l)., Pro.

Normal School

J . M. Courtney

Hon. Francis Clcdnow

Z. Wilson

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Louis H. Tache

Edonard J. Langevin

Peter T. Buchanan

a. W. Wicksteed, Q.C 2

George Collins 1

.1 udge Foumier 2

Lt.-Col A. Audet '1

H Robillard, M.P J

R. C. Douglas, C.E 1

C. F. Street \

McLeod Stewart ii

J. A. Gouin 1

B. Suite 1

A. J. Horan 1

Martin O'Gara. Q.C '1

Hon. W. MHcdoui.all, C.B .. l>

Mrs. W. Macdongall 1

Mrs. Colinan 1

Marcus Smith, C.E 3

F. B. Hayes 1

The Vou. Arclideacon Lauder,

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Rev. H. Pollard, R.D 1

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Thomas D. Tims 2

Lt.-Col. Tilton 2

W. Forau 1

Lt. Col. Wm. White 2

A. Simpson I

Major John Stewart, (Field

Battery) 2

N. W. Bethune 1

0.scar McDonell 1

F. Hawken 1

11. Sinclair 1

Joseph Pope 2

Taylor McVcitty 2

John P. Dunne 2

F. IL Chrysler 1

Rev. Canon McCarthy, P.P.

(St. Bridiret's Church) 2

Daniel Dunn J

11. Steckel, C\E 1

F. A. D. Jones 1

Geortje F. Thom|)sou 2

A. Cliisholm 1

Thomas Beady 1

Madame Verge 1

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Dr. William Kingsford

Robert Gill

C. J. Jones

The Chevalier John Heney.. . .

Judge Taschereau

Hon. John Cai-ling

James M. O'Leary

Sheriff Sweetland

Edward Grithn

J. Thorburn, LL.D

Neil Stewart

Rev. J. F. Gorman, (Grace

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Hon. G. H. Tapper

Edward Miall

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O. J. JoUitfe 1

Dr. George Dawson 5

A. Ferguson, Q.C 5

C. W. Mitchell 4

Adam Brown, M.P , 2

Piev. Wm. Scott, (Methodist

Church) 1

George Goodwin 10

George P. Broi)hy 5

A. O. F. Coleman 4

Chief J usticeSir William Ritchie 5

Judge G Wynne 5

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Col. Walker Powell -->

W. R. Thistle 10

Martin J. Griffin 5

Judge Clark, Q.C., (Montreal) .'»
Very Rev. Principal Grant,

D.D., (Kingston) 5

Hon. Edgar Dewdney 10

W. M.Mathieson 2

W. L. Marler 2

D. B. MacTavish, Q.C I

M. Mcllae ]

J 0. Patterson, M.P r,

G. B. Pattee lo

Alonzo Wright, M.P 10

H. N. Bate 10

Major Pi. R. McLennan (Glcn-

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J[. G. U.Pripp 1

Peter White, M. P., (Pembroke) .')

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.fohn Nicholson 5

John Ikorulp, (Montreal) 2

His Honour Sir Alex. Campbell 2

J)r. Clarence Church 2

•James P. Flynn 1

llev. J. W. Farrifs, (KnoxCh.) 1

George H. Perley fi

Plot. K. Stone Wiggins 2

Hon. H. Meicier, (Qnelu-c) . 10

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BRITISH COLUMBIA.

By The V^ery Eevkkend /En. M(!|). DA^vsoN, LL.D.

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All hail Columbia! not least though last

Of treasures rare that nobly come to grace
A glorious diadem ! Of unions past

Most welcome thine ! cordial we give thee [)]ace,
Thou, the most potent centi-e, — honoured heart

Of Canada's Dominion ! Thine the fate
An empire to complete. Our destined part

Unplayed as yet, thou com'st, thrice welcome stat«^ !—
Mid the twin oceans' foam we're grandly set ;

Like to a diamond pure of price untold.
In its rich brightness sparkling ere as yet

By contact foul bedimmed to kindred irold
Wedded alone, refulgent, it displays

A common glory. Thus, on thy fair brow
Bright sister of the west, thy worth pourtrays

That spotless maiden crown thou hast till now
Exclusive borne. In destined time thou'rt wed.

Or, like the priceless diamond set in gold.
Be thine the lot, in after years when read

Thy tale of wedded life, that aye be told
H igh honour's scroll, no conquest thine to boast

That wades to glory through a sea of blood,
And climbs to power and wealth at the sad cost

Of orphan's tears and death in direst mood.
The victories already thine shall tell

Full many an age to come, how sweetly won
Thy famous battles, hardly fought and well ;

By honoured toil and counsel sage all done
Thy deeds of high renown. Thou mad'st a state.

Will future ages say : The mainland thine,

The islands came, and thou at once were cjreat !

In union strong, now cai-nest all comhino,
Stretch out their anas of power the land of gold

Peaceful to seize, the foaming torrent span,
Wild mountains pierce, the forest hoar and old

Fearless subdue, and to the use of man
Fair smiling fields and prairies grand unfold.

What strength in union's found and what thy gain,
In days to eomc, to latest hour of time.

Let thine achievement tell, that casts thy chain
Through continent and isle, o'er all the clime,

On mountain's necks like pearly necklace thrown,
O'er lakes unfathomed, dashing torrents borne,

Till oceans meet, and, wedded are thine own ! —
— Thine own to dawning of the Atlantic morn ?

Extend'st thine arm of might where sets the sun.
Thy magic wand out o'er the western sea.

And lo ! ere yet thy work is well begun.
Vast continents and islands come to thee !

Cashmere and Thibet welcome tribute pay.
Her pent up treasures China willing pours ;

Japan, from rest of earth no more astray.
And India come, their wealth changing with yours.

How blest thy favoured people in their store !
Earth's richest theirs. Her pearls Arabia semis,

Her diamonds rave Golcoiula, Thine even morc^
With these shall vie each eager clime that blends

Its lot with thine ; and on thy ocean throne,
When greater than thyself, sweet land, are gone,

Thou'lt reign, Columbia, o'er the sea,
Hope, refuge, stronghold of the Free !

Copied from the British Colonist^ V^ictoria, May 29th, 1873 ; by which taken
from the Ottawa Tivm.

THE BETTER AGE.

By The Vkky Kkv. /Kn. McD. Dawson, LL.D.

Sfajora Cannmiis.

All hail to thoo, most bk-st au.s|iiciou8 morn !
night glorious clay ! on long vc'xod earth is born
Thy holy ono, from highest Heaven come down
Tlie troubled race of man with peace to crown,
The age unfold, O, time ! that shall assuage.
All mortal griefs, more than that golden age
Long praised of mou, the bright Saturuian day
That spread o'er earth its gladdening genial ray ;
And yet but shadow was of the new power
That bids the world rejoice, all climes out o'er.
Where'er is mind or intellect to prize
The boon supreme o'er the lo^t earth shall rise,
And like a sun new born out spread its rays
From pole to pole, disclosing happiest ways
From mortal ken fast sealed ere yet 'twas given.
The treasures to unroll of the new Heaven.
Earth too must new become, of mould divine
Its people all, their altered lot to shine
In glories past compare, in bliss untold
The better age is destined to unfold.

Though powerful, mucli opposed the peaceful reign,

The serpent dragon seeking to regain

His empire lost, of discord spreads the seeds,

And artless man excites to cruel deeds.

His efi'orts vain ; fell war in every land

That owes obedience to the new command,

Is doomed its gory hnnner to throw down

In homage to the victor Peace King's crown.

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The fight so long niaintrtinptl must end at last,
Tlio Strife-King linal coni|uored unci houml last
In chains of adamant that gall his pride
And mock his power that Itrokon must al)ide,
The better age throughout, -the ag<' of light,
Of righteousness and truth, of all that's l>right,
That cheers, that gladdens, bids all men rejoice
And all inclines to seek the nobler choice.
IJlack discord Hies al)a8hcd, its day outspent ;
TliP warrior fierce, ere while on war was bent,
His vengeful sword to gracious ploughshare turned
His haughty mind for warlike deeds that burned
'I'o peaceful work now freely, wisely giv(m,
On higher thoughts intent, inspired of Heaven.
Oh ! wondrous age ! Oh ! newness ever new !
Monarchs no more earth's tyrants are, their view
So clianged, men's happiness their only pride,
Past tyrannj no more they can abide,
Kuch ruler favoured Allemania claims,
Peace and its noble arts his lofty aims.
Though backed by countless hosts, for warlike deeds
llenowned ; yet meek and to the age's needs
Submissive ; thus forth showing in their might
A more than conquering power, man's right
Their glory to uphold, nor theirs this pride,
Alone ; around them, near them, side by side,
Great nations strive ; 'tis who shall surest win
The palm of peace, and thus hap'ly begin
The high career appomted by this age
When soldiers brave no more shall eager wage
Destructive war, but deem it richest gain
Sweet peace to cherish and advance its reign.

Blind persecution, cruel in thy past
Britannia, hath certain breathed its last.

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OWedient to the a^'c, tli} lleets no more

Spot'd forth, teAv coiKiuostH on each ha])losM shore

Insatiatft to geek, theii Ix^tter |)ri(le

Commerce to g\uin\ out o'er the i»riny tide,

New arts promote, stupendous works display

8ecurely resting from the venjjet'nl fiuy.

Of nations favoured most, best gifts are thine

<Jf liberty; tliy j^lory to combine

^Vith peoples blest as thou, on Afric's shore

The l)Oon to spread, and Afric's sons no more

In torturing l»onds shall pine, all hope awuy,

But to the age their joyous homage pay.

No foot of slave ever foully i)rof lines

Thy gifted soil, freedom's blest fruits thy gains.

Is heard thy healing word, o'er the dark land,

Obedience yielding to thy great comnmnd.

Arise Britannia ! in thy might arise,

Complete thy best, thy noblest enterprise '}

Oause freedom live, the age's high behest,

Kach tyrant crush ; relieve the sore opprcst.

This conquest done, though far and wide thy power,

Yet greater still thy glorious name shall tower.

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.

By TiiK Vkky Uevkukm. .Mnkas McDoneli. Dawson, Lli.D.

" Vidimnn Sttllam "Jus in Orient')."

Hail Mystic Stur '. lJri;^'ut in the .starry host !

Light of the worUl, ho lonir ahis ! was U)ht,

O'er .ludah shine ; Hcnd forth thy guiding ray

To nations all shall point tiie way

To Heaven's light that dawns at last

O'er darkened earth and of all ages past

The gloom dispels. \Velcon)e auspicious star !

Thy hlessed glow o'er Asia's l^ounds afar,

Past glories all outshines, new j)ower displays

As destinies it sliapes, points out the ways

Must knowledge come and sacred truth be won.

Thou shinest not, Vilest star, where deeds are done

That war on virtue ; cruelty thy bane,

Acts tyrannous, curses, all things j)rotane.

<) wondrous star ! thy light is never given

When rashly men forsake the ways of Heaven,

'Mid vice and error grope their devious way

li'ar from thy power and brightest truth asuay.

Wise men of old, as sacred writings say.

In Asia saw thy light and took their way

To Judah's land. To Israel's palace high

As the bold, anxious travellers drew nigh,

" True tidings here of Israel's King well hud ;

Such knowledge, doubtless, their.s who rule utankiud.

They enter in. Lo ! darkness all around.

A dense cloud shrouding the unholy ground.

Ceased hath the guiding star of Heaven to .shine,

Refusing with the wicked to combine.

Well known on high the tyrant's cruel heart ;

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The sages, warned, with liim could have no part.
Fain would the monarch have them share his view^
Tliey, as was meet, then filled with ardour new,
" Think'rtt thou, fond tyrant, us to load astray,
First fruits of the world's conquest, to betray
The future King ; or dost though soek the place
Through us to know where born the Lord of Grace?'
Blind hypocrite ! pretend not thou'lt adore
The King new-born we're here to honour more
Than all the potentates of ages gene,
In darkness thou remain'st ; we journey on.'
Pealed thunder as they spoke, a dismal cloud,
Dark, sulph'rous, o'er the palace like a shroud,
Or funeral pall, was in that instant spread,
Down striking prince and train with sudden dread.
With speed the sages quit the tyrant's home.
The star resplendent shines, and now they're come-
To J uda's land ; o'er Bethlehem gleams the star,
Brightly the nations lighting wide and far.
Heaven lends its choirs ; celestial songs resound,
Mingling with earth's music Israel around ;
"Glokv to God on high ! " the angelic strain,
And " Prace on earth !" man's richest, noblest gain ;;
Peace unto all who, now and evermore,
Our sages like, the Peace King shall adore.

'Tt

^PIUS IX.

AND

HIS TIME.

BY THE

Very Rev. ^neas McDonell Daw sod, LL.D., &c.

London, Eng.,
THOMAS BAKER. *

London, Ont.,
THOMAS COFFKY.

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