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5n /Iftcmoriam

SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, K.C.M.G.

Born /IDarcb 9, 1822.
2>ie& ma^ 24, 1892.

TT was thought by some of Sir Alexander's relatives
and intimate friends, that a reprint of the many kind
notices which have appeared since his death, together
with a sketch of his hfe and an account of the funeral
at Toronto and Kingston, would not only afford pleasure
to all of them, but also be useful for reference in after
years. The compiler has added a few resolutions of
public bodies, some speeches on his death made in the
Senate by leaders on both sides of politics, and one or
two speeches of his own which were very highly spoken
of at the time of their delivery.

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SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, K.C.M.G.

SKETCHES OF HIS LIFE.

{From The Week, Dec. 15, 1887.)

In Sir Alexander Campbell, all who know him recognize a
man so highly endowed with many of the gifts that go to consti-
tute statesmanship, that they find themselves constantly wonder-
ing why he never took a more prominent and commanding
position in Canadian politics than he has done. In one sense
Sir Alexander's position has been both prominent and com-
manding. In the sphere in which he has chiefly moved, that of
the Senate, his was always the most important and imposing
personality, and that not simply by virtue of his office as Leader
of the Government or else of the Opposition in the Upper
Chamber, but, in an equal degree at least, by force of character
and talent. To have represented the Conservative party as long
as he did in that Chamber, and to have done it from first to last
with distinguished success, not merely from a political point of
view, but from an intellectual and moral point of view as well,
constitutes a record of which even a man of high ability and
considerable ambition might well be proud. Sir Alexander may
be said to have approached as near as it has ever been given to
any Canadian statesman to approach to the ideal type of a
Senator — a man grave and strong, moderate, dignified, firm,
sagacious, candid without indiscretion, pohtic without craft,
loyal to his party, but ever mindf'il of his personal honour, and
ever thoughtful of the public weal.

Like many other of Canada's leading statesmen, Sir Alex-
ander Campbell was not born in Canada. He came nearer
being born in it, however, than some of his illustrious rivals ; for
he was only two years old when his father, an English physician,

came to Canada in the year 1823, and took up his residence at
Montreal, where he practised his profession until 1832, in which
year he removed to Lachine ; in the year 1836 he removed to
Kingston, Ontario. Sir Alexander's birthplace was the village
of Hedon, near Kingston-upon-Hull, in Yorkshire, England;,
and he has ever retained the warmest sentiments of loyalty and
attachment to the British Empire. It might not be far wrong
to say that, of all our public men, he is the strongest admirer of
British institutions, and the one who is the most thoroughly
English in all his feelings. Whether this has had anything to do
with his holding aloof, as he has done, from popular politics, we
cannot positively say ; but we rather incline to think that the
two things are not wholly unconnected with one another. Sir
Alexander's parents gave him the best educational advantages
the country afforded. They placed him first under the tuition of
a Presbyterian clergyman, and afterwards sent him to St.
Hyacinthe College, and still later to the Royal Grammar School
at Kmgston, Ontario. The youth was of a studious turn of
mind ; and, though he left school at what would now be con-
sidered a comparatively early age, he had imbibed all the
essential elements of a liberal education. At St. Hyacinthe
College he acquired a considerable knowledge of the French
language and a consequent interest in French literature which
has accompanied him through life. On occasion he could make
a French speech in the Senate ; though he rarely exercised the
gift, and only perhaps to meet some playful challenge of the
French members. He studied the classics also up to a certain
point ; but above all he acquired a knowledge and command of
his own language, and a habit of using words with a peculiar
force and directness. The phrase may not always be the
smoothest, but it has a quahty that tells— something a trifle
Caesarean in its brevity and point. However this is a good
opportunity for reminding,; ourselves of Buffon's dictum that " le
style c'est 1' homme." Vlere school education does not give
this. A man may learn at school to avoid technical errors of
speech ; but the style he eventually acquires will be more or less
the reflex of his own personality.

Young Campbell was only seventeen years of age when he
entered on the study of the law at Kingston, whither his family

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had some years previously removed. No stories have reached
us of his student days, but he seems to have applied himself
earnestly to his work, seeing that he was able, on completing
his course and being called to the Bar, to form a partnership
immediately with Mr. John A. (now Sir John) Macdonald,
whose reputation even then was rapidly growing. The partner-
ship subsisted for many years under the name of Macdonald
and Campbell ; and the business, in the hands of these two
exceptionally able men, was a lucrative one. Politics, however,
soon began to absorb the attention of the senior partner, and
the burden of the office work fell upon Mr. Campbell. The
experience which the latter thus acquired, aided by his studies,
made him one of the soundest lawyers at the Bar of Upper
Canada ; and had he not, while still a comparatively young
man, diverged into politics, there is little doubt that he might
long since have occupied a distinguished position on the Bench.
It was in the year 1858 that Mr. Campbell made his debut
in politics by carrying an election for the Cataraqui Division,
and taking his seat in the Legislative Council of Old Canada.
He very quickly familiarized himself with his new surroundings,
and became an efficient and highly-esteemed member of the
Upper House. No new member probably ever had less crudeness
or inexperience to rub off; and no one seemed at all surprised
when, in three or four years after his first election, the member
for Cataraqui Division was placed in the Speaker's chair. The
position was, indeed, one for which, by temperament and
character, he was pre-eminently fitted, but not one in which his
practical energies could find much scope ; and a wider sphere of
usefulness was opened up to him, while the administrative
strength of the Government of 1864 received a great reinforce
ment when the Speaker of the Council was assigned to the
position of Commissioner of Crown Lands. Here his knowledge
of law and prompt business methods found ample exercise, and
it was admitted on all hands that he filled the office in an
admirable manner. From this time forward Mr. Campbell was
looked upon as one of the strong men of his party, though one
whose strength was shown rather in council than in fight. His
was the balanced judgment and sound knowledge of affairs, and
one can only regret that the influence he was so fitted to exert,

and must at many critical moments have exerted, in favour of
sound, safe and honourable methods of party management, could
not have asserted itself at all times. A very ugly chapter of
Canadian political history might then never have been written.
In 1867 the first Government of the Dominion was consti-
tuted under the leadership of the then newly knighted Sir John
A. Macdonald, and Mr. Campbell was sworn in as Postmaster-
General. The new posi'on did not call, to the same extent as
the previous one, for the ». ercise of legal acumen, but it involved
dealing with large public interests and a ver)' extended patron-
age. The new Postmaster-General was fortunate in finding as
permanent head of the Post Office a man possessing qualities
closely akin to his own. No two men indeed could have been
better fitted to work together in harmony than the Hon. Mr.
Campbell and Mr. W. H. Griffin, then, as now, Deputy Post-
master-General. Few who have any acquaintance with the
latter will think the assertion hazardous if we say that no finer
intellect than Mr. Griffin's has ever devoted itself to the public
service of Canada. With fineness of intellect is linked in
his case, what is not its invariable accompaniment, sterling
integrity of character. But the resemblances between the Post-
master-General of 1867 and his Deputy were not confined to
these general traits. Both were (happily we may also say are)
men of peculiar dignity and reserve, and of pronounced con-
servative tendencies. Both had been educated partly in Lower
Canada, and had acquired a certain respect and liking for its
solid and well-established institutions. Both had a certain
instinct for control, though here their methods diverged more or
less, the Postmaster-General being rather inclined to a Bis-
marckian way of doing things, while in his Deputy there was a
subtle blending of Talleyrand and Fabius Cunctator. The
Postmaster-General soon felt that he had, in the chief officer of
his Department, a man whose judgment, experience and
integrity were equally to be depended on ; and, so far as the
general routine of the Department was concerned, the Deputy
Postmaster-General managed it very much in his own way.
At the same time, during the six years that Mr. Campbell
remained at the head of the Post Office, much solid progress was
made, in all of which he took a lively interest, and exerted a

judicious control. As regards the patronage of the Department,
it was administered by the Postmaster-General with a constant
eye to the good of the service, and occasionally with a wholesome
indifference to mere party demands. One of the chief charac-
teristics of the subject of this sketch during his administrative
career was that he was never willing to descend to the level of
the mere party politician. Some have said that this was due to
the fact that his position exempted him from dependence on the
popular vote ; but we have seen other Senators whose high
position did not seem to exercise any very elevating effect on
their political methods.

After a six years' tenure, exactly, of the Post Office Depart-
ment Mr. Campbell accepted the portfolio of the newly con-
stituted Department of the Interior. Here everything was to
create, order had to be called out of a most discouraging chaos ;
but the new minister was proceeding bravely with his task,
when the Government of which he was a member met an
inglorious defeat over the Pacific Scandal. The operations
which led to this result had been carried on wholly without Mr.
Campbell's knowledge : he was not indeed the kind of a man to
whom the schemes formed at that time for creating an election
fund were likely to be confided. Mr. Campbell did not, how-
ever, like Mr. Cartwright, see in the occurrences -to which we
are referring sufficient reason for separating himself from his
party. He probably judged that he could render better service
to the country in the ranks of the Conservative party than any-
where else ; and he looked forward, doubtless, to the time when
that party, tendered wiser by experience, would again be called
to control the destmies of the country. From 1873 to 1878 Mr.
Campbell acted as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, and
discharged the duties of the position with the same ability as
well as with the same fairness and moderation as when he had
represented the Government. To act a really factious part was,
we may say, almost wholly out of power ; certainly, it would
have been foreign to his nature. When the Conservative party
returned to office in November, 1878, Mr. Campbell first accepted
the position of Receiver-General, but in the spring of 1879 he
returned to his old office of Postmaster-General. Thence he
passed in the month of January, 1880, to the Department of

Militia and Defence, which, during a brief term of office, he did
not a little to invigorate. The end of the year saw him back in
the Post Office Department, which he again left m the month of
May of the year following (1881), to assume the portfolio of
Justice. Meantime (24th May, 1879) he had been created by
Her Majesty a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael
and St. George, an honour which his eminent public servicjs
had very fully merited. Sir Alexander remained at the head of
the Department of Justice until the latter part of the year 1885,
when he once more returned to the Post Office Department,
which he finally left last spring to accept the Lieutenant-
Governorship of Ontario. His appointment to the latter office
was viewed with pleasure and approval, even by his political
opponents. On all hands it was felt that in Sir Alexander
Campbell Her Majesty would have one of the most constitu-
tional of representatives, such a man as she probably would
herself have delighted to choose for the position. Before pro-
ceeding to Toronto, however. Sir Alexander went to England
at the request of the Government, lo represent Canada at the
Colonial Conference. That conference was not empowered to
enact any measures, or even to concert any scheme, for the
modification of the relations existing between Great Britain and
the Colonies ; but it gave an opportunity for a confidential
exchange of views between members of the English Government
and leading representatives of the Colonies ; and there is little
doubt that it has smoothed the way for the future discussion of
questions of the greatest moment.

As a Departmental chief. Sir Alexander Campbell was
deservedly popular. He was not, perhaps, the most accessible
of men, and his general manner may have been a trifle distant
and brief; but it was soon discovered that he had a kind heart
and a strong sense of justice. He was not a man to be trifled
with ; he believed in holding men to their duty ; but, on the
other hand, he was always glad of an opportunity of rewarding
faithful service. He had a keen insight into character, and had,
consequently, little difficulty in dealing with men on their merits.
His confidence was seldom given where it was not deserved, or
withheld where it was deserved. He was always ready to form
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it. No Department of the Government came amiss to him, for
the simple reason that his sound business methods were applic-
able everywhere. How useful such a man must have been to
the Cabinet as a whole, and particularly to its leader, may be
imagined, but the full details are not likely ever to become
known. It will be remembered that while Minister of Justice it
became the duty of Sir Alexander to draw up a memorandum
explaining and defending the policy of the Government in
executing Riel. This he did in a manner that for force, con-
ciseness and logic left nothing to be desired. Perhaps, however,
the chief merit of the statement was the strong accent of con-
viction that pervaded it. It was not a partisan manifesto ; it
was the fitting utterance of the highest organ of executive
justice in the country.

As we said at the outset, in surveying the career of Sir
Alexander Campbell we are tempted to ask, Why a man with so
decided a talent for public affairs, so judicious a counsellor, so
vigorous an administrator, should not have plunged boldly into
the open sea of politics by taking his place in the popular branch
of the Legislature ? A partial reason may be found perhaps in
the fact that Sir Alexander has not enjoyed the continuous good
health that is almost a necessity for the active politician. We
can only look upon this, however, as a partial reason ; for other
men, by no means robust, have tried their chances in the
popular arena. We are more disposed to seek the efficient
reason in a certain natural reserve, and even hauteur, of disposi-
tion, which has disinclined Sir Alexander through life to the
more violent conflicts of politics. Perhaps, also, the insight
which he must early have gained into the methods of politicians
may have worked in the same direction. In the speeches of Sir
Alexander Campbell — and be has made some good ones in his
day — nothing is more evident than the absence of clap-trap, of
cant, and of evasion. We may here particularly refer to his
speeches in introducing the various measures sent up to the
Senate relating to the Canadian Pacific. These were acknow-
ledged by friends and foes alike to be models of lucid and candid
statement ; and could they have been delivered in the Lower
House might have advantageously replaced some more preten-

tious but less convincing efforts of oratory. Rhetoric, as an art,.
Sir Alexander probably never either studied or practised. His
maxim in this matter would probably be the old Roman one,
Rem tetie, verba sequentur, •' Grasp your subject, the words will
follow." The question then is, whether, had he followed a more
popular line of politics, Sir Alexander would have gained or lost
in the total of his characteristics and of his public usefulness 1"
It is hard to say ; and yet we may be allowed to conjecture that
the plunge into popular politics, if taken, might have added
some useful elements to the highly estimable character we have
been studying. Such an experience must add to a man's self-
knowledge, and should have the effect of identifying him more
fully and closely in feeling and sentiment with the country he is
called to serve. The seclusion that a Senate grants is favour-
able, no doubt, to dignity of manner and moderation of temper,
but it does not reveal to a man his hidden sources of power, or
give him the truest estimate of himself There is apt to be a
certain touch of weakness about protected existences, as about
protected manufactures ; and the vulnerable point will in general
be precisely that which is most speciously covered by an appear-
ance of strength. It is a stronger thing to be able to give and
take in the milk of life than, from a position of vantage, to
demand and secure unvarying deference and respect. If we
miss anything in Sir Alexander Campbell, it is doubtless that
something — breadth of feeling, we may perhaps call it — which a
course of active political campaigning, with its ups and downs,
its triumphs and disappointments, its gratifications and mortifi-
cations, would naturally have developed in him. Taking him,
however, as we know him, it is matter for congratulation that
the country possesses in Sir Alexander Campbell a practical
statesman of a high order, both of ability and of character, one
to whom the old Roman terms of gnivissimus and spectatissimus
may with peculiar propriety be applied, and who, if he has not
stood on the highest round of power, has manifested qualities
which would have won for him, in that position, the confidence
of all who have the country's welfare at heart.

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{From the Montreal Daily Star, February 5, 1887.)

The announcement that Sir Alexander Campbell, who a few
days ago resigned his position in the Cabinet, has decided upon
final retirement from the political field, has, we are persuaded,
been received with deep regret by all who feel any interest either
in good government or the maintenace of a high standard of
political action. From his first entrance upon politics some
twenty-five years ago, Sir Alexander has been a steady adherent
and supporter of the Conservative party, and during a consider-
able portion of the time has held office in Conservative Govern-
ments. With him, however, Conservatism has been something
more than a trade or a prejudice, it has represented the earnest
and reasoned convictions of a singularly dispassionate and
sagacious mind ; it has ever been allied with a much stronger
sense of public duty than we find exhibited by the average poli-
tician. It maj; be said to the honour of Sir Alexander Campbell
that at no period of his public career did he understand politics
in the vulgar sense as a selfish struggle for place and power ;
that he never conceived it to be the chief business of a cabinet
minister to create a political capital for his party by a carefully
calculated administration of patronage ; that he never lost sight
of the fact that the country was something greater than any
political party. The meaner class of patronage-mongers occa-
sionally complained that he was somewhat cold, inaccessible and
unsympathetic, the reason being that it was not always easy to
impress him with the belief that very important public interests
depended on the securing of a few purchasable votes for Mr. A or
Mr. B. Though at all times loyal to the party of which he was
so prominent a member, and ready to promote its interests by
all legitimate means, he refused to believe that any political
exigency could justify a departure from the strict line of official
duty. Those who went to him with sinister suggestions, meant
to serve party ends, soon found out that he was not their man ;
party was all very well, a thing to be considered in its place^
but not an excuse for injustice or illegality in any form.

That the ripe judgment and clear intellect of Sir Alexander
Campbell have been of vast service to every Government in
which he has held a place it is impossible to doubt. In the

drafting of important measures, the framing of state papers and
the elaboration of policies, resource must frequently have been
had to one who was so eminently qualified for such tasks. Both
as a writer and as a speaker Sir Alexander was, and is, possessed
of a style at once terse, nervous, dignified and severely accurate.
He has a fine sense of literary form, combined with the practical
instinct of a man of business. He could not treat any subject
at the length which Mr. Blake seems to find necessary upon all
important occasions ; but he seizes the main points of a subject
with unerring perspicacity and presents them in the manner
best calculated to make a durable impression. His speech on
the Canadian Pacific Railway question delivered in the session
of 1882 is still remembered as a model of terse and convincing
eloquence. His memorandum on the execution of Riel is fresh
in the public recollection ; not many of Sir Alexander's colleagues,
it is safe to say, could have penned such a document,, so lucid in
statement, so forcible in argument, so elevated in tone.

There was one characteristic of Sir Alexander Campbell
which only those who have had the privilege of some degree of
personal acquaintance with him are in a position to appreciate,
and that is the kindliness of nature which lies at times more than
half concealed beneath a reserved and somewhat distant manner,
a manner which, perhaps, after all, is only a natural and reason-
able protection for a man of true feeling, placed in a responsible
position, who does not wish to be imposed upon by undue
demands. However this may be, no one can know Sir Alex-
ander Campbell for any length of time without making the dis-
covery that he has a warm heart as well as a clear head and a
strong will. We are assured that as a departmental chief he
has conciliated not only the respect but the attachment of his
subordinates in a quite unusual degree. The first impression
he produces is of a man inflexibly just ; the second that of a
man who, within the limits of justice, desires to render all the
service he can to those with whom he has to do.

What the future may have in store for Sir Alexander we
cannot attempt to forecast. Should he desire to bid a final adieu
to politics it cannot be denied that he has earned his rest by
high-minded and faithful service during a long period of years.
Unless, however, the interests of his health imperatively demand

his retirement from active life, the people of Canada will be loth
to acquiesce in the withdrawal of his talents and of his character
from the service of the country. We must therefore at least
express the hope that in some suitable capacity, if not as a direct
adviser of Her Majesty, Sir Alexander Campbell may remain,
for many years to come, a helper in the work of administration
and in the development of the destinies of the Canadian people.

NOTICES OF FUNERAL.

(From the Empire, May 27, 1892.^

In the dimly-lighted main entrance of Government House,^
encased in a casket of red cedar, around which were arranged
the floral gifts of sorrowing relatives and friends, the remains
of Lieutenant-Governor Sir Alexander Campbell were viewed
yesterday by hundreds of citizens, most of .whom had known
him intimately in life. From 12 o'clock to 2 p.m. the stream of
visitors to the gubernatorial mansion was continuous. The
casket was placed in front of the main staircase, and three
soldiers from No. 2 Company, Royal School of Infantry, stood
on either side with bayonets fixed. A few paces back from the
head of the casket stood Commander Law, A.D.C., in his naval
uniform, and Mr. Harcourt Vernon, his Secretary.

The remains of Sir Alexander were dressed in the uniform
he donned on state occasions as Lieutenant-Governor. The
star of the Order of St. Michael and St. George was on his left
breast, and the cross was affixed to its ribbon round his neck.
The casket was covered with broadcloth ; and the outside case
was of polished oak. On the silver plate on the lid was the
inscription :

Sir Alexander Campbell,

K.C.M.G.

Born March 9, 1822.

Died May 24, 1892.

THE FLOWERS.

Among the floral offerings were wreaths from Sir David
Macpherson, an anchor from E. W. Rathbun, a pillow from the
Imperial Loan Company, a cross from Mr. E. H. Kertland, and
a wreath which Col. George T. Denison deposited on the casket
as a memento of the sorrow of Lieutenant-Governor Schultz of
Manitoba.

The arrangements in connection with the funeral ceremonies
were in the hands of Commander Law, A.D.C., and they were
most complete. The whole programme was published in yester-
day's Empire. There was no service at Government House.
After the doors had been closed to the pubhc the relatives, pall-
bearers and a few of Sir Alexander's most intimate friends viewed
the remains. Among these were: Sir Oliver Mowat, Hon. John
Dryden, Hon. Speaker Ballantyne, Col. Grasett, Col. Clarke,
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly ; Mr. W. H. Beatty, Mr. James
Beaty, Q.C., Mr. David Creighton and Mayor Fleming.

SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.

Shortly before, 3 o'clock the crowds of citizens who were
anxiously awaiting the advent of the pallbearers were wet through
by a shower of rain. This did not have the effect of diminishing
the multitude which blocked the intersection of King and Simcoe
Streets.

In the mass of people were noticed : Messrs, A. White, A.
Blue, G, E. Lurnsden, D. E. Cameron, Hon. George Kirkpatrick,
J. K. Stuart and Deputy Attorney-General Cartwright, of the
Civil Service ; Col. G. A. Shaw, Capt. Brock, H. P. O'Connor,
M.P., Nicholas Awrey, M.P.P., J. R. Stratfon, M.P.P,, Hon. R.
M. Wells, Hon. A. M. Ross, Mr. Yarker, James Bain, H. Widd,
Chilton Jones, R. Lindsay, P. M. Clark, W. R. Wragge, Grant
Powell, Ottawa ; Col. Otter, Col. F. C. Denison, Lieut. -Col. John
I. Davidson, County Court Clerk Ross, J. Herbert Mason, Mr.
Macdougall, Mr. Hirschfelder, N. Weatherston, of the Inter-
colonial Railway ; Thomas Moss, Sheriff Mowat, Mr. Hooper,
S. Nordheimer, German Consul, and W. C. Wilkinson. These
members of the bar were present : Dalton McCarthy, Q.C., W.
B. McMurrich, R. S. Cassels, Emerson Coatsworth, Jr., M.P.,
Herbert M. Mowat and Christopher R. Boulton.

BEFORE THE MARCH TO THE CHURCH.

As the hour appointed for the starting of the funeral cortege
approached, the hearse, in which the remains were to be carried
to St. James' Cathedral and thence to the Union Station, was
driven up to the main entrance of Government House. Several
policemen kept the public out of the grounds and Deputy Chief
Stewart did duty at the door. At 3 o'clock tlje casket was
borne to the hearse, and the pallbearers then took carriages as
follows : In the first were Sir David Macpherson and Senator
Mclnnes; in the second, Mr. J. L. Blaikie, E. W. Rathbun,
Mr. E. H. Kertland and Justice Maclennan ; in the third,
Hon. A. S. Hardy, Hon. J. M. Gibson, Hon. R. Harcourt
and W. R. Meredith; and in the fourth, Chief Justice Hagarty,
Chief Justice Sir Thomas Gait, Sir William Howland and
Hon. J. C. Aikins.

THE MOURNERS.

The mourners' carriages were filled as follows: Mr. C. J.
Campbell, Mr. E. Campbell, Hon. G. W. Allan, and Mr. Har-
court Vernon in the first; Mr. Christopher Robinson, Q.C.,
Mr. Allan Cassels, Q.C., Mr. W. G. Hopkirk and Dr. Thorburn
in the second ; Hon. Frank Smith in the third ; Lord Kilcoursie
and Sir Oliver Mowat in the fourth ; Lieut. -Col. G. T. Denison,
representing Lieutenant Governor Schultz, of Manitoba, in the
fifth ; Speaker Ballantyne, Dr. Grasett and Col. Grasett, in the
sixth, and Capt. Greville Harston, A.D.C., and Commander
Law, A.D.C., in the seventh.

When the hearse moved out of the southern gate on Simcoe
Street, the band of the Queen s Own and Company 2, Royal
School of Infantry, were in waiting. The cortege moved off
to the strains of the dead march in " Saul." The procession
was made up as follows : —

ORDER OF PROCESSION.

Band of the Queen's Own Rifles.

Roj'al School of Infantry.

Officers of the Royal Grenadiers.

Officers of the Toronto Field Battery.

Officers of the Governor-General's Body Guard.

The Pall-bearers in Carriages.

The Hearse.

The Mourners in Carriages.

The Household on Foot.

Viscount Kilcoursie

(representing the Governor-General).

Com. Law, Official Secretary, and Capt. GrevilleHarston, A.D.C.

* The Clergy.

The Bar.

Sheriff Mowat and Officers of the Courts.

The Ma5'or and Council.

Y.M.L.C.A. Deputation, Messrs. J. Castell Hopkins (president),.

G. A. Greene, J. M. Crowly, W. D. McPherson,

A. G. McLean.

The scene along King Street to the Cathedral was indica-
tive of the high esteem in which the departed was universally
held by the citizens. The immense concourse which lined the
way gazed silently on the cortege, and groups reverently uncov-
ered their heads as it passed.

AT THE CHURCH.

The funeral procession arrived at the Cathedral at 3.45,.
headed by three mounted police. The pall-bearers were met at
the Cathedral gates by Rev. Canons Dumoulin and Cayley,
Rev. John Pearson, Rev. J. G. Lewis and the Bishop of
Toronto.

WHO WERE THERE.

Immediately following the chief mourners, who were the
brother and nephew of the deceased, came Lord Kilcoursie, Mr.
Harcourt Vernon, Hon. G. W. Allan, Christopher Robinson,^
Q.C., Dr. Thorburn, Hamilton Cassels, Q.C. ; Hon. Frank
, Smith, Harry Brock, Lud K. Cameron, G. R. R. Cockburn,
M.P. ; Alan Macdougall, Robert Jaffray, Sir Oliver Mowat,
Colonel G. T. Denison, Colonel Dawson, Hamilton Merritt,
David Creighton, D. R. Wilkie, Principal MacMurchy, Rev. A,
H. Baldwin, G. W. Yarker, Sheriff Mowat, A. R. Boswell, Q.C. ;
Columbus H. Greene, Q.C; C. A. B. Brown, Elihu Stewart,
Collingwood; Wm. Millar, D.M.E., Judge Kingsmill, W^alker-

ton ; Mayor Fleming, Dr. Edmund King, Colonel Hamilton,
Inspector Barbour, Hon. John Dryden, Rev. J. J. Ferguson,
B.A., Laurel ; J. D. Spence, J. M. Trow, John Nunn, J. Hirsch-
felder, Dr. Grasett, Ex Aid. Steiner, B. B, Hughes, Hugh Ryan,
Dr. W. Beattie Nesbitt, Frank Turner, C.E., A. C. Macdonald,
E. W. Mclntyre, W. Kemp, Dr. Hamihon, Colonel Clarke,
Assistant City Solicitor Mowat, Rev. Professor Clark, J. E.
Thompson, L. P. Walsh, County Clerk Eakin, R. N. Gooch,
N. Weatherston, J. P. Murray, C. Nelson, Alex. Spence, Cully
Robertson, and Andrew PattuUo, Woodstock.

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THE BURIAL SERVICE.

When the procession entered the Cathedral it was met by
the assembled clergy, in accordance with the established custom
of the Church of England burial service. Amid the pealing of
the organ the coffin was borne up the main aisle of the church,
preceded by the choristers, Rev. John Pearson, Canons Cayley
and Dumoulin and Bishop Sweatman, followed by the mourners
and relatives of the deceased. The coffin was then deposited
outside the sanctuary railing, and the burial service was read by
the bishop, assisted by Canons Cayley and Dumoulin. The
service was closed by the singing of " O God our help in
ages past."

THE JOURNEY TO THE STATION.

After the services the funeral procession re-tormed and pro-
ceeded west on King to Church, south on Church to Front, west
on Front to York, and south on York to the Union depot. The
procession was met there by Commander Law, R.N., Inspector
Stephen, three policemen and a squad from the Infantry School.
The regulars stood at parade rest as the hearse approached, and
remained so until the coffin had been placed in the special car,
which was found at the east end of the depot. Commander
Law and Inspector Stephen remained with the body until the
train left for Kingston, at 8.35.

The officers of the Queen's Own Rifles were unable to
attend the funeral owing to the non-arrival of the regimental
baggage from Owen Sound.

Many of the commercial houses of the city suspended busi-
ness during the time that the procession occupied the streets.

In nearly all the King Street stores the blinds were drawn and
the entrance closed.

From every flagpole along the route of the cortege and
throughout the city a flag hung at half-mast.

The City of Kingston sent its representative in the person
of Mayor Mclntyre.

[From the Kingston News, May 27, 1892.)

The dull, leaden skies of to-day are a fitting emblem of the
sorrow which Kingston feels at the death of Sir Alexander
Campbell, who until Tuesday last was Lieutenant-Governor of
this Province. Flags are at half-mast on the Royal Military
College, the locomotive works, the Kingston foundry, the build-
ings of Aid. Gaskin, Livingston Brothers, William M. Drennan,
and dozens of other edifices, public and private. The general
sadness was further expressed by the closing of the stores and
factories during the passing of the funeral this afternoon.

Mayor Mclntyre represented the City Council at the
Toronto obsequies yesterday. He states that the number of
those on foot in the procession was not as great as might have
been expected, but the carriages in line were very numerous.
The remains were viewed as they lay in state by many citizens.
He (the mayor) was not able to gain admission to the great St.
James' Cathedral, which was able to contain only a fraction of
the crowd which wished to enter. Those who did succeed in
getting in, however, say that the service was unusually impres-
sive, the music, prayers and words from the sanctuary being
such as would move to reflection even the most unthinking.
Circumstances prevented Aid. Hardy from accompanying the
mayor to Toronto.

After the Cathedral service the cortege re-formed and
followed the remains to the Union Station, where the coflin was
placed in a Grand Trunk train, the funeral car being draped
heavily in black. H. E. Harcourt Vernon (Sir Alex. Campbell's
private secretary), John L. Blaikie, Hon. Senator G. W. Allan,

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Charles J. Campbell (brother of Sir A. Campbell), Sir. Oliver
Mowat, Commander Law, lioyal Navy ; E. A. Kertland and
A. Hopkirk, all of Toronto, and E. W. Rathbun, of Deseronto,
with other members of the funeral party, occupied the Pullman
sleeper •• Mecca." The mayor of this city also came down on
the train. The party arrived at the outer G. T. R. station at a
little before 3 o'clock this morning, and were met there by Aid.
Drennan, the funeral director. The train was brougiit into the
city on the G. T. R. track, and side-tracked on to the Kingston
and Pembroke line in front of the City Ilall Station. Here the
train was met by a guard of honour, consisting of six men from
" A " Battery, and by a detachment of six stalwart policemen
under Chief Horsey. Aid. Behan and Dunlop, with other
members of the city council, were also in attendance, besides
quite a number of citizens. The coffin was carried from the
baggage car by the police, who bore it shoulder-high to the
City Hall.

The preparations which had been made here for the recep-
tion of Sir Alexander's mortal remains were very appropriate.
The corridors, stair-ways and doors had been draped artistically
m black. In the hall itself the same sombre hue prevailed.
Long black streamers depended from the centre of the ceiling
and were wound around the portrait of the city's past mayors.
In the middle of the apartment a catalfalque, a little larger
than that used when the body of the late Sir John A. Macdonald
lay there in state, had been erected. The canopy was adorned
with black plumes, and under it stood the bier on which the
body was to rest.

When the coffin had been placed there, and the lid had
been removed, the citizens in waiting were allowed to enter by
the main door, take a look at the impassive face of the dead,
and then pass out the other way. Two soldiers from the Battery
guarded the remains, one standing at the head and the other at
the foot. The hall was lighted by four electric sparks.

The deceased statesman was dressed in the uniform of his
high position. On his left breast was the order of St. Michael
and St. George, of which he was a Knight Commander, while
around his neck was the insignia of a Privy Councillor. The

casket was of red cedar covered with black broadcloth, and
mounted with heavy oxidized silver iiandles. The plate, which
was of sterling silver, bore this inscription :

Sir Alexander Campbell, |

K.C.M.G.

Born March 9,

1822,

Died May 24,

1892.

The outside case was of polished oak, with brass mountings,
and lined with purple plush.

The floral tributes, which were very numerous, costly and
beautiful, included wreaths from Sir David and Lady Macpher-
son, an anchor from E. W. Ratlibun, a magnificent pillow from
the Imperial Loan Company's Board, an exquisite cross from
Mr. Kertland, a wreath from Lieutenant-Governor Schultz, of
Manitoba, a cross from the Imperial Loan Company's manager
and officers, and a pillow from the Argonaut Rowing club.

During the whole morning there was a constant succession
of visitors to the hall. Two policemen were always on duty,
but their presence was not required, for the most reverent order
prevailed. A considerable number of strangers arrived in the
city to attend the funeral, amongst them being J. B. Abbott and
Frederick R. Meredith, of Montreal.

By noon, when the sad procession was to start for Cataraqui,
there was a large crowd of people on the streets. The cortege
was marshalled in front of the hall, the hearse being covered
with a pall, and drawn by four of Thomas C. Wilson's horses.
The ten pall-bearers were Sir Richard Cartwright, Hon. George
A. Kirkpatrick, the Rev. F. W. Dobbs (St. John's Church),
Rybert Kent, Col. Duff and John Elliott, of this city ; Mr.
Rathbun, Deseronto ; Messrs. Kertland and Blaikie, of Toronto,
and Hon. Christopher F. Eraser, of Brockville. The order of
march was as follows : —

Kingston police.

" A " Battery band.

Men of " A " Battery.

Royal Military College Cadets.

Funeral Director Drennan.

Officiating clergy of the English Church.

Pall-bearers— Hearse— pall-bearers.

Mourners.

Representative of Governor General.

Members of Parliament.

Judges.

Clergy.

United States Consul.

Deputy Ministers.

Kingston Bar.

Military Officers.

Mayor and Corporation of Kingston.

Representatives of Queen's University.

Public School Board.

Deputations from Cities and Towns.

Citizens.

Cabs and Carriages.

The route taken was along Ontario Street to Princess, and
out Prmcess to the cemetery, where the solemn service of the
Church of England was intoned by His Lordship, the Bishop
of Ontario, assisted by the Rev. Canon Smith, of the Cathedral,
and other clergy. The remains were then placed in the vault'
to await the arrival of a son of the deceased, who is at present
m England. The body will then be buried in the family lot
which IS very near that of the Macdonald family. Dr. Jamea
Campbell, father of the Lieutenant-Governor, and two children
a son and daughter, lie buried there, and head stones mark their
resting-place.

NOTICES OF DECEASED.

{Frovi the Empire, May 25, 1892.)

It is very sad to be obliged to announce the death of an old,
tried and faithful servant and representative of the Queen upon
the very day on which the many millions of British citizens
throughout the world were celebrating Her Majesty's birthday.
And the sentiment of the people of Toronto whose social life he
led, of the people of Ontario whose Government he j^resided
over, and of that great part of the Dominion's population to
whom his name was a familiar word, will be profoundly stirred
by the news of the death of S'r Alexander Campbell. By this
sad event, which we record with so much sorrow, is removed
from the social and political life of our country one of its best
known and best esteemed members. Born in England, of Scotch
parentage, but a Canadian by education and lifelong residence.
Sir Alexander Campbell has taken a part in the chief scenes of
our stirring national drama. Curiously enough his first public
position was, as in the case of Sir John Macdonald, that of
alderman for on^ of the city wards of Kingston. A law pupil of
our great leader, he afterwards entered into partnership with
him, and for many years the firm did the largest legal business
in that part of the country. Political honours soon came to the
young lawyer. A Queen's counselship, membership in the old
Legislative Council of Canada in 1858, the Speakership in 1863,
and then a place in the Ministry and in the Conference which
brought about Confederation.

A competent critic describes him in those days as having
most thoroughly the courage of his convictions and no hesitation
in expressing them, but as never permitting his remarks to be
characterized by the acrimonious violence which was then too
much in vogue. He spoke \, ith readiness, but not too frequently,
and was always courteous and urbane. After Confederation, in
1867, Mr. Campbell was called to the Senate, and sat contin-
uously in that body till 1887, when he was appointed Lieutenant-
Governor of Ontario. From 1879 *^o the same date he filled with
^reat credit the position of formal Government leader, though

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practically he had acted in that capacity from the Senate's
creation. As one contemporary writer says :

" The leader of the Conservative Senators speaks well, takes
care to understand what he is talking about, and infuses into
his speeches, when necessary, just as much force as is required
to make them tell on his followers. He was the man for the
situation and has played his part well. '

Sir Alexander Campbell had a long experience of the res-
ponsibilities of Ministerial life. As Re':eiver-General, Postmas-
ter-General, or as Minister of the Interior, of Militia and of
Justice, he held a place continuously in both the Cabinets of Sir
John Macdonald since Confederation, His position as Minister
of Justice in 1886 brought him into connection with the legal
aspects of Louis Kiel's trial for treason, and caused the publica-
tion of a state document in connection with that event which
will hold a high place in Canadian constitutional history.

In 1870 Mr. Campbell was a delegate to Great Britain on
an important diplomatic mission, which resulted ultimately in
the meeting of Commissioners at Washington and the settlement
of the questions then in dispute. Knighted in 1879, on behalf
of Her Majesty by the Governor-General, Sir Alexander was in
1887, together with Mr. Sandford Fleming, appointed Canadian
Representative at the important Imperial Conference which met
that year in London, and from which so many good results in
the way of increased knowledge, extended friendship and closer
inter-British connection are gradually growing.

As the occupant of Government House, Toronto, during
the last four years. Sir Alexander added to the respect in which
he was very generally held, and his death, while regretted by all,
whether they be political friends or opponents, must be said to
close a life of well rounded service to his country and to his
party. Canada needs more such men, and the deaths of Sir
John Macdonald, Sir Antoine Dorion, Hon. Alexander Mac-
kenzie and Sir Alexander Campbell, within twelve months of
each other, cannot but remind us all that the old times are
changing and giving place to new.

The Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario was, indeed, one of
the political landmarks of our day ; a father of Confederation ;
a close friend as well as follower of our great leader ; a man

who was above all things an honest politician, without fear and
without reproach ; one who did his work in life well, and who
carries to the grave the esteem and regret of a great number of
people who may never have personally seen his tall, stately
figure or encountered his pleasant smile and genial words.
General sympathy will be felt for his family in their affliction by
the public of Toronto, as well as by that of a wider sphere.

(From the Mail, Toronto, May 25, 1892.)

The death of the Lieutenant-Governor, which took place
yesterday, was not wholly unexpected. His Honour had been
ailing for a long time ; and it had been feared by those who ap-
preciated the frailty of his condition that he could not long sur-
vive. Towards the close of last year he felt that he was incapa-
citated for business. At that time it v/as his desire to resign ;
but upon the advice of Mr. Mowat he retained his position,
looking for relief at the end of his official term. Rest has now
overtaken him before his duties were completed, and he thus
becomes one of the few Provincial Governors to pass away while
yet in harness. The first Lieutenant-Governor to die in office
was the eloquent Joseph Howe, of Nova Scotia. He was fol-
lowed by Mr. Crawford in Ontario. More recently Mr. McLelan
died m Government House, Halifax, and he again is followed
by an Ontario Governor. One reflection which the demise of
the Governor naturally suggests is th great havoc which during
the past twelve months the Reaper has wrought among our
public men. Sir A. A. Dorion died last June, and Sir John
Macdonald came after him. Thus two great party leaders, one
a Liberal and the other a Conservative, disappeared within a
week of each other. Mr. Mackenzie has only just gone, and
Sir Alexander Campbell has followed. Again two leaders, one
on each side, have died almost together. In each case a man
who has stood prominently before the public, and for many
years, has been taken. Sir Alexander was one of the few
remaining Fathers of Confederation. Like his friend, Sir John
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the period of the perambulatory Parliaments, he passed into the
Legislature, and promptly, owing to his natural abilities and his
gift of speech, took a leading part in the proceedings of the
House. He belonged to several of the pre-Confederation Gov-
ernments ; and, when the Union was being arranged, partici-
pated in the memorable Quebec conference. As a Minister and
a delegate to Quebec, it became his duty to pilot the Confedera-
tion resolutions through the Upper House. This task he per-
formed so well that Sir John Macdonald, recognizing his talent
as a leader in the Senate, retained him in that position until the
Lieutenant-Governorship of Ontario was placed at his disposal.
Sir Alexander was not what may be termed a popular politician,^
for as a Senator he was not brought into contact with the peo-
ple. Had his lot been cast, however, in the representative
Chamber, and had it been his duty to address the electorate
from the platform, his clear and ready utterance would have
won for him, among those who in his later years knew him by
name only, many admirers and friends. But he was a good all-
round parliamentary leader and departmental head. In the
Senate he could debate any subject that was introduced with
perfect ease ; while his general grasp of the business of the
country was such that he could take the management of any
department and conduct its affairs well. Sir Alexander in his
time had been Minister of almost everything, and whether he
was in the Post-Office, in the Department of Justice, or in the
Department of Militia he has been an efficient ruler. On several
occasions he was entrusted with important missions. He went
to England on the Confederation question, and later on he again
appeared in London, this time to make representation on behalf
of Canada touching the relations with the United States, and
the failure of the Imperial Government to secure the recognition
of the Fenian claims. His last official visit to England was in
connection with the Colonial conferenee, in the deliberations of
which he took a leading part. By the death of the Lieutenant-
Governor Canada loses one of the representatives of the political
era which began and ended with Sir John Macdonald.

{From the Globe, Toronto, May 25, 1892.)

Sir Alexander Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario,
died yesterday after a long illness. He had almost completed
his five years' term of office. The office of Lieutenant-Governor
of Ontario has become associated with dignity, liberal hospit-
ality, courtesy and unswerving impartiality, and it is the general
verdict that this honourable tradition was thoroughly well main-
tained by S> Alexander Campbell. As a politician he belonged
to a class of men who do not win a very large following, but
who acquire the esteem of all who come into contact with them,
and who make no enemies. His personal character was high,
and no charge that we are aware of, either of wrong-doing or of
neglect of duty, was ever made against him in any of the
positions which he filled during a public career of 34 years. He
was a staunch, but not aggressive, party man, and his speeches
were remarkable for their tone of unvarying courtesy. To say
of a public man that from youth to old age he served his country
diligently, honestly and honourably, was faithful to his friends
and fair to his foes, is high praise, and such a man was the late
Lieutenant-Governor of this Province.

(From the Montreal Gazette, May 25, 1892.J

The death of Sir Alexander Campbell takes from Canada's
public life a man of the highest character, wide knov/ledge and
many services. It reduces also by one the narrowing circle of
those who sat in the Quebec conference and framed the basis of
the Confederation. Sir Alexander Campbell entered Parliament
in 1858 as an active member of the Legislative Council. He
was appointed Speaker in 1862, and from that time forward
advanced from honour to honour. He w is a member of the
Government of old Canada, and one of those whom Sir John
Macdonald, in 1867, called to assist him in the first ministry of
the Dominion. Since then he has led the Senate as a member
of the Government, and as leader of the Opposition, and
always with skill and courtesy. His elevation to the Lieutenant-
Governorship of Ontario was regarded as a fitting reward for

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long and useful public service. There were some of the older
generation of parliamentarians who enjoyed more personal
popularity, but there were none who gave their country the
benefit of a clearer judgment or a higher purpose to do that
which was right.

(From the Evening Mercury, Guelph, May 25, 1892.)

On the anniversary of the Queen's birthday, within a few
days of the end of his five years' term as Lieutenant-Governor
of Ontario, Sir Alexander Campbell, the present incumbent of
the office, passed quietly away. Though he was not generally
known to the younger generation, in anti-Confederation days
and for a few years after he was a prominent figure in the public
affairs of Ontario and Canada. He was one of the old school
of Conservatives, his family training, traditions and tastes lead-
ing him to support the powers that be, and his whole career
was marked by the utmost respectability and faithfulness to a
high standard of public duty. He took part in the founding of
Confederation, and was ever regarded by the late Sir John A.
Macdonald as one of his most trusted lieutenants, his good
judgment and grasp of public aff"airs making him one of the
best all-round Cabinet officers and departmental heads in the
Conservative ranks. Hj superintended the departments of
Receiver-General, Post Office, Justice, Interior and Militia in
turn, and was the Government leader in the Senate till 1887.
During his occupancy of the Lieutenant-Governorship of the
Province, he so long represented, he has discharged his duties
with the utmost impartiality and courtesy, and his associations
with the Government of Ontario have been of the most pleasant.
He had the esteem of both parties for his public services and
personal character, and his death will be much regretted.

(From the Hamilton Spectator, May 25, 1892.)

The death of Sir Alexander Campbell removes a man who
has taken a very active part in Canadian politics, and who has
rendered valuable services to his country. Though of Scotch

descent, he was born in Yorkshire, England. He came ta
Canada with his father when very young, was educated here,
and studied law in the office of Sir John Macdonald, whose
partner he afterwards was. He entered politics by election to
the Senate from the Cataraqui division in 1858. He was
Speaker of the Senate in 1863, and Commissioner of Crown
Lands from 1864 till the Union ; was a member of the Quebec
Conference which settled the terms of union, and in the first
Dominion Government became Postmaster-General, and after-
wards Minister of the Interior, which office he held till the
resignation of the Government in 1873. On the return of the
Conservatives to power, he was appointed Receiver-General,
and was afterwards Minister of Militia and Minister of Justice.
He was knighted (K.C.M.G.) on the 24th of May, 1879, ^"^
became Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario in 1887, which office
he held till his death.

Sir Alexander Campbell was a man of sound judgment and
practical commonsense. His method was conciliation rather
than force, and he enjoyed the esteem of his political opponents
as well as his political friends. For some months he has been
absolutely incapacitated ior public business by paralysis, and
his death proves to him a happy release from suffering.

(From the Ottawa Citizen.)

The late Sir Alexander Campbell was the sixth Lieutenant-
Governor of the Province of Ontario. The first was Lieut. -
General Stitsted, from July, 1867, to July, 1868 ; second, Hon.
W. P. Howland, from July, 1868, to November, 1873 ^ third,
Hon. J. W. Crawford, from November, 1873, to May, 1875,
when he died ; fourth, Hon. D. A. Macdonald, from May, 1875,
to June, 1880; fifth, Hon. John Beverley Robinson, from June,
1880, to February, 1887, when he was succeeded by Sir Alex-
ander Campbell. The term of a Lieut. -Governor is five years.

Sir Alexander Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario,
died on Tuesday last, at the age of 71, after a lingering illness of

several months. Nearly a year ago His Honour received a
paralytic stroke, and never fully recovered from the effects of it,
but his death was rather unexpected at the last. Sir Alexander
was of Scotch parentage, but, like his old leader. Sir John
Macdonald, and his adviser, Sir Oliver Mowat, he was brought
up in Kingston. He was one of the fathers of Confederation,
having entered the Senate in pre-confederation times. He was
not a noisy politician, and was not heard as much as some
poHticians of less worth and ability ; but his public life was
characterized by a good grasp of all public questions, a fair
amount of ability, and a very fair record as regards honesty and
honourable conduct. He was a gentleman of the olden time,
and he kept his fair name untarnished throughout his whole
political career. He had his share in framing the Quebec
resolutions, which were the basis of the British North America
Act, and had charge of the Act during its course through the
old Upper House of Upper Canada. Since he became
Lieutenant-Governor the official conduct of Sir Alexander has
been faultless. He performed his social duties with liberality
and impartiality, and on no occasion did he ever falter in his
fidelity to his advisers, even when they were running amuck of
his old political friends on such questions as the Boundary
Award and the Streams Bill. His conduct in this respect
stands out in bold relief, when contrasted with the conduct of
the present occupant of the gubernatorial chair in Quebec.

(From the Empire, Toronto, May 26, 1892.)

A correspondent this morning very appropriately calls
attention to the particularly valuable services rendered by the
late Sir Alexander Campbell during his term of the Postmaster-
Generalship from 1867 to 1873, services all the more worthy to
be remembered since the man who performed them was modest
and unassuming, and never practised the art of blowing his own
trumpet. Another most honourable episode in the late Lieu-
tenant-Govenor's official life was his journey to England in 1870
as the authorized spokesman of the Government of Canada.
The official papers, giving full details of this mission, were laid

before Parliament in the following year, and show how faith-
fully and ably the delegate performed his delicate duties. The
time was one of grave anxieties. Confederation was young,
and there was still a good deal of friction. Canada had just
been invaded by the Fenian hordes from the States for the
second time in five years. The interminable fisheries question
was to the front. The withdrawal of British troops was causing
complaint, and a host of questions had to be discussed with the
Imperial authorities. The Cabinet needed a man of parts and
judgment to conduct the negotiations, and they chose Hon.
Alexander Campbell. The selection was richly vindicated.
Writing to the Home Government in June, 1870, Sir John
Young (afterwards Lord Lisgar), then Governor-General,
says : — " Mr. Campbell is the Ministerial leader in the Senate, a
gentleman of ability and standing, and well versed in Canadian
affairs." All the matters then under consideration were put
before the Colonial Office in excellent shape, with the results
that a fisheries commission was agreed upon — the famous
Washington Treaty Commrssion of 1871— compensation for the
Fenian invasion was arranged to form the subject of a bill of
grievances properly drawn up by Canada; a temporary arrange-
ment regarding the withdrawal of troops was reached. Mr,
Campbell's own report to the Governor-General, under date
September 10, 1870, of his negotiations with Lord Kimberley, is
a very interesting state paper, and forms a readable page in the
political history of Canada. Lord Kimberley himself records,
in a communication to Sir John Young, the official recognition
of the Canadian ambassador's acceptability and success in
these words : — " I cannot conclude without acknowledging the
able and temperate manner in which Mr. Campbell brought
under my consideration the various questions which have been
discussed between us." The Minister to whom this tribute was
paid lived to perform many other services to the state, but none
in which his sagacity and worth were displayed to better
advantage.

To the Editor of The Empire :

Sir, — In your lengthy memoir of Sir Alexander Campbell I
fail to see any reference to the most striking and beneficial

reforms inaugurated during his various terms of office as Post-
master-General, and for these alone Canada should always hold
his memory as a statesman in high Honour and esteem.

It was during his term of office as Postmaster-General,
from 1867 to 1873, that a uniform rate in Canada — and to and
from the United States-^was adopted, of three cents per half
ounce as letter postage, and also a single rate of postage, where
it had formerly been double, on book packets, newspapers, etc.,
passing between Canada, England and the United States. I
have now in my possession an autograph letter from Mr. Camp-
bell in answer to one of mine, in which I very strongly — in what
I believed to be the true public interest — urged and advocated
the above-named changes in the postal rates, in which Mr.
Campbell replied that " my suggestions and views would not
fail to receive the best attention and consideration at the hands
of the Post Office Department," and in about a year afterwards
these reforms were carried out and became law. Postal cards
were also introduced by Sir Alexander Campbell in 1871, first
in Canada. There is no reason to doubt, Mr. Editor, that the
late Sir Alexander Campbell was one of the most progressive,
enterprising, and at the same time safest statesman Canada has
ever been blessed with, and the general expressions of sympathy,
respect and regret at his demise are not only fully deserved, but
show also that Canadians know how to estimate true worth and
ability, even when that worth and ability is coupled with
diffidence and modesty. Yours, etc..

Toronto, May 25.

Percy B. Smith.

Funeral Sermon.

The Rev. Dr. Griffith preached in Sydenham Street Meth-
odist Church, Kingston, last night on " Our late Governor,"
taking as his text the 22nd verse of the i3tli chapter of the
Acts of the Apostles : •• And when he had removed him he
raised up unto them David to be their king, to whom also he
gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse,
a man after my own heart, who shall fulfil all my will."

In his opening remarks he dwelt upon the softening influ-
ences which hovered around a deathbed, and compared the
generous impulses which prompted men in the present age to
forget and forgive a brother's sins, after he was gone, with that
intense hatred of other days, which never was assuaged, but
was handed down from generation to generation. Prompted by
this generous spirit of the day, all classes had hastened to do
honour to Sir Alexander Campbell when he was called upon to
lay aside the insignia of his office and gathered to his fathers.
He had been our confession of faith, and in all his untarnished
honour and lifelong integrity it was not amiss that the Sciptural
text chosen should be applied to him. It was the duty of every
man to serve his generation. No matter how humble or how
elevated his sphere might be, there was some work for his hand
to do, and if he failed to perform it he failed to pay a debt he
owed to humanity at large. More practical Christianity was
needed. Some men would give one hundred dollars if they
might save a soul, and yet they would not give ten cents to buy
the possessor of that soul a loaf of bread. The way to the
souls of men was through their bodies, and he who helped to
better the social condition of his brethren was therefore an
important factor in providing for their spiritual well-being. He
who could provide work for one hundred more men in the loco-
motive works, he who could make an acre of land yield two
bushels more of grain, he who could open up the mineral
resources of the country, was a greater public benefactor than
he who endowed charitable institutions.

It was also the duty of every man to love and believe in the
purity and greatness of the generation in which he lived. There
were misanthropes who decried the virtue and integrity of the
nation, but they were men of the Judas stamp. The man, how-
ever, who had faith in his nation and in its integrity, and who
by the light of his own character contributed towards its pro-
gress, was a fruitful source of blessing to his fellow men. Dr.
Griffith continued :

•' Our deplored statesman, Sir Alexander Campbell, who
began his public career as an alderman in our city in 1840,
seems to have imbibed those principles in his youth and to have
clung to them through a long and distinguished career. It falls

to the lot of few men to receive so high a tribute from a paper
so widely circulated and so thorough-going in its opposition to
the party he represented as that accorded him by the daily Globe
of Toronto, and copied by the press of this city. A man who
could win the confidence and esteem of all who came in contact
with him, whose character was so high that amid all the political
hostilities and recriminations of our day no charge could be
brought against him, either for wrongdoing or neglect of duty,
is a distinction few men win, and therefore to be the more highly
valued. A man true to his friends and courteous to his foes
amid the excitement of debate, who from youth to age served
his country with diligence, honesty and integrity, and who,
while still in the discharge of public duty, where the eagle eye
of scrutiny is still directed to every act and work, can win from
his fellow-men so magnanimous a tribute, is the kind of man
this young country needs to win the confidence of her sons at
home and an honourable name abroad. Such characters are
more to a country than broad and extended territory — more
than the froth of a transient fame which may dazzle for a day
and in a day will die. A country's greatest wealth is in the
piety, loyalty and devotion of her sons. She should place her
highest prizes before the men of purest life. Men of all parties
should impress the needed lesson of to-day that character and
not craft is what is demanded by them as a passport to the
highest positions in our land. This famous old city has con-
tributed men who have won fame in every walk in life. In
military, commercial, legal, educational and ecclesiastical depart-
ments, her sons have won her honour. But perhaps she has
gained more distinction along political lines. It falls to the lot
of few cities to gather home two such distinguished statesmen
in so brief a period and number them with her honoured dead,
as has fallen to our lot in the case of the late Sir John A. Mac-
donald and Sir Alexander Campbell, and to mourn another who
began his Canadian life in this city, and who by native worth
and devotion to his country's weal was raised to the highest
place in her gift. I refer to the late Hon. Alexander Mackenzie.
These names are household words in Canadian homes. The
talents of the most astute, the integrity of the honourable, the
piety of the most godly, is none too good for our fair young

Dominion. God never gave a fairer lot to any people. We
have our Sabbath laws and life planted in our lowest strata.
We have our Bible in our homes, and millions of youth in our
Sabbath schools. We have our education diffused to every
hamlet and settlement, and a noble band of teachers, stooping
to the lowest and carrying them forward till they are the peers
of any nation. What we want is more unity of aim, a greater
readiness to see and acknowledge what is good in all, to try if
possible to form an alliance of all good men to promote the con-
cord, stability and progress of our country. By so doing we
shall serve our generation by the will of God, we shall leave the
world better than we found it, we shall leave it in hope that it
shall grow to take its rank among the first powers for the
nobility, patriotism and piely of her sons."

RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY PUBLIC

BODIES.

(Resolution passed by the Toronto City Council.)

The City Council was called together at 2.30 p.m. for the
purpose of attending the funeral in a body. Before starting
out, the following resolution was moved by Aid. Saunders and
seconded by Aid. Lamb :

That it be resolved that the Corporation of the City of
Toronto desire at this meeting of the Council, specially con-
vened, to place on record an expression of the deep sorrow with
which the death of the Honourable Sir Alexander Campbell^
K.C.M.G., Q.C., P.C., Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, is
regarded, not only in this city, but throughout the whole
Dominion. In his death the people mourn the loss of an hon-
ourable gentleman, a worthy citizen and a tried and faithful
friend, taken away at the close of a life spent almost entirely in
the service of his country, where, as a membe md Speaker of
the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, a member of the
Executive Council and a representative uf that Province in the
Council appointed to consider the question of Confederation
and subsequently as Minister of the Interior, Receiver-General,

Minister of Militia and Defence and Postmaster-General in the
Dominion Cabinet, he has earned a foremost place among the
distinguished statesmen of Canada. Fls appointment to the
highest position in the Province upon his retirement from active
public life was universally esteemed as a fitting acknowledgment
of his public services, while his occupancy of the Lieutenant-
Governorship has evidenced his high qualifications as an able
and impartial administrator. Be it also resolved that as a
further mark of respect this Council do now adjourn to pay a
last tribute to his memory by attending in a body the funeral
services to be held this afternoon ; and that a copy of these
resolutions be suitably engrossed and forwarded to the family
of the deceased gentleman, with the respectful expression of the
sincere sympathy and condolence of this Council.

In moving the resolution, Aid. Saunders, Chairman of the
Executive Committee, said they all regretted extremely the
necessity for a meeting such as that for which they had been
summoned. The late Lieutenant-Governor was a man able in
his profession, clever in business, a thorough gei ' ;nan, and a
statesman who had served his country well, Dur his long and'
honourable political career he had filled most ot tuc important
offices in the Cabinet, and it was fitting that his last office
should be that of Lieutenant-Governor of this Province. The
worthy alderman referred to the fact that, within one year, three
of the leading statesmen of the country had passed away, viz. ::
Sir John Macdonald, Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, and now Sir
Alexander Campbell. These statesmen had all served their
country well. Mr. Saunders also referred to the fact that the
late Lieutenant-Governor was well known in Toronto, where
he was most highly respected and where his death was deeply
regretted.

Aid. Lamb made a few appropriate remarks. He said the
late statesman was a man whose career was one to be copied
by young men. He had had a large share in bringing about
the Confederation of the Provinces, and building up this great
Dominion. He also referred to his personal knowledge of the
deceased, which had led him to form a very high estimate of his
abilities and character.

The Council then adjourned and proceeded to the funeraL
The City Hall, as a further mark of respect, was closed for the
rest of the afternoon.

(Resolution passed by the Kingston City Council.)

At a special meeting of the Council of the Corporation of the
City of Kingston, held 25th May, 1892, at the Council Chamber,
City Buildings, tht following Resolution was unanimously
passed : —

This Council has learned with feelings of deepest regret of
the demise of His Honour Sir Alexander Campbell, K.C.M.G.,
Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario, by which
there is brought to a close a most distinguished career of honour-
able and useful service to his country. While the Province at
large mourns the death of its executive head, this city has a
peculiar interest and a peculiar grief in the removal from this
worldly scene of the eminent man who has just gone to his rest,
by reason of the fact that his earlier years were spent here.

In the year 1850 Sir Alexander Campbell, as alderman for
Victoria Ward, entered the Council of the City of Kingston.
He served in that capacity for two years, during which he gave
evidence of that administrative ability and devotion to duty
which he afterwards displayed on a wider arena.

As a distinguished member of the Kingston Bar, the honour-
able gentleman's forensic ability, polished eloquence, and emi-
nent success became historic. In 1858 he was first elected to
the Legislative Council of Canada, and by his commanding
talents, attained high rank among Canadian statesmen. His
administrative tact and energy were Soon called into the public
service, and for many years he was a leading member of the
Government, and colleague as he was th'? lifelong friend of the
late Rt. Hon. Sir John Macdonald.

Like his brilliant leader, it is fitting that the remains of the
deceased gentleman should rest near the scenes of his early
career and triumphs.

(Resolution passed by the Toronto Public School Board.)

A special meeting of the Public School Board was held on
Thursday at 2.30 o'clock p.m. The chairman stated that the
object of the meeting was for the purpose of attending in a body
the funeral of the- late Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of
Ontario. The following resolution was passed, moved by E. P.
Roden, seconded by Dr. Fisher :

That this Board learns, with great regret, of the death of
Sir Alexander Campbell, K.C.B., Lieutenant-Governor of the

Province of Ontario, and desires to record the appreciation by
the Board of the eminent services performed by the deceased in
the interests of our country. Also that, as a mark of respect, a
deputation from this Board do attend the funeral obsequies.

Imperial Loan and Investment Co. of Canada (Limited),

Toronto.

Meeting of the Board, Monday, June 6th, 1892.

Moved by James Sherburn, and seconded by E. H. Kert-
land ;

Resolved, — That at this the first meeting of the Directors
since the death of their President (Sir Alexander Campbell) the
Board desire to express their deep regret, and also to convey
to his family their sincere sympathy with them in this their
great loss.

Carried unanimously.

At a meeting of the Directors of the Boiler Inspection and
Insurance Company of Canada, held on the 30th of May, 1892,.
the following resolution was passed : —

The Directors record their deep sense of the loss they have
sustained by the death of their President, the late Sir Alexander
Campbell, K.C.M.G., who had filled that position ever since the
organization of the Company, rendering to it most valuable help,,
both by his sound and excellent counsels and by his personal
influence, and by his efforts put forth willingly at all times to
promote its interests.

The Directors also record their high esteem and affection;
for their late President, distinguished as he was fov integrity andl
uprightness of character, combined with unfailing urbanity and
courtesy to all associated with him as co-directors or as officers
of the Company. The Directors have also to express their
sincere and heartfelt sympathy with the bereaved and sorrowing
family, and recommend them to the Almighty Comforter, who
alone can bind up the broken in heart and heal the wounded in
spirit.

John L. Blaikie,

Vice-President.

(From the Buffalo Express.)

Sir Alexander Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of the Prov-
ince of Ontario, who died at his home in Toronto on Tuesday,
was one of the few provincial governors whose official terms
were cut short by death. He had been ill since a stroke of
paralysis prostrated him last November, and was restrained from
resigning the Lieutenant-Governorship only by Mr. Mowat, to
whose entreaties he yielded.

Sir Alexander Campbell was of Scotch ancestry, and a Cana-
dian in everything but birth, having come to the provinces in his
second year, from Yorkshire, England, where he was born in
1824. Most of his younger years were spent in Kingston, and,
like Mr. Mowat, he studied law with John A. Macdonald, who
was coming to the front in 1839 when young Campbell took to
Blackstone. In a few years he was doing a greater part of the
lucrative business which came to the firm of Macdonald &
Campbell. In 1858 he entered the Legislative Council, and in
1863 became Speaker. When the Tache-Macdonald Ministry
was formed he became Commissioner of Crown Lands, and was
a member of every Conservative Ministry from that time until
his retirement from political life. He resigned his seat in the
Senate and his place in the Cabinet on February 8, 1887, and
was appointed Lieutenant-Governor, June i, 1887. His term of
office as Lieutenant-Governor would have expired on Tuesday
next.

Sir Alexander was entitled to the name of statesmau. He
was courageous, prudent, firm and vigilant, a clear headed m n,
and a good parliamentary leader.

SPEECH

Delivered at the Jubilee Service at the Metropolitan

Church, Toronto.

Sir Alexander Campbell, who was warmly received, said :
Ladies and gentlemen, — You have read so much within the past
few weeks on the subject of the Queen's Jubilee Lhat it would be
.worse than idle on my part to attempt to do anything more
than in a very general way seek to vivify your thoughts on the
subject. I am much honoured in being invited to assist at your
services. No method of offering our thanksgiving could, I
think, commend itself more to good sense and good taste than
that which you have adopted. It is an appeal to the under-
standing and the imagination as affected by grand music, and of
all others is, I think, the celebration which Her Majesty herself
would have chosen had she had the selection. The Queen's
reign of half a century has been an infinite blessing to her
subjects. The growth of religion, of literature, of art and
science, the almost miraculous discoveries, the wonderful engin-
eering feats which have marked it, and the increased diffusion
of wealth, of food, of knowledge and of comfort amongst the
masse?, have not only advanced in great strides the capabilities
and powers of ihe human race, but have largely added to the
happiness of millions of her subjects. For all the blessings we
have enjoyed our songs of thanksgiving are justly due. With
what language shall we speak on such an occasion as this of the
immensity of the Empire which enjoys the blessings and unites
with us in the thanksgiving. A few weeks ago, with a number
of my fellow-subjects, I attended the Colonial Conference in
London. We were assembled from various parts of the world
— from Canada, from the Colonies of the Australian Continent,
from Tasmania and New Zealand, from the Cape Colony and
Natal, in Africa, and from a number of Ciown Colonies
scattered over the ocean — the Bahamas, Trinidad, the Mauritius,
Ceylon and Hong-Kong, all in obedience to a simple summons

of Her Majesty. Amongst other duties we presented an address
to the Queen, who received us, surrounded by the officers of her
household in that most royal of residences Windsor Castle.
The address which we presented, in seeking to bring into relief
the remarkable position which Her Majesty occupies, said in
simple language : •' Your Majesty has witnessed the number of
your Colonial subjects of European descent increase from under
2,000,000 to 9,000,000 ; and of Asiatic race in your Indian
Empire, from 96,000,000 to 254,000,000, and of other peoples in
your colonies and dependencies, from 2,000,000 to 7,000,000.
The area now governed by Your Majesty in India is 1,380,000
square miles, and in your Colonies 7,000,000 square miles. The
increase of trade, of shipping and of revenue has been in pro-
portion to that of population ; and no one in your wide
dominions is subject to any other sway than that of even and
impartial law."

This language will help us to realize what millions unite
with us in our thankfulness and in our hopes — but let our
fellow-subjects of other countries and races sing the paeans of
her praise on the grandeur of the Empire, to which nothing of
which we have read in ancient or modern history will bear any
comparison — let us as Canadians dwell for a few moments on
the changes which have taken place in Canada during her reign.
Few of us can remember the Queen's accession in 1837, but
some of us can. Amongst them are my friend Mr. Mowat and
myself. I recall vividly — I have no doubt he can also — the
humble efforts at Kingston to do her honour which were then
made. What changes have since taken place ! We older
people have seen them and they are marked in our memories,
but it is exceedingly difficult to convey any picture of them,
however feeble, to those who are haply less advanced in life.
The population of Toronto in 1837 was 13,000 ; it is to-day
120,000 and upwards. The whole population of Upper Canada
was then only 397,430 ; it is now upwards of 2,000,000. The
greater part of the country by far was an unbroken forest.
There was not a mile of railway where now there are 5,268 ;
there was not a macadamized, hardly an improved, road. Two
years before I had been nearly three days myself in travelling
between Hamilton and London. We crossed, I remember,

eleven miles of swamp in one place on logs laid transversely on
the way, called corduroy road. My errand was to visit two
relatives, farmers, in the Township of Nissouri, on the banks of
the Thames. We forded the river twice to reach my uncle's
dwelling. The stumps were still in the streets of London.
The Immigrant's journey from Montreal to the place where we
sit is thus described by a contemporary writer :

" Passage from Montreal to Prescott, 130 miles, performed
in eight days ; cost of passage, £\ ; provisions, £% ; delay at
Prescott waiting for steamer, two days, £"3 ; from Prescott to
Kingston, twelve hours ; delay at Kingston waiting for steam-
boats which run only three times a month, say five days, £% ;
expenses from Kingston to York (Toronto), £15 ; expenses from
York to nearest Government land, £io."

We have here a total of twenty-one days, allowing five days
for passage from Kingston to York, delay in York, and time
taken in the home-coming co the forest. The time taken
between these points is now so short that a man may get to bed
in a sleeper in Montreal at a reasonably late hour in the evening
and be in Toronto for early breakfast. A friend recently sent
me a number of old letters for perusal. They are interesting
as illustrating the progress which British North America has
made. One of them is dated Port Burwell, London District,
Canada West, 1842, and is addressed to Joshua Huestis, Wal-
lace County, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. By the post office
stamps I see that it was mailed 20th June, and arrived at
Quebec July 2nd, having been twelve days in making the
transit. The date of its arrival is blurred, but in answering it
Mr. Huestis, under date 27th July, says he received it " last
Thursday." Consulting the perpetual almanac I find that the
Thursday named would be 21st July, so that the letter took
nineteen days to reach its destination from Quebec, and thirty-
one days from Port Burwell. Contrast that with present speed.
Looking again at the letter, I find that it cost is. 8d. to have
conveyed from Port Burwell to Quebec, and is. 8d. thence to
Wallace, or 3s in all. It would now be taken for three cents, or
one-twentieth of what it then cost. The number of common
schools in 1838 was 771 ; in 1842 there were 1,721 ; in 1844
there were 2,565 ; in 1875 there were 4,858 ; and in 1885 the

number rose to 5,058. Consider Ontario from end to end, as it
is now — its population of two millions and upwards, its com-
merce, its cultivated farms, its railways, its churches, its univer-
sities, colleges and schools, its cities, towns and villages, and
remember that all that the hand of man has accomplished has
been done in our Queen's reign, save the comparatively small
attacks on the primeval forest which had been made anterior to
1837. We are blessed with peace and abundance, and every
man rejoices under his own roof-tree. Have we not, then,
special and abundant reason to be thankful to Almighty God
for the blessings we enjoy ? We often give vent to our thank-
fulness as a people, by uniting in the National Anthem, and
why ? We revere the Queen as the representative of the
Nation, as the living type and emblem of all the achievements .
of our race in literature, in the arts, in arms ; of the liberty of
conscience we prize, of the priceless freedom we enjoy, of the
struggles by which they have been won, of all that has been
done and suffered during a thousand years to make our country
great and free — in a word, because she is the symbol of our
nationality. We love her for herself, for the manner in which
she has discharged the duties of her high station, for her
domestic virtues, for the illustrious example which she has set
to her people and the world, for the affectionate sympathy which
on all occasions of special suffering or sorrow she has shown
towards her subjects of low as well as of high degree, for her
love of peace, for her constitutional rule, for the grand sim-
plicity of her life. We yield them no unreasoning devotion
when with heart and voice we sing and pray " God save the
Queen."

" O God of Bethel, by whose hand Thy people still are fed.
Who through this weary pilgrimage hast all Thy people led ;
Our vows, our prayers we now present before Thy throne of grace.
God of our fathers, be the God of their succeeding race."

SPEECHES ON THE DEATH OF SIR
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.

(From the Senate Debates, Ottawa, Tuesday, May 31, 1892).

The Late Sir Alexander Campbell.

Hon. Sir John Abbott — Before the Orders of the Day are
called 1 desire to call the attention of the House for a moment to
a mournful event which has occurred since this House adjourned.
The late Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, as y/e unfortunately
all know, suddenly departed this life, after a long and painful
illness, a few days ago, and as he probably was more an object
of interest in connection with the House than any gentleman
who has the honour of belonging to it, I think it would be only
right, and in accordance with the feelings of every member of
the Senate, if I take the liberty of stating to the House the
strong sentiment of regret which I feel, and in which I am sure
the House participates, at the death of our late hon. colleague.
The Hon. Sir Alex. Campbell requires no eulogium from me.
He has been before the eyes of the country and the eyes of
Parliament for some thirty years, and he has filled almost everj'
one of the high offices of the Government, and all with equal
success. Whatever he has put his hand to he has done well.
He was a man with an extraordinarily clear intellect, a manly,
straightforward politician, a man who had the esteem of every
one who met him, and of every one who had occasion to "trans-
act business with him or with the departments over which he
presided. I do not propose to indulge in any long speech on the
subject, but I know the House will agree with me in expressing
their strong sympathy with hts family and our regret at his loss.

Hon. Mr. Scott — I am sure that we all join in the remarks
that have fallen from the leader of the Government in reference
to the lamented death of Sir Alex. Campbell. He was personally
a friend of every gentleman of this Chamber who had the plea-
sure of sitting in the House with him. He had, by his courtesy

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and consideration, his kindly disposition, exhibited on all occa-
sions, earned the esteem, respect and personal regard of every
member of this Chamber who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
I have known him myself for a very long period — over thirty
years. I think it is over thirty years since he first entered the
Legislative Council of the old Province of Canada, and from
the time he entered public life to the time that he left this
Chamber he made day by day friends of everyone. He was
a man of not only high attainments, but of such marked personal
characteristics as won the esteem and respect of all who were
brought under the influence of his presence. I am quite sure
that we all join in expressing our deepest regret at his sad end*

Hon. Mr. Miller — I would not be doing justice to my own
feelings if I failed to express my sorrow on this occasion, and
add my tribute of respect to the memory of the distinguished
statesman, who, " full of years and full of honours," has gone to
his long rest. After filling with marked ability an unusually
large number of the highest offices in the gift of his adopted
country, the late Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario has passed off
the stage of life with an unsullied name, respected by the people
and honoured by his Sovereign, both of whom he faithfully
served. The eminent services rendered by the late Sir Alex-
ander Campbell to this country are too well known to the people
of Canada to require mention at such a time as this, and the
great questions with which his name has been honourably con-
nected during an eventful period in our national existence are
matters of history. The deceased statesman was one of the
fathers of Confederation ; he was a prominent individuality in
the galaxy of able, patriotic and far-seeing men, who accom-
plished the union of these Provinces ; and it developed upon
him afterwards to guide, or help to guide, the public affairs of
the Dominion, in some of its most perilous times and trials. In
every position to which he was called he proved himself equal to
the duties of the situation ; in every difficulty which he had to
meet, equal to every emergency. His clear mind, his sound
judgment, his great experience, his wide knowledge of political
questions, his urbanity of manner, and genuine kindness of hearty
were all well known to those of us who followed his successful

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leadership in this House for twenty years, and I believe were as
sincerely acknowledged by his political opponents, among whom
I do not think he had a personal enemy. As a political leader
he had many attractive qualities, both of head and heart, that
endeared him to his friends. Always interested in subjects that
interested his followers, he aided and encouraged them in their
eftorts of usefulness and distinction as members of this Senate,
whose value, as a co-ordinate branch of the Legislature, he esti-
mated in the true spirit of that constitution he had helped to
frame. Always moderate and conciliatory, but at the same time
firm in his own views, he was patient, tolerant and respectful
towards the opinions of those who differed from him, whether
supporters or opponents. As a public man Sir Alexander
Campbell had lofty ideas of duty and honour. He was always
ready to say and do what he thought was right, regardless of
consequences, and not counting whether it brought him applause
or unpopularity. I never knew a man who attained to his emin-
ence in the public life of Canada, who had less of the demagogue
in his nature than our lamented leader. One of nature's noble-
men, he scorned everything mean, timeserving or dishonourable,
and his brilliant public record, and lengthy period of official ser-
vice, are unmarked by a single blemish or a serious mistake.
We all thought, when he left this Chamber, that his loss was
irreparable, and that as a leader of the Senate we should never
see his like again, and in all respects perhaps we may not. But
some at least of the lessons of life are easily learned, and one of
the plainest of them is, that, in the wise dispensations of Pro-
vidence, no man's existence is an absolute necessity in the pro-
gress of human affairs ; and so, after a while, we saw, with equal
surprise and satisfaction to all of us. Sir Alexander's successor
take up his mantle, and wear it with credit to himself and advan-
tage to the State.

While Sir Alexander Campbell's high character, fine talents
and general endowments everywhere commanded respect, it was
as a genial companion when the restraints and cares of official
station were thrown off; as a generous dispenser of the social
duties of his position — as a matchless host, while health remained
to him, that the charming qualities of our late leader so universally
endeared him to his friends and acquaintances. Whether in office

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or out of office, whether salaried or unsalaried, there was never a
session of this House while he continued a member of it, that he
did not gather his colleagues without distinction of party around
his hospitable board ; and his uniform efforts to soften the asperi-
ties of public life, and promote harmony and kind feeling within
the range of his influence, all of us who knew him can readily
recollect and attest. His kindly smile, his pleasant words — his
ever-welcome countenance — his cheerful greetings and friendly
sympathies, we shall never know again, but the remembrance of
these things will, I am sure, be cherished by us all.

But the dead statesman who had endeared himself to all his
colleagues in this body, had special claims on my respect and
attachment, because for many years, and until the hour of his
death, I had the happiness of enjoying his friendship and con-
fidence in more than an ordinary degree, and it was largely
through his influence I had the honour of occupying the Chair
of the Senate. The many acts of kindness, of which I was the
recipient at his hands, unknown to others, are deeply engraven
on my memory, and shall ever be held in grateful recollection.

A year has not yet elapsed since his illustrious chief was
borne, amidst a nation's weepings, to his last resting place, and
now both of these great men, who acted such conspicuous parts,
with unmeasured benefit to their country, for so many years, in its
public affairs — and who were so much united in life by patrio-
tic deeds and common purposes, indelibly recorded in some
of the brightest pages of Canadian history — in death may truly
be said not to be divided, for their ashes repose together in the
quiet cemetery of Cataraqui, near the city of their earliest scenes
and associations, in the great Province they both loved so well
and served so faithfully ; and to whose annals, as well as \o
those of the whole Dominion, their noble records have added
undying lustre. It is with heartfelt emotion I pay my tribute of
respect and affection to the memory of my departed friend — the
last of our illustrious dead.

Hon. Mr. Power — To attempt to say over again what has
been so well said by the hon. gentlemen who have just spoken,
would be an attempt to paint the lily or gild refined gold. I
think there is a special reason why more should be said about

the departed Governor of Ontario than about other public men
who have gone from amongst us in the past, and that reason is
that Sir Alexander Campbell's whole political career was passed
in the Upper House, and consequently the public at large who
generally know very little, I regret to say, about what takes
place in the Upper House, did not appreciate the deceased gen-
tleman at his proper value at all — even people who are fairly
familiar with public men were not aware of his marked ability
and statesmanlike capacity. I think that one of the most
remarkable things about Sir Alexander Campbell was his won-
derful capacity for transacting public business. There are, of
course, a great many hon. gentlemen in this House who remem-
ber what ability he showed in disposing of the business of the
Senate. We sometimes thought he got it through a little too
quickly, and did not sufficiently encourage discussion ; but the
truth was that Sir Alexander Campbell had no personal vanity him
self. Although he was an admirable speaker, he did not wish to
exhibit his own powers in that direction, and he never prolonged
discussion unduly. Not only did he show ability in the Senate,
but in every department over which he presided — and I think
he presided over at least one-half of the departments of the
Government at one time or another — and I have found from
conversation with his subordinates that in every one of those
departments he. left the same record, that he was an admirable
chief and showed wonderful capacity for transacting public
business. There is another reason, which has been dealt upon
by the hon. gentleman who has just preceded me, why something
more than a mere passing notice should be taken of the death of
Sir Alexander Campbell, and that was, that he was an instance —
and I regret to say that these instances are more rare than we
could wish in recent Canadian politics — of one who followed the
example of the best type of English ■ public men. He was
thoroughly imbued with English constitutional parliamentary
instincts and traditions. He was tolerant of those who differed
from him, and, as has been well said, he had no bitter party feel-
ings whatever, and was not disposed at all to regard men who
differed from him in politics as being either personal or social
enemies. He treated every member of the House who treated
him with anything like courtesy in the most courteous and

friendly way. As leader of the Senate, nearly every hon. gentle-
man here had opportunities of seeing him, that is when he led
for the Government, and nearly all of us can testify to his
ability in that way ; but I think myself the manner in which Sir
Alexander Campbell led the Opposition indicated a higher type
of ability. He occupied a very peculiar position. He was
leader of the Opposition in this House, the Opposition at the
time being considerably strop han the Government, and a
less moderate and less judiciov nan might have made things
very unpleasant to the Government and injurious to the public
interest ; but Sir Alexander Campbell so conducted his Opposi-
tion that the Government had, during all the years which he
opposed them, hardly any reasonable ground to complain of the
course the Opposition took. I think the manner in which he
led the Opposition in this House was highly creditable to him,
and deserving of imitation. Then, when his health began to
fail, and he sought refuge in the dignified retirement of the
Lieutenant-Governorship, he was a model Governor. The men
opposed to him, as well as those who agreed with him in politics,
united in saying that. He was a 'constitutional English Governor.
The idea of intriguing against ' jovernment would never have
crossed the mind of Sir Alexa "ampbell. Allusion has been

made to the gentleman who was his colleague for so many years
in the Government. It strikes me that in one respect, at any
rate. Sir Alexander Campbell was like the great Liberal leader,
whose opponent he had been for so many years, and who died a
few weeks before him : that people of all shades of politics, those
who opposed him as well as those who supported him, respected
him, and those who knew him loved him, and all united in
testifying their respect and love on the occasion of his departure.