Memories of Canada and Scotland Speeches and Verses

idens were

m the warr

" but loved th

hafts her

here is m

ast of tri

es, and mig

er more b

ntress fou

her heart'

re along

eed the sou

the Black

ance and s

love they won

ssed with

, ON THE PA

onk, whose fa

Indians' chil

ds to toil t

em the Buil

ought! as no

hite walls

em for God

lory of N

Gabriel,

oly bells

et proud a

nd the hours

them clos

in the chur

eathen lands

h to judgm

briel in h

ints this m

Angelus

ay that d

ut the nig

ened world

h the near s

lfry's go

e, whose loves

nish pride

s and wealth

ssions of

h these bells

n their gl

what were h

ornaments

e, that to

ood as tou

ek for lov

orrow, al

h human lo

n the thr

ake his life

rough a wom

ot a Lord

of memor

love in li

hath broug

ish to hav

eems her voi

e Lord hath

art hath u

AG

wful, falling

air, and whose

volleying foam l

autiful the floo

their rushing

ness and the

d and rainbow

torture of the

venging streams

e ark upon th

precipice in

rrents gave ma

s mighty, on

d, in thunder,

IEF M

THE AMERICAN NOR

aks a rock, he

frontier of o

tremendous sc

ow, and square a

e its buttres

orth or south; b

here two sovere

is peace, bef

dian mystics, f

se to distant s

gold, to be

oor in shadowed

ons' sundered

emories from on

U

n the vessel'

had kissed the

Columbus wit

l barks toward t

ring, though all

mutineers th

d to which their

ontinents the

olden promise

crew, and calle

ashes only ho

im horizon w

aiming to the

irs, because one

PROVINCE

er the Princess, one of whose

e love which t

land of freedo

t, and for its

ame to be her

it be! Her f

o three ocean

loveliness e'e

hamlet to

as blades of

eaves in dista

hear the giant

waters, bringing

name,-the land o

ughter of our

RS

OM HIGHLAN

IC L

vage Tale

e than Wrat

its fierce

note com

e their natu

e the mind

ightful veng

ose who ca

ng the ho

use of crim

fe-deeds! the

ommon fo

man in fi

res, from S

loved the

more than l

LH

e, tall, la

und by mou

ruined, st

ins and win

tered life

one in e

able, brok

aithful l

ed "the Swa

nnals of

d, was gent

Orchy's w

ght, his sire

love and

ife gave h

with the so

ew, and brav

n him a m

ce-then lo

him the O

from ov

y for Chr

ope, 'neath

for the gr

ith his w

marriage ri

od his name

hers, engra

ngs reach t

th." But she

I'll believ

ear not se

ed the lad

w, and bro

oving word

linger i

ssed the yea

w him, whos

white walls,

d feared by

r island sa

gardens h

her sun, hi

to his

ached her n

re, and ni

sunshine

darkened o

her lot w

alth is he

ds no truth

ve in plea

ength from go

ross her wea

her haunt

ght and se

from th

o a Baro

ubtle treas

ark Colin

base and cr

on the ac

ear by year

ayed the l

rtless seas

in were n

his suit se

she bent

ly, laughin

Baron ho

d: "No, for

build a c

lls are buil

ests can pra

st-smoke fro

en the da

lding rose

tairway, ke

tone compl

the wed

ome, and n

God avert

longing fo

asting o'e

astle's ne

follow thro

e reflects

second h

re they laugh

ggar, hag

ain the sto

lting by

hed the Cas

in its arc

in the pat

step asi

nchman rude

ce," but sti

ave him bre

, you have

others, i

read and me

why stand y

annot make

her own hand

Lady her

ent she whe

tood withi

urs the cr

e the cup

olden circ

re that glea

e grasped

to the l

, and cryi

gar's brea

adly: "Has

heart I lo

old me-that

ove my d

ife, my fo

m I made

hed the Orc

mour base

, or cared

ved no wo

lover's do

or my wealt

gudewife said

e; and se

edding smok

which thou h

put our r

e as one

sed her face

o her ser

ere the Bar

him alon

l them qui

in his ow

aitor, puls

ove, but c

gar found t

oble hear

ove no time

ved, and ho

des and in

hall his n

CH

RT

hrouds of mi

untains fro

alleys of t

wn, their v

orn are hoar

Búy's an

ase the gues

the cour

voices could

oors of st

each iro

patient

aiting for

hiefs impe

ive from hil

s the watc

paths as wit

ourage, spe

h, a man

h a cross

d that glade

eril let

ief, while i

the hun

y the gree

airies danc

id the oak

beaters i

them, rus

driven he

ntlers toss

inter of

s the vass

t the li

ed by Eacha

nd, and shou

woman! use

ed you th

swer! Hark,

aff and bin

s with the

ter's stron

thongs from

chieftain's

score stags ha

number on

ipes of this

us this br

úy! faint

art, once le

ielded lif

for thine

u that no h

ghty breast

men, like do

ws but winc

he dangero

inds befor

ged like cre

and plank

l his kin

pt the clans

hee in ev

ee from harm

ns and hills

lades of sw

t with thee

glory wit

aters ro

, then blan

ds Ben More

under from

w fear nev

w 'neath an

s, to speak

t reveng

RT

any years ha

hiefs old

youth again

irth of hi

ll his days

t his nat

ofter grown

ke of that

a huntin

Búy and

, his guests

er a copp

n its oake

waters t

the Chief

child watc

, on the sh

eyond is

peaks of J

er holy

reener fiel

o the far

lands of

n with swo

l that once

iefs benea

cient Roy

les had p

athlin to t

to the l

past the Al

ruled lan

Lismore, a

umrae, Mul

ra, Lew's

hen one b

sles that,

arlaw, Scot

heir fierce

ed disastr

aching of

a's cree

for men t

ning bran

g the name

mbered in

reat Clan,

e of stron

y, like he

nature lik

eagle-spi

er herita

l the vass

to the gr

n his peopl

their hear

ty guards h

e hath n

althily gli

arm around

an, who ha

on a help

and fast

iff o'erha

ea-birds screa

his throa

ns, and to

scorn and

unishment t

e all ther

edom, or t

ls from yo

strokes in

vest, blow

oured, on t

let me fr

his powe

hief, with

them all

d stroke f

the voice o

Eachan's l

and dishono

n comes

e is not c

saw in du

ed his vict

hrough the

eard a yell

urned awa

zed again w

ight but cl

rderer dar

youthful s

rone of t

ge of Quic

STRAIT OF

of the Feinne this le

fought and won, and a

n's shores had giv

swords of old were m

bravest hand, and no

n gallant fight was f

was to give, when fo

and to chiefs and

sat, and ate the mea

ll laid on pits half fil

ring roof of turf tha

roasted whole, with

th laugh and jest, gave

guard the while, and ga

nd keenly eyed, sent

n the sea, with No

, although behind they

bathing red the fair

, and music's notes

itself half seemed a

n from the clouds the ha

'er shoulders broad, an

un

touched lay yet upon

lichened rock, or P

l ruddy gold, there

o share alike, and b

filled his hands, fo

n guard who stood to w

y vigil o'er, they,

iendship counts, when p

o hand for them had

uch men of greed all f

th us in peace, how sh

o blind the eyes to au

y forgotten thus we

's distant shore, and

in Norway's realm, an

Norway's queen, a sud

rom the King, and soo

enger of ill, a

ochlin's King, was

t insult's stroke wit

rolled to waves that

painted shield beneat

agon in war, in b

om many a mast his b

set to sea, and sc

e on fiord and loch al

aw them pass, where on

f mighty swans, fast

s note their oath ra

uld bend and break bef

still they steered,

one great ship was

which she drove and

y's Crag and Port, an

g all her crew, and

tents were set, thic

inne that day, Kin

e or abide the har

Fionn's strait, for

t, far away were hu

nd feeble folk alone

how to blind the s

: "We are weak. By the

y store of gold the b

not avail," they

ghter as the price, ou

n offered these bef

from Norway's King: "I

before you now, my

Feinne as slaves in

enger in haste, an

ed by the strong, ag

he forest soon he s

in front of all he

t hunters came, he t

with them this day up

ground whose strength wo

ll gathering might gav

s deep, where firs ab

t glowed at eve the d

they watched, while ru

a peak appeared to

ledges, strewn with j

ight send a mass on

uring hills the mount

the grey cloud mists

fort The Feinne in

ll Alban's realm thei

f deep Glencoe the wa

ave in fight the me

, and the chief sent f

chosen band, his wo

g son, to speak on h

e king's black thought,

ke ivy wreath, o'er he

ike nestling birds, wou

rthmen's greed should

precious belts, and ma

all disease to vig

f iron grey, and hunt

with good herds, and co

upon a horse, and b

at her rein, his co

e fleet and camp thic

oung Fergus spake ac

foremost stood with

tribute rich, and t

a silence fell, and

ice rang forth: "Le

earth, and here le

efore me here upon

ir knees to me swea

e make I shall abov

em at my feet, if so

the lady's voice, "

road salt seas brough

y father's knees to b

call me bride, or s

r horse and went, but

or the chief, and f

oe, and fought unt

il their advice to

himself defy the k

inst sevenscore con

ht, and Aildé fell

al fight, for great

ered Fionn long, and

enture great, and d

Morna, named at Fio

force, back drove the

and as strong was

words were best, whe

y cried his men s

ye sevenscore 'gainst

d flowed in streams,

of the Feinne their

like gleams of light

wind and sun where ba

y did Eragon the s

eir mighty blades asc

r king in death, and

went the day; and of

h to the shore they

galleys twain alone

r reached a port, s

gon revenged the d

the Feinne for all

from that time his fo

qual strength the Fe

of Aildé's love, and

om oral recitation in Gaelic in 1860. Translated by H.

RMOR

5

r and haze o

ies and the

hat drifts, phan

s the grey c

ome the winds

to the rocks

g them a wreck

y of the t

oming dark i

but a gall

has long batte

each yard and

the surf-be

pon Morve

, for her rudd

the steer

h, no cloud,

n the height

how steep ar

ike a fores

rom the gales

er and calm

amed after

f Our Lady"

in that haven

e of the wood

h of the fore

rfall's son

her masts ri

s the blest

'er the stern

our Peace thro

their ori

r bright robes

rror the gall

and the face

that sign a

and the crim

front the foes

sh be chased

on the he

shall thund

ph through in

th and King P

f dark mouths

ith sulphu

stretching fort

ask the pres

nd surcease o

all war f

and the pin

of a sun

he dark-vis

ng the mists

ing from gobl

ef, Don Fereij

essel named the "Florida" in the Armada, was a small ship which came safely back to Santander Roads after the destruction of the fleet. No

of the men to

he smoke of

the shore an

for the red

y fled from

ness arro

y received

ly claimed a

d the Islesm

ou demand a

e's free fav

ht by your go

with the sa

nd away on

weet girls sha

red locks o

he dark nar

gropes, dow

and one a

can his ha

to the riggi

of white canv

the anchor'

pled on deck

he huge bowspr

n majestic

vast, gilde

asses forth,

till paint al

er banners

d her gold, a

ike a gorg

and a roar, an

d spread far

lack, and rugge

und on the w

ins sent back

all time th

that pealed

rbour of "M

K, ISLE

among the

ered fro

which lies

their tal

d a state

the wate

ated swe

s from yo

he holy

r cloud w

en where

s to God

ls took up

their eme

ey loved, wou

er accen

beside a

wing fro

n long p

her sain

dreams '

d task a

unchange

Spring's

ll with jo

er her

rently and

its taintl

she knew

oned to

round he

that hi

y follo

he life s

e a flowe

tered con

land's times

, feud,

e became

and strife

each dark-

ght an a

d in love a

y maid

y were the

those da

need ne'er

garment

en life

ith gladne

s seemed t

e of God

iness i

ery tri

at lies a

den in a

was pure

in though

where far

nuns left

but flew

friend-cir

one loved h

was love

its beauteo

's unceas

through whispe

tal load

to bring t

the ligh

it bright

hallowin

a gorgeo

ther int

old stars

n a Sist

e joy had

ue once h

eir Lord

for things

the strea

its wo

t pools, d

ering wa

ed by moor

the growt

he quakin

floods w

ng, sprea

he chal

ir Well, t

where it

the carel

e hill's

hich works

had slo

knows no

ions stro

y deepe

se dark w

an awful

the windo

and jest

r hour ha

on sin d

ist's birth

their banks

their rag

of all t

a few hou

wide Loch

d heaven

now are h

he wild

sigh lou

se, and rus

hat when

the wate

, mid soun

serere'

tly, stra

Loch's da

above,

hts that

ch ghastl

he night

of our s

the noont

ky's tende

strong fl

s etern

th His mi

heir myst

and flow

the hue

eir depths

ow, swift

w to kis

pling ge

saint's

er's eye

those wa

of that pr

hath worke

ADY'S

eye had se

art's l

sail half-ra

by green

ah, Ah

s your bo

joy shall li

spray-st

trees upo

and fro,

rds cry sad

ven, wher

yon dim mai

ed your ke

of the load

er load y

that, which

rts alone

one oft-br

uent foun

s dark and

ough drift

rock white

in wind

be a lea

of rock

some being

from th

e sail, out o

the leew

Heaven! lo

ks that ro

woman, d

s my sis

y at the

ing ledge

urf that swe

s, but n

is at h

her up

Duart now

ses he

Inveraray'

he feared

h's notes we

ay's wat

s there hav

for fait

would that

ak her gr

er chamber

nt tears w

wrong where lo

ty crue

stair, of g

led piteo

h tore the h

o'er moun

n burns in f

hed into

rock, of

was lef

seemed to whe

a shudde

heard the

she shrin

there, like

ous billow

ght and wind

her hope

ng, she awok

pt a ha

uld she acc

he vengea

ark eve at

he old d

ome whisper

er leave

nd entering

ith stern

me, and o'e

ered "Sis

ur veil abo

ble when

omes in mour

he takes

us why your

ds and kin

great, my w

r week th

weet eyes, a

to your

he arras d

ith wake l

archway's

a white-cr

rose; his

e a marsh

back, still r

y of th

the silence b

that lad

guest with

the pangs

m far, bring

y goblet

ised her ha

y veil s

reeled as f

d as at

glance o'er

thly pal

s out, ah cu

ah cri

shall be no

mask yo

tality's

ds your li

aints you ye

eance of

*

urgh Dua

wn the sha

n glints on r

t Giles'

ep is on t

hmen hea

in blood lies

ah pas

OF THE IR

ef of Diar

lone to

heath, and

ain-mailed

y the treac

th, and da

arrows' r

inted helm

ard leaped,

own the swo

ont the l

ach the h

on the mo

ll a wat

d, yet ne

ot pursuit

thed his ba

saw great C

cried he:

then to

circling ho

oven wall

nd he stood

n his limb

ud-built c

unset's f

ot for mo

rmour, wrapp

the wreath

ugh the wal

seven, o

ough the lak

ters where

ell again

rows his

darkness hi

rs their le

rides to

have passed

nt his daun

e Iron shir

Erse, the

race of an

such mem

ar o'er ge

ons to hav

ill its goa

'en than

ERA

anse the stain

d at last fr

hereafter ti

on earth ha

e strength w

our good

gs vain, impo

h their bur

es not clothe t

in the world

e lies open

as no secr

how rarely

e lost pres

its purpose

rt, or warn

half breathed

to utter t

arth's just

ms of mist

our belief m

ded on wit

nd no tomb e

when corru

nd oh swiftl

of the mur

ed for ever

far ocea

as once fled f

d's assassi

where all m

and justi

nverawe, giv

a man's bloo

t you will n

by the dear

in his kindne

ard the voice

lies slain! C

by the steep

his oath he

ught a dream

pale image st

he had love

nverawe, giv

whom blood h

his guest, sa

dear voice

by the light

been passed

n the cave in

allow yo

the vision

of the darkn

nverawe, giv

whom blood h

he cave was

for the murd

came again i

its breast a

nverawe," ag

of the ech

s been shed,

deroga w

in wonde

ng to many

named place fo

as in drea

sh a disma

gay hearts t

n the prize

of death o

the march, i

would repe

fore-ordaine

to the Dark R

awaiting t

r the wild

o'er Ameri

om the guns'

one evening

n the calm

t two armies

s of Britai

rs slumbered,

es at watch

long lines of

in their bi

e your sleep e

e or our death

ried; "soon

t is new sh

of that nigh

ly, and sle

ed to where,

would be so

h a pale ra

er the black

h the pines s

the radian

eet heaven, wh

rison-bars co

lo, he though

rom that s

s a lumino

n the star

o him close, a

that he saw

f the dread

ut bedabbl

ched his hand,

d like mist

of his comrad

you deceived

from my ears

that was name

deroga, th

n the morr

d the Phantom

n our column

ght the hell

t and Highl

ere the trenche

of the lon

how sadly

was gather

ey thought of

e brave hearts

ed again th

he deathle

nd that Lea

his breath

to camp, whe

as he becko

med a breath

ave seen h

SMAN'S

we part,

he days

ur dear

ho loves

our ship b

your own

the wave to

of the wa

who oft a

n Cailla

he dreame

your ves

he said t

g and fai

the wave to

of the wa

g here, an

k the wa

for the de

our glanc

to Him

you from

the wave to

of the wa

TO DIARM

ed of anci

iarmid's

t, by bree

ale of ol

fragments,

ng of Ire

ng centuri

legend tol

e comes swi

language,

aith, once

ways, and

en of note

her now th

th the cott

ithy sparks

when hushed

eze on hul

ssian's rhy

n the fan

lden locks;

rong with ey

n in the

asserts

ound him, sw

rless are

he footsol

d a birth-m

ero's brow

an's love

that she w

ng on Denm

utiful, i

wheel the g

glen of ghos

t passion f

w his fore

narling do

ing-feast o

sk unto h

aid, "let thi

oul to thee

een, we g

riends, no

e, nor shel

braving wind

e or foot,

ove to me

shield and f

wily wo

it of man;

wn, his fa

pen door

ds, with lo

e, O Diarm

, or foot; w

not night

me; thou wil

d a warrio

that lov

ast by he

t and guil

thed his li

s' or woods

ef or cowa

ate unre

mightiest

true and

d with her

kinsfolk, wh

his life's

urney, har

tive, whos

inne fair E

red cascad

nie's evil

all as thoug

ring with

! whose oa

hampion the

to "confound

sing man's

st in figh

f the king

a rock, tr

y had clim

arlet berrie

below the

tsmen, 'til

nne beneath

, their gri

ot his wif

t chess-bo

and played

aves which g

ched the ga

, with Fio

rmid, fro

carlet seeds

esence ther

ends of Fio

Thou shalt

rmid's comr

ch venturi

the dread

wain, unti

ceful sand

land strea

its banks

wooden bow

ith the dir

ering stream

ecret fore

te shavings

g cried, "Gr

th his lur

unting horn

m the thic

ent vows th

me to join

*

en bore his

ath in hun

erses here

they, in tr

parks, obli

from a mi

FLIGHT WI

THE

t early mo

ve-gail the

son, whom

thereof the

daughter, th

m tireless st

working on

rous ways of

lovelier hu

bloom on bou

g far your l

d clouds of

thine ill

s firm set

e deed, broug

s woe thin

es of king

outcast a

l mourning, a

ugh dark and

hind or h

et glens I t

loving frie

f hosts so

hone glorious

snows of fro

left-mine ow

us as the

now hate-fi

ould never e

beguiled by

follows whe

hite sailed f

my band is l

wealth, my g

tale of lo

riends are

country min

men whom non

shield on ba

eir kindne

me the Fein

e honour mi

s joy and l

ll I there

ll-omened

re not,-may

at friendship,

e beast of s

hate by Fio

t Grinie, t

self in lo

g hatred, we

oys were spu

IN

iarmid! of fac

en snow, or the h

voice was more

ight satin the

o me is the hu

e morning's bright

e than all stre

he king of the Fein

more sweet on t

drops where the

held it above

and power of th

to fall as I loo

ght ever blend

t mine, to be ga

his world would

d hero, so hand

who have wrough

again with me,

earth to be fa

AR

woman mil

traitore

IN

ndered my life

le, for love, to

I leave thee-my

h

for thy life, wo

rowne

AR

ord, though so fa

Grinie, no gia

inted by J. F. Campbell, Es

TH OF T

and a prose version written down

SI

Peace, this g

and elk wou

e fleet-foote

the west as they

u wish to

olks long p

Prince; of Gulb

ed Diarmid's sa

IEN

sweetest voi

listeners

no birds of the sh

each leaf in th

SI

king was h

o deerlike

gh the secret gle

lopes that lead

own great kin

the brave, o

having of wood

to seaward the swi

t, scanning

et and a sp

cried, "Ah, D

Cormac, but Di

own good ki

fast and dr

rthed the vile

all Erin shoul

e sent, and

e vales the b

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r hunting might

never wea

d voices stri

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r voice, to the

IN

wait unti

ng shout i

his wife Cùall's s

thy peril for

AR

can open on

ase my step

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hunt as it swee

SI

ame Diarmid

ed sons of

e king, for his

d powerless to

s red straths

ell loved by

knolls on the bl

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s love brough

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nt, and 'twas th

boar if he brok

rievous ev

s ear our tu

glen, as from ea

ew louder as ne

ld, rage-fil

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nt, his strong b

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moment the bra

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self, noble Dia

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beast on its blade

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monarch's he

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around the c

praised the good

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re from the prose versio

d went apa

self should

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deadly poi

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ve seen where the

ly set of the

long, the

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measure the Boar

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ose weapons

prove this y

esirest I'll gi

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sandals

the hair he

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limbs guarded b

spot, lifer

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the flow of lift

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through his

the venomous b

he mountain, and d

e poison thr

fire with f

ight locks of th

in anguish the h

an fast, as

gh spring a

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s red the hi

s as cold as a c

noon in the vau

AR

e drink, O

let me drin

fast, give me drin

y words, the goo

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cup your lip

r thirst, to

ur life to me?

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wish to cau

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shadow, her w

e drink, O

let me drin

fast, give me drin

y words, the goo

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ne your lips

r thirst, to

life, can its fa

act, and the cu

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think of Swee

at memory p

ht hundred and th

s drank of their

ned in the

e your word

were wounding your

he fray brought y

ain your f

n the strif

ought in that ho

hee, king, mak

ons, the thre

far hidden

or thee, who op

ruthless one, wa

Connell!

nt thee wi

Feinne see how thre

burn, as I loo

to Oigé's

nd trapped I

uld rise, and the

sad eyes on Ben

id of Ne

ght, of B

hat Angus of Br

t man on the far

of the Re

d Hawk whom n

he strongest of a

e spear, at our

as his stren

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around, and the

strongest who fo

for water, a

ear-eyed, in

none, and their h

drop ere o'er D

ss of soul

e, now that

l leak! of your de

ed palms' shall th

I ask you

here the st

unnan, for the

I see not, its c

a pillar st

some day t

raveller the word

lies 'neath yon

me! a foul

lord of b

o death, let me

Ben Gulban, to s

SI

and mour

his grav

ve and h

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a migh

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nie comi

of all

his nar

her life t

f sense

, above

m her sw

in cries

his song

is praise

y mourn

he rive

IN

ness of rock

ere for a yea

m Fionn by the st

the head of my

contest the ke

bed for thy th

of fear as he s

s afoot, and he j

rture, ochone

as at first, smit

es, voiceless lip

now lost in the

a king, a mona

nd, once with c

erous heart t

auseless, a pl

e, the best sw

to the fiel

the games, thou w

the fight, or to a

e than the bl

ain's shoulder by

elids' soft mot

s waves to the

eth than the b

inds 'mid the b

so sweet, never

is hushed on the

un-nurtured s

low waves of the

soft skin of th

in mind as ma

t, to no joy-s

enting in gri

lls sweetly in d

t yearn for the n

soul find its

blue depths-of you

perilous floo

sorrow, no li

welling-place

ozen bed, song

hou see, till the

hero, thou'lt r

arth, and the

earn for thee,

now thine, be i

the beauty 'twa

SI

pared his har

nd lofty he

rough the long

r dirge, how

BA

blessed, O th

nce to for

reland's Feinn

wail thine

ike flood on

f eagle fr

sh through o

ds from le

! thy fair l

ressed down be

no more the b

lt know the h

e rained thy

here clear thy

ve than man's s

no more high

eyes are red

like to th

one, our bes

ch, bravest s

SI

all, to leav

tree decaye

oung, their gr

st fall, the

o-day so fra

outh once s

this poor man,

n war and r

AND THE CA

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r on a jou

d he on hu

hill for vic

r Balva, a

Britain drea

aid 'neath H

beauteous h

l gold to hi

own where dw

d awe the se

were a ba

wandering, s

Sir Balva,

ish this ma

ake my Squir

ntil the mai

eeks, with t

ed wearily

gave our

t off the d

ove the rou

oth-walled c

one with glas

ink-horn ther

g to its ba

lashed the

fearless, h

pon the fro

d on a go

maiden won

mirror o

re beauti

whose sad v

thy blessing

m the sea,

stone, the bl

iless he be

n deal my he

or hatred

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star-white

an wring fro

in some pl

night, thy de

heard the

wn stranger cli

lied, "Now co

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[Note: The Gaelic

ha e ga gleidh an sin na braighde. Bha Righ Artair latha anns a bheinn a sealg, luidh e a' leigeadh a sgìtheas dheth, chaidil e agus bhruadair e air an rìmhfhinne a bha ann am braighdeanas, agus ghabh e toil a cuir saor, ach cha robh fios aige c'aite an robh i.

h Righ Arstai

na'm buad

e mar-ri

albha, fo

duin

h Bhreatun s

b'aillidh snu

leis ro na b

ean bhi

earr le

leis tuitea

fir, mar

dh'iarrai

ge cia an t'ai

dh'iarr

r Bhalbha s

dol a dh'iar

ein mo ghi

'g a sire

mi f

achdainne

gìth a sin

gun talamh

s an gabhadh

ala gu

n iomall a c

ór mìn-ghe

gloine a

mhor ann c

gan glo

hi seoladh s

hraidh a ch

abhraidh cha do

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n t slabh

an ighean

òir na sui

gloine a

h-eam do a

n gloi

inig oìrun

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h am fear m

hàigh le a chla

idh-se a b

eam a ghradh

ghuidh-

argadh air

idheamh ru

arr dhuit d

leith tearru

s fhea

r Bhalbha

ch thainig

n fhar-bhala

teachd o thu

ladh a

sheircein

gaol a thu

do cheann a

h mi ciùin d

husa d

ann air uchd

sùil, s bu

n a sheinnea

an guth bha t

u bhin

hi cuairteac

in, na thruim

an claidhea

gun fhios d'd

iad a

bhraighdea

an fein fo

bh aithri

gh iad am b

agaib

gh Arstair

ach na'm bua

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bha, fo

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o old Duno

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doomed her

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ton wo

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mer saw t

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scene! for

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roe, and

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ghter, O

through the

tionless

happy w

man's for

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nolly spok

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m home, for r

s them no

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the wreck of a vessel of the Spanish Armada

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take, as

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grew around,

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ly relic o

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lilies scu

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painted P

ms of the V

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there? A S

e Great A

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e France's

flag of re

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as with the n

ection, e

the sea

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me by hi

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vour on

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trumpet-ton

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raised his

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coasts of f

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r fair Mil

ainst the

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hardy sol

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for the emp

und me fa

st of our

ss Bayard's

is blood, that

me whe

elt my i

r Bourbon w

as I no fo

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nour all

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e walls of

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storm my

elled him,

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masters sti

fame of D

o'er her ch

e Moslem o

d them, when

to Malt

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se numbers no

Drake up

ne ceased

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English hor

hot agains

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ball they

r galle

ng o'er the

unknown were

on the rock

r fate al

l haven whe

e unto

hundred ye

ells with se

in the wrec

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another

d and brou

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dead, and B

lls my count

ar France sh

f late her

her my flame

der ech

he tide of

e far Crim

nd Britain d

n in his c

lute of vi

e, as oft

CHARGE-K

s the helme

n the light

tching bayonet

ed, ere the b

ir young lea

ily as f

e smoking,

as he pointe

th his yello

n our ranks,

'gainst mist a

of the Son

ght host whe

illumine

ises slowly,

th the sun o

ed his men, an

settled down t

e first rush of

hering roar

was perfect

that at first

their ranks

were fate the

lf liked hi

f his cuira

wind-driven

in a whirlwi

e shot tha

irt and conf

hat brave sp

on the cata

rth the word,

o'er the th

not to us, f

r proud splen

who laughed a

s that bid

bed of ho

his scorn

ISH EM

8

for me at

ome when w

ander far

t here that

ere'er I go,

e what I n

y win, if ho

r what they

n turn awa

nd kin and

e'er can ta

fills withi

smile the di

beyond yon

hat they mea

seen these

hills besi

year have d

reat a thi

native land

e useless pl

at word, it

dear, kind he

ask, Farewe

ISH EM

8

tears who r

ly said

far, but r

God Almigh

led us fort

His chaste

, though be

ht His pro

for the lo

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bold heart

our God

ope, He gave

is prair

d's untouche

ndless, mi

st herita

His mer

ature's ha

ungathere

rain which dec

heir wondr

n, and our

in house

r then if

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in older la

hearts s

O

RNE,

se and

rest en

r of the

e and i

d and fo

etly twi

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her and

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the Gr

n oaks o

iver an

d and Qu

risters

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her and

ere the

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lander's

and is

d and fo

ed an

does not

ther an

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d and kindred w

trampled dead

g life filled

ath as thou thyse

r, with horro

gave to thee t

chasms of som

ils thou, the fi

Douglas! for

'en a nature

ve with court

ghts, the "flow

see that in o

had graced thei

DO

Y 1

our bivouac last ev

winning, to-morro

dering echoes of

til around had rage

ge ended, and our

wounded, who shriek

r order rides pas

en charging like fal

maining! Now the riv

e charger with blood

re heaving; he shu

e halts again, and st

river, for lost are

mounted, now swims

struggled; he wil

eside him though the

e bridle;-would le

is ebbing,-the ga

horseman kneel by

e left him, I knew

e passes that com

orrow, shall sound

S SALUTE TO THE QUEEN'

p voice, monot

thunders roll

everence, and

e reach the shor

ods that climb

terraces, an

salutation

tent realms the

bric of our

en oak of our

oice, with measur

love of justic

ra that thy re

reverently, Vi

S AND A

dresses, delivered during Lord Lorne's term of offic

constituents in 1878, i

, Lord Lo

y of your relations are settled there, the great British Colonies of North America. The Dominion now stretches from ocean to ocean across that vast continent, embracing lands of every nature-some valuable for corn, some for pasture, for timber or for other treasures which will in future centuries make the country one of the richest on the earth-

cessible as is Inveraray. Now, let me again invite attention to this great Province and the vast territories beyond. In Argyleshire we have too few men, and we want more to settle with us, but Canada is a formidable competitor even to this fair country; and in other places, in the towns of this land, there are plenty of men who would do well, if they can hold the plough, to follow the g

, Lord Lorne spoke as follows in reply to an

ermination to uphold and abide by them, the same love of liberty as we have here, and the same ability to guard it in honour and order, the same loyalty to the Throne for the same cause, because it is the creation of freemen, the bond of strength, and the symbol of the unity and dignity of the British people Where in the British North American provinces we do not find men of our own stock, we are fortunate in finding those who descend from the noble French race-that race whose gallantry we have for ages learnt to respect and to admire-the friendship of whose sons to the Empire and their co-operation in the public life of Canada, which is adorned by their presence, are justly held to be essential Nowhere is loyalty more true and more firmly rooted than among the French Canadians, enjoying, as all do, the freedom of equal laws and the justice of constitutional rule. In conclusion, I will only say that nothing has struck me more

r of Commerce, which was read by Mr. W. B. Forwo

years there is a great change to be seen. Twelve years ago the British North American provinces were only isolated colonies, bound together by no Federal union, and lacking in the strength and deprived of the advantages of unity. Now the decrees of the Central Parliament at Ottawa are passed by the representatives of peoples whose mandates are obeyed through all that broad zone of productive land which crosses the mighty continent, and the name of our Sovereign is hailed with, the same affection as before, but by no mere collection of colonies, for we see a great Federal people. It is for their welfare that you, on behalf of the merchants of Liverpool, express your just and confident hope; and the feelings of sympathy you have shown will, I know, find a response on the other side of the Atlantic. I consider it of the highest value that such a true expression of the affection entertained by the great commercial centres of England should be heard and known. The sentiments which make the hear

pality came on board "The Sarmatian," and in reply to th

from the Governors-General, on through a long list of rulers whose presence was a benefit to the Dominion, we know also that Canada is indebted to Ireland for many a hardy agriculturist and many a clever artisan. It would be difficult to speak of any part of our Empire which is not in a similar case, and which does not point with pride to the services of Irishmen, for on what field of honour has the genius of the Irish race not contributed to our power? on what path of victory has not an Irish hand carried forward among the foremost the banner of our union? It is under that ensign alone, of all in t

the "St. Andrew's Ball," and replying to Colonel Stevenson,

at the French troops who guarded Edinburgh were there as the allies of Scotland. It is impossible for Irishmen to feel anything but the most cordial feeling of love for you, for what is Scotland but an Irish colony? But it is a colony of which Ireland, as a Mother Country, may well be proud. Gentlemen, as one bearing the name of one of the first of those old Irish colonists and civilisers of Scotland, I feel I have a right to be proud of the position taken by Scotsmen in Canada. We have had the good fortune since leaving England to be constantly under the guidance or tutelage of Scotsmen. The owner of the great line of steamships, in one of whose vessels we came here, is a distinguished Scotsman, well known to all in this hall. I am happy to say that the captain of our steamer was a Scotsman, the chief engineer was a Scotsman, and, bes

morable welcome was given, the following

ot only is it famous for the energy, activity, and prosperity of its citizens, but it is here that the gigantic undertaking of the Victoria Bridge has been successfully carried out; and the traveller in crossing the mighty stream feels, as he is borne high above it through the vast cavern, that such a viaduct is a worthy approach to your great emporium of commerce. Its iron girders and massive frame are worthy of the gigantic natural features around, and it stands, spanning the flowing sea, as firm and as strong as the sentiment of loyalty for her whose name it bears-a love which unites in more enduring bonds IP than any forged with the products of the quarry or the mine, the people of this Empire. It seems but a short time ago since the Prince of Wales struck the last rivet in yonder structure; and yet what wonderful strides have been made in the progress of this country since that day! Every year strikes a new rivet, and clenches with mighty hand that enduring wo

e as follows in reply to the greeting of t

aversed, in coming here, some parts of the important Provinces of the Dominion. In all places we have visited-and I regret it was not in our power, at this season of the year, to visit more-we have met with the same kindness and the same hearty cordiality. I can assure you we are deeply sensible of all that is conveyed in such a reception; and it has been, and will be, a pleasant duty to convey to the Sovereign a just description of the manner in which you have received her representative and her daughter. It is with a peculiar feeling of pride in the grandeur of this Dominion that I accept, on the part of the Queen, the welcome given to us at Ottawa, the capital of the greatest of the colonies of the Crown. It is here that we shall take up our abode among you, and the cordiality of your words makes me feel that which I have known since we landed: that it is to no foreign country that we come, but that we have only crossed the sea to find ourselves among our own people, and to be greeted by friends on coming to a home. In entering the house which you have assigned to the Governor-General, I shall personally regret the absence of the distinguished nobleman whom I have the honour to call my friend, and whose departure must have raised among you the sad feelings inseparable from the parting with one whose career here was one long triumph in the affection of the people. A thousand memor

rt of the speech delive

ter distributing the

pera House, on Friday

ellency

the envy of others, that no machinery was exhibited from Canada, and that while other nations were making the great building resound and vibrate to the whirr of wheels driven by steam; you did not, even by so much as a picture, remind the Parisians of your wealth in water power as well as in steam, and there was nothing to show the citizen of London or of Paris, who supposes the Thames or the Seine to be the greatest streams on earth, why he should be ashamed of himself if he could but look upon the Ottawa or the St. Lawrence. But the school display made up for any blank, and under the shadow of the magnificent Canadian lumber trophy which adorned the palace, reaching to the roof, and which demonstrated the wealth of your forests, were the implements you use for the cultivation of your greatest treasure-the ready brains and quick intelligence of your youth. I am glad to meet some of those to-night for whom all that preparation is made; and first, I would say to those who have not this year been among the prize winners, that I shall hope to see some of their names in the opposite category another year. "Better luck next time" is a good saying, but "Never say die" is perhaps a better. Try again, and yet again, and you will succeed. Many a man begins, and has begun in all times of the world, at the first rung of the ladder, who finds himself, if he will only give his own gifts their due, at the top at the end I do not know that I need recommend to you that most delightful book of history, "The Tales of a Grandfather," written by Sir Walter Scott. He describes, as few can, the despair of the Scottish king, who lay, tired to death, and pondering whether he should or should not try again the apparently hopeless task to deliver his country from her strong and terrible enemies; and how a spider, spinning her web in the rafters over his head, was seen by him to fail again and again, and yet again, until eight times she had endeavoured to fix a thread, and eight times she had found the space too great to span; and how he said within himself "If she try again and fail, I too shall deem my task hopeless;" but the ninth time the attempt was made and did not fail, and I need not pursue the story further, or tell you how Scotsmen look back, through more than five centuries, on the resolve then taken by Bruce with feelings of gratitude and pride which can never fade and die. But there are other cases of men who had become famous for their ability to do that which at first seemed impossible. Let me mention one (to come down to our own times) because his name is widely known and honoured as one of the greatest financiers of our day. I allude to Mr. Gladstone, who, as you know, was the last Prime Minister in Great Britain and was acknowledged by both parties in the State to be one of the best Finance Ministers who ever presided over the National Exchequer. When Mr. Gladstone was a young man, and was about to go to the university (as several of you are about now to leave school for college), he told his father that there was one bra

ollege was conferred upon the Governor-General, and an address was presented

erly met the Parliament of Canada, and which, good building as it is, when compared with the great and handsome Parliament buildings now at Ottawa, gives a just impression of the progress and advancement made in a short while in this great country. The only personal claim I have to represent her Majesty in this country, is that I have had some experience in that great law-making assembly in Great Britain, her House of Commons. But here I occupy a position unknown in the constitution of foreign countries, as a political doctor, because whatever prescriptions I give must be such that they can hardly be visible to or appreciated by the public. (Laughter.) They must be written in invisible ink-(laughter)-and I can only give a prescription at all when I meet with other physicians

ging the add

is heart and his affections have also something to do in the promotion of wisdom. To-day your preparation for the future, in the matter of labour in gathering knowledge, is laid aside in order that you may let the heart speak and show gratitude for the blessings you now enjoy, and that your fathers have bequeathed to you in the liberty enjoyed under our gracious Queen, the best interpreter of the best constitution ever perfected by any nation. (Cheers.) We thank you in her name for the welcome accorded to us, and we identify ourselves with you in the satisfaction you must experience in the ceremonial of to-day, for in the achievement of the task of raising so large

rougher life, which is the lot of many here, I am sure that all present value the higher training to be alone obtained in a university. (Applause.) It would be superfluous to dwell upon the value of the completion and of the elaboration of education imparted by such an institution, for large as Canada is, the world is even larger-(applause)-and by such a higher training avenues are opened throughout every profession in England and her great dependencies, for there is no office in this vast Empire which is not open to Canadian talent. (Loud applause.) It is on this ground that I believe we can confidently appeal to the generosity of the wealthy, that generosity which is the mainspring of every institution in a free country. (Cheers.) It was in 1836 that it was said by those who founded the college, that "a deep and wide foundation had been laid, a foundation capable of extension," and I rejoice that now in the lifetime of the generation which has succeeded to that in which those words were spoken, there is so fair a promise of the completion of the work, and that those aspirations will be realised. (Applause) And now let me mention one other bond of union between the students of this college and myself, and another cause of sympathy, for with your honoured and learned Principal I have this bond of fellowship, that we were both friends- and I may almost say pupils-of a great preacher and a very beloved man, not the least of whose merits in your eyes will be that it was owing to his persuasion that your late Principal undertook the charge of this college. (Loud cheers.) And I believe it was also owing to his initiative that your present Principal undertook a charge in Canada, an action which ultimately led up to his present position where he is honoured and revered by you all. I allude to the late Rev. Norman Macleod. (Loud cheers.) And, gentlemen, I have one other cause for feeling a fellowship with you, and that is, that I had the advantage for sometime of being a student at a Scottish university, and in very much I trace points of resemblance between the system of your university and that which obtained at home, and especially in this that, although founded by a Scotchman, this institution of Queen's College is one absolutely free and open to every denomination. (Applause.) Indeed this institution is in its features so much like the great universities at home, the great University of Edinburgh

ral attended the distribution of prizes, and, at the close

rs have been accomplished by this school in a short time, and how under the able, energetic, and genial leadership of Col. Hewitt, and of the instructors, to whom you owe an uncommon debt of gratitude, for their work has been very hard, and like the British Infantry, they are excellent, but they are too few-(applause)-a school of arms has arisen which will bear comparison with some of the oldest of similar institutions in other countries. The good which has been done in this school is evident to all who visit it, and this is recognised by those who have not had that advantage, but who, hearing of your progress, and reposing, with good reason, confidence in the able board of officers who guide your studies, have afforded their support to an experiment which may be already pronounced a great success. It is not only one Province that is represented amongst you, but the Dominion at large, and we may look forward to having many from the gallant Province of Quebec-(applause)-whose famous military annals will, I am confident, should necessity arise, be reproduced in the actions of her sons. (Applause.) The life that you have led in this place and the spirit of comradeship here engendered will be a bond of union for our Canadian Dominion-(applause)-and many of you when you leave this will feel for your Alma Mater that sentiment of affection which Napoleon felt for St. Cyr. May this Kingston Military Academy be a fruitful mother of armed science-(applause)-and a source of confidence and pride to her country. You will go hence after your studies are completed as men well skilled in many of those acquirements which may be looked upon as wont to lead to success in civil life;

sing one regiment of American Militia from New York State, a dinner was given at the Win

breasts of the American people as is their community with us in that freedom in which we recognise our common heritage. (Cheering.) I believe I am not wrong in saying that they have paid us an unusual compliment in allowing their band to play our National Anthem, while a part of their musicians were arrayed in our national colour. Some of the band wore the Queen's! colour, and I believe I am not misinterpreting the feelings of the officers here present when I say, that the very many Americans, not only those of British race, but many others, wear in one sense the Queen's colour at their hearts-(loud cheers and applause)-not only because she is the Queen of that old country with which so many of their most glorious memories are for ever identified,-that old country of which they are in their hearts as proud as I can honestly say England is of them,-but also because the Americans are a gallant nation, and love a good woman. (Great applause.) They have lent us a helping hand to-day, and I believe they will always be ready to do so, should occasion arise on which we may ask them to stand by us. (Tremendous cheering.) We have had a very pleasant day together, which has been followed by a restful evening and a pleasant dinner-pleasant to all, I venture to say-but restful only to those whose fate it has not been, when the dessert has been put upon the table, and the wine has been passed round, to be obliged, by making speeches, to "open fire" again. (Laughter and applause) If an army could always depend upon having such a good commissariat as our little force has enjoyed to-day, it is my belief that field days would be even more popular than they are-(laughter)- and I doubt if the finances of any people, no matter how many changes they should make in their tariff, could long stand the expense. (Laughter.) But if nations are happier when there is no need for them to squander wealth, and spread sorrow and disaster by the maintenance of large forces kept on foot for purposes of offence; yet it will be generally conceded that no nation should be content without a numerous, an efficient, and well-organised defensive force. This Canada and the United States fortunately possess-(applause)-and the motto which was proposed by Lord Carlisle as that which the volunteer force of England should take, viz., "Defence, not defiance," is one which is equally suitable to our kindred peoples. At our review to-day we have had one of the few occasions on which it has been possible of late to bring a fair number of men together for

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tal to the beauty of the scene. (Applause.) If I were disposed to accept the criticisms of some artists, I should be inclined to endorse the opinion I have heard expressed, that one of the few wants of this country is a proper appreciation and countenance of Art; but the meeting here to-day to inaugurate the reign of Art in Montreal enables me to disprove such an assertion, and to gild over with a golden hue more true than that of many of Turner's pictures this supposed spot upon the beauty of our Canadian atmosphere. Certainly in Toronto, here and elsewhere, gentlemen have already employed their brush to good effect. We may look forward to the time when the influence of such associations as yours may be expected to spread until we have here, what they formerly had in Italy, such a love of Art that, as was the case with the great painter Correggio, our Canadian artists may be allowed to wander over the land scot free of expense, because the hotel keepers will only be too happy to allow them to pay their bills by the painting of some small portrait, or of some sign for "mine host." (Laughter and applause.) Why should we not be able to point to a Canadian school of painting, for in the appreciation of many branches of art, and in proficiency in science, Canada may favourably compare with any country. Only the other day Mrs. Scott-Siddons told me that she found her Canadian audiences more enthusiastic and intelligent than any she had met. Our Dominion may claim that the voices of her daughters are as clear as her own serene skie

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ear. It may be said that in a country whose population is as yet incommensurate with its extent, people are too busy to toy with Art; but, without alluding to the influence of Art on the mind, which has been so ably expressed in your address, in regard to its elevating and refining power, it would surely be a folly to ignore the value of beauty and design in manufactures; and in other countries blessed with fewer resources than ours, and in times which, comparatively, certainly were barbarous, the works of artists have not only gained for them a livelihood, but have pleased and occupied some of the busiest men of the time, the artists finding in such men the encouragement and support that is necessary. Long ago in Ireland the beautiful arts of illumination and painting were carried on with such signal success that Celtic decoration, as shown in the beautiful knotted and foliated patterns that still grace so many of the tombstones and crosses of Ireland and of the west of Scotland, passed into England, and, more strangely, even into France. The great monarch, Charlemagne, was so enchanted with the designs and miniatures of an Irish monk, that he persuaded him to go to work at Paris, and for nearly two centuries afterwards the brilliant pages of French Bibles, Missals, and Books of Hours showed the influence of the culture, the talent, and the tastes of Erin. Surely here there should be opportunity and scope enough for the production of the works of the painter's hand. The ancient states of Italy, her cities and communities of the Middle Ages, were those who cherished most their native painters, and the names of many of those who covered the glowing canvases of Italy with immortal work are known often from the designation of some obscure town

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us entendons, des personnes autorisées à parler de la part de cette ancienne et fameuse cité, les mots de loyauté et l'assurance de dévouement exprimés dans votre adresse, et je vo

cro?tre à l'air frais de la liberté. Elle fleurira ici aussi longtemps que le Canada existera, et sera chérie, co

la province de Québec, qu'ils soient issus de pères venant des Iles Britanniques, ou que l'ancienne France les réclame comme soutena

durant des siècles, fut regardé comme le type de l'expression concise et

se, se répandit avec éloquence des lèvres de Saint Bernard et de Bossuet; et qui, avec Sai

lle l'est, sur un des sites les plus imposants du monde, semble digne de ceux dont le langage est parlé dans tout l'ancie

toire. Car ne fut-ce pas d'ici que jaillirent ces influences qui changèrent en riches habitations de nations puissantes, ces vastes déserts inconnus? Ne fut-ce pas de Québec que les paroles de foi, les impérissables richesses de la scie

vous ayez résolu de faire tout ce qui est en votre pouvoir, non seulement pour conserver ce qui rappelle au voyageur vos jo

rneur- général, à qui aucun effort noble et généreux ne fit appel en vain, prouvent que vous ne permettrez jamais que l'intérêt et la beauté qui attirent tant de milliers de visiteurs, chaque année,

ment du commerce de votre port, se réalisent, et que les eaux de la grande rivière qui coule au pied de votre promontoire puissent constament ê

qui en venant ici, doit être regardée comme la représentante personnelle de notre reine issue de cette maison royale, qui re?ut comme fiancée Henriette de France, fille du grand

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majesté au Canada, ne devrait jamais s'éteindre surtout quand cette émulation a pour origine le désir d'obéir aux lois dans leur libre et juste application, et les nobles effo

de votre université est d'être le phare sur lequel se dirige le peuple dans l'espé

is cette tache glorieuse, et nous concourrons de tout coeur dans les souhaits

un si grand nombre de population, manifestaient de la manière la plus énergique et avec une

essent, mais au représentant d'un gouvernement assurant une liberté à laquelle on ne songe pas dans d'autre pays, et qui se trouve

on que le public accorde à vos travaux, en continuant l'octroi des prix inauguré par Lord Dufferin, qui savait si bien appréc

oyages sont aussi propres à instruire que les livres eux-mêmes, et parmi vos professeurs il y en a qui ont parcouru beaucoup de pays et vu beaucoup de peuples différents, et qui ont sui

qui jusqu'ici n'avaient été ouverts qu'a un petit nombre de personnes; car dans votre institution la medéc

au développement et aux découvertes des richesses naturelles de ce vaste c

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g Canada I have embarked on a sea hitherto unknown to me. It is not only since my arrival here that I have watched with unflagging enthusiasm the current of events which is so surely leading this country to the full enjoyment of a great inheritance, for long before we landed on your shores much of your history and of your present condition was well known to me. A brief visit, paid many years ago, could give me but little real insight into your condition, but every man in England who has had anything to do with public life has, since the Confederation of the British North American Provinces, considered his political studies as wholly wanting if a pretty thorough knowledge of your resources and position were not included in his survey of the Empire. (Cheers.) Confederation has had this advantage, that your destinies have been presided over by men who had weight and authority at home, and who were able to put before the English people, in attractive form, the resources of this country. Especially was this the case during the six and a half years Lord Dufferin has been in this country; for his speeches, giving in so poetical a form, and with such mastery of diction and such a grasp of comprehension, an account of your material and political condition, were universally read and universally admired. (Loud cheers.) Perhaps in former days, and before the country had become one, so much attention would not have been given to your affairs, but since Confederation we all know in England-every politician in England knows-that he is not to consider this country as a small group of disconnected Colonies, but as a great and consolidated people, growing in importance not only year by year, but hour by hour. (Great cheering.) You now form a people for whom the Colonial Office and Foreign Office alike are desirous to act with the utmost strength of the Empire in forwarding your interests; and in speaking through the Imperial Foreign Office, it is impossible that you should not remember that it is not only the voice of two, three, or four or five millions, as the case may be, that you speak, but the voice of a nation of over forty millions. (Great cheering.) As I said before, I believe that in former days perhaps the interest was not so lively, although perhaps it would be unjust to say that too strongly, because within the last few months, as well as in past years, we have had striking examples of how willing Great Britain is to undertake warlike expenditure for colonies by no means as united or as important as Canada. (Prolonged cheers.) But the feeling with regard to Canada as a mere congeries of colonies, and Canada as one people and Government, may perhaps be compared to the different feelings that a mother may be supposed to have in the pride with which she may regard a nursery full of small infants, and the far different pride with which she looks upon the career and stature of her grown-up and eldest son. (Laughter and cheers.) To be sure, as it is with all sons and all mothers, little passing and temporary misconceptions may occasionally occur, and which only show how deep in reality is their mutual love. (Laughter.) The mother may sometimes think it sad that her child has forgotten some little teaching learnt on her knee, and that one or two of the son's opinions smack of foreign notions-she may think that some of his doings tend not only to injure her, but himself also and the world at large. (Great laughter.) Perhaps, sometimes, he thinks on his part that it is a pity old people cannot put themselves in the place of younger natures. (Uproarious laughter.) But if such is the tenor of the thought which may sometimes occupy the mother and the child, let no one dream for a moment that their affection has become less deep, or that true loyalty of nature is less felt. (Loud cheering.) They are one in heart and mind; they wish to remain so, and shall remain so; and I should like to see the man who would dare to come between them. (Tremendous cheering.) In saying this, gentlemen, I express what may be regarded as my first impressions of the feelings which animate you, and I believe that when I leave you, my last impressions will be identical. (Loud cheering.) And now, gentlemen, the topics on which a Governor-General may speak without offence are somewhat limited-(laughter)-although he is expected to be the advertiser-general of one of the largest countries in the world-(great laughter and applause)-an empire so large that the study of its proportions is, I think, much more like the study of astronomy than the study of geography. (Laughter and applause.) It is perhaps best that he should speak on generalities; but in making my first appearance among you I may be expected to record other general impressions. I may perhaps be permitted to mention a subject which is generally understood as giving a good opening for conversation

orance-the Governor-General is not allowed to be present at the debates of Parliament. (Laughter.) Certainly, gentlemen, I am not allowed to be present and never have been. (Renewed laughter.) I have never even followed the example of my eminent predecessor, who has left me such a heritage of speeches at the Toronto Club. (Laughter and applause.) I have followed his example in making a speech, but I have not followed his example in another case, for I am informed that he has heard debates of the House concealed by t

be assumed by outsiders, looking only at the harmonious outline of the buildings in which the members meet (Great laughter.) Perhaps the reported occasional quickening of t

, and my suggestion would be that the ladies should favour us with their presence at Ottawa, for I am certain that an alteration in this practice would soon put a stop to the reports to which I have drawn your attention, which some people may think may detract from the position of our celebrated, and alas! at Ottawa, too often celebate politicians. (Roars of laughter.) And now, gentlemen, I have only to thank you repeatedly and most earnestly for your welcome, and the citizens of Toronto I would thank, through you, at large for the extreme kindness with w

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The Dominion is steadily and surely rising in wealth, in unity of feeling, in all that makes a nation. Our territories are enormous, and no one need travel far in any Province,

g certain that this increase will continue. Impatient, restless, and ignorant of his true interests would that man be, indeed, who, under such circumstances, would not desire to tread in the steps of his fathers, to face, with British pluck and spirit, any difficulties th

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riotism-a duty, the fulfilment of which I rejoice to think is accompanied by no burden, but brings with it the enjoyment of much political advantage. We have found with pleasure that sufficient time has been at our disposal during this, the first year after our arrival in the Dominion, when there have been necessarily duties

nial reception tendered to us. I should indeed have considered our first surv

erve with the greatest satisfaction the evidences of the energy you bring to the aid of our common country, and the important place you fill in promoting the welfare of our Federation. The British people and foreign countries alike look upon the Dominion as our Empire's eldest son, in whose life and character

ttlement, obliged to guard against the savages of the forest, yet full of visions of a great future for his new home, and endeavouring, almost in vain, to interest Europe in his schemes. But the years peopled the shores with sturdy colonists, who pushed their way, although held down by difficulties of transport, by distance from other

r a fervent hope that the energy here exhibited, which no depression in trade can master, and which even the ruin of fire ha

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n which animates all Her Majesty's subjects. The Queen has now reigned for a longer period than has been vouchsafed to most of our monarchs, over a prosperous and united nation, whose strength has, during her life, been greatly increased by development and

t represents a force, if population and material resources be taken into account, far greater than that possessed of old by En

e Province of which this city is the capital, you have the great ocean and highways so near you that your brave and hardy maritime population can furnish your mercantile marine with many of the best sailors in America. In the territory, comprised within your

o receive with our thanks the expression of our hope that the members selected as the representatives of the Province, and who ass

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Perhaps in no other country in the world is it possible for the representative of any sovereign to travel for thousands of miles, and to be everywhere greeted with the same assurances of contentment with political condition and affection for the throne. I thank you, especially on the Princess's behalf, for the words you have spoken in reference to her. She will always associate herself gladly in anyt

in 1879. A loyal and kindly address ha

rary men, do much towards guiding and influencing the thoughts of your fellow-citizens of the Dominion. I thank you for your loyal words in our Queen's name. They express the feeling I expected to find among you, but I must speak my grateful acknowledgments for the cordial manner in which you have given utterance to them. Adhesion to our Empire and love for its Sovereign I knew I should find; but the character of this great reception, the magnificence of your preparations to welcome the representatives of the Sovereign, form a demonstration for which I confess I was not prepared. It has been our fortune to be kindly received by great communities, both in the old world and in the new; but I never returned my thanks with a more heartfelt gratitude than I do now to you, the citizens of Toronto, for the manner, at once so splendid and so sympathetic, in which you have been pleased to receive us. In December last, delegates from many of the towns of Ontario came to Ottawa to

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should each year be held at some city of the Dominion. The first of these central and national meetings

m. This is, perhaps, the first meeting to which more than a local character has been given. It will be a matter for your consideration, and for all in Canada interested in your endeavours, whether a novel practice be established here in moving to each Province in succession the Central Exhibition, without injury to the local fairs, which will, in any case, be held. If you decide to move the agricultural show from Province to Province in successive years, no new practice would thereby be espoused, for such has been the custom of the national societies of England, Scotland, and Ireland. In the old countries the spaces to be traversed are much smaller, but the need of comparison between the various exhibits is also much less. The local shows are held there in almost every county, but the advantage derived from the annual moving of the national societies has been well expressed in the words of a former and justly beloved Viceroy of Ireland, who said that the experience the National Society had earned for itself had, by its annual movement, been carried through every part of the land, through each Province in turn; and this had tended to ruse together the knowledge of the best specialties of each, whether in tillage or in pasture, in cereals or in green crops, or in the breeding and fattening of cattle. With us in Canada, if a similar practice were followed, we might perhaps add that comparison would benefit the proper employment of the best agricultural machinery, for the manufacture of which our Canadian artisans have won high commendation at the greatest international contests. If you discuss these questions, I am sure you will do so, not with the view of benefiting one city or Province only, b

rts, but countenanced by the Dominion Government, be to extend for the general good of our coun

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now, has become famous for its durability; French manufacture for its beauty and workmanship; and here, where we have a people sprung from both races, we should be able to combine these excellences, so that Canadian manufacture may hold a high place in the markets of the world. The next object of the association is to be worked out on the same lines by the support afforded the local schools; and here I must emphatically impress on all who care for the encouragement of Art in Canada, that however popular the Academy exhibitions may become, however much you are able to strengthen its hands in assisting provincial efforts, the assistance it gives to any provincial schools can only supplement, and can never stand in the place of, provincial effort. It is true that the gentlemen belonging to the Academy give half of all they possess-one half of any surplus in all their revenues-in aid of local efforts, but it is by no means likely that that amount will be great. As the exhibitions are to be held each year in a different city, so that each Province may in turn be visited, it will probably be found best that any donation which can be made shall be given to that town in which the yearly exhibition is held. I hope, for instance, that this year it may be possible to give a grant in aid of a local school to be formed at Ottawa. With regard to the third object I have mentioned, the gentlemen who have been appointed academicians have patriotically undertaken, as a guarantee of their interest in the welfare of Art in Canada, that it shall be a condition of their acceptance of the office of academician that they shall give, each of them, a picture which shall become national property, and be placed here in an Art gallery. These works, of which you already have several around you, will be at the disposal of one of the ministers, who may be charged with this trust, and it will be in his option to decide whether they shall be exhibited in other parts of the country, or lent for purposes of Art instruction for a time to local schools. If you are not tired of these subjects, I would ask your attention for one moment to the organisation by which it is proposed to accomplish these purposes. First, there are a certain number of gentlemen who, after the model of similar institutions in other countries, where the plan has been found to work well, have been chosen as academicians. These comprise not only painters, but architects also, and designers, engravers, and sculptors. There are others again, forming a wider circle, and following the same professions, who have been chosen as associates, from whose ranks the academicians in the future will be annually elected. These gentlemen, the academicians, will govern the institution. They have already been supported by very many men in the country who follow other professions, and who will have nothing to do with the governing of the society, but who have been requested to join and give their aid as entertaining a love for Ar

the United States as well as of Canada, and the celebration in honour of their national saint was exceptionally enthusiastic. An opportunity was thus given to th

rulers in the eyes of the nations who acknowledge her sceptre. It is among you especially that all men will expect that this should be recognised. It was the Normans, who in France watched and guarded the cradle of that liberty at present enjoyed in England- it was the men of Normandy and Brittany who at a later age laid the foundations of the liberty-loving community of Canada. The very usages in the Parliament of Britain survive from the days when they were planted there by our Norman ancestors. I do not know that it has been observed before in Canada, but it has often occurred to me, that in the British Parliament we still use the old words, used by your fathers for the sanction of the Sovereign given to bills, of "la reine le veut," or "la reine remercie ses bons sujets, accepte leur benevolence et ainsi le veut,"-forms which I should like to see used at Ottawa as marking our common origin, instead of the practice which is followed, of translating into modern French and English. In celebrating this fête, all can join in pride in the element predominant amongst us to-day, as it is to your race we owe the liberties of Runnymede and the practices that mark the free discussions of our Parliament. I rejoice to see so many met together, and that we have representatives of our allies the French, as well as of those who have made a home-let us hope a temporary one only-among our friends in the United States. I rejoice to see these members of t

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is to display the triumphs of those who, pursuing agriculture upon a wiser plan, can year after year show the superiority of a scientific and liberal culture of the land. I have no doubt that much good will result in the advice given in the report which will be issued of the Agricultural Commission now sitting in this Province. There is much upon which you may be congratulated. The great increase in the numbers of horses raised here is meeting the demand for them-the growth of the cheese manufacture under the factory system- the increased attention given to root growing in connection with cattle feeding-the care bestowed on more general under-draining-the development of fruit and vine culture, and the excellence and cheapness of your agricultural implements, are all features upon which we may dwell with the utmost satisfaction. Your pasture lands are so wide, and the facilities afforded by the country for the raising of stock are so great, that it will be your own fault if you allow any others, be they breeders in the old country or the United States, to take the wind too much out of your sails. It is to be desired that provision be made against bad usage of the meat sent to England, for sufficient care is not taken of it at present after debarkation, and it appears to disadvantage in consequence in the markets. It must be remembered that at the present moment you have advantages with regard to

ncial Fair, held at Montreal, His Excellency, the Governor

roducts of the industrial and agricultural industry of a wide territory, now enjoying marked and unusual prosperity. It is not only a personal sentiment of reverence toward the august occupant of the throne, the faithful interpreter of our constitutional law, but it is to the perfected fabric of the ex

either France or Germany. Again, in the exportation of phosphates, which have proved themselves so excellent as fertilisers that they have arrested the attention of the Agricultural Chambers of Europe, fresh combinations will ensure a large supply from the Valley of the Ottawa. Lastly, the encouragement of the improvement in the breed of cattle, and the solution of the problem how best to export them with profit, engage your minds. It is almost certain that although in some parts of our country the cattle must be fed during winter for a longer period than in others, yet with good management and proper co-operation, wherever good crops can be produced, the winter will form no obstacle to the profitable sale of cattle in the European markets. By contributing last year at Ottawa, and this year at Montreal, to a Provincial exhibition, the government of our Union de

s the gratitude she will feel at your mention of her name; and I shall now fulfil the duty, for t

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It is satisfactory to know that this loss will be palliated by such noble gifts as those which have furnished you with other collections, which are now to find at last a proper place for their display. (Applause.) You who have in your Chancellor and members of Convocation such eminent and worthy representatives of judicial attainment, of classical learning, of medical and surgical knowledge, and of scientific research, will well know how to give full value to the last of these subjects, namely, to the culture of the natural sciences. (Applause.) Besides the direct utility of a knowledge of zoology, botany, geology, and chemistry, and of the kindred branches grouped under the designation of natural science, the pleasure to be derived from them is not amongst the least of the advantages of their study. (Hear, hear.) However forbidding the country in which he is placed, however uninteresting the other surroundings of a man's life may be, he need never miss the delights of an engrossing occupation, if the very earth on which he treads, each leaf and insect, and all the phenomena of nature around him, cause him to follow out new lines of study, and give his thought a wider range. This is enough to make a man feel as though in the enjoyment of a never-dying vitality, and I doubt if any one amongst you feels younger than your honoured Principal, although his studies have led him in fancy over every region, and must make him feel as if a perpetual youth had caused him to live through all geological time. (Laughter and applause.) To parallel a saying, spoken of another eminent man, he certainly has learnt all that rocks can teach, except to be hard-hearted. (Renewed laughter.) It seems to me peculiarly appropriate that he who first established the certainty of the "Dawn of Life" amongst the Laurentian rocks of Canada, should here, through his untiring zeal, officiate in launching into the dawn of public recognition the young manhood of his country. (Applause.) It is your great good fortune that in your Principal you have a leader who is an admirable guide, not alone in the fairy realms of science, but also through those sterner, and, to some, less attractive regions which own the harsher rule of the exigencies of the daily lif

A large concourse of people, and representative men from all parts of the Province of Quebec, were

en our times and those in which he lived comes forcibly before us. Where are now the wide tracts of fertile fields and a country traversed by railways or to be reached by the steamers on our rivers, De Salaberry and his voltigeurs, when they made their gallant defence, saw only scattered clearings among great forests. These, too, often concealed contending armies. While we cherish the recollection of gallant deeds performed, where English and French-speaking Canadians equally distinguished themselves, it is not necessary to dwell on the bitter associations of those times. We are at peace, and live in what we hope will be an abiding friendship and alliance with the great and generous people of the south. They then endeavoured to conquer us, but were in the end only enabled to entertain for the Canadians that respect which is the only true and lasting foundation of friend ship. We must be thankful and rejoice that our rivalries with them are now only in the fruitful fields of commerce. Our resources in these peaceful paths are daily supplying the sinews of strength and the power to us in resources and population which would make any war undertaken against Canada a war that would be a long and a difficult one. They do not desire to invade us. We trust that such a desire will never again arise, for nations do not now so often as of old interfere with their neighbours when no faction invites interference. If in 1812 Canada was dear for her own sake to Canadians, how much more is she so now? Then possessed only of a small popul

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gh God's providence, become the inheritors of a new country, where the blood of all is mingling, and where a nation is arising which we firmly believe will show through future centuries the nerve, the energy, and intellectual powers which characterised the people of northern Europe. (Hear, hear.) And let our pride in this country with reference to its sons not be so much seen in pride of the original stock, as in the feeling of joy which should arise when we can say, "Such an orator, such a soldier, such a poet, or such a statesman is a Canadian." (Cheers.) Keep up a knowledge of your ancient language; for the exercise given to a man's mind in the power given by the ability to express his thoughts in two languages is no mean advantage. I would gladly have given much of the time devoted in boyhood to acquiring Greek to the acquisition of Gaelic. My friends, let me now tell you how happy it makes me to see that the valour, the skill, and the bravery which used to make you chief among your neighbours in the strife of swords, is here shown in the mastery of the difficulties of nature. Your lives are here cast in pleasant places. The aspect of the fertility of your lands, of the success of their cultivation, and of your prosperity in their enjoyment, is producing so powerful an effect upon your brethren at home, that we have some difficulty in persuading the most enterprising amongst them to remain in the old country. (Laughter.) You know that economic causes have forced much of the increasing population of Scotland to seek the towns, and the change in the proprietorship of lands has united in a few unfortunate instances with the love for hunting in tempting men, in more modern times, to care more for their preserves of animals than for the preserves they could point to as being filled with men. My family has always loved, not for policy, but on account of their fellow-citizens, to place in the balance, against the temptation for gain among the people, the love of home; and have thus had many men on their lands. In a small country, of poor climate as compared with Canada, this must of course be regulated by the resources of the land. But I visit always with

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d on his arrival, if he wishes to farm. If he comes as an artisan he may, like the happy masons now to be found in Winnipeg, get the wages of a British Army Colonel, [1] by putting up houses as fast as brick, wood, and mortar can be got together. Favourable testimony as to the climate was everywhere given. The heavy night dews throughout the North-West keep the country green when everything is burned to the south, and the steady winter cold, although it sounds formidable when registered by the thermometer, is universally said to be far less trying than the cold to be encountered at the old English Puritan city of Boston, in Massachussets. It is the moisture in the atmosphere which makes cold tell, and the Englishman who, with the thermometer at zero, would, in his moist atmosphere, be shivering, would here find one flannel shirt sufficient clothing while working. I never like to make comparisons, and am always unwillingly driven to do so, although it seems to be the natural vice of the well-travelled Englishman. Over and over again in Canada have I been asked if such and such a bay was not wonderfully like the Bay of Naples, for the inhabitants had often been told so. I always professed to be unable to see the resemblance, of course entirely out of deference to the susceptibilities of the Italian nation. So one of our party, a Scotsman, whenever in the Rocky Mountains he saw some grand pyramid or gigantic rock, ten or eleven thousand feet in height, would exclaim that the one was the very image of Arthur's Seat and the other of Edinburgh Castle. With the fear of Ontario before my eyes I would therefore never venture to compare a winter here to those of our greatest Province, but I am bound to mention that when a friend of mine put the question to a party of sixteen Ontario men who had settled in the western portion of Manitoba, as to the comparative merits of the cold season in the two Provinces- fourteen of them voted for the Manitoba climate, and only two elderly men said that they preferred that of Toronto. You will therefore see how that which is sometimes called a very unequal criterion of right and justice, a large majority, determines this question. Now although we are at present in Manitoba, and Manitoba interests may dominate our thoughts, yet you may not object to listen for a few moments to our experience of the country which lies further to the west. To the present company the assertion may be a bold one, but they will be sufficiently tolerant to allow me to make it, if it goes no further, and I therefore say that we may seek for the main chance elsewhere than in Main street. The future fortunes of this country beyond this Province bear directly upon its prosperity. Although you may not be able to dig for four feet through the same character of black loam that you have here when you get to the country beyond Fort Ellice, yet in its main features it is the same right up to the forks of the Saskatchewan. I deeply regret that I was not able to visit Edmonton, which bids fair to rival any place in the North-West. Settlement is rapidly increasing there, and I met at Battleford one man who alone had commissions from ten Ontario farmers to buy for them at that place. Nothing can exceed the fertility and excellence of the land along almost the whole course of that great river, and to the north of it in the wide strip belting its banks and extending up to the Peace River, there will be room for a great population whose opportunities for profitable cultivation of the soil will be most enviable. The netting of wood of which I have spoken as covering all the prairie between Winnipeg and Battleford, is beyond that point drawn up upon the shores of the prairie sea, and lies in masses of fine forest in the gigantic half circle formed by the Saskatchewan and the Rockies. It is only in secluded valleys, on the banks of large lakes, and in river bottoms, that much wood is found in the Far West, probably owing to the prevalence of fires. These are easily preventible, and there is no reason why plantations should not flourish there in good situations as well as elsewhere. Before I leave the Saskatchewan, let me advert to the ease with which the steam navigation of that river can be vastly improved. At present there is only one boat at all worthy of the name of a river steamer upon it, and this steamer lies up during the night. A new company is, I am informed, now being organised, and there is no reason why, if the new vessels are properly equipped and furnished with electric lights, which may now be cheaply provided, they should not keep up a night and day service, so that the settlers at Prince Albert, Edmonton, and elsewhere, may not have, during another season, to suffer great privations incident to the wants of transportation which has loaded the banks of Grand Rapids during the present year with freight, awaiting steam transport The great cretaceous coal seams at the headwaters of the rivers which rise in the Rocky Mountains or in their neighbourhood and flow towards your doors, should not be forgotten. Although you have some coal in districts nearer to you, we should remember that on the headwaters of these streams there is plenty of the most excellent kind which can be floated down to you before you have a complete railway system. Want of time as well as a wish to see the less vaunted parts of the country took me southwestward from Battleford, over land which in many of the maps is variously marked as consisting of arid plains or as a continuation of the "American Desert." The newer maps, especially those containing the explorations of Professor Macoun, have corrected this wholly erroneous idea. For two days' march-that is to say, for about 60 or 70 miles south of Battleford-we passed over land whose excellence could not be surpassed for agricultural purposes. Thence to the neighbourhood of the Red Deer Valley the soil is lighter, but still in my opinion in most places good for grain-in any case most admirable for summer pasturage,-and it will certainly be good also for stock in winter as soon as it shall pay to have some hay stored in the valleys. The whole of it has been the favourite feeding ground of the buffalo. Their tracks from watering place to watering place, never too far apart from each other, were everywhere to be seen, while in very many tracks their dung lay so thickly that the appearance of the ground was only comparable to that of an English farmyard. Let us hope that the entre-acte will not be long before the disappearance of the buffalo on these scenes is followed by the appearance of domestic herds. The Red Deer Valley is especially remarkable as traversing a country where, according to the testimony of Indian chiefs travelling with us, snow never lies for more than three months, and the heavy growth of poplar in the bottoms, the quantity of the "bull" or high cranberry bushes, and the rich branches that hung from the choke-cherries showed us that we had come into that part of the Dominion which among the plainsmen is designated as "God's country." From this, onward to the Bow River and thence to the frontier line, the trail led through what will be one of the most valued of our Provinces, subject to those warm winds called the "chinooks." The settler will hardly ever use anything but wheeled vehicles during winter, and throughout a great portion of the land early sowing-or fall sowing-will be all that will be necessary to ensure him against early frosts. At Calgarry-a place interesting at the present time as likely to be upon that Pacific Railway line [2] which will connect you with the Pacific, and give you access to "that vast shore beyond the furthest sea," the shore of Asia-a good many small herds of cattle have been introduced within the last few years. During this year a magnificent herd of between six and seven thousand has been brought in, and the men who attended them and who came from Montana, Oregon and Texas, all averred that their opinion of their new ranche was higher than that of any with which they had been acquainted in the south. Excellent crops have been raised by men who had sown not only in the river bottoms, but also upon the so-called "bench" lands or plateaux above. This testimony was also given by others on the way to Fort Macleod and beyond it, thus closing most satisfactorily the song of praise we had heard from practical men throughout our whole journey of 1200 miles. Let me advert for one moment to some of the causes which have enabled settlers to enjoy in such peace the fruits of their industry. Chief amongst these must be reckoned the policy of kindness and justice which was inaugurated by the Hudson's Bay Company in their treatment of the Indians. Theirs is one of the cases in which a trader's association has upheld the maxim that "honesty is the best policy," even when you are dealing with savages. The wisdom and righteousness of their dealing on enlightened principles, which are fully followed out by their servants to-day, gave the cue to the Canadian Government. The Dominion through her Indian officers and her mounted constabulary is showing herself the inheritress of these traditions. She has been fortunate in organising the Mounted Police Force, a corps of whose services it would be impossible to speak too highly. A mere handful in that vast wilderness, they have at all times shown themselves ready to go anywhere and do anything. They have often had to act on occasions demanding the combined individual pluck and prudence rarely to be found amongst any soldiery, and there has not been a single occasion on which any member of the force has lost his temper under trying circumstances, or has not fulfilled his mission as a guardian of the peace. Severe journeys in winter and difficult arrests have had to be effected in the centre of savage tribes, and not once has the moral prestige which was in reality their only weapon, been found insufficient to cope with difficulties which, in America, have often baffled the efforts of whole columns of armed men. I am glad of this opportunity to name these men as well worthy of Canada's regard-as sons who have well maintained her name and fame. And now that you have had the patience to listen to me, and we have crossed the continent together, let me advise you as soon as possible to get up a branch Club-house, situated amongst our Rocky Mountains, where, during summer, your members may form themselves into an Alpine club and thoroughly enjoy the beautiful peaks and passes of our Alps. In the railway you will have a beautiful approach to the Pacific, The line, after traversing for days the plains, will come upon the rivers whose sheltering valleys have all much the same character. The river-beds are like great moats in a modern fortress-you do not see them till close upon them. As in the glacis and rampart of a fortress, the shot can search across the smoothed surfaces above the ditch, so any winds that may arise may sweep across the twin levels above the river fosses. The streams run coursing along the sunken levels in these vast ditches, which are sometimes miles in width. Sheltered by the undulating banks, knolls, or cliffs, which form the margin of their excavated bounds, are woods, generally of poplar, except in the northern and western fir fringe

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ses associations historiques! Elles sont en effet autant de motifs d'encouragement à travailler à augmenter la force et la valeur de la nation entière, une et indivisib

r ainsi de la force. Un Canadien-francais me disait tout dernièrement à Québec: "Ma famille a souvent versé de son sang en combattant les Anglais." Je lui répondis: "Oui, monsieur, et ma propre famil

est célèbré par vous comme le sont les fêtes de St. Georges, St. André et St. Patrice. Ce sera une fête qui célébrera en même temps les traditions de la

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rt du plaisir qu'elle avait ressenti, en prenant connaissance des paroles prononcées par des hommes di

physique qui aurait fait envi aux preux Paladins de Roncevaux, le Colonel de Salaberry mit toute son énergie et sa force au s

tre de retour au Canada à la fin d'octobre. J'aurais voulu qu'elle e?t pu prendre part à la réception qui m'est faite à

t venus ici et ont fondé une communauté heureuse et prospère. Leurs compatriotes des provinces de l'est peuvent être certai

tes pour la vie malsaine des manufactures sur la terre étrangère. Un certain nombre d'entre eux songent à rentrer au pays après des années d'absence, mais il leur ser

grande et importante oeuvre nationale. Tous m'ont donné à entendre qu'ils avaient écrit à leurs amis, pour leur conseiller de venir s'établir

veillant que vous me faites; je me compte, volontiers, au premier rang de ceux qui se plaise

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eriment made in your confederation of colleges has been watched by all who take an interest in education. It has made Manitoba

ported by the various denominations, and these separate themselves too definitely, it is difficult to secur

e the clergy of all denominations uniting in prayer, at a ceremony such as the present, celebrating the erection of new buildings for a college, free to all, but under Presb

eople spreading everywhere over the country whose value has only so lately been realised, you enjoy the more fortunate lot of being able to trace for the communities the outlines of their future life. It is this which makes these first steps of such incalculable importance. Each touch you give will give shape and form a

he eastern Provinces can do more to make Manitoba a temptation to settlers, than the proof you afford that their children shall

d where education is prized even above the wonderful material prosperity guaranteed by the rich plains

lice, who had accompanied the party for seven weeks, were paraded under command

some searching criticism, for on my staff are officers who have served in the cavalry, artillery, and infantry. Their unanimous verdict is to the effect that they have never seen work better, more willingly, or more smartly done while under circumstances of some difficulty caused by bad weather or otherwise. Your appearance on parade was always as clean and bright and, soldier-like as possible. Your force is often spoken of in Canada as one of which Canada is justly proud. It is well that this pride is so fully justified, for your duties are most important and varied. You must always act as guardians of the peace. There may be occasions also in which you may have to act as soldiers, and sometimes in dealing with

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On the other hand, it surely will be a pleasure to a young author, if, after a perusal of his thoughts, they who are his co-workers and successful precursors in the wide domain of poetry, fiction, or of history, should see fit to award him an expression of thanks for his contribution to the intellectual delight or to the knowledge of his time. They only, whose labours have met with the best reward-the praise of their contemporaries-can take the initiative in such a welcome to younger men, and whatever number may hereafter be elected to this society, it is to be desired that no man be upon its lists who has not by some original and complete work justified his selection. The meeting together of our eminent men will contribute to unite on a common ground those best able to express the thoughts and illustrate the history of the time. It will serve to strengthen emulation among us, for the discussion of progress made in other lands, will breed the desire to push the intellectual development of our own. We may hope that this union will promote the completion of the national collections which, already fairly representative in geology, may hereafter include archives, paintings, and objects illustrating ethnology and all branches of Natural History. In science we have men whose names are widely known, and the vast field for study and exploration afforded by this magnificent country may be expected to reward, by valuable discoveries, the labours of the geologist and mineralogist. It would be out of place in these few sentences to detail the lines of research which have already engaged your attention. They will be spoken of in the record of your proceedings. Among those, the utility of which must be apparent to all, one may be particularly mentioned. I refer to the meteorological observations, from which have been derived the storm warnings which during the last few years have saved many lives. A comparatively new science has thus been productive of results known to all our population and especially to seamen. Here I have only touched upon

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de of the United States, we can cordially sympathise. Connected as we are for a time with the fortunes of the sister land of Canada, we know how much the welfare of the one country is affected by the good of the other; how the evil that falls on one must affect the other also. Our blood makes us brothers, and our interests make us partners. Our governments are engaged in the same task, and from experience there is no reason to think otherwise than that they will be allowed to work in that perfect harmony which is essential for their peace and for the peace of the world. They are arching the continent with two zones of civilisation; with light, not of one colou

in 1882, at a public dinner in his

very nature of things, heavily handicapped here, and a trade, as you know, once established is not easily rivalled. Take care that you are in the market for this competition at as early a day as possible. When you are as rich as California, and have as many public works as Queensland, it may be time for you to reconsider your position. There is no reason ultimately to doubt that the population attracted to you as soon as you have a line through the mountains, will be the population which we most desire to have-a people like that of the old Imperial Islands, drawn from the strongest races of northern Europe,-one that with English, American, Irish, German, French and Scandinavian blood shall be a worthy son of the old Mother of Nations. (Loud applause.) Only last week, in seven days, no less than 900 people came to San Francisco by the overland route from the East. Your case will be the same if with "a strong pull and a pull altogether" you get your public works completed. I have spoken of your being pretty heavily handicapped. In saying this, I refer to the agricultural capabilities of the Province alone. Of course you have nothing like the available land that the central Provinces possess, yet it seems to me you have enough for all the men who are likely to come to you for the next few years as farmers or owners of small ranches. (Applause.) The climate of the interior for at least one hundred miles north of the boundary line has a far shorter winter than that of most of Alberta or Arthabaska. Losses of crops from early frosts or of cattle from severe weather are unknown to the settlers of your upper valleys. In these-and I wish there were more of these valleys-all garden produce and small fruits can be cultivated with the greatest success. For men possessing from ￡200 to ￡600 a year, I can conceive no more attractive occupation than the care of cattle or a cereal farm within your borders. (Loud applause.) Wherever there is open land, the wheat crops rival the best grown elsewhere, while there is nowhere any dearth of ample provision of fuel and lumber for the winter. (Renewed applause.) As you get your colonisation roads pushed and the dykes along the Fraser River built, you will have a larger available acreage, for there are quiet straths and valleys hidden away among the rich forests which would provide comfortable farms. As in the north-west last year, so this year I have taken down the evidence of settlers, and this has been wonderfully favourable. To say the truth, I was rather hunting for grumblers, and found only one! He was a young man of super-sensitiveness from one of our comfortable Ontario cities, and he said he could not bear this country. Anxious to come at the truth, and desiring to search to the bottom of things, we pressed him as to the reason. "Did he know of any cases of misery? Had he found starving settlers?" The reply was re-assuring, for he said, "No; but I don't like it. Nobody in this country walks; everybody rides!" (Laughter.) You will be happy to hear that he is going back to Ontario. Let me now allude, in a very few words, to those points which may be mentioned as giving you exceptional advantages. If you are handicapped in the matter of land in comparison with the Provinces of the Plains, you are certainly not so with regard to climate. (Cheering.) Agreeable as I think the steady and dry cold of an Eastern winter, yet there are very many who would undoubtedly prefer the temperature enjoyed by those who live west of the mountains. Even where it is coldest, spring comes in February, and the country is so divided into districts of greater dryness or greater moisture, that a man can always choose whether to have a rainfall small or great. I hope I am not wearying you in dwelling on these points, for my only excuse in making these observations is, that I have learnt that the interior is to many on the island as much a terra incognita as it was to me. I can partly understand this after seeing the beautifully engineered road which was constructed by Mr. Trutch, for although I am assured it is as safe as a church-(laughter)-I can very well understand that it is pleasanter for many of the ladies to remain in this beautiful island than to admire the grandeur of the scenery in the gorges. As you have adopted protection in your politics, perhaps it would not be presumptuous in me to suggest that you should adopt protection also in regard to your precipices-(great laughter)-and that should the waggon road be continued in use, a few Douglas firs might be sacrificed to make even more perfect that excellent road in providing protection at the sides. Besides the climate, which is so greatly in your favour, you have another great advantage in the tractability and good conduct of the Indian population. (Applause.) I believe I have seen the Indians of almost every tribe throughout the Dominion, and nowhere can you find any who are so trustworthy in regard to conduct-(hear, hear)-so willing to assist the white settlers by their labour, so independent and anxious to learn the secret of the white man's power. (Applause.) Where elsewhere constant demands are met for assistance; your Indians have never asked for any, for in the interviews given to the Chiefs their whole desire seemed to be for schools and schoolmasters, and in reply to questions as to whether they would assist themselves in securing such institutions, they invariably replied that they would be glad to pay for them. (Loud applause.) It is certainly much to be desired that some of the funds apportioned for Indian purposes, be given to provide them fully with schools in which Industrial Education may form an important item. (Hear, hear.) But we must not do injustice to the wilder tribes. Their case is totally different from that of your Indians. The buffalo was everything to the nomad. It gave him house, fuel, clothes, and thread. The disappearance of this animal left him starving. Here, on the contrary, the advent of the white men has never diminished the food supply of the native. He has game in abundance, for the deer are as numerous now as th

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iamen of Canada show that a democratic people do not tolerate unearned superiority, but recognise the superiority given by training. I cannot let this opportunity pass without saying a last word as to the point of view from which I regard the importance of militia training in Canada. It is more perhaps from the point of view of an Imperial officer than from that of a man temporarily holding a Canadian civil appointment. There is a certain amount of feeling in this country that our whole militia force is a mere matter of fuss and feathers, of "playing at soldiers" in fact. I think that is always a most unfortunate feeling, because I cannot say how anxiously in the old country those steps are watched by which Canadians perfect themselves for purposes of self-defence. Englishmen know that in case of any trouble arising, which I hope not to see, and do not believe we shall see, they are bound and pledged to come to your assistance. The question must necessarily be asked, With what army are they to operate? with one that will be of real assistance, or with one that will have no more cohesion than

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money, which in part will defray the expense of printing your transactions. And here, in speaking of this as a business meeting, I would venture to remind you, and all friends of this society throughout the country, that the $5000 annually voted by the House of Commons will go but a very short way in preparing a publication which shall fully represent Canada to the foreign scientific bodies of the world. We have only to look to the Federal and State Legislatures of America to see what vast sums are annually expended in the States for scientific research. We see there also how the proceeds of noble endowments are annually utilised for the free dissemination of knowledge. It is, therefore, not to be supposed that the comparatively small parallel assistance provided by any Government can absolve wealthy individuals from the patriotic duty of bequeathing or of giving to such a national society the funds, without which it cannot usefully exist. You will forgive me, as one who may be supposed to have a certain amount of the traditional economical prudence of his countrymen, for menti

and the only possible difficulty that I can see ahead of you is this: that men may be apt to take exception to your membership because it is not geographically representative. I would earnestly counsel you to hold to your course in this matter. A scientific and literary society must remain one representing individual eminence, and that individual eminence must be recognised if, as it may happen accidentally, personal distinction in authorship may at any particular moment be the happy possession of only one part of the country. A complete work, and one recognised for its merit, should remain the essential qualification for election to the literary sections, and the same test should be applied as far as possible to the scientific branches. If men be elected simply because they came from such and such a college, or if they be elected simply because they came from the east, from the west, from the north, or from the south, you will get a heterogeneous body toget

last year of the American Association. These meetings at Montreal are not without their significance. They show that it is not only among statesmen and politicians abroad that Canada is valued and respected; b

our immense territory, where in every part new and interesting matters will arrest their attention, and give delight to men who, in many cases, have but lately realised our resources. Their words, biassed by no interests other than the desire for knowledge, and

s for the determination shown by all to make the Royal Society a worthy embodiment of the literar

s from the Royal Academy and the Ontario

or himself is such that the Provincial Government and the Dominion Government, with my full consent, are prepared to spend $117,000 this year in securing his habitation, so that it shall not be swept away by the waves of Lake Ontario. (Applause and laughter.) I am sure-though I speak in the presence of much better authority-that if the association here shows itself as much ahead of the world as the gentleman to whom I have referred, the Provincial and Dominion Government will, in the same manner, back up your position by money grants if necessary. (Renewed laughter.) It has been a great satisfaction to me that when the Royal Academy was founded, I had the great assistance and support of the gentleman who was then President of your local association, Mr. O'Brien. As this may be the last time I shall have an opportunity to speak on Art matters in Canada, I should like to acknowledge the debt of gratitude which all those who had to do with founding the Academy owe to him. With untiring zeal, good temper, and tact, he worked in a manner which deserves, I think, the highest recognition. As a result of the labour bestowed upon the project, we see here to-night the Academy and the old Society in one unbroken line. With regard to the work done by the Academy, you are aware we have held three or four annual meetings, and marked progress has been seen. The patriotic determination not only to hold meetings in towns where good commercial results could be obtained, but in others, is shown by the holding of a meeting in Halifax and other towns where it was not expected that a very large number of pictures could at once be sold. The good results of this course are shown by the fact that as a result of the meeting in Halifax, a local Art society is to be established there. A local association has been started at Ottawa, and is making good progress. In Montreal a great impetus has been given to the local society, and throughout the Dominion the cause of Art has been promoted by a central body bearing a high standard and encouraging contributions from all parts of the country. We have also to pride ourselves upon the enterprise of our artists in seeking instruction abroad. Several names might be mentioned of those who have gone and have diligently studied at Paris and elsewhere. At the Paris Salon this year, two of our lady members, Miss Jones and Miss Richards, have been very successful in having every picture they sent admitted to the Exhibition. (Applause.) A subscription was made in Montreal, some years ag

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as on our own, to give expression to the general feeling of regret with which the country has learned that your Excellency's official connection with Canada is soon about to cease. We are happy, however, to believe that in the councils of the

d requirements of every section of the Dominion have been highly appreciated by its people, and we feel that the c

st us, and to advance science and art, will long be gratefully remembered The success of your Excellency's efforts has fortified us in t

Highness, whose kindly and gracious sympathies, manifested upon so many occasions, have endeared her to all hearts, we humbly beg that you will personally convey to

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a strong central Government all national interests, the toleration of all faiths with favour to none, a franchise recognising the rights of labour by the exclusion only of the idler, the maintenance of a Government not privileged to exist for any fixed term, but ever susceptible to the change of public opinion and ever open, through a responsible Ministry, to the scrutiny of the people-these are the features of your rising power. Finally, you present the spectacle of a nation already possessing the means to make its position respected by its resources in men available at sea or on land. May these never be required except to gather the harvests the bounty of God has so lavishly bestowed upon you. The spirit, however, which made your fathers resist encroachment on your soil and liberties is with you now, and it is as certain to-day, as it was formerly, that you are ready to take on yourselves the necessary burden to ensure the permanence of your laws and institutions. You have the power to make treaties on your own responsibility with foreign nations, and your high commissioner is associated, for purposes of negotiation, with the Foreign Office. You are not the subjects but the free allies of the great country which gave you birth, and is ready with all its energy to be the cha

urned to the Commons Chamber, followed by the members. The l

by your words, and the message of which you make us the bearers, comes, as we personally know, from a people determined to maintain the Empire. The severance of my official connection with Canada does not loosen the tie o

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held at Toronto. The formal opening was on Sept. 15th, and His Excellency, who was in

) and, while this remarkable result has been accomplished in so short a time, we see no diminution in the progress and prosperity of the Province. During the last few years Ontario may be said to have become a Mother Country, for she has sent out colonies to the West by tens of thousands, and yet, owing to the rapid and natural increase of her people, and to the manner in which the void occasioned by the departure of these has been filled up from across the seas, we still see the population constantly increasing-(cheers)-and I believe the next census will show as great an increase as the last, and that, I believe was 18 per cent. (Loud cheers.) I was very much struck some time ago by the manner in which some men, comfortably situated here, wished, nevertheless, to see the West. I had occasion to ask for the services of two men for a friend of mine who had taken a farm in Manitoba. One was got immediately, and an Ontario gentleman, to whom I applied, came to me and said: "You will be surprised to hear who the second man is whom I have obtained for your friend; he is a man having a large farm and a very comfortable homestead, and, while he does not wish to leave the Province permanently, he desires to go to the North-West to see the country, and has volunteered to go as a hired man for a year to Manitoba." He left for that year his wife and child at home. I hope by this time he has been able to rejoin them. I do not think the desire prevailing amongst you in Ontario to go westward need cause the men of Ontario one moment's anxiety. Your ranks will be quickly refilled. Numbers are now coming in from the Old Country-and I beg to congratulate the Government of Ontario on the successful way in which they have put forward the attractions, I may say the great attractions, of this Province as compared with those of the West, with the view of arresting some of those who were on their passage farther west. (Cheers.) I had a conversation only yesterday with a gentleman who is at the head of the Agricultural Science Department of South Kensington, in London; and to show you there is a wide field open for the surplus population of a class you wish to attract, I would like to quote that gentleman's words. He is a great aut

ted in the Queen's Park, Toronto. Several thousand persons had ass

is one of no influence would be the first to cry out against its powers, and they would be right to do so, should those powers be used in excess of constitutional privilege. It is sufficient that the ministers, both of the last Government and the present, regard the office as valuable, and desire its continuance. There is, however, one point in connection with it which I should wish to impress upon you. In some quarters, although not, I am satisfied, by the people at large, the presence of a Governor-General is held to imply something called "etiquette"-(Laughter),-and implies also the establishment of a "court." I wish to say from my experience in Canada I am sure that this is by no means the case. Etiquette may perhaps be defined as some rule of social conduct. I have found that no such rule is necessary in Canada, for the self-respect of the people guarantees good manners. (Cheers.) We have had no etiquette and no court. Our only etiquette has been the prohibition of any single word spoken by strangers at the Government House in disparagement of Canada. (Cheers.) Our only court has been the courting of her fair name and fame. (Cheers.) Now, ladies and gentlemen, you ask me why it is I am so enthusiastic a Canadian. I believe I am perhaps even more of a Canadian than some of the Canadians them

nted by the Corporation of the city. Th

zens of Ottawa-We both thank you most cordially

ll not be the last occasion on which we shall again be brought together, for it would be indeed a melancholy prospect to us were we not able to look forward to some future day on whi

fortunate time than that spent amongst you; indeed, whenever, in the future, life's path is darker, we can take comfort

social meetings at Government House, we shall certainly leave with the feeling that there is no community more easy to please. The interest and affecti

wished for the benefit and adornment of your city to become its dictator with plenary power of raising federal and local taxes for any object which may have seemed best to my despotic will. But I have faith in popular rule, and believe that when I next visit Ottawa I shall see the city not only embellished by the completion of some of the good buildings which are now rising, or about to be erected, within its limits, but that I shall see every street, and especially those which are widest, planted with flourishing shade trees. I shall probably see a new Government House, from whose windows the beautiful extent of your river shall be visible, as well as the noble outlines of your Parliament Buildings. Leading from this to the city I shall mark how the long, fine a

t of government, and I believe that a gayer and brighter season than the Ottawa winter is hardly to be met with. By the increase of good accommodation afforded by the hotels, an improvement, which has been most notable within the last few years, has been effected for the comfort of visitors, and its results are apparent in the great number of strangers who throng your city during the time of the sitting of Parliament. Ottawa should become during these months more and more the social centre for the

s city as being among the brightest and pleasantest, and in bidding you far

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es from societies representing some race or old national sentiment among Canadians, he said that he would suggest that, for the future, Canadians should approach the Head of the Government only as Canadians, the Mayor or Warden representing

lied as follows to the

behalf of

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in the suggestion of methods of procedure in government; but any action the head of the state may take must be unknown, except at rare intervals, to the public, and must always be of such a nature that no party may claim him as their especial friend. As a sign of the union of your country with the rest of the Empire, he has other functions more important than that of making Canada well known abroad, which it may be in his power greatly to use for your benefit. Steam communication has made the advent of emigrants easy, and the emigrant is a better

ds on his estates in County Kerry, Ireland, where an emphatic tribute to his personal worth has been lately paid him at Dereen. In a few days he will land upon your shores,

wing the carriage for a long distance until we reached the great Windsor Hotel. I told them at the time that I considered it an omen of how a Governor might always trust to them for support. That impression was strengthened during my stay in

er. Where in other lands you see those who have had political power and patronage occupying palaces and raising themselves to be amongst the richest of the people, we here see perhaps too much of the other extreme, and men who have led parties to battle and been the victorious leaders in honest political strife are too often left to live in houses which an English squire would not consider good enough for his bailiff. This leads me to speak to you of a wish which I have often cherished, but which, to reveal a Cabinet secret, I have never succeeded in persuading any Canadian statesman to support by a speech in the chambers of the Legislature. They fear, I suppose, that selfishness would be assigned as their motive. I therefore come to you, the people, to propose it, and to ask you-the representatives and citizens of the wealthiest community in Cana

oils of the central continent, let us be thankful also for the Providence which has enabled our thrifty and hardy people to turn to good account the banks on both sides of the great stream flowing from hence seawards. Let us be thankful that this great arterial channel has tempted people not only up its own current, but up the channels of its tributaries, and that under the guidance of men like Labelle and others, we are gradually having the great country to the north opened up by settlements which have spread along the Ottawa, the River Rouge, the Lievre and the Saguenay, unti

ur farewell, but let me express our wish that o

ec presented a farewell address. The Governor-General i

the French-Canadian enjoys the most absolute liberty and safety under the flag which secures to him in common with all citizens of every Province a national life, the natural and legitimate desire of the growing communities of this great country. From East to West the spreading colonies are now able to give each other the hand. They are beginning to find out what vast

pare the ideas of other men with their own, make progress. Open your arms to the immigrants who come, while you endeavour to repatriate your own people; there is room enough here for all; continue to make the country to the north of you a second line of wealth-giving lands for the first line formed by the valley

triumphs of Peace, your rewards the r

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