It Would Be Simply Suicidal

I Am A Subject Of The British Crown, But Whenever I Have To Choose Between The Interests Of England And Canada It Is Manifest To Me That The Interests Of My Country Are Identical With Those Of The United States Of America.

The Twentieth Century Belongs To Canada.

Confederation Is A Compact, Made Originally By Four Provinces But Adhered To By All The Nine Provinces Who Have Entered It, And I Submit To The Judgment Of This House And To The Best Consideration Of Its Members, That This Compact Should Not Be Lightly Altered.

We Are Here A Nation, Composed Of The Most Heterogeneous Elements-protestants And Catholics, English, French, German, Irish, Scotch, Every One, Let It Be Remembered, With His Traditions, With His Prejudices. In Each Of These Conflicting Antagonistic Elements, However, There Is A Common Spot Of Patriotism, And The Only True Policy Is That Which Reaches That Common Patriotism And Makes It Vibrate In All Toward Common Ends And Common Aspirations.

What Is Hateful Is Not Rebellion But The Despotism Which Induces The Rebellion; What Is Hateful Are Not Rebels But The Men, Who, Having The Enjoyment Of Power, Do Not Discharge The Duties Of Power; They Are The Men Who, Having The Power To Redress Wrongs, Refuse To Listen To The Petitioners That Are Sent To Them; They Are The Men Who, When They Are Asked For A Loaf, Give A Stone.