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HE i.roceedin^rson the occasion oi the unveiling of 
 m^^ the nionunient erected hy Purlianient on Purliji- 
 1^ - 1 nient Hill, to the memory ofSirJohn Macdonakl, 
 were in their nature historic, and it has been' 
 ^,Wr deemed fitting to preserve in pamplilet form the 
 addresses and other business of the (hiy, whicli would otherwise 
 be in some degree lost in the rapidly accumulating columns 
 of the newspapers. 
 
 The f »llowing report taken from the Montreal Gazette of 
 July 2nd, 1895, has been adopted for the purpose; and in 
 order that the memory of Sir Geo. Cartier, K C. M. G., so long 
 the colleague and personal friend of Sir John Macdonald, may 
 be on this occasion, as so often during life, connected with that 
 of his distinguished colleague, it has been considered proper 
 that there should be appended to this report, the speech de- 
 livered by Sir John Macdonald on the occasion of the unveiling 
 of the statue of Sir Geo. Cartier on January 29th, 1885. 
 
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 SiK MACKKXZIK HOWKLL, K.C.M.C].. Sik ADOIJ'IIK 
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 Ottawa, .luly 1.— The (listinc'tuj fcuture of Dominion day 
 colo])ration liere was the unveilin*,' of tlie atatne of Sir John 
 Maedonald. erected by the people of Canada in loving memory 
 of tlie great statesman, to whom more tlian to any other one 
 man the Dominion owes its existence. The day was perfect, 
 tlie attendance large, fully five tiioiisand pisrsons being on the 
 grounds, and the ceremony passed ofl' without the slightest 
 hitch or flaw to mar it. The platform, erected at the south- 
 east corner of the Senate, exactly opposite the monument, was 
 comfortably Hlled, l)ut not overcrowded, as is so frequently the 
 case at such ceremonies, and every window in the Senate wing 
 and Eastern block, from which a view of the monument could 
 be obtained was occupied. On the platform were nearly all 
 the senators and members who had not taken advantatre of 
 the parliamentary holiday to run home, amongst them being 
 Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Sir A. l\ Caron, Hon. John Costigan, 
 Tlon. T. Mayne Daly, Hon. Geo. E. Foster, Hon. Dr. Montague, 
 Hon. A. R. Angers, Hon. A. R. Dickey, Speakers Ross, of the 
 Senate, and White, of tl/^ Commons, Senators McKay, Read, 
 Clemow, and others. Amongst the members of Parliament 
 present were Messrs. Taylor, Tisdale, Prior, Mills (Annapolis), 
 Cochrane, Robillard, Cargill, Sir James Grant, etc. ; Hon. \Vm. 
 McDougall, Chief Justice Sir Henry Strong, Archdeacon 
 
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 Lander, Rev Mr. Bogart, Rev\ Mr. Snowdon, Rev. AV. W. 
 Carson, of Detroit. Three provinces, ( )ntario, Nova Scotia 
 and Prince Kdward Island, were represented by tlicir lieuten- 
 ant-governors, Messrs. Ivirkiiatrick, Daly and llowlan. 
 Shortlv before twelve the militarv, consistinu' of the local 
 corps and the Royal Scots, marched into the grounds and took 
 up a }){)sition on the lawn in front of the buildings, forming 
 three sides of a s(piare : and as theniiddtiy gun announced the 
 hour of noon, the Ottawa Field Battery, which was stationed 
 to the east of the Eastern block, fired the customary salute of 
 twenty-one guns. This is the first time that a Dominion day 
 salute has been tired from Parliament hill, the salute being 
 usually tired from Xepenn point. The troops in line then gave 
 three hearty cheers and the band played "(iod Save the 
 Queen." 
 
 LOUD ABERDEEN S TELE(illAM. 
 
 Sir Mackenzie Bowell, who was warmlv received on coming 
 forward to address the gathering, said: - I regret exceedingly 
 the unavoidable absence of His Excellency as the representative 
 of the Crown upon this memoralde occasion, for the reason 
 given in the followinii' telcixram : — 
 
 <,)ii:r.i;i', .lum; .Su, Is!)."). 
 
 To tliL' Hon. Sir .Mii('kun/.i<! liowcll, ()tt;i\va : 
 
 Allow iiK' to oiler my lii'st \\;-<IiL'son tl;c auspicious ((CLMsion of tlu> umoiliiig 
 of tilt' UK'Uiorial of >ii' .loliii A. MacclouaM. It is not many wooks sinrt' 1 had 
 tlu' pli a>urr of travi'lliui; w illi you to Mouticiil to talvc part in liKMiuxciliiig of 
 anotiicr uiiMiiorial to tin.' sauu' great man, and 1 groatly rcgrt't tliat c)\\iug to 
 arrangointnits made Iti-foit' i Icaiiu'il of tlic proceeilings of ^londay 1 can not 
 1)0 pri'scnt on lliis occasion. (Hixioiisly in no ])lao(M;oul(lsuch a inonumcnt ho 
 more api)ropiiatcly circtuil tliaii in tlic ollicial <Mpi(al of Canada ; nor ooiUd tin; 
 inaugural ceremony l»e held on a more opportune day tiian that on wliicii \vi' 
 couimemorate tiie formation of the Dominion. '!"lie memory of Sir .John A. 
 Macdonald has a .secure ami a cherished jjlace in tiie hearts of iiis countrymen, 
 and it is well that liy tliese |)ul>lic monuments future generations may he reminded 
 or taught of iiis careei', his services and the patriotic sentiments liy wlucii he was 
 inspired and actuated 
 
 (.Signed) .\iii:uiii;i;N. 
 
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 TO SI I,' JO NX J. MACDOXALh 
 
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 The Preniier continued : — If there was one characteristic 
 of Sir John Macdonald more marked than all the others it 
 may fairly he said to have been his loyal devotion to the 
 Crown and his constant care for tlie interests of the British 
 Empire. And if that loyalty was so marked and so produc- 
 tive of good for the Empire, it was in return loyally recog- 
 nized. The honours which, towards the close of hia active 
 life, were showered ui)on Sir John Macdonald by the (Jueen, 
 by learned bodies, and l)v his own country, were splendid 
 rewards for splendid service. (Cheers.) In the letter which 
 Her Majesty wrote to Lady Macdonald on .luly 2nd, 1891, 
 tht» (^ueen said : — " F wish also to sa}' how truly and sincerely 
 grateful I am for his devoted and faithful services which he 
 rendered for so manyyears to his sovereign and the Dominion." 
 Iler Majesty has seen many great men come and go, in her 
 service, during the last half century ; but we may fairly claim 
 that among them all, no man contributed more to strengthen 
 the arm of Great Britain or to increase respect for British in- 
 stitutions and traditions than did Sir John Macdonald. When 
 the l)ust of Sir John Macdonald was placed in the crypt of 
 St. Paul's, in London, where the sun may l)e seen shining 
 upon it always on a line morning, Lord liosebery, in the course 
 of a speech which I hope will never be forgotten in this 
 country, said : — " We are gradually collecting within this 
 cathedral the household gods of our commonwealth. Up 
 abovo, there sleep Yv^ellington aiid Nelson, those lords of war 
 who preserved the Em[)ire ; below, we have the effigies of 
 Daly and Macdonald who did so much to extend it. We 
 have not indeed their bodies. These rest more titly in the 
 regions were they lived and laboured ; but here to-day we con- 
 secrate their memory and their example. We know notliing 
 of party politics in Canada on this occasion. We recognize 
 only this, that Sir John Macdonald had grasped the central 
 
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 idea that the British Empire is the s^reatest secular ao^ency for 
 good now known to mankind ; that that was the secret of his 
 success ; tliat he determined to die under it, and strove that 
 Canada should hve under it." (A[tplause.) AW^ are here 
 to-day for a like purpose and in a like manner. 
 
 No one has emhalmed the memory of Sir John Macdonald 
 in nobler language than the present leader of the Opposition, 
 wliose address in 1891, when referring to the loss which 
 Canada had sustained in his death, will not soon bo forgotten. 
 I regret sincereh' his engagements which have prevented his 
 presence on this occasion ; but his absence, I venture to say, 
 does not deprive us of his sympathy. We all recognize the 
 fact that the labours of the dead man were labours for our 
 common country, and that the honours which he wore were 
 honours paid to our common pul)lic service — to that service in 
 which, with different policies, we who are in public lite have 
 devoted ourselves. The sceneration is now o-rowino* old which 
 is in a condition to bear personal testimony to the labours and 
 anxieties of those who framed the constitntion and institutions 
 of the Dominion of Canada. And in those labours and 
 anxieties. Sir John Macdonald had in the nature of things 
 the largest share. 
 
 Those among you who are young and see all about you the 
 machinery of government, of law, of commerce, of transporta- 
 tion I'unninii' easilv and successful! v day bv dav, would do well 
 to study with some degree of minute care the history of the 
 last half centurv in Canada. In that time the whole face of 
 the country has l)een, so to speak, altered. In territorial ex- 
 tent, in commercial activity, in facilities for transport, in poli- 
 tical conditions, in ihe character of our laws and our institutions, 
 Canada has witnessed such changes as would startle many, it 
 not most, of our predecessors who passed away at an earlier 
 stage of our development. It was, however, very characteristic 
 of Sir John Macdonald that, though he was a witness and a 
 
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 v.'orker in all the remarkable changes of his time, he was never 
 startled at changes and never doubtful about the capacity of 
 the country for growth and development. Ilis mind was so 
 constituted that new conditions did not confuse him and he 
 seemed to grow greater in his capacity as the country grew 
 greater in size and importance. (Cheers.) Indeed, so easily 
 did he accustom himself to the changed and changing condi- 
 tions of public administration, and to the multiplication of ser- 
 ious responsibilities that he was known to say that, alter all, 
 his most strenuous work was done before Confederation. AVe 
 would be less just and less generous than he was, if we did 
 not recognize that in the formation and early government of 
 the L)ominion he had the aid of the ablest men of all the pro- 
 vinces some of whom have [)assed away ; others like Tilley in 
 New Brunswick and Sir Charles Tupperin London, lion. Wm. 
 McDougall, now on the platform, and our co-worker in the 
 House of Commons, Sir Hector Langevin, still live to bear 
 witness to the genius of the men they followed with such help- 
 ful devotion. (Applause.) 
 
 MACDUNALD AND CARTIKR. 
 
 But among them there was one whose name still is power- 
 ful to evoke strong feeling among a large part of our pojmla- 
 tion whenever it is spoken. At a little distance from us — at 
 the other side of this ituilding — there rises the statue of another 
 Canadian statesman. Sir George Cartier. The genius of Cana- 
 dian history must surely contemplate with pride and satisfaction 
 the public honours paid in the same signal manner to these 
 two great men and friends. Together they fought the battle 
 of politics for causes they deemed the best. Together they 
 laboured to frame the conslitution of the Dominion of Canada. 
 Together they launched a new dominion upon its not inglorious 
 career. Now they rest in graves, divided as to distance, but 
 each in his own province, but together their memories remain 
 
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 to lis II noble oxjiinpleot' priviite t'rioJuUliip aiul p;il»lic honour; 
 and togctlier their statues dignity and adorn those grounds 
 which Avere so often the scenes of their labours. (Cheers.) 
 
 I could wish for an eloquence, not mine to exhiitit, in order 
 to say more in their praise and to signalize this occasion more 
 tittingly. IJut having said so much in their honour, let me 
 suppose for a moment what lesson it is that these silent but 
 suggestive monuments should teach us. Lord Rosebery has 
 offered at least one suo'ijestion. These monuments teach us 
 that the British Empire is one of the greatest secular agents 
 for <i;ood that the world has ever seen. This was the testimonv 
 which Afacdonald and Cartier i-'ave (hiring a lifetime. Affiiin 
 they teach us that civic freedom is better preserved by British 
 laws traditions and institutions than under any system in the 
 world. ((^Iheers.) Macdotiald and Cartier laboured to pre- 
 serve and })erpetuate them. Again they teach us that public 
 men en"-a<i:ed in a common cause if thev wish to l)e i^reat and 
 successful and honoured, must keep faith with each other. 
 They teach us, too, that as the Kmpire is greater than the 
 Dominion, so the Dominion is greater and more important 
 than the province; and the province more important than any 
 of its cities or towns. They teach us that if there is friction 
 with the Imperial authorities it is our duty to lessen it ; if there 
 is jealousy among the [)rovinces, it is our dut}' to allay it; if 
 there are ditferences in race and religion it is our most solemn 
 duty to minimize and assuage them; if there is rivah-y among 
 parties it is our duty to think tirst of the country and its needs ; 
 and if there are difficulties in the way of the good government 
 of the country, it is our (Uity as men of atfairs to overcome them. 
 (Applause.) If we have any doubt about the carrying out of 
 such teaching, any doubt of our own ability to fulfil it, let ns 
 remember that other lesson tauu'ht us bv these monuments, 
 viz., that no men ever laboured with loyalty and honesty for 
 the public good without being sooner or later rewarded by the 
 su]_ip()rt and ai)plause of a grateful people. (Cheers.) 
 
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 TO SIR .mux A. M.\('I>()X.\I.I> 
 
 A W(tUD OF IM-.USONAL lU:rnI,LECTIUX. 
 
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 (.)ne word I may l)e allowed to say in my own person as 
 tilling the res[)onsible office of First Minister — :in oHiee which 
 has fallen upon me so nnexpeetodly, not ot Jiiy own seeking, 
 but bv such siu'nal losses to the countrv as the death of a 
 .NTacdonald, an Abbott and a Tlionii)S()n. In my youth I was 
 witness of many of the triumphs of the statesmen of a [>ast 
 generation. I was struck with an admiration, which never 
 ceased, of the genius of .NFacdonald. I entered public life as 
 his su[>porter. To his fortunes I adhered in good and evil 
 times. It is now my pride to know that I shared his con- 
 fidence and joined in his policy to the diy of his death. And 
 I hope that no circumstatice of pui)lic lite will ever tind his old 
 admirers and followers taithless to his policy or his memory. 
 (Great cheers.) The young men of Canada, who, in the 
 natural course of events, must, ere long, take our [ilaces in the 
 councils of the Dominion, should leani to emulate him in his 
 aspirations to create a united Canada, and make it the right 
 arm of British power on this continent, and never cease until 
 that object is attained, thus assisting in perpetuating the 
 meniorv of 
 
 " Him of tilt' wiilur vision 
 
 Who liail one liope, t'lysjaii, 
 To luoiilil il iiiiiility fhipiiL' towMids \\w. uest ; 
 
 Wlio tluouL:li till' hosiili' vi'iiis, 
 
 Mid tlic \s ruuuliiii.' woids like s|H'iiis, 
 Still ItoiL' this Tituii \isiiiu in iiis lu-iMst. " 
 
 (Ap[>lause.) 
 
 And now, havinij: said all that seems to me fittinii' to sav, 
 in view of the fact that others are to come after me, with 
 feelings of pride and emotion, which 1 am sure will l)e 
 sympathized in by you all, in the name of the Parliament of 
 Canada, and may I not add, in the name of a grateful [>eople, 
 I dedicate this monument to the memory of Sir -lohn 
 Alexander Macdonald. (Cheers.) 
 
 The statue was then unveiled amid li'reat enthusiasm. 
 
 
 
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 MR. weir's poem. 
 
 Mr. Arthur Weir then read tlie following poem, which lie 
 had written at the request of the Government : — 
 
 lit'lc, ill llic- .snlflllll sliailuw of tlu'Sf Willi.-. 
 
 Wlificin lii-i voico liiil luiij,' tlif natiiMi sway, 
 llcii', wIr'Ic the cailfinf of tlic ilixtani falls 
 
 Scciiis a laiui'iit for uiaiidcur |iassf.i away, 
 W'f who liavi; icapt'il w hiTr hi' lias sown, now iniiiu 
 
 To liiin this thaiiksLriv inu. 
 'I'liis triliiiiL' to the uiifoij;otten great 
 
 That, foi all time, men may revere his name, 
 Our ehililren learn tji.' seei'et of tine fame. 
 
 Tine uieatne.-s emulate. 
 
 We paitl, loiiii' sinei' the tiii)Ute of our tears, 
 
 When, ill tlie fulnes.s of his power, lie ilied ; 
 iJiit now that griet has lieeii assuageil liy years, 
 
 \Vu nioiirn not, hut rejoiee, with soher pride. 
 That one of earth's immortals, \\ ise and strong. 
 Dwelt in our midst so long, 
 
 Teaeliiiig large thoughts and love of liherty. 
 And. Atlas like, upon his shoulders hole 
 Our world of eare. until. Ids travail o'er, 
 
 lie passed from us away. 
 
 He walked tiiroiigli life tiiumplrint. Fortune's .son. 
 
 What were to ('tlier.s l)arriers, were to hin; 
 I'.pt gates, throiigh which his high siieeess was won, 
 
 111- held strange spirit eoiuuiune wiili tlu' dim 
 Siiapes of the futiiie. His fariearliiiig mind 
 Some liarmony diil tiiid 
 
 In elements diseoi'dant : and man's strength 
 .Ami wi'akuess serxed witii him tlu' uolile end 
 To hiiild a nation and all factions liU'iul 
 
 in hrotherhood, at length. 
 
 He found tlie si'veii sisters of liie Xoitii, 
 
 The Sea-(Jui-eirs daULriiteis. in primeval wooils, 
 I'.y lonely streams, lamenting, and tiiem forth 
 
 He leil from desert lands and solitiuh's. 
 The i'leiades of nations, ihey have shone 
 I'pou ihitaniiia's throne ; 
 
 W'itii every passing yi'ar. tliiir go'di'ii light 
 Waxing in lustre, until every land 
 In wonder looks upon the glol■iou^ liand 
 
 Tiiat hieaks the Xoitiurn night. 
 
 And sliall wt-. in whose midst so long lu' dwelt. 
 
 Who had commune so long witii his gre.tt niiml, 
 l''orsake his ti'achings, and. like Israel, melt 
 
 Our gold to rear false gods I Shall we grow Mind 
 To those large tlifuight.- that tolerance which Iohl: 
 Made this Dominion strong? 
 
 Xay. never so 1 He left an heritage 
 ^Vol•thy himselt and u> : he ours the pride 
 'I'o weld this new D<iiniuion. I'icli and wide. 
 
 More close from a'.:e to a •_'(■. 
 
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TO Sin .10]] X A. MAC DON J UK 
 
 13 
 
 oein, whicli lie 
 
 Sir Adolphe Carox, Postmaster General, said :— 
 Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Your Honours, Ladies and Gentle- 
 men:-A nation which shows respect tor her puhlic men and 
 for the memory of her illustrious dead, is a nation which 
 possesses within itselt one of the elements which make a 
 stron-, rich and happy people. Canada i.ossesses to a groat 
 extent that qualification wliich we find amon<,^ the powerful 
 peoples of the earth. Canada has not for-otten her dead • 
 Canada has not forir..tten Sir John Macdonald, the ..reat 
 statesman, the most illustrious of lier sons. TTamilton 
 Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, have distin-nished themselves' 
 bybuildincr up to his memory monuments in -ranite and in 
 bronze to commemorate his virtues and to commemorate his 
 patriotic deeds. T feel it somewhat difHeult, and I wish to 
 admit It, to do justice to this occasion. I have been called 
 upon on four different occasions to take part in the demon- 
 strations to which I have referred : but, with a Canadian 
 audience, it is always possible to appeal to sentiments of 
 admiratiou and gratitude when a word is spoken of Sir John 
 Macdonald. (Cheers.) 
 
 His life was a great example, and it is known in history that 
 great examples constitute the lessons which form o-reat states- 
 men. His example was a noble example. After'forty-seven 
 years of arduous labours. Sir John ^facdonald, feeling that he 
 was getting old, wished to retire from his public duties to 
 take that rest and quiet which he wanted after so many years 
 of unselfish service. But he felt that the necessities "'of the 
 country, that several public considerations which in his mind 
 were superior to private considerations, demanded that he 
 should remain at the helm and look after what he thought to 
 be the best interests of the country which he loved s.Twell. 
 And, sir, before he could retire to take the rest which he had 
 so well earned, he 
 
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 rXVElUXfl OF THE MONUMENT 
 
 MET TIIK DIRE ENEMY 
 
 on the field of battle. May we not say. followiiiii; uj* what I 
 have already mentioned about good example forming ijjood 
 citizens, may we not say this of his illustrious successor, Sir 
 John Thompson, whom we all regret so much to-day. Sir 
 John Thomjison, as I knew so well, was aware that he was 
 suft'ering from a fatal illness which was not going to forgive 
 him; still he remained in the position which he considered 
 he was filling in the interests of the country, and the result of 
 it was that far across the ocean he died — far away from family 
 and fr<>m friends — receiving, hf)wever, the greatest reward 
 that a statesman and a patriot ouild wish for, receiving the 
 greatest honours that could be conferred upon a subject, and 
 almost laviuij: down his life at the feet of his Sovereiu'u, who 
 had conferred these honours on him. (Cheers.) 
 
 Ladies and gentlemen, these are the examples which Sir 
 John Macdonald and which Sir John Thompson, his successor, 
 have given us Canadians. The history of Sir John Mac- 
 donald's life is the history of Canada. If you read one you 
 read the other. His name is connected with every step which 
 Canada has made in the great highway of development, pro- 
 gress and pros[ierity. Looking around, we Canadians must 
 experience within our breasts a feeling of ]»ride and satisfaction 
 when we consider that when Sir John Macdonald came into 
 public life for the first time, long before the union of the 
 provinces in 1840, he found Canada all divided ; he found one 
 province arrayed against the other province, lie found Eng- 
 lishmen believing that it would be impossible to govern 
 Canada on account of the Frenchmen, and he found French- 
 men believing that it was impossible to form a contented, 
 prosperous and happy people because these divisions existed- 
 But, sir, from the moment his great mind grasped the diffi- 
 culty, he saw what was required to make Canada what Canada 
 is to-day. He felt that it was imperative with any statesman 
 deserving; of that name to be the 
 
 J ;i I 
 
 liffifiii? 
 

 \^^ up what I 
 •ruling ifood 
 accessor, Sir 
 
 to-day. Sir 
 
 tliat he was 
 li^ to forijfive 
 considered 
 tlie result of 
 
 from family 
 itest reward 
 oceiving the 
 
 subject, and 
 rereiirn, who 
 
 s which Sir 
 lis successor, 
 John Mae- 
 nad one you 
 ' step which 
 ipment, pro- 
 dians must 
 satisfaction 
 came into 
 lion of the 
 e found one 
 bund Eng- 
 to govern 
 id French- 
 contented, 
 ns existed* 
 tl the diffi- 
 lat Canada 
 statesman 
 
 TO sin .inns a. macduxm.ik 
 
 APOSTLE OF CONCILIATIOX, 
 
 15 
 
 of union between the races, and he immediately undertook 
 that great work which, to my mind, is tiie greatest work of 
 liis life. He wont to work and became the apostle of con- 
 ciliation among these different races. He told those wlumi he 
 trusted as his lieutenants to go abroad and tell the people of 
 Canada that "united we stand, divided we fall." Without 
 this union it is impossible to make of this country what we all 
 wish it to bo, and the result of this harmony which he created 
 and developed lias been that from those disconnected provinces^ 
 which to each other were almost like foreign countries, he 
 with iiis colleagues founded the great Dominion of Canada, 
 the twenty-eiglitii birthday of which we commemorate to-(lay. 
 It is certain that groat men beget great periods in history. 
 In the history of the old monarchies great Sovereigns pntduccd 
 great reigns and gathered around them illustrious men whose 
 names shine with their own in the pages of the history of the 
 period. So it was with Sir John Macdonald. What a won- 
 derful array of talent, patriotism and devotion to country was 
 grouped around him during his labours. Such names as 
 Baldwin, Cartier, Lafontaine, McNab, Draper, Langevin, 
 Ilincks, Dorion, Taolu', Brown, Morin, Mowat, D'Arcy Mc- 
 Gee, Tupi'cr, (lalt, Tilley, Abbott, Thompson. (Cheers.) 
 And, sir, I ask you, can we for one moment ignore our 
 interests to such an extent as not to comprehend that policy 
 laid down by Sir John Macdonald, laid down by Cartier, who 
 fought by his side; as I said, this p(»licy is the only one which 
 can be followed if we want to make Canada what we consider 
 Canada should be. Cartier and Macdonald ! you were the 
 founders of Cim federation ; in life you met on the same battle 
 fields within the Parliamentary TTalls and to-day on Parlia- 
 ment Ilill you are again brought together, still the heroes 
 of the people, still the roi>resentatives of the love and admi. 
 ration of the two great races which are working together 
 
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 16 
 
 L'XrEl/.IXt; OF THE M ox 17 M EXT 
 
 witli shoulder to Hliouldcr to make Canada a great nation, 
 (Ap[)lause.) 
 
 Where could u more appropriate place be found tor a i^ratc- 
 ful people to erect inii»erishal>le tokens of its admiration than 
 at the very threslujld of the Leiy^islative Buildintj:;^ where you 
 fou<;-ht so well and so bravely side by sitle the battles of your 
 countrv, the battles of Canada? Ft is on the same hill which 
 your footsteps so often crossed, near those halls where \our 
 voice was so often heard, that we arc ii'athered to-day to 
 unveil a monument to you, John Alexander Macdonald ! 
 And, I ask you, what day could be more appropriate to unveil 
 a monument to Canada's most noble son than the day when, 
 twenty-eiiiht years a^'o, Confederation, the child of your fertile 
 genius, the result of your [lolicy of conciliation between races, 
 was born, and 1 ask you all, ladies and gentlemen, is it n<>t a 
 proud day for us? AVe all feel that we have 
 
 MADE (IRE AT LOSSES, 
 
 great losses in the statesmen who have left us. Sir J(din Mac- 
 donald, Sir John Thompson and others ; still do we not ieel a 
 satisfaction in knowing that the i)eople of Canada have con- 
 tinued in the footsteps of these men, and that under tiie guid- 
 ance of Sir John Macdonald's lieutenants, those to whom he 
 was so devoted a friend and so cherished a loader, our grand 
 Dominion is sturdily advancing to manhood. Let us stand 
 shoulder to shoulder as did those great men, Macdonald and 
 Cartier, the representatives of the two greatest races of people 
 on this half of the American continent. Let us stand shoulder 
 to shoulder and you need not fear ; whatever danger you may 
 have to encounter, you will be strong enough, if you remain 
 united, to tacc that danger and to master it. (Cheers.) 
 
 And, now, I wish to say one word and I think I might have 
 allowed the excellent address which has been pronounced by 
 the Prime Minister, an older colleague of Sir John Macdonald? 
 

 jreat nation, 
 
 I t< >r a !z:rato- 
 liration than 
 s where you 
 ttles of your 
 le hill wliich 
 where \our 
 
 « 
 
 (I to-(hiy to 
 Macdoiiiild ! 
 ito to unveil 
 ; day wlien, 
 your fertile 
 tween races, 
 I, is it not a 
 
 John Mac- 
 le not ieel a 
 have con- 
 r tiie guid- 
 whom he 
 our grand 
 t us stand 
 onald and 
 of people 
 shoulder 
 you may 
 on remain 
 s.) 
 
 ight have 
 mnced by 
 acdonaldj 
 
 TO SI/,' .lOIIX A. MACDOXM.h. 
 
 17 
 
 I 
 
 to remain nnfollowod, that I niiuht have kojit silent after the 
 iiddress whieh he has ma<le to you, hut that I holieved (hat in 
 spcakinir I would he voiciui^ the feelinu:s of many of the people 
 here by oiferinn' oui- 
 
 CONGRATULATIONS TO TlIK ARTIST, 
 
 a Canadian, Mr. lMiilli}»pe Ift'hort, who, thouirli comparatively 
 a youni;" man, lias distiniiuislie<l himself not only at home hut 
 in the old country. I see in tliis evidence that Canada is not 
 only makiiiii' proiiress in the highway of commercial develoi*- 
 niont, hut also that Caiiada has found within itself all the 
 (elements which constitute a peoide. VVc have Canadians who 
 have attracted tlie attention of the old country by such work 
 as ijraces rarliameut Hill to-dav. I was in Paris when Mr. 
 Ilebert was working on his model, and from what I saw there 
 I am not at all surprised at the success whieh has crowned his 
 ettbrt. 
 
 Ladies and G'-ntlemen: You will foro'ive me if I have ad- 
 dressed you longer than [ had intended, hut I was carried away 
 by the inspiration of tliis gathering, and I was carried away, 
 too, by memories of the chieftain, the statesman so loved by 
 the people of Canada. (Prolonged eheci's.) 
 
 LIEUTENANT-(iOVi:i!N0R OF OXTARIO. 
 
 LiRin\-GovHRXOR KrRivi'ATRiCK : I haveoidy to say that E come 
 here witli a great deal of satisfaction to be [)resent at the un- 
 veiling of the statue of Sir John Macdonahl, my old personal 
 friend and political leader. A very tit and proper day has 
 been selected for this imposing ceremony. It is the anniversary 
 of the birthday of the Dominion, that Dominion of which Sir 
 John Macdonald was the architect, founder and bnihler. Xo 
 more fitting or api)ropriate day could be selected, and in no more 
 fitting way could we celebrate the day than to unveil this monu- 
 ment here in the presence of these senators and members of 
 
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 rxiKi/jXf; OF Tin-: }toyi'.MEST 
 
 Parlinmont wlio rcprosciit tlio law-niiikers and guardians of 
 that constitution which his u;onius framed — in tlic |trcstMicc of 
 these citizen soldiers, who re[trcsent the strentjth and patriotic 
 ardour of tlie peoph' of Canachi — and in the i>resenee of thelmn- 
 dreds and thousands of the people of (-anada, the representa- 
 tives of the yeomanry and wage-earners of this country, for 
 whom Sir Jolm Macdonald laboured witliout ceasing, knowing 
 that their welfare and [trosperity meant the welfare and pros- 
 perity of the l)()minion he loved so well. Sir John Macdonald's 
 life was the history of Canada, and I could not now go into 
 that, r have only to say that, so long as liistory renuiins, the 
 name of Sir John Macd(>nal«l will he i»reserved. In the words 
 that were spoken at the time of his death, "he lies mute to. 
 day, but fame still speaks for him and shall for aye." His 
 memory lives in unforgetting hearts, and will god vn through 
 the pages of history with the gratittide of the \ 'ple of Can- 
 ada for all that he did for them. A short time ago I read 
 some hostile criticism upon the recurrence of these events, the 
 unveiling of these monuments, and the eulogistic tributes paid 
 to the memory of the deceased statesmi ii. I considered that 
 the criticism was in bad taste, but I considered also that it 
 was an insult to the people of Canada, a slur upon their intelli- 
 gence, that they should have retained in power for over forty 
 years a man who (according to tlie criticism T have referred 
 to) did not possess the attributes of a statesman, and did not 
 love his country, as we know full well he did. (Cheers.) 
 
 FROM THE MARITIME PROVINCES. 
 
 Lieutenant-Governor Daly said this ceremonial touched him 
 more deeply than any words could express. He was proud 
 that in his person the voice of his [)rovince should be heard in 
 commemoration of an event of national and even imperial sig- 
 nificance. He referred to Sir John Macdonald's connection 
 with his father, who was provincial secretary in the Macdonald 
 
TO Sin .tons A. M.\riK)SM.l). 
 
 19 
 
 ^iianliaiiH of 
 prcsoiu'o of 
 nd |ijitriotic 
 5 of thehun- 
 rcpri'sentu- 
 3ouiitrv, for 
 ig, knowiiifT 
 I'o and pros- 
 >Iac(lonal(l'8 
 ow go into 
 eniains, the 
 II tlio words 
 ies mute to. 
 aye." His 
 vn til rough 
 'ple of Can- 
 ago I read 
 icvents, the 
 Ihutes paid 
 dered that 
 Iso that it 
 eir intelli- 
 [jver forty 
 le referred 
 id did not 
 bers.) 
 
 iched him 
 MS proud 
 heard in 
 terial sig- 
 bnnection 
 laedonald 
 
 (iovenuneiit, and said lie liud »onu' clovoii huiidrt'd miles to 
 pay liis tribute to the memory and the p»)ru'y of a great man 
 who would, ho believed, always he hel 1 (h-ar hy (.^imidians as 
 the great founder and henefaetorofthis Dominioii. (Applause.) 
 
 Mr. G. W. lIowLAX, Lieutenant-(Jovornor of Prince Edward 
 Island, who was (;ordially received, said he had come a distance 
 of fifteen hundred miles to he present at the ceremony. He 
 was glad to he there and to listen to the patriotic utterances 
 which had fallen from Sir Mackenzie 13owell and the other 
 speakers. He was quite sure that if Sir -lolin Macdonald had 
 had the opportunity he would luive chosen such a day as this 
 for a ceremony of this kind. He recalled tlic time i)rior to 
 Confederation, when little was known in the Maritime Pro- 
 vinces witli regard to the upper portions of Canada, and the 
 same ignorance prevailed in the latter portions of this country 
 with regard to the i)rovince8 down bv the sea. Thanks to 
 I he e'^brts of Sir John Macdonald, however, the Maritime 
 Proviiices were induced to enter Confederation, and were now 
 closely united to the rest of the Dominion. It was at 
 Charlottetown that tlie scheme of union was started, and tliat 
 city might be siiid to be the cradle of Confederation. Since 
 the Maritime Provinces had entered the union they had been 
 treated fairly and with a groat deal of consideration and 
 respect. There was talk now of Xewfoundland becoming 
 part of the Dominion, and he hoped when that colony came 
 hito the family of nations she would be accorded similar 
 treatment. He had a right to be presetit at this ceremony 
 because of another reason. When the late Sir John Macdonald 
 was worn out with sickness he came to l^rince Edward Island 
 to seek a rest, and it was there that he was able to find the 
 change of air and scene that restored liim once more to health. 
 
 On the invitation of Sir Mackenzie Bowell, tlie immense 
 audience gave three cheers for the (^ueen, and the ceremony 
 Avas brought to a close with three cheers for the Premier. 
 
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 UXVEII.IX<; or TIIK MOXUMEXT 
 
 The following is the speech delivered by Sir John Macdona'O 
 on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument to Sir 
 (Tieorge E. Curtier : — 
 
 " We are assembled to-day to do honour to the memory of 
 II Li:reat and iz:ood man. The Parliament of Canada has voted 
 a sum of money for the purpose of defraying the cost of erect- 
 ing a iilting statue to Sir George Cartier. In doing so, I 
 believe Parliament truly represented the desires Jind wishes of 
 the whole people of the ])omini()n to do honour to the 
 memory of that statesman. That lamented gentleman, during 
 the whole of his ollieial lif<', was my colleague. As we acted 
 together for years, from the time he t(K)k oflice in 18r)o until 
 1878, when he \va^ cut off, it is ahnost impossible for me to 
 allude to his services to tlie country without at the same time 
 passing in some degree a lau<lation n])on the (irovernment of 
 whicli he and I were both members. IJut there is no necessity 
 for me to recall to your memory the deeds of Sir George 
 Cartier. I Te served his country faithfully jind well; indeed, 
 his life was cut short by his unremitting exertions in the 
 cause of this country. 1 believe no public man, since Canada 
 has l)een Canada, has retained, during the whole of his life, as 
 was the ease with Sir George Cartier, in such an eminent 
 degree, tlKM'espect of both the parties into which this great 
 country is divided. I Fe was a strong, c(Mistant Lower Canadian. 
 ITe never disguised his principles, he carried them faithfully 
 and honestly into practice. But while he did this he allowed 
 others the same liberty he claimed for liimself, and ap])roved 
 of the principle that each man sliould do accordino- to liis 
 conscience what he thought best for the li'ood of the countrv. 
 The consequence was that even those gentlemen who were 
 strongly opposed to his political course and views gave due 
 credence to his honesty ol' jsr'pose, and believed that, whether 
 
 
''mm 
 
 lit to Sir 
 
 a em or y of 
 lias voted 
 b of erect- 
 Ding so, T 
 wishes of 
 ir to the 
 m, (hi ring 
 we acted 
 SiKj until 
 for me to 
 ame time 
 'umeut of 
 lecessity 
 Geoi'ii'o 
 indeed, 
 ill tlie 
 Canada 
 s life, as 
 eniihent 
 is groat 
 anadian. 
 :ithl'ully 
 allowed 
 pi>roved 
 i" to ills 
 oniitrv. 
 lo were 
 ive duo 
 hethcr 
 
 Monument to SIR GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER. 
 
 Erected on Parliament Hill. 
 
 Un.eiled Jan. 20, 1885. 
 
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 isifeiMsiMAi 
 
TO Sin JO fix A. MACDONALI). 
 
 21 
 
 right or wrong, he ^\^l8 acting according to the best of his 
 judgment and the impulses of his conscience. As for myself, 
 when the tie between us was broken, no man could have 
 suftered more keenly than I did at the loss of my colleague 
 and my friend. I shall leave it to others to expatiate upon 
 his labours more particularly. Sutiicio!it for mo to say that he 
 did what he regarded to be in the interest, not of a section, 
 but of the whole country. Nevertheless he was a French- 
 Canadian. From the time he entered Parliament, he was true 
 to his province, his people, his race and his religion. At the 
 same time he had no trace of bigotry —no trace of fanaticism. 
 Why, those who were opposed to him in his own province 
 used to call him a French-speaking Englishman, lie was as 
 popular among the English-speaking people as he was among 
 his own countrymen, and justly so, because he dealt out even 
 justice to the whole people of Canada, without regard to race, 
 origin, religion, or principles. Gentlemen, he was true to his 
 province, he was true to the institutions of his province, and 
 if he had done nothing else than see to the complete coditica- 
 tion of the law of his nativ^e province, if he had done nothing 
 else but give to Quebec the most perfect code of law that 
 exists in the whole world, that was enough to make him 
 immortal among civilized people who knew iiis merits, knew 
 his exertions, and knew the value of the great code of civil 
 law he conferred on his country. I shall say no more respect- 
 ing what he did, but I will speak of him as a man, truthful, 
 honest and sincere; his word was as good as his bond, and his 
 bond was priceless. A true friend, he never deserted a friend. 
 Brave as a lion, he was afraid of nothing, lie did not fear a 
 face of clay. But while he was bold, as I have said, in the 
 assertions of his own principles — and ho carried them irre- 
 spective of consequences — he respected the convictions of 
 others. I can speak of him perfectly, because I knew his great 
 value — his great valu3 ps a statesman, his groat value as a 
 man, his great value as a frici'd. I icved liim when he was 
 
UNVEIUyn OF THE MONUMENT 
 
 living ; I regretted and wept for him when he died. I 
 shall not keep you here longer by any remarks of mine. 
 Others, coming from his own province, will speak of his 
 merits. Gentlemen, I shall now unveil the statue. It is, I 
 believe, a fine work of art, and we have the satisfaction of 
 knowing that in the hands of the sculptor it has been a labour 
 of love, that the statue has been moulded, framed and carried 
 into successful execution by one of his countrymen, Mr. 
 Ilebert. It is a credit to Canadian art, and it shows he was 
 a true Canadian when he felt his work a labour of love, and 
 cut such a beautiful statue as I shall now have the pleasure of 
 showing you. I think those who knew Sir George Cartier 
 and were familiar with his features will acknowledge it is a 
 fine portrait of the man. I can only conclude in the words 
 of the song ho used to sing to us so often when he was with 
 us in society : — 
 
 " ' II y a longtonips que je t'aiine, 
 Jaiuais je ne t'oiiblierai. ' " 
 
AU LAC ABBITIBI. 
 
 43 
 
 la maison s'emplit d'une foule pieuse, avide 
 d'assister aux saints mysteres et de contempler 
 leur 6v6qu8, la plupart pour la premiere fbis. 
 Apres la messe, Monseigneur leur donna, en 
 anglais, des conseils pleins d'a-propos pour 
 leur conduite chretienne au milieu des devoirs 
 et des obligations de la vie ; puis nous conti- 
 nu&mes notre route. Une grande chaloupe 
 mont^e par une trentaine de personnes nous 
 reconduisit jusqu'au premier rapide, a un mille 
 plus haut. 
 
 Nous venons de reprendre le cours de I'Ot- 
 tawa et nous sommes arrives au pied du rapide 
 des Quinze, c'est-a-dire des quinze portages. 
 Quinze fois 11 nous faut debarquer, d6charger 
 sur la greve, porter a bras bagage et canot, puis 
 rembarquer pour aller debarquer de nouveau, 
 quelquefois seulement d cinq arpents plus loin. 
 Le plus long de ces portages pent avoir un 
 mille, d'autres n'ont guere qu'une centaine de 
 verges. Une fois, afin de raccourcir la route, 
 nous quittons la riviere pour aller tomber, par 
 un portage impossible, dans le lac I'Epervier ; 
 puis, au moyen d'un second portage plus im- 
 possible encore, nous revenons k I'Ottawa. Les 
 cotes en g§n6ral sont basses et tout a fait agr6- 
 ables dans leurs detours, dans leurs caprices et 
 bizarreries. Nous avons travers§ la chaine des 
 Laurentides qui continue k s'^tendre vers 
 I'ouest du c6t6 du lac Sup§rieur ; du lac T6- 
 miscamingue k Abbitibi nous ne rencontrons 
 qu'une seule montagne, et encore passons-nous 
 k une journ§e de marche de ce pic isol§. Le 
 rapide des Quinze pent avoir comme quatorze 
 milles de longueur ; nous I'avions attaxjue a T