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Las diagrammes suivants illustrent ia mAthode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Extract from the Speech of the Hon. T. D. McGee.— Delivered in the House oi Commons, Monday Evening, April 6, 1868. I lioKI, sir, in my hand a little volume, a pampiilct which hiiH been very recently insued, but which I sliall taiie the liberty of recom- mending to every member of this House, as j well worthy of hia attentive perusal. It is, entitled " Intercolonial Trade — our only safe- ;:uard against disunion." Its autlior is Mr. Haliburton, whose happy manner of treating his important subject displays the great ability . iicreditary to his name. Mr. Haliburton is not, 1 believe, actively mixed up with politics, and undoubtedly handles his topic in no merely party style. From this reason alone the con- \ elusion from his disinterested, impartial and unimpassioned point ot view, adopted nnd ! published in the interests of the permanent prosperity of the country, must be regarded of greater weight, and of greater soundness, ' than those of the tramers of tliis address, which can work but a temporary mischiet. And this pamphlet^showsccnclusively, beyond doubt or cavil, that ought indeed to be suffi- ciently obvious to us all -tliat the Union is not to be consolidated by any temport»ry con- ciliating concession to evanescent popular pr«judice — not by any momentary humoring in this direction or that, of some particular local or sectional phase of public opinion — but by our constant, earnest and unremitting care of the commercial welfare and progress of the Province. And besides this attention and practical consideration we need, above every- thing else, the healing influence of time. I have, sir, great reliance on the mellowing effects of time. It is not the lime, and the sand, and the hair of the mortar, but the time which has been taken to temper it. And if time be so necessary an element in so rudimentary a process as the mixing of mortar, of bow' much greater importance must it be in the work ot consolidating the Confederation of these Provinces. Time, sir, will heal all ex- isting iiritations ; Time will mellow and refine all points of contrast that seem so harsh to- day ; Time will come to the aid of the per- vading principles of impartial justice, which h»»ppily permeate the whole Jland. By and by Time will show us the Constitution of this Dominion as much cherished in the hearts of the people of all its Provinces, not excepting Nova Scotia, as is the British Constitution it- self. And I do not despair, with the assistance ot Time, of seeing by and by the hou. member for Lunenburg himself converted into the heartiest supporter of Union within those walls, willing and anxious to perpetuate the system which he will find to work so advan- tageously for his own Province, and adopting the position of the hon. member for Guysboro' as that ot the true and patriotic statesman. I will not, sir, believe that such anticipations are ill found"d, for I can find their preced'.'nt even In the history of Nova Scotia herBelf. When Cape Breton was annexed to Nova Scotia — annexed not by any Act of Parlia- ment, but simply by order of the King in Council, the people were so strongly opposed to the Union that they almost threatened re- b>-llion. Well, sir, this took place so late as 1820, and already time has brought with it itii certain healing operation, and there is no question raised now of the advantage which the Union has ronferred. There is no such question, because there has been no conse- quent injudtice. The incorporated peo[>le have found that there is no desire to rob them of their liberties, and no disposition to treat them with unfairness. They see what time shows them, that the Union was effected for their advantage, as well as that of their neighbours, and they are satisfied, because they find it working for both. And, sir, I have every confidence that we will similarly wear out Nova Scotian hostility by the unfail- ing exercise and exhibition of a high-minded spirit of fair play. It has been said that the ! interests of Canada are diametrically opposed to the interests of Nova Scotia. But I ' ask which of the parties to the partner- I ship has most interest in its successfal ! conduct, or has most to fear from the failure which the misfortunes or the losses i of any of its members must occasion, i Would it not be w« who have embarked the largest share of the capital of Confederation. j Our friends, sir, need have no fear but that , Confederation will ever be administered I with serene and even justice. To its whole , history, from its inception to its final triumph. I ant consummation, no stigma can be attached, ; no stain attributed. Its single aimfrom the be- ! ginning has been to consolidate the extent of British North America with the utmost re- gard to the independent powers and privi- leges of each Province. I have faith in the Confederation for another reason, and I name it with all reverence. I believe that it is the design of Providence that there shall be es- tablished on the northern portion of this con- tinent, a nationality and system of govern- ment <liiferent from that other nationality ex- isting to the south of us, whose system of government has not yet approved itself by the test of time, and I, sir, who have been, and who am still, its warm and earnest advocate, speak here not as the representative of any racu or of any Province, but as thoroughly and em- phatically a Canadian, ready and bound to re- cognise the claims, of any of my Canadian fel- low subjects, from the farthest east to the far- thest west, equally as those of my nearest neighbour, or of the friend who proposed me on the hustings. (Gteat applause).