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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).