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 AN ADDRESS 
 
 BY 
 
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 W. H. H. Murray, 
 
 DKLIVBRilU IW 
 
 M! IC HALL, BOSTON, BY ITSfytTATlOli OF PROMI^ 
 NENT CITIZENS, DECKMBER 18, i888. 
 
 ariRST EDTXIOIsr. 
 
 BOSTON : 
 C. W. 0ALKJN3 & CC, PUiNTlRS, 55 PrrRCOaAS* ft^iiJ SI' 
 
 I«88, 
 
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 Cor-rRUraiF-a, i-«M, te w, K, H M'ihp,-. i. 
 
 
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CONTINILNTAL UNITY. 
 
 AX A DDIv* KSS 
 
 BV 
 
 W. H. H. MURRAY. 
 
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 I'lic lollowiiiij'' con-c-pdiHlcnee' inaki'N n n;itiii'al 
 
 ])i'«'r;H<' to 1 lii> addros. 
 
 Boston, Nov. '2->. isss. 
 
 W. II. II. MiiMiw — r)car .Sir : lvii<twin<x tluit von li:i\ c devott'd 
 iiiMiiy vi'.'us to tilt' .Tdinlyol' tlu> geoi;r:tpliy, iv.-miirri's jiiid liistoiy of 
 C'liKuh. .•iiiil \i:\.\r (loiihtU'Ss fonncd opinions toiirhin^- ihc niiinii 
 of lli.'il (Miiiili'v uilli oiiis. we. tlif iiiii|i'isii:iit'(l. invite yi»ii t > dc- 
 livfi ;iti Mihlros lo llic cJti/A'iis of |i(.>ion on tlir ;j;ciiciMi sniiji'ci 
 ol' Mur iiilrrn!ition:d relations iit your eiirliest eouveni«'nee. If yon 
 e:m < Dniply witli (»in' recinest ue fei-l fliat yoii will make m, v:iin;dile 
 eontrilMitioii t.> piihlic tliouglit. us ueil as give [ili'a.snri' to the 
 jnany wlm wonid lie ddigiited to hear you. 
 
 itieo have srciut d tlie refusal 
 
 I 
 
 endmy vonr decision, a eomiii 
 
 of Mnsii- IImH 
 
 lol' 
 
 till' eveniiiv: iif I'ee. 1">. iind we trust vu inav 
 
 li(! able to aeeipt tliat date for the address. We besj; also to slate 
 that, while the <'oniniittee will reserve a ci-rtniii numlter of seats 
 for invitt'd <ru<'sts. no fee will lie charged for the oppniinnity of 
 heMrin;;' you speak U[ion this tlienie, but that the auditurinni will 
 (•e fi-ee to all. — Oliver Ames, Alexander 11. Wwo. VJ«'u 1). .Iwid;in, 
 Henry 1). Hyde. Albert A. Tope. If. Al. Whitn.y. li\in^A. 
 Kvaus, Asa l\ Potter. .I<jhn C. I'ai^^e, .Tohn Slu'p;nd. W. ^. I'.iiton. 
 William Clallin, A. P. >[artiu. Thomas .Maek, P.. K. DiiihMi, 
 Charles K. Powers, Arnold A. Rand. Walter M. liraokelt, John 
 M. Corse, Isaac T. Burr, .lac.ih Uiites, dohn J'.ovle O'lJeillv, 
 George \V. Aiinstrong. 
 
 ■p.viJKi:ity]I()i:si:, Nov. -i.'.. 1S88. 
 
 (ienlKuien: Your invitation in .-iddress th'' cit 
 
 l.'.'MJS ol 
 
 •oston 
 
 in Musie IJall, Dec. 10, evening', on the ueiier 
 
 :ll SI 
 
 ibieet of the 
 
 union of Canada and the United States, is reeeived. I Im-l!,' |.t say 
 in ri'plv that I ai'cept your eordially-worded iinilalicii with 
 plcasin-e, ;ind yoii may aniioini<'e that f will speak under your 
 aus|)iees un that date. My subjrrt will be '-Contineiit.-in nily " 
 
 Pes|)eetfull\ yours. 
 
 W. U. II. MriiKW. 
 
 fii riillilliiifiil ..[* the al»<>\c t'ni;-agXMiU'iit, Ml*. 
 Miii'ia^ (ielivcrt'd the lullowiiig addi'L'is.s: 
 
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CONTINENTAL UNITY 
 
 TIh- (iiicsiiou I would <li'>cii-- in-ni^hi, hidics 
 and ucmlciiicu. is oiu/ ol" ilmhiri'. I am no |)oliti- 
 *'i;in. ! aai sim|)!\, ]\\ ;i nunlcst way. a sliident *>[' 
 |)iil)!ic ([iicslioiis siwli as interest liiiMkiui;' men, W'ki. 
 bom on thi>< enntineiit and in K>\(' wit li Tree instici- 
 tions, seek to loi'c-easi the liitni-e el" ii and of tlie 
 millions drsiincd soon to |teo|)le it I'loni (•ecan to 
 ocean ;ind li Ml \i.rt!)ei n t<» Sonlhern ;j,uir. I h:. Ni- 
 no eonneeliiMi with anv |)oliti;ai party eiilivr in I'i.s 
 i-ounti'v 111- in ( anad:., \\>:v lup.c I wish to lorm ae,\. 
 What I iiave lo say i- nn|)i'om|)le(l hv an\ . ()[' mv 
 own llioiiu'hl ami w'-li 1 speak, and onl\ su"""'est- 
 
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 o ;4-oo(| can eonie to me Ironi •-i>eakmii% mwa 
 \(»ni' apju'ohalion. — 1 he a|)[>rohation of vom w |io h;n e 
 
 imnt 
 
 (leUM'ee 
 
 nd iliink 
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 ! ,'w. (; 
 
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 ia\(' s('i'\ ei 
 
 hng that m s(»me sii :,il 
 pnldie intert'.sis. .My 
 l!ionu;iitis olli'i-cd as cont I'iltiiiion to yan' iliought. 
 <Jni\ so ami nothin^• more. Yon nw the inr\. I 
 oidy present the case as it stands onl heforr nn'inind 
 and ci-ntei'ed in m\ iwdu'ment. I d.o nui aim in 
 Avhat ] say to produce iinniediale n-nh<. ()[\\ ol'tin' 
 hnlk and di'il't of'allairs 1 transhite a messa,ij;'e lo in- 
 telliu- 
 
 esifc 
 
 i 
 
 \ iHce 
 
 t he IH'ophcM \ ol" ( 
 
 rco^i'i'apliy. oj 
 
 <'(»nunou blood and hm,iiiia<j;\'. kin(h>;<l institutions, 
 like laws, eommercial ne(c><ilies and political institn- 
 tions that are identical. i'liat i- all. With ])lain 
 object, Avorthy pm'[)osi . a noble ho[)e, and in sin)])le. 
 strai<^-htroi-ward speech, 1 will ,say -svhal has been 
 given n»e out ol ni}' "wish to heli) ^^^^ gi'cnt cause on 
 
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 ( «»N I INKN !AI. INIIV 
 
 :iim1 ;j,(» iiiN WJiy. II', when done, voii sIimII say cacll 
 ti» ilic olluT. nil the iiH >i'ro\\ . I lie mMns|)t)ki' li'ulli, 
 hi- tlioiij^-lit i- ri.ii'lit. liis jii(l;^-mriit xmiikI. his vision 
 oi* the riUiu-c fleiif. 1 >hall he coiilciit. ir_\nu say 
 ihc <.ljicr ihiii^-, I shall rr^i'd llx' vci'did. i>iil ,ii<» my 
 way. gratol'iil 1<» y<Mi To)' audience all the same. 
 While the Ih'st ei\ilizati(Hi oi' tlu- woild I 
 
 x'irnii. 
 
 or ^\ 
 
 hell. \\>' know iiol. Once we said, (.ii'e<('( 
 
 Lat 
 
 (M* 
 
 Oil we said, lOu'Vpl And now all scholai'.s sa\ . he\ ond 
 Eji'vpt. xHiiewh' re. I'of lyLiypt evidenily was a col- 
 ony and hroii.uhi all her woud. iful aUs vvilli hei* in 
 .Hhi|»-. IVoiii some 111* <t her connti;\ , whose seat ol' 
 ein|»ii'e i- roi'cxer lost IVoni memory of ii»eii. 
 
 P.ut 
 
 ^\•hile the tM'iuin of civilization is hidden, iiH' course 
 and nioMMuiii o!"il i'or many years ar«' known. Out 
 oTlhe far Eu<\ it eaiiie. From l'];j:'y|tt and Asia to 
 
 (.r 
 
 eee and Itome, thenee aero> 
 
 1^ 
 
 nropc aiH 
 
 I tl 
 
 le 
 
 Ilriii^h Isles, and so across oeean, like a IVuitrnl si>e<l 
 blown over water, and ludii-fd on this Western shore 
 and Moi'Id. Thii- much we ku(»w as we know a sure 
 tiling'. Here, ill tlir '<oil of this \\'e>iei'n world of 
 ours, thatset <l took root,L':rew upward ami abroad, 
 until OH!-- civil iuNiitutions, our coiniiieree, «Mir inven- 
 tions, oiir tlevelo])in«^nt in wealth and uninbri-. and 
 even oar arts and literature, are ilu' woudt'r ol' the 
 old \\oj-l(i that UK'thi'i't'd us. l-'ranei'. with eight 
 lumdred year- ol' uiowili has fort v million> ol'inliab- 
 itaiits. At that ]»oint natui-e has lixed Ik r limit. Her 
 
 ( 
 
 gvoiiTapuy can acconunotlate no more. ti.iinany, 
 circling all her blood within Imj»erial aiiihority, 
 liokls forty millions, and i- lull lo ilie brim. ('Eng- 
 land, Ser)tlaud. Ireland and Wales have thirt', -live^ 
 
 milli 
 
 ions, and out ol" Ihei 
 
 aswnter from full fountain. 
 
c ON r I N i:x r A l l n i i v . 
 
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 llic Siixoii l)!(»n(l (Icw^ >lc;i<lil\ ()\ci- jill th.' world, l-nt 
 cliiclly lliis wav. I'lic ci-adlo of all \hvM- iiati(.iis 
 arc only fcfdci--^ tjial swell the ••cii-^tis <>1' tli > ("(iiiii- 
 ni'iit. i:\(ii niai-i-ia^c there, iVuill'iil Ik'voikI i\v<» 
 itirtlis. is ill the iuteivst of our eeii>iis lahlc-. This 
 is the law and lael of the ease as it now standi; ;. m- 
 is tJKTe eliane*' of ehaiiiic. Imiiii-ralioii. like water, 
 obeys the law of iiielin.ii ii.)!!. TIm' incline (d" llii- 
 modern n.oMincnl in the w«»rl(rs |)o|>nIation h>- 
 dav slopes ihi- umn. Thi- lontincnt is the i-e>er\, al- 
 low ard which all ihc^e Nticam^ (I-jw. 'I'he elunniel.s 
 arc Inrined, ihc llnwap' already >li'on,u;-. and toward 
 n>^ ilu.' eoimlk'ss individual dr<)j)s inu-l needs come. 
 
 JFci-c then We -tand. .ilrcady •-(•vcnty niillion-or 
 Saxon, ( 'eliie and (urinan hloed — the thi'ce !>!i.(i(U 
 wiiich rule the woi Id l()-da\ and. will rnl.- i; foi' a 
 thousand \cars — ii])()n this ( ontinent, iyinj.:- a> a 
 whole, a L;et)<j;-ra|)hieal unit, as it doe-. l»et w ecu i\\(. 
 oceans ami I wo ;i-nir-. and t he -.[leetaelc it |tr> •••iit-. 
 is intensely inleri-o^ative. Tlie (jiiolion is >enr' hini;- 
 and solemn en(ui,Li'h to cdii-c the dullest intellect, an<l 
 make cNcn a Tool ihink. 
 
 Look at the conditions of the j)rol)lem. Seventy 
 millions alr.ady here. The overflow (d' all lMiro|te 
 and England eoniin;Li' Jnid hound tt) c<)inc year altei- 
 yeai'. 'I'he inerea'>e In Lieiicration enorniou-. as is 
 natural wher-- men ;nid women are well <l,)thetl. well 
 led, well housed, gu;ii-de(l hy law. and !incheekc(l hv 
 war or (amine, (irant a \ igoron- >lo(d%. g. »(>d ^oil. 
 lu-althy cliniatc, chea)) fuel, and peaceful year-, and 
 jKjpnlation is sUre to multiply beyond historic jd'cm c- 
 dent; lor the conditions which favor such iucrca>e 
 are nn])reeedented. Kevei- belbre, in historic times, 
 
roNTINKNTAI, IM'IY 
 
 liii- ,1 siiiirl'' |>*'"|>l<' livt'fl mulcr siidi (••nKlliions. 
 Here tlu' i'MC(' coiiK'- I" \n-\\ (•(>n(liti(»M>. .-md ;i ik-w 
 n'U'imc hcn'iii-. ilm \'^.ii-. I'miin". 1 vi'Miii;\ (1<» iiol 
 pr - , .mil I'ic iiiu'l)nK((l Iniinlain of iTMintliK-linn and 
 iii( i.,i^.'. iimlfi" ln'.ni;i-n:nit skies, ll'»\v- nnclu'ckod its 
 
 >t«';i ' ■ 
 
 aic 7<M>0'>.(KHt. ; ; 
 
 mcri-asiiiu- /iircani. 
 
 To-d; 
 
 I \ we 
 
 o;i;).i)n(), and wlicn Ui-.- jh'Ii wrilos llu* rcusn ^ * ihc 
 lil'di (•(•iitiiiv 'I' civilization on tbis ( ''•i.litcii'. ilic 
 
 jiiousiroir 
 
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 i- I'ldl; but the Saxon blood hax 
 not lo.il i'i'|jrodii<-iivi' \ipn', basil? 1']n,u'lan<l alone 
 (•(•'ij.l people the woi'if) in leu (•enlmie>. .ii'ise it tlie 
 wn'ld to |H'<)i)l' ' < oi' WAV. Irtbc .'^laie of 
 
 IHi'iuis \v;is p(tpHiairtl i- •!( ;i>ely as Kng'laud and 
 Wiles, 1' >^)uld by 2»i,''lKMJ0(» <)l* {H'(,pl(; within 
 
 luT IkmiIci'-. Is there a sinu'h' i' ■ "n 'N'-tenl in 
 natui'<' or udv ( ianient whv -lie -inmld not be? 
 
 ( 'atui(bi ii i ■ M -I'clion in 
 
 Iter 
 
 west, out oi w Inel) ten 
 
 Slates as lai'ue as TUiiiois can be carved. .\,id in all 
 
 tln^ vast stivteli o 
 
 he ••o: 
 
 rielie-.t 
 
 Ciiel abnndant. stored in old. iicoloL'ie a'j-'e.- bnt a lew 
 I'eet luider prairi( >^h\, and the climate as healthy 
 and bracin;^' as ehiidreii neic »'ver born and j^'rown 
 in. Tell Illinois on onv side that IboFs line now 
 di\idinL:" iis, and ten on this side, pr^pmlated as l'n:j;- 
 huul aiifl Wale- are lo-dav, and von have a total of 
 320,OU(>.()tK>. — e(jnal I » oik -tliird of the hnnian raet-, 
 
 as now eoinpnteil to lie li\ in,u' on tli'- roimdei 
 
 1 tilul 
 
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 ll 
 
 e.nnio 
 
 I be! It 
 
 IS to;) nion-t rolls 
 
 )e. 
 
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 1 say it .will be. Sure as wheal i;rows wheat. 
 
 or 
 
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 CONTINENT VL UNITY. 
 
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 human iiiatlni; under favoiaMc conditions of love 
 and lifo l>e<x*'1s cliildi-t ii. b'aminr i-an stop lunnan 
 !)ii'llis. Bnl no sanr man would lurcldl laininc to 
 this ( 'nnt'nu'nt, slrch-liinjj:', as ii d<M>. ilnmioli many 
 zones and sweeping' jroni sea losi-.i. \\'ai'<. I'fpcatcd 
 ol'tcMi, j)rolon,uctl and \v;ii:'<'d wiili old-i'inif di-triK- 
 iIncir'Ss, can <liTinialr a |>t»|uilation. lint lie wonM 
 he mad who should projihcsy a i-cturn on tlii^ (jonti- 
 iicnt, witliiii 1200 years, hy a race instinctis riy '.•oin- 
 nuTcial, and in a connncr<-ial ai»;e, to llu' worst, form 
 of old-tlnic ])ai"hai'isiii. I Kn"\v ucll that lunnan 
 weakness is n<»l dead: that |)a>si()n >:'" heat- Mood; 
 that selllshness. proiilie of injnstici\ -'ill lives on, 
 and hence wai's nia\ ci.iiie ai^-aui. lint nni one <-,\n 
 well I)'.' liercor, bloodier oi- liioi-e pi.)ion,Li"e(l th.oi that: 
 whieli .V(! of ilie Stat, s hnl i-eeently pa- ■d llifouuh. 
 r>nt (lid lh."t slop oiir ui-(»\vih. wipe opt our ;iceunin- 
 lated wealth, (M- prevent children l)ein-- lornV \o! 
 The jii'aves were many, and uii w last, hnl erudles 
 vR're more, and mnlliplied lasiei' yet, and imd- r Toni' 
 loiisi' years oC Moodv rain moth«-ji'hood.^ was s;ile!y 
 shehei'cd, ami the roar of a million men liei-edy 
 battlinji,- conld not (lr<»wi) the cradle son,i4-s that rose 
 clear ami sweet as lai-ks sin<i-in;^' in tin* <le\\y air to 
 the blue rim of lu aven. 
 
 The ChiiH'>e have no ccusn-. Their I'lastein habit 
 or superstition Ibrbids. And so thei'c are ut> (l^anvs 
 t<t ,<>-nide ns as to the m^oiistrous total. Ibii .ill au'i-ce 
 ihal ("hina basal least oOO.OOO.OOO of men. women 
 :ni(l children ^vithin he!- boi'dcrs. AVhy not more? 
 Look at the mcasiu'cfl ma|) and tind an>we!'. 'J'hcr< 
 is not n)om Jor more, Iba- ni-ograpby forbids it. 
 Time and aiiain ha< hei' livin.i:' nHr(\ase, like --iven 
 
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 grass, gro\ATi to the edge of tlie possible, and there 
 touclted starvation, and withered as under lire. Take 
 China from shore line to northern i-ange and ])hice 
 it at lh(.^ eentre of this Continent and sinootli it 
 down and see liow niueli it (vnci's and \vl:al is IcJ't. 
 And wi!! any thonghtl'ul pei'^on say that hiUiian 
 inereasc.in the long years \n conir. shall nol he lici'c, 
 even as it has hcen llinv. only tlree-Cold more aluiii- 
 dant? He raniiDt. Our 7t),( ><>(),()()() arc only so many 
 living roots sti-uck into growlhl'iil soil, whose ujj- 
 sprhiging and ontbi-anehing, nndci- the laws ot (rod 
 and man's just g()^'ermul■nt, shall shadow the land 
 from sea to sea with (hivvering, I'riMl fnl, happy liiunan. 
 lilc'. Within two (M'ntiu'ies tlu' Contini'iU will he 
 
 P 
 
 ('0)»i('(! 
 
 'om sn<<\v 
 
 line to coral reei 
 
 li'om 
 
 I 
 
 rincc 
 
 Edward's Island to Vane(mver, and all tlu' air wilhin 
 
 the 
 
 ese pomK nndci- lu■a^•('n s donic "Will roai 
 
 1. 
 
 ill 
 
 like t 
 
 hollow hive when llowers are plcMitv and hees husv. 
 JS^ow, look at tlu> map. Wipe out that fool's lino 
 
 dr 
 
 !i vvn 
 
 hy 1 
 
 WO ibreiiiii nations who 
 
 had 
 
 ViO I'lLtill 
 
 make a line of division here save that of eoniinesi, 
 being alien to the soil which is to us fathei-land. and 
 drawn, too, when on tluni and us had -not yet dawned 
 the vision of an em])ire, beside which the Pei-sian 
 and the Koman world Avhen it stood at its widest is 
 but 
 Look 
 
 it 1 
 
 hi oh 
 
 I nnn by wlncli to multiply our measurement 
 
 at the river 
 
 M'e n'.)W 
 
 they 
 
 run . 
 
 Xote hr)W' 
 
 they tie N^orth and Sc-mh toaetln-r like threads int 
 
 o 
 
 WllOSe iX 
 
 olden sti-ands new :-tren.gth is spun conti 
 
 nil- 
 
 ally. >rust n< t the emjiire. wiiich holds the great 
 lakes and ilir pi'oduetivc centre of the Continent. 
 
 hold also ihc mouth oft lie two great 
 
 from this eentre, uorih an<l south, toward the 1 
 
 rixcrs, llowing 
 
 Wn 
 
CON riXKM AL iM rv 
 
 UTcJil o;„lls into whicli thev empty y Shall not the 
 rime come, wlim, by the skill ol" hkii assi'4iiig tliese 
 e water eoiirse.s, sliips of five Mioiisand tons shall 
 
 no 
 
 hi 
 
 steam iVom Livei-pooi, steer stiaij;ht wvst to Lnl 
 dor^ and still westward until tl 
 
 )ra- 
 
 lev moor at Chieairo 
 
 wharves without hi-eakin^ii- Ireiuhl. and thence, re- 
 loaded, go downward to the Sontlurn (iulf.and so 
 I t]je eommerei' of all porls thi-ough every 
 
 connnanc 
 
 ))arallel of latitude in shortest 
 
 ([uiekest, easiest 
 
 \ ovai>-ni'>\s 
 
 Is not this the loo-ie of their 
 
 size 
 
 spi'ings at 
 
 ve 
 
 tlu'ir diieciion and the union ot* their 
 the cereal centre of the world? Look at the Lai 
 Memphrainagog, ChampIaiiK the Horleon, Y 
 Huron, Michigan, Ontario, Supei'ioi-, -uhere are they 
 placed and where do they einpiy to the -alt sea? Y 
 might a,-> well \'w knot> in th 
 
 rie 
 
 on 
 
 e red arteries midwav 
 
 ];.'t 
 
 wecM heart and liands. lul w cen \ ital centre and 
 
 extremities of the human i»<>d\. as di 
 
 aw a 
 
 lie 
 
 ( ) 
 
 r 
 
 stoppage across tlic'>e naliu'al channels of popular 
 eommiinication and eomnurcia! exehanjj^es. Listen 
 
 -eaniless i'oIk' 
 
 to the testimonv of the Plains, that 
 
 unitv which some politieians would seissor thi-oim-h 
 
 and of a lovely whole, woven of (iod, make \\\t 
 
 th 
 
 ravelled edges. AVhat sound reason is mere ioi- sudi 
 <lismemberment; .•^uch disloeation of natural mem- 
 bers; siieh absurd partition of a noble whole? If it 
 must needs be, what a pity it must be. For never 
 did man see a lovlier evidence of God's desiiiii and 
 
 ]S'atnre's unitv, than stretehe 
 
 s, green as a slee|)ing 
 
 sea, from Southern Gniftothe whit-- line of nortliei-ii 
 snow, making in itself a |)rairie em|)ire that w^dd 
 i\'('{\ half the world. ( 'ensider also the law which 
 governs commerce and decides the volume anddirec- 
 
CONTINENTAL UNITY. 
 
 tioii of <'\(h;ui,ut*s. The movements of commerce 
 are al<»ii,u" parniiels ami across zones oi" diU'erent 
 clinia! "^ always. Tlu' Noi'tli has what the South 
 latk-. and the South is wasleliil nl' wliat tlie Xorlh 
 lavislies u'nkl loi'. Tiii-- imiiii<il waul and I'lihics.s is 
 iiiotlui- of trade aud n! those tiu'llly e\elinuL»-es 
 Avliicli hrinii' weahh to !rader>. ( 'ommeree is as the 
 tw<j ^V<buii> ill Sci i|>t HIT. < )u(' i-> ol" the cart h, eartliy : 
 the other is of lieaveu. licaveuly. In its uoi)ler ])haso 
 and ultimate cud. coimuercc is tratei'iii/atiou oC the 
 ])cnj)l(.>s ol the NVoi'hl : tile hriii^-iui;" of them into 
 uiiiiv h\' lir-t hriii,u'iii,Li" ihciu into hasc contact. From 
 lower liiev work up to hiii'hci. ( "hasiim* n dollai', thev 
 run Inio iieaven unawares. And any line which, 
 Itvinu' drawn, clucks Ireesi conuuerce, eheeks the Cra- 
 (criiization ot men. ;.nd tlierel)y tliwarls tlic eml of 
 i'm|tire. whii ii iia'^ ;his lor its iiohlot object: the 
 bi'iuu'iuii' of men louclbc!' in aainrul trade, lliat iliey 
 uriN Icai'ii thesAvect l;-«-on that llrot lu'iiiood is g'reat- 
 esi ])j'olit and su tlirou^uti commerce grow fraternal. 
 
 This u'reat (Uieslion of continental unit^ lias a his- 
 toiy. Lit mc remind you oJ* it. 
 
 j-'i'ancc in the Hitli. ITlh ami 18th ceutui'ies 
 rca;hcd. in tb.' splendor of bir conceptions and the 
 vigor of bcr conduct, the acme (d* licr development. 
 Her ^iiu was at it> zeuitb. and it-- beat and TiLilit went 
 round the world. In tbose llu'ce biiudred years 
 Fr<ncb character was iborougblv ma-culinc. It was 
 hoi with liery /.eal: bauubtily coiirageons a.iid I'idgi'd 
 with nmscular endurance. Ii '•(Hl(•ci^■cd great plans. 
 It e\ecute(l ibc!ii gi'tatly. It pu-^bed its e\])lorat ions 
 into c\eiy /one. and sailed with uol)le seamanshi]) 
 tin paralb'U ottlu^ \vorld. In om- hand hei- (diildren 
 
CONTINKXTAl- UNITY 
 
 9 
 
 lilYcd the Cross, and in tliu otiier boro (he bag ordain 
 In lljf f'ai'tbesr liiu' of known geography and hovoixi. 
 In thi> magniilccnt exhil)it of (rharactcM- ll 
 
 U' Women 
 
 d 1 
 
 le men, and hei- woman- 
 
 ol' Old France vied with th 
 
 hdod^vith lier maidiood shone resplendent, like eqn;d 
 
 ;)nd companion orbs, lull .sphered. The. men and 
 
 woHMii who .settled New Fv 
 
 ixnce wei'e oi" the noblest 
 
 of the human species. They gi'asped the significance 
 oC Kmpire, and whih.' X'oltaire s-ieere 
 
 tiiev wuh 
 
 >ubii!iie and)iiion essayed to caj^tmc a hemispheivl 
 (Jhi\ \ rid Fiance. From tliat great rock at Que! 
 
 <)! 
 
 )ee 
 
 they saw the measm-eless capabilities ol" lhis<'(,nti- 
 ii\v it as a magnificent unit, which, if kep 
 
 nen: 
 
 whole, would in future yeai's outweigh in powfi- -md 
 value the iiiaiiifolj j)[u-titi<in- of all Furope. Wiiile 
 the Dut^'ii at Albanv were only pi-ilv ti-adcr-^. the' 
 Sj-)aniai'<l> <d' the Ohilf religious l)uccaneers, and the 
 Puritans in Massaclius«>tt>« seeking |)i'oteetion of their 
 
 cou^i'iciKM' in isolation from 01)0 
 
 it 
 
 •um. 
 
 iiev 
 
 an 
 
 " ^\'e will lay foundations for a |>ower that shall lade 
 from oeeau to ocean and from gulf to gulf, and own 
 all."* 'fhev saw that t lie Spanidi had no lastiuii* 
 power in them: that lhe\'h(dd onl\ the southern 
 
 e(|o-. .-, o 
 
 f the Couiinenl. and thai tin-ir IInu-( 
 
 \\ 
 
 sliiipiiig and v\ould soon hoe hold. TJu' Fnglisii, 
 InuK bed at a few spots i.n the Atlantic svaboau'd, 
 helm-ogeiieous ;iud naiuraliv jealon->. prM! casfward 
 by the .Vllegliany range, ih.y \vould at l!i«' proper 
 time )iush into the sea. They ii 
 
 ill 
 
 (I ail lUc i 
 
 -I Willi 
 
 Indian alliance 
 Soutliern (Julf. 
 
 I. 
 
 a Salle \vcnl >outhwai'd !.; lh< 
 
 The \ Cr^ndiN e. i'afhcr 
 
 iilKl 
 
 »ns. 
 
 pii^-bcd westward a 
 
 louu" 
 
 what now i^- 
 
 the 1 
 
 llie of t!ie 
 
 Canadian Faeiiie to the 1 
 
 \OClvV 
 
 Mountains. W'hei 
 
10 
 
 CONTINENTAI. INI lY. 
 
 ev(M' llu-y "\veri1 thoy made allios o{' the red iii.n; 
 ini.ssionizi'd them. Imiiled and intermarried with lluiu, 
 did evei'vdiing' but light tiieiii. TIkjii they tufiicd 
 soiithuard to HWeep the Diitel) and Kii<j;lish down 
 th<' Hudson and <»|f Manhaltan I->land, and ran a.ii'ainst 
 the ]VIoha\\i<s and were s!o|t|)('d. It is >(ai'eel\ lou 
 nuieji 1<) say thai il' ( "hamphiin, hhmderinji" on hd'ore 
 h( knew Ii)(han polities or pout i-, had not shot the 
 Mokawk ehie{!s on Lake ( "haniphiin, and iherehy won 
 J'or r^'anee the hittei- hati'eii of the Five Nation-, t lie 
 "wiiole destiny of tlie ('(HitineiU had l)een ehanLi'ed 
 and llie "urreiU ol' Anuriean hi«^liti"V ^vonld have 
 llowed in (»liiei' eiianiK'ls than il tills to-<hiy. Hnc 
 however this niay he. one tliin-j' i-. elrar: tiiat the old- 
 time Fi'eneh. lho>e ^reat eai»tain> wlietlier of kin.u' or 
 Christ, n(>N<'r di'eanied of allo\\inu- thi.^ ( 'ontinent to 
 he ]>artitione<l into two <>v three sc])arate eountrirs, 
 thus doing- violenee to its geoi>'raphy and productive 
 wholeness, including' in its hai'vest circk! every fruit, 
 vefTelahle and cet'eal needed hy man, hut ]")rayed, 
 tought. l)led. and sullei-ed toil and torture to [Aaov it 
 under one Ihig and j)f'Wer in the splendor ol' its 
 mtegral vastness. 
 
 C'lianges came. The Pom|iadonr ruled the court. 
 Power in luLih |)laces aei-oss the sea I'otted into 
 stench. \'olt.*ur<! siK'rrcd like a caustic I'ocd at a 
 g-eogra pineal Kmpii'e t^o vast, and a faith t(»o high, 
 for him to nnder^iand. \";rtue went out of France. 
 Vices came in. The Big-ots of Old France came 
 hither, and as tlu" peopK' of (^)uel)ec staived, they held 
 orgies and (h'ank the nation's hlood in wassail. The 
 i-agle's eye, the eaglet strength (»f wing, the oag-Je's 
 ]iower to sw(.op an I >irike. left I he French hUxul 
 
C :o N'T I N ENTA L UNITY. 
 
 n 
 
 trieklinji,- its last drops downwai-d (Voin .Moiitcalni's 
 heart as, stricken. on the plains ol' Ahraliani, iu- rode 
 drooi)ino- t,, the ponmu'l of lii.s saddh' thi-ough the 
 St. Louis gate to die. Tim n^d cvo^is of St. George 
 went n|. ovei- Cape l^iainond, and the lily hanner tliTit 
 lirst waved civilization to this Continent went (h»\vn 
 I'orever. 
 
 But though tlie il;ig came down, the (hn'ing 
 thoug-ht and hi-ii (h'cani held su.'.y. W France 
 iailed, England shonid n(.i win. the (^)ntinent 
 shonid he kept whole. I (' the old ih,-- could not 
 keep it, then a new one shonid. The nortiicrn , ol- 
 ony joining the thirteen southei-n ones wonld make 
 eoninion <-ause, and under a \\r\y l)anner, native, 
 Aiiierieau. continental, shonid hold the land Irom sea 
 to sea, iVoni gulf to gnll'. Undei- another syinhol 
 and a new nationality the old Fren<li dream, the 
 <hvani of soldier and ol' jiriest, shonid he realized in 
 spite oCall at last. 
 
 Then did tlu church make great mistake, — a 
 mistake wliieh eost the J*apaey tlie nohlest ehanee it 
 evei- had since Peter held the goide-n keys. The 
 possil)ilities of Emjiiro, such as Ixonu^ as Greece, as 
 Alexandria and Jerusalem when they stood hiy-hest 
 ill the world, thi'own into one, conld n(»i have 
 matched in men, in gold, hi armed power, in that 
 commiM'cial energy and that traveling habit, Avhieh, 
 ligiitly shaped, guid<'d. iiispired, held to one pur- 
 pose. c(»uid in one century missionize the world; 
 thai Empire which Cardinal McGibhons sees to-da'v, 
 estuied to soon be fuller (d' i-esoui-ces, material and 
 spiritual, than men e\er saw since earth's first morn- 
 in-, and peopled with a (nil third of the population 
 
i2 
 
 rONTINTN 1 \!, INTI'V. 
 
 <A' the h'IoIk'. The cliurcli. lackiuij;' t'yrs to s^r i;ir 
 on; liinid, coiilnil wilh .1 sure lililc ti>iti_i>'. in.iilc bar* 
 gain willi the. Briiisii Parliaiiiciil. ami ("aiiida !i»^t 
 the swill |>!'<),nT('.ss of a liimurcd u-ars. IVoiii liial 
 iiioUKMil. instead ol' hcinu' a iiohic, controlliui.;- paiM of 
 a maji'slic wiiol'. . willi a!l iu'i' ii,i!ii'/al coiiiiccl icn-' in- 
 tact, lioi' noiMuai (()nulllini<•atinil•^ open, livr system 
 ri'Ci'|)tiv(' t<» al! in\ i<i"oi'-iii<)ns wlncli ((uirkcn. iii--|>ir('. 
 and expand independent eniinn<tii\vealtli.s. slie heeanic 
 oidy a lureign and i>anisli(.'d tVauniont ol" the ("(Miii- 
 nent to whieli she bolon«>-ed a> an inteuTal and nolde 
 j)art : a <-olony oT a (oreign ])o\\ei'. ihawin.i;' the ^n[> 
 to !( ■ d hei- vitaHly hiboi'ionsly i'roni a iin- distance of 
 throngh iin[)erlbct <ondnils Ironi the contincntrd eeii- 
 tivs. snbject to ai-tilicial [aessm-cs imd lVe([iient stoj)- 
 j>ai!<-. l-> I'l to poHtieal and eoininercial inllnenees 
 ill i i < i. ( 'anada woidd ha\e joined with !)er -^i-iei- 
 colonies, siiai'ed the siniu'^'le I'oi- nationality willi 
 tlieM. with them won \ ietory and sIsMi'ed the pi'(>o'ivss 
 of ths' l!isi hundivd years, whieh is; the niar\-ei of all 
 tlie world. 
 
 r>e it renieinlK'i'L'd. then, by yon all, that Cana- 
 dians are such by aecideiu of Avar, but to me and 
 to all seliolar.s they are .Vnierieaii by righi of 
 birth, boi-n in the saine great land with us of ihe 
 Staies; stan<ling not as foi-eigners, but iwoihers born 
 Avith u.s, who would .share witji them the glorious des- 
 tiny of eoiuing eeuturl*-. This mowment of theirs 
 toward us, an<l of ours t<»ward ihem, i.s no ne\v 
 one. iMit the old-time one. long r-he<dsed b\- artilieial 
 ])ressin'e, non brt'aking out of bonds and nituiing 
 free ;i> ih<' lieart's wish when it runs along the line 
 of (iod's onlainnient. It is no new dream, but the 
 
(^(»N ri\i;N-|.\i. iNi'iY 
 
 () 
 
 1<1 
 
 suhliinc dream which pi-ii-l n\\d >nU\\rv ol oM 
 
 France drc'iined at (^>iu'Ih'<- in tiic sixtciiill 
 now dreamed anew by iis who I 
 
 1 ccntilrN 
 
 lave eoiiK' to that 
 
 j)oint of time mentioned in onr sa( iH'd honks w! 
 
 i!'n 
 
 onr 
 
 Onn*;' imn sjial 
 
 ^ee \is!(»ii 
 
 ■- and oni' old nitii 
 
 sliall di-eam (h'cams." We ,,r wiiitencd heads li\;nn 
 the (h'eain, hnl von yonnizcr men ol" rcw<'r x-ars 
 shall live to see that dream i!iHiiled in xWum, s;-en 
 of all, a eontinontal empire* of wiiieh (/an;idian< ai-e 
 a nohU* and essential part, ,strel<'hikig irom .sea to -i-a. 
 and of xvhieh to be eitizen sliall be ^i'reater than to 
 
 Ain 
 
 Listen to tliis and eonsidei'. There are tl 
 
 ii'ee ai>*es 
 
 or reg'nnes — two of which have been realized in 1 
 
 II s- 
 
 tory and the other is now here 
 
 Th 
 
 hr^t IS t!u 
 
 e s\v<»r(. 
 
 1 and 
 
 militarv a_i;e. Fn it. men are b(»ni ibr tli 
 by it die. lie who is gifted to make <'<)mbinatitms of 
 men and movement-^ thai kill (piiekest and mos! is 
 c-hi(^fest over all. .VnuMig all men, whatexcr mwnv 
 he tak('s, he stan<ls liiy-hest. 8neh 
 
 was 
 
 AK 
 
 andu 
 
 snch Ctrsar, sneh Hannibal and Seij)io. siu h Frederick 
 and Marlboro' :M\d Xapok on. Under such a re^-ime 
 men arc only flghtin,i»' anin:^als. Their power to strike 
 and kill ft-iycs tliem their vabie. Policies are shaped 
 Ibr battles. There is no ^lory bnl that of war. The 
 increase of the Lord's I'arili is fed to armies, and 
 
 cradles uf mah' childi'cn are roc 
 U'raves. 
 
 I\e(i K 
 
 ) fill bloodv 
 
 I'he second I'euime is the l"]cele-ia.s! ic. U is both 
 
 better and worse than the fii 
 
 I 
 
 ^\ 
 
 not eharac 
 
 lerize it. Yon are inlellii^-eiiL and know what it is 
 In it all is don<' for what men call reli<rion. All ma- 
 
M 
 
 CONTI N KX FA L UN IT Y, 
 
 tciial interests are made siiborclinnte to what is 
 called tlie spiritual. At court, in .salon, in street, in 
 school, in college, in villajj'c Ih'ld, the pi'icst is all in 
 all. The altar l)lesseti tiie harvester, and eats the 
 harvest. 
 
 Verv well. ^«.\v, frimil-. this is not a military 
 age, U"!' an ecclesiastic age 
 
 It 
 
 IS a connnci'cia 
 
 ajie, and on llii^ ("ontinent wholly so. We of 
 th(.' State> iiinnhcr sevcntv millions, with an army 
 less than twcnt\-livc tlionsaml tr(M>ps. One soldier 
 to three ihousand citizens. That is ali. Onv navy 
 is c«»iHi)osed of loity old tnl)s. not hall' ol' Aviiich will 
 float. Our harhnrs are ])roteeted, not by forts, hul hy 
 a pcacelul poliev and the moral impression uliich the 
 millions of peo])le livinii," back t»l" them make on the 
 world, W(} can ilg'ht. I»nf we prel'ei- t<> trade. We' 
 s<»(»iier swap product^ ilinn lixt'swith otln-i- nations. 
 During' our late un^ileasanlncss a long-slianked 
 hnnhenuan Irom Maine and a tall sallow-iace«l 
 Alahamian weiv on the ))icket line. Each was stand- 
 inir back ol' a tree 
 
 'ir 
 
 with rille cocked. Mad either 
 showed lh(! button ol' liis Jatigne cap beyond the liaik 
 he would ha\e lost it. At last the Alabamiau called, 
 " T saw Tauk. which would aou ralhei- do, shoot or 
 
 \\ 
 
 hitth 
 
 Whit 
 
 l)V 
 
 Gosh 
 
 cxclannec 
 
 1 th 
 
 Downeasler, and in a moment the two s]iar])shooters 
 were seated opposite each other on two logs, whittling 
 •,\\\i\ swa])ping stories. As a nation we are like the 
 
 D 
 
 Jow neastir 
 
 A\' 
 
 e can s 
 
 hoot. 
 
 Imt we 
 
 ]-atl 
 
 ler \v 
 
 hill 
 
 l''he connnercial instinct is now a matter of bii-th. 
 We breed it. Our young men care little for gold 
 laee and sii'aps and gilded epauleis. They like gold 
 in thcii" pockets; gold put into house and lands, 
 
(:t>\ riNK.N I'.VL UMTY. 15 
 
 stocks Mild ))on(1s, hooks and i)iclures, IVi-c Iihr;ines, 
 and univ(M-,sit,y einlowments. What wc ai-c jm-oiuI of 
 is iiotldg anni(.-s, bi;LV navies, l)io- sliips oF Avar, big 
 baUlos and bjo- victories; but bii;- trade, l)i,y- {)rolits, 
 big harvests, h'l^j; cities, big inventions, big coninier- 
 cial venturr's, and a big census, whidi (hmhlcs up the 
 millions of happy, pr()fe|)erous cidzonshij) every 
 twenty years. Our ])olilics ai-c not ideal; our 
 adininisti'ation of government not perfect; our <'on- 
 gressional action hui'tiully affected by partisanship; 
 and much miiiht bo found to satii-ize in our manage- 
 ment of public alTaIrs; Ijut through all the mass of a 
 great nationV doing and thinking; through all the 
 teachings of the press, platlbrm and pulj^it; and 
 through all the blundering of Congressional action, 
 runs, clearly visible, like a thread of gold in coarse 
 black cloih, the noble purpose to serve the people, 
 make them secure in all their rights, and ])rosperous 
 in all their honest; undei'takings. Schemes of con- 
 quest ai\; never debated in our Congress. Warlike 
 alliances are uot made. A standing army is an 
 unthought-of tiling. Church extension is not 
 regarded as c(»imected Avith politics. Titles and 
 strips of )'il)l)ons hmghcd at as ridiculous, in the eyes 
 of sensible men, and the only throne tit to as])ire to 
 is that high eminence budded on ten millions of 
 free ballots. 
 
 Such is the type of em[)ire whicli we of the 
 United States — wc who have develo])ed from the 
 thii'teen English Colonies which revolted from the 
 mother country — are building up on the basis of 
 popular sutfrage, the wish and Avisdom of the people 
 expressed in ballots; and our Canadian neighbors, 
 
i() 
 
 ("DN riNKN \'M. IMIV. 
 
 wlin icpi-'.'scnt tlic foiirtccnih colony Avbicli renutiiu cl 
 hrld l)y nrtiru'.ai ciiiisos, ns I have uxpl.'iincd, ia 
 En.m'lisli coiincolioii, hnvc (U'VcIojkmI, as I'm* as tlicy 
 have g'ono and g-iown. al(>ng llu; same lino, and must 
 conliiHic so to do. In tli«' future. ^I'ley arc not 
 niililarv hy vvi>l) <)]• li;il>it ;my nmi-c than are wo. 
 Their eiviilzalion is as onrs is, industrial and coni- 
 moreii'l, not warlike. Politically tluy ai'c as demo- 
 cratic as are we. 'j'hcy seek llic profits ol* peaceful 
 trade iind connnercial connections, not the I'alsc 
 "lorv of war. I'lie ininiiLi'r.Hit does not come here or 
 go there to light, but to work, lie seeks wages, not 
 soldier's ])nt;nice; wealth, uot military fame; the 
 rigdl lo vote, — to say who shall ride over him and 
 along what line <»(' polity (hey shall rule — not the 
 chance of winning medal for his breast and garter 
 foi- his lci>-. These aro iacts; standing high and 
 Inniinons over daily doings, as a lighted beacon over 
 sea, and they give emphasis to the statement, that 
 no! only is the Continent geographically a unit, but 
 tlu- peo]ilc living on it are united in the [turpose of 
 their lives, the object of their action, and the hopes 
 which stimulate activitv. 
 
 The pi'ogress of these Ignited States is a marvel 
 to the world. The history of it reads like an Arabian 
 tale. Stich increase of ])opulation; such acciumda- 
 tion of ^vrealth; such pO]>ularization of knowledge; 
 such deve]o])ment of the inventive faculties; such 
 intense activity in peaceful directions and for [)eace- 
 ful oi)jects, were never seen on earth bofor(\ The 
 causes of this wonderful growth aro many, but the 
 chiefest of all is seldom mentioned. It is not vast 
 extent of virgin soil rich in productive elements, 
 
CON'I'INKN r.VI, UMl V, 
 
 17 
 
 nor JH it iinniigr.'irion, noi* lony- poi'iocl.s oC poaeo, nor 
 abst'ucu ol' liir;j;c3 sstiniding armies wliiili cui n|) tlio 
 couiilry, and imilliply laxi's, hiirdcnsonK' to. -ill IbrnkS 
 of induylry; nor Tree instil lUions, wliitli dlgiiily the 
 individual, and mnlvi' the masses intcHigvnl and eon- 
 tent. Xu! Tliere is another and the eh.ielest eanse, 
 wili)ont whii'h in lull o|)cratioii nil other ones were 
 vain; and this prime eausc; (;<" Amei'iean prosperity 
 -is this: The Tree interehange d' ])rodaets and eom- 
 modities betAveen all seetiuns oi the eounliv. This 
 is the vital i"oi-ec; Avhieh, in 1h.i-i country, has ([uiekened 
 all other tbrees, k([)t (ho whole hody pohtie in glow- 
 ing- henllh'; stinuilated all growth, and eliarged the 
 veins of oui- vast indnsti'ial or;>'iinism with n itali/inff 
 vigor. ]S'ineteen-t\ventieths ol' ail our eommeree is 
 interstate eommeree. Only one twentieth goes 
 abroad. Free ti'ade, absolutely IVec, Avithout let ov 
 hindranee, untaxed, unvexed by custom restrictions, 
 unchecked l)y Govciaimental intericrouce at any point 
 within our vast domains, h;is given to every brancli 
 of ])usiness, to eveiy form of inihisiry, to every 
 species of enterprise, the ])lu'nomenal development 
 which, in the tremeudinis aggregate of i-esults, total- 
 izes a summation thnt astounds the woi-ld an<l m.'ikes 
 a demonstration, ag, nst which all argument is 
 pnerJU . liecause of this all parts have giovvu with 
 the growth of the whole, the whole been pi'o>-p(-ie 1 
 with the ])rosperity of the ])arts; each note being lull 
 and clearly sounded, joined iu harmonious connection 
 Avitli nil other ones, has swelled the voluuio to a 
 perfect anthem whose waves of concordant sounds 
 roll round the world. A\'hat would Xew ICngland 
 have been shut off by a line of custom houses irom 
 
18 
 
 CUNTlNKNTAh VM I Y. 
 
 Hit' \\t--iy W'liMt tin- wtst haiTcd l)y rc-l fictions IVom 
 llif- >c;i-|)(tri>y W'li.it jiUV slate or srclioii \y,u\ I he 
 IVcc pjissijo'c ol' licr iH'oducts hi'cu rlmkcd ill <mi«- dI' 
 iiiofc iinMU'iiiiivv lines? Ilt)\v then enuld niilnral 
 i'('S(»ni'(e«; liave l»;'en ntili'/ed: individual aniliifiuns 
 i'onnd |>r()li(al)le s,'()|k', or llii- enei'^'ies of the |)e(;))l(', 
 a> a wliolc, lii'en ;z'i'<>ii|>''d and made loi-cerii!. in iiappv 
 eoniliinalions? 'VUoy cinld not. All wonld have 
 fciull'eri d and hvi-n <)|)|H'e>si'd hy conditions both 
 onernns and dv pressing-. What ( 'aiindians have; 
 sullerc'd under and still endure, would ha\e Ixnn Celt 
 thi'on,u"h evei-y ])art of ih*; Union, and all <j,'i'o\vlli. 
 instead of luinii' swil't and. f^ure, wonld ha\n' lieen 
 slow, and >l(>wly re lehed and made: at many,])oinls 
 altogether in)[)!)ssil)le. '^I'hese (acts ai'e pjitent to all 
 at the mention <d' th;!n, an<l ilu> conelusiou tliev 
 compel, imperative and conclusive. 
 
 'I'he .-•low growl h (d'llie northern section of tlic- 
 Continent com[)ared with tho soutbeiai one is due not 
 to lack oC (Miergy. or thrift, or individual ability and 
 ambition, but to tlu' lad tliat conuncrciallv it has 
 b;>('n lettercfl by wr«>ng c<)in\cctions oi* iion-connec- 
 lion wilii the great whole of whicb by natuic and 
 bv reasin it is and must be an orn'anic pai't. .Placed 
 as it iia< been, it lias been latally liandica{)ped in the 
 race* wuli ol hei'- sections of tlic continent. !Money 
 w.-uld not come; skill wouM not come; cnterpi'ise, 
 audacious in lisking and l)y its nudacity winning, 
 M'ouKl not come to it. The late of colonies lias been 
 its late. It has been a i'eeder to 7'']ngland; nothing 
 mori". The money wliieh she s(nit did not comt^ to 
 stay. It earned itseli' double and then went home, 
 
COMINKMAF. INI'IV 
 
 19 
 
 I<'i(\;i),i4- iIm- <'<nmtiTstri|»|itMl. Ii Iims striven 1(. make 
 Ij\(i-jK)ol a> luiir ;is i;(>sh>n, Loinloii as New York, 
 and il lias laih'd. 'I'Ik- hlanic is lu.l ..n \\u- ( aiiadinn 
 I)('()|)i(' ii|) to this, bill un lli(>>,. who hhiiidci-cd in ITTt. 
 'Then thv\ were hai'^iaincd lin- and >old {\>\- a la-ice. 
 
 'I'in'i-c is a i»hras(' which is som,. times w^hhI with a 
 gcKxl deal of cniphasi . (.n Hie (.ihcr sich' of the line, 
 in which the speaker \enls lh> intense colonialism hv 
 afs«'rtin,n-tliat ''Canada don't propftse t.i he swallowed 
 hv the States." This politie(»-<j;astronomi(' assertion 
 is snr(>l_v not verv witiv, and c\idenlly la<d<s the ])rime 
 elem«nl of lorci — appliciiiion to the snhject. For 
 no swallowing- ])rocess has been su;4<;-ested hv any 
 respon>il)le j)arty on <'ither side ol' the line. There 
 is n(» reason to thiidv that shonld ( 'anada, l»y a popniar 
 vote, seek membership in the I'nion, that a vot-- of* 
 the Stales conid to-day be secured Ibiyher admission. 
 Tile nobU' exteni of ber pnblic domain, the ^j^-rent 
 unde\eloj)ed wt-alth ol" her natural resouiv-es, tin* 
 vast benefit which would accrue lo the ( iiion IVom 
 her admission, are not nnderstood oi- ap[)recialed in 
 this country. 'To tiu' averaL>'e voter amoui;- us her 
 geoo-raphy is as little known as that d' the K'ussian 
 Empii-e. lie has no knowledge and lU) special desiiv; 
 to obtain knowledge a1)out it. Busy in oui' own 
 allairs, we haNc liiven no earnest thou^'ht lo tbe 
 matter. 
 
 Then, too, there is amon;^' our citizens a senti- 
 ment — and I judii'e it to be a vvvy strong sentlnieni 
 — against any iarther extension of the boundaries 
 Uiid responsibilities of the Republic. ^V^loe^•er has 
 given lime lo slnd\' the actual state of the countrv 
 is Impressed ^vith the fact that its geogra])bieaI 
 
20 
 
 CONTINENTAL UNITY. 
 
 extent is at least a ceiitiii'v alioad oroiii- present p'>]i- 
 iilation — lu'obablx- Iavo centuries. Two lumnred years 
 must ])ass before the iiierca-u' ol' our pooulatiai will 
 W'rl till' least ]>res>iii'e IVoiii auv lack oC rocn). XciiluM- 
 Avill oui' iniueral (lepo>ils lu^ 1'iiIl3M)|)eu"(l. or oar vast 
 aerea<»(' plo'.\e(i beCoi'e then. Vs\' baxc ;:11 climates 
 Iviiowik to temperale zones, and all ])ro(hicls in oui' 
 conii'dl alr<;i(!v. Oiu' sea-coast is like that ol'a hemi- 
 sphere, and all the )'i\er mouths oF any impoi'tanee 
 to cnnnneree. sa\'e one, are in our hands as things 
 we have enonu'h, it is said; Avhv si'ck 
 
 are n<>\v 
 
 more 
 
 'J'hen, too. ( 'anada's debt is lar!:re. and. stands 1 
 
 or 
 
 nothinu" afhuuiate in the eves ol" nianv amoiur us. It 
 is a lnr:A"<' debt I'or o.0()U,0()() of ])eoj)le to < arry with 
 such rn undeveloped counh'v as tliev have to caii'v 
 i( wilJ!. We 1)1' the States do not love national debts. 
 Wo shall soon haxc oiu-s \\i])ed oni to the last dollai'. 
 (•)ui- taxes will be as a ei]ih«. :•, and lier o.(.HK),()00 
 he;i\ ilv-iaxed will be livinii" side l)v side with 75,000,- 
 000 of untaxed p!M)|^le. 
 
 I'or tlie>e thr(Mt reasons, l.-ick of hnowledj^e and 
 apprcH-iation of Canada's resources as a section of tln' 
 (oniinenl, a strong and Ln'owinn' sentinu n1 against 
 farther teri'itorial exlen-'ion, and a (eeling llial her 
 national debt is biggei- than hei* national assets, 
 tliei'c is little I'eeling to-day in this co::n(:-y favoi'able 
 to lu !• ;inne\alio;i. 'J'hat- such a U>{'ling wouhl exist 
 if the ])eoi)le Knew all tlie facts i\\' the case I (h) not 
 doubt; lull ;!.. it i-, 1 beg my revl-fa.-ed Iriends to 
 under-lnnd l!;;;! there is no dani;-ei' of Canada being 
 'Vswall(.we(l "" by the States. If she ever is admitted 
 to the I'nion, she A\ill be ;idmit.ted only at her own 
 
CONTIXKNTAI, INITY. 
 
 21 
 
 .() 
 
 caniCflt asking-, aiul hicause Iho jx'ople of both coun- 
 tries, by li'ii years of obsersaliou and slialy ol' ihc 
 facts of tbo case, arc; coiivineed tliai; su«-li a luiioii is 
 inevitable, and sure to result in gi'eat good to all cou- 
 cerncd. 
 
 r>ut it is said iii some quai'ters, and i)v some 
 it is shoiiifd forth as if it ended IJu; diseiission, 
 that "Eng-lisli s(Mitiinent " forbids union of Canada 
 Avitli ihe States. Indeed, the veiv noise made over 
 this assertion is suspicious. Jl sounds \(i'v like a 
 gun hea\ i!y charged Avith ])o\V(lei' without a bullel in 
 it. It nr'.kes, at dis;'hai-ge, only a li(»llo\v roar — a 
 dreadful roar, but that is all! I^et us trjuislnie this 
 vociieration into calm statement, put it into sensible 
 shape, so ^:.ensil)le men, seelcing aflei- the tiaitli in this 
 discus -ion, ean gel at it and measure it and sec liow 
 niuch it actually represents and stands for in this 
 vita] ])robleiu of future connection. 
 
 Translated to statement, then, this •■ EugHsh 
 sentiment" assertion means this: Tlial Ihcic is in 
 Canada, and am<»ng the avIioIc body of Canada's 
 inha!)ir;ints, such an intense and ]>ersou;;] hive for 
 l^nghind, Iju^iish cciuiei tion, and the Knglish tlag, 
 fliat thc_\ would not tolerate; any other connection, 
 jio matter v.]i;;t conuiierclal and poliii^al 'advantages 
 it iiiii;ii! briu'j,'. e\en with the kindred bannci- of the 
 States. 
 
 ^'(•ry welL ]Vo\\. friends, Nuch a statement is ti'ue 
 or it isn't ii'U(\ If it is true, il cuds discussion and 
 iixes thi'ir liae. li' it i-n't true, i! Ien\ '.;s iji. in; luv 
 oj)(>n for reason and judgment to decide what it shall 
 be, in the in1.'re.-ts of those now living and of their 
 cliildriMi after them. Let us seoAvhich. 
 

 CONTINENTAL UNFIT. 
 
 Tlic ])ni)iilalioii of Cfninda is ,'5,000.000. Of this 
 nniiiltcr 1,.')00,(H)(> ;irc ol" ]>tiro Fivncli deseent, im- 
 niix'od with e-ross of Iiln^^Tisli blood. The Jhi,<i:li.sh 
 and Fi'i'iich 1)1o(m1> have. lU'Vci- miiin-h'd in liaj)py 
 union and never w dl. 'J'liey are loo iiidike. Tlie 
 (ianl and Ih'ilon never eonid ai>'i*ee. TIu'V have 
 never !<)\<'d eaeii Uiher and never can. ^I'lioy hate 
 nioi'e readily. 
 
 Cressy, l^)!liers, A,L^ine(inrt, Watei-Joo, and the 
 IMains (;!' Ahi-aliaiii ( nii)hasize the anla.iionisni of the 
 bloods. Fi\t' Inuidred years of vicinage and fiv(3 
 innidred yeaj's oC war ])etvv(xui two races mean 
 sonietliing. Surely lie would Ik* laugiied at who 
 shouiil assei'l beloi'e an audience, ihat on (Jod's earth 
 tlu're is a body ol i..")()(),()Oi) |)ui'e-l)loode(l .Fi'cnch- 
 ni( n who leve the Knglish llag so intensclv that ihoy 
 could not |ios>ib1y live under that neigdiboi'ing one, 
 lo lilt the slandai'd and set the >(ai's in which llieir 
 ancestors fought nwl bled with the Continentals 
 under \Va>hiniiton at Vorktow n. \v\v well. From 
 lheo.00l),0n() we will subtract !..")()(l,O0t>, and say Avith 
 fJo>e|)h »J(M}erson in the phiy, "they don't count! '' 
 
 Now coini' the ( ieiinatis, recent inniiigrants to her 
 short">, I)!)().0d0 slrnng. When and w hence, jti'ay, 
 hive tlu'.-e gotten so .suddeidy this |>as>ioh i<»r the 
 i'ji:.Cii>h llagV Have th''\ a charui hung over .Vnti- 
 costi. so p'lient ill its working tliat w'li.'U the s<»n.s 
 anil daughters of the ( )ld (icrnian I'ace sail under it, 
 llieir blood is ( han'gcfl b\ ii> magic, so that lliey 
 forget th(ir (bar Fader-land and be((ime on the 
 instant intensely JhiglishV 
 
 Again. Among the Tatiadians are the Irish — a 
 million stronu'. One out ol" ever\ rotn- ol" them 
 
CONTINENTAL UNITY. 
 
 23 
 
 romeiribors Ireland and Ikt wronos. When have tli(> 
 Irish, driven out; of Ireland hv Eno-jish nco-h.f.j .jinl 
 eriie'ty, loved Enghnid .so that it would break their 
 honest hearts lo scc^ the red Ha;;- eonie down, and 
 the Inniner of lliat I'cpiil.iie M-hich for their liice has 
 IxMii a rel'u.^'e Iroin hano-cr and JVoiii tviannv rise in 
 s})lend()i' above theii' lieads? 
 
 The Scoteli among thc-in nnmbcr ^.'(KOOf), and 
 tliey love thril't, are eonniicrcial in tlu'ir instinct — the 
 natural Yankees of the IJi'itish Isles — and fit as nat- 
 nrally to >."e\v York, Boston and ( "hica^-o as thcN' do 
 to London oi- LiMM'pool. Then, ihci-c are of In- 
 dians and of various othc i- Jbreign races 2.-)(,',( )()(). 
 So then th(> census brings us down to this bare total. 
 The j)o|)uUilion of < "anada ain(Muils, all told, to 
 o,000,OvK). or tliis nnnilKi- l,;UX).Or)0 are non-Kng- 
 lish in blood and halat ol'thouglit; and of English 
 fc«to(dv, oidy 70d,(HK) ar(> leCt. 
 
 Ent these evm are ly no means '• inteissely Eng- 
 li:di " in their sentiment, so that ihey condd not lolei- 
 ate union with the .States. Fortliey are tbi- tlu^ most 
 l)art Canadian-born, and llieivlbre, in habii of liie and 
 thought, oC this (^)ntinenl and not of I-^ngland. The 
 older <!nes re])resent tlie I]nglish colonial >|iirii,and 
 cling to the old land, as i.s honorable for them to <lo. 
 But he who is born liere is not ot lilngland, but of 
 America. Tie i^ child of a ('onfment. not of a liilli 
 island, and the lo\-e ol' the Continent, the pride ol' it, 
 t\iu\ all the hope:-, aml)itious and dreams his great 
 birthright engen{k\'s is in hiui, warm ami strong. 
 lie loves England a< all of us of Ihiglish de-cent Ionc 
 her — as the old mother-land and blood-centn' of ii.> 
 all, |)iit not as his native land. His native land i- 
 
24 
 
 CONTINENTAL UNITY, 
 
 not a colonial fragment of a widely-scattered, wealdy- 
 
 connected Eni()ire, but a, nuhle ])art of a vasl r\)nti- 
 
 nental Sovereignty, whose j)ar1s iiiul natural iidjii.'^t- 
 
 nients, cemented with (|ni('k exclianges of mutual 
 
 profit, common i:i language, liberty and faith, held in 
 
 natnral oneness hy circling seas that hound the four 
 
 horizons, destined to be so iio[)ulou8, rich and potent 
 
 in the world that the little Mother Isle wi'l soon be 
 
 place of pilgrimage and not of central power, where 
 
 the mightiest race on earth, or that earth ever kne^t^, 
 
 shall find shrine to reverence and ni)t throne to swav. 
 
 Jn view, therefore, of the facts of the case, I see 
 
 no grounds whateviM' that this great movement 
 
 toward Continental Unity, the beginning of which Ave 
 
 happily see, can be long stayed or hindered greatly 
 
 by this so-called ••English simtiment-' in Canada, of 
 
 which we hear so nnicli and loudly in ct ilain rpuir- 
 
 ters. 
 
 The iiotion, advanced bv some, that England will 
 oppose such luiion as this of whicli wc s])eak, is not 
 groundce in reason; the explanation being found in 
 the fact lliat she has no interest to do so. l]nglaud is 
 nearer the I'^nited States to-day in many essential 
 elements of unity than she i. to Canada.. Trade rules 
 to-day, and he wlio buys most of Enghnurs jicoplc 
 gets nearest to their lu';;i't- . This not from mc rce- 
 nary reasons only, but from the higlKM- uses and the 
 nobler iiilhiiMices of tralli<" for all exchami-es of 
 ])roducts and commodities ninong men tend toward 
 brotherhood. Trade honor;ib1y conducted mea.ns in 
 the end frati'ri:i;'::!tion. Tlie ( oin <»f t i ade becomes 
 ultimately coin of (iod. Human w;mts cstiddish 
 human brotherlKH.d. 'i'ralUc is the univei's;)! Ian- 
 
CONTIXKN TAl. IM TV. 
 
 !j;-iiii*i'(' <»(' liiiinan (•oiniminic.'ilion. All nations read 
 and sneak that tongue at slo-ht. 'I'lic (i\ili/,c(l man 
 is a trading- boing. The ti'adci' — iIh' man ^\llo l>nys 
 and scdls — ty|»(s ihc hi'otlicrliood ol'lhc mill(Miinn). 
 
 Tliis is why Knghmd is nearci" tlic Stales iIkhi she 
 is jo her own coIoun to-day. She hii\-> more oC ns. 
 She sells nioi-e. The niothei' and her ii-i'eat danghtei' 
 ai-i' r('plin,i;'iti')i'c strongly their mutual dopcndence on 
 cacli oilier. They hny and honnw ofeaMi other. Their 
 s(jns and daughters are intermarrNing. Thev visit 
 
 an<l eveliange many courtesies. 1 lieu- [lolitieians meet 
 for eonsullalion and swap sei'viees on the stum]), and 
 we can -ay, with hand- U[)lirted in jH'aise to (rod 
 who has so oi'dered it in mere\. that tlie old wars 
 ai'c hushed and the old . ed lines oi' di\is!on and 
 .seiiaration drawn \)\ th( ni ai'e lading aw;:\ forever. 
 Xo. no! If ('anada e\'er does eome into union witli 
 the States she will noi |ea\i' I'^ngland. hut come 
 nigher to hei' and into a jiolilie and iiseal eonnection 
 more sympathetic with her interesis tiian hei's is to- 
 day oi' may cNcr he w hile she goe- (»n along the line 
 she (rails at pi-e.-ent. a line uhieh i^ leading her 
 Carther and larlher I'rom K' gland's trade connection 
 an<l sympathies, as all English mamiracturei--- Know 
 and say, and making her an alien to tho'-c wlio repi'c- 
 sent ihe trade and profits (d'the mothei'-land. 
 
 Foi' ('anada there are hut three ])o>vil)Ie fni m-es 
 — (Uie is to I'cmain as she is. an oiul\ ing l']uglish 
 Colony, hampered in gro\Mh. hectored in spii'il. 
 j)inned «-onlinuallN to the v(\<xv (d' peril (roiu imperial 
 ciitanglemcnts, di-ained oi' her population In the great 
 attraction-- to the south of her. wiih wldcdi, while she 
 I'eniaius a co|oii\,«he can never suceessfnlU com- 
 
2(i 
 
 C(1NTINENTAL IMTV 
 
 pclc; o|)|)i'('ssc'(l Nvith ilic Imrdeii <>(' (li'V)l wliicli, from 
 ll'x [HM-iiliai' coiisliuctloii of lici' conlrdcrjiti.Ml auriH'- 
 iiicnt and tiic ciniailv |)i'ciiliar liahils oCIkt polilician^, 
 she can lU'illii'r casllv cari'v nor piil a stop to its 
 I'iii'IIk'I- inci'casi'; icinaiii suhjict to iinroi-tiinatc con- 
 ditions, and i'\ rf o])pos('d io tlu- prcssui-i's oC an 
 nncniain if not a pci'ilons I'litni'c; oi' she can, iui- 
 pcilcd liv the ncci'v^itv of hcttci'inii* iter condition, 
 ,s('('k and ol)iain release', as slir proltably conld. IVom 
 impcfial connt'ction. and ont o(" the chrysalis oC colo- 
 nialism I)ur>t into the \vini;-ed einlxxlinient of in(U'- 
 
 jcndencs' 
 
 Th 
 
 i> j)ossil)ilit_v has its attraction' 
 
 to all 
 
 ^'•eneroiis )niiids. The hii'lh oC a new nationality, iC 
 it he a happy one, coining," in the rnlliu^ss oi' timi', and 
 ha\ injj,' adeipiate heroic canscs foi- its pareniaii'c, is ;i 
 {•(■suit npon which the <^'ood \\i>-hesol' n)aid<ind are 
 sin'c to he ««howered : and snch a hirt n, so cansed in 
 
 the case o 
 
 r ( 
 
 anada. wo 
 
 n\i\ he hailed a> an e\(nt of 
 
 prime inau'iiitiide \)y all memhcr-. oi" the Imi^TisIi 
 speaking' race. l('(anada .-lionld hecome a Itepnhlie, 
 the natnra.l instincts of all Amiricans would ])rompt 
 them to Li'ixe her a nohlr and ;:-enei'ous recoj.vnition. 
 liei;,'arde(l only from a sentimental ])oiiit ol' \iew \\ e 
 should all cojUem|)late lier nationali/ati(»n with ])i-ide 
 an<l -ati>ract ion. Slic \\onh! -uri'ly receiNC IVom ns 
 all hoth olliciid and sympathetic recoo-uii ion. Um 1 
 iail to sec how. he_\oiid this point of pers(!nal it'ood 
 will, she could I'cceive from u- ol" tlu' Ivcpuhlic. (.'ither 
 the practical assistance sjh' needs, or the connnei-cial 
 c.iv;eelion on which, and on which alone she can 
 ;'a>e her i'lit lire industrial expansion. For we 
 'iepnl)lic h( he\ <' in the Moiu'oe ■.Vx-trine, not 
 ai)prn'd to oui' sea line, and tlu- [)art;5 ut' Mie 
 
wxwnmi 
 
 CONTINKNIAL INITV. 
 
 27 
 
 Coiilinciit to i1k' south of lis. I)iit we hclicNc in ii \\'\\\i 
 equal sincerity aiid c'lnu'stiicss ;is npitiitd i,, ihc 
 g-i'cat division of tlic ('onlincnt lo tin- iioi'lli of U'- :i> 
 well. So Ioul;- ns Canada I'cniains as siic h.-is been 
 and is to-day, coniparaliN cly weak in |)o|)iilati<in. in 
 developed i-esoui'co. and in military ])o>vci-. >lic i-^'not 
 a suhjeet of sei'ious eonccin to us. x-arecly vwn of 
 lliou^'hl. I)Ut oiiee let lier beii'in to as-uiiH- propor- 
 tions of magnitude in tlie-^c difeetions; once K-l us 
 disciTii that he)" fi\c millions ai-c soon to hccome 
 twenty millions, and those twenty likely to hcconic in 
 the ])r(\i»-ress of time foi-ty millions, and tiic n'rcat pi'o- 
 tectiNc princi|)lc ol' out' nationality now lyln,u- latent 
 as re,u'ai'ds hei" existence on our i)or<lcrs, \\ouI(l sud- 
 denly come to the sui'face, and what has hi-en up to 
 this and is still only a theoiy, would on the instant 
 liecome a condition of thinn's. and a condition as 
 ])ractical and g,i'avc as vwv challen<i'ed tlu' attention 
 of our ( ioverinnent, or thi'ust itself as a \ital force 
 into our politics. 1 thiidx I do not o\ I'l-estimalc the 
 .Vnu-rican instinct touchiuij," the soli(bu'ity o*'*his Con- 
 tinent when I declare that ^\ e of the li( p'ui)!lc shall 
 ncNci' staiul idly hy '\i\(\ see a i2,"i'cat powei- huilt up, 
 eithci' on the '>('Uthern or uoi'tlicrn side of u^-. Napo- 
 leon ill. sou^i^ht to e-.tah!i-h a thi'ouc in ^Icxico. 
 and to place ^Maximilian, the Austrian, upon it. And 
 we, Innini;' a domestic niattei- oii our hands. >a id noth- 
 in<;' for a while: hut had he succeeded — well, wc 
 shoidd. ha\'e up-^ct his little ihi'onc. and shipped his 
 soldiers h(»me to him with our complunent.N, and the 
 ura\' and the hlue alike would lia\(' assisted, with 
 equal heartiness and loyalty, in doinuit. And this 
 we should have done, not because we dislike France, 
 
2H 
 
 CONTINKNIAL I WHY 
 
 (i)i' \\v do iiol. We iulinii'e her I'atlu'i', ;in<l llu- j^rati- 
 iiidc ui' feci lor Iii'i' ;inci('iil aHiniicc willi «>iii- ('allici's 
 ami llic iK'lp ol' it ill IaC'VoIiiIIoii.u'v liim's,, still Hows 
 wannlv in oiir lilood. ami !In,L;"i'rs like the glow i.)!' a 
 svvi'C'l iiu'moiy ai'oiiiid our hearts. Hut a\ c sjioidd 
 have done it hccaiisc we have it as a ])<»iiev and a sel- 
 lled roii\irtioii thai nc loi-eiij;-!! power, iiiidir aiiv 
 iiaiiK' or lla;j,'. >hall evei' divide this ("oiilineiit with 
 us. oi' hiiild ilsxil' ii|) eithi'r t(.) our woi'i'iment or our 
 piM'il. ]>\' riii'ht of deeds done and l)Iood shed, of 
 luoiu'V s|>('iit and |)r(),Li;ri'ss made; hv lluM'iii'lit ol't rials 
 nainherless hravely ])(>rn<'. of saerihees heyoiid eounl 
 J'celv ollei-ed upon the altar ol' our national i'aith. and, 
 as we h< lieve. on the altai* of (Jod,-\ve do solemnly 
 hold, that we ha\e a j'i^u'ht to live and gTow. nn- 
 elie<d<ed. unhindered. uiiim|)ei-illed hv aiiv otlier lla<i" 
 or power, and that the vJiolr ('ontinent, from gulf to 
 gulf, and oeean to oeean, will, must, shall, in the full- 
 ness of time, and W(.> hojie hy the law of henevolent 
 all rartion, coine niidi'r the baniu'i' of 1 he Re|nil)lie, 
 ol' which lo he a eitl/tn, we hold, i^ bettei' b(joJi than 
 1/ 
 
 > be a km; 
 
 1 do not >ee, therefori-, h( 
 
 »\v we can. A\nh due 
 
 regard lo our own rdtimate and highest interest and 
 t(> our coiiNictions as Americans, assist Canada to 
 commercial, politicjd, and inilitarv gi'eatness, 1»\- ;ni\ 
 reciprocal m(i'<-antile ari'angement under llu name of 
 
 1 
 
 veci 
 
 proeit 
 
 \ or an\' othci' 
 
 amc, Willie siie remains 
 
 foreign lo ns in fact, and h(istile [)crliap- in policy 
 and spirit. That reciprocity in exchanges in jtrod- 
 nets A\(>idd he of linancial ad\antage to hei- and ns, 
 1 make no ((nestion. That it would Indp her li-n-fold 
 
 moi'e than it c<jidd us. i f(.ud able to d 
 
 cmoustrate 
 
 lai 
 
("ONTINKN r.\l< I MTV 
 
 21) 
 
 [m»1' it Mould liclj) luT vilnlly; ;iii'l >\\v. -.ciiiirnlcd ;is 
 she is IVoiii ('oiiliiK'ntnl coiiiu'ciions, is in tlu- ori|, ,,{• 
 ;i \it;il uc(H'ssit\ ; Avliilc we ar<> nn|. WC d,, not need 
 her \il;dlv: and Ikmici'. on lln' 1('\<'1 of dollars and 
 cents, the hai-j^'ain must hr a^-ainst ns. It i> not in 
 tln' wit of man, wlu-n the whole scope orilie ijuotion 
 
 is eonsK 
 
 lered, 
 
 io make a hai'u'ain thai wonid not lie 
 
 one-sided. The conditions o('e(jnity are n<it lU'ocnt. 
 Foi- the (jueslion, as I have shown, is not one of 
 dollars and eent>, hnt of cmpii'e; n(»l of prr>-cni" 
 lirolils, hnl (d' (ntiire (h)niain; not of di(d>;er and 
 ii-ade between individnal-. hnt ol' National |)olic\- as 
 ]'e])i'esenlini;' the true and lastiiii;- intere^t^- oC the 
 .K(>|)ul)li('. While Canada remains a eoloin of a non- 
 continental i)owei', she nuisi take the chance of a 
 colony. She nuist look to Kn,i;lan(i, wliich she jn'e- 
 1'ei's. loi- lu'lp, and not to ns, to "whom s]ii> reCnses to 
 hejoini'd. Slionid she lH(.'<(nie an independent Nation 
 and si't herself up as a ri\al po\vei'. then as a rival 
 ])0wei' >he mn^t he ti'caled, and in u** other \va\. W 
 she chooses tliat position, then she hersidf ol' ]]vv 
 owji ifnaided elforts must malvc it L^'ood. Would we 
 hMV(> ;uded the French in their mad attempt to huild 
 np a forei^'n [)owerin ^^e\ico ? 'Hie ([ue--tion answer- 
 itsi'If. Shall we ilieii help the l"]n,j4-lish or ('nuadians 
 to l)uild up an alien, a rixal. a ho>tile connnonwealt h 
 on the north of ns that would split tlu' Continent 
 asunder, iix foi'evei' a boundary line thrt'e thousand 
 miles in lenjj^ih hetv.een us, and chalk e\('r_\ ineli (d' 
 it vv(\ with peril V Is that the heritau'i' w c of the 
 Kej)ublic })r()])ose by our stujjidity or ouV mercinari- 
 ness to lease to our chiUh'en for a thousand Ncai'sV 
 
 ."N 
 
 o. 
 
 lot one l)ri(lv shall our hands take to their 
 
.so 
 
 (•ON'lMNKN'r.VI. IM TV 
 
 fi 
 
 ttinpit'. X<>l one sli'MW will uc iiisc llicin lor llio 
 iii.ikiiii;' oi'llicii" Iwiclv. IT llicy InolishlN (Iccliic to 
 htiild citlur llit ii'owii (M- iMiiiliiiKl's ;j,lor_v Jipai'l IVom, 
 and ill |Hi'il lo iis, thru mii-t tlicv build iiloiii'. 'V\\v 
 ]iio>i ill nil rcji-oii and consciriicc tlicv can ask in 
 Micii \\(trk. tlic utiiiost that till' clxili/cd world A\oiild 
 f'\|K'ct ol' lis is, that WT stand bv and lift no h;,.id lo 
 |»r('\in1. 
 
 The ( 'anndian ([iit'slion liric'lly stated tlu'ii. is this: 
 (V.nada is now nncoinn'clcd with those powers and 
 Ibrces which (MMiiniercially and politically represent 
 tlic Conlinciil. IJeinu" t hiis nnconni'cti'd. slu' snO'ers. 
 Her ^iiU'crinj^s arc approachin*^ a ci'isis. She is cast- 
 \u'j; around lio'A lo make the n('cdc(l co'.inections \\ it ii 
 lis. She interrogates iis. Our an>\\('r is — no patri- 
 otic American, who understands what the interro;^*a- 
 tion and answer mean, can make other reply than 
 this — ,/ 
 
 oni IIS . 
 
 How the union can take pla 'c. !-■ a matter fbi- 
 i'litnre consideration. 1 iuhmI not con>idei' it — yon 
 need not. Canada ha- not ihoiij^-hl hersell' to thai 
 point. I.'^ntil ^he does, we JiaNc nolhlim to do "with 
 her oi- lier j)rohlems. S|n is inteili^tnl : let her (U-- 
 eide iier own best course Ibr hersell*. But one tbinij;" 
 .1 will say, that 1 can couei i\-e of no proposition more 
 crude or hmlful than llx' one some unthouii'btrul 
 
 person has ma<le, — to juiivhase 
 
 her. I 
 
 can on 
 
 eharaclenzt' sncb a proposition as simply slu)ckin<^'. 
 its eoarst'uess Avill ser\e. jiei'haj)s, one uood j)uriK)se; 
 viz.: l(» brin^• out the tine altitudes oC the subject. 
 I have liviMl amon^- the Canadians nuieli. I iiave 
 travelled widely lliroiii;-!! theii' country. I have eaten 
 Avith their poor and feasted with their rich. I know 
 
. CONTrXKNTM. rNI'IY 
 
 m.'inv ol'tlioii' public men. mikI .•iukmiu' llicm I niinilx'r 
 tiiaiiy fViciKls. As ;i wlmlc ihc ( ';m;i(li;m proplc arc 
 proud; l),'i"-k of ilicin i- a ii'rcal histofy: ahead of 
 lIuMii. under lair cniidiiloiis. i> ;i i;i-eat riitiwe. '\'\\'\< 
 liicN know. I'his lliev I'eel. 1 need «tiil\ s;i\ llial 
 llie u'eiitlcnien win* imw, in wit. in enltn.re, in weallli, 
 in skill, in pati'iolisiu. repi'esenl ('anada, ;ire imi ol" 
 the sori that can l»e hon^iit. Thex do not propose 
 to sell their eoimtry or as>isi in pntiinu' it np foi' >Mle. 
 'I'his applies. Iriends. t<t all parties and >eet'-. and 
 yon can hnild ytnn- plans on it as a I'aet. 11" von 
 hiiild on other loiindation \on will oidv eon-trnet ;i 
 l^ahel, which, when yon shall have pnshed ii n|). a- 
 it wonid seem, to the skies. \\ij| >ii<ldtnl\ tnnd)le 
 upon you, hrinii'in;^" ruin and eonfnsion as it I'alU. 
 
 \ 
 
 •r would any arranuH'ineiit hke reciproeMv In 
 
 satislactor\ to eitln r counlr\ 
 
 It 
 
 would he ()nl\ 
 
 teniporarv uiakeshirt: a plan to s;ui>r\ the ui'<t'd of 
 irallic, and not to settle a (piest" 
 
 Ion oi |-.nn>iri' 
 
 would ha\ e lor it-- parents noihiui;' worthier th;in 
 considcrat ious of dollars and cents, ;iii<l hein^' th.n> 
 hasi'K Itoi'u, \\oidd li.c a snarling'; lil'e and .die >oon. 
 ( 'oiniueree is \iially eouuecled wilii ilie srtileinent 
 of ihi- (Uicstion. hut it nexcr can he >ettle(| on the 
 
 citunuereiai iiasi-. 
 
 1' 
 
 or oiu' conuiiercial I'elat lou^ \\\\ \\ 
 
 ( 'arunlians are hut a p:u'l, — a \(v\ >in;ill pari. — of 
 the (pieslion het w ecu u> : the real one. t he iirejil . ui'a\ e 
 (»ne is. w hai i> to he t heir polit ie;ii. iheir ij,()\ ei-un>ental. 
 ihelr inililars relations to u>. ;ind heiiee it i- \aiu I" 
 make an\ scitlenient whieli settles only the pai'l. the 
 suudlcst part. <d' the dillicuity. hut lea\es the major 
 part of the pi'ohlem uiisoKcd. nas. unconsidered. 
 I nniv l>e mislakt'ii. i)nt 1 lielieNc that ( '(«mniercial 
 
:V2 
 
 ctiSriNKN r \|, I'M IV 
 
 Ii('ci|ii'n(it s l)\ il"^»'ir \\<iiil(l ;4'i'cMlly iftni'd. ir it WdiiM 
 
 liol jnTMIll tlir llllinli nl" ( ';i ii;|(liim- willl IIn.i('||u' 
 
 Siiito; lirc;iii>-(\ 1>\ rt'licviii;;- llic iiiiiiu'diiilr |»irssm7' 
 <>r |)i-i>t'iil ii('rr>'«it \ . wliicli i> ii|»tm iIh'Iii. ;iii«I v\ liicli 
 i> ciiii'-ciL Mini (•;iii>('(l oiilv. I»v tlirir ii' •ii-('()iiiiccli(»ii 
 willl the l;i'1'!iI, (•ciilcr ••!' ihc ('(intiiitiil, it uoiiM 
 stop tliriil IVnm r;|ftln'|- i ll\ i>l iu.lt in|| :i||(| |irc\<'in 
 
 llicni IVoiii •'•('It inij," down lo tin- Ixtttnm df iIk' dilli- 
 '•iill\. Ill llic Mii/f (»r siiddi'ii Mild \;i>t I'rlicf tliuli' 
 i;ytis Would l)(' blinded m) tlint iIh-n would not xH-tlir 
 ;i,clti;il and dccji-scatcd caii^c ol' all tlirir Iroiihlc^-, — 
 wliicli is political scparaiion IVoin tlir ^'fcat. ricli and 
 pi-o^prroiis nation to tjic ^oiitli ol tlifni. W'cif ihcN 
 one with 11'^. t licv would !ia\c llnof liiiaiicial, indus- 
 trial, and coniiiH'rcial connection- which would i;i\«' 
 theiiia growth and r\paii-ion in riches and power 
 in tell vear-. whieh a liiiiidred vear- liasc raiitMl to 
 hriiiLi,- llu'in. aiitl which another ecntiirN unaided hv 
 us will tail lo hrinu:' them. 
 
 Let, ! hei(d"or(.', I sa\. the ('anadiau- alone. (il\c 
 tlieiii time to suller IVom, and reali/e the real can-i' 
 of all their tioulile-. l>>'atli is iiiis\ there, as here, 
 and alio\e the ura\es (»!' the next decade, ('anadian 
 llM»un-ht will mo\ e on more easil\ and swil'th lo a 
 (dear apprehen-ion ol'whal i- wi«'' and adetpiate. 
 MoreoNcr. at piH-scni. ( 'anaihi i- ind "ted with an 
 epidemic, or iier polilician^ an-. I ■id'cr lo an epi- 
 • leiuic for titles. Knccn politician of tin- toi'V paii\ 
 there hopes lor Ik axH'ii ai last, hut he is deierminc«l 
 to U'ct a rihhoii or a ij,arter on the earth whether or 
 u«>. The attempt to introduce a laded copy o! llrit- 
 Isli ari-toci'ae\ on thi> < "ontiueiil i> silK oi" course. 
 lieuLi-ougli, thai i'iwd of our i>\\ n Nast. can I'idieule 
 
rONTrNRXTAI, I'NITY 
 
 
 it in tilt cinlonn^ <>r his ( ii'ip. as he due- mi>-l cl'v trl\ . 
 Itiil l'irii,n(»iiuii Knnws tli.'it lniv\fN<i' ^ill\ Ihi iitl<'iii|>l 
 ii,;i\ lie. i< 1>, iif\ crt lii'lo^. Im'imli -«(ri<»u>l_\ madr. 
 Tlif Sir J(»liMs. and I he Sir ( 'liarlc-o. tin- Sir Donald^ 
 and ( iforii-fs and Alplion'-i's, ar«' u>'itin>i lhi(d<t r in 
 ('anadian >ocii'l;. ihanijd' slarsiu a sian't- iirnianicnt. 
 \\\\\\ \ lia\c l>rrn told thai our nld-i in)c»IMl(»\\ citi- 
 zen, that iMnhndinifiit <>r Aincrican pn-li. iorci' and 
 plnrk I hc\ iliiporlrd lit hnild tlirir Lire 
 ihcni. ha> rcccntlx hcconir a l>riti>li -id»jt'ct. and i^ 
 Hi w Sii- \'an llcrnci \\ po*]-! What looU v\c nior 
 ial> arc I 
 
 111 railroad I'oi 
 
 N 
 
 (t. no. \vc 
 
 \vi>li none of that >ori o|" iliiii;.:' on 
 
 lliis >idc (d" the line. Hthr ('anadian people like it 
 tlien can thevhaxe it i-. t heir heaii-" <-ontent . We 
 ill not l(»lerate ^neli lollv in tiii- liepnhlic : we 
 ill not <4rart >-neh aneienl rot. «-iicli anlii|ne mildew 
 
 \\ 
 
 \\ 
 
 he hranehes id onr hnddinu-. hh MMninu'. iVnillid 
 
 hood 
 
 a\ <■ >ncli ;i-. man 
 
 npon I 
 
 life. N(i man ha- litk' \\r\v 
 
 <j:\\- Crom iione-t manlnxx 
 
 i> le\cl. hi•^ hand open, and hi> heart >onnil. 
 
 I fonnd ii hecair-e In- head 
 
 S( 
 
 iien. I "nLiU-est. tiial we of the lie|)ni)lic let 
 
 titis thinu re-t w here it i> a w hi 
 
 i.'. Lei ( "anada 
 
 lliink \n'V prohlem we 
 
 \\ ont. Let her learn and 
 
 thoion^hlv learn that pi>h1icail\ 
 placi d, and cantioi piospt 
 
 r- >iie i>. 
 
 te i-s \\ ron,uiy 
 Let her ascer- 
 
 tain that in this IJepnhlie. ami a> an honored and 
 l„(.nd pari (d' it, she will titid her true --eo.u-raphieal, 
 nd commereia! eonneclion: tliat onlside 
 
 hi-lorieal a 
 
 (d' snidi eennecl ion >ne \\ 
 
 ill lind a -hrivelled rorlnm- 
 
 aiu 
 
 I swarming- perils. Meanwhile we 
 
 dionld hold 
 
 oin".-( 
 
 iN.,.> alo(d"(Vom her, lu'ither lu'lpin-' nor himh 
 
 inji' her: ^i^ ii>U' her«; no cause o 
 
 folVence. u ishinu" m 
 
:il 
 
 rr)NriNi:NT\i, iNrTV 
 
 oiir li(';ii'l> that she \v a> ol' us: tVaiikly statiii<i," oiir 
 position, li()|)inu' tlial ^\\v will soon conu' into politi- 
 cal oiu'noss Willi n>, and a?«surihu" Iut of a lu-artv 
 and proud welcome when she shall decide lo come. 
 
 liul one thiun' ( "anadians must undei'stand. and it 
 would he un\\i>«e and iinlair U>v u> to conceal il tVoiu 
 them, an<l that one thiiiij,' i> this: that this Iu'epuhlic 
 
 w 
 
 dl ne\ el' see a liTcat jiowei' built iij) on tiiis ('onti- 
 neiil. eithci- to the north or south (d' lis, iindei- either 
 I''rench or Kn^iisii llau's, and iai<i' no action to pre- 
 vent it. Leav! of all >liall we excr assi-t them to 
 heeome niimeroii>. rich and powerl'id. wit h tliat end 
 
 on their part in \iew. We iinite them cordially to 
 ^harewith n> thedestin_\ (d' tlu' ( 'out incut : to share 
 with us it>- urcatiios and it- tiiory. as historicaHy 
 the\ ha\e a ri^iit to do and should he pi'otid of 
 doinu": hut ir they loolL-hly detdiiie our inxitatiou 
 and undertake to rival iis and impi-ril U'^ i»y an alien 
 de\ clopmeni, llicii mii>t they look I'oi' no indp rrom 
 us. for we shall eertaiidy not help them at all. and 
 we shall a"- certainly oppose their proLi,i'e>s to l^n 
 Cullest cMeiil dl' our power. And this we >hall th' 
 in theinlcrc'^l ol'!il>ert\ and ol" maidxind. lor he mn-l 
 he a Cool who ililnks thai ^wo i;real ri\al I'owe • 
 can »'.\ist side li\ side in iicacc upon this ('(Uitineu! 
 
 1 know well the weahh of her natural i-e>ouree- 
 now Kill:.:- 'ludexeloiK'd. 1 ktiow well that in de\(d- 
 opinu" tliost •esources (till- capital and our enterprise 
 would lind prolitaMc <'mj>ioymiiii. I know well the 
 extent of her \ast domain and its \;due. I know 
 well the coiisersatisin ol' her character, the prolitic 
 viji'or ol' her population, and that <he miii'ht <j;\^v to 
 the dcNclopnuait <d" our commcreiid and political Jiie 
 
rt>\-rr\F,\T\r. ivnv. 
 
 80 
 
 .1 most valii;il)lc (•(Hi!fii)utit>ii ol lidpt'iiitu-ss: l>iit ;is ;i 
 rvitizeii oT the Rc'j)iil)ru'. loi-cciisii'iu- t!u' riiriiic. I 
 ranuot sec Imw we can. in jusiicc n. ihat Inlnrc. do 
 au«>"lit to licljt iicr or i-cceiM- lirl|) Ironi licr. nnlil slir 
 h«'('oiiu's |)olili('all\ nniliMi wiih n>. 
 
 liadics and u'cnt Iriiicn. I thank \ on lor sonr 
 [lalicnt conrti'sv in li('ai'in«l'nic. i tliaid< llic .ui'iillfincn 
 In wliox' kindiv in\i;ation and |n,il>lic >|»iril I lia\(' 
 Keen cnaiilcd to addi'<'>> von. I Innr ■-jtokrn in this 
 Ilall Ix'l'oi'c and on liitMno as L^-raxc a- ina\ com- 
 mand iuunan attention. I>nl I lia\c nc\cr spoken in 
 this flail Of clscwjtcrc on a I heme ;^"i'a\ei' or more 
 im|)ressi\-e in its si^niljcance to son and onr(-onnli'v 
 
 than the (»ne I ha\ c di.> 
 
 (•ii>sed l)( lore Non to-ni^"iil 
 
 H 
 
 eloi'c me a- 
 
 1 speak I ^ee t 
 
 le |)ict m'e ol t he 
 
 ('ontinent jto.-so.^ed and nn|)os>e-->ed -jiread on! he- 
 fore me. 1 ha\t' IraNcrsed it Irom end to end. Irom 
 slioj'e to shore. I know il. .\ l)o\ c _\ on)' head- 1 sre 
 it hin^-as fjtdin saw llea\eii in xlsion. \ast a^ a 
 
 whole, heantilnj a> to Us oarts. 
 
 «ee 1 \\v n'rantU ni 
 
 of its moiiniain>. t he loNcliiies> of its jtlains. Hie 
 somlier L^lurv ol' i^-^ tnrests. liic -•ihcr n'leam of its 
 
 riNcrs. .ind tlu' occan-hke >|),H-e-. ( 
 
 if il> lakes. 1 
 
 H'ar 
 
 the mnsic of ii> -trt-anr-. the roar of ii> w aler-('all>. 
 
 and the imirmnr oi 
 
 lopm'tl ioi!>. 
 
 I \H- Sim I'lsc^ 
 from hetwcm 1 he pillars *if the morning, and fi'om 
 miit-he;>N en l<Md\- d(M\n npon it w ith deli^'hl . The 
 land he -milo n|Mm. \;irioii> in its /(me>. respond- 
 to his n'reetinu' wiili it- fnniti! ndimm- urowths. 
 .\nd seeinii' it thus. I -a\. thai to mr it -I'cnr- as the 
 _<.iai'den of the Lord, a- the prolitic cenler of the 
 earth. .Vnd o\crthi> land of (»od. tiii- pro<lucti' e 
 cenler of the w oi'!d. this reluiie oj all oppressed p> o- 
 
■PiWi 
 
 mmmmmm 
 
 coxTiNFvr \r. uxft^' 
 
 |>lt's. 1 liis \ ;i>i (»|»|)iMiim'n V of I'l'ox ulfiic.' ;ni(l m;ni. 
 lliis -HIT lodsi-iiHUt ;iii.l lioiiic "f liiici'tx . ill \ iciiin«ii' 
 to the -^t.-M's wlto^c u'loi'N i> \\<'\(-i! ill ils folds, toiicli- 
 iiiu;* llir >k\ whose liLi'iit it li;is hi.rfowcd lor its own 
 i'.liiminnlioii, I heboid our lliii;-. sole, sovei'eiu;-!!. sn- 
 pi-eine. ;iiid under it :i third (d'lhe Inminn I'liee. livinti- 
 |H'os|)ei'oiis. iKijtpx ;iiid <i\\\\ And seeinii" all this, 
 more lh;in once ii.ixc I s;ild in niv u ;tnder)n,Li-s, and I 
 s!iv il now. thai that .li-lorions lla'j,' nnisl ('wnthis ( 'on- 
 tincnt a- a whole, and l)e>-ideil there, inn>l l>e wavinu' 
 
 in 
 
 the sk\ al)o\c (»nr children"- heads. noiK' other 
 
 N'mh. ^'I'iiifs .\(lilrcs> ^ ii;im|i!il<'t f'tni, i (mm Ik' (>l)t;iiiicil n( 
 iH'wsili'alt'rs. or throiiLiii lli.' mnil I'lMiii lh>' nuiliui-. I'l'icc J.'i ctMil.-. 
 
 Il\t' COl'll'S. 
 
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 \(vliiiiic wliirli iMMilr Mr. ^!lll■l•:ly laiiimis ami Milvcrlisfd the |i.\c|\ 
 Afliroinhick lvi'iiii<ii t<» Ihf liii^lis!i-s|n'jtkiiio' world, 
 
 Icscrilu'ij .Mr. MiiiTav 
 
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 ■llic l)0(ik wiiicli kindlcil a tJniiisaiid 
 
 aiuiiursliij) a> 
 
 cainiJ-lii'cs and l.aimlit ;i tliiii!>and |icn> Imw \i< wrW'^ o\' naluic."' 
 
 'riicrc is n>> i|ucstii)ii thai in llial niii |iic \' ui'k llic aiilhoi- iiitrn- 
 
 diiccd (llic 11,'' till- lia|i[»ic-^l lilcrary ic<ult> ever prndiiccd liv mii\ 
 
 ^\ filer, and -^cl a t'asliinn luil (iiil\' of i'eci-calii>ii tml also nf ciiuip.i.,!. 
 
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 It has liccii kiMiwn anionii' Mr. .Mnnay's inl ini.iU.' t'ricndN ilial 
 he iutclidt'd In lic;,:iii his pi'olV'ssiiinal catcei as an .•mtlini' with a 
 wDik (h'al'li.'d uii the .-aiiie liiic> as \\a> liis lir-i Adii'iuidack luxik. 
 
 and disthiu'iiisl 
 
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 ic saiiir >|iin' 
 
 In ••Daxli'jhl Land" tl 
 
 |iiilili( will tind the !'nltilliii«'iit nj' tlii> iiilcnlinii. Tin m"\\tliin 
 knowJL'due III' w (Kidia alt and ciilliiied iV|irc>sii>ii which twclil} 
 yeui's have lii'miihl iilin arc c\;'lent m ihi> laruer \i)hinie. imt the 
 same \ i\ idne~s uj' dc.-cri|i;iiin. ihc ^-ainc t'ft'shiios ul' liinuur. and 
 fhe same realisi ic .si \ le. which made, i he earlier and -inalier xoliimi' 
 
 jin|iiilai. |ii'iincatc every 
 
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 Iliis larecr and imliler wui 
 
 In till- chajitcis 1 ntilled ••The C a|iilalisi ." Ihc Man in the 
 \ cKeleen .lacket ." "A Stran;.!c Aiidiiiulil K'ide."' and ••The ( .rent 
 
 ill lind such (piainl. iiic\ iinninr and \ivid- 
 • lasv 111 cijlia! Ill tile 
 
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 I'ciik (if the seasipii. 
 
 '[).avli<^lii Land" i^ pi c-cmiiienil\ titled in he ihe (iil'l 
 
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 liii^ht, ehecrfnl .and liteiaiil\ pcifeet. .shniilil 
 
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 c put het'oie the piihln in an aili.'^tic Inini ; and the 1 nlilisluns 
 \c sp;ire».l ii'Mtliei pains inii expense to Mcedinpiish siicli a result. 
 
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 .Mcchaiiieullv cdiKsidercd. ii is a model uf workHiaiisliii) in IiodI 
 
 inakino. I he paper mi 
 
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 liiMik i.- jirinled is certainly liner 
 
 than an\ ihiiiL!,' hel'un made m tlii-> cuuntiy. and American i>:ipei 
 
mm^mivmmimm^ 
 
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 Ictulft till' sv()i-l(i. TIh' lypc is iiol.ly lai'iic :iinl clcN-if. Tlu' print- 
 ixiiS. was executed at the, Kivorsido Pi'esH, under the special char<;t' 
 of ita most ski 
 
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 llfiil piessiimii. will) points to it witli pride 
 print iii'^, wliidi. in delicacv in Itiin^iug out t 
 
 as u 
 
 illustrations, has never ln-cn exeelleil. even hv the old printers. 
 
 'I'iie illustrations (one hundred and forty in nund)er) aie 
 from ski'tehes made on the spot !iy an artist specially eniployt-d liy 
 the Pul)!isher.s. 
 
 The eoloi' intioili/vL'd is a eoniplete novelty. The artistii- 
 purl of the linok was i)rodaccd under the supervision of Mr. .1. IS. 
 .\Iillett. which is a suHicient assurahee of its excellence, as he li.i- 
 Ihe credit f)f havinii jirodiiced many rmvelties in bookmakin^'. 
 
 All anglers and s|)ortsn\en ; all ca,Tnpers and tourists; ;iil 
 lovers of nature and of (he out-door life : ;dl who love lat!£!;hter and 
 
 literarv entertnininfut ; all wh 
 
 o seek 
 
 inforin;\tion of (Ainada and 
 its resoui'ces, should look into this peculiarl\ h:ip(>y comhinatioii 
 of fun tenipered wifh i)athos and sunshine. 
 
 Svo, li.")0 ]>il,li"('s. I'llifjlic |>;l])('f (•<>\ (')■>. $'2.."><> : 
 
 rdoiii, i^'AM): clotli. Iiili -ill $4.00, 
 
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 thoiis<ni(i ('()|)i('.«s was |»i'f|xir(Mi lot' ilic A til hot' as an 
 liononirliuii and is sold on ^-iihscfi])!!'*!! in him It) such 
 as desii'e it a> an rU'oant sotivt'itif. As a u'ilV to a 
 IViend who h»vi's i ho ()iH-do(»f IJle it is most 
 approjti'into. 
 
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 sri'ilxr. oil receipt ol'tlii' siihsci'iption pi'iee, .$:">.()!). 
 
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