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DESTINY OF CANADA 
 
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 JAMBS STAEKr^ 
 
 PAISLEY, CANADA. 
 
 TORONTO: 
 Imsw * Gkaham, Book and Job Mnten, Cotbomt St, 
 
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 Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1899, 
 
 by Jambs Stark. 
 
 JUN 16 1926 
 
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 DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
 By jambs stark, 
 
 I>AISLEr, ONT. 
 
 Oakioa. 
 
 1899, 
 
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 Canada ; dear adopted honHi; 
 
 Now nearly fotftjr jeara 
 I've trod thy soil, andjlniei with tlMM 
 
 Thy toils, thy joyav and leari. 
 
 The flag of dear old moUieriaiiii^ 
 
 With dignity nnfui'd, 
 Floats prondfy to pfiotect tiMf 
 
 In defiance of the wofidk 
 
 Your lands extwnd from sea to sea, 
 in mod'rate frigid zoaef Uil ^ 
 
 'Gaitors, snakes, and oraBgd traee, ave 
 To Canada upkaomi. 
 
 At the time of fevokitioii, 
 
 When the OoTme^ilieiiliM 
 From si4$«ct lo Hm Bdiish eioila^iu mki 
 
 By tax imposed on tea. 
 
DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
 Then Qaeboo ap to Niagara, 
 Fe# wbitiB men, don't know ijrbd, 
 
 B^anned with the vast lakes, wbodiBd shores 4 
 In Indian's biroh canoe* 
 
 Ontario, all as nature made 
 
 Few whites so far had trod 
 Until the U. E. Loyalists ) 
 
 Made it their loved abode. 
 
 Only the ramparts of Qnebee 
 
 The bush and water oonrae . 
 Saved Canada for Britaun . 
 
 From united rebel forpe. 
 
 Ontario, no letter land ^ 
 On west side of the 86ik;> 
 
 Thy dime is pleasing, not severSf 
 Yon are both rich and free. 
 
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 Quebec, so hazy, cold and slow* 
 
 Unless in Montreal; 
 The priests and Papacy o'erride 
 
 The French and govern all. 
 
 No matter whether right dr vwr(%Qgf 
 Thecountrylii^or die, . 
 
 Enrich the^ishuieh; <hp know your fi^et 
 Is Papistbattle cry. 
 
DB8TIMT OF CANADA. 
 
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 Alas 1 alas t for poor Qaebeo, 
 
 So priestly trodden down, 
 Yon worse than Ireland are enslayed* 
 
 Who's troablons to the erown. 
 
 Priests have the right, let ihem nnito 
 In worship every honri 
 a But not to rule in politics 
 And Ganada devour. 
 
 Our vast Northwest, known as lone land 
 
 Not many years ago, 
 British Oolnmbia likewise 
 
 Begins to make * show. 
 
 The resources of those eonntries 
 
 Are fiabiiloas to tell,-^ 
 Their isonntless grain and minerals 
 
 The world's snp^y to swell. 
 
 With capital and labor, room 
 
 For millions yet untold ; 
 To plough the soil and dties build, 
 
 And all their wealths unfold. 
 
 The G. P. B. in ma^^itnde 
 
 Has opened up their ways, 
 A work so greai and ipnuidt deserves 
 
 Both lasting blame and praise^ 
 
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PEHTINY OF CANADA. 
 
 Blame for its insfttiate, greed 
 
 In taking so mnoh land, 
 As reooijopettse to build the road« 
 
 And our otak at oommaiid. 
 
 Praise lor bold determinatioBy 
 ^ Defying hills and rooks, 
 And swamps and streamsi and woods and vales 
 And boalders in great blocks. 
 
 Its maroh waa enipaffd, go-ahead. 
 
 No other line beside 
 So many miles in so short time 
 
 Did railway track pvotvidii 
 
 Now standing on the pinaaclct 
 ' Glorying in its powe^f A 
 
 All Canada to it are aarfiu 
 And hambly to it cowor« '■■■:■ 
 
 The lacky onesiwho hoULJta aharei 
 
 Will never need repent ; 
 'Tis a per(M Jew investoieiil 
 
 And good fojr oentr jsmma^. 
 
 The G. T. B. is nowof old 
 
 Borne forty yesrsogo, 
 Then Briifadici^itol wont wil^ 
 
 They thought thoy had a flonr^ 
 
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 DESTCNT OF CANADA. 
 
 Ganadiftn miUiooB likcfwit-e, 
 
 To sabsidiie the road, 
 Went free ; we Asked no gnsnuiiee, 
 
 And all was underirod. 
 
 Wi(]o#s, Mresses, and inaidens, 
 
 Wlio had a little cash, 
 Thought they^onld make so easily 
 
 A profit without fash. 
 
 Bat Oanada, then ttiostly btish. 
 
 Small business had to do, 
 Lumber then inm slow to make, 
 
 Grain bushels were but lew. 
 
 The road Wis a gigantio sehemsy 
 
 Built at tremendous cost. 
 Our soMiy tnd British sbani 
 
 Invested, all were lost. 
 
 New stocks'WBre Kslsed and Parliament 
 Made grant of miltions ntdfe. 
 
 The road new life and oeuralge hi|df 
 But suocuQ^bed as befoce. 
 
 It brings to ntlnd the dd time irhynie 
 
 We dinna quick forget: 
 When we £^, we aye got up ^gi^iy. 
 
 Aye, and sae wt(! W0 yet. 
 
DBSTIKY OF CANADA. 
 
 The 0. T. R., the harbinger 
 Of all our wealth and power, 
 
 Jast like the ear^ settlers, had 
 Its trials to endure. 
 
 Now with Western and with Northenit 
 With Midland and some more. 
 
 And lines in the United States 
 It has got miles galore. 
 
 And like the Argosjisf of old 
 
 Its traffic is so groat, 
 Makes jealonqr in all the lines 
 
 In eaoh adjoining « 
 
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 We are proud of those two 
 Monopolies though they he, 
 
 And should they suck the Goverameal 
 Eaoh member has his Use. 
 
 Our railwi^s and waterways, and 
 
 Our many fine canals, 
 So geographical for trade 
 
 The Yankee mind enthrab.^ 
 
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 Smoe Un^ Sain forsook home land, 
 
 We are the mother's soiif^'r' 
 Who's been pampered and been tampered 
 And been let have our run. 
 
DESTINY OP CANADA. 
 
 firitoiii, Um work-ihqp of tba worlA» 
 When she Fret Trade deelared, 
 
 The maroh made of this ceniiiry 
 No oiheri were prepared. 
 
 Nigh fifty yean hate now gone by 
 
 Of solid Free Trade IftW, 
 Sneh benefito been lealiied. 
 
 None dream's or ever «»w. 
 
 A stroke so bold and maslatly 
 
 Took Bnrope by emrprise 
 And also the United Stales 
 
 Its trade did paralyse* ^ 
 
 It drove their eommeree from the ssn 
 Nor elippers more did build, 
 
 Their grain and timber taken free 
 In British bottoms filled. 
 
 *^ Bnt time and tide can no man bide'' 
 
 Nor ehanges can foretell 
 That-will transpire in fifty years 
 
 Those wLo have seen know welL 
 
 Then Onited States were infimts, 
 
 OompaMively sbw. 
 Few railways had; their eommeree iliosi 
 
 Did down the *' Brie" flow. 
 
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 DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
 From then till no^, just lake a view 
 And see how matters stand,-— '■«, ms-- 
 
 The wealth and progress been aehieyed 
 And peopling of the laiid* 
 
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 No other eolmtej 'neath the sky M i^lM 
 Sinoe ever time.kegaa /^ 
 
 Has made sneh atirides in wealth and poweir. 
 As our own Untie Sam. 
 
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 Men of genius aiid inyention 4m ^ 
 
 Of every olime and breed* 
 Worship with thee» thy goddess wealthy i A 
 
 Thou art their friend in need. 
 
 Thy grealiieei;ftw ean oomppiAelid^ 
 But you yoim»l?es well know 
 
 And think witt all creation tieat 
 At your Chicago Bboil^^r 
 
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 Your indvattieet jailproteoted* 
 Is selfishness boSed down 
 
 'Gainst Canadft and Britain, 
 As we call you Qur own. 
 
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 One common raeeg one mgin - ^; ; : ,u -rr 
 From whence we all have qpmni^ qa^^u 
 
 And aU eitisens from Sin»>pe ^,'1 
 
 Now learn the English tongue. > yd 
 
DEsrriNT OF CANADA. 
 
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 Oars are the blessed, iMppy IftHob* 
 
 Deoree'd by heaven aboTe, 
 That Britain and Amerida 
 
 Will role the earth in love* 
 
 Coald the Lion, and the Eagli^^^ u - 
 » And Beaver, plajas-one. 
 In lasting peaoe or tragio fight* 
 They're matohlesB health the imu 
 
 The LioD from hk aea giitisle 
 
 Has leapt o*er seajnd hiai^.^^xrui4M, 
 Swajring sceptre overimttioiMi J-- 
 Who obey at his oommand. :^ii ^ i 
 
 The island eontinent he ewaysy -immM ^s^t 
 And India serene, tK-rrr^i?-- i 
 
 Whose many oomMlese hordes, in loviei. 
 Revere Uio Empress Qaeen. 
 
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 So many landd ^h nameless uo <M kmU 
 Proteoted by hie potior, . al iM> 
 
 His might and siteng^ unlfidiBg, he^e %i 
 The Lion of the hour. •'" 
 
 The Eagle with extended wing» 
 In silence soars away. 
 
 So crafty, nnexpiBetedly 
 He lights upon his prey* 
 
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 The Eagle of this eoniilient. 
 
 Whioh Lion fooghi and won». 
 Now sitB in state and majesty 
 
 For wonders he bias done. 
 
 But he tho* at loU Uberty, 
 
 Is slow and sby to bleed* 
 And the plumage of all nations 
 
 Do batch for him instead* 
 
 South, west, and east, one solid Uoek, 
 
 Is all the Eagle's own ; 
 He got nearly all he sighed for 
 
 'Oept Ontario alone. 
 
 The Beayer of bu^ Oanada 
 Has been our emblem trae» 
 
 As his palienoe and industry 
 Is our life through and thrbngh. 
 
 Until Northwest was opened up 
 
 Our forming was but slow,, 
 As tlieoien, aie and hand^ike 
 
 Had to precede the plow* 
 
 Now with smooth and fertile prairie 
 
 As on the flowing main. 
 The boy can plow his liirrow miles 
 
 And ftiTfow back again. 
 
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DESmKY OF CANADA. 
 
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 The Northwest iu its embryov 
 
 Magnifioentiiy grand ; 
 The golden gram by millions growSf 
 
 As if by magio wand. 
 
 Chrain with minerals and timber* 
 80 boundless nnexploredt 
 
 And fisheries prolifloy make 
 Oor lasting wealth and hoard. 
 
 Onr position as a nation 
 
 Or a oolony so freOf 
 Or to join with the Bepiiblia» 
 
 Is a problem far to see. 
 
 To aim at our independeaoii 
 
 Is folly to begin* 
 With nnproteeted bonndaries 
 
 All open from witfaUu 
 
 Britain* mother of ereation, 
 All through this modem world* 
 
 Has eolonles and empires built 
 And many flags unfarl'd. 
 
 Your title has been justly earned 
 
 As Empress of the Sea ; 
 The sun on others shines and olondQ* 
 
 But always shinei on thee. 
 
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 QiESXINY OF CANADA. 
 
 When New Eogkuid^ Old Dominion, H-am 
 
 New York and Pendylva» 
 Were t^r^ooibnieaiaf. Britain 
 
 As with Oanada to^daj* . A 
 
 Old grandpa,CI«(9fge;and Parliament 
 Were oranks atid rolecl imwise, 
 
 And lost for aye theiieiiven of latidSt 
 And all with open eyesk4^>v> 
 
 When independence wiM proclaimed 
 And liberty was sealed, i - 
 
 All lands knowQ then as Oanada 
 Bemained tme to their bield« 
 
 With all the sea-boond PiOTiiiees 
 Whose fortune with oars blmd. 
 
 Then Hudson Bayv 80 i»r away, 
 Would not for it contend. 
 
 Newfoundland, not of Oanada, 
 But under British 8Wf^» iv' • ' • • 
 
 Would quioklyliqiit the stars and stripes 
 If she could getaway. 
 
 The loyalty of Oanada 
 
 To our own mother Queen, 
 Over all her vast dominions 
 
 With us has reigu'd siq^Mtte. 
 
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DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
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 Sinoe Wolfe aad Montcalm raised the dege 
 The flag has braved the breeze, 
 
 And all isung praiM of Britain's erown 
 At plough or ehopping trees. 
 
 In Qaebec, of French extraetion, 
 French tongnemd laws have scope* 
 
 Our Qneen is honored and revered 
 Jast second to the Pope. 
 
 The prml^es we now enjoy 
 
 Are more than jf^l deserve ; 
 Your markets all to us are firee> 
 
 And we do ours e^aerve. 
 
 Necessity in common rule '^ 
 
 Is often passed as law, :^^ ii^a ii. a # W 
 
 Snch is our case so oinBomsciiiieA A 
 
 Nor money had iodraw. 
 
 Ontario of lior80lf is rich 
 
 By lands and ttariMrsold» 
 All othei;i^j^tt provinces 
 
 Are very scaiil^,of|[old«»£x'«^^^M himy4i ev/ 
 
 So many miles oCiaflwiy boill 
 
 All largely snb8i4inMi^ 
 With canals, ta^ IooIm, juid^^harhoiay 
 
 We hav^ttia w0f H WlpsiMd. 
 
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 DESTINE OF CANADA. 
 
 Oar parliament and government. 
 With great and noble grace 
 
 Have borrowed every dollar 
 Where they oonld nm their face. 
 
 With snob immense ^zpenditare, 
 
 So few the cost to shaxe, 
 Onr debt's a debt of magnitude 
 
 The country cannot bear. 
 
 Some members blow and fondly show 
 Large increase we will get* 
 
 And others prove more easHj 
 19ie increase of oor debt. 
 
 One chief cause of tribulatfam 
 
 We cannot well avoid. 
 As spare capital and labor 
 
 Leave for the other 
 
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 Were the boundaries of the States 
 
 A thousand miles across, 
 And. our lands all compiet a« ^eSetv 
 
 We would have no such Idii. 
 
 Our harbors on Padflc OoasI 
 
 Are always open dettr; 
 On this ooast, baithig HaOfiiXt 
 
 They're ice bmmd haVthtf y«ar. 
 
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 DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
 As an independent nation 
 
 We conld not move at will. 
 As a eolony of Britian 
 
 We are no better siill. 
 
 Before Confederation passed 
 
 Each Proyinee made its laws 
 All preferential for its own 
 
 The others to transpose. 
 
 When Union's glorions halo 
 
 Cemented all in one, 
 Canadians, all ao happy then, 
 
 Millennium had corner 
 
 N. P., the grand panacea 
 
 Of all our wants and woee, 
 So pleasant, sweet, and mellow* some 
 
 Have had an ovefdose* 
 
 Free trade odr aim and faurUiright*! elaiia 
 
 As passed in fifty-four. 
 Large hearted Sons of Canada 
 
 Ccmtinne to adore. 
 
 The bulwarks of onr iooimlry wera 
 Yonng men and maidens tme. 
 
 Who joined in wedlodi aild went forth 
 The forest to anbdnek 
 
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 DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
 Who cleared the land, and built a home 
 
 Midst troubles all and joys, 
 Their cares and pleasures, sheep and kine. 
 
 And crop of girls and boys, ' • 
 
 Who in turn leave for prairie land — 
 
 Bush farming was too slow — 
 Vhey run the plow, and from first crop 
 
 Some thousand bushels grow. 
 
 The progress we are making 
 
 As to how we multiply, 
 Is a test and iijidioation 
 
 If we will live or die. 
 
 Our increase by emigration ^ 
 
 Throughout the past deoade 
 Shows m million souls were added 
 
 More than we ever had. ^ ^ 
 
 Our increase by Heaven's bounty 
 
 From nature's hi4ppy souree, 
 Added six hundred thoiisand mote '^'■■^ 
 
 For better or for worse* 
 
 Our expecMioBS floated Idgh 
 Until numerators showed 
 
 IncreMe <^ onr lialf eontiaeat 
 Less than Ohicago growed# 
 
 
 
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DESTINY OF CANADA^ 
 
 How disastroiiB and appalling -"^''^ 
 
 It's sad and Btxe to know, 
 That with births and blood imported 
 
 We did not .faster grow. 
 
 For Manitoba and North-West 
 Great many there have gone^^'^^^ 
 
 Who numerous million bushels tell ' 
 Themselves are counted on. 
 
 The cities of America 
 
 The woods of Michigau, 
 And the lands of the Dakotahs 
 
 Have robbed us of our men. 
 
 Of our sons and many daughters 
 And whole fiimilies in line^ ^^^f ^^ ''H ^^^ 
 
 Whom we so fondly nursed aniftaught^ 
 Then leave us for all timn^i tn 
 
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 Those numerous wealthy cities 
 
 With all extended arms, 
 Invite, enchant* ^ottng Canada, 
 
 With their prolific charms. 
 
 Our teachers, preachers, doctors, mta 
 Of science, wit, and sldll, 1 
 
 Men of business, law and kixNr t ;tmj 0,^A 
 And trades their iBities fiU^ Tti^fT) 
 
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 DESTINT OF CANADA. 
 
 Cities : Those trade uid labor homea 
 Where miUiona toil and thriTe 
 
 Midst luxury and poverty 
 They all delight to liye. 
 
 Some say N. P. protective laws 
 
 Are driving all away 
 Not so ; it is Uie wider field 
 
 Indueed by better pay. 
 
 With states protected to the teeth 
 
 Oh ; how could we exist» 
 Since abrogation of Iree trade 
 
 If on the firee trade list. 
 
 Too strong onr party politics, 
 No good bat evil done, 
 
 Toholdthe reins of government 
 They sell as right abng« 
 
 Oar ancle in his rinng migbl 
 
 His Senators harp 09, 
 Oar destiny as booad with theii% 
 
 The continent in oncv 
 
 The IbeKng of Oanadiaas. 
 
 Is half way and b^wecmi 
 As to join thA fital A^^lkiy 
 
 Or stand by Britain> Qiimi. 
 
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DESTINY OF OANAiiA. 
 
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 With Britain's fresh impcnried sons 
 Home sentimeais are strong, 
 
 With old sires and rising families. 
 How they hest can get along. 
 
 As hnlwark of the mc^er land 
 And market for its ware, 
 
 Its naval power is onrs, while we 
 Its destiny will share. 
 
 Oar oonsins lately do aspire 
 
 To rale npon the sea. 
 jjo many war ships hnilding now, 
 
 A terror soon will be. 
 
 Financially, so lar we am 
 A harden to the Grown, 
 
 While upholders of its prestige^ 
 Its glory and renown^ 
 
 Many, million, million 
 Of ehoiee wheat virgin soil. 
 
 Await the plough and bread provide 
 For all her sons of toiL 
 
 With short high«way to India, 
 
 To Ohina and Japan, 
 And means to , eentrafiie in war 
 
 Her forees toa man. 
 
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 DBSnKT OP CANADA. 
 
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 Tb oonoenlrale h«r migfatjr {Mwer 
 
 And hold thii rriling sway, 
 Those elwieiiUi with gold miir>i hut* 
 
 Or power will soon decay. ^' 
 
 Expression of odd senlOkiento 
 Some connoissenrs may wbtl^ 
 
 Who think my aim and pnrpoit 
 Is to Canada annex* 
 
 Oar loyal feelings to the flag 
 Unquiveriug hold tme, "^ 
 
 Bat facts, those stem realities* \ 
 
 Cannot he hid from • view. 
 
 Wonld like to see free trade proclaimed 
 
 With aU the Engiidi race ; 
 A scheme so vaet wonld more the world* 
 
 Bnt will it e'er take place 9 
 
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 Oh, coald we measoie in a qpan 
 The moves in each decade. 
 
 Since reyehition» and the growth 
 America has made^ 
 
 Then colonies of milliotta tinee^ . 
 
 2low nearly sizty-fivev^x|i I r 
 Dwell in thafe^ndiofiibedoBiy 
 
 Of hamanity a hive. 
 
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MDEmNY W OAKADA. 
 
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 With popnlation doabUng lwio« 
 In leas than life of mui, < » '« «> 
 
 When two more generationB will 
 Two hoAdred millione seftn. 
 
 Their grannies all bnrstiag foil, 
 
 With plenty and to bpare. 
 The States. Iwe Egypt of onr age 
 
 And feed the staetiog •' Bear." 
 
 Snoh pletttiful immwisify 
 
 They hold and ship across, 
 Stays p^ngs of death and hanger eansed 
 
 By Europe's harvest loss. 
 
 Their eUmate shares with every dime, 
 They all kinds of growth produce. 
 
 With resonrees almost endless 
 When once folly put in nee. 
 
 One drawbaek to their lasting i^wtb 
 As time on ages mn, , 
 
 Unless Alaska nne:(plored 
 Wheat land is mnning done. 
 
 The greater we^ ^e greater he • 
 ' With nations as wtlh men. 
 The more tliey liav», ilioy more aeqnire, 
 And not pleased even ihcm^ 
 
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 DESnHT OF CANADA. 
 
 America, immensely rieh, 
 
 Is growing rioher still, 
 Since eggs are all piroteoied 
 
 By small-sonled McKinley's hill. 
 
 The powers that beat Waahingtoa 
 Unfold each mighty scheme. 
 
 Of forts, and warships, and canal. 
 They all of conquest dream. 
 
 Theur young and rising all are tan^t. 
 
 And through Ufe as they go 
 To loYc and solve the problem, called 
 
 The doctrine of •• Monzo." 
 
 Their scheme encircling Niagara's fsam 
 
 By sea-craft deep canal. 
 With forts and battlements all o'er, 
 
 *Twill British minds enthral. 
 
 Moved by prond ambitions glory 
 
 And aggrandising power, 
 A navy strong to Britain match 
 
 Is building hour 1^ hour. 
 
 That our Uncle Sam's aggressive 
 Is wrong to make pretence, . 
 
 While he spends aJsw loose doUaxa 
 Just in his own defence. 
 
DE&rVSr OF CANADA. 
 
 He, like Vanderbilt and Sage, ol 
 
 His shadow is afraid. 
 Lest his own poorer cousins share 
 
 The dollars he has made. 
 
 Perchance to strike a tanefol ohordt 
 
 In irony we speak ; 
 Some it may sorrow, others please. 
 
 But nature loyes a freak. 
 
 At first methonght to spin a thread, 
 
 I rolled it on and on. 
 Now soo^ mast quit or weave a web 
 
 Ere yet I may bedoue. 
 
 Of Canada and Maple leaf 
 
 I often love to sing, 
 To home of youth and early prime 
 
 My heart will ever oling. 
 
 The destiny of Canada 
 
 In trying to unfold, 
 Our senators and statesmen 
 
 Will think me rather bold. 
 
 All M. P.'s learned like H. P. 0., 
 
 The Bruce immaculate. 
 Think only lawyers trained in law 
 
 Can know or tell our fate. 
 
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DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
 Oh ; shonld it be that left to me 
 
 Of only oommon blood, 
 I may reveal a destiny 
 
 By them not understood. 
 
 My aim to lair and jastly plaoe 
 
 Posiiion of all three, 
 Its own and to each other bear 
 
 Will prove our destiny. 
 
 Of Britons and Canadians 
 
 Impulsively, I say. 
 They long have fondly ruled in lovOf 
 
 We did in love obey< 
 
 To measure iuture by the past 
 
 Besounds the golden rule 
 Of what has been transpires again. 
 
 All history is full. 
 
 Oould Ganada build and preserve 
 
 Would fondly like to ahow 
 But our sons leaving for tiie States 
 
 Is source of endless woe. > ^ 
 
 Such drain of wealth and human bloo4 
 From country spane and mm^ 
 
 lieaves debkaiad poiPiity behiai 
 To carry and pursue. 
 
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 DESrriKY OF CANADA. 
 
 With all home aad foreign inoreaset 
 
 iDcrease of cnliared lands, 
 And a i)Mr crawded wealthy cities 
 
 We are drifting on the sands. 
 
 Since our uncle, strong and mighty, 
 
 Has issued his decree 
 Forhiddiog trade. But training school 
 
 And nursery to he. 
 
 Old Britain to young Oanada 
 
 Is mother dear to son. 
 Old Britain to America 
 
 Belationship is done. 
 
 Their hattles have been fought of old 
 
 And may be fought again. 
 When, right or mrony, America 
 
 Will Munro law maintain. 
 
 They in their mighty growing strength 
 
 Feel aching in their loins, 
 While north and south united stand. 
 
 They mm make warring times. 
 
 When navy and projected sdiemes 
 
 And projectiles of war 
 For RMaaU and defbnce am mad^, 
 
 Tlipyll crow loud near and far. 
 
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 DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
 When seaboard cities feel seoure 
 From monster British fleet 
 
 And John Bull dogs kept held at bay* 
 Their triumph is complete. 
 
 Then Behring sea or fisherieSt 
 
 Or boundaries to adjust ; 
 They'd show their dignity with Bauoe« 
 
 With bunkum and distrust. 
 
 OnrOanada, Dominion styled; 
 
 A word of noble sound. 
 Expressing power and sovereignty, 
 
 Where greatness should abcMind* 
 
 As colony of Britain, shall 
 
 We ever so remain ? 
 No independence has been shown, 
 
 Now won't discuss again. 
 
 'Twixt Britain and America 
 
 Be ever war declared, 
 With ''Canada" the battle groundt 
 
 Few *' Canuck's" would be spaced. 
 
 In our strong havdy volunteers 
 
 We take no little pridct 
 But should. they face the Yankee hordei» 
 
 'Tis simply suieidei 
 
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 DESTINY OF CANi^DA. 
 
 How yastly changed from eighteen-iwelvei 
 
 When idl was forest wild ; 
 Then firing from behind the trees. 
 
 Each picked his man and killed. 
 
 Now with such elements of war, 
 
 And transportation &st, 
 They'd ponr in men as ten to one, 
 
 Then how long could we last? 
 
 That Uncle Sam would go unscathed 
 
 I venture not to say. 
 Tho' cities sacked and thousands killed, 
 
 He's bound to win the day. 
 
 With lots of meui and m^ney too. 
 
 Mercenaries to buy, 
 Nor rest until the conquest's won, 
 
 When Stars and Stripes would fly. 
 
 To meet protection's mandate^ so 
 
 Unmercifully made, > 
 For coercive annexatioi^ 
 
 Or ruin to our trade* 
 
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 Imperial Federation 
 
 Like other new bom fndy 
 The only remedy to live, 
 
 The best we ever had. 
 
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 DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
 Whik middle^oliwB and wdtkmm ml* 
 
 The whim is all in tain. 
 Their indusiriiSB they may |^rofee6t» 
 
 They wont protect our gfiain^ 
 
 I speak not as I wish or want^ 
 
 Or fondly like to see, 
 But of the paBt> as now we are. 
 
 And likely arerlo be. 
 
 Oorraptidn was owr ory of dd. 
 
 Now boodling cry is worse. 
 From hbodsbed firoa^ bat onmson stained 
 
 In blood of pnhUi pnrse. 
 
 With boodling saolf as Tamoianyt 
 
 Now nearly all blown by, 
 Free trade or xeoiprooity, 
 
 Or annex ii the ozy. 
 
 Oar mineralflt so macvelloos, 
 
 Is ti^easare not in ase<* 
 Waiting life and mana&otnxa 
 
 Their millions to produce* 
 
 Free trade or reciprocity 
 
 Woald help as right along, 
 Bat wanting time stafa^ty, 
 
 Woald pass o£f like a song. 
 
DESTINY OF CANADA. 
 
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 Give to hb decree eternal 
 
 By all tbe powers involved, 
 Free trade each way and ever free, 
 
 Prosperity is solved. 
 
 As one state to all others stands • 
 
 So in oar case would be 
 The benefits by one derived, 
 
 To others all are free. 
 
 Grave donbts and fears approach my views 
 
 As free trade I contemplate ; 
 Sam will reciprocate no more 
 
 Unless we do annexate. 
 
 The dear old flag may long protect 
 
 Our dignity in fall, f 
 Bat, states remain as one, in time 
 
 Our destiny must role. 
 
 JAMES STARK, 
 
 Paisley, 
 
 January, 1892. O^t.