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" Prospects " The Honorable WILLIAM RENWICK RIDDELL (Tha Supmne Court oi Onniio) ANNUAL DINNER OF THE New York State Bar Association VTICA, N. y., JAMUAXY M. JtlJ Prospects" The Honorable WILLIAM Witti the compliments of WiixiAM Renwick RinnELL UTICA, N. Y., JANUARY 25, 1913 PxOSI'lCCTs" The HoNORAiiLK WILLIAM REN WICK RIDDELL 'The Supreme Court of Ontario) ANNUAL DINNER OF THE New York State Har Association I'TICA, N. Y.. JANUARY J5, 1913 IKtMl.dS' Ml- 1 h:nii,.;iii. li^n-rv.! nm--i- ii"'l "Mni-- I i'"!"- V" mil n..iKf '.ln' lari'iiil, jii.lui..u- an. I |. inal iii.iuii.i- ui ivhuh I iK-Kiii .in a.l.lR-v 1 no.T liUiM llic KcKinunm' •■ \li, ( liairm.;ii aii'l (;i'nlli-liiiii," I 1m1 -i-iilU'l lir.lia« ,in i:\\i.li..u- liiH- ■! iliiu-rriitiatii.ii 1" im ll»- ''•'" " .;iiiili- iiu-n " .-md ilR' ( iiainnan > l,an.L;li . i. i I lil-'- -ull !>■" ilif Ikvimmiiij; a.l ipu in> urihI, JuiIki' llcniiU. " .IilIk^^ an. I lau.MT-" a .liMiiuiU'ii. I lak- ii. tliai i- -nil in.. if iiiM.li.iii-: lii'.au-i' 1 111- iii> nun. I- i" iiiiikT.lan.l iliat tluTc an- -..iiic JiidKes at li-a-l win. i>riilr llu'iii^dvi-. iip..ii >till i-.,i'Mmiint{ ti.. lit- lawyer-, i I .aiiu'lncr. i Jucim-- art; 11. .1 all like that Canailian .Imlgi.- "t »1i..im I liaM' l.ilil >"" iii..ri- lliaii I'lu-f. rtli... "liiMi 111- rcii-ni-.l lii- |iaUMU aiipointint; liiiu a County Court Juc' . i..nliH ith |ir..a-.Mlai 10 sell his library ami buy u i..« !,'iui. i I.aiiKliUT. I Ni-ilher may 1 aililrt-ss you, as ii:y brother ir..iii M.niiri-al ha^ (loiif. ■■ Mr. Cliairiuan, lailics ami Kiullemen." beiause while 1 kn..w ami ev<:ryb.. np..n llie I'.ench trMiij; a ca.se unable n. take iii.lieiil cfjuizance ..i a faet wlii.-li even the cast-iron do.;. ..n ilu -treet know all about. While you know and I km.w thai ladie- are present, we must not say so. But 1 do venture to think that my addreis " Mr. .Chairman, honored f;ne-ts and ..ther^ " will cover the situation. When two cr three weeks ago upon leaving for the sea- side for a little recuperati..n after a Canadian Christmas and New Year's — and iho-e of you who have ..n- - 1 »a- ir.iuotcd 1)> the l!;ir .\"nci;iiioii ui ilic I'loviiuT ni (imari.) to :ici as tlieir rqivc-f.ilaiivc at ;!ii^ m^mv^. 1 l.csitatea. I'or. uliile I am a ineiiilier ..t tlu- I'.ar of ( ),iiavio, 1 am imi a member ot llu- liar Avsoaaiioi, of Ontario; ,■„.,:. on the omtrary, I am a member of the liar Association .'f the State of Xew Nnrk. althoni;h not a nieml)er of tlie I'.ar of New \ ork. ( Laus;luer. I I call you to witness that 1 have waded my wav Ihronfjli that seiitencc in such a way as t.. prove con- dnsivelv that I have not been devotins my whole attention to the champagne this e>enin-. ( LauKhter. ) I thonRht it was somewhat anomalous that I should represent at a nieet- iny of an Association of which 1 was a member, an Asso- ciation of which I was not a member: but it was argued to me that in Freemasonry and other societies, a member of a (irand Lodge is allowe.l to represent at his lirand Lodge •I Crand Lod^c of which he is not a member. The analogy seemed to be perfect; and I seemed, therefore, to be (luah- fied — but I am afraid, what we deprecate so much in a Judge, the iwrsonal e.|uation. was n,)t absent but that the wish was father to the thoug'ht. I am here, in anv case, representing the Rar of the Prov- ince of Ontario, the lawyers of the Province of Ontano; and I bring to vou their warmest greetings. ( Applause. 1 Thev recognize vou and desire to he recognized by yon as fellows in pursuit of the grand object of justice and rigbtcnsness. They recognize and know your strong men. th^ev recognize and know your strong Judges and their judgments ; and thev wish you all p.«sible prosperity, mater- ial or otherwise. While I am here as such representative - it being I think the fourth occasion upon which I have had ihe opportunitv and the pleasure of addressing an audience of this character — I must confess that even had my Asso- (.j;,,i,,ii — [ mean t!ie As^oci:aioll wliidi 1 rciin-eiit — (iniittcil I'l iisk iiiL- to rqirescin them anil had tiiy Iricml. Mr. Wadhanis. liy some aberration of intellect (liecanse it coiild only he snch an aberration whicli coiil.l affect such resnlti. foryntten to >enil me an invitation. 1 believe 1 slionlil have cunu- witliont one. ( Laughter. ) Yon remember the story uf the little -ill ulio sai.l to Iter mother. •• Oh. mother. I do just l.jve this cake, it is awfully K'""'" 'l^''' ii""l»-'r said. •• \Vh\. Mary, don't talk that way, yon on-hi not to love anythiii!,' that can't love you back, lliere is no use ni sayiiii; ' jnst.' and don't say awfully, say ' very.' " So >he .saiil. " Mother. 1 like iln> cake, it i- very jjood. Oh. dear, motlier. I seem to be talking about bread." (l.anj;liler. i Xovv. I can't use tlie lanKua,i;e that I would like to use to you, siwakin.- to the members of the New N'nrk I'.ar. because I " am come of the blood slower to bless than to ban " and " Dee|)er than speech our love, stronger than life our tether. But we do not fall on the neck nor kiss when we come together." The words which I must use fully to express the affection which T bear toward the .\nicrican people and toward you as some .if tlie .\merican pe.iple. would be such as no English si>eaking man uses, as a rule, to another. When I am here meeting you again, I am asking myself the f|ui-tion. "Where are we at?" Now. I don't say. " Wliere am I at?" because I am always afraid of mis- apprehension. You rememlier the story of tlte F.nglisliiiian who came to this country some years ago when the expres- sion " Where am I at " was in all its vogue. lie saiil. " I don't understand why you .Xmericans always say "Where am I at:" we say in F.ngland. "Where his my 'at?" (I.au.ghter. I 1 don't say " \\'here am I at " but I say " Where aie we at?" (> Just a week agu down in Philadelpliia, I heard a very pruniincm and learned member uf ilic Bar uf Pliiladeli>ln.i ^I)eak in must fervent tones, with teafs in his voice, if not i]i liis eve, bewailing the passing away of the Constitution of England, the downfall of the ideal Parliament of which lie had read in Blackstone. He assured us that the Ameri- can lawyer was a far better judge of the English Cunstitu- tiiin than a Canadian lawyer could possibly be of the Ameri- can Constitution. That rather hit me because t have been talking a good deal lately about the Ainericau Con- stitution as compared with the English or the Canadian Constitution. It is true that gentleman spoke about the King as being one of the " three estates of the realm," but that is a simple matter of tritling detail that I shall not vlwell upon. He went on and almost wept over the abolition of check and balance. It was in vain for me to say that while a balance wheel was all very well for a stationary engine which never moved from the one spot, nobody ever saw one in a locomotive engine which got somewhere. He wept over the emasculation of the historic House of Lords and execrated all change since the time of George III; he said Canada and Great Britain, England, had become democratic, the people (he said " tlie mob " but of course, he meant "the [wople " ) the people were having their ow n way, their own wicked will unchecked. Then he said that the Americans are the true conservatives. Now, that was a Philadelphia man. (Laughter.) Of course, I know that some of you do not look upon Philadelphia as quite chain-lightning or even up to date. I am quite aware of what the New ^'ork lady did at a literary soiree: when illustrating the well-known book " The Quick and the Dead." she hung over her shoulder the names of the two cities. New York and Philadelphia. ( Laughter. ) But I am guiiij; lu tell yuu what a Cliicas" "'an *aiil; ami Chicago is up to date every time. Chicago priiles lierselt on having the ilcrnicr cri in everything — in fact, when a Chicago man was being shaved in Xew York — in a l)arher sho|> I mean, not in Wall street — (laughter), anil lie was asked whether he would ha\e his hair cut, he said. " Xo, Sir, I never have my hair cut in the country." (Laughter.) .\ ]>ron)inent ntember of the Chicago Bar not very long ago told nte — we w ere talking al)0ut the defects in the admin- istration of the law, lawyers always talk about that and even some Judges — we were talking aljout the defects in the administration nf jn-tice and he )'egretted so]iie of the defects in !)is Slate; "But," he added, "we got that fron England." I said. " \\'hy in llie name of com- mrui soise. don't y<'U correct tlteni as they did in I'-tig- land?" "Oh," he says, "We are a conser\ative people." (Laughter. ) So hearing that front such different sources, I came to the conclusibn that the American people were a coiiservative people; and I Icxiked to the .American iwople to conserve everything that is old. And particularly to .\tiierican lawyers, because lawyers are well-known to be the most conservative class of any community, and I knew there were some reallv choice antiques in your practice. But what do I hnd ? 1 come here to this city and I titid that the lawyers of this State arc :ryi)ig to change the rules of practice of the Courts. Why. it is said that they are actually intending to have a change made in the rules of practice so as to bring about a prompt and final determination of all legal controversies according to the very substantive rights of the parties. Well, of course, I am not a member of the New York Bar, as I told you before, although I have the honor to be a member of the Xew York Bar .'\ssociation, and I must accept the proposition that as things stand at present, that is iinl tlie effect ni yiiiir iiraciice — a tiling wliidi woiiM liardlv lie credihle were it ii"t fnr the suleiTin asseveration cpf my lawyer friemls ; lint 1 have im evidence the iither way. What! are they {.'ninK !■> have a iirnmiit and final determinatiiin uf all litifjatiun? Why, you remember the story of the linglish s(ilicitor whose son had been recently sw orn in ; when lie had come into the office, his father went away for a six months' holiday, and when he came hack he said. " John, how have yon been getting on? " " Kirst rate," the son leplied. The father said. " What have you done ? " The son said, " You know the old case of Jarndyce against Jarndyce? " The father said. " Yes." The son said. " That is settled." The father said. " My God, John, did you settle that case? " The son proudly re- plied. " Yes. I have, father." " Oh, John." he says. " That case has paid the expenses of this office for sixty years." O-aughter.) That is the sort of thing you are going to have in New York ; your old cases are going to be settled in a few years; and .iccording to the very substantive rights of the larties, too. What! do you mean to tell me that after this, the man i.s not going to win who has the smartest lawver? That a litigant is not going to win according to the method in which his lawyer happens to init his claim upon paper ? Why, you are revolutionizing matters. Goldwin Smith used to say. — you know Goldwiii Smith, you have heard of him. he came from Cornell by the way (applause), but when he got into Toronto he didn't want to go back again (laughter),— you think that is a joke, but it is „ot — (Joldwin Smith used to say that to expect the lawyer to reform the practice of the law is to expect the tiger to aboli.sli the jungle. And here I find these tigers actually engaged in abolishing the jungle, not old man-eating tigers who have lost their teeth, but tigers win. an- ilu- sny U-:iikM> ni ilic tiKcr lirui.l; niy Irieiid. Mr. .\ln,ii. licri-, fur iii-iaiKC, .Mr. Hi.rnlili.acr i.f Xi'w \nrk. John r,. .Milljnrn.— iiKfr> oi iliat cla>-. I i\" ivl >ay anv- tliiiiK al)"iit the JikIkc^ "r ihc t\-.hiclj,'i-.. lifcaii>t ynu never can tell what a Jiiclf;e h goinj; to do. .\ Jwlsje when lie seis ont a refonning i> something like the llighlantler, who when he gave up.his kih, honght the very largest pair of trousers he oonld get in all London, i l.angliler. ) Re- formers are always enthusiasts, and >ou never can stop them: a Indgc turned reformer is a Habhakuk cafablc dc tout. { Laughter. ) 1 was delighted to meet my friend, Governor iJadley, here: indeed, he can't get rid of me! Kver since I became aciiuainted with him, he and 1 have continually run up against each other; and I was delighted to meet hiiti again, and regret very much that he is not able to be with ns this evening. In his State f>f .Missouri, I understand the law- yers have every now and then, gotten together and endeavored to have a rectification and reform made in the practice of rhe law; but the farmers tiiere. as in some other States, are in the majority in the Legislature; and they alwavs believe that where the lawyers desire anything, they want it for their own personal advantage; and they have accordinglv always voted down any amendment that the lawvers 'wanted. Of course, that is foolish. But I understand, in this State the lawyers have the npi>er hand. 1 gather that is so from what I see; because if the audience that I see before me and the like of them are not able to govern the State, then the State does not deserve to be governed. I understand that the lawyers of this State have control of the Legislature, and that being so, why, then this act must necessarily go through. But what are you think- ing about? Demetrius, the silversinith of Kphesus, knew lietn-r, liu called together tll'>^e who were engiiged in cer- tain iiccnpatioii> and showed them that their crat't was in danger ot" being set at nanght, \vheretii>on they were all tilled with wrath and cried "(ireat is Diana of tlie Eplie- sians." Is this body of lawyers less loyal to their ancient nivstery than those who made money out of her. were to I)i,.na of the Ephesians? Are you going to have that beautiful amendment passed so tliat jwople av. to come into their own, all without a word of protest froir, the old-titiie lawyers? The first thing you will know is this — ■ some law- yer wlio has paid attention to practice instead ot to >ub- stamive law will find himself in the |).isition of a lawyer whom I knew wiio ilevoted all his attention to bankruptcy law. and one morning he woke up and fijund Congress had repealed all tlie law he knew. ( Laughter, i There is remaining, however, a little bit of comfort for the " master of pr.ictice." While the Courts, I see by the proiwsed amendment, are to have the jxiwer of disregarding all mis- takes, errors, irregularities or inaccuracies in any stage of a case so long as it does not affect the substantive riglits of the parties, just give me a good old timer of a Judge, give nie one of the old "practice" sort, and 1 will guarantee^ almost guarantee — that nine out of ten irregu'lariiies and mistakes will be found to be " affecting the substantive rights of the parties." (I aughter.^ I can almost hear the argument. I can almost formulate those profound maNims of Constitutional law. I can almost he.ir the ardent and earnest adjurations of learned counsel to t!ie Judge; and what counsel don't think of. it is liighly probable the Judge may. You remember. I supixise. the story of the little girl whose mother caught her figluing with a neighbor's girl and she says. " Why. Mary, how in earth did you cotne to do that? Surely Satan mnst have put it in your mind to act till; way yoii were duinj,'." She sayi, " Well, mother, iiiayhe Satan (/;'(/ icll me to |iiill her hair, hut I tli'Hinht '■ut kicking lier shin^, myself." (Laughter, i It may he the lawyer will have tu put scime thuughts into the oUl-tinie technical Judge, hut he will think of most ohjections him- self. Judges arc naturally a technical class; 1 kuuw them; 1 live amcjng them, and am one of them. I know all about tliem. and that it is liard to get a Judge out of the old way. Hut allowing full discount for conservative lawyers and techni- cal Judges, what does all this change mean? Does it not mean that the law in tliis State is to cease to he .a game to be played according to certain prescriheil rules. \\ ith the Judge on the Bench simply an umpire to see that the rules are observed, and with *'ie result that the smartest man will win? That alt parties will now receive their rights accord- ing to the very facts, that the State is interfering with a strong hand to vindicate the rights of the oppressed and the wronged, that the majesty of the ]>eople rises and says let every man have his due? That being so, my friends, has not the lawyer once more vindicated his right to exist, has he not once more shown himself the unselfish friend of the people, doing good to the people even at the exjwnse of himself? Is not the Professor's "tiger" of the jungle shown to be not the tiger, but the hunter driving out from the jungle, banishing all evil and ravening beasts of prey? And that being so, I am reconciled to the loss of much legal and technical learning and acumen. Not again in this State will a lawyer like Parke visit a sick friend and cheer him up with a beautiful demurrer, but real law will not suffer — • and better still, the client with an honest case will not suffer. In this, as in all else, the people are coming into their own. This nation is about to try an experiment, an experiment of tremendous importance as compared witli anything IJ ::uol\iil ill a i-han;;f in ilic praciicu ui ilif lau. I'lii^- nation has rt'ccntly ^"uv iln'nr.^'li ii^ (inadrcnnial |>ri'i-i-c(iinj,' ni elt'ctinj^ its nn>nai\-ii tnr the next ttw \cars — it has hi-t-n wt'll said that the Anterican nation fR)m time to time elects its monarch t'T a limited time — it Icx^ked a short time aj;o a.- tliotif;h It mi^'ht be fipr an unlimited time. I l.antjhter. ) The kinillv jjentleman, the able, diligent, iiainstakini;. icciirate and learned Jndpe has tailed to strike the imagina- tion or to awake the enthusiasm of the American people. He lias sa'd with a melancholy smile, " I do not seem to have been a grand success." To the gibe that a Mormon carried in Iiis trousers' jittcket one-half of bis electciral votes, there was, there could be no answ er ; and yet even that small number of votes is a larger numlier than was received by a very great predecessor, John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the I'nited States. John Jay once received the three votes of Connecticut; but then we all know Crmnecticiit knows a good thing when she sees it; anower to the present time — as witness the election of our friend, Simeon Kakhvin. as her (Jovernor. (Applause. I I am fain to l>elieve, I desire to lielieve, that the rejection, if I may so call it. using I think not a liarsh term, of William Howard Taft (applause), whose friend I am glad t.i call myself, whose admirer as Judge and lawyer, every lawyer is who knows his legal record (applause) — I venture to hope and to think that his rejection, not dislionorable. is not due to the same cause as the rejection of John Jay. His- tory tells us that John Jay was sent abroad by George Washington to negotiate a treaty with the mother country, to put an end to the difficulties beween the mother and the daughter. He gave up his high (losition as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the I'nited States in order that he might thus serve his country ; and while he did not secure 'i llif irtais iov Hliicli lie |iiTlKip> li:ul liiipi'il and I'ur uliicli lie laliorcd, duulitlcss li.; bruiitjlit back a tii-aiy a^ tavmalili' a> could be ubiaiiivd under the circimi>lamc^. \\ htii lu' rcliinied, the Deincuratic-Repiiblican partv oncacl liiin wilh curses ami oblcMjuy; burned biui in el'liKy, denuiniced him as a trailur; and tliat man of wlioni Daniel Webster could say. " When the sixjtless ermine of the juilicial rolje fell iin John Jay it touched ncilhing less spotless than itself," was ranked with the vilest of the vile. 'I'lii^ ),'reai Stale indeed, stood by him and re-elected him (juvcriior; but his t,'reat heart was broken and he retired into seclusion and obscurity, dyin(; lonj; l)efnre man's allotted a(;e. U'asbinj;- ton himself did not escajw calumny. Hut wisdom is justi- fied of her children. The treaty which John Jay negotiated in 1794, "Jay's Treaty." the lieginninK of modern inter- national arbitration, now forms Jay's best claim to immor- tality. The methods laid down in that treaty of 1 18 years ago have been followed time and again bv these two ^reat kindred |>eople in order to determine matters in controversy between them On nineteen subjects altogether have these two iwople deemed it proi^r to determine the i|uestions in contro\ersy between them by international arbitration, either by arbitrators apjOTinted by the governments them- selves, or by arbitrators in part apiiointed by foreign poten- tates, or by foreign potentates themselves decidin.g, or l>v the judicial decision of the Hague Tribtinal. This city is proud indeed to be, and ou nt to be proud to be, the scene of an award made on the i8th of June, 1822, very nearly a hun- dred years ago. when Messrs. Porter and Barclay, appointed under the si.xth article of the Treaty of ("ihcnt. 1814. laid down the international Ixiundary for hundreds of miles by lake and plain and mountain and stream, an award which was adopted by both ]>arties cordiallv and without hesitation and which has stood the test of time. It is true, indeed, that 14 lliiMnmiMi ihi' lirst iiiiiTiuiliMiiiil awiinl. Iiiraii-i- -I'Vfn \cai- before, llcilmts and Barclay scttltil the internaliiMial byimd- ary at l'as»aiii;i(iiiciilily Hay; but that has nirt 1 tmilerstaml been entirely satisfactory to the I'niteil States in recent years, l-'or while tlie Grand M .nan and most of the other islands were i,'iven to New Urunswick and .\'i>va Scotia, to the I'tnted States were awarded the Islands of I'Vcderick, Duilley atid Moose. Voti all know about "Ilra7.il where the nuts come from," hut 1 dare say some of yon do not know of " Moose Island where the Moose C')uie from." I l.an.ijhier. ) " l-'niis ,-l (irij/n iitili " — or is it '■ hoiii'r " — I do not know, I am not an American citizen. ( l.auKhier. 1 It has been by arbitration determined what are the inter- national boundaries for thcmsands of miles and in climes temi>erate and aatic, what simi the United States should pay for lanil of British subjects which it had confiscated in the west, what Britain shouM i)ay because her defective municinal laws allo-vcd an Alabama to esca|)e and destroy American shipping, what she should pay for the St. Alban's Ru'd, what lis!' Americans shotdd be allowed to take and wh;-t sum the United States should pay for lish they should not have taken, what seals the Canadians should be allowed to take and what sum they should be paid for seals which the\ ought to have been allowed to take; what Britain should |>ay Americans for slaves who nuiuiuf; away from their American masters, from the land of the free and the home of the brave fpresumably because they were not free and it was no use being brave), had reached British terri- tory by reaching a British man of war. That is a chapter in the history of your country and mine of which I as a Britisher, am, perhaps inordinately, provid. " Slave:' cannot live in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free Thev touch our Country and their shackles fall." 15 111 If*.'.', allir ilic War oi i8i.'. (.iicai llniain paid •■\ •' 5i' it biTii Imu! : in.vc5>ary tu call in «ar. War, my iriciuU, as 1 have > II said is III,' short and ugly word in a laii(,'uaKe that Is lull OI short and uyly worils. No man has any good to say ol war except, indeed, an occasional llishup. 1 read the other day in a newspaper — and God I'orbid that I should judge any man by what I see of his sayings in a newspaper, ihe\ talk ;ihi'ui what I am supposed tu have said soinelimes and alniosi always wrmigly — ■ Init I saw that a Bislii'p the other day, I think in Philadelphia, had spoken highly in favor of war, beciuse God brings good out of war. God could bring good out of an epidemic of cholera or small i>u\; but I never yet heard that advanced as an argument for spreading the virus of either or for puttin;; a stop to i|uarantine. When I hear of Bishops talking that way. were it not for the fact iliat Bishops of another I'rotestant Communion pray daily "Give peace in our times, oh Lord." I might be Pharisaical enough to thank (iod I am a Presbyterian of a church that knows nothing about Bishii|is. There are existing now iu> less than ihree permanent j'rrangements l>et\veen your |K?ople aiul mine: and wc have had a century of peace. We hear so often the story of war and battle and blood, but who has told the siniy of the century of peace? Only once during that time or from shortly before that, was it found necessary to bring in the liloody .-lid of war. That War of i8i_> lias not yet wrought out it- full demon's work, hut thank God the hate. till' fiiiiiiiv niKi'iiiliTi'il |j\ ii i> iImii; ,111. riirri' \\m .•iiiiriluT arliiinilinii trvaiv wliicli mir iriiMi.l, I'ro^iiliMit lalt, (U--iii-il In lia\c inailc U-umtii tlu'-f two |k;.i|iIi'; Inn he faili-cl. Ill' ,ai(l ilio otIuT ijav. " W licii I lu'nciiiaici! a iriviiy with l'.iii;laiiil ■•iiicl with I'laiui-. I had a ilriMiii. lint I Hiikc." 'I'lu- clicani 111' hail Ha» that we «iTi- liy ircaiif lii-tHci'ii the I'liiteil State, and the •several [■".iini|waii omntries and ' rteen these ennntiies aiiiiruaehhit; rapiilly to an arbitral I ' fur all inteniaiiunal di»|>iiies. The ),'reate»t iiii- fiirtime that this deneratiuii ha- -een i< the wakening .if I're«ideiit Tail. I Applause. I I am not here to tiiiil fanlt with or to lecture any |K'ople or any nation. The people and the Knvcrnment of the I'niteil States are the Knanlians and the jiidKts of their own honor: and it w.inlil lie imiHTtineiU. ontsider as I ant. to siiK(;est anything to thetn as regards the unardinj; of their honor — and let me say now. soniethint; I had nearly for),'otleii. I don't li':e yonr talking aliont nie as lieii •,' a foreigner. I ,1111 not. I am not an .\nieriean. ! atii a Canadian to the last dro])of niv M.iod. I am a llri'ish snbject and prond of it. .ind have no desire to ehan;;e my nationality or my allegiance; bnt where the tw.) riajfs with the same red, white and hlne, althouKh dilTeretitly arraiiKcd, float, wherever there are two people! of kindred origin, of the same language, who worship God unile. the same form, who have the same magnificent his- tory in the past — no one born imder either flag should be called a foreigner when he is under the other, (.\pplause. ) Wherever I hear the English language spoken and know the I'.nglish common law the rule for decision, there I am not an alien or a foreigner. ( .\pplanse. ) There is at ;!ie present time an agitation going on which looks ri< though there might be trouble bttwern the two |)eople. \,) fear. It is not coming. It is not fated. It is not possible. Xo (Iniilii :l^ M all niiu'- when ilii'it ii a .liitiifiuc 'i •i\i>nf:ii. tluTi' apinMr ihnM' Im iici-|i and xildiiT. ilin-i' .li-.trilinl l)\ a grviy I i>ii'Mi\.ii \c |)a|K'i' i:i I ii'iniu a« |>iilj|ii- ciUMiiiK, hIm ilf'iri' and irv in ,iir ii|i iMiiiiitv lii'twiTii the tH'. |>i'ip|ili'» — but llicy art i|...inifd In di«a|i|niiiltiu-iii and mn-t In- dii.mii'd t'l di^a|l|loinnlll•nt. ( .\|)i)l' .i«i'. i 'llie lin|it of llic World lo-dav i- )n ilic l'.n;,'Ii.li -pi'aUni;,' |>i'n|iif~. ( .\|i|)lan-i'. I I don't sa> tin- I.MKli-hniiMi. tlu-ri- is not a ilro|i .pt luiKli'li 111 I in ni> ludv ( Applan-i'. i I do not say tin- .\nj,do-Saxon. I am iimI .\nnK- "r Sax. .11 I do not ■s-iy llrili«li t)ci-ansc. lirili-li indi-fd a- 1 am. ilii' (frrater part of tlif hlnnlisli s|H'akinj; |n-opU d..i- iioi ri-idi' in :i Ilriti-li conntry I -ay ilic I'.ir^li-li -|H'akiii;; people, wlictliiT thoy III- l''.nKdi>li. Scotcli, hi-li. I iaidii-, Highland. AnK'ricafi or {■ri'iicli Canadian -- tlif liopf .if ilu' world to-day is in tlic I'lnjjlisli speaking' pcopUv No« . I have no palicm-c witli tliosc tK'opIc who »ay. " \\ ii.it arc von ( ■.in.i- dians (joinn to do with tin- I'Vencli ranadi:ni»; " I a'n prond of tilt ImtiicIi Can.idians, 'llie '''rcnch Canadian in almn- dantly able to look onl tor biniself; and I for ont vonld look HiKin it as a distimt loss i 1 our life, pnlilic am' ,..ivatc. if that virile, piotnresipic. splendid rate were to clisappear. f .\pplause. ) lint be betonies of imiiortante in the world and internationally only when he s|ieaks Knglish. France, the pioneer for liberty and freedom of tlionght for genera- tions, now has all she can attend to in looking to her north- eastern boundary and ^Miardin); against die ituadtr — a niRlilmare ever present, (a-nnany of the same bl.i.id as yon and T, .a splendid and noble nation, is ever watching against the Serb and the Slav, she is watching Russia, sl-.e is watching to tlie sonth. she has all she can attend to' tior is there any ho|)e in Rnssia for anothe- hnndred years, or in .\ustria. or Italy, or Spain. Each one of these nations li;i^ all ihf burden it can bear — its own burden. Who then is it that will lake up " the white man's burden?" Who is it will take up the white man's burden and do the world's work, work which must be done? The exceedingly bitter cry of the slave is rising daily before the throne of God, the scalding tear of the oppressed and of the wronged and the poor is hourly bedewing His footstool — who will still the one and dry the other if not the English speaking people? The English speaking people are the hope of the world. The eternal statute of heaven has made us one, the imperial degree of (iod liiniself has joined us together and whom God hatli joined together, let no man put asunder. (Applause.)