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3r|ou$c pf Commons Hebotes* 
 
 
 FIFTH SESSION-EIGHTH PARLIAMENT. 
 
 SPEECH 
 
 or 
 
 MR. HENRI BOURASSA. M.P. 
 
 OR 
 
 QUESTION OF PRIMLEGE 
 
 OTTAWA, THIRSDAY, FEBUL'ARY H, 1900. 
 
 Mr. HENRI BOUnASSA (Labelle). Mr.' 
 Speaker, I um Bure that uelther you iior any 
 other member of this EIouho oxpected llwit ' 
 such a Hmall cause would {iroduce such a i 
 big effect. At first I felt disposed to stand 
 as a defender of the geutlemau who sent 
 the report to tbe Free i'rcts, but I feel | 
 DOW rather disposed to vote for the expul-l 
 slou of any member of the press gallery If 
 the shortest newspaper report forces us to ; 
 listen to such a long page from the history | 
 of this country, and to such a complete auto- 
 biography as wu have been subjected to. 
 In a general way I fully partake of the 
 ylew expressed by the right bon. Prime 
 
 Minister and the hon. leader of the opposi- 
 tion, that every speech which Is uttered 
 not only in this House, but on every public 
 platform In the country, should be faith- 
 fully and correctly reported by the represen- 
 tatives of the press, whatever may be the 
 political shade of either the speaker or the 
 reporter. If there is anything wanting in 
 the political life of this country, it is accur- 
 acy and Independence in the reports and ar- 
 ticles that appear In the public preas. But 
 In the present instance, let us look at the 
 sentence which was objected to by the hoD. 
 leader of the opposition : 
 
 
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 He (Sir Charles Tupper) attacked the French 
 In a moat bitter way, but aald he did not include 
 all French Canadian!. 
 
 The bon. gentleman has thought proper to 
 give these words an Interpretation which, if 
 correct, would lead me to agree with hiui 
 that the reporter had misquoted the hon. 
 gentleman. But there Is a slight distinc- 
 tion to be made, which la very important 
 under the circumstances, and which the hon. 
 gentleman did not make. The report did 
 not say that Sir Charles Tupper attacked 
 the French Canadians In a most bitter way, 
 but said be did not include the whole of 
 them. It stated that be attacked the 
 'French' in a most bitter way, but said he 
 did not include all French Canadians. Now 
 what do I find in Hansard ? Speaking of 
 the hon. Minister of Public Works (JUr. 
 TarteK whom the hon. ji;*^ntlemau lias 
 thought proper to attack to-day, not know- 
 ing, I am sure, that that bon. gentleman is 
 now lying in bis bed and Is therefore not 
 able to be here to defend himself, the hon. 
 gentleman said : 
 
 I need not say to the House that the Mlnlsleri 
 of Public Works (Mr. Tarte) is the person toi 
 whom I allude. I draw attention to the facti 
 that be had just come from France, s. country^ 
 that unhappily at this moment la In the moat 
 bitter antagonism against England. Ho had just' 
 come from that country which daily, through Its 
 press, and through its public men, is declaring 
 the most eutbusiastic sympathy with the Boers. 
 He bad just come from a country that Is de- 
 nouncing Bngland, that is gloating over every 
 misfortune to our arms and rejoicing at every 
 triumph of the enemy. It appears to me that 
 the hrm. gentleman (Mr. Tarte) became Imbued 
 with the atmosphere by which he was surround- 
 ed, and so let us hear his first declaration after 
 his arrival lu Canada. 
 
 Again, the bon. goutleinau, referring to nn 
 Incident wliicli 1 shall have another oppor- 
 tunity to speak about, said : 
 
 We haye witnessed the hon. member for La- 
 belle (Mr. Bourassa) taking the very course I 
 ■peak of. He took, apparently, a very indn- 
 pendent, high-handed and dignified course. No 
 doubt, he illil HO under the direction of the 
 members of this govornment, under the direction, 
 as 1 'believe, I do not hesitate to say, of the Min- 
 ister of Public Works, and In order to strengthen 
 the ii'ronch position— not the Canadian French 
 poritlon, but the French position— he had taken, 
 and to prevent anything being done to ahow sym- 
 pathy with Great Britain in the struggle with 
 the Boers In which she la now engaged. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I ask any man of good faith 
 in tbla House If these words wblcli I have 
 just quoted are not to the eflfect that Mr. 
 Tarte, having been in France, broucht to 
 this country the fwliiigs of the Frencii peo- 
 ple against Ureal Hritaiii. I am uot liei-o lo 
 defend the MInlHte? of Tubllc "'orkw. wlio, 
 when lie is In the House, Is quite nblo to 
 reply to the hon. loader of the opposition. 
 Nor am I going to defend myself as to my 
 personal relations with the Minister of Tnb- 
 Itc Works. I shall have an opportunity on 
 
 I the proper occasion of placing before the 
 I House the whole course which I thought 
 I proper in my conscience to take blnce last 
 I session, and 1 will tlien deal with the large 
 I and the small luclih'iits connected with my 
 ; n'sl^natUm. my cnnipnigu in the coimty of 
 I Labelle, and my re-entrance into the House. 
 I If I needed to borrow reasons from auy- 
 i body to defend my course, I might adopt 
 j the words in which the hon. leader of the 
 opposition to-day tendered such kind absolu- 
 \ tion to the hon. member for West York (Mr. 
 ! Wallace). Itut I will not use them ; I shall 
 ' have a better defence. 
 ! But the point I want to make is this, tliat 
 I the hon. leader of the opposition, uiisquot- 
 j Ing facts and forgetting dates, has tried to 
 1 prove that the position taken by the Minis- 
 !, ter of Public Works and by the lion, niem- 
 tlicr for Lapralrie and NaplervllU- (.Mr. 
 Monet), and by myself was the position of 
 Frenchmen an<l not of French (Jaiiadians. 
 and tlierefore that the loyal British citizens, 
 electors in tlie county of Labelle, who 
 thought proper to send me here unanimous- 
 ly, and the Brltisli citizens who are eiec- 
 toi's of Lapralrie and NapiervUle, who have 
 not tliouglit proper to differ from the view 
 of their lueniher, did not act on this occa- 
 sion as French Canadians, but as French- 
 en. 
 
 Willi retraid to the report sent to the 
 Winnipeg Frre Prras.. I do not know what 
 ' the context was, but, taking the words 
 I tbeiiiselves as (juoted by the hon. loader of 
 the opposition, they are a perfectly correct 
 r<58umf( of his si)eech. It Is certainly the 
 right of the hon. gentleinnii, If lu- thinks 
 proper, to attack the policy of the French 
 ' government or the feelings of the French 
 people. I am not here to th'fend them. P.tit 
 the hon. u'ciitlcniMU, who Is sometimes apt 
 I to mix dales, forgets that at the time the 
 ; Minister of Public Works was In France 
 I and at the time he (;ame back to Canada, 
 I the feelings of the French people had uot 
 j been roused on the subject of the war In 
 Sotith Africa ; Imt there had been an inci- 
 dent (It'vclopcd in I'aris shortly previous to 
 j that time which called for an exchange of 
 ' nn'ssagcs lM(t^voen the French government 
 and the British )rov(>rnment-an uufortuunte 
 I Incident which, for tlie sake of the pence 
 of Kiirope and the peace of the whole world, 
 was settled In the proper way, thanks to the 
 I good spirit and the courtesy of the French 
 i goveriiMient of the time. I refer to the 
 1 Fashoda Incident, which was made, so much 
 I of by the jingo element of England and the 
 i Jingo element of (Janada and to which the 
 ; Tories of England and the Tories of Can- 
 ada resorted so freely in their appeals to 
 the fn untie sentiment of the lower sort of 
 I electors. 
 
 I Fortunately, broad minded journalists in 
 both countries oudeavoured to restoi-e feel- 
 ings of reconciliation between the people of 
 France and Eiiglaml. and that reconcllln- 
 
tion was eft'ected, thanks to the broad polioy 
 of Lord Salisbtiry li\ Enjilaud and tlic wise. 
 IntellifLcent policy of Mr. Deloasse In I'l-anco. 
 Tlifiofort- ti> siiy that iUo sojourn of the 
 hon. .Minister of E'nblic Works In France was 
 the moans of causint; discord and antago- 
 nism Ixtwecii I'reii h ai"' lOnjjllsli in ('ana- 
 da Is utterly false anil not borne out by any 
 words that may liave fallen from tlie lips 
 of tliat ifenlleman whom tlie lion, leader of 
 the opijositldii lias thonjrlit proper to attack 
 In this debate. I never try to Judge the In 
 tentions of any man ; anil as a youiiii mem- 
 ber of pai'liament I would not attempt to 
 belittle tlie Intentions and i)urposes of the 
 hon. irt'nlleman. Hut. as a matter of fact, 
 tlie words that lie uttereil the otlier day, a 
 r6sumC' of which was sent to the Winnipej; 
 Frir l'r<.s.i, and tliosc lie has uttered to 
 day are Just of a dmraeter to prejudice 
 peojle who do not know tliorouKhly the 
 feelings of the French Canadliins of the 
 province of Quebec aiul to misrepre- 
 sent tlie real intentions of those wh<), 
 on the present occasion, have not thouglil 
 proper to go ns far as the nuijority "' 
 the peo|)Ie of tills country, or speaking 
 for myself, as far as the f?overnnient 
 of tiip coiuitry has tlioiu^lit proper to 
 Ro He has no rliclit to attempt, as he has 
 done, to prove that otir foelin,u;s correspond 
 with tliose of the Frencii |ieo]iie of France; 
 and I take this occiisiou to mak(> a state- 
 ment ^vllil•ll Is nothlnt; new but which, 
 striimrc to sa.\-, has to ii<' re|)eated often 
 though it omilit to be well known to this 
 country, it would lie one of tlie );rrealest 
 mistakes made by pnlilic man in (Canada 
 and a misi;iki' that miirlit b'» the cause of 
 preat misfortniie, to tliink that tlie feeliiisrs 
 which exist between Fri>nch ('anadlans and 
 EtiKllsli Catiadians in Canada are the sanx; 
 ns tliosc wiiii'h exist liciwccii tiie jieoide of 
 France and the people fif Fiitfhind. I ilo not 
 say liiis because 1 am asliaiiieii of my oriciu 
 or of the country from whicli my anccs- 
 toi's came, who were tlrst loy.al siibj(>cts of 
 the klnn of I'liince and ;irterwards biH-ame 
 as loyal sulijects of the Uiiitr of Knvrland. 1 
 plory in my l'"rench orlirin. 1 have no reason 
 to lie asliamed of tiie peofile who live in 
 old France ; but it is utterly false for anv 
 one to comiiare the dilVerences that may 
 oxiBt betwi-eii the lOimllsli ami IVencli 
 In Europe to tiiose tliat may exist between 
 Eutjilsli aii«l I''rench ('aiiadlans. 1 do not 
 wish to tit) at lenvrth Into litis matter but 
 may take another occasion to do so. 
 
 As regards the hon. gentleman (Sir Char- 
 les Tupper). who went over the whole story 
 of his life in order to prove that he Is not 
 H fanatic or a bigot, let me here say that 
 I do not believe he Is either. I 1 elleve that 
 the hon. gentleman, whatever may have 
 been his political faults in the past, on 
 •which I am not called to pass judgment to- 
 day, Is a broad-minded man In those mat- 
 ters. But unfortunately cireumutances have 
 
 placed him at the hea^' of a party which 
 has based its success too often upon reli- 
 gious and natiomil cries. 
 
 Some hon. .MEM15KU.S. No. no. 
 
 Some lion. MEMHKIts. Hear, hear. 
 
 .Mr. H()FU.VSS.\. 1 am not going either 
 to say 
 
 Some hon. MH.MHEKS. Take it back. 
 
 Mr. ItoFU.ASS.V. No, I shall not. 1 will 
 prove it. 
 
 Some hon. MK.MHKUS. Hear. hear. 
 
 Some hon. .MFMllFUS. Take it back. 
 
 Mr. BOUU.VSS.V. I am not going to say 
 now 
 
 An hon. .M1;MHKK. Be a gentleman. 
 
 Mr. B(.»FK.\SSA. I am not going to say 
 tliat the (Jonservative party has had In the 
 past, or has In tlie present, a monopoly of 
 those apiieals to I'ellgions and ntitlonal pre- 
 judices. I am free to admit that In some 
 Instances, unfortunately, some groups of 
 IJberjils alsr) hjive .appealed to national and 
 religious prejudices. I know that in the 
 (.'oiiservative party there have been in the 
 past, 'as there .-ire In the present, among 
 'loth English and I'n-nch members of that 
 party, men of good will and broad minds who 
 would be ashamed to apjieal to those preju- 
 di<'es ; but there is at the same time an el»»- 
 ment in that party that has very often for- 
 ced tlie ieailers of that party to make de- 
 clarations which, left to themselves, they 
 woidd never have ma<1e. Hut docs that ex- 
 cuse them V I must say that tiie hon. geu- 
 tieman lilms(>lf. w lio leads the opposition, 
 wliatever may he the iliffeii'Ui'es between 
 us, is after all one of liie most remarkable 
 ligiiri's in r'aiiiida. lie was one of the foun- 
 ders of confederation, he has been on<> of 
 the noted ptiblic men. not only of Canada, 
 luit of the British Empire, and I am proud to 
 say it ; but it Is most unfortunate that that 
 lion, gentleman, for the imrjiose of secur- 
 ing votes, lelt himself compelled to use such 
 language as has been (juoted to-day and to 
 make such appeals as he was obliged to re- 
 sort to in the city of Winnipeg. 
 
 The hon. gentleman has tried to ';.>, .iid 
 not for tlie tlrst time, to explain tl. spet'ch 
 he made In Winnipeg. I tpiite agree that 
 he migiit have told the peoiile of Winnipeg 
 that they could just as safely put their 
 conlldence In him as in Sir Wilfrid Lanrler, 
 that they could Just as well rely on the po- 
 licy of the Conservative party to settle the 
 school (lucstlon as on that of the Liberal 
 party ; btit I ask, what was the use of his 
 appealing to the people of Winnipeg on 
 this ground -' I a Protestant and he (Blr 
 Wilfrid Lanrier) a (Catholic' ? IIow did 
 •hat religious difference affect the question? 
 What did It matter, as regards the policy 
 of either party, If Sir Charlen Tupper was 
 
 UlUiBttJ 
 
an EugUab Protestaut and Sir Wilfrid Lau- 
 rler a French Catbollo ? We know that one 
 word or two, fullinjj at a particular mo- 
 ment from the lips of a man occupying the 
 position whlcli the hon. gentleman then 
 held, are more pregnant and more effective 
 for evil than ii whole tirade of religlouH ap- 
 peals by smaller men. 
 
 It has been said, Mr. Speaker, tliat during 
 the eh. 's of ISiMJ the French Liberal 
 party resorted to racial and disloyal ap- 
 peals. 
 
 Some bon. MIOMHIOKS. Hear, hear. 
 
 Mr. BOUU.VSSA. It lias l)eeu stated that 
 during the elections of tS'.Ki all the French 
 Catholics in tlie province of Quebec, sun- 
 porting tlie I. literal party, appealetl to the 
 French electorate in this way : IMit into 
 power Sir Wilfrid Laurier, a Frendimaii 
 and a Uonum Catholic, and he will certain 
 ly settle the question better tlian Sir Oliar- 
 les Tupper couid. an KiiKlisliinan and i Pro- 
 testant. Well, during tlie elections of \HW I 
 looked after my election. I went througli 
 some of tlie surroundinir counties and 1 
 n-ad a good many newspaper articles. Of 
 co\n'se, some of those articles bad a belli- 
 cose tone, fully equal to that of the news- 
 pjiper articles supporting' bou. u'eutli'inen 
 opposite. But I tliink it would 1>e cliildlsb 
 fov real statesmen to come liere and fro 
 tluough all tlie columns of newspapers t<- 
 try to i)rove that one party or tlie other lieid 
 feelings that the i)eo|)l(> really never enter- 
 tained and v-lilcb were really never giv(!U 
 utterance to by tin- leadlntr men ol' either 
 party. 
 
 Sir, what was Ibe argument of the French 
 Liberal candidates of the province of Que- 
 bec as lo the school question. When the IMII 
 came up for tin* second reading in 189(1 and 
 the leader of the opposition of that day, fol- 
 Idwed by the large nm.lority of bis party, 
 voted ngninst the second reading, bon. gen- 
 tlemen opposite knew, and their news- 
 ptiperx knew, and their stump speakers 
 knew, that the French Liberals had nt)t 
 voted with tlie intention of appealing to 
 the racial and religious feelings of Quebec. 
 I am not here to pass Judgment on the con- 
 duet of either of the great political parties 
 at that time. I was not a member of this 
 House then. 1 may say that If I refrain 
 from passing judgment, it is not because I 
 am afraid to do so. but because It la useless. 
 I Dm merely pointing out that the position 
 taken by the French lilbernls of Quebec 
 was not a |»osltion that was supposed to 
 bring them Into favour with their country- 
 inou and co-rellglonlsls. But they gave that 
 vote, and In the campaign that followed, 
 this was their general argument, through- 
 out the province of Quebec : The Conserva- 
 tives have been In power for six years since 
 this Question arose. During that time they 
 did nothing until the very last session of 
 parliament, when so short a time remained 
 that they could not hope to secure the pns- 
 
 ; sage of the measure they proposed. They 
 did this In spite of the notice and advice 
 that had been given them as soon as In 
 ; 1895 by the then Minister of Agriculture, 
 I Mr. Angers, wlio thought lit to leave the 
 I cabinet on that ground. He told them 
 that whatever might be their good will. If 
 they waited until the last session of the 
 parliament, they would not be able to settle 
 the (luestlon. Still, they waited until the 
 last session, and liad only three months be- 
 I fore the time of the expiry of parliament. 
 , They knew that their Bill could not pass. 
 ; The policy of tlie Liberal jiarty was dlffer- 
 ', ent. Instead of trying to take legal means 
 i that could not ap|)ly, they wanted to try by 
 j conciliation to bring the Manitoba people 
 ' to settle by tliemselves this question which 
 I they themselves bad brought into the poU- 
 j tlcal arena. That was the difference be- 
 tween tlie two parties. And I say that if 
 ! the i)rovince of Quebec voted in favour of 
 the Jjiberals on the scliool question. It 
 was because the feeling prevailed In that 
 province, and has always [ire vailed, that, 
 as so often expressed by tlu> Liberal 
 leader, an ounce of conciliation is liet- 
 ter than a pound of coercion. Whatever 
 may have been the local feeling in one part 
 of the province or the other, the broad line 
 that dirterentiated the two parties through- 
 out the province was that one tried to 
 setth? the s(;liool question by law, while the 
 other tried to settle it by conciliation. That 
 was the real dltl'eronc?. 
 
 And, speaking of racial and religious ap- 
 peals, when we came back to this House 
 and this governni<?nt tried to settle the 
 school ipiestlon by conciliation with the 
 Manitoba government, when tli(>y entered 
 into negotiations and when the Roman 
 (Catholic supporters of this government, 
 anxious to see that question settled, anxious 
 to see i)eac(> established, not only in Mani- 
 toba, but in their own province, took steps 
 to that end. wliiit did we s»'e V 'I'lipse mem- 
 bers sent, as it was tlielr right to send, a 
 jietitlon lo 111*! head of the Cbureli. asking 
 liiin to siMid to this country a representative 
 of bis high nioriil authority- not to do any- 
 thing against the civil authority of this 
 country, not to do anytliing .against the 
 power of the Crown, but simply to settle 
 with tlie least friction the religious differ- 
 ences that had existed between a certain 
 l)ortlon of the clergy of the province of 
 Quebec and a i>ortlon of the laity. And 
 what was the spectacle that we saw In 
 this House ? We saw members, and parti- 
 cularly the lion, member to whom the leader 
 of the opposition (Sir Charles Tupper) has, 
 this afternoon, tendered so kind a hand, tell- 
 ing the people that the Liberal government 
 had ai)pealed to the Pope of Rome to assist 
 them in ruling this country. Sir. If ever a 
 strong apiteal to religious feeling was u\adc 
 In this House, since I became a member of 
 It at least. It was In this effort to fasten a 
 charge of disloyalty \ipon the lilbernl party 
 
nud the [.iheral uovernment, because the 
 Catholic inembei-H of the party thought 
 proper, without asking the permission of 
 the hoii. uipnil)er for West York (Mr. Wal- 
 lace), to use the liberty guaranteed under 
 Britlsli rule to citizens of all creeds and 
 nationalities to take the proper moans es- 
 tablished l)y their Church to settle a (pies- 
 tion of religious differenc-e. 
 
 There was another question which the hou. 
 gentle...,,!!, thought proper to bring into the 
 dificussion. He speaks of a brochure that 
 was distributed in 180U concerning the three 
 ii-'Mions of dollar.^ which appeared in the 
 budget of the Conservative government for 
 buying guns, carbines and otlier weapons. 
 Sir, iiuowlng as you do. the feelings that I 
 entertain on tlie (luesliou of war in general, 
 you will not be suriirlsed to hear me say 
 that, if all the words contained in that 
 broctiure are not riglit. at least the spirit 
 is not wrong, from my point of view. Sir, 
 the lion, gentleman tried to say that the 
 Liberals who issued that l)rocliure in the 
 province of Quebec entertained disloyal 
 feelings toward England liecause tliey saw 
 In tiie buying of these wi^apons an effort 
 on tlie part of tiie Conservative government 
 to bring Canada iutf> such relations witli 
 Great Britain as would force Canada to act 
 with England in all lier wars. I have never 
 read the brochure referred to ; I did not 
 have it distributed in my county. Tiic posi- 
 tion I took In my loiuity was tliis : I am 
 opposed to mlUtarlsiii for (^"iiiiada. I con- 
 
 Isider Canada a pac-ilic country, a country 
 liappily situated far from the rivalries 
 whicli always threatened to destroy the 
 peace of JOurope and bring into armed con- 
 Ulct tlie great powers of the world. It is 
 fortunate for us tliat oiu- country i.s so 
 situated, tiiat we may inx ite the peaceful 
 people of all nationalities to come and 
 s(>ttle here. I was in favour of tiie policy 
 of conciliation, not only for the races that 
 live in Canada, but also for the nations of 
 the wide world. Therefore, I did not tiiink 
 proper to approve of a policy that meant 
 that we were going to war. I am speaking 
 now of my personal position. Hut certainly, 
 when that lirocliure was written and circu- 
 lated and when the general elections came 
 on, there was never any Idea generally 
 propounded In tills country, either by one 
 party or the other, that Canada was to be 
 an armeil natifiu. Therefore, I say, that !t 
 was proper, at least It was open, for any 
 candidate, either fJlieral or ConservHtive. to 
 declare himself oiiposed to any military 
 
 preparations for this country, to declare 
 himself oppostid to any policy that would 
 bring Canada Into closer relationship with 
 Great Britain, so far as military operations 
 were concerned— and for any candidate tak- 
 ing such a position did not lay himself open 
 to a justifiable accusation of disloyalty to 
 Great Britain. 
 
 I am not going to discuss that point now, 
 because we sliall have another occasion 
 to discuss it at length, along with the oth>r 
 points that have been mentioned. 1 mere- 
 ly want t(i say that times change, and 
 wlieu we wish to criticise members' words 
 and acts we must place ourselves a: the 
 time when they spoke and acted. I say 
 that at the time that bro<'hure was written 
 and puliUshed nolxnly could accuse any man 
 of disloyalty to England because he was op- 
 posed to Canada preparing for war. Times 
 liave changed, as we have often been told 
 l)y hou. gentlemen opposite, ar.d at tiie pre- 
 sent time 11 dlO'i'rent sjiirlt has developed 
 in this country. .\t that time It was per- 
 fectly legitimate -1 do not say to use all 
 the words tliat may have been used iu that 
 brochure— l)ut to entertain tiiose ideas ana 
 to speak upon tiiose Issuer. 
 
 Now, 1 have spoken at ;imch greater 
 length tlian I iiad intended, but 1 iiave been 
 compelled to do so by the leugthy remarks 
 of the hoii. gentleman himself. But to sum 
 up my argument, let me say that the lion, 
 gentleman has no right, l)a.sed upon any- 
 thing wiiich may have iieen said by hon. 
 gentlemen on tills side, to accuse of dis- 
 loyalty any French Canadian Britlsli sub- 
 jects in this country. We liave a right to 
 understand and to Interpret the constitu- 
 tion of (ills country according to our Judg- 
 ment, and we have a right to do so with- 
 out being charged with disloyalty. We 
 have a right to Interpret the British con- 
 stitution, and the ('anadian constitution, 
 according to our Judgment, without laying 
 ourselves open to the charge of disloyalty 
 because our Interpretation differs from that 
 of thi> Tory party. There was no occasion 
 for charging us with entertaiulng different 
 viiMvs from tiiose our words express, there 
 was no occasion at all for insinuating that 
 we were acting as Frenchmen In sympathy 
 with France, Instead of as British subjects. 
 I say that the lion, gentleman opposite 
 iiaving uttered those words, that 1 have 
 (pioted, lit> cannot now (iimpliiiii If the press 
 of tlie country Interpret his words as an 
 attemiit to raise the race and religious cry 
 In (^annda.