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I know no reason why Communities should be any less particular; and I venture to ask whether self-respecting Canada should take inone\ from Mr. Carnegie. It is very natural that offers of free libraries, etc., should at first sight appear prai.seworthy in every way; and the fact that Mr. Carnegie was born under the British flag, though now an .\njerican citizen, seems a sufficient explanation of his proposed contributions to Canadian objects. I submit, however, that we cannot accept his l)enefactions without forfeiting all claim to independence of character and projier self-esteem, for reasons which I will proceed to gi\e. There are certain things \ 'licli we Canadians, in common with all tna Hritish subjects, hold ver\- dear, and of which we feel we ma\ be jiisth- proud. The\- are our own fair Countr>-; tlie splendid P:nipire to which we belong; our form of (iovernment, a constitutional Monarclu- under which we enjo>- a freedom nnsurpa.ssed si)ice the world l)egan; the Navy and .\rmy. wlu.se glorious achievements no words coukl over-state. Upon all the- Mr. Carnegie lias aired his oinnions in |jrint, s.. it is eas\ to ascertain what the\- are. As the day is approachin,, when Knglishmcn all the vorld over gather to do honour to their Motherland, (always heartily joined b> their fellow-subjects of every race); ai:d soon follows the anniversary upon whic]. for more than sixty years liritain's sons and daughters have voiced their devotion to our late deeply lamented Q-ieen; it has occurred to me that the facts might be most forcibly presented b>- compiling i ••toast- list" appropriate to such occasions, substituting for tlif usual quotations from the great poets a,id .-'.utho's extracts from the writings of Mr. Carnegie. If these examples of that gentleman's sentiments do not cause his proffered gifts to be declinetl, without thank.s, by all Canadians I am .^reatly mistaken in the people of my adopted countr\. \Vnj,I.\M ROBINS. V I.KF.RVIU.E, ONT.XKIO. .\pril 8th, 1901. SiM« the al.ne «a.s v.ntle,, ,1 ,s r.-p"rle.l that .Mr. CaniCKie has suh.oril,.,! in KnxIaMd to a n,fn„.rial u, our late Q'><--e.. an. aware that certair Old Country towns have ,,lnc.,l thenisclves ,i„ ."Ur CarncKie, ( prohahly ,n iKtiorance <,f his sentiments,; b,,t I cannot heli.-ve that he will he iH-rniilte,! ,0 shar„ „ rrn-XKc wntch ;,c!.,„^;:, o.ii> lo thu.se who in i,er htel.me lovcU the Oneen as -he .leserve.l. Mr. CarneKir seenw to Ih.nk ,„oney can buy ...yihinK. I trnst he will be tanwht that nothing ran purchase our forgetfulnes. „f inilijrn y toward tlie most revered Sove-eij;!! in Eni{li»h history. / p ■•'•«5» 7*00 J-/ — Our Grak.cio\is King "Of course men can kiss the hand of the Queen, but how will it lie when the Prince "of Wales holds out his hand, and Messrs. Chamberlain and Morley, Collins and Broadhnrst, "Trevelyan and Fowler, and others, are required to kiss THAT? I am not sure but that "even these Radicals may find it no stain upon their manhood to incur this degradation. "But the first man who feels as he ought to feel will either smile when the hand is extended, "at the suggestion that he could so driiieaii himself, and give it a good hearty shake, or ktunk ^'■his Royal Highness dozen." ( I ) From Andrew Carnegie's Triumphant Dkmocracv. Toast — To the Memory of our Late Beloved Queen "Tlie Roval mother of her people cannot be induced to support her own children "during life, or even to bur> them decently at death, as long as the public can be further "bled." (2) "Even the Queen, a woman, who should shudder at war and not publicly parade her "interest in slaughter, would publicly congratulate him." (3) "If an)- man believe that Queen Victoria, or the Prince of Wales, could receive more "welcome news than that of the downfall of the Republic" (meaning the United States) "his estimate of human nature differs from mine." (4) From Andrew Carnegie's Tbh'MPHANT DKMOtKAtv. Toast — Tt\e R.oyaLl FA.n\ily "These roj al people are only excrescences upon the State, the setters of bad cxi'.vple, '■'■and the z'cry core 'ound zvhich the worst vices of English life gather and fester." {5) From Andrew Carnegie's Triumphant Dhmocra' • . Toast — TYie MotKerltt.nd "The man lx)rn abroad, like myself, under institutions which insult hi "birth." (6) "The insult inflicted upon me by my native land at birth." (7) "To the beloved Republic under whosj equal laws I am made the peer of an\ man, "although denied political equality by \\\\ native land, I dedicate this book, with an intensit}- "of gratitude and admiration which the native-born citizen can neither feel nor understand." (gi From .Andrew Carnegie's Triumphant Dkmocracv. Toast — lYye Dominion of C&.naLdeL "Canada's hypocritical and ungrateful conduct merits and inspires only contempt." (9) "Canada, subject and dependent, contrasts unfavourably with the Republic in c\er\- "way." do) "But whv talk of Canada, or of any mere colony ? What book, what invention, what "statue or picture, what anything, has a colony ever produced, or what man has grown up "in anv colonv who has become known beyond his own local district ? NONE. Nor can a "colonv ever give to mankind anything of value beyond wood, corn and beef." (ii) From .Vndrew Carncj^ie's Triumphast Democracy, imoVIN^Al f f"(RAIIV VICT' I/. Toast — The Army A.i\d Netvy (Referring to England's interference to preserve order in Kg\pt.) -'The ( "lox ernnient "sent a large force to Egypt and iK'gan an aggressive campaign to ptrirnl tfif />ioplr oj '^/igvpt from hating such rulers as thty desired." (22) "It (the Soudan campaign) was a crime." (13) "How was it with Admiral Seymonr, the servant of a Monarchy ? Let him refrain "from Ijombarding, from behind his iron walls, the few miserable defences in Alexandria "Ba>, and never in his history, perhaps, would such an opportimity Mccnr again to rescue "his name from obscuritv . Admiral Seymour might have thus reasoned : 'Negotiate this " 'trouble peacefully, I remain poor and obscure. There is no danger ; I am perfect!) safe " 'behind these iron walls ; just open my g.ms, and fame and honour and rank and wealth " 'are mine.'" (14) "Fellow-countrymen, what would you think of a judge upon the bench deciding his "own cause, where a verdict for the defendant meant to tne judge obscurity and half-pay, "and a verdict for the plaintiff meant a peerage and twenty-five thou.sand pounds ? Vet "this was precisely the po.sition of Admiral Seymour at Alexandria, and it is practically the "position occupied by every British commander to whom is committed the issue of peace or "war in the 'exerci.se of his di.scretiou.' " (15) Krom Andrew Carnegie's TkhmphanT Ijk.mock.uv. (Referring to the South .\frican war.) "She (England) stands condemned before the "civilized world. Her conduct is indefensible." (16) From .\rlicle by Andrew Carnegie in TnK NoRTU A.mkkican Rkviiav. WOTES 1 The vulgaritv and uucharitableness here displayed arc probabh' a key to Mr. Carnegie's character. 2 If her Majesty's se.v and universally recognized virtues were not thought b\ Mr. Carnegie a sufficient protection against .so coarse an accusation, he might at least have had the honesty to remember that the money grants made by Parliament to the Queen were largelv, if not entireh', offset by the revenue from the 'Crown Lands' surrendered b\ her to the nation; which 'Crown Lauds' were as fulK' Her Majest> 's pri\ate propertx' as is anv- foot of land owned b>- Mr. Carnegie the propert\- of that gentleman. 3 This is as malicious a misrepresentation of the Queen's character as it would be possible to make. 4 The general and generous tribute to the Queen's friendship for the United States paid by the American press of all shades of politics during her illness and after her death abundantly proves that Mr. Carnegie's 'estimate of human nature" does differ, and that \ery materially, from the estimates of his fellow-citizens. 5 Common decencv and a sense of fair play would jirevenl ordinar\ uru from making charges of this sott without offering proof. If one .should allege that Mr. Carnegie's home circle is a hot-bed of vice he would doubtless consider it an outrage. 6, 7, S These are remarkable statements regarding a land which for generations has been conspicuous for freedom and justice ; which has been the asyl'.un of political refugee-. ^lOaQti of alni.^i every nationality. Xo one will find fanlt with the warmth of Mr. Canieijic's devotion to the country where he has been able to accin.iulate one of the colossal fortnnes of the day ; but that could have been as well expres.sed without false accusations against the laud of his birth ; and to show how unjust the comparison is, it is permissible to mention that there were in the United States millions of himian slaves long after there had ceased to be one on British soil. 10 This may be dismissed with the simple remark that very few Canadians will admit its correctness until some evidence much more siibstantial than Mr. Canejjie's mere a.ssertion is forthcoming. 1 1 It would seem hardly worth while to dignify these wild .statements with any specific reply. Their ridiculous character could be abundantly shown on behalf of Canada and every other considerable Colony of ( ;reat Britain if that were needed. It will .suffice, however, to ask Mr. Carnegie wjiat he thinks of those Colonial pnxlucts, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, and the many other great men who were born and developed in the .\merican Colonies before their independence was asserted. I 13, 14, 15, 16. It niight be thought that in the copious records of the Briti.sh armv and navy a fair-mindt ' person could find many battles for the right, many commanders humane and just, even if these particular comicmnations were warranted, which is denied. But in a lx)ok of 350 pages not one word of approval of either is to be .seen. The work which made possible the wonderful regene ation a crime ; one of the leaders tliereiii is described as a blood-guilt>' poltroon, who fought only for his jjersoiial ad\antage and because he incurred no {jersoiial risk. A temperate discitssion of the rtlati\c merits of Monarchical and Republican forms of government should offend no one; btil the argument for the latter is not strengthene