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 Welcome to Hon. J. A. Chapleau at Montreal on his 
 
 return from Europe, 24th of April, 1889, 
 
 and his Address in reply. 
 
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HOh' J. A. CHAPLEAU. 
 
 f iLCOMKD AT MOHTESAL OS EIS BETMll FEOII mOPI 
 
 24-rM i)I' Al'RII., l«St:). 
 
 HIS ADDRESS IN REPLY. 
 
 THE POLITICAL POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES 
 
 OF CANADIANS. 
 
WEI.COMi; 10 MR. CllAI'LHAU. 
 
 i Frtmi Minif t't'.iil (lazi'tte, 'l/n'U .'."tth.) 
 
 Tin; welioino wliitli lloii. J. A. C'lmplwiu 
 rticcivfd i»ij his (inival in Montreal last 
 ni'^Ui on liiH return f'nun Kmopr wha (itic of 
 vvJiic )i any. .-tatisinaii nii-lit liavc tt'lt proud. 
 1-ouK btjforu tilt' train wa.^; dut.-, the lionuven- 
 ture depot was erowde<l with people, in- 
 t liuUnn: many of tlie m< st prominent eiti- 
 /itiK of Montreal and dJHtrirt. Among 
 tliesr Were: Alderman .leannotto, presi- 
 dent of tlie (omraittee, Mr. Hiehard 
 White, vi( c-prenident. Mr. Conrad Teliftier, 
 Hecri'tary, Mr. I.oiiIk Aiiard, treaKiirer. Messrs. 
 J,. Chevalier aiid J.. A. I'nipeau, memlxirs of 
 the eommitttie ; also Messrs. Wm. Owens, 
 M.r.l'., 1'. K. Leblane, M.IMV. A. F.apointe, 
 M.P.I'. Aid. .1 M. Onfresne, Thompson, 
 Villenetive, Holland, 1'. Dubue and 
 Savignac, e.\-Ald. JJeainliamp, JSIessrs. S. 
 Tagniielo, K. St. Louis, C. J. Doherty, M. 
 lUassard, G. Ner6, A. Hram hand, M, J. F. 
 • ,'uinn, Edward Murphy, A. Delfosse, pnsitl- 
 ent of the. Letellier elub, P. II. Hebert, K. 
 Lavignt!, H. Tansey, .1. .1. Cree, rx-eouneillor 
 of St. (iabriel, K. Thilmult, K. 11. Foster and 
 Davirl Sinelair, and hundreds of others. 
 The foUowinu' delegates from tlie country 
 diHtriets were also i)reHent : MessTs. 
 •I. A. lienaud, advocate, of Sorol. 
 A. A. 'J'aillon, mayor of Sore], L. 
 G. Macdonald, Alex. Maedonald. Hon..liidge 
 Chariand, A. D. Giraril, G. Dorion, Hender- 
 son Black, .lules yuoRnel, Sr., M. (ruillet, E. 
 R. Smith, II. R. Smith, Jacques bupuy. .1. 
 Bte. Dubois, D. Levi, O. N. E Poacher, Dr. 
 L. J. H. Roy, Dr. L. A. Trudtau, ('. R. Cou- 
 sins, Jules Quesnel, Jr., E. McCo. - S. 
 Ramsay, L. G, Macdonald, J. Kevey, obert 
 Donaghy, Arcade Decelles, N. D. Douglass, 
 Jos. Tremblay, B. Wilkinson, (Jeorge Wilkin- 
 son, C. Meunier, C. 0. (rcrvais, .las. Labelle, 
 Paul J;ahelle, of St. Johns ; Jos. Lavoie, 
 J. B. H. Beauregard, Ja'ques Mercier, 
 Iberville; J. II. Leclair, warden county of 
 Terrebonne : P. Simard and N. Smith, of St. 
 Jerome; A. J. H. St. Denis, St. Clet; C. Cor- 
 beil, Sault-au-Recoliet ; Dr. J. S. Archam- 
 
 buidt, A. Gliaiivin, .r. Lftuzon, .\. Masson, P. 
 E. C Joubert, of Terrebonne; P Lamoureux, 
 of Chambly : H. 15 Lalbur, of St. Add.' ; E. 
 Rodier, of St .Jeroni'! ; F. «) Lamarche, 
 mayor of Herthier ; M McDo/udd, wartlen, 
 county of Bagot ; I». Denis, of St Simon; Z. 
 Boyer, secretary, asmieiation county of lieau- 
 harnoiri,Vallevfiold;E. Leblane, L'Eiiiphunic; 
 Duncan MaedonabI, Charles Arpin, provis- 
 ional mayor of St. Johns, (!. R. Snjith, St. 
 Johns X'fii'.i, I. B. Kutvoye, J, A. Lomnie, Pv. 
 C. Montgomerie, Dr. L. H. Roy. Dr. L. A. 
 Trudeau, A. Uervais, Jsaac Coote, E. Poutro, 
 A. Decelles, J. B. Decelles, A. Camaraire, J. 
 Simard, D. <Jodin, J Dion, S. Vaughan, »)f 
 St. Johns, (.'apt. Xormandeau, of L'Assomp- 
 tion, P E. Roy and A. Roy, of St. Pie, L. A. 
 (;ho(]Uct, of St. Hya< inthe, and many others. 
 The train whii h was due at H.;iu p.m. did 
 not arrive till nearly '.» o'clo<k, and as the 
 Seiretary of State and Madame (Jhapieau 
 stepped from the parlor car, the < rowd sent 
 lip thn;e rousing cheers, and those who were 
 personally ac<piainte<l with Mr. Chapleau 
 [iressed forwanl to t«Mider him their congratu- 
 lations on his safe return. So great was the 
 press that the friends of Mr. Chapleau had 
 to gather around him to keep off the crowd. 
 It wa.s with the greatest difficulty that he 
 < ould makt! his way out of the depot to 
 a carriage drawn by four liandBomo horses 
 which was waiting for him outside. 
 Madame Chapleau was escorted by Aid. 
 .fcannotte, and having taken their seats in 
 the carriage they proceeded slowly to the 
 St. Lawrence hall, followed by a large crowd. 
 The carriage drew up at the Craig street en- 
 trance, and Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Chapleau 
 were escorted to the mess ritom, at the up- 
 per end of which a platform had been erect- 
 ed. They were accompanied to the platform 
 bv Aid. Jeannotte, Mr. Richard White and 
 Mr. Conrad Pelletier, representing the com- 
 mittee of organization. Aid. Jeannotte read 
 the following address, and at the close, Mr. 
 Pelletier presented Madame Chapleau with 
 
2 
 
 M bonqiiwt iiniid tlui rliccrn of the crowd- — 
 
 I'll llir Hull. .1. A. ChiiiiliiKi, Sfi'iiliirif III 
 iStillr . 
 
 IloNiiltAllIK SIK, (Mir IfKlllIIlUtf Impiitl- 
 »'li<'«t III! the <'\ fill ni yiiiir r«'I urn was Mirr In 
 timntl'i'st llHfli li.v It iiio->i < iiiliiisiUNMr ili'ruon 
 Ht I iitloii on your iinlviil. 'rii< liiii<l claiiiorN 
 i>t I Id' |»'<)|iIi' ; l|^)llll|{ loyiMisI V Ironi nil <lli)-<'- 
 tmnN, wi-r)- all •'ni|iliiitl<'iilly to niark lli«' 
 li>-artliii'ss o| I he 1 1 well I IMP', ami iIiousmmiI*' ol 
 licarlHi Ik athii.' in unison would havf U->«liMcil 
 to tli<'K<'nt'ral ailinlratlon lor aiKl k>'>i< 'l»<lt' 
 urui il.tv<i(lon to you. 
 
 A il<'|iloraht«' cvinl, llir ihnlli olon«' Of your 
 )llN|iimtilH|i(>(l I'oJIfiiKiK'.o, lilt' lion Mr. l'o|>*'< 
 has iniidt' ■ niouriilul i^luink;*' In lli<- pro- 
 Krainini* niiirloil oui 'I'Id' Hfiiilincnt ol in- 
 ihuHlaNni must Ktvc way lo a si'ntlini'nt oi' 
 propru'iy; tlii'.|oyouN airs thai were (oj:ri'ci 
 vou to-<lay would liavr hcni an Irony on tlic 
 lariicnlalloiiH ol ycsti-rday ; and wo,' tin- sol- 
 diers, w«»uld I't'rialidy dar to havohciu «ll«- 
 owned hy our cIhh!. 
 
 Th«^ liandlul of lrli'ml>, irro as tlnlr s|iOicli, 
 warm as iln ir MiitlniiMits, a irw wordN, tlic 
 • •(•lio ot our soul » and our lirarls, that Ih what 
 wv nui'-t o'liittiil oursclvt"^ wllh, that is what 
 w<> asK you to ai'i't'pt. 
 
 Vdinlratton and tiratittido have drnwn lis 
 towards you ; dcvution kecpN us tuNoparably 
 attachcil to you. 
 
 Tho scrvlfOH ihat you havo rondrrod ><Mir 
 count ry aro wriilrii on fvcry paiic oi our his- 
 tory forth*) past I wiiily-(lv<' yi-ais, an* relat- 
 I'd on (vory hearth, and will fonnpart of the 
 tradlt.U)ns of th*' nallon, 
 
 DurliiK the last (|uart<'r of arenlury of our 
 political hi^'lory, Mio first, of our ^i ruiiglcs, 
 you were almost alonu. 
 
 ^■onr cart'ir is IlkiMvn cpi*' ixK-m la which 
 wf «'onl('ni|ilatc you with prldi- as tlio hero 
 that claims all luaris. 
 
 I/«'t us cite Hontf tacts: Kvcn in ls.')i>, in the 
 election ot the l)rllllanl. coIIcidjiu) ut Sir 
 (Icortje f'nrller, the Hon. liOUisSimeoii Morin, 
 you marie, with eclat ,\'our 11 rst attempt, ^ain- 
 InK Ht Ihe start the sympathies ot (he c«>unty 
 whicrh hail elected Iiafontaiiu* and Antolne 
 Norbert M<»rin. 
 
 Fjntering intf> tln' career since the Jlrst days 
 of the constitution whidi na\e uh new life. 
 ihlHconKtltuilon hnHn<!ver had an abler de- 
 fender or a more eloiiuent voice to do it honor, 
 or au arm more valiant and strong to Nustain 
 and protect it. 
 
 We recall that It was yon who protect^'id the 
 people agalDHtthe tyrannous UHurpation of 
 power at Quebec, and formed this strong 
 group whicb brought uk tht! signal victory of 
 the l7th September, iHVs—a victory which 
 was the overthrow of tht' Mackenzie <lovern- 
 ment and it.s policy, which was conspicuous 
 tor persistent hostility t»)our province. 
 
 We bear in mind that a year later, in 1879, 
 yon became J'remier of Quebec, changing the 
 minority that you commanded Into a (iov- 
 ernment for active work. 
 
 We recall that later still y< u carried, on the 
 2nd of December, ISHl, tifty-t wo counties out 
 of sixty-flve. enabling also the Conwrvativo 
 party at Ottawa to gather in the fruits of this 
 victory, in the niontli of the following .June, 
 
 la this not enough to justify not only the 
 •nthusiaamof a group of friends, but al.no of 
 the whole nation '? We believe It Is. 
 
 ' Medical skill ;U1<I Ugentle cIlMl.lle liaNC l>e- 
 
 stowfd ili"ir lavors ui > ui. Nour lurnto 
 
 lis with r'llewed vlnor .May .vou preserve II 
 
 , a lonji time ; nl your irielids expect JOIIf M»!r- 
 
 vices, ami llie «'.>iinl ry demands U loudly. 
 
 We rt nieinio r Ihat -I rice \ our eiii ry into lh« 
 Federal t'alilnet you haN '■ al wa \ h -upoorle.t 
 with all the resources you posm ssed, a"- lailh- 
 iiillv as eileriii.iliv, tin richts and aii'onoiny 
 of till! province , 
 
 We Iiave in mind lluit at the llmeol llie 
 last le.|( ral eletlioi's the untorliiimte and 
 blind eiilhusiasiii attending tin Kiel aftnir 
 was hroUeii \\ lien It incoiiiiiereil ihedlslMcl 
 
 ' Ol .MolitK'al wie re vou eoiiKiiandt d 
 
 llclov.,| ililel or I he illslllel ol Monlieaj, 
 may that ii.'wly ualned sir. nu'tli serve lo as- 
 sure dl^elplllle durliij,' peace and viittiry in 
 lime ot ('Oiliest . and to pri serNe at ilu' lea I ol 
 tliecoiiuiiv ilie I'oiiserviii ive pally, whirh 
 lias contrlbiittd so niueli lo Its development 
 
 i and prosperity, 
 
 i He pleased, sir, to iio«'ei.l iliis feehle e\pies- 
 
 I sion of the high cop.sldiratloii ihiil we eiiier- 
 
 , tain for you. 
 
 Me Kojwl enough, madam, to acc«'pt a large 
 share of that ciuislileratlon ; yon who afe the 
 worthy companion ol hlin whom we would 
 
 ; honor. 
 
 j I >ur j:ood wisbfsand oiir artoct Ions are voiirs 
 as well as his 
 On behall of the eoiumltlte of clli/. 'iis. 
 
 ' (Slgnedi II. .iHaunotle, presiileni ; K. While, 
 C ,1. Doherty ami s. Uachapill'', vice-presi- 
 dents; Conrad I'ellitar, lleauiuont Jouberl, 
 
 j wfcretarles 
 
 I MU. ClIAI'I.KAr'rt HKI'I.V. 
 
 Hon. Mr. Chaplcaii, on ' risiuj; to reply, 
 
 was receivcil witli iimnenso entlmsiasin. 
 
 Wlu'ti the cheers had subsided, he said : — 
 
 ; Cuutleiiien— Au atu lent adiige. wliich is 
 
 I no luHH truo than old, toilK uh flial there 
 
 is nothiiifr on earth so lair or so j.(ood 
 
 as the laiiii ol" one's birth. Indeed, wlii.-n ' 
 
 look into my heart, I can find no words 
 
 better than those just cited with which to 
 
 thank yoM, to express all that I feel at this 
 
 moment. Let me premise, however, that I do 
 
 not merit the Mattering languat^o in which 
 
 ! you have addressed me ; its only excuse is 
 
 I the great att'oction that you have always 
 
 j testified towards nie. 1 t)iank yon for yoin 
 
 I kind words, because they impose upon me 
 
 I the duty of deserving them in the future. 
 
 I Again and again will I repeat them to my- 
 
 I self, so that I may be sustained in the diffi- 
 
 ! cult task of being worthy of such praise. 
 
 I You recall the days that aro gone, and 
 
 honor me for my early combats. I thank 
 
 ' you, gentlemen. For my own part, I was 
 
 ■ not thinking of them. The man who en- 
 
 I gages in a struggle, like tho ploughman in 
 
 I the Gospel, must never measure his work by 
 
 I the task accomplished. It is the furrow 
 
 that remains to be traced that should alone 
 
 animato ,him to fresh exertion. It is not 
 
fi ulory — imy nmrr timn it in ii fmilt — to havl' 
 livrd loii^ I , tonsil ti> hiivc oiic H Hi*rvi<<>H — 
 likr k<)<hI wiiifM-^jiiinilc iiiort' vtiliial)l<- I'V 
 nuv- ^y 
 
 TIIK I.ATK MU rnCK. 
 IHTiO! Ki-W of lli(< liruils wlijrii ill tliiit 
 yt'itr roHf iilmvi' tlic pliiiiks n|' tiic liii'^titi^^H 
 liiivr fHi')i|ii<l tin- |ilaiii<s will) li ncvtr tri-ni- 
 lilt' lit tilt' iiniKi* (it tlir I iitwii. ilf. of whom 
 (IcHtli liiiN jiiKt roliliiMJ IIS, wiiK oiiu of the 
 iiirc Hill vivoFH of thr Mtriini^h'rt ol (hut <liH- 
 taitt liiiy. A Ktuiily toiln- in the innliH of 
 till! CoiiHi-rviitiv)' hoHt wiis that <li*Hrciiihiiit 
 of I'liifrd l-)iiipirc Loyalists' WhutiMi 
 limy iiiivi- hci II liis tiiNlts (mul wlio i* tuiiit- 
 IrSH .') hist iry will ri< ord llml In- was a 
 niodid of |>o itiuiMitii'iity. a soliiici wiiom 
 no stniKKlt'i iio Mclf sacrifico loiilM wcai) 
 A < liarncti r Ktroii^iy iiinrkfd was his, a will 
 tli.it IK'itiici (laiij^iT lioi itlistacii's CDiilii 
 • laiiiit. 'I'wo years iiko, as i was iiiKini; liini 
 to coiiKiilt tlir priiKt's of iiiodriii s( ifiKf. so 
 as to K«-t loiitiol of tiic grave malady wlii( li 
 has sini e borne hiiu to his i^ravc, and 
 reeoiiiiiieiidfd tlie rerit and ( liaiige of 
 ciiniati! tiiat he needed, hu said : " Aii! I am 
 too an Msfonied to tlif harness, in wliiili I 
 liope to ind my days, to efTaee n)\self in 
 < iHiiitrii'S that liave no attrai lion lor me." 
 Voii iiavc sjiokeu, geiitlenieii, of tlie toiK ii- 
 iugH that 1 liuve ^iven to my fidhiw- 
 citi/.eiis ill tlie ( oiiise of my ( areer, and of 
 the lieneli<'ent elVei t of soimil doi Irini's. I 
 have lint followed the traditions of our 
 statesmen, of tliose wlio liistrilied on our 
 nalitjnal haiiiieis the words, ''(tiir in^titii- 
 tiouH, our langiia^'^e, our laws. Yes, I have 
 always preached as 1 liavo always 
 believed, that the first duty of tlie 
 piiblie man was to iiKuleate on 
 the publir tliat sound iloetrines of 
 morality and religion were more inijtort- 
 ani for its gieatness and preservation than 
 all tlie pliiloHopliie and six iai theories 
 of tlie most ingenious thinkers. A natitin 
 must have linn couvictionH . nor, gentlemtiu. 
 when 1 assort that faith alone renders 
 nations great, am I preaehing a sermon. No. 
 1 am simidy f?iving expression to an ack- 
 iiowledi^ed truth of political seieuce. The 
 
 I'KOl'I.K THAT IMI Not HKLIKVK IN (iol> 
 
 do not Itelieve in virtue; a nation that 
 does not believe in the principle of author- 
 ity, does not believe in justice. The inter- 
 oHt of the passions and tlie law of the strong- 
 est become in those circunistaiu es the 
 sole directing forces of human- 
 ity, and those blind forces lead irresis- 
 
 tibly to so( iaI chaos and revolution. 
 'I'haiik (iod, ill oiir < mintry the ronditioii of 
 moral lib is inon^ reassiinng. Tin religious 
 and moral sense of Canada is the admiration 
 of thti oulHide World. The spirit of ortler 
 and the good understanding that prevail 
 here are a siirpri»i- lo th<- statesmen of 
 Kiirope who ha\e bri iinie aci|iiuiiited with 
 the political (ontlitioiis of this young coun- 
 try fornn'd of elements so diverse. DitYer- 
 eiices of race, of language and ^f i r> ed oiigiit, 
 with us, to have no other ellit t than that 
 whi< h in a landscape is produced by valleys 
 and ravines, rinks and hills — an effect pic- 
 liire'<i)ue and iiiiposing in the variety and iin- 
 exp<'cte<|ness of its features. Su< h was tlie 
 coiiiparisiui whii h the couteniplalion of our 
 harmonious diversity suggested to one of the 
 iHoht eliMpient of oui governors, Lord Diif- 
 b-rin, and tlie metaphor is one wliii h 
 it is in our power to justify. A wise 
 mutual tolerance, with a legitiDtati- rivalry, 
 Would Milllce to assiiii thi.s happy and 
 benelii i-nt harmony among tlie various 
 group- of the confedeiation. The Canadian 
 rarliameiit has Just given a line 
 
 K.\ WII'I.K or Tll.\r SIMIIIT OK .Miil>i:itATIoN 
 
 in a <lebate which will remain celebiateil in 
 our parliamentary annals, a debate from 
 which prejudices, animosities, veiigean* e. 
 and reprisals might, as fr(>iii a criicibU- of 
 boiling metal, have iHsiied forth to spread 
 desolation and ruin over all \hv land, wen- 
 it not for the ability, priKlence and firmness 
 of oiir patriotic statesmen. It was, 
 in tiiitb, a stirring (episode in uur 
 history, where we saw a great danger 
 ari.-e out of the merr unskilful dratting 
 of a law, otherwise desirable, and wliich 
 furnished the hopeful spectacle of two great 
 parties, strongly opposed on ecoimmlc (jues- 
 tions, unite without previous understanding 
 in ord(!r to prevent a conflict which would 
 have been of tvil <»men k>v the nation. In 
 that debate a good deal was said of the 
 rights of th minority. I must avow that I 
 have never ((iiite appreciated these terms — 
 the ri:,^hts of the minority. In a country 
 constituted a.s ours is, minorities deserve to 
 be treated with consideration. But they have 
 no other rights than those which they 
 have in common with the majority. We, 
 the French-Canadians, are the min(»rity iu, 
 the dominion. It would be an exaggera- 
 tion to claim for us any special rights. 
 When a Bectiim sets itself up as a min- 
 ority, it tends to gravitate insensibly to- 
 wards a btate of faction, and factionu, it 
 
HhoiiM l>f I nii'inlirrrtl, livf only on fiivorM «>r ' 
 rxnctiniiH No, »;i<iill<>m)-M, wlnit wr hIiouIiI 
 i-IhIiii is till- rtijoyiiii'iit 1)1° tlii)si> lii^litH MiJil 
 iiflun(7, liy till' Hiitiic l< L-iil lif.li', to nil tlir 
 liti/.i'itK orii u;r)iit ( oiintry, to hII tlir iin'tii- 
 iiciHof till' saiiir nation. On timt ^rroiMiilwr 
 <Hii iilonH lit' Htroii);. owinf.' ni>tliink' • itiiiM' to 
 fiivor or to ( otnpiiMHion. 'J'lmt, it KcriiiK to 
 luf, JH till' Hi'ntiniini of ilittnity 
 tliiit wr hIioiiIiI inctili'iitii on thr pi<o|ili> ; tliiit 
 JH till' >ii-nliiiirnt lliiit hIiouM iminiuti- witli 
 itN jnhri'i lit vviulli iiinl foirr tin' im i wlio 
 lioM till* rciiiH of powi-r. Ah I liitd m ion | 
 to Miiy orici- liifoif, it iH not liy liivi ihiii 1 
 liiit III liiKtitiK i-ouliiifncK of 11 t'rc«^ pt'opU' 
 •an Of rti'iiirril. It in liy tiriiin«MK of 
 couviclioii, liy iniltpi'nc|<in«' of « liiiiiicli'r, by 
 »>nerKy in thtt afliiiiiini; ami vitidiciitin^!: 
 tl"ir libt'itii'M hikI public ri^bts tlifit tin- 
 Ih'iiiIh of a pt'opb- win tiw popular loniidiinrc 
 ami lonHoIidalc tln'ir power. It Ik not to 
 mnln tbut Hit uiajfstic in tbrjr yilt 
 nicticK, and tliat Hcek adoration in tbcir 
 Hilriit ininiobility. tliat tint people of tin- 
 nint'ti'i-ntb (cntiiry olb-r worwbip. 'I'bosi' 
 wbo wii, tlicir vcui'iation arn pi-nrroiiM, bold, 
 artivi-and fniitfnl inti 1li;;;«'n('«H. And in a 
 yoijUK country lil\r (iiuh there isa practically , 
 bnuiidlcsH titdd for tbo exercise <if tlicHo 
 grand civic virtuc-s. Lot no one nay 
 that there in no need for vipi lance, 
 for seein(.< that onr arniH are well riirniMlied 
 and well sliarpened, for keeping; oiir powder 
 dry; that tranipiillity leif^'iis everywhere, and 
 all 18 tjoing on securely and that every one 
 may sleep in peace. Certainly we have reason 
 to feli« itate <iurseIveH on our pro^^ress, on 
 our traniiuillity, on the rtdgn of order which 
 peruaitH us to labor with despatch at the 
 great edilicc; of the nation. A good deal has 
 been achieved, but much still remains to be 
 aeeomplislied. It may be that we have been 
 resting on our oars too idly, liuwing our con- 
 lidence on our past gains. But, as the adage 
 says, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. 
 It is also the only guarantee of progress and 
 success. Vigilance and labor unceasing — 
 and that labor, we must find it in 
 
 TIIK Sl'IIKUK OK I'OMTIC.'^. 
 
 There alone, notwithstanding what has 
 been said of its baneful results, must we 
 look for a fruitful harvest. • But the policy 
 to whicb we yield our faith must have solid- 
 ity and vicror, and again to have those (piali- 
 tications, it must be assured of your contid- 
 ence and support. The conlidence of the 
 people, of the true people — not those noisy 
 Hympathies that receive or await their re- 
 
 ward — IH the cHHcntial principle of that poll- 
 til III Mtiength which produces creat reHults 
 That cunlideiice should be given deliber- 
 ately, with full knowledge that it 
 is deserved, .ind ii should not In 
 wilhdrnwn through iiH'ieraprire. hi politicM, 
 jiH ill hoiiHukeeping. tr«'i|iieiit iiiovings are 
 as bad as a lire Having Iccind a suitable 
 home, there abide \ uur tiMtiilure will l>e 
 the gainer. Hut conlidence must be rHtioii- 
 al, not blind. Kee|> an eye on voui piiblii 
 men. L)ii not tear to remoii<'trute, lenii in- 
 liering at the ^anie time ttiat too manv 
 singers al the hi tern lend to confMse the 
 antheins, too many hands on the rudder may 
 ( aiise the comptisH to be sliirhted. What 
 horizons, my friends, are o|ifniiig up 
 iiefore us ! Wlnit resoiines f«)r lln' 
 living strengtn of the nation are dis. 
 ( losed when we survey this vast domain, 
 that Providence has pi;iced at the dispo-ial 
 of our activity and ambition I One hope 
 esiiecially IiIIh me with pride, when I tliink 
 of a country that I have just "|uitted. It is 
 llie vivid taitli ot our population, that faith 
 NNhicli begets respect for authority, the senti- 
 ment of dignity, the law of order. 
 
 I iiAVK .u;sr hr.VT kkanck, 
 that country so long the fairest, grandest, 
 most glorious in the world ; that country 
 which was our cradle ; that country which 
 we love as one loves that which 
 has given Idm l)eiug, with remembrance foi 
 all glories, with pardon for all failings. That 
 tountry is still the most beautiful, but it is 
 no longei the greatest or the most glorious. 
 Its greatness and glory have disappeari-d 
 with its faitli, as in those doomed lands 
 of which Tacitus wrote : The gods have dis- 
 appeared. Its policy which formerly gov- 
 erned Kurojie e.xc'ites to-day only the t on- 
 tempt of its good citizens and the derision 
 td' foreign nations. What is of special in- 
 terest to us is that in J-'rance 
 just now (Janada is a good dial 
 talked of. They speak of our fu- 
 taire, of the place that we will occupy in 
 the sisterliood of nations wlien our hour of 
 emancipation arrives. They discuss our re- 
 lations to Imperial federation, anue.vatioi,, 
 independence, and they justify these discus- 
 sions on the ground that it is necessary to 
 prepare foi the time when the course of 
 human development will bring about the 
 crisis in our destiny. But we may be as- 
 sured that it is not these discussions, these pro- 
 jects, these constitutions that will cliange 
 the hour or the form of development. 
 
Ti 
 
 if lllilt poll- 
 
 I'llt li'HUltK 
 I'll tlnlilHT- 
 
 tlint it 
 
 I nut !•< 
 Ill ["olilitH, 
 iiiviiiKM iiri' 
 I II Hi:itHlil)' 
 itf will l>f 
 (I. Id' llitioil- 
 VOIII |>lll>lli 
 
 Ltc, mill 111- 
 
 tl)0 IlltlllV 
 
 •OIlt'llHf tin- 
 
 lUililiT niiiv 
 
 t.Ml. Wlllll 
 
 [ifiilii;; up 
 H for till- 
 n lire <li^^•• 
 iMt iloiuriiii. 
 Ihti ilis|XHai 
 
 '. ()|U» lldpf 
 'lieu I think 
 littdl. It Ih 
 n. Ihiil tiiiili 
 ty. tlic Hi-nti- 
 f. 
 
 t, ;;raiuli'Ht, 
 lilt ciiuiitry 
 iitry wliiili 
 lilt which 
 in'>riin(n tor 
 iiiuKK. Thiit 
 III, hilt it is 
 »Hl j^loiiuiM. 
 (lisHppt'iiivd 
 mti'il IiiikIh 
 (Is hiivc (lis- 
 rmi'rly jrov- 
 iily the con- 
 H' (htrisii)n 
 spcciiil in- 
 Ill i-'rancf 
 pfood (hal 
 of our fu- 
 ll <n( upy iu 
 uur lumr of 
 •ifUHs our ro- 
 anuexatioi., 
 hcHO (liscUH- 
 in'cesKary to 
 e course of 
 about the 
 may he aK- 
 iiH, these pro- 
 will change 
 inient 
 
 WUKN rilK dllAIN I* HIPK 
 
 it iloiH not lake nieaNiiiivs to e-oape from \tn 
 i-nvelope ami anli the wiml to hear it t<> the 
 Hiiil wlere It will rei'oinnii-tii'f itM cerniina- 
 lioii Tli>* iK'W hai< lii'il < hi) k iIoik not le. 
 Ih'i I on tlif HtreriKth of its hoiiv HVHteiu an<l 
 tli<> thii kn»HH of iiM pliiniiiKe. It lipi'tik'' itn 
 mIk'II ami daneeH K'tilv Kh tlrnt Mti*prt in the 
 HiiiiHhine. Till- ihivHalix fillx of it- 
 ■j'lf from oil the lnitt«'rtly whi< h Moar^ 
 uwav to kiKN the lliiwerH In tlii>Hnrn»* tuan- 
 Iter natioriK awiiKi* to liti> when tin- time 
 I omi'K for tilt m to l-n-ak ltn' wheil Thf 
 'omtiiuiiity that lahors tor its hcijtliy 
 ,'r(i\vtli, for the elevation of it-^ moral and 
 material Htntiire, in the una that advau> oh 
 uiortt surely toward" i-mani-ipatii)U, to- 
 wards indepi-ndeni <■ When it feeln 
 itmdf HtronK. when it feelw itself 
 r'aiiv, itH instini'l tellK it to f( \lone mid 
 set j»ut in lonlidenee. All thn iwttor th<n 
 for thoHi' prudent men vvlio shall have undi-r- 
 stood the sit nation, ln>in>j ready witli 
 their aid and Kuidance. Since it hepm itH 
 liff, over two cciiturics and a half aifo, our 
 country has nolilv fiillilled its deHtiiiy ; I*ro. 
 videiK I! has wati led ovcr its days in calm 
 an in storm ; hut I'lovidemc helps thoHe that 
 liulp themselves, and Canada hax oti'ered no 
 exception to the rule. Not without effort 
 has (Canada pres«'rved her ( liarai:ter, 
 maintained luu- liberties. Let her ecu- 
 tiniie in those lair traditions. Now that -(he is 
 lulviinein^; towards maturity, in the future as 
 ill the past the people will ru( onni/,e the lU'-n 
 who will know li(;w to;<c"i'l'' tlie naticui under 
 its new eouditions. It uiust resist the hv- 
 diii tions that lie in wait for it at that sta^e 
 01 its career, as it made head against the t-n- 
 croaihmeuts (hat assailed \tn infancy and 
 youth. Krom another standooini, if our 
 politicians have only to formulate ref,MnieH 
 or constitutions in iulvau«i;. their role in the 
 country is no less grand, impiMtant and be- 
 set with (iilticulty. Thev have succeSKfulIy 
 taujiht the people the lessons of industi/. 
 loyalty, Kuhinission, ( onfulence. They have 
 taufifht them to be sutheient to themselves. 
 To thoR(3 precepts they must a«ld the secret 
 of i)rofitinj? by pro^rress accomplished, a 
 rational sense of strength and dignity, the 
 art of directing, of ruling their own de«tmy, 
 and, nbove all, that i)rofouud pitriotism 
 which comprehends the grand task of creat- 
 ing a new nationality, of bringing to 
 the birth a people who, with lofty front, 
 with assured regard and lirm heart can set 
 foot as a sovereign on the soil that belongs 
 
 to it, and for which it seeM in the ilUtiince 
 the pr<»nii»'t efa giand eiii;iire 
 
 IM OI,n KI'llol'K. 
 
 wheiire I have just tome, and where I have 
 fidloweii with interest the iiioviMiient of 
 opinii'U, there seions to be a fear that we are 
 lieing drawn within IIih lascinalion of tif 
 neighboring republic, that our teiidenry Im 
 Inwiirds absorption Iin the rnited StatoM To 
 those who spiiki- to m • of such teiideney, I 
 replied that atfectioii. selt-luve and interest 
 stood as a barrier tiKalnst it: that , in addi- 
 tion to pn-jiidii <'M of race and religion there 
 had developed in Canada a iiAtioiial feeling 
 which lioiind together a community appar- 
 ently so heterogeueouH; and I was nappv to he 
 abh) to add that the progress a'coniplished, 
 during the twetity-one yearr' of Corifedera- 
 tion, and especially during (he last decade 
 made th>' 
 
 TIII.K OP CANAfMA.N flTI/.KS 
 
 a de'<ignation of jiisttiable and hone-Jt piide, 
 both for those who spoke French and (hosi* 
 who Hpoke Knglish. And what I saiil to my 
 friends in Kuiope I repeat here on niv na- 
 tive tioil : the attitude of our powerful neigh- 
 bor has nothing that need alarm us. I,et 
 their prosperity serve as an e.\ample to us ; 
 but let it not seduce us. Nay. their <olosHal 
 power is to us an element of sei iirit'y. As 
 for forced annexation, it would be in contra- 
 diction to all the political traditions of Amer- 
 ica; it would he a violent denial of the 
 very princi|>le that gave birth to 
 the Uepublic. As for annexation by 
 the reduction of material advantages, the 
 very strongest sentinuuit that swaya hotli 
 comraunitie.J and individuals —that of self- 
 preservation — is opposi;d to it. The advan- 
 tages otTered would not (;ompensate for the 
 .interests lost, without counting the sacriflce 
 ot honor, which surely is of some weight 
 with us. 1 am not, indeed, of tliose who re- 
 proa'h with disloyalty the promoters of 
 commercial union. Hut I sincerely believe 
 that they are deceived and thi't their schemes 
 are dangerous to the real interests of our 
 country. As for gaining those ends by dis- 
 honest methods, the people may he trust^>d 
 (m that point if the attempt were made, 
 whatever example a few politicians might 
 set. The conscience and hon<»r of a nation 
 are not to be bought. Hosidcs, why should 
 we not have 
 
 Oiril MANlKKST MESTI.NV 
 
 iu this western hemisphere':' Why, in the 
 consort of peoples and empires should wo 
 not have our distinct pirt to play? Have 
 
6 
 
 wt! not in th«) Htirriiiy i)fitj;('s of our liiHtory 
 ull the iUKplLrtir Kij^iis thiit fort'tfll great 
 dc'Htiiiit's .' In tliiit triuiripli iit VorUtnwu 
 whic'li wiiH the fertilizing niv of Auioriciin 
 liberty do we not find the glory shared lie- 
 twoen tlie two rucesof wiiiclKiiir own njitlon 
 iH coin posed .' Tlie Misriissippi need not he 
 jeuiuus of fiie St. Liiwrence. Each of those 
 kingly stntanis nuiy hear on itn iinast the 
 treaHureri of eni|)ireK richer than the whole 
 Eafit. 'J'he valleys and peaks of the llocky 
 uiouiitains may sulHce lor the echoed ac- 
 chunationH of two hundred niillions of men ; 
 the soil and the sky of this vast (ontineiit 
 are siiftieient for the progress, the glory, the 
 liberty of us all. In the pt'riod of pro- 
 digious development through which we are 
 passing, tliree grand <|uestions are imposed 
 on the patriotism of our citizens, on the; 
 solicitude of our rulers : theindustrial move- 1 
 lueiit, inijilying the study and amelioration , 
 of the relations between capital and labor ; ( 
 the speedy settltuicnt of the vast domain ' 
 that a wise policy has placed at our dis- I 
 l)osal, and the extension of our commerce j 
 abroad. 'J'hanks to tin; Nationall'olicy, our \ 
 industry lias been created and is an estab- 
 lished fact. In some lases it may be that i 
 it has antii ipated or transi;ende«i the wants ^ 
 and capacities of our market. When will it 
 l)(^ prudent to modify our fiscal policy? The 
 example of our neighbors may on this point 
 serve as u guide, at least until the time 
 when excessive surpluses in the revenue 
 would menace the economic bases 
 of the monetary market, a dan- 
 
 i't which as yet is not im- 
 XI inent. But if industry i)rospers, the ques- 
 ''' >n of the workingmen is sure to come to 
 
 le front. I am, as j on know, one of those 
 
 fho Itelieve iu the lavfulness of 
 
 THK LAUOn .MOVKMENT, 
 
 »^)io believe in the elevation of the masses 
 iu the economy of society, who believe in 
 the improvement of the relations between 
 capital and labor as a result greatly to be 
 desired. I also believe that after the grop- 
 ing in the dark which is inevitable at the 
 outset of all great social reforms destined to 
 modify profoundly an order of things that 
 has come into existence in the course of 
 centuries, we are nearer than is generally 
 supposed to the solution of the problem. 
 But I also believe that, as iu "^reat phynical 
 experiments, absolute precision in 
 movements and measures is neces- 
 sary to attain the due result so that 
 the least inconsiderate shock, the least ex- 
 
 aggeration, may compromise and confus«! a 
 <|Uestion so delicate as that of labor in the 
 fal rii' of society, f would say to the people, 
 therefore, (and my devotion to their interests 
 is equally free from pretence and from 
 weakness), that rtfligion, the only true mod- 
 erator of human ambitions, is tlii! nt'cessary 
 mediator in this great industrial revolution 
 for which preparations are with such ardor 
 being made. The nettlement of the public 
 domain by colonization and immigration, 
 has not, perhaps, had so rH|)id a develop- 
 ment as the etiortH of the Oovernmeut in 
 that direction would Justify us to expert. 
 Wliat is the cause of this comparative slow- 
 ness? It is true that great works, works 
 that are to last, have always been laborious 
 and slow. But there is no rea- 
 son to reject the sacrifices that have been 
 made or to decline making freslj ones. Nor 
 nnist the Cov(Tnment lose sight of the fact 
 that the older provinces also form part of 
 tlie public domain, and that enterprises for 
 attracting thither a larger population than 
 they are yet favored with are worthy of at- 
 tention antl support. The 
 
 NA\ l(..\T10.S' OK TUK ST. L.^WIiESOK 
 
 offers to commerce advantages whiih make 
 it the outlet of a large proportion of the 
 grain trade of the Northwest. 'J'he (Jovern- 
 ment has made provision for every even- 
 tuality by the wcnks of colonization which 
 it litts pushed forward with increasing 
 energy. Its sacrifices have not Vieen without 
 hope of immediate compensiition when the 
 question at stiike was the fitting of our har- 
 bors to receive, shelter, and repair vessels of 
 highest tonnage. Millions have not 
 been counted when it was uecessar.v 
 to construct great lines of railway, 
 those valiant pioneers of Canadian com- 
 merce. The Grand Trunk opened ihe mar- 
 ket, others followed the example until the 
 day when the country seemetl determined to 
 play its last card, as it were, to risk its last 
 shilling, for the construction of the colos- 
 sus with extended arms that touches both 
 oceans. In Europe the impres.-^ion seems to 
 prevail that we are going too fast in this di- 
 rcictiou, that our enterprises are in advance 
 of the development of the resources that 
 should foster su( h railways, and that the 
 credit of the country may be aflected by 
 soliciting capital that must for a time re- 
 main uni)rodiK;tive. But thos'i fears are ex- 
 aggerated. There may, here and there, bo a 
 case of disappointed hope, but, in the main, 
 these undertakings will prove remunerative. 
 
(1 confiiw"^ H 
 iibor in thf, 
 <) tilt) puoplo, 
 loir inttiicHtK 
 iind froiii 
 y tru« mud- 
 lio uecesHary 
 1 rtvolutioii 
 li such ardor 
 li tlu' public 
 miiiif?riition, 
 !i deveiop- 
 crumeut in 
 i to export, 
 anitive nlow- 
 orks, works 
 jen liiliorioiiH 
 no red- 
 it have been 
 1 ones. Nor 
 it of the fact 
 form part of 
 iterpriaes for 
 uhition tiian 
 worthy of at- 
 
 .WliENCK 
 
 i whiih make 
 ortion of the 
 The Govern- 
 every even- 
 zatiou wl.iich 
 increasing 
 tecu without 
 n when the 
 |i;- of our har- 
 lir vessels of 
 liave not 
 18 uet;eK8ary 
 of railway, 
 ladian com- 
 led ilie mar- 
 Iple until the 
 letermined to 
 risk its last 
 the colos- 
 ouches both 
 lion seems to 
 ,8t in this di- 
 \i in advance 
 sources that 
 d that the 
 affected by 
 Ir a time re- 
 fears are ex- 
 1 there, bo a 
 n the main, 
 munerative. 
 
 II must not bo forgotten that if 
 we owe respect to capital, which 
 looks for its dividencis, we also owe' 
 fostorintr care to the thousands of vigorous' 
 arms (hut are busy in our forests, in our 
 minint? rc^'jons, awaiting the advent of the ! 
 locomotive to engage in a work doubly re- 1 
 Diuni'rative, inasniudi as it develops now| 
 resources an«i retains in the country robust] 
 sons who would otlierwiso leave it to enrich t 
 (he stranger's laiul. I am one of those who | 
 be! ieve that money spent on railways is aj 
 . apital the revenue of which, the more tardy 
 It ih, is sure to be the more abundant. At! 
 the samt) time I admit that it calls for dis- 
 ( erniucnt, so as not to compromise by ill- 
 ;id\ised adventures enterprises that are 
 .oriouH and of durable benefit. The I 
 
 DKVKLOI'MK.NT OK OUR KOKKUiN TIIADI-; i 
 
 lias not escaped tlie watchful zeal of the Gov- 1 
 crnment. Some persons may have deemed 
 excessive the sacrifices that the ministry de- 
 mauds from the country for the encourage- 
 ment of ocean lines that woidd make Canada 
 ineferred as the route between liurope and 
 the East. I am even tempted to say that 
 enough has not yet been done in this way, 
 when I observe the interest manifested by 
 other nations at the bold position that Can- 
 ada has taken in the commercial movement 
 of the world. Not later than yesterday I 
 lu^ard an important New York business man 
 loudly complain that, by its apathy, t}ie 
 American Government was allowing Canada 
 iu take a formidable position in thi; mari- 
 time trade, of the I'acific. Could a 
 more flattering eulogy be passed on the 
 • iovernment than that which is implied by 
 such expressions of approbation on the i)ait 
 of a people of 60,000,000 inhabitants ? 
 
 - I 
 
 I'EKSO.VAI, TUA.NKS. 
 
 But, gentlemen, I must bring my remarks 
 to a close. I fear that 1 have already passed 
 the limits of your indulgence. I thank you 
 most cordially fr)r the warm and lu^arty wel- 
 come that you have given me, nor shall I 
 ever forget that it imposes duties on me as 
 well as gratitude. You have associated 
 with myself the name of my wife in tho 
 address of welcome that you presented to 
 mo. I have been touched with this mark 
 of esteem for her who hcs a right to share 
 my Joys as she shares my sorrows. It gives 
 me pleasure to assure you that it is to her 
 assiduous tare, to her unfailing solicitude, 
 that I owe, in a large measure, my recovery. 
 Besides, gentlemen, has she not some right 
 to^our sympathies for liaving demonstrated 
 in a practical and conclusive manner that 
 which I have so often urged, that in Canada 
 tho two nationalities united, can, if they 
 choose, constitute a partnership which 
 ha.s all the elements of solidity? 
 And now that we are about to separate, I 
 would ask you to communicate to your 
 friends the words of affection and good will 
 that I have had the pleasure of addressing 
 to you this evening. Tell them, above all, 
 that now that I am once more strong and in 
 good coudilion, I am more than ever at their 
 dispo.sal. My servicew are thiirs to com- 
 mand. To be useful to them and to serve 
 our common country, that is my sincere and 
 ardent wish — a wish that 1 shall ever enter- 
 tain, so long as you favor mo with your con- 
 fidence and your devotion. 
 
 Three hearty cheers were given for Mr. 
 Chapleau, Mrs. Chapleau, Aid. .leannottc, 
 and the Queen, and the gathering then dis- 
 persed.