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IN J»KPri:MI4i:i>, in-7 •• Mil. .May(ii{. yoik lld.Nou, Ladih.s ami < ;i:nii,i:mi;n. In lisinj; io «'Xi)rt'ss my iickiiow IcdfjiMciits 1() the citizens of Wimiipcij for tliiiM crowning' llic friciiiily reception I have received tiiroii^^luiut tin- lenijth nm\ lirciultii of Miiniloha l)y >o no'ile iin entertniimient. J am )iaiiifiilly o))]))esse(l Uy the consideration of tlie many re>|)pcts in wliich my thanks are diie to you. and to so many other per- sons in the Province. ( .\]>|)lanse. ) Frpiaiise I , no r has till' sliiditest hitch or i coii- ncoiijrruou.s inci- ili'Tit marred the satisfaction of my visit. 1 have lo thank you for the liospi taliti I ha ve en] oved at llie hands of voiir individual citizens, as well as of a multitude of iiidoiiendeiit communities, for the tasteful and in^jenious decora- lions which adorned my route, foi- the ipiaiter ci a mile of evenly-yoked oxen thai drew our triumphal car. — for the universal proofs of your loyalty to the Throiip and the Mother Country, and for your personal uood will towai-ds Her Mi •.M'^'.V epresentat ive. .\l>o\e all I ha\e to thank xnu for the evidences pr( iliiccd on either hand aloiit: our marcii of your pros])erous condition, of yoiir V 'ifect contentment, of voiir confidi III voiir future fortunes -for I need not tell von that to anv one in niv situation, smilini.' cornfields, cozv home- -tead the joyful faces of prosperous nieii a nd wcnnen. am 1 th laiij: ht. if licalthy ctiildrcn. are the hest of all triumjihal adornments, f Applause. I Mut there are other thinus for which I ouuht to he ohliucd to you, and first for the hcautiful weatlier you have taken the precaution to provide us with lo mi ;,'iiivc a iiuit ti'i'. well, I lien, ladiiN aiitl ^cntlt'infii. what am I to nay and do t<' y>n in ret mil fur iill tlic plcasiiri' and ^at isfaci ion I liiivc rici'ivfd -il ymir laiidH'.' I four (licic is \cry littlt- that 1 can say and scarctly anylJiiii^i (hut I can dn cnin iiicii-^iinitc willi my ohli;^a(i(ins. Stay -there is mic ihiii^' at all events I lliitik I have alieaily done, fur which I am entitled to (diiiiii ynur thanks. N'mi are lioulitless aware that a yieat |M>litieal controveixy has fur some time ra;,'ed heMvteii the two ;iieat parties uf the Sl'.te as to whieli of them is responsihle tor I he \isilatioii of that teri'or of two continents the Colorado Ini;:. Mireat: laii;;hter. I The one side is disposed to assert that if (heir op|)oiients had never acceded to power the Colorado ini;.' Wdiild never iiave come to ('anada. ( IkCiU'Wcd laii^diter.l I have reasun to Ixdieve, however, t.hoii<,di I kiinw not whether liny siihstantial evidence has heen adduced in support of their assrrtion I lMii;,diter) . that iii_\ ' opvernment deny and repudiate ha\in;^ ind any soi't of concert or iinderstaiidin;,' with th.it irrepres^ihle invader. (Hoars of lan;:hter.) It wouhl he liif^hly unconst itnt ional for me. who am honiid to hold a perf"etly inipni'tial hahinee hctween the contendinf; parties of the State, to yirononnce an opinion upon this inomentdUf. question. ( I'enewed laii;.dit<'r.) I'.iit however disputahle a point may he the prime and ori;:inal autliorship of tlie Colorado hiif;, there is one fact no one will (juestion, namely, that to llie presence of the (!o\('rnoi-Ceneral in Manitoha is to he attriluitcd the sudden, total, other- wise iinaccoiiniahlc. and, I trust, permanent disa])pearaiice. not only from this Province, but from the wliole Xorth-west, of the infamous rind iinmentioiialde "Hopper" (loud lan^diter) whose annual visitations for the last seventeen years have proved so distressiu;ir to the agricultural interests of the entire leyion. TSiit apart fiom lieinjj; the fortunate instriinient of eonfeirinir this hene- lit upon yi n ( laii^diter ) , I fear the oidy further rected revelation, that her historical territories of the Canadas, hei' eastern seaboards of New Uriinswick, F.abrador and \ova Scotia, her Laurentian lakes aud valleys, corn lands and pastuT'es. thoujih them- selves more <'xteiisive than half a dozen Kiirojiean kin;:doms (applause), were hut th(^ vestibules and ante-chambers to that till then undreamt of Dominion, whose illimitable dimensions alike confound the arithmetic of the surveyor and the vcvitication of the exploi'er. (Tremendous ajiplause.) It was hence that count in^' her past achievements as hut the preface and prelude to her future exertions and exiiandinj; destinies, she took a fr(>sh dejiarture. received the afHatus of a more luijierial iiisidration. and felt herself no lonper a mere set- tler alon? the banks of a sin best way of correct infz' sucli a universal misappi'chension would be by a sum- mary of the rivers which llow throujjh them, for we know that as a poor man cannot afford t^> live in a big house^ so a small country cannot suiiport a lu^ / 1 I vaitlaycoiiM (■Iciiuiii in the icdinmiiial si i iictmi' of ilic cdlony. ( Api'iinisf. i I'licio i.-i MO (Idulit tliut a j.'r«Ml dciil of llic yood t\'fliiig (lius sul)^tirttin|i; hetwcoii tlm red men and fmiMdvcs i-- due td the inlliicnci .ind inli rpo-ii inn uf tlial invahiahio idiiss (d' men, tin- lialt'biicd si'llicis and iiinnci rs of Miinittil>a ( hmd a|)|daUHc), wild, cciniliiiiiii^ ar, liicy dn. tin- liai dilmod, t he ciidnra nee. and love of tiitcr |)ii.sc ;!4;cn( rali'd hy tlit; -strain of iiuiiaii Idnod within I heir vein^. with tiic (dvil- i>atinn, the in^lructinn, and the intcdleetiial jiowci- derived from thidr fatht-VH, liasc ineaidied tiie jjosjud of peace and piod will and nmtiuil vespcet, with ei|nally hencdhu'nt resultH to the Indian chieftaiit in his lodjie and tlio liritish settlei' in liin shanty, ((iieat applause, i Ihey have hcon the ambassadors lietwceii the i'last and the Wi'st, the inteipii'ters of ei^ili/at ion and its exi- >:enei(s to the dw( lleis on the jiiMiiie, as widl as tlii' exponents to the white man td' liie eonsidt rat ion Jii-*lly due to the suseejjt ihilit ies, the sensitive sm'd by successive (iovernmeiits of Canada towards the Imiian, and which at this monmnt is being superintended and earrie Province, and yet in a long ride 1 took acioss imuiy miles of ])rairie. which but yesterday was absolutely bare, desolatr' and \intenanted. the home of tlie wolf, the badger and the eagle, 1 passed village after village, homestead after homestead, furnished forth with all the conveniences aTid inci- dents of Kuropean comfort, and a scientilic agriculture, while on either side the road corntiidds already ripe for haivest. and pastuiea populous with herds of cattle, stretched away to the hori/on. ((ireat ap|daus".) P'ven on tliis con- tinent the peculiar theatre of rajud change and progress there has nowhere, 1 imagine, taken place so mar\(dlous a transformation (cheers), and yet when in your name, and in the name of the Queen of England. T hade these people welcome to their new homes, it was not the impiovi'ment in tlndr material for times that preoccupied my thoughts, (Mad as I was to ha\e the power of applotting them so ample a portion of our teeming .soil — a soil which seems to Iilun.xoiii at M loiicli ( clicci iii^M , aixl wliicli (licy wcic i-iilt ivat in^ In niifli iniini fcHt uilvMiiliip', I ft'lt intliiili'lv |iiiiii(|i'i ill l)t'iii;.' iililc til tiiiow (iv(>r llh'iii tli)> U'^iH (if tlic Kiitii^li ('unstitiitioii ( Imnl clu't'iin;^ i . ainl in l>i(iliiiii(Mi to lucatlii' the ill mn-|ili('i (' III' fnrclniii thai it •"caii'i'ly ui'rinx In ii> 111 nm-iiliT ami a|i|trrc'iiiti' imi' ailvaiita^i's in tliis ii's|iiM't. It is mily wln'ii \vi' air irmiinli'il liy siicli inei (li'iiN a- tlial Id wliifli I ii'liT, llif small ivMi'iil nf liii' wiiilil'-^ -.inlaci' iixiT wliii'li tlir |>i incijilrs uf railiamcntaiy (liivi'inniriit can Im> saiil in wuiis smoiitliiv anil liannoniiaisls . that \\v aif IimI In nm-iiiliT tlir fxri'iit inmil liaiiiiincss of oiir |i(>«iit inn. ( Apiilaiisi'. ) Nnr was m_\ visit In liir li'rlaiiilic I'nmmiinity Irsn sati-tai't(irs liian tliat to oiir Mi'ini'iiiiti' ti'linvN -iiIijimM hri-m ai'ciilriit 1 1 i-ir ri.m.stani'is 1 liavr i ii Inn;.' sincr Inl In laUi- an iiiti'icsi in tin' histoiy ami litriatuir nf tlir Si'a 11(1 ilia \ iaii laci'. ami llii' kimliirs> I nmi' ii'ci'ivril at. Ilio hamis III' till' Ici'lamlir |ii'ii|ili' in iln-ir n\\ n i>laml iiatiiially imhiioil mi' to take a ili'('|i iiiti'ii'Mt in the wcll'aii' of tliis nrw I'lni;;! at ion. ( .\|)|>laii«i'. I W'ht'ii we take into tu'rouiil the seclmleil |iiisiiion nt the lei'laiiilic naiion for the la.st tlionsaml years, the iinfavniahle eniiililinn-^ nf Iheir I'limnlii' ami ^('o;,'ra]ihiciil nil nation, it would lie iinreaxaialile In e\|Mit 'hit a cnlony fimn Iheiiee -lioiild exliiliit the same a|ilitmles for agiicnlliiral eiilei|irise and >elllenient a- ^ould lie imssessi'd liy a |ien|ili' fresh ficini intimale eonlact with I he hi^'her cisiliza- t ion of lMiio|ie. In leelaml there are neither trees, nor i ninliehls. ivn hii,'li ways. Villi eannot, therefore, expei'l an leelamlei to exhihil an iiisjiired pro- tieieupy in felliiif,' trees, |iloiii,diin^' lamU, or iiiakiii;^ roads, yet iiiifni Innately these are the three aeeoniiilislinients mo-,| necessary to a enlonist in Canada. Hilt though >lartinjr at, a disadvanla;.'e in lhe>e lespeclN, you must not nmler- rate the eajiieity of yoiii new fellow coiiiil ryiiUM They are endowed with a great deal of intellectual ahilily and a quii'k iiiti lli^'eiice. 'I'hey are well eiiii- eated. I scarcely ciilered a hovel at <;inili which dicl not |)osses- a lilnary. Tlii'y are well eondiicted. reli;;ious ami pcaccaMc. .\liii\e all they iire docile and anxious to learn. lApplause.) Nor ciiiisideiin;r the dijlieulty which prevails in this country in procuring' woinen servants, will the accession of some I'un- dreds of Inight, eood-lnimnieil, thou^di perhaps inexpericincil. yet willin;.' Ice- landic ;^iils. anxious for ciiiployniciil, he found a disadvantage iiy the resident ladies of the einmlry. Should the dispersion of these young penjilc lead in course of time to tlie fntinatinn of iiinre inlimate .ind tenderer ties than tiiose of inei'c neighhorlinoil hetweeii the Canadian |ii)puhi1 ion and the Icehmdic colony. I am safe in predicting that it will not ])rove a mailer of regret on the one side or the other. ( Ap|ihiu.-.e. i And. gentlemen, in reference to this point I caiinnt help remarking with satisfactinn nil the exieiii in which a cninniunity of interests, Ijie sen h' of hciiig engaged in a coinmon undertaking, the ohvioiis degree in which tiie prosperity of any one man is a gain In his ncighhors, has amalgamated tiie various sections of the po|nilatii)n of this I'rovince. originally so diverse in race, ori'-iii and religion, into a patriot ie, closely welded and united whole. ( A])|)lausp. ) In no |»ait of Canada have I found a hetter feeling pre- vailing hetween all classes and sections of the coniniiinity. (Clieers.) It is in a great measure owing to this widespread seiitimeiit nf hrol iieihooii that on a recent occasion great troiildes have been averted, \\liilc at the present moment it is lindiiig its crowning and iiinsi trium[ilian1 expreNsinn in the estahlishinent of a I'liiversity under conditions which have heeii deidared iinpossilde of apjdi- cation in any other Province of Canada 1 may say in any other country in the world (great cheering) ; for nowhere else, either in Km ope or on tliis continent, as far as I am aware, have the Bishops and heaiU of the various religious eoin- nmnitie- into which the Christian wnild is iinhap|)ily divided, comhined to erect an Alma Mater to which all the denominational colleges of the Province are to (V tk riviT. \o\\. 1() nil i;ri^'li>.liiiiiin m ii l-'ictKlmi m, the Scvfiii or thf ThanifK, tlio Seine III I lie lUloiie. Wi.nhl il|i|H'll euH-tiilel illile -I I Cillll', lilll ill tile nil;|\\il, il ini'Ie illl'llell) III tlie S| . |,n\\ leliee. nil illlluelll IlKirenxer wllirll reilelle«i the |iait'lil sire nil Hi\ liiiinlreil inije^ Iruiii il^ iikhiIIi, ue liiive ii ii\er nearly li\e liiindied iiiui lillv miles liiii^. ami three ur I'onr times as M^r as any nf them. ( .\|i|iiaiise. i Milt (Veil lifter having; a-ei iideil the St. Lawrence itself to Lake Onlarin, ami piirsiieil it iieross Lake lliiron, St. (lair iind Lake Sii|ieriitr to Tliunder IJt ii|iiia, a river of some hundred miles lon^. riieiiee, tilmo!«t in a strai;.dit line, wc lawncdi him on to Laki' Shehumlowan ind Hairiy Lake and liiver a ma;;nilieent stream three Inindred yard- liroad and a eoii|de of luin died mile- Idim. down whose tramiuil Imsom he lloat- into the Lake of the Wooils, where he t'lids himself on a slieet of water wliieh. tlion^'h dimiinitive as eoni|iared with the inland seas he has left liehind him, will prohahly lie found siillieieiitly extensive to remler him fearfully seii-iek diirini,' his passa{j;e across it. iLaiiyhter.) i*"or the In-^t ei;,dity mile- of his voyaj^e, however, he will l)<» consoled hy sailiii;,' throujih a succession of land locked channels, tlie beauty of whose scr-iiery. while it rescmldes, certainly excels the far-famed 'rin)Usaiid Islands of the St. Lawrence, i Loud cheevin;;;. » Kroin this lacustrine jiaradisi' of -ylvaii heaiity we are ahle at oiiei' to Iraiisfer our frieiul to the Winnipeg, a ii\er whose existence in the very heart and ceiitie of the conti neiit is ill its(df one of Naturi's' most deli^ditful miracles, .io hemitifnl and varied are its rocky liank-, it- liifled i-lands. -o liroad, so deep, so fervid is the Volume of its waters, tin- extent of their liikelike ex|iansions, and the Ire- nieiidoiis jiower of their rapid-. I rreiiieiidous applaii-e. ) At last li't us sup- pose we have landed our traveller at the town of \\ iiinipet;, the halfway house of the eoiitiiienl. the capital of the I'raiiic I'lovince. and, I trust, the future 'iimliilicus" of I he |)ouimioii. MJreat cheerin;,', ) ILiviii;.' had so much of water, havinji now reached the home of the liiilValo, like the extenuated KaUtalV, he naturally •l)alil)Ies of ;;reeii tields' (laii;^hter and apjilause), and career- in iimigination over the primeval ;4ras.s('s of the prairie. Not at all, Ivscorted hy Air, .Mayor and the Town Couneil we take him down to your ipiay and ask liiin which he will ascend lirst -the I'ed Uiver or the .Nssinihoine, two streams, the one live Imndreil miles Ion;,', the other four hundred and ei^rhty. which so happily miii;,;le their waters within your city limits, (Applause.) .\fter hav- inj; ^iiven him a piudiminary canter up these respective rivers, vve take him otF to Lake \\ intiipi'j;. an inland sea three hundred miles loiij; and upwards of sixty broad, during; the navij,'ation of which for many a weary hour he will Iind hiinsidf out of si;,dit of land, and prohahly a ;iood deal more imlisposed than ever he was on the Lake of the Woods, or even the Atlantic. ( Lauj^hter. ) .\t the muth-west aii;.de of Lake \\'inni|iee he iiits upon the mouth of the Sas- katcluwvaii. the jjatewav to tin' .\orth-we-t. and the starting |)(unt to another one thousuid live hundred miles of navieahle water, llowin;.' nearly due east raid west between its alluvial hanks, Maviii;; now reached the foot of the Rocky Mountains our "ancient mariner' (laufjhter), for by this time he will be quite entitled to such an appellation, know in;; that water cannot run up hill, feels certain bis aeqiiatie e.X]ierieiices aie concludc(l, i' Lauprhtcr and applnu.se.) He was never more mistaki'ii. ( Lau;,'hter. ) \\ C immediately launeh bim upon the Artlialiaska and .Mackeii/ie rivers, and start him on a lon;,'er tiij) than any lie lias yet undertaken ( lau;;hter) - the navieation of the Mackenzie Hiver alone exceedinif two thousand five hundred miles. If he survives this last 3 ('X|)<'ri('ii<'c \vi' wiml iiji lii-i |ii'ic;ii iitiii iiiiiH liv ,i (■cpiichiiiiiiy voviijjc of niic llinii '^itml tiiiit IiiiikIiimI iiii|i-< duwii iln' l''iii>ii lEivcr, Tliiiiii|i.Hiiii i:i\i-i' It) N'li'liii'ia. ill \ miicimim'i . wlu'iiiiv li;i\iM){ |)ii\ iiiii->ly |ii'ii- viilcil liiiii with II tli'.Hl cliin..* I'l-tinii t icUil Inr ilmi |ini'|Mir^i', he will |ir(iiiiilil,\ |ii'i'fi'i ;;< t'liiiiin'riit ion, lliiiN*' wliii air ai'i|iiaiiHi'il >\it)i llic ciiiiiil ly art' avvavr lliiit. for llii' Makt' of lii'i'sily, I liasc niiiilti'il iliiiii>;iiiiN of iiiiii'o of oiIht laki-^ mikI livi'iH, wliicli uatcf varimm rc;;ioM^ of till' Noitli \M-l . ilic i/ii' \|i|ii'llc Ivivci. till' Hilly l!i\i'i', Lakf Miiiiiltilia. L.ikc \\ iiiiii|i<'^ti>iH. Shoal Lake, cli'., iiloii^' wlioHf itili'i'iiiiiialilc liaiik.s ami >liHt ( laii^lilci i . Init tin* ^kcti-li I li.ixr ^.'ivcii is niorc than Hiil!i<'i*'iil for my |mii'|>o-i', ami when it i« furl her iiimiiiln'ri'il that the moHt of thi" stiraiiiH How for their I'litiir h'li^th tlii'oii;.'li allinial |ilaiiiN of tlw rifhi'st ilcs('ri|)t ion i a|i|)laii-i' i . wliric yiar aftrr yt'iir whrat can he laiMcil \\iili out maiiiiic. or any .Hcii-iililc thi'y posst'SH of all'oi'ilin^ ''>i|'l'\ ""'' |iio>|ii'roni iioinis tii luilliou-^ of tlir hiiiiian I'tu'c. ( l.on;{-c'iuil iiiiii'il ii |i|)laii>('. I Hut in ('otilt'iii|ilal iii^ the \i>lan ihiH opi'iicil to oiM inia;.'iiiat ion, we must not for;;ft tiiat tliri'f I'lisuci a <'oiirs|ioiiil ill).' t\|)an>ioii of our olili;;it ions. I'oi- iiislanci'. unless ;.'r''at rare is takni, we sluill liml, a^ we move westwards, that the (•\i;;.'t'nci('s of civ ili/at ion iii,i_\ clash injuriously with the |ircjudic('s and traditional halut^ of our Indian fellow snhjccls. As huij,' as Canada win* in llu' womU the Indian |iiold( in was com- |iarati\cly easy, the projircss of settlement was slow enoUf.di to ;^i\e am|ile time and opjiori unity foi arriving at an amicalde ami mutually eoiiNcnicnt ;u'raii<.'e- ment with each liihe, with whom we siici'essi\el\ came into contact; hut once Hilt upon I he plains, coloni/,at ion will ad\anee with far more r ipid and un;^iiV' ermildc strides, and it cannot fail eventually to interfere with the iiy no means ine.xhaust ihle su]i|ily of huiralo upon which >(> many of the Indian trihes arc )io\v dependent. A;;aiiist this contiiijieiiey it \\ill he our most iir;;eiit and imperative iliit_\ to take tiimdy pre.'aut iiuis hy emihlini; the red man. not hy any undue pressure, or hasty. <>v ill considered interference, hut liy precept, example aiiil suasion, hy ;.'ifts of cattle and ntliei eiicoura;jements. to e.xchan^^e the pre- carious life of a huiilei for that of a pastoral and e\-entu:iil\ that of an ayri- eiiltuial people. (Apjilause.) Happily in no part of llci- .MMJestN's Dominions arc the relations existin",' hetsveeii the wiiitc scithr and l!ic orijjinal natives and masters cif tho land so well iinder-tood or r,o ;:cnerously and huiirinly inter- preted as in Canada, and, as a eonseiiiicncc, instead of heiiifj a cause of anxiety and distuiliaiice, the Indian trihes of the Diiiiiinioii arc resjarded as a \aliialdc ndjuiiiit to our 8trenj;tii and indii- ry. (Hear, hear, and a|)|dause.) Wherevi'r [ li:ive j,'one in the Province, and -iiu'c I ha\c heeii here I have I !',i\ clled nciirly a thousand miles within your hordor.s, 1 have ffumd the fmlians upon their sevi^ral reserves, jiretermitt in^' a few petty yiiexances of a local character they thou^'ht tliPinselves just iticd in piefcrrinji. contented and sat istied. iijion the most friendly terms with their white nei;.dihoi's, and implicitly coiilidinj,' in the j^ooil faith and paternal scdiciimle of the ( iovernment . (Applause, i In some dis- tricts 1 have h^arnt with idoasure that tlic Si(ni\. who a few years since entered our territory under sudi sinister circumstances- I do not of couisc refer to the recent visit of Sittiiij,' 15ull atid his people, who. however. 1 l)elie\e, are remaining perfectly quiet — are not only peaeeahle and well-behaved, but luive turned into useful and hardworking,' laborers and liarvestmen. while in the most distant settlements, the les« domesticated bands of natives, whether as hunters, voyageurs, guides, or purveyors of our furs and ^'ame, ))rove an ap])reoiably ad- I>i' ulliliatfil, iiml mIii.m' ,i,iiuli- iiii|tiiM H uf It ;;(.\cniillH liotlv in wllirli nil llic cluiU'tn'S of thf liirid \\ill lie i(|iri'>< of lli)> |ieiiinl coiintcipart of iIkhc fiicndlx -entiine t-. i<;ii;it applaiHe.i The reason !-• not far to --eek. (^iiite indepeiidenll.\ of ihe u'eiiial intercourse promoled iiv m i^jlilioiliiiod and liii' iiitci';.M-o\\lh u\ coimncrcial relalinn-t, a tiond of ?i;>iMpalli\' lielwi'cn the t\No |'id\inccs i-< created li\ the conscioiiriies* that they ai'c l)oth eir ,, ci in an etiterpi i^e uf \\ winj/s of n ;.'reat army inarcliiny in line on a levtd front: that they are holli en;;a;.'ed in a(haiicin^' the slandardH of civili/at ion wt'stwaid-. iiml tint for many a year to conic they will lie assoriaied in the ta-tk of convert iiiL.' tiie liicadth-- of prairie that >»t lelch hetween them and the sedin;,' sun into one va»t paradise of internal ional [icacp, of (hanestic hai)piiies> and material plenty. itiieat I'lieeriii;.'. I lielupen tvso communities thus occupied it is inipossihle Iml that amity and lovin;.; kind- licxH should ln' hejiotleii. ( .\ppla Use. ) l!ut, jicrhaps it will he asked, how cm I. who am the natural and oilicial erimrdian of Canada's virtue, mark with satisfaction such d:iii;,'croiisly sentimental [uoelivit ies towards her sednctive nei;.'lil)or. I will i'epi\' liy appealiii;.' to those espciienci'd matrons nn.l ciiap- crones I see aiouiid me. They will ttdl you that when a yoiiiiL' lad\' expresses liei- frank admiration of a man. when she wcdcomes liis a|i|iroach with imcon Htrained pleasure, cifisscs the room to sil heside iiim. presses him to Join her picnic, praises him to her friends, there is not tic .-liuditest fear of her all'ec iioiis haviiiir hccn surreptitiously ciitrappiMl hy the e-ay deceiver. ( li(aid laiiehter. I On the contrary, it is when she can lie soai'cidy hrou;,'ht to mention his miiiK' (jn'<'nt laughter). wIhii she avoid- liis society, when she alhnles to liim w i|ti inalicc and dispara^ri'inojit. that real daii^'cr is to he a])prehende(l. I itenewcd lautrher.) No. no! ('anada i>otli loves and admires the Cnited Stales, hut il is with the friemlly, trunk atlVclion which a lieart whole, stately maiden feids for some hi^'. hoist criai-.. hohhledehov of a cousin, fresh from schord and (date with animal spirits and ;rood nature. Slie knows he is stronjjcr and more muscular than herself, lias lots of |)(K'k<'t-mone\' ( lanj.'hter) . can smoke ciiriii^. and 'loaf around' in puldic places in an ostentatious manner forbidden to the rleconim of her own situation. ( Ijiroarioiis laii!.'liter. ) She admires him for his liiLrness. stren;:th. and piospcrily. She likes to liear of his punch- in;; the head- of other lioys. ( l,iii;Lrhter. I .She antici|iatcs and will be proud of his future success in lifo. and both likes him and lauirhs at bini for his afrectionate, hiyal. tb(Mi^di somewhat patroiii/in;,' friendship f(U- herself. (fJroat lau^'hter.) l>\it of no nearer connection does she dream, nor does bis bulky imap' for a monn'iit disturb her vii'vimil meditations. ( l.au^diter. ) Tn a worlu apart, secluded from all extrancou- inlliii'iices. nestling at the fc i <{ her majestic moilii'i. ('.inada dreams jicr dre.im. and foibodes her destiny ■; Ir.'ain of evei-broadenino liarvcsts, multiplying' towns and villa;,M.s, and expandinj,' pnsturps. of coii-( itutioiial self-eovenimcnt, and a confederated Empire; of pajje after pagi' of li()Mnnil>lc hi.storv. added ii> licr coiit rihut ion lo tin- niiiKils of tlic Mot.licr f.Viiinliy and lo tlie glories of 1 lie I'.riti^li met'; of n |)C)|ii't nut ion for all time nf)on liiis eonlineiil of liial tempeinte and svelli)alaii<'ed sy.>(eni of f.'ov- eiiiiiient, uiiirh eoniidnes in one nii;ilily wlnde. a^ the eternal possession of all I'in^lishnien. the Inilliiiiil lii>ioi'y and iraditions of tliepast, willi tin' f i ee d and iiio^i nnt I ainnudjrd lilifriy of ael ion in tlie fntnie. i Treniendoiis elicerin,t'. ) J.adies and ,L;cnt lemen, 1 ha\e now done. I havr to tliaidN yon for tlir palieiie:' witli wliieli yon liave listened to me. and once a^ain foi llie many Isiinlnesses you have dmn' l,;oly Dnll'erin and my-ilf durin,;.' oiir >tay ainon.iist you, Mo.-t lieartily do 1 eonuiatulate you upon all ih.it y*ni are doininistei in(Mdi'nt-., for your welfaiv heing based n|i(ai tln^ mo-,i -olid of ail foundalnnis, the cultivation of the soil, you are in a position to pursue l In even tenor of your way unlianildeil hy lliosi' alterna;i(ins of fortnne \\hi(di liistnrh the woidd of iraile and mannfartnr'e. Von have been blessed uitli an abundant harvest, and soon I trust will a railwav come to carry to those, who need it the surplus of your prcidnee. now -as my eyes have witnessed imprisr.ned in yonr slorchonse- for want of the moans of lransi)ort. ( Cheer--, i May the e\pandin,u linaiu'c- of tlie connfry soon place the (iovcMiimetd in a position to gi'atif\ your jnst and natural expoetations." (Cicat cheering.) 'Ti