We took our very Constitution, our very chart of national
life, from England--her laws, her liberty, her equity
were good enough for us. We have lived by them, some of
us have died by them...and, thank God, we were long
poor...
"And this Republic," he went on hotly, "this Republic
that menaces our national life with commercial extinction,
what past has she that is comparable? The daughter who
left the old stock to be the light woman among nations,
welcoming all comers, mingling her pure blood, polluting
her lofty ideals until it is hard indeed to recognize
the features and the aims of her honourable youth..."
Allowance will be made for the intemperance of his figure.
He believed himself, you see, at the bar for the life of
a nation.
"...Let us not hesitate to announce ourselves for the
Empire, to throw all we are and all we have into the
balance for that great decision. The seers of political
economy tell us that if the stars continue to be propitious,
it is certain that a day will come which will usher in
a union of the Anglo-Saxon nations of the world. As
between England and the United States the predominant
partner in that firm will be the one that brings Canada.
So that the imperial movement of the hour may mean even
more than the future of the motherland, may reach even
farther than the boundaries of Great Britain.
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