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THE PROCEEDI NGS
AT THE UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF
THE LATE
SIR JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD
P. c ., G. C. S., t'L P., D. C. L (OXON.). lL. D., Q. C .,
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HAMILTON,
ON THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1893.
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TIlE R IGHT HE YE HE S n T H E B ISH OP OF N IAGARA,
HONOR ADL E W. E. S AS1"OHI)' S S PEECH .
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T81~ HONORABLE Sm AllOJ,I)II E CAllON ' H Sl'EECll ,
Tns H OXOHAHLI<: SIR CIIAHI,EB HmnERT T Ul'PEU's S PE ECH ,
'I'n» BaNanAELE SIR OLI\'ER l\Im\'AT' S Sn:l<:CH,
TUE H ONORAllLE N . C I ,AU K E \ V AL LACE ' S SPE E CII ,
P UE SEXTATIOX 0 1" THE S TAT UE TO THE C ITY OF H A:\II LTO:'\',
HIS 'VORSB IP M AYOR B UtCH E R' S A CKNOWI,E DG:lIE XT ,
R ES OLUT ION or C IT Y C OUNCI L,
ILLUSTRATIONS.
STAT UE 01<' SIR Jonx A. M Ac n ON ALH,
Sm .JOHN CAm,n'G, K, C. IVL G.,
M EMBl<::HS 01 ' T U E Do:mxION AND O NTARIO G OVEH N ?lIE N T S PUEBE N T '
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~LE~lOHIAL ST ATli E OF sm .JOHN A. ~[ ACDO~ALD.
j T a meeti n g of t he Mem ori al Commit tee held after t he ceremonyof unveili ng, it was resolved that a record of the unv eilin g cere mon ies be publi shed , and that :\lessrs. Ada m Brown and C. H.
Smith be a committee to prepar e the sam e.
,---..,.---.-.:--;--,HAT Ca na da had lost a great sta tesman whe n Sir
.I oh n A. ~lacdonald died was univer sall y realized .Hi s n am e will always be ri ghtfully associated withthe foundation of the pr ogr ess of n nited Ca na da.Ab road as well as a t h om e h e was recogni zecl as anable and a representative leader-as one a mo ng thegre at leaders of his da y .
Among those who wer e his personal fri ends thedesire to fittingly mark his me mory quickly too k
pr actical form; t ho se who h ad opposed h is policy acquiesced, as knowingthat monuments to gr eat ness not on ly com me mora te th e dead but st im u late national confidenc e and pride, a nd awaken emula t ion in th e li ving.
Sir J ohn had many warm fri end s in Hamilton , and sho rt ly after hi sdeath a movement was se t on foot t o erec t a monume nt t o h is mem or y .The following gen tle men wer e a ppoi nted a commit tee to see a bout ther aisi ng by popular subsc ri ptio n of t he m oney needed, and to make a llnece ssary a rrangeme n ts:
H on . \V. E . S anf ord , President i A. G. Hamsay, 'V Ill. H en dr ie, ViceP resid ents ; John Kno x, Treasurer ; C. H . Smit h , Sec retary ; Geo. Roach,J. ~l. L ottridge, Ad am B rown, J ohn ~Iilne , F. F it zgerald, B . E . Ohar tton .Alex. Turner, J . J . .i\lason , Geo. E. Tucket t, J ohn A. Bruce, EH Van All en ,.J . J. Scot t , Alex . Ga rtshor e, 1\1. L eggat, 'V . A. R obin son .
'I'h e ob ject befor e the committee was recogni zed as so worthy, and wasso in accord with t h e feelings of li bera l-m inded Canadians, that theirappeal met wit h hearty response. Arrangements were rap idly comp let ed,and th e com mission for executing a st at ue of S ir J ohn wa s given t o Geor geg . \Vade, a talented young sculpt or , of L ondon , England. The work wa sad mir ably don e. T he sta t ue , which is cast in bronze , is of heroic pr oport ions- eigh t feet t h ree in ch es in h eigh t. Sir .Ioh n , wit h closely-butto nedfr ock coa t , is represen t ed standing in a n eas y posture, wit h t he ri ght handsligh tly ex te nded, an d an a nimate d bu t beni gn ant expression on h is fa ce,as if he were in the act of ad dressmg a sym pa t het ic au dience, a nd aboutt o get off one of hi s quain t wit t ic ism s. The likenes s is a n excellent one ,an d the pose of the figure is easy and natural.
The st atue arrived in H amilt on the 10th of last March ; but, as it wasthou ght becoming t h at S ir .Io h u's suc cessor in office sh ould unveil thesta t ue, th e cerem ony of the un veiling had t o be postponed until after the
SI B JOH~ CAHLING , I\:. C. xr. G "
retu rn of Si r John T hom psonfr om the Be h ri ng Sea arbitrati onin Par is, an d was finall y ar ran gedfor the fir st da y of No vem ber .
On Xlo nda y , the 30t h of Oct -ober . t he statue, veiled in thefold s of a Un ion .Iac k, wash oist ed into position . A pl atfo rm wit h seats fo r about t wohundred person s was erectedn ear t he st at ue, and from it rosea ta ll Hag-staff cove red withcrimson bu nting and to pped witha gilt globe and spea r h ead ; an din front of the plat form a tioorwas lai d , a nd up on this floorwe re pl a ced seve ral h undr edchair s.
The m orning of Nov ember1st was clea r and bri ght , andalthough t h e promise of th em orning was not fulfilled andrain came bef or e th e ceremo nieswe re completed, yet this marred
A lif e-Iong frie ll'\~: ~~ ;l\::~:~::tC:::I~:~~:~~~~l , andpres ent at bu t sl igh t ly the brilliant cere -mony . Hamilton a nd it s vicin
it y did not fur nish all of th e tho usa n ds who gather ed around th e st a tue ,for ver y m an y had come a gr eat dista nce to be present. The m ostdi stinguished pa rty t o a r rive wa s that which ca m e on the m orn ingtrain from T or onto, and in cluded : S ir J oh n S. D . 'l 'horn ps on , Mini sterof J ustice and P remier of Ca nada ; Sir Charle s H ibb ert Tupper, Mi ni sterof Marine and Pisherie s ; S ir Ado lphe Ca ro n, Postmast er ·General; SirOli ver Mowa t , 'premier of Ontario ; H on . J . C. Patter son , Mini st er ofMilitia and Defence i Hon. T . Mayn e Dal y, Min ister of the Interior ;Hon. N . Clarke \Vallace, Com pt rolle r of Cus to ms , and H on . J . F . Wood,Com pt rolle r of Inla nd He ven ue ; Lieutenant-Go vernor s Kirkpatrick , ofOntario, and Soh ultz. of Manitoba ; lIon. Frank Sm ith , Senator l\IcCal lnm , Col. 'I' Isdale, 1II.P_; Dr. Lachap ell e, l\1.P.; T . B . Craig, M_P_,CollectorSmall , of 'I'o ront o ; ,V. H. Howlan d, J. Hamilton Gibbs , \V. F. Do wn ey,Do uglas Stewar t , S ir J oh n 's private secretary , a nd a number of other s ,a mo ng wh om were som e of the m ost prominent cit ize n s of Toront o.Se nator Sanford wa s also on board , having gon e to Toronto, a s chai rm anof the monumen t committee , to accompany t h e Premier and h is part yto Hamilton .
L on g befo re the hour fixed for the unveiling crowds began t o ga th eraround t he statue, and t he invit ed gue ete filled u p t he platform whi ch hadbeen prepared for thorn. W hen Sir John Thompson as cen ded the platform , prom ptl y at three o'c lock, t here was seen su ch a sight as H am ilton
MEMBERS OF THE DO MINION AND ONTARIO GOV ERNMENTS
PRESENT ON THE OCCASION.
l-~ir .t olm Tbompso u. 2-Sir Adol phe CarOI1. :!-Rir Cha rl es Hibbert T ,lpl 'Pl". -t- Hon . T . :\Ia yne Du ty. ;;-Hou . .T. C. Pa t terson .fi-c- Ho n . .J. )[, Gi UROll . 'i-Holl . ~ . Cte rk wal ta co. b- : lo l~ ..1. F . wood . 9-Sir CIive r :'Il l-wat.
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has se ldom f urn is hed. The pla t for m a nd t he buil di ngs near it were ga ywi th bu nting, and the de nse cro wd of peop le stretc hed over t he Gor e a ndth e st reets adjacent, a nd filled every a vail ab le space, while every wi ndowfor bl ocks around was f ull of fa ces , a nd nu mber s of the more ven t ure somewere seen upon t he roofs . It is es t im a ted th at t we nty t housand peopl egathered to do h onor t o t he dead .
T he s ite cho sen for the mon um ent wa s at t he in tersection of King an d.I oh n st re et s , an d upon th is site a pedestal of gray New B r un swick grani tewa s erec te d. Thi s pede st a l is eleven feet h igh a nd pyr amidica l in sha pe .Upon th e fr on t of it , wh ich faces the west , is a ca rve d sh ield bea t ing thisinscripti on :
I THE RI GHT HONORABLE
I SIR :OHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD ,
p .e. G.e .B . M .P . • D.e .L.. tO X O N) ,
LL.D . , o .c. .
BORN I N G L A S G O W, S C OT LAN D , 1 1T H J A N U A RY . 18 15 ,
D I E D A T O TTAW A , C AN A D A , 6T H JUNE , 189 1 .
A CA NA DI AN S T A TE S MA N WHO V A L U E D BRITISH
I IN S TIT UTION S AS THE TRUE BA SIS OF THE S TRE N GTH
A ND PROSPE R ITY O F' THE DO MIN I O N .
Anot her shie ld on t he op posite side is in scribed as follows :
M El'.1 B E R OF LEG ISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF CANI\ D A ,
1844· 1867 .
M EMB ER OF T H E E XE CUT IVE C OU NC IL OF CA NA OA :
11T H M A Y. 1847. UNTIL 9 T H MA RC H 18 4 8
10T H SEPT , 185 4 , UNTIL 2 9TH J U LY , 16 58 .
6 T H AUGU ST , 18 58 . UNTIL 23 R D MA Y, 1862.
3 0 T H M ARCH. 1864, UN T IL 1ST JU LY , 1865
FI R ST M I NI STE R OF THE: DO M I NIO N O F CA NADA :
1ST JULY , 1867 , UNTIL 6 T H N O V E M BER , 187 3 ;
1 7 T H OC T . , 1 8 7 8 , U NTI L H I S D EA T H , 6TH JU NE ,
H IS LAUR E LS N E 'E R W I LL F A D E WI TH Y EARS . "
U pon the sid es were chise ll ed the uames of all the P rovinces of theD om ini on .
T he foll owing, a mong ot h ers , h ad seat s up on th e pla t for m (lad ies beingpr ovide d with chairs im mediat ely in fro n t of t he platform) :
Ri ght H onor ab le Si r J ohn S . D . 'I'h om psou , K . C . M. G., Q. C., :i\Iin is te r of ,Ju stice and P remi er ; H ono ra ble S ir Adolphe Ca rou , le C. 1\1 G ,P cst m ast er -Gener al : H on orable Si r Charles H ibb ert 'I'u pp er, IC C. M. G .,H onorable Si r Oliver Mowa.t, K. C. ~I. G. , At t orney-Ge neral a nd P rem ierof Ont a r io j lIonorable T. l\la yn e Daly, Minist er of the Inter ior andS uper in ten dent -Ge ne r al of I n dian Aff airs; H onoruble .I. C. Patter son ,Mi nister of Milit ia a nd De fen ce ; H on orabl e N. Cla rke Wallace. Com pt ro lle r of Customs; Llonor ab le ,J. F . W ood , Com pt rolle r of In la nd B evenue ;lIono r aLle .J. 1\1. Gib son, Provin cial Secret a ry of On t ario j Lieutenant Governors K irk pa trick, of On t ari o, and Sch nltz, of Man itoba , The Ri gh tR eve rend Hi s L or dsh ip the Bi sh op of Niaga ra; Senat or s S mith , 1\l cCall um, Ma cl nu ee, Snlhv a n , a nd Sa nfo rd, :i\Iayo r B la .ich er , A . lHc Kay,1\1. P. , S . S. Hy ckman , M. P ., Dr. Mon t.ague, :\1. P. , Col. T is clale, ::.\1. P. ,Dr . Lach a pelle, :1\1. P. , T . B . Ora lg. ::.\1. P., .l a.rnee l\lasson , M. P ., H en r yCa rgill, 1\1. P ., A. Bo yle, 1\1. P ., U . \Vi ls on , 1\1. P ., \V . Gibson , 1\1. P . ,,1. D . E dga r , 1\1. P ., E. Coa ts wor t h , M. P ., F . 1\1. Ca rpent er , 1\L P. ,\V. D. Balfonr, 1\1. P. P ., \V. l\l cClea ry , 1\1. P . P ., Adam Brown, A . G .Ha msay , \V. G. R eid , .Iohn Calder, Alex . T urner , G. F. Glns sco , Joh nA . Bruce. \Vill ia m H endrie, Geo . E . T uckett, Robt . Evans , Ch urch illLi vin gsto ne, Col. Monagh an , \V. Sanford Evans , H . \ V. W it fou , F. ' V.Fearma n , F . Fitzgerald , Stua rt L iving sto ne, W . So ut h am , Alex . Gartshcre,City Cler k B easley , C. It. Sm it h, W . F . Burtcn , J . ;1. Scot t , Ma jorMcL aren , T . D . .1. Far me r , J. H. W olf's, J . Parker, A . 1' . I~' reed , ,T. ,J . Mason ,A . Ru t her ford , S. P . Sti pe , \V. Kav an agh, \Y. ,T. Gran t, S. F L azier , Q. C.,T hos . Lawry, T . C . H aslet t , \ V. E . Brown , T . H . Brown , E . Van .Allen ,J. V. Te etz el, Q. C., P olic e l\lagistra te J elf s, \V. Nicho lso n , Jo hn Ken r-ick ,\ V. B owman , C. D . B lachford . .I a s. B ovai rd . \V . You ng , Gee . R oac h ,Capt . .T. S . II endrie, Mat.th ew Le ggat, Ma jor MacLareu , Ma jo r Snider .Alde r me n Ar land, Brick , and Derby, John Leggat, B . Cauley , John Ca rruther s, l\l urray P ett it , A. G . .I onos. C . 'V . T inli ng , .Ioh n \Vylie, A. D .Brai t hwait e, T . Hobson , \V . Cluc as , \V . F . \Valker , Q. C., ,Jo nathan Oarpen ber, Ge o. A . Youn g, U. 'I' . Lan cefield , J . Honan, J . T . Burkholder,\V. H. l\l cLare n , E . Furlong , \ V. E ll ison, Geo. Ro ss,
From T oronto- Joh n Sma ll, colle cto r of custom s; \ V. H . Rowlan d ,J . H amilton Gfbbs , W . H. Brook , Da vi d Cre igh to n, (Empire) , C . W . Bun t in g, (l\I a il), W . H. B rock , C. Hitchie, Q. C., Dr. P yne, T homas )[cGa \\' ,T . C. I rving. Geo . l\lnsson, H am il to n 1\IcCarthy , H. Sco t b. ' V. La.idlaw, (.).C., R . Gow an loek, Geo. Kappele, H. Bnrmingh am , Georg e Bim pson ,J . 'I'h ompson .
From London - Sir -I ohn Carting, K. C. M. G., Ernest B . S mi th ,. Captain Ca r pent er, Dr. Roome, M. P .
From D nn das - 'l' . A . Warde ll , A . H . W ardell, Thomas Stock , J\Ia l orMcHeclin ie , L ient .· Col. Gwyn , \V . E . S . Kuowles , A. F. Pirie, H . T . \Vil son ,T . H . A. B egue, .Ioh n B erbram .
R ev. Messr s . W . W . Cm-son (De troit ), D r . L ai dl a w, S . L yre , B . D .,n , G. Bo ville, G. \ V. Kerb y . ,T. H . L on g, T . Geogh egan , .}. Ya n \Vyc k, i».
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Buru s , E. ar. Bland , W. I\. Cla rk , D r. Fm. er , Dr. Cla rk , 1. Tovell , E. ;\1.F esse nden , Dr. Pot ts (T oront o), Canon Sut he r la nd, Fath er Cot y, F at herBrady , Chanc ello r Craven , Re v. 1\11'. Woodsw orth , Re v. •lam es Allen j
;\l ayor Hi scott, St . Ca tharines,; C. D . Pot t s, Gla nfo rd ; H. Qua nce , jr .,B inb ro ok ; .1. H . G rout . Grimsby; Da vid Bell , Rockton ; .T.Scott, T. Black stock, H. C. l\1or r ist on, Charles Xlort-iston , Xlor r-iet on iJ . H ull , Wal pole ;\V. H . Brooking. Ancaster.
},Ia yor Xl ullin , Brarnpton ; J . )IcL au ghli n, pres ident board of trade,Owen S ound ; Hober t Hen ry , 'I'hos. El liot.t . .I. .1. H a wkin s , J oseph Yanfl eet ,H. It evill e. Dr . E . Griffin , H . ) 1. H. Wil son , G . H. Sanbonrne, B ra ntford ;A. H . Ba .ird , P a r is ; .Ioh u :\[c [)ermott, Georu etown ; )1. Young . Bnrlington ;) I ayor B a rker , Kincardi ne ; Ma vo r Sm it h , G uelph : Mayor ' Vri gh t , Dresden ; g. B . Smith , L ondon; Jus. A. L ivingston e, },[ayor 'I' aqgar t., Clifton;.Iosepli H op e, Otta wa ; Burg eon-Majo r Keefer , Gai t; \V. A. 'JlcCnll a , .J.Gold in g, E. Stone ho nse , ,,~ . D. ill cCnll a , Bra m pton . Oth er s presen t were:L ad y Sc h ul tz, 1\11's. Hyckman , Xl rs . \V. Hen dr-ie, Mr s . J . S . H end ri e, Mise'I'I ua II en dri e, 1\11'8. Ad arn Br own , Miss B rown, Mi ss 1\1acLaren, Mis sMnr ia .l\l acLaren , th e :\1isse8 Llo wa r rl, Mr s. \V. E . B rown , 1\1rs . H en ryMacL a.ren , Mr s. .Toh n Cnlde r , J ohn an d Xlrs. a nd Miss P roctor , 'Jl a jora nd t he ::'Ili sses O'Heilfy . Geo T . an d ::\ Ir s . Tu cket t , 1\l r s. Freed , .l oh n an d1\l r s . H oodless , F . U. Bruce, Xl rs . •J. R ose Hol den , J ohn Crerar, Q . C., A .E . Oarpeuter , .T. \Y. Hend t-ie, )I isses Leggat, H . S. and ::\lr s . B rennen.vl .Xl ,and :;\1rs . L ott r idge, H . H . and )[ rs. Robertson , F . F . D all ey, ..' Ir s..Ioh n Alexander , 1\11'8. \Y . F. w a lker , E . A. Colquhoun .
After the che ers which gr eated the a ppearance of the premier had subs ided, Senator San ford request ed Bi sh op H a mil ton to open th e proceedingswit h prayer . H is lord sh ip , dressed in f ull canonica ls , came forward and requ ested th at h is aud ito rs woul d repeat af te r hi m t he Ap ostles creed andthe res ponses follo win g. The bi sh op t he n re peated t he cree d, fol lowed byt h e Lord 's Pra yer , a ll on th e pla t for m join ing .
Se na tor Snnfcrd, in introducing Sir .lo h n 'I' ho mpson , spoke as follow s:
1\11'. P remier and lad ies a nd gent lem en : We h a ve me t to da y to com plete th e work in which we ha ve been engaged du ring t he last eig h teenmo nths - t he pl acing in our city a monument to t h e m em or y of t he gre ats tatesman who, d ur ing Canada's br ief li fe, h a s been most int imat ely associated with its growth an d deve lopmen t . T o th e me mory of t he ma n who ,more than a ll ot hers, was inst rumental i n for m in g out of t hese scatteredp rovinces, this nob le Dominion of whi ch we are just ly proud. A monn me ntto the memory of the la te Sir J oh n A. Macdona ld , whose hea d an d h an dfor a qu ar ter of a century gua rde d Canada's for t unes a nd guided t he wa yof t he gr eatest of t he colonies of t he crown throu gh va r iou s stages of m aterial growth an d poli ti ca l developm en t , unt il to- day she ranks firs t a mongBri ta in 's co lonial possessions. T he work of the subs cr ibe rs is almost con cluded , an d we refer to it with m in gled feeli ngs of regr et and of pl easure.Of regr et , we who m on rn th e loss of th e ~ reat pr emier , a s for a fa th er , or adea r f ri end , wit h a keen sense of per sonal 10 80 8. Of plea sure, t ha t in th e
MEMBERS OF THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE.
I -Hon . \V. E . Sa n for d , P res id e n t . 2- Acla m Brown . 3- 0eo. E. 'I' ucket t . 4- .1. .J . Sc ott . 5-J. I\J. Lot tridge, 6-Joh n A. Bruce .7- C. B.. Sm it h, Sec retary. 8- J oh n Mflue. s-coeo. R oa ch . lO-Alex . Ga rt sh ore. 11-3. J . ~J ason . 12- Alex. Turner.
13-\ \', A. R ob ln sou . 14-F. Ff t agera.ld . I5-Wm. H en d rl e. 16 - ':Ua t tl ww L egca t . 17- H . Eo Charl to n .
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com plet ion of our work we are fir st in Can ada to erect a monument, cre dit abl e alike to the memory of t he gre at st a tesma n and to our city. It ism ost gr ati fy ing to the com mit tee a nd th e cit izens generall y th at the pr emi er , wh o wa s so intima tely associa te d with the la te Sir J ohn for so manyyea rs , kindly conse nte d to lay as ide the pr essing duties of st ate to be pr esenton t h is occasion . I shall now ca ll upon Si r J ohn 'I'homson, pr emier of theDomin ion , t o unveil the sta t ue .
sm .I O Il ~ 1' 1I 0 )Il'SO~ ' S SPE EC H .
The premier of the Dominion was greeted wit h thunderous ch eersf rom the great crowd as h e ca me forward .
May it pleas e your honor, my Lord Bishop, 1\11'. Chairman, ladies and~ antlemen :
Before I perform the du ty wh ich is allo tted to m e thi s afternoo n, an dwhich is indeed a task of love- to un veil the statue of t he grea t state smanun der who m I h ad the h onor to serve for six or seven years- I con sider itIlly first duty t o te nder my con gratulations to you, 1\11'. Senator , an d to t hepeople of Hamilto n , for having been t h e fir st in the Dominion of Canadat o ere ct and unveil this st at ue to th e eminent st a tesm an who se memory wea re to recall to -day . (Ch eer s. ) I thank you in t he na me of t h e gover n mentof Can ada ; I t hank you a nd cong rat ulate yo u in the name of th e peop le oft h is Dominion ; but my congra t ulatio ns an d thanks ar e wider still , for Iha ve the plea sure h ere of voicin g the sent ime n ts of mill ion s of Briti sh subject s all over the wor ld, wh o will hail this as a gr eat event and a ne w mil est one reach ed in the histo ry of the Briti sh em pire. (Lo ud ch eer s.)
At these wor ds Si r .Joh n pr essed the elect r ic butt on on the r ailingbefore h im , and as t wenty thou sa nd pairs of eyes wer e tu rn ed fr om h im to themute, draped outline of the statue, th e veil of flag s dropped grace fully fromit , end there st ood befor e them the lif e -lik e figure of the grand old ch ieft ainin t he very attitude of addressing the multitude. So intensely dr am aticwas the incid ent tha t a gasp of su rprise seeme d t o em anate from th ecrow d , there was a mom ent of intense silence fol lowed by a mi ghty roar oft umult uous che er ing, and as it died away the st rai ns of t he Thirteenthba nd were heard playi ng" H ail to th e Ch ief. "
Continuing, Sir J ohn Thomp son sa id : I ha ve unveiled th e im age ofone of the most i ll us t r ious m en of our gen er a.t ion. I have spoken of thisbein g the fir st statue er ect ed t o hi s honor in Canada ; but before it had beener ected his bust h ad been un veil ed in th e cathe dra l of Bt . Paul, in the heartof England, as the mem or ia l of on e wh ose ser vices to the empir e deservedto be ranked with those of We ll in gton an d Nelson . These" lords of war, "as Lord Roseber ry sa id , "preser ved t he empire; " Sir John Macdonal daccomplis hed no less in h is la bora to consolidate th at empire. As t im egoes on other stat ues will be rai sed to h is m em ory in various parts ofCanada, an d ye t the grandest t hing for h is memory wi ll be tha t h is fam enee ds no monument t o exten d or to pr eserv e it . At the time of hi s deathi t was poeticall y and t ruthfully sa id, " His work-a nation-c-st and s hi smonu ment." (Chee rs.) Of no man of any peri od can it be more tru ly sa id
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that he was the father and founder of hi s count r y . After a lap se of someyears, when politica l asperities hav e ceased to mar t he true estimate of theman, this wi ll no lon ger be a point on which Canadians shall differ. H isli fe was ODeof incessant pohticaI wa rfa re; mu ch of it was passed in timeswhen the bi tterness of strife bet ween public men was far greater than it isto-day, and yet , from th e moment of h is death, the leader s of the pa r ty towh ich h e was opposed have spoken gen erously of his grea t public services,his great devot ion t o the interest s of h is country, and his wonder fu l h old onthe a ffections of t he people. (Chee rs. ) On e of t hose leader s I am glad t o seeh ere to-day-an d I a m sur e it will be gratifying t o him-at' an ag e whe nlong public life has brou gh t its on ly sure gif t , a crown of grey h airs , to la ya flower on t he monumen t of the statesman who was hi s perso nal andpr ofessional friend , al th ou gh for long yea rs hi s poli t ical opponent.(Oheers .) T he hist or y of Sir Jo hn 1Ilacdonald is the h ist ory of a lon g an ds ucces sful struggle wi t h the greatest d ifficult ies wh ich government in th ecolonies ha s presented dur ing th e pas t fift y ye a rs. Of these difficu lti es t hest atesmen of older cou ntries ha ve bu t a very fa in t idea . I n Ca nada theyseem to have been greater tha n anywh ere else . H is ear -lier li fe was passedin a province where the scope of politica l ambition was confined to t ha tpr ovince. T he difficulties of it s gover nme n t had been such that t o makeadministration possibl e i t h ad to be divided, then reunit ed , an d seemedlikely t o be divided aga in . T h e vast count ry to t h e west of her borders wasa region of romance and rare adv enture. Wi th the pr ovin ces t o th e ea st ,communicat ion was so difficu lt th at a letter took week s to reach it sdestination. P ractically th ey wer e as rem ote as Europe is from us to -da y,but Sir John lived to see, as the fr uit s of work in which h e too k a leadingpart, nearly all British Nor th Amer ica un it ed under one sys te m ofgovernment, a nd connec te d by railwa ys anti ot he r means of communicationun equalled in their com ple teness in any part of the world . (Chee rs) H esaw the va st regi on s of t he North west held as t he gr eat domain of Ca nada ,a nd traversed by railwa ys ea st and wes t , nor th and south . In th e prov in ceof Canada there wer e burning qu esti on s a bout which half the popu lationhad taken up arms again st the ot he r half, a nd were read y to do so aga inand again. Some of those qu est ions-the Clergy Reserves, th e Seign ior ialT enures, the Educati onal Policy-hav e passed out of politics into hi story j
other s of them , some of them ar is ing fr om the rivalries of race, and somefr om pr oximity to the Unite d Sta tes and fr om the conditions of bu sin essand of politics there, ar e s t ill pr esent with us, but in a modified form , andwith pr osp ect s t hat th ey will disappear as our peop le becom e more nurnerOll S and t heir resour ces becom e develo ped . Great honor is due to t ho sewho in t ime s past aided Sir .Ioh n in th e se t tl ement of t hose q uestions,but h is career seems to embrace all other s , and h is mind seems to haveri sen to eac h great st r uggle whi ch came on in t ur n, an d to h a ve ca lledto hi s ai d the me n who wer e needed t o carry h is pr oject s t o consu m mation . H e was the m ast er builde r among th e m an y who did nobl ework in th e struct ure of the na t ion. Bu t it is not m y t ask to -da y tog ive you a na r ra ti ve of S ir J ohn Macdou a ld 's lif e, or even of th e grea t
e vents in wh ich he took pa r t . I h ave on ly t im e to recall some of th ese byn ame, an d then to say a few words t o yo u a bout t he leadin g features of hisperso na l ch a racter an d ca reer . T hi s last seems to be the mo re pl easing,a nd is , perha ps, even th e mo re necessary par t of m y duty . Hist ory willt ake good ca re to recor d those great even t s, bu t it m a y n ot preserv e sofa ithfull y as we could wis h some of th e features of Sir John' s characterwh ich wer e best kn own to th ose who were close to hi m from day to day,for it is em ine n tly t rue of h im , as was sa id of a. gre at Bri t is h states ma n,th at " h e lea ves not on ly t he memory of great achi evem en t s, but al so thete nde r t rad it ions of per sona l affection a nd socia l charm ." (Cheers.) Inthe fir st place Sit Jo h n's love of Ca na da a nd h is des ire t o serve h er mu st beput far in t he fron t of a ll h is characteristics . Hi s dail y th ough t mi gh t beexp resse d in w ebst ers words : " L et our objec t be our country , our who lecountr y, a nd no thi ng but our coun t ry ." " Not h ing bu t our country" inthe sen se t h a t Canada was to be firs t of all in every considerat ion of publicpolicy or pe rsonal action. His t ru e an d dee p Can ad ia nis m was t he " pillarof cloud by day a nd the pilla r of fire by nigh t" t o the hun dreds of t housan dswh om he led, as no man cou ld h ave led by a mere party banner . (Ch eers .]It has been well sai d that , as th is patrioti sm was t he maineprf ng of all hi sact ion, so it was t he source of the won der f ul com man d wh ich h e h ad overt he masses of h is country me n. He ca me into publi c lif e like a stripli ng,ju st whe n h e was advancing on a profession al caree r in wh ich he m ightlook forwar d t o honor , ease , and wea lt h . He lef t that career at asum mo ns wh ich he considere d th e ur gent ca ll of du t y . H e supposed hewas lea ving i t but for a very brief per iod-to m eet a crisis wh ich mig ht bepa st in a yea.r or tw o. I once h ad to cons ult hi m as t o th e propriety of oneof our fri en ds comin g for ward at a n election whe n there was a prosp ect ofh is havin g to retire at the en d of a sing le session. I asked h im if h e wou ldappr ove of such a ste p , a nd h is answer was : "Yes, cer tainly. Those ar ethe ter m s on wh ich I came in t o public lif e." Nearly 50 ye ars went by , andt he ca ll of du ty wh ic h sum moned him in his yo ut h was only sup ersede cl byt he la s t summon s t hat com es t o man . I n the nex t place I mu st men ti onhi s wonde rfu l devotion to t he in ter est s of the em pi re. (Hear, h ear. ) Th ish as m ade hi m more tha n a Ca na dian statesman. It h as placed him in t hesh ri ne of t h e em pire's her oes. (Chee rs .) When h e died, the QUEen knewthat h er wreath upo n h is coffin covered t he breast of as fa it h ful a servantof th e crow n as ever li ved wit hin her realm of Engla nd. T h e th ought oft he uni t y of the em pire was br igh t within hi m when , as a yo ut h, he ca rriedhi s mu sket durin g t he di sturbance of 1837. It brea thed in h is firs t electionaddress of 1844, in wh ich h e sai d: " T he pr osp erity of Ca nada dependsupon it s pe rmanent connec tion wit h th e moth er country. an d I sh a ll resi stt o the ut most a ny at te m pt (from whatev er quar te r it may come ), whichm ay te n d t o wea ken that union ." (Lo ud che ers.] It animated hi m toth e close of his li fe - for , in th e gre at poli ti cal st rugg le wh ich was t hefina l one he spoke of " T his , my last effo r t for th e unity of t he empir ea nd the pr eser vat ion of ou r commer cial and poli tical fre edom ." H e endeavo red to st imula te th e 80.11110' feeling in other colonies an d to st reng then
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Brit ish connection in ot he r pa r t s of th e em pi re . The poli cy of un itingt he provinces, of r ailway co nnection from ocean to ocean , an d of steamcomm un ica t ion on bot h oceans, wi th t he m oth er count ry and wit h ot he rpossessi on s of the cro wn all went in th is direction .
An other featur e of Sir J ohn's charac te r that we, wh o knew him best , willlong delight to rem ember , was th e great a miabil ity and gentlen ess of hi sna ture. His patien ce was most re marka ble. W e kn ow h ow he was dail ybeset by cares a nd di fficult ies, and by the worries wh ich un reason ablenessa nd selfish ness make some men inflict , wit ho ut necessity a nd wit hout at hought. It som et im es see me d to us t h at kindness, h um or , and forb earancewere the only sh ields wh ich h e turned t o such attacks. H e made a ilpossible allow an ce for those who tried hi s end urance, and, wit h rare magnanim ity, wa it ed, without resen tm ent, for t he sec ond t ho ugh t of t hose whojudged h is actions h astily , wh en a sh arp reply would ha ve been given by m ostme n. (Che ers.) All t hi s in one wh o reli shed t h e fierce conflict of debat e,who wa s acc us tomed t o ask no q ua r t er in a fight, and to deal h ard blows athi s ad vers ary, h elps greatly t o accoun t for h is wond erful success in dominat ing hi s part y , and in attaching it to himself as n o party was ever a t t achedto a leader befor e. E veryw h er e h is suppor te rs h esi t at ed t o di sregard hi sslig h te st wish - n ot because t hey feared h im , bu t becau se t hey loved hi m .It used to be a popular delusion t h at whe n h e took a n ew colleag ue herequired from him h is resignation in ad va nce. I soon fou nd that wh en h etook a ne w colle ague, th e new corner's rela t ions to h is chief were cont rolledby affectio n a n d not by com mand . (Chee rs.) I n th at t ie he h a d a ll th econtro l th at he need ed over t hose who serve d und er him. E ven if Si r J ohnhad not been a statesman of snch a h igh order , his qua lity as aparliamentarian wou ld have made h im a great man. H e was a par liamen t a ri an in t he t r ue sense of th e word- in the sense in which t ha t word h asbeen a pplied to some of the great men who have adorned the pa r lia.ment ofGreat B ri t ai n. H e was a most vigorous and effective speaker. Na t ura llyqu ick , clear, and int ense, he was fu ll of earnestness. wh ich wen t far t her toconvince and persuade than eloquence generally does, a nd h is t act an dur ban it y in de bate and in t he H management " of t he ho use won for hi m,day by day, the admiratio n of his opponents an d the unbounded confidenceof his fri ends. H ow well these q ualities served him ca n be a ppr ecia t ed onlyby t hose who reflect on t he difticult ies of parliamentary life in Ca nada, th edifficu lt ies arisin g fro m a tendency to sp lit np into class es and sections inconsequence of r ace feeli ngs an d of sec tio na l in terest s. In his longpar li a ment a r y ca reer how well jus t ified are those word s of hi s utter ed longbefor e it s close :
., I know t h at in t he long ca ree r of polit ical li fe I h a ve made m an ymist ak es, t h at t he governmen t of which I a m a me mber h as, of course ,m ade er rors and been guil t y of omi ssion as well as commission ; bu t I ca nhonestl y say t h at t he desire was good a n d t he mot ive good." (Loud ch eer s.)
A false est imat e of Sir J ohn's cha rac ter is fo rmed by those who regardh im as having be en selfish , 0 1' even as h aving been actuated by mer e love ofpower . It was truly sa id of hi m by one wh o could well describe hi m :
SCE ;S- E ATIOt:;S-D THE STAT UE .~UST n E FOnE U ): YEI LI;S-G-TII E TIIC:IlT n E YE HE ;S- D T HE BI SHO P OF NIAG.\nA OFFEm;s-C rp pnAYEn,
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"The peop le believed that Sir .Iohn sought for the office of first min isteron ly t hat he mig ht best minister t o the coun tr y , and t he people's jud gmentwas r ight. It was not an office that a self -seeking man cou ld have kept fora single sess ion. " Sir .Tohn himself said more than 30 ye ar s before hisdeath :
" If a man desires peace and domest ic happiness h e wi ll find neither inperforming the thankless task of a pnb lic officer. "
Again , how memorable ar e t ho se words , wh ich he utter ed later, in agreat cr isis:
" 1 have fou ght the battle of confeder at ion , the battle of un ion, th ebattle of the Domin ion of Canada . I t hrow myself upon th e house, I throwmyself upon t h is country , I throw m yself upon posterity, and I believe that,notwit hstanding t he ma n y failings of my life, I sh a ll have the voice of thiscountry and this hou se rally ing around me. (Cheers. ) And, sir, if I ammistaken in t hat, I ca n con fident ially appea l to a h igh er court-to the courtof m y own con science and to the court of poster it y . I lea ve it with t hish ouse with every confidence . I am equal to eit her fate. I ca n see pa st thedec is ion of this house whe t her for or eguins t me , but whether it be for oragainst me , I kno w, a nd it is no vain boa st for me to say so, for even myenemies wi ll admit that I am no boaster , t h at there does not exi st inCa nada a man who has given more of h is t im e, more of hi s h ear t , mo re ofhi s wea lt h , or mo re of hi s int ell ect and pow er, such as they may be , for thegood of this Dominion of Canada." (Ch eers .)
We who knew him well kno w that for yea r s before the end came, helon ged for re st and retirement ere he sh ould reach t he close of hi s lif e.Day after da y was filled by un cea sin g to il , un wea ryin g wat ch fulness, andpai nf ul labor s at detail s . Night after ni ght, wh en men in : all otheroccupations wer e enjoyin g re st in their homes, he was at h is work in theH ous e of Commons, seldom leaving h is place u nt il ear ly morning-often thela st to lea ve, a nd often beginning a long a nd arduous effor t after midnigh t .This was n ot se lfis h nes s in a man wh o had sacrificed wea lth and hon or sthat he might ha ve ea rne d, and the peac e and happine ss of domestic life ,wh ich h e loved as well as an y oth er , and for which h is whole nature cr avedwh en h e h ad reached the three score years and te n . It was not m ere loveof pow er wh ich kept him to those da ily a nd nightly tasks . It was devotiont o a du t y which became m ore pressing and una voidable as year s r olled by .He could be replaced whe n h e wa s no more, but wh ile hi s serv ices could beh ad, no man cou ld rep lace h im. (Cheers.) On the fir st da y wh en h e wa sse ized with h is last illn ess h e passed out of the House of Commons in theafternoon and beckoned me to follow hi m . \Ve went to h is retiring-room ,near the cha mbe r , and, as he sank into a ch air, he to ld me that he h ad beenattacked by some affection of the thro at . His condition was too pla in tobe mi st aken , but I tried to cheer h im by speaking of h is nee d of rest, andof the de sire of his colleagues that h e shou ld spare himself t he to il ofattending at each da y's session . I sha ll never for get h is words as he t urnedhi s pallid face t o me an d said : " It is not t hat ; I am worn out. II H e kn ewthat t he rest for which h e lon ged in vain had nearly come, bu t t ha t h e
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must meet it at the grave. No do ubt h e had a love of fam e- " the sovereignpas sion of public me n " _ bu t wha t pub lic m an , wor t hy of hi s ca lling, iswit hout i t ? In t r nth , un selfi shness an d devotion to duty are am ong SirJohn' s hi ghe st ch a racteri st ics. H e was amb it ion s in the best sense of thewor d. H e was ambition s t o infuse into the m inds of hi s count ry me nsen t imen ts and ideas that were wid er than t h e iss ues of party-ambitionsto make Ca n ada great- am bi ti ons to silence the voice of faction and t henoi se of discord- ambit ious t o lea ve th is count ry a nd the empire betteroff for the toil s an d sac r ifices of hi s lif e.
Ladies and gen tl emen , I ha ve perf or med in the .few minutes thatwe re a vail able to me, what I de scr ibed a t the beginn in g of my observations , as indeed a loving t ask-a loving t as k becau se we all loved,with all our hearts, t he great man whose political fortunes we follow ed,whose political pr inciples we beli eved , a nd whose stat ue stands un veil edbefo re you to-day . (Ch eer s.) But as I h ave spoken of t h is duty to youas a ta sk of lo ve, I m ust t ell you that it is a task of sadness, t oo,becau se in recalling hi m to mem or y the voice of affecti on sti r s one' s heartso dee . ly that remembrance of the past , wit h it s pe rs onal feelings andpers on al affect ion s, is al most too mu ch for the man who ha s t h is du tyt o perf orm. Bu t how much sadder is the task m ad e when I recall that ,t hough but a httle over t wo yea rs ago we laid hi s bod y in th e to mb , thisa fte r noo n , in the city of l\Iontreal, th e grave lies open to r ecei ve his succ es sor -whe n I remember t hat to -day we ar e un veili ng th e statue of one greatpublic m an , a nd a t this time t o-mo rrow we sh all be la yin g an other gr eatpublic man- a not her gre a t son of Cana da-in hi s last res t ing pl ace upont his earth. T he man wh o succ eeded him was worth y t o be hi s succ ess or.(Cheers.) Sir J oh n Ab bott 's great qu alities of br ai n and heart, hi s greatqualities of st atesmanshi p , h is great abili t ies an d gre at desi re t o serv e t hiscountry will never be thoroughly under st ood by the Ca na dian peo ple,becau se h is car ee r as firs t mini ste r was so short. But in remembering th eservices of th e t wo, in rem emb erin g the great ch aracteristics of t h e t wo, inrememb ering the great love for Ca nada, t he great attachment t o Can ada ,the gre a t des ire to serv e Ca na da , of th e t wo, a nd the gr ea t devotion toBriti sh conn ection of the t wo- I say it of t he last as well as of t he first,wi thout fea r of contradict ion or carping - the great love of Ca na da an d thegre at pa t rio t ism of these m en, places u pon us who h a ve public dutiesto disch ar ge, eithe r in con n ect ion wit h th e min is try or as sim ple votersan d elec to rs , in this country, a great re sponsi bi li ty which we oush t to ..consider well this afte rnoo n . (H ear , h ear. ) T he sigh t of that sta t ue ofthe depart ed leader in you r public plac e, and the me mo ry of the men whosucceede d him in public lif e as pr em ier s of the Dominion of Canada- theme mo ry of t hese will do honor t o thi s coun try, I ca re no t what poli ti calor per son al fail ings t he y m ay ha ve h ad , an d pla ce up on us t heres ponsibi lity of ca rrying on- you as elect ors , we as p ublic me n- t he taskwhic h they lai d before t he m , and in the exec ut ion of wh ich the y strove wit hthe geni us of mast er h an ds, guide d by the inspi rat ion of h eaven wh ich fa llsupon truly pa trioti c men . (Onee rs.) I than k you, citizens of Hamilton ,
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for t he no ble work wh ich you h ave done in erec t ing th e fir st st atue to Eir.Iohn ::\Iacdonald. Addreasin g t h is va st assemblage wh ic h is her e to seethat stat ue unveiled I beseech you th at yo u will learn by looking up on thatfigure t he less ons whi ch h e who m it represents desired that hi s count r ymensho uld learn an d shou ld pract ice: devo tion to the inter est s of Canada ou rcountry, and the de terminat ion that th e banner of E ng lan d shall continu et o wa ve over this country as long as time sha ll last . (L ou d cheers.) H owfortunate sh ould we be, ho w fortunat e sh ould a ny man be , could h e leave,as hi s immediate successor did, 11 Not only th e record of great ac hievem ents, but the traditr on s of persona l a ffect ion, and of soc ial ch a rm."\Vh et her this may be our rewa rd or 110t , let us steadfastl y pursu e in th efut ure of this country the pr inciples of th e great men whom I have me nti oned, a nd in the words of Lord l tosebery , in unveili ng the bu st to th elate Sir .John Macdonuld in the cat hedra l of S t . Pauls : " Once moreremem bel' our responsibi lity , and ren ew th e reso lution t hat , come what ma y,we will no t flinch or fail un der it ." (Lo ud cheers.)
srn A I ) OL P ll~ ( 'AI:O::-;' 8 SPg J~C II.
The cha irman next introduced Sir Ado lphe Caron , postmaster-gener al ,as a gentl em an who h ad en joyed a lif e -lon g term of personal fri end shipwit h th e lat e Sir .John ~Iacdon ald .
Si r Adolphe Caron came for ward a nd spoke as follows ::1\11'. Sen ator, ladies and gen t lemen, - \ Vho can hav e for got ten th at fat al
day in t he hi story of Can ad a , June tlth , 113!1 1 '! \Vho , I ask , who ha s t a ken apar t icle of in ter est in the hi st ory of Ca nada , ca n for get that fat al day wh enthe dr ead ed thou gh not unexp ect ed news flas he d ove r the wires from oneend of th e Domi nion to the ot he r, nay, from one end of the B ri t ish empiret o th e ot he r , a n no unc ing the sad tidings that Canada h ad lost h er mostgif ted son , that t he st atesman, the great pat ri ot, t he friend among fri ends,th e master builder of t he nation h ad gone to his last long rest '? The heartof t he Dominion was stilled for a moment whe n t he new s was rece ived .It was at a period wh en hi s suppor te rs an d opponents could not h elpadmi t t ing that h e was one of those who h ad lef t the mark of his strongindi viduality on th e hi st ory of t he country a nd th e sta mp of hi s geni us onthe in stitut ion s of the nation . lI e was th e lead er of the people who waskn own at h ome by hi s devoti on , an d a broa d by hi s uns werv ing loyal t y tothe Empir e. (Applause.) 'I'h ose were th e titles whic h ma de hi s death apublic ca la mit y whi ch th e peopl e of an y count ry could not well afford tom eet . H e had created a nation out of colonies, whi ch , fro m th e fac t oft hei r bein g div ided and under se pa ra te governme nts, had not t he power ath om e nor the in fluence abroad wh ich confedera t ion afterwards gave tI IE-lIl .It wa s the bu ilding of confederation , and the giving of a national government, directed fro m a centre, wh ich gav e t h em that strength and Influencewhich t he y possess t o-day . They beca me a nation full of promise for thefu t ure of the peopl e, a nd a power in th e empire to which we a re so proud tobelong. H is love was n ot a ba r r en love . H e gav e th e benefit of eve ryt al en t and every effort t o hi s cou ntry, an d it was h e who, during h is 47
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yea rs of public life , could show a reco rd to th ose wh o read the h ist ory oft he country which clea r ly demonstrated t ha t all th e gre at cha nges wh ichwere af te r wa rds ma de began wi t h hi s po licy. H e wa s the man wh o,beli eving in th e future of th e coun t ry . went to the colonia l confer en ce to laydo wn th e pr inciple of confeder ation. After confe derat ion h e was the firs tprime ministe r of Canada, until 1873, and in 1878 h e was returned t o power ,and held i t un til he des ir ed that rest wh ich his appreciation of pnblic dutydid not per mit h im to t ake , a nd wh ich h e took on ly after h e had reach edth e gr av e. Every great ch ange in the hi st or y of Ca nada was made underh im. The civil la w was codified, the st at utes wer e cons olidate d, the mu ni cipal syst em was organized , a li ne of ste ams hips was started connect ingCa na da with E urope, th e civil service was r eformed, the I ntercolonial ra il wa y was buil t , the Ca nadian Pacific wa s constr uct ed , the election la ws wererat ified , a nd the t reaty with Washington was made. Yes , it is ri ght for t heCanadia n peo ple to bu ild up m on um ent s in bronze , an d in marble, in thecountry which was so benefit ed by h is work, in order that our ch ildren maylea rn lessons in grat it ude, a nd th at th ose generatio ns whi ch are to comemay remember h ow mu ch'we owe h im . (Hear, hear .) I f t ha t s tatue of bro nz ecould speak , and exp ress an op in ion, it wou ld te ll you t ha t, howevergra t ef ul it m ight be, it would be much more so if t he people of Ca na dawou ld er ect to his memory a greater monument by contin ui ng h is workand foll owing his example. It wou ld be a monument t hat would do himhon ot -, and if we would follow in h is foot st eps, let us work together, shou lderto sho ulde r , in consolidating th e gr eat Can adian peop le. \Ve a ll know thatin public lif e a man's ca reer is sur rounded with di fficulties. Su ch monuments induce men to give up all and every advant age that they mi ght havein ga ini ng wea lt h and eas e, but if t hey do th eir work ea rnes t ly and h one stly,they wi ll find a place in t he heart of the people. If it wa s a hard ta skfor Sir .I olm Thompson to address you , it is st ill more di fficult for me, a ftert he brilliant re cord wh ich h e h as laid before yo u . L et me , ho wever, addt hi s tes timo ny whi ch is clea rer t han a ny other . Am on g friends he wa sthe best of friend s." I knew h im as a boy , wh en my father wa s hi s fri end ,when he treat ed me as the child of h is own ho use , a nd too k an inte res t inm e wh ich I sh all nev er for get. L et me congrat ulat e Hamilton on thesucces s of it s ente r pr ise in bu ilding th e first m onument t o the memory ofCanada's most brill iant son , and let me h ope that whe n other monumentsa re unveil ed they may meet with 5 S gr eat success as t h is has done at t hehands of the peop le of Hamilton . (Appla nse.)
HIR CU AULES III IIBBHT T UPl' E R ' S Sl' E EC H.
The appreciation of Sir Charles H ibbert Tupper's exce llent work on theBehring Se a Arbit r at ion won for that gent lema n a round of very heartya ppla use, as h e ste ppe d forward to address the crowd in re spo ns e tothe chairman's invit ation . H e said :
May it plea se your hon or , My Lo rd B ishop, and 1\11'. Chairman , ladiesa nd gent lemen-I connt myself fort unate t h at I ha ve been per rnit t ed,t h rough the kin dness of th e committee in cha rge of this great festival , to
address to you a few words, and first of all I would like to thank thecom mit t ee for what I believe to have been the kind and gen erous spir itwh ich prompted them to permit me to raise m y voice with those whosevoices you have heard t o-da y . I beli eve that m y name was sug gested (I cannot help not thinking otherwis e) because m y father , Sir Charles Tupper,had the honor of ser ving t he great and illustrious chieftain of the Conservative party, Sir .I oh n Mncdonald, from the natal day of confeder at iondown to the death of that gr eat statesman. (Applaus e.) I therefore feelunder a special obli gation to the committee. After the expressionsyou have heard you will not expect mu ch fr om me, but if I may beper m it te d, I would like t o raise my voice in re fe ren ce t o some of thesent imen t s that I kno w the yout h of Can ada feel, and feel st ron gly ,to uch ing the lif e of the great man wh o ha s pa ssed away , and to thegre at man whom Hamilton has turned out to-day to hon or, By thiscerem ony , by this expedition an d promptness in this honor to theme mo ry of that grea t man , I beli eve Hamilton ha s clone itself great honor,I would like t o t ell you that as far as I can gauge, the great impressionm ade by S ir J ohn Ma cdonald on the yo ut h of this country, in eve ryprovince a nd on the bord er s of every sea , wa s du e t o the car dina lpr inc iple , to the gr eat principle that actuated that man throu gh out h iswhole poli tical career. Sir J ohn Ma cdo nald , m or e almost than any ot herma n in our young coun t ry, sh owed forth an d li ved up to a wonderf ul de greeof faith-faith , fir st of all , in himself as a Ca n adi an , fai th in hi s party, t owh ich he belon ged , and wh ich h e so abl y led, faith in his country, fa ith inbi s coun t ry me n, an d fai th in the empire, the Brit is h em pire, fro m the fir st ,the ear lies t days. The referenc es of Sir John Thompson show yo u h owthat principle remained and began, an d you know h ow it remained with himdown t o hi s dyin g day . His record needs no wor ds from t h is platform ,n eeds no expression of mine. Hi s record is acro ss t he face , th e broad faceof this country , fro m ocean t o ocean, no t onl y in t he sta t ute -book s. bu tin this city, in eve r y grea t ci ty in Ca na da. T here are men , fr ee from allparty bias, fr ee from all polit ica l feeling, who will t ell you , a nd pa r ti cul ar lyon an occa sion of t his kin d , ho w much there is that wi ll make yo uremember t ill your dyin g day wha t that man ha s done for yo u and for th isconn try, and for thi s country 's future. His record , lad ies and gen tl eme n ,defies the to ot h of time. His record will li ve forever . H is record a ndhi s work , in my humble opi ni on, were placed on a .firm and last ingfoundation . H e st a rted out in th e ear ly da ys of this conf eder ation , n oton ly with fa ith in hi s country , but wit h a .firm and ste adfast beli ef thatthere was to be on this half of th e cont in en t , in Br it is h Nor thAmerica, founded a nd maintained , a great Briti sh n at ionality. Inmy native pro vin ce when I was a boy , before Con federat ion , an d jus ton the eve of it , Sir J ohn ':l\Iacdonald, ther e in the mids t of ou r publi cme n of all political parties, anno unce d then that faith and t h at beli ef ,an d sa id, in pr ophes ying that there would be a gre a t nation in Ca n ada, a n d made up of t h e di ffer ent pro vinces th en und er British rule,11 God forbid, however , that that nationality sh ou ld ever be separat e a nd
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apart f rom the United Kingdom of Gr eat Britain an d Irelan d." [Applnuse. )H e wa s true to that principl e dow n to the la st day he sp ent upon ea r th,and eve ry great t ho ught he experi enced, and every grea t effor t that h e putfor t h yo u wi ll find wer e all in conso nance a nd in kee ping wit h th at grea tand gener al pr inciple . H e liv ed t o see the da y that Canada became anation . H e li ved to see the day that hi s hopes in t ha t resp ect were reali zed.But h e wa s not satisfied. H e went on and bent h im self to the further task,a ta sk whi ch the yo ung men of this coun t ry, to whom h e so often andsu ccessfully appealed , have t aken up , of making Canada the strong a rm ,the s tro ng ri ght a r m , of th e United Kingdom. (Ap plaus e.] That wa s hi slast gra nd work, and that work we will car ry out, God wi llin g, to asucces sful end . [Appla use.)
Le t me ask you to remember, on ly a few years ago in t h e h ist ory ofth is young nation , h earts were qua ili ng , men were fr igh t ened, provinceswer e nervous a nd di sturbed , when a rebelli on or di sturbance broke out onthe banks of the Re d river, An a ppeal we s made out of our weakness,beca use we d id not know our strength , because we did not then exis t as onepeopl e, but were st i ll scat tered pr ovin ces, an ap pea l wa s m ade t o themother cou n try for h elp , 'I'h at a pp eal was not m ade , an d never h as beenmade, un der sim ilar circumstances, in va in. Ou r mo t he r country, GreatBritain , ga ve us the h elp, sent us t he Briti sh soldier, ga ve us the ben efit ofher arms and ammunition , and that rebellion was qu elled . But Sir JohnMacdonald fough t the good light, true to t he great pri nciple that h eenuncia ted in 18(j7, worke d on steadfas tly, a nd t he day came wh en far therwest an d on the ban ks of t he Sas ka tc h ewan an ot he r di sturb a nce arose, adisturbance t hreaten ing the integrity of this country. But Can ada in themea nt ime. ladies and gentlemen, h ad become a na t ion . No appeal wa smade to the mother cou ntry, or t o any other pow er, and the on ly troublethen was , as you yourselves wi ll rememb er , to res train the men that wish edto hu r ry to the fro n t t o th e su pport and main tenance a t all h azards of theintegrity of this great Dominion, the fed eration of Ca nada. (Appla use.)These great principles, I believe, 1 su bmit t o you, sum up the whole of t hatgteat man 's glorious li fe. H e fough t t he good fight. He succeeded. H efou ght as you know in H a mil ton , with the st rength a nd courage of a lion ,even when his life was failin g hi m, eve n wh en he knew that h is days werenumbered , wh en h e issued hi s las t m anifest o t o hi s party t ha t loved andtrust ed him so loyall y. You ca n read there to -da y the pr escien ce of thatman , t he signification tha t h e knew h is last h our had come, and when heappea led t o t hem to rall y to his su pport, to fight for what he bel ieved to bethe unity of the empire; you know that he fought with th e courag a of alion , and wit h the support of t h e youth of this country, and he won in thefight , a n d died as a hero sho uld die, wit h a ll hi s glori ou s t riumphs blazingab out him . (Appla use. ) 'V e admire Sir John Ma cdonald j we rever e hi smemory , no t on ly for the great deeds he wro ught, not only for th e greatgood he ha s done us an d the fut ure generations t h at will li ve in this la nd,but, I think, abo ve a ll, perhaps men and women who st udy hi s career willadmire and love t he man, as we loved him , not on ly for those great qualities,
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bu t for the sincerity an d th e simplic ity of t he man. H e was no P harisee .He never posed as a perfect specim en of humanity . H e ne ver pret endedthat he was without sin , but ti m e an d aga in he was read y to sta nd befor eyou, an d fa ce t o face to con fess t o you, as befor e hi s l\l aker , that he was asinner , a nd h a d commit ted sin s upon sins, but t he people forga ve t h em , ashe believed h is Creator would in t he end for give h im , for the good he h addon e a nd for th e love h e h ad en te r t aine d, for the love he h ad felt for hi scou nt ryme n all through th is lan d. And I ca nnot do bett er in closi ng t hesebrief remarks than to give you what Sir ,Jo hn l\Iac donald sa id of h im se lf , when sur rounded by loy al suppor te rs and ent h us ias t ic admirers ,in the great city of Montreal , with that choice of la ngu a ge t hat he couldcommand wh en he sp oke f rom t he hea rt, as h e so ofte n did in ad dressi n gh is fellow-countrymen ; and these words I believe you wi ll appreciatebetter than an y h umble ut teran ces I can add . Sir J oh n on that occasionsa id : U You have m et t o do hon or t o a man who, with a ll his folli es an d sinsof om ission and commiss ion , loved hi s coun t ry with a passion at e love, andyo u will for give , as the Divine Mneter would forgive h im , be cau se h e lovethmuch ." 1 te ll you, la dies an d gentlem en . th at was no la nguage of exa ggeration . No man who foll owed Sir John l\l acdonald-and I have had someex perien ce of h is leadership- no m a n who foll owed him in parliament,or in the ca m paig ns t hat he fought, followed him without loving him , a ndmany an opponen t who fought him loved h im a lmost as well. (Louda ppluuse. )
S IR OL I\-}:R ) IOW.\ T' S SPEECH.
Hain had commence d t o fall in a steady downpou r wh en Sir Oliverl\lowat, pr emier of Ontar io , was ca ll ed upo n , an d Hon. '1\ M. Daly held anu m bre ll a over the head of the vener able ge nt lem a n as he pr oceeded withh is address :
To m ost of you, Sir John Macdonald held th e relation of politicalleader , an d of a very successful leader . As such he obt a ined for hi ms elfthe jus t admiration and th e gratitude of hi s party durin g h is lif e, an d hismemory is ent itled t o a warm place in th eir affec t ions , no w th at he is dead.On the other hand , I ente re d political lif e in opposition to him a nd h isparty, a nd (exce pt for a few m onth s in 18li4) we were on opposite sides ofpolitics dur ing the who le of my polit ica l life until h e died. F or m a nyyea rs of m y premier ship in Ont a ri o there wa s almost continual wa rbetween us on qu esti ons as to the t er ritorial and con sti tutional position ofthe province. B ut dea t h mi ni m izes " rhere it does not cancel persona la ntag onisms. Survivors are glad to re cognize all that was good or grea tor com me nda ble in an opponent wh o ha s pa ssed away; and I am hereto- day to manifest by m y presen ce ana m y words the friendl y m emorieswh ich I cherish of S ir Joh n l\Iacdon ald . In saying a few ea rnes t wordsregar d ing h im , I am gla d t o foll ow in t h e foots teps of the ch ief of th eDominion Liberal party, wh o, im m edia tely after the death of th e greatConse r vat ive chief, made in th e H ouse of Common s an appreciative speec hwhich, for its spir it and eloquence, was cornrnended alike by friend s and
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oppone nts . I cannot em ulate the eloq ue nce , t ho ug h I may emu lat e th espirit of that speech. You will not expect fro m m e such unboundedeu logy as ca me fittin gl y from the deceased pr emier 's colleague a ndsuccessor , Sir .I oh n T homps on, an d fro m h is ot he r colleag ues t o-day .St ill, without en dors ing a ll that they h av e asserted in prai se of the chi efwh o led them so often t o vic to ry, t he re are man y things wh ich a candidpolitical opponent may cons is te ntly and truly say regarding th e man who mt he opp osition leader described as Canada's m ost ill us t r ious son, and herforemost citizen an d st atesman.
As S ir J ohn l\l acdon ald was t he Conse rvative leader in Can adia npolitics , so hi s con t em porary, 1\1 r . Dlsrae li . afte rwards Lo r d Be aconsfield ,was the Conservat ive lead er in I mp eri al polit ics; and there were strikingpoints of resemblance bet ween them as regard s both per son al appea r an cea nd other wise. In the Briti sh H ouse of Com mons , after the death of L or dBe aco ns field, 1\Ir. Glads t one , who h ad always been 1\lr. Disrae li 's un com promis ing oppo ne nt, mo ved , not withstandin g, that a bu st to hi s mem orysho uld be pla ced iu Wes t mins te r Abbey at t he pu blic expense. Th epr in cip al reason s give n were" the rare an d sp lendid gifts" of the deceased,his" devot ed lab or s in parliamen t a nd in great offices of sta te ," and theimpor tant consti t ution al and othe r measures of h is premier ship, affectingas these did the cond ition a nd futur e of the country. Heferri ng to t hesea nd other cla ims of hi s old opponent to public recogn it ion, 1\1:r. Gladst on esaid : " I h a ve no t a doub t t h at t he man wh o for seven yea rs sus taine dthe office of prime m ini ster, the m a n who for nea r ly 30 years led , ei ther inone H ou se or th e other , a gr ea t part y in t h is coun t ry, an d th e man who h adso inter t win ed him self in the interest s of the na tion a l heart as was sh ownon t he occasion of hi s illn ess , is a man for wh om the H ouse m ay well dowhat I no w ca ll upon it t o do." Now a politica l oppon ent of Si r Johnl\lacdon ald can, cons is te n t ly as well as t ruly , say of th e Ca na dian st atesmannea rly all that was sa id of t he Brit ish states man by h is gre at opponen t ,and in some r espect s m ay say mo re. Sir John l\Iacd onal d , like 1\lr.D israeli , had "rare " an d valuable gifts . H e, t oo, h ad t o do wi th greatcons ti t ut iona l an d othe r m ea su res, an d they were more numerous thanthose of Lord Beacons field , and mo re important t o Can ada th an L ordBeacon sfield ' s wer e t o t h e E mpire. Po litica l partie s di ffer about the wisdo mof some of Sir Joh n's me as ures, an d about t he just ice of ot he rs , but wecan not den y that , pa rliam ent a ft er parliament , they h ad the support of amajori t y of the peopl e's elec ted r ep resen tatives. T hen, Sir John had th econfiden ce of a m ajority of t he peopl e' s re presentat ives for mo re t han fourtimes as lon g as L ord Beaconsfield h ad. He was lea der of a great pa r t yin Canada for 40 yea rs or more, in st ead 30. F or 32 of these 40 years heh eld h igh offices of state, and of t hese 32 ye ars h e was prime m ini ste r for ,no t sev en ye ars only, but for mo re than three times seve n years. He alsopossessed for a long er time and in a mo re marked manner than the .Britishst ate sman the affection of hi s party, a nd of many fr iends who did not belon g(.0 hi s party or to an y party . H e had quite an except iona l fa culty forat tachi n g to hi m self hi s associat es and h is follo wers. H e was a gen ial ma n ,
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a plea sant companion, full of hUl110r and wit. These qualities con tributed to the attachment of wh ich he was the ob ject, though al on e they donot account for its being so st rong or so general. As regards h is po lit ica lopponen ts , h e could when h e chose, in t he legisl ative chamber, on the publi cplatfor m, and else wh ere , sa y sev er e t h ings to them or of them, but h isordinary bearing towards them, in public and in private, \\' 0.5 the reverse ofoffens ive, and was courteous a nd pleasa nt . With respect to ot h er cha rac te risti cs of hi s public lif e, he wa s a Conserva tive by his mental consti t ut ionand h is associations ; he was fond of wh at wa s old, and a s a matter of meresentiment pr eferred old wa ys to new ; yet he was a practi cal man, who coulda nd did discern the signs of the ti m es ; an d when occasion seemed t o req uire,he did not shrink from new ideas, however opposed t h ese were to his oldon es j no r from new project s, wh a tever their boldness or their im men sity;nor fro m new me th ods , however unexpec ted. Further, he ma nifested inpublic aff ai rs u ncommon fertili t y of r esource, uncom mon cou rage, uncommon per sever a nce, an d un su rpassed common sense a n d t act , especia llyin dea ling witl: men . P erhap s it was in h is common sense an d t act that hemost of all excelled others.
Cons ist en t ly wit h a ll that I ha ve sa id of the Canadian leader , there aredo ubt less other th in gs wh ich would ha ve to be taken into accou nt if I wer epr ofessin g to dr aw or at tempt ing to dr a w a full portra it of t he la t e pr emierfrom the standpoi nt of a political opponent. B ut t hi s is no t t he occasionfor such a n at t emp t , no r would t he office be agreeable t o me . I preferca lli ng t o mind those t raits of cha racter and mental constit ut ion, an d tho sefact s of hi st or y, of wh ich I ha ve made mention ; and I lik e to ca ll to mindin conn ect ion with t hese my personal rela t ions to Sir John Macdonnld r,tvariou s per iod s of my li fe. An old man li ves largely in th e pa st , and likesto dwe ll on rem embered incid ents whic h gave him pleasure when t heyoccurred, or incidents whic h ot he rs have Ior gotten . I li ke t o re member th oseear ly school days when J oh n Macdonald and myself were pupil s at t h esame schoo l, h e being one of t he older boys, and l on e of the youn ger. H ewas as pop u lar wit h th e boys then as he afterwards beca me wit h me n.I like to remember that we were cordial fr iend s from that ea r ly per iod forsom e 26 yea rs , a n d un t il I became a somewh at act ive politician , and on theLiber al side. I lik e t o r emember m y st udent life in hi s office for th e firstfour yea rs of my term, an d t he k indly feeliug of m y fell ow-st nd ents andmyself towards ou r gen ia l principal. I remem ber h im glad ly as th epr em ier and a ttorney-genera l through whom I was appoi nted a Queen'scounse l, a nd was gazetted with out an y associat e sharing with me th ehon or , The Bar was a t that ti me my world, and I well recoll ect t h eplea sure which the appointment, m ade in t h is wa y , ga ve me -a pleasuregreater than I derived from som e of the more important honors wh ichcame to m e after wards. I lik e to rem emb er th e cordial re lat ions whichexiste d bet ween us wh en in 1864, rather less than seven yea rs af te r I en t er ed pa r li ament, we becam e colleagues in the coa lit ion government for medunder Sir E t ienn e T ach e to carry a con federat ion of provinces wi th aspec ia l view to se t t li ng t he differ en ces between Upper a nd Lower Ca nad a.
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I like t o remember t he co rdia l re lations whic h existed bet ween us as me m bers of the Quebec co nference at wh ich t he confede ration sche me was prepared and a greed to by t he represent a ti ves of all the British Americanprovi nces. I li ke to rem emb er that when du rin g t he sitting of th e confe renee the news came to h im of a vacancy in the Chancery Be nch , he instantly passed a not e acr oss th e table offering me the pl a ce, and as I fel tsome sc r upl es about accepting in t he t hen position of public affairs , h e infriendly con ference argued that if I would li ke t he Vice-Chancellorsh ip therewas no sound reason on pu blicgrounds ag ainst my accepting i t . l\l r . B r-ownand my other colleagues concurred in that view, and I was therefor e a ppoi nted Vice-Chance llor accordingly after t he conference h a d fin ished itswork. I li ke to remember the flat ter ing words in which Si r J oh n pub lic lyspoke of me wh ile I was Vice-Cha.ncel lor ; and I h ave been glad to h eal' fromSenator Sanford and ot hers of the ki n d and complimentary way in whic hdur ing the la t ter years of his lif e Si r John was in t h e h abit of speaking ofme to them . All these things show the ki nd ly nature of the man whe npo litics di d not interfere. If words of other impor t ca me , or a re sa id tohave come, from h im on other occ asio ns, or at ot her ti m es, or t o ot herpe rso ns, a nd t hese other words in t r ud e them selves at any time on m yme mory, I ca ll to mind t hat in pa r ty warfare h ar d wor ds a re natur al an dperh ap s inevitable; an d with t hat thoug ht I d ismiss fr om m y mi nd t hein t r usion .
T a ke t his di sti ngui sh ed Ca nadian all in all , it may be said of him , inbr ief , that h e was a gr eat poli t ical lead er , beloved by h is frien ds an dfoll ower s , and possessed of qualities wh ich obtained for hi m t he respect ofhis op po ne nts, notwit hstan ding wh at t hey deem ed hi s fau lt s . For myselfas a Ca nadia n, and an early f riend, an d for a sh or t t ime his colleague int he governm ent, I am pleased to be taking part in t he proceedi ngs of t oday , when t he re has been un veil ed a statue, er ec te d h er e by hi s fr iend s inhis ho nor a s a m emo rial to futu re gene r at ions, of t he st atesm an who h eldth e prem iersh ip of his country for more years than an y ot h er premi er inan y country ever h eld a lik e office, and whose a d minis tration of publicaffairs affec te d the D ominion an d it s provinces so largely an d so longt h at h e will ever occ upy a rem arkable place in their hi story .
T wo ot her thin gs a m ong many hi sto ry will record of h im . It will t ellt h at h e conte m plated wit h ho pe and expectat ion the future gre at ness of thisdea r Canada of ours, and that he apprecia te d m ean t im e a nd des ire d tomaint ain it s B ritis h connecti on . lUay a ll Ca na dia ns lon g che r ish onthese subjects li ke sen t iments.
H OX. N. CLAHl\E WALLACE's SPEECH.
H on. N. Cla rke Wall ac e was th e la st spea ker of t he afternoon . He re ceive d a very wa rm re ception on com ing for ward , a nd thou gh the rain wasfalling hea vily by this time, the peopl e hoi sted umbrellas an d braved t heeleme nts. The hon or able gen tlem an deli vered a very eloquen t a ddress.He congratu la ted the ci ty on bein g th e fir st to ere ct a statue to t hegre at statesm a n . " T h is may be appropriate in the ca se of Hamilton ," he
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sa id , " beca use, fr om the poli cy which the late Sir John Mecdonald inaugurated, combine d wit h t he courage and enterprise an d skill of you r cit izensyou ha ve benefited very largely . Th er e were certain cha rac te r is t ics of ourgreat ch ieft a in, and I will bri efly ref er to them . One of them wa s thegen t leness of hi s n at ure and of hi s bearin g to ward s both fri end a nd foe.Another was hi s in vin cibl e courage. As we all know. Sir .Io h n Mucdonaldver y often took hi s political lif e in hi s own hands, and , whe n other m en les scou rageous would have faltered a nd gon e back, he alw a ys stood determined ,never faltered , nev er turned ba ck , whe n he had a purpose in vie w, and hisindomitable pluck carr ied him t h ro ugh all hi s grea t undertakings andachi evements, built up this Dominion and made it a country of whichevery Can adian ha s a right to feel pr oud ."
A l'RESE~T TO THE CITY .
Senator Sanford then requested Mayor Blaich er to step forward andaddressed him : 11 Mr . Ma yor . I am instructed to hand over, through you ,sir, to the cor por at ion of Hamilton , this monument of the great est statesman of Canada. I kno w that yo u will be proud to accept it , and I may saythat the earnest wish of the con tr ibutor s is that our pretty cit y may begraced by many other similar ornaments."
" Sena tor Sanford and gentlem en ," re sponded th e mayor , " on behalfof the citizen s of Hamilton , I thank you heartily for this mo st beautifulmonument of the late Sir John Ma cdonald, The citizen s, I am sure, willaccept it and ch er ish it for the sile nt in struction of age s yet to come."(Applause.)
Sena to r Sanford proposed three cheers for the Queen , which wer eheartily gi ven , the band played the national a nt h em, and the ceremon ywa s over .
RE ROLUTIO )l' I' ASSE D RY THE CITY CQU:s'CI L.
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Moved by AId. Ferres, secouded by AId. McDonald ,Resolved, That the thanks of this Board are due and are hereby ten
dered to the l\Iacdonald "Memor ial Comm it t ee and their associates for theirgift to the city of the monument erected at the in ters ec tion of King andJohn streets to the memory of the late Bight H onorable Sir John Ale x ander Macdonald, le C. B ., P. C. , Premier of the Dominion of Canada ;that t h is Board recogniaes the value of the gift , not only as a work of artwor thy to adorn the public place in which it st a nds but as an incentive tothe yout h of our city to study t he history and constitution of Ca nada, inthe moulding of which the eminent statesman thereby com memor at ed heldfor so long a period a leading part, and to our citizens in general so to livethat Canada may he the better for their citizenship, and that their ownnames may be held in honcred remembrance by those within the sphere oftheir influence ; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of this re solution befor warded to the Hon. W . K Sauford, Chairman of th e Macdonald Memorial Com mit t ee.
