The New York herald., 1875-07-20

ana their patriotic and personal devotion 60 the
land within whose empe bosom they have been
nurtured: and wnlch tney justly regard as more
largely covered WITH all that can endear a
country 70 It's sons than any other In the world.
tCneersl And here, pei haDs, may 0e permitted
10 remark on the extraordinary ability and intel
ligence with which the French portion OF Her
haJesty's subjects IN Canada join with their
BRITISH fellow oountr' men ln working and de-
VeiOplng tue cOnstltu lOnal privileges with which,
thanks TO Tie initiative they were the first 20
take, their country has been endowed. Our
French Fellow countrymen are, In fact more par
lamentary than The English themselves, ana In
the various fortunes OF the colony there have
never been wanting French statesmen OF emil
nence To cain an equal share WIN their British
colleagues In shaDlng the history OF the Dominion.
Whatever may De the case elsewhere, In Canada, at
al events the French race has learned the golden
rule OF moderation and the necessity of arriving at
practical results by the occasional sacrifice OF
logical symmetry aud the settlement OF disputes
In the spirit or a generous compromise. (Cheers.l
The irul OF this happy state OF things Is obsery-
Die In the fact that nowhere do those differences
OF opinion Walch divide tue political world OF
every country separate the Canadian nation
either INTO religious chronological lactions Re-
ligion aud race are, OF course, observable forces
acting wlthtn our body pOlltc, Dut as far have
remarked the divisions OF parry are perpe ndcular
rather than horizontal and In county and bor-
Ougn election as often as not Catholic will be
found voting against Catholic, Orangeman against
0rangeman Frenchman against Frenchman and
what pei haDs, VIII cause less SURPRISE Irlshman
against Irlsnman. am certain there nave never
been any individuals who have had greater cause
ana opportunities for approaching these charac-
teristics ol popular assembly than those
SELF have had The good fortune to pre-
side over the free Dominion OF Canada.
(Uneers. And. my lords and gentlemen these
circumstances to snicn nave briefly alluded are,
l am usppy TO say, continually receiving more
marked recognition at the hands not merely OF
the leople lhIs country. but what ls even OF
greater importance. at those of the inhabitants OF
Tue United ates. Nothing. In lact can be more
friendly thau the relations and feelings winch
prevail between the Canadian people and their
nelgnbors across the frontier. Whatever may
have been the case IN former tunes, every tnought-
lul OF tue United States now convinced
that the fate OF Canada has been unaltera5ly fixed
and deternlIned and that sne IS destined 10 move
within her own separate and Individual orbit. so
lar from regarding this vito Jealousy, the public
OF tRe United ates c0ntempateS with geaer-
prosperous career. In fact, they are wise enough
TO understand that 1t Is Infinitely to the advantage
monopoly OF political thoughts on the American
Continent should be varied and enllvened Dy the
diverse from. their own, productive OF friendly
emuli Il, n, and Offering many points or contrast
and comparison which tney already begin to feel
tuey can study with advantage. (Oneers.l MY
10 DIS ana gentlemen, nave to apologize lor hav-
ing de aineo you at so great length, out before
! slt down l cannot help expressing my deep
oblgatlon to the gentleman who proposed my
health for the KINDLY ana friendly terms In which
he has been good enough to ailude 10 me as an
INDIVIDUAL In reply, my only regret is mat my
AGILITY and talents should not be commensurate
Serinr ru sHe is effectusl "'S Service hsppy, how
ever, It's present condition, the fortunate
contamination oI all those aspirations winch
have been crowned by confe eaeraton under
the powerful auspices OF one OF my pre-
decessors, and the satisfactory impulse given to
It's young life ny the wise administrator OF
another, nave superinduced so haley yon an epoch
as to h we rendered 1t O comparatively easy task
Tor successor or less emlnence ana sherter ex-
perience tnan theirs to carry ON the task which
they so happily inaugurated. Ii, therefore,
at the end of the next three years snail be able
to complete my term under tile same happy CIR
cumstances whlcl have hitherto characterized
IT'S duration; If can carry away with me nome TO
ENGLAND the Consciousness that the people OF
Canada regard me as having been at all events q
Ialtniul, loving and devoted servant to the Do
nlinlon; II at the same time | am fortunate
enougn to have merited the approval OF my SOW
ereign and countrymen at home. shall consider
few public servants will nave ever reaped so hon
oraDie and dearly priced reward. (Loud
cneers.)
"lne Health OF the Guestsr was then drunk, and
the Earl OF Kimberley in a few worus responded
Ior them. Shortly aterward the company
broke up.