The New York herald., 1875-07-20

ana their patriotic and personal devotion TO the
lano within whose ample bosom they nave Deen
nurtufed. ana winch they justly regard as more
largely lowered WITH all that can endear q
country 70 ITS sons than any other In the wOrld.
iOnegrs ana mere, PEI maps, may oe psIml,es1u
llgence win which tue French portion OF Her
MaJesVs SUBJECTS IN Canaoa JOin with their
BRITISH fellow country men IN working and de-
VeiOplng tue constitutional privileges with which,
thanks TO Tie Initiative they were the first 20
take, their country been endowed Our
French fellow countrymen are, In fact. more par
liamentary than the English themselves. ana In
never been wanting Frencn statesmen or emf
nence to calm an equal share WIN their British
colleagues In snaplng the history OF the Dominion
Whatever may Dc the case else here, In Canada, at
al events the French race has learned the golden
rule OF moderation and the necessity of arriving at
practical results Dy the occasional sacrlnce OF
logical symmetry aud the settlement OF disputes
In tae spirit OF a generous compromise. (Cheers.l
able in the fact that nowhere do those differences
OF opinion waioh divide the political world OF
every country separate the Canadian nation
either into religious chronological factions. Re-
llgion and race are OF course, observable forces
acting within our body polite, out as far as have
remarked the divisions OF party are perpendicular
rather than horizontal, and In county and bor-
Ougn election as often as not Catholic will be
fOund voting against Catholic, Orangeman against
Orangemau, Frencaman against Frenchman and
what pei maps, Will cause less surprise, freshman
against Irlsnman. am certain there nave never
been any Individuals VINO have had greater cause
ana opportunities for approaching these charac-
terstics OF popular assembly tnan those
SIDE SIDE over r fae s free @ DOM bO%.niCn u Of Canada p
circumstances to % nicn nave briefly alluded are,
am uappy to say, continually receiving a more
marked recognition at the hands, not merely OF
the leople 0 thus country. but wnat Is even OF
greater Importance. at thuse Of the inhabitants OF
Tue United ates. Nothing. In lact can be more
friendly than the relations and feelings winch
prevail between the Canadian people and their
neignbors across the frontier. Whatever may
have been the IN former times, every thought
fu cltlZen of tue United States Is now convinced
that the fate of Canada has been unatera5ly fixed
and determined, and that sne Is destined TO move
within her own separate aud Individual orbit. so
lar from regarding this VITO Jealousy, the public
OF tRe United ate5 contemplateS with gener-
GUS enthusiasm tue daily progress OF Canada's
prosperous career In fact, they are wise enough
TO understand that 1t Is Infinitely to the advantage
monopoly OF political houghts on the American
Continent should be varied and enlivened py the
deve'Opment ol political system akin 10. yet
diverse from. their own, productive OF a friendly
emul IL n, and Offering many points or contrast
and comparison which tney already begin to ise
loi Dis ana gentlemen, nave to apologize lor hav-
ing de aimed you at so great length. out before
! SIT down l cannot help expressing my deep
oblgatlOn to the gentleman who proposed my
health for the KINDLY aDd friendly terms In which
he mas been good enough TO aiude TO me AS an
individual. In reply, my only regrer is mat my
AGILITY and talents should not be commensurate
with the desire by when am possessed OF rem.
ever, Its present condition, the fortunate
consummation oi all those aspirations winch
have been crowned by confe aerati0n under
the powerful auspices OF one OF my pre-
decessors, and the satisfactory impulse given to
Its young life by the wise administration OF
another, nave supernduced so halcyon an epoch
as to ave rendered 1t q comparatively easy task
Tor successor or less emnence anu sherter ex-
perlence tnan theirs to carry on the task wnlch
tney so happily inaugurated. II, therefore,
at the end OF the next three years slal be able
to complete my term under tile same happy CIR
cumstances winch have hitherto characterized
IT'S duraton; If can carry away with me none TO
England the consciousness that the people OF
Canada regard me having been at all events O
ialtniui, loving and devoted servant to the Do
minlon; II at the same time am fortunate
enougn to have merited the approval OF my SOW
eregn and countrymen at home snail consider
lew public servants will nave ever reaped so hon.
cneers)
"rhe Health OF the Guestsu was then drunk, and
the Earl OF kimberley in few worus responded
or them. Shortly alterward the company
broke up.