The Irish standard., 1902-08-23
PRAISE FOR QUEBEC.
A Speech by the Premier of Canada al
Edinburph.

A Speech by the Premier of Canada at
Edinburgh.
In a recent address at Edinburgh.
the capital of Scotland, Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, premier of Canada, said IN
part:
He was told before he left London
that it would be his privilege to sea
in Edinburgh the finest city of the
British empire. daughter and
cheers.) That statement. he need not
tell them, was made by Il NEST en-
thusiastic Scot. 04aughter) 1t was
his misfortune that. though that was
his second visit to Edinburgh. the rain
had not allowed him yet to appreciate
the beauties of the city. 1t raineu
when he came first, it rained when he
came 4 second time. and he had been
asking himself whether it had been
raining all the time daughter He
was assured NO" and that there had
been some intervals Of fine weather.
There We're enthusiastic Canadians
and there We're enthusiastic Scotsmen
He would readily believe that Edin-
burgll was the finest city in the Brit
ish empire 4f-therc WAS an if-the
city of Quebec did not exist (Laugll-
teri The dearest spot to any man
was the spot in which he was bern:
if not the spot in which he was born
himself, the spot where his children
We're born. Though he was as strong
ly and deeply attached as any to the
British empire, to him the land Of
lands was Canada. (Cheers.)
Some fifty years ago Daniel O'Cun-
nell was received by them according
to true Scotch hospitality His friends
and admirers-and they We're many
entertained him at a banquet, ard in
the course of his remarks he said.
Yes. love England: 1 love Scotland:
but, if l may tell you, the first place
in my heart is for Ireland" CHEERS. j,
In the same way he Lowell England
he loved Scotland, he loved Ireland:
but the first place i'll his heart was
for Canada and Quebec (Cheers.)
There was i'll his heart love. indeed.
for the United Kingdom-England
Scotland and Irel;lntl-which had done.
so much TO: freedom and civilization
not only CT themselves. not only of the
British empire but of the whole Of
mankind. (Cheers.) The colonies
were united in their loyalty to the
Crown. (Checrs.) They We're united
in their devotion to British institu-
items. but they did not in everything
have the same standard. They diff
fered and they disagreed. but they
agreed to disagree. That morning. in
the very beautiful address they heard
from DR.. Sclafer. Mr.. Seldom was
comDlim2nted. and deservcdly so. be-
cause the colony OF New Zealand un-
der his leadership had been the first
to adopt woman suffrage. (Cheers.I
At the risk of being told Ike was Il
reacrionary. he had no doubt his
friend Mr.. Seldom had done the best
thing for his colony. but this was one
thing on which he disagreed with him
1.aughtea'.) They had something bet
ter to do for women than to give
them the suffrage. daughter and
choers.) In his country. and especially
in the province from which he came.
what they did fGr women was to
marry them. Iaughter) When they
became the mothers of families, of
very large families Qaughter), they
gave to their children a good domestic
ctlucation they taught them the fear
OF God and the respect of the law.
They made them good citizens and
good voters. daughter and cheers>
In the admirable address to which he
had Just referred, DIR. Schafer gave
some very good advice to the young
graduates who We're entering the bat
tie of life. Might he be permitted also
to join his advice to DR.. Schafe1? His
advice would be to them to do us they
did in his country-not to wait until
they had reached and earned p.incely
incomes. Perhaps he should say also.
if he might be permitted to speak per-
sonally of somebody in the audience
more connected with Canada, that
they would find how little of worldly
goods a young couple required when
the deficiency was supplied i'll love.
loud cheers.)