The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-18
DESTINY OF CANADA
DIR. GOODWIN SMITH GIVES HrS
 VIEWS ON sUBJECT.
Ta an Address Before the CnnaAlan. Club pr. Smith Declares the Dcn- tfink . fthe Continent and Of
 Canada Ia Cast--He DoeAn't
 Like the Jisgo Cry.
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Ottawa Correspondence in London
 Times.
 pr. Goidwin smith was yesterday the guest Of honor of the Canadian Club. when hs delivered what he hin~. self declared was positively his last putlic address. Nine-ten of the $50 members present were perhaps out of harmony with pr. Smiths previously declared views as to Canada's destiny..' bus they listened intently to his ad-, dress. and, applauded him vociferously at It's close.
 Dr. Smith had selected as the topic of his address his mission to the United States during the civil war;, Describ- ing his conferences with Lincoln. Grant. Butler. and others. Dr. Smith re- ferred to the attitude of British states men toward the belligerents. Mir. 0lad- stcne, at the time when victory seemed to be declaring for the South. said that Jefferson Davis had made . nation. He was afterwards sorry for what he had said. It offended the North, and 1t
 grieved the friends of the North in En- gland. MT. Gladstone, in letter to.
 him. suggested that if the North choso
 to let the South go, thus getting rid of slavery. there might thereafter be a union of Canada with the Northern
 States. pr. Smith said that he had de- stroyed this letter because. while 1t was evidently intended for publication. he felt that 1t would not have the desired effects. Proceeding, he declared that knowing the minds of British states men in former days, he could hardly,
 hear with patience the jingo cry. They
 looked upon the colonies with contempts and had mean Ideas of the British des< tiny. Their policy was colonial self government, which most of them prob- ably regarded as a training for nation
 a1ity. Mir. Gladstone. however. if hs
 were alive to-day. would say that tho colonies could not control the foreign policy of Great Britian. neither was 1t possible to frame a fiscal system equal
 ly suitable to all of number of States scattered over the globe and differing
 widely in their commercial cfrcumstan- ces. After sketchfng the condition of those states to-day, pr. Smith contint- ed: -
 "one thing is certain. Whatever your external relations may be. and
 however dear may be the, tic to, tho, mother country, on this continent your
 destiny in cast There is the field of your duty and your aspirations. Hers
 you have to play your part in the full fillment of the hopes held out to man by the discovery of the New. World hopes of happier state of society. a
 lcssening of the terrible inequalities of tho human lot. a government not of force but of reason, answering to thd |conception of Pym, who said: That Ia the best form of government which does actuate and inspire every part and member of the State to the common good Those words are my political philosophy. You have interesting timeS before you. Democracy Is on It's trial
 It has pretty well performed the de-
 structive part of its task: the ,construc- tive part remains to be performed.
 Meantime the passions of aggrandise-
 mont and war which slumbered for | time have feawakened. Jingoism tramples on righteousness and humans ty. Religious belief is being shaken hy science and criticism. and the authority of conscience. as 1t rested on religiouS belief, seems in danger of being im- paired. War is raging between cap ital and labor. Society is threatened with the tyranny of accumulated wealth If you mean to take an in- terest in public affairs. as 1t is the duty
 of every citizen of a free Common- wealth to do. you will have plenty to occupy your minds. wish could look in twenty years hence and see how you are getting on.
 Sir w. Laurier, who followed, ex-. pressed his admiration for the United States, but his greater admiration and love for Canada. He expressed tho hope that Dr. Smith might live twenty years to zee what they had done in the meantime.