Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11

But, more than all, historically the
United States and the Dominion Of
Canada are brother and sister, chill.
dren Of q common mother, for al.
though a hundred and forty-seven
years ago the brother became OBJ
streperous. severed his political rela.
tons and left the ancestral home, YET
the kinship still exists. q kinship that
especially in the territory that consti-
tuted the. original thirteen colonies,
is regarded with pride. Even The
name persists, for while other Gee
tons may be known as the western
or southern or Pacific States. here
where the Mayf1ower from Plymouth
in England found anchorage at Ply
mouth in Massachusetts Bay we
proudly preserve the name Of New
England" States. Moreover our ex-
istence as an independent Nation has
been of shorter duration than our
Colonial period. For one hundred and
sixty nine years we lived under Eng
lish charters and constitution, while
we have lived under our own con-
stitution for only one hundred ind
thirty four. The gap is gradually
filling, but the Maine Farmers AL
manac must be published thirty
five years more before the two per-
iods are equal. ="
1t is interesting to remember that
when the great conflict was taking
place on this Continent between
France and Great Britain in those
critical years Of the middle Of the
eighteenth century, to determine
whether the lilies Of France or the
Cross Of Saint George should fly over
not only what Is now the Dominion OF
Canodo hut a1cn a nnrffOn nj
what is now the United States, the
raw soldiers of the Colonies, espec-
tally of New England. stood shoulder
to shoulder with the troops of Canada
and of Great Britain in the fierce
struggle that ended with the VIC
tory of Wolfe on the Plains of Abra-
ham. 1t is more interesting still to
remember that one hundred and fifty
nine years later, the descendants OF
those old antagonists, the soldiers Of
America both north and south Of the
invisible divisional line, the boys Of
New England and of New France,
stood side by side with the soldiers
of old England and old France, hold
ing back and hurting back the ruth
less invaders of civilization and saw
ing the world from destruction.
If we are Joined with our parent
D1 Tic lIlElC VI laws, idh.
guage and blood" by like bond are
we bound to English speaking Cam
ada.
Literature has cemented this bond.
No historian has more truthfully or
| more picturesquely portrayed the
struggles of new France from the
earliest settlements until it's abdi-
cation than our New England Francis
Parkman, whose pictures Of the old
regime are as fascinating as q ro-
nance. LaSalle and Frontenac, Cham
plain and Montcalm stand out as liv-
ing figures of bygone age. At old
| Crown Point in the State of Ne
York has been erected a magnificent
bronze statute of the adventurous
knight Grant Champlain, looking
northward over the noble lake
which perpetuates his name toward
the Canadian Wilderness which was
the scene of his daring life. 1t is a
| pathetic yet proud figure. filled with
memories.
But what of the French who were
| left in Canada when the great strug-
gle ended and What of their desccn-
dants?
In his address of welcome to the
American Bar Association at it's
/ litCCliIS al Alolltltdl lSl Scd1S d6Os
Prime Minister Borden, after refer
ring to the strong love of individual
| liberty and the remarkable capacity
for orderly and representative gov
ernmcnt which have gone hand. in
| hand among the English speaking
nations added: ''And it is not amiss
to remind you that in the evolution of
representative and responsible gov
eminent in this Country, Canadians
OF French descent have taken q great
part and have been especially dis
tinguished both by a fine knowledge
of constitutional development and by
splendid grasp of constitutional
principles" He might well have cited
Sir Wilfred Laurier as a striking ex-
ample.
We in Maine can we'll credit these
words of praise. for in many of our
towns and cities men of French Cana
dian birth are among our substan-
tial and useful citizens in all the
walks of life. They have a fine rep
resentative here tonight in the per-
son of my friend Belleau, a member
OF the Bar and for many years Cferk
OF our Court in the County of An
drOscoggin.
But I love to think Of these French
Canadians in another light, as the
are-free, brave and daring sons of
the forest and of the SHOWS, 1.-THE
Coureurs de bois, the voyageurs, the
pioneers of an earlier civilization, and
the happy habitants of more recent
years. Portraits such as those drawn
by Gilbert Parker in his engaging
novels of the North Country, and by
DR.. DrummOnd in his poems, clutch
the heart. Read the "Habitant" and
you will see the picture of contentz
ment and peace, and comfort, on the
Canadian farm.
"'All de sam dere is something deysgot
q ev'ryboddy
OATS plaintee good hcalt' wat the
monee can't geev, ~
So I'm working away dere, an happy
for stay dere
On farm by dc reever, so long I was
leev'.
And do you wonder that when work
has called him from his home at Saint
Michel to what he terms Yankee town
he INDUCES in this memory, in which
many of us can share? o
Its very strange about dat bell, go
ding dong all de while.
For when I'm small garcon at school,
can't hear it half a mile:
But seems, more farder get off from
church of Saint Michel.
De more see de ole village an loud
or SCUM de bell"
What connection say you between
all this and the essential topic of the
evening represented by these four
flags snuggled peacefully together
back of the Speakers table? Is it far
to seek? 49,,
The ideal way to attain national Sc
curity is to actually live at peace with
your neighbors. and whether you can