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ne ee es 3s « e # which faced an Oshede, Canada, land Queen of the 'ferdet "& 'and te ap re ox soul to the voice of thy} t | ose not thy heart to the music-they mak eo - "Bells chime 'out merrily, Trumpets call cheerily Silence is ween and_ sleep ba 'awakel Canada, Canada, and of the bray Sons rd -- war-path, and sone the Rand Ka i slave-lash; 'to-day hee nslave Miltione of bearts with affection for thee Bolte chime ae merrily, mpets call cheeri pee the a ring with Neat shout of = nada, Canada, land of the taiendh. Da syanters of snow that Is kissed by the lBinding"th the charms of all lands that Like the 'bright cestus of Venus in Bells chime out oni i { beauty on earth ls j { --John Reade. i Only a few weeks ago all the Empire : with the =-- at-last after la long weary peri of negotiation, Aries had lamicably settled their differences and thad formally signed the ments. \Austrslian provinces he sam thing and made out of their broken ois stronger . the school- ; SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD. me was the man who realized the Value of a Provincial Union and threw himself into the work of bringing it about. His was task of taking charge when the work was complete, and steering the new ship of State. up. jarring communities one great commonwealth And Canada, the elder sister lonked on with interest, for it was a moment of satis 'inctio mote her tn all the glory of her forty oid years of confedera- tion, to watel the younger units of the British Eanpure solving their problems of natior ale ng the same lines as she had fullower A Difficult Task. It is no rasy task, this onc of peace on and a couple of genera- ful federntio tions ago there were very wise men who said it could not be done. Fed-; eralism under the monarchy was im- possible, they declared. With widely separated interests the provinces would never hold together, their de- sires would conflict and they would be eternally falling out. Thus much in Canada Over in the Mother Coun- try there were men who said that federation ot the provinces meant the end of the tie between Britain her north American colonies. would combine, trength en to stand alone and pose day the Gov- ernor-General would and that nen would never fly wi chine heavier than air. T are doing it. And to-day aged' for. 'three years-- mere infaney as nations ecunt their years--Canada stands in every meinber, the lustiest child day of isolated colonies, where expen- @ governors and suites were Jent--frequently to misgovern. -Durham's Attempt. It was oybig and pig y mano af the eentury who should te a. to make ada. Lord D the first effective attemph. at it. those days there were two :classes ores probiies Geaaach of blessed memory te boy. When the uv Game 1837 against the abuses = had been du firm re-. for et Canadian delegation to ie ea the meeting, headetl by F and watched the result of the Anglo-French combina- 'tion, i did not thrive very well. On- was growing LS ae and Qnue- was ding re} tation in "the Union was unfair t d ge "in the assembly, ne French members immigratio' It was now that arta rea- lize the for a federa- tion; d etn to solve the the two races. And idea of = whole federati 2: the Union otrament met the mem- bers came forty-two versus forty-two, the represen' e bear- ing a Oneat of. bills for its own de- velopment and the result was a dead- lock. How long this could last to- day. is a problem, but in the days ei the Union it dates for twenty-three only from 1841 S64. The Work Begins. In that year was begun the serious work ,in behalf of the assembling of the provinces, which ted ears later in the avkiowacnant of a minion of Canad The Maritime Provinces -- Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Ed e see the ad- combining their force-- just the three of them ar- ranged for a conv ention at Char e men who gather- were some whose names hava ecome household words throughout the greater Dominion. From Nova Scotia enme Charles pper, W. A. Henry. R. B. Dickey, Jonathan Me- Cully, and Adams G. Archibald. From New Bruoswick were Samuel G. Til- ley, J. M. Johnson, J. H. Gray, E. Chandler, & Poe G Col. iT?) G Coles and A. McDonald coureennl Prince Edward island. About this time things were hecom- ing acute in the Uniéh Parliament and pe asliberations tion that a federal al, with se ite local hou and or that a more pastes te ensive schme of union of all the British North American pro- vinces be arrang Brown Intervenes. By reason of his In the monte of Dope 7; 1864, here a in ~s Or or ho. Samed ry i statesmen, twelve Québec, five from Nova Scotia, seven Branswi seven fro Bi on the debate oe ys the siehiod closed Eni were adjourned coniivieretibeny It _was_not yet settled down N ew Brun not receive a per When proportion 0 the Dominion revenue to meet the eee , and in a speech favoring union porters of the project. The Ministry resigned, a general election took oa and a unionist vic otians and its Govern- ment again spprosciont the subject." A Long Debate. ~ sole topic. Lord Monck advised the ouse to give e matter its most careful consideration and when wth throne was put into te es wagged loud and It eng doubtful if the speakera put as many words into it az were put into the naval debate last session, adopted by f ninety-one to thirty ed the enthusiasm of a Ex- rston, who w. refused to OF the. Inter. colonial gtd 'aie invletiin, oy w the policies of bath parties, Brown was a bit of o onrinh nat the time, EARL OF DURHAM. The: first ConfedeFationist. His re __portin 1838 foreshadowed the merg- "ing of the Provinces and resulted in the first Union of 1841. and when at'Tast the worst crisis was é@ came forward with the olive branch which he tendered to = orto either. These were the great Macdonalds, akin by. name but mortal enemies ia Politics, the first, Hon. Sandfield Macdonald, Pre .mier, and the er John A. Macdon ald, Yeader CE ow the. 5g tale e Premier of the mit end feitted their differences. conlition Government the Bret time sinee 1841 ap- Sraxlmats pea me the Charlottetown -con- vention. This was es - long sought sopertent a AE _ was asked bec, and Lees n of the nested territories. on condition that the Hudson Boy mpany should Properly recompe . e envoys came home to Quebec and carried the joyful news to Canadian Parlia- = t which met in" August, 1865, and then the unionists sat sa ampited 88 patiently as they could ~ £ The London Meeting: When at last the turnover lace in New. Brunswick another con- Was for and in 'gathered at the ace Hotel in London, ge the bill that was to rovinces. «In defer- ence to the wishes of the maritime delegates some changes were made in the resolutions of 1864. Consultations were also held hala officers o: British Governmen The Earl of es introduced House of Lords nd it passed ceived the signature of Queen Vic- -- on Mar 29. uly the First was. named as the birthday of the new Domin Canada and se¢_proclaimed. the bit which made it'so has pussed into his- rw 4 as the British North America Reorganization, Now canje a reorganization, Vis- count Mouck, who had-gne so much for the. cause i he rallied around him all the sup- f t. as then in | power, was only too glad 'o help, but st i haat ¢ infer i tated the most im éonference in the of Ganatn eteran | © a -t AH the m tender of $8,507.00 for the Haid drain ; Pdecided to -ask for tenders for the pur- ai 4 si ai [leviées By%. oF : os gf c :. -l 'Here's Looking at Ydii. tastes, ton on Saturday, June 18th, wei 2 p. mr embers: 'were 'ew L. Whitney to have the' Whitney drain deepened and i improved as he was sustaining considerable Joss 'og to the etegenne of the . drain: tenders for the Haid drain and the Que. ria Bain * abr. opened. Jolin Dehstedt's asaccepted, and E.and J: Mutray's fentier of $1,579.00 for the Querin drain. ed. hn er, O. EB; was ap the chase of debentures for four drains at the next meeting of the Council and notify the clerk.. Moved on the first Monday in July at Newton at10a.m,, to receive applications for the cffice of treasurer and for gencral businets--Carri WM Wanpenn, Clerk. 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