I Have Read All That Has Been

The Distinction Of Being Without An Honour Is Becoming A Rare And Valuable One And Should Not Become Extinct.

My Belief Is, From All That I Have Seen Of The French People And Their Government, That They Are Much More Likely To Presume Upon Our Weakness Than To Take Offence At Our Strength.

But After This Natural Burst Of Indignation, No Man Of Sense, Courage, Or Prudence Will Waste His Time Or His Strength In Retrospective Reproaches Or Repinings.

My Object, Having A Surplus To Deal With, Is To Consider How I Can Deal With It To The Greatest Advantage To The Consumer - How, Without Inflicting Any Injury On Canada, I Can Secure The Most Substantial Benefit To This Country, To The Manufacturing, To The Commercial, And To The Agricultural Interests. The Real Way In Which We Can Benefit The Working And Manufacturing Classes Is, Unquestionably, By Removing The Burden That Presses On The Springs Of Manufactures And Commerce.

The Reform Bill Has Destroyed The Ancient Conduits And Strainers, And Brings Public Opinion To Act Upon The Government With The Rapid, Turbulent, And Uncertain Violence Of A Flood!