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 BBOCK CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ence and self-government, and also that they would

be amply lndemniti«'<l for any and all losses that

they might sustain by their services. Now we know thai these pledgee were not adequately ful- filled, yet, aotwithetanding this fact, the Sii Nation! remained faithful in their adherence to

the I 'tit ish < '\n\\ n.

And now allow me to come down to the eventful t inns which more Immediately concern oi this

afteri a. Lei me al the ontael briefly bnl moel

emphatically aaaerl thai in those troublous times no followers of the Illustrious Brock, whose fall and victory we are this afternoon commemorating, fought more bravely than the Bii Nations; their very admiration <>f thai greal and 'nave general w as as a spur to their bravery.

I think I may truthfully say that had it nol been for the bravery of the ^ix Nations the Quion Jack would not today be waving over these historic heights.

The six Nations bave never bad an historian of their own to record the brave deeds of valour of their warriors, and therefore gel bnl scant justice in the historical records <>f this country; naturally the historians magnify the achievements of their own peoples, while I claim thai more credit should be given my own people.

Lei me Instance one or two samples of justice doled "in to my people In various lines. Sou know

that in Ontario manhood suH'rauc prevails in poli- tical elections, so that any foreigner after six months* residence can have every privilege of a

full citizen, although he may have no higher inter- est in the country than as a plare in which to earn

his bread ami butter, ami whose ancestors have aever shed a drop of blood for its retention by

Britain, and who himself may QeVBI fight in its

defence, but who maj '_'" back to fight bis own country's battles, perhaps even against Britain.

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