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 BBOCE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

in that great work he was nobly seconded i » > tin- brilliant young Qlengarrian Ifacdonell, who, like his iiiusi i inns leader, fell on the slope <>f this sacred hill.

in ihis dread conteai there f< > m l:1i t side by side regular soldier and militiaman; ili«- noble red man and the freed black man contended against i com* mon enemy to thai freedom ami that constitution that every Briton Lotos so welL

it was Indeed a prond thing for Canadians t" remember that whilst there was a great imperial officer t<> lead the little band, close beside him in

tin- great straggle there ever st l a valorous

Canadian aide-de-camp. Fes, tor every regular that contended for the maintenance of British law ami authority in this Canada <>f ours there were fighting by his side the farmer ami the tradesman of those heroic days.

Was not this prophetic of that future co-opera- tion between mother and daughter Btates? Was it not full <>f the deepest meaning for us of the twen- tieth century? Could we not saj "Thy people are my people ami my people thy people"? As in the days of yore, so in these <lays of Canada's abound' Ing prosperity and Increasing national greatness, there would be found men ami means for any national or Imperial emergency thai tin- future might hare in store tor us.

our magnificently proportioned Canada must have a magnificently proportioned soul if she would fulfil her high destiny of eventual Leader- ship in tin- hand of sister nations within an Empire

Indissolubly bound by ties of love ami sacrifice. in enlarging tin- soul of our people such celebra- tions as these have their sure ami certain part, ami

tin' thrill of Brock's great name will stir this people's soul so long as Canada shall endure.

��a brief and eloquent speech was also made by .Mr. w. n. German, M.P., Welland, Ont

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