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It was stated, in the earlier part
of this paper, that Scotchmen, in this Province, have made their mark in
the marts of commerce, as well as
in the. loftier regions of thought and
statecraft.*
As to the first, the array of names
on the Exchange Register is so ample, that it is quite sufficient to
mention a few of the best known, such as that of Allan, Edmonstone, Ross,
Young, Thomson, McPherson, Gibb, McGill, Redpath, McTavish, Anderson, Dow,
Angus, Ferrier, Torrance.
Literary Canada is proud of its
Stuarts, Logans, Wilsons, Dawsons, Murdocks, Lyalls,, Campbells, Rattrays,
Evan, McCall, Alexander McLaughlin, W. and Alex. Garvie, Robert Murray,
and a host of others.
The voice of a Neilson, a Galt, a
Robertson, a Ross, an Ogilvie,
in our Commons at Quebec, has responded to that of a Morris, a McDougall,
a Brown, a McKenzie, a MacDonald in the Supreme Council, of the nation, at
Ottawa.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am not here
to sing poeans to Scottish success, I stand before you to-night merely to
notice the relative position the race occupies, as a notable element in
our nationality, in the manner I previously did, with the respect to the
descendant of the Gaul.
With such hopeful materials—such
energetic factors, as the free, the sturdy Briton—the cultured descendant
of the Norman—the self-reliant Scot—the ardent, eloquent Milesian, there
exists in those fertile, northern realms ruled over by England’s gentle
Queen, the component parts of a great commonwealth, which will gradually
consolidate, itself with the modifications time may bring, into the
national organization, under which Canadians of all creeds and origins, in
1867, associated, in a vast and liberty-loving Confederation.
(Loud and prolonged applause.)
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