Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . idst which the hon. gentleman resumed his seat.)—Confederation Debates, page 45. The Hon. George Brown closed in the following words: Sir,the future destinies of these great provinces may be affected by thedecision we are about to give, to an extent which, at this moment,we may be unable to estimate—but assuredly the welfare for ma
Public men and public life in Canada; the story of the Canadian confederacy, being recollections of Parliament and the press and embracing a succinct account of the stirring events which led to the confederation of British North America into the Dominion of Canada . idst which the hon. gentleman resumed his seat.)—Confederation Debates, page 45. The Hon. George Brown closed in the following words: Sir,the future destinies of these great provinces may be affected by thedecision we are about to give, to an extent which, at this moment,we may be unable to estimate—but assuredly the welfare for manyyears of four millions of people hangs on our decision. (Hear,hear.) Shall we then rise equal to the occasion? Shall we ap-proach this discussion without partisanship, and free from anypersonal feeling but the earnest resolution to discharge conscien-tiously the duty which an overruling Providence has placed uponus? Sir, it may be that some of us may live to see the day when,as the result of this measure, a great and powerful people mayhave grown up in these lands—^when the boundless forests allaround us may have given way to smiling fields and thrivingtowns—and when one united Government under the British flag, PUBLIC MEN AND PUBLIC LIFE IN CANADA. were specially conspicious—that of Mr. Brown, whohad just returned from a special mission to England,probably being the greatest effort of his life. The Hon. L. H. Holton was first to give his rea-sons for opposing the Government scheme, which hedid in his usual lucid and eiTective manner. He wasfollowed by the Hon. A. A. Dorion in an able andelaborate effort, then came Mr. Joly de Lotbiniere,Mr. Matthew Crooks Cameron, Mr. Christopher-— . Dunkin, the Hon. John . , ^ Sandfield Macdonald, Mr. L. S. Huntington andothers. Mr. Dunkinsspeech was an exceedinglyremarkable one. It lastedtwo days and two nights—was probably the longestspeech ever made in aCanadian parliament—andit was admitted on allsides that he sustained
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