The centenary celebration of the battle of Lundy's Lane, July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . orious termination of the war. Both parties,Canada and the United States, are now arriving at a betterunderstanding of the facts of those times, but as long asone-sided accounts still remain on the pages of accreditedAmerican history, it is the necessary and patriotic dutyof Canadians to point out discrepancies, but to do so in aspirit of friendly brotherhood. In the contest we have a large against a small country,and notwithstanding divisions of opinion in each, the largecountry, accord
The centenary celebration of the battle of Lundy's Lane, July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . orious termination of the war. Both parties,Canada and the United States, are now arriving at a betterunderstanding of the facts of those times, but as long asone-sided accounts still remain on the pages of accreditedAmerican history, it is the necessary and patriotic dutyof Canadians to point out discrepancies, but to do so in aspirit of friendly brotherhood. In the contest we have a large against a small country,and notwithstanding divisions of opinion in each, the largecountry, according to the prophets, should have , therefore, did not the United States win? 1. Because the war was one of aggression, and in sucha war human clement has to be reckoned with outside ofordinary military calculations. 2. The character of the people must be taken intoconsideration. Though a small number, a mere handfulof 77,000, iron was in their blood. They rid themselves oftraitors to their country, and they were in the breach todie. 3. Something must be said of the leaders. Prevost, ^ M it. COMMEMORATIVE EXERCISES 41 brave and experienced as he was, proved himself unfit forsupreme command. Rrock, was a gift of the gods to hiscountry. He and Drummond are the outstanding generalsof the war. We are then thrown back on the spirit of determina-tion exercised by a patriotic people. The satisfaction wefeel to-day is that to us the war of 1812-1814 was a war ofdefence, not of offence or of aggression. Further, thaf wewere a weak people, as indeed, comparatively speaking, weare to-day, and that in our military and national weakness,we were strong in our faith, strong in our loyalty, and in-vincible in the defence of our home and country. It needsno prophets eye to see that it will always be so. Heavenis not always on the side of the big battalions, as the his-tory of war has demonstrated from the beginning of shepherds decimated Chedarlaemers was a
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