. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. for the purpose of inviting the Home Gov-ernment to appoint Delegates from all the Provinces to discuss afederal union. Naturally, and properly, the Imperial authorities didnot see their way to assume such a responsibility and preferred leav-ing the seed to grow in its own soil until a stage of fruition had beenreached in which the various branches
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. for the purpose of inviting the Home Gov-ernment to appoint Delegates from all the Provinces to discuss afederal union. Naturally, and properly, the Imperial authorities didnot see their way to assume such a responsibility and preferred leav-ing the seed to grow in its own soil until a stage of fruition had beenreached in which the various branches of a single stem might drawtogether of their own volition. About the time of this mission to England, Mr. AlexanderMorris—long afterwards Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice ofManitoba in succession—delivered a somewhat famous lecture inMontreal and published it under the title of Nova Britannia. In ithe foretold a future fusion of races in British America, a union of allthe Provinces and territories from ocean to ocean and a railway to thePacific. During the same year, and in the Montreal Gazette, thereappeared a strong letter in favour of union written by James Ander-son and significant for its reference to John A. Macdonald as the.
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