[bourinot] builders OF NOVA SCOTIA 19S 



■whiile no provision is made to draw around the throne the hearts of millions 

 predisposed to loyalty and affection ; and the result we may surely calculate. 

 Should the other half of this continent be lost for the want of forethought and 

 sound knowledge, there will be trouble in- the old homestead. "Shadows, 

 clouds and darkness" will rest upon the abode of our fathers ; the free soil of 

 England will not be long unprofaned ; and the gratitude of Turks and the 

 friendship of Austrians or Republican Americans, will form but a poor sub- 

 stitute for the hearts and hands that have been flung away. 



