UNITED STATES AND CANADA 105 



centuries of noble endeavour ; but I should think 

 our patriotism was warped and stunted indeed if it 

 did not embrace the Greater Britain beyond the 

 seas — (cheers) — ^the young and vigorous nation 

 carrying everywhere throughout the globe a know- 

 ledge of the English tongue and English love of 

 liberty and law. (Cheers.) With these feelings I 

 refused to speak or to think of the United States as 

 a foreign nation. (Applause.) They are our flesh 

 and blood. Still less am I inclined to make any 

 distinction between these interests of Englishmen 

 at home and Englishmen in Canada and Australia. 

 (Cheers.) What is the fact in regard to these 

 peoples, the older and the younger nations ? Our 

 past is theirs. Their future is ours. You cannot 

 if you would 



BREAK THE INVISIBLE BOND 



which binds us together. (Cheers.) Their fore- 

 fathers are our forefathers. They worshipped at 

 our shrines. They sleep in our churchyards. 

 They helped to make our institutions, our literature 

 and our laws. These things are their heritage as 

 much as ours. If you stood up to deny it your 

 speech and countenance, your manner of life and 

 institutions would all combine to betray you. 

 (Cheers.) I urge upon you our common origin, 

 our relationship, because, while these things confer 

 privileges, they also entail obligations. We are all 

 branches of one family. It behoves us to do all 

 in our power to promote the good feeling and 

 affection that ought to characterise the intercourse 



