I Am Quite Prepared, If We Can

We Are Here A Nation, Composed Of The Most Heterogeneous Elements-protestants And Catholics, English, French, German, Irish, Scotch, Every One, Let It Be Remembered, With His Traditions, With His Prejudices. In Each Of These Conflicting Antagonistic Elements, However, There Is A Common Spot Of Patriotism, And The Only True Policy Is That Which Reaches That Common Patriotism And Makes It Vibrate In All Toward Common Ends And Common Aspirations.

Canada Is Free And Freedom Is Its Nationality.

I Claim For Canada This, That In Future Canada Shall Be At Liberty To Act Or Not Act, To Interfere Or Not Interfere, To Do Just As She Pleases, And That She Shall Reserve To Herself The Right To Judge Whether Or Not There Is Cause For Her To Act.

It Is A Sound Principle Of Finance, And A Still Sounder Principle Of Government, That Those Who Have The Duty Of Expending The Revenue Of A Country Should Also Be Saddled With The Responsibility Of Levying And Providing It.

Confederation Is A Compact, Made Originally By Four Provinces But Adhered To By All The Nine Provinces Who Have Entered It, And I Submit To The Judgment Of This House And To The Best Consideration Of Its Members, That This Compact Should Not Be Lightly Altered.