What Is Hateful Is Not Rebellion But

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.

It Would Be Simply Suicidal To French Canadians To Form A Party By Themselves.

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.

For Us, Sons Of France, Political Sentiment Is A Passion; While, For The Englishmen, Politics Are A Question Of Business.

Quebec Does Not Have Opinions, But Only Sentiments.