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gendered among the American colonists by the acts ol
Georu-e III, or hy the struggle which followed, should be
suffered to prevail amongst us to-day. It is becoming
more and more manifest, by many tokens, that a very
different emotion is now roused in the hearts of citizens
of the United States by the name "England" from that
which it was long wont to awaken. But here to-day, is
a wonderful thing. You have come to our citj^ not only
to assist in the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary
of the completion of that great railway which has
been both a boon to Canada, and a chief source of our
city's prosperity, binding us together with bands of steel.
England has fulfilled them during the last fifty years.
For whenever England has extended her sway under Her
Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, it has been for the
material, the intellectual and the .spiritual benefit of
those who came under it. It has brought to them the
blessings of a large liberty, of a fuller knowledge in
every department of learning, and of an unmeasurably
increa.sed happiness. Through many generations may the
cords which bind England and America together grow
stronger and stronger until, before the world and in all
that concerns the interests of humanity, they shall be as
one."
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Montreal 1884
but to unite with us in the celebration of our birthday Bishop Nealey's sermon was a fair reflection of the
as a nation. Wonderfid indeed it is, and most significant. spirit of the reception accorded to the regiment.
Significant not only of the passing into oblivion of Unstinted praise was bestowed upon the regiment by
former conflicts, but of the awakening of both nations the Portland newspapers, not only for its fine appearance
to a new sen.se of their kinship, and to a recognition of on parade but for the excellent l>ehavior of the men
their common interests in the waj' of their own develop- whether off or on parade. July 6, Mayor Randall wrote
ment and in the advancement of Christian civilization."
The Bishop went on to speak of the war then in progress,
and reverting to the probable result, remarked :—
"If, in the final issue we .should find our.selves, as England
has often done, with new resiionsibilities laid u])on
us, I can pray for nothing better for ourselves as a
an official letter to ilr. Keating, the British Vice-Consul,
expressing through that official the thanks of the City
of Portland to the Minister of Militia for his courtesy in
sending the Royal Scots to Portland. In this letter His
Worshi]) wrote:— "It was an act of international civility
which we shall long remember. The Scots were the
nation than that we may fulfil such responsibilities as most interesting feature of our celebration, and deserv-