As Others See Us

The books mentioned are significant of a popular move. That this move should have originated in the “Land of the Free” is remarkable. That popular appreciation should have been held from the Canadian so long is deplorable. That recognition has been withheld from Canadians is shown by the after-dinner speech made a few years ago at New York, by a noble Lord. The gentleman I refer to is reported to have said in effect: “The Revolutionists would have been unworthy of their ancestors had they not taken up arms.” The implied inference is that the Loyalists were unworthy of their ancestors.