For Us, Sons Of France, Political Sentiment

We French-canadians Belong To One Country, Canada: Canada Is For Us The Whole World: But The English-canadians Have Two Countries, One Here And One Across The Sea.

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.

I Am Not Here To Parade My Religious Sentiments, But I Declare I Have Too Much Respect For The Faith In Which I Was Born To Ever Use It As The Basis Of A Political Organization

Whether Splendidly Isolated Or Dangerously Isolated, I Will Not Now Debate; But For My Part, I Think Splendidly Isolated, Because The Isolation Of England Comes From Her Superiority.

Why, So Soon As French Canadians, Who Are In The Minority In This House And In The Country, Were To Organize As A Political Party, They Would Compel The Majority To Organize As A Political Party, And The Result Must Be Disastrous To Themselves.