If I Were Not French I Would

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.

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.

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

Canada Is Free And Freedom Is Its Nationality.

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.