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It has been said...that
we only come now seeking union with these provinces to
escape from our sectional difficulties at home... the
existing coalition was formed expressly for the purpose
of settling justly and permanently the constitutional
relations between Upper and Lower Canada... We are
pledged as a government to place before parliament at
its next session a bill giving effect to the conditions
of our conquest...You will therefore clearly perceive
that we have not come here to seek relief from our
trouble, - for the remedy of our grievances is already
agreed upon, and come what may the larger scheme now
before us, our smaller scheme will certainly be
accomplished. Our sole object in coming here is to say
to you: 'We are about to amend our constitution; and
before finally doing so, we invite you to enter with us
frankly and earnestly into the inquiry whether it would
not be for the advantage of all of the British American
Colonies to be embraced under one political system. Let
us look the whole question steadily in the face; if we
find it advantageous let us act upon it; but if not, let
the whole thing drop....
Speech delivered by
George Brown at a Banquet in Halifax on September 12,
1864
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