Mr. Disraeli made a curious statement in his speech on
Thurs- day night. He said,—" I remember twenty years ago a very dis- tinguished statesman who would willingly have secured a Duke- dom of Canada. But Canada now does not exist. It is called the 'Dominion." That is like saying that " Great Britain and Ireland now do not exist,—they are called the' United Kingdom." Canada exists more than ever, for it means more than it did. It extends beyond its former limits,—no doubt under the style of the " Dominion of Canada,"—just as the Queen's territories are called the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,"—but -Canada is just as essential to describe the ofie as Great Britain and Ireland are to describe the other. Mr. Disraeli gets looser and looser in his so-called facts every day. He will be telling us some fine day, " Wales now does not exist,—it is called the Principality."
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