I. UNVEILING OF THE MONUMENT ERECTED AT OTTAWA 3ln m~ltlorg of the Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald - M onument t o SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD. Erected on Par liam ent Hill. Unveiled July 1, 1805. PROCEEDINGS .\ '1' TH E UN VEILING OF THE MO~ UME NT TO SIH .TOUN A . ~ L\ _ OD ONAT~D , G.Q.B. ;\.. TOTTA\VA. J ULY 1ST, 1895 OTTAWA c: O VEHX ~I E X T l' Hr XTIX (~ B U HE c\ 1 ~ 1895 ~ lIE proceed ings on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument erected by Parliament on Parlia­ ment Hill, to the memory of Sir John Macdonald, were in their nature historic, and it has been deemed fitting to preserve in pamphlet form the addresses and other bu siness of the day, which would otherwise be in some degree lost in the rapidly accumulating columns of the newspapers. The following report taken from the Montreal Gazette of J uly ~nd , 1895, ha s been adopted for th e purpose; and in ord er that th e memory of Sir Geo. Carticr, K. C. :M. G., so long the colleag ue and personal friend of Sir J ohn Macdonald, may be on this occasion, as so often during life, conn ected with that of hi s distingui shed colleag ue, it has been considered proper th at th ere should be app ended to this report, the speech de­ livered by Sir J ohn Macdonald on th e occasion of the unveiling of th e statue of Sir Geo. Cartier on January 29th, 1885. 11,. ADDRESSES D E LIVERED BY SIR MACKENZIE BOWELL, K.C.M.G. , SIR AD OLPH E CARON, K.C.M.G., LIEUT.-GOVERNOR KI RK­ PATRICK AND OT HERS. OTTAWA, J uly l.-The distinctive feat ure of Dominion day celebration here was the unveiling of the statue of Sir J ohn Macdonald, erected by the people of Canada in loving memo ry of the great statesman, to whom more than to any other one man the Dominion owes its existence. The day was perfect, the attendance large, fully five thousand persons being on the grounds, and the ceremony passed oft' without the slightest hitch or flaw to mar it. The platform, erected at the south­ east corner of the Senate, exactly opposite the monument, was comfortably filled, but not overcrowded, as is so frequently the case at such ceremonies, and every window in the Senate wing and Eastern block, from which a view of the monument could be obtained was occupied. On the platform were nearly all the senators and members who had not taken advantage of the parliamentary holiday to run home, amongst them being Sir Mackenzie Bowcll, Sir A. P. Caron, Hon. John Costigan, Hon. T. Mayne Daly, Hon. Geo. E. Fo"ter, Hon. Dr. Montague, Hon. A. R. Angers, HOIl. A. R. Dickey, Speakers Hoss, of the Senate, and White, of the Commons, Senators McRay, Read, Olemow , and others. Amongst the members of Parliament present were Messrs. Tay lor, 'I'isdale, Prior, Mills (Annapolis), Cochrane, Robillard, Cargill, Sir James Grant, etc. ; Hon. 'vVm. McDougall, Chief J ustice Sir Henry Strong, Archdeacon 6 U.\TEI LLYO OF THE JIOXUJIEXT Lauder, R ev. Mr. Bogart, Rev. Mr. Snowdon, R ev. ,V. ,V. Carson, of Detroit. Three provinces, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, were represented by their lieuten­ ant-governors, Messrs. Kirkpatrick, Daly and IIowlan. Shortly before twelv e the military, consisting of the local corps and the Roy al Scots, marched into the g rounds and took up a position on the lawn in front of the b uildings, forming th ree sides of a squa re: and as the midday g un announced the hour of noon, the Ottawa F ield Battery, whi ch was stationed to the east of the Eastern block, fired the customary salute of twenty-one guns. This is the first time that a Dominion da y salute has been fired from P arliament hill, the salute being usually fired from N epean point. The troops in line t he n gave three hearty cheers and the hand played "God Save the Queen." LO RD ABERDEEN'S TELE GRA~I. SIR MACKENZIE BOWELL, wh o was warmly received on coming forwa rd to address the gathe ring, said :-- I regret exceedingly the unav oidabl e absence ofRis Excellency as the representative of the Crown up on this memorable occasion, for the reason given in the followin g tel egram :- Q UE nJW, .I uue :~ O, ISO:;. To th e Hon. Si,' Mack eu zie Bowe l!, Ottawa: Allow HlC to offer my best wi shes on the anspicious occasion of the unveiling of t he memorial of Sir .lo hn A, Xlacdonuld. I t is not many week s since I had t he pleasure of travelling with yon t o .\l on t rea l t o take part in th e un veiling of another memorial to the same great mall, and I greatly regret that owing to arrangements made befoi e I learned of t he proceedings of ~I o n d ay I can not he present on t his occ-a sion. Ob viously in no pl ace could such a mo nument be 1II 0rc appro p ria te ly erected than in t he offic ial capital of Ca nuda ; nor co uld the inaugural ceremony Le held on a more opportune day t ha n that 011 w hich \VC commemon uc the formation of the Domi nion, The In em Ol'y of Sir .Iohn A. Muc.lonald has a secure and a ch erish ed place in t he hearts of hi s couu tryuicn, and it is well t hat by t hese public monnmen ts futu re ge ne rations may he re minded 0 1' taught of hi s ca reer, his services and the pa tri oti c sentim ents by whi ch he was inspired and actuated (Signed ) A n E R DE E:<. (Cheers). TO SIR JOHN,A. lIfACDONALD 7 SIR .TOHN MACDONALD'S LOYALTY. The Premier continued :-If there was one characteristic of Sir John Macdonald more marked than all the others it may fairly be said to have been his loyal devotion to the Crown and his constant care for the interests of the British Empire. And if that loyalty was so marked and so produc­ tive of good for the Empire, it was in return loyally recog­ nized. The honours which, towards the close of his active life, were showered upon Sir John Macdonald by the Queen, by learned bodies, and by his own country, were splendid rewards for splendid service. (Oheers.) I n the letter which Her Majesty wrote to Lady Macdonald on July 2nd, 1891, the Queen said :-"I wish also to say how truly and sincerely grateful I am for his devoted and faithful services which he reudered for so many years to his sovereign and the Duminion." Her Majesty has seen many great men come and go, in her service, during the last half century; but we may fairly claim that among them all, no man contributed more to strengthen the arm of Great Britain or to increase respect for British in­ stitutions and traditions than did Sir John Macdonald. When the bust of Sir John Macdonald was placed in the crypt of St. Paul's, in London, where the sun may be seen shining upon it always on a fine morning, Lord Rosebery, in the course of a speech which I hope will never be forgotten in this country, said :-"W e are gradually collecting within this cathedral the household gods of our commonwealth. Up above, there sleep Wellington and Nelson, those lords of war who preserved the Empire; below, we have the effigies of Daly and Macdonald who did so much to extend it. We have not indeed their bodies. These rest more fitly in the regions were they lived and laboured ; but here to-day we con­ secrate their memory and their example. We k now nothing of party politics in Canada on this occasion. We recognize only t his, that Sir John Macdonald had grasped the central 8 [J },T E ILl xa OP THE MOX[.J.l1IEXT id ea that the British Empire is the greatest secular agenc}' for good now known to mankind; tha t that was the secret of hi s success ; that he determined to die under it, and strove that Canada should live under it." (Applause.) ,Ve are here to-day for a like purpose and in a like manner. No one has embalmed th e memory of Sir J ohn Macdouald in nobler language than th e present lead er of the Opposition, whose address in 1891, when referring to th e loss wh ich Canada had sustained in hi s death, will not soon be forgotten. I regret sincerely his engagements which have prevented his presence on thi s occasion; but his absence, I venture to say, does not depri ve us of his sympathy. \Ve all recogni ze the fact that th e labou rs of the dead man were labours for our common country, and that the honours whi ch he wore were honours paid to our comm on public service-to that service in whi ch, with different policies, we who are in public life have devoted ourselve s. The generation is now growing old which is in a condition to bea r personal testimony to the labours and anxieties of those who fram ed the constit ution and institutions of the Dominion of Canada.