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Essays and addresses

The descendant of Cavalier and Roundhead can join in praise of their ancestors in the Revolution of the seventeenth century and can forget the disputes which divided them.

These ancestors were of the same peo- ple, though divided by their different views as to Royal Government.

So, too, the time is rapidly approaching when the descendants of the Roundhead and Cavalier of the Revolution of the eighteenth century the Con- tinental and the Loyalist may join in recognizing the merits of their ancestors; for these, too, were of the same people, though they also were divided by their views of government.

I do not forget, either, that since then, there have been many thousands of the citizens of the one State who have made their home in the other.

Their descen- dants claim to be true-born Americans or Canadians; rather reminding one of the Frenchman who on the day of his naturalization in England said he felt much elated, for " to-day I conquered at Waterloo, while yes- terday I was defeated.