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Wilfrid Laurier on the Platform; Collection of the Principal Speeches Made in Parliament or Before the People, by the Honorable Wilfrid Laurier Member

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890. Excerpt: ... THE EXECUTION OF RIEL A RESOUNDING PROTEST ANOTHER INDICTMENT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT THE SILVER-TONGUED LAURIER. (Speech delivered in the House of Commons on the l&th March 18S6) We particularly recommend the careful perusal of this speech, as it is considered the finest ever delivered in Parliament and may be regarded, perhaps, as Mr. Laurier's best effort. On the day after its delivery, the English press of the Dominion applied to Mr. Laurier for the first time the epithet of " the silver-tongued Laurier ." It is needless to relate the circumstances under which it was made, as they are known to all and moreover this volume contains a series of speeches, which supply a complete history of the North-West question. The halt-breed leader, Louis Kiel, had been executed. Mr. Blake, the then leader of the Opposition, and Mr. Laurier undertook to convince their colleagues that the real culprit was not Kiel, who had been hanged, but the Government, who had knowingly and deliberately goaded the halfbreeds to desperation and revolt. Before an impartial tribunal, the undertaking would have been triumphant; but the powerful orators addressed themselves to a Parliamentary majority, who could not admit the evidence of facts without repudiating and stultifying their previous record on the subject. Occasions such as these show how deplorably government by party, favorable as it is to the proper working of the representative system, too often stities independence of character. This is the chief impression left by the following remarkable piece of eloquence: Mr. Speaker, Since no one on the other side of the House has the courage to continue this debate, I 'will do so myself. The Minister of Public Works stated that the Government were ready and anxious to discuss this que...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151255815
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 190
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151255815
  • Publisher Date: 03 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 349 gr


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