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“jt ‘was said he should have de- ‘“manded preferential. trade from “Great Britain as well as the getting “rid of ‘the obstructive treaties. but ‘if he had asked for both he woulü ‘‘have received neither, He had ap- ‘“‘pealed, not to John Bull the man of “business, but the man of big heart, “One step had been gained, the step “that first had to be gained, and if he “had attempted more, it would have ‘““meant failure. The way was clear “now to preferential trade,lso soon as “Great Britain was ready to grant it” Why, we have the proof that not only were the ktatesmen of Great Britain ready to grant it, but that England herself, ‘the great heart of John Bull, was beating for this preferential trade.

(Cheers.) But what does the hon.

gentleman tell us when he comes back? He comes back ‘and tells the at Toronto that while he was the guest of these men, while accepting thaur Cobden medal,

hile enjoying their sumptuous hospitality, all his statements, his statement thet Canada wanted nothing in return whatever, were all a piece of

sly diplomacy, a piece ‘of dexterous,

perfidy. (Cheers.) It pains me—- and I say it unaffectedly—to find a First Minister of Canada playing such a role.

We have had during this devate, some very lextraordinary and very strong literary comparisons. For instance ,the leader of the Opposition:

has been compared to the scurrilous.

and ungsightly Thersites. Now, when we take the course of the right hon.

gentleman on this preferential trade question, there is 4 comparison that suggests itself, and I do not make it in any offensive sense, If you take the career of Milton’s’Satan, after he

meets his followers in. Pandemonium, :

and follow it from that out, you will find a most extraordinary similarity

between it and the course of the right

hon. gentleman. Satan’s account to his followers of his ‘exploits in dup-

Hicity, as recorded in ‘Paradise Lost,” .. bears a remarkable similarity to my right “hon. friend's-account of his do- I #0

other side,