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class would soon be formed in Great Britain,
and it would not be long before these “Little
Englanders” were represented by a sympathetic
class in the Imperial Parliament.
Canada desires above all things a Parliament at
Westminster more completely in sympathy with
the colonies, and with greater knowledge and
understanding of colonial thought than is the case
with our present school of politicians. She would
rate an Imperially-minded Parliament and an
Imperially-minded people in Britain far above the
pecuniary advantage to be derived from a prefer.
ence. A guarantee of the continued integrity of
our Empire, the life of which depends on the
willingness and Imperial sentiment of the people
who compose it, is surely not to be found in adopting
 a policy which, by imposing burdens and restrictions
 too great for some of them to bear cheerfully
or willingly, would create “Little Englanders” in
England and “ Little Canadians” in Canada.
It is impossible to superimpose a commercial
tie on to the existing one of confidence and affection
 without destroying the disinterested nature of
Canadian loyalty. At present the loyalty of the
Canadian is one of his dominant characteristics,
but it is not a thing he can stop to reason over or
reduce to logical terms of profit and loss. Implicit
faith in the British flag is as much a part of his
nature as is his religion. There is nothing to show
that this loyalty is waning; or even that it is in
any way threatened. It is the bond which has