on rar Nonry-Cursa Dany New What is Truth? Still there is no The term "The English Colonies" we believe is especially a misnomer. We have been told there are more Scots than English in the Colonies, but we have no statistics. The word statistics reminds us of a question one friend once asked another: "Do you know how many classes of lies there are?" friend A asked friend answer to that question. Will there ever B. "Give it up" replied B. "There are be? Who can tell! What's in a name? three. Perhaps you would like to hent great There may be Truth m them classified?" said A. "Yes I should," a name. That there is falsehood is un- answered B. " Well then they are class: doubted fied thus: Lies, D—Lies, and Statistics.
'These two questions "What is Truth: We won" deal' with statistics. "We shall Gade Whee inves maba a spade a spade. Most English admit fore, jis ax ce heh their error at once when their attention foreign gentleman who became inextric-1s drawn to this abuse and say they don't ably entangled in the use of the words an auything—which we believe: but British and English. heard of some who point blank For our part we see no difficulty. to call things by their proper man wh uses his intelligence can possibly omipatiable manliness and the This is arrogance and arrogance make the mistake, We presume that every foreigner of education knows how dignity of manliness. That there are the British Isles are partitioned. There rational susceptibilities all know and that must be a cause for this confusion these susceptibilities are wounded foreigners. The names are not 5 fact none will deny. At the present time mons. Cause and effect are as old as time. the feelings of the Scots are intensely Let us examine the cause of which we bitter against whatever authority gave Have seen the effect and let us see if our King a false title and stamped on our there is no remedy. coin its infamy. People and nations care-Tt is a notorious fact that people do less of giving offence do not command not think. We are all children in that respect ror do they deserve it. more or less we are imitators. The for-"Come and let us reason together." eigner imitates his British brother, Take Germany. We have never heard of ignorant may hay that he is sinning against Truth. our charge must in a large measure be laid his sins.
With us too lies the remedy.
Let every Briton use the proper nav in the proper place. Some one has so "A rose by any other name would sus as wheat et us call a rose a rose, and a leck a leck. We are reminded of the parson who travelled in the company of labourers whose language was more expressive than choice. At length he expostulated and for his pains was told that they believed in calling a spade a spade. the parson we think wag nearer the truth when he gave it as his opinion that they would call it a b—y shovel. Let us calla spade a spade. That is the remedy.
Tet tis now consider the abuse of these names Britain and England, Bi ish and english. That a Scotchman not ish true as that an American is not liman. Nay! it is truer; burt call Americans English.
jose are self-evident truths: they are as plain as a pikestafl. Let us call a ade a spade. We British are proud that on motters of national importance we can stand shoulder to shoulder, but it cannot be denied that there are heart-turnings over some things, Some. want this; others want that: but there is one thing we all demand as our birth-right and that is justice. Do we get it? we analyse Parliamentary reports, new: paper editorials or the King's title; if we listen to the speech of those we converse with, the truth will be borne in that justice is net done to all who glory in the name of Briton. We do not always cull a spade—a spade, England does not finance and control the Empire. If she did none would have just cause to complain. Kings and statesmen may, and do, forget; the taxgatherer never. We cannot wonder if the other partners in the business—it is our pride that we are partners—object to the predominant. partner—in wealth only, not in influence or eapacity—paying out' and drawing in the firm's cash and credit in his own name.
We have heard of a patronising English-tan who told an independent Scot that he ought to he proud of being called an Englishman. That Englishman was no Patriot, fora patriot loves.a patriot and despises the man who is content ta bear a name other than his own. the Prussian or of the Prussian emperor. Why?
Neither exists. Why should we hear of the English army and the English King? Neither exists. Do let us talk and write of what is, not of what is not. No true Briton shirks his share of the burden of Empire and no one should deny him his quota of its glory. Why should we have our island hornie disturbed. Let us call a spade a spade. It is childish to do otherwise. Some people we have met never heard that there was grievance on this score. We beg to inform such that they are woefully ignorant of the.temper and feelings of their partners. We do not believe that the sole ambition of the Scot is to make bawbees nor that he only feels heart-pangs when bang goes sixpence.
This habit which a large section of the nations has fallen into is a bad one. This misuse of names does not reflect credit on our accuracy, and, living as we do, among people who perhaps are not so sympathetic of our failings as they might. he. it behoves us to be on our guard so that no gibe may be cast at our veracity We therefore " protest" and "appeal in the names of Truth and Righteousness, that Truth which enlichtens the world ud that Righteousness which exalteth 2 nation.
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