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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Brock Centenary 1812-1912 + +Author: Various + +Contributor: John Stewart Carstairs + +Editor: Alexander Fraser + +Release Date: January 20, 2012 [EBook #38620] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BROCK CENTENARY 1812-1912 *** + + + + +Produced by James Wright and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This +book was created from images of public domain material +made available by the University of Toronto Libraries +(http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/).) + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="600" height="960" alt="" title="cover" /> +</div> + +<p><br /><br /><br /></p> + +<p><a name="frontis" id="frontis"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> +<img src="images/frontis.jpg" width="500" height="551" alt="" title="Major-General Brock" /> +</div> + +<h5>MAJOR-GENERAL BROCK.<br /> + +<small>(<i>From miniature painting by J. Hudson.</i>)<br /> + +Copyrighted in the U. S. A. and Canada.<br /> +<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 10em;">—From Nursey's "Story of Isaac Brock" (Briggs).</span></small></h5> + +<p><br /><br /><br /></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> + +<h1>BROCK CENTENARY</h1> + +<h3>1812-1912</h3> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<h3>ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION AT<br /> +QUEENSTON HEIGHTS, ONTARIO,<br /> +ON THE 12<span class="smcap">th</span> OCTOBER, 1912</h3> + +<p><br /><br /><br /></p> + +<h3>ALEXANDER FRASER, LL.D.<br /> +<small><small>Editor</small></small></h3> + +<p><br /><br /><br /></p> + +<h4><small>TORONTO<br /> +<small>PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE COMMITTEE BY</small></small><br /> +WILLIAM BRIGGS<br /> +<small><small>1913</small></small></h4> + +<p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p> + + + +<h4>DEDICATED</h4> + +<h5>TO</h5> + +<h4>THE DESCENDANTS OF THE DEFENDERS</h4> + +<p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> + +<h6>—————————————<br /> +Copyright, Canada, 1913, by<br /> +<span class="smcap">Alexander Fraser</span></h6> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p> + +<h2>PREFATORY NOTE</h2> + + +<p>The object of this publication is to preserve an +account of the Celebration, at Queenston Heights, +of the Brock Centenary, in a more convenient and +permanent form than that afforded by the reports +(admirable as they are) in the local newspapers.</p> + +<p>Celebrations were held in several places in Ontario, +notably at St. Thomas, where Dr. J. H. Coyne +delivered a fervently patriotic address. Had reports +of these been available, extended reference +would have been gladly and properly accorded to +them in this book. Considerable effort, involving +delay in publication, was made to secure the name +of every person who attended at Queenston Heights +in a representative capacity, and the list is probably +complete.</p> + +<p>For valuable assistance acknowledgment is due +to Colonel Ryerson, Chairman of the General and +Executive Committees; to Miss Helen M. Merrill, +Honorary Secretary, and to Mr. Angus Claude Macdonell, +K.C., M.P., Toronto. Also to Mr. Walter +R. Nursey, for the use of the pictures of General +Brock, Col. Macdonell, and Brock's Monument, +from his interesting work: "The Story of Brock," +in the Canadian Heroes Series; and to the Ontario +Archives, Toronto, for the use of the picture of the +first monument erected to Brock on Queenston +Heights.</p> + +<p class="author"><span class="smcap">Alexander Fraser.</span></p> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span></p> + +<p><a name="illo_4" id="illo_4"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> +<img src="images/004_illo.jpg" width="500" height="616" alt="" title="Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonell" /> +</div> + +<h6>From a Silhouette in possession of John Alexander Macdonnell, K.C., Alexandria.<br /> +<br /> +<span class="smcap">Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonell.</span><br /> +Provincial Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir Isaac Brock; M.P. for Glengarry;<br /> +Attorney-General of Upper Canada.<br /> +<br /><br /><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 15em;">—From Nursey's "Story of Isaac Brock" (Briggs).</span></h6> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p> + +<h2>CONTENTS</h2> + +<table summary="Table of Contents" width="90%" border="0"> +<tr> +<td> </td> +<td class="tdr"><span class="smcap">page</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Prefatory Note</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Introduction—J. Stewart Carstairs, B.A.</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Preliminary Steps</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>General Committee Formed</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Programme Adopted</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Programme">26</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Reports of Committees</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Celebrating the Day</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>At Queenston Heights—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Representatives Present</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#reps">34</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Floral Decorations</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#wreaths">40</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">A Unique Scene</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#scene">42</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Historic Flags and Relics</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#flags">43</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Letters of Regret for Absence</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#letters">44</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>The Speeches—</td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Colonel G. Sterling Ryerson</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Ryerson">45</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Mr. Angus Claude Macdonell, M.P.</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Macdonell1">50</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Hon. Dr. R. A. Pyne, M.P.P.</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Pyne">55</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Colonel George T. Denison</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Denison">58</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Mr. J. A. Macdonell, K.C.</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Macdonell2">61</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Dr. James L. Hughes</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Hughes">67</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Chief A. G. Smith</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Smith">71</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Warrior F. Onondeyoh Loft</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Loft">74</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td><span style="margin-left: 2em;">Mr. Charles R. McCullough</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#McCullough">75</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Appendix I.—Highland Heroes in the War of 1812-14 —Dr. Alexander Fraser</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_77">77</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Appendix II.—Programme of Toronto Garrison Service in Massey Hall</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_82">82</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Appendix III.—Indian Contributions to the Reconstruction of Brock's Monument</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_88">88</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Appendix IV.—Meetings of the Executive Committee subsequent to the Celebration</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Appendix V.—Captain Joseph Birney</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_93">93</a></td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p> + +<h2>ILLUSTRATIONS</h2> + +<table summary="Table of Illustrations" width="90%" border="0"> +<tr> +<td> </td> +<td class="tdr"><span class="smcap">page</span></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Major-General Brock</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#frontis"><i>Frontispiece</i></a> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonell, Provincial Aide-de-Camp<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">to Major-General Sir Isaac Brock</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_4">5</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Executive Committee</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_28">28</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>First Monument to General Brock at Queenston Heights</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_32">33</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Brock's Monument</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_34">34</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Central section of a panoramic picture of the gathering at Queenston Heights</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_36">36</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Floral Tribute placed on Cenotaph, where Brock fell, by the Guernsey Society, Toronto</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_38a">38</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Brock Centenary Celebration at Queenston Heights</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_38b">38</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Memorial Wreaths placed on the Tombs, at Queenston Heights,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, Kt., and Colonel John</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Macdonell, P.A.D.C., Attorney-General of Upper Canada</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_40">41</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Wreath placed on Brock's Monument in St. Paul's Cathedral,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">London, Eng., by the Government of Canada</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_42">42</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Wreath placed on Brock's Monument, Queenston Heights, by<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire</span></td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_42">42</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Conferring Tribal Membership on Miss Helen M. Merrill</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_42c">43</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Six Nation Indians celebrating Brock's Centenary at Queenston Heights</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_44">44</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Colonel George Sterling Ryerson, Chairman of Committee</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_45">45</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Angus Claude Macdonell, K.C., M.P., addressing the gathering</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_51">51</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Hon. R. A. Pyne, M.D., M.P.P., Minister of Education of Ontario</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_58">58</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>James L. Hughes, LL.D., Chief Inspector of Schools, Toronto</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_58">58</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Colonel George T. Denison, Toronto</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_58">58</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>J. A. Macdonell, K.C., Glengarry, addressing the gathering</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_61">61</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Chief A. G. Smith, Six Nation Indians, Grand River Reserve</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_71">71</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Captain Charles R. McCullough, Hamilton, Ont.</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_71">71</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Warrior F. Onondeyoh Loft, Six Nation Indians, Toronto</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_71">71</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Members of Committee at Queenston Heights</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_77">77</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Group of Indians (Grand River Reserve) celebrating Brock's Centenary at Queenston Heights</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_88">88</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td> </td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td>Captain Joseph Birnie</td> +<td class="tdr"><a href="#illo_93">93</a></td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span></p> + +<h2>INTRODUCTION</h2> + +<h3>BROCK AND QUEENSTON<br /> + +<small>By John Stewart Carstairs, B.A., Toronto</small></h3> + + +<p>Brock's fame and Brock's name will never die +in our history. The past one hundred years have +settled that. And in this glory the craggy heights +of Queenston, where in their splendid mausoleum +Brock and Macdonell sleep side by side their last +sleep, will always have its share. Strangely +enough, who ever associates Brock's name with +Detroit? Yet, here was a marvellous achievement: +the left wing of the enemy's army annihilated, its +eloquent and grandiose leader captured and two +thousand five hundred men and abundant military +stores, with the State of Michigan thrown in!</p> + +<p>But Britain in those days was so busy doing +things that we a hundred years later can scarcely +realize them. However, so much of our historic +perspective has been settled during the past hundred +years. Perhaps in another hundred years, +when other generations come together to commemorate +the efforts of these men that with Brock and +Macdonell strove to seek and find and do and not +to yield, the skirmish at Queenston may be viewed +in a different light.</p> + +<p>Perhaps then the British Constitution will have +bridged the oceans and the "Seven Seas"; perhaps +then Canada will be more British than +Britain itself—the very core, the centre, the heart +of the Empire in territory and population, in +wealth and in influence, in spirit and in vital activities. +Then Queenston Heights may be regarded<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> +not merely as a victory that encouraged Canadians +to fight for their homes but as a far-reaching +world-event.</p> + +<p>The year of Queenston, let us remember, was the +year of Salamanca and of Moscow—the most glorious +year in British military annals. But what has +Salamanca to do with Canada? Britain was fighting +alone, not merely for the freedom of Britons but +for the freedom of Europe. Since 1688 she had +been for more than one-half of the one hundred and +twenty-four years actively in arms against France. +Since 1793 there had been peace—and only nominal +peace—<i>against</i> France for only the two years +following the Treaty of Amiens (1801). The generation +approaching maturity in 1812 had been +born and had grown up "in wars and rumours of +wars." In this struggle against France and later +against Napoleon, the Motherland had increased +the National Debt by £500,000,000, or nearly +twenty-five hundred millions of dollars; she had +spent every cent she could gather and taxed her +posterity to this extent. That is what Britain had +done for her children—and for the world at large!</p> + +<p>But ever since Jefferson had purchased (1803) +Louisiana from Napoleon the United States had +found she was less dependent on Britain. Accordingly, +Jefferson grew more and more unfriendly. +And now in 1812, the world campaign of Napoleon +had spread to America. He had hoped for this, but +on different lines. He had planned for it, but those +plans had failed.</p> + +<p>"The War of 1812-14," as we call it, was merely +a phase, a section, of the greatest struggle in +the history of mankind—the struggle of Britain +against the aggrandisement and cheap ambition of +Napoleon to become the Dictator of Europe and +the civilized world. Brock, though invited to take +a share in the long drawn out contest in Spain, +decided—fortunately for us—to remain in Canada.</p> + +<p>The year 1812 was the climax of the war with<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> +Napoleon—the most splendid, as we have said, of +all years in British military annals. Since 1808, +the British forces had been striving to drive the +French from Spain. First under Sir John Moore, +later under Wellington, inch by inch, year by year, +they had beaten them back toward the Pyrenees. +Then on July 22, 1812, just as Brock was struggling +with all his difficulties here in Canada, there +came Wellington's first decisive victory at Salamanca. +The news reached Brock in October and +a day or two before he died he sent the tidings +forward to Proctor—Proctor then struggling with +his Forty-first Regiment to do as much damage as +he could to the enemy hundreds of miles out from +Windsor and Detroit, Proctor who was to be eternally +much abused for faults he never was guilty of, +and to be blamed for Tecumseh's death next year. +With the news of Salamanca went Brock's prophetic +comment: "I think the game nearly up in +Spain"; and within a year the game, Napoleon's +game, was up, not only in Spain but in all Europe. +Within a year Leipsic had been fought and won +and Napoleon was a wanderer on the face of the +earth, to be gathered in and lodged on Elba.</p> + +<p>Meanwhile other great events were shaping. +Just a month before Salamanca—in fact, four days +before the United States declared war—Napoleon +had set out on his fatal expedition against Russia. +Two days later he crossed the Niemen. More than +a million Frenchmen were now in arms in Europe; +and Britain was the only active enemy in the field.</p> + +<p>What wonder then that Brock, as the civil and +military head of the Government of Upper Canada, +should view with extreme anxiety the situation in +the Province? He had been in Canada for ten +years. He knew that the Motherland could not +furnish any more men. There were fifteen hundred +regular troops in Upper, and two thousand in +Lower Canada. Forty years before there had not +been a single settlement in what is now Ontario<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> +from the Detroit to the Ottawa, from Lake Ontario +to Sault Ste. Marie. Now there were seventy-five +thousand inhabitants; and under a wise Militia +Act they had imposed yearly military service on +themselves; every male inhabitant had to furnish +his own gun and appear on parade or be heavily +fined. Thus there was a volunteer force more or +less trained amounting to about ten thousand men—a +militia that under Brock rendered splendid +service.</p> + +<p>But arms were scarce and supplies had to be +brought long distances. The men at Queenston +won their victory with guns that were captured +two months before at Detroit. Throughout the +war, when our mills had been burnt by a ruthless +enemy that made war on women and children and +old men, supplies were brought up the toilsome +course of the St. Lawrence in Durham boats and +<i>bateaux</i>. The devoted militia of the river counties +guarded the frontier, and only once did they lose +a convoy, part of which they afterwards recovered +by a raid into the enemy's territory at Waddington, +N.Y.</p> + +<p>In front of Brock was a nation of eight or nine +millions, a nation that believed they could "take +the Canadas without soldiers;" as the United +States Secretary of War said—"we have only to +send officers into the Province and the people, disaffected +towards their own Government, will rally +round our standard." Yet they placed, during the +three years of the war, 527,000 men in the field and +were defeated in thirty-two engagements. The +odds were twenty-six to one against us. That was +Brock's grand bequest to this land—the spirit to +fight against odds that were at first sight positively +overwhelming.</p> + +<p>For years sedition and disloyalty had been gaining +ground in Upper Canada. In 1802, Colonel +Talbot classified the inhabitants of the western +part of the Province as (1) those enticed hither by<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> +the free land grants; (2) those that had fled from +the United States for crime; (3) Republicans anticipating +that the colony would shake off its +allegiance to Britain. Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest +Cruikshank, who is justly regarded as the most +eminent authority on the War of 1812-14, believes +that in a large portion of the Province "the recent +immigrants from the United States outnumbered +all the other inhabitants at least two to one. Two-thirds +of the members of the Assembly and one-third +of the magistrates were natives of the United +States."</p> + +<p>On the 28th of July, 1812, Brock called together +the Legislature of Upper Canada. In his speech +from the throne he stated that "a few traitors have +already joined the enemy, have been suffered to +come into the country with impunity, and have +been harboured and concealed in the interior." +The peroration should be memorized by every +young Canadian: "We are engaged in an awful +and eventful contest. By unanimity and despatch +in our councils and by vigour in our operations we +may teach the enemy this lesson, that a country +defended by <i>free men</i>, enthusiastically devoted to +their king and constitution, can never be conquered." +He especially desired the suspension of +the Habeas Corpus Act and the passing of an Act +to compel suspected persons to take an oath abjuring +their allegiance to other countries. But Brock, +to use his own words, could "get no good of them. +They, like the magistrates and others in office, evidently +mean to remain passive. The repeal of the +Habeas Corpus will not pass, and if I have recourse +to the law martial, I am told the whole armed +force will disperse. Never was an officer placed +in a more awkward predicament."</p> + +<p>The very next day he wrote in much the same +spirit to Colonel Baynes: "The population, believe +me, is essentially bad—a full belief possesses them +all that this Province must inevitably succumb.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span> +This prepossession is fatal to every exertion. Legislators, +magistrates, militia officers, all have +imbibed the idea, and are so sluggish and indifferent +in their respective offices that the artful and +active scoundrel is allowed to parade the country +without interruption and commit all imaginable +mischief. . . . Most of the people have lost all +confidence. I, however, speak loud and look big."</p> + +<p>On the same day, moreover, he reported: "The +militia stationed here (at York) volunteered their +services to any part of the Province without the +least hesitation."</p> + +<p>Day after day his Legislature wasted their time. +For eight days they discussed a mere party question +of changing a clause in the School Bill. Brock +prorogued Parliament and took the reins in his +own hands. He declared martial law, and soon +after three members of the Legislature, Willcocks, +Markle, and Mallory, deserted and joined the United +States forces.</p> + +<p>At once he set out on his expedition to Detroit. +Through the wilds of Upper Canada, by lake and +field, he led his small band of men two hundred +miles. In nineteen days he was back again in his +capital. He had annihilated the left wing of the +enemy's army; he had captured two thousand five +hundred men, thirty-seven cannon and immense +military stores. The State of Michigan practically +remained in our possession till the close of the war.</p> + +<p>A hundred years ago Brock spent the last week +in August and the first part of October in strengthening +the defences on the Niagara frontier. He +needed one thousand more regulars, but Sir George +Prevost could not spare another man. He mounted +new batteries with the Detroit cannon. He established +a system of communication and the use of +beacon lights from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, with +a spur line inland to Pelham Heights. He refitted +his men from the stores captured at Detroit. Ceaseless +activity and eternal vigilance were the very<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span> +laws of his life. The motto on his seal is said to +have been "He who guards never sleeps." The +legend may not be correct, but it is so appropriate +that one likes to perpetuate the tradition.</p> + +<p>The United States army as a whole was attacking +Canada at three points: its right wing was +trying to force its way up the valley of the Richelieu; +its left wing had been disposed of by Brock +at Detroit; its centre was being strengthened every +day along the Niagara frontier. From the old +French fort at the mouth of the Niagara River to +the village of Buffalo there was on both sides of +the Niagara an uninterrupted scene of fearful and +warlike activity. The heights of Lewiston and the +red beach below were white with the tents of nearly +four thousand soldiers.</p> + +<p>From Queenston a small body of British and +Canadian soldiers were watching and waiting. +Then—a hundred years ago—it was much the same +straggling village as to-day. Here the eddying, +foaming, turbulent waters of the Niagara issue +from the narrow, rocky gorge to spread out into a +gentle stream and wind their way to Lake Ontario, +seven miles distant. At the foot of the Canadian +cliff nestles Queenston; at the foot of the sister +cliff opposite is Lewiston in New York State. A +hundred years ago, from the "Heights" a spectator +would have seen the same glorious panorama +of fertile fields and autumn tints; but since June +the whole line of the Niagara River had resounded +with din of preparations to resist a ruthless and +aggressive invader.</p> + +<p>But while Brock was absent at Detroit, about +the middle of August, Sir George Prevost, the +British commander-in-chief, had very unwisely +concluded an armistice with General Dearborn, +the terms of which extended only to the right wing +of the United States army. Accordingly, this gave +Major-General Van Rensselaer, who was in command +of the enemy on the Niagara, a splendid<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span> +opportunity to array still larger forces against +Brock. Artillery and stores were brought up from +Oswego; thousands of additional troops had been +hurried forward to the enemy; scows and boats +were built for the purpose of crossing the Niagara.</p> + +<p>"Major-General Stephen Van Rensselaer," says +Colonel Ernest Cruikshank, the careful historian +of the war, "who held chief command by virtue of +his rank as major-general of the New York State +troops, was an entire novice in all military affairs, +and could scarcely even be termed an amateur +soldier. The last patroon of the manor of Rensselaer-Wyck +and the leading Federalist in the +State, his appointment was a sharp stroke of party +tactics on the part of the Governor, who discovered +in him a prospective and dangerous opponent. The +recent congressional elections had seemed to indicate +that the Federalists had regained the confidence +of the people of New York, and most of their +leaders were uncompromising in their hostility to +the war. If Van Rensselaer accepted the command +his immediate following would be committed to its +prosecution; if he refused his conduct could be +denounced as unpatriotic.</p> + +<p>"Stephen was an amiable and benevolent, but +rather dull man of about fifty years of age. On +all strictly military subjects he was compelled to +rely upon the advice of his adjutant-general and +cousin, Colonel Solomon Van Rensselaer, who had +been bred a soldier, had served in the United States +army for ten years, and had held his present +appointment for as many more. He had been +wounded in Wayne's campaign against the +Indians, and possessed the reputation of being a +brave and skilful officer."</p> + +<p>The close observer who comes up the Niagara +River will see just after he leaves the wharf of +Niagara-on-the-Lake the far-extending green bastions +of Fort George. A hundred years ago there +was no barn there which a thrifty Government later<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span> +allowed to be built within its lines. But a hundred +years ago this morning, on Tuesday, October 13, +it was a fort and Brock's headquarters. For weeks +there had been persistent rainstorms. In the dull +grey foggy chill of the morning, about four o'clock, +there came an alarm that the enemy were crossing +the river at Queenston. In a few minutes, Brock +dashed out of the fort unattended and galloped +headlong up the river road. Macdonell, his young +and faithful aide-de-camp, soon followed. At +Brown's Point, two miles from Queenston, was a +battery manned by the militia of York, among +them such men as John Beverley Robinson and +Archibald Maclean, both afterwards chief justices. +As Brock passed he waved his hand to them; and +very likely it was then he said, "Push on, brave +York Volunteers." And as they advanced to support +their leaders there was plenty of evidence that +the invaders had made a landing. Troops of the +enemy were met under guard—miserable, wounded +wretches.</p> + +<p>The mouth of the Niagara Gorge is barely two +hundred yards wide; and this had been selected +as the place at which to cross. Fifteen hundred +United States regulars and nearly three thousand +militia, it was hoped, could be ferried across in +seven trips. At Queenston to oppose them there +were merely two companies of the Forty-ninth +(Brock's regiment) under Captain Dennis, and +three companies of militia. In all, in and about +Queenston there were less than two hundred men.</p> + +<p>In less than fifteen minutes ten boats had landed +three hundred men, exactly as they had planned. +When discovered by a sentinel, they were forming +up under the command of Colonel Solomon Van +Rensselaer.</p> + +<p>At once from Brown's Point, from Vrooman's +Point, from the gun halfway up Queenston Heights +there belched forth an incessant fire. The Lewiston<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span> +batteries opened on the village and soon +reduced several of the houses to ruins.</p> + +<p>Meanwhile, Captain Dennis, with forty-six men, +sought out the invaders at the foot of the cliff. +Though they soon took to the cover of the trees +and brush in disorder, many were killed, and +Colonel Van Rensselaer himself received no less +than six wounds.</p> + +<p>After dawn, however, they observed how few +men were working the one-gun battery halfway up +Queenston Heights. They ascended by a narrow +fisherman's path, under the command of Lieutenant +Wool, and gained the Heights unopposed.</p> + +<p>It was "at this instant Brock rode into the village, +splashed with mud from head to foot. . . . +A striking scene presented itself to his gaze. Battalion +after battalion of troops in rear of the +American batteries in readiness to embark; other +detachments entering their boats, some already on +the river; their guns throwing round and grape +shot into the village, where Dennis still contrived +to maintain a foothold" (Cruikshank).</p> + +<p>Brock rode up the slope toward the redan halfway +up the Heights. From the hillside above him +burst a shout and down rushed an overwhelming +body of the invaders. With barely time to spike +the gun with a ramrod, the three officers and the +dozen artillerymen withdrew and left the enemy in +possession.</p> + +<p>Fresh troops were now landing to assist the +invaders; and Brock was fully convinced that the +lost position must be recovered at once. He sent +Captain Williams with about seventy men by a +round-about way to attack Wool's left. Seeing +Wool's force driven in, Brock mustered a hundred +and ninety men, including the militia flank companies. +Waving his sword, he led his men up the +steep ascent toward the battery they had lost. As +he moved toward the right of the mountain, a bullet +struck his sword wrist. Within fifty yards of him,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> +an Ohio rifleman stepped out from a thicket, took +deliberate aim and fired. Shot through the left +breast, he fell. "My fall," he murmured, "must +not be noticed, nor impede my brave companions +from advancing to victory." Mindful of duty, +mindful of others, thus died Sir Isaac Brock, the +hero of Upper Canada.</p> + +<p>Three days before, a grateful sovereign had +created him a Knight of the Order of the Bath. +Subsequent generations of Canadians placed over +his remains the noble shaft, that from its commanding +position is the most notable landmark of +the historic battleground he made famous. But he +lives in the hearts of the people whose country he +saved, whose fathers he inspired to resist the +invader. He had found them a panic-stricken +people, he left them vigorous, united, aggressive.</p> + +<p>The remaining incidents of that day at Queenston +Heights are well known. Two hours later, +Macdonell, Brock's military secretary and aide, +tried to regain the one-gun battery. A fierce fight +ensued: Macdonell, Dennis and Williams were all +wounded; and the next day the bright young +Scotsman, attorney-general at the age of twenty-seven, +passed away. In life he was united with +Brock, and in death he was not separated. The +bodies of the two heroes rest together under the +Queenston Monument, where the river has been +singing their requiem for a hundred years.</p> + +<p>The third stage of the battle was reached at two +o'clock in the afternoon. Then Major-General +Roger Hale Sheaffe advanced from Fort George +along the river road. Turning to the right down +the little Queenston Creek, he led his forces across +the Dr. Hamilton property. On the left he flung +out his Indians under Norton and Brant, and they +moved forward and made trouble.</p> + +<p>Ascending the escarpment west of the invading +troops, Sheaffe came upon the terrified invaders, +drawn up near the site of the present monument.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span> +Their left rested on the river verge of the cliff. A +volley or two—and the Canadians found themselves +embarrassed with prisoners. Within a few +days, 958, including stragglers, had surrendered as +prisoners of war. Among these were General Wadsworth, +who had been in command, and Lieutenant-Colonel +Winfield Scott, later to become commander-in-chief +of the United States army and conqueror of +Mexico.</p> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span></p> + +<h3>PRELIMINARY STEPS</h3> + + +<p>The desire to commemorate the centenary of +Brock's death-day—October 13th, 1912—took form +at a meeting of the United Empire Loyalists' Association +of Canada, held at Toronto on April 11th, +1912, when, on the motion of Mr. John Stewart +Carstairs, B.A., a committee, consisting of Colonel +Ryerson, Lieut.-Colonel W. Hamilton Merritt, Mr. +J. S. Carstairs, and Mr. C. E. MacDonald, barrister, +was appointed to draft a suitable programme +for the celebration of "Brock's Day."</p> + +<p>This committee submitted the following report +at a meeting of the Association held on September +17th, 1912, Colonel Ryerson presiding:</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>"Your Committee begs leave to report that as, +within their knowledge, no action has been taken +by either the Federal or Provincial Government to +celebrate the Centenary of the death of Sir Isaac +Brock on Sunday, October 13th, 1912, they recommend as follows:</p> + +<p>"(1) That recommendations be made to both +the Federal Government and to the Provincial Government +of Ontario, that in view of the fact that +General Brock in June, 1812, found himself at the +head of a panic-stricken people in the presence of +a powerful invader, and that a few months later, +when he fell at Queenston Heights, he left that +people united, fearless and invincible, it is believed +that there should be a national demonstration that +will be in effect only less impressive on the public +mind than was the passing away of the man himself +at Queenston Heights a hundred years ago.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenumbq"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p> + +<p>"(2) That the demonstration might take the form +of a royal salute from every cannon in the land on +Sunday, October 13th. This would be a matter to +be arranged by the Minister of Militia.</p> + +<p>"(3) Every church in Canada might be requested +to hold some sort of a memorial service +on Sunday, October 13th.</p> + +<p>"(4) On Friday, October 11th, every school in +Canada might appeal to the intellect and imagination +of the coming generation of men and women +by appropriate commemorative exercises.</p> + +<p>"(5) Monday, October 14th, could be proclaimed +a national holiday.</p> + +<p>"There is, in the corridor of the Parliament +Buildings at Toronto, the copy of a splendid portrait +of Brock, full of life and action. By some +arrangement with the Minister of Education in +every Province, or even without it, perhaps a copy +of this picture could be placed in every school in +the land.</p> + +<p>"(6) As the city of Toronto is very likely to +expropriate the Knox College property, it might +be well to suggest to the city authorities that this +new park should be opened in October with proper +ceremonies and named Brock Park. In this connection, +it might be well to recall that the lower +portion of Spadina Avenue was, until recently, +known as Brock Street.</p> + +<p>"(7) It is recommended that these suggestions +shall be brought to the attention of the Federal +and Provincial Governments, and every means +should be taken to convince the authorities that on +October 13th, 1912, our people should hang some +votive offering on the shrine of the hero of Upper +Canada.</p> + +<p>"(8) That copies of this report be sent to the +National Council of Women and to the Secretary +of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the +Empire inviting their concurrence.</p> + +<p class="author"> +"<span class="smcap">J. S. Carstairs</span>, <i>Chairman</i>." +</p></div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span></p> + +<p>This Report was adopted tentatively, and in +order to secure as wide as possible a co-operation +from other patriotic Associations, it was agreed, +on the motion of Colonel Denison, seconded by Mr. +C. E. Macdonald, that the Centenary of Sir Isaac +Brock's death, Sunday, October 13th, 1912, be +commemorated by an excursion to Queenston +Heights on the 12th, and that patriotic and historical +societies, clubs and regiments, etc., be asked +to send not more than three delegates to a meeting +to be held on Wednesday, September 25th, at 4.30 +o'clock, in the Canadian Foresters' Building, to +discuss a plan of commemoration.</p> + +<p>In accordance with this resolution the following +societies were circularized, and asked to co-operate +in the celebration:</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Societies</span>: British Empire League; Caledonian +Society; Canadian Club; Canadian Defence +League; Daughters of the Empire, Niagara Falls, +Ont.; Daughters of the Empire, St. Catharines; +Empire Club; Historical Society, Niagara Falls, +Ont.; Historical Society, Niagara-on-the-Lake; +Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire; Irish +Protestant and Benevolent Society, Toronto; +Lundy's Lane Historical Society, Niagara Falls, +Ont.; Ontario Historical Society; St. Andrew's +Society, Toronto; St. Catharines' Historical Society; +St. George's Society, Toronto; Sons of England, +Toronto; Sons of Scotland Benevolent Association, +Toronto; Women's Canadian Historical +Society, Toronto; Women's Canadian Club, Toronto; +Women's Historical Society, Hamilton; +Women's Institute, Queenston; Women's Institute, +Stamford; York Pioneers' Association.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Military</span>: Brig.-General W. H. Cotton, Officer +Commanding 2nd Division; Canadian Army Medical Corps, +Permanent Army Medical Corps, Permanent +Army Service Corps, Royal Canadian +Dragoons, Royal Canadian Engineers, Royal Canadian +Regiment.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span></p> + +<p><i>Artillery</i>: 2nd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery, +9th Battery Canadian Field Artillery.</p> + +<p><i>Cavalry</i>: Governor-General's Body Guard, 9th +Mississauga Horse.</p> + +<p><i>Infantry</i>: "Queen's Own" Rifles, 10th Regiment +Royal Grenadiers, 12th Regiment York +Rangers, 48th Battalion Highlanders.</p> + +<p><i>Military Associations, Etc.</i>: Canadian Military +Institute, Her Majesty's Army and Navy Veterans, +Imperial South African Service Association, Veterans +of '66 Association, Veterans of '85 Association, +Wolseley Red River Expedition Association, +1870.</p> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span></p> + +<h3>GENERAL COMMITTEE FORMED</h3> + + +<p>In response to the invitation above referred to, +societies and regiments appointed the following +delegates to represent them on the General Committee:—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p><i>United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada</i>: +Colonel G. Sterling Ryerson, President; Colonel +G. T. Denison, Lieut.-Colonel George A. Shaw, Mr. +R. E. A. Land, Vice-Presidents; Mr. J. Stewart +Carstairs, Honorary Secretary; Miss Helen M. +Merrill, Honorary Assistant Secretary; Mr. A. R. +Davis, Honorary Treasurer; Mr. C. E. Macdonald, +Miss Catharine Merritt, Mr. R. S. Neville, K.C., +Captain Victor Hall, Miss O. V. Widner, Mrs. +F. O. Loft, Mrs. Edmund Phillips, Mrs. Dignam, +Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>Six Nations Indians</i> (United Empire Loyalists): +Warrior F. O. Loft, Mr. Allen W. Johnson.</p> + +<p><i>British Empire League</i>: Colonel G. T. Denison, +Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>Canadian Club</i>: Dr. A. H. U. Colquhoun, President; +Mr. F. D. L. Smith, Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>Canadian Defence League</i>: Colonel Fotheringham, +Dr. J. L. Hughes, Mr. R. E. Kingsford, +Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>Empire Club</i>: Mr. J. Castell Hopkins, Dr. E. K. +Richardson, Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire</i>: Mrs. +A. E. Gooderham, Mrs. E. F. B. Johnstone, Mrs. +John Bruce, Miss Constance Boulton, Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>Sons of Scotland</i>: Dr. Alexander Fraser, Dr. +John Ferguson, Toronto.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenumbq"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p> + +<p><i>St. George's Society, Toronto</i>: John W. Gamble +Boyd.</p> + +<p><i>Lundy's Lane Historical Association</i>: Mr. J. +Jackson, Superintendent Queen Victoria Park, +Secretary, Niagara Falls, Ont.</p> + +<p><i>Niagara Historical Society</i>: Miss Janet Carnochan, +Niagara-on-the-Lake; Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, +Mrs. Charles Lewis Shaw, Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>Ontario Historical Society</i>: Dr. Alexander +Fraser, Secretary, Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>Women's Canadian Historical Society, Toronto</i>: +Miss M. Agnes FitzGibbon, Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>Women's Wentworth Historical Society</i>: Mrs. +John Calder, Hamilton, President.</p> + +<p><i>Governor-General's Body Guard</i>: Lieut.-Colonel +Frank A. Fleming, W. E. L. Coleman, Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>12th Regiment</i>: Major Curran, Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>48th Highlanders</i>: Captain Darling, Adjutant.</p> + +<p><i>'66 Veterans' Association</i>: Captain Geo. Musson, +P. E. Noverre, David Creighton, Lieut.-Colonel +A. E. Belcher, Lieut.-Colonel Geo. A. Shaw, +Toronto.</p> + +<p><i>'85 Veterans' Association</i>: Sergeant A. G. Scovell, +Toronto.</p></div> + +<p><br /></p> +<h4><a name="Programme" id="Programme">PROGRAMME ADOPTED</a></h4> + +<p>The first meeting of the General Committee thus +formed was held on September 25th, 1912, in the +Canadian Foresters' Building, College Street, +Toronto. There was a large attendance of members.</p> + +<p>Colonel Ryerson was appointed Chairman, and +Miss Helen M. Merrill Secretary, of the Committee. +The report from the United Empire Loyalist +Association of Canada, as given above, having been +read to the meeting, resolutions to the following +effect were passed:</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>(1) That Brock's Day be celebrated by a public +gathering at Queenston Heights.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenumbq"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span></p> + +<p>(2) That the various patriotic and historical +societies, local as well as those within easy reach +of Queenston, be invited to send as large delegations +as possible to Brock's Monument on Saturday, +October 12th, 1912, in commemoration of his +death.</p> + +<p>(3) That the various patriotic and historical +societies be asked to send wreaths for the purpose +of decorating Brock's Monument on October 12th.</p> + +<p>(4) That a special invitation be sent to Mr. J. A. +Macdonell, K.C., Alexandria, Ont., to attend the +celebration as the direct representative of Colonel +John Macdonell, the Attorney-General of Upper +Canada, and Brock's Provincial A.D.C., who fell +with his leader, and whose remains rest beneath +the monument on Queenston Heights.</p> + +<p>(5) That the Honourable the Minister of Militia +be asked to order that salutes be fired on October +12th from all saluting points in Canada.</p> + +<p>(6) That the churches be asked to arrange that +memorial sermons be preached throughout Canada +on Sunday, October 13th.</p> + +<p>(7) That suitable exercises relating to Brock +and 1812 should be held in every school in Canada; +and that this suggestion be not only given publicity +through the newspapers, but that the attention +of the various Ministers of Education in the +Dominion be specially drawn to it.</p> + +<p>(8) That the Superintendent-General of Indian +Affairs at Ottawa be asked to take measures to +have the history of Brock and the events of the +1812 war brought specially before the children in +all Indian Schools under the charge of the Dominion +Government.</p> + +<p>(9) That a wreath be placed on the picture of +Brock in the Parliament Buildings, Toronto.</p> + +<p>(10) That it be suggested to the Dominion Government +to place a wreath on Brock's Monument +in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.</p></div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span></p> + +<p>An Executive Committee was appointed to further +these resolutions, consisting of the members +of the following special committees:—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p><i>Travelling Arrangements, etc.</i>: Colonel Ryerson, +Dr. James L. Hughes, Mr. J. S. Carstairs and Mr. +C. E. Macdonald.</p> + +<p><i>Press</i>: Mr. J. Castell Hopkins, Dr. Alexander +Fraser, Mr. F. D. L. Smith, Miss Helen M. Merrill.</p> + +<p>Chairman and Secretary of the Executive Committee: +Colonel Ryerson and Miss Helen M. Merrill.</p></div> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_28" id="illo_28"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/028a_illo.jpg" width="600" height="783" alt="" title="Executive Committee" /> +</div> + +<p class="cen">Miss Helen M. Merrill, Honorary Secretary. <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Colonel George S. Ryerson, Chairman.</span><br /> +James L Hughes. LL.D. <span style="margin-left: 2em;">J. Castell Hopkins.</span> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">J. Stewart Carstairs, B.A.</span><br /> +Charles E. Macdonald, Esq. <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Alexander Fraser, LL.D.</span> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">F. D. L. Smith, Esq.</span></p> + +<p class="cen">EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.</p> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span></p> + +<h3>REPORTS OF COMMITTEES</h3> + +<p>The General Committee met on October 2nd, +1912, Colonel Ryerson presiding. The reports of +the special committees regarding the arrangements +were very satisfactory, and it was made abundantly +clear that the proposed celebration had +touched a tender chord of public feeling. Travelling +arrangements by train to Niagara Falls and +by electric car thence to Queenston Heights were +approved of. The co-operation of the Women's +Institute, Queenston, was promised in connection +with the decoration of the grounds there; the +Ontario Government consented to police the +grounds, and the Victoria Park Commission to +reopen the restaurant at the Heights for the day. +It was agreed to advise the hotels at Niagara Falls, +Ont., that luncheon would be taken at that town +on arrival of the train, and to arrange with the +electric railway for the conveyance of the visitors +to the Monument. The publicity so generously +afforded by the press was gratefully acknowledged. +A letter from Mr. J. A. Macdonell, K.C., Alexandria, +accepting the Committee's invitation, was +read; and a motion by Mr. F. D. L. Smith that a +bronze tablet to mark the centenary celebration +be placed on Brock's Monument was deferred for +consideration at the next meeting to be held on the +week following.</p> + +<p>At the meeting of the General Committee held +on October 9th in the Canadian Foresters' Hall, +Toronto, Colonel Ryerson presiding, the following +report of the Executive Committee was received +and adopted:—</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span></p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>"The Executive Committee met on October 7th +and received satisfactory reports of the progress +made in carrying out the proposals of the +General Committee. A programme for the celebration +at Queenston Heights was drafted, and the +President was requested to arrange with the +Department of Militia that the permanent forces +be sent from Toronto to Queenston Heights to take +part in the proceedings. It was also resolved to +publish an account of the proceedings in connection +with the celebration as an interesting record +of a notable event."</p></div> + +<p>The Executive also reported that all arrangements +had been completed for the journey to +Queenston Heights; that the Militia Department +had ordered that salutes be fired from all saluting +points in Canada on the 12th inst.; that commemorative +church services would be extensively held +on the 13th inst.; that special exercises would be +observed in the public schools in accordance with +letters received from the Honourable R. A. Pyne, +M.P.P., Minister of Education for Ontario, Mr. +Augustus W. Ball, Deputy Minister of Education, +Saskatchewan, Mr. Alexander Robinson, Superintendent +of Education, British Columbia, and from +Mr. R. Fletcher, Deputy Minister of Education, +Manitoba; that a detachment from the permanent +infantry force at Toronto would proceed to Queenston +Heights on the 12th inst.; that the Toronto, +Hamilton and other corps of militia would be +represented, and that large delegations from patriotic, +national and historical societies would take +part; that many wreaths would be sent to the +monument; that the Dominion Government had +ordered its representative in London, England, to +place a wreath on Brock's Memorial in St. Paul's +Cathedral; and that letters from prominent public +men had been received, either regretting their +inability to take part or accepting the invitations +to be present.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span></p> + +<p>This being the last meeting of the General Committee, +it was agreed to refer the suggestion that +a bronze centennial tablet be placed on Brock's +Monument, the striking of a Centennial medal, +and all business connected with the celebration +ceremonies, or arising therefrom, to the Executive +Committee, with full power to dispose of the same.</p> + +<p>The meeting then adjourned <i>sine die</i>.</p> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span></p> + +<h3>CELEBRATING THE DAY</h3> + + +<p>It had been decided to travel by the Grand Trunk +Railway train leaving Toronto at nine o'clock a.m. +(a few only going by steamer from Yonge Street +wharf). The unsettled, rainy weather of the two +previous days had caused some misgiving as to the +number of people who might venture on an open +air demonstration on a cold October day, and the +grey looming skies at dawn on Saturday, the 12th, +held no hidden hope of a silver lining. The +enthusiasm awakened by the name of Brock, however, +was resistless, and betimes the seats in the +waiting train were crowded. The Union Station +witnessed a lively scene—the soldiers in bright +colours, the ladies and gentlemen in gay humour, +and the stirring music of the bagpipes, combining +to enliven and mark the unusual character of the +occasion.</p> + +<p>At Hamilton a number of friends joined the +party, and others who could not do so came to the +railway station to express their good wishes. St. +Catharines also gave its contingent. Niagara Falls +was safely reached at 11.45 o'clock.</p> + +<p>Shortly afterwards Major Gordon J. Smith, +Brantford, Superintendent of the Six Nation +Indians, and a fine delegation arrived, and +luncheon was served at several of the hotels.</p> + +<p>The journey was resumed by electric cars, the +large company arriving at Queenston Heights in +the course of an hour.</p> + +<p>During the forenoon the sky had cleared, and +now the sun shone out brightly for a space on a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span> +landscape unsurpassed anywhere for spacious +magnificence and scenic beauty. And crowning +the domed escarpment the stately column spoke +forth a people's patriotism and love, a memorial +to the brave, the scene harmonizing with the +feelings of the great gathering.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_32" id="illo_32"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 746px;"> +<img src="images/032a_illo.jpg" width="746" height="400" alt="" title="First Monument to General Brock at Queenston Heights" /> +</div> + +<h6>FIRST MONUMENT TO GENERAL BROCK AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS.<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 25em;">—Ontario Archives.</span></h6> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span></p> + +<h3>AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS</h3> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_34" id="illo_34"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/034a_illo.jpg" width="400" height="614" alt="" title="Brock's Monument, Queenston Heights" /> +</div> + +<h6>BROCK'S MONUMENT, QUEENSTON HEIGHTS.<br /> + +<span style="margin-left: 10em;">—From Nursey's "Story of Isaac Brock" (Briggs).</span></h6> + +<p><a name="reps" id="reps"></a>About two thousand people gathered at the foot +of the Monument. Colonel G. Sterling Ryerson, +President of the General Committee and of the +U. E. L. Association, presided. Among those +present were the Hon. R. A. Pyne, M.P.P., Minister +of Education for Ontario, and Mrs. Pyne; +A. Claude Macdonell, M.P., Toronto; W. M. German, +M.P., Welland; Colonel George T. Denison +(U. E. L. and British Empire League); J. A. Macdonell, +K.C., Glengarry; A. MacLean Macdonell, +K.C. (representatives of Colonel the Hon. John +Macdonell, Provincial A.D.C. to General Brock); +Dr. Alexander Dame (a relative of Hon. Colonel +John Macdonell); James L. Hughes, LL.D. (Canadian +Defence League); Doctor Jessop, M.P.P., St. +Catharines; Mr. Evan Fraser, M.P.P., Niagara +Falls, Ont.; Alexander Fraser, LL.D. (Ontario +Historical Society, St. Andrew's Society, and +S.O.S. Association); Mr. F. D. W. Smith (Canadian +Club, Toronto); J. Castell Hopkins (Empire +Club, Toronto); Miss Helen M. Merrill (Honorary +Secretary, Brock Centenary, and U. E. L.); +Miss C. Macdonell; Miss Kate Fraser, Toronto; Mr. +John Stewart Carstairs, B.A. (Honorary Secretary, +U. E. L. Association of Canada); Mr. Charles +E. Macdonald, barrister, Toronto (Honorary Counsellor, +U. E. L. Association of Canada); Chas. R. +McCullough, Hamilton (Union of Canadian Clubs).</p> + +<p>Royal Canadian College, Kingston: Colonel +J. H. V. Crowe, Commandant.</p> + +<p>Royal Canadian Regiment: Captain J. F. Brown +(in command), Lieutenant J. W. Cox, and sixty-eight +non-coms. and men.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span></p> + +<p>Governor-General's Body Guard: Lieut.-Colonel +Prank A. Fleming, officer commanding; Lieutenant +A. D. Kirkpatrick; A. M. Stretton, Sergt.-Major, +W. O.; S.Q.M.S. W. E. Borlace, Sergeant E. +Pelletier, Mr. W. E. L. Coleman, Robt. D. Cox, +Q.M. Sgt., 1st Cavalry Brigade; Corporal Worsick, +Corporal Douglas; Troopers G. L. Collins, E. +Lightbody, Sewell, Thos. Preston, G. W. C. Clarke, +John S. Kilpatrick, W. Lennox, W. Hill, S. Norse.</p> + +<p>9th Mississauga Horse.</p> + +<p>St. Catharines Field Battery: Colonel F. King, +Lieut.-Colonel Campbell.</p> + +<p>Canadian Engineers.</p> + +<p>2nd Regt. Q.O.R., Toronto: Sergeant-Major Geo. +Creighton, Sergeants J. I. Matthews, A. G. Scovell, +R. F. Reed, W. F. Meaforth, Forsyth, Scott; George +Sanderson, E. R. Fitzgerald, retired, New Westminster, +B.C., and others.</p> + +<p>10th Regt., "Royal Grenadiers," Toronto: +Edward Johnston, Geo. H. Briggs, Robert Hazelton, +and seventeen men under Captain Campbell.</p> + +<p>12th Regt., "York Rangers": Major Curran.</p> + +<p>13th Regt., Hamilton: Lieut.-Colonel Moore, +Bt. Lieut.-Colonel Ross, C.O., Major Lester.</p> + +<p>19th Regt., St. Catharines: Lieut.-Colonel W. W. +Burleigh and others.</p> + +<p>22nd Regt., "Oxford Rifles."</p> + +<p>36th "Peel" Regt.: Royal Grafton, Ensign.</p> + +<p>48th Regt., "Highlanders," Toronto: Lieut.-Colonel +W. Hendrie, Major J. A. Currie, and +thirty-two non-com. officers and men in charge of +Sergeant Cameron.</p> + +<p>91st Regt., Canadian Highlanders, Hamilton: +Lieut.-Colonel John J. Maclaren and others.</p> + +<p>York and Simcoe Battalion, Toronto: Corporal +Thos. Laird, N.W.F.F., 1885.</p> + +<p>North-West Mounted Police: J. W. Scott.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span></p> + +<p>Ridley College Cadets and Bugle Band.</p> + +<p>'66 Veterans' Association: P. E. Noverre, President; +Captain John A. Macdonald, '70; Colonel +Belcher; Major J. Beck, 33rd Huron Regt.; Captain +Geo. Musson, John Robinson, Walter R. Nursey; +Captain John Ford (Chicago Volunteers), +Past-President; Andrew K. Lauder, Captain F. H. +McCallum, A. E. Wheeler.</p> + +<p>Niagara District Veteran Volunteers' Association, +St. Catharines: Jamieson Black, President; +C. Chapman, Past-President; Robt. J. Black, Vice-President; +W. H. Drysdale, Treasurer; J. Albert +Mills, Secretary; George Wilson.</p> + +<p>His Majesty's Army and Navy Veterans' Association: +Mr. C. H. Robertson.</p> + +<p>Canadian Militia Veterans: Captain W. Fahey, +President.</p> + +<p>Canadian Baden-Powell Boy Scouts: Ed. Nix, +J. Gordon Rosser, Toronto.</p> + +<p>United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada: +Major W. Napier Keefer, Past-President; Mr. +R. E. A. Land, Vice-President; Rev. Canon Alex. +W. Macnab, Honorary Chaplain, and Mrs. Macnab; +Mr. E. M. Chadwick, K.C., Honorary Genealogist; +Mr. A. R. Davis, Honorary Treasurer; Mrs. +Edwards Merrill, Miss Emily Merritt, Miss Catharine +Merritt, Miss Laura Clarke, Captain G. S. +Ryerson, Miss Laura Ryerson, Miss Flora Powel, +Miss J. J. MacCallum (descendant of Laura +Secord), Miss Henrietta Loft, Miss Affa Loft, +Major J. G. Beam (retired, 44th Batt.), Captain +M. S. Boehm (30th Regt.), Mrs. Birdsall (descendant +of Laura Secord), Niagara Falls.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_36" id="illo_36"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/036a_illo.jpg" width="400" height="686" alt="" title="The Gathering at Queenston Heights" /> +</div> + +<h6>CENTRAL SECTION OF A PANORAMIC PICTURE OF THE GATHERING<br /> +AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS.</h6> + +<p>Council of the Six Nations Indians, Oshwegan, +Brant County (United Empire Loyalists): Mr. +Gordon J. Smith (Honorary Chief, De-ha-ka-res, +Bear Clan, Mohawk Tribe), Superintendent, +Brantford; Chief Josiah Hill (Sa-ko-ka-ryes, Wolf +Clan), Secretary; Chief William Smith, Interpreter;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span> +Chief J. C. Martin, Speaker; Chief J. S. +Johnson (Ka-nen-kwe-yah), Deputy Speaker; +Chief J. W. M. Elliott (Mohawk); Chief A. G. +Smith (De-ka-nen-ra-neh, Bear Clan, Mohawk); +Chief Elias Lewis (De-ka-ri-ho-gen, Turtle Clan, +Mohawk); Chief Abraham Lewis (Ah-yon-wah-ehs, +Turtle Clan, Mohawk); Chief John A. Gibson +(Seneca); Chief Peter Isaac (Mudturtle Clan, +Seneca); Chief Alexander Hill (Ot-go-taw-yen-toun, +Deer Clan, Onondaga), Fire Keeper; Chief +Lawrence Jonathan (Sha-ko-ken-he, Eel Clan, +Onondaga), Fire Keeper; Chief David Jamieson +(Cayuga); Chief Jacob Isaac (Hon-wa-sha-de-hon, +Oneida); Chief Joseph Powless (Ha-dva-dho-nen-ta, +Wolf Clan, Oneida); Chief Richard Hill (Ra-rih-whi-tyen-tah, +Wolf Clan, Tuscarora); Chief +Elias Carrier (Tuscarora); Warrior Frederick O. +Loft and Mr. Allen W. Johnson, Toronto, Delegates +to Brock Centenary Committee; Chief +Isaiah Sickles (Da-Da-hon-den-wen, Bear Clan, +Oneida); Warrior George Aaron; Daniel McNughton +(Ha-don-da-he-ha); Dennis Palmerston (Tuscarora, +American Indian).</p> + +<p>Canadian Club, Toronto: Mr. James M. Sinclair, +Mr. W. J. Clarke, G. Frank Beer, P. H. Jennings, +J. R. Collins.</p> + +<p>Empire Club, Toronto: Mr. Fred B. Fetherstonhaugh, +K.C., President; Mr. Richard A. Stapells, +First Vice-President.</p> + +<p>British Empire League, Toronto Branch: James +P. Murray.</p> + +<p>Sons of Scotland, Toronto: Dr. John Ferguson, +Mr. Evan Hugh Fraser, representing Camp Alexander +Fraser, S.O.S., Toronto.</p> + +<p>St. Andrew's Society, Toronto: Captain Herbert +M. Mowat, K.C., U.E.L., Vice-President; Mr. James +Murray, Manager; Mr. T. C. Irving, Manager; Mr. +J. P. Martin, Robert Farquharson.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span></p> + +<p>St. George's Society, Toronto: Mr. John W. +Gamble Boyd.</p> + +<p>Centre and South Toronto Liberal Conservative +Association: Mr. Arthur VanKoughnet; Women's +Branch, Mrs. Arthur VanKoughnet.</p> + +<p>York Pioneers' Historical Society, Toronto: +Daniel Lamb, President; John W. Millar, Secretary; +John Harvie, J. G. Hughes, Wm. Crocker, +J. C. Moor, J. Hawley, E. Gegg, Josiah Rogers, +John F. Ellis, A. E. Wheeler, W. D. McIntosh, +W. J. Adams.</p> + +<p>Knights of Malta and the Grand Chapter of +Ladies of Justice, Toronto: Mr. R. E. A. Land, Mr. +A. G. Horwood, Mrs. A. G. Horwood.</p> + +<p>British Women's Society: Miss Perkins.</p> + +<p>Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, +Toronto: Mrs. A. E. Gooderham, Mrs. John Bruce, +Mrs. E. F. B. Johnstone, Miss Constance Boulton, +Mrs. E. Humphreys, Mrs. Wm. Humphreys, Mrs. +E. A. James, Miss Laura Brodigan, Miss Watson, +Miss Maud Watson.</p> + +<p>Women's Canadian Historical Society, Toronto: +Miss M. Agnes FitzGibbon, Miss Mickle, Mrs. +Kearn, Mrs. Campbell Meyers, Miss Clara Port, +Miss J. J. MacCallum.</p> + +<p>Brant Historical Society, Brantford: His Honour +Judge Hardy, Honorary President; Mr. S. F. +Passmore, President; Miss Isabella Gilkison, Mr. +T. W. Standing, Vice-Presidents; Mrs. J. Y. +Brown, Secretary; Major H. F. Leonard, Curator; +Mr. J. J. Hawkins.</p> + +<p>Lundy's Lane Historical Association, Niagara +Falls: Mr. J. Jackson, Secretary.</p> + +<p>Thorold and Beaver Dams Historical Society: +T. H. Thompson, President; Miss Amy Ball.</p> + +<p>Niagara Historical Society, Niagara-on-the-Lake: +Miss Janet Carnochan, President; Rev. J. C. +Garrett, Mrs. J. C. Garrett, Mrs. Ascher, Mrs.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span> +T. F. Best, Miss M. Ball, Mrs. Bottomley, Miss +Creed. J. Eckersley, H. Macklem, Mrs. Macklem, +Wm. Ryan, J. deW. Randall, Mrs. Randall, E. H. +Shepherd, Mrs. Shepherd, Miss C. Waters, F. Winthrop, +Mrs. Winthrop, Niagara; R. Field, Miss +E. L. Lowery, Mrs. H. Usher, Queenston; Miss +Amy Ball, Thorold; Miss S. Crysler, Niagara +Falls; J. C. Ball, C. A. Case, St. Catharines; J. S. +Carstairs, A. J. Clark, Miss E. Long, Mrs. Charles +Lewis Shaw, Miss Annie Clark, Mr. G. J. Clark, +Toronto.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_38a" id="illo_38a"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 579px;"> +<img src="images/038aa_illo.jpg" width="579" height="500" alt="" title="Floral Tribute Placed on Cenotaph" /> +</div> + +<h6>FLORAL TRIBUTE PLACED ON CENOTAPH, WHERE BROCK FELL,<br /> +BY THE GUERNSEY SOCIETY, TORONTO.</h6> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_38b" id="illo_38b"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 581px;"> +<img src="images/038ab_illo.jpg" width="581" height="500" alt="" title="Brock Centenary Celebration at Queenston Heights" /> +</div> + +<h6><span style="margin-left: 9em;">G. J. Birney.</span><span style="margin-left: 9em;">Sgt. John I. Matthews. Q.O.R.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Dr. Chas. F. Durand.</span><span style="margin-left: 4em;">J. L. Birney.</span><span style="margin-left: 1em;">Sgt.-Major Geo. Creighton, Q.O.R.</span><br /> +<br /> +BROCK CENTENARY CELEBRATION AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS.<br /></h6> + +<p>Women's Wentworth Historical Society, Hamilton: +Mrs. John Calder, Miss Calder.</p> + +<p>Canadian Club, Hamilton: Mr. C. E. Kelly, +President; G. D. Cadeaur, Secretary; Mr. Harry D. +Petrie.</p> + +<p>Women's Canadian Club, Hamilton: Mrs. Harry +D. Petrie.</p> + +<p>Women's Institute, Queenston: Mrs. A. A. Ramsay.</p> + +<p>Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, Hamilton: +Mrs. Harry D. Petrie, Miss B. Gaviller.</p> + +<p>St. George's Society, London: Mr. N. F. Willmot.</p> + +<p>St. George's Society, Guelph: Mr. H. J. B. Leadlay.</p> + +<p>Canadian Business Women's Club, Toronto: +Miss H. Williamson, Miss Winnifred Macdonald, +Miss Effie Telfer, Mrs. Anna Fox.</p> + +<p>Others present were: Mrs. (Col.) William +Hendrie, Hamilton; D. Macgregor Whyte, artist, +Oban, Scotland; Lieutenant-Colonel Fred W. +Macqueen, Toronto; Wm. Rea, Mrs. Rea, <i>née</i> Jane +Thomas, daughter of Mr. James Thomas, who was +one of the contractors for the erection of Brock's +Monument, and resided at Queenston during the +entire time the Monument was being erected; Rev. +S. A. Laidlaw, Ridgeway; Mr. W. H. Banfield, Mr. +Benj. P. McKay, Mr. H. E. Wilmot, Mr. Samuel +O'Bryen, Miss F. May Simpson, Miss Marjorie<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span> +FitzGibbon, Miss Perkins, Miss Lulu Crowther, +Mr. William Moss, Miss J. E. Douglas, Mr. H. B. +Adams, Miss D. F. Waite, Miss Helen J. Sturrock, +Mr. James Young, Mr. John Hawley, Mrs. Rees, +Miss Amelia Rees, Gonnie Rees, A.T.C.M., Toronto; +Mr. Fred Landon, Press Gallery, Ottawa; Mayor +J. deW. Randall, Niagara-on-the-Lake; Mrs. A. +Servos, Miss Mary Servos, St. Catharines; Mrs. +Redhead, Miss Oliver, Niagara; Wm. Milliken, +Toronto, and Dr. Campbell Meyers, Toronto.</p> + +<p><a name="wreaths" id="wreaths"></a>The stirring interest taken by the public in the +celebration was in no way made more apparent +than by the large number of costly and beautiful +floral offerings sent to decorate the monument. +Immediately on assembling on the Heights, these +expressive tributes were formally received, one by +one, by Colonel Ryerson. The names of the givers +were announced by Mr. Chas. E. Macdonald, who +also read out the patriotic mottoes and inscriptions. +The wreaths were then carefully placed on +the monument, and so numerous were they that +they almost covered its huge base. The luxuriant +ivy growing on the lower masonry was richly tinted +with autumnal bronze, and on the natural background +thus unexpectedly provided, the delighted +celebrators worked out an effective colour scheme. +It has not been possible to obtain a complete list +of those who brought wreaths with them, but the +following were noted:</p> + +<p>A magnificent Cross of St. George, made of oak +leaves, from the Guernsey Society of Guernsey +Island, Brock's birthplace, was placed on the cenotaph +which marks the place where Brock fell, by +Mr. J. L. Burney, whose father was a lieutenant +under Brock and was by his side when the General +was fatally stricken.</p> + +<p>J. A. Macdonell, K.C., Glengarry, A. McLean +Macdonell, K.C., Toronto, and Angus Claude Macdonell, +K.C., M.P., Toronto, as representatives of +the family of Colonel the Honourable John<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span> +Macdonell, General Brock's aide-de-camp and military +secretary, placed on the monument two handsome +wreaths of laurel leaves, decorated with white and +pink heather and heavily trimmed with purple, one +to the memory of Brock, and one, with the motto +"From Kith and Kin," to the memory of their +kinsman, Colonel Macdonell.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_40" id="illo_40"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 702px;"> +<img src="images/040a_illo.jpg" width="702" height="400" alt="" title="Memorial Wreaths on the Tombs of Brock and Macdonell" /> +</div> + +<h6>MEMORIAL WREATHS ON THE TOMBS, AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS, OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK. Kt., AND<br /> +COLONEL JOHN MACDONELL, P.A.D.C., ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF UPPER CANADA.<br /><br /> + +Placed there by Mr. John Macdonell, K.C., Glengarry, Mr. Angus Claude Macdonell. K.C., M.P., Toronto, and Mr. A. McLean<br /> +Macdonell. K.C., Toronto (with the motto, "From kith and kin." on that of the latter).</h6> + +<p>Colonel George T. Denison placed a wreath from +the British Empire League (England), he being +the President of the Canadian branch.</p> + +<p>Mr. J. Murray McCheyne Clark, K.C., LL.B., +Toronto, sent a wreath on behalf of the Toronto +branch of the British Empire League, of which he +is the President.</p> + +<p>Wreaths were sent by the Canadian Club, +Toronto; the Canadian Club, Hamilton; the Caroline +School pupils, Hamilton; Centre and South +Toronto Conservative Club, Ladies' Branch; Governor-General's +Body Guard, Toronto; 91st Regiment +Canadian Highlanders, Hamilton; Imperial +Order Daughters of the Empire, Toronto; Imperial +Order Daughters of the Empire, Hamilton; Chapter +General of Canada Knights of Malta and the +Grand Chapter of Ladies of Justice, Toronto.</p> + +<p>Mrs. Fessenden, as founder of Empire Day, sent +a sheaf of crimson carnations tied with the national +colours. To this was attached, with a League of +the Empire brooch, a card bearing this inscription +from Palgrave:</p> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"If the day of a nation's weakness rise,<br /></span> +<span class="i3">Of the little counsels that dare not dare,<br /></span> +<span class="i1">Of a land that no more on herself relies,—<br /></span> +<span class="i3">O breathe of the great ones that were,<br /></span> +<span class="i3">Burn out this taint in the air!<br /></span> +<span class="i1">The old heart of England restore,<br /></span> +<span class="i1">Till the blood of heroes awake and cry on her bosom once more."<br /></span> +</div></div> + +<p>Lundy's Lane Historical Society, Niagara Falls, +Ont.; 9th Mississauga Horse; Niagara District<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span> +Veteran Volunteers' Association, St. Catharines—Mr. +Jamieson Black, as President, placed a wreath on +the grave as a tribute from St. Catharines. For +many years this Association has placed a wreath +at the foot of the tomb of Brock at their annual +outing at Queenston Heights.</p> + +<p>Niagara Falls City, Ontario, Mayor and Aldermen; +Niagara Historical Society, Niagara-on-the-Lake; +Niagara Public Schools; Ontario Historical +Society; St. Andrew's Society, Toronto; St. +George's Society, Toronto; St. George's Society, +Hamilton; Sons of Scotland Benevolent Association; +Sons of Scotland, Camp "Alexander Fraser"; +Six Nations Indians (Oshwegan), Brantford; +United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, +Toronto; Upper Canada Old Boys' Association, +Toronto; Welland County Teachers' Association; +Women's Canadian Historical Society, Toronto—Wreath +of scarlet gladioli and carnations tied with +scarlet and green, the colors of the Society, the +motto in gold on a green band: "Deeds Speak"; +Women's Wentworth Historical Society, Hamilton.</p> + +<p>Miss Ball, granddaughter of Captain John Clement +Ball, carried a lithograph of the battle scene +(Queenston Heights) made in 1813 from a sketch +by Major Dennis as he lay wounded on the field, +October 13th, 1812.</p> + +<p>In addition to the wreath placed on the monument +the United Empire Loyalists hung a wreath +on the portrait of General Brock in the Parliament +Buildings, Toronto.</p> + +<p><a name="scene" id="scene"></a>The scene presented was unique, and in many +respects a remarkable one. Not the least striking +feature was the character of the gathering. +Descendants of soldiers who fought with Brock +were there, some of them carrying the burden of +years, some barely out of childhood's leash. Others, +and scarcely less interested in the proceedings, +represented loyal and patriotic societies, widely +spread over the Province. The Indian contingent<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span> +from the Six Nations occupied a conspicuous place +of honour most worthily, their presence recalling +the signal service rendered by their brave forefathers +at Queenston Heights and in the campaign +generally. The military detachments added colour +to the animated scene. The men of the Royal Canadian +Regiment, of the Governor-General's Body +Guard, of the Forty-eighth Highlanders, the +Queen's Own, the Royal Grenadiers, the Mississauga +Horse, the Ridley College Cadets, and of +other corps, were drawn up on the outside of the +crowd, and beyond them, on the escarpment, the +St. Catharines' Battery, Field Artillery, was stationed. +Over all floated the Union Jack.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_42" id="illo_42"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 802px;"> +<img src="images/042ab_illo.jpg" width="802" height="500" alt="" title="Memorial Wreaths" /></div> + +<table border="0" width="800" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Wreaths" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto"> +<col style="width:50%;" /> +<col style="width:50%;" /> + +<tr><td><h6>WREATH PLACED ON BROCK'S MONUMENT IN ST. PAUL'S<br /> +CATHEDRAL, LONDON, ENG. BY THE<br /> +GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.</h6></td> +<td><h6>WREATH PLACED ON BROCK'S MONUMENT, QUEENSTON<br /> +HEIGHTS, BY THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE<br /> +DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE.</h6></td></tr> +</table> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_42c" id="illo_42c"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 802px;"> +<img src="images/042c_illo.jpg" width="802" height="438" alt="" title="Conferring Tribal Membership on Miss Helen M. Merrill" /></div> + +<h6>BROCK CENTENARY CELEBRATION AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS<br /> +<br /> +Conferring tribal membership on Miss Helen M. Merrill, who on adoption into the Oneida Nation received<br /> +the name "Kah-ya-tonhs" (One who keeps records).</h6> + +<p><a name="flags" id="flags"></a>An incident of the gathering in which much interest +was shown was the unfurling of an old, historic +Union Jack from the top of Brock's Monument by +Miss Helen M. Merrill, Secretary of the Committee. +When the first monument erected to Brock at +Queenston was destroyed (17th April, 1840) a +great indignation meeting was held on the +Heights. Among those present was a British +sailor from one of the ships that conveyed the +Toronto people to the meeting. He had brought +with him a Union Jack, and climbing to the top +of the broken shaft, waved it aloft, amid the cheers +of the assembled patriots. The flag was preserved, +and Mr. Comer, Kingston, Ont., readily +loaned it for this special occasion. Accompanying +Miss Merrill to the top of the monument with the +flag were Misses Marjorie FitzGibbon and Laura +Brodigan and Mr. Allen W. Johnson (Six +Nations).</p> + +<p>Several relics of the War of 1812-14 were shown +by their possessors, who held them sacred, among +them a Union Jack, carried by Chief Paudash +(Johnson) of the Mississauga Indians, from the +Ontario Archives Department; early sketches of +the Queenston battlefield, and pictures of officers +who took part in the war.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span></p> + +<p>At the close of the speeches the Six Nation +Indians present formed a Council, and, in recognition +of her services as Honorary Secretary of the +Celebration Committee, conferred on Miss Helen M. +Merrill the honour of tribal membership by the +name "Kah-ya-tonhs"—one who keeps records.</p> + +<p>The wreaths having been placed, the programme +of the day was opened by the firing of a general +salute by the 7th St. Catharines Field Battery of +the Royal Canadian Artillery. This was followed +by the playing of a lament for the dead by the +pipers of the Forty-eighth Highlanders and Pipe-Major +Dunbar, piper to Lieut.-Colonel William +Hendrie, of Hamilton.</p> + +<p><a name="letters" id="letters"></a>Letters expressing regret for inability to be +present were read by Colonel Ryerson from the +following gentlemen: The Right Honourable R. L. +Borden, M.P., Prime Minister of Canada; His +Honour Sir John M. Gibson, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor +of Ontario; Colonel the Honourable +Samuel Hughes, M.P., Minister of Militia, Ottawa; +the Honourable Sir James P. Whitney, Prime Minister +of Ontario; Major-General C. J. Mackenzie, +C.B., C.G.S., Ottawa; Major-General W. D. Otter, +C.V.O., C.B.; Major-General D. A. Macdonald, +C.M.G., Ottawa; Brig.-General F. L. Lessard, C.B.; +Colonel R. W. Rutherford, M.G.O.; Dr. R. A. Falconer, +President, University of Toronto; Hugh +Munro, M.P.P., Glengarry.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_44" id="illo_44"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 802px;"> +<img src="images/044a_illo.jpg" width="802" height="448" alt="" title="Six Nation Indians Celebrating Brock's Centenary at Queenston Heights" /></div> + +<h6>SIX NATION INDIANS CELEBRATING BROCK'S CENTENARY AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS.<br /> +<br /> +Abram Lewis (holding silver pipe of peace), Chief Alexander Hill, Chief A. G. Smith</h6> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_45" id="illo_45"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/044b_illo.jpg" width="400" height="698" alt="" title="Colonel George Sterling Ryerson" /></div> + + +<h6>COLONEL GEORGE STERLING RYERSON. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE.</h6> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span></p> + +<h2>THE SPEECHES</h2> + +<p>The preliminaries over, the gathering was addressed +by a number of well known gentlemen whose +speeches follow:</p> + +<p><br /></p> +<p><a name="Ryerson" id="Ryerson"></a></p> +<h3>COLONEL G. STERLING RYERSON<br /> + +<small>Chairman of the General Committee</small></h3> + +<p>This meeting to-day is held to commemorate the +death of a brave and wise man who died in the defence +of his country. It is not a pean of victory we +sing but a requiem. We are not here to glorify war; +nor is our object to exult over our brave but +defeated adversary. Rather is it an occasion when +Canadians should pause and look back over the +past and give praise to God that in the days of +stress and storm He raised up great, good and +brave men who were willing and able to fight for +their king and country in order that they might +enjoy civil and religious liberty under the British +flag, and that they might hand down to their posterity +a fair and goodly heritage which they had won +from the primeval forests by their labour and sacrifices. +The United Empire Loyalists came to this +country not as those who desired to better their +condition in life, nor were they possessed by land +hunger, nor by ideas of political and social aggrandisement. +They came solely because of their devotion +to the British Crown and Constitution, and +because they preferred to live in peace and poverty +under a monarchical Government rather than in +wealth and discord under republican institutions. +It was to these men that Brock appealed, nor did +he appeal in vain when war was declared. It was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span> +on July 27th, 1812, that in reply to an address +from the Assembly of Upper Canada he said:</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>"Gentlemen: When invaded by an enemy whose +avowed object is the entire conquest of the Province, +the voice of loyalty as well as of interest +calls aloud to every person in the sphere in which +he is placed, to defend his country. Our militia +have heard the voice and have obeyed it. They +have evinced by the promptitude and loyalty of +their conduct that they are worthy of the king +whom they serve, and of the constitution which +they enjoy; and it affords me particular satisfaction, +that while I address you as legislators, I speak +to men who, in the day of danger, will be ready to +assist not only with their counsel, but with arms."</p> + +<p>He concluded as follows: "We are engaged in +an awful and eventful contest. By unanimity and +despatch in our councils, and by vigour in our +operations, we may teach the enemy this lesson, +that a country defended by free men, enthusiastically +devoted to the cause of their king and constitution, +can never be conquered."</p></div> + +<p>We know the response, and others who will follow +me will speak of it in greater detail. With +the Canadian poet we can say and sing:</p> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"We boast not of the victory,<br /></span> +<span class="i1">But render homage, deep and just,<br /></span> +<span class="i1">To his and their immortal dust,<br /></span> +<span class="i1">Who proved so worthy of their trust—<br /></span> +<span class="i1">No lofty pile nor sculptured bust<br /></span> +<span class="i3">Can herald their degree.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"No tongue need blazon forth their fame—<br /></span> +<span class="i1">The cheers that stir the sacred hill<br /></span> +<span class="i1">Are but the promptings of the will<br /></span> +<span class="i1">That conquered then, that conquers still;<br /></span> +<span class="i1">And generations yet shall thrill<br /></span> +<span class="i3">At Brock's remembered name."<br /></span> +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span></div></div> + +<p>Nor must it be supposed that the United Empire +Loyalists and their children were the only men +who responded to Brock's call to arms. Our +gallant French-Canadian compatriots were not a +whit behind in their hearty response. Coming from +a brave and adventurous race, they performed +deeds of valour and endurance equal to the best in +the defence of our country. The hardy Highlanders +of Glengarry, too, were rallied to the flag by +the Macdonells. Not the least active among these +Scottish Roman Catholic Loyalists was the Rev. +Alexander Macdonell, a priest who afterwards +became the "Good Bishop," a brave and loyal man +whose country's welfare was ever near to his heart. +Another Macdonell, George, was second in command +of the Glengarry Regiment, and still another, +Colonel John Macdonell, was aide-de-camp to +Brock in addition to being Attorney-General of +the Province. He, alas, lost his life in his gallant +efforts to second his chief at this battle which we +commemorate to-day. Scotsmen are ever brave +and loyal, and we have in the Scottish population +of the country an element on whom we can rely in +time of danger.</p> + +<p>Let us not forget that we owe not a little to our +Indian allies in the War of 1812. Tecumseh and +Brant played great parts. Nor was Brock niggardly +in his praise. After the fall of Detroit he +says in his despatch to the Governor-General:</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>"The conduct of the Indians, under Colonel +Elliot, Captain McKee and other officers of the +department, joined to that of the gallant and brave +of their respective tribes, has since the commencement +of the war been marked with acts of true +heroism, and in nothing can they testify more +strongly their love for their King, their great +Father, than in following the dictates of honour +and humanity by which they have hitherto been +actuated."</p></div> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span></p> + +<p>Why do we single out Brock as a hero among so +many who have rendered good service to the country? +I think that it is because he was a man of +loyalty, vigour, energy and administrative ability; +because he was the embodiment of the patriotism +and loyalty of the people; because he had within +him the power to inspire others with the spirit +of patriotism and self-sacrifice; and above and +beyond all, it is due to his efforts, and to the spirit +of resistance and Imperialism to which he gave +form and substance, that Canada to-day is an +integral part of the British Empire, and a daughter +nation within that great galaxy of the nations +known as the British Empire.</p> + +<p>What does it mean to be a British citizen? What +benefits accrue to us by having this status? Are +not the paths of the sea open to us and to our commerce +by the grace of the British navy? Can we +not go to all parts of the world as individuals, +knowing that the Union Jack protects us? Is it +a small privilege to share in the brave deeds of the +British army? Are we not proud of our common +literature, and are not Shakespeare and Milton +and Tennyson our very own? Not borrowed +plumes we are wearing, but our own. And are not +the benefits of British civil, religious and political +liberty ours also? Is not British justice and +administration of the law something to be proud +of and to be thankful for? What should we do to +maintain our status as a partner, a full partner, +in the Imperial concern? Is it not our bounden +duty to contribute directly to the support of the +British navy? Are we to lag behind the other self-governing +nations of the Empire in this essential +duty? A thousand times No! A Government +which will subscribe twenty-five millions of dollars +for this purpose, and at once, can go to the polls +in perfect confidence when their time comes to ask +the people for their verdict.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span></p> + +<p>Some good people seem to think that the time +of universal peace is at hand. One has only to +look at the state of affairs in Europe on this very +day, to perceive how far we are removed from the +millennium. In time of peace we must prepare for +war; preparation for war is the best insurance +policy against it. We wish to live at peace with +all nations, but at all costs and at all hazards we +must defend our shores. Universal military service +is the duty of the Canadian people in the near +future. The people will be better for it morally +and physically. It will surely come, for the policy +of the future is the maintenance of the integrity of +the British Empire. We love our country, we +believe it has a great future; we must make it +secure. What says a sweet singer of Canada:</p> + +<div class="poem2"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"O strong hearts guarding the birthright of our glory,<br /></span> +<span class="i3">Worth your best blood this heritage ye guard:<br /></span> +<span class="i1">Those mighty streams resplendent with story,<br /></span> +<span class="i3">These iron coasts by rage of seas unjarred—<br /></span> +<span class="i1">What fields of peace these bulwarks well secure:<br /></span> +<span class="i3">What vales of plenty these calm floods supply:<br /></span> +<span class="i1">Shall not our love this rough, sweet land make sure,<br /></span> +<span class="i3">Her bounds preserve inviolate, though we die:<br /></span> +<span class="i5">O strong hearts of the North<br /></span> +<span class="i5">Let flame your loyalty forth,<br /></span> +<span class="i1">And put the craven and the base to open shame<br /></span> +<span class="i1">Till earth shall know the Child of Nations by her Name."</span> +</div></div> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span></p> +<p><a name="Macdonell1" id="Macdonell1"></a></p> + +<h3>MR. ANGUS CLAUDE MACDONELL, M.P.<br /> + +<small>Toronto</small></h3> + +<p>We have gathered here to-day as Canadians +to commemorate an event which will be ever +dear to us and our posterity. One hundred +years ago Sir Isaac Brock, the hero of Upper +Canada, died in battle upon this field in +defence of his country and the flag. In the past +we have learned and heard altogether too little +of this truly great man, and of what he accomplished; +it is not too much to say that he preserved +Canada to the Empire and at the same time created +a national sentiment in Canada which has ever +grown and expanded to the present day. The +national importance of the battle of Queenston +Heights, following the capitulation of Detroit, cannot +be over-estimated; national sentiment or a feeling +of nationhood was even then manifesting itself +in this young colony. The peoples who had settled +in Canada sprang from races which had always +stood out strongly for national identity—the English +glory in their historic past; the Scottish race, +to which my forefathers belonged and which to +some extent I represent, on this occasion, are noted +for their love of country; and so with the other +races which made up the United Empire Loyalist +settlers of Upper Canada at the time of the War +of 1812-14. Our national heart was created and +stirred in this century-old war, and the heartbeats +have ever become stronger down to this day, and +we now look back through the mists of one hundred +years to Sir Isaac Brock as the first true source of +national sentiment which fertilized our country, +and stamped it as British and Canadian forever.</p> + +<p>Our object in coming here to-day, after we have +enjoyed one hundred years of blessed peace with +our neighbours to the south, is not to perpetuate +national hostility, or even to cherish a mere military<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span> +spirit; we hope and pray and fully believe that +this peace will ever exist between us and our +American brothers. Our object in coming here +to-day is to honour the name and memory of one +who was chiefly instrumental in bringing about +that blessed peace, and in preserving our country +to enjoy it; and in the name of peace we say that +the ground upon which we stand to-day is consecrated +and distinguished by the valour of our +soldier hero, who gave up his life on this spot in +the first great battle of the War of 1812 to purchase +that peace which a grateful country has ever since +enjoyed.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_51" id="illo_51"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 802px;"> +<img src="images/050a_illo.jpg" width="802" height="434" alt="" title="Angus Claude Macdonell, Esq." /> +</div> + +<h6>ANGUS CLAUDE MACDONELL, ESQ., K.C., M.P., ADDRESSING THE GATHERING.</h6> + +<p>This monument under which we stand is a fit +emblem of everlasting peace and at the same time +it fittingly commemorates the glorious death of the +man in memory of whom it was raised. We Canadians +should ever be grateful to Divine Providence +for having favoured us with such an able civil and +military chief, because Brock was both the chief +executive in our civil affairs and Commander-in-Chief +of the forces. As Administrator of the +Province of Upper Canada he was able and prudent; +as Commander-in-Chief he was experienced +and fearless. It remained, however, for the great +chief Tecumseh to read the true character of the +man as man. When they first met, Tecumseh +turned to his fellow chiefs and allies, and, pointing +to Brock, who stood by him, said, "This is a man!" +The correctness of this opinion was borne out in +both the life and death of Brock.</p> + +<p>Our hero was ever dutiful. He always performed +his duty and saw that others did likewise. The +performance of duty was ever uppermost in his +mind, and his ideals were always high, his aspirations +noble. Permit me to quote here one of his +first General Orders issued to the troops immediately +upon his taking the field on the 4th of +July, 1812:</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span></p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>"The Major-General calls the serious attention +of every militiaman to the efforts making by the +enemy to destroy and lay waste this flourishing +country; they must be sensible of the great stake +they have to contend for and will, by their conduct, +convince the enemy that they are not desirous of +bowing their necks to a foreign yoke. The Major-General +is determined to devote his best energies +to the defence of the country, and has no doubt +that, supported by the zeal, activity and determination +of the loyal inhabitants of this Province, he +will successfully repel every hostile attack, and +preserve to them inviolate all that they hold dear."</p></div> + +<p>The result of the war proves how well Brock +himself lived up to these sentiments.</p> + +<p>Let us always remember that the War of 1812 +was not of our making. On the 18th of June, 1812, +President Madison declared war against Great +Britain, with Canada as the point of attack. The +"Right of Search," the power to search for contraband +or for deserters on board of American ships, +was claimed by Britain, but was resisted by the +United States. Strange to say, this claim was +abandoned by Great Britain the very day before +war was declared by President Madison, yet the +war was declared and went on. It will be readily +seen that Canada had absolutely nothing to do +with this war or its alleged cause, the "Right of +Search"; and yet, in making this war on Canada, +the United States placed itself on record as approving +a forcible invasion of a neighbouring peaceful +country and of involving it in all the horrors of +war. At that time the United States had eight +million people, Upper Canada had barely eighty +thousand. At the very outset the Americans placed +upon a war footing one hundred and seventy-five +thousand men, whereas there were less than ten +thousand men of all kinds capable of bearing arms +in Upper Canada. These figures give us an idea<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span> +of the very great disparity both in numbers and +fighting strength between the two peoples so far +as we in Upper Canada were concerned. During +the two and a half years of the war there were no +less than twelve separate and distinct invasions of +Canada, and fifty-six military and naval engagements, +the great majority of which were won by +our forces. While Brock lived his genius and spirit +guided and inspired the defence of the country, and +after his death his noble example and the preparations +he had made for war during his life encouraged +and enabled the people to repel the invader.</p> + +<p>Under the guise of strict discipline and the grim +visage of a soldier and fighting man, Isaac Brock +possessed a warm human heart; he was ever solicitous +for the comfort and well-being of his people +and especially of his militia soldiers, and on every +occasion consistent with the safety of the Province +he relaxed the rigours of war and would permit the +militia to return to their homes and farms. This +is evidenced by many of his Militia General Orders. +An extract from Militia General Orders of 26th of +August, 1812, immediately after the capture of +Detroit, reads as follows:</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>"Major-General Brock has ever felt anxious to +study the comforts and conveniences of the militia, +but the conduct of the detachments which lately +accompanied him to Detroit has if possible +increased his anxiety on this subject. The present +cessation of hostilities enables him to dispense +with the services of a large proportion of them for +a short period."</p></div> + +<p>We very naturally ask ourselves who these troops +were for whose welfare General Brock was always +so solicitous. There were of course some British +regular troops in Canada, noticeably the Forty-ninth, +Brock's own regiment, but during the earlier +stages of the war, and while Brock lived, the men +of the Province, militia and yeomanry, had to be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span> +relied upon mainly; these chiefly were the men of +the York, Glengarry, Norfolk and other militia +regiments; every loyal man capable of bearing arms +in the Province turned out to fight, or to help those +who fought. The York and Glengarry militia +served with great distinction, and I may perhaps +be permitted to refer to the fact that forty-three +gentlemen of my own name and family connection +held commissions in the various regiments in that +war. In connection with this I might further mention +a somewhat curious incident. My own grandfather, +Colonel Alexander Macdonell, was taken +prisoner by the Americans at the Battle of +Niagara, and was confined as a prisoner at Lancaster, +Pennsylvania, in the very same prison in +which his own father, Captain Allan Macdonell, +had been confined by the Revolutionary States as +a prisoner of war during the Revolutionary War, +1776-83.</p> + +<p>Now, happily, all is peace; we have enjoyed one +hundred years of peace and we thank Divine Providence +for it. We have had preserved to us by +Brock and those who fought and fell with him a +rich kingdom; we possess it in peace and happiness +and great prosperity. This is an age of peace, and +in this age and generation it is fit that we should +advance all the works and arts of peace; a very +great trust in this respect has been handed down +to us and confided to our safe keeping. In these +days of our prosperity we must protect and defend +and develop this great country, this rich heritage +which the heroism of our forefathers has preserved +to us. We must not only conserve it, but we must +better it and develop it, and make useful to man +all these possessions which have been given us. +Our ideals and ambitions must always be high, and +if we find ourselves faltering let us look upon this +splendid monument and think of the hero in +honour of whom it was raised; and let us at all +times remember that now as in 1812 in unity we<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span> +possess our strength; we must become one people +if we are to be a great people, with one great common +country. We have many Provinces but only +one Canada.</p> + +<p>It has been well said by one of Brock's +biographers that "it remains for the youth of +Canada to profoundly cherish the memory of Isaac +Brock and to never lose an opportunity to follow +the example set for them by his splendid deeds." +It has also been truly said that "he fell ere he saw +the star of his country rise," and, although the sky +over this battlefield upon which his eyes closed +forever one hundred years ago was cloudy and +overcast, yet because he lived and died those who +came after him enjoy the cloudless sunshine of +peace and happiness.</p> + +<p>Brock's family motto was "He who guards never +sleeps." We know how faithfully he guarded and +safeguarded his country in life, and let us pray +that in death under this monument he sleeps well.</p> + +<p><br /></p> +<p><a name="Pyne" id="Pyne"></a></p> +<h3>HON. DR. R. A. PYNE<br /> + +<small>Minister of Education, Ontario</small></h3> + +<p>I have a great deal of pleasure in being present +here to-day on this historic spot, and am deeply +sensible of the honour conferred upon me in asking +me to represent the Government of Ontario on this +occasion.</p> + +<p>We are meeting here to-day to commemorate the +deeds of a great man who passed away in his effort +to save this part of the world for the British +Empire. We must remember that at the time of +the battle this part of the world was a wilderness, +and Sir Isaac Brock's wonderful capabilities +enabled him to consolidate the people of this +sparsely settled country, not forgetting our dear +old friends the Indians. With a handful of people, +as compared with the country to the south of us,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span> +he made a gallant defence, and, as I said, retained +this part of the world for the British Empire. He +was not only a great soldier, but a diplomat and a +statesman, and whatever his vision may have been +one hundred years ago, everyone will agree with +me that it was of such a character that he retained +one of the best and finest parts of the world for +Great Britain.</p> + +<p>Let me say a word regarding the loyalty, the love +of home and patriotism that existed at that time +on this field of battle, and it might be asked, what +are we doing to-day to create a sentiment of patriotism +and loyalty to our country and flag? Let me +contrast the efforts made in Canada to create a +patriotic and national sentiment as compared with +the country to the south of us. Just here let me +tell you a short story regarding what occurred to +myself in the city of Detroit some years ago, before +I was a member of the Legislative Assembly or had +any thought of public life. I have always remembered +it with the keenest appreciation of the great +work in which the people to the south of us are +engaged, inculcating in the youth of the country a +loyal and patriotic sentiment. I was in Detroit on +a school <i>fête</i> day when the children of each school +were marshalled together for a march past the +Detroit City Hall, where they had a large picture +of the President surrounded by their national flag, +the Stars and Stripes. As each school reached the +entrance to the City Hall the scholars halted, +saluted, and gave three cheers. To a little urchin +on the street near me who was selling papers I +said, "Why do they stop and cheer?" He replied, +"They are cheering for the old flag which we call +'Old Glory,' and, sir, let me tell you that is the flag +that was never licked!" I possibly did not agree +with the accuracy of his history, but I realized the +sentiment that had been created in that youngster's +mind, a sentiment of loyalty and patriotism no +doubt inculcated in his mind at school.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[Pg 57]</a></span></p> + +<p>You may reasonably ask, "What are we doing to +create a sentiment of loyalty and patriotism in this +country?" and I may say that we have succeeded in +placing the Union Jack, the flag of civilization, over +every rural school in the Province of Ontario. I +am also reminded of what took place the other day +in the State of New Jersey, and as you are a reading +people, this episode would not pass unnoticed by +you—it appeared in all of the papers of last week. +A boy attending a high school in the State of New +Jersey was asked, as is their custom Monday morning, +to salute the flag and to announce allegiance to +the United States. The boy stated that he had no +objection to salute the flag, but he could not give +his allegiance to the United States as he was a +British subject. Mr. President, I find that the State +regulations of New Jersey call upon every scholar +in their schools to salute the flag on each Monday +morning and to declare their allegiance to the +United States. This boy, being a British subject, +could not conform to that part of the regulations, +and was dismissed from the school. What would +our people think of a regulation of that kind? I +leave it for your meditation.</p> + +<p>I hope and trust this meeting will be an inspiration +that will extend all over this Dominion of Canada, +and that some definite and proper way shall +be found to commemorate the deeds of our ancestors +and those great heroes whose efforts we to-day jubilate +in this part of Canada, realizing the great +heritage that has become ours through the agency +of those great men who have passed away. May +Canada always remain a part—and by the +Almighty's help I believe it will always remain a +part—of the British Empire.</p> + +<p>Mr. President, let me congratulate the Historical +Societies, the volunteers and cadets here assembled +for bringing about this wonderful meeting, which +I trust will have an influence in making this an +annual celebration for all time to come.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span></p> +<p><a name="Denison" id="Denison"></a></p> +<h3>COLONEL GEORGE T. DENISON<br /> + +<small>Toronto</small></h3> + +<p>It is a great satisfaction to me to be here to-day +and to know that so many patriotic societies and +organizations have clubbed together to commemorate +so splendidly the one hundredth anniversary +of the notable victory gained upon this field.</p> + +<p>The great, virile nations of the world have always +commemorated the brave deeds and victories of +their fathers. The Romans did everything in their +power to inspire their young men with love of +country by relating stories of their glorious past. +Some of them were evidently legends, but they all +tended to create and instil a pure national spirit.</p> + +<p>For five hundred years after Marathon the +Athenians commemorated the glorious victory won +against overwhelming odds. The Spartans never +forgot the death of Leonidas and his three hundred +brave, unflinching followers, who died for the +honour of their country at Thermopylæ. Pausanias +the historian was able to read six hundred years +after upon a column erected to their memory in +Sparta, the names of the three hundred Spartans +who had died with their king in that fight.</p> + +<p>In Russia also the same spirit of reverence for +their great heroes has always shown itself. Dimitry +saved Russia by a great victory over the Tartars +in 1380. Over five hundred years have elapsed, +but still the name of Dimitry Donskoi lives in the +memory and the songs of the Russian people, and +still on "Dimitry's Saturday," the anniversary of +the battle, prayers are offered up in memory of the +brave men who fell on that day in defence of their +country.</p> + +<p>Switzerland is another example of the patriotism +of a free people. They won their freedom by +three great victories won against overwhelming +odds at Morgarten, Sempach and Naefels. Naefels<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span> +was the final victory, and every year the people +commemorate the great event. In solemn procession +the people revisit the battlefield and the Landamman +tells the fine old story of their deliverance +from foreign rule. The five hundredth anniversary +was celebrated in 1888, and people from +all parts of Switzerland flocked to participate in +the patriotic and religious services. This national +spirit has kept Switzerland free although surrounded +by great powers. Her children are all +trained as soldiers in their public schools, and compulsory +training of all their youth is rigidly +enforced. We could learn a lesson from them in +this.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_58" id="illo_58"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 802px;"> +<img src="images/058a_illo.jpg" width="802" height="376" alt="" title="Speakers of the Day" /> +</div> + +<table border="0" width="800" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Speakers" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto"> +<col style="width:30%;" /> +<col style="width:30%;" /> +<col style="width:30%;" /> + +<tr><td><h6>Hon. R. A. Pyne, M.D., M.P.P., Minister of<br /> +Education, Toronto.<br /><br /> + </h6></td> +<td><h6>James L. Hughes, LL.D., Chief Inspector of<br /> +Schools, Toronto.<br /><br /> +SPEAKERS OF THE DAY</h6></td> +<td><h6>Colonel George T. Denison,<br /> +Toronto.<br /><br /> + </h6></td></tr> +</table> + +<p>Canada has shown the same virile spirit as other +great nations, and we may take pride in the way in +which our people have recognized what they owe +to General Brock and the men who fought with +him on this field one hundred years ago. This spot +has seen several inspiring demonstrations.</p> + +<p>Brock and Macdonell had been buried in Fort +George in 1812. In 1824 their remains were +removed and buried again under the first monument +here. In 1824 there were no railways, practically +no steamers, and the population of the Province +was very small, and yet in the funeral cortege +there were 560 men on horseback, 285 carriages +and wagons, and thousands of persons on foot, in +all estimated at about ten thousand people, who +followed the remains the seven miles from Niagara +to this place. That was a remarkable tribute to +the memory of the great general.</p> + +<p>In 1840 the monument was blown up on Good +Friday by an Irish rebel or Fenian named Benjamin +Lett. This aroused intense indignation +throughout the Province, and a great demonstration +was organized to arrange for building a new +monument on a grander scale. The meeting was +held in July, 1840, and a great number of the foremost +men in public life attended. Ten steamers,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</a></span> +all crowded with people, moved up the river in +procession. About eight thousand persons were +present. A new monument was decided upon and +it is here above us now. It is a wonderful monument +to have been erected by a small community +when there was very little wealth in the country. +This monument is as a column the finest and grandest +I have seen. I put it far above the column to +Alexander I. in front of the Winter Palace in +St. Petersburg. It is about forty feet higher than +the one to Nelson in Trafalgar Square. The +National German Monument in the Neiderwald +does not strike me as being so impressive.</p> + +<p>In 1859, on the anniversary of the battle, there +was another great gathering here for the inauguration +of the monument. I was here with a detachment +of my corps and there were a great many +other detachments and people, and about two hundred +of the old veterans of the war who came again +to do honour to their dead chief. In the following +year the late King was visiting Canada, and +naturally he came here to do honour to the memory +of the great general and to meet the surviving +veterans of the war. There was another great +demonstration and I was there on that occasion +also. Could anything show more clearly the deep +hold that General Brock had on the affection +and memory of the Canadian people than these +repeated gatherings? And now, after another fifty-two +years, there is this splendid demonstration of +respect and gratitude. I am proud that our people +have done their duty to-day, and I hope that our +action will inspire our children a hundred years +hence to commemorate the great event. I make no +apologies for coming here to glory over the victory. +Brock died on this field and our fathers fought here +that we should be a free and independent people, +and we have enjoyed that position for a hundred +years, thanks to their efforts. How can we use that +freedom better, than in testifying in the heartiest<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</a></span> +manner our gratitude and appreciation for the +priceless boon which we owe to those who then +won it for us!</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_61" id="illo_61"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 802px;"> +<img src="images/060a_illo.jpg" width="802" height="444" alt="" title="J. A. Macdonell, K.C." /> +</div> + +<h6>J. A. MACDONELL, K.C., GLENGARRY, ADDRESSING THE GATHERING.<br /> +<br /> +Dr. Alexander Dame, Col. George Sterling Ryerson, Dr. James L. Hughes, Col. George T. Denison, Major W. Napier Keefer (next right<br /> +of speaker), Major Gordon J. Smith, Dr. Charles F. Durand.</h6> + +<p><br /></p> +<p><a name="Macdonell2" id="Macdonell2"></a></p> +<h3>MR. J. A. MACDONELL, K.C.<br /> + +<small>Glengarry, Ontario</small></h3> + +<p>Permit me to express on behalf of the members of +this generation of the family to which the former +Attorney-General Macdonell belonged, my warm +appreciation of the honour which was done to that +gentleman's memory, by the invitation which in +terms so generous and complimentary and so +appreciative of his services, was extended to me as +the representative of his family, to be present on +this most interesting occasion as the special guest +of your Committee.</p> + +<p>We are assembled here to-day to commemorate +the Centennial Anniversary of the death of Sir +Isaac Brock, to give evidence that we Canadians +hold in grateful remembrance the inestimable services +which he rendered to our country, and to +record it as our firm and solemn conviction that +it is to that illustrious man of glorious memory +we owe the preservation of this country, our connection +with the Motherland and those British +institutions which it is our happiness now to enjoy.</p> + +<p>It was indeed a privilege for any man to have +served under Sir Isaac Brock, to have been in any +way associated with him, and more especially to +have been placed in a position whereby he was +enabled to second his indomitable efforts. It was +the good fortune of Attorney-General Macdonell +to have been associated with him in a threefold +capacity. First he was connected with him by the +most intimate ties of private friendship, for there +existed between them the most perfect confidence +and a mutual regard, amounting, as is frequently<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span> +the case with men of generous impulse, to personal +affection. Then as Attorney-General of the +Province and chief law adviser of the Crown, he +was the trusted legal adviser of General Brock in +his capacity of President of the Council of the Province, +and although but a young man he was equal +to the exigencies of that critical period.</p> + +<p>Upon the declaration of war, the House of +Assembly was hastily convened in extra session +on the 27th July, when General Brock, in the +Speech from the Throne, made use of those ever-memorable +words: "We are engaged in an awful +and eventful contest. By unanimity and despatch +in our councils and by vigour in our operations +we will teach the enemy this lesson: that a country +defended by free men, enthusiastically devoted to +the cause of their King and Constitution, can +never be conquered." But the House proved recalcitrant, +and refused to comply with Brock's request +to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act. It was the +Attorney-General who solved the difficulty by giving +it as his legal opinion that Major-General +Brock, as Administrator of the Province, under +the authority of his Commission from the King, +had the power to dissolve the House and proclaim +martial law, and that under the circumstances it +was his duty to do so. This opinion was concurred +in by his colleagues in the Government, and, +accordingly, the Government as such tendered it +as their unanimous advice to the Administrator, +who immediately acted upon it, and thereby saved +the country.</p> + +<p>As a consequence of this drastic measure, the +three leaders of the Opposition in the Legislature—Joseph +Willcocks, Benjamin Mallory and Abraham +Markle—who had been chiefly instrumental +up to this time in thwarting all Brock's efforts, +immediately fled to the United States, with which +they had long been in traitorous intercourse, and +where all their sympathies lay, Willcocks being<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[Pg 63]</a></span> +eventually killed at the battle of Fort Erie, in 1814, +in command of an American regiment, and Mallory +serving throughout the war as a major in the same +corps.</p> + +<p>This measure enabled Brock also to deal summarily +with their disloyal partisans and followers, +much more numerous and infinitely more dangerous +than is now generally supposed. He immediately +issued a proclamation ordering all persons +suspected of conniving with the enemy to be apprehended, +and treated according to law. Those who +had not taken the oath of allegiance were ordered +to do so or leave the Province; many were sent out +of the country; large numbers left of their own +accord; those who refused to take the oath or to +take up arms to defend the country, and remained +in the Province after a given date, were declared +to be enemies and spies, and were treated accordingly; +a large number of this disloyal element were +arrested and imprisoned early in the war, as on the +day of the Battle of Queenston Heights the jail +and Court House at Niagara as well as the blockhouse +at Fort George were filled with political +prisoners, over three hundred aliens and traitors +being in custody, some of whom were tried and +sentenced to death, while others were sent to +Quebec for imprisonment.</p> + +<p>This pressing and important business having +been accomplished, General Brock entered actively +upon his campaign, and determined upon offensive +measures by an assault upon Detroit. Colonel +Macdonell accompanied him as his military secretary +and aide-de-camp. When the American, General +Hull, in command of a greatly superior force +and in possession of a strongly fortified position, +on the 16th August proposed a cessation of hostilities +with a view to his surrender, it was Colonel +Macdonell whom General Brock entrusted with +the delicate and important task of preparing the +terms of capitulation. He returned within an hour<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[Pg 64]</a></span> +with the conditions, which were immediately confirmed +by General Brock, whereby Fort Detroit +with 59,700 square miles of American territory—the +whole State of Michigan—was surrendered. +2,500 officers and men became prisoners of war, +and 2,500 stand of arms, thirty-three pieces of +cannon, the <i>Adams</i> brig-of-war, and stores and +munitions of war to the value of £40,000, all so +sorely needed by the Canadian militia, were handed +over to the British Commander.</p> + +<p>General Brock in his despatch to the Home Government +announcing the capture of Detroit, and +which was published in a Gazette Extraordinary +in London on the 6th October, with characteristic +generosity bore testimony to the services of his +friend in the following terms: "In the attainment +of this important point gentlemen of the first character +and influence showed an example highly +creditable to them, and I cannot on this occasion +avoid mentioning the essential assistance I derived +from John Macdonell, Esquire, His Majesty's +Attorney-General, who from the beginning of the +war has honoured me with his services as my Provincial +Aide-de-Camp."</p> + +<p>Brock's biographer and nephew, Mr. Ferdinand +Brock Tupper, graphically tells the end of them +both, almost upon the spot upon which we now +stand. After mention of the hasty gallop from +Fort George, at dawn on the 13th October, when +it was found that the Americans had during the +night passed over the Niagara River and succeeded +in gaining the crest of the heights in rear of the +battery, and Brock's desperate effort to dislodge +them, he goes on to say: "The Americans now +opened a heavy fire of musketry, and, conspicuous +from his dress, his height, and the enthusiasm with +which he animated his little band, the British commander +was soon singled out, and he fell about +an hour after his arrival, the fatal bullet entering +his right breast and passing through his left side.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span> +He lived only long enough to request that his fall +might not be noticed, or prevent the advance of his +brave troops. The lifeless body was immediately +conveyed into a house at Queenston, where it +remained until the afternoon, unperceived of the +enemy. His aide-de-camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonell, +Attorney-General of Upper Canada—a fine, +promising young man—was mortally wounded soon +after his chief, and died the next day, at the early +age of twenty-seven years. Although one bullet had +passed through his body, and he was wounded in +four places, yet he survived twenty hours, and +during a period of excruciating agony his thoughts +and words were constantly occupied in lamentations +for his deceased commander and friend. He +fell while gallantly charging, with the hereditary +courage of his race, up the hill with 190 men, +chiefly of the York Volunteers, by which charge +the enemy was compelled to spike the eighteen-pounders +in the battery there; and his memory will +be cherished as long as courage and devotion are +reverenced in the Province."</p> + +<p>General Sheaffe, who succeeded General Brock +upon the death of the latter, in his despatch +announcing the victory which eventually crowned +our arms, thus couples their names: " . . . . No +officer was killed besides Major-General Brock, one +of the most gallant and zealous officers in His Majesty's +service, whose loss cannot be too much +deplored, and Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonell, Provincial +Aide-de-Camp, whose gallantry and merit +rendered him worthy of his chief."</p> + +<p>The Prince Regent thus acknowledged the +communication through the Governor-General, by +whom it had been forwarded: "His Royal Highness, +the Prince Regent, is fully aware of the severe +loss which His Majesty's service has experienced +in the death of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock. +This would have been sufficient to have clouded a +victory of much greater importance. His Majesty<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span> +has lost in him not only an able and meritorious +officer, but one who, in the exercise of his functions +of Provisional Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, +displayed qualities admirably adapted to +awe the disloyal, to reconcile the wavering, and to +animate the great mass of the inhabitants against +successive attempts of the enemy to invade the Province, +in the last of which he unhappily fell, too +prodigal of that life of which his eminent services +had taught us to understand the value. His Royal +Highness has also been pleased to express his +regret at the loss which the Province must experience +in the death of the Attorney-General, Mr. +Macdonell, whose zealous co-operation with Sir +Isaac Brock will reflect lasting honour on his +memory." In communicating the above to the +father of the Attorney-General, Lieutenant-Colonel +Coffin, P.A.D.C., under date York, March 20th, +1813, stated by command of His Honour the President +that "it would doubtless afford some satisfaction +to all the members of the family to which +the late Attorney-General was so great an ornament +to learn that his merit has been recognized +even by the Royal Personage who wields the sceptre +of the British Empire, and on which His Honour +commands me to declare his personal gratification."</p> + +<p>No medal was struck for Queenston Heights, but +when some time afterwards the rewards for the +capture of Detroit were distributed, gold medals +were deposited by the Sovereign with the families +of Major-General Brock and Colonel Macdonell, +and the King stated in each instance that it was +done "in token of the respect which His Majesty +entertains for the memory of that officer."</p> + +<p>The graciously worded despatch of the Prince +Regent mentioned the only fault of Sir Isaac +Brock. Like Nelson he was too prodigal of his +life; but as, alike by his services and his glorious +death, Nelson became the hero and the idol of the +British people, so by his services and his death<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span> +Brock became for all time the hero of the people +of this Province, and his memory will never die. +Although he had served ten years in Canada, he +had held his position as Administrator of Upper +Canada but a few days over a year; yet that +short time was sufficient to obtain for his name +immortality, so long as the English language can +narrate what in that brief period he accomplished, +and hold forth for succeeding generations of +British subjects in Canada and throughout the +Empire the bright example of his genius and his +gallantry, and the indomitable spirit with which +he contended and overcame difficulties, apparently +insurmountable, and which were sufficient to appal +a heart even as stout and to tax to the uttermost a +mind as versatile and resourceful as his.</p> + +<p>Under this stately column he found a fitting +tomb, and the ardent young friend, Glengarry's +representative, who fell with him, lies beside him.</p> + +<p><br /></p> +<p><a name="Hughes" id="Hughes"></a></p> +<h3>DR. JAMES L. HUGHES<br /> + +<small>Chief Inspector of Schools, Toronto</small></h3> + +<p>I had the honour of requesting the Hon. Dr. +Pyne, Minister of Education, to call the attention +of the School Boards of Ontario to the +importance of celebrating the hundredth anniversary +of the victory so gallantly won on these +heights, and of paying due tribute to the +brave men and women who so nobly and +heroically struggled to preserve for us the blessings +of British liberty, and of unity with our +motherland. To these men and women of firm +faith and strong heart we give gratitude and reverence +to-day, and especially to the statesman and +hero who at the foot of these heights died a hundred +years ago while leading Canadian volunteers +to drive back invaders who without just cause had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span> +dared to come to Canada with the avowed purpose +of forcibly taking possession of our country.</p> + +<p>In the judgment of the committee that arranged +for the celebration of the glorious deeds of our +early history, it is most important that Canadian +children should be trained to revere the memories +of the great and true men and women of one hundred +years ago, and to rejoice because of the victories +won by them for freedom and for imperial +unity.</p> + +<p>There are men who have written to the newspapers +objecting to the course we adopted. They +seem to think it improper to let our children know +that our country was ever in danger, and that it +was saved by the unselfish devotion and the brave +deeds of our ancestors. However, in spite of their +protests, based on weak and unpatriotic sentiment, +we intend to teach young Canadians to remember +the patriotism and valour of the founders and +defenders of Canada, and to train them to become +worthy successors to the men and women who made +such sacrifices for them.</p> + +<p>We have no wish to fill the hearts of the pupils +in our schools with animosity towards the great +nation whose fertile fields and happy homes we see +beyond the great river that separates it from our +own fair land. We wish to develop in our children +a spirit that will lead them to say to the people +across our borderland not "Hands off Canada," +but "Hands together to achieve for God and for +humanity the highest and broadest and truest +ideals that have been revealed to the Anglo-Saxon +race."</p> + +<p>We do not wish to make our children quarrelsome +or offensive, but we do wish them to be +patriotic Canadians, full of loyalty to their flag, +their Empire, and their King. We wish them to +understand what their predecessors did in order +that they may have faith in themselves and in their +country; and we intend that they shall learn the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span> +achievements of the past in order that they may +have a true basis for their own manhood and +womanhood. True reverence for courage and self-sacrifice, +fidelity to principle, and devotion to home +and country in time of need, is a fundamental element +of strong, true character. The facts of history +may have little influence in developing character, +but the noble deeds of our ancestors performed +for high purposes are the surest sources for +the development of the strong and true emotions +that make human character vital instead of inert. +Emotions form the battery power of character, and +among the emotions that give strength and virility +and beauty to character, reverence for the dead +who wisely struggled and nobly achieved, is surely +one of the most productive of dignified and transforming +character.</p> + +<p>The history of the past is valuable chiefly for the +opportunities it gives to be stirred to deep, true +enthusiasm for heroism, for honour, for patriotism, +for love of freedom, for devotion to duty, and for +sublime self-sacrifice for high ideals. Whatever +else we may neglect in the training of the young, I +trust we shall never fail to fill their hearts with +profound reverence for the men and women of the +past to whom they owe so much.</p> + +<p>We should teach other lessons from the War of +1812. We should fill each child's life with a splendid +courage that can never be dismayed, by telling +how a few determined settlers scattered widely +over a new country successfully repelled invading +armies coming from a country with a population +twenty-fold larger. We should teach reverence +not only for manhood but for womanhood by +recounting the terrible hardships endured willingly +by Canadian women generally, as well as by +proudly relating the noble work done by individual +women, of whom Laura Secord was so conspicuous +an example.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span></p> + +<p>A certain class of thoughtless people call us +"flag-wavers" if we strive to give our young people +a true conception of the value of national life, and +of their duty to have a true love for their country +and for their Empire. If a flag-waver means one +who is proud of a noble ancestry, and determined +to prove worthy of the race from which he sprung; +one who knows that his forefathers gave a wider +meaning to freedom, and who intends to perpetuate +liberty and aid in giving it a still broader and +higher value; one who is grateful because his +Empire represents the grandest revelation of unity +yet made known to humanity and who accepts this +revelation as a sacred trust, then I am a flag-waver, +and I shall make every boy and girl whom I can +ever influence a flag-waver who loves his flag and +waves it because it represents freedom, and honour, +and justice, and truth, and unity, and a glorious +history, the most triumphantly progressive that +has been achieved by any nation in the development +of the world.</p> + +<p>We do well to celebrate the great deeds of the +men and women of a hundred years ago, and teach +our children to give them reverence, but it is far +more important for us to consider what the people +a hundred years hence will think of us than to +glorify the triumphs of a hundred years ago. The +work of the world is not done. Evolution to higher +ideals goes ever on. Each succeeding generation +has greater responsibilities and higher duties than +the one that preceded it. The greatest lesson we +can learn from the past is that we should prove +true to the opportunities of our time; that we +should with unselfish motive and undaunted hearts +accept the responsibilities that come to us as partners +in our magnificent Empire, and share in the +achievement of greater triumphs for freedom and +justice than have ever been recorded in the past.</p> + +<p>Inspired by the records of such men as Brock, +at the foot of whose monument we stand to-day and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span> +look with reminiscent glance over the marvellous +progress of a hundred glorious years, let us determine +that we shall do our part to make the coming +century more fruitful than the past.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_71" id="illo_71"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 802px;"> +<img src="images/070a_illo.jpg" width="802" height="368" alt="" title="Speakers of the Day" /> +</div> + +<table border="0" width="800" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Speakers2" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto"> +<col style="width:30%;" /> +<col style="width:30%;" /> +<col style="width:30%;" /> + +<tr><td><h6>Chief A. G. Smith, Six Nation Indians,<br /> +Grand River Reserve.<br /><br /> + </h6></td> +<td><h6>Captain Charles R. McCullough,<br /> +Hamilton, Ont.<br /><br /> +SPEAKERS OF THE DAY</h6></td> +<td><h6>Warrior F. Onondeyoh Loft, Six Nation<br /> +Indians, Toronto.<br /><br /> + </h6></td></tr> +</table> + +<p><br /></p> +<p><a name="Smith" id="Smith"></a></p> +<h3>CHIEF A. G. SMITH<br /> + +<small>Six Nation Indians, Grand River Reserve</small></h3> + +<p>If a Mohawk Chief had in his make-up a particle +of timidity I fear that your cheering would have +frightened or disconcerted me.</p> + +<p>Now, contrary to the usual preface to speeches +on occasions of this nature, let me instead say that +my pleasure in addressing you this afternoon is +not altogether unalloyed, as I look back to the +remote past, when my ancestors could make or +unmake nations on this continent; their favour was +then courted by the different European nations, +until finally they entered into an alliance or treaty +with the military authorities of the British nation, +and which the Six Nations has ever held inviolate.</p> + +<p>They, however, in my humble opinion, made a +serious mistake in taking sides in the War of +American Independence, as their treaty obligations +only required them to assist the British when +attacked by a foreign power and not in a case of +family quarrel, so they could have consistently +taken a neutral ground. It is not, however, so +surprising that they took the step they did when +we consider the influences that were brought to +bear on them and the inducements that were held +out to them. Consider the influence of Tha-yen-da-ne-gea—Brant, +their war chief—and their own +love of war. War with them was as religion. Add +to these the influence of Sir William Johnson and +others.</p> + +<p>And there was the very strong inducement that +they would be guaranteed a perpetual independence<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span> +and self-government, and also that they would +be amply indemnified for any and all losses that +they might sustain by their services. Now we +know that these pledges were not adequately fulfilled, +yet, notwithstanding this fact, the Six +Nations remained faithful in their adherence to +the British Crown.</p> + +<p>And now allow me to come down to the eventful +times which more immediately concern us this +afternoon. Let me at the outset briefly but most +emphatically assert that in those troublous times +no followers of the illustrious Brock, whose fall and +victory we are this afternoon commemorating, +fought more bravely than the Six Nations; their +very admiration of that great and brave general +was as a spur to their bravery.</p> + +<p>I think I may truthfully say that had it not been +for the bravery of the Six Nations the Union Jack +would not to-day be waving over these historic +heights.</p> + +<p>The Six Nations have never had an historian of +their own to record the brave deeds of valour of +their warriors, and therefore get but scant justice +in the historical records of this country; naturally +the historians magnify the achievements of their +own peoples, while I claim that more credit should +be given my own people.</p> + +<p>Let me instance one or two samples of justice +doled out to my people in various lines. You know +that in Ontario manhood suffrage prevails in political +elections, so that any foreigner after six +months' residence can have every privilege of a +full citizen, although he may have no higher interest +in the country than as a place in which to earn +his bread and butter, and whose ancestors have +never shed a drop of blood for its retention by +Britain, and who himself may never fight in its +defence, but who may go back to fight his own +country's battles, perhaps even against Britain.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span></p> + +<p>But the original owners of this country, proved +to be men on many a battlefield, who fought and +won Britain's battles, ceased to be men and became +minors after the battles were won and British predominance +secured, and therefore are not allowed +men's privileges.</p> + +<p>I contend that if Canada is to do justice (and I +believe it will) to the Six Nations, it will have to +give them representation on the floor of the House +of Commons and also respect the treaty concessions +made to them, instead of gradually curtailing +their tribal rights and privileges. These blood-bought +rights and privileges are just as dear to the +Six Nations as similar ones are to any other nation.</p> + +<p>I fear, Mr. Chairman, that I have already taken +up my allotted time, so will refrain from giving all +the examples of our loyalty I would have liked to +present to this vast assemblage. Allow me, however, +to say that as this is an influential gathering, +so I hope that each individual of influence will go +back to his or her sphere of usefulness and listen +to the cry for justice on behalf of the Six Nations, +fully appreciating the fact that it is "up to you" +to see to it that justice is done this people who have +rendered such inestimable service to this country +and to Britain.</p> + +<p>My remarks may not suit everyone, but I cannot +help that. I am not courting popularity, for I am +getting too old for that, and I am descended from +too long a line of brave warriors to be afraid to +speak the truth, whether it be pleasant or otherwise.</p> + +<p>Thanking you, Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, +for the privilege and honour of addressing +this influential assemblage and for the kind hearing +and attention accorded to me.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p>[At the conclusion of Chief Smith's speech three +rousing warwhoops were given, led by Chiefs Johnson +and Elliott, and joined in by all present.]</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[Pg 74]</a></span></p> +<p><a name="Loft" id="Loft"></a></p> +<h3>WARRIOR F. ONONDEYOH LOFT<br /> + +<small>Six Nation Indians</small></h3> + +<p>We are assembled to-day on this historic spot to +commemorate the memory of a great soldier, a +patriot and renowned son of the Empire of which +we are a part.</p> + +<p>I am pleased to note the presence of so many +chiefs and warriors of the Six Nations who are +here assembled on the basis of one common citizenship +with you, to join with our white brethren to +pay respect and homage to the late hero, General +Sir Isaac Brock, who offered his life as a sacrifice +in the cause he so gallantly defended. He was the +brave leader who led the white man and Indian in +the defence of our country, our flag, and all that +pertained to the maintenance of British institutions.</p> + +<p>Our act to-day is a noble one. It is of a kind that +touches deep down into the heart that throbs with +affection's glow. It is one worthy of emulation +by our posterity. We as a people should never lose +sight of the great importance that must attach to +this occasion, and of the duty we owe to our children +to do all we can to impress their minds with +the precepts of loyalty to the king and crown, that +should be ever steadfast and immovable.</p> + +<p>As a member of the Six Nations it is not altogether +my wish that I should be looked upon on +this occasion as a mere representative of my +nation, but rather as a representative of the noble +native Indian race which has so conspicuously +identified itself with British arms at critical +periods in the history of our fair Dominion.</p> + +<p>One hundred years ago our country and people +were befogged by conditions that were grey and +ominous. It was very uncertain as to the part, if +any, the Indians would take in the impending conflict.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</a></span></p> + +<p>From this spot, almost, General Brock set out +for Amherstburg to arrange plans of campaign, +and there met and shook hands with Tecumseh, +this patriot Indian giving the assurance to his +chief in command of the forces that he and his +united Indian tribes composed of the Shawanoes, +Wyandottes, Chippewas, Ottawas, Foxes and +others, were ready to go into the field of action in +defence of the British cause.</p> + +<p>Like General Brock, this noble red man, as a +leader of his kinsmen, also sacrificed his life in +the cause of his king and country. And sad is it +to say that not even a heave of the turf marks his +last resting-place.</p> + +<p>It is not for me to laud or unduly magnify the +important part the Indians have played in wars +that have marked our country's history-making: +but should such an emergency again present +itself, I feel confident that the Indians will never +be found wanting.</p> + +<p><br /></p> +<p><a name="McCullough" id="McCullough"></a></p> +<h3>MR. CHARLES R. McCULLOUGH<br /> + +<small>Honorary President of the Association of Canadian Clubs</small></h3> + +<p>I tender my thanks to the Committee for honouring +the hundred clubs of the Dominion by inviting +their honorary president to take part in the proceedings +of this great day.</p> + +<p>The real celebration of the centenary of the +battle and the fitting remembrance of the hero who +gave up his life for Canada one hundred years ago, +has already taken place in the six thousand schools +by six hundred thousand scholars of this premier +Province of Ontario. By this vast army of patriots +in the making there has been celebrated within the +past few days in song and story the splendid heroism +of the immortal Brock, and the work done by +him for our common country a century ago.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[Pg 76]</a></span></p> + +<p>In that great work he was nobly seconded by the +brilliant young Glengarrian Macdonell, who, like +his illustrious leader, fell on the slope of this +sacred hill.</p> + +<p>In this dread contest there fought side by side +regular soldier and militiaman; the noble red man +and the freed black man contended against a common +enemy to that freedom and that constitution +that every Briton loves so well.</p> + +<p>It was indeed a proud thing for Canadians to +remember that whilst there was a great Imperial +officer to lead the little band, close beside him in +the great struggle there ever stood a valorous +Canadian aide-de-camp. Yes, for every regular +that contended for the maintenance of British law +and authority in this Canada of ours there were +fighting by his side the farmer and the tradesman +of those heroic days.</p> + +<p>Was not this prophetic of that future co-operation +between mother and daughter states? Was it +not full of the deepest meaning for us of the twentieth +century? Could we not say "Thy people are +my people and my people thy people"? As in the +days of yore, so in these days of Canada's abounding +prosperity and increasing national greatness, +there would be found men and means for any +national or Imperial emergency that the future +might have in store for us.</p> + +<p>Our magnificently proportioned Canada must +have a magnificently proportioned soul if she +would fulfil her high destiny of eventual leadership +in the band of sister nations within an Empire +indissolubly bound by ties of love and sacrifice. +In enlarging the soul of our people such celebrations +as these have their sure and certain part, and +the thrill of Brock's great name will stir this +people's soul so long as Canada shall endure.</p> + +<hr style="width: 15%;" /> + +<p>A brief and eloquent speech was also made by +Mr. W. M. German, M.P., Welland, Ont.</p> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_77" id="illo_77"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 802px;"> +<img src="images/076a_illo.jpg" width="802" height="432" alt="" title="Members of Committee at Queenston Heights" /> +</div> + +<h6>MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS<br /> +<br /> +Alexander Fraser, LL.D., Dr. Alexander Dame, Col. Geo. S. Ryerson, Miss Helen M. Merrill, John Stewart Carstairs, B.A., Allen W. Johnston.</h6> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[Pg 77]</a></span></p> + +<h2>APPENDIX I.</h2> + +<h3>HIGHLAND HEROES IN THE WAR OF<br /> +1812-14<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a><br /> + +<small>By Dr. Alexander Fraser, Toronto</small></h3> + + +<p>While with a fine sense of fitness the part taken +by the men of Glengarry, Ontario, in the 1812-14 +war is rarely referred to by the descendants of those +who fought so well and fell for their country, it is +but meet on a centennial occasion as is now being +celebrated that the distinguished services of the +clansmen should not be forgotten. Much, indeed, +could be said of the Macdonells, Macdonalds, Macleans, +MacMillans, Chisholms, Camerons and +Grants, as well as of other kindred families, who +displayed all the ardour of the Highland mountaineer +in defence of home and country, and who +occupied second place then nor subsequently when +the war-note sounded. These brief lines, however, +must deal only with Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonell, +who fell mortally wounded at Queenston +Heights, and whose name cannot be disassociated +in history from that of Brock, the chief hero of the +war.</p> + +<p>The many intermarriages in the course of generations +between members of different houses of the +Glengarry branch of Clan Donald have created +genealogical intricacies not always threaded by the +general reader. The identity of Colonel John Macdonell, +the Queenston hero, however, need never +have been in doubt. He was descended from Angus +Macdonell of Greenfield, a grandson of Ranald,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[Pg 78]</a></span> +the ninth chief of Glengarry—in Gaelic, styled +"Mac-ic-Alasdair." The Macdonells of Greenfield +are nearer the main line of the Glengarry family +than the cadet branches of Aberchalder, Cullachie +and Leek—many of whom settled in Canada, who +left the parent stock at an earlier period. They +might reasonably be regarded as representative of +all the Glengarry Macdonells of Canada.</p> + +<p>Angus Macdonell of Greenfield had one son, Alexander, +who came to Canada in 1792. He was married +in Scotland to a daughter of Alexander Macdonell +of Aberchalder (Captain 1st Battalion, +King's Royal Regiment of New York), and among +the issue of that marriage were Duncan, who succeeded +his father, John, who fell with Brock, and +Donald, who figured at Ogdensburg, 1813.</p> + +<p>John Macdonell (Queenston) was born in 1785, +in Scotland, and with his family came to Canada +when seven years of age. In due course he became +member of the Legislature for Glengarry and Attorney-General +for Upper Canada. He was a Colonel +of Militia, and on the outbreak of the war of 1812 +acted as Military Secretary and Provincial A.D.C. +to General Sir Isaac Brock. His legal talents were +regarded as of high order, and of his military abilities +Brock entertained a very good opinion indeed. +As President of the Council and Administrator of +Upper Canada, General Brock occupied the highest +civil position in the Province, and the chief military +position as General of the forces under his command.</p> + +<p>Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonell, as Attorney-General, +filled the next highest civil position to +Brock in Upper Canada, and, as Military Secretary +and P.A.D.C., was next highest in importance, if +not in rank, to his chief in the field. Testimony +was warmly borne by some of the most capable to +judge, of his dominance in the military operations, +and the subsequent negotiations, at Detroit, and the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[Pg 79]</a></span> +papers in connection therewith, which he is said to +have drafted, bear the mark of his patriotic and +generous mind. The Prince Regent, in expressing +his regret at the loss which the country must experience +by the death of the Attorney-General, +declared that "his zealous co-operation with Sir +Isaac Brock would reflect lasting honour on his +memory." Like Brock, he died unmarried; like +him, too, he was engaged to be married at the time +of his death. His fiancée was Miss Powell, daughter +of the Chief Justice.</p> + +<p>The story is told that at the commencement of +the war, before making his will, Colonel Macdonell +told Miss Powell that, though he had only a little +estate to dispose of, about £300 in money, his books, +papers and personal effects, together with ten acres +of land on Church Street, Toronto, he wished her +to have first choice of either the money and effects, +or the land, for herself; the other part to go to a +relative. She chose the money and the personalty, +and the ten acres of land on Church Street went +to his relative and godson, James Macdonell, +son of his host, the Hon. Alexander Macdonell, +Toronto, in whose family the title still remains.</p> + +<p>Colonel Macdonell's father, Colonel Alexander +Macdonell, commanded the 2nd Battalion, Glengarry +Militia, in the war, and two of his brothers +also had commissions, Duncan Macdonell, as a Captain, +commanding a company at Ogdensburg +(under Colonel George Macdonell), and Donald +Greenfield Macdonell, who also commanded a company +at Ogdensburg. Duncan, the elder brother, +succeeded his father as Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding +the 2nd Battalion, Glengarry Militia, +until 1857, when he received the thanks of the Governor-General +"for his long and valuable services +dating from the last war." His son, Lieutenant-Colonel +Archibald J. Macdonell, was also commanding +officer of his grandfather's and father's regiment<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[Pg 80]</a></span> +from 1857 to 1804. He was a barrister, and +a Bencher, and Recorder at Kingston, and for many +years a partner with Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime +Minister of Canada. His only son is the well-known +Lieut.-Col. John A. Macdonell, Alexandria, +Ontario, now the head of the Greenfield family, +whose patriotic sentiments and antiquarian tastes +have often found eloquent and useful expression. +He is a grandnephew of Colonel Macdonell (Queenston) +and fifth of Greenfield.</p> + +<p>Donald Greenfield Macdonell, who commanded a +company at Ogdensburg (brother of Colonel Macdonell, +Queenston), became D.A.Q.M.G in the war, +was a Colonel of Militia and Deputy Adjutant-General +from 1846 to 1861. He had the honour of laying +the corner-stone of the monument to Sir Isaac +Brock at Queenston in 1853. Among his grandsons +are Donald Greenfield Macdonell, barrister, +Vancouver, heir male, after Lieut.-Col. John A. Macdonell, +Alexandria, Ontario, and A. McLean Macdonell, +K.C., the well-known barrister of Toronto.</p> + +<p>The connection of Mr. A. McLean Macdonell, +K.C., of Toronto, with the War of 1812 is perhaps +unique. Not only had his paternal great-grandfather +and three sons, the Macdonells of Greenfield, +commissions in the War of 1812, as above stated, but +his maternal great-grandfather and three sons also +held commissions in that war, viz., the Honourable +Neil McLean and his three sons: 1st, the Honourable +Archibald McLean, afterwards Chief Justice +of Upper Canada. It is said that when Colonel +Macdonell fell, McLean was near him, and he called +out to him: "Help me, Archie." 2nd, John +McLean, afterwards Sheriff of Kingston; and 3rd, +Colonel Alexander McLean, who shows an excellent +military record, and whose daughter married John +Macdonell of Greenfield, Mr. McLean Macdonell's +father. Thus, Mr. McLean Macdonell had two +great-grandfathers, two grandfathers, and four<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span> +granduncles, all holding important commissions in +the only war which has vitally threatened Canada.</p> + +<p>The connection between A. Claude Macdonell, +M.P., Toronto, and Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonell +(Queenston) is by intermarriage in the families +of Aberchalder and Cullachie. The Aberchalders +gave a father, Captain Alexander, and three +sons, John, Hugh, and Chichester, to the American +revolutionary war. John was a Captain in Butler's +Rangers and was the first Speaker of the first +House of Assembly of Upper Canada, in 1792. +Hugh was an officer in the King's Royal Regiment +and in the Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment. +He was one of the members for Glengarry in the +first Legislature of Upper Canada. He afterwards +served at Gibraltar, and as British Consul-General +at Algiers. Chichester served in Butler's Rangers, +and became a colonel in the British army, winning +distinction at Corunna.</p> + +<p>Allan Macdonell of Cullachie (closely related to +Aberchalder) was a captain in the 84th Royal +Highland Emigrant Regiment, and his son, Alexander, +an officer in Butler's Rangers, was prominent +in the military-political life of Upper Canada, +and at the time of the 1812 war was a colonel of +Militia and Deputy Postmaster-General. His son, +Angus Duncan Macdonell, who died in 1894, was +the father of Mr. Angus Claude Macdonell, M.P. for +South Toronto.</p> + +<p>When Colonel Macdonell (Queenston) came to +Toronto as a young man in connection with his +profession, he resided with his relative, the Honourable +Alexander Macdonell, Mr. Claude Macdonell's +grandfather, and it was from his home he went to +the front. Needless to say, Colonel Macdonell's +memory is sacredly cherished among these and +many others of his kith and kin in Canada, as it is +indeed by all lovers of the heroic in Canadian +history.</p> + +<p><br /></p> +<div class="footnotes"> +<h4>FOOTNOTE: Appendix I</h4> +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> +Reprinted from the Toronto <i>Globe</i> and <i>Mail and Empire</i> +of the 12th of October, 1912.</p></div></div> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[Pg 82]</a></span></p> + +<h2>APPENDIX II.</h2> + +<h3>TORONTO GARRISON CHURCH PARADE</h3> + +<p class="cen"><small>In commemoration of the Centenary of the Death<br /> +of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock at the<br /> +Battle of Queenston Heights</small></p> + +<p class="cen">Massey Hall, Sunday, October 13th, 1912, 3 p.m.</p> + +<p class="cen"><small>Major-General W. H. Cotton, Commanding</small></p> + + +<p>The musical portion of the service was rendered +by the massed bands of the garrison under the +direction of Bandmaster G. I. Timpson, Queen's +Own Rifles.</p> + +<p><br /></p> +<h3>ORDER OF DIVINE SERVICE</h3> + +<h3><span class="smcap">Opening Voluntary</span></h3> + +<h5>GRAND PROCESSIONAL MARCH<br /> +"The Silver Trumpets" - - - - <i>Viviani</i><br /> +<small>Band of the Queen's Own Rifles</small></h5> + +<h4><span class="smcap">Hymn, "Soldiers of Christ, Arise"</span><br /> +<small><small><i>Put on the whole armour of God</i></small></small></h4> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Soldiers of Christ, arise,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And put your armour on;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Strong in the strength which God supplies,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Through His Eternal Son;<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Strong in the Lord of Hosts,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And in His mighty power;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Who in the strength of Jesus trusts<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Is more than conqueror.</span></div> + +<div class="stanza"><span class="pagenumbq"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[Pg 83]</a></span> +<span class="i0">Stand then in His great might,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">With all His strength endued;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And take to arm you for the fight,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">The panoply of God.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">From strength to strength go on,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Wrestle, and fight, and pray;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Tread all the powers of darkness down,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And win the well-fought day.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">That having all things done,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And all your conflicts past,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Ye may obtain, through Christ alone,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">A crown of joy at last. Amen.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + +<h4><span class="smcap">General Confession</span><br /> + +<small>(To be said by all, standing)</small></h4> + +<p>Almighty and most merciful Father; We have +erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. +We have followed too much the devices and desires +of our own hearts. We have offended against Thy +Holy Laws. We have left undone the things which +we ought to have done; And we have done those +things which we ought not to have done; And there +is no health in us. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy +upon us, miserable offenders. Spare Thou them, +O God, which confess their faults. Restore Thou +them that are penitent; according to Thy promises +declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. +And grant, O most merciful Father, for His sake, +that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous and +sober life, To the glory of Thy Holy Name. Amen.</p> + + +<h4><span class="smcap">Prayer for Pardon</span></h4> + +<p>O Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus +Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but +rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[Pg 84]</a></span> +live, pardon and accept, we beseech Thee, all those +who truly repent and unfeignedly believe Thy Holy +Gospel. Grant us true repentance and Thy Holy +Spirit; that those things may please Thee which we +do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter +may be pure and holy; so that at the last we +may come to Thy eternal joy; through Jesus Christ +our Lord. Amen.</p> + + +<h4><span class="smcap">The Lord's Prayer</span></h4> + +<h4><span class="smcap">Prayer for the King's Majesty</span><br /> + +<small>(All standing)</small></h4> + +<p>O Lord, our Heavenly Father, high and mighty, +King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of +princes, who dost from Thy throne behold all the +dwellers upon earth; most heartily we beseech Thee +with Thy favor to behold our most gracious Sovereign +Lord, King George; and so replenish him +with the grace of Thy Holy Spirit, that he may +alway incline to Thy will, and walk in Thy way; +Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant +him in health and wealth long to live; strengthen +him that he may vanquish and overcome all his +enemies; and finally, after this life, he may attain +everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ +our Lord. Amen.</p> + + +<h4><span class="smcap">Prayer for the Royal Family</span></h4> + +<p>Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness, we +humbly beseech Thee to bless our gracious Queen +Mary, Alexandra the Queen Mother, Edward Prince +of Wales and all the Royal Family; Endue them +with Thy Holy Spirit; enrich them with Thy heavenly +grace; prosper them with all happiness; and +bring them to Thine everlasting kingdom; through +Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[Pg 85]</a></span></p> + +<h4><span class="smcap">Prayer for Soldiers</span></h4> + +<p>Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we +who are called to the service of our Empire, may +ever remember the honour which we uphold and the +privilege which is entrusted to us, to defend our +Sovereign, our homes and our country. Enable us at +all times to do what is right, and so to conduct ourselves, +that we may bring no disgrace upon the +uniform which we wear, nor upon the flag under +which we serve. Make us faithful, brave and true +to our duty, and especially to Thee, our God, as +soldiers of Christ and soldiers of the King. Keep +us, defend us and save us at all times; fill our hearts +with courage and love, and may we never be +ashamed to confess Thee before men, as good soldiers +and servants of Thine. And this we ask for +the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.</p> + + +<h4><span class="smcap">Scripture Lesson</span></h4> + +<h4><span class="smcap">Offertory</span></h4> + +<h4><span class="smcap">Voluntary</span><br /> + +<small>"In the Chapel" - - - - - + - - <i>R. Eilenberg</i><br /> +Band of the Queen's Own Rifles</small></h4> + +<h3>SERMON<br /> + +<small><small><small>By Captain the Rev. Dr. Llwyd, Chaplain to the<br /> +Queen's Own Rifles.</small></small></small></h3> + + +<h4><span class="smcap">Hymn, "Stand up for Jesus"</span><br /> + +<small><small><i>Quit you like men, be strong</i></small></small></h4> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Stand up, stand up for Jesus,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Ye soldiers of the Cross;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Lift high His Royal Banner,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">It must not suffer loss;<span class="pagenumst"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[Pg 86]</a></span><br /></span> +<span class="i0">From victory unto victory<br /></span> +<span class="i2">His army He shall lead;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Till every foe is vanquished,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And Christ is Lord indeed.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Stand up, stand up for Jesus,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">The trumpet call obey;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Forth to the mighty conflict<br /></span> +<span class="i2">In this His glorious day;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Ye that are men now serve Him<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Against unnumbered foes;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Let courage rise with danger,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And strength to strength oppose.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Stand up, stand up for Jesus;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Stand in His Strength alone;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The arm of flesh will fail you,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Ye dare not trust your own;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Put on the gospel armour,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And watching unto prayer,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Where duty calls, or danger,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Be never wanting there.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Stand up, stand up for Jesus;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">The strife will not be long;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">This day the noise of battle,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">The next the victors' song;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To him that overcometh<br /></span> +<span class="i2">A crown of life shall be;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">He with the King of glory<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Shall reign eternally. Amen.<br /></span> +</div></div> + +<h4><span class="smcap">National Anthem</span></h4> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i2">God save our Gracious King,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Long live our noble King,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">God save the King.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Send him victorious,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Happy and glorious,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Long to reign over us;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">God save the King.<br /></span> +</div><span class="pagenumbq"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[Pg 87]</a></span> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i2">Thy choicest gifts in store,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">On him be pleased to pour;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Long may he reign.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">May he defend our laws,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And ever give us cause<br /></span> +<span class="i2">To sing with heart and voice,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">God save the King.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + +<h4><span class="smcap">Benediction</span></h4> + +<h4><span class="smcap">Recessional</span></h4> + +<p class="cen">The "Priests' March" from "Athalie" - <i>Mendelssohn</i><br /> +Band of the Queen's Own Rifles</p> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[Pg 88]</a></span></p> + + +<h2>APPENDIX III.</h2> + +<h3>INDIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE<br /> +RECONSTRUCTION OF BROCK'S<br /> +MONUMENT</h3> + +<h5>(Communicated by the Editor.)</h5> + + +<p>The indignation aroused by the destruction of +the first monument erected to General Brock was +fully shared by the Indians of Ontario. Meetings of +the Bands were held at which expression was given +to the feelings which stirred their hearts. They +asked the Government to allow them to join with +the White Men in contributing to the Fund for the +reconstruction of the monument, and this having +been most cordially granted, a sum amounting to +£207 10s. was raised among the Indians in sums +varying from £7 10s. to £15 and paid over to the +general fund on behalf of the following Bands:—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>The Chippewas of the Upper Reserve, on the +River St. Clair.</p> + +<p>The Chippewas of the Lower Reserve and Walpole +Island, on the River St. Clair.</p> + +<p>The Hurons and Wyandotts of Amherstburg.</p> + +<p>The Chippewas of the River Thames.</p> + +<p>The Munsees of the River Thames.</p> + +<p>The Oneidas of the River Thames.</p> + +<p>The Six Nation Indians of the Grand River.</p> + +<p>The Missisagua of the River Credit.</p> + +<p>The Chippewas of the Saugeen River, Lake +Huron.</p> + +<p>The Chippewas of the Township of Rama, Lake +Couchiching.</p> + +<p>The Chippewas of Snake Island, Lake Simcoe.</p> + +<p>The Missisagua of Alnwick, Rice Lake.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenumbq"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[Pg 89]</a></span></p> + +<p>The Missisagua of Rice Lake Village, Otonabee; +and of Mud and Balsam Lakes.</p> + +<p>The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte.</p></div> + +<p>The following petition from the Missisagua of +Rice Lake, shows the spirit in which the Indians +acted:</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>"<i>To</i> <span class="smcap">Samuel P. Jarvis</span>, <i>Esquire, Chief Superintendent +of Indian Affairs</i>.</p> + +<p>"Father:<br /> +"We have heard of the wicked attempt to destroy +the Monument of our old Chief, Sir Isaac Brock; +and are also informed of the intention of the White +Man to rebuild it.</p> + +<p>"Father:<br /> +"We respect the memory of the brave, and are +sorry to find that there are any who do not.</p> + +<p>"Some of us fought on the same field on which +the gallant general fell. We then felt the same +sorrow in our hearts that our loyal brothers in +arms, the White Men, felt, and we still unite with +them in the deepest regret at our common loss. +These feelings urge us readily to contribute our +share to the expense of re-building that Monument +which was designed to perpetuate the fame of such +noble deeds.</p> + +<p>"Father:<br /> +"We, who are thus ready to assist in the present +exigency, will never be backward in testifying our +loyal principles by still more substantial proofs, +whenever our Great Mother, the Queen, shall lay +her commands upon us. We will never refuse to +hear her words. Our Great Fathers, her Royal predecessors, +have been very kind to her people. We +are not unthankful. We do not wish to be idle; but +whenever we may be called upon to defend the +honour and rights of the British Crown, we will +most heartily strain every nerve, and do all the +service in our power.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenumbq"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[Pg 90]</a></span></p> + +<p>"Father:<br /> +"We authorize you to subscribe from our monies +the sum of Fifteen Pounds, in aid of the praiseworthy +work about to be performed; and may the +blessing of the Great Spirit make it prosper.</p> + +<p>"Dated at Rice Lake Mission, Otonabee, January +7, 1841.</p> + +<p> +<span style="margin-left: 15em;">"<span class="smcap">George Paudash</span>, Principal Chief.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 15em;">"<span class="smcap">John Crow</span>, Chief.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 15em;">"<span class="smcap">John Copoway</span>, Chief.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 15em;">"<span class="smcap">John Taunchey</span>, Chief.</span></p> + +<p>"Read over to the Chiefs and signed by them<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 3em;">in presence of—</span></p> + +<p><span style="margin-left: 15em;"><span class="smcap">Henry Baldwin</span>, Jun."</span></p> +</div> + +<p>The generous action of the Indians was much +appreciated by the British Government and the following +acknowledgment was made by Lord John +Russell, on its behalf:—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"> +<p class="author">"Downing Street, <br /> +"6th May, 1841.</p> + +<p>"No. 372.<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">"My Lord:</span></p> + +<p>"I received by the last mail from Canada a +pamphlet, containing the correspondence, addresses, +etc., connected with the subscription of various +Indian Tribes in Upper Canada, in aid of the funds +for the reconstruction of Sir Isaac Brock's Monument +on Queenston Heights.</p> + +<p>"The feelings evinced by the Indians on this +occasion are much to their credit. I have to request +that your Lordship will convey to them the thanks +of the British Government and nation for their +zealous co-operation, and renew to them the assurances +of the Queen's regard for their welfare.</p> + +<p class="author"> +"I have, etc., <br /> +"(Signed) <span class="smcap">J. Russell</span>.</p> + +<p><span style="margin-left: 1em;">"The Right Honourable Lord Sydenham."</span></p></div> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_88" id="illo_88"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 802px;"> +<img src="images/088a_illo.jpg" width="802" height="439" alt="" title="Group of Indians" /> +</div> + +<h6>GROUP OF INDIANS (GRAND RIVER RESERVE) CELEBRATING BROCK'S CENTENARY AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS.<br /> +CHIEF ALEXANDER HILL, IN COSTUME.</h6> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[Pg 91]</a></span></p> + +<h2>APPENDIX IV.</h2> +<h3>————<br /> +MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE<br /> +COMMITTEE</h3> + + +<p>A meeting of the Executive Committee of the +Brock Centenary was held on the 16th October, +1912, there being present: Col. Ryerson, Dr. James +L. Hughes, Dr. Alexander Fraser, Mr. C. E. Macdonald, +Mr. F. D. L. Smith, and Miss Helen M. +Merrill, Secretary.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>It was resolved:—</p> + +<p>That the thanks of the Committee be conveyed to +the Right Honourable R. L. Borden, Prime Minister +of Canada, and his Government for the military +arrangements that had been made in connection +with the celebration of the Centenary; and to the +Honourable Dr. Pyne, Minister of Education of +Ontario, for so cheerfully complying with all the +suggestions made by the Committee with respect to +the holding of patriotic exercises in the public +schools.</p> + +<p>That the publication of the Account of the Centenary +celebration be proceeded with; and that +Dr. Alexander Fraser (Chairman), Col. Ryerson, +Mr. F. D. L. Smith, and Miss Helen M. Merrill be +the Publication Committee in this matter.</p> + +<p>That all the correspondence and papers in connection +with the Centenary be deposited in the +Ontario Archives, Toronto.</p> + +<p>That the proposal to place a bronze tablet, commemorative +of the Centenary, on Brock's monument +at Queenston Heights be brought before the +co-operating societies, and that action be taken in +accordance with their opinion.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenumbq"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[Pg 92]</a></span></p> + +<p>That the striking of a Centennial medal be left +in abeyance in the meantime.</p></div> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p>At a meeting of the Executive Committee held on +the 25th of October, 1912, Col. Ryerson presiding, +the subject of publication of the Centenary volume +was minutely discussed. It was agreed that Dr. +Alexander Fraser should edit the MS. for the press +and that the work be proceeded with.</p> + +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><br /></p> + +<p><a name="illo_93" id="illo_93"></a></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> +<img src="images/092a_illo.jpg" width="500" height="757" alt="" title="Captain Joseph Birney" /> +</div> + +<h6>CAPTAIN JOSEPH BIRNEY.</h6> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[Pg 93]</a></span></p> + +<h2>APPENDIX V.</h2> + +<h3>CAPTAIN JOSEPH BIRNEY</h3> + +<h5>Contributed by J. L. Birney, Toronto, Son of Captain<br /> +Joseph Birney, from whose Narrative these<br /> +Statements have been Compiled.</h5> + + +<p>Captain Birney was born in Orange County, +in the State of New York, on the 1st of February, +1777.</p> + +<p>In 1779 his father, William Birney, was killed at +the battle of Lackawack, New York, in suppressing +an Indian uprising, and upon their bereavement +his mother, with his sister, a child in arms, and +himself a child two years old, made her way +through the forest, sixty miles, to New York City. +In the year 1783 or 1784 he was baptized in Trinity +Church, New York City. When the British evacuated +New York, Captain Birney, with his family +and friends, went with the British to where now +is situated St. John, New Brunswick, and resided +there until 1801, when he came to Upper Canada, +and settled where Hamilton is to-day. While in +New Brunswick he taught the Duke of Kent to +skate, both of them often practising together on +St. John's River.</p> + +<p>In Upper Canada Captain Birney entered into the +military life of the time. He was over six feet in +height, powerfully built, and was well fitted for +the stirring life then before him.</p> + +<p>In 1812 he was Ensign in Captain Hatt's company, +which accompanied Sir Isaac Brock to +Detroit, and his commission as Ensign, signed by +Sir Isaac Brock, is now in possession of his son, +John L. Birney, of Toronto. Captain Birney was +present when General Brock first met Tecumseh,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[Pg 94]</a></span> +and he often related how the General was impressed +with the wonderful personality of the great chief.</p> + +<p>As Lieutenant he served in Captain Durand's company +of 5th Lincoln Militia at the Battle of Queenston +Heights. He was attached to Brock's staff +as a special aide, to supervise the laying of the +batteries. Shortly before the Canadians were +driven from the heights, General Brock found that +in firing at the Americans who were coming across +the river the bullets were flying short, and he gave +the order to Colonel Williams to cease firing, but +Colonel Williams, mistaking the order to mean +"retire," began to retire by Niagara. Sir Isaac +remarked, "That's effective," but Captain Birney, +noticing Colonel Williams' movement, remarked, +"But, General, you did not mean to retire!" "By +no means," answered Sir Isaac. "Oh, for one to +bring them back!" "May I go?" offered Birney. +"By all means go, Birney," ordered the General, +whereupon Captain Birney ran down the steep +slope of the heights as fast as he could. On the way +down he noticed the mullein stalks being cut off, +and stepping on a slippery spot he fell violently on +the broad of his back.</p> + +<p>At this he heard a great cheer, and looking +up saw the cause of it all. The Americans were +in possession of a portion of the heights, and their +sharpshooters, thinking they had succeeded in intercepting +him in his errand, had set up a cheer, but +Birney was soon afoot, and came up with Colonel +Williams, who upon seeing Birney, called his men +to halt, and enquired, "What's the matter, Birney? +Orders from the General?" Birney, being entirely +out of breath, from his efforts and fall, could not +answer, and Colonel Williams further enquired, +"Did the General not order us to retire?" Birney +shook his head. "What, then?" asked Colonel Williams. +"To cease firing," Birney managed to whisper. +At this the Colonel uttered an oath and smote +himself a terrific blow on the forehead with his fist.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[Pg 95]</a></span> +They had not returned far when they heard a voice +say "Halt!" and looking up they saw the General +and his men, they having been driven from the summit. +There was a short conference, when the General +decided to go around by St. David's and there +attack the enemy. But they had not gone far when +Birney, who was immediately behind the General, +heard a groan, and looking up saw the General +falling from his horse, and, rushing forward, he +assisted him to the ground. With a few parting +orders the General was dead.</p> + +<p>After this Birney had to take command of his +own company, and with the rest they fell in order +and marched around the mountain by St. David's +and there surprised the Americans eating their +(the Canadians') breakfast, as the Americans had +surprised them earlier in the morning. And then +commenced the real fighting of the day. The +Americans after a hand-to-hand fight were charged +and driven out, many of them being forced over +heights into Niagara River. Captain Birney +used to remark that with his sword in one hand +and a broken gunbarrel in the other he led his +men in this charge, and it was a sorry day for any +American who came within his reach. Among the +many prisoners Captain Birney assisted in capturing +that day was his cousin, Captain Winfield +Scott, afterwards General Scott, who, after being +taken to York, was exchanged for prisoners.</p> + +<p>Captain Birney led his company, the 5th Lincoln, +in the battle of Lundy's Lane in 1814, coming out +of it, as he did in all his engagements, without a +scratch.</p> + +<p>He used to take pleasure in relating how, after +the Americans had been badly beaten and had made +a hasty retreat, leaving their men to be buried, +there was left behind a lone gunner who stuck to +his cannon. Birney and a number of his men +marched down upon this man for the purpose of +capturing the gun, and as they approached him,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[Pg 96]</a></span> +three times did this gunner swing his torch with +the purpose of firing his gun, but each time he +drew back from the fuse and finally threw his +torch upon the ground. Birney said it was well +he did, as he and many of his men would not +have lived to tell the tale, as they were walking +directly in the face of the cannon. He also took +pride in telling how one Canadian cannon was +taken and retaken many times that night, while +lying in heaps around it were Canadians and +Americans who had fought and died bravely.</p> + +<p>When the Rebellion of 1837 broke out Captain +Birney was the oldest officer surviving the troubles +of 1812-14. Being at that time over age he did +not wish to take any part in the fighting, feeling +he had served his country well and sufficiently up +to that time, and he felt in addition that through +favoritism many who had served under him had +been promoted over his head. However, through +the personal efforts of Sir Allan McNab and Colonel +Land he was persuaded to take command +of a company of the 3rd Gore Militia, which post +he held until about 1841, being actively engaged +in military affairs during all that period.</p> + +<p>Some of his work at this time was the building +of the bridge for the troops to cross the water-gap +at Burlington Heights, and he also was engaged +in constructing the defence works on Burlington +Heights during the battle of Stoney Creek for use +in case of retreat. He was afterwards with his +company in charge of the 112 prisoners who were +held and tried at Hamilton.</p> + +<p>When Captain Birney died, in 1873, being in his +96th year, he was the oldest living Mason in Canada, +having joined the Craft in 1803.</p> + +<p><br /><br /></p> +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><br /><br /></p> + +<p class="cen"><b>Transcriber's Notes</b></p> + +<p>Illustration "Brock Centenary Celebration at Queenston Heights" added to +list of Illustrations for Page 38.</p> + +<p>Original spelling retained and some minor punctuation corrections made.</p> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Brock Centenary 1812-1912, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BROCK CENTENARY 1812-1912 *** + +***** This file should be named 38620-h.htm or 38620-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/3/8/6/2/38620/ + +Produced by James Wright and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This +book was created from images of public domain material +made available by the University of Toronto Libraries +(http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/).) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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