her justice to rich and poor. Have we dug down to the fountain spring
of Canadian loyalty? Not at all. These are not springs. They are
national states of mind. These characteristics are psychology. What
is the rock bottom spring? One sometimes finds the presence of a
hidden spring by signs--green grass among parched; the twist of a peach
or hazel twig in answer to the presence of water; the direction of the
brook below. What are the signs of Canada's springs? Signs, remember;
not proofs. Of proofs, there is no need.

Perfectly impartially, whether we like it or dislike it, without any
argument for or against, let us set down Canadian likes and dislikes as
to government. These are not my likes and dislikes. They are not your
likes and dislikes. They are facts as to the Canadian people.

Canadians have no faith in a system of government, whether under a
Turkish Khan or a Lloyd George Chancellor, which delegates the rule of
a nation to butchers and bakers and candlestick-makers and "the dear
people" fakers. They do not believe that a man who can not rule his
own affairs well can rule the nation well. They regard government as a
grave and sacred function, not as a grab bag for spoils. If a party
makes good in power, they have no fear of leaving that party in power
for term after term. The longer their premier is in office the more
efficient they think he will become. They have no fear of the premier
becoming a "fat" tyrannical king. Long as the party makes good, they
consider it has a right to power; and that experience adds to
competency. Instantly the party fails to make good, they throw it out
independent of the length of its tenure of office.

Canadians do not believe that
"I-am-as-good-as-you-are-and-a-little-better." They will accept the