Now that was precisely what had occurred with regard to Ireland—and at what a Crisis in Her History.

He could assure the House that the task had not been a pleasant one, but he should have been a coward if he had shrunk from its performance, believing, as he did, that the Nation had arrived at such a Crisis in Her History as she had never known before.

But, though the differences which divide use are wide and deep, there is, I know, no man in this House of any opinion or of any party who does not from his heart desire that Canada at this Crisis in Her History may choose what is best for her and best for us.

She may, I am sure, rely upon the good will of those great Powers who have so long stood at her side - ourselves particularly - in times of the gravest Crisis in Her History.