Scott mu6t have had a man such as the one referred to in his mind when he wrote— "Living shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying ahull go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unlionored, and unsung." If all young fellows were like that, where would their patriotism be ? If their patriotism was measured by the amount of money they could make, then there would never be any necessity for them to meet to bid good-bye either to a first, second, third, fourth, or fifth contigent. Our nation would sink down into a ia«e of poor, pinched, miserable, and wretched money-grubbers, with souls so lean and thin, so pinched and starved that you could hold about hnlf-a-dozen of then) on the point of the finest needle. (Laughter.) That was what it would come to, but, thank God, there were not many such about. They would not only have to f.tce hardship and self-denial, but there was the other grim alternative which might meau death. But for all this, knowing all that it meant, they had looked the matter fairly and squarely in the face and given the answer " that the}' were ready to go." He thanked God there were men who would do this. If they cared to know his own mind he could assure them that were he thirty years younger than he was that day, and possessed of the splendid physical physique that the young fellows before him had, it would give him the very greatest pleasure to go to South Africa to stand shoulder to shoulder with them and do his part to keep the old flag waving there. (Loud applause.) Notwithstanding all the clangers in front of them, they were prepared to go. Some of them were aware of the brave words which Macanley put into the mouth of one of the old patriotic Romans in the day of danger — "To every man upon this earth Death eometh soon or late, And how can a man die better, Than in facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods." They were going out to help to rescue their oppressed and helpless brethren from the grasp of a cruel, merciless, and re actionary oligarchy. And they were going to do this. 