rthur Buies' Dominion Day sentiments of 1877 red the opinions of many Canadians who struggled to create a national s t a t e in t h e midst of an often-hostile continent. The work which proceeded t o integrate the Canadian colonies into a viable imperial u n i t , while essential t o many, were inadequate, by themselves, to others. These Canadians shared the vision of a manifest destiny with t h e i r neighbors to the south, desiring to see an independent national s t a t e which would s t r e t c h from "Ocean to