The Colonial Policy of Lord John Russell's Administration, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1853 - 955 pages |
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Page 41 - Council are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the Secretary of State...
Page 12 - The possession of a number of steady and faithful allies, in various quarters of the globe, will surely be admitted to add greatly to the strength of any nation ; while no alliance between independent states can be so close and intimate as the connection which unites the Colonies to the United Kingdom as parts of the Great British Empire.
Page 274 - ... power from one party in the State to another is followed by no change in the holders of any but a few of the highest offices, political animosities are not in general carried to the same height, and do not so deeply agitate the whole frame of society as in those countries in which a different practice prevails. The system with regard to the tenure of office which has been found to work so well here, seems...
Page 212 - North America in opposition to the opinion of the inhabitants. Clearly understanding, therefore, that refusing to accede to the advice of your council for the time being upon a point on which they consider it their duty to insist, must lead to the question at issue being brought ultimately under the decision of public opinion, you will carefully avoid allowing any matter not of very grave concern, or upon which you cannot reasonably calculate upon being in the end supported by that opinion, to be...
Page 420 - Present, THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board a Report from the...
Page 10 - Minister 1846-52. eager advocates of the principles of free trade, concurred in arguing that, if the colonies were no longer to be regarded as valuable on account of the commercial advantages to be derived from their possession, the country had no interest in keeping these dependencies, and that it would be better to abandon them; thus getting rid of the heavy charge on the country, especially in providing the requisite amount of naval and military force for their protection.
Page 449 - Yet fiscal regulations on either side of the intervening strait must of necessity check, and might perhaps to a great extent destroy, that beneficial trade. If the duties were uniform, it is obvious that there need be no restrictions whatever imposed upon the import or export of goods between the respective Colonies, and no motive for importing into one goods liable to duty, which were destined for consumption in another ; and it may safely be calculated that each would receive the proportion of...
Page 317 - Mother-country in establishing, mainvtaining, and protecting its Colonies. This estate the Crown holds as trustee for the benefit of all its subjects, not merely of the few thousands who may at this moment inhabit a particular Colony, but of the whole British people, whether resident at home or in...
Page 213 - Such are the general principles upon which the constitution granted to the North American colonies render it necessary that their government should be conducted It is, however, I am well aware, far easier to lay down these general principles than to determine in any particular case what is that line of conduct which an adherence to them should prescribe. In this, your own judgment and a careful consideration of the circumstances in which you are placed...
Page 280 - The benefits which are expected to arise from this policy will be greatly increased through its general adoption by the principal Nations of the World, which Her Majesty's Government hope to see eventually brought about. But it would materially interfere with the attainment of this happy result, if it should be observed by Foreign Countries, that the former and narrower Policy of endeavouring by bounties or restrictions to divert capital and Industry to other than their natural Channels, was again...