Colonial Administration of Great BritainLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859 - 470 páginas |
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Página 193
... elective they gradually established themselves as hereditary , and in time they became , in fact , absolute and despotic over all the land - owners , as they had always been in theory . Power , concentrated in one , became an overmatch ...
... elective they gradually established themselves as hereditary , and in time they became , in fact , absolute and despotic over all the land - owners , as they had always been in theory . Power , concentrated in one , became an overmatch ...
Página 264
... elective members . " After giving this general account of the constitution of Guiana , Earl Grey narrates " the progress and consequences of the unfortunate differences between the governor and the Combined Court , which for some time ...
... elective members . " After giving this general account of the constitution of Guiana , Earl Grey narrates " the progress and consequences of the unfortunate differences between the governor and the Combined Court , which for some time ...
Página 299
... elective " ( legislative ? ) " council , the house of assembly would have said , ' We rejoice that we have got rid of the legislative council , as an obstacle to our desires , but you have not fulfilled the whole conditions on which we ...
... elective " ( legislative ? ) " council , the house of assembly would have said , ' We rejoice that we have got rid of the legislative council , as an obstacle to our desires , but you have not fulfilled the whole conditions on which we ...
Página 300
... elective legislative council neither had been , nor was intended to be , of the number . On the other hand , the colonists were determined to wring this from the government , and therefore , in August , 1837 , they refused to comply ...
... elective legislative council neither had been , nor was intended to be , of the number . On the other hand , the colonists were determined to wring this from the government , and therefore , in August , 1837 , they refused to comply ...
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... elective legislative council was not conceded , neither was any other of the real or supposed grievances of the Lower Canadians remedied by the terms of this act . Lord Durham , in his report on Canadian affairs , had suggested that ...
... elective legislative council was not conceded , neither was any other of the real or supposed grievances of the Lower Canadians remedied by the terms of this act . Lord Durham , in his report on Canadian affairs , had suggested that ...
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Página 59 - America is obstinate ; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Página 248 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Página 55 - ... the king and parliament of Great Britain will not impose any duty, tax, or assessment whatever, payable in any of His Majesty's colonies, provinces and plantations in North America or the West Indies ; except only such duties as it may be expedient to impose for the regulation of commerce...
Página 60 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Página 94 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.