The Life and Times of Sir John Charles Molteno, K.C.M.G., First Premier of Cape Colony: Comprising a History of Representative Institutions and Responsible Government at the Cape and of Lord Carnarvon's Confederation Policy & of Sir Bartle Frere's High Commissionership of South Africa, المجلد 1Smith, Elder & Company, 1900 |
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... Separation - Success of Representative Institutions- Sir George Grey's Views on Responsible Government - Financial Troubles- Rejection of Government Measures - Fresh Motion in favour of Responsible Government -- Present System ...
... Separation - Success of Representative Institutions- Sir George Grey's Views on Responsible Government - Financial Troubles- Rejection of Government Measures - Fresh Motion in favour of Responsible Government -- Present System ...
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... separation of the eastern and western provinces into two distinct colonies.1 Even before he left England Sir Philip had consulted the Duke of Newcastle on the question of separation , but he found him very unwilling to give his consent ...
... separation of the eastern and western provinces into two distinct colonies.1 Even before he left England Sir Philip had consulted the Duke of Newcastle on the question of separation , but he found him very unwilling to give his consent ...
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... Separation before everything . ' Mr. Molteno's watchword was Responsible government before every- thing , ' and his aim a united Colony which alone would com- mand the resources required for carrying out the great public works which ...
... Separation before everything . ' Mr. Molteno's watchword was Responsible government before every- thing , ' and his aim a united Colony which alone would com- mand the resources required for carrying out the great public works which ...
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... separation of east from the west , he endeavoured to con- ciliate the east by various concessions , which resulted in making confusion worse confounded . The first proposal was for alternate Parliaments held successively in the west and ...
... separation of east from the west , he endeavoured to con- ciliate the east by various concessions , which resulted in making confusion worse confounded . The first proposal was for alternate Parliaments held successively in the west and ...
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... Separation party , opposed the resolution on the ground that the time was not ripe ; there were too few public men , and the Colony would have to bear the cost of its own defence . After the debate had lasted three days , it was ...
... Separation party , opposed the resolution on the ground that the time was not ripe ; there were too few public men , and the Colony would have to bear the cost of its own defence . After the debate had lasted three days , it was ...
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action affairs agitation annexation Attorney-General Beaufort Bill British burghers Cape Colony Cape Parliament Cape Town carried character Colonial Secretary colonists confederation Conference considered constitution course Crown desire despatch difficulties district Dutch east eastern province elected England English Executive expressed favour federation feeling force frontier Froude Froude's further give Governor Graaff Reinet Grahamstown Griqualand West High Commissioner Home Government House Imperial Government interests introduction of responsible J. C. MOLTENO Kaffirs Kreli land Langalibalele Legislature Lord Carnarvon Majesty's Government matter ment Ministers Ministry Natal native policy object opinion Orange Free party passed Paterson political Port Elizabeth position present principle proposed question railway received regard reply representative institutions resolution responsible government retrenchment revenue sent session Sir Andries Sir Garnet Wolseley Sir Henry Barkly Sir Philip Wodehouse Solomon South Africa speech Sprigg Stockenstrom tion took Transvaal views vote whole wishes
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الصفحة 348 - Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
الصفحة 233 - He has the didactic impulse. He has the 'courage of his ideas.' He will convince the audience. He knows an argument which will be effective, he has one for one and another for another; he has an enthusiasm which he feels will rouse the apathetic, a demonstration which he thinks must convert the incredulous, an illustration which he hopes will drive his meaning even into the heads of the stolid. At any rate, he will try. He has a nature, as Coleridge might have said, towards his audience.
الصفحة 410 - ... me in thinking over what Mr. Gladstone was reported to have said, and in thinking of his own achievements and career, that there are two classes of men who have played and still play a prominent part in the world — those who accomplish great things, and those who talk and make speeches about them. The doers of things are for the most part silent. Those who build up empires or discover secrets of science, those who paint great pictures or write great poems, are not often to be found spouting...
الصفحة 311 - I think there can be no doubt that, in any great public, or popular, or national question or movement, the mere fact of calling these people different nations would not make them so, nor would the fact of a mere fordable stream running between them sever their sympathies or prevent them from acting in unison.
الصفحة 115 - unable to concede the claim advanced on behalf of the administration of the waste land as one of absolute right " Sir J. Pakington agreed,4 " that 1 Midlothian Address, 1880. 2 " Lord Grey was possessed with the idea that it was practicable to give representative institutions, and then to stop without giving responsible government — something like the English Constitution under Elizabeth and the Stuarts. He did not understand either the vigorous independence of an Anglo-Saxon community, or the...
الصفحة 265 - Amongst no people have I ever met more contentment with their general condition, a more legitimate pride in all those characteristics which constitute their nationality, or a firmer faith in the destinies in store for them. Your...
الصفحة 144 - Since the close of the American war, it has not been the policy of England to vest any portion of the legislative power of the subordinate government of a dependency in a body elected by the inhabitants. The only exception to * There is one British dependency, viz.