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, Zväzok 1Smith, Elder & Company, 1900 |
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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 defence 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 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 self-government 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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Strana 348 - But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make the angels weep. The
Strana 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
Strana 311 - No doubt that in any great public, 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.
Strana 115 - 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 weakness of an Executive which represents a democracy, so
Strana 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 this uniform