A Colonist on the Colonial QuestionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1872 - 224 páginas |
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... union , a disruption of the Empire is not likely to be long delayed . I have consequently sought to set forth the reasons which lead me to believe that ' emancipation ' would be at once most disastrous to England and very mischievous to ...
... union , a disruption of the Empire is not likely to be long delayed . I have consequently sought to set forth the reasons which lead me to believe that ' emancipation ' would be at once most disastrous to England and very mischievous to ...
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... union . It is impossible that in a free country any political question of importance can long remain in this condition ; least of all in an age and country so fond of innovation as our own have now become ; and this more particularly ...
... union . It is impossible that in a free country any political question of importance can long remain in this condition ; least of all in an age and country so fond of innovation as our own have now become ; and this more particularly ...
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... union of the two countries , rendering a war with both much more dangerous than with England alone — a motive which grows with the growth of Canada . As to the other Colonies , we do not think that they have , during the present century ...
... union of the two countries , rendering a war with both much more dangerous than with England alone — a motive which grows with the growth of Canada . As to the other Colonies , we do not think that they have , during the present century ...
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... union of English and Canadian forces , how can she be defensible by those of Canada alone ? and if England could not confront the States in a friendly country with those united forces , how could she confront them in a hostile country ...
... union of English and Canadian forces , how can she be defensible by those of Canada alone ? and if England could not confront the States in a friendly country with those united forces , how could she confront them in a hostile country ...
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... union , England would find an enormous balance against emancipation . We do not , however , believe that the Empire can be maintained on that basis . The circum- stances of Fatherland and Colonies alike render it im- A NEW COLONIAL ...
... union , England would find an enormous balance against emancipation . We do not , however , believe that the Empire can be maintained on that basis . The circum- stances of Fatherland and Colonies alike render it im- A NEW COLONIAL ...
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