Lord ElginGood Press, 2019-12-24 - 233 psl. The following book is a biography of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin. He was a British colonial administrator and diplomat and previously served as Governor of Jamaica, Governor General of the Province of Canada, and Viceroy of India. He was also appointed High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East to assist in the process of opening up China and Japan to Western trade. |
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... body of the people " ; and because he felt that , " on the maintenance of these institutions , not only the economical prosperity of England , but , what is yet more important , the virtues that distinguish and adorn the English ...
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... body, their money expended without the authority of the legislature, and the country governed by irresponsible officials. A system which gave little or no weight to public opinion as represented in the House of Assembly, was necessarily ...
... body, their money expended without the authority of the legislature, and the country governed by irresponsible officials. A system which gave little or no weight to public opinion as represented in the House of Assembly, was necessarily ...
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... body, it must consent to carry it on by means of those in whom that representative body has confidence." He found it impossible "to understand how any English statesman could have ever imagined that representative and irresponsible ...
... body, it must consent to carry it on by means of those in whom that representative body has confidence." He found it impossible "to understand how any English statesman could have ever imagined that representative and irresponsible ...
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CHAPTER I | |
THE END OF THE LAFONTAINEBALDWIN MINISTRY 1851 | |
CHAPTER VI | |
CHAPTER VII | |
CHAPTER VIII | |
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES | |
CHAPTER X | |
CHAPTER XI | |
A COMPARISON OF SYSTEMS | |
INDEX | |
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