...conditions, if the Canadian or any other system of government was to be successful, British statesmen must "renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence." They should be taught to believe that " without severing the bonds which unite them to England, they...

...is one of the most cheering which has of late presented itself to the English imagination" (a). ' ' You must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence . . Of one thing, however, I am confident, there cannot be any peace, contentment, progress or credit...

...the British Crown at least as lasting as those which unite the component parts of the Union. . . . You must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. ... Is the Queen of England to be the sovereign of an empire, growing, expanding, strengthening itself...

...no one to defend the Government when attacked, or to state the opinion or views of the Governor. (d) You must renounce the habit of telling the colonies...and of social and political development, to which organized communities of free men have a right to aspire. 3. Give an account, illustrating your answer...

...felt the unwisdom of Russell's speech acutely, and Elgin bluntly told the colonial secretary that he must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. Later in the year Merritt, who had accepted office, resigned, on the score of economy. A cry had arisen...

...responsible government as *"'*'*a half-way house to separation. ' You must remove the habit,' he wrote, ' of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional...and of social and political development, to which organized communities of free men have a right to aspire.' Again : ' Is not the question at issue a...

...1850, in which he anticipated Colonial independence. Pleads for a nobler conception of the Colonies. "You must allow them to believe that, without severing...perfection and of social and political development to which organized communities of freemen have a right to aspire." Russel1's opinion will only add support to...

...1850, in which he anticipated Colonial independence. Pleads for a nobler conception of the Colonies. "You must allow them to believe that, without severing...perfection and of social and political development to which organized communities of freemen have a right to aspire." Russell's opinion will only add support to...

...however, indispensable,' he wrote ' to the success of this or of any other system of Colonial Government. You must renounce the habit of telling the Colonies...must allow them to believe that, without severing the bounds which unite them to Great Britain, they may attain the degree of perfection and of social and...

...challenge, which almost moved Baldwin to tears. 'You must renounce the habit ', he wrote to Grey, ' of telling the colonies that the " colonial " is a...perfection and of social and political development to which organized communities of freemen have a right to aspire. ... Is n«»t the question at issue a most...