Newfoundland: "Copies Or Extracts of Correspondence Between the Secretary of State and the Governor of Newfoundland, on the Recent Changes in the Constitution of that Colony."1855 - 125 pagina's |
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Pagina 10 - That the head of the Executive Government of the province, being, within the limits of his government, the representative of the Sovereign, is responsible to the Imperial authority alone ; but that, nevertheless, the management of our local affairs can only be conducted by him, by and with the assistance, counsel, and information of subordinate officers in the province.
Pagina 10 - That in order to preserve, between the different branches of the provincial Parliament, that harmony which is essential to the peace, welfare, and good government of the province, the chief advisers of the representative of the Sovereign, constituting a provincial administration under him, ought to be men possessed of the confidence of the representatives of the people ; thus Affording a guarantee that the...
Pagina 10 - That the most important, as well as the most undoubted, of the political rights of the people of this Province, is that of having a Provincial Parliament, for the protection of their liberties, for the exercise of a constitutional influence over the Executive Departments of their Government, and for Legislation upon all matters of internal Government.
Pagina 17 - Should it prove to be so, concession to their views must, sooner or later, become inevitable, since it cannot be too distinctly acknowledged that it is neither possible nor desirable to carry on the government of any of the British provinces in North America in opposition to the opinion of the inhabitants.
Pagina 7 - May it please your Excellency, We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the...
Pagina 28 - Without anticipating the views which you may form in communication with the colonies best qualified to afford you their aid, I for the present confine myself to the statement that, on a question of this nature, some difficulties may be wisely encountered, and some apparent risks well incurred, in reliance on the resources which every civilized society, especially every society of British birth or origin, will always discover within themselves for obviating the dangers incident to measures resting...
Pagina 125 - ... or townships; and you are, so soon as you shall see expedient, to issue writs in Our name, directed to the proper officers in each district or county, town or township, directing them to summon the freeholders and householders thereof to proceed to the election of persons to represent them in the General Assembly according to the regulations and directions to be signified in the proclamation to be issued by you as aforesaid.
Pagina 31 - That is natural," said Raven, curtly. " You are a soldier, and accustomed to submit to discipline. My position has always permitted me to retain my freedom of action and independence. Nevertheless, you may rest assured that I shall do all in my power to save you from any such dilemma.
Pagina 10 - I cannot tell you how far I concur in them without knowing your meaning, which is not distinctly stated. If you mean that the Governor is to have no exercise of his own judgment in the administration of the Government, and is to be a mere tool in the hands of the Council, then I totally disagree with you. That is a condition to which I never can submit, and which Her Majesty's Government, in my opinion, can never sanction.
Pagina 11 - ... this duty can be performed, and that if these proper and legitimate functions of Government are neglected, the necessary result must be, not only that the improvements which the people have a right to expect will be neglected, and the prosperity of the country checked, but that the popular branch of the Legislature will misuse its power, and the popular mind be easily led into excitement upon mere abstract theories of government, to which their attention is directed as the remedy for the uneasiness...