 We quit this colony under the full assurance that the English Government has nothing more to require of us, and will allow us to govern ourselves without its interference in future.  The Framework of Home Rule - Pagina 122door Erskine Childers - 1911 - 354 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | W. K. Ente - 1843 - 478 pagina’s
...native tribes our intentions, and our desire to live in peace and friendly intercourse with them. 9. We quit this colony under the full assurance that...us to govern ourselves without its interference in future. 10. We are now quitting the fruitful land of our hirth, in which we have suffered enormous... | |
 | John Noble - 1877 - 374 pagina’s
...might come in ceatact. This document, signed by Retief, " by authority of the farmers," stated . — " We quit this colony under the full assurance that...us to govern ourselves without its interference in future. We propose in the course of our journey, and on arriving at the country in which we shall permanently... | |
 | Charles L. Norris-Newman - 1882 - 412 pagina’s
...might meet with. In this document, signed by him " by authority of the farmers," he stated : — " We quit this colony under the full assurance that...ourselves without its interference in the future. We propose, in the course of our journey, and on arriving in the country in which we shall permanently... | |
 | 1883 - 908 pagina’s
...emigrants, Pieter Retief, issued a manifesto, stating some of their reasons for leaving. He said, " We quit this colony under the full assurance that...ourselves without its interference in the future." When they settled in Natal, England refused to recognise their independence, and sent a force to take... | |
 | John Nixon (writer on South Africa.) - 1885 - 434 pagina’s
...clause of the manifesto the emigrants metaphorically shook the dust from their shoes. They say : — We quit this colony under the full assurance that...us, and will allow us to govern ourselves without interference in future. The view which the descendants of the Trek-Boers take of the movement of their... | |
 | John Nixon - 1885 - 440 pagina’s
...clause of the manifesto the emigrants metaphorically shook the dust from their shoes. They say: — We quit this colony under the full assurance that...us, and will allow us to govern ourselves without interference in future. The view which the descendants of the Trek-Boers take of the movement of their... | |
 | Prince Albert Victor (Duke of Clarence and Avondale), George V (King of Great Britain) - 1886 - 736 pagina’s
...able to seek a remedy which was not open to the other. On leaving Cape Colony they solemnly declared, ''We quit this colony under the full assurance that...us, and will allow us to govern ourselves without interference in future." They first spread over what is now Natal, afterwards some of their sons (often... | |
 | George McCall Theal - 1888 - 424 pagina’s
...native tribes our intentions and our desire to live in peace and friendly intercourse with them. 9. We quit this colony under the full assurance that...allow us to govern ourselves without its interference hi future. 10. We are now leaving the fruitful land of our birth, in which we have suffered enormous... | |
 | George McCall Theal - 1893 - 670 pagina’s
...and effects, to the utmost of our ability, against every enemy. 7 and 8. (Of little importance. ) 9. We quit this colony under the full assurance that...us to govern ourselves without its interference in future. 10. We are now leaving the fruitful land of our birth, in which we have suffered enormous losses... | |
 | George Ferdinand Becker - 1896 - 38 pagina’s
...domination. In a manifesto by one of their principal men, Peter Retief, written in 1837 it is asserted, " We quit this colony under the full assurance that...ourselves without its interference in the future.'' Vain hope! In migrating into the wilderness, the Boers naturally came into contact with the natives,... | |
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