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Page xiii
... opinion ; clergymen are neutral ; the noblesse are opposed . Taxation is feared above all ; but the dangers of an Assembly among an uneducated and simple people are not overlooked . Dorchester is opposed to a division of the Province at ...
... opinion ; clergymen are neutral ; the noblesse are opposed . Taxation is feared above all ; but the dangers of an Assembly among an uneducated and simple people are not overlooked . Dorchester is opposed to a division of the Province at ...
Page xxvi
... opinion on the matter ( No. CXXIV . ) . There can be no proposals entertained on the subject . Cabinet government impossible in a colony . Colonial Councils cannot advise the Crown of England . Impos- sible to reconcile the ...
... opinion on the matter ( No. CXXIV . ) . There can be no proposals entertained on the subject . Cabinet government impossible in a colony . Colonial Councils cannot advise the Crown of England . Impos- sible to reconcile the ...
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... opinion of the major- ity of the intelligent members of the community . " If , however , it does not harmonize , what course is open ? Two considerations are clear : firstly , the Legislative Council cannot be allowed permanently to ...
... opinion of the major- ity of the intelligent members of the community . " If , however , it does not harmonize , what course is open ? Two considerations are clear : firstly , the Legislative Council cannot be allowed permanently to ...
Page xxix
... opinion and prevent the adoption of such a drastic measure . With regard to the Executive Council , when they cannot govern , application must be made to the opposite party . The Governor must make it clear that , while he can never ...
... opinion and prevent the adoption of such a drastic measure . With regard to the Executive Council , when they cannot govern , application must be made to the opposite party . The Governor must make it clear that , while he can never ...
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... opinion , that the Judges to be employed by his Majesty in this province will answer all the ends of their trust , both as to the King and to the people , if their conduct in Judicature be modell'd by the following General Rules . 1st ...
... opinion , that the Judges to be employed by his Majesty in this province will answer all the ends of their trust , both as to the King and to the people , if their conduct in Judicature be modell'd by the following General Rules . 1st ...
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Page 166 - Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux to the Long Lake; thence through the middle of said Long Lake and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Page 167 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property...
Page 132 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 596 - Legislature shall, in respect to the colony under its jurisdiction, have and be deemed at all times to have had full power to make laws respecting the constitution powers and procedure of such Legislature: Provided that such laws shall have been passed in such manner and form as may from time to time be required by any Act of Parliament Letters Patent Order in Council or colonial law for the time being in force in the said colony.
Page 140 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Page 132 - Attempts whatever, which shall be made against his Person, Crown, or Dignity; and I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and traitorous Conspiracies which may be formed against him or them...
Page 30 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 226 - America," and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province...
Page 18 - We, therefore, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council...
Page 25 - Nipissim; from whence the said line, crossing the river St. Lawrence, and the lake Champlain, in 45 degrees of North latitude, passes along the High Lands, which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the said river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the sea; and also along the North coast of the Baye des Chaleurs, and the coast of the gulf of St.