 | George Poulett Scrope - Canada - 1843 - 542 pages
...demand has been made much more for the people than IIj them. And I have not met with any one who ho» not At once admitted the absurdity of claiming to...the head of the governor. It is but fair, too, to nay that every thing has in past times been done by tho different governors to excite the feelings... | |
 | 1881 - 686 pages
...responsible to the Assembly, and that the Governor shall take their advice and be bound by it. ... And I have not met with any one who has not at once...to put the Council over the head of the Governor. ... I have told the people plainly that, as I cannot get rid of my responsibility to the Home Government,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1890 - 984 pages
...Governor shall take their advice and be bound by it. In fact, this demand has been made much more for the people than by them ; and I have not met with...to put the Council over the head of the Governor." * Governor Thompson proceeded in this spirit to appoint a Council " which would afford no triumph to... | |
 | James Pennington Macpherson - Canada Politics and government 1841-1867 - 1891 - 568 pages
...Governor shall take their advice and be bound by it. In fact this demand has been made much more for the people than by them. And, I have not met with...to put the Council over the head of the Governor. I have told the people plainly, that, as I could not get rid of my responsibility to the Home Government,... | |
 | Hugh Edward Egerton, William Lawson Grant - Canada - 1907 - 506 pages
...fact, this demand has been made much more for the people than by them. And I have not met with anyone who has not at once admitted the absurdity of claiming...the persons most obnoxious to the majority of the assembly. And next, the governor has taken extreme care to make every act of his own go forth to the... | |
 | Hugh Edward Egerton, William Lawson Grant - Canada - 1907 - 570 pages
...fact, this demand has been made much more for the people than by them. And I have not met with anyone who has not at once admitted the absurdity of claiming...the persons most obnoxious to the majority of the assembly. And next, the governor has taken extreme care to make every act of his own go forth to the... | |
 | 1911 - 1292 pages
...responsible to the assembly, and that the governor shall take their advice and be bound by it . . . . And I have not met with any one who has not at once...claiming to put the council over the head of the governor .... I have told the people plainly, that, as I cannot get rid of my responsibility to the home government,... | |
 | William Paul McClure Kennedy - Canada - 1918 - 754 pages
...fact, this demand has been made much more for the people than by them. And I have not met with anyone who has not at once admitted the absurdity of claiming...the persons most obnoxious to the majority of the assembly. And next, the governor has taken extreme care to make executive council. So the people have... | |
 | William Paul McClure Kennedy - Political Science - 1918 - 774 pages
...fact, this demand has been made much more for the people than by them. And I have not met with anyone who has not at once admitted the absurdity of claiming...of the governor. It is but fair, too, to say that every thing has in past times been done by the different governors to excite the feelings of the people... | |
 | Canada - 1923 - 426 pages
...command the confidence of the people. As Lord Sydenham wrote to Lord John Russell (December 12, 1839), "The Executive Council has generally been composed...the persons most obnoxious to the majority of the Assembly." And during the period a rather supercilious attitude towards colonists was not infrequently... | |
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... already done much to put it down in its inadmissible sense; namely, the demand that the council shall be responsible to the assembly, and that the governor shall take their advice, and be bound by it. In fact, this demand has been made much more for... 
