Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

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Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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CHAP. I] ORIGIN AND HISTORY 49 Lord Kimberley, in a dispatch of March 15, 1881, declined to advise the Crown to accede to the petition, on the grounds that the grant of responsible government would render the Colony liable to provide for its own defence against internal disturbances as well as from outside aggression, that the Colony was unable to meet this liability from its own re- sources, that the Imperial Government could not hold itself responsible for the outcome of a policy over which it had no control, and that therefore responsible government must be preceded by federation with the neighbouring states. To this decision a reply was sent by the Legislative Council urging reconsideration, pointing out that federation was not in sight, and insisting that the main burden of internal defence did rest, under any circumstances, with them. In replying on February 2, 1882, the Secretary of State authorized the resubmission of the question after an election to the Legis- lature, but the proposal was then shelved, the members not yet feeling prepared to assume the burden of responsible government in its entirety. Steps were, however, taken to increase the number of members and to extend the franchise, but practically nothing was done to give a native franchise— a fact on which both the Governor and the Secretary of State commented with regret. In 1884 the Council made an attempt to elicit from the Home Government what degree of military defence would be provided in the event of self- government being adopted, but that Government was not prepared to answer so hypothetical a question. In 18881 the question was again brought before the Home Govern- ment on the motion of the Legislative Council : they urged that the slow progress of the Colony was due to the divorce between the legislative and the executive power, which created the unfortunate feeling that the Government was not really that of the people at all ; while again, the views of the majority of the popular representatives in the chamber could be thwarted by the action of a minority of elective members together with the nominee members. Moreover, the views of the Colony were represented to the Imperial 1 Parl. Pap., C. 6487, pp. 1 seq. mn 9270

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