38 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT [PART 1 
any racial feeling as such, the grant of self-government was 
a success, though party government was impossible in a 
Colony where the opposition was in the extreme feeble. 
In the case of the great federations, Canada, Australia, 
and the Union of South Africa, responsible government came 
into force at once, and they were planned by Colonies 
possessing a full measure of responsible government.