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... Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the restrictions that Great Britain, in accordance with the mercantilistic doctrines then prevalent, imposed upon her colonies in an attempt to control their trade, were light in ...
... Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the restrictions that Great Britain, in accordance with the mercantilistic doctrines then prevalent, imposed upon her colonies in an attempt to control their trade, were light in ...
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... Throughout the seven- teenth and eighteenth century , the restrictions that Great Britain , in accordance with the mercantilistic doctrines then prevalent , imposed upon her colonies in an attempt to con- trol their trade , were light ...
... Throughout the seven- teenth and eighteenth century , the restrictions that Great Britain , in accordance with the mercantilistic doctrines then prevalent , imposed upon her colonies in an attempt to con- trol their trade , were light ...
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... throughout the British North American Provinces was substantially true , there was still sufficient cause for anxiety on the part of those who feared that the loyalty of the colonists could not sustain the mate- rial loss which was ...
... throughout the British North American Provinces was substantially true , there was still sufficient cause for anxiety on the part of those who feared that the loyalty of the colonists could not sustain the mate- rial loss which was ...
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... throughout Canada was attributed to Great Britain's withdrawal of her former preferential tariff to her colonies in consequence of her adoption of free trade . Thus in spite of her vast natural resources Canada was un- able to secure a ...
... throughout Canada was attributed to Great Britain's withdrawal of her former preferential tariff to her colonies in consequence of her adoption of free trade . Thus in spite of her vast natural resources Canada was un- able to secure a ...
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... throughout British - America and a decrease in governmental expenditure , the two chief benefits claimed by the advocates of the measure , the annexationists declared would be no remedy , since all the benefits of free trade might be ...
... throughout British - America and a decrease in governmental expenditure , the two chief benefits claimed by the advocates of the measure , the annexationists declared would be no remedy , since all the benefits of free trade might be ...
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Page 61 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 77 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 113 - I expected to find a contest between a government and a people: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state: I found a struggle, not of principles, but of races...
Page 42 - I do not think that that time is yet approaching. But let us make them as far as possible fit to govern themselves ; let us give them, as far as we can, the capacity of ruling their own affairs ; let them increase in wealth and population ; and, whatever may happen, we of this great empire shall have the consolation of saying that we have contributed to the happiness of the world.
Page 177 - On Lake Ontario, to one vessel, not exceeding one hundred tons burden, and armed with one eighteen-pound cannon. •' On the upper lakes, to two vessels, not exceeding like burden each, and armed with like force.
Page 49 - Island, and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore ; with permission to land upon the coasts and shores of those, colonies and the islands thereof, and also upon the Magdalen Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish...
Page 43 - You must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without severing the bonds which unite them to Great Britain, they may attain the degree of perfection, and of social and political development, to which organized communities of free men have a right to aspire.
Page 40 - American gentlemen, there was not a man who signed that manifesto who had any more serious idea of seeking annexation with the United States than a petulant child who strikes his nurse has of deliberately murdering her.
Page 197 - I make the assertion that no consideration of finance, no question of balance for or against them, upon interchange of commodities, can have any influence upon the loyalty of the inhabitants of the British Provinces, or tend in the slightest degree to alienate the affections of the people from their country, their institutions, their Government and their QUEEN. There is not a...
Page 55 - Self-government would be utterly annihilated if the views of the imperial government were to be preferred to those of the people of Canada.