The Life of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, Fourth Earl of Carnarvon, 1831-1890, Volume 2H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1925 |
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Page 275 - guarantee in the fullest manner on the part of the British Government to the emigrant farmers north of the Vaal River, the right to manage their own affairs, and to govern themselves according to their own laws, without any interference on the part of the British Government ; " And whereas the evident objects and inciting motives of the Assistant Commissioners in granting such guarantee or permission to persons who were Her Majesty's subjects, were " to promote peace, free trade, and friendly intercourse...
Page 278 - Transvaal will be the first to suffer from the consequences of a pressure that has already reduced its political life to so feeble a condition : And whereas the ravaging of an adjoining friendly State by warlike savage tribes cannot for a moment be contemplated by her Majesty's Government without the most earnest and painful solicitude, both on account of the miseries which such an event must inflict upon the inhabitants of the Transvaal, and because of the peril and insecurity to which it would...
Page 275 - The Assistant Commissioners guarantee in the fullest manner, on the part of the British Government, to the emigrant farmers beyond the Vaal River, the right to manage their own affairs and to govern themselves according to their own laws, without any interference on the part of the British Government ; and that no encroachment shall be made by the said Government on the territory beyond, to the north of the Vaal River...
Page 325 - Perché l'animo tuo tanto s'impiglia », disse '1 maestro, ,« che l'andare allenti? che ti fa ciò che quivi si pispiglia? Vien dietro a me, e lascia dir le genti: sta come torre ferma che non crolla già mai la cima per soffiar de...
Page 278 - Zambesi to the Cape, the great change that had taken place in the relative strength of the white and the black races; that this disclosure at once shook the prestige of the white man in South Africa, and placed every European community in peril; that this common danger has caused universal anxiety, has given to all concerned the right to investigate its causes and to protect themselves from its consequences, and has imposed the duty upon those who have the power to shield enfeebled civilisation from...
Page 276 - this decay of power and ebb of authority in the north, is being followed by similar processes in the south under yet more dangerous circumstances. People of this State residing in that direction have been compelled within the last three months, at the bidding of native chiefs and at a moment's notice, to leave their farms and homes, their standing crops. ... all to be taken possession of by natives, but that the Government is more powerless than ever to vindicate its assumed rights or to resist...
Page 278 - ... from the encroachments of barbarism and inhumanity; And whereas the inherent weakness of this Government and State from causes above alluded to, and briefly set forth, and the fact that the past policy of the Republic has not only failed to conciliate the friendship and goodwill, but has forfeited the respect of the overwhelming native populations within and beyond its boundaries, which together probably exceed one and...
Page 276 - , would become a flourishing and self-sustaining State, a source of strength and security to neighbouring European communities, and a point from which Christianity and civilization might rapidly spread towards Central Africa...
Page 280 - I further proclaim and make known that the Transvaal will remain a separate government with its own laws and legislature, and that it is the wish of Her most gracious Majesty that it shall enjoy the fullest legislative privileges compatible with the circumstances of the country and the intelligence of its people.
Page 278 - Basutu tribe, unwarlike, and of no account in Zulu estimation, successfully withstood the strength of the State, and disclosed for the first time to the native powers outside the Republic, from the Zambesi to the Cape, the great change that had taken place in the relative strength of the white and the black races ; that this disclosure at once shook the prestige of the white man in South Africa, and placed every European community in peril...