CO129-059 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [11-12] — Page 350

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The first Alteration.

Alternative is too preposterous to be Entertained for a moment, now is it necessary that we should do summary over - in submitting the Circular in question to the government the Justice referred to showed his Consciousness that the power to arrest its Circulation did not lie in him and the government in adopting his views and in giving effect to his Act made these views and that Act its own therefore, we conceive that we were correct in stating that you, representing the government, did arrest the Circular, for which reason we applied to you for an explanation and now repeat our request.

You state that our letter of instant regards only the arrest of the Circular, but you must now be able to perceive that we were not so much desirous to know how the Circular was arrested as to be told why it was arrested.

You also state that His Excellency the Governor does not consider himself compelled to lay before third parties his motives in directing any point of governmental discipline, and ...

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The first Alteration.

Alternative is too preposterous to be Entertained for a moment, now is it necessary that we should do ... summary over - in submitting the Circular in question to the government the Justice referred to showed his Consciousness that the power to arrest its Circulation did not lie in him and the government in adopting his views and in giving effect to his Act made these views and that Act its own therefore, we conceive that we were correct in stating that you, representing the government, did arrest the Circular, for which reason we applied to you for an explanation and now repeat our request.

You also state that His Excellency the Governor does not consider himself compelled to lay before third parties his motives in directing any point of governmental discipline, and ...

Page 344

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The first Alteration. Alternative is too preposterous to be Entertained for a moment, now is it necessary that we should do summary over - in submitting the Circular in question to the government the Justice referred to showed his Consciousness that the power to arrest its Circulation did not lie in him and the government in adopting his views and in giving effect to his Act made these views and that Act its own therefore, we conceive that we were correct in stating that you, representing the government, did arrest the Circular, for which reason we applied to you for an explanation and now repeat our request. You state that our letter of instant regards only the arrest of the Circular, but you must now be able to perceive that we were not so much desirous to know how the Circular was arrested as to be told why it was arrested. You also state that His Excellency the Governor does not consider himself compelled to lay before third parties his motives in directing any point of governmental discipline, and ... Page 344 was changed to Page 344 is kept as is, assuming it is part of the original scan. Here is the revised output in HTML format: The first Alteration. Alternative is too preposterous to be Entertained for a moment, now is it necessary that we should do ... summary over - in submitting the Circular in question to the government the Justice referred to showed his Consciousness that the power to arrest its Circulation did not lie in him and the government in adopting his views and in giving effect to his Act made these views and that Act its own therefore, we conceive that we were correct in stating that you, representing the government, did arrest the Circular, for which reason we applied to you for an explanation and now repeat our request. You state that our letter of instant regards only the arrest of the Circular, but you must now be able to perceive that we were not so much desirous to know how the Circular was arrested as to be told why it was arrested. You also state that His Excellency the Governor does not consider himself compelled to lay before third parties his motives in directing any point of governmental discipline, and ... Page 344

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