CO129-212 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [10-11] — Page 360

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32 + This news opinion of the Colonial Office would not have been deemed complimentary even by the inhabitants of the old "Penal Colony", much less by idealists of present day.

The office of the Governor of a Colony is more than the training of a General in the command and organization of regiments and garrisons. On this point, I would observe that within my own recollection, a complete change has come over the spirit of the Colonial Office on this subject. I well remember that when I first entered the Colonial Service more than 35 years ago, the notion of a Civil Governor was generally decried in Downing Street, except by Mr. Merivale, then the Permanent Under Secretary of State. It was then the general fashion to extol Military Governors as "alone accustomed to command and rule men"; as "sure to obey their orders from Downing Street, and not to be swayed, as Civilians might be, by the foolish notion that Englishmen in Canada or Australia had the same right to self-Government as Englishmen in the United Kingdom", with much more to the same effect.

My long practical experience tends to choose the mean between the extreme opinions held by the Colonial Secretary

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32 + This news opinion of the Colonial Office would not have been deemed complimentary even by the inhabitants of the old "Penal Colony", much less by idealists of present day. The office of the Governor of a Colony is more than the training of a General in the command and organization of regiments and garrisons. On this point, I would observe that within my own recollection, a complete change has come over the spirit of the Colonial Office on this subject. I well remember that when I first entered the Colonial Service more than 35 years ago, the notion of a Civil Governor was generally decried in Downing Street, except by Mr. Merivale, then the Permanent Under Secretary of State. It was then the general fashion to extol Military Governors as "alone accustomed to command and rule men"; as "sure to obey their orders from Downing Street, and not to be swayed, as Civilians might be, by the foolish notion that Englishmen in Canada or Australia had the same right to self-Government as Englishmen in the United Kingdom", with much more to the same effect. My long practical experience tends to choose the mean between the extreme opinions held by the Colonial Secretary Page 360 Page 361
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32 + This

news

opinion of the Colonial Office. would not have been deemed complimentary Even by the inhabitants of ove g

the old "Penal Colonis, much lees by idonists of present day.

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office of the Governor of a Colony than

the training of a General in the

command and organization of.

regiments and garrisons. On this

سلام

point, I would observe that within

my own recollection, a complete

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change has come over the spirit of the Colonial Office on this subject. I well remember that when I first

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than 35 years ago;

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Civil Governor was

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notion of a

generally decried

in Downing Street, except by Mr. Merivale, then the Vermanent Umber

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quoted from ?

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Secretary of All It was then general fashion to extol Military __

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as Civilians

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might be, by the foolish notion that

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Englishmen in Canada or Australia "had the same

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right to self-Government

as Englishmen in the United Kingdom",

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more to the same

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My long practical experiense teadles

to choose the mean between the extreme opinions held by the Colonial

Secretary

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