of the colony do not, in my opinion, justify the wholesale condemnation implied in the prayer for redress. There are, no doubt, many improvements in the details of the Government which are desirable and practicable, but I am satisfied that they could be brought about without the petition to the House of Commons which you have prepared, and which strikes me to be a misapplication of force that should be reserved for greater needs.
I have said that the state of the Colony does not justify the implied condemnation of the administration, and I will venture further, and to say, that I think on the whole Hodgkin has been a very good Governor, or at any rate, if he has either neglected his duties, or abused in any way the powers and privileges of his office, the Secretary of State has promptly set things right. Do you consider that the Government would have been better conducted in the past if the unofficial
of the colony do not, in
justify
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my opinion,
the wholesale condemnation.
implied in the prayer for redress.
There are, no
doubt,
many improve-
• ments in the details of the Government which are desirable
about
and practicable, but I am satisfied that they could be brought without the petition to the House of Commons which
You
have pre-
- pared, and which strikes me to be
application of force that should be reserved for greater needs.
a mis
I have said that the
of the Colony does not
t justify
implied condemnation of to
the
administration, and I will venture
to
ever
further, and to say,
that
I think on the whole Hodgking
has been
that if
officer,
well
very Governor, or anos duties, governed, and
his
either neglected his
anyway the
or abused in
the powers
and privileges of this office, the Secretary of State has promptly set things right.
Do
You
consider that the
Government would have been
better conducted in the past if the
unofficial
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