Simmonds's Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany, Volum 4Simmonds and Ward, 1844 |
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Side 213 - Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand, and to the respective families and individuals thereof, the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates, Forests, Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession...
Side 205 - ... heads of the tribes of the northern parts of New Zealand, being assembled at Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands, on this 28th day of October, 1835, declare the independence of our country, which is hereby constituted and declared to be an independent state, under the designation of ' The United Tribes nf New Zealand.' "2. All sovereign power and authority within the territories of the united tribes of New Zealand...
Side 229 - ... aided, indeed, by the fallacious calculation that the labor of the negroes would be at least as profitable, if not more so, in consequence of the measure. She acted on the principle that tropical products can be produced cheaper by free African labor and East India labor, than by slave labor. She knew full well the value of such products to her commerce, navigation, navy, manufactures, revenue, and power. She was not ignorant that the support and the maintenance of her political preponderance...
Side 54 - In the autumn leaves ? Have they that "green and yellow melancholy" That the sweet poet spake of? — Had he seen Our variegated woods when first the frost Turns into beauty all October's charms— When the dread fever quits us— when the storms Of the wild equinox, with all its wet, Has left the land, as the first deluge left it, With a bright bow of many colours hung Upon the forest tops — he had not sighed.
Side 196 - The third principle is, that neithe individuals nor bodies of men belonging to any nation can form colonies, except with the consent, and under the direction and control, of their own government ; and that from any settlement which they may form without the consent of their government they may be ousted. This is simply to say, as far as Englishmen are concerned, that colonies cannot be formed without the consent of the crown.
Side 483 - But this is a people robbed and spoiled ; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses : they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Side 163 - ... consequently that no right exists on the part of American citizens, to enter the bays of Nova Scotia, there to take fish, although the fishing, being within the bay, may be at a greater distance than three miles from the shore of the bay ; — as we are of opinion that the term
Side 125 - LORD : Agreeably to your excellency's desire, I have the honor to report such suggestions as appear to arise from the despatch of the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the colonies, dated 10th May...
Side 205 - Waitangi in the autumn of each year, for the purpose of framing laws for the dispensation of justice, the preservation of peace and good order, and the regulation of trade ; and they cordially invite the Southern tribes to lay aside their private animosities and to consult the safety and welfare of our common country, by joining the Confederation of the United Tribes. "4. They also agree to send a copy of this Declaration to His Majesty the King of England, to thank him for his...
Side 163 - ... that no right exists on the part of American citizens, to enter the bays of Nova Scotia, there to take fish, although the fishing, being within the bay, may be at a greater distance than three miles from the shore of the bay ; — as we are of opinion that the term ' headland ' is used in the treaty to express the part of the land we have before mentioned ; including the interior of the bays, and the indents of the coast.