 ... the claim of sovereignty over the new province must be renounced. It rests upon a conquest resulting from a war in which, as far as I am at present enabled to judge, the original justice is on the side of the conquered, not of the victorious party.  The Wrongs of the Caffre Nation: A Narrative - Page 320de Robert Mackenzie Beverley, John Philip - 1837 - 333 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1837 - 670 pages
...that the newly acquired ritory " rests upon a conquest resulting from a war in which, as far as he is at present enabled to judge, the original justice...side of the conquered, not of the victorious party." He directs, therefore, that the province ich is honoured with the gentle name of a British Queen, —... | |
 | 1837 - 676 pages
...is my purpose " to institute." The Secretary of State declares, that the newly acquired territory " rests upon a conquest resulting from a war in " which, as far as he is at present enabled to judge, the origi" nal justice is on the side of the conquered, not of the... | |
 | 1837 - 680 pages
...resulting from a war in " which, as far as he is at present enabled to judge, the origi•• n. il justice is on the side of the conquered, not of the " victorious party." He directs, therefore, that the province which is honoured with the gentle name of a British Queen,... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1846 - 536 pages
...home secretary to be robbery and murder, the " conquest resulting from a war in which, as far as he is at present enabled to judge, the original justice...side of the conquered, not of the victorious party." The territory was ordered to be restored. It is unnecessary to include in this sketch the extracolonial... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1847 - 560 pages
...home secretary to be robbery and murder, the " conquest resulting from a war in which, as far as he is at present enabled to judge, the original justice...side of the conquered, not of the victorious party." The territory was ordered to be restored. It is unnecessary to include in this sketch the extracolonial... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1851 - 706 pages
...rights in this, as in many other cases, would involve injuries more formidable than it could remedy. justice is on the side of the conquered, not of the victorious party. Even if there were the most powerful motives of apparent expediency to recommend this extension of... | |
 | George McCall Theal - 1877 - 324 pages
...which they could not expect otherwise to obtain ; and the claim of sovereignty over the new province must be renounced. It rests upon a conquest resulting...side of the conquered, not of the victorious party." This despatch, — particularly the above extract, — created great indignation in the colony. The... | |
 | John Noble - 1877 - 374 pages
...declared by him, must be renounced — for he said " it rests upon a conquest resulting from a wur in which, as far as I am at present enabled to judge,...side of the conquered, not of the victorious party." Following upon this, Lord Glenelg nominated Mr. Stockenstrom, the ex-commissioner-general with full... | |
 | George McCall Theal - 1878 - 458 pages
...they could not expect otherwise to obtain ; and the claim of sovereignty over the new province must bo renounced. It rests upon a conquest resulting from...side of the conquered, not of the victorious party." This despatch, — particularly the above extract, — created great indignation in the colony. The... | |
 | S.W. Silver & Co - 1880 - 642 pages
...which they could not expect otherwise to obtain ; and the claim of sovereignty over the new province must be renounced. It rests upon a conquest resulting...side of the conquered, not of the victorious party.' And so everything that the war had accomplished had to be undone, and the seed of inevitable difficulties... | |
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