Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada, Vol. 15 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada, Vol. 15 A Project of Empire. A critical study of the Economics of Imperialism, with special reference to the ideas of Adam Smith. By J. Shield Nicholson. London: Macmillan and Co., 1909. Pp. xv, 271. The project of empire which Professor Nicholson outlines is that set forth by Adam Smith. It rests on the principle that the colonies by bearing their share of the Empire´s debt, and of military and civil expenditure, would establish a right to representation in an imperial States-General. Any reluctance which they might feel at casting in their lot with the more powerful mother-country should be overcome by the reflection that "in little more than a century the seat of empire would naturally remove itself to that part of the empire which contributed most to the general defence and support of the whole." Adam Smith put his project forward as a definite alternative to the disintegration of the Empire. "To propose," he wrote, "that Great Britain should voluntarily give up all authority over her colonies and leave them to elect their own magistrates, to enact their own laws, and to make peace and war, as they might think proper, would be to propose such a measure as never was and never will be adopted by any nation in the world... The most visionary enthusiasts would scarce be capable of proposing such a measure with any serious hopes at least of its ever being adopted." The fact, however, does not escape Professor Nicholson that "we have gone very near the accomplishment of the feat which Adam Smith declared impossible, and have granted such a degree of self-government to the powerful colonies as to leave our sovereignty a shadow of what it was when he complained of the Empire as an imaginary project." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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