Political Papers on South African Topics (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Political Papers on South African Topics Some men stand out in bold relief from their fellows, by the marked distinctness of their lives, and their character. In literature, in trade, and in politics, this country has some of whom colonists have felt proud, and continue to admire. The independence and honesty of John Fairbairn, as the Father of our Press, and the Founder of our Liberty, were such as to place him in the front rank, with all good men. In the next rank, Eastern and Western men alike recognised in William Hume, another whose industry, energy, perseverance, influence, and independence were marking him out as one to whom the country would owe the honour due to a "son of the soil;" one of such political promise as to identify him with the strong, and the leading, in the colony´s political advancement. Hardworking, enthusiastic, a Separationist of the Saparationists, the East, in him, expected the realisation of uncompromising adherence to Eastern parties and Eastern politics, for Eastern welfare. With his word for his bond, and a courage which no one doubted, his constituents looked upon him as impervious to influences which have been the political death of many a good man´s fame. True and fast, they confided in him as they have seldom done with others. Knowing his politics they exacted no pledges, but returned him, under the impression that he knew them and their views as well as, they believed, they knew him and his opinions. But events have shown that they did not quite understand each other. Mr. Paterson has defined the well-known axiom of representation, as applied to himself, namely, that a holder of a people´s suffrages is their representative, so long as he acts in accord with their expressed, and even clearly-implied, opinions, with liberty upon all questions on which there has been no tacit or open agreement, to act as he may think best without reference to his constituents. These two doctrines are the guide of members of the Imperial Parliament, and we venture to assert that no member of the House of Commons, whatever his status, social, political, or official, would, for one moment, venture to disregard it, and determine to retain his seat. 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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