Hermathena (Volume 12 ) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1903 Excerpt: ... CERTAIN ASPECTS OF COLONIAL DEMOCRACY (WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUSTRALASIA). Principal Authorities. Sir Charles Dilke, H. Walker, . W. Epps, Right Hon. W. Reeves, . T. A. Coghlan, A. Siegfried, . P. Leroy Beaulieu (fils), Leroy Beaulieu (pere), . L. Vossion, Metin, . L. Vigoreux, . H. D. Lloyd, . Professor Jenks, . Problems of Greater Britain. Australasian Democracy. Australasian Land Systems. State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand. Statistical Account of the Seven Colo-nies. Wealth and Progress of New South Wales. La Nouvelle Zelande. Les Nouvelles Soci6t6s Anglo Saxonnes. Colonization chez les Peuples Modernes. L'Australie Nouvelle. Le Socialisme sans Doctrines. L'E volution Sociale en Australasie. Newest England. History of Australasia. OF the Imperial Idea we have recently heard much, of Colonial Democracy but little. Yet the latter subject ought not to be devoid of interest for Englishmen, since, if the growth of the Colonies has already perceptibly influenced the foreign policy of the Mother Country, the development of a democracy of the outer seas may yet exercise a still more important effect upon the conduct of home and Imperial affairs. The object of this paper is to present a summary of the changes wrought by the movement in question, to indicate the effects upon the Colonies themselves, but especially to point out the manner in which these developments militate against the closer union of the Empire. A certain type of politician would have us believe that the cure for all evils of the body politic consists in a further extension of the franchise. This policy, such as it is, has been carried to its logical conclusion in certain of the British Colonies. The results have been both curious and instructive. If as yet they have not fully realized t...