COLONIAL PATRIOTISM.
11l his- defence of the Government, Mr Gladstone paid the following tribute to the loyalty and patriotism of the Colonies :— " When I recollect that just 100 years ago this country had scaroety ceased to reel under the shock of a great dismemberment of the Empire, wliich dismemberment wa6 brought about by unfortunate attempts to force on what were then the most important colonies of Great Britain contributions in aid of the piblic revenue for the military charges of this country, it is certaiuly a gratifying contrast which is new presented to as. Such attempts upon these free communities have now become entirely obsolete, and tke consequence of the abandonment of untenable claims has been to open a fountainhead of loyalty, patriotism, public spirit, and litarality in ths colonies themselves that had led to these most gratifying and most important offers."
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Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1541, 29 April 1885, Page 2
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142COLONIAL PATRIOTISM. Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1541, 29 April 1885, Page 2
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