Excerpt from Selected Speeches and Documents on British Colonial Policy, 1763-1917, Vol. 1 of 2 The main Object of these volumes is to trace by a series of Speeches and documents the growth of the system of responsible government in the British Colonies, the gradual formation Of power ful federations from groups Of separate and rival colonies, the development of their local autonomy, and the process by which schemes Of imperial federation have been laid aside in favour Of the conception Of the equal partnership in the Empire Of units retaining and developing their legisla tive and administrative independence, but firmly resolved by frequent and frank consultation to co-operate in the carrying into effect Of their common ideals Of freedom, justice, and peaceful economic development. 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.