ABSTRACT
Why, though it was the obvious duty and interest of Great Britain to create representative institutions wherever she safely could, and to develop them where they already existed, even where they did not exist there were substantial
securities against misgovernment-a free Press, a right of appeal from the Governor to the Secretary of State, to say nothing of an ever-vigilant Parliamentary Opposition. I What reason was there for saying that the Imperial authorities were prejudiced against self-government?
