Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
Chapter 5
CANADA.
Annexation Movement--Remedial Measures--Repeal of the Navigation Laws --Reciprocity with the United States--History of the Two Measures--Duty of Supporting Authority--Views on Colonial Government--Colonial Interests the Sport of Home Parties--No Separation!--Self-Government not necessarily Republican--Value of the Monarchical Principle--Defences of the Colony.