the country that gave him birth. Each colony might
have two representatives in the British parliament, to
watch and explain purely colonial interests, whilst
having the full privileges of ordinary members, and this
could be made to in no way interfere with the present
system of colonial government.
"Whether these sturdy and life-long British colonists
can he obtained for the Transvaal, to till its waste lands,
increase its population, and develop its industries, or
whether the Republic is still to he only a pastoral community,
dependent on its auriferous quartz for an influx
of foreigners with an uncertainty of speculative revenue,
is for the Boer and Hollander to decide.
