Untitled (Wodehouse's speech) (Irresponsible Government)

Untitled (Wodehouse's speech) (Irresponsible Government)

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Bleek observes that the tone of Wodehouse's conciliatory speech opening the third session of the third colonial parliament was unusually subservient. Unfortunately for the public, this tonal shift is unaccompanied by radical intervention. Bleek is unsurprised, as overcautiousness is typical of an Irresponsible Government. The economic depression of the 1860s made a restless public eager for the government to propose a course of action to parliament for achieving financial reform.

Printed newsprint glued on paper

08/09/1866

Two cut out columns of newsprint text, positioned vertically parallel, pasted onto a plus-sized A4 unlined sheet with visible warping. No title was subsequently handwritten onto the mount/paper backing.