Untitled (Responsible and Anti-Responsible Government) (Prussian-Austrian War) (Prussia's arms superiority)

Untitled (Responsible and Anti-Responsible Government) (Prussian-Austrian War) (Prussia's arms superiority)

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Bleek believes the increased membership in the two houses will make the legislature more resistant to the Government's (i.e. the Wodehouse Ministry or executive) undue influence. He pivots to the contents of speeches made in a meeting at Longkloof (Mr Wehmeyer's Humansdorp farm). Wehmeyer proposed a life tenure for Executive Council seat-holders, with successors chosen by the governor from a closed list of twenty-four members, to which he would reduce his House of Parliament. Bleek argues this would undermine legislators' independence. If the governor remains unresponsible, he may deviate from Wehmeyer's constraint when choosing his chief executive officers. Mr Walter pointlessly worries over pensioning (executive?) office holders incumbent before system change. He digresses to Austria's debilitating heterogeneity and Prussia's arms superiority as he discusses the Prussian-Austrian war.

Printed newsprint glued on paper

02/08/1866

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. The Het Volksblad header and date are not included in this cutting and "Aug 2/66" has been handwritten in pencil on the mount.

The article starts mid-sentence, preceded by missing text of indeterminate length. The Cape Parliament circa 1867 has a Conservative (Anti-Responsible Government) party, Constitutional party, and Responsible Government party (Molteno, 1900: 110-111). A Mr Thompson, member for Grahamstown, led the Conservative party (Ie Cordeur, 1990: 41). Bleek think admirably of American representative institutions.