...continue to be, unless strongly checked, the course of our conduct towards these defenceless people. It is not too much to say, that the intercourse of Europeans*...of Great Britain, has been, unless when attended by mis- ', sionary exertions, a source of many calamities to uncivilized • nations. v( subtle or the...

...not, then," in the words of the Report presented by the Parliamentary Committee on the Aborigines, " too much to say, that the intercourse of Europeans...been, unless when attended by missionary exertions, a calamity upon the uncivilized nations whom we have visited. We have seized their property ; usurped...

...multiplying quotations I may add the testimony of Mr. Gladstone, as given in the Blue Book : " It is not too much to say that the intercourse of Europeans...their numbers diminished, their character debased, and the spread of civilization impeded. European vices and diseases have been introduced among them,...

...committee was the present eminent, clear-headed, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gladstone — " It is not too much to say, that the intercourse of Europeans...missionary exertions, a source of many calamities to uncivilised nations." May I go on, and quote another six lines? "Too often their territory has been...

...summed up in the lengthy report which, supported by voluminous evidence, it issued in June, 1837: "It is not too much to say that the intercourse of Europeans in general, ' without any exemption in favour of the subjects of Great Britain, has been, ' unless when attended by missionary...

...engaged in its benevolent service. In that memorable report occurs the following paragraph : " It is not too much to say that the intercourse of Europeans...missionary exertions, a source of many calamities to uncivilised nations. Too often their territory has been usurped, their property seized, their numbers...

...is not too much to say that the intercourse of Europeans in general without any exception in favor of the subjects of Great Britain, has been, unless...source of many calamities to uncivilized nations." It is an interesting fact that in similar reports made by the United States Government concerning the...

...in 1837, of which Mr. Gladstone is the only survivor, the following strong language is used: " It is not too much to say that the intercourse of Europeans in general without any exception in favor of the subjects of Great Britain, has been, unless when attended by missionary exertions, a source...

...engaged in its benevolent service. In that memorable report occurs the following paragraph: " It is not too much to say that the intercourse of Europeans...missionary exertions, a source of many calamities to uncivilised nations. Too often their territory has been usurped, their property seized, their numbers...

...Committee in England of which Mr. Gladstone was a member, made the following report in 1837: "It is not too much to say that the intercourse of Europeans in general, without any exception in favor of the subjects of Great Britain, has been, unless when attended by missionary exertions, a source...