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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- THE EMPIRE
- I COLONIAL EMANCIPATION
- II COLONIAL EMANCIPATION. ANSWER TO THE TIMES
- III COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
- IV COLONIAL EXPENDITURE
- V COLONIAL TRADE
- VI CANADA
- VII THE CANADIAN MILITIA BILL
- VIII THE DEBATES ON THE CANADIAN MILITIA BILL
- IX ENGLAND AND CANADA
- X NEW ZEALAND
- XI COLONIAL EMIGRATION
- XII MR. ADDERLEY ON CANADIAN AFFAIRS
- XIII GIBRALTAR
- XIV THE PROTECTORATE OF TURKEY
- XV THE IONIAN ISLANDS
- XVI THE CESSION OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS
- XVII THE CESSION OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS. (MR. D'ISRAELI)
- XVIII INDIA
- APPENDIX I
- APPENDIX II
XVII - THE CESSION OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS. (MR. D'ISRAELI)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- THE EMPIRE
- I COLONIAL EMANCIPATION
- II COLONIAL EMANCIPATION. ANSWER TO THE TIMES
- III COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
- IV COLONIAL EXPENDITURE
- V COLONIAL TRADE
- VI CANADA
- VII THE CANADIAN MILITIA BILL
- VIII THE DEBATES ON THE CANADIAN MILITIA BILL
- IX ENGLAND AND CANADA
- X NEW ZEALAND
- XI COLONIAL EMIGRATION
- XII MR. ADDERLEY ON CANADIAN AFFAIRS
- XIII GIBRALTAR
- XIV THE PROTECTORATE OF TURKEY
- XV THE IONIAN ISLANDS
- XVI THE CESSION OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS
- XVII THE CESSION OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS. (MR. D'ISRAELI)
- XVIII INDIA
- APPENDIX I
- APPENDIX II
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE “DAILY NEWS.”
Sir,—I am sorry that accident prevented your receiving before the very few words which I have to say in answer to the severe strictures passed on my views respecting the cession of the Ionian Islands by Mr. Disraeli, in his speech on that subject the other evening.
I will not enter into the considerations of morality involved in the question, because Mr. Disraeli appears to regard such considerations as offensive.
Taking the political line, the sum of Mr. Disraeli's argument against the cession of the Islands is this, that the source of wealth is power, and that the way to secure power is to occupy with arms strong places on the routes of commerce.
If Mr. Disraeli will post a sentry for a year at the doors of his baker, butcher, and grocer, and add the expense to his yearly bills, he will find, I believe, by experience, that the armed occupation of strong places on the routes of commerce is not necessarily a source of wealth. But as the Right Hon. gentleman has not yet quite made up his mind on the subject of “unrestricted competition,” it is premature to argue with him respecting the influence of Free Trade.
That the Ionian Islands, however, are “a strong place,” seems to be an assumption which requires qualification. They appear to be a strong place so long as we have a fleet in those seas powerful enough to prevent their being attacked.
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- The Empire: A Series of LettersPublished in 'The Daily News', 1862, 1863, pp. 255 - 256Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1863