Excerpt from Australia and New Zealand, Vol. 1 of 2 You are collecting and using it. Possession of your own 1ands, - which did by a sort of fiction belong to the Crown Certainly. Your own lands are in your own hands. Is there aught else Would you think it well to join together as one nation with one set of customs duties Would you form one federation in all things Would you wish for Separation Such words are not spoken, but they are nearly spoken; and that which is not spoken is filled in by the ready imagination of the colonists. The colonists say that they are spoken, and that coming from men in Office they signify the indiffer ence Of England to her colonies. And then, not un frequently, there is a burst Of eloquence in referenc to England's fading glory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.