[An article by Chris Watson (past Prime Minister of Australia) on the reasons and necessity for a White Australia policy, being an extract from his essay “The labour movement”, published in 1914.] “White Australia.” To those unacquainted with local conditions the cry for a “White Australia,” may seem somewhat hysterical, but there is no question […]
Chris Watson, leader of the Labor Party, seeks to strengthen the White Australia policy
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[A speech by Chris Watson regarding the White Australia Policy, in the House of Representatives, 25 September 1901. Chris Watson later became the Labor Party’s first Prime Minister, in 1904.] Mr WATSON (Bland) – Before I move the amendment of which I have given notice, and which I think will not have the effect of […]
Chris Watson, leader of the Labor Party, speaks in support of White Australia
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[A speech by Chris Watson regarding the White Australia Policy, in the House of Representatives, 6 September 1901. Chris Watson later became the Labor Party’s first Prime Minister, in 1904.] Mr WATSON (Bland) – I think that from this section of the House one may, without presumption, congratulate the acting leader of the Opposition upon […]
Chris Watson, Australian Prime Minister, working-class champion of a White Australia
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Chris Watson (1867-1941) was Australia’s third Prime Minister. He was the first Labor Party prime minister in the world. Watson was a staunch advocate of the rights of the working-class, and a campaigner for a White Australia policy. Watson took the long hard road to get into politics. He left school at the age of […]
T. J. Ryan, Queensland Premier, loyal to White Australia
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Thomas Joseph Ryan (1876-1921) was Premier of Queensland (1915-1919) and had been, before his untimely death, considered to be the best choice as the new federal parliamentary leader of the Australian Labor Party.1 He graduated with a law degree from the University of Melbourne, and worked as a teacher and as a lawyer. Ryan was […]
US President Abraham Lincoln states that he did not fight the Civil War over slavery
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[A letter from Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley (editor of the New-York Tribune), in which Lincoln states that he did not go to war over the issue of slavery, but rather in order to save the Union (i.e. the United States of America). Lincoln’s letter was written in reply to an editorial by Greeley.] Executive […]
US President Abraham Lincoln proposes setting up a colony of American Blacks in Central America
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[Notes of a meeting between Abraham Lincoln and a deputation of Negro leaders, in 1862, regarding the possibility of creating a colony of American Blacks in Central America.] COLONIZATION. It was yet uncertain whether one result of the war would be the setting free of all the slaves in the country; but it was plain […]
US President Abraham Lincoln’s first State of the Union address, 3 December 1861
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[An extract from Abraham Lincoln’s first State of the Union address, in which he proposes sending American Blacks to an overseas colony.] Under and by virtue of the act of Congress entitled “An act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes,” approved August 6, 1861, the legal claims of certain persons to the labor and […]
US President Abraham Lincoln speaks out against racial equality
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[An extract from Abraham Lincoln’s opening speech in a debate between him and Stephen A. Douglas during the 1858 campaign in Illinois for the US Senate (Lincoln was the Republican Party candidate, whilst Douglas was the Democratic Party candidate). Lincoln wanted to make it clear that he was not an outright abolitionist (he was fighting […]
US President Abraham Lincoln advocates freeing the slaves and sending them to Africa
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[An extract from Abraham Lincoln’s speech of 16 October 1854, in which he opposes a law (designed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas) that would enable the new US territories of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether or not slavery would be allowed within their boundaries. As an opponent of slavery, Lincoln had consistently opposed […]
