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Fix this textTO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Fix this textWE resign into your hands the high trust committed to us as your representatives in the
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Fix this textIn doing so we thank you for your great confidence. We have been deeply sensible of our
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Fix this textThe Convention was charged with the duty of framing a Constitution under which the
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Fix this textThat duty was accomplished after four months of patient labor, happily aided by a prevailing •
Fix this textdesire to be just and a patriotic spirit of conciliation.
Fix this textIn submitting to you the Constitution so framed, we earnestly recommend you to adopt it as
Fix this texta form of union under which—without necessarily adding to their taxation—the Australian
Fix this textColonies may live in harmony, each retaining the power of self-government in local matters, yet
Fix this textenjoying, in all national concerns, the unity of a great nation.
Fix this textFederal Union has long been the aspiration of every true Australian. It will remove the
Fix this textevils and weaknesses of disunion, it will create a nation powerful and prosperous—an Australian
Fix this textNation owning allegiance to the Queen, forming an integral part of the British F' b able to
Fix this textspeak with one clear voice, and ready with one united strength to resist foreign a De vision.
Fix this textSuch a union will contain possibilities of industrial and commercial development width will,
Fix this textwe believe, result in general and permanent prosperity.
Fix this textTo you it will open up an unrestricted market of nearly four millions of consumers instead
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Fix this textsecure to you for ever the immense commercial advantages to which the unrivalled geographical
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Fix this textThe question now is—does the Commonwealth Bill offer union upon conditions which a
Fix this textfree people can with honor accept! We unhesitatingly say it does. We believe it is so framed
Fix this textas to secure the freedom, the welfare, and the happiness of all, with a justice and efficiency to
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Fix this textWe bespeak for it your gravest consideration. It is for you, the people, to mould your own
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Fix this textIs it to be Union or Disunion! That is the great issue.
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Fix this textnow and for ever, and the commencement of a new era full of hope and full of promise !
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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