FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE

FOR THE

GOLDEN LANDS

OF

AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY:

F. CUNNINGHAME, PRINTER,

44, King Street East.

FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE

FOR

THE GOLDEN LANDS

OF

AUSTRALIA;

THE RIGHT OF THE COLONIES,

AND

THE INTEREST OF BRITAIN AND OF THE WORLD.

BY

JOHN DUNMORE LANG, D.D. A.M.

MINISTER OF THE SCOTS CHURCH, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, OF THE AMERICAN
ORIENTAL SOCIETY, AND OF THE LITERARY INSTITUTE OF OLINDA,
IN THE BRAZILS.

"Primo pecuniæ, dein imperii cupido crevit. Ea quasi materies
omnium malorum fuere." - SALLUST. Catilin. c. x

First the love of gain, and then the lust of empire.-these have
been the principles of British colonization, and the source of
innumerable evils.

SECOND EDITION, GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.

SYDNEY:

PRINTED BY F. CUNNINGHAME, KING STREET.