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Cape Town, 1836 · The Long Thaw
The Journal
By Christiaan van Wyk (player)
Representative Robert Godlonton, the Majority Whip of the Legislative Council under Sir Benjamin D'Urban, was quite stirred into a frenzy when asked about Minister John Fairburn's opinions on race within the colony. He told The Journal, quote "[John Fairburn] is a hopeful romantic who has convinced Administrator D'Urban that he is capable of expanding our resource economy with our available labor pool yet uses his newfound position to push his radical positions on race..."
Godlonton went onto suggest that Minister Fairburn was a mis-hire and does not fully understand the psychological differences between the average negro xhosan and the average afrikaner. They may no longer be slaves, but to suggest that we shake hands and live side-by-side is "poppycock" in his words.
Godlonton then went on to promise that no legislation will ever pass through the council to ever allow a negro to live and work next to white afrikaan men so long as he was in office.
The Journal attempted to reach out to Minister John Fairburn for a comment on his peer's dissent, but he declined.