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upon the power or the force of a few persons, but 
upon the will of the greater number of the people. 
As they help to make it, they of course strive to 
obey it. Almost all the rest obey the law because 
they know it is wise and right to agree to what 
most of their countrymen wish. They may, of 
course, in an orderly and proper way, take steps 
to get the law changed. But while it stands they 
know it is their duty to submit to it. 
9. And if any men are foolish or wicked enough 
to refuse to be bound by the law, they soon find 
that it is stronger than they are, and that it pro- 
vides for their punishment. 
THE GOVERNOR. 
1 . The ‘ Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief 
of Jamaica’ is at the head of the government in 
the island. He stands in the place of His Majesty 
King George, and is appointed to his high office 
for six years. 
2 . Any new laws which the Council wishes to set 
in force must be agreed to by the Governor. They 
must also be laid before the Secretary of State for 
the Colonies, who is one of the chief ministers of 
the King, and who advises His Majesty whether 
to allow or to veto them. 
3. The Secretary of State is at the head of every- 
