The Rebellion in India: How to Prevent Another |
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Page 84 - The consequence, therefore, of the conquest of India by the British arms would be in place of raising to debase the whole people. There is perhaps no example of any conquest in which the natives have been so completely excluded from all share of the government of their country as in British India.
Page 77 - I venture to think, be a source of strength ; for adding to the resources of the public treasury ; and for extending the uniform application of our system of government to those whose best interests, we sincerely believe, will be promoted thereby.
Page 82 - Tippoo and of the Nizam. Wherever we spread ourselves, particularly if we aggrandize ourselves at the expense of the Mahrattas, we increase this evil. We throw out of employment, and of means of subsistence, all who have hitherto managed the revenue, commanded or served in the armies, or have plundered the country.
Page 67 - I take this fitting occasion of recording my strong and deliberate opinion, that in the exercise of a wise and sound policy the British Government is bound not to put aside or neglect such rightful opportunities of acquiring territory or revenue as may from time to time present themselves...
Page 123 - If the King should allude to the treaty of 1837, and should ask why, if further measures are necessary in relation to the administration of Oude, the large powers which are given to the British Government by the said treaty should not now be put in force, His Majesty must be informed that the treaty has had no existence since it was communicated to the Court of Directors, by whom it was wholly annulled. His Majesty will be reminded that the Court of Lucknow was informed at the time that certain articles...
Page 209 - Govern leniently, and send more money ; " practise strict justice and moderation towards " neighbouring powers, and send more money ; ' this " is, in truth, the sum of almost all the instructions " that Hastings ever received from home. Now " these instructions, being interpreted, mean simply, " ' Be the father and the oppressor of the people, be " just and unjust, moderate and rapacious.
Page 92 - Native official aristocracy, while some hundreds of our troops take the place of the many thousands that every Native chief supports. The little court disappears — trade languishes — the capital decays — the people are impoverished — the Englishman flourishes and acts like a sponge, drawing up riches from the banks of the Ganges, and squeezing them down upon the banks of the Thames.
Page 155 - That they feel themselves bound to declare that they view with alarm, as well as sorrow, the continuance of evils which they have so long deplored, and the effects of which are seen in the demoralisation and the sufferings of the people ; and that they believe that measures of relief can with safety be delayed no longer, as, from the information they have acquired, they fear that the discontent of the rural population is daily increasing, and that a bitter feeling of hatred is being engendered in...
Page 83 - States. But these advantages are dearly bought; they are purchased by the sacrifice of independence, of national character, and of whatever renders a people respectable.
Page 154 - Whether right or wrong, the general native opinion is certainly that the administration of criminal justice is little better than a lottery, in which, however, the best chances are with the criminal ; and this...