The Political, Commercial, & Financial Condition of the Anglo-eastern Empire in 1832: An Analysis of Its Home and Foreign Governments, and a Practical Examination of the Doctrines of Free Trade and Colonization, with Reference to the Renewal Or Modification of the Hon. East-India Company's CharterParbury, Allen, and Company, 1832 - 403 páginas |
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... Rickards will permit me to enquire , does he sigh over the departure of splendour ' which , according to his own shewing , had its origin in the devastating con- quests , or rather butcheries , commanded by the dynasty of Ackbar ? or ...
... Rickards will permit me to enquire , does he sigh over the departure of splendour ' which , according to his own shewing , had its origin in the devastating con- quests , or rather butcheries , commanded by the dynasty of Ackbar ? or ...
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... Rickards admits , that the Mogul emperor , whose fallen greatness he laments over , fearing to trust himself in the hands of the Mahrattas , or even of Abdallah , " after wandering a fugitive throughout the empire , fell into the hands ...
... Rickards admits , that the Mogul emperor , whose fallen greatness he laments over , fearing to trust himself in the hands of the Mahrattas , or even of Abdallah , " after wandering a fugitive throughout the empire , fell into the hands ...
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... Rickards still continue to assert , that this is tyranny , or ra- pacity ? I turn now to give the same author's description of the Mahratta governors , whom he states to have been " quite equal to the Mussulmans in the dreadful ...
... Rickards still continue to assert , that this is tyranny , or ra- pacity ? I turn now to give the same author's description of the Mahratta governors , whom he states to have been " quite equal to the Mussulmans in the dreadful ...
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... Rickards . " In 1759 , Abdallah again turned his attention towards Hindostan ; and in 1761 made himself master of its devoted capital . He laid the city under heavy contributions , and enforced the collection with such rigour and ...
... Rickards . " In 1759 , Abdallah again turned his attention towards Hindostan ; and in 1761 made himself master of its devoted capital . He laid the city under heavy contributions , and enforced the collection with such rigour and ...
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... Rickards ' descriptions of the Mahrattas , were it neces- sary . Mr. R. states also , with reference to the " mild and amiable " Hindoos in general , that " their govern- ments bear as full and distinct a stamp of covetousness and ...
... Rickards ' descriptions of the Mahrattas , were it neces- sary . Mr. R. states also , with reference to the " mild and amiable " Hindoos in general , that " their govern- ments bear as full and distinct a stamp of covetousness and ...
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Página 246 - One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Página 246 - ... facility in changes upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion...
Página 50 - Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains ? The despotism of vice — The weakness and the wickedness of luxury — The negligence — the apathy — the evils Of sensual sloth — produce ten thousand tyrants, Whose delegated cruelty surpasses The worst acts of one energetic master, However harsh and hard in his own bearing.
Página 272 - The inhabitants give themselves no trouble about the breaking up and division of kingdoms ; while the village remains entire, they care not to what power it is transferred, or to what sovereign it devolves ; its internal economy remains unchanged...
Página 246 - ... in changes, upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion, exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion; and remember, especially, that, for the efficient management of your common interests, in a country so extensive as ours, a Government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of Liberty is indispensable. Liberty itself will find in such a Government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest Guardian.
Página 246 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Página 36 - ... a system which tends, more than any thing else the Devil has yet invented, to destroy the feelings of general benevolence, and to make nine-tenths of mankind the hopeless slaves of the remainder...
Página 250 - ... .The principal attention of the sovereign ought to be to encourage, by every means in his power, the attention both of the landlord and of the farmer ; by allowing both to pursue their own interest in their own way, and according to their own judgment...
Página 246 - In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of governments, as of other human institutions...
Página 250 - The principal attention of the sovereign ought to be to encourage, by every means in his power, the attention both of the landlord and of the farmer; by allowing both to pursue their own interest in their own way, and according to their own judgment; by giving to both the most perfect security that they shall enjoy the full recompence of their own industry...