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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... officers above mentioned ( others might be added ) , it is requisite to keep in mind that they all held their situations at the will and pleasure of the sovereign power . Though some of the offices were considered here- ditary , still ...
... officers above mentioned ( others might be added ) , it is requisite to keep in mind that they all held their situations at the will and pleasure of the sovereign power . Though some of the offices were considered here- ditary , still ...
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... officer , uncontrolled by the surveillance of an European functionary ; the preceding quotations from Mr. Rickards ' work will partly explain the reason why . But before stating the measures and policy pursued by the Company's ...
... officer , uncontrolled by the surveillance of an European functionary ; the preceding quotations from Mr. Rickards ' work will partly explain the reason why . But before stating the measures and policy pursued by the Company's ...
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... officers under government , † owing to the lax vigilance , or perhaps connivance of their imme- diate superiors . The transaction was brought to light by Mr. Fortescue , and the tremendous spoliation of pro- perty put a stop to . The ...
... officers under government , † owing to the lax vigilance , or perhaps connivance of their imme- diate superiors . The transaction was brought to light by Mr. Fortescue , and the tremendous spoliation of pro- perty put a stop to . The ...
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... officers of the court or by their creatures ; it was a business of most shocking fraud . The perpetrators had got to ... officer , who declares himself to be " a great advocate for bringing the natives forward . " in the southern ...
... officers of the court or by their creatures ; it was a business of most shocking fraud . The perpetrators had got to ... officer , who declares himself to be " a great advocate for bringing the natives forward . " in the southern ...
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... officers than to Europeans , and they generally bury their accumulated capital . " Ib . Were it not an invidious , and indeed most irksome task thus to dwell on the unfavourable character of a whole people , I might heap evidence upon ...
... officers than to Europeans , and they generally bury their accumulated capital . " Ib . Were it not an invidious , and indeed most irksome task thus to dwell on the unfavourable character of a whole people , I might heap evidence upon ...
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amount assertion authority beegah Benares Bengal Bishop Board of Control Bombay British Calcutta cent civil colonization commercial Committee Company's government cotton Court of Directors Crawfurd crime cultivation Cuttack cwts Dacca Decrease despotism districts Ditto of last duty East-India Company empire England English establishment European expense exported foregoing free-trader government of India Hindoos Hindostan Honourable House hundred important improvement increased Indian army indigo inhabitants instance James Cobbett judge King's labour lacs land last ditto Lord William Bentinck Lords Madras Mahomedan Mahrattas manufacture maunds ment merchants military million Molunghees native officers natives of India observed opinion Patna period persons Petitioners political population possession Poynder present presidencies principles produce proprietors provinces racter Rajah respect revenue Rickards road rupees ryots salt monopoly says servants shew square miles sugar talent territories tion Total trade troops village Westminster Review zemindars
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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...