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 Charter |
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... means , the domination of French authority in India or in Egypt , but there also arose the peculiar rights of security and vicinage , the enforcement of which became a matter , not merely of expediency or prudence , but of absolute ...
... means , the domination of French authority in India or in Egypt , but there also arose the peculiar rights of security and vicinage , the enforcement of which became a matter , not merely of expediency or prudence , but of absolute ...
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... means of acquiring it , as any of the Mahomedan states ; " + -that " they have ever been , as they now are , in principle and practical operation , pure despotisms ; " § and that " the Brahmins , by whom the affairs of the Hindoo ...
... means of acquiring it , as any of the Mahomedan states ; " + -that " they have ever been , as they now are , in principle and practical operation , pure despotisms ; " § and that " the Brahmins , by whom the affairs of the Hindoo ...
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... means of their ancestors been raised to wealth and apparent respectability during the stormy period which preceded our rule , the appointment of such would excite the strongest feelings of detestation and disgust in thousands ...
... means of their ancestors been raised to wealth and apparent respectability during the stormy period which preceded our rule , the appointment of such would excite the strongest feelings of detestation and disgust in thousands ...
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... means of change in itself ; and con- sequently by reaction , confirming the immutability of all submitted to its sway . " + Any man who pretends to the slightest practical legisla- lative wisdom , would ask himself , before censuring ...
... means of change in itself ; and con- sequently by reaction , confirming the immutability of all submitted to its sway . " + Any man who pretends to the slightest practical legisla- lative wisdom , would ask himself , before censuring ...
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... means of maintenance at all , and no visible occupation , except that of lounging up and down with their swords and shields like the ancient highlanders , whom in many respects they much resemble , the number is rated at , taking all ...
... means of maintenance at all , and no visible occupation , except that of lounging up and down with their swords and shields like the ancient highlanders , whom in many respects they much resemble , the number is rated at , taking all ...
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Page 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.
Page 246 - ... facility in changes upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...