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that some should represent its increase to
the consequence of a spirit of systematic ,
=lent and ambition. Yet, as long as I have
any thing of the history of that country, rr
as she has been under the controul of Pa
authority, I am perfectly persuaded it
very easy task to exculpate the British
from any such charges. Notwithstanding that
of the Powers, with whose interests ours
on some octasions clashed, were hot the
Sovereigns of
,the States which they governed
were raised to that situation by conquest or
ful usurpation, it has for some time been
eipedient to repress the disposition which
vemor-General might entertain of enl,-
minions in that part of the globe, and ~•-t ,
has been exercised in a great measure by P:i
At no period of the History of that
Parliamentary and recorded Acts been me.;
ground of instruction to the Government of In
the wishes of the Legislature of the Crillnti rca
important head: in a greater degree, than •
Marquis of Hastings left this country for
mein. It is only justice to the Noble Lad
succeeded (the Earl of Buckinghamshire) in ( Ece
state, that he had been peculiarly vigilant
in enforcing the line of forbearing polic'
recommended by ParlilmPtit, with
thing like invasion of the territories
Powers, and had repeatedly drawn
that Government from views of ,
tion to the mote solid advantages of,
ment in the natural resources of that
and fruitful country. To such exp..
•constantly added my own, if not with
ability, at least with equal sincerity
This, I trust, will thew that there 1
of attention to a subject so often i
liament as the first duty of those
management of our Indian territory
therefore, for years, has been, to ac-'
aggressioh of the different Asiatic
views of inordinate ambition. Thi
General, even supposing for a moment
disposition, had not the power to pursue
aggression ; and hence we find, that
the breaking out of the late campaiy
the Government of India were tied
cise of the military power, except
the defence of our territories, in case
gression, which was precisely the -
tack made on our territories by
power or force so extraordinary anomalous,
necessary to take up a moment in - '
nature and resources. From the ch.':
her of this force, their irregular constit
meat, and mode of attack, I confess
surprised at the extent of the prepay:
had been considered necessary to milk
their attacks. Their force-did not
sist•of more than from thirty to 1
gular and irregular cavalry, which
reinforced from the deserters of
Powers or others of loose habits, v•ho
by promises to adopt a lawless and
of life. They were altogether inc
warfare, destitute of any religious or
and composed, in fact, of vagabonds
the refuse of the troops of the Nati:
their character and dissoluteness incapab,
ful habits. Their mode of equipment
and their arms of an offensive nature, 0
ever, a dangerous and destructive description
quick to fly or commence a harassing and
warfare. Of such a force it was difficult
any speculative idea that the injuries
sibly inflict would be so serious as'
vemor of India to commence a war _
rent magnitude in India as must naturalli
tranquillity of that country, by exciting
or apprehension of the Native Princes
But hostilities were now rendered hies'
ries of positive injuries inflicted on
vines by the Pindarries, which, if they
noticed or suffered to go unpunished
Government in India, must have given
the Native Princes in alliance with
Government with an inattention to
terms, and a neglect of itstaramount
hear.) The success of the incursion
duties into the Presidency of Bomt
another in the following year, accomp.
species of outrage and 'extortion, which
them to undertake another in • 'sir
deny of Madras, left no hope of
atrocities to the Government of India,
sing the discretionary power with whit.
vested in extraordinary cases, and repelling
tacks by arms, without waiting for
commence operations and chastise
from Great Britain. Fortunately the
inactive season, usual in those countries,
the Government of India to receive
that authority for the intended war,
hesitation in the Governor General':
sanction of the Government at ,home
ment in preparation. The papers on ti
detail to you a statement of atrocities,
and cruelty, which accompanied the
too shocking to relate to-the House ;
that rapine, rape, conflagration, and
mit merely the accoppamments of that
sion, but the regular. mode adopted by '
invaders to heighten the horrors of
any shape, must be appalling to the
pelation of an invaded country. It will
with pity and indignation, that such •
of the females in the villages likely
the Pindarries, that they voluntarily 1.
in the wells of the country—that fathers
bands, well aware of the brutal ferocity
'waders, surrounded their dwellings
other combustible matter, and entering
ling, intended as their protection '
'waited in gloomy anticipation the
enemy, when they immediately set
aerials, and consigned themselves and
[lies to a shocking though voluntary
Whole villages were rataged, as it
brutal gratification of inflicting misery
helplessness, and age; and if it were
to add to such melancholy details any ,
calculation of eitimated loss, it might be
this invasion cost not less in the s
these persons properties than one millionh
lideesl nth *iirtitt elect of these

reuse to have
stematic entre,. ;
g as I have klo.
:ountry, rir as
1 of Parliam
ded it woull
3ritish Gcvern,
standing that •
is ours musk?
' hot the lqi.•
they governed,
inquest or sus,
ne been con_,
ion which a,:
f erlarczing
, and eat.
>tire by
that coiti-,;:t.
is been
nment of in,liaz
the countirca
nee, than viez
ttry for tit Go
oloble Lord se,x,t,.
mshire) in °Eke,
vigilant and 5,,:
policy so 5.t:071
ith respect to ae,
sties of the Na
rn the attentira
territorial .acq: • •
3f internal impo
tat hopp;ly sit
rpottulations
with equal zed .
verity and
has been no ..vi
inculcated by P 4
intrusted with
tory. Our
'void, int:Trion; 21
ig 'rowers, lad al
te.iiidiati Governer
omett he had
pursues Cmuse
tat upon the
:sign, the hrls
d up from anv
uo-
: so far as regarded
vase of foreign at.
case in the late a:
the Pindarri
nomalous, that it is
a explaining the:
:haracter and non.
onstitution, equip.
afess I was at' first
paratkvs which it
male for repelling
; at any time con•
forty thousand re•
s were occasionally
the other Native
:o wese encouraged
cl predator) course
apable cf regular
or moral restraint;
.ds and marau,:e:l,
tive Princes, fr.:a
icapable of peace.
meut being light,
re, they were, how.
lescription of force,
ling and desultory
ifficult to entertair
ies they could pop
to induce the Go.
it of such an app•
sturally hazard the
citing the jealousy
ices (Hear, hear!)
inevitable by a se.
s our Indian pro
they had been im-
bed by the British
igiven
occ
har
cunt duty—tHeiff,
made by the Pin-
eion v:
that
:o the general
nbay in 1811, and
smpanied by every
which encouraged
16 into the Presi-
f repressing these
lia, but in nerd-
which it was ia•
repelling these at-
ir a permission to
these aggressions
he interval of that
untries, permitted
from this country
var, which left nu
l's mind as to the
ime to the arena-
on the table will
cities, barbarities,
e invasion cf 1816,
; suffice it to say,
and murder, were
that lawless inva.
these barbaross
If that which, in
he defenceless pa
will there be r(ad
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0 clfyrawtt
hidoti
rt befathers
visited
of
themselves
wfaocthesehaui r
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d
tering that 4101'
' and their tomb,
::dfie innocent to
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af mnitlie:
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wanton waste 01
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