The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-03-31 00:00:00

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the,• hrsigi toporta pee, and upon,. which,
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pbolAke.qititik had been "taken utrupen Very. ge. iiroveably • ark. 'Tfte.,iiitertls 'ti Of the, Etat India
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Loeb *inmate. Mr. Attweoci had eettainly made a Company welt not the interests of ,ng an .
very powerful avid eloquent eneech ; but it was eta. .the greet and eteiditig hiteraets of au Ettipiee lik
liorete, geuentl, and elementary. It was the exposie . this sbiesld be sairieced to.a single port, was'hione
Veer of principles, whether itpplied to legislation or. strous—it was A pevfeet anomaly in the hist neyrof 0
Troth?, with Mlle's vr.e were all acqiyainted. The dif- .comtberciai tountry ;. tut, in the cOnteMplition that
. Scatty, es *.41 AR the boleti, was in the application (his sacrifice was made to a relatively unimpOrtiet if
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Or '.hose principles to the distinct and particular in. ,trot an absolutely insignificant and pereicioes part if:
eereits for which they were then contending ; and he one port, the mind etas lost in netonlahmeat I '4' We
thought it was only: dealing fairly by the peiple, tti j.bad oar feelipigs,ana ere wereaffooted withinirpitike,'
rive them a full end clear exposition of .-Ittlerettir, dent on such an ocearitto Ito: defied iv mans bitlV.
which they could only *Piped to have laid open to the-I ever eloquent or dextrbus, to find language to eon-
tentatry try the will and power of the people: Tire iivey those feelings, or . express that surprise. • Thy,
sere deenjtiOn of a right, in all its nakedoess lent : fact alone simple, e y; and powerful—a "iliCt. tee
abstraction, itailed nothing. Indeed the right to pugnint to the free pr Wiplet of bee trade and dimit.'
trilde 'Are 41:Marks in twill with •os (and India *es .taerce., limiting the nitnentes, anti, of coarse,' ef.;
151'4 only igibtl'itY with s'a hut's' It t• said, 'TAP' ifectiity the securities of the state, would, if boldly.
our pre ectiels)...ethis tight was enquestioltable andt4 held menfidly urged itY -the whole isunttlr'keak
unquestioced. It, metoot disputed either by:1141AI, ;Mown all opposition. They...tnight speak of 'Minis,:
alter of the troon or the Directors of the Cogspany. i kulal, Of. Indite, or any other influence, but tio-.
At best the exposition of such a tight was grathitoue ; thing could stand eip4net ms DiCLAUSO *ILL at A
Ow onhi .rant to bring it into deubt was to drift; le eats estaititatiietfeleille semi. If our trade Was
lets aisseiisui: • ito come to the subject, it ekddrity'' ' *eked Wale IPembeefflel'he put it to the candour,. of
had so happened, .that he .ires tithed in feliatahhip "arias* 011 i oiseeriikt with the history or the at'
with sentleetee who tad lop( realdedia Intlie, 114411; i Aim ef. Aedia.). *Whitt there :vas one 'inlet, tine*
who were endnen4 fitted by their,stations in sAtititiir cipol.stesiinlstitteneSlL by the tomPallY, through
their connexions, learning, and. talents, to oinks ter.. which the ptivitte
:trieler •tfetild 'peas into fri male
sect obierrations dpon the Civil and emintterctil iette i states... Along the we bait of the Pesti .enla there
corns of the Cempeny. It. gave him titti,Wneitest I *nano pelet of ing :: : indead enuese of egress,witli .
pleasant to. onfold,.taose views which lirtie I* 4' its a limn" T"!w.th* I- Sech was the pewee
e°3verw;thnui wittiki'-fin Plxtit 3i ice' saattli,i4fitta he' of the Comployvieff-irbiliffie eoudition of the pee:
took that *evasion' ireosupliMenthig the aria stud , pie, even of Livid* • sulkiest, : I When private.'
• .. Allsereet egirlt in which some.ef.theirr n esolutlens ere traiers arrived-there, the Agee? et C. Compaq
coareived; by .endci petieg ervengeirienti sfftt t of tlie ' woeht-quickly kern "Ytheii. ile43, and In selling et
actual discoutineinee of the Charter, in event eitlich btiyirig, in all .directions, would areeitiveist' add antic
was not contemplated by the Goverement;ind could ,i dpate them. They could -not lank at the Compaq
not be' eipecterL te . be desired by the Cow. as Coadjutors, who would aid them in their
corn'.' --itany defieieney wile to .he supplied, it lib plexity, butts tivals and cdmpetitors, who would
merely that of desiring to be Waco), as far as it was , obstruct end harass them by exertionl of power, and
predictable, upon an equal Tooting with the Compsay.. by all modes of hostility..: They must bye ; fret
The British posseesions in India ware obtained, send.! trade or nothing, and the towolttAlanebester Would
were now supported and defended, .in peace and In !confer a signal honour upoti Itself, by origiiiete
war, nominally by the Company, but virteally and in ' ing a proCeeding which would re ensile the catins,
effect 'by the British people. Therefore, though dui ; tinuance of the monopoly (it was quite clear the.Gml
exposition of tight Ott Uneeeeseary, the astertion of : vernment would not put it down) to as freest vhlh
it *as correct; it was Mildly and teehnicalla pro. tation of the islands' coasts, and States of Witt, rep
per, as stated by his respectable friend Mr. Wood, ; was now enjoyed bythe_Company itself. , cone Gene
that they shoold at once establish their claim upon the ! tleman (Mr. Entwiste) contended for the generality
broad and immutable) the powerful and constitutional 'of resolutions. This was the point of failure in the
foundations at right. The privileges 'be immunities' great places. It clearly was -requisite that their
of the Company were merely.:etatulable but the right' Committee should.not coley be clothed with power.
of the people to unrestricted visitation of nations in .to act, but so iiier dod as to be able to define all.
amity within wax inbereet sad indefeasible. But, i the objectsand he cr: sts for which they were centende
said Mr. Cat yr. it is not to be slimpaisetl) that.those ing. How else, if necessary, could they appear Os.,
who would befriend an application for it participation fore a Committee of the House of Commons ? Some
in the trade to the ports sn the coeet, of the lAnitt. of their r,solatiens, and all the other resolutions he
sela (which is wholly .under the dominionired intlu- had seen, abounded in generalities, and he took Mr
once of the COnepany)w ' -be ,t isle too free i objection open the. very ground upon which he (Mss
navigation Rest of the Beret . ' *CR be ad.. Eatwisle) defended the. generality. Questions .4,
'fine tea free visitation 04.lbe.Indiest. Seas,
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of • contuterc.: appeared to hint like questions of fillance-.4
• the. Plillipine and DAdi Isles& In/toil% dtis he they net co ly admitted, but absolutely required; f
..tagged to be dietineey.,,uorierstecid, that pa did 'pot mintee and a particular detail. Another Gentlest**
•••with to narrow the ground of 'EplkatipSii b1s.01): ! (Mr. G11rto0) objected strongly to any refiectiow
Jett was to excite the vigil' nee and anent* et Wit upon tlu c. duct of the India 'Company—that
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great and opulent community, and of the.- JAW& "stisettg bad tar right whatever to censure the acts
ttootlf9', to interests which were very iieb irCetkltlie Company. Mr. Casey said, he never knew
coiltebeling fee, e'en if they should to liettiobas...peetlion mere monstrous. Was any man ignorant
a discontinuenee of the Charter. nere.hheiptilleedi the understanding which at all times subsisted bia.
his estonishdtent that, at the different meetings, the 1 twee° the Government and the Company I—Was
Begeet's speech • bad not beep noticed--a speech ! there no injurious or unconstitutional influence ex.
which bad taken Its :place amongst the oats papers, cited by the monopoly in the legislative assemblies
gad noseformed a mast, important part °tithe history iof the country I—Were there no particular
.conse.
ef our country; a. speech width formed the betas of : noences to be apprehended from such ielvence ?
that, ripest end all future meetings upon !the Indies ' Had iiot the India Company, by violence and aggro-
goestion...a.speeelt which. he believed would prove a . 'ion, compromised the honour of the Government
key to many of the mysteries of lialia, and, if skil. lahatsenttioned, and the people, that endured them?
!pity Used, Ins tsuated wankd open to the country, all; Were deep entitled to consideration or compassion ?
the treasures of those test and interesting resions.— i He lamented that any man should waste his sympa-
'that speech did certainly hold forth, the expectation 4 shies upon such a body. They acquired power at .
of malfing those dirtiest nations more eetene%ly sub. i the expose*. of blood—property. at the expense of
servient to the wants of the parent state ; but he : bonour—they acquired every thing atthe expense of
should hold that man more sanguine than wise who ' humanity !--Clearly the country had a right tojtuke
could deriie from it any thing like a confident as. i these-sovereigns or merchants. In any view, the
surance that the Charter, under certain modifications,l Company at best was but a hollow and an onsubstan.
and under injurious modifications, would not be re.l tial thing !—Theextinction of the monopoly was the
mewed. Neither the Minister nor the Directors . iaterest of the ceuetry. .Then, instead of the false
would, at this day, ever attempt a continuance of I and gorgeous splendour of that Company, a prodi-
that restraint, which now hinders British •merchants !gious field would be opened for the display of our
from adventuring to the East : but what he most i enterprize, and for the exertion of our skill and in.
feared urns, that the people of this country cOnfid. !destry. Justice would be-done to the British met-
kg in the apparently frank and declared purposeli chant, the British manufacturer, and! the British
of the Diteetors, as well as the Goreroment' tp open; people. Justice wend be done to the poorWatmee•
the Trade, 'would fail to resist the exceptions whit:hid India.---Me. Casey then said/ .that he lamented.
will be taken by the. Cc:Vasty, and would fail he !* ingly that any allusion should be made is the
lyrist' upon -thew facilities and condition, withe 4 or justice of. other countries trading to India,
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the grant itself would not be ottellablo.,l or to himit looked like an attempt, in beeakiog
en may get valuable thipee-y,oe may. Apt valu• i down one monopoly, to set up, anotherl—Any re-
able carve eat to indie-.,but it occurrai:toldo that' Loom, even by interposition,. to America, a country
It was somewhat necessary fir theasittetio.. kostr. , whet so [needed, interesting to Manchester, the first of
4 d.-- iiib them. *heti Om, were t 'f 4 11101 ad l'impilifastariag• towns, he regarded as most nnwiem-
oot do tolettavirgodeis be piiieo froth Oltdiyaction Ised et an -effort; in the present delicate relation
or *epervisien of thcir.own agents. The 110inseany. •a, 'America, to tern acids all' hostility, ifieseld is
will let you to where they have power, firthate the, dijoildered harsh, jealous; and unfrthly, tbleigli.
can pat dean competition, bat they. milrtike ear, sot ad intended. it was full • time to chits.— et*
cepa:: to, a .flee vicinities of. piste! itheos they .risikip. Harsbnam had -dee. nogood. Englanditood
base little or
,Di influence :—Centen, 4'. rally peodiy alone. an .immerse maritime force her
off the coast of China, for there ffte' . , ' oct: ta"Pltteit dmila" a the senn4-42b4autrY lava her
tu4d
and more deeterner coetrimeme of ' Mimi. e peat ee d vitet ,ittbesest in the freedom, lint nose i
would bar mat seneildy amid telonsly, felt, by theme. lis the restrietien 'Of ebtemerce. If there wall one
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It was hardly necessary. tweeets *ea*• ite enlight..! maxim of policy more sound, more wise, and more
"fisiassetablY, that OP Pt!aatitttatke'ldkkh is now 1 uterine's/Mike than another, or is wise mean matinew'
slcrated, was links bedew this It iaff4e , and if' at the-posts, inetodes the 11), or that- Ind peeeliar-
' weeld. not ee,cito eledasamilimele lea new; noel =mice to the Newer and position of England,. it,
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ports upowthe coast of the .1'00•04 raises raisin.agfpri.
chine's, Qr. chair agents, lent 1111.,libatety to!. ' eier. 004% speech leis facetted cos it *skived)
through the, interior, to.selltlig-pieeelbeinfixe; lA' lore the- elect tom- 1.- i epprobaeoe. We whet we
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