New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-22

quotation from Mr. MAJ rsark hat ali - Govern
ments he bad ever heard Of doabls Governm rts
Everybody knoss hos this strange creation Originated
India conquered by this Fast IadA Comp .ny vssch
naturally possessed rs own conquests A. star.y the
MintsrS OF the Crown discerned that Territorial Lvxr
tiRnfy could be surrsd reside vita sca tie
corporation and asserted fore the rights Of tia ,s
Between hesa pret-nsons of the State and the
compromise found in scheme which eA the al lo,
II Iuda with the latter under the control % %
mer and for The pHrpses of c01pr0Hc the Ian va. s
ershle But what ST Charles has fogotten ~ th., thsre
orger sny necessity for compromise a, all No vesfip
Of any such claim the CompSny's part sahsf-A.
Would anybody" asked hr Bright, q" II India ~eeS /.
Crown conquest have sent into by street a
Lendon to govern with the hocus pocus OF some sfAs
Government 20 control themi' OF course not ana As
fact TO be berns mind by the House and tbs eoan s.
that actual position precisely that which Mr.
was surpOsng We are free 20 legislste Tor the
eminent Of India this moment Il We hal just en
upon possession Of It's territories and We shall be j.
or vs- in continuing this system of administration
should have been in creating Il. So much for the ~
ticns OF the home Government which, without daf>n
sre 20 BE- len unchanged Let take the secoad g
pcint-the Constitution Of the Administrative Council
Every hod, says Sir Charles advocates what in resl'
is double Government In sense thsis notonly irn
but iruhm OF course they do. Everybody knows and
fsss tbsi in case like that of our ladsa empire
specfc 3dan talent shand be added 70 that zsner$ PSI
Gesl ability which is presumed 10 Minister OF the Cres
Everybody thinks there should be Kind Of indian
CsgSc-some element other in the home Govern aeus
OF indis not connected purely with party politics eaf
everybody considers also that this element should be 80
hArmon1ed with the other 70 form single whole and
every body perfectly % what the Minister has Just
confessed that this desirable element is actually sup
piled by the system In operation The Court Of Directors
assumed TO be the repository Of Indian kno and exps
rence-is elected by constituency having no greater in
erest lncs than the holders of Portuguese Bonds This
constituency at the very last exercise Of its franchise, ex
emph6ed It's character by sending TO the Indian Coanc.
in opposition to candidates Of known and signal qualdcs-
tOns young about town with special n,wledge
whatever Moreover the access 10 dictatorship Is by
these rendered unpleasant that the best compe
ttors are VIGOROUSLY deferred from standing Al tA Sr
Charles Wood ackHOriedged, aud, having ta,krowi
edged. what did he propose Why that inasmoch Is
the Indian Council should consist Of experienced In
dian servants measures should BE- taken which
would give this character 70 one third Of rs nsmbers SO
that WI ereas special competence IL deemed necessary
such body six of it, number ara 10 be competent and
twelve ncom peten; This misrepresentation of tho
matter Sir Charles confessed in plain that the
isng Constitution of the Court Of Directors excluded tho
best and he then LETT this exclusion TO opsrsts still
upon two thirds Of the body Exactly the prn-
cple of principle does be deal with the patronage
que ion This likely be- dangerous Ia the Ministerial
hands supplied the stock argument fr the maintenance 81
a second Ministry 10 dispense Sir Charles hrsts showed
that the whole pro bem problem whatever by ac
ceptng the obvious sxpedient of pablo competition with
ont nomination at all He next confessed that the ID.
rectors bad patrons by deprvng them Of all that
patronage in which improper appointments would Dc the
harm and then he proceeded 10 perpetuate the ma
chnery thus proved to be both pradca aud supeuous.
OF course would haye been Easy tor even lass abba
debat-r than Mr. Bright 10 denolsh such supported
Nby such arguments and the Min seria orator found him
self accordingly without ground 70 stand before ths
House rose His speech had been abOred exposition of
what nobody doubled in AID Of propositions OF totally
different character Nobody ever denied that good and
great works had been performed by the Eas, India Com
pany in India The allegation that the results IT its
government under the control Of Ministerial Board.
were not such Justify the continuance Of the system
AT smoment when absolutely free to change And
this in reality, SIR Charles acknowledged His own pro
posas 90 directly To prove all that has been urged inst
the existing Institutions but after making this acknowt
edgneBt and thus running his caseser admitting not
only the necessity but the principle of the reforms
suggested SIR Charles concludes by amending third Il
the machinery and leaving two thirds unsmended STILL IL
will be strange indeed il such measure can commsnd
itself to the opinion of the country