New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

/ or his uYf.ir Always ho Nofke1 fJr -h. o-...
ton II i'd ornament State. which, - Dor M.
f trely BRUSH as ID population. would poo Er' 2
as % a,!iai etrlton and authority "a" as
much iu.rr.-,-i says oar author 20 rho
ne.eesi,,, or IMPROVING and STRENGTHENING the
Civil Service He wanted young mon " ab..'T
sent out and IN larger numbers. Hi- opi-.,rs
on most public questions Nor" much B.. 81.
vance Of his time. and Ver" consequently r''
acccpt1bl- 20 p~r-ons holding "'f' ..w''i
views" en- that disagreement attn hs V~ns
hinged most II not au. u 'he great problems
with which Give had % contend
The entertainments Of the Frrnoh 3nf n" r''.
lossncss of tie native rulers were bad enough
The fundamental defects II the East luiIa '1'n
pany'S administrative tahric Wrr" oven rn RI"
pcrldcious II was the custom % pay at '1"
COMPANY e.rT ants TIC smallest possible .f.'
rios E.'u members of m" Council -' Iaf
t:iOO .e3r. and no one. from no" ''p 'o .7"
bottom. had really enough lo .N" 'n. SLY
nothing of D. marc7 for saving Tn" 'r
nuonc' of fl.- was the a-ccu'a0." .. c.t, frr
the naii.. prince, %, British officer. art ah.r.
irable ..-ruu'ion 20 tho carrying .u 'f 3ua
and priv. ,rade Represent attr-- ,t Poo. ...f
pany abu-.I their pr .i'"se ~ aurn'ntoe .-.-
salaries Dos. .rgacinc iu business. The company
4a- i-frt1iI.a 4r.! th. natives .-'- .II..|
I'm stud ..,,, ,...,-+ .'s...r -. f.. ...'.
~ -b... abuses j. l...Y....- ,...--.- t. ...ea
bi, own share. Of l...,r.5 t, tYi their l.....-
mont The hattie of Piass,y was the principal
event in an enterprise 20 seat Mir Jafar IN his
throne in Bengal The deed accomplished. Cli,e
pocketed a fortune as his share II the campaiso
The closing years II his jfe were "mhtt-r~d by
the examination in the House u commons
which was directed against this profitable al
venture He himself thought me had tal5"n ittie
enough Am nor rather deSerl l1g IF prAse"
he asked for the moderation which marked ny
procccdingso Consider the situation ~ which
the victory at Plassey had placed We graf
prinoe was dependent On my pleasure. Al opI-
lent city lay At nv mercy. IT'S richest bankers
bid against "a n other for my smiles I walk q
through vaults which Nere thrown open TO me
alone pilcJ on either hand with gold and jewe',
Mr. chairman. at this moment stand s',oo-
ished At nv own moderation The auStere
comment to be made On this apparently cynical
and vet perfectly sincere declaration is obvious
But the reasonable view is that taken by Sir
Alexander. Who holds. with more than one u
Gives preceding hiographers that the accept
ance of the money from Mir Jatar "as "a de-
fance or no law. written or unvr.tten. bGt
.tsciti,, sanctioned by tho East India Company
iteelf a. least at that time through IT'S misery
,rootr,a,+ 81, IFS servants and It's ancient &C.
,,,,,oso,,o, n ~, orriebpeo, of th, latter ~
go, an, ,r,so,,e Tire ,o,n,s 20 l,e rsmen-
-, -. ,.,. .,-,,,., ,.,,,i. have s,,rrad rr
49, -, -, ,,,~so,o, ,of, .,,t4r any cI-cvfn-
-, ., .aro o curse which no know 10 be
,.'..,.,,., ~ ,,,, i,.r.s,s NJ his ,,l,t-,..-
80, -, f,r Mir r,fa- ms aftnr all great
l., % ,ho a.,,,artac. -, me ENGLISH and that
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