The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-02
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the. interests of the Company from the
lethargy into which they had snnk re-
quired numerous applications ofthis
vigorous astute mind. He threw him.
self fully to the task, and in COM
paratively short time effected such re-
forms and supplemented such i'm
prOvements, as in his judgment, ap-
peared necessary to prosperous
course. The directors applauded the
profitable results IF this readjustment,
and as mark OF appreciation raised
him to the highest Office in the Gov
ernment of Bengal. He took his pre-
siding seat at the council early in the
year 1772 and at once devoted himself
to the difficult and hazardous labor of
reforming vicious and deceptive
state of government, which had sur
vived from the military polity inaugu-
rated by Give. We cannot dispute the
contention that it was convenient
alternative we'll designed to facilitate
the conduction of revolution, but of
little value to the existing state of
| affairs.
| There was little or no protection,
convenience or justice in the status of
matters of internal BengaE With a
few trivial exceptions the administra-
tion of this vast, important tract had
long been assigned to the control of q
native functionary. His duties and
privileges consisted largely of the
maintenance of order, the collection
of revenues and the dispensatiOn Of
4 justice. The position was necessarily
! lucrative and therefore attractive
Numerous Hindoos of high standing
and patronage had often solicited its
! tenure. Give had seen tit to appoin,
, to this Office, some six or seven years
before, Mussulman of uncommon
ability and religion, who was esteemed
highly by his countrymen, yet who, WI
must confess, was an ,unscrupulou'
immoral individual, if judged by ou
criterions of, good and bad. His ap
} pointment to this important post ha'
. at once excited the jealousy and NAL
ice of defeated rival. The hOstilit
| thus created had gathered force durlnl
? the years that had passed and at the tim
3 Hastings stepped prominently Int
: the scene, there existed a treacherou
: machinati0n directed against the lie
: tive Minister of the Interior.
The native principal in this corrup
0 scheme was the rival, to whom W
o have just referred, Nuncomar by nam'
t To the influence of his high social pos
It tiOn was added talent aud education
J He was possessed of much informs
tion and knowledge which experienc
10 alone can give. Altogether he SCENE
y q worthy object of popular favor an
10 were it not for the fact that the d.
l. pravity of his soul had sated him wit
l. numberless crimes of forgery, thievel
< and falsehood, .he might have BEN
le fitted of the great blessing provident
ID had spread before him.
n After studying the situation for
E. time Hastings resolved to abrOga
n. the form of government prevailin
D. He had not, as yet, determined upo
Is the exact method expedient for pro
a. ress when he received personal i
le structions from the directors in En-
IN land clothing him with full authori
ne to pursue such methods as appealed
rt him to be necessary to completely su
sn ordinate active control of interior Be
sn gal to the Company. At the san
ne time the assistance and co-operati,
to of Nuncomar was recommended.
or was intimated, however, that it mig
le- be well to exact such services as a
to peared to be helpful, by the lure
ne Epromised regard, but that it was not
n all necessary to fulfill the promises.
IL Hastings appreciated the perfidy
such policy, but as it prophesied 81
gs cess, he undertook to execute the pl
he posed plans with promptitude th
of was laudabie. The Minister of {
ed Interior with his retlnuei was secur
he BY night and forced into confluence
~. English soldiers supplanted native /
lse lfice and all precautions necessary