Retrospects and Prospects of Indian Policy, Part 49

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London, 1868 - Great Britain - 344 pages
 

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Page 172 - Maharajah of Lahore renounces, for himself, his heirs and successors, all claim to, or connection with, the territories lying to the south of the River Sutlej, and engages never to have any concern with those territories or the inhabitants thereof.
Page 184 - ... already belong to us, by taking possession of States which may lapse in the midst of them ; for thus getting rid of those petty intervening Principalities which may be made a means of annoyance, but which can never, I venture to think, be a source of strength ; for adding to the resources of the public treasury ; and for extending the uniform application of our system of government to those whose best interests, we sincerely believe, will be promoted thereby...
Page 99 - Hardinge announced that he felt "the interest of a father in the education and guardianship of the young Prince.
Page 215 - of a government over a conquered country that it " cannot trust the people. Our subjects are internal " enemies, ready at least for change, if not ripe for " insurrection ; the best affected are passive votaries " of fate. We can retain our dominion only by a " large military establishment ; and without a con" siderable force of British troops the fidelity of our " Native army could not be relied on.
Page 91 - The endeavour to neutralize the usurped and largely abused power of the Talookdars by recognising the supposed proprietary rights of the people, and thus arousing their feelings of self-interest and evoking their gratitude, had failed utterly.
Page 141 - Edwardes says:—"It was my own belief at the time, that had the Mooltan rebellion been put down at once, the Sikh insurrection would never have grown out of it; it was a belief shared, moreover, (as well as I remember,) by every political officer in the Punjaub, and I for one still think so now...
Page 117 - I cannot at all agree with you as to the character you assign to this transaction. Sirdar Chuttur Singh was the Governor of the province, military and civil, and the officers of the Sikh army were bound to obey him, the responsibility for his orders resting with him. Taking the worst possible view of the case, I know not how you can characterise it as 'a cold-blooded murder...
Page 157 - as an enemy to the constituted Government"; while in his secret letter to the Resident as early as of October 3, 1848, he wrote that he considered "the State of Lahore to be, to all intents and purposes, directly at war with the British Government.
Page 171 - By maintaining the pageant of a Throne, we should leave just enough of sovereignty to keep alive among the Sikhs the memory of their nationality, and to serve as a nucleus for constant intrigue. We should have all the labour, all the anxiety, all the responsibility, which would attach to the territories, if they were actually made our own; while we should not reap the corresponding benefits of increase of revenue, and acknowledged possession.
Page 147 - The worst that can be alleged, therefore,' against the delay is, that it precipitated the crisis; and opened, somewhat earlier, to the Sikhs that opportunity for renewal of war, which, sooner or later, so bitter a spirit of hostility must have created for itself.

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