...manner. This impugner, when governor of India himself, saw reason to alter his opinion, and to say, " it was by preponderance of power that those mines of wealth had been acquired by the Company's treasury, (referring to their sources of revenue,) and by preponderance of power alone...

...upon the consolidation, and probably the enlargement of our oriental possessions : ' It was by the preponderance of power that those ' mines of wealth had been acquired for their treasury ; and by 1 preponderance of power alone could they be retained. The 'feeble, our rule...

...finance — "It was by preponderance of power that those mines of wealth were acquired by the Company, and by preponderance of power alone could they be...and yet enjoy the fruits of it, was one that would speedily and certainly be dissipated : in the state of India, were we to be feeble, our rule would...

...finance — "It was by preponderance of power that those mines of wealth were acquired by the Company, and by preponderance of power alone could they be...could discard the means of strength, and yet enjoy the fruita of it, was one that would speedily and certainly be dissipated : in the state of India, were...

...wrote to England in 1815, 'that those mines of wealth had been acquired for the Company's treasure, and by preponderance of power alone could they be...state of India, were we to be feeble our rule would be a dream, and a very short one 1 .' The scheme for producing the pacification of India was not his conception;...

...wrote to England in 1815, 'that those mines of wealth had been acquired for the Company's treasure, and by preponderance of power alone could they be...fruits of it, was one that would certainly be speedily 1 Summary, &c., p. 35. dissipated ; in the state of India, were we to be feeble our rule would be a...