Sketches Of The Relations Subsisting Between The British Government In India Scholars Choice Edition

Author : J. Sutherland
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ISBN 13 : 9781331230441
Total Pages : 202 pages
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Download or read book Sketches of the Relations Subsisting Between the British Government in India written by J. Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketches of the Relations Subsisting Between the British Government in India: And the Different Native States Every principality, from the Himalaya to Cape Comorin, and from near the banks of the Indus to those of the Berhampooter, may be considered to bow in implicit obedience to the will of the British Government - all look to it as the supreme ruling power - all acknowledge and appeal to it as the arbiter of foreign relations with neighbouring states - all submit with apparent good will to the relations and conditions by which they are bound to that Government. The power of uniting, or of being individually able to free themselves from that supremacy is now less obvious than at any former period of our history. Prolonged peace will tend to remove still further that hope and that power, so that with what may be considered the internal states of India, there is every prospect of permanent tranquillity. With the external powers there is nothing that immediately threatens to disturb our relations; but with them those relations must rest on less secure grounds than with states more immediately in our neighbourhood, more within the influence of our power, and to whom the extent and presence of that power are more obvious; yet the very remoteness of their position, the little intercourse we hold with them, and the few interests we have in common, are reasons why our relations with them should long remain undisturbed. Our treaty with Runjeet Singh has lasted longer without modification, than any other in India. Over our own subjects our sway seems complete. Its object is to extend the greatest good to the greatest number, and although with particular classes of the community, and with particular tribes, our rule must ever be unpopular, yet all submit to their destiny; some cheerfully from the good it brings them, and all patiently, perhaps because in their eyes it is their destiny, and the day has not yet arrived which opens to them any prospect of a beneficial change. The Indian Army, by which principally these results are produced, like every other army, naturally looks forward to war and its advantages as the time of promise; and reverts to the period of its triumphs with pride and satisfaction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.