The Writings and Speeches of Edmund BurkeCosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 512 pages This 12-volume set contains the complete life works of EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), Irish political writer and statesman. Educated at a Quaker boarding school and at Trinity College in Dublin, Burke's eloquence gained him a high position in Britain's Whig party, and he was active in public life. He supported limitations on the power of the monarch and believed that the British people should have a greater say in their government. In general, Burke spoke out against the persecutions perpetuated by the British Empire on its colonies, including America, Ireland, and India. Burke's speeches and writings influenced the great thinkers of his day, including America's Founding Fathers. In Volume IX, readers will find: . "Articles of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors Against Warren Hastings, Esq." . "Speeches in the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esq." |
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... prince : the specific amount of the subsidy to be paid by him having been fixed by a treaty , to which no addition could justly be made , but at the previous requisition of the Vizier . That the Court of Directors , in their letter of ...
... prince : the specific amount of the subsidy to be paid by him having been fixed by a treaty , to which no addition could justly be made , but at the previous requisition of the Vizier . That the Court of Directors , in their letter of ...
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... perpetual friendship and alliance , offensive and defensive , with a Hindoo prince , called the Ranna of Gohud , for the express purpose of using the forces of the said Ranna in opposition to the 72 ARTICLES OF CHARGE RANNA OF GOHUD.
... perpetual friendship and alliance , offensive and defensive , with a Hindoo prince , called the Ranna of Gohud , for the express purpose of using the forces of the said Ranna in opposition to the 72 ARTICLES OF CHARGE RANNA OF GOHUD.
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Contents
THE MOGUL DELIVERED UP TO THE MAHRAT | 202 |
LIBEL ON THE COURT OF DIRECTORS | 228 |
FrzoOLA KHÂN | 266 |
RIGHTS OF FYZOOLA KHAN UNDER | 275 |
THANKS OF THE BOARD to Frzoola | 286 |
PECUNIARY COMMUTATION OF | 306 |
APPENDIX TO THE EIGHTH AND SIXTEENTH CHARGES | 319 |
SPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS | 327 |
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Page 448 - But we think it necessary, in justification of ourselves, to declare, that the laws of morality are the same everywhere ; and that there is no action, which would pass for an act of extortion, of peculation, of bribery, and of oppression in England, that is not an act of extortion, of peculation, of bribery, and oppression in Europe, Asia, Africa, and all the world over.
Page 457 - ... injustice into a just title, by which it may rule others at its pleasure. By conquest, which is a more immediate designation of the hand of God, the conqueror succeeds to all the painful duties and subordination to the power of God, which belonged to the sovereign, whom he has displaced, just as if he had come in by the positive law of some descent, or some election. To this at least he is strictly bound — he ought to govern them, as he governs his own subjects.
Page 402 - ... which otherwise the fortune, the genius, the talents, and military virtue of this nation never shone more conspicuously. But, whatever necessity might hide, or excuse, or palliate in the acquisition of power, a wise nation, when it has once made a revolution upon its own principles and for its own ends, rests there.
Page 343 - ... there were no tribunals at all. In my humble opinion, it would be better a thousand times to give all complainants the short answer the Dey of Algiers gave a British ambassador, representing certain grievances suffered by the British merchants, — " My friend," (as the story is related by Dr.
Page 454 - Will your lordships submit to hear the corrupt practices of mankind made the principles of government ? — No ; it will be your pride and glory to teach men intrusted with power, that, in their use of it, they are to conform to principles, and not to draw their principles from the corrupt practice of any man whatever. Was there ever heard, or could it be conceived, that a governor would dare to heap up all the evil practices, all the cruelties, oppressions, extortions, corruptions, briberies, of...
Page 246 - On the contrary, if it be really true that the British arms and influence have suffered so severe a check in the Western world, it is more incumbent on those who are charged with the interests of Great Britain in the East to exert themselves for the retrieval of the national loss.
Page 454 - But if it were, do your lordships really think, that the nation would bear, that any human creature would bear, to hear an English governor defend himself on such principles? Or, if he can defend himself on such principles, is it possible to deny the conclusion, that no man in India has a security for anything, but by being totally independent of the British government? Here he has declared his opinion, that he is a despotic prince, that he is to use arbitrary power, and of course all his acts are...
Page 379 - If we un dertake to govern the inhabitants of such a country, we must gOvern them upon their own principles and maxims, and not upon ours. We must not think to force them into the narrow circle of our ideas ; we must extend ours to take in their system of opinions and rites, and the necessities which result from both : all change oa their part is absolutely impracticable. We have more versatility of character and manners, and it is we who must conform.
Page 266 - The governour-general and council are required and directed to pay due obedience to all such orders as they shall receive from the court of directors of the said united company, and to correspond from time to time, and constantly and diligently transmit to the said court an exact particular of all advices or intelligence, and of all transactions and matters whatsoever, that shall come to their knowledge, relating to the government, commerce, revenues, or interest of the said united company.