The works of ... Edmund Burke, Zväzok 71870 |
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Strana 9
... thing except the merits of their cause . The Commons will not have the melancholy unsocial glory of having acted a solitary part in a noble but imperfect work . What the greatest inquest of the nation has begun , its highest tribunal ...
... thing except the merits of their cause . The Commons will not have the melancholy unsocial glory of having acted a solitary part in a noble but imperfect work . What the greatest inquest of the nation has begun , its highest tribunal ...
Strana 12
... thing of penal process . It was in the year 1774 we framed an act of parliament for remedy to the then existing disorders in India , such as the then information before us enabled us to enact . Finding that the act of parliament did not ...
... thing of penal process . It was in the year 1774 we framed an act of parliament for remedy to the then existing disorders in India , such as the then information before us enabled us to enact . Finding that the act of parliament did not ...
Strana 15
... thing of the appearance of oppression ; no , my lords , we have brought before you the first man of India in rank , authority , and station . We have brought before you the chief of the tribe , the head of the whole body of eastern ...
... thing of the appearance of oppression ; no , my lords , we have brought before you the first man of India in rank , authority , and station . We have brought before you the chief of the tribe , the head of the whole body of eastern ...
Strana 16
... thing in question . If they should make such a request , they would aim at overturning the very principles of that justice to which they resort . They would give the nation an evil example , that would rebound back on themselves , and ...
... thing in question . If they should make such a request , they would aim at overturning the very principles of that justice to which they resort . They would give the nation an evil example , that would rebound back on themselves , and ...
Strana 18
... thing which does create any doubt or difficulty in the minds of sober people . But there are those who will not judge so equitably . Where two motives , neither of them perfectly justifiable , may be assigned , the worst has the chance ...
... thing which does create any doubt or difficulty in the minds of sober people . But there are those who will not judge so equitably . Where two motives , neither of them perfectly justifiable , may be assigned , the worst has the chance ...
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abuse accusation act of parliament affairs appear appointed arbitrary power authority banyan believe Bengal bonds bribery bribes Calcutta called character charge circumstances committee Company Company's concealment conduct consequence consider corruption Cossim Ally council court of directors covenants crimes criminal Debi Sing declared defence Dinagepore duty endeavoured English evidence extortion favour fraud Gentoo give given governor Governor-General guilt Gunga Govin Sing hands Hastings's Holwell honour House of Commons India inquiry judge justice lacks Larkins letter Lord Clive lords lordships Mahomed Reza Khân Mahomedan manner means ment Mogul Mogul empire Munny Begum Nabob native nature never Nundcomar occasion opinion oppression paid peculation person pretended prince principles prisoner proceeding proof prosecution prove provinces punishment Rajah received regard revenue rupees servants Sir John Clavering situation suffer taken Tamerlane thing tion transaction Translated trust vols Warren Hastings whole zemindars
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Strana 229 - My Lords, what is it that we want here to a great act of national justice ? Do we want a cause, my Lords ? You have the cause of oppressed princes, of undone women of the first rank, of desolated provinces, and of wasted kingdoms. Do you want a criminal, my Lords ? When was there so much iniquity ever laid to the charge of any one ? No, my Lords, you must not look to punish any other such delinquent from India.
Strana 101 - Law and arbitrary power are in eternal enmity. Name me a magistrate, and I will name property ; name me power, and I will name protection. It is a contradiction in terms, it is blasphemy in religion, it is wickedness in politics, to...
Strana 229 - Warren Hastings has not left substance enough in India to nourish such another delinquent. My lords, is it a prosecutor you want? You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors, and I believe, my lords, that the sun in his beneficent progress round the world does not behold a more glorious sight than that of men, separated from a remote people by the material...
Strana 230 - We have here all the branches of the royal family in a situation between majesty and subjection, between the sovereign and the subject, offering a pledge in that situation for the support of the rights of the crown and the liberties of the people, both which extremities they touch. My lords, we have a great hereditary peerage here — those who have their own honour, the honour of their ancestors and of their posterity, to guard...