Macaulay Warren Hastings With Notes And Appendices
Macaulay Warren Hastings With Notes And Appendices
Kenneth Deighton
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Four sittings were occupied by his 30 opening speech, which was intended to be a general intro- duction to all the charges. With an exuberance of thought and a splendour of diction which more than satisfied the highly-raised expectation of the audience, he described the character and institutions of the natives of India, re- counted the circumstances in which the Asiatic empire of Britain had originated, and set forth the constitution of WARREN HASTINGS. 1 1 5 the Company and of the English Pre...sidencies. Having thus attempted to communicate to his hearers an idea of Eastern society, as vivid as that which existed in his own mind, he proceeded to arraign the administration of Hast- ings as systematically conducted in defiance of morality and public law. The energy and pathos of the great orator extorted expressions of unwonted admiration from the stern and hostile Chancellor, and, for a moment, seemed to pierce even the resolute heart of the defendant. The ladies in the galleries, unaccustomed to such displays 10 of eloquence, excited by the solemnity of the occasion, and perhaps not unwilling to display their taste and sensi- bility, were in a state of uncontrollable emotion.
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