The Present State of the British Interest in India With a Plan for Establishing
The Present State of the British Interest in India With a Plan for Establishing
Major John Scott
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Ifrcfition of its inhabitants it is the moft jfacily governed and maintained j and, by the nature of its fituation, it is the moft defenuble foreign dominion on this globe; particularly to Britain which excels in naval force. And one may almoft ven- ture to fay that providence, by throwing Bengal into the arms of Britain, feems to have intended that this, the richeft com- mercial ftate in Afia, which, through the effeminacy of its inhabitants, is incapable of maintaining its own independance, m...ould be fubjected to Britain, as being the fitteft, through fimilarity of com- mercial difpofition, intereft, and modes, to properly govern it j and, through her luperiari y in naval force, the beft quali- fied to defend and protect it from all enemies. In what light then mail pofterity regard the policy of Britain, during the third quarter of the eighteenth cen- 1 tury : when it mall find her, in the Eaft, flighting [99] flighting and giving up that glorious field, which annually yielded a golden crop, to be rutted up and trodden down by hogs and viler beads : whilft, in the Weft, {he was tugging with all her might, exerting her utmoft ftudy, care and attention, much ftrength, and more money, on cultivating the fea fands 5 draining to fubdue nature; and forcing the horfe to drink in fpite of inclination ?
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