Notes on Indian Affairs, Том 1J.W. Parker, 1837 - Всего страниц: 543 |
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Стр. 117 - England, which were a heap of nonsense, compiled by a few ignorant country gentlemen, who hardly knew how to make laws for the good government of their own private families, much less for the regulating of Companies and foreign commerce.
Стр. 162 - ... different results would have followed. For again and again I repeat that there was nothing in the circumstance itself of our being foreigners of different colour and faith that should occasion the people to hate us. We might thank ourselves for having made their feelings towards us what they were. Had we acted on a more liberal plan we should have fixed our authority on a much more solid foundation.
Стр. 157 - as a garden': In the number of cattle, horses and goods which they possess, and in the appearance of their houses and clothes, the people are in no points worse (in many, better) off than our own subjects. The wealth of Lucknow, not merely of those in authority, but the property of the bankers and shopkeepers is far superior to that of any city (Calcutta, perhaps, excepted) in the British dominions. How can all this be the case if the Government is notorious for tyranny and oppression?
Стр. 248 - ... kinds are increased ; and I think most crimes are still increasing. The present increase of crimes may, perhaps, be doubtful ; but no one, I think, can deny, that immediately after 1793, during five or six years, it was most manifest and rapid; and that no considerable diminution has taken place.
Стр. 489 - ... the people of God as they do in whatever concerns their military affairs, no nation in the world would be preferable to them or worthier of command. But the people under their dominion groan everywhere, and are reduced to poverty and distress. O God ! come to the assistance of thine afflicted servants and deliver them from the oppressions which they suffer.
Стр. 10 - There exists a penal law, deeply written in the mind of the whole white population, which subjects their coloured fellow-citizens to unconditional contumely and never-ceasing insult. No respectability, however unquestionable — no property, however large — no character, however unblemished, will gain a man, whose body is (in American estimation) cursed with even a twentieth portion of the blood of his African ancestry, admission into society ! ! ! They are considered as mere Pariahs — as outcasts...
Стр. 13 - It is by no means uncommon for an officer to curse and swear at his men on parade, and use most disgusting terms of abuse to them.
Стр. 469 - Cutcherry for civil causes; beside the Collector's Court for matters of revenue. The judges, in these tribunals, were servants of the Company, appointed by the Governor and Council, and holding their offices during pleasure; the rule of judgment was the supposed usage of the country, and the discretion of the court; and the mode of procedure was summary. Punishments extended to fine; imprisonment; labour upon the roads in chains for a limited time, or for life; and flagellation, either to a limited...
Стр. 157 - I will conclude by reminding my readers of the answer mentioned by Heber to have been received, by the British resident, from an inhabitant of Oude, whose opinion was asked as to the benefit they might expect from the occupation of the country by the British : ' Miserable as we are, of all miseries keep us from that.
Стр. 358 - Provided that no length of time shall be considered to establish a prescriptive right of property, or to bar the cognizance of a suit for the recovery of property, in cases of mortgage or deposit, wherein the occupant of the land or other property may have acquired or held possession thereof as mortgagee or...