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the tlirone of England. That officer, ap- 

 pointed for the qualities I have just indicated, 

 should, with equal scrupulousness and con- 

 scientiousness, make the appointments, whether 

 of the Governor- General or, if that office be 

 abolished, of the Governors of the Presidencies 

 of India. Those appointments should not be 

 rewards for old men simply because such men 

 have done good service when in their prime, 

 nor should they be rewards for mere party 

 service ; but they should be appointments 

 given under a feeling that interests of the very 

 highest moment, connected with this country, 

 depend on those great offices in India being 

 properly filled up. The same principles should 

 run through the v/liole system of government ; 

 for unless there be a very high degree of virtue 

 in all these appointments, and unless our great 

 object be to govern India well, and to exalt 

 the name of England in the eyes of the whole 

 native population, all that we have recourse 

 to in the way of machinery will be of very 

 little use indeed. 



" I admit that this is a great work ; I admit 

 also that the further I go into the consider- 

 ation of this question the more I feel that 



