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it himself. To avail himself of the agency of 

 foreigners. And in each case, the method I have 

 pointed out, is that, I believe, which an ordinary man 

 of business would be compelled to adopt, to obtain 

 his end. 



Now the business transactions of a Government 

 differ in no way from the business transactions of 

 an individual, except perhaps in the greater magni- 

 tude of their proportions; and consequently one 

 great secret of their success will always be, that they 

 are conducted on proper business principles. India 

 therefore, in niy humble opinion, should adopt one or 

 other of these plans, whichever appears to the 

 wisdom of her rulers most suitable to her present 

 circumstances, and act upon it, as would any 

 good man of business, without delay. Thus, for 

 instance, if India has no interest in producing 

 cotton for England, India is quite right to remain 

 supine, and to allow England to look for her supply 

 of cotton here, or there, or any where else she 

 pleases, and to adopt her own measures for obtain- 

 ing it. For, that India should be turned into a field 

 for growing whatever England requires, altogether 

 irrespective of the interests of the people of the 

 country, would be a doctrine too monstrous, to 

 admit of argument for a moment. But, if India 

 thinks that her climate and her soil are suitable for 

 the growth of cotton, and she desires, for her 

 own advantage, to secure a trade in this article, 



