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and respect, was one of a different sort. If there 

 was a statesman in India, distinguished among those 

 of his countrymen who have held the high office 

 of Governor General, for the cautious, calm, and 

 attentive deliberation with which he considered 

 all questions affecting important interests of the 

 people and the country over which he was set to 

 rule, that statesman was Earl Canning. There can 

 be little be doubt, then, that had this lamented noble- 

 man been spared to India and his country, posteri- 

 ty would not have wanted an explanation of his 

 policy, worthy of his contemplative mind. It was, 

 however, not so ordered, and while his Lordship's 

 policy in regard to the redemption of the land 

 revenue has been unsparingly commented on, we are 

 left in ignorance of the motives which actuated him 

 in recommending a measure pregnant with conse- 

 quences of such enormous import to the well-being 

 of the country. 



For my own part, on many grounds, and especially 

 looking to the present circumstances of India, I 

 venture to lean to the opinion of the economists 

 of Mr. Mill's school, and think it fortunate for 

 India that she is able to obtain, so large a portion, 

 of her permanent revenue from the land. The 

 more modern English idea on the subject, however, 

 would seem to be, that the natural tendency of 

 societies is to reduce all things to a state of 

 uivate property, and, that the measure of the 



