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that their embarassment on this point was extreme, 

 every line of the public despatch on the subject 

 bears conclusive evidence. So apparent is this, 

 that, as it is perused, the impression becomes almost 

 irresistable, that solely out of deference to the prin- 

 ciple which Her Majesty's Ministers are accused 

 of violating, a decision has been come to at varience 

 with their better convictions. Indeed on no other 

 supposition is it easy to reconcile some of the con- 

 elusions arrived at with the arguments on which 

 they are based. In such circumstances, where the 

 object of all is the samethe welfare of India the 

 better plan, is to direct our attention to principles, 

 in which all have a common interest, leaving differ- 

 ences regarding procedure to be settled by those 

 whom they alone concern. I shall step aside for 

 one moment, however, to notice an idea which seems 

 to have been adopted as the watchword of a party 

 viz., that ' India should be governed in India/ India, 

 undoubtedly, should be governed in India, because 

 from the moment a contrary principle is recognized, 

 there is danger of the fulfilment of a prediction once 

 uttered by a very wise head, that 'India will be lost 

 in the House of Commons. But, if there are sound 

 reasons why India should be governed in India, 

 there are quite as sound reasons, both political and 

 constitutional, why the proceedings of the Indian 

 Government should be subject to the watchful 

 control of the Sovereign. The intricate foreign 



