238 TlMEHRl. 



never flourished and never paid the Company after 

 deducting the cost of defence and maintenance. In 

 time of need the Company would not support the 

 colonies, nor make advances when necessary, notwith- 

 standing those advances could have been paid back 

 threefold within two or three years. The Company pos- 

 sessed too many interests, and therefore could not con- 

 centrate its attention here, and besides this it was under 

 the control of several chambers, and every chamber had 

 its discordant members. It followed, therefore, that the 

 resolutions and orders took long periods before they 

 became settled, during which the colonies stood in need 

 of strict orders and immediate action. The heads of the 

 Company knew nothing of the state of affairs in the 

 colonies and even forgot their own resolutions. Should 

 they ever publish all the orders* and resolutions of the 

 Company, the nation, yes, and even the Directors them- 

 selves, would be dumbfounded, astonished, and ashamed 

 at their contents. 



" I have done my duty, I have told everything, I am 

 resigned, my conscience is clear, I have tried to prevent 

 myself and friends in the colony from being ruined. I 

 say it again, I write it here, and dare loudly to proclaim 

 it, yes, have it printed in leaded type, that it will be at 

 the personal responsibility of the rulers of the nation if 

 they do not minutely examine into the state of the 

 colony, which is infinitely worse than they expect, or 

 have ever been informed. Yes, it is unpardonable neg- 

 lect when the parties interested in the colony omit to 

 represent the causes of the bad state of affairs and the 

 means available for redressing these grievances, and 

 establishing order by a reformation of the constitution." 



