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those distant realms, where at least sixty millions of civilized, 

 industrious, and peaceable people, look up to British energy and 

 public virtue for a preservation of tranquillity and happiness. 

 Much has been done both at home and abroad to effect this glori- 

 ous purpose; much yet remains for improvement in the civil and 

 religious establishment of that vast empire. The causes and ef- 

 fects of the late unfortunate misunderstanding at Madras will no 

 doubt place the military in India, whether bearing the king's or 

 company's commission, on a proper footing, and it is to be hoped 

 will effectually prevent the repetition of conduct fraught with in- 

 calculable mischief. Peculiarly situated as Ave are in that distant 

 country, it behoves every subject of Britain cordially to unite in 

 the support of our happy constitution, as far as local circumstances 

 admit of. If the fable of the father and his children makes a due 

 impression, and the bundle remains indissoluble, we must, by our 

 national character for justice, clemency, and generosity, gradually 

 secure the gratitude and affection of the natives. Great will be 

 the ascendancy of British administration, patriotic virtue, arts, and 

 science, over Asiatic despotism, venality, and corruption ; where 

 the prophetical language may be literally applied, that " they 

 hunt every man his brother with a net; that they may do evil 

 with both hands earnestly, the prince accepteth and the judge asketh 

 a reward ; the great man utterelh his mischievous desire, and so they 

 wrap it up ; for the best of them is as a brier, the most upright is 

 sharper than a thorn hedge. They have gathered the summer 

 fruits, and the gleanings of the vintage, and have left no cluster to 

 eat!" 



Allowing the virtues recorded of the ancient Hindoo rajahs to 



