This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...carried out when the treasury is empty, and all our resources pledged to the prosecution of the Maratta War? It can't signify" "It signifies," cried Mr Hastings, with a sort of fierce groan, "that the Maratta War must cease, that we must offer the Marattas such terms as they will accept to end it. It signifies the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...carried out when the treasury is empty, and all our resources pledged to the prosecution of the Maratta War? It can't signify" "It signifies," cried Mr Hastings, with a sort of fierce groan, "that the Maratta War must cease, that we must offer the Marattas such terms as they will accept to end it. It signifies the recall of Goddard, Popham, Camac--the loss of all our recent acquisitions, and the pouring into the Carnatic of every man, every rupee, every seer of grain we can scrape together! Do you take me, gentlemen 1" looking round at the dismayed countenances of the group. "In the Maratta War we are fighting for an equality, but this struggle with Hyder is for existence. Our empire in India hangs by the thread of opinion; and to suffer the Mysorean's insolence to go unchecked until he can be joined by the French is to unite every prince and power against us from Dhely to Trichinopoly. If I have to stop the Company's investment, the thing must be prevented." All were silent, touched to the quick by the GovernorGeneral's renunciation of his proudest hopes, and his readiness to take even so momentous a step, and he turned suddenly to his lady. "I have a request to make of my kind Marian, and I trust she won't refuse it to me." "You need not utter it, Hastings. You desire we should remove into Calcutta, dat you may be at hand always." "Far from it, my dearest. I desire you to give our friends Mr and Mrs Motte the pleasure of making them a visit at Hoogley. I must remain in Calcutta for the present, but I won't expose your delicate constitution to the dangers of this unhealthy season. Come, my Marian won't increase her husband's trials by adding to them an anxiety for herself 1 She'll allow him to att...
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