 I think it must be universally admitted that without a large and well-regulated body of Europeans, our hold of these valuable dominions must be very insecure. It cannot be expected that even the best of treatment would constantly conciliate the willing...  Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis - Page 255by Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott Seton-Karr - Governors - 1890 - 218 pages
...never at any time been unexposed. ' It must be universally admitted.' he tells the Court of Directors, 'that without a large and wellregulated body of Europeans,...circumstance of laws, religion, and customs ; and oppression of individuals, errors of government, and several other unforeseen causes, will no doubt... | |
 | George Devereux Oswell - Great Britain - 1908 - 236 pages
...officers of their European troops on the same footing as those of the King's forces. He wisely said : ' I think it must be universally admitted that, without...from ourselves in almost every circumstance of laws, religions, and customs : and oppressions of individuals, errors of government, and several other unforeseen... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - Great Britain - 1926 - 232 pages
...and his wise words must never be forgotten. " I think it must be universally admitted," he said, " that without a large and well-regulated body of Europeans...of people, differing from ourselves in almost every circum1 Ross, vol. i., pp. 355-356. 2 Ibid., p. 356. stance of laws, religion, and customs; and oppressions... | |
 | Pramathanath Banerjea - Finance - 1928 - 410 pages
...nalysed, pp. 786-787. ^ - On the 18th August, 1787, Cornwallis wrote to tho Court of Directors • " I think it must be universally admitted that without a large and well- ' regulated body of Europeans, our hold of these valuable dominions must be very insecure. It... | |
 | Gerald James Larson - Social Science - 1995 - 412 pages
...Cornwallis writes the following in one of his communications to the Court of Directors back in England: It must be universally admitted that without a large...every circumstance of laws, religion and customs; and oppression of individuals, errors of government, and several other unforseen causes, will no doubt... | |
 | Daniel O'Quinn - Drama - 2005 - 444 pages
...his conviction that the colonial military needed to be composed of vigorous white British subjects: "I think it must be universally admitted that without...these valuable dominions must be very insecure. ... It would be painful for me to enlarge much on the present state of the European troops in the Company's... | |
 | Jürgen Krämer - 2007 - 93 pages
...uncorrupted men' und der Austrocknung des gegensätzlichen Sumpfs der Vorgänger stand ja die Einsicht, „that without a large and wellregulated body of...our hold of these valuable dominions must be very insecure."(zit.n. Seton-Karr, WS Marquess Cornwallis. Oxford 1890, S. 99) Durch die in den praktischen... | |
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