Dacoitee in Excelsis: Or, the Spoliation of Oude (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Dacoitee in Excelsis: Or, the Spoliation of Oude

T The Official bewilderment at this circumstance will be referred to hereafter.

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Excerpt from Dacoitee in Excelsis: Or, the Spoliation of Oude

A petition on behalf of the King and Royal Family of Oude, who have been shamefully despoiled of their kingdom and revenues, has been recently presented to both Houses of Parliament, and it is not conceived possible that so glaring an injustice can be perpetrated in the face of Europe as that the inquiry simply sought, as the object of this petition, can be withheld or suppressed by the interests or persons implicated. When this inquiry is obtained the truth will be known, which has been so carefully and ingeniously concealed from the British people. It will be seen how persistently they have been kept in the dark as to a process of exhausting levies tending to confiscation; as to the nature of an interference calculated to a nicety to embarrass and obstruct, without assisting a dependent government; and as to an alliance so insidiously interpreted as to subvert the very dynasty it affected to sustain. It will be seen how falsely a pretended care for a native race can be made the excuse for thwarting their inclinations, while appropriating their substance; and how, consulting our own objects alone, we can enforce a revolution to which they were adverse, and can thrust upon them our rule because we coveted their rupees.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.