Select Works Four Letters On The Proposals For Peace With The Regicide Directory Of France New Ed Rev PDF Download

Excerpt from Burke: Select Works; Four Letters on the Proposals for Peace With the Regicide Directory of France Tiiat b an act passed in 1773 it was expressly ordered and provi ed, that it should not be lawful for any president and council at Madras, Bombay, or Bencoolen, for the time being, to make any orders for commencing hostilities, or declaring or making war, against any Indian princes or powers, or for negotiating or concluding any treaty of peace, or other treaty, with any such Indian princes or powers, without the consent and approbation of the governor-general and council first had and Obtained, except in such cases of imminent necessity as would render it dangerous to postpone such hostilities or treaties, until the orders from the go vernor-general and council might arrive. - That neverthe less the president and council of Bombay did, in December, 17 74, without the consent and approbation of the governor general and council of Fort William, and in the midst of pro found peace, commence an unjust and unprovoked war against the Mahratta government did conclude a treaty with a cer tain person, a fugitive from that government, and proscribed by it, named Ragonaut Row, or Ragoba; and did, under various base and treacherous pretences, invade and conquer the island of Salsette, belonging to the Mahratta government. About the Publisher 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.