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1824 June 2
Liberty of the Press, Hindostan. J.B. to Sr J. Malcolm
Not sent
To Sir John Malcom
Sir
In your Letter to
In your letter to J.G. Lambton Esqr dated Hyde Hall
Sawbridgeworth May 30 1824 printed in the Morng Chronicle
of this day's date, Tuesday June 1 1824 under the head of
Free Press in India I read the following passages
1. "If .... you meant to convey my sentiments that the prosperity
of India would be advanced and misrule checked, by a free
discussion in England of all subjects connected with the Administration
of an Eastern Empire, the fact is exactly as you
assumed.
2. I have alway written and published an opinion that
publication in England, on the of India must always
do great and essential good. I have also further stated that
as the nature of possessions requires that almost absolute power
should be given to those entrusted with their Government, there
can be no better and more efficient check on such rulers than that
which must be stablished by the full publicity given to their acts
and the frequent discussion of all the principles of rule.
But these observations referred exclusively to the publications &
discussions in England.
I thought then & I think still that the jealous control of the superintending
authorities in this country, the vigilance of Parliament
& the expression of public opinion, have the happiest influence on the
tone and character of the administration abroad.
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