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may possibly reach its ear, or at least intimidate the wrong-doer?
But, in respect to political discussion thro' the Press, this very Elphinstone
himself has admitted as you may see in the Oriental Herald
vol 3 p.521, that there is not a shadow of danger in respect to
the Natives – & most true it is that not one in a million is capable
of comprehending the commonest discussions on Politics, tho'
able enough to understand the use of publishing their complaints
aloud. It is for the sakes of keeping down the Europeans, and Half-Castes,
& of keeping up, the arbitrary system of the company &
gratifying the haughtiness & official insolence of the privileged
caste, that the authorities, in Leadenhall Street and in India, to a
man, oppose any thing like freedom of opinion – they feel perhaps
that the Company could not long stand against the force of public
opinion, & are acting in natural self defence.

Are you aware that in India there are no Institutions, no
bodies, no corporations, no two men in short who have a right
to lay their heads together, and petition the Government using the
Plural "we"? A single individual may no doubt "belt the cat" if
he please, but all meetings are as strictly forbidden, as the use of
types or expurgated books, is prohibited even to Europeans! In the
old Slave Colonies of England or the United States where the state of Society
is so fearfully delicate, there are no laws against the Press
generally, but woe to the Printer or Editor who should use his to excite
the Slaves to revolt, or even run hard against the vitiated feelings
of

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	161	Info in main headings field
Image	003	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c5 / c6 / c7 / c8
Penner	richard doane	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1824
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1824
Notes public		ID Number	3597
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