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eeed him . We believe that the admiiiiatrration of the Marquis has been jttst * liberal and beneficent , ?\ vbrtby of himself ami of his country . All his public speeches that we base Been batfe been constitutional , ( € 6 r the p * m ~
ciples at least of the British Constitution may be established , and are , we trust , recognized in the colonies , ) phi * lanthropic aad Christian . Certainly , the followingconclusion of an additess at the Public Disputation in the CoU lege ef Fort William , held August 23 , lege ef Fort William , held August 23 ,
1822 , merits all these / epithets . As a farewell speech it is ad # * i * ai > le , ^ and We earnestly hope tlrat Lorfl Amhe ^ st , ^ nd the future Go vGrn ® Ts ^ 6 tede * al m our Vb&t WieiHal po&s ^ ssioas to 41 roanife ^ t the same spirit and act upon t&e same priu ^ p ks as the Marquis of Hastings . Ed . j
" A ^ k * > P robably , the last oecttloL . skra I shall have for addressing the iaaemberfc of the Coliege , I must indulge a / concluding observation oa the nature -aiad efifetts < rf the
institution . To- those who have doubted its utility , ( sragiil&r as it may seem , I khve heard there are some , ) I will not urge the theoretical remark , that if an
individual be prone to sloth or dissipation , lie must be more likely to give w& $ to idleness when there are no facilitations to industry , or peril of public expbsure ; but I will rest the
argument upon the rapid succession < rf yofcfi £ ifren , Who , afte * rigid and fcmjpartial exaHiinatiaa , havebeen de-Cfiared competent to the service of the fetiate by their aequifements in the neceseary languages : not to dry official tasks alone . We have a proud
coa-« ciouaness that out * functionaries have $ he capaeSiy n ' Ofc merely of dischargiti ^ -adequately ^ beir engbgetnents to their 4 tvhplt > yer& , tAit thkt they possess also the means of rendering incalculable -services to the native inhabitants , by readily communicating ^ explatiarion , instruction or arfvice . The ability ,
however , to do this , would be of little mlue , were , the disgositipji W , wM . tinf Jljt ) wfr not bee ^ Avaprtii ^ g . | th ^ xtflratidnTliave learned from all ( j \^ r ^ ers , r . kind ^ , . the humane , the fostering epirij : tiianifeHtcd towards the Natives by the y ^ utig men whom the Col lege Ms tout forth to ptilylic trli ^ . What ft triumph it ^ oliM \ &W * btoh Ii ^ l ,
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could JL vserntute to mppoke that my inculcations had any febanef ifl bxcjdn ^ this generous tone ! I ha ^ e e » deavourfed to mfijune < he geiitiiwent : but I am too sefiftible that a more potent instigation hag pro&ueed the conduct . Generai , inforcftataon U now so widely
spread anM % oar countrymen ^ that there ard &y # who , ev&n 4 rt theff very eariy dafys ^ catxaot discriminate what con 9 titute » « & 1 glory , from the pageatrtry of Actitious and transient elevation . They feel that dignity con ^ sfsts not in- a demetoour which exaets
a sullen , stupM submission from the m-ultitude , but in & conrtesy wliicli banishes apprehension , yet exercises gw ^ y , because it plights protection . They comprehend thut to inspire confidence is to assert pre-emineace - y because he who dispels alarm from
another i » the superior . They know that ^ the observance and enforcement of e <^ iity is imposed mi thetd , Hot by their oath of office alone , but by the eternal obligation which the Almighty
has attached to power in rendering man res ? ponsibie for its due ^ pp lieaiioYi . la short , they eoridense tl > e notions of Amy , of jiidtice , of magnaniniity and 6 f laudable pride , mte the Image of home . They aefe th ^ m&elves , Whdtt is becoming our couaSry , so do
^ decorated with trdphiesi rich m science , so ennobled by hbeny , to ^ vards a dependent , uneniighteried popula ^ - -tion ? The answer will be unvarying . To use the \ Voi ? cte of a poet , * ' As . if an angel spake , I hear the solemn sound . > J > It is an angel ' s voice within us , when conscience breathes a
sublime dictate to our souls 4 fn * the case before us , she ^ preiscrib ^ s the extension of g ^ enite , ^ beeriAg , pareateil fencoui * agement to the milliorts whom Provi-» deoce has arrayed vfofeiieath iaur rule . Wonderfal and urie 5 « m > pled rule ! Let it never be foi ^ tteil tefc *^ ^ hat ^ u |> reniacv lias been constructed . Benefit
to the goVefrned has been the simple but efficacious ceineiW bfdflaer power . As long as the comforts and 4 he gra-Bitiide of the liidiaa * people ^ all tes - tify that we persevere in that pr inciple ; so long may Meaven lipholW > Hm domination of Brit « fin ^ % m 4 ^ - > bo longer ! - : ' ¦ ^ hri ' v : ' ! ' x ^ - "' * ' * ' i . * < ¦ ' ... " . ¦ ¦/> ' - ' .: : • ¦ : V i (\ "
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1 M Marquis of fU&tingJ Speech in the J&lUge * $ Wart ft * iffi * i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1823, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1782/page/8/
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