I desire that a copy of it may be inserted in
this day's proceedings, that it may stand before the eyes of every
member of the board, when he shall give his vote upon a question for
giving their confidence to a man, their servant, who has publicly
insulted them, his masters, and the members of the government, to whom
he owes his obedience; who, assuming an association with the Court of
Directors, and erecting himself into a tribunal, has arraigned them for
disobedience of orders, passed judgment upon them, and condemned or
acquitted them as their magistrate and superior. Let the board consider
whether a man possessed of so independent a spirit, who has already
shown such a contempt of their authority, who has shown himself so
wretched an advocate for his own cause and negotiator for his own
interest, is fit to be trusted with the guardianship of their honor, the
execution of their measures, and as their confidential manager and
negotiator with the princes of India."
My Lords, you here see an instance of what I have before stated to your
Lordships, and what I shall take the liberty of recommending to your
constant consideration. You see that a tyrant and a rebel is one and the
same thing. You see this man, at the very time that he is a direct rebel
to the Company, arbitrarily and tyrannically displacing Mr.
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