Lord Macaulay, versed in European history, but with no special knowledge of Asia, condemns the word "political," which had been used ever since the department was founded by Warren Hastings. He declared that Asiatic feudatories were "foreign states," and that the relations between those feudatories and the paramount power were diplomatic. Lord Macaulay in his time was as great a literary authority as Dr. Samuel Johnson. Lord Ellenborough took the hint when he was Governor-General, and changed the Political Department into the Foreign Office. It would be better to call it "Political and Foreign."
Transcriber's Note:
Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.
P.113. 'the' changed to 'then'.
P.170. 'Dalhouise' changed to 'Dalhousie'.
P.171. 'Sihks' changed to 'Sikhs'.
P.173. 'statesmen' changed to 'statesman'.
P.184. 'courts' changed to 'court'.
P.210. 'serjeants' changed to 'sergeants'.
P.216. 'nealy' changed to 'nearly'.
P.226. 'secresy' changed to 'secrecy'.
P.228. added '§' to '§18'
P.289. 'Scindia' changed to 'Sindia'.
P.304. 'judical' changed to 'judicial'
P.304. 'Laskar' changed to 'Lascar'.
P.308. 'Korigaum' changed to 'Korygaum'.
P.312. 'Hindostan' changed to 'Hindustan'.
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