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Excerpt from Considerations Relative to the Renewal: Of the East-India Company's Charter The object of the following pages is to offer to those who wish to form an opinion upon the expediency of renewing the Charter of the East-India Company, a summary view of the past and existing relations between that body and the public. So much misconception prevails upon the subject, that every attempt, however imperfect, to afford information affecting a question, the decision of which involves the happiness and prosperity of a large portion of the human race, carries with it its own apology. It has been the habit, of late, to discuss this question solely with reference to the interests of trade; yet it is evident to every disinterested observer, that, of the considerations connected with it, there are many to which that of the extension of commerce is subordinate. This precedence is claimed, in the first place, by a regard to the welfare of the natives of India; in the next, by a care for the security of the British power; and, lastly, by the demand for justice to the East-India Company itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.