Gazette Of The United States

Mr. Burke, in the High Court of Parliament, Westminster-Hall, on the 21st of April last, commenting upon the grievances, as stated by Mr. Hastings, in his petition, of having already been put to 30,000l. expense, observes as follows; "but with what confidence, with what frontless audacity is such a statement made, at a time, when I pledged myself to prove that he has received in one single solitary bribe not only the amount of this expense, but of all possible expense of this trial! I know too, that the prisoner has obtained testimonials, written first in English, turned afterwards into the Persian language, re-translated into English, and which certainly had obtained the signatures of many respectable names in India! But if all the natural influence of government were to be done away, if all the gratitude of individuals were to be obliterated, and all the deep-rooted fears of the inhabitants removed, before such offenses can be established, then, from this period, delinquency is safe, and prosecution fruitless."