...long* before the departure of Lord Cornwallis for his government,* after reciting that " to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation," it was declared that it should not be lawful for the governor-general...

...were supposed to have arisen ; in particular, to renounce all schemes of war and conquest, declaring that " schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the interest of this nation." In order to fulfil the objects of the act, Lord Cornwallis...

...it, too, was sufficiently precise— The 42d clause ran, as follows :— " And forasmuch as to pursue Schemes of Conquest and Extension of Dominion in India are Measures repugnant to the Wish, the Honor, and Policy of this Nation : Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Governor-General...

...directors coincided fully with a clause in the new act of our legislature, declaring, ' that to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honor, and the policy of Great Britain.' It was farther made unlawful for the supreme government...

...too, was sufficiently precise — The 42<I clause ran as follows: — " And forasmuch as to pursue Schemes of Conquest and Extension of Dominion in India are Measures repugnant to the Wish, the Honor, and Policy of this Nation. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Governor-General...

...twenty-fourth year of the reign of his present Majesty, it was declared and enacted, that, ' Whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation. Be it therefore further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,...

...granted by Parliament to the East India Company, it was expressly declared in it, that " To pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation." Notwithstanding of all this repugnance to an extension...

...India Company's charter was renewed, with this express declaration embodied in it — " That to pursue schemes of conquest, and extension of dominion in India, are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of the nation." English aggressions upon the native powers, were, indeed,...

...partly of policy, when it renewed the Company's charter in 1793, expressly declared, "That to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation ;" and yet schemes were pursued, battles were fought, and...

...important clauses prohibitory of warmaking, contained in the Act of 1784 — " Forasmuch as to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honor, and the policy of this nation . he it further enacted, that it shall not be lawful for the...