Memoir and Correspondence of General James Stuart Fraser of the Madras Army (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...Dighton was, as we know, a merchant and a banker. All three, while really subordinate and responsible to the Eesident, would have been in the service and pay of the Nizam. Above all, as will be seen more in detail hereafter, it was General Eraser's firm conviction that if ever the extreme measure of formally assigning a portion, or the whole, of his dominions to tlie management of the British Eesident should be pressed on the Nizam, the assignment should be made for a special number of years--five years being, in his opinion, quite a sufficient period for the firm establishment of a reformed administration in every department. The very positive and peremptory rejection of his advice by Lord Dalhousie did not convince General Fraser, or convert him to the policy of letting the Nizam " go to the dogs." Lord Dul-1 Ante, p. 28. LABOUR LOST INDEED. 273 liousie iii this letter professed great aversion to anything resembling " compulsion." General Fraser knew that there need be no compulsion. There was so even a balance in the counsels of the Durbar, that one firm word would have turned the scale in favour of the Dewan and the Resident, But when the Governor-General, to whose orders and instructions the Kesident was bound to conform, declared that to insist on the Nizam retaining Sooraj-ool-Moolk in office would be "labour lost and folly," there was nothing more to be said for the time in any direct communication. It is ill arguing with the master of twenty legions. General Fraser's labour was indeed lost CHAPTER VIII A Church Riot--The Portuguese Patriarch and the Vicars Apostolic--Bishops and Priests under Military Interdict--Letters to and from Lord Dalhousie--Letter to Major Moore--Intrigues against Sooraj-ool-Moolk--His early Efforts to Diminish...