埃德蒙·伯克 控告沃伦·哈斯丁

埃德蒙·伯克 控告沃伦·哈斯丁 考研屋 www.kaoyanwu.com 提供各大机构考研、公务员、四六级辅导视频课程 Edmund Burke INDICTMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS 1788 that My lords，I do not mean now to go farther than just to remind your lordships of this— Mr.。Hastings’ government was one whole system of oppression，of robbery of individuals，of spoliation of the public，and of super session of the whole sys-tem of the English government，in order to vest in the worst of the natives all the power that could possibly exist in any government; in order to de-feat the ends which all governments ought，in common，to have in view.In the name of the Commons of England，I charge all this villainy upon Warren Hastings，in this last moment of my application to you. My lords，what is it that we want here，to a great act of national justice,Do we want a cause，my lords,You have the cause of oppressed princes，of undone women of the first rank， of desolated provinces and of wasted kingdoms. Do you want a criminal，my lords,When was there so much iniquity ever laid to the charge of any one,No，my lords，you must not look to punish any other such delinquent from India.Warren Hastings has not left substance enough in India to nourish such another delinquent. My lords，is it a prosecutor you want,You have before you the Commons of Great Britain as prosecutors;and I believe，my lords，that the sun，in his beneficent progress round the world， does not behold a more glorious sight than that of men，separated from a remote people by the material bounds and barriers of nature，united by the bond of a social and moral community—all the Commons of England resenting，as their own，the indignities and cruelties that we offered to all the people of India. Do we want a tribunal,My lords，no example of antiquity，nothing in the modern world， nothing in the range of human imagination，can supply us with a tribunal like this.We commit safely the interests of India and humanity into your hands.Therefore，it is with confidence that， ordered by the Commons，I impeach Warren Hastings，Esquire，of high 考研屋www.kaoyanwu.com :提供各大机构考研、公务员、四六级辅导视频课程 专业提供提供各大机构考研、公务员、四六级辅导视频课