A Political History of the Extraordinary Events Which Led to the Burmese War: Illustrated with a Map of the British Frontier (Classic Reprint)

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The happy termination of the late disastrous contest with the Burmese Power, although a subject for general congratulation, by no means should be permitted to draw the attention of the public and British legislature from the question of the causes which led to, and the propriety of the commencement of the War. The con clusion by no means supercedes the necessity of a rigid enquiry into the circumstances which led to the sacri fice of so much human life, the desolation of province after province, with all the attendant evils, and the ex penditure of twelve millions of pounds stirling. It must be admitted that it is a subject that demands very grave and serious consideration. N o success which the British arms may have acquired can render it a less important duty which the British nation owe to them selves, as well as mankind at large, to show that the war in its origin was just, and in its commencement proper. Much doubt has existed on these points: it is high time it was removed.

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