ABSTRACT

Inmylastpaper,IconfinedmyselftomeetMr.Danvers'line ofargument,onthequestionofthematerialdestructionand impoverishmentofIndiabythepresentBritishIndianPolicy. Iendeavoredtoshowthatthisimpoverishmentanddestruction ofIndiawasmainlycausedbytheunnaturaltreatmentitreceivedatthehandsofitsBritishrulers,inthewayofsubjecting ittoalargevarietyofexpenditureuponacrushingforeign agencybothinIndiaandEngland,wherebythechildrenofthe countryweredisplacedanddeprivedoftheirnaturalrightsand meansofsubsistenceintheirowncountry.Bywhatwasbeing takenandconsumedinIndiaitselfandbywhatwasbeingcontinuouslytakenawaybysuchagencycleanoutofthecountry, anexhaustionoftheverylife-bloodofthecountrywasunceasinglygoingon.Thattillthisdisastrousdrainwasnotduly checked,andtillthepeopleofIndiawerenotrestoredtotheir naturalrightsintheirowncountry,therewasnohopeforthe materialameliorationofIndia.