Two Letters to Sir Charles Forbes: And Other Short Writings on the East India Company and the Freedom of the Press

James Silk Buckingham

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139198592

Originally published between 1824 and 1853, these four pieces by James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855) illuminate the concerns of a broad-minded traveller and the problems of governing an empire. A newspaperman, social reformer and fierce critic of the East India Company, Buckingham published the Calcutta Journal until his expulsion from India in 1823 for attacking vested interests. The first and second pieces reissued here are his open letters, written anonymously in 1824, to the MP Sir Charles Forbes regarding press freedom and the expulsion, without trial, of himself and another editor. These are followed by an 1830 account of the reception of his public lecture tour on the East India Company's monopoly, and an 1853 outline for the future government of India. Together, these polemical texts provide great insight into contemporary colonial debates surrounding British rule in India.

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Two Letters to Sir Charles Forbes

And Other Short Writings on the East India Company and the Freedom of the Press

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Frontmatter
pp 1-2

A LETTER, &c. &c
pp 3-4

SECTION I - Historical Sketch of the Indian Press
pp 5-22

SECTION II - Arguments bearing on the Question of the Indian Press
pp 23-42

A SECOND LETTER TO SIR CHARLES FORBES, BART. M.P. ON THE SUPPRESSION OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION IN INDIA, AND THE BANISHMENT, WITHOUT TRIAL, OF TWO BRITISH EDITORS FROM THAT COUNTRY BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR-GENERAL, MR. ADAM
pp 43-44

A SECOND LETTER, &c. &c
pp 45-45

SECTION III - Safety of the Press in India, as it regards the Permanence of our Empire
pp 46-85

SECTION IV - Efficiency of the Press in India as a local Check against Misrule
pp 85-103

SECTION V - Conclusion—and Connection of the Press with Colonization
pp 103-112

HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS ON THE QUESTION OF THE EAST INDIA MONOPOLY, DURING THE PAST YEAR
pp 113-114

NEW QUARTERLY REVIEW
pp 115-115

Miscellaneous Frontmatter
pp 116-116

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS ON THE EAST INDIA MONOPOLY
pp 117-192

PLAN FOR THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
pp 193-194

PLAN FOR THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
pp 195-256

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