A2P2 1789 Kajor Scott's Charge A- gainst 11 nd the Right Burke Honourable By John Scott UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES M A J OR SCO TT's CHARGE AGAINST THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE, FEBRUJRT 6, 1789. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE, OPPOSITE BURLINGTON- HOUSE, PICCADILLY. M.DCC.LXXXIX, M A J OR S C T 7"s CHARGE, S MAJOR SCOTT to juft publljhed a Edition of his " Reply to Mr. SHERIDAN'S i Comparative View of the India Bills of Mr. Fox and Mr. PITT." To this he has prefixed a Preface, dated a feiv days ago, from which we lave taken the following extra ft : TVTR. BURKE has told us more than once lately, that he never makes an aflertion which he is not prepared to prove. Now I pledge myfelf, as a gentleman and a man of ho- A 3 nour, 3548! c 6. i nour, to prove, if Mr. Burke will call upon file to do fo, that every fyllable which he uttered upon the fubjed of Deby Sing, as it refpe&ed Mr'. Railings, was unfounded, and that he knew it to be fo at the time he fpoke in Weftminfter Hall. t pledge myfclf alfo to prove, that the horrid ads which he ftated, and which modefty will not per- mit me to repeat, never were committed at all, as appeared, after the fulleft and moft ferious invefti- gation, which was made and recorded, during the government of Sir John Macpherfon. Why Mr. Burke, after he was in habits of in- timacy with Sir John, chofe to ftate as facts, what that gentleman could have told him were utterly falfe, I know not. Why i 7 i Why Mr. Burke has never to the prefent mo- ment acknowledged how grofsly he had mined the world, cannot be accounted for upon any principles which will do him credit. But as my object ever will be to guard the pub* lie againft the artful defigns of men who once at- tempted, under the plea of humanity, and a ten- der regard to the fufferings of millions, to fix their own power on a foundation not to be fhaken, I (hall be ready even to encounter the abilities of Mr. Sheridan^ if he chufes, at any future period, to draw a frefli comparifon between the India Bills of Mr. Pitt and Mr Fox. " Gentlemen who candidly confider the fticl? " which I have dated, will determine whether " the general principles of the Party,'* as evinced by their practice, merit all that refpect which Mr. Sheridan's country friend profefles to have for them. Of the worth an integrity of many A 4 indivi- individuals of that Party,, no man can have a? higher opinion than myfelf ; and without having the honour of being perfonally known to the Duke of Portland, it is not poffible to be unac- quainted with his many excellent qualities : but his Grace may fay with great truth, what a very wife man, the late Mr. Pulteney, faid before him, " That the heads of Parties, fbme- " what like the heads of Snakes, are urged on " by the tail/' V On Saturday night, Major Scott fent one of the firft copies he got, with his compliments, to Mr. Burke, and telling him in the note, that as he had taken the liberty of alluding to cer- tain matters which had pafled fome time ago, he conceived it improper that fuch a work mould be circulated without being commnni- . cated at the fame time to Mr. Burke ; and there- fore Major Scott had done himfelf the honour to [ 9 ] to fend him a copy of ir. Both the preface and the note were returned to the perfon whb was defired by Major Scott to fend them, Mr. Burke faying, that he did not want them. On Monday night, Mr. Burke himfelf told Major Scott, that he ought to apologize to him for fending back the note and pamphlet, unlefs the note contained fomething offenlive to him ; which Major Scott allured him it did not. Mr. Burke then defired the pamphlet might be fent, fince he would read it with pleafure, as it contained nothing offenfive to him. Major Scott replied, that he fpoke of the note only, the pamphlet moft certainly did contain a direct contradiction of fomething which Mr. Burke had faid ; who immediately replied, then he wifhed not to fee it, as he did not want to read any thing againft himfelf. Major Scott anfwered, that Mr. Burke would ad as he pleafed ; all that was incumbent upon Major i Scott t % n .. ScTott to do,- he had done, which was, to gire Mr. Burke an opportunity of feeing, if he chofe^ what had been publicly advanced ; if he wiilied not to fee it, the Major coukl not help it % ^ % The facts v which Major Scott alluded to art * thefe : The Public will recollect, that when Mr. Burke told' the ftory of Deby Sing in Weft- minfter Hall; which has fmee been fo induftri- oufly circulated throughout Great Britain and throughout Europe, he read extracts from certain documents which he held in his hand. Mr. Haft- ings procured from the India Houfe, an exact copy of all the papers which Mr. Burke had received on this fubject. Major Scott took them to Mar^ gate in the autumn, and after a very ftriet and careful examination of every document, he found, that at the time Mr. Burke fpoke, he had un- doubted evidence by him, that whether Deby Sing Sing was or was not guilty of the horrid acts imputed to him, it was abfolutely impoflible for human ingenuity, or human nature, to fix the ilighteft blame upon Mr. Haftings, or to make him a participator in the acts of Deby Sing. But he did not flop here ; he carried dowit with him alfo, documents which had arrived in England after Mr. Burke detailed this ftory. * Froni thefe it appeared upon undoubted evi- dence, that the horrid cruelties ftated by Mr. Burke never were committed at all, as Sir John- Macpherfon could have teftified before Mr. Burke faid a word ; the matter having been moft accurately inveftigated upon oath in- his adminiftration, Thefe difcoveries made fo flrong an irnpref- fion upon Major Scott, that he wrote a Letter to Mr. Fox, whom he never believed to have 354885 [ 3 been a party in fuch a proceeding, flatihg the whole at length : but though printed in Septem- ber laft, the communication of it to Mr. Fox and the Public was kept back upon an idea, that pending the proceedings in Weftminfter Hall, any difcuffion of the fubjeft would be improper. 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