'The views and opinions of Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier of Sind.' [‎6] (37/481)

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but the latter is so, chiefly, to enable us to apply the other.
Justice, honesty, high principles, unswerving firmness, and
force without violence, succeed best with these men, as with
others. If we imitate their crimes, on pretence of retalia
tion, we only perpetuate the evil. The power of the border
marauder does not wholly consist in the damage he is
able to cause, or in the terror he is able to inspire, but in
the fact that his name and deeds are associated, even in the
minds of those he injures, with chivalric daring, and attri
butes not altogether bad. But if the trade of marauder
be proved to be unsuccessful, and disreputable, it soon
receives the ridicule and contempt of all.
The province of and the frontier district of ,
containing more than 1 0,000 square miles, and some 100,000
of the wildest and most untameable men on earth, were
formerly one continued scene of rapine, murder, and every
conceivable horror; yet in the course of a few years'
administration, these borderers have settled down to
peaceful industry, and to a state of repose as little disturbed
by violence as many of our old districts in India.
The most active and the most violent of the old robber
tribes are now cheerful and thriving agriculturalists. And,
believe me, the principles which have guided proceedings
in tins instance are ol universal application. If we cltc
just and true, we shall be trusted even by the Affghans,
whatever measures we may find it necessary to undertake
—(1856.)
INTERFERENCE WITH TRADE OPPOSED TO THE
LAWS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.
I am astounded at finding that the export of corn has
been prohibited by proclamation; and that the prices of
the market have been regulated by general orders. I do