"حياة ومراسلات اللواء السير جون مالكوم، قائد فرسان وسام الطُهر، المبعوث السابق إلى بلاد فارس وحاكم بومباي؛ من رسائل ومذكرات غير منشورة. في مجلّدين. المجلد II." [‎٦‎٠‎٦] (٦٥٤/٦٢٣)

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hundred ten-pound houses which has escaped Schedule A, that
has not its local interests, its petty corporation, and its constables,
better defended against attack or calumny than the vast popula
tion of India, and the thousands of public servants and British
residents in that distant quarter of the globe."
It was not, lie said, on the comparatively narrow
grounds of commerce or of wealth that he pleaded the
cause of India to representation and protection; it was
to enable England to discharge the awful obligation of
governing a hundred millions of human beings. That
was the one great subject of consideration; that alone
had actuated the Directors of the East India Company
in their negotiations with his Majesty's Ministers. "And,"
he added, " I should despise myself if any lesser con
siderations weighed for a moment against what has been
my object, as an humble individual, through life—the
promotion of the happiness and prosperity of the people
of India."
And with that he moved the Eesolutions, and then sate
down, or rather sunk down, in his place. He had spoken
for two hours; and though the deep interest which he
took in the subject, and the conviction that he was lis
tened to with favor by a large proportion of his hearers,
had sustained him throughout what in his enfeebled
state of health was a great effort and a sore trial to him,
it was obvious, as he proceeded with his address, that the
little factitious strength which he had forced into his
service was failing him, and that it was only by a reso
lute exercise of the will that he was enabled to deliver
the closing passages of his speech. But the exertion was
very painful, and when he sate down he fainted away.
He returned home—weary, exhausted; but with the
proud satisfaction of having done his best in a good
cause. The debate was resumed on the following day,
and Malcolm, though but little recovered from his fatigue.